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Daniel Raviv

Solving in Engineering” at Florida Atlantic University. The relatedteaching material may be extended or shrunk, thus allowing flexibility for incorporating it indifferent classes such as design, introduction to engineering, and problem solving.The material includes: a) course material for specific eight problem solving strategies, and b)hands-on activities that include more than 250 different 3-D mechanical puzzles, many games,mind teasers, LEGO® Mindstorms competitions, and design projects, each of which illustratesprinciples and strategies in inventive problem solving. In addition, students use patent-relatedsoftware packages and websites. These activities allow for self-paced, semi-guided explorationthat improves self-esteem and encourages

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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Robi Polikar; Robert R. Krchnavek; Raul Ordonez; Peter Jansson; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

Session 2532 CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ECE PROGRAM John L. Schmalzel1, Shreekanth A. Mandayam1, Ravi P. Ramachandran1, Robert R. Krchnavek1, Linda M. Head1, Robi Polikar1, Peter Jansson1, and Raúl Ordóñez2 1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of DaytonAbstract - We have developed a new Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program at RowanUniversity. The first class graduated in May 2000. Features include: a continuous Engineering Clinicsequence, a mixture of two-, three-, and four-credit courses

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CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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Ronaldo Luna

for Engineering Educationthe advisor to get a fundamental understanding of the problem. As the semester progressed, itwas evident that the independent research was put aside to keep up with the student’s regularcoursework. Then, the strategy was modified to include weekly meetings with the studentcomplemented by off-campus site visits and laboratory hands-on experience.Learn from Past ExperiencesThe liquefaction demonstration tank is not anything new. In fact, it’s a classic in a geotechnicalengineering program. This demonstration experiment tends to leave a lasting impression on thestudents mind, as it did to the author twenty years ago. As recent as this month, email inquiriesfrom professional engineers are being made to faculty on how to

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Tricks of the Trade for Research

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Albert Lozano

SESSION 2475 INTEGRATING TEACHING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE TO DEVELOP SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Albert Lozano-Nieto The Pennsylvania State University School of Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering P.O. Box PSU Lehman, PA 18627 Phone: (570) 675-9245 FAX: (570) 675-7713 email: AXL17@psu.eduAbstractThe publishing of scholarly work is one of the most critical elements at the time of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Matt Gates; Mary Lamont; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

meet the needs of its students. Some practical examples from the past are:adjusting the placement and content of hands-on lab exercises to relate more closely to materialcurrent in students’ minds; identifying material not clearly conveyed in lecture; intervening withstudents who are having academic problems; and, uncovering misconceptions about course,College, or University polices. Clearly, if evaluations and comments were collected only at theend of the course, most, if not all, of these kinds of issues would either not come up or would Page 7.162.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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Teaching Outside the Box

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Jason Keith

that arefor kids all ages. They keep children occupied and can challenge the mind of even the mostintelligent people. These toys possess the capability of providing high level learning skills.In order to increase student learning in design projects, these procedures have been implementedin a new elective chemical engineering course at Michigan Technological University, CM4900:Interdisciplinary Design. The project that the students worked on focused on the developmentand construction of a prototype bench scale reactor to mix three fluids together in a desiredproportion. For their electrical networks, students used one of two electronic kits to develop afoundation of knowledge in electronic circuits: · the BASIC Stamp II Microprocessor

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James Long; Donald Leone

Session 2793 Using Professional Mentors for Capstone Design Projects at a Distance Donald Leone, James Long University of Hartford / Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Inc.AbstractFor over ten years, the University of Hartford’s Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering has used professional engineers from the local region as mentors for capstone designprojects. The mentor is asked to propose a candidate project, and if the project is selected by astudent group, to oversee its technical direction. The mentors become role models for thestudents, and by allowing students to visit their offices

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Mariano Savelski

andanalytical techniques that are not traditionally covered in chemical engineering and/or chemistrycurricula, but that are commonly encountered in industry. In this project we will develop novel hands-on chemical engineering experiments byexamining the manufacturing process steps. Each step will be a laboratory module. Thesemodules will be integrated throughout the chemical engineering curriculum. The manufacturingsteps range in complexity from fundamental engineering and science principles shown in gravitydecantation of immiscible liquids to more complex principles required to describe filtrationtheory and identification of compounds using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy.Introduction At Rowan, a hands-on minds-on approach to

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The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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David Clough

3413 ChE’s Teaching Introductory Computing to ChE Students -- A Modern Computing Course with Emphasis on Problem Solving and Programming David E. Clough Department of Chemical Engineering University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0424AbstractAn easy recipe for fomenting heated debate among ChE faculty is to inject the topic ofintroductory computing for ChE students into a discussion. Most faculty will have strongopinions that are only muted by the

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Novel Classroom Environments

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Julie Jessop

Session 1313 Expanding Our Students’ Brainpower: Idea Generation and Critical Thinking Skills Julie L. P. Jessop University of IowaAbstractHow do we teach our students to think? This is not a skill that they can pick up by doing “X”number of homework problems; it is the product of good habits that must be practiced and honedon a daily basis. It is a state of mind that continually questions “Who? What? Where? When?How? Why?” In light of this reality, we developed this segment for the “Introduction toLiterature Review and

