Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

they did not see its purpose. We planned to integrate linear algebrainto these two courses.CAD - Because we believed in context based learning, we felt that the students could learn CADwhile drawing increasingly complicated static structures.Communication - We felt it was necessary to require various forms of written, oral and visualcommunication throughout the course.Office Suite Use - Students cannot be assumed to have a working knowledge of a wordprocessing, spreadsheet, presentation suite. Yet such skills are required in industry. Therefore wechose to expose the students to this.Programming- A programming course was not required of our students. Therefore, we planned

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Morris; David Zietlow

powerful engines, new low-observable inlets, new wings, and new flight control software. The E/F was essentially a newairplane. Yet the first flight for this plane originated at Lambert International Airport located inthe center of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The decision to take-off and land at Lambert with anew airplane might at first be considered a somewhat reckless disregard for public safety.However, after considering the preparation and engineering activities leading up to the firstflight, the decision was based on confidence in a thorough engineering development programthat had determined the airplane performance a priori. The F18 E/F successfully departed andreturned to Lambert with minimal deviation from the flight plan. The first

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Robert R. Krchnavek; Raul Ordonez; Peter Jansson; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

as an assessment technique for all goals.Core Electrical and Computer (ECE) Engineering Curriculum The structure of the curriculum is shown in Figure 1. Many of the course titles suggest contentthat is familiar in typical ECE programs. Features that differ substantially from traditional offerings aredescribed next. The core content of the curriculum has been planned to include both Electrical and ComputerEngineering as a combined degree. The early curriculum focused only on Electrical Engineering.However, it became obvious from our marketing efforts that there was strong demand from prospectivestudents for Computer Engineering. In addition, we believe that Computer Engineering is an integralcomponent of the practice of modern

Conference Session

Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Shell; Ali Houshmand

in academia is an educational program. Educationalprograms rather, than institutions, departments, or degrees are assessed for quality.Also, the assessment process must demonstrate that the outcomes important to the mission of theinstitution and the objectives of the program are being measured. A fundamental goal in a totalquality setting is continuous quality improvement. In order to continuously improve the qualityof service it is necessary to continually improve the system. DMAIC strategic plan should bedeveloped with respect to each program’s long-term goals. Indeed, adding value to the quality ineducation as a long-term goal will provide programs, and a college as a whole, with sustainablecompetitive advantage in the marketplace.Core

Conference Session

Comparing National Styles of Engr. Educ.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Thibault; Rene Hivon; Danielle L'Heureux; Noel Boutin

technical competencies. This entire process is under the responsibility of engineeringprofessors. In order for this ambitious goal to be achieved, the group of faculty put together astrategic plan based on the professional aspects of engineering practice and which calls for fiveseparate but complementary courses of action: a continuous technology watch, a researchprogram, the design of appropriate pedagogical material, the training of engineering professorsin the use of this material, the online classroom use of same material and, lastly, the publicationof results. The article ends with an analysis of the results achieved so far and an optimistic lookat the future that this novel approach allows to envisage.Key words: integrated curriculum, human

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William M. Pottenger; Soma Roy; Shreeram A. Sahasrabudhe; Qiang Wang; Jeffrey J. Heigl; G. Drew Kessler; David R. Gevry

will run asa tool accessible from the “explore” button of the CIMEL interface and provide students withlinks to course related conference sites, search engines, and helpful hints and explanations of thetrend detection process. Additionally, the module will provide a query mechanism to access arepository of research abstracts on various main topic areas. We plan to conduct an evaluation ofthe incipient emerging trend detection inquiry-based learning module in a ProgrammingLanguages course this spring using the beta version of the CIMEL multimedia framework.Use Case Study of the Incipient Emerging Trend Detection MethodologyIn this section, we present a use case illustrating the above methodology. For this example, themain topic area is chosen

