Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Coburn Stoler; Douglas Gorham

quality of life. It is crucial that current and future teachers have theresources, skills, knowledge and support to empower students to make informeddecisions as citizens, consumers, and as members of the workforce. Colleges ofEngineering and Colleges of Education can lead in this effort. These collaborations willnot only help future and current teachers acquire the necessary skills to teachtechnologically oriented subject matter, but can support engineering faculty withcurricula reform and educational outreach. This session will feature: 1) a summary of“Taking the Lead: A Deans Summit on Education For a Technological World” attendedby Deans of Engineering and Deans of Education, from the same institution, and 2)representatives from up to four

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

were divided into three groups with three students in each, and each group worked on aseparate project. The three projects selected for this REU Site included an ongoing researchproject on prestressed concrete beam girders, a new research project planned to be executed onsteel building connections, and an outreach project demonstrating seismic performance of small-scale building models. The exact titles of the projects were:1. Project #1: “Connections Between Simple Span Precast Concrete Girders Made Continuous.”2. Project # 2: “Service Load Prying of Tension Bolts in T-Stub Connections.”3. Project # 3: “Using Small-Scale Models to Demonstrate Earthquake Aseismic Design Procedures.” The basic approach used in

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland

Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education ” Session 1375methods are effective throughout the class period, they can be especially effective when usedtowards the end of a class period, when student’s attention is at the lowest level.The concept of cooperative learning is to get students to interface with one another to learntogether. The basic concepts of this style of learning is:1. Fostering positive independence2. Individual accountability3. Encourage face to face interaction.4. Develop teamwork skills5. Periodic self-assessment of group functioning.This style is not easy to learn for new faculty, and there are many potential problems

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Noack; Harry Tyrer; Eric Epperson

flexibility in learning times, either synchronous orasynchronous. And it enables collaboration and access hitherto unavailable. Page 7.311.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThis has facilitated implementation, growth and increase in usage of online courses. Distancelearning is a booming market. In 1998, there were 1.6 million students taking more than 54,000courses online(1), more than double the number of distance learners recorded in 1995.This paper relates our experience in a graduate level

Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

need for moreresearch and education in this area is evident with the massive destruction that continues tofollow earthquakes all over the world. The paper first describes the basic experiments andassociated equipment that can be used to quickly teach the principles of vibration. Second thepaper describes the use of 1/24-scale building models to understand the basic principles ofstructural dynamics, and the use of dampers and base isolation devices as an aseismic strategy.These models can be used in a senior undergraduate structural dynamics elective course. Thepaper finally presents the features and use of structural dynamics models developed for K-12students to provide them an exposure on effects of earthquakes on buildings. The paper

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

course. One of the primary objectives of thecourse is to introduce the concept of stresses, strains and displacements in structures and theircomponents due to different types of loads. The perception is that if one can determine thesequantities for all types of loads, including the loads that cause failure, one will have a completepicture of the mechanical behavior of these structures (Gere and Timoshenko, 1997). Anunderstanding of mechanical behavior is essential for the safe design of all types of structures,whether airplanes and antennas, buildings and bridges, machines and motors, or ships andspacecrafts. The contents of the Strength of Materials course at OU can be divided into thefollowing three broad categories: (1) Material Behavior

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naphysah O. Duncan; Gerardo Del Cerro

accepted. As displayed in Figure 1, this is also true for the Page 7.233.1percentage of admission offers to female students versus the overall offers of admission. Even in 1999, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationwhen the percentage of female students offered admission was not higher than male students, the datawas not statistically significant. Admission differed by one percentage point between the two groups. The percentage of female students who accept offers of

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

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

continuing effort to improve our lab teaching. It not only offers a quick alternativesolution to our problem, but also enhances the learning experience for our undergraduates.III. An Overview of the Web-based Measurement LabAs shown in Figure 1, the main page of Measurement Lab provides a menu for navigation. Inaddition, important announcements are displayed on the message board in the main page.Through the menu, students can find the general information about the course (e.g., syllabus andinstructor profile), lecture notes and lab assignments. The instructions for report preparation andwriting tips are also available. This lab courseware is currently available online and can beaccessed at the following URL, http://coecs.ou.edu/flai/www/Labweb

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Crowe; Sally Schwartz; Mary Marrs; Luis Occeña; Jose Zayas-Castro; Douglas Moesel; Cathleen Burns; Bin Wu

performance, and delivery by the faculty members . Page 7.471.1Acknowledgements: NSF Award # DUE-0088367; Mrs. Nancy D. Burke, IMSE-MU“Proceedings of 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”1. IntroductionThe rapid pace of technological developments, particularly in the discovery, renewal or newapplications in materials science, automation, the refocus to customer satisfaction (e.g. build-to-order and mass customization), and the exponential growth in IT/IS technology has, and willcontinue to have, a tremendous impact in

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti; Kellie Scheider; Richard Cassady

