Conference Session

ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Niaz Latif; Michael Dyrenfurth

business, industry, orgovernment experience is required to become eligible for admission into this graduate programand documentation of this substitutes for the typically required GRE or GMAT score. Inaddition, all of the School’s other graduate admission criteria, e.g., 3.0 minimum GPA; must bemet.Evaluation DesignThe evaluation plan for the Weekend Masters Degree Program (WMP) is based on a synthesis oftwo powerful evaluation models, namely the Context-Input-Process-Product (CIPP) byStufflebeam (2000) and 360° evaluation. Key principles from each model served to shape theevaluative design evolved by the authors and overviewed in Figure 1. Additionally, becausemultiple cohorts existed, and because they formed an overlapping time series, the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

begins with organic chemistry and introductory biology in thesophomore year. Biochemistry and cell biology are critical for our program and are taken in thejunior year. Because of the increasing importance of computational science and mathematicalmodeling in bioengineering, students take two more semesters of mathematics and one semesterof engineering computational methods, which was especially designed to provide engineeringmajors with a rigorous introduction to analytical and numerical methods. Students obtaining a B.S. in Bioengineering are required to take seven core courses in Bioengineering. The core courses include the following (1 semester each):· Bioengineering Fundamentals - conservation of mass, energy, momentum and charge in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Session 1526 Integrating Drug Delivery throughout the Chemical Engineering Curriculum Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, Mariano J. Savelski, and C. Stewart Slater Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan UniversityAbstract Drug Delivery is a burgeoning field that represents one of the major research anddevelopment focus areas of pharmaceutical industry today, with new drug delivery system salesexceeding 10 billion dollars per year [1]. Chemical Engineers play an

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia LaCourse; Barrett Rock

, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and·Ñ In the United States the term dissertation generally refers to the paper written to obtain a doctorate, and th esis mostoften describes the Masters document. In Britain it is just the opposite. 1 In other countries they may use thesis todescribe either. ‘Thesis’ will be used here to refer to a Ph.D. or M.S. work. Page 7.38.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationWriting to Learn (WTL), emphasize discipline-specific writing. The

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Riza Gurbuz

1997.Agreement protocol is aimed to develop relationship between two year colleges and Turkishindustry. One of the items of the agreement protocol is to train the Two Year College’sinstructors for 15-30 days period in industry.Industry based training program of Two Year College’s instructors was started in 1999 andcontinued in 2000 and 2001 years.166 instructors from 60 Two Year Colleges have participated industry based training programthe evaluation sheets taken from instructors and employers have been evaluated by YOK-ISOV Executive Board and published official internet site of YOK-ISOV co-operation. Theresults are very affirmative and YOK-ISOV Executive Board decided to carry on industrybased training program on the following years.1

Conference Session

Capstone Experiences in OME Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hang Choi

Page 7.670.1members of our department firmly believe that the goal of our department should be to educatespecialists rather than generalists who are able to contribute to the enhancement of ship andocean technologies that our shipbuilding industry relies on. To realize this goal, they believe,an independent educational program must exist at SNU.II. Enrollment and IndustryFig.1 shows the annual production of new ships by Korean shipbuilding industries from 1960 to2000. As clearly indicated in the figure, the ship production in Korea was negligible until1970, but it increased rather drastically afterwards. Although there were fluctuations fromtime to time, particularly in 1979, 1987, and 1993, manufacturing of ships has been steadilyincreasing

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

improve the animations before they were placed on theweb. The advantages to creating the animations were: 1) More efficient use of class time. Lessclass time was used to introduce addressing modes so that more time was available to discussadvanced topics; and 2) Better student comprehension. Students’ grades and projects improvednoticeably. The final product took time to develop. Methods used to develop the animations andsome lessons learned will be discussed. Data will be presented, based on students’ grades andopinions that will show that the addition of web-based computer animations made the coursemore efficient and effective.Introduction:For many years the author taught introductory microprocessor courses and found that manystudents had a

