Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Dixon

times of semesters and schedules at differentuniversities make scheduling of the multi-university capstone activity more difficult. Differencesin the curriculum at various universities as to when the capstone course is offered, the duration ofthe course, and the course credit are more difficult to overcome in multi-university designactivities. Technology, such as computer conferencing, can be difficult to use when crossinginstitutional boundaries. These difficulties are a result of differences in, or the lack of, systems atthe various institutions. Another difficulty in developing a multi-university design program isthe cost, which includes extensive faculty time in planning and coordinating the activity, the costof travel, the cost of

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Reinhard

developed and reviewed the modules.Evaluation MethodologyAs part of the evaluation effort for this project, a multi-phase longitudinal evaluation plan wasdesigned to assist in developing and validating the usability and relevance of the curriculummodules. Five phases of evaluation were developed and used, in a cyclical method, for eachmodule. The first phase consisted of a review of the module content; the purpose of this reviewwas to provide outside, expert validation of the accuracy and relevance of the informationconveyed by the module. This included a review of mathematical as well as application contentand theory. Although the authors of each module were selected based on their expertise incontent and teaching, project staff deemed that a

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jimmy Smart

each of the ovens. The conventional oven poses noproblem because it can be varied from 38o– 260oC (100o – 500oF). However, the temperaturesettings for the convection and pressure cookers will usually be pre-set by the equipmentmanufacturer. The temperature of the pressure cooker will fixed by the pressure rating of thevessel. For example, our 6-quart pressure cooker is designed for 10 psig, or about 116oC(240oF).Also, carefully lay out all experimental equipment and plans before potatoes are sliced. Rawpotatoes readily turn brown upon exposure to air and this will affect the assessment of productcolor during the cooking test.General Procedure.1. Select large, white baking potatoes (e.g., Russett variety) from one bag (same lot). Peelpotatoes

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Gary Downey

inteams that had the responsibility for defining their problems. The course syllabus described themain goal as “[t]o participate in a design project in which the team members will define theirproblems, develop a plan of action, generate solutions using ideation techniques, analyzesolution using engineering skills, select and develop the optimum solution, and communicatetheir solution using written and oral reports.”Student teams were to meet with advisors for 90 minutes per week, and average 6 hours of workper week developing their designs. Each team was to produce a detailed Product DesignSpecification as well as keep log books and produce progress reports and final oral and writtenreports. We were assigned to Team 19 (of 35 teams total), which

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Risa Robinson; John Wellin

for life long learning.5. Broaden the faculty expertise in state of the art experimental techniques in preparation for future course development in multidisciplinary topics such as MEMS actuators and sensors.3 MethodologyThis program proposes to create a comprehensive laboratory experience for undergraduatestudents, illustrated in Figure 1, by integrating laboratory experiences into several courses andminority outreach programs. Specifically, we plan to develop1. a Data Acquisition (DAQ) Laboratory equipped with industry standard equipment,2. a two sequence Freshmen Laboratory course in Measurements, Instrumentation and Controls. (MIC I and MIC II),3. a two sequence third year Experimental Projects Laboratory course in Fluid Mechanics

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

individuals (no desire to work in teams). 14. Little project planning skills. 15. Little hands-on skills. 16. Overreliance on computer modeling and little understanding of field-testing. 17. No respect for ergonomics. 18. Always blaming the customer. 19. Low environmental awareness. 20. Lack of business skills.5. Engineers as ‘Inventors’ or ‘Improvers’The discussion between educational psychologists whether to teach previous solutions to build aknowledge base or not to teach for not killing inventiveness of yet uninfluenced young mind is,among all countries, most visible in the USA. It is widely believed in the USA and in hard sciencecircles that a human has its creativity peak before age of 30, hence

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

any time.1 Indeed a journal entry can provide a solution to a future problem in a phenomenon that the author calls the DvD or Déjà vu Design Page 7.1074.2attribute of the journal entry. This phenomenon identifies a solution that is made in the journal for a present engineering problem but onethat does not ultimately gain acceptance as the immediate solution. But then, as if by plan, the solution is found to be perfect for a problemthat arises sometimes years later. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

offering the guidance girls need in future career choices. Another example of advocacy isthe Women in Engineering program at Purdue University that holds summer camps to encourage middleschool girls into the sciences and technologies. These camps offer classes in web design and even robotcreation. The girls are encouraged to make career decisions at that age so they can plan a curriculum inhigh school that would prepare them for college courses in engineering or technology. These are just twoexamples of the minor but growing campaign to encourage girls into technology and engineering careers.Even marketers are recognizing the need to encourage girls into technology. Although their ultimate goalmay be financial, they have recognized that girls have

