Conference Session

Real-World Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy L. Baskin; M. Sohail Ahmed; Gregory L. Tonkay; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers

time studies by viewing real factory personnel in work settings.In the approach described in this paper, joint university/industry projects serve as a source of data and experiencesthat can be used to support computer-based learning activities. Real-time interactions with factory personnel thatare accomplished through Web-cam technology and interactive meeting software are often used to capture keyobjects needed to create a session. As specific examples of our approach, this paper discusses the development oftwo multimedia learning sessions – one on direct time study and one on the use of simulation. It includes theeducational plan development, techniques used for creating multimedia objects, and concludes with a description ofthe resulting

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Pierre Trotignon; Ian Simpson

course-work with the regular French students. · Continued tuition in the French language + English.April n >>> June n · Full integration into course-work/project-work with the regular French students. · Continued tuition in the French language + English.July n >>> September n A three-month, paid summer internship with a French(Summer vacation) company/awareness of industrial problems/management. Page

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonid Preiser

growth rate for wireless Page 7.470.1data from 1996 through 2003 is projected to be 35 percent, and market is expected to grow to ten Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationtimes its current value reaching close to $2.5 billion by the year 2002. More over, by the end of2002 virtually all wireless phones will be pre-loaded with mini browsers and will be Internetenabled1. Beyond the massive numbers of wireless users is the realization that educationalmarketplace would be looking to wireless

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Robinson; Jody Finnegan; Gene Stuffle; D. Subbaram Naidu; Al Wilson; Jay Kunze

throughout the senior year and that these two Page 7.16.3courses are not separate for each discipline (CE, EE, ME) but are common to all students in theProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationspecialized programs. This gives a unique opportunity for the students from different disciplinesto work on truly interdisciplinary projects and to team up together with students from otherdisciplines. All 4 programs have been fully accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET). The BS program in Computer Science

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Richardson

the University of West Virginia has anoutstanding peer review of student learning—the Majors. 2 “The Majors are design projects thestudents must complete individually and defend in front of at least two faculty members.” TheMajors, which date back to the 1970s, incur significant faculty time, however. Other examplesof peer review of student work include: faculty-colleague check sheet evaluations of projectreports3, reviews of student portfolios and course folders of capstone design work3, annualevaluation of portfolios of student writing assignments by faculty advisors 4, and before- Page 7.106.1graduation evaluation of writing assignment

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Riley

engineeringfundamentals, but also mindful of biological advances. Such requirements of new professionalsbring continuing demands on how biological engineering should be taught.At The University of Arizona, the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) Departmenthas revised its course offerings in the biological engineering area. This presentation will discusshow two courses have been revised to integrate: use of the internet, discussions of recenttechnological advances, design projects, and laboratory exercises. After several years of poorly-received use of the internet, an improved approach was developed resulting in nearly all studentsmaking use of the information on a more than weekly basis. Students respo nded positively tothese changes and performed

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Richard Shiavi

and required to developand present a computer-based project. When organizing this type of course the question arises,"Which is the best modality for instruction, a combination of lecture and computer laboratory oran integrated setting in a computer laboratory?". The former will be called the combinedstructure and the latter the laboratory structure. The laboratory structure is actually the studiomodel whose main purpose is to provide a student-centered learning environment 1,3. For four years this course had been offered and conducted with the combined structure.For the fall semesters of 1999 and 2000, we reorganized our facilities so that this course could be

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianna L. Newman; D. Reinhard

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition” Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”understanding problems from different points of view and how it was “interesting” to think aboutand to try to understand them.ConclusionsThe findings of this project have clear implications for the continued development of multi-media supported curriculum modules. The project designed, created, and tested an inquiry-basedapproach to learning that used multi-media tools to bring the “real world” to the classroom.Preliminary evidence was found to support an impact on college students’ cognitive andaffective domains. Further work in this mode of instruction and learning should be continued

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marek Balazinski; Aleksander Przybylo

