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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

experience aredescribed first in this paper. The students also needed to understand how experiments on scaled-models of building systems are conducted to measure experimentally their dynamic performanceand to evaluate different asiesmic strategies for mitigating damage caused by earthquakes onbuildings. The experiments conducted to provide them this experience are described second inthis paper. With this knowledge gained the students developed three sets of hands-onexperiments for demonstrations for K-12 students, which are described third in this paper. Thepaper ends with some concluding remarks summarizing the whole experience. Hopefully theexperiences reported in this paper would assist others to plan similar experiments for bothundergraduate

Conference Session

Nuclear Power and the Environment

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Simpson; David Hintenlang; James Tulenko

of enrichment is primarily electrical. Diffusion plants typically use 2.5 MWhre perSWU. This can account for as much as 98% of the electricity consumed in the fuel cycle. Page 7.410.6The centrifuge enrichment processes uses 10% as much energy as diffusion . The U.S.Enrichment Corp. does not presently employ centrifuge enrichment. The UnitedKingdom, Germany, and Netherlands, on the other hand, have several centrifugeenrichment plants operating at an energy cost of between 0.10 and 0.25 MWhre perSWU. The new plants planned for this country are expected to consume as little as 0.05MWhre per SWU. This study assumes centrifuge enrichment at an energy

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

examples of project proposals, and by explaining that such proposals should Page 7.707.4include elements such as intended plan of action and time frame. These elements may be Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationcontrasted to a project progress report that emphasizes different, albeit accurate, information butdoes not fulfill the needs of the client in the project’s initial phases.A beneficial brainstorming exercise for faculty is to generate a list of document types that mightconceivably be

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee; Nirmal Das

course in the fall semester of 2002, the authors have decided todivide the class into several teams and require each team to provide the solution for a differentloading condition acting on the beam. For example, distributed loading over the overhang can beassigned to team 1, distributed loading acting between the supports to team 2, distributed loadingover the entire beam to team 3, and so on. When preparing the script files for these problems, theteams are asked to place their scripts in separate “function M-files”, so that these functions can beutilized later by other script files. The reason for this request is that the authors plan to combinethe work of all teams into one comprehensive main script, which is capable of making calls toeach of

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Titus; Guoqing Tang

]. They went further assaying “Time plus energy equals learning. There is no substitute for time on task.” It is widelyagreed among U.S. university/college professors that adequate time on task is at least two hoursof home study for each class hour. In reality, in the U.S. students actually spend only 0.3 to 1.0hours for each hour in class [8], far below the expectation of their professors and significantlyless than the two to three hours outside of class for each hour in class spent by their peers in theU.K. [11]. This raises real concerns. Part of the problem is related to the design of the course: “Inmost course descriptions what teachers do in class is described while what students do out ofclass is not—it is simply not planned in the same

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

Synectics Other criteria Ethical considerations Generalizing solutions Identifying potential problems VI. Implementation Planning Carrying through Following up Page 7.440.18Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education VII. Ideas to market VIII. Intellectual Property Introduction to intellectual property: Patents, Copyrights , Trademarks , Trade Secret, Unfair Competition. 16 * Patents What is a patent? Types of patents, Patentability Patent application; patent claims Disclosure

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chaturaporn Nisagornsen; Arun Arunachalan; Hengzhong Wen; Kurt Gramoll

skills and knowledge is a basic requirement for “corporate survival.” There areseveral critical issues that need to be considered when planning the implementation of a trainingprogram so that the organization benefits both on a long-term and short-term basis. The factorsaffecting the development of training strategies depend on organizational objectives that rangefrom compliance and productivity improvement to executive training for keeping up with thelatest technologies and procedures. Although traditional training is designed to provide astrategic advantage, the ability of the worker to cope up with speed is a major problem that needsto be resolved.Learning and working are two very conflicting activities. Humans’ stereotypical workingbehavior

