Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paula Zenner; Charles Van Karsen

futurecoursework.ConclusionsStudents have mixed opinions when asked to evaluate the new integrated lab during the chair’sexit interview. They feel that the course is a lot of work for only two credits but they commentthat it is a worthwhile experience. Educational outcomes progress has been noticed in the secondsemester senior design requirement. Students now have knowledge and hands-on experience ofexperimental techniques and they incorporate and utilize them in the development and testingstages of their capstone design project. Students are requesting laboratory equipment from thiscourse to perform experiments and performance measurements on their senior design projects.This course specifically addresses ABET Program Outcomes and Assessment (Criterion 3)2 a, b,f, g, i and

Conference Session

Achieving Diversity in the CE Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Roth

. The development of a sufficient knowledgebase and the gathering of materials to be used as sources of information by faculty and studentsis a long-term project. It is anticipated that as the position develops some history, the knowledgeand materials will accumulate. Funding has been obtained to assist in the development of alibrary of resources.The outcomes with respect to increasing the flexibility in scheduling for the Director of Page 7.973.3Engineering and to developing the faculty’s awareness of the position have been achieved. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

courseassessment related to meeting the ABET Criteria. Pre- and post- assessment related tocompetencies addressed in the course or a major project can help instructors validate that courseobjectives are being meet.Bibliography1 Development of Workplace Competencies Sufficient to Measure ABET Outcomes.S. K. Mickelson, L. F. Hanneman, R.Guardiola, and T. J. Brumm. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition.2 http://www.ddiworld.com/, January 14, 2002.STEVEN MICKELSONSteven K. Mickelson is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) at Iowa StateUniversity. Dr. Mickelson is the teaching/advising coordinator for the ABE department. His teaching specialtiesinclude computer

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Glenn T. Wrate, Northern Michigan University; John Wheeldon; Owe Petersen

careers. The faculty teaching the course all feelit was a rewarding and worthwhile experience. Page 7.577.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAs to the course, changes for next time include a fresh look at the experiments to keep themcurrent, and a reexamination of policies to make sure they are fair and complete.Bibliography1. Freuler, Richard, Audeen Fentiman, John Demel, Robert Gustafson, John Merrill, “Developing and ImplementingHands-On Laboratory Exercises and Design Projects

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Elkins; Roy Eckart; Catherine Rafter; Eugene Rutz; Cathy Maltbie

the originating and receiving sites,resulting in four separate categories. A standard lecture section was used as the controlgroup. Faculty worked together as a team to select common texts, develop commonsyllabi and block final exams resulting in standardized materials and grading.To identify learning style, the project team selected two well-known instruments: theMyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Bothinventories were administered to students in all sections of Mechanics I and later in allsections of Basic Strength of Materials at the University of Cincinnati College ofEngineering starting in the fall of 1999. In addition, two sections of Mechanics I atWright State University also participated in

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

from faculty;direct hands-on “real world” laboratory and teamwork experience in every semester of the four-yearprogram, entrepreneurial expertise. Instead of an emphasis on competition between individuals, muchof the work is organized in project teams replicating real-world interdisciplinary collaboration; usuallythese teams are set up to avoid having only one female with multiple males, although interest in theproject may supercede the gender composition, especially in the more advanced years. Nearly 2/3 ofRowan’s juniors and seniors have the opportunity to do summer internships, gaining further real-worldexperience. Rowan prides itself on its low student-faculty ratio and its high level of student-facultyinteraction. Relatively small class

Conference Session

ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gray

, but are notlimited to: ¨ A timeline for implementation, continuous improvement and evaluation ¨ Evaluation and selection of courses ¨ Support for both faculty and students ¨ Orientation to e-learning for both faculty and students ¨ Quality standards of the systems, software and equipment utilized in the e-learning environment ¨ Integrity, validity and security of information Potential implementers are advised to utilize simple technologies and designs in the earlystages of the process. This reduces the risk of technical problems inherent in systemimplementation and adjusts the users to the systems being utilized. Recommendations for small,independent projects to demonstrate success and gain

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Stewart; William Lin

7.889.7IV. ConclusionThe development and implementation of the modified AAS-EET program proved to bechallenging and fulfilling. This lone AAS-EET program in the DeVry system provided aunique environment for experimenting with a fast implementation of curriculum changesnecessitated by a quickly changing job market. Feedback for assessing the results wasobtained quickly from employers as well as from faculty and from the studentsthemselves. Based on employer feedback, and on starting-salary data, the curriculum didmeet the objective of enhancing employability of the graduates. Also, the experiencegained by faculty involved with the project was helpful in the subsequent implementationof a BS-EET curriculum.NOTE: Supporting data will be presented