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Shawn Addington

facultymember can identify areas for improvement regarding the effectiveness of the course insatisfying the specific course objectives and in the achievement of the overall program outcomesand educational objectives. New web-based surveys are currently being introduced to provide anenhanced evaluation of student achievement in both departmental course specific objectives andfor assessing the achievement of program educational outcomes in support courses. By buildingfrom its recent positive ABET review, the department plans to continue updating and improvingits methods of assessment. This paper summarizes these efforts.IntroductionTo be effective, an assessment plan must be flexible and adaptable. As electrical and computerengineering disciplines must

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

presents how the whole researchprogram was planned and conducted, the details of the projects selected for the students, andprocedures used to evaluate the impact of the project. This paper will help others in planningsimilar experiences for engineering undergraduate students.I. Introduction This paper describes the experiences provided in a Site for undergraduate research in"Structural Engineering" in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at theUniversity of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati, Ohio. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) Site was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of this REUSite was to encourage talented undergraduates to enroll in graduate school by exposing them toresearch

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Gates; Mary Lamont; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

established, a plan was developed to implement a firstyear three-course sequence of engineering fundamentals for all students (i.e., all those not inFEH) but it was substantially modified according to much input from the College faculty. Atwo-quarter course sequence consisting of instruction in basic skills and hands-on laboratoryexperiences involving product dissection and real time data acquisition and centered around oneor two engineered products resulted. This approach, the Introduction to Engineering (IE)Program, was piloted in small scale in 1998-99 with 100 students and again the next year on asomewhat larger scale with 300 students. Full-scale implementation of the IE program forapproximately 850 freshman engineering students occurred in 2000

Conference Session

Technology for Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Riesbeck; Joseph Walsh

teacher is well known. Our SolutionOur solution to these problems is to provide a Socratic software mentor** capable of providing asimilar service that Dr. Walsh provides his students. We are providing a rule-based system thatwe believe has an easier method of providing it with domain and pedagogical knowledge thanmany traditional knowledge based ITS programs. Our plan was to install it on personalcomputers previously used only for lab data collection. Students can interact with these mentorsand get assistance when their professor is not available. Through that mechanism each studentgroup in the lab can get assistance directed to their current needs, at any time they need it. Thesystem being Socratic enables it to help students debug

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sallie 'Lee' Townsend; Natalie Segal

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationcourses share a theme, the curriculum of each course is separate; occasional assignmentsin each course relate to the curriculum of the other course. When Ward College of Technology was invited to participate in the FIPSE grant,the original plan was to have a traditional FIG with a writing course and a content coursein which the writing course assignments would relate to one of the technology courses.However, in the course of developing the FIG, the writing instructor and one of themathematics instructors at Ward College (the authors of this paper) began to talk aboutthe problems they

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shashi Nambisan

transportationproject (policy, planning, design, construction, operations, maintenance and rehabilitation) in thecontext of several modes (highway, transit, air, rail, water, etc.). Course objectives includelinking concepts learned in this course to those from other courses and vice-versa, i.e.,integration across the curriculum. In this process, students “learn” the interactions and tradeoffsbetween policy (technology considerations, financing issues, social and environmental Page 7.121.1“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Wild; Michael Ryan

first year – before their academicrecord and confidence have been seriously damaged. The first set of conditions is strictlyacademic: students are required to take appropriate remedial courses and to achieve at aparticular level in these courses. They are also required to use selected support resources.Even so, a high attrition rate is expected among this group, and so a second set ofconditions constitutes a “safe-exit” process. Participation is required in: · A two phase career planning activity developed specifically for this group. Students first meet in small groups with university career planning and advisement professionals to explore their own personal motivational connection to engineering. In accord with the needs

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Dulin

who draw up the politicians’ shopping lists by furnishing specific solutionsto particular problems.” The writer goes on to describe how engineers utilized politicalexpediency to promote their plan to put a man on the moon, which required the President’ssupport and legislative funding. 4 This high-profile example of the engineer’s political influence,when properly exerted, is but one of many, less publicized examples. By acting as advocates forsolutions to existing problems, through agenda-setting activities such as legislative testimony ormore behind-the-scenes efforts, engineers have helped move issues forward that may otherwisehave fallen subject to other legislative and agency priorities.One of the most important aspects of public policy

