Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Henning

math. She was kin dof beaming and just said “well, that stuff is easy.” I was surprised to realize that justencouraging students and interacting on a one-on-one basis is so important in helping them feel Page 7.296.2successful. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society of Engineering Education”Oliver’s in-class experienceThe ‘in-class teaching’ is a real challenge for all fellows. Of our program it is the only regular‘one-on-all’ activity between fellows and K-12 students. Standing in front of the class andteaching in a

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

academia. The UT-Austin ASEE student chapter was established in the fall of 1996.The steps taken to establish this student chapter are described by Matsumoto et al. 1 The primarypurposes of the student chapter at UT-Austin are: · to encourage students to consider careers in academia; · to enhance the teaching and presentation skills of prospective educators; · to develop the skills needed to establish and lead a research program; · to assist students in their search for academic positions. · to encourage undergraduate students to consider graduate school. The ASEE student chapter at UT-Austin has evaluated its effectiveness in achieving theseobjectives by surveying former graduate

Conference Session

New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rakie Cham; Brian Moyer

to enhance the learning of biomechanical principles. The goal of thispaper is to describe the course, report on our instructive experience and students’ evaluation ofthe class and suggest future teaching strategies. Twelve, two-hour weekly sessions werescheduled during the fall 2001 semester to teach this course. Based on our experience, webelieve that the integration of ADAMS into existing bioengineering courses can greatly improvestudents’ understanding of biomechanical systems, while simultaneously adding to theirengineering skills. However, the efficient use of this software requires training and regular use.We suggest that students be required to take a course similar to the Introduction to ADAMS forBioengineers course discussed in this

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Atashbar

reasonableamount of high-level software engineering that is engineering based. However, there is no waythat an undergraduate CE program can require each of these courses in an already crowdedcurriculum. The solution to this problem that has been implemented at Western MichiganUniversity (WMU) is to create a junior level course that teaches high-level software engineeringusing Visual Basic that is applied to data acquisition, signal processing and networkcommunication. This experiment has, in the opinion of the authors, been highly successful in thatstudents not only learn a great deal of information but also gain experience in applications thatare will be useful in further course work and senior projects as well as their future careers.The ProblemComputer

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationConventional Statics instruction has been successful in teaching students to write and solveequilibrium equations based on a known free body diagram, and to construct free body diagramsfor textbook problems in which the forces and moments at supports and connections are largelyimplied by standard symbols in the problem diagrams. However, where Statics is finallyrelevant to engineering practice in the analysis and design of mechanical systems, instruction hasbeen notably unsuccessful. Students cannot go beyond textbook problems to apply Statics topractical situations, and they

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hartmann; Greg Harstine; Andrew Milks

that can be earned back is based on the percentage of small group quizzesand the number of homework assignments submitted. A sliding scale is used to encouragestudents to attend class and turn in homework assignments. Many students are willing to reworkmissed problems; those students who are focused on grades are interested in improving theirgrade, and those students focused on learning are interested in improving their understanding ofthe material. · Have students work in small groups3 Students are divided into small groups at the beginning of the semester. Groups areformed based on the laboratory section in which the student is enrolled. Group size depends onlaboratory enrollment, and ideally three to five students are assigned

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Balasubramanian Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

, however,curricular-level educational reform is hard for an individual instructor to implement. It is far Page 7.1131.1easier to influence pedagogical outcomes in one’s own classroom – at the course level, than atthe departmental level. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMethodologyWith this in mind, the authors focused on a 3-credit-hour (2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours)course in Manufacturing Processes taught to junior mechanical engineering students. Course-level competency gaps were

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

course meets for five weeks and represents one class period of four hoursand one hour of work outside class each week. Typically the professor lectures for one hour,has a break, then lectures with illustrative problems or laboratory exercises, and then gives thestudents an assignment. The students work as a team in their office on the problems and theinstructor goes to the student’s office to check on their progress and clear up any difficulties.Students may visit the professor after class if they still have difficulties, but it important to notethat the professor goes to the student’s office to provide help. The classes typically have 25-35students, with a maximum of 40 students and 4-6 teams. A few large classrooms are used for

