Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Pimpida Punnakanta; Craig D. Lewis; Cynthia Atman

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerson de Oliveira

construction of computer systems as the one used inthis research. The indistinct fulfillment of the academic space with advanced computerequipment and the aleatory introduction of educational softwares, does not guarantee theresults gotten here. It is necessary to have a very clear distinction between the educationalaims and the means to achieve them. According to the background acquired along thisinvestigation, we have to confirm that the computer systems are not part of the mentionedgoals, but they can – if correctly built – to become powerful means to execute them.Bibliography(1) ALTHUSSER, L. Ideologia e aparelhos ideológicos do Estado. Lisboa : Presença, s/d.(2) BIREAUD, A. Os Métodos Pedagógicos no Ensino Superior. Porto: Porto Editora

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

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Aaron Titus; Guoqing Tang

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Thibault; Noel Boutin

requirecoaching to guide us in our studies. Self-learning is not given to everybody with the sameeasiness. Maybe it is to soon in our training to ask us so much. » L-D. H.« I am a person who needs someone to summarize the subject, I need someone who explains mein detail, who gives me examples. It is difficult for a person like me to learn by myself. » T. S.5.2 – Metacognitive strategiesAmong the metacognitive strategies listed in table 2, those most often cited by students are : beaware of one’s progress and results, evaluate the quality and the efficiency of one’s cognitiveactivities. As a preliminary analysis, we ascribe that result to the fact that students have an examonce every two weeks (or each week if we consider the formative exam) instead of

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

constrained wewere able to omit and insert topics that allow for a logical, integrated presentation of thermalsciences. The assessment process will determine which of these decisions were appropriate.After two or three annual cycles, this course will be an excellent model of an introductorythermal science course for mechanical engineering majors at USMA and elsewhere.References 1. Office of the Dean, 1998, “Educating Army Leaders for the 21 st Century,” United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, p. 5. 2. Office of the Dean, 2000, “Academic Program AY 2000-2001: Field Tables and Course Descriptions,” United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. 3. Albert, B., Klawunder, S., Arnas, Ö., 2002, “Energy

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Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

would have included the tapes from Linda Tripp,William Kennedy III, and Bernard Nussbaum, the last two of whom were involved in Filegate[9]. Michael Lyle, director of the White House Office of Administration, said that there was noplan to do so, though it might have been “discussed” at a meeting about what to do with them.They were in a vault with highly secure locks, he added. U. S. District Judge Royce Lamberthordered that they not be destroyed [2, 15].However, most of those who testified at the Congressional hearing did not believe that the WhiteHouse actually caused e-mail to be lost, nor did anyone claim that the White House told them todestroy e-mail [3, 7]. “We didn’t know enough about what was going on to say that the WhiteHouse was

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wilk

or oralcommunication across the curriculum5,6,7. This latter approach was recommended forcommunication skills as well as for the other contextual and process abilities 1. Regardless of themethod, it is believed that development of effective communication skills in students requiresthat they exercise these skills frequently and receive constructive feedback.In the mid 1990’s a major effort was taken to redesign the undergraduate mechanical engineeringcurriculum at Union College. A mission statement was developed along with program objectivesand specified student outcomes. In the fall of 1996 a significantly new curriculum wasintroduced. This curriculum maintains a strong emphasis on fundamentals and is reinforced bysignificant laboratory

Conference Session

Technology for Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendy Cooper; Wayne Burleson; Ken Watts; Santhosh Thampuran

Session 3430 An Empirical Study of Student Interaction with CD-based Multimedia Courseware W. Burleson, W. Cooper, J. Kurose, S. Thampuran, K. Watts Department of Computer Science / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts AmherstAbstractThe CD-MANIC project is developing a multimedia courseware system that combines the use ofCDs for bandwidth-intensive content with periodic Internet connections for updates, logging,assessment and access to Internet resources. Class materials distributed by CD include asemester's worth of lectures (recorded

Conference Session

Reaching Out to the Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wenjuan Lu; Mahala Shillingford; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; Guangming Chen

 n S = i =1 (2) n −1Where Xi is the property value of the ith address. The (1-α) 100% confidence interval is given by[14] S X ± tα (3) 2 , n −1 nWhere tα/2,n-1 is the α/2 upper percent point of the t distribution with a degree of freedom n-1.The property value assessment data for this sample of 19 households is

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Liz Oshaughnessy; Barbara Goldberg

Beach, Fall2000. USA Group, Iowa City (2001).9. O’Shaughnessy, E .J. Insights on gender inclusion based on the G.I.S. Unpublished manuscript (2001).10. Pettigrew, T. & Martin J. Shaping the Organizational Context for Black American Inclusion. Journal of SocialIssues, 43, 41-78 (1987).11. Rendon, L., Jalomo, E. , &. Nora, A. Theoretical considerations in the study of minority student retention inhigher education. In J. Braxton (Ed.), Reworking the student departure puzzle. Nashville: Vanderbilt UniversityPress (2000).12. Sax, L. J. , Austin, A. W. , Korn, W. S. , & Mahoney, K. M. The American freshman: National norms for2000. Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA (2000).13. Takahira, S., Goodings, D. J., & Byrnes

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Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Ford; Nancy White

to protect the health, safety, property, and welfare of the public in the practice of their profession. The public as used in this section and other rules is defined as any individual(s), client(s), business or public entities, or any member of the general population whose normal course of life might reasonably include an interaction of any sort with the engineering work of the license holder. (c) Engineers shall notify involved parties or the board of any engineering decisions or practices that might endanger the health, safety, property or welfare of the public. When, in an engineer’s judgment, any risk to the public remains unresolved, that engineer shall report any fraud

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mark Orwat; Mark Evans; Joseph Hanus

. Washington, DC: National Institute of Education, 1980.5. Cotton, K., and Savard, W.G. TIME FACTORS IN LEARNING. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 1981. (ED 214 706).6. Derevensky, J.L.; Hart, S.; and Farrell, M. "An Examination of Achievement-Related Behavior of High- and Low-Achieving Inner-City Pupils." PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 20 (1983): 328-336.7. Fisher, C.W., and Berliner, D.C., eds. PERSPECTIVES ON INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. New York: Longman, 1985.8. Good, T.L., and Beckerman, T.M. "Time on Task: A Naturalistic Study in Sixth-Grade Classrooms." THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JOURNAL 78 (1978): 193-201.9. Guskey, T.R., and Gates, S.L. "Synthesis of Research on the Effects of Mastery Learning in

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To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nick Glumac; Gregory Elliott; Madara Ogot

Laboratory Work from Extinction?" Research and Development in Higher Education, vol. 15, pp. 420-425.10. Komerath, N., "Experimental Curriculum in Diagnostics and Control of Unsteady Flows", ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, July 1996, pp. 263-268.11. Ertugal, N., "New Era in Engineering Experiments: An Integrated and Interactive Teaching/Learning Approach, and Real-Time Visualization." International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 14, 1998, pp. 344-355.12. Livshitz, V. and Sandler, B., "Teaching Mechatronics in a Mechanical Engineering Department", European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 23, 1998, pp. 353-364.13. Magin, D. and Kanapathipillai, S., "Engineering Students' Understanding the Role of

Conference Session

Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

aspects (e.g. group setting or solo), and environmental aspects (e.g.preferred characteristics of study area). A survey and in-class writing assignments wereemployed to investigate a variety of learning preferences in this study. These instruments, thetargeted learning preference(s), and the analysis of their results are discussed below.SurveyA survey was constructed and administered to the class on October 29. Students were asked toperform the survey on their own time, and hand in their responses by November 5. Thirty-ninesurveys were returned. A copy of the survey is provided in Appendix A. Due to the short leadtime available prior to this study, the survey was not formally validated.The authors intended the survey to provide some preliminary

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Soboyejo

. Table 1 shows the survey distribution and ret urns.Multiparameter statistical linear regression models were successfully developed for eachcategory of alumni, and for the combined effects of the three categories of engineeringalumni.Before the data were collected, detailed preliminary studies were carried out includingthe determination of the best statistical sampling methodology to be adopted for thiswork. Some aspects of the preliminary studies included studies of previous datacollections of other organizations.It can also be shown that (Ross S. M., 1997, Soboyejo A. B. O., 2001) the function Y is astochastic model, with linear inputs of the variables X is such that the transfer function isgiven by F ( X i ) = Yi - Yi -1 = ai

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Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Steneck; Donald Carpenter; Trevor Harding; Susan Montgomery

amongengineering students. As part of this effort, we will be closely examining how the academicpolicies of various institutions affect academic dishonesty. Finally, we want to compare theperceived differences between students and faculty in their definitions and attitudes towardscheating.References 1. McCabe, D. and Drinan, P., “Toward a Culture of Academic Integrity,” Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999, 46(8). 2. Bowers, W.J., Student Dishonesty and Its Control in College, New York: Bureau of Applied Social Research, Columbia University, 1964. 3. Maramark, S. and Maline, M.B., Issues in Education: Academic dishonesty among college students, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oguz Soysal

ofthe introductory physics sequence. Additional information is supplied as handouts by theinstructor. For general information about product development, teamwork skills,technical drawing, and design documentation, some sections have used the text by W. C.Oakes5 for last two years.Teamwork is an essential component of ENES 100, challenging for both students andinstructors. During the first few weeks, the necessity of teamwork in engineering designand attributes of a functional team are discussed in lectures. Whereas some studentsalways feel more comfortable in working individually or with preferred classmates,project teams of 4 – 6 members are formed by the instructor(s) based on criteria such asstudent skills, interests, mobility, residence

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Borrelli

holistic approach to the student as learner, undergraduate researcher, peertutor, and mentor. At the University o f Texas-El Paso, the CircLES Program provides asupportive structure that expands the learning environment outside of the classroom whilestudents work in teams with professors and classmates. 3 This approach has already meritedsuccess in higher retention and grade point averages for students. AT Xavier University in New Orleans, the MIE Program has developed “Triple S - Page 7.961.3Standards with Sympathy in the Sciences”. Triple S is a coordinated effort by the mathematics “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson

, 1999, p. 80.3. Brophy, S. P., “STAR:Legacy: Software Technology for Action and Reflection,” Page 7.283.11 http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ctrs/itc/brophys.legacy1.html. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”4. Schwartz, D. L.; Biswas, G.; Bransford, J. B.; Bhuva, B.; Balac, T.; and Brophy S. Computer Tools That Link Assessment and Instruction: Investigating What Makes Electricity Hard to Learn, In Susan P. Lajoie ed., Computer as Cognitive Tools, Volume Two

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Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert McFarlane; James McBrayer

/articles.nsf/4e809e481ad5f764862563ef0053261d/0d2718db14a41b2c8625646100613 b0c4) McHarg, B., Casper, T., Davis, S., Greenwood, D. (1999). Tools for remote collaboration on the DIII-D National Fusion Facility. Fusion Engineering and Design 43. p. 343-355.5) Krom, J. (1999) The evolution of control and data acquisition at JET. Fusion Engineering and Design 43. p. 265- 273.6) Nakasnishi, H., Kojima, M., Hidekuma, S. (1999). Distributed processing and network of data acquisition and diagnostics control for large helical device ( LHD). Fusion Engineering and Design 43. p. 293-300.Biographical InformationMcFARLANE, ROBERT M., B.S.M.E. This prototype for this project was completed as an undergraduate honors thesis by Mr

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Goodwine; Steven Skaar; Robert Nelson; Mihir Sen; James Mason; Stephen Batill

Session 1526 Development of a Curriculum for Mechanical Engineering Based upon Intelligent Systems and Automation S. Batill, S. Skaar, R. Nelson, B. Goodwine, J. Mason, and M. Sen University of Notre DameAbstractRealizing the need for mechanical engineering programs to adapt to an ever-diversifyingcompetitive world, the University of Notre Dame is developing a new curriculum that includesfocused educational experiences. This focus is based upon the opportunities provided by thesynergism between traditional discipline elements and embedded computing in all forms ofmechanical

Conference Session

Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Shell; Ali Houshmand

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Shirley

class is usually best illustrated by building several versions of the robot.The final design is often quite different from the initial design (e.g. switching from wheels totracks or completely re-designing the demonstration objective). Evaluation techniques such asdecision trees are taught.Personal Creativity and Ethics – Ethics26 is a required element of the Introduction to Engineeringclass, and an ethics lecture is also included as a refresher in the advanced class. Examples ofdifficult ethical situations used in class include the Challenger accident, the Tacoma NarrowsBridge failure of the 1940’s, and the failure of the two Mars Surveyor 98 missions27. (The lastexample is from the author’s personal, bitter, experience.) Personal creativity

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raul Ordonez; Marianne Cinaglia; Kathryn Hollar; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Kauser Jahan; Mariano Savelski; Linda Head; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh

DrexelUniversity, and an M. S. in Secondary Education and Ph. D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from theUniversity of Delaware. She is actively involved in land use issues on a community level. She isresponsible for the evaluation of the Garden City implementation at Rowan. Other evaluation workincludes projects at college and precollegiate levels. Page 7.980.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Underwood

, intended for spinning satellites. Motivation and potentialfunding for the EDPA prototype using microstrip technology, comes from NASA missionsproposed as spinners, such as Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)2 and Inner HeliosphericSentinels (IHS) 3. As a satellite spins, it provides for its own stability. However, spinningcomplicates the earth-tracking requirement of a satellite-based directional down-link antenna. Forthis reason, the S-band (2-4 GHz) omni-directional antenna has traditionally served on spinners tosimplify data down-link, despite its inefficiency. The proposed EDPA provides an alternativemulti-panel electronically steerable antenna for data down-link, synchronized (in reverse) with thespin-rate of the satellite.4 The EDPA is designed

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

Technology Management course and the GLOBETECHsimulation many of the Cooper Union participating students decided to pursue graduate degreesin engineering management and MBA’ s. Several of them were awarded scholarships atprestigious engineering schools and Fulbright scholarships to pursue engineering studies abroad. Also worthy to note, due to the service oriented employment climate of New York City,many companies such as banks, investment firms, consulting, IT firms, etc., are eager to employ Page 7.458.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Noack; Harry Tyrer; Eric Epperson

no el en e es he lo ts w gy s as

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ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Clark; Donald McMurchie

you have missed class or do notunderstand some of the material presented - we will be happy to work with you to help you keep up. To earn extra credit, you may read a book on a topic related to the themes of the course (see us for a list) andwrite a brief (3-5 page) report on the contents. You may write two reports for extra credit. Reports are due on orbefore the last day of Dead Week (the last week of classes). No extra credit work will be accepted after that date. Attendance is mandatory (attendance records will be kept) and i s considered essential for success. Materialwill be presented in lectures that is not covered in the textbook or readings; students will be expected to know thatinformation for examinations. Your final

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Somerton

conductivity 25W/(m×K) and have a diameter of 6 mm and a length of 8 cm. If air at 22°C is blown over the finarray at 4.5 m/s, determine the surface temperature of the circuit board.Problem 2 (50 pts)We wish to determine the radiation heat transfer to a turkey cooking in an oven. The oven is acube of dimensions L x L x L. The turkey may be modeled as a sphere of diameter D 1 at atemperature T1 with emissivity e1. The top and bottom of the oven have heating elements thatare each producing a heat flux of q¢coils ¢ and have an emissivity ecoil. Two side walls areadiabatic, while the other two side walls are exposed to room air at T room with convective heattransfer coefficient hroom. All four side walls have an

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

program and performing valueengineering are practiced and discussed. People skills such as communications and teamwork are emphasized.Throughout the entire course, a special emphasis is placed on effective oral and written communication.The purpose for the course is to place construction management into a perspective so students see how thevarious subjects they have studied come into play. Industry has positive feedback on the structure and content ofthis course. A SDCET graduate is an immediate asset to his firm with this real life senior project course. ReferencesAssociated General Contractors documents, AGC Web Site, (www.agc.org)Barrie, Donald S. and Paulson, Boyd, Professional Construction