Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sr., Willyerd Collier; Ken Vickers; Benita Wolff; Greg Salamo

to select students themselves t hat theyfelt would be a good match to the REU programs.As two of the three REU programs were housed in science departments in the Fulbright Collegeof Arts and Sciences, and the third microEP REU was interdisciplinary between Fulbright andEngineering Colleges, this resulted in the Carver Project managing nine positions suitable forstudents from science undergraduate programs. An additional benefit from the Carver/REUpartnerships was a plan to more tightly coordinate the Carver Project students’ social activitieswith the social activities of the REU programs.The third expansion of scope of the Carver Project came from the endorsement of the programby the Dean of the College of Engineering to the engineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Clark Merkel

car. Before they build theirmodel, they should consider such things as model strength, methods of construction,available materials, model reliability, ease of use, and safety considerations. They shouldhave some plan to weigh the relative importance of the different features that will allow Page 7.870.9them to select a design which is a good balance of all the most important features. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Step 10 is the stage where the model becomes a real car. Working with tools is

Conference Session

Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

approach public schools with ideasfor providing help, only to make it clear that “help” is defined by the university, often inisolation of what the schools need. By the same token, teachers must be aware of the tendency tobecome territorial about curriculum and lesson plans, and to remain open minded about thepotential of the partnership.If the relationship has been properly initiated and set up, the management aspect of thepartnership should be minimal. The goal of the university, the engineering student and theschool must be to minimize the additional responsibilities placed on the classroom teacher. Tothat end, it is imperative that each school have a single point of contact, preferably inadministration or instructional resource, who will serve

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Kushner; Jay Martin

, with a plan to spend additionaleffort in the future on the larger issue of efficiency in patient escort monitoring. Rather thanpresent the details of the process we followed, we will just show the final result from thisendeavor, pictured in Fig. 3. This prototype is currently undergoing testing at the hospitaland we will evaluate the effectiveness of the changes made in the coming months.What Happened This Time? What was the Impact?When the students learned that we were going to carry out one of the projects, there were acouple of reactions we had not anticipated. First, students questioned why we wanted to do aproject. Because we were unprepared for this question, we did not respond with anyreference to the pedagogical intent of our actions

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

them an experience of howproducts are designed and assembled. The main drawback of this approach is scalability. Weoffer this course to nine sections of 32 students each. This still only reaches 20 percent of ourentering engineering students. To address the issue of offering active learning opportunities to allentering freshman, we have worked to develop activities that could be offered during the regularclass time rather than as a separate laboratory.Pilot Project 1Development and implementation of any significant change in course delivery method, in thiscase hands-on early design activities, for the entire entering engineering class at Virginia Techrequires significant planning and trials. There are usually thirty-six sections of EF1015

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jørgen Hansen; Arvid Andersen

part of a much broadersociety. Besides being the technical specialist, a Danish engineer is expected to speak at leasttwo foreign languages, to be flexible, to be able to communicate clearly and hopefullywithout too much ambiguity, to be able to do teamwork and to plan and manage projects.Also understanding of inter-human relations when executing projects with cross-cultural andmultidisciplinary participation is expected. Certainly the paradigm has changed and will Page 7.500.1continue to do so. The tendency to allocate home computers to employees is growing fast.Also short-term contract employment is a trend. It seems to be attractive to work on

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

Page 7.1248.7write a formal report. Sophomores tend to appreciate the concept more than seniors whoadmitted they did review their exams more frequently than when they first entered college. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationOverall, the foregoing discussions gave evidence that the concept of After Action Reports(AAR) proved to be an effective learning tool that extends learning beyond the examinations.The author is planning to continue this activity in other courses and administer similar surveys inorder to continue getting feedback from students. This will help in the improvement

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Thomas; Vinod Lohani; Bevlee Watford

California for further testing the approach. Also, it is planned to repeatthe analysis with weekly PDSI data, if available, to get a better characterization ofdrought probabilities. Page 7.892.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 2: C++ Class for Analysis of PDSI DataClass Name WeatherPurpose Used to perform analysis on weather dataOperations int Convert(double); bool insert(double, int, int); double longterm(int pattern); double