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Masakazu Obata; Leon Sanders; Keiichi Sato; Yuko Hoshino

presented.1 introductionRecently, in technical colleges in Japan, there are many attempts to educate undergraduateand postgraduate students in technical courses in English. The main objective of the coursesis to educate students who are expected to work after their graduation as global engineers tobe the support and driving force of Japan in the English-speaking world of the 21 st century.The global engineer is difficult to define itself, however, he/she will be generally required tohave acquired at least the five abilities: basic engineering knowledge in English,communication ability in English, creativity, management ability, and international sense (1,2).Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) (3), Japan has made to start at its

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza S. Abhari; Friederike Mund; Anestis I. Kalfas

exercise. Cruise conditions were assumedinitially and some of the main design parameters are listed in Table 1. The students summarizedthe design process in a flowchart shown in fig. 1, having experienced the iterative character of thetasks and the necessity of return loops. Flight condition ISA Ma=0.8 Hub-tip ratio < 0.9 Thrust 30,000 lb Trailing edge thickness ≈ 0.05 mm Bypass ratio 5.5 Solidity 0.8 – 0.9 Nozzle guide vane metal angle 65° –75° Turning Past Throat 5° – 10° Table 1. Main Design Parameters An one-dimensional

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wiggins

materials.External review should include such areas as the market into which program graduate aremoving, that is, what does industry want?As an example, the current ABET criteria for the 2002-2003 breaks the accreditation process intocriteria, a conventional criteria and the TC2K criteria.The conventional criteria1 for Construction Engineering Technology reads as follows: Page 7.253.2II.H.2.b. Technical Specialties II.H.2.b.(1). Associate degree curricula must include topics in contract and specifications, construction materials, construction methods, cost estimating , elementary structures, engineering graphics

Conference Session

Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wiggins

consuming scheduling is required.In an effort to get the students more involved with the process, an instructional approach ofallowing students to look at historically significant construction projects was adopted.The goals of this learning exercise were many. They may be summarized as follows: 1. Team Building Skills - The students would be allowed to select their own project groups and delegate the project responsibilities among the three members of the group. The groups would also be permitted to select the project they were interested in studying. A list of acceptable projects was supplied to the students, however, with the instructor’s permission, projects not on the list could also be studied. While

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Holly Ault

students must have the ability to communicateeffectively,1 but leave the interpretation of the outcomes that define effective communication tothe individual programs. It is desirable for the students to learn these communication skills in thecontext of their specific disciplines; therefore, the trend has been towards integration of writingexercises through design and laboratory reports in the engineering courses in addition to theircourses in the humanities component. Although much emphasis has been placed on theintegration of both written reports and oral presentations into the core engineering curriculum,little has been said or done concerning the use of graphics as a communication medium. It hasbeen said that graphics is the language of

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

needs and necessities. Project management,teamwork training, motivation and decision-making are some of these subjects. The progressionof embedment over three-semesters is presented along with brief design project explanations.Unsolicited student comments that are collected during teaching evaluations are also presented asan indication of improved student satisfaction.Index Terms __ Engineering management, and product design education.I. IntroductionAn integrated project team (IPT) is a multidisciplinary, relatively autonomous, project orientedwork team [1]. IPTs are used in industry, not only to increase productivity in solving problemsbut also to form and sustain strategic capabilities through employee learning. New productdevelopment is one

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Lyth; Jorge Rodriguez

exerting 5-10% of the total exerted force 7. Figure 1 shows thedomain for the performance curve. Figure 1. Required Performance Curve 100 90 80 70 60 Force (lb) 50 40 30 Total 5% 20 10% 10

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nick Salamon; Gautam Wagle; Cliff Lissenden

projects.Project Definition“Design a crank arm for a bicycle.” A bicycle crank arm is a critical component of the drivemechanism as it transmits the force applied by the rider to the crankshaft. It also supports therider weight. The failure of a crank arm can cause injury to the rider's leg by cont act with thebroken crank or the rider can lose control of the bike, fall and be injured. In 1997, ShimanoAmerican Corporation of Irvine, California received more than 630 reports of crank arm failuresin North America resulting in 22 injuries, including cuts and fractures leading to a recall ofmore than 1 million crank arms installed on bicycles in North America 3, 4. Replacement ofthese cranks was a significant cost burden to the company (potentially millions

