, American Society for Engineering Education, St. Louis, June 2000, CD.5. Eschenbach, Ted, Henry Wiebe, and Hulya Yazici, "Spreadsheets vs. Formulas for Engineering Economy Instruction, ASEE Proceedings, June 1991, pp. 530-534.6. Fish, John Charles Lounsbury, Engineering Economics: First Principles, McGraw Hill, 1915.7. Grant, Eugene L., Engineering Economy revised, Ronald Press, 1938.8. Grant, Eugene L., W. Grant Ireson, and Richard S. Leavenworth, Engineering Economy 8 th, John Wiley, 1990.9. Hartman, Joseph C., ASuggestions for Teaching Engineering Economy at the Undergraduate Level,@ The Engineering Economist, Vol. 44 No. 1, 1999, pp. 110-125. “Response” by Ted G. Eschenbach, pp. 126- 128.10. Kahl, Alfred, and William
/~reslfwww/hallsandcommunities/menengineer.html23 http://prospectivestudents.missouri.edu/~reslfwww/hallsandcommunities/womenengineer.html24 http://www.unl.edu/learncom/engineer.html25 Della-Piana, C.K., Arenaz, P., Fisher, W. and Flores, B.C., CircLES: A Comprehensive First-Year Program forEntering Engineering and Science Students, University of Texas, El Paso, Session 1237, ASEE 200126 Steadman, S. and Whitman, D. Residential Innovations for Engineering Students, University of Wyoming,Session 3453, ASEE 2001.27 http://www.housing.wisc.edu/wise/28 http://www.rdp.vt.edu/themehousing/welc.html29 http://www.cea.wsu.edu/student/support.htm30 Cooley, W.L., Prucz, M., Live and Learn Program for Recruitment/Retention, West Virginia University, SessionT1F
7.872.3Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Educationeach for the midterm and the final exam), the laboratory portion counting 55% (42% for reports,5% for oral presentation(s), and 8% instructor's evaluation), and design project 15%.Design Project BenefitsThe five week long design project is typically an incubator for developing similar modern labsystems for other programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UTC. Fluidmechanics and strength of materials lab systems along with other mechanical engineering labsystems have been renovated-upgraded through the student design projects. Generally speaking
. Primarily, they spoke of teaching other teachers, from Wake and other NCcounties (especially rural areas), how to hold an engineering camp and tie engineering principlesand problem solving to their curriculum. New participants could use the model we developedthis year, while our local version of the camp could explore some of the other engineeringdisciplines. The opportunity to increase the public’s knowledge of engineering is great through acamp such as this.References[1] National Center for Educational Statistics of the U. S. Department of Education, Third International Mathematics and Science Study. [2] McDill, Moyra and Marilyn A. Johnston, "Tracking the Gender Barrier Through Declining Interest in Technology," Proceedings of
our capstone course,construction management students increase their exposure to design activities, while civil (andconstruction engineering) students increase (or supplement) their knowledge in the area of projectmanagement and in the long run may mitigate the adversary relationships that often occurbetween contractors and engineers.Bibliography1 Allen, D., Introduction to Problem-Based Learning (PBL), a workshop organized by the Faculty Institute for Excellence in Learning, August 21, 2001.2 Duch, B., Groh, S., and Allen, D., The Power of Problem-Based Learning - A Practical "How To" for Teaching Undergraduate Courses in Any Discipline, Stylus Pub., April 2001.3 Rhem, J., Problem Based Learning: An Introduction, a featured
and explore emerging networking issues.AcknowledgementThe Network Systems Laboratory was made possible through funding from The VerizonFoundation, The Air Products Foundation and The Gladys Brooks Foundation. Additionalfunding was provided by J. Randall and Kathleen MacDonald.References1. Barry Wilkinson and Michael Allen, Parallel Programming -- Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers, Prentice Hall, 1999.2. Ian Foster, Design and Building Parallel Programs, Addison Wesley Publishing, 1995.3. Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Maarten van Steen, Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms, Prentice Hall, 2002.4. Douglas E. Comer, Computer Networks and Internets, Second Edition, by CD-ROM by Ralph Droms
Session 2263 Increasing Manufacturing Competency with a ‘Dirt-Cheap’ Sand Casting Lab Charlene A. Yauch, Ajay J. Athale Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation has identified competency gapsin a number of critical areas including manufacturing processes, materials, and teamwork. Toaddress these problem areas and provide students with a hands-on manufacturing experience, aneconomical sand casting lab was developed and implemented in an industrial processe s course atOklahoma State
