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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Taylor

program; · a core of courses taught by the Weatherhead School of Management, including New Venture Creation and a new course on Technology Entrepreneurship; · a physics master’s thesis involving an entrepreneurially oriented project. This will typically arise from an entrepreneurially oriented internship in a sponsor company, or from a student-designed research project that will be the basis for launching a new venture; · options for elective courses tailored to the needs of each student; · an active seminar program provides continual exposure to scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs who are actively engaged in forming new high-tech ventures

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Valarie Arms; Aly Valentine; J. Richard Weggel

freshman engineering program and has published numerous articles onengineering education. She was a member of the team that implemented the E 4 Program.J. RICHARD WEGGEL is the Samuel S. Baxter Professor of Civil Engineering and Associate Dean of the Collegeof Engineering. He holds a BS degree in civil engineering from the Drexel Institute of Technology, and MS andPh.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. He teaches and conductsresearch in the areas of hydraulic and coastal engineering. He was a member of the team that implemented the E 4Program.ALY VALENTINE has a bachelor degree in psychology from Assumption College in Worcester, MA and amaster’s degree in education from Drexel University. She is

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harold Broberg

Claudine SchWeber,Greenwood Press, 20014 JISC Technology Applications Programme (JTAP), http://www.jtap.ac.uk/5 http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/default.htm6 http://www.realnetworks.com/products/presenter/index.html7 http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/8 http://www.ipfw.edu/9 http://www.webct.com/10 http://www.microchip.com11 http://www.winzip.com/12 http://www.realnetworks.com/products/media_delivery.html13 http://www.real.com/realone/index.htmlHAL BROBERGHal received his PE license in Indiana in 1988 and his PhD in Engineering (EE) in 1993. His research areais servo systems and he consults for ITT (Aerospace-Communications) on weather satellite servos and hasa Patent Pending. He is an Associate Professor of EET

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Risa Robinson

of Mechanical Engineering (ME) seniors at Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT). Students commented that more hands on data acquisition and open ended projectsthroughout the curriculum would be extremely valuable in preparation for their capstone seniordesign course.Laboratory courses, which are often used simply to demonstrate theoretical material, are anexcellent opportunity for students to learn and practice problem solving skills. However, we mustmove away from traditional canned experiments, with step by step instructions and knownoutcomes, to open ended experiments that challenge students intellectually and encouragecreativity. This experience is consistent with the Kolby Learning Cycle, 3 which is completed byasking the questions

Conference Session

Academic Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

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S.Y. Eidgahy

faculty be truthful. The Chronicle of Higher Education, p. B13. Page 7.138.4“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”SAEID Y. EIDGAHY, Ph.D., is the Dean of the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at San DiegoMesa College, a large urban community college. Previously, he has served as dean of engineering andsciences as well as a faculty member in other institutions. He has widely published on administrative,minority and technology issues in both engineering and science disciplines

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Shamamy

paper.Students like using the laptops in class. The assignments allow them to make connectionsbetween engineering and computer applications. It is not uncommon to hear a student commentthat he/she sees how to apply some of these new computer skills to other courses or to apart-time job. Laptop use in class by students has definitely added to the technological literacyof our students.VII. References1. Callister, William D., “Materials Science and Engineering – An Introduction,” John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2000.2. Oakes, William C. et al, “Engineering Your Future,” Great Lakes Press, Wildwood, Missouri, 1999.3. Finelli, Cynthia J. et al, “Strategies for Improving the Classroom Environment,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90 no. 4

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu-Hur Chou; Shang-Hsieh Hsieh

Session 2793 AWRC: A Web-Based Reinforced Concrete Design Adaptive Testing System Yu-Hur Chou 1, Shang-Hsien Hsieh2 Tung-Nan Institute of Technology 1/ National Taiwan University2, TaiwanAbstractReinforced Concrete (RC) design is a very important course on civil engineering in highereducation. Students are taught in this course how to design a structure by using reinforcedconcrete. Students are also trained to follow the building code (Code by ACI, AmericanConcrete Institute) into design 11. Because the building code is a very complicated collectionof rules, students are easily