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Callinan; Gary Hikiss

directly (except for the thermocouples). The output of the pressure transducers,load cell and fuel flow system are fed through a switching box to a Kiethley Model 175AAutoranging Digital Multimeter. The output of the thermocouples was measured using anOmega Model DP25-TC Digital Thermocouple Controller.The operating procedure is described in Reference 4. The following is an overview of thatprocedure. Prior to the test, the fuel, lubricating and compressed air systems must be checked toinsure they are functioning properly and adequately supplied for the tests planned. The engineoperates satisfactorily using a variety of fuels (e.g., various grades of jet engine fuel, keroseneand diesel fuel). Various switches are turned on in sequence to power up

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

controls. Hisresearch areas include, process planning, robotics and rapids prototyping. He previously taught atRyerson Polytechnic university for 3 years. He holds a Bachelors in electrical engineering, andMasters and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario.Appendix A - A Problem ExampleA feedback control system is shown below. The system incorporates a PID controller. The closed loop transfer function is given. X + Y Ki 3 - K p + ----- + K d D ------------ D

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Archibald

critique. The critique helps students to interpret comments of the reviewers and focus on the top priorities. Generally, design reviews result in copious amounts of information, not all of which is equally important, and which may be contradictory. Students often need help prioritizing the data and developing plans of action.Project Evaluation: At the end of the year, students are required to make a finalpresentation of their design project to faculty, college administrators, underclassmen, andparents. These presentations are evaluated by representatives from local industries.Frequently people other than industry advisors are used, although there is some overlap.Although the project is essentially completed by this time

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; Thomas Korman

course offerings, it is our desire toincorporate architecture and structural engineering students into the process. These disciplinesare also to key to successful coordination efforts, because of the many constraints they imposeon MEP systems. ReferencesBarton 83 Barton, Paul K., Building Services Integration, E. & F. N. Spoon Ltd., London, 1983.Beard 01 Beard, Jeffrey L., Michael C. Loulakis Sr., and Edward C. Wundram. Design-Build: Planning Through Development. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001Bergthold 98 Telephone interview with Rudy Bergthold, President, Cupertino Electric, January 26, 1998.Hanna 99 Hanna, Awad S

Conference Session

Intra-college Graduate Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Martha J. Molander; Josh Corra; Bethany Konz; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller; Abdeldjelil Belarbi

interviewand the questionnaire shown in Figure 5. Some salient comments are listed below.· Did Motivation to do Interdisciplinary Work Increase or Decrease as a Result: “Increase” and “Increase – the variety was interesting”· Interdisciplinary Aspect(s) of Project for which you were Least Prepared: “Terminology, applied math in other fields,” “Planning and resources on the civil side,” and “Civil topics with my partner, … I couldn’t rely on what I already knew.”· Recommendations and Comments: “Overall, I would say that this has been a lesson in learning to communicate and work with someone with a different background and training than myself.” and “One of the biggest challenges was in the differences in connotations of words

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Field

Educationfaculty, student team meetings with industrial partners, and end-of-semester project presentationsto industrial partners.Interviewing is also listed as a common technique. Use of the interview allows the investigator topursue the answer to a number of open-ended questions from a variety of stakeholders. An initialround of interviews has been conducted with students, and plans are underway to expand theinterviews to the three College Deans and their faculty representatives, and the industrial partners(management and program participants). Many resources, not the least of which are time andmoney, are expended to ensure continued availability of the Business Laboratory experience.The expenditures of these resources must be balanced by the perception

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zdzislaw Pawlowski; Krzysztof Zaremba; Roman Morawski

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 4. (cont.) Model plan of the undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering Stage A Stage B Stage C Semester SUBJECT CLASS or course 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 units units units units units units units unitsFUNDAMENTALS OF BIOMEDICAL 3 8

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Collins; Matthew Ohland

Engineering Educationin this study and the related study of summer bridge programs that there is considerable variationamong programs identified as the same type. As described in the summer bridge program study,plans to take the study in this direction are already underway. In implementing this newapproach, the focus will shift to identifying a more complete set of information about a moreexhaustive list of programs, but focusing on a more limited number of schools. Page 7.338.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dempster