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip McCreanor

required to havea leachate collection system that allows for the collection and removal of leachate which hasprecipitated through the waste mass. While these regulatory constraints have been successful atminimizing the impact of landfills on groundwater they may not be the best long-term landfill Page 7.363.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”management plan. Microorganisms cannot operate in a dry environment and therefore the wastemass will not degrade. Moreover, the containment

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht; Donna Carlon

the semester males continued to control the Figure 7: Distribution of Task and Team Functions team with information giving and during Team Exercise 2 harmonizing, while the females continuedto gather information, clarify and encourage.Analysis of Task and Team Functions: Planning and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

Project Management Graphical Contemporary Issues Design Lifelong Learning Oral Communication Ethical Interpretation Experimental Teaming Written Communication Global-Societal Impact Modeling Time Management Problem SolvingInstructional Content: Using only three 50-minute sessions for each module forced a less thancomprehensive presentation and required that we carefully select the module material. Forexample in the project management module, the first session contained slides on learningobjectives, justification of the material, an introduction to project planning and management withtwo short team exercises, and managing time and resources

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Bernard White

3Elective 3SIXTH SEMESTERCS 305 Ethics and Law for Computing Professionals 3MSOM 303 Marketing in a Digital World 3IT Networking Core Course 3IT Concentration Related Requirement 3Elective 3SEVENTH SEMESTERIT 443 Resources Planning Requirement (New Course) 3IT 4 91 IT Seminar (New Course

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia M. Secola; James A. Middleton; Donovan Evans; Dale R. Baker; Bettie Smiley; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationState and local school districts adopting the National Science Education Standards must translatethese standards into programs that reflect local contexts and policies. The program standardsdiscuss planning and actions. Again, this can be done in many ways, because the Standards donot dictate the order, organization, or framework for science programs.However, there are some barriers to introducing an engineering curriculum that are inherent tothe organization of schools and the accountability movement that makes infusing engineeringinto the curriculum difficult. These barriers include the degree

Conference Session

Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kara Bliley; Emily Mowry; Amy Gray; Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson; Sean Brophy

works with the Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt to applycurrent theories of Learning Science to improve instruction at various educational levels. He currently is anAssistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt. His currentresearch interests relate to using simulations and models to facilitate students understanding of difficultconcepts within engineering as part of the VaNTH Engineering Research Center (ERC).KARA BLILEYKara Bliley is currently a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. She servesas the president of Biomedical Engineering Society, and hopes to increase the involvement of BMESmembers in activities with the ERC. Her future plans involve obtaining a Ph.D

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Whitmal

required e lective courses rose from50% to 80% over a four-year period. For this reason, DSP-oriented labs and senior designcourses have become very popular in recent years. A number of these courses focus onprogramming of DSP chips: typical examples are given in [2,3,4,5,6,7,8].This paper describes the implementation and assessment of a DSP-based laboratory course that istailored to the particular needs of students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). In 1970,WPI developed a unique outcome-oriented, project-based engineering curriculum, referred tolocally as the WPI Plan [9]. The WPI Plan is distinguished by several features: · Courses are offered in four seven-week terms, identified by the letters A, B, C, and D. Students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bartlett

General Aircraft Electronics General Manufacturing HospitalManufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Industrial Industrial Industrial Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering EngineeringTable 2. Student Professional Contribution Interest Planning Group Table IIE or SME Contribution Planning Groups Nail Defect Rapid High Industry Invitation Wright Flyer Arrangement No Sorting Prototyping of School Tours or of Guest Metal Part of Industry ClueAutomation Fractal Using Presenta- Other Field Speakers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education “In his paper at the 12th IABSE Congress in Vancouver in 1984 T. Y. Lin pointed out the importance of structural control. Engineers are being asked to design and build ever more ambitious and complex structures and to assure that they are safe, economically practicable, and environmentally acceptable. One of the best approaches to these challenges is Control Technology. In Japan, my group is working to plan and design a large floating complex called the Moby Dick Project. It covers a circular area about 600 m in diameter and is intended as a multifunction sports, recreation and conference center with its own