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Oner Yurtseven

development plan for newly hiredengineering technology faculty members as well as engineering technologyadministrators.Although such a plan will go a long way in helping a new engineering technology facultymember, more work and effort are needed on the part of the engineering technologycommunity as a whole to define the field of engineering technology more clearly,differentiating it from both engineering and science areas. If the expectations of teachingexcellence and satisfactory research activity are articulated and clarified for the peers ofengineering technology faculty, it would be of great help to all engineering technologyeducators.Bibliography[1] Johnston, S. F., Gostalev, J. P., and King, W. J., “Engineering and Society”, Prentice Hall, 2000

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nick Salamon; Gautam Wagle; Cliff Lissenden

specifics, andstudent results. The students use the PRO/MECHANICA software package for these projects.While these projects change somewhat from semester to semester they generally cover: (1)plane stress elements, (2) axisymmetric elements, (3) frame elements, and (4) solid elements. Inthe most recent semester, students were provided a solid model of a bicycle crank arm for oneproject and were asked to perform a stress analysis of the crank arm. Students presented theirresults to students in an advanced mechanics of materials course who were designing a crankarm for their class project. In this way students were introduced to how finite element modelingfits into the design process.BackgroundThe course, “Applied Finite Element Analysis” is a

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brooks Byam

Page 7.172.1attempt to increase student participation and placement in this outstanding collegiate design Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationcompetition the SVSU FSAE student group was introduced as an industry sponsor in themechanical engineering capstone design courses. Many universities use a whole SAE project as acapstone design project option to students 1. SVSU mechanical engineering has the SAE studentgroup offer specific sub system projects to capstone design students as a project option.SVSU Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Course The SVSU mechanical engineering capstone

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Balasubramanian Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

hire. Fourteen major gap areas were identified [1].These include shortfalls in Communications Skills, Teamwork, Manufacturing Principles,Reliability Materials, and Quality etc. As a result, SME has directed its educational funding tocurricula that address some or all of the competency gaps, giving rise to many successfulprograms that have been the subject of papers at ASEE conferences.The authors believe that the power of the outcomes-focused techniques of SME have universalapplication in engineering education. Any discipline or curriculum can follow the same modusoperandi to identify competency gaps and then implement local and institutional changes tobridge these gaps. Without buy-in from the entire faculty or from the administration

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Soundararajan; S. Manian Ramkumar; Immanuel Edinbarough

are starting torecognize the vital link that the web provides between the faculty and the students. 1 Themotivation for this work comes from the awareness of the Intern et and its innumerableapplications in the manufacturing industry. There are several applications already developed orunder development, to harness the power of the Internet for manufacturing applications. Onesuch application that we have explored is the use of the Internet to perform basic dimensionalmeasurements on components and do quality checks, from a remote site. This approach toquality control will eliminate the mandatory presence of an operator near the automatedmanufacturing cell, but still be able to monitor the production and quality of the parts

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

particular, the paperaddresses the common theories of teaching and learning, the innovative methodology ofdemonstrating techniques and leading by example by showing proper classroom skills toworkshop participants. Finally, it compares the two programs and their uniquedevelopment of workshop content, selection and presentation of learning theories andpractices, and demonstration classes with associated assessment practices and procedures.This paper further discusses employment of the workshop senior mentors/cadre tofacilitate the accomplishment of the program objectives. Table 1. Two-Dimensional Model of Teaching (Wankat, page 4) Intellectual Interpersonal Rapport Excitement Punishing

Conference Session

Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

environmentalengineering emphasis.This project was initiated as an effort to solve the following problems:1. I have found that students do very little of the assigned readings in upper level courses. Perhaps I may perpetuate this problem by supplying the students with all the necessary information in lecture!2. I prefer to use lectures to discuss concepts rather than define vocabulary, explain the intricacies of regulatory rules, list out code requirements, etc. However, I cannot lecture on concepts if students don’t understand these basics.3. Although my lecture skills have been highly rated by students and they appreciate my enthusiasm and the active nature of my lectures, I still note that many students are not

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Reinhard

evaluators are being asked to provide evidence of successfulteaching and learning. The few evaluation efforts to date have focused primarily on documentinglong term outcomes assessed by standard testing methods, however very little effort has beenmade to establish valid ways of improving design and use as it occurs. An additional area ofconcern arises from the use of technology to support curriculum when there is a lack ofknowledge of impact on students’ cognitive schemas. This paper presents the findings of a five-year project, known as Project Links, 1 conducted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, fundedunder the National Science Foundation initiative Mathematics Across the Curriculum. As part ofthis grant, 33 interactive technology-supported

