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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Thomas; Vinod Lohani; Bevlee Watford

object-oriented approach. PDSI is a comprehensivenumerical weather index3 and is computed by the National Weather Service (NWS) onmonthly basis for all 344 climatic divisions in the US. The state of Virginia is classifiedinto 6 climatic divisions. PDSI is used by federal and state agencies in managing droughtrelated management actions. Long term monthly records (~100 years) of PDSI areavailable from the web site of the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, NC.A non-homogeneous Markov chain approach4 is used to characterize probabilisticbehavior of drought using the object oriented approach. For Markov chain analysis thePDSI data is classified into various weather states based on criteria available fromliterature5 (see table 1).Table 1

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Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Yee

equipped with whiteboards and markers, benches, tables, and chairs,overhead projector and screen for group discussion and interaction. Figure 1 shows a projectteam working on their project in the Lab. Figure1 Mechanical Design Lab A bench top computer is shown on the table and members of a project team were looking at the analysis results in the computer. A Stratasys rapid prototyping machine is shown on the left table in this figure.As a pilot program to study the effects of the Mechanical Design Lab on student project quality,two senior project groups were given full access to the Mechanical Design Lab facilities. Therewere only two groups because only two computer systems had

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

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Joseph Callinan; Gary Hikiss

suitable for LMU's applicatio n, a TurbineTechnologies, LTD (TTL) Model 2000DX Mini- LabT M system (Reference 1) was acquired. Thissystem is shown in Figure 1 (with safety shield tilted up and back). The heart of this system isthe TTL Model SR-30 turbojet engine, Figure 2. The specifications for this system aredescribed in Reference 1 and the system is described in Reference 2. Figure 1. The TTL Mini-LabTM Test System Figure 2. The TTL SR-30 Turbojet EngineInstallationThe Mini- LabTM system is advertised as a "turnkey" system and training for personnel who maybe working with it is included with its purchase. The system includes the auxiliary subsystemsrequired for the operation of the SR-30 engine. These include fuel, lubrication and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples

word. Mentoring usually impliesoffering guidance, advice and support in those areas necessary to secure tenure. The focus ofsuch mentoring normally addresses the scholarship aspects and related activities required toenhance one's dossier so it contains the right credentials when the university makes the criticaltenure decision.Tenure stream assistant professors indicated that one of the main reasons they stay at theircurrent universities is “good or positive work environment”. (1) Developing good relationshipswith colleagues and students is an important component of a good work environment. Also“having a mentor” was the top answer to the question “what kind of assistance is appropriate tohelp you stay in your current position?” (1) The mentor

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Jalkio

objectives.Method UsedThis methodology was tested in a new sophomore level course in digital design being offered forthe first time this fall as part of a new electrical engineering curriculum. A set of learningobjectives were developed for this course as part of our standard curriculum developmentprocess. These learning objectives are shown below: Course Learning Objectives 1. Understanding of the principles of combinational and sequential logic design as demonstrated in quizzes and tests. 2. Ability to apply those principles to the design and analysis of practical digital systems as demonstrated in laboratory experiments and student design projects. 3. Ability to use software tools and lab instruments to design, simulate

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Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bonnie McCormick; Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology promulgates benchmarking standardsfor administering engineering and technology programs 1. Until the 2000-01 academic yearprograms could elect to apply for accreditation using ABET’s Conventional Criteria for programaccreditation. The Conventional Criteria was based on a prescription for program accreditation.As of fall 2001, all accreditation visits were conducted using the ABET 2000 Criteria2. The2000 Criteria provides much more program flexibility3 because the focus is on a systematicapproach to program management.Integral components4 of the ABET 2000 Criteria include formulating

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Radharamanan

provideaccurate and realistic means to predict schedule, cost, and quality; address affordability as aniterative solution; and bridge the gap between engineering (design) and manufacturing in aninteractive fashion. The benefits, costs, limitations, and risks associated with adopting VM arehighlighted and discussed.1. IntroductionIt is known that acquisition strategies require the capability to prove the manufacturability andaffordability of new products/systems prior to the commitment of large production resourcesand/or to shelving the system for restart in the future. Loosing the manufacturing capability andexperience in production is a major risk in the current manufacturing environment 6, 8.Maintaining the state-of-the art manufacturing proficiency

