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Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Cockayne; John Feland; Larry Leifer

· implementation · planning · usability testing · writingOne hundred and ten personal skills are first super-classed into ten areas – Intelligence,Interpersonal, Communications, Maturity, Energy, Financial, Entrepreneurial Sales,Management, Other, and Non-Design Pursuits – with ratings of Yes, No, Sometimes, orOften. Examples of personal skills are: · flexible · team player · articulate · cooperative · vigor · set budgets · builds relationships · prioritizes clearly · publishesWhile the IDSA tool is a valuable start, it lacks much of the rigor that can be

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Glavinich; Patricia Brown

; Exposition Copyright ã2002, American Society for Engineering Education Many members of the AE community have expressed displeasure with the no-choiceformat of the AE examination. The reason for this is that most AE graduates practice in one ofthe four areas. In order to move to a breadth and depth format, the number of test takers must beconsistently at a level to assure that each module will have a statistical integrity.Lessons Learned Development of the AE examination was a learning process for AEI. Groups consideringthe development of a PE examination for their specific discipline may want to consider thefollowing five lessons during their planning process: · Lesson #1: Developing An Examination

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lane; Jim Harden

shared calendar fortriggering time-critical events.This web-based system for managing assessment data is an ongoing project. Further efforts willfocus on reporting, integration, and improving user interfaces. This will include the use of Excelfor integrated reports, simultaneously drawing from a number assessment instruments andperiods. We also plan to extend our efforts to generalize both the Perl and PHP scripts forautomating reporting for new or changing instruments. Other reporting tools with graphicalcapabilities will be investigated such as Crystal Reports. Another area of interest is incorporatingadditional assessment activities into the database. This includes the importing of externallygenerated data such as Co-op evaluation data and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chiang Shih

chart. Laboratory work ØLaboratory work: learning everything about the lab, running the experiment, collection of all necessary Planning and coordination data. ØPlanning and coordination: understand theory, finish calculation, Review organize data into presentable form. Not yet

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; Jennifer Kadlowec

theinstruction, figure a plan, and distribute the work evenly within the group. Meanwhile,they would measure the size and count the numbers of the teeth of the gears to be used,calculate the gear ratios between motors and axles of legs, and draw an illustration of thepower train. In a typical four-person group, two students would work on the left and rightparts of the body, which is symmetric, another one would build the control box, and thefourth would finish the drawing of the gear train. When the robots wer e finished, thestudents should conduct several experiments such as determining the maximum speed ofthe robot, and more interestingly, playing a robot soccer game at the end of the session. During the second week, we introduced the students to

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

planning 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 System software 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 Extinguishing device 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.95. Advancement in theoretical and practical knowledge. Students were asked to rate theiradvancement in the 15 subject areas. Table 5 lists results for the ENGR 120 studentswho entered the 2001 TCFFHRC entrants. Table 5. Students Advancing in Subjects Due to ENGR 120 (%) Theory Practice Subjects 100 100 Electronics, computer communication, motors and gears, mechanical design, control, sensors 90 100 Systems design 90

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Walter

they seem to enjoy it!ConclusionsWe plan to continue the transition of our Robotics course and lab into a Studio LaboratoryEducation and Research Environment consisting of 12 workstations that will serve the courseand provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate research projects. Although the Stampmicrocontroller is too basic a device to be used in industry, it is very user friendly and exposesME students with little formal programming experience to most microcontroller principles. Weplan to introduce more sophisticated microcontrollers including the PIC and Intel 8051 into thecourse this year to augment the Stamp experience. Both require C++ language, which our MEstudents do not previously get, so this may be a challenge. Our vision

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Bichara

the EngineeringTechnology center to become a presentation room showcasing the best illustration of studentcreativity. The decision was aimed to provide high school students, teachers, guidancecounselors, and the community at large an opportunity to experience the creative ability of ETstudents in conceiving, designing, and producing quality useful industrial as well as consumeroriented devices and products.A plan was formulated which involved using an Engineering Technology Project course (TECH36095) to engage students in the design and prototyping of working projects that would betargeted to depict one of the six associate of applied science degree programs offered. Thesedegrees are in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Plastics