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gumaer

effective examination is to determine the test plan and objectives.The next step is to create the questions. These questions should be reviewed. During and after theexam, observation and feedback should be used to improve future examinations. Examples andtips will be presented throughout this process to illustrate the concepts. Finally, the application ofthis process to an engineering technology course is discussed.Test PlanThe foundation of an effective examination is a test plan containing test objectives organized in ahierarchical manner. Each test objective should have a clear relationship with mastering aparticular topic2. Test objectives may be drawn from course objectives or outcomes. A testobjective should be measurable or observable. The

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer

Session 2468 Sophomore-Year Project Design in Mechanics of Materials Kevin G. Sutterer, P.E. Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionCivil Engineering students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (R-HIT) begin to learn open-ended, project-based design in a first year civil engineering design course where groups of 3-5students work for outside clients on a simple civil engineering project. In their Junior year,students participate in a three-course structural engineering sequence (1) where they design aproposed 2 to 3-story campus structure, beginning with design of

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

Session 2258 Software for the Automated Evaluation of Web-Delivered Instruction George Nickles, Amy Pritchett School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyIntroductionMany forms of technology have been used to mediate education between instructor and student,ranging from simple chalkboard drawings to complex intelligent tutoring systems. Recently, theadvantages of the Internet, including speed of communication and use of a variety of media, havemade it the focus of much educational

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bertrand Côté

pictureAt the same time as we received a grant for our project from the Service de soutien àl’enseignement, the Department of Civil Engineering was undertaking a massive overhaulof its Bachelor’s Degree program. Important objectives were to increase significantly theuse of information technologies in the classroom and to come up with learning tools thatwould be appealing and effective in promoting self-learning. Using the video files hit thetarget right on in that respect. Page 7.1056.2 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for

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Teaching Ceramic, Polymer, and Electric Materials

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Andrew Hoff; Marilyn Barger

engineers performing optimization of the interaction of processmethods with device design and operation. A broader treatment of the materials methods andconnecting details associated with the material process unit operations utilized to fabricate smallstructures is needed. This treatment combined with students from an expanded set of disciplineswill allow a new generation of "out of the box" thinkers to better address the challenges that facethe new material-processing world.New Course StructureThe traditional course approach has been device centric, playing off classical semiconductor andcircuit courses. Yet upon entrance into such an IC fabrication technology course, students havelittle knowledge or expectation of the actual structure of physical

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Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hartono Sumali

, varioustransducers for pressure, flow, and temperature, and several other process control componentssuch as valves, a pressure accumulator, a heat exchanger and heaters. The test stands are self-contained, modular, movable and can be used wherever there is electric power. Internetconnection allows monitoring and control of the test stands from anywhere in the world.Students have applied the skills gained in the course to research and industrial uses. The coursehas helped one of its students win an international scholarship. Started at Purdue University, thecourse has been taught at, and is in the process of being adopted by a university in Brazil.IntroductionIn 1996, the agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) Department at Purdue Universityconducted

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

procedures in theirown areas of specialization. The key to this type of technical design lies in the fact thatthe courses would follow established design concepts developed by engineering and thatthere would be prime emphasis on standard design procedures and practices. Many ofthese design methods have already been included in handbooks or standard computermethods for various branches of engineering. These courses would require anunderstanding of the application of mathematics and science, for example, to suchactivities as [HVAC] air conditioning systems design, duct design, piping design,amplifier design, computer component and circuit design, plant layout, materialshandling operations, and/or civil engineering technology applications such as

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Guvench

about +1.7 V/s and -1.4V/s. In Figure 4 the narrow pulses (purple) coinciding with Page 7.317.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationthe edges of the green (opamp output wave) are actually the time derivative of the opamp output,therefore the narrow pulses' heights display the slew rate (dV/dt) directly. Figure 5. Frequency Response of A PMOS Input OpAmp Designed and Fabricated Using MOSIS 2 micron N-well technology 4