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New MET Course Development

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Zhongming Liang

Session 3448 Cutting Speed Sensitivity of Tool Life Zhongming (Wilson) Liang Purdue University Fort WayneIntroduction Taylor equation is one of the important topics in mechanical engineering technologycourses of manufacturing processes, machining and tool design. It is important because it dealswith cutter life in machining. Cutter life affects manufacturing in two ways. First, a longer cutterlife means lower cutter cost per workpiece. Secondly, a longer cutter life means less frequentchange of the tool and hence a smaller amount of tool change

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Assessing Teaching and Learning

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J. Joseph Hoey; Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

Session 3530 Uncovering Obstacles to the Assessment Momentum E. W. Nault, Ph. D., M. S . Leonard, Ph. D., P.E., J. Joseph Hoey, Ed.D. Clemson University/Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractWhy is the practice of assessment inconsistently applied across engineering programs withinthe same university and among engineering disciplines across the country? EngineeringCriteria 2000 1 which mandates programmatic assessment was initially adopted for applicationin 1996. Yet, six years after the adoption of the new criteria, why do we still experience highlevels of faculty resistance to program assessment? This

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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Balasubramanian Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

, however,curricular-level educational reform is hard for an individual instructor to implement. It is far Page 7.1131.1easier to influence pedagogical outcomes in one’s own classroom – at the course level, than atthe departmental level. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMethodologyWith this in mind, the authors focused on a 3-credit-hour (2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours)course in Manufacturing Processes taught to junior mechanical engineering students. Course-level competency gaps were

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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Anthony Trippe

Session 2432 A Methodology For Planning Distance Learning Courses Anthony P. Trippe Rochester Institute of Technology Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology DepartmentAbstractThis article is based on personal experience gained as a result of facilitating over sixtyasynchronous classes over the last four years. The article is organized into five areas ofreview and consideration which can assist the faculty member to plan and develop alearning-centered course intended for distance delivery. Whether in the classroom or onthe Internet, critical scrutiny and

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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Venkat Allada; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Anthony Okafor; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

willsignificantly impact UMR’s two BS degree option programs in manufacturing and MS degreeprograms in manufacturing, and FV’s manufacturing engineering and technology programs. Wewill establish an integrative and collaborative manufacturing program to reinforce and sharpencritical competencies of students. The centerpiece and uniqueness of this program will be asenior-level, two-semester capstone manufacturing project course that will provide students withthe experience of integrating business and engineering skills toward rapid, distributed productrealization, and a 2-plus-2 articulation between an AS degree Manufacturing EngineeringTechnology program to a BS degree Manufacturing Engineering program. The term“distributed” is used to emphasize that the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

Session 1416 Integrating Writing into Technical Courses:Steps toward Incorporating Communication Into the Engineering Classroom Caroline Carvill, Susan L. Smith, Anneliese Watt, Julia M. Williams Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstract: This paper presents a process for use by engineering faculty who wish to developeffective writing assignments for technical courses. The process is based on the design process,something with which engineering faculty are very familiar. In addition to the process, theauthors offer background information regarding audience analysis, assignment development

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How are We Faring with EC2000?

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Daina Briedis

7.453.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAs long as faculty members maintain an open mind about how assessment can be used toimprove student learning, this “ grand experiment” has a good chance of success to the ultimatebenefit of our students.Bibliography1. ABET/NSF Regional Faculty Workshops, not official ABET documentation.2. ABET Train-the Trainers Workshop, November 30, 2001.3. Fisher, D. and D. Rover, “ The Ups, Downs,and the Ups of Responding to EC2000,” Session2532, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 24-27, 2001.4. ABET EAC Team Chair Training

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James Bartlett

Engineering Educationprojects such as research, case studies, or real-life activities” was rated at 10 % higher than thenational average.Table 3 shows the key IDEA survey results for the highly rated items and faculty writtenquestions related to the course objectives. Other survey questions not specifically addressed herewere all in the average range as compared to the IDEA T-Score Comparison with Classes ofSimilar Size and Level of Student Motivation in IDEA National Normative Database. It can beinferred, therefore, that the highly rated teaching methods contributed to making the coursebetter than average, in the minds of the students. The high ratings (over 4.0 out of 5.0 possible)for the three course objective survey questions demonstrated that

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Eric Bell

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationReferencesBell, Eric. (2001), "Using an Expert System to Recognize and Remediate Student Errors",Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.Vygotsky, L. S. (1978), “Mind in Society: The Development of Higher PsychologicalProcesses”, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.ERIC BELLEric Bell is currently a full time instructor at Triton College. He received his B.S. andM.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois of Chicago. Page 7.970.10 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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Eric Bell