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

research program. Page 7.981.6“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÓ 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Evaluating the Success and ImpactThe RISE program evaluation will have multiple components. A formative plan has beendesigned where feedback from the first cohort of student research teams will influence theprogram in subsequent years. Because RISE is designed as an educational intervention, theevaluation of program content and participant success is critical.RISE students’ single gender team experiences will be evaluated for increased satisfaction

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

., Chatterji A., Haas T. W.: A Novel Approach for Teaching Statics 1998 FIE Conference Proceedings14. Woods, Donald R. et al.: Developing Problem Solving Skills: The McMaster Problem Solving Program Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 3, © 1997, pp. 75-91.15. Ambrose S. A.: Reframing our Views on Teaching and Learning; Education Symposium TMS Spring 1997 Meeting.16. Wankat P. C., Oreovicz F. S.: Teaching Engineering; McGraw Hill, New York, ©1993, pg. 181.17. Rogers G. M., Sando J. K.: Stepping Ahead-An Assessment Plan Development Guide; Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology with Support of the Foundation Coalition (National Science Foundation Grant EEC-9529401) ©1996.18

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Khan; Wei Sun; Mohamed Attawia; Michele Marcolongo; Frank Ko; Dhirendra Katti; Cato Laurencin

Biomaterials focus for both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing either BiomedicalScience or Biomedical Engineering degrees. The long-term plan is to expand the curriculum tothe point where undergraduates can receive a BS and graduate students can receive either an MSor PhD in Tissue Engineering.Curriculum Year Fall Quarter Winter Quarter Spring Quarter BMES 661 BMES 662 Year One Advanced Biomaterials Tissue Engineering No Course BMES 506 BMES 663 Year Two

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jerz

the ideas put forth in this paper will help you get going quickly.“Learning effectiveness” is a very hard thing to assess and it remains an open question to howmultimedia-based teaching compares with traditional methods. I plan to report some of myresults in future papers. In my limited experimentation, I found that a difficult laboratory Page 7.345.13exercise was completed by 100% of the students with multimedia, while only 12.5% of students Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Visualization and Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Manssour Moeinzadeh; Jason Czapka; James Leake

spentmanipulating objects, they would likely have a greater effect on the primary (in-class) students’visualization abilities and greater improvement would be demonstrated.The workshop showed more promise than the in-class experiment as far as both the PSVT:R andthe sketching portion of the second written exam results are concerned. The workshop took lesstime and effort to prepare and run than the in-class experiment and provided better results. Assuch, workshops are planned for the Spring 2002 semester prior to both the first and secondwritten exams. Workshop attendance will be suggested for students scoring poorly on thePSVT:R pre-test, but will be open to all students concerned with their visualization skills

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

research.The effectiveness of Internet mediated education must be proven through evaluation. Evaluationin the context of educational systems is briefly defined as examining the effectiveness of aneducational system (or component of that system) in meeting learning and teaching goals.Bloom, Hastings, and Madaus 1 give a classic, more detailed definition.There are many measurement issues to consider when preparing an educational evaluation. Oneis to understand what form of evaluation is being conducted. The three major forms of evaluationare planning, formative, and summative, 2, 3 corresponding to the system's life cycle. Planningevaluation takes place early in the design phase to ensure the system is consistent with knowneducational theories

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Freeman; Rebecca Kellogg

facilitate interactions among students andbetween students and teaching staff.” [8] The technology does require the instructor to workclosely with a trained and competent production staff, to plan out how and what can beincorporated into a lecture. This does require the instructor to think about whether doing whathas been done, has more impact than what can be done.Bibliography1. Meier, R., “Good Morning Cedar Rapids. Do You have Audio? Reflections on Teaching a University Distance Education Course”, Proceedings of the 1997 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.2. Bloom, B., Taxonomy of Educational Objectives; Handbook 1:Cognitive Domain, David McKay Co., NY, 1956.3. Kellogg, R. and Vogel, J