IndustrialEngineering’s program objectives. Within the senior design course, students must (1) use themathematics, science, methodologies, computational skills, and analysis techniques of industrialengineering, (2) present their team’s work in both written and oral form, (3) design, improve, andmanage an integrated system, (4) formulate and solve unstructured problems, and (5) be facedwith just-in-time learning and interact with professional engineers. In addition, the coursesupports our program outcomes:a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineeringb) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to model, analyze, and interpret data within Industrial Engineering practicec) An ability to design a system, component, or

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Ballinger; Craig Somerton

schools it may be necessary forthe outreach program to provide these transportation costs. For the presentation component, theonly real costs involve the audio/visual equipment needed. This equipment, computer andcomputer projector, should be available through the middle school or the university. The finalcosts for the outreach program deal with the hands-on assembly line component. These costsinclude the supplies (e.g, material and split peas) and tools (e.g., scissors, staplers). An estimatedbudget for the program is shown in Table 1. There are several possible sources for theserequired funds of approximately $400. Many universities provide internal grants for proposedoutreach activities. It has been our experience that the effort to win such a

Conference Session

ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Clark; Donald McMurchie

experiment withcourses linking engineering technology subjects directly with humanities subjects. As reported ina previous paper, we first developed and co-taught an introductory course on modern materials, Page 7.692.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationincorporating both technical and historical material. 1 Based on that experience, we developed thecourse that is the subject of this paper. Titled "Steel and the Industrial Revolution," this courseused fully integrated classroom instruction and

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Paterson; Samantha De Bon; Jean-Yves Chagnon; Deborah Wolfe

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Amey; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher

have responsibilities that transcend the sum ofindividual faculty achievements. We call these collective responsibilities. Further, our researchindicates that leadership is as important as the adequacy of resources in ensuring that academicunits meet all of their collective course and curricular obligations. This paper offers analternative view of Criterion 5 and Criterion 7, one consistent with meeting collectiveobligations and with continuous improvement.EC2000: ABET's IntentThe Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) identifies four overarchingobjectives for the accreditation of engineering educational programs 1.· It helps assure that graduates of an accredited program are adequately prepared to enter and continue the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hemminger; Ralph Ford

EE BD 324 EE BD 425 EE BD 427 EE BD 481 Microelec. I Microelec. II Communca- Senior tions Design EE BD 326 EE BD 4xx EE BD 4xx Signals & Tech. Elec. Tech. Elec. Systems EE BD 4xx Tech. Elec.Figure 1: Semester timing of some of the courses related to this

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joao Vinhas; Joao Paiva

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationplaying the role of producing and producing badly, high school teachers, when it should be graduat-ing scientists and technicians able to bring about the modernization plan that the country needs” [1]. The enlargement of the recruitment pool that followed soon showed the main hindrance to bea shortage of teachers who could adequately prepare high school livers for further studies. These facts and all the doubts concerning the direction educational systems in the EuropeanUnion must follow, particularly at k12 level, result in a widespread uncertainty and also in what isconsidered an

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Akbar Eslami

method.The coupled structural-acoustic equation for the pressure inside the cavity is obtained in terms ofthe eigenmodes of the cavity and the flexible wall. The coupling method has been successfullyimplemented into two classical existing problems.1. Introduction Interaction between the internal sound pressure field and the flexible wall of an enclosurehas been a very popular subject for scientists and researchers. The results of such interaction willinduce an acoustic pressure and noise field that poses a major engineering design challenge.Therefore, a good understanding of the mechanisms of noise transm ission through an elasticplate allows us to use more effective techniques to control noise. Consider a fluid in a cavity which has a

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Thompson; Craig Somerton

Session 2625 Community Outreach for Capstone Design: The Cycle Projects Craig W. Somerton and Brian S. Thompson Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionA current trend in engineering education is the incorporation of a service learning experience.One such example is the EPICS program at Purdue, which involves the volunteer work ofengineering students in the community [1]. Another approach, proposed herein, is to utilize thesenior capstone design experience in community outreach. This approach has been taken duringthe past three years in the mechanical engineering senior

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alvin Post

themaximum observable frequency on the resulting spectrum, as per the Nyquist frequencyf N = 1 /( 2Dt ) . The highest shaft speed one can successfully observe on the spectrum will be f N Hz.Engineering schools should generally have adequate digital data acquisition devices on hand; aHewlett-Packard "Datalogger" with the associated "Benchlink" software is in use at ASU-East.The sensor for the experiment is a small DC motor used in reverse: when the shaft is held againsta moving surface, the motor spins and produces a voltage. Inexpensive DC motors are availablefor as little as $3 at hobby stores, but the cheaper ones have small shafts and are easily damaged.A better choice is a small, used DC motor obtained from an electrical scrap yard. Simple, well

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Losaw; Ann Anderson

role of lift and drag in vehicle design.The objective of this paper is to describe that laboratory exercise and present some typical results.The following section presents background material on racecar aerodynamics. This is followed by asection describing the instrumentation of the model racecars and the test equipment used in theexperiments. Then we outline the test procedure which consists of (1) surface pressuremeasurement (2) PIV flow field analysis and (3) Lift and Drag Measurements and present anddiscuss some typical results.Race Car AerodynamicsIn the highly competitive world of modern automobile racing the difference between winningand losing can be measured in fractions of a second. One of the major factors that racecarmanufacturers

