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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer

courseofferings. Teaching independent study courses of six to eight students does not require thecourse material to be completely polished, and the students can be evaluated without spending alot of time grading written homework or exams. Furthermore, the students can be used todevelop projects and handouts that will later be used as hands-on laboratory exercises orclassroom demonstrations. At the same time, the students are getting the background necessaryfor them to be valuable to a research program.This paper presents the results of teaching an independent study course in mechatronics to agroup of six mechanical engineering students. The course included both undergraduate andgraduate students working in teams of two. The first ten weeks of the course

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudhir Mehta

/EVAL/Handbook/handbook.htm. [March 30, 2001]. 11. NRC. (2000). How people learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (expanded edition). National Research Council’s Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Developments in the Science of Learning and Learning Research and Educational Practice. National Academy Press, Washington, DC. Full text can be found at http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9853.html. [March 30, 2001]. 12. NRC. (1999). “Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology,” A report from NRC, http://books.nap.edu/catalog/6453.html. [March 30, 2001]. 13. NRC. (1996). “From Analysis to Action: Undergraduate Education in Science

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ricardo Molina; Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

. At the end of the program the students have solidknowledge of basic science courses, basic engineering courses and specific engineering courses,besides the experience acquired with the development of projects in partnership with enterprises.I. IntroductionPeople live today in a world of no frontiers, with complete new values, a global world, in themiddle of post industrial revolution, neo liberal policies and no jobs. The challenge in Brazil, likeany other Country of West World is to form professionals with scientific minds to developscience and technology in according to the complexity of modern day-by-day life. Science andtechnology has to promote the progress of contemporary society drawing a complete new future.It is essentially, to make

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendy Newstetter; Paul Benkeser

the insignificant ones. We wanted to determine Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationwhether they were engaging in the kinds of reasoning strategies used by engineers when startingin on a new problem. Ideally we would have given students a hard problem and then follow themfor three weeks as they worked on it, but this is hardly realistic. With these goals in mind, wedecided to give them a complex problem statement and have them do the first steps towardsproblem structuring. This would allow us to begin to assess how they were developing initialreasoning and inquiry skills. A sample problem is

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Theodore Zern; Richard Grabiec

Session 3553 Alumni Mentoring and First Year Seminar: A Valuable Link Richard Grabiec, Theodore Zern Western New England College Springfield, MassachusettsAbstractFor a number of years, Western New England College has invested in the value ofinitiatives targeted at first-year students. The work of John Gardner and Lee Upcraft(1989) has provided ample documentation to support the worth of such endeavors. Withthat work in mind, the First-Year Program at Western New England College specificallyfocuses on helping first-year students develop a sense of purpose, attain a

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maximo Ortega

theoretic results. This evolutionary process eventuallyconceals the original meaning. Sometimes, theoretic results are shown in the classroom while theoriginal idea is ignored.Another issue that emphasizes the importance of new teaching approaches is the fact that most Page 7.1281.1students find it very difficult to apply their knowledge of Calculus in other courses. When facedwith a problem that requires them to find a derivative or calculate an integral, many students “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mani Mina

theory, and otherapplications, there are some students who still do not see why they should learn the subject. It isthe author’s opinion to let the students know their question is valid and they should seek answersas they learn more about electrical engineering. They should keep the question in their mind. Page 7.828.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThey should keep asking the question throughout their careers and see if they find betteranswers. The important point for the student is to

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

Session 3566 Methods of Assessing Student Learning in Capstone Design Projects with Industry: A Five Year Review M. Patricia Brackin, J. Darrell Gibson Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe benefits of company sponsored student design projects, both to academia and to industry, havebeen well established recently in symposia and in publications. However, assessing these benefits inorder to improve the students’ experiences can be difficult. This paper discusses techniques ofassessment used

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Sullivan; Harpreet Singh; Kimberly Sward; Janis Terpenny

