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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

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Betsy Aller; Andrew Kline

Session 3425 Involving Industry in Capstone Design Courses: Enhancing Projects, Addressing ABET Issues, and Supporting Undergraduate Engineering Practice Andrew A. Kline, Betsy M. Aller Department of Paper, Printing Science and Engineering / Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008Industry can influence and actively participate in capstone design courses in a variety of ways.Recent research indicates that situating

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Subha Kumpaty

2002-201 Learning enhancement in Thermodynamics Classroom via use of TEST™ software in design projects and laboratory Subha K. Kumpaty Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1025 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202AbstractIntroduced in Spring 1999 into the MSOE’s three-quarter Thermodynamics sequence, TheExpert System for Thermodynamics (TEST™ software by Subrata Bhattacharjee) 1 has become agreat asset and an excellent tool in enhancing students’ learning of Thermodynamicsfundamentals. The presenter, Dr. Kumpaty encouraged the institution-wide use of the softwareby obtaining a site license and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Tetsurou Furukawa; Shigeo Matsumoto; Kzuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

Session 2793 Introductory Design Project in Engineering Design Course to Freshmen at Kanazawa Institute of Technology Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kazuya Takemata, Tetsuro Furukawa and Shigeo Matsumoto ASEE/JSEE JSEE/JEICE HTSJ/JSER JSEE/JSME1. IntroductionKanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) is one of the first universities who are conductingEngineering Design Education (EDE) in Japan. The objectives of EDE are to provide studentsnot only with superior technical capabilities, but also to enable them to identify and solveill-defined and open-ended problems, to generate a set of distinct and creative

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Yves Mercadier; Pierre Vittecoq; Patrik Doucet; Jean-Sébastien Plante; Francois Charron; Yves Van Hoenacker

Session 3566 DESIGN PROJECTS IN THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT SHERBROOKE UNIVERSITY – PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE François Charron, NSERC Design Engineering Chair Patrik Doucet, Yves Mercadier, Yves Van Hoenacker, Pierre Vittecoq, and Jean-Sébastien Plante Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering University of Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, QC Canada1.0

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jean Roberts; David Pines

Session 3451 Incorporating a Research Project and a Water Chemistry Laboratory into the Water Quality Engineering Course at the University of Hartford David Pines / Jean Roberts College of Engineering / College of Arts and Sciences University of HartfordAbstractThe Civil Engineering program at the University of Hartford requires students to take a four-credit Water Quality Engineering course that includes an environmental research project and aone credit Water Chemistry Laboratory taught by the Chemistry

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

Session 2648 Teaching to Design, Build, and Test in Senior Projects: Learning Outcomes in the Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor Domains Hamid Khan Master of Technology Program Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 41099 khanh@nku.eduAbstract: ABET Criterion I.C.2.b: “Technical Design Courses ---- These are courses inpractice-oriented standard design applied to work in the field, such as construction, inwhich students acquire experience in carrying out established design

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendy Crone

Session 2268 Using an Advanced Mechanics of Materials Design Project to Enhance Learning in an Introductory Mechanics of Materials Course Wendy C. Crone Department of Engineering Physics, Engineering Mechanics Program University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstractDesign projects and experiments demonstrating mechanics concepts are two ways in whichlearning can be enhanced in undergraduate mechanics courses. This paper will discussincorporation of these concepts in two mechanics of materials courses at the University

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brooks Byam

Session 1566 An Enhanced Educational Experience for Capstone Design Projects: Using SAE Student Groups in An Industry Sponsor Role Brooks P. Byam Department of Mechanical Engineering Saginaw Valley State UniversityAbstract The Mechanical Engineering Department at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) isenhancing the educational experience of students by using Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)student groups in the role of industry sponsor for capstone design projects. In many engineeringprograms, industry sponsors are used as a

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Peattie; Andrew Robinson; Andrew Malick

Session 2525 Analysis of the Trinity College Walk-on-Water Project: a Case Study of Team Learning in the Design Experience Robert A. Peattie Ph.D., Andrew A. Robinson and Andrew E. Malick B.A. Department of Engineering, Trinity College, Hartford CT 06106Abstract: Although a substantial history exists regarding the use of team projects asinstructional activities in engineering design curricula, only limited attention has been given toproject subjects that span multiple areas of engineering, including biomedical, civil, electricaland mechanical. The conceptualization of such topics, and their integration into the

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

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Tina Barnes; Ian Pashby; Anne Gibbons

Session 2260 Working Toward the Successful Deployment of Post -graduate Research Students on University-Industry Collaborative R&D Projects T.A. Barnes, I.R. Pashby & A.M. Gibbons. Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, England.1. IntroductionAgainst a background of increasing international competition and rapid technological change,governments are actively encouraging collaboration as a means of improving innovationefficiency and thereby enhancing wealth creation 1, 2 . Collaboration provides companies withthe means by which to advance

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gregory Smith; Adam Siurek; Jamie Workman