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendell King

responding to changing environmental conditions that have the potential to reduce peace and stability in the world and thus affect U.S. national security. U.S. environmental security involves accomplishment of the environmentally related actions specified in the National Security Strategy. Accomplishing U.S. national environmental security goals requires planning and execution of programs to prevent and/or mitigate anthropogenically induced adverse changes in the environment and minimize the impacts of the range of environmental disasters that could occur 3. Also important in defining environmental security is setting the limits as to what is notincluded in this working definition. This

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Robert Drew; Matthew Walker; Karl Rink; Dan Gerbus; Dan Cordon; Edwin Odom

according to Valenti. The Society ofManufacturing Engineers (SME), in its Manufacturing Education Plan,8 surveyed corporationsthat employ manufacturing engineers or manufacturing technologists to review the professionaland technical competencies of newly hired graduates. From the survey results, SME identifiedproject management, written/oral communication, and business knowledge/skills as some of thecompetency gaps present in newly hired engineers.To further support this notion of the softer side of engineering being as important as the hardbiting technical, Krackhardt and Hanson claim the informal organization is what makes or breakscompanies.9 The purpose of the informal component of the organization is to handle theunexpected, where the formal

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

Skills: The McMaster Problem Solving Program Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 3, © 1997, pp. 75-91.25. Ambrose S. A.: Reframing our Views on Teaching and Learning; Education Symposium TMS Spring 1997 Meeting.26. Wankat P. C., Oreovicz F. S.: Teaching Engineering; McGraw Hill, New York, ©1993, pg. 181.27. 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) ©1996.28. Sheppard S., Johnson M., Leifer L.:A Model for Peer and Student Involvement in Formative Course Assessment; Journal of Engineering Education, ©1998, pp. 349

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

engineeringsystems laboratory course. This course is the second in a series of three required mechanicalengineering lab courses. The first course is an instrumentation and measurements course thatconcentrates on lab procedures and data processing. The third course is an experimentalengineering project course in which students plan and execute an experimental project that spansan entire semester. The engineering systems course is broken into two sequences. One is asequence of mechanical systems experiments. In this sequence oral and visual presentation isemphasized. The other is a sequence of thermal energy and fluid mechanics experiments. Thissequence emphasizes written reporting, and students are required to prepare several groupreports and two individual

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore MD 21202. (Additional pertinent information regarding the accreditation process is available from the ABET website located at www.abet.org.)2. Schacterle, L., “Outcomes Assessment at WPI: A Pilot Accreditation Visit Under Engineering Criteria 2000”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 87, no. 2, April 1998, pp. 115-120.3. Aldridge, M.D. and L.D. Benefeld, “A Model Assessment Plan”, ASEE Prism, vol. 7, no. 9, May-June 1998, pp. 22-28.4. Tener, R.K., “Outcomes Assessment and the Faculty Culture: Conflict or Congruence?”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 65-71.5. Briedis, D., “Building the EC2000 Environment”, Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alicia Townsend; Renate Fruchter

be performed and continuous validation of the met hodologyand dimensions is planned for the coming A/E/C generations. One of the ultimate goals ofthis study is to develop a set of guidelines to accelerate the awareness of global team membersto multi-cultural aspects and communication channel preferences in a rich multi-modalcommunication environment.AcknowledgementThis study was partially sponsored by the Project Based Learning Laboratory, Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering, at Stanford University.References1. M. O’Hara-Devereaux and R. Johansen, GlobalWork, Bridging Distance, Culture, and Time; Jossey-Bass Publishers; San Francisco; 19942. E.T. Hall, Beyond Culture, Anchor Books; Garden City, N.Y. 1977.3.G.Hofstede

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lonnie Welch

lack of planning by the instructor has resulted in“dysfunctional” teams or groups. For example, group grades often are emphasized and thepressure of grading often breaks down the CL atmosphere. Students simply assigned a mutualtask without supervision and without being accountable for their individual work may succeed,but oftentimes fail as the burden of the task falls on the shoulders of one or two highly gradeconscious individuals. Group members shift their focus from learning to the graded outcome andbegin to respond as individuals concerned about their own graded outcome rather than asmembers of a community concerned about each other’s learning. The goal of effective CL becomes creating and maintaining highly functional teams