Session 3263 Animations as support for the teaching of manufacturing Marek Balazinski, Aleksander Przybylo École Polytechnique de Montréal, Mechanical Engineering DepartmentAbstractIn this paper a variety of computer animations are presented. These animations are used duringthe Advanced Manufacturing course given in Mechanical Engineering Department at ÉcolePolytechnique de Montréal. The project has been realized using the Macromedias Flash 5 andCorel Draw 10 software. The teaching evaluation of the animations as a lecture tool proved thatthis new learning technology produces excellent results and enhances

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivek Venkatesh; Nawwaf Kharma

concrete realizations of the concepts presented in the lecture (and the text book),but also demand that students utilize these ideas in design projects, which require creativethought, organization, decision-making, team work, practical skills, and an appreciation of thevalue of testing and verification. Assessment of students learning include pen and paper exams, pen and paper take-homeassignments, practical lab assignments and projects, as well as pen and paper midterm and finalexams, held under controlled conditions. These methods aim to measure (a) students’understanding of the theoretical concepts, (b) students’ ability to use these concepts to solveproblems, (c) students’ ability to carry out circuit analysis and synthesis

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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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

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Duggan

requires anunderstanding of many factors including the physical and chemical properties of thebiosolid, risks posed to potential receptors and applicable regulatory requirements. Theseoptions continue to evolve due to new technologies and changes in regulatoryrequirements. Many “new” options for biosolid reuse and recycling have met regulatoryacceptance due to pressures from limited landfill space and advances in risk assessment.This paper is a presentation of how current research in biosolid characterization andbiosolid management are being integrated into selected courses in Wentworth’sundergraduate environmental engineering program.With participation from the Biosolids industry, lecture material, laboratory studies and aCapstone Design project

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Steven Barrett

decided early on that there would be no pride in authorship. Each co-author was encouraged to critically assess the other’s writing. They both understood itwas for the overall good of the final product. Aside from a similar philosophy, it ishelpful to choose a co-author with a similar work ethic.In Pack and Barrett’s situation, it was a natural choice to work together as co-authors.Pack and Barrett had worked together on a number of projects before the book. Theirwork relationship was founded on friendship, a deep mutual respect for each otherscapabilities, and a similar work ethic. Furthermore, they decided early on that theywould provide a detailed plan to complete the book and that they would be mutuallyaccountable to one another to meet

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Teodora Rutar; Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Lawrence McKenzie; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili; Patricia Daniels; Michael Trevisan

AND APPROPRIATE TARGETSSoon after TIDEE received initial NSF funding for developing its mid-program assessmentinstrument, a faculty task force was convened to identify key competencies associated withdesign activities and to establish consensus on appropriate mid-program proficiency insupporting knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Figure 2 illustrates seven key attributes of qualitydesign teams in each of three areas: effective design process, effective teamwork, and effectivecommunication. These design attributes are consistent with the creative problem-solving modeldescribed by Lumsdaine13 and the project based introduction to design by Dym and Little 14. Theteamwork attributes are consistent with the cooperative learning model by Johnson

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano; Margaret Weeks

of the United States in international trade." 1 In response to thisCongressional mandate, the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education(ATE) program was created. Since 1993, the ATE program has funded projects and centers thatfocus on the improvement of technician education and, thus, on producing a technologicallyprepared workforce. 2 Page 7.136.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationShortly after SATA was passed, NSF convened a workshop to address critical issues in

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

textbooks. Related topics such as safety, correct hand-tool applications, and ICS device applications are among the information examined. This will help round out the student’s knowledge of the ICS environment.21) Organizational skills are important as students are required to prepare a paper “preliminary” design of their weekly projects prior to inputting programming data into a computer for download to the PLC or PC based ICS system. This helps develop a sense of predictability in the expected result. Students are taught to not rush by designing directly on the computer, but rather “do it on paper first” so that their time spent on a design is used efficiently and results can be