Session 2139 Utilizing the Internet to Improve Student Learning in a First Course in Engineering Economy with Real-World Unsolved Problems in Collaboration with Industry Janis P. Terpenny1, William G. Sullivan2, Harpreet Singh3, Kimberly Sward1 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA1/ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA2/ Alstom Power, Windsor, CT3AbstractThis paper reports on results of an experiment to investigate whether technology and the Internetfacilitate student learning of Engineering Economy through

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Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul King; Joan Walker

exemplifies classroom instruction thatpromotes active engagement in learning. 22 Specifically, it emphasizes four interrelatedattributes of optimal learning environments: 1) acknowledgement of the learners’ priorknowledge, 2) demonstration of knowledge or what mastery looks like, 3) assessmentthat makes thinking visible, and 4) establishment of community norms that supportlearning.1(This work was supported primarily by the Engineering Research Centers Program of theNational Science Foundation under Award Number EEC9876363.The authors extendmany thanks to the students and faculty who graciously gave their time.)Bibliography1. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

PK Raju; Chetan Sankar; Glennelle Halpin; Gerald Halpin

experiences touse innovative educational materials, received strongly agree ratings from over 90% of theparticipants. In overall comments regarding the workshop, participants described the workshopas a “mind opening experience,” “well organized,” and exposure to “dynamic faculty who areinterested in making a difference by adopting new materials.” Thus, it appears from the reactions to all three case studies as well as the overall reactionsto the workshop that engineering educators found the information to be beneficial to them intheir role as teacher and facilitator of knowledge. A final suggestion for change summarizes theoverall positive response of the workshop participants: “Take this show on the road.”Profile of the Second Workshop Held

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mary Lamont; John Merrill; Richard Freuler

Session 3553 The Potential & Pitfalls of Online Course Management: Experiences in a Large-Scale Freshman Program John A. Merrill, Mary Lamont, and Richard J. Freuler The Ohio State UniversityIntroductionIn the past two academic years, the Freshman Programs at The Ohio State University's Collegeof Engineering have incorporated an online course management system to help with theimplementation of a curriculum for over 1,000 first-year students. The instructional teamconsists of faculty, graduate teaching assistants, undergraduate peer mentors, lab supervisors,and a

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Joseph Mook

study abroad ambitions (as it did in thepast). Since women outnumber men by 2 to 1 in the overall study abroad profile of Americanstudents, we expect that providing a realistic study abroad option will enhance the attractivenessof the engineering field to women.Figure 3, is a plot of the number of U.S. students who have studied abroad through Global E3 bytheir discipline. The largest numbers of participants by field are concentrated in Mec hanicalEngineering and the second largest in Electrical Engineering. One must keep in mind that theseare typically the two largest departments in terms of number of faculty as well as numbers ofstudents in schools of engineering in the United States, so this distribution is not entirelyunexpected. Moreover

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

making a better airbag.· The goal of engineering can be summed up in four words, “to make life better.”· Engineers have a social responsibility to provide safe solutions.· In short, engineering is devoted to making new, better, simpler, safer, easier to use solutions within a society with an endless need for such solutions.· Produce a better product for consumers; meanwhile, increasing profitability for your company.Roles and Responsibilities in Society· The public puts a great deal of trust into the designers and manufacturers of the products they use. It is the engineer’s duty to live up to this trust and constantly have the consumers safety in mind …· The role of the engineer in a society is to translate technical and complex ideas

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Tonya Emerson

tested demonstrated preferred Page 7.512.1learning styles generally associated with an engineering or research scientist profile. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAdditional research has been completed which shows students learn best if taught by methodswhich match their style of learning. Mismatched instruction tends to significantly impact studentscores6. With this in mind, consider research completed by Allen, et. al. 7, who evaluated 319engineering students at San Jose State

