Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

at the graduate or senior level, but has beensimplified to the point that freshmen can develop working chips in the time available. This paperpresents the structure of the seminar and assesses its benefits, including closer contact betweenadvisor and advisees and the tremendous enthusiasm it generates among the freshmen. Based onsuccess of the pilot project, a number of other freshman seminars have been developed andtaught at Harvey Mudd College.IntroductionDespite the best of intentions on the part of both faculty and students, freshman advising is oftena bureaucratic process rather than a source of meaningful mentoring. Faculty and students arealways busy and in the press of teaching and research and assignments, it is difficult to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Radcliffe

was initially conceived in late 1999. It was developed and implemented by apioneering team of people from Thiess Pty Ltd, the School of Engineering, the Department ofMining, Minerals and Material Engineering, the Teaching and Educational Development Instituteand the library of the university. The first students went on placements in Semester1, 2000.In semester 2, 2000, we offered the USLP to six mining and mineral processing students in thesecond semester of their 3rd year. At the end of 2000, a day long review was conducted tocapture all the lessons learned from the two initial cohorts. These findings from this thoroughevaluation were used to make improvements as necessary. The decision was made to limit theprogram to final year students.In

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wheeldon; Glenn Wrate

& Methods I 4 0 4AE-130 Architectural Engineering Graphics 2 2 3AE-200 Statics 4 0 4AE-201 Strength of Materials 4 0 4AE-213 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 4 0 4AE-220 Building Construction Materials & 3 2 4 Methods IIAE-222 Construction Materials Laboratory 1 2 1AE-225 Specifications and Contracts

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

this CAD integration process, a survey was assembled and emailed to all PurdueUniversity MET faculty members in September, 2001 by one of the authors. The CAD softwarepackages included in the survey included: IronCAD™, AutoCAD™ 4, Pro/E, Solid-Edge™ 5,Solid-Works™ 6, and Catia™ 7. This survey requested input on the faculty member’s overallinterest level in CAD software relative to their teaching and/or applied research, their presentspecific CAD software utilization, their future anticipated CAD utilization, any corporate interestin specific CAD software packages expressed to the faculty member, and requested their inputrelative to which CAD software packages they would recommend if we had to choose two. Thenumber of faculty indicating a

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Kauser Jahan; Paris von Lockette; Linda Head

Engineering havecommon engineering clinic classes throughout their programs of study, in which undergraduateswork in teams on hands-on open-ended projects. The primary goal of Rowan University'sengineering clinic classes is to involve students in multidisciplinary design/research projects thatteach engineering principles in both laboratory and real-world settings. The clinics furtherencourage students to address environmentally conscious design and issues related to sustainabledevelopment. The Sophomore Clinic students work on a semester -long design project everyyear. Faculty drawn from all engineering disciplines teach the course. The design project forFall of 2001 was to design, build and test a semi-autonomous robot that uses power provided

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Voon; F.C. Lai; Chean Chin Ngo

, the availability of internet and the advancement in the multimediatechnology have provided tremendous opportunities for educators to revolutionize the teaching-learning enterprise and to improve the quality of engineering education. However, most of theweb-based courseware or online classes are mainly devoted to lecture-type courses. Web-basedcourseware for laboratories is still limited and apparently deserves more attention.Web-based lab courseware offers many additional advantages over regular courseware. First, itprovides an easy access for students to preview/review the course materials. Particularly, afterpreview the lab assignment with demonstration through the web, students will be able to conducttheir experiment more efficiently and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

fTechnology, has introduced a number of software packages to prepare the students forthe changing industrial environment. Some of these packages are reviewed below:LABVIEW 3 of National Instruments was first implemented in 1986 by providing agraphical tool for measurements tasks in the area of laboratory automation. It containsan extensive library of functions, libraries for data acquisition, data presentation anddata storage. Its four basic operations include virtual instruments, front panels, bl ockdiagrams and icon and connectors.SIMULINK of MathWorks 4 Inc., provides a graphical block diagram simulationenvironment for modeling, simulating, and analyzing dynamic systems. It can be usedto build graphical block diagrams, evaluate system performance

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

1986, a large number of engineeringeducators in universities eagerly embraced and used the controller in digital systems courses.The chief reason behind the enthusiastic acceptance and the continuing use of the controller isdue to a variety of built-in functional units such as I/O ports, timer units, and an analog-to-digitalconverter that allow the educators to easily teach students the fundamental knowledge on how acomputer works while readily incorporating those units in homework and laboratory exercises toenhance student learning 2. Thus, the use of built-in units (as opposed to building and assemblingindividual components) made it possible for educators to concentrate on central issues ratherthan solving problems associated with assembling