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

(upper-level only) viainteractive video to a single remote site in Virginia. By 1993 the number of sites had expandedto three and in 1994 ODU’s broad based interactive video TELETECHNET system was initiated,encompassing these as well as several other non-technical programs. Today, TELETECHNEToffers its programs to over 50 sites in Virginia and other states. Several papers have beenpublished regarding distance delivery of these engineering technology programs includinglaboratory components. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Due to the proximity to some of the country's largest Naval facilities, Old Dominion Universityin Norfolk, Virginia, has provided support to the United States Navy in many different ways overthe years and the association has been mutually

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

hardware, the multitude of implementation optionsthat exist, and the role software plays in modern digital circuit design.Initially the service course was strictly in-class lectures, although the design content of thehomework and tests was significant. Surprisingly, the CS and SE students themselvesrecognized the need for hardware and petitioned for a solution. However, having no formallaboratory infrastructure in the new curriculum significantly restricted the possible solutions. Anew pedagogy had to be found that did not compromise the integrity of the course just to includesome hands-on wiring. Seven goals became immediately apparent.1. With no budget for laboratory teaching assistants or facilities, the departmental costs must be kept to a

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

education differs from thetraditional use of the full scope simulator. The full scope simulator emphasizes the control roomenvironment and its representation of plant operation (skill-based behavior). This representationis often not the best suited for building a person's understanding (knowledge-based behavior). Research indicates that more abstract and hierarchical interfaces, which rely less on realworld fidelity and more on psychological styles, supports knowledge based behavior andlearning [1]. At the same time a high level of computational fidelity is required to obtain the Page 7.535.1data powering the interface. From a programming

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Murali Paranandi

learning, teachingpractices, and studio culture [BALFOUR, 2001].Consequences for design educationDorsey & McMilan [1998] note that computers lack the fluidity and flexibility necessaryfor recording and exploring ideas during conceptual stages of design 1. Similarly, Yessios[1986] from a heuristic 2 and Turk [2001] from a phenomenological perspective argue thatwhile computers replaced the drawing boards for design representation, they do not yetsolve conceptual design and most of the hard design problems. The notion that computerdoes not adequately support design without restricting the artist’s creative process hasbeen echoed elsewhere in design research literature [for example: HANNA & BARBER,2001: P 261]. Greg Lynn, an avid proponent of

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

, young women in particular, do not get theopportunity to learn that an interest in mathematics and science might lead to an interest inengineering. Indeed, the middle school years have been likened to a “black hole” of education.K-12 mathematics and science curricula rehash the same concepts and skills year after year, withlittle evidence that students either attain or retain that knowledge. 1 To be even more specific,while some students in the United States perform well and even excel in comparison with thebest in the world, the majority of students perform less well than their international peers, 2 andincreasingly, businesses and industries that rely on workers with technical knowledge are

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

tomotivate and enable them to pursue college education in engineering. The possible pathwaysstudents from high schools may take in the pursuit of their careers are shown in Figure 1.Engineering educators and professionals strive hard to increase the flow of students along thePaths A and C. Many different activities are designed and delivered by engineering educators toattract and recruit high school students to college education in engineering. Activities may takeplace at all the nodes along the pathways facilitating easy movement along Paths A and C.Obviously the pathways need to be strengthened to make them easily negotiable and enduring.As the only 4-year land grant institution in the State, North Dakota State University (NDSU) iskeenly aware of

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Dana Burnett; Michael Warren; Rainer Fink

ofteaching concepts in mixed signal test. [1] This initiative began with the donation of a Teradyne A567automated production (ATE) tester by Texas Instruments, Inc. and Teradyne, Inc., which is currentlybeing used in the advanced mixed signal test course. This is one of two mixed signal test courses that arecurrently offered within the EET program. The introductory and advanced mixed signal courses givestudents a hands-on experience in the field of mixed signal test. By using both the ATE tester and aPC-based lab station, a variety of topics in mixed signal test taught in the classroom can be reinforcedthrough a laboratory experience. One topic that is of particular interest is that of data correlationbetween test platforms.Data correlation refers