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann McKenna

biotechnology over a one-year period. This paper describes how our assessment of theclasses evolved over the year to build on lessons learned from previous classes.IntroductionAs part of the VaNTH ERC Northwestern faculty have revised various courses to enhance thelearning experience of students. The VaNTH engineering faculty recognize that courses shouldembed the subject matter in a practical context, foster the development of practical skills such asoral and written communication and teamwork, as well as teach the underlying scientificprinciples. The reason for embedding learning in context is based on a theoretical as well aspractical stance. Learning and instructional theories explain that providing real-life contextsincreases students’ interest

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

significance of theInternet as it applies to engineering education and many predict profound changes in how, when, where,and what we teach.We assume that the reader is an Engineering Educator familiar with the use, or authoring of, web sites,email, file servers, and presentation software. In addition, we focus on the lecture-style teaching format,as it is the most common technique in practice today. Specifically, we do not discuss distance learningparadigms nor implementation specifics such as costs, ROI analysis, and integration with campus ITServices. Expectations for this paper include an understanding of the options available to supportclassroom web sites and suggestions for effective use of presentation applications.The next section sets the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Soda

teaching innovation, the project “template”. These templates serve as thestarting point for student simulations with either static (bias point) or dynamic (transient)behavior. The templates are partially completed PSPICE projects from which new studentschematics may be created. These templates possess static logic signals, a clock source andbinary counters of two to four bits width. These signals have been carefully adjusted relative toone another to avoid set up and hold time violations. The templates also store key defaultsettings. For example, the template’s simulation profile is preset for a fixed duration which islonger than one cycle of any anticipated course exercise. The template’s profile is also preparedto initialize all flip-flops to

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Rogers; Ferdinand Walbaum

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationstrategies to quickly find solutions to professional problems. Lecturers at Fachhochschulen musthave professional experience along with their scientific abilities.The practical orientation in teaching and application in research and development are elements ofthe profile of Fachhochschulen. Approximately 40% of graduates from all institutes of highereducation in Germany come from Fachhochschulen. In some courses the amount is even higherespecially in courses important for industry and commerce. It is as high as 50% for computerscience, and even 70% of engineering graduates come from Fachhochschulen

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Isha H. Jain

on a stick,which act as seeds for the growth of larger crystals. The important points to note from thisexperiment are: (i) the sugar solution is about as fluid as water, and (ii) the growth of crystals,even a few mm in size, takes several days. For the remaining three experiments, we need the following readily available Equipmentand Supplies: 1 one-quart stainless steel pan 1 hotplate 12 metal tablespoon 1 laboratory balance (or fluid measuring cup at home) 1 metal tray to hold hot candies (up to ~175 °C/ 350 °F) 1 laboratory or good quality candy thermometer that reads up to ~ 205 °C or 400 °F

Conference Session

ET Student Design Teams

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Kelly; Aaron Cowin

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Brackin, Patricia, and Williams, Julia Teaching and Assessing Team Skills in a Senior Level Design Course, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, June 20012. Hunter, Kenneth W. Sr., and Matson, Jessica O. Engineering Leadership and Teamwork Development through Experiential Learning, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Saint Louis, June 20013. Fowler, Wallace Teaming in Engineering Design Courses, Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference, Saint Louis, June 19994. Biernacki, J., J., and C., D., Wilson Interdisciplinary Laboratory in

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

, which will helpimprove teaching and offer the means to evaluate and disseminate robotics programs. Toachieve these goals, the educational research should thoroughly examine possiblecurricular models and team learning experiences in order to optimize educationaloutcomes of the robotics course. This includes studying educational features of roboticcompetitions, which can significantly stimulate learning motivation of students, andintensify the learning process.In this paper the authors consider their experiences in teaching robotics as an introductoryengineering subject at the university and high-school levels in the United States and inIsrael. Examples include a first-year engineering design course at Trinity College and ahigh-school course at