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Meyers; Donald Kirk

engineers. Design, in the engineering sense, is the creation of acommodity for the benefit of mankind. In more complex terms, engineering design is theprocess by which ideas, tastes, prejudices, basic scientific principles and availableresources are weighted and combined (synthesized) into a well defined plan(specification) for the eventual construction of an object, process, or a system. This goaladdresses engineering design with emphasis on the design process. The starting point isthe identification of a need (e.g., an automobile is very noisy), followed by thespecification of design requirements, constraints and criteria, research, brainstorming,analysis of potential solutions, development and testing of models, and finally selectingthe best

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi; Ibibia Dabipi

successfulcompletion of the Electrical Engineering discipline, the student will receive a Bachelor ofScience in Electrical Engineering from College Park. In addition, other engineeringprograms may be pursued through the five-year UMCP plan for cooperative engineeringeducation which combines classroom theory with career-related work experience.Collaborative Distance Education ProgramThis unique program is founded on the premise of sharing resources among thecollaborating institutions and builds on the strengths of UMES, SU, and UMCP. Themodel combines the advantages of distance education and the conventional teachingenvironment and provides a unique means of offering quality engineering education toremote locations in the eastern shore of the state of Maryland

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jenkins; John Kramlich

faculty and industryadvisors use to rate the ability of their students as shown by senior design projects.Materials Science and Engineering noted that their senior project tells them a lot about thestudents, whether they can learn on their own, develop a work plan, carry it out and report theresults in written and oral formats.Summary/ConclusionsThe various department/programs of the COE at UW employed a variety of methods to satisfythe assessment requirements of ABET EC2000. Assessment methods common to most programsincluded surveys, feedback/evaluations/interviews, and grades. Overall, the degree of success ofthese common methods varied from department to department but in general, the commonality ofthe methods indicated familiarity and

Conference Session

International Graduate Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne Lax

directive, asopposed to the types of facilitative comments favored in the humanities6. Another usefulsupplemental commenting strategy is for the teaching assistant to note patterns of errors, ratherthan remarking on individual instances10.ConclusionHopefully, this paper will heighten awareness of this important, and neglected, issue inengineering education. Supervisors need to take into account the special rhetorical and culturalneeds of their international teaching assistants in planning orientation and mentoring sessions fornew teaching assistants who will be responsible for evaluating undergraduate lab reports.Increased multidisciplinary research involving such fields as engineering education, technical orprofessional writing, and English for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Tragesser; Gregory Agnes

). Figure 3. Ground StationWithin the power subsystem, there are four main components--power bus, batteries,undervoltage alarm, and the power interface for the experimental payload. The power busincludes the wiring and equipment necessary to provide a 12 VDC, 24 VDC, and 36 VDC powersupply from the batteries to the vehicle. The batteries are the voltage source. The undervoltagealarm informs experimenters when the batteries are running low. Finally, a special powerinterface allows the user to attach the experimental payloads to the existing power system.SIMSAT’s Educational RoleSIMSAT is currently integrated into the lesson plans of both the Introduction to SpacecraftDynamics and Intermediate Spacecraft Dynamics courses. These graduate-level courses

Conference Session

Rethinking Culture and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Mehalik

an isolated incident. Perhaps it was something that occurred whilethe client was handling the product. Or, perhaps Rohner had been shipping contaminatedproducts to many customers. Kälin did not know at the conclusion of the phone call with hisclient, but he knew he had to find out more about the situation.He immediately called upon his quality management staff and the EPEA for a plan to discoverthe source of the problem. The EPEA pointed out that the discovery of permethrin could not beexplained in terms of the design, because the EPEA had certified that all of the source materials,dyes, and finishing chemicals were free of pesticides, and all of the suppliers in the supply chaindid not use any pesticides in any parts of their operations

Conference Session

Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

, American Society for Engineering Educationsemester. These students are divided into two lab sections of 30 students. Each section isdivided into 10 groups of 3 students. The semester is divided into three 5-week rotations, andeach student group completes a round-robin of 5 experiments during each rotation. That requireseach experiment to be available in duplicate because 10 groups are working at the same time.Also, within each rotation, experiments must not have other experiments as prerequisites (roundrobin), but, from one rotation to the next, a sequence can be planned. This daunting andsomewhat confusing explanation is aided by the figure below, showing the organization of thelaboratory component for the Spring 2002 semester