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationReferencesBell, Eric. (2001), "Using an Expert System to Recognize and Remediate Student Errors",Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.Vygotsky, L. S. (1978), “Mind in Society: The Development of Higher PsychologicalProcesses”, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.ERIC BELLEric Bell is currently a full time instructor at Triton College. He received his B.S. andM.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois of Chicago. Page 7.1048.10 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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Edward Greitzer; Diane H. Soderholm; David Darmofal; Doris Brodeur

organizeconcepts in their minds. He suggests using concept maps as advance organizers, referenceguides, and assessment tools. Harmon, et al. used concept maps (constructed knowledgemaps) as both pretests and posttests to evaluate the extent to which students learned keyconcepts in a simulated design task in environmental engineering. 36 In addition to courselevel assessment, Turns, et al. suggest using concept maps for assessment at theengineering program level to characterize level of expertise in a domain, identify disciplineknowledge, and explore students’ conceptions of engineering. 37 While Streveler andMiller do not use the term ‘concept map,’ their work on the use of multidimensionalscaling to identify student misconceptions gives insight into

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Learning Styles

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SangHa Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

Effects of a First-Year Engineering Design Course on Student Intellectual Development as Measured by the Perry Scheme”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.89, No.1, 2000, pp. 39-45. 2. Wise, J. Lee, S. Litzinger, T., Marra, R. and Palmer, E., “Measuring Cognitive Growth in Engineering Undergraduates: A Longitudinal Study,” Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 3. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Bransford, J.D., Brown, A. L., and Cocking, R.R., Editors, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1999. 4. Alexander, P.A., “Mapping the Multidimensional Nature of Domain Learning: the Interplay of Cognitive, Motivational, and Strategic

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multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

variousdomestic and overseas firms. As examples consider the motors fabricated in Japan for the BigThree American car manufacturers, or the many essential parts and subassemblies imported byBoeing for their planes. It is a time when staying competitive, at the cutting edge of technology,bringing to market products desired by customers, of excellent quality and at competitive prices,is absolutely essential. One question that comes to mind is how do we, the engineering schools and faculty,prepare our students for this new, brave world? Do we give them enough overall understanding ofthe world they are about to enter? Do we provide the right tools for professional success

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Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

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Bill Tollner

strengths of allied science departments, particularly those in the lifesciences and ecology. This has enabled a BS degree in biological engineering and MS inbiological engineering and a PhD degree. Soon after the BS degree was approved, the Universityembarked on a program to convert from quarters to semesters. We expended much effort inredesigning the undergraduate curriculum of both the agricultural engineering and the biologicalengineering, resulting in “burnout” when the time came to discuss the graduate curriculum. Suchdiverse activities require that departmental faculty be of one mind and a unified vision. Extremefocus on the undergraduate curriculum coupled with the inherent specialization with the PhDdegree fostered a collective need for the

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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Reza S. Abhari; Friederike Mund; Anestis I. Kalfas

design tasks were performed through manual calculations by followingtraditional lecture notes. The conceptual design was followed by more sophisticated three-dimensional design tasks using computer-aided techniques. Finally, the students were assessedcontinuously with respect to their technical contribution, working techniques and interactionwith their peer group at national and international level. They were also probed regarding theiropinion on various aspects of the project using interviews and forms. These surveys have beenevaluated together with the opinion of the academic staff in order to form future directions. For the planning the students had to consider the engine as a whole before distributing the tasksindividually. This enabled

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Leonardo Rivera

offer and apply for the UniversityStatus. In this manner began the undergraduate programs in Industrial Engineering (1997);Industrial Design, Economics, Telematics Engineering (1998); Law (1999) and Accounting(2000).The University has a philosophy of keeping a core group of classes common to most of themajors. All the liberal arts classes, mathematics, basic sciences and humanities are common tomost of the undergrads. It is our belief that in this fashion they will benefit from the interactionwith different minded students, with a different set of goals and interests, and that this also willbenefit them in the future, enhancing their ability to interact within a company with manydifferent professionals speaking different “languages”.In this

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

view the abovecomments as somewhat discouraging as they indicate the mind-sets of present-day faculty.SummaryIn this paper the authors have shown how the concept of JIT education can be used fordeveloping instructional material. The materials being written and evaluated use an innovativeapproach. It combines the learning of theory, the applications of that theory to practice, and thecommunication of that knowledge to others. Just-in-Time learning is more effective and shouldlead to better retention of that material. Page 7.53.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conf erence & Exposition

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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John Feland

Session 2525 Building Teammates: Bringing Better Team Skills to Design Courses J. M. Feland Stanford UniversityINTRODUCTIONIn the past ten years there has a large push from industry to improve the quality of engineeringgraduates entering the profession. One of the key deficiencies identified by industry is thetremendous lack of team working skills commanded by new engineers. 1 Last year the NationalAcademy of Engineering recommended that engineering schools “make engineering leadership aprincipal focus” and develop graduates “who can lead real and virtual teams

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Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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Ronald Bennett

, indicates that these ideas have not even scratched the surface in the technical professional ranks. Relationship selling is a powerful tool (Wilson, Cummings, Trombly, Leigh, Rackham and DeVincentis, Cohe n, Rasmusson). Think of the competitive advantage for those that employ relationship selling internally in their organizations: it can be the differentiator in changing the basis of competition in your industry.It is with the Mission of our programs and these ideas in mind that we created