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Ratnajeevan Hoole; Dushyanthi Hoole

typical jobs-driven educational choices in Sri Lanka with its high unemployment rates, hasresulted in the best going for the sciences after the G.C.E. O. levels while the weakest go for theArts5. However, within the sciences stream at the G.C.E. A. Levels, women tend to go for thebiosciences with entry to the medical colleges in mind while more men go for the physicalsciences with entry to the engineering faculties in mind. In Sri Lanka, unlike in the West, womendo well in the professions; but for the reasons given, they predominate in the biosciences(numbering 61%) and the Arts (62%), and do well in medicine (44%) while doing poorly inengineering (15%) and the mathematical sciences (28%).Not only do women lose out in the lucrative professions of

Conference Session

Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

yourself for everlasting life take away the element ofafterlife in the hereafter?Senior:Are some of you students wanting to stop the development of such technologies or areyou anxious to go forward?Engineer:Kurzweil frightens me. Page 7.529.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education I am excited. I have less of a connection to my body, not so much of a need for it. To me,it is not so weird that our minds will go into a computer. It is kind of cool, exciting.Senior:Would you down load your subconscious, too

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

in the National Research Council’s publication “How People Learn: Brain, Mind,Experience, and School1.”Relatively small, problem-based instructional units are designed to complete the learning cycle.These units provide direction, resource, and assessment guidance for faculty and students. TheCase Files Learning Cycle is non-linear and can be as robust with information and materials asthe faculty determines to be appropriate.B. Case ComponentsThe case — represents a real-life task, situation, or problem that sets the context for the case. Page 7.142.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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Assessing the Humanities in Engr. Educ.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lee

permeating the future professionalpractice of engineering. Defining and achieving desired objectives in humanities education isformidable for undergraduate students in general. At one extreme, there are so-calledtraditionalists who hold the position that all “educated” individuals should demonstrate a masteryof specified topics (for example, Greek classics), with the topics more or less representing theentire history of western civilization. Examples of adherents of this position are Allen Bloomand Ed Hirsch, academics who have authored the controversial books The Closing of theAmerican Mind 1 and Cultural Literacy 2 respectively. Traditionalist curriculums tend to be veryhomogenous, with minimum flexibility regarding course selection. Taking an

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Madsen

thewanted workforce changes, as well as the belief of our Ministry of Education on how to teach andlearn the best way are all together in a continuing development. These are some of the basic reasonswhy it is natural to work for resources that can stimulate a constant pedagogical development. Butthere is more to it.Do all the engineering lecturers pay an interest in their pedagogical competencies? · Still some engineering teaching staff thinks that the ability to teach is, or is not, in our genes. In other words, pedagogical development of the staff is not at all necessary – or at least is not necessary enough to be taken seriously. There are more reasons why the lecturers are not open-minded towards methodological changes in

Conference Session

New MET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Slade Gellin

industry today in mind. Theseroles are examined in detail in order to formulate appropriate course objectives. The course istaught in a computer lab setting. Students will gain hands on experience with a commerciallyavailable finite element analysis software package. The primary evaluation tool to assess ifstudents are meeting the objectives of the course are reports submitted detailing the analysisundertaken in sample projects assigned in class. The reports are written in a format usedsuccessfully in industry.IntroductionIn its report recommending six-year accreditation for the mechanical engineering technologyprogram at Buffalo State College in 1998, TAC-ABET cited as a weakness the lack of technicalelectives offered within the program. In order

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Segall

mind, a new class has been developed that usesscience as conveyed in science fiction films and literature to illustrate and teach basicengineering concepts. Central to the course delivery is “poking fun” at the disobedience of thelaws of physics and engineering in “sci fi” and teaching the correct behaviors. In this fashion,students can develop lasting mental pictures of the way things function and the complexities ofdesign. This course also discusses the interactions and implications of technology and society, aswell as the ethical considerations of engineering given human nature and the limited naturalresources of the earth.I. IntroductionThe application of science fiction in education is not a new concept. In fact, science and