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Livingston; James Squire

their team’s robot. This emphasis on designencourages the deep understanding that comes with making and debugging mistakes, and confersthe pride associated with creating a unique product. Larger teams of 6-8 students are typicallyused with this method, which fosters teamwork and development of project managementcompetence 8 in addition to core engineering skills. The larger teams are required to preventonerous time requirements, but this division of labor discourages all members from learningequally. Unskilled project managers increase the likelihood that less-capable teams fall seriouslybehind. Also, time spent developing the mechanical base takes time away from electricalengineering topics, although some universities have mitigated this by

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

T. Michael Baseheart; Richard Miller; Mark Bowers; James Swanson; Anastasios Ioannides; Roy Eckart

Session 2522 Teaching Strength of Materials Using Web-Based, Streaming Video, and Interactive Video Technologies T. Michael Baseheart, Richard Miller, Mark Bowers, Anastasios Ioannides, James Swanson, and Roy Eckart University of CincinnatiAbstractThis presentation examines the results obtained during the second year of a three-year projectfunded by a General Electric Fund grant, on the effectiveness of new instructional technologiesin the teaching of basic engineering courses. During the first year of the project only the staticscourses were taught

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Nestor

Session 2220 Animation of VLSI CAD Algorithms – A Case Study John A. Nestor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette CollegeAbstractThe design of modern VLSI chips requires the extensive use of Computer-Aided Design(CAD) tools. Undergraduate VLSI Design courses typically teach the use of these toolsto create designs, but provide little or no information about how the tools work, whichmakes it difficult to use them effectively. The goal of the CADAPPLETS project is toprovide a set of Java animations which will aid students in visualizing the

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

the assignmenthad been a confidence booster and another wrote that it had affirmed his interest in a career thatinvolved using thermodynamics. As part of an end of the semester course evaluation thestudents were asked whether the course project had improved their ability to locate informationand use it to learn on their own. Approximately 50% of the students agreed or strongly agreedwith this statement, and only 10% disagreed or strongly disagreed; the remaining 40% indicateda “neutral” response. Thus, the assignment appeared to be successful for many of the students.In the two semesters that this assignment has been used the classes wrote a total of 25 papers.Within their papers the students were required to identify the lead author of each

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Hess

are required and what systems ofproduction are used leading up to the finished commercial product(s). In the Manufacturing Processes course, by way of the hands-on teaching approach, the solidmodeling and reverse engineering elements provide the stimulus for student learning. Solidmodeling manufacturing and the reverse engineering projects provide the learning adhesive thatunifies all of the course concepts and are the course centerpieces. They provide the transfer oflearning from course topic to topic. The following pages outline how the ManufacturingProcesses course is organized using the hands-on approaches of solid modeling and reverseengineering.II. FacilityTwo large materials manufacturing laboratories, one small solid object processing

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Hubing

(UMR)have had an ongoing interest in the development and use of technology in the classroom [5,6,7].Several years ago BEST (Basic Engineering Software for Teaching) Dynamics was developed asa multimedia collection of kinematics and kinetics problems that enable the user to vary inputs totest a wide variety of configurations and behavior [5]. This was followed by BEST Statics andOn Call Instruction (OCI) for Statics, which were subsequently combined to create Statics On-Line [6], an interactive multimedia collection of problems and lessons which forms an integralpart of the statics course currently taught at UMR. The current work on multimedia modules forstatics instruction is part of a larger project involving dynamics and mechanics of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Duarte; Brian Butz

, 11, and as a dynamic textbook 12. Recently, interactive multimedia have beenintegrated with expert system technology producing intelligent tutoring systems for engineeringstudents 13-16 . These intelligent tutoring systems "learn" about the individual student and cantailor the material to meet the needs and the learning styles appropriate to the individual student.The goal of the Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System (IMITS) is to develop anintelligent tutor for an introductory sequence in electrical circuits and systems. The frameworkdeveloped for this system is to be transferable to and used by any discipline, not onlyengineering. The project has as its major goals to:1) Develop and integrate the components necessary to form