Session 3449 Development of a Multimedia Laboratory Supplement for an Introduction to Materials Course: A Computer Graphics Technology Senior Design Project Jamie Workman, Adam Siurek, and Gregory Smith Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisAbstractThe Introduction to Materials course at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis(IUPUI), is notorious for its laboratory experiments and report procedures. The course is in theMechanical Engineering Technology department of the Purdue School of Engineering andTechnology and identified as MET 141

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul Salama; Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

Session 3232 Assessing Multi-disciplinary Teamwork in an EE Capstone Design Project in Video Compression and Error Concealment Over the Internet Paul Salama, Maher E. Rizkalla, and Charles F. Yokomoto Electrical and Computer Engineering Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 723 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46033I. Abstract In this paper, we describe the project, the weekly activities of the team, the method forassessing teamwork

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Thibault; Noel Boutin

-based and Project-based Learning called APPI (French acronym for« Apprentissage par Problèmes et par Projets en Ingénierie ») 1 . There are no more lectures.Instead, on a repetitive two-week schedule, a small group of nominally 12 students meets twicewith a tutor. During the first meeting, students try to solve a given problem with the knowledgethey have already acquired and identify what new knowledge is required to fully solve it. Then,they go on to studying and applying their new knowledge. To help them organize their knowledge,we ask them to draw concept maps and procedural maps. During the second meeting, the problemis summarised and solved, using the new knowledge acquired during the first week. As support,students can use only maps they

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Yves Van Hoenacker; Philippe Micheau; Patrik Doucet; Patrice Masson; Jean Lapointe; Aymeric Kron

product design, including a threecredit Design Methodology course and a twelve credit Major Design Project extended over thelast three terms of the program. These two large components of the program were developedaccording to the characteristics of each discipline. This paper presents the results up to thepresent of a multidisciplinary effort to unify the approaches to mechanical engineering design. Itpresents the enriched version of the Product Development Process (PDP) which has beendeveloped in order to integrate the two approaches. In this respect, specific tools will beintroduced in order to join the design process of a mechatronics system with the design of moretraditional mechanical engineering products. This will be illustrated using a

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jean Paradis

Session 3421 A simulation laboratory for teaching construction management Jean Paradis, Eng. Department of Construction Engineering École de technologie supérieure Montréal, QuébecIntroductionStudents in our construction engineering program have often a tendency to perceive all theircourses as separate entities. To prevent this we conceived a course-project where the studentshave to use the knowledge acquired in all the different courses. This course simulates theexecution of a construction project

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patricia Shamamy

animals (wild, domesticated or composite), transport vehicles (to transport people orgoods over land or water), people (two figures representing humans involved in some task), and,most recently, models of interplanetary vehicles. M.E. faculty judge the projects and prizes areawarded in different categories, among them, Most Original, Easiest to Manufacture, and MostPotential for Commercial Product.I. IntroductionStudents enrolled in our Mechanical Engineering curriculum are required to complete a seniordesign project. The project is intended to require the student to apply his/her engineeringknowledge to design, build, and test an actual product. These products vary from componentsfor SAE competition projects such as the Formula Car, Mini-Baja

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Creese

with2,200 students from three different schools. It is the newest university in Denmark of the 6universities and institutions of higher learning and now has more than 13,000 students. It wasestablished to use the project-based educational approach to overcome some of the problems ofthe traditional course-based educational system. Discussions with Poul H.K. Hansen (one of the two faculty members on the AalborgUniversity Senate), Sven Hvid Nielsen and Erik Pedersen who have been with AalborgUniversity since it started and are active advocates of the project -based system, and with theRector, Sven Caspersen, have been essential in gathering information about the AalborgUniversity System. These leaders have contributed greatly (and are still

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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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 Construction Engr. Educ. II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bruce Berdanier

Session 2121 Presentation of Construction Management Topics in a Competitive Bid Module Dr. Bruce W. Berdanier, PE, PS Ohio Northern University, Ada, OhioAbstractEngineering Project Management is a senior level class taught once a year in the Ohio NorthernUniversity (ONU) Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) degree. Topics includeorganizational structures, project delivery systems, engineering economics, critical path methodanalysis, team dynamics within project management, and responsibilities of the engineeringmanager within various

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gul Okudan Kremer

needs and necessities. Project management,teamwork training, motivation and decision-making are some of these subjects. The progressionof embedment over three-semesters is presented along with brief design project explanations.Unsolicited student comments that are collected during teaching evaluations are also presented asan indication of improved student satisfaction.Index Terms __ Engineering management, and product design education.I. IntroductionAn integrated project team (IPT) is a multidisciplinary, relatively autonomous, project orientedwork team [1]. IPTs are used in industry, not only to increase productivity in solving problemsbut also to form and sustain strategic capabilities through employee learning. New productdevelopment is one

