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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naphysah O. Duncan; Gerardo Del Cerro

Director of Assessment and Innovation at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Scienceand Art. He develops assessment plans in the Art, Architecture and Engineering schools conducive to program andorganizational innovation. He is a PhD candidate in Planning at the New School for Social Research in New York.NAPHYSAH O. DUNCAN obtained a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from The Cooper Union. She is currently aResearch Associate at The Cooper Union in the Center for Biomedical Engineering. She is pursuing a PhD in BiomedicalEngineering at Rutgers University. Page 7.233.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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ET Capstone Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

, affective andpsychomotor domains. Senior level research-project planning and control activities willbring about this change. These changes will be reported in perceived quality criteria thatwill be extracted into the design of questionnaire for the purpose of gathering suchevidence.Introduction Page 7.1107.1ABET’s accreditation reform effort designed to foster effective program evaluation usesa set of criteria. This method allows programs to be flexible to many stakeholder needs. ItProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002. American Society for Engineering

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Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

driven. It isoutcomes driven now through the ABET program evaluation criteria. Most programevaluations, however, are done with hazy and broad “outcomes statements” as “ aftercompleting this class I have acquired the necessary skills and knowledge of appropriatemethods, procedures, and techniques.” This paper will address the “broad outcomes levelstatements” like above, to crisp learning outcomes at the activity level. These activitylevel outcomes can be measured. The changed behavior of the student, due to educationalintervention and experience at the activity level will affect the behavior in cognitive,affective and psychomotor domain. Senior level research-project planning and controlactivities will bring about this change. These changes will

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

underrepresented students (women and minorities)· To enhance learning and team skills using collaborative, learning-based educational methodology in the learning community courses· To improve written communication skills by creating a writing link between the first- year composition courses and other technical courses in the AE and AST curriculaAdditionally, we created the following specific objectives, which have served as tangibleguides for program planning:· To build excitement for the fields of engineering and technology· To increase student involvement within the department of ABE· To increase student interaction with the ABE faculty· To increase student interaction with ABE upper-level students· To have students learn about the differences

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

a problem. 7. Communicate, plan the implementation and assess the effectiveness of an engineered solution. 8. Demonstrate technical proficiency in an engineering discipline that is relevant to the needs of the Army.The Learning Model A common Learning Model was adopted for each engineering sequence to add structureto the cadet’s academic experience. Each cadet still takes a core curriculum during the first twoyears at the Academy. A portion of this curriculum gives them the math and science foundationrequired for success in each engineering sequence. All seven three-course sequences follow anintegrated progression from predominantly engineering science to mostly engineering design. Acommon design process is

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahadur Khan Khpolwak; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz

, Newton, MA, along with eleven American institutions; namely, Carnegie-MellonUniversity, Georgia Institute of Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Lehigh Un iversity,North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Purdue University, Rice University, Stevens Instituteof Technology, University of Cincinnati, University of Notre Dame, and Washington University,(St. Louis).Of great significance, also, was the move into new and permanent quarters at the end of the year1963. This building was one of several newly constructed buildings on the new Kabul UniversityCampus which were planned and built through the joint efforts of the Royal Government ofAfghanistan and the united States Government. In 1970, a five-year curriculum was adopted. Thefive

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Selmer Bringsjord; Paul Bello

. Page 7.152.9A tutoring system for logic will often have explicitly coded solutions for each exercise that a“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”student is presented with. We feel that this is a limiting factor for how useful the system weenvision can be. An agent should be able to take the current state of the proof, and generate asequence of steps to eventually satisfy all of the goals. The ability to perform such a complexchain of inferences is the hallmark of a goal-based agent. The goal-based agent architecture thatwe endeavor to implement subsumes both traditional planning agents and

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

and describes how concept maps can be structured.Figure 1. Example of concept map and description of how concept maps can be Page 7.322.2structured (Taken from Novak, 2000).Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2002-1225Concept maps can be used as a learning strategy, an instructional strategy, a strategy forcurriculum planning, and a means of student assessment.6 Use of concept mapping hasbeen associated with the