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grasman

. Distance leads to difficulty informing study groups, especially when group projects and cases are involved in the course. In anengineering economics course, the objective, mathematical course content does not alwaysnecessitate significant student-to-student interaction. However, the learning environment isnegatively affected, as the ability to learn from other students is limited. Some of thesedifficulties may be overcome by similar means as the Student-Instructor communication issues.For example, students may post a question on the message board within Blackboard, and anotherstudent that sees the question may post an answer. If the students are online together, they canwork on problems through the virtual classroom

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Burger

://www.abet.org/criteria.html [12] http://www.east.asu.edu/programs/ [13] J. R. Burger, et. al., “Project-oriented MS Degree in Engineering Technology Emphasizes EducationalDepth,” Proceedings of the ASEE 2000 Conference, St. Louis, MO.ROBERT BURGER recently returned to CSUN after two years leave of absence to teach at the Oregon Institute ofTechnology in Klamath Falls, teaching Electronics Engineering Technology and Computer EngineeringTechnology. He has worked both sides of the EAC/TAC fence, so has rare qualifications that few others possess.He began his academic career at Alfred State Technical Institute at Alfred, New York for the AAS. Eventually heprogressed to Clarkson Institute of Technology at Potsdam, New York; then to UC Berkeley for the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ranjith Perera; Ali Akber

operations Group of Yallourn College of TAFE (TAFE stands forTechnical and Further Education) runs courses in training operators for power stations. Thestudents learn theory of electricity and obtain part of hands on experience in the laboratoriesand nearby power stations. The group requested Monash University to develop a computersimulation software package to train students in synchronisation of alternator to the grid. Theauthors undertook the project and the package was developed.2. Basic conditions for synchronising alternators and synchronising gear at TAFEBasic conditions to be satisfied before synchronisation an alternator to a busbar are:Terminal voltage of the alternator (incoming voltage) should be approximately same as thebusbar voltage

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

program / project manager) and engineer level. On a larger scale, the goal of this research isto answer these questions: · What engineering economy topics do MEM students find useful in their current job? · What engineering economy topics do MEM students see as useful for their personal and professional development? · Are there differences in the answers to the previous questions and do these answers differ based on job related features?The following sections describe the results of the first two semesters of data gathered in thisstudy.II. Preliminary Survey ResultsDuring the spring and fall 2000 semesters, sections of “Cost Estimating and Financial Analysis”(the core financial course in the MEM program at Old Dominion

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in CET and MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Lugowski

Session 1449 Development of a Competency-Based Introductory Course in Fluid Power Jan T. Lugowski Purdue UniversityAbstractA project to develop a novel curriculum for the associate degree in manufacturing engineeringtechnology has been funded by the National Science Foundation. The Sinclair CommunityCollege in Dayton, OH, coordinates the development work of the course. The focus of thecurriculum development process is to create an industry-driven, competency-based, modularlystructured, and integrated curriculum.One of the last modules to be developed is the fluid power module

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Kenimer; Jim Morgan

, Bob "An Integrated Freshman Engineering Curricula", Proceedings, 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, Arizona, November 4-7, 19983. P. Imbrie, C. Malavé, and K. Watson., "From Pedagogy to Reality: The Experience of Texas A&M University with the Foundation Coalition Curricula," Proceedings of the 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1997.ANN KENIMERAnn Kenimer is an Associate Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University and amember of the NSF Foundation Coalition project. She teaches courses in engineering problem solving, engineeringdesign, environmental engineering technology, and nonpoint source pollution control

Conference Session

Capstone Experiences in OME Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hang Choi

Design in the senior year, (4) to reduce NAOE courses so that students may take other courses in related engineering fields or other fields such as humanity, sociology, management, (5) to introduce a new course on Communication Skills.The last one was determined in order to meet the needs of the industry and also for accreditationprocess, for example see ABET EC20002-3. In the Communication Skills, students learn howto solve problems collectively with their classmates, to write technical reports, and learn how topresent their result with the help of audio-visual media. The students are required toparticipate in a teamwork project twice: First they are given the freedom to form a group of 5people, but for the second teamwork