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg

curriculumLast year we introduced a revised curriculum for the introductory course in Aviation for therising juniors of Upward Bound. It was our plan to give the students a broad view of the aviationindustry. The program was divided in three main areas: Aviation Maintenance Technology,Aviation Management, and Flight Technology. These main topical areas are outlined in table 2. Page 7.753.3 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Aviation Maintenance Flight technology

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Heydt; Keith Holbert; Khaled Nigim

One Evaluation Report,” Los Rios Community College District, Office of Planning and Research, Sacramento, CA, 1990.5. Wynetta Y. Lee, “Transitioning from High School to College: Surviving a Clash of Educational Cultures,” 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Albuquerque, NM, November 6-9, 1997.6. Don Decker and James R. Granzow, “Dine idahool aah. Native American Summer Bridge Program,” Final Report, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ, June 4-July 11, 1978.7. Institute for Environmental Studies, “Precollege Program in Environmental Studies for Native American Students,” Final Report, Wisconsin University, Madison, July 29-August 9, 1996.8. Jacque Dolberry, “Salish Kootenai

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor

, Strategic Planning, Information 15 Technology, Multimedia, International Business Industrial Environment, management Finance, Economics, 15 Engineers in Societ y, Communication Skills, Law, Occupational Safety, Human Resource Management, Innovation Humanistic Islamic Civilization, Asian Civilization, 10 Nationhood, Islamic Studies, Moral Education, Practical Final Year Project, Industrial Project, Practical 15 Training, Engineering Design

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

display their output results. In fact, any process, device, or experimentcan be designed, tested, and operated in either a real or virtual environment. Colleges,universities, and technical schools may prefer to offer the labs and training in a virtualenvironment 10. Companies and associated laboratories may want to combine experiments andprocesses with real and simulated application packages.This VEE Pro learning approach will be beneficial to educators and company trainers where Page 7.934.8preparation for later application to data acquisition problems is planned. This need is becoming Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

answeringtechnical questions. This is a good learning experience for the clinic team members. The authoras advisor has planned the overall chip architecture and divided it into blocks for the freshmen.The freshmen usually work in pairs on different components. In each project, a few haveemerged as natural leaders who have taken responsibility for merging the components into largerunits and one has stood out as exceptionally strong and has completed the overall chip assembly Page 7.48.4and verification. The freshmen also prepare written documentation for their chip. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Arora; Fariborz Asadian; Masoud Naghedolfeizi

facilities have alsoprovided the departmental faculty with opportunities to perform applied research in the area oftheir expertise. The program has also generated academic interest in other departments withinthe university. For instance, the Department of Chemistry has expressed a keen interest inextending the existing minor program to a certificate program in computer-based measurementand instrumentation designed specifically to complement the chemistry major. In addition to itsacademic applications, plans are underway to use the program to train technicians andprofessionals who work for local industries in this field. For example, we are now in t he processof establishing training courses for Robins Air Force Base and Blue Bird bus

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kilduff

) subject to constraints in reservoir area, embankment height,and spillway size. Students seemed better prepared to tackle this design after seeing the modelreservoir demonstration, and completing a related homework assignment. They had a much betterunderstanding of the relationships among reservoir size, storage, and discharge, and how thesecombine to attenuate a flood hydrograph. As a result of completing a modeling assignmentrelated to the in-class demonstration, and being able to visualize the effects of reservoir size anddischarge capacity on change in storage and hydrograph attenuation, students were morecomfortable engaging in the trial and error design process required.5.0 Lesson Plan 1. Introduce practical engineering problems that

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sérgio Franco; Marco Silveira; Luciano Costa; Guillermo Creus

must be transformed into knowledge. In our proposal of evaluation using computational tools, self-evaluation becomes easierbecause the student increases his autonomy by the use of technology. The student becomesautonomous assuming the task of the teacher7: to recognize needs, to choose objectives, to selectsubject matters, designing the study plan, finding didactical materials and media, identifyingcomplementary knowledge sources and directing, controlling and evaluating the learningprocess. D. Constructivist evaluation Here we describe a pedagogical evaluation tool resting on the constructivist approach. Inour proposal, we use computer tests in a web site. Test results and comments are included in theevaluation. It is