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationhours in the week supervised by academic teaching staff and where necessary, technicianstaff. The students had previously been given lectures on project management, planning,design methodologies, team building, etc and previous engineering science lectures hadequipped them with sufficient knowledge in dynamics, strength of materials and materialsengineering. The student’s progress was monitored during the period and all studentsmaintained progress logbooks. Students worked in groups of four and each member wasallocated a specific role with identified tasks to be completed each week. Academic staffattempted to monitor the progress of each group and guide them to a satisfactory completion.At

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes and Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ajay Athale; Charlene Yauch

andrelated issues.Bibliography1. SME. (1997). Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report. Dearborn, MI: Society of Manufacturing Engineers.2. http://www.sigmazone.com/doekiss.htm (Accessed January 8, 2002).CHARLENE A. YAUCHCharlene A. Yauch is an assistant professor at Oklahoma State University. She received her M.S. (Sociology, Mfg.Systems Engineering) and Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering) degrees from the University of Wisconsin -Madison and aB.S.I.E. from Purdue University. She is a licensed professional engineer with over 6 years of industry experience.In addition to research on implementing new manufacturing systems, she currently teaches a graduate course onmanagement of cellular manufacturing systems and an undergraduate courses on

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Scott Moor

43 13 9 11A majority of the reports included the expected coverage of each section. The introductionsexceeded expectations with many groups providing interesting facts about the product or thehistory of its production. The poorest showing was in the environment and safety area. Again,focusing on the product issues and not on the entire process was the source of most deficiencies.I plan to add the word “process” to the title of this section in next year’s assignment to help pointout this issue to students.Over the two years, a slight improvement can be seen in all categories. This improvement islikely due to differences in the students between the two years

Conference Session

CAD Applications in MET Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

cohesiveteam in making the complete engine, and assignment of individual duties within the team is theresponsibility of the students themselves, not the instructor. In practice, the WSU students onaverage work on twice as many components as the UW students. Thus there is much greaterfocus on the hands-on machining for WSU students. On the other hand, UW students can get intomore theoretical issues like process planning that the WSU students do not cover in this course.Instead, WSU has a completely independent course in Process Engineering. This difference in Page 7.747.5emphasis can in part be attributed to the fact that the UW course is intended

Conference Session

Academic Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

, Memphis State University,Center for the Study of Higher Education, Memphis, Dec.,(1983).2. Walvoord, B. E., and V. J. Anderson, Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment, Jossey-Bass, SanFrancisco, CA (1998).3.Hammons, J. O. and J. R. Barnsley, "Everything you need to know about developing a grading plan for yourcourse (well almost)", J. Excel.Colleg. Teach., 3, 51-68 (1992).4. Hoey, J. J., 1998 Higher Education Research Instititute Faculty Survey Results, Georgia Tech Office ofAssessment, (August 1999).5. Roth, W. F., Jr., "Our grading system throws kids a curve", The Eduation Digest, 65, 27-31 (2000).6. Guskey, T. R., "Reporting on student learning: lessons from the past - prescriptions for the future", Yearbook,1996, 13-24 (1996).7

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Morel

and walking through their algorithms to ensure they do what they think they do.This helps them to see their errors in sequence, selection, iteration, and logic. This doesn’thappen on other non-robot assignments.Future work We plan to improve the simulator by making it behave more like the real world. Distancesare currently not to scale, and the robot moves faster in the simulator than in real life. For now,the simulator is best for problems involving only one robot but we hope to incorporateinteraction between multiple robots. Additional enhancements include the integration of suchtechnologies as lasers, sensors, and IR communications. We are working with the Civil andMechanical Engineering Department to develop lessons that incorporate

Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Geselowitz; Kim Breitfelder

with exhibitcontent. The material will take the form of modules, several modules per exhibit. Thesemodules will provide practical teaching activities connected to the technical content ofthe exhibit and will be aligned with the national standards for technology. Each moduleaddresses one standard or a small narrow group of standards. The material is beingdeveloped in conjunction with both pedagogy experts and actual classroom teachers andtheir students. Instructional material includes lesson plans that incorporate the site,further explanations of activities that can be carried out on-line, and instructions foractivities that can be carried out in the classroom.The Future: International ConsiderationsAs mentioned, content and instructional