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American society for Engineering Educationsubstantial and the program has a great deal of potential to serve an important need for themilitary and for the country._________________________________Bibliography1. Crossman, G. The Logistics of Teaching an Interactive Television Course to Remote Sites, Proceeings of the1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1649, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.2. Verma, A. & Crossman, G. A Mobile Instructional Laboratory to Supplement the Televised Program inEngineering Technology, Proceedings of the 1995 ASEE Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 1995.3. Crossman, G. Teaching Laboratories in Distance

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Benson; John Baker; David Silverstein

students in mechanical engineeringtechnology enrolled at MuSU and mechanical and chemical engineering students at UK.This collaborative effort involves utilizing the design skills of the UK students to developtransfer functions required to model and design a control system for an ElectrohydraulicActuation (EHA) position control apparatus located in the Motion Control Laboratory onthe MuSU campus. MuSU students use their hands-on skills to develop the hardwaresystem and implement the control scheme. Students at UK and MuSU then jointly (viathe Internet) operate the equipment, conduct experiments, report observations,troubleshoot problems, and evaluate both success and failure. In addition to the practicalexperience in controls education, students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Robert Doty

are discussed. Finally,results of an alumni assessment survey are presented. The goal of the practice-based seniordesign experience at Baylor University is to produce engineering graduates who have the self-confidence and practical knowledge necessary to become immediately productive in today’sproject-oriented workplace. Interpretation of these assessment results supports the conclusionthat this goal has been met.I. IntroductionEngineering design is integrated throughout the curriculum at Baylor University, and meaningfuldesign work is required of students in many courses beginning with the introductory freshmancourse and progressing through the senior electives and laboratories. However, EGR 4390Engineering Design II is the capstone design

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anders Nelsson

satisfied with this type of course. The construction of the embeddedsystem gives them a basic and useful understanding of sensors, electronics and a digital signalprocessor. Working in a team-based project organization is also much appreciated.The course is given for 50 students, 3 times every year.Bibliography1. Gustavsson I., “A Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments“, submitted to 2002 ASEE Annual Conference.ANDERS NELSSONThe author was born in Sweden 1963. He received a M.S.E.E at University of Linköping 1991. He is currentlyworking as an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing, www.bth.se/its/,Blekinge Institute of Technology. He has been teaching several courses in microcomputers, automation

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Smerage

classroom an active l earningexperience. Classes for courses were conducted in a computer laboratory with studentsand the instructor sitting at networked computers. Students have observed the visualcontent of instructor presentations on their own computer monitors. Thosepresentations included overviews of the knowledgebase, demonstrations of majorconcepts, and examples of problem solving and simulation. The majority of class timewas devoted to active learning in which students individually worked problems inMathcad1 as exercises with guidance and eventual solution and discussion by the Page 7.217.2“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bonnie McCormick; Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

the University. The SchoolObjectives are to:Ø Prepare graduates to be of Christian service to others and promote social justice.Ø Prepare graduates with expertise to help create economic and industrial growth for the good of the individual and society.Ø Conduct scholarly activities in discovery, integration, application, and teaching that enhance the graduate and undergraduate educational experience.Ø Perform scholarly activities in education that enhance the infrastructure in mathematics, science, and engineering education in South Texas.After the Mission Statement, Vision, and School Objectives were adopted by the faculty andapproved by the University administration, Program Outcomes for degree programs administeredby the School were

Conference Session

Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rainer Jonas; Peter Winter; Peter Eichelmann; Paul King; Jeannie Scriven; Hunter Lauten; Hans-Jorg Jacobsen; Claudia Berger; Bernhard Huchzermeyer; Angelika Appenzeller; Jerry Collins; Todd Giorgio; Jean Alley

Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”the U.S. and Canada can hold exchange research fellowships and clerkships. VaNTH institutionsare among those who have hosted BMEP scholars. CDG has also facilitated the GBFinternational exchange programs for biotechnology students from less developed countries formany years.History and Purposes of the Partnership. In 1998 a trade mission from Niedersachsen visitedNashville and Vanderbilt. Discussions about a student exchange program were initiated. In May2000 Dr. Peter Winter of CDG visited Vanderbilt and plans for a student exchange program weremade more definite. On a visit to Niedersachsen in March 2001, Dr. Jerry Collins of Vanderbiltand VaNTH visited several laboratories and offices