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

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

course’sdirection and are very supportive of the efforts being made.Course ContentThe course content is divided into six modules, described here in chronological order. Module 1: Unified Life Cycle EngineeringA common complaint of engineering undergraduates is that they lack the breadth to see theimpact of engineering and design on a company’s business and society in general. The courseaddresses this competency gap by first showing students how design fits into the overall lifecycle of a technology, product and process, and how these three cycles are in turn involved in asingle unified life cycle for product development, design and production. This view helpsstudents identify the impact their decisions will have on the business

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raymond Berg

and contentof the capstone course. Instructors, in addition to focusing on a design and an end product, mustrevisit how the course contributes to students’ achievement of EC 2000 outcomes. Since atypical capstone course is taken by students near the end of their undergraduate studies, it buildson knowledge acquired from earlier coursework, and it makes use of technology to demonstrateachievement of soft and technical skills.Kettering faculty considered this body of work in reviewing the course/thread/capstone sequenceof study for an undergraduate mechanical engineer. Course-level correlation of student learningobjectives to EC 2000 outcomes was performed for each course. It was generally found that mostof the “traditional engineering” EC 2000

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Taggart Smith

discussions. Peter Drucker in his bookPost-Capitalist Society describes the journey from a capitalistic society to a knowledge societyby saying, “knowledge is the only meaningful resource.” (p. 42) The function of management isto apply existing knowledge and to define what new knowledge is needed and how it can beused. “That knowledge has become the resource, rather than a resource, is what makes oursociety ‘post-capitalist.’ ” (p. 45) 1 The study of knowledge management becomes increasingly important in engineering andtechnology as several forces converge: · marketing to global customers · competing with new providers of goods/services · growing computer networks and increasing use of information technology

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Abraham Michelen

- level mathematical language for technical computing. In manyuniversities and colleges it is the standard instructional tool for courses in mathematics,engineering, technology, and science. In industry it is widely used as a tool for analysis,development and research. MATLAB integrates computation, visualization andprogramming in an environment that is easy to learn and use.From the point of view of its usage, MATLAB is mainly an interactive system. At thecommand line the user types statements expressed in familiar mathematical notation,and the system responds immediately with the solution of the request. For instance, tocreate a plot of the function t*sin(t) for the time interval 0 to 20 in steps of 0.05, wewould type t

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores

literate public. The working hypothesis was thatmost of the students would be familiar with these concepts through exposure in lower divisionelectrical engineering, calculus, and calculus-based physics coursework. In selecting theconcepts, we drew upon the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy to validate that the majority of theconcepts are truly essential to a broad grasp of popular science and technology. Our practice hasbeen to administer the inventory at the beginning and end of the semester to cadres of studentsthat enrolled in an analog electronics course. We will present data collected over the last twosemesters to illustrate major misconceptions and significant gains obtained through the course.1. IntroductionABET 2000 student outcome criteria

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Miller

supposed to measureTriangulation – using more than one method to assess a program objectiveReferences Cited1. B. M. Olds and R. L. Miller, Portfolio assessment: measuring moving targets at an engineering school. NCA Quarterly, 71, 4, 462-467, (1997).2. R.L. Miller and B.M. Olds, Lessons learned in d eveloping and implementing a chemical engineering program assessment plan. International Journal of Engineering Education, accepted for publication, 18, 2, (2002).3. G. M. Rogers and J.K. Sando, Stepping Ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana (1996).4. F. Stevens, F. Lawrence, and L. Sharp, User-Friendly Handbook for Program Evaluation: Science, Mathematics

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Summers

Technical Writing, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1998.6. Pfeiffer, W.S. Proposal Writing, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1989.DONNA C.S. SUMMERSDonna C.S. Summers, Ph.D. is the author of the text, Quality, currently in its third edition. Dr. Summers iscurrently working on a sequel to Quality entitled Quality Management. She has also published PAWS,Letters of Love, Laughter and Loyalty, an amusing non-fiction book of letters. Dr. Summers is a Professorof Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. She holds a B.S. degree in MechanicalEngineering and a Master’s Degree and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering. Page