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Penny Knoll; Lisa Bullard; Ann Saterbak

started to explore career options, I realized that my most fulfilling roles atEastman involved coaching and development of other personnel. When the department’scoordinator of undergraduate advising announced his retirement plans, I pursued the position andwas named as his replacement. I was fortunate that he stayed on for seven more months to trainme in the role. During this time, I taught two new classes and worked closely in parallel withhim to learn the advising process.”How do you feel about the position now? “After two years in the position, I’ve finallyestablished my roles and responsibilities as part of the faculty and feel accepted by thedepartment. My three predecessors in the coordinator’s role were full professors who “evolved”into

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Ali Satter; John Pumwa

achieve the desired objectives. The second most important attribute ofan engineer is the ability to synthesize or combine natural laws and principles to achieve thedesired objectives. The ability to elucidate is the third import ant attribute of an engineer.With this attribute, an engineer is able to discover underlying principles by interpreting datacorrectly and conducting effective experiments. The fourth most important attribute of a goodengineer is the ability to judge between alternative solutions and choose the best one.The non-technical attributes are mostly related to personal abilities and skills. These includeabilities and skills in report writing, team work, management planning, problem solving,working under pressure and meeting

Conference Session

Academic Prerequisites for Licensure

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Epstein

committee was charged with “developing a vision statement of full realization ofASCE Policy Statement 465 … and a strategy for achieving this vision.” In May 2001, the TCissued a 147-page (including over 60 pages of appendices) draft report.The TC report states that the fundamental issue of Policy 465 is that “The current four-yearbachelor’s degree is inadequate formal preparation for the practice of CE at theprofessional level in the 21st Century.” The report goes on to list strategies and animplementation plan. The report closes with the thought that although a “no action” option ispossible, it is not prudent and that, “No action would lead to a diminished role for the civilengineering profession and its members.”Shortly after release, the TC

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Baron; Matt Batcha; John Estell; Adam Love

secondary one for handheld access – would be constructed for ourdepartment. Balancing content between versions called for planning the site design morecarefully than normal. In order not to subtract from the quality of the main version, it wasdecided to first design and implement this version, with the restraints of the handheld in mind,then transcribe that content to the handheld version. Because both versions would be presentingthe same information in a similar manner, this served to restrict the languages and tools that wereavailable. Limitations such as display size, language support, color restrictions, navigation, andcontent detail had to be carefully balanced between making the main version presentable for full-size viewing and making the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

or course goals relevant to theassignment, which will motivate the students throughout the project and upon completionprovide a sense of high accomplishment and self-esteem. Positive feedback for achievement isessential at this level. From an educational perspective, self-actualization needs could bedescribed as the goals corresponding to the student’s fullest completion of a significant learningendeavor. Research indicates that students, who set specific goals to be met, will attain higherlevels of motivation and achievement.2, 15, 25At each level in the project planning phase, a student proactively identifies or discovers whatsupport is needed (Bloom affective level 1: receiving), what student actions are needed (Bloomaffective level 2

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Torvi

, along with how I have addressed these challenges. This discussion will include adescription of instructional technology used in this course and how partnerships with the local firedepartment and the university fire safety office have been developed in order to allow students toaccess the facilities and expertise of these groups. As I am developing my own fire scienceresearch laboratory on campus, future plans to integrate these facilities into my course will also be Page 7.1080.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lyle Feisel; George Peterson

traditional laboratory instruction. Initiate experiments in distance delivery programs that demonstrate the achievement of these learning objectives and that assess the quality of these programs.The colloquy discussed in this paper was meant to address the first two actions above.ABET’s interest in distance education is simple: As a quality assurance organization thataccredits programs in practice-oriented professions—engineering, technology, computing, andapplied science—and as an organization whose own published strategic plan aims to “encourageand accommodate new educational paradigms” and “develop the capability to evaluate programs