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Thibault; Noel Boutin

wouldbe graded according to their ability to analyse their strategies, whether these strategies wereoptimal or not. Results of a preliminary analysis of these essays confirm that it is possible to bringfirst-year engineeering students to reflect on their learning strategies.1- IntroductionThe Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering of the Université deSherbrooke, Québec, Canada, has totally redesigned its Electrical Engineering and ComputerEngineering Co-operative programs. The first semester of these new programs was offered for thefirst time in September 2001 to 167 freshmen engineering students.These new curricula arefounded on a competency-based framework, following an original learning approach thatcombines Problem

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Obenchain; Keith Bearden; Dan Diaz; Brian Self

toprohibit true synthesis, as the students tend to “divide and conquer” to complete the project.Some programs have been able to make large gains in integrating their curricula, but mostinvolve the first two years of studies.1-5 While these efforts have made great strides in improvingthe students’ introduction to the engineering field, they do not fully test the students’ ability toapply their upper level course knowledge to solve engineering problems. Engineering projectsthat can be used in several different courses may prove useful in forcing the students toassimilate their engineering knowledge and will also serve to introduce them to research.The US Air Force Academy is an undergraduate only institution; therefore faculty must

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Lewis

application ofcontrolling a chemical reaction and is performed within a teamwork environment. Regional andnational AIChE competitions are now held every year.The competition involves the design, poster presentation, and performance of a small car (allcomponents must fit in a shoe box) powered via a chemical reaction (1). The car must be anautonomous vehicle and cannot be controlled remotely. In addition, mechanical or electricdevices may not be used to stop the vehicle or the reaction. The cost of the car and chemicalsmay not exceed $500. One hour prior to the competition, the teams are notified as to how far thecar must travel (50-100 ft) and the volume of water (0-500 ml) that must be carried by the car.At the time of competition, each team has two

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

administered at the beginning and at the endof the academic year 2000-1 to all students in required major courses (approximately 350 – 106 first-year students, 105 sophomores, 83 juniors and 61 seniors – of whom about 20% are female), ensuring arelatively high percentage of participation by the students. This reduced the self-selection inherent involuntary participation in web-based surveys, for instance, or mail surveys whose response rate is muchlower. The findings thus represent a good cross-section of the engineering students, not just the mostcommitted or interested in engineering, nor only the ones with major complaints to voice.At the beginning of the year, baseline survey data was collected, including family background, pre-college preparation

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

the course arelisted below. • Introduction • Translation • State variable form • Rotation • Electrical systems • First and second order systems and integration • Laplace transforms • Transfer functions • Block diagrams • Feedback control systems, Bode plots and root-locus diagrams The textbook used for the older version of the course was written by Close and Frederick [1]. Itcovers the analysis of systems using differential equations and numerical methods, but quicklygoes on to use Laplacian techniques. This approach is sensible for students in Electrical engineer-ing. They are exposed to these topics in many other courses, thus allowing the material to bequickly reviewed

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Craig Somerton

; Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationfaculty member's B.S. granting institution to classify their nationality, ignores the possibility of thefaculty member being a naturalized citizen. I would argue that naturalized citizens do not have anhistorical tie to the groups for which affirmative action is argued as a redress for pastdissemination, and they should not be included in the affirmative action count.In Table 1 the percentage of women and minority faculty, including those classified as foreignfaculty, for the four traditional engineering programs in the Big 10 is provided. Immediately, wesee that the program data is fairly consistent with national trends in engineering faculties. That is

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow

distributions and sample anonymousexcerpts from journal entries. Our results show that KAI scores can be used to help studentsunderstand and appreciate the different problem solving strategies of others, as well as to predictpotential “trouble spots” within project teams as they carry out their work. These results willform the basis for additional studies of ILTM students and other student teams in the future.2.0 Overview of ILTM Program and Problem IdentificationProgram BackgroundBucknell's Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management (ILTM) was founded in1991 with a gift of $1 million by former Bucknell student and current trustee Larry Breakiron aspart of the establishment of the Lauren P. Breakiron Technology and Management Fund