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marny Lawton; Donald Wroblewski

would be compatible. All resources recommended aMargi Capture-To-Go card, but despite hours of painstaking system configuration changes theMargi proved unsuccessful with equipment setups similar to those who had recommended andused the equipment successfully. After many hours of research and painstaking testing, thedecision was made to use the Osprey 100 capture card that by that time was sold directly throughRealNetworks. This problem will disappear as more applications become available thatautomate the integration of multimedia.AssessmentA valuable lesson was learned regarding planning far enough in ad vance to organize the studentsin order to administer a pre-test and to make it mandatory. This did not happen. In fact, it wasdecided in the

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanford Meek; Mark Minor

during Semester I, they must nowimplement their plan. They must integrate their sensors, micro controller, and electronics intothe robot and program their strategy. These topics are considered further in Section 3, where theproject is examined in greater detail.3. Mechatronics Project3.1. Project theme The project is an extremely important component of the mechatronics course sequence.Lecture and lab together provide a very good understanding of the subject material, but they donot provide the creative experience of the project. The project deepens the students’understanding of the material by requiring them to apply the learned techniques to an open-ended

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Miller; Mara Wasburn

, how to make women more comfortable in the School, etc.In addition, there was one suggestion for us as their faculty advisors: Educate the faculty aboutissues affecting women students in the School. To that end, we plan to share these data with ourcolleagues and strategize ways to make our women students more welcome in our classrooms.Potential Impact of Women in TechnologyIn the near future, we will present these student recommendations to the members and supporttheir efforts to implement them. The group’s effectiveness will be measured by the leadershipthe members show in directing the organization; specifically the number of programs theypresent that address the concerns of the group, and the number of active members at meetings,As is the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brader; Jed Lyons

. Page 7.1289.4The second classroom session begins as the third phase of the learning cycle, conceptdevelopment. The students share their procedure and analysis plans and have the opportunity to Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationask questions. Once all the groups have a complete and correct approach to the laboratory, thegroups begin recording data from their circuit and start the analysis; this represents theapplication phase of the learning cycle. The students enthusiastically approached studying thecircuit because it was an immediate application of the concepts developed.For the third

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Kanabar; Rumen Stainov; Tanya Zlateva; Eric Braude

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Buck; Kathleen Wage; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

questions on the SSCI exams, including eight example questions taken directly from theexams. Section 4 outlines the studies now underway to evaluate the current versions of theexams. Section 5 presents the results from these studies with the data collected to date.Lastly, Section 6 summarizes our findings thus far and describes our future plans.2 Exam DevelopmentSignals and systems is typically taught in the late sophomore or early junior year. Represen-tative texts for this subject include the books by Oppenheim and Willsky with Nawab,6 andby Lathi.7 As indicated in the introduction, there are several ways to organize the signalsand systems material. One approach is to present continuous-time topics first, followed bydiscrete-time topics; a

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Joseph Mook

abroad has been resolved bypreparing an approved “program of study” for each student prior to departure to the hostuniversity. As part of the application process, students, with their academic advisor’s approval,list courses that must be taken in order to complete their degree and provide course syllabi andother documentation on these courses for the review of prospective host campuses. Advisors atthe host campus recommend equivalent courses and provide similar documentation for thestudent’s own advisor, who then approves this plan of study before the student departs foroverseas. ABET was consulted on this method and has endorsed this general approach. Tocomplement the credit transfer process, a course databank was recently created, listing

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Keating

made, most have been piecemeal at best, seeming never to break intothe mainstream of U.S. graduate engineering education at the national level. This is no longer acceptableif America is to sustain a competitive advantage in advanced engineering and technological leadership inthe global economy. This situation will continue unless there is deliberate, planned systematic action foreducational leadership at the national level. In order to meet the challenge for sustainable change, theASEE-Graduate Studies Division has formed a National Collaborative Task Force to spearhead actionacross the country to purposefully address the compelling issues for needed reform in engineeringgraduate education. The National Collaborative is charged not only to

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Callison; Bob Lorence; Dan Budny; Kate Thomes