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Z. Joan Delalic; Richard Cohen; Jim J-S Chen; Dennis Silage

modeling, simulation, layout and design for testability andmapping to standard cells. Materials for micro and nano technology.EE 600 Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation. Principles and algorithms for VLSIphysical design. Partitioning algorithms, basic algorithms for floor planning and pin assignment.Introduction to multi-chip module (MCM) and SOC microscale heat transfer.ME 760 Advanced Heat Transfer. Survey of heat and mass transfer phenomena. Advancedanalytical methods in conduction, convection and radiation, and combined systems. Similarityand boundary layer concepts. Numerical methods. Heat transfer in the manufacturing processes.Thermal management in microelectronics and micro-scale heat transfer.ENGR 510 Modular Electronics

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Tuttle; Charles White; Gwan-Ywan Lai; Trevor Harding

formanufacturing some product. Typical products include plumbing fixtures, golf club heads, andautomotive components such as valves, steering knuckles, control arms and engine blocks.In the final project, students combine concepts learned in the previous three projects (life cycleengineering, design process, material selection and process selection) with economicconsiderations they have recently learned to develop a business plan for developing a productwith an emphasis on proper materials and process selection. This project culminates in a finalwritten report and an oral presentation at the end of the term.Assessment and Evaluation PlansAssessment and evaluation of the project is broken into two semi-autonomous classifications:assessment of course

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

start to finish includingproject definition, planning, risk assessment, design alternative 0 0 10 25analysis,software use, prototyping , testing, evaluation etc.Development of communication skills. 0 0 10 25Better appreciation of the role of customer in engg. design 0 3 17 15Improved study habits and interaction with faculty 2 15 8 10Ability to integrate knowledge from many different fields. 2 12 13 8 Life Skills Outcome DesiredCritical thinking ability 2 12

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alim

and summer 2001experience will consist of the following laboratory facilities: fabrication and processing,characterization, testing, and reverse engineering of the existing microelectronic end-products. To support the planned programs of 2002 and 2003 necessary proposals have beensubmitted. These proposals seek necessary funds to continue and formalize this collaborativerelationship to benefit the students in the VLSI and Microelectronics option at AAMU untilthe laboratory facility is established at the new School of Engineering and Technology Page 7.424.5building in Fall 2003.LABORATORY DEVELOPMENTIt may be noted profoundly that the financial

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Henry

Page 7.1282.6remotely. We have plans for the entire experiment to be operable remotely in the near future. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annua l Conference and Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Pressure Swing Adsorption experiment consists of a commercial home oxygen concentratorthat has been extensively instrumented for flow, temperature and concentration. Remoteoperation of the unit is possible. The students can change the pressure swing cycle time andobserve the impact on oxygen production rate and concentration.The Gas Fired Water Heater is a domestic gas water heater that is extensively instrumented forflows and temperatures of the water

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerard Foster

Indianawould be a large task. In the spring of 2000, Dr. Michael O’Hair of Purdue Universitysolicited the help of the Indiana Department of Education. The essence of thiscollaboration is set forth in the following points from an agreement titled Project LeadThe Way Indiana Collaboration dated February 8, 2001.In Indiana, Purdue University would be responsible for the following:“ · Provide the Summer Institute teacher assessment on-line through the PLTW web site. · Provide advice for teachers needing readiness training prior to Summer Institute training. · Provide teacher training through an Indiana PLTW Summer Institute. … · Coordinate with PLTW for the ongoing teacher training. · Develop a plan to certify school programs

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia LaCourse; Barrett Rock

. Page 7.38.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education5. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Manufactuing Education Plan: Phase I Report -Industry IdentifiesCompetency Gaps among Newly Hired Engineering Graduates, Dearborn, MI, 1997.6. Engineering Accreditation Commission, 2000. "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs" ABET(Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. Accessed on: January 22, 2002. Available athttp://www.abet.org/images/Criteria/eac_criteria_b.pdf7. Loeb, H., "Writing Courses in the Engineering College Curriculum," Journal of Technical Writing andCommunication