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristine Csavina

as well asround-out their professional development. These experiences are diverse: one-day shadowing,teaching a lecture, creating a new course with a faculty mentor, creating on-line courses, etc.The program culminates in a Capstone Fair where second year participants showcase theirexperiences in PFF. 3Upon completion of the first year, students receive a certificate stating they have completed theExploratory Phase of PFF. Second-year participants receive such benefits as travel funds forPFF-related projects as well as a Graduate Student Tuition Waiver. If students complete thesecond year they not only receive a certificate from the Graduate College for the ParticipatoryPhase, but they are also recognized as “PFF Fellows” by the National

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner

standard 8051 assembler.The addition of the Visual Wimp to the laboratory simulation environment reinforces conceptslearned in lecture, shows students the dataflow through the processor, and helps them debug theirprograms. Student performance in lab shows that students understand the operation of theprocessorbetter after using the Visual Wimp.The WIMP51 is an ongoing project. In the future, the Visual Wimp may also be used in thelecture course to demonstrate the operation of the processor when the concepts are firstintroduced. Future lab experiments will ask students to change the hardware of the WIMP51 toextend the instruction set. The WIMP51 and the Visual Wimp have already been shown to beeffective teaching tools and will continue to improve

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maya Place; Markus Flury; Jennifer Shaltanis; Geoff Puzon; Brent M. Peyton; James Petersen; Candis Claiborn

interactions that inevitably occur in close-knit groups working toward acommon research goal. Hence, while the goal of this project is the training of professionalscientists and engineers that have a strong desire to work with experts in other disciplines and arewell-trained for either industrial, governmental or academic careers, it is essential that quality,focused research be performed.In addition to the student’s PhD research, other classes and activities have been developed toachieve students who have the characteristics articulated above. In addition to the student’smajor disciplinary classes and intensive research work, the program includes interdisciplinarycourse work; laboratory rotations, internships; experience mentoring younger

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan ElKishky

electrical en gineeringcurriculum stems from the fact there is a need for electrical power engineering graduates to beequipped with a reasonable background in high voltage engineering in order to be able to fill theposition of retiring expert electric power engineers. Specific positions in the electric powerindustry require more depth in high voltage engineering than others. Research and developmentand electric power engineering consulting firms require more extensive understanding of highvoltage engineering. Project engineers, design engineers and testing engineers are positions thatneed a reasonable background in high voltage engineering, and testing in particular.Out of 88 universities responded to the survey by the IEEE Electric Power

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Wrate

above, some of the moreunique tasks underway or anticipated include: providing interns for data collection and energyaudits, review of ongoing projects (second look design assistance) to determine if energyefficiencies could be improved, and modeling of renewable energy and energy efficiencyoptions.While it is to early to tell if this initiative will be successful, one thing is certain, Wisconsin isattempting to deal with proactively with its energy concerns.AcknowledgmentThe author offers his sincere thanks to Mr. Hugo Heyns, Wisconsin Focus on Energy ProgramManager, and Drs. Deborah Jackman and Owe Petersen, and Prof. Michael Swedish for theirongoing work on this project.Bibliography1. Sweet, William and Elizabeth A. Bretz, “How to Make

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh; Kevin Dahm

. It is intended to illustrate theconcept of micro mixing to the students so that they have a first-handawareness of the limitations of the ideal reactor models.ApparatusA team of undergraduate students assembled apparatus and developed anexperimental procedure during the Fall 2001 semester, as an Engineering 11Clinic project. There are two distinct experimental setups: one uses a 2 Lreactor with baffles and a Lightnin Mixer as shown in Figure 1, the other anordinary 600 mL beaker with a magnetic stirring bar. In the first setup a Figure 1: Mixersyringe pump is used to add the limiting reagent, sulfuric acid, at a controlled

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Cremin

the avionics and communication disorders perspectives, cross-disciplinarybenefits can be derived. One way of implementing multiple perspectives is by organizing cross-disciplinary teams to work on projects in both communication disorders and avionics systemsdesign. The possibility of cross-disciplinary benefit – providing low cost communication devicesfor people with communication impairments - might occur if low cost items become availablebecause of their use in mass-produced products.The academic technology community can provide a stimulus for cross-disciplinary approaches togenerating low cost systems for communication impaired people by encouraging entrepreneurialdevelopment of systems in Avionics/EET. The following is a summary of topics