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Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong Okaniti

feedwaterheaters, and one open feedwater heater in addition to components typical in simple cycles such aspumps, turbines, a condenser, and a boiler. At San Jose State where thermodynamics is taughtover a shorter time period, the students used one feedwater heater and one reheater in addition totypical components. Students must come up with a schematic of the cycle and performbackground research to determine appropriate values such as the maximum temperature that aturbine in this configuration can handle. A schematic from a student project is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 –A cycle schematic from a student project3Based on the time available, students can be given information such as appropriate pump andturbine efficiencies, or they

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh

receive classroom instruct ion, meetregularly with faculty members—known in the program as mentors—spend long hours in thefield, and work closely with teammates to develop a solution to the team’s project.Students make 3 presentations to their clients; the final presentation is open to the public. Thepresentations routinely take up to 1 hour, both for delivery of information and for exchanges withthe client. Teams are also responsible for 3 technical reports: a project plan developing thestrategy the students intend to follow to solve their assigned problem; a component breakdown inwhich individual students discuss their particular area of expertise within the larger project; and afinal report, detailing the team’s analysis, actions, and

Conference Session

Teaching Green Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Turner

for students in ecological engineering, architecture, cityand regional planning, and more.The project's head architect is William McDonough, who in 1996 won the firstPresidential Award for Sustainable Development, the nat ion's highestenvironmental honor. Named by Time as "one of the most visionary of the greendesigners," McDonough is founding principal of William McDonough & PartnersArchitects and Planners. He also serves as dean of the University of VirginiaSchool of Architecture.1. Page 7.1243.3Genesis of the Green Engineering Building Design ContestThe Sustainable Engineering Program at UTEP has been designed to provide studentswith a better

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Schreiner

synchronous web tools. · Many undergraduate students do not have the maturity and self-discipline required to get the most out of an online course.Additionally, lack of enthusiasm for online courses among many engineering professors maycome from the increased effort associated with preparing and delivering an online coursecompared to a traditional course offered in a lecture format.Despite the inertia associated with traditional engineering curricula, there are promisingexamples of online experiences. Sharma and Fetter from the University of Wyoming have athorough implementation of an online undergraduate thermodynamics course in which theassessment of student learning is being considered [1]. Moreover, they are attempting tocompare

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Taggart Smith

discussions. Peter Drucker in his bookPost-Capitalist Society describes the journey from a capitalistic society to a knowledge societyby saying, “knowledge is the only meaningful resource.” (p. 42) The function of management isto apply existing knowledge and to define what new knowledge is needed and how it can beused. “That knowledge has become the resource, rather than a resource, is what makes oursociety ‘post-capitalist.’ ” (p. 45) 1 The study of knowledge management becomes increasingly important in engineering andtechnology as several forces converge: · marketing to global customers · competing with new providers of goods/services · growing computer networks and increasing use of information technology

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ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gray

learning as "a teaching and learning process in whichthe majority of instruction occurs when the learner and instructor are not in the same place, isdelivered synchronously and asynchronously through the use of contemporary techniques.” Thecontemporary techniques include the ITV system and the Internet-based. The ITV systemutilizes the Kentucky Telelinking Network (KTLN) as the method of communication. Thissynchronous e-learning system utilizes a T-1 line for speed. Internet instruction is offeredthrough Blackboard, most of which appears to be asynchronous-based. MSU is explicit in including a relationship between distance learning and the universitymission. Faculty course information policies are provided in addition to distance

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CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tonya Emerson

grid pattern.The author has found the foam padsdesigned for kneeling that are sold at most Figure 1 – The Foam Beamhardware and gardening stores work quitewell and can be cut by hand or on a table saw. This is a much less expensive option, whichallows the instructor to have a number of these beams for student use. The beam cross-section Page 7.512.2can be a simple prismatic rectangle or the cross-section can contain notches or holes along the Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Pimpida Punnakanta; Craig D. Lewis; Cynthia Atman

Session 2630 Comparing Design Team Self-Reports with Actual Performance: Cross-Validating Assessment Instruments Robin Adams1, Pimpida Punnakanta 1, Cynthia J. Atman 1,2, Craig D. Lewis 1 Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching 2 Department of Industrial Engineering University of WashingtonAssessing student learning of the engineering design process is challenging. Students’ ability to answer testquestions about the design process or record