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wilk

detailed CAD drawings when applicable insubsequent design courses. All parts made in machine shop for senior project and other designprojects require a CAD drawing that is checked, and signed off by the faculty advisor.Assessment of Communication SkillsAs part of the assessment plan developed for ABET EC 2000, several performance criteria weredeveloped for evaluating achievement of outcome 3g, the ability to communicate effectively(oral, written, graphical, electronic). Appendix C. presents the current performance criteria used,lists the assessment method used to measure the attainment of that performance criteria, andresults from the class of 2000. Feedback from the students and alumni (items 10 and 11 inAppendix C) is one of the major sources of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Short

organizations, but it is now being proposed asan individual performance measure also.III.A. The Balanced Scorecard for OrganizationsUsing the strategic goals and mission of the company, the balanced scorecard attempts toenumerate and measure several key indicators of strategic performance for an organization.Kaplan and Norton also expand the use of the balanced scorecard from a simple measurementand control tool to a planning, goal setting, communication, and learning instrument. Thebalanced scorecard is comprised of four key sections: · financial perspective, · customer perspective, · internal-business-process perspective, and · learning and growth perspective.The perspectives are sequentially

Conference Session

Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

Plans for Future WorkResults from this administration of the KAI instrument supported our conjecture that thecognitive styles of students enrolled in CE334 may be slightly skewed towards the adaptive endof the KAI continuum. Determining whether this is a long-term trend will require furtherinvestigation with repeated administrations of the KAI over several years. If consistent overtime, this skew is relevant to the engineering educator through predictable relationships betweencognitive style and classroom behaviors. For example, the more adaptively oriented the class,the more frustration they are likely to experience with open-ended assignments and writing-to-learn exercises. A more innovatively oriented class, on the other hand, is more likely

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oguz Soysal

(McHenry, MD) management plans to build an incliner trolley system for transportation of guests between the hotel and the top of the hill*. Two cars will operate continuously 24-hours a day, 7-days a week in such a way that when one of the cars is ascending the other car will be descending. The management would like to supply the cars from a wind-power plant to save energy. Four engineering teams will submit a proposal for the supply system, and one of the projects will be funded for realization. The basic design criteria are: • Feasibility • Efficient operation • Low cost over the economical life of 20 years • Reliability • Safety Engineering teams will determine the customer needs, make a

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raymond Berg

A-K outcomes, as well as the supplemental M. E. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 7.141.2 Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationDepartment L-S outcomes, are amply assessed by the traditional mechanical engineering, cross-engineering-discipline, science/mathematics and liberal sciences courses. In addition, thecapstone design courses supplement this experience, particularly for the multi-disciplinaryoutcomes involving integrated design.This paper describes the development of a capstone course-level assessment plan

Conference Session

ET Web Based Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hall

, and engineering technology courses. The previously mentioned equationeditor and symbol fonts are critical among the needed upgrades.IV. SuggestionsWe plan to continue to develop and present electronics courses and laboratories on-line. As wedo this, we are working closely with our EET Industrial Advisory Committee. After initialreservations, the committee members realized the great potential of an on-line degree. In fact,they began to recognize the value to their own companies. Since our first discussion with theadvisory committee, we have been contacted several times with questions of how soon we wouldbe able to go on-line with an electronics degree.As mentioned above, Blackboard is cumbersome when trying to present technical content in

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

their experience and finalize plans for technical publications and presentations. During the first, fifth and last weeks, an outside evaluator (College of Education, Faculty) meets with the REU participants to evaluate their experience. The evaluator determines the impact of the REU experience on the participants through written surveys and exit interviews. The evaluator also conducts surveys beyond the duration of the REU to trac k the students’ progress at their respective colleges. The surveys and exit interviews will provide valuable information vital for the improvement of the REU program in subsequent years. RESULTS OF REU 2001 Nearly 50 applications were received in the summer of 2001. The nine finalists, 2 males and 7 females reflected