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Cronin

normalized coordinate within the finite element (vertical)n the Poisson’s ratio of the material.x normalized coordinate within the finite element (horizontal){s} column matrix of stresses (sxx, syy, and sxy )1. Introduction.In this paper, the author suggests a computer programming exercise which could be used toacquaint a mechanical engineering technology student, at some level, with the calculation ofstress values within a finite element which has forces applied at its nodes. The author has notbeen able to make use of this concept in courses he has taught since he thought of this idea. Heis proposing it as an idea to consider for a computer programming course specifically gearedtoward

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Butera

Session 2002 Teaching the Hodgkin-Huxley model: A dynamical approach Robert J. Butera, Jr. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA rbutera@ece.gatech.eduIntroduction. Senior undergraduate or entry-level graduate engineering students in biomedical or electricalengineering are often offered a course on the topic of bioelectricity or electrophysiology. A funda-mental topic always taught in such courses is the Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) model,1 since it providesa starting point for understanding the fundamental basis of excitability in electrically

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ifte Choudhury

Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, an M. Phil. in Architecture from the Universityof Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England, and a Ph. D. in Architecture from Texas A&M University. Dr.Choudhury has extensive experience as a consulting architect working on projects funded by the WorldBank, Asian Development Bank, and some other Multilateral Development Banks. His areas of emphasisinclude housing, alternative technology, issues related to international construction, and constructioneducation. He teaches Environmental Control Systems at an undergraduate level and InternationalConstruction at a graduate level. Page 7.930.6

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

design lies in the fact that thecourses would follow established design concepts developed by engineering and thatthere would be prime emphasis on standard design procedures and practices. Many ofthese design methods have already been included in handbooks or standard computermethods for various branches of engineering. These courses would require anunderstanding of the application of mathematics and science, for example, to suchactivities as air conditioning systems design, duct design, piping design, amplifier design,computer component and circuit design, plant layout, materials handling operations,and/or civil engineering technology applications such as road design.”Program evaluation in Engineering Technology has just ceased to be input

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

Page 7.109.6energy resource potential. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationWhile there many forms of renewable energy in the ocean environ, it is not possible to do justiceto all in such a short paper. I have attempted to give but an overview of the more significantdevelopments and trends. Perhaps, this discussion will stimulate a new (or renewed) interest insuch technologies. If so, readers are encouraged to review the various references at the end ofthis paper, particularly the texts by Charlier and Justus 6 and Seymour 7.Renewable Energy for NSF Diego GarciaThe mission of the NSF Diego

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

Session 2793 Undergraduate Minorities in IT-Related Fields: Findings from a Case Study in a Minority-Serving Institution Roli Varma University of New MexicoAbstractThis paper reports some conclusions from the fieldwork on the experiences of undergraduateminority students majoring in information technology (IT) related fields—computer science (CS)and computer engineering (CE)—in a minority serving institution. The main goal of the studywas to understand minority students' attachment to and detachment from the IT-related

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

this process can be used as feedback to improve the quality of the course. In program level, assessment of the program outcome-portfolio provides afeedback for continuous quality improvement of the program. The program outcomeportfolios may include one portfolio for each designated outcome. The number ofoutcomes should be a minimum of eleven3, from (a) through (k) as defined in theguidelines of Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). There maybe more outcomes defined based on the need of a program and its constituency. Eachportfolio should contain evidence materials collected from freshmen through senior yearto demonstrate the specified outcome. The results from this assessment provide ameasure of the accomplishment

Conference Session

Building Bridges in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationOne dilemma facing programs in technology is the expense of building and maintaining realisticlab facilities. Even in states with generous education resources, costs are making it ever harderto maintain Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) programs and lab capability onmultiple campuses. Arizona is typical in this regard. Three of the state’s community collegeshave well regarded SMT programs, but full-scale demonstration labs have been unaffordable.The absence of realistic lab training opens a steadily widening gap between the basic science andengineering taught in the academic world and the complex, expensive, and