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

andminority community participation in energy policy decision-making, such as new power plantsiting. It also discusses how low-income groups disproportionately spend more of their incomeon energy and have more adverse health problems. Students were given a list of items to discussin their essays, including the following question pertaining to a statement in the paper: Do you agree with the statement that “utility and environmental regulators must prevent further clustering of fossil fuel and nuclear power plants in low-income and minority communities?” Why or why not?Twenty-seven students agreed with the statement, and eight did not. Explanations of thoseagreeing included “When expanding power plants careful planning should go

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

7.260.4medications or combinations of chemicals. Using extremely thin and sharp nanoprobes, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationbioengineers hope to be able to enter a cell, leave a few molecules of a particular drug behindand then exit the cell (leaving the cell intact and alive).In recognition of the importance of this emerging field, the Institute of Electrical and ElectronicEngineers (IEEE) plans to offer a new journal – IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology – in2002.Other examples of the rapidly changing needs of the medical community abound. (10, 11) Digitalprocessing of EEG (as well as other

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mayuree Thespol; J. Clair Batty

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationfaculty of engineering at KU. At the present time 99 of these young faculty members arestudying at highly regarded schools abroad and will soon be returning with engineeringdoctorates to augment and complement those substantial numbers already back.Graduate engineering degrees from the west are greatly respected; however, study abroad isrelatively very expensive, and alternatives are being implemented. 14 An ambitious plan todramatically increase the number and quality of doctoral degrees granted in Thailand had beenunder development for some time. Named the Royal Golden Jubilee Project to

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Nauhaus; Susan Lord

Education Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1996.SUSAN M. LORDSusan M. Lord received a B. S. in Electrical Engineering & Materials Science from Cornell University and the M.S.and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Dr. Lord taught at Bucknell University from 1993-97and is presently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching andresearch interests include electronics, circuit, optoelectronics, materials science, and first year engineering courses.IAN M. NAUHAUSIan M. Nauhaus is a senior at the University of San Diego. He will graduate in May 2002 with a B.A. and a B.S. inelectrical engineering. He plans on getting a graduate degree in biomedical engineering with an

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Eugene Simmons; Michael Doran

Intelligence (AI) course. After theAI course, many students desired to pursue more tangible and applied experiences. Additionalequipment was purchased to design and construct multiple mobile robotic platforms. With thisequipment and a motivated group of students, a special topics course was created. The goal ofthis new course was to expand on the basic concepts of the AI course. Special topics involvingmotion, sensoring, planning, fault recovery and hardware/software interfacing were discussedand supported by supplemental readings from the literature. Each topic was linked to alaboratory exercise where students would design and implement both the hardware and softwareto accomplish an intelligent behavior. The ultimate challenge was to integrate the

Conference Session

Materials and Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Khanna

challenging, due to lack of clear agreement on suitablemetrics, and insufficient data for comparisons. However, several resources are available to guidethe way in developing an evaluation plan [e.g., see Angelo and Cross, 1993; Herman, 1987;Rossi and Freeman, 1993; Stevens et al., 1993; Worthen and Sanders, 1987].To begin, student learning will be assessed through two evaluation methods. First, the class willbe divided into small focus groups of up to 5 students, and each group will be provided with a setof very specific questions [Stewart and Shamdasani, 1990]. Each group will discuss amongthemselves and then all the groups will discuss the findings of each group to build a consensus.Sample questions may address: how easy it is to surf through the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

M. P. Sharma; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

fourteen question, multiple-choice, 50-minute test has been designed to measure thecumulative knowledge of each student. This examination is administered near the end of thecourse as a not-for-credit examination in an attempt to measure a student’s knowledge basewithout significant examination preparation. We are attempting to measure the knowledge thatwill likely be retained rather than knowledge mastered for the examination and then forgotten.Incentives such as dropping homework scores and suggesting student use this to prepare for thefinal examination are used to get student to take the examination. We plan to use the sameexamination instrument throughout the duration of the project to get a consistent measure of thecumulative knowledge gain