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

more self–assurance to betterhandle the managerial aspects of their jobs, thus helping them to advance more rapidly on thecorporate ladder.Plans for the Future Based on our positive experience, we plan to continue teaching the Global Perspectives inTechnology Management course, and offer the GLOBETECH simulation every fall semester forthe foreseeable future. We feel that the GLOBETECH simulation adds new depth and practicalexperience to the course. For the past few years, we have been working hard to develop strongties with several engineering schools, that would permit us a stronger, repeat collaboration in thesimulation and course. We will also continue to actively search for new schools interested toparticipate in our future

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

the modules particularly useful when the underlying theoreticalconcepts had already been taught in the class. Specifically, these modules not only furtherreinforced these concepts, but also provided an opportunity to view graphically and pictoriallyhow the results varied when the input parameters were varied with a practical range. Thus, theywere able to appreciate the sensitivity of the problem to input parameters. Overall, the studentscommented that this made the learning experience fun. These comments are quite consistentwith our goals we had set while undertaking this project. We plan to conduct a more formalsurvey when these modules are used this Spring semester (2002), and we would report the resultsof this survey in a future

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Ballinger; Craig Somerton

manufacturing stations unless it is in their plan, and this must bepoliced during the competition. With their assembly lines designed, the students are asked tostaff their lines, and at a given signal begin making their beanie eels. As each beanie eel comesoff the assembly it must pass inspection, principally that it does not leak split peas, which is themain flaw that appears. As each team completes the required number of beanie eels their time isrecorded. The competition continues until each team has completed the required number of eels.The winning team is the one with the lowest time, and some simple prizes should be distributedto the members of the winning team. Figure 5 shows the competition in action. Table 2 providessome typical results, with

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brahm Verma

, MA (PersonalCorrespondence). December 2001.11 Brahm Verma and E. Dale Threadgill, “Comprehensive Engineering – A Strategic Issue for the FirstDecade of the 21 st Century.” Submitted to the University of Georgia Strategic Planning Advisory Board.February 15, 2000. 20p. Page 7.556.11 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Dickson

• The creation of a management role for industrial representatives in academic programmesThey all endeavour to meet the need for employment-based part-time learning within the contextof continuing professional development, providing core and advanced engineering knowledge &skills and encouraging a multi-disciplinary approach to the learning process.It is interesting to note however that the format of workbased learning that all these courses takemirrors again Professor Livingston’s comments from 1971 “Formal management education programmes typically emphasises the development of problem solving and decision-making skills, for instance but give little attention to ….. skills ….. to carry out successful operating plans once

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Peterson; Barry Mullins

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThis was the first year for USAFA’s involvement in BattleBots. Based on the exceptionalexperience, the department anticipates participating in BattleBots for several years to come. It isenvisioned that the BattleBots will grow in sophistication as subsequent students attempt to buildtheir version of a BattleBot. As they do, the faculty mentors also gain a better appreciation forpower electronics as applied to high-powered mobile robots.References1. EE 464 Course Assessment Plan Version 1.1, United States Air Force Academy CO, 31 January 2000.2. Stone, Brad, “Attack of the BattleBots”, Newsweek, pgs. 40-42, 28 May 2001.3

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terri Nordin; Dana DeGeeter; Jenny Golder

encourage middle school agedstudents to focus on team building, problem solving, creativity, and analytical thinking. 5 Teamsof approximately ten students have about eight weeks to research, plan, create, test, and programan autonomous robot that is able to conquer a series of missions. These missions are based onreal world events or problems and are known to the student participants as The Challenge.Through creating these challenges for the student participants, the FLL program is able to fulfillits mission: The mission of the FLL program is to provide an inspirational learning experience for children celebrating science and technology, by combining educational context with hands-on challenges that empower children to discover

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Beams

planned in this sequence will be developed as a class project in EENG 4309(Electronics II) and EENG 4109 (Electronics II Lab) in spring, 2002. It has been tentativelynamed “Impedance Apparatus Project,” or “ZAP” using “Z” to stand for “Impedance.” (Thename is subject to change should the students devise a better one).ZAP will be an impedance-measuring instrument similar to an LRC bridge. LRC bridges areneither excessively expensive nor difficult to obtain; the rationale for designing and buildingsuch an instrument in this course is three- fold: 1. to give students experience in open-ended design problems; 2. to give students experience in modern engineering tools (e.g., LabVIEW); 3. to give students understanding of how such an