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson

be developed and used to helpstudents determine their individual learning styles. This added level of assessment andevaluation would be useful in guiding the student into the proper method of instructional deliveryfor their individual background. Successful distance education students must be: 1) able toorganize and plan their time well, 2) comfortable working independently, and 3) competent inusing current technologies. Beyond the definition of individual student motivation, however, the faculty member andthe student alike must acknowledge and ascribe to a fundamental understanding of other issues Page 7.804.5surrounding the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Migri Prucz

three majorobjectives for its intensive, comprehensive efforts to recruit new students: · Effective dissemination of information about the engineering degree programs offered by CEMR. · Personalized attention and unbiased advice to prospective students and their families. · Active, sustained and well-planned process of data collection for assessments of recruitment outcomes, and continuous improvement of recruitment activities. The consistent pursuit of these objectives can be schematically illustrated in the form ofa closed recruitment cycle, as shown in Fig. 1, where the outcomes of various efforts arecontinuously evaluated, and corrective measures, or other improvements are implementedwhenever

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor

compared to less than 30% a year before).The evaluation at the School level also indicates an increasing trend of academic staffattaining high scores, as shown in Table 2. Students thus benefit from the implementation ofthe quality system in teaching. As a whole there are numerous benefit to the client (students),such as, outright cancellation of classes is not allowed, classes must be run during the day,punctuality of academic staff is emphasized, teaching plan must be provided and adhered to,examination questions and marks are moderated. The quality system is more transparent inthat students can provide their feedbacks without fear of reprisals. Complaints on teaching orrelated to teaching environment are being dealt swiftly as they are

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Prasanta Kalita; Peter Lyne; Loren Bode; Alan Hansen

, while other teams only attended one of the worksessions and their lack of progress impacted on their success in the competition and hence on theoverall quality of their car construction. Other notable individual comments included givingeach person their own car to build, planning better, paying closer attention to detail and workingtogether more.Comments on the level of satisfaction with the project corresponded to the ratings of question 7.Notable individual comments included “I was pleased. We put some work into it and it wentwell”, “I was pleased with the outcome, but had to do most on my own”, “I would have liked todo more modifications”, “We barely got the car done, let alone make improvements”, and “Yes,it was a good deal of learning and

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Reischman; Eugene Brown

/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm Statistical Profiles of Foreign Doctoral Recipients in Science and Engineering: Plans to Stay in the United States http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf99304/htmstart.htm “How Much Does the U.S. Rely on Immigrant Engineers?” http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/issuebrf/sib99327.htm “Are the Foreign Born a Source of Strength for U.S. Science?,” Science, August 20, 1999, pp.1213-1214.Level of Satisfaction with PhD Studies (IFLS) 1) The 2000 National Doctoral Program Survey, NAGPS Page 7.1212.14 http://survey.nagps.org/ “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Salama; Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

sequence of 32kbits/sec and quantization-shift of 10.Frame from Akiyo Sequence Frame from Carphone Sequence Frame from Foreman equence HighLow block motion High block motion block motionSmall data frame changes Medium data frame changes Large data frame changes Figure 6: Frame regions that can be replaced from the previous frame..VIII. Assessing the Project and the Team Two kinds of assessments were planned for the assessment of student performance. The Page 7.231.10first is the traditional

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Tsang

performance in the annual SECME competition.Also in Fall, 1999, the College of Engineering began planning to restart an annual Open Housein conjunction with the National Engineers Week that targets middle- and high-school students. Page 7.702.1This event necessitated the need for hands-on activities to engage the K-12 student visitors. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThese needs have been met by a sophomore-level course on materials, manufacturing and designthat incorporates service-learning

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Proulx Denis; Martin Brouillette; Jean Nicolas; Charron François

concurrent engineering approach at the undergraduate level through a major design project,” Proceedings of the 10th Canadian Conference on Engineering Education, 1996, p. 3-5. MARTIN BROUILLETTEDr. Martin Brouillette is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Université de Sherbrooke;he also presently serves as the Associate Dean for Strategic Planning of the Faculty of Engineering. He received hisPh.D. in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology in 1989. His current research interests include gasdynamics, biomedical devices and high-power micro-devices. JEAN NICOLASJean Nicolas is a Professor in the Department of