those definitions, the stated objectives of the Design Engineering program are:· to produce increased numbers of high quality design engineers that have the skills required by future employers;· to emphasize increased productivity and innovation in design research, design practices and design education;· to establish productive and effective collaborations between the chairholder(s), industry and other design faculty and experts across Canada; and· to increase the awareness and appreciation in the community for all aspects of design engineering.This is a clear departure from past practice at NSERC. Traditionally they have been associatedwith the provision of funds to support graduate studies and research in Science and Engineering
. Page 7.325.7 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The translator ha s a few options for control, the translator may be configured for half or full stepresolution. It may also be wired for turning the power off to the windings to allow for the motorto move freely. For this application the stepper motor will move in full steps and the all windingsoff is not wired. Pins 10 and 11 are wired together on the translator for it to use its internal optoisolation. This helps to protect the control lines of the translator. Figure 9 is a connectiondiagram from the 82C55A to the SLO-SYN translator
Session 3454 Development of Business Skills in Engineering Students through Collaborative Engineering-Business School Activities O.A. Ezekoye, T.S. Patil and S. Nichols Department of Mechanical Engineering J.S. Butler, J. Nolen, J. Doggett Red McCombs School of Business The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXAbstract Most engineering graduates pursue positions in existing businesses. Generally, for anindividual to advance
Programs, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Baltimore, MD, Nov.1, (2000).13. Allen, M. J., "Teaching Non-Traditional Students", Observer, American Psychological Soc., 13 (2000).14. Brookhart, S. M., The Art and Science of Classroom Assessment: The Missing Part of Pedagogy, ASHE-ERICHigher Education Report, 27, George Washington University, (1999).PAUL BLOWERSPaul Blowers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at theUniversity of Arizona. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University beforeattending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. Inaddition to educational research, his other academic research involves
resistance in turn. The “S” shape of theriver at West Point made it an ideal location to develop sufficient defenses to prevent unabatedtravel of the British Navy along the Hudson River. Ships must tack multiple times to negotiatethe successive bends in the river – the primary motivation for a steel chain to stop ships dead inthe water. It was believed that few sailing ships could ever develop the speed necessary totheoretically break through the chain. Of course, the “Great Chain” was never tested and adiscussion on its strength and practicality will be left for another forum. The historicsignificance and availability of these redoubts are critical in remembrance and reflection on ourcountry’s struggle for independence.Since Redoubt 7 is the most
Session 3454 Components of a Comprehensive Engineering Entrepreneurship Program David F. Barbe, J. Robert Baum, Karen S. Thornton University of Maryland, College Park1. IntroductionThis paper is based on the Hinman Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities (CEOs) Program atthe University of Maryland. A former Dean of Engineering created the original concept for theprogram, and the benefactor, after whom the program is named, is an engineering alumnus andsuccessful entrepreneur. A committee having strong representation from the business andengineering schools and resident life accomplished the initial
.Biographical InformationTREVOR S. HARDING is Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University, and isPrincipal Investigator for the project described in this paper. He has been actively involved in the EducationalResearch and Methods Division of ASEE for several years. His research interests include academic integrity amongengineering students, fatigue of structural materials and wear phenomenon in orthopedic implants.GWAN-YWAN LAI is Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University, where he is theassessment leader of the Manufacturing Engineering program for ABET EC2000 criteria. He was the principalinvestigator of two NSF-ILI Grants and two metrology equipment grants. His research interests include
, McGraw-Hill, 2000. 2. Ressler, S., “The Project Management K’nexercise: Using Role-Playing to Facilitate Learning About Design and Construction,” Proceedings , 1999 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 1999.ERIC M. LACHANCEMajor Eric Lachance is an instructor at the United States Military Academy. MAJ Lachance has taught AdvancedStructural Analysis and Construction Management. He is the faculty advisor for the ASCE Student Chapter. MAJLachance received a BS degree in Construction Management from Arizona State University in 1990 and MSdegrees from Stanford University in Civil Engineering, one in Structural Engineering and one in ConstructionEngineering.RONALD W. WELCHLieutenant Colonel Ronald W. Welch is an Assistant Professor and Director