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Miller

course in the curriculum. Collect and interpret results that will be of the most value to improving the learning and teaching process and use sampling techniques to collect a snapshot of student achievement. Ø Find ways to reward the efforts that faculty put into assessment. Rewards may be monetary, but they can also include release time, publication possibilities, recognition during annual faculty evaluations, and support for attending assessment -related conferences.The Role of ABET in Outcomes AssessmentObviously the introduction of student outcomes and assessment requirements to the accreditationprocess [6] has catalyzed the recent interest in assessment activities in engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Roy; Karim Nasr; K. Joel Berry

specified speed. Thispaper provides the authors’ personal experiences in teaching project-based thermodynamics toKettering University junior students for six quarters and documents the results showing promisethat encourages design integration and project-based learning in the energy systems curriculum.Effects of this teaching method on students’ learning are also documented.2. CURRENT STATUSAt present, Kettering University offers the Energy Systems Thread (EST) that spans over three4-credit hour courses and one laboratory course. A thread is defined as a sequence of courseswith an identifiable set of objectives and outcomes, tying a number of courses to each other andis consistent with the program’s educational objectives. The courses belonging to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leroy Oberto; Sheryl Sorby

according to specifications provided by the instructors. Finally, each stu-dent was directed to develop a teaching unit that integrates some of the concepts of scientificinquiry and application discussed in the course into their 7-12 teaching. This paper describes ourMasters program, provides an outline of the course titled “The Engineering Process,” andpresents results from our first offering of the course.IntroductionThe precollege education system in America is currently under pressure to adopt standards-basedcurricula. Outcome assessment of learning is of paramount importance in this new educationalclimate. Nearly all of the national standards in math, science and technology include standardsrelated to the inclusion of “real-life” applications

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Davidson; Anthony Ingraffea; Alan Zehnder

features of virtual, collaborative engineering environments, state-of-the-artsimulation tools, and advanced learning management systems. An integral part of this projectinvolves the development and teaching of a new, two-semester senior level design course that isoffered synchronously at both institutions and which emphasizes teamwork, collaboration at adistance and multidisciplinary activities. One long-term goal of the project is that the courseprovides the context for feedback on the nature of virtual interactions, and therefore on how toimprove the AIDE. In addition, we aim to study whether multifaceted instructional methods thatleverage emerging information technologies can enhance student learning on fundamentaltechnologies, systems-level

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchell Neilsen

concentrate on the elements required to master embedded systems design, andalso satisfy the needs of engineers currently working in industry.Due to the lack of time and facilities, traditional university education tends to emphasize theoryand concepts. Even though implementation (laboratory) projects are associated with manycourses, these projects tend to be more abstract than real implementations that can be useddirectly in industrial and commercial products. Typically, there is a large gap in students'understanding between theory (conceptual understanding) and implementation (concreteunderstanding). As a result, many students who have a good understanding of theory andconcepts do not have confidence to map their knowledge onto implementations. One

Conference Session

Capstone Experiences in OME Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Consi

also challenging to teach. In particular, itis difficult to introduce the field to beginning engineering students – they seem to have to know Page 7.751.1so much in order to begin to “get wet”. For the past four years we have tackled the problem of “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”engaging students in our exciting field through the use of a seminar class that introduces oceanengineering via a hands-on project experience.The course is entitled “Build a PVC ROV!” (MIT course 13

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

one in terms of the negative influence it may have on the quality ofeducation engineering students get.Firstly, by having two sets of professors (the non engineers and the engineers) and two sets ofcourses (the complementary studies and the science/technology courses), the teaching is offeredin a compartmentalized way and students develop two sets of competencies that do not mingle,that are not integrated. This is what we, at Sherbrooke, call the “two solitudes”. This fact is inline with the findings of Al-Holou et al [1].1 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in the United States and Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) in Canada.2 To be fair, it is essential that one widely spread exception be

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Duke; Don Morris

of the form used to report a summary of the assessment results and anyrecommendations based on the evaluation of the results. Any particular assessment tool,homework, group project, laboratory reports, quizzes, testing, or combination deemed necessaryby the instructor could be used. The assessment might be used to monitor (M) or summatively Page 7.238.2assess (S) the student achievement. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationFig. 2. Schematic diagram depicting the process for course