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Raper

Abilities:25. Ability to identify operation and production problems.26. Ability to carry out tests and experiments.27. Ability to develop optimal solutions.28. Ability to implement solutions for improved strategic competitiveness29. Skills required for effective performance as a member of a work team.30. Writing, speaking, listening skills required for effective organizational communication.31. Ability to analyze complex systems and formulate solutions using approximate qualitative and quantitative tolls and techniques.32. Skills for decision making, planning and controlling of the key resources of an organization – money and people.33. Skills necessary to critically analyze, evaluate, improve, or adapt existing

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brent Vaughn; Chiang Lin

330L (EngineeringMaterials Laboratory). We plan to also incorporate it in CE 415L (Applied Fluid MechanicsLaboratory). A common standard for composing lab reports has been posted on each of thecourse web pages. A new web-based database is being created this semester for the CE 330Lcourse to allow students to post and share data on the web. It is our wish that through thisintegration we can enhance the communication among instructors and students, and reduce someof the unnecessary complexity existing in each laboratory course. Page 7.683.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Niemi

. Watson, and Cesar Malave, “Quality Planning in Engineering Education:Analysis of Alternative Implementations of a New First-Year Curriculum at Texas A & M University,” Journal ofEngineering Education, v. 89, no. 3, July 2000, pp. 315-322.8. Pendergrass, N.A., Robert E. Kowalczyk, John P. Dowd, Raymond N. Laoulache, William Nelles, James A.Golen, and Emily Fowler, “Improving First-Year Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, v. 90,no. 1, January 2001, pp. 33-41.9. Stengel, Robert F., “From the Earth to the Moon: A Freshman Seminar,” Journal of Engineering Education, v.90, no. 2, April 2001, pp. 173-178.10. Newman, Dava J., and Amir R Amir, “Innovative First Year Aerospace Design Course at MIT,” Journal ofEngineering

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Smith

launchplatform integration. Each spring, students in the design class begin the process anewwith a new satellite concept so that new projects are always germinating to take the placeof those coming to completion and awaiting launch.Our initial strategy called for building simple satellites containing little more thanbatteries for power, temperature sensors to provide elementary telemetry and transmittersto broadcast signals to the ground. We planned to advertise the existence of our satelliteafter completion of construction and flight qualification testing with the idea that anotherlaunch carrying less mass than full capacity would offer to take us along for free. In thisscenario, our satellite would bolt onto the uppermost-stage rocket body and go into

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Franke

sequences shown in Table 3. Thesegraduates are well equipped to perform analysis and design of complex aerospace systems. Theyalso have the background necessary to lead and manage research programs for new spacesystems.Graduate Space Operations “The Graduate Space Operations program is designed to provide officers with a broadknowledge of space engineering, space physics, and information operations.” 5 It “prepares thestudent for management and analysis roles in planning, executing, and evaluating spaceoperations.”4 The flavor of the Space Operations program is to focus somewhat less onengineering issues and provide a broad understanding of all aspects of space programs andoperations. Incoming students must have had undergraduate physics and

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Baratuci; Angela Linse

interaction and reduce thenumber of individual questions directed solely to the instructor.Beyond 2002, HTOL may be modified to facilitate asynchronous delivery. This may be betterfor the students and will provide greater flexibility for students and for the Department. TheChemical Engineering Department plans to develop two more distance courses in order tofacilitate the growth of a healthy co-op program. Mass Transfer and Reactor Design are the twokey Chemical Engineering courses that inhibit students from accepting Summer-Autumn co-opassignments. Consequently, these are the two candidates for distance-learning courses in theimmediate future.AcknowledgementsWe are grateful to the University of Washington for funding the development of this course

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

Plan: Phase IReport, Industry identifies competency gaps among newly hired engineering graduates.Dearborn, MI: Author.[4] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). (2000). Criteria foraccrediting engineering programs. Baltimore, MD: Author.[5] Webster. (1984). Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary. Boston, MA: Houghton MifflinCompany.[6] Tannen, D. (1994). Gender & Discourse. New York: Oxford University Press.[7] Natishan, M.E., Schmidt, L.C. and Mead, P. (2000). Student focus group results on studentteam performance issues. Journal of Engineering Education, 89, (3), pp. 269 – 272.[8] Haller, C.R, Gallagher, V. J., Weldon, T.L., and Felder, R. M. (2000) Dynamics of peereducation in cooperative learning workgroups. Journal