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kramer

for demonstrations on the use of DAMA (demand -assigned multiple access) and PCMA (paired-carrier multiple access), as applied to applicationsof satellite communication used in oil exploration. Students also were introduced to the designmethodology used in two other advanced projects. Engineers participating in the studentactivities all emphasized the need for life-long learning. Follow-up back at the universityincluded use of an excel-based simulation to calculate link budget. Figure 2 Network Operations Center at ViaSat [3]Example 3 – Silicon WaveThe primary motivation for including a Silicon Wave on-site experience was to give the studentsan opportunity to get practical knowledge of the Bluetooth wireless

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Lisa Abrams

focus is on career exploration and community service. Students select one areafrom 20 that they are interested in exploring. In July 2001, the Director of Women inEngineering coordinated hands on workshops for 12 4-H students. The first day involved handson exercises in three different areas of engineering. The second day involved a communityservice project – the students learned about the design and maintenance of bridges throughstaining a local foot bridge. Evaluations are given to all participants and students are given anopportunity to provide their mailing address for further information and for tracking purposes.The next event is scheduled for June 2002. This event is a unique opportunity to expose studentsto engineering and 50 percent of

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Minnie McGee; Audeen Fentiman

targetedstudents. However, a major problem encountered by administrators of all of the activitiesdescribed in this paper was the challenge of getting eligible students to recognize the need, or toappreciate the rewards for participating. Yet an analysis of the performance of all eligiblestudents verify that some type of intervention strategy to improve the academic performance of anumber of engineering freshmen, especially those who place at the lower levels in mathematics,is critical to giving them any reasonable chance of succeeding in the study of engineering.AcknowledgementsThis project is related to the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition (NSF Award EEC-9444246), which is supported in part by the Engineering Education and Centers Division of

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger; Renata Engel

learning groups, andtypically encompass open-ended exercises as well as design projects. Such learningstrategies are thought of as best for promoting active learning, critical thinking, andconceptual understanding. They usually produce high levels of student satisfaction, andare regarded as valuable preparation for the “real world”.In today’s teaching environment, the effective instructor uses all of these strategies inorder to educate students. In fact, it is possible that elements of all of these methods willbe employed during a single classroom period for an engineering course. For example, aclass might begin with a lecture to present new material to the students, followed by adiscussion (question-answer) session, and finally a small group

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

discussion and team projects. Depending on annual enrollment, multiple sectionsare available with each now limited to approximately 25 students. Although sometraditional “lecture” material is presented throughout the course, the majority of thelearning is accomplished through group discussion and individual discovery facilitated by asubject matter expert (SME). SMEs include personnel from the Career Services Center, theLearning-Teaching Center, the Marianist Family, or University engineering technologyprograms.The University’s computer requirement puts all students on the same technological level,and since all buildings, including student housing, are connected to a high-speed fiber opticnetwork, information access is commonplace throughout the

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchel Keil; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

-1) orientation. The nutation angle qi, ismeasured from zi-1 to zi axis about the Bi Bi/ axis which is a perpendicular to theprojection of zi axis on xi-1yi-1 plane. The precession angle fi is measured form the xi-1axis to the same projection and yi represent the spin angle about the zi axis. Figure 3. Modified Eulerian angles Based on this definition of the modified Eulerian angle and the above constraintcondition, a vector transformation from the ith to the (i-1)th reference frame isrepresented by the ith transformation matrix [3] shown below: éc1 c 2 c 2 - 3 + s 2 s 2 - 3 c1 s 2 c 2 - 3 - c2 s 2 - 3 - s2 c2 - 3 ù êc c s - s c c1 s 2 s 2 - 3 + c 2 c2 - 3

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Mallini

-major courses lends the impression that the courses are anafterthought. The less experienced students work better with equipment, supplies, and proceduresthat are well organized and streamlined. Separate equipment and components specificallyselected for the non-major lab exercises leads to better class preparation. It also discourages thesituation of novice students finding burned-out components for their introductory labs and thesituation of advanced students finding burned-out components for their design projects. In the beginning of the course, my attempt to model the laboratory component after otherengineering labs that I have taught resulted in much frustration for students and instructors. Inthis terminal course, students without

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Parviz Daneshgari

time-to-market (TTM)new Product Development planning and executionphilosophy. This new philosophy is one that is focused The breakthrough technology approach requires topon identifying and prioritizing learning requirements on a down identification of system, subsystem andproduct specific basis. In this paper, the authors will component specification. Practical application of thisexplain the fundamental philosophical and technical method is limited to unique scientific projects such asdifferences between the two approaches and illustrate those that commonly occur in the aerospace industry.the advantages of the new approach. This newapproach is dependent on the understanding and