,Chief for the city of Charlotte, NC Fire Department. However, in the initial presentation to the Page 7.52.1University, the program was perceived to be more of a training program rather than education so“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”the University stated it was not interested. Then the idea was brought back to the University inthe mid 1990’s by Chiefs Holloway and Proctor of the Concord, NC Fire Department. Theinitial contact was to the College of Business Administration as the
Engineering Education" The written report will be authored by the EGR 101 team members, with an appendix written by the MEE405 team member(s). This is a formal report which should give details of the complete design process, from problem statement to implementation and testing.Each group was given a piece of material selected by the instructor that was approximately 1/4"thick and approximately 6" square. The materials used included clear acrylic, plywood, pvc, redoak (with the grain at a 45 degree angle), and a particle board. One of the reason these materialswere chosen was to give a range of materials from ductile to brittle and to provide a challenge inthe use of stress transformation for the 45 degree angle. The seniors would be
, (3)where D(l) is the chromatic-dispersion parameter measured in picoseconds (ps) per nanometer(nm) times kilometer (km), L is the transmission length in km, and Dl is the spectral width of alight source in nm. Given the spectral width of a light source and the transmission length, achromatic dispersion parameter becomes the critical characteristic of an optical fiber thatdetermines chromatic dispersion. Manufacturers specify the chromatic-dispersion parameter for optical fibers either bygiving its value or by the formula D(l) = (S 0/4)l[1 – (l0/l)4], (4)where S0 is the zero-dispersion slope in ps/(nm2-km), l0 is the zero-dispersion wavelength, and lis the operating
Session 3453The Development and Operation of Adventure Engineering,A K-12 Curriculum Development ProgramM.A. Mooney, T. Laubach, S. NicholasUniversity of Oklahoma, 202 W. Boyd, Rm 334, Norman OK 73019IntroductionThe need for effective K-12 engineering outreach is apparent. The burgeoning demandfor a technical workforce far outpaces the supply currently graduated. According to theNational Science Foundation, U.S. colleges awarded 37 percent fewer degrees incomputer science, 24 percent fewer in math, 16 percent fewer in engineering and 2percent fewer in physical sciences in 1998 compared to 1988. Enrollment in engineeringschools has also steadily decreased
Luther Fincher,Chief for the city of Charlotte, NC Fire Department. However, in the initial presentation to theUniversity, the program was perceived to be more of a training program rather than education sothe University stated it was not interested. Then the idea was brought back to the University inthe mid 1990’s by Chiefs Holloway and Proctor of the Concord, NC Fire Department. Theinitial contact was to the College of Business Administration as the Concord chiefs felt that theprogram should be primarily an administrative program. The College of BusinessAdministration also expressed no interest in taking on a program of this nature.Not willing to drop the idea of creating a program, Chief Proctor and Chief Holloway consideredanother option
. Introduction Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a not-for-profit organization that partners with middle schools and high schools, organizations in the private sector, and institutes of higher education to provide students with a technology-based, project-oriented curriculum targeted to increase the quality and number of engineering and engineering technology professionals in this country. Conceptualized by Richard Blais in the early 1980’s, this program, with the help of the Charitable Venture Foundation, started with 13 schools in 1997. Currently, 221 high schools and 57 middle schools in 27 states are affiliated with PLTW with a projection of 600 schools by the end of 2003. Approximately 80,000 students have been exposed to the PLTW program. In
3investigate how drug concentration, matrix material and 2particle size, and tableting pressure effect a tablet’s physical 1 M = 2 DC s Ct tproperties [3], (4) investigate the release kinetics of the drug 0 0 0.5 1 1 .5 2 2.5from the matrix and to determine whether Higuchi kinetics [2] Tim e 1/2 1/2
Gear: The Dirt on Drags, Fly Rod & Reel, March/April, pp. 76-77. 3. Cozad, D., 1998, Trout Unlimited, phone conversation, Kalamazoo, MI 4. Gibbs, J., 1997, Fly Reels 1997. Fly Fisherman, pp. 60-63. 5. Groner, S. and Aldrich, T., 1998, Hydraulic Drag in Fly Fishing. Project Proposal, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI, 6. Mason, B., 1988. Fly Fishing: Learn from a Master. Lanham: Sports Illustrated Books. 7. Reel Company – Abel, 1998, phone conversation. Kalamazoo, MI 8. Rosenbauer, T., 1984. The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide. Lyons & Burford Publishers, New York, NY. 9. Webb, P., 1997, Phone conversation, Lansing, MIBiographical InformationJORGE RODRIGUEZAssistant Professor and Research Associate of the Human Performance