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Edwards

, students began torealise what was happening with the equations they were investigating - and realised thatengineering mathematics could be enjoyable (evidenced, in part, by students talking andenthusing about mathematics, and using the software in their own time).With the bursary accompanying a UK National Teaching Fellowship 2, the author is currentlydeveloping the above-mentioned work into the MathinSite3 web site using interactive Javaapplets with a strong graphical content.This paper will discuss the rationale and philosophy behind the use of MathinSite indeepening engineering students’ mathematical understanding - a rationale and philosophythat could be adopted in other areas of engineering education.BackgroundIt is fairly obvious to anyone

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

common structuralcomponents, teaching students how to analyze the effects of forces and loads on the internalstresses and deformations in the components.While these components are three-dimensional objects, students are generally taught about theseobjects through static, two-dimensional illustrations in textbooks and on the classroom board.As educators, we have an understanding of the components and processes that constitute ourdiscipline…we can visualize these things in our mind’s eye. One of the initial challenges weface is conveying our visual understanding to our students. Once this foundation is laid, we canproceed to establish an understanding of the relevant theory and to develop the problem-solvingskills needed to become proficient in

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wilk

describe the combination of the contextual and process skillswith the elements of traditional engineering education, all seen critical for success in the twenty-first century. In particular, he cited the lack of the ability of engineers to communicateeffectively as the greatest shortcoming in current engineering education. Geppert 3 contends thatthe ability of engineers to communicate effectively has always been important to industry andacademia but it matters even more today because of the growing complexity of systems and thecross-disciplinary-team approach to engineering.Consequently, many engineering programs are now addressing the issue of communication.There are a variety of ways to teach students about communication. One method is to offer

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

manufacturing educationOver the past two years the coalition partners have launched accreditable degree programs,certificate programs, and options within degree programs at all sites 6, 7. A framework forarticulation has been approved for the block transfer of credits from one participating institutionto another. Along with the degree programs the coalition has seen the cre ation or significantenhancement of laboratory and computing facilities at partner sites. Industry partners have beeninstrumental in developmental efforts pertaining to the areas of experiential learning, internships,projects, and positioning of the coalition. The coalition has also been very active in thedevelopment of a comprehensive outreach program targeting middle and high

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

Education, June 1996, Washington, DC.9 1999 Critical Competency Gaps Report, SME Report, URL: http://sme.org10 Improving Quality and Reliability. URL: http://www.productdevelopmentprocess.com/improving.htm,viewed on 1/2/200111 Chalos, P., Managing Costs in Today’s Manufacturing Environment, Prentice Hall, 1992.12 Baird, W.E., Borich, G.D., Validity Considerations for Research on Integrated-Science Process Skills and Formal Reasoning Ability, Science Education, vol.71, (1987), pp.259-269.13 Prusak, Z., Laboratory Experiments in Process Design and Optimization, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.14 Lubkin, J.L.(ed.), The Teaching of Elementary Problem-Solving in Engineering and Related

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

rates of the undergraduate degree in engineering.Staying in engineering during the undergraduate years is intricately tied to student satisfactionwith their major4,5,6,7. In a study of over 6000 women at 53 institutions, happiness with theirmajor was one of the main differences between those who stayed in engineering and thoseleaving it8.Previous research suggests that student satisfaction with their undergraduate experience ispositively affected by departmental atmosphere, including quality of teaching, class size, andfaculty support1,6,8, being able to work on research with a faculty member or independently1, and “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Guvench

modules.The same design procedure has also resulted in successful OpAmp designs with both NMOS andPMOS input versions using MOSIS 2-micron N-well CMOS technology. This latter technologyis used by the author in his "ELE 444 Analog VLSI Design" course at the University of SouthernMaine for teaching. Figure 5 is displaying the frequency response (both phase and magnitude),on a recently acquired HP 4194A Gain-Phase Analyser, of a sample PMOS input OpAmpdesigned by the author as an example for class use. This OpAmp, as observed from the screenshot, yielded 63 degree phase margin at 1.26 MHz unity gain frequency. In the presentation, anexample of the OpAmp design procedure and calculations will be demonstrated using theMathCad file developed. (see