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

mechanisms are used for outcomes assessment at WPI, including exit surveys, apeer review of the senior project, and alumni surveys. These mechanisms provide informationabout the extent to which our graduates meet a particular program outcome, but they do not tellus the extent to which our graduates meet all program outcomes. To develop insight into howcompletely our students meet program outcomes, we have devised a “portfolio” approach thatcombines specific course assignments with the senior project review to evaluate individualstudents across outcomes. We call the resulting collection of materials a portfolio because it tiestogether the work of individual students 4. We put the term “portfolio” in quotes because theprimary purpose is assessment

Conference Session

Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rose

field trips toinnovative project sites, presentations by guest speakers from industry, videos of innovativeprojects, selected readings on recent innovations, and lectures by course instructors regardinginnovations in practice. Each has advantages and disadvantages. This paper considers the use offield trips, guest lectures and videos as a way to present innovations to undergraduate CETstudents in a junior level Soils Engineering course.Field TripsField trips provide students an opportunity to see the actual application of recent technologicaldevelopments in construction and civil engineering technology. Students greatly enjoy the breakfrom classroom lectures and are left with lasting visual images. Field trips require a certaindegree of

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Archibald

Session 3566 RECONCILING WELL-DEFINED CAPSTONE OBJECTIVES AND CRITERIA WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTY INVOLVEMENT Mark Archibald, Mark Reuber, Blair Allison GROVE CITY COLLEGEAbstractMechanical engineering capstone design students benefit from interaction with practicingengineers. This is widely recognized, and many programs require students to work onprojects that originate with local industry. This approach has the appeal of “real-world”engineering, and the benefit of external project evaluation. However, it can be difficult toreconcile industry-sponsored projects with established

Conference Session

Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Randall Timi; Dannie Hutchinson; William Strenth; James Otter

role. Field engineers, material testers andestimators at the second year level. Senior estimators, project engineers, superintendents at the "Proceedings of the 2002 American Society foe Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education" Page 7.9.1third year level. Project managers, contract managers, etc. at the senior/graduate year. Projectteams would be developed from a cross section of the various levels of students. As thesemester/year progressed, special workshops, training sessions would be required for the variousjobs and responsibilities

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Larry Dunn; Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter

to find time to incorporate experiential learning programs as part of teamworkinstruction. This paper describes an experiential team-building program that can be presented ina single fifty-minute class period and applied in classes with large enrollments. A summary ofthe program objectives, activities, and facilitation guidelines is included. The paper also presentsthe results of a study involving over 300 freshmen engineering students on 42 design teams. Thestudy addressed the question: Does the addition of a fifty-minute experiential team-buildingprogram significantly improve course outcomes as defined by student knowledge of teamwork,student attitudes about teamwork, and project quality? Pre- and post-project surveys and projectgrades

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos Sun

instructionaltechniques. A course management tool named Blackboard 5 (BB5) was utilized tomanage course logistics such as acting as the project data server, providing solutions,updating and personalizing grade reports, and posting announcements. A wirelessPersonal Address (PA) system worn by the instructor was utilized in laboratory sectionsto enhance the instruction in a team setting where discussions among group memberswere encouraged during class. Teaching techniques using computer laboratoriescompletely transformed the course. Four projects, each requiring significant computermodeling and engineering, were implemented to replace and augment homework sets.The four projects were (1) geometric design with AutoCAD, (2) traffic flow analysis withCORSIM, (3

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Beams

Session 1320 Developing Computer-Based Laboratory Instruments in a New Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Program—a Summary David M. Beams University of Texas at TylerABSTRACT: This paper describes the culmination of a two-year project which had two aims:(1) development of computer-based laboratory instruments (CLIs) consisting of LabVIEWvirtual- instrument programs coupled with custom external hardware; (2) integration of theseCLIs into the undergraduate curriculum. Students were brought into the design process whereverpossible, giving them first- hand

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bradley Kramer

students, the MLC provides internship opportunities forengineering students to work on real engineering projects for client companies. These projectshave resulted in new products and machines and improved production processes and systems.Ultimately, AMI projects have increased sales, saved and added jobs, and reduced costs forKansas companies. The experience gained by students working in the MLC fills many of thecompetency gaps identified in the SME/MEP Critical Competency Studies.In this center, undergraduate and graduate students from engineering, computer science, andbusiness colleges work as interns on product and process development projects contracted withindustrial partners. An interdisciplinary group of interns is assigned to work under

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor

calculations, including analysis of therigid body motion of the catapult and the motion of the projectile, and created component andassembly drawings prior to constructing their catapults. They then constructed prototypes oftheir designs, tested them, revised them as needed with complete documentation of changes andcompeted in the contest.Evaluation of the project was based upon the accuracy of the analysis of the mechanism, theconsistency between the calculations and the completed mechanism, the engineering drawings ofthe mechanism and the conclusions drawn from the experience.This project gave students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in a normally purelytheoretical course to the design and implementation of a real, open-ended, design