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard M. Single; William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

---------------------------------------------------------- Projected [-------------Years Included in this Paper----------------] Pilot Semester Year 1 Year 2 * Year 3 * Year 4 * Year 5 1998 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03Students 204 539 1,250 2,000 3,191 5,000MatchedMentors 204 539 1,214 1,913 2,953 5,000MatchedParticipating 15 26 36 70 116

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronaldo Luna

undergraduate students with faculty, • expand the level of research activity on the campus, • help recruit superior students into graduate programs, and • demonstrate that teaching and research are compatible and mutually reinforcing.The faculty agrees to supervise the undergraduate student as junior colleagues in their researchprojects, both during the summer session and during the academic year. The faculty member andstudent provide brief synopses of potential research project(s) to the office of academic affairsvia the departmental coordinators. The student signs the two-page proposal and commits tocomplete the research in the form of a scientific paper (see actual proposal, Appendix 1). If thestudent is awarded the OURE project

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Somerton

session. The course isrequired for all mechanical engineering majors, and its topical coverage is typical of the requiredheat transfer course in most mechanical engineering programs. The class was taught in one largesection of fifty-five (55) students. The complete set of course learning objectives for the courseis shown in Figure 1. These were developed by the faculty that routinely teach the courseapproximately one year prior to the department's last ABET visit. It will be clear to heat transferinstructors that some of these objectives are not appropriate or are not worded appropriately.This is due to the faculty’s inexperience in writing course learning objectives. At the end of eachsemester, students are asked to evaluate their achievement of

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Matsumoto

SelectionDuring the first four weeks of the semester, teams decide on a project. Two approaches havebeen used for selection of project topics: an open-ended approach and a list of recommendedproject topics. In the open-ended approach, students are not assigned a specific project, butinstead use the general project guidelines (see Figure 1) and an in-class discussion of the projectconcept as a starting point to determine a suitable topic and project scope.Project guidelines intentionally provide little specific direction to the students in selecting theirproject, thus requiring students to take initiative to research topics. This approach has workedremarkably well at CSUS because typically over 80% of the students in the class work 20 -40hours per week

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Shallcross

bund is known as the spillcollection compound, the containment area or the bunded area.Figure 1 shows plan and elevation views of a typical spill collection compound that contains twoequally-sized tanks. The two tanks are completed surrounded by the bund which is essentially awall between 1.0 m and 1.5 m in height. Also shown in the diagram are the paved road and pipetrack networks. A network of paved roads is needed in a bulk liquid chemical storage facility topermit free and unobstructed movement around the site. The pipe tracks contain the network ofpipes used to move the liquids stored in the facility between the tanks and the loading andunloading points. In Figure 1 the pipe network is shown as being in a trench, passing beneath

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gilbert Wedekind; Chris Kobus

of their common usage, and favorable properties in beingable to control vaporization or condensation utilizing a water jacket with temperature ranges thatwould allow for the use of a mixture of hot and cold tap water. The apparatus was designed anddeveloped by a senior-level student doing a senior engineering design project - a currentrequirement for all senior-level students. Figure 1: Schematic of Experimental Apparatus.Figure 1 depicts a schematic of the experimental apparatus. The refrigerant is contained within a Page 7.126.3sealed stainless-steel vapor chamber. A semi-transparent nylon tube is attached to the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu-Hur Chou; Shang-Hsieh Hsieh

Session 2793 AWRC: A Web-Based Reinforced Concrete Design Adaptive Testing System Yu-Hur Chou 1, Shang-Hsien Hsieh2 Tung-Nan Institute of Technology 1/ National Taiwan University2, TaiwanAbstractReinforced Concrete (RC) design is a very important course on civil engineering in highereducation. Students are taught in this course how to design a structure by using reinforcedconcrete. Students are also trained to follow the building code (Code by ACI, AmericanConcrete Institute) into design 11. Because the building code is a very complicated collectionof rules, students are easily

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brahm Verma

Session 2408 Faculty of Engineering at the University of Georgia: A New Kind of Engineering School Brahm Verma, Mark Eiteman 1 Professor, Associate Professor Faculty of Engineering The University of Georgia Athens, GA.IntroductionThe U.S. is leading the rapid evolution of social, industrial and educational institutionsinto a post-industrial, knowledge-based society. This change in culture and technology isas profound as the shift that took

Conference Session

TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

the construction field mandatethat construction programs be reviewed periodically to determine how effectively thoseprograms meet the needs of both the student and the industry.In 2000, the Associated General Contractors (AGC), in conjunction with Pennsylvania StateUniversity/Harrisburg, conducted a national study on two-year college constructioncurriculums.This study sought to answer the following questions:1. What criteria are used during an accreditation analysis or review of a two-year program?2. What was the background of the respondents and their firms?3. How do the constructors assess the different construction subject areas in the curriculum?4. How did the constructor rate the value of the subjects in the construction curriculum?5