development plan for newly hiredengineering technology faculty members as well as engineering technologyadministrators.Although such a plan will go a long way in helping a new engineering technology facultymember, more work and effort are needed on the part of the engineering technologycommunity as a whole to define the field of engineering technology more clearly,differentiating it from both engineering and science areas. If the expectations of teachingexcellence and satisfactory research activity are articulated and clarified for the peers ofengineering technology faculty, it would be of great help to all engineering technologyeducators.Bibliography[1] Johnston, S. F., Gostalev, J. P., and King, W. J., “Engineering and Society”, Prentice Hall, 2000
of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2625. Available CD-ROM. 3. Davis, D.C., R.W. Crain Jr., D.E. Calkins, K.L. Gentili, and M.S. Trevisan. “Competency-Based Engineering Design Projects.” Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1608. Available CD-ROM. 4. Davis, D.C., R.W. Crain, M.S. Trevisan, D.E. Calkins, and K.L. Gentili. “Categories and Levels for Defining Engineering Design Program Outcomes.” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3530. Available CD-ROM. 5. Campbell, S., and C.L. Colbeck. “Teaching and Assessing Engineering Design: A Review of the Research.” Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3530
Session 1420 Evaluating the Impact of Real-time Systems Theory Course on a Multidisciplinary Embedded Systems Curriculum G. Singh1 , M. Mizuno1 , M. Neilsen1 , D. Lenhert2 , N. Zhang3 , A. Gross41 Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University (KSU), fsingh,masaaki,neilseng@cis.ksu.edu2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KSU, lenhert@ksu.edu3 Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, KSU, zhangn@ksu.edu4 The IDEA Center, 211 S. Seth Child Road, Manhattan, KS, agross@ksu.edu Abstract The ChERT project is
Tapias. Available at <> (1999).3. Bryant, R.E. & Irwin, M.J. Current and future Ph.D. output will not satisfy demand for faculty. Computing Research News, 2001, March, 5-11.4. Cambell, G. Jr., Denes, R. & Morrison, C. (Eds.) Access Denied: Race, Ethnicity, and the Scientific Enterprise. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2000).5. Cassell, J. & Jenkins, H. (Eds.) From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. Cambridge: MIT Press (1998).6. Catsambis, S. Gender, race, ethnicity, and science education in the middle grades. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995, 32, 243-257.7. Clewell, B., Anderson, B. & Thorpe, M. Breaking the Barriers: Helping Female and Minority
analog transients andharmonic distortion. These tools are also being incorporated into ongoing research in mixed-signal anddigital test. Page 7.816.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. T. Hall, “Using Simulation Software for Electronics Engineering Technology Laboratory Instruction,” 2000 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 3547, St. Louis, MO, June 18-21, 2000.2. S. Pisarski, “Using Simulation Software for Electronics Engineering Technology Laboratory
, 1999.2. Course website, www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/vspgroup/burleson/courses/197H/3. MATLAB website, www.mathworks.com4. Interactive MPEG-1 Video Demonstration web page in the WebDVD website, http://vsp2.ecs.umass.edu/mpeg/5. Cool Edit website, www.cooledit.com6. M. Stern, J. Steinberg, H.I. Lee, J. Padhye, J. Kurose, "MANIC: Multimedia Asynchronous NetworkedIndividualized Courseware", Proc. of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1997.7. RIPPLES website, http://ripples.cs.umass.edu8. S. Thampuran, W. Burleson, K. Watts, “Multimedia Distance Learning Without the Wait”, Proc. of Frontiers inEducation Conference, 2001.PROF. WAYNE BURLESON is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeringat the University of
correctly answered. Ø The second type of charts represents the percent of students correctly answered each individual transfer question. The caption of this type indicates the number and type of question. For example, Q1, Q2, … and Q6 indicate question number 1, 2, … and so on. While C indicates a cylindrical object, S a sheet object, and B a block object.· In comparing the results from each case sections with those of the control section, one can conclude the followings: 1. Students in the case sections outperformed those in the control section in every aspect. 2. Students in all sections performed better when a cylindrical object was used. This is due to the fact that students in all sections have practiced on