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Myron (Ron) Britton

a new preliminary year curriculum was introduced. It featured two requiredcourses structured to address the distinct, but linked, questions of professional and designeducation. Introduction to Engineering, a one credit course, explores the Engineering professionfrom legal, philosophical and practical perspectives. The objective of this course is to provide anunderstanding of the nature of the profession our graduates will eventually enter. This isfollowed by Engineering Design, a four credit course that is split between instruction incomputer aided drawing and team-based design projects. Lectures in the design component ofthis course cover the design process, safety, interaction with marketing, and designresponsibility. Laboratories involve

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Young

(ChE 190) Chemical Thermodynamics (ChE151) th 4 Year Advanced Thin Film Processes Microel. Manufacturing Methods (MatE/ChE 166) (MatE/EE 167) Senior Design Project (E198A) Senior Design Project (E198B) Reactor Design/Kinetics (ChE158) Solid St. Transformations (MatE152) Technical Elective Technical Elective Advanced General Ed. Advanced General Ed. Table 1: Course Requirements for the µProE ProgramProgram DesignThe design of this program features three new courses developed specifically for

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

used at course level as well as program level as shown in Figure 1. In courselevel, the outcome assessment of course-portfolio provides a feedback for animprovement of the quality of a course. A course-portfolio may include but not limitedto course outline with course objectives and outcomes, syllabus, grading scale, course-policy, homework, quizzes, tests, design exercise (or project reports), computerassignments, and any other evaluation or assessment materials. The portfolio can beevaluated to verify for satisfying the course objectives and any other program outcomesthat would be appropriate for the course. A matrix of objectives versus outcomes can begenerated to facilitate the assessment. Any weakness or deficiency or concern observedin

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

processing.This paper describes each module and includes an outline of the relevant measurements,calculations, and engineering principles.Introduction This project is an integrated effort by the Faculty of Engineering to develop effectivemethods for teaching engineering from an applied, multidisciplinary point of view. The basis ofthe project is the fact that the human body is an exquisite combination of interacting systemswhich can be analyzed using multidisciplinary engineering principles. We have developed aseries of hands-on modules that introduce chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineeringprinciples through application to the human body. Students will be engaged in the scientificdiscovery process as they explore the engineering systems

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Zarrugh

informationtechnology as a tool for increasing labor productivity and enhancing competitiveness.Successfully blending engineering, business, science and information technology, the coursesprovide a balanced contemporary treatment of manufacturing resource management, design andmanufacturing systems, and materials and manufacturing processes. Several laboratory modulesand group projects offered throughout the sequence provide opportunities for experientiallearning, hand-on experience and teamwork. The sequence addresses many of the criticalcompetency gaps in manufacturing engineering education reported in recent national surveys ofmanufacturing managers and practitioners.I. IntroductionEngineering education throughout its history has emphasized preparation for

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Olakunle Harrison

subject of greatinterest to many mechanical engineering students, the author uses many automotive relatedexamples in discussions, assignments, and projects to great advantage in securing andmaintaining students’ interest.A senior-level automotive systems design course as well as other synergistic activities have beendeveloped at Tuskegee University to harness student interest in automobiles. The main goal ofthe course is to introduce engineering concepts, principles of operation, and designconsiderations in a framework with which students are familiar and have above average interest.This situation-approach to engineering education means that the learning process is at the outsetgiven a setting of reality1. Lindeman1 states that the resource of

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vamsy Chodavarapu; Bill Kirkey; Alexander Cartwright; Pratibha Gopalam

conventionally taught exclusively as theorybased lecture style courses elsewhere. The undergraduate course taught for seniors“Lasers and Photonics (EE 492)” expects the student to design a laser resonator based ona given gain medium’s specifications as their final course project. During the course, thestudents are given assignments to design simple optical systems such as a multi- andsingle lens systems and optical fiber systems by using the design tools provided in thecourse web-site [6]. A few example questions are given below in Figure 1 and anexample final solution for Problem 1 is shown in Figure 2. "Use the Form Based Optical System Design v2.0 applet located at http://www.ee- eng.buffalo.edu/~anc/photonics/photonics/OpticalDesignVer2