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Gorham

other technical professionals may have an Page 7.955.2interest in attending. Sessions will describe programs and projects that feature the “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”integration of the SMET disciplines and will focus on collaborations between engineersand educators, both in and outside the classroom. The emphasis of all the sessions will behands-on, demonstrated activities that provide attendees with useful teaching tools orpractical ideas for program implementation.ASME Resources“The

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Miller

particular “green chemistry” that define strategiesand methods to develop sustainable processes, quantify waste generation, and implement the useof alternate resources. Although chemical engineering programs have been teaching material andenergy balance right from the inception of the discipline, the emphasis on resource conservation,waste minimization and hazard reduction was not apparent. During the past two decades,spectacular progress has been made in understanding chemicals as molecules and the structure-activity relationships with reference to their properties which are exploited for specific end uses.As these concepts and their applications – which we term “green engineering”- infiltrate thechemical and allied industry, today’s engineering

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tonya Emerson

students. To effectively teachthese conceptual ideas, we need to instruct the students with a variety of teaching styles andtools. One set of tools that enhance theoretical models is visual demonstrations. Providingvisual demonstrations along with the theoretical models creates an environment for improvedstudent understanding. The present paper presents a collection of models, props and toys that arecurrently being utilized in a Mechanics of Materials class to demonstrate the main principles ofthe course. Topics supported by the visual aids and discussed herein include, but are not limitedto: bending, torsion, shear center, shear flow, shear developed from transverse loading, normalstress, compression and tension, Saint-Venant’s Principle

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Kanabar; Rumen Stainov; Tanya Zlateva; Eric Braude

juggle a full time job and family.Here distance learning provides an additional avenue to help busy students.With the popularity of WWW and Web-Based Instruction (WBI), a new model to delivercourses on the Internet has emerged. WBI allows us to effectively administer coursematerial, tutorials and quizzes, or to communicate with the students. More important wehave a powerful mechanism to teach the class—using the web for communication withthe student. Web technology has matured significantly today to allow voice and graphicsincluding video to be effectively transmitted at a distance.In this paper we compare our experience with two distance education models for teachingprofessional graduate students. The first is a synchronous teleconferencing

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Shirley

constructing robots). The role ofevaluation and communication are stressed. The course provides an important overview andhands- on experience normally not available to engineering students until their senior designcourse.BackgroundManaging Creativity is a concept developed based on the author’s 35 years of experience in avariety of creative enterprises, including management of NASA’s $150M per year MarsExploration Program and of the Pathfinder microrover, Sojourner Truth, which roamed Mars in1997. In 1997 and 1998 the author and a collaborator (Alice M. Fairhurst, a counselingpsychologist with expertise in personality type), developed a short course in how to managecreativity for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The course

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Whiting; Marion Usselman

System of Georgia, implemented SummerScape: Gender Equitable Science forStudents and Teachers. SummerScape was a 2-week “Teaching and Learning” program thatconsisted of a summer camp for middle school students and a professional developmentexperience for teachers. It was designed to help all students experience confidence and successin science and engineering and to provide teachers with in-depth professional developmentcovering gender equitable science pedagogy and teaching practices. An important component ofthis teacher experience was the opportunity to practice new teaching strategies immediatelyfollowing each in-service workshop in a low-risk summer camp environment. This paper willpresent this “Teaching and Learning Camp” model of teacher

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terra Smith

home staff, family members of residents, and health care surveyors wasfluids being inappropriately prepared for residents on swallow disorder (dysphagia) diets.Residents with dysphagia may take longer to swallow than normal, therefore, thickened fluidsmay be prescribed to determine inexpensive procedures for monitoring fluid consistencies, to usestatistical consistencies, and to promote training of the health care students on use of foodthickeners. The project was conducted at four sites: two long-term care facilities, the mechanicalengineering laboratory, and the food product development laboratory. Phase I was a preliminarystudy to determine appropriate data collection methods for a long-term care facility. Phase II,conducted in the