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wood; Mustafa Guvench

would be excited. Note that actual waveforms applied to the stators are invertedand amplified up to 200 volts. For instructional demos to a group of students, rather than doing thedemonstration on an actual micromotor which has to be viewed under a microscope, the demo can bedone on a larger scale display consisting 12 LEDs (one standing for each pole) and arranged uniformlyon a circle on a printed circuit board. Such a display , since it would be driven at low voltage, helpsavoid the danger of high voltage shock to the students and can be viewed by the whole groupsimultaneously in a small classroom or teaching laboratory, . For latter use the high voltage inverters andtheir high voltage DC source are turned off. Instead, another twelve

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Carroll

matters, and in those situations, the iPAQ is a handy tool for accessing globalinformation.Information StorageWith 32 megabytes of storage in the iPAQ, lots of information can be packed into thesmall, handheld device. Having this information readily available to students in class orin laboratories greatly eases their need to look up details that would otherwise requirechecking reference books or even traveling to the library. This capability was used inseveral classes during Fall, 2001, as an easy way to make the iPAQ devices useful tostudents in their coursework. Information as simple as tables of ASCII character codes orprotocols for standard interfaces were valuable resources for students in ComputerScience classes. Students in the

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

typically a report, either oral or written. Grading andassessment of this work is complex, involving both the quality of the technical content and thequality of the presentation. This type of work also provides a high density of assessmentinformation because of its complexity. Rubrics provide a framework for structuring andquantifying this assessment information. Rubrics, if made available to the students, should alsogive students a rationale for the grades they receive and an opportunity to evaluate and improvetheir own work prior to submission. (See, for example, Walvoord & Anderson, 1998 1.)Grading in our senior Unit Operations Laboratory is now entirely rubric-based.2 We have beenpleased with the rubrics as a foundation for assessment in

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

. It also did a laboratory survey, asking students for feedbackon the quality of all the teaching laboratories. And it also did its own survey of recent graduatesof the program, as the college-level survey was not particularly useful at the department level. Ithad done such surveys previously as well, but never in a systematic or organized way.Eventually, a realization was reached that much of the information from the various surveys wasnot news. Seldom, if ever, is anything pointed out that was previously unknown. The strength offeeling about issues, their relative importance, is what one learns from a survey. But thereremained a need to generate a list of assessment tools. So a list was made of all the methods bywhich the program gets

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Magin; Christopher Comer; J Hetling

video projector. Small teams of students (2-3) are then given a problem tosolve using the simulation tools at their disposal.A notable feature of the course is the laboratory component, in which students gain hands-onexperience with research techniques rarely encountered in a teaching environment, especially atthe undergraduate level. While rigorous training in any single method is not possible in theavailable time, we believe that exposure to the techniques provides some practical technicaltraining, as well as providing a critical view of the research problems discussed. Namely, wherethe data come from, and the associated challenges of working with living systems. Two keylearning modules will be described below; the themes for each module are

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Segall

mind, a new class has been developed that usesscience as conveyed in science fiction films and literature to illustrate and teach basicengineering concepts. Central to the course delivery is “poking fun” at the disobedience of thelaws of physics and engineering in “sci fi” and teaching the correct behaviors. In this fashion,students can develop lasting mental pictures of the way things function and the complexities ofdesign. This course also discusses the interactions and implications of technology and society, aswell as the ethical considerations of engineering given human nature and the limited naturalresources of the earth.I. IntroductionThe application of science fiction in education is not a new concept. In fact, science and

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Crosthwaite; David Radcliffe

teaching and learning and conducts innovative socio -technical researchfocused on the many challenges facing engineering in the context of global changes in society,the environment and emerging technologies. The Centre provides a practical model for changingthe culture from within in a research intensive university.BackgroundIn 1998, the School of Engineering commissioned an independent review of the state of theculture in the School. The resultant Diversity Report made some 63 recommendations concernedwith creating a more holistic culture in the School. A core recommendation was the formation ofa Catalyst Centre as a day-to-day focus for implementing the recommendations of the DiversityReport. The other recommendations were grouped into headings

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Schreiner

‘different’ learning experience for most students than atraditional classroom environment.Undergraduate engineering curricula have been slow to adopt online courses as a mainstreamoption. Many professors believe that engineering courses require face-to-face communicationfor several reasons including: · The presentation of complex concepts underpinning most engineering courses is best delivered in person. · The hands-on nature of the laboratory exercises cannot be properly mimicked online. · Real-time feedback from students as to the depth of understanding of the material is needed for effective teaching. · The spontaneous, peer interaction found in a classroom cannot be duplicated using