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor; Jon Marvel

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Bilbeisi; John Phillips

structure and whose structural engineer appreciates theaesthetics of architecture.”1 The most successful architectural engineers in professional practiceare those who have a general knowledge of all aspects of architecture and technology, in additionto an expertise in the specific area of engineering design. The incorporation of designexperiences into all levels of the architectural engineering curriculum is fundamental to thissuccess.1. Salvadori, Mario: “Why Buildings Stand Up – The Strength of Architecture”, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,1980.SUZANNE D. BILBEISI, RASuzanne Bilbeisi, an associate professor of architecture, has taught in the architectural design studio at all levels ofthe curriculum. She also teaches architectural history, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchell Neilsen

Session 1526 An Interdisciplinary Curriculum on Real-Time Embedded Systems M.L. Neilsen1, D.H. Lenhert2, M. Mizuno1, G. Singh1, N. Zhang3, and A.B. Gross4 1 Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University (KSU) {neilsen,masaaki,singh}@cis.ksu.edu* 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KSU, lenhert@ksu.edu* 3 Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, KSU, zhangn@ksu.edu* 4 The IDEA Center, 211 S. Seth Child Road, Manhattan, Kansas, agross@ksu.edu* Abstract

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Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Archibald

industries withskills beneficial to their particular project. These people are invited to help by 1)answering questions and offering advice to the student team, 2) participating in designreviews, and 3) evaluating student presentations. Many practicing engineers verygenerously donate their time towards helping the students. The result is an invaluableexperience for most capstone students. This paper describes the Mechanical EngineeringCapstone Design program at Grove City College, and how the program is enhanced byindustry involvement.IntroductionCapstone design programs are the culmination of an engineering student’s undergraduatecareer. They draw on all previous course work in engineering science and design, as wellas senior-level design topics

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Szaroletta

EducationHistory of Combined Stress Experiment:Magill custom-designed a C-Clamp and laid out the theoretical derivation of the clamping force inparametric terms, as shown in Figure 1.Figure 1: Outline of original Magill C-Clamp design with derived equations for F C and FTDenton3, et al incorporate this combined stress experiment in the sophomore-level mechanicscourse laboratory manual. To determine FT and F C, students were required to determine thetensile modulus, E, tensile and compressive strains, eT and eC, cross-sectional area, A, areamoment of inertia, I, distance from force vector center to neutral axis, d, and distances from theneutral axis to the tensile and compressive edges, c T and c C. Magill was able to demonstrate anoutstanding correlation

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Adams

. Despite industrial trends and employers’expectations, a gap exists between the mastery of teaming skills expected and thosedemonstrated by new engineering graduates. Employers expect college students to possess theseskills and often complain that college graduates have not learned the team approach to problemsolving.1 Employers, along with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET),expect better preparation in these areas to be incorporated into the engineering curriculum at thecollege and university level. 1, 2 ABET stated in EC 2000, Criteria for Accrediting Programs,that one program outcome and assessment measure for engineering programs is to demonstratethat their graduates have an ability to function on multi

Conference Session

Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. San Yip; Michael Hough; Eric Wood; Thomas Marlin

their own pace. First,the Interactive Learning Modules provide questions that follow the topic sequence in astandard course. The questions begin with simple, yet essential, terminology anddefinitions; then, they progress to engineering applications. Students can request hintsfor many questions, and they receive feedback for correct and incorrect answers. Second,more complex issues are addressed in Tutorial questions and answers. Third,Instrumentation Notes provide resources for problem-based learning exercises. Thepaper discusses how this material can be integrated into a course on process control.Those interested can visit the site, http://www.pc-education.mcmaster.ca, which is openfor all instructors and students.1. IntroductionThe power of

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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Thomas Brady; Helmut Knaust; Connie Kubo Della-Piana; Andrew Swift; Jana Renner Martinez

Mexican nationals, making UTEP thelargest Mexican American majority university in the nation and first in the nation in engineeringbachelor’s degrees awarded to Hispanic students. More than 50 percent of UTEP’s students arethe first in their families to attend college. 4 On average, it takes a successful UTEP student six ormore years to graduate.Figure 1 shows the six-year university-wide graduation rate, 23 percent, as compared toinstitutions with similar demographics. 5 Based on baseline data from the 1990’s, the six-yeargraduation rate for the Colleges of Engineering and Science at UTEP has been slightly lowerthan the university-wide rate despite the fact that the first-year retention rate in these colleges(approximately 70%) has been higher