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Tina Yuille

Session 3425 Ensuring the Success of Competitive Engineering Design Projects Through a Centralized Operation Tina C. Yuille Clarkson UniversityABSTRACT In 1997 Clarkson University created the SPEED (Student Projects for EngineeringExperience and Design) program to centralize the operations of its competition-basedengineering design project teams. This paper describes the benefits of centralizing the operationsof competition-based engineering design projects. Benefits of centralization includeinstitutionalizing the activities of the project teams

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

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A.K.M. Abdul Quader; Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

Engineering is a discipline that teaches andtrains young minds in purification, separation and isolation in a broader sense for processindustries. From an environmental point of view, pollution prevention is the study ofcontaminant purification (P), separation (S) and isolation (I), which we call PSI. These are theunderlying activities that will be used to tackle the contamination problem in its totality. This is aformidable task for a single chemical engineering department in a nation of 130 million people,where meeting the basic necessities of life is by itself a war for existence.However, a solution to these problems is certainly not possible without strong leadership fromthe country’s technical leaders. Toward this end, the expected outcomes of

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

number of hours in class over aspecified number of weeks, they are awarded a specified number of credits. But have they reallylearned? Will they be able to apply the skills they have learned in new and different contexts inthe future? Page 7.1228.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe instructor’s role in the scenario described above is to “deliver instruction.” It does notnecessarily require the students to do much more than pay attention, and the result is often thattheir minds wander and

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Storch; Catherine Scott; Cynthia Atman

Session 2557 Using Focus Groups to Identify Industrial Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Selected ABET Outcomes Cathie Scott, Cynthia J. Atman, and Richard Storch University of WashingtonAbstractAs we began to review and revise the objectives for our Industrial Engineering program at theUniversity of Washington, we decided to include students in the process. It is the students whoare expected to meet program objectives before graduation, yet they may not understand therationale behind the objectives or may not interpret them in the same way as faculty and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Burger

programs -- What EAC and TAChave in common for the baccalaureate degree is an emphasis on goals and outcomes. It shouldbe just as acceptable to have as a goal, professional or practical readiness as it is to have graduateor research readiness. As a way of promoting a broad-minded approach, we want to bringengineering technology baccalaureates together with other baccalaureates for the purposes ofaccreditation. At the same time, it is desired to avoid judgments about the goals of otherinstitutions.TAC addresses quite well the 2-year AS degree. Many educators are unaware of differencesbetween current baccalaureate criteria, so Table 1 provides the main differences in the wordingof the criteria for computer engineering programs (as an example) as

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

technologies. The argument for a civic-minded engineer will seem very familiar tothose of us who have been working in the field of engineering education. As a result of thedemands of The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology’s Engineering Criteria2000, engineering faculty know that if they wish their programs to remain accredited, they mustgraduate students who possess “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility” (f),as well as “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solut ions in aglobal and societal context” (h) and (g) “an ability to communicate effectively”.2 Theseattributes resemble the very same that Lane proposes. Engineering curricular revision representsa movement toward instilling

Conference Session

Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Randall Timi; Dannie Hutchinson; William Strenth; James Otter

Session 2147 A "REAL WORLD" APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: PHASE II - SENIOR CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE James L. Otter, William Strenth, Randall Timi, Dannie Hutchinson Pittsburg State UniversityINTRODUCTIONWhat happens when successful professional construction design/build activities are integratedinto an established four-year construction engineering technology and construction managementprogram? Hopefully, the result will be a highly skilled and educated construction professionalprepared to respond to the ever-changing fast-paced world of

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Mooney

experience willnot consider technical careers in mathematics, science, and engineering. AE strives to (1)improve interest in and attitudes towards mathematics, science and engineering; (2)improve concept learning in science and math; and (3) provide a hands-on, minds-on,meaningful and enjoyable engineering experience. The AE program involves thedevelopment and implementation of single day to four-week adventure-drivenengineering-based curricula for grade 5 through 9 science and/or math classes. Given adesignated time period and concepts identified in national math and science standards,the AE team develops an adventure-based scenario filled with obstacles that require thelearning and application of the desired science and/or math concepts. The