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

Engineering faculty. Furthermore, the instructor and projectsponsor must approve (in writing) the project proposal. The project proposal is really akin to astatement of work and is meant to be somewhat of a “contract” for the project, setting futureexpectations. The project proposal can be very important at latter stages in the project when it isnot uncommon for the project sponsor to try to expand the scope of work (project creep). Inaddition, the project proposal helps to make sure that the team is taking a systems approach tothe project and has a solid plan. Page 7.1039.2 Proceedings of the 2002American Society for Engineering Education

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Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Teodora Shuman; Greg Mason

occasions meetings had to be cut short or canceled simply becauseof technological problems. These technological issues need to be resolved for the followingterm.Second, design teams were required to share a single video teleconferencing facility. Thislimited the amount of time teams could meet together. In general, students wanted to meet moreoften than was practical. Next term the internet will be used for video conferencing. This willallow students to arrange their own meetings. It also means that multiple teams can meetsimultaneously instead of having to share the video conferencing facility.Third, participation of the MEGR105 class was less than initially planned. Delays in getting theprojects started meant students were rushed for time and

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

applications where it is cumbersome to program in LabVIEW, we couldhave an experienced programmer write the painstakingly difficult algorithm and make it availableas a subVI to the rest of the class so that students do not get bogged down by a few non-intuitiveprograms. This paper is a report on the state of the progress that has been made to achieve thisend.The works that remains is twofold. I plan to expand the toolkit in future offerings of the course.An equally important task is to “polish” all the VIs in the toolkit so that they all have their uniqueicons and their documentation so that LabVIEW’s help facility may display adequate informationon each of the VIs. Right now, only a limited number of these VIs benefit from such luxuries (seeFig. 6

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen

thispoint. We are looking into the regional demand for graduates with training in fields such as laserpatterning and plasma processing in order to help determine what to add next.We plan to replace the laboratory component of the second introductory physics course with aone-credit course for majors. This is because many aspects of the “Physics II” laboratory arealready covered in the required courses in circuits and optics; electrical engineering students arealready exempt from this laboratory. It is thought that this course could be replaced by anintroductory course in instrumentation; e.g., oscilloscopes, simple analog and digital circuits,computer interfacing, and simple machining.ConclusionWhile the major work of defining the goals and

Conference Session

Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Faitak; Monika Blair; Matthew Johnson; Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

. (anon-profit organization), now serves as the organizing umbrella over the hubs, with financial andvolunteer support from several major corporations.The BEST games typically involve a radio-controlled robot picking up game pieces and placingthem in a container to score points. Both offensive and defensive maneuvers can increase thetotal number of points a team wins in a round. The theme and game rules change each year andare announced at “Kick-Off” where each team is provided with an identical box of materials andthe current year’s rules. After four weeks of brainstorming, planning, developing prototypes,and building, the teams are invited to an exhibition event, usually held at a local mall, to testtheir robots and get a sneak preview of the

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Omid Ansary; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

infrastructure ofmost institutions and engineering programs are not exceptions. For example, most institutionsinclude activities similar to ABET’s criteria in their strategic plans. The program faculty andadministrations are usually charged to monitor these activities to ensure the feasibility andquality of their programs. However, the major difference is that ABET’s criteria requireenormous documentation, bookkeeping, statistical analyses, data gathering, periodic surveys, andABET’s way of documenting students portfolios on a periodic basis. These require atremendous amount of resources and burden on programs and institutions. For some engineeringdisciplines the benefit of being accredited is so minimal that many institutions are questioningtheir

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Silvana Tarazaga; Dalmaris Gonzalez

3.79 0.918 3.79 0.918 Overall Mean 0.93 3.74 3.74 Biographical Information Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suárez Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suárez is Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of EXITE! Camp. She obtained her PhD in Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Bartolomei-Suárez is an active consultant to manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico, and specializes in facility planning and simulation. At UPRM, she works with the pre-college programs to introduce engineering to junior and high school students. Silvana Tarazaga Silvana Tarazaga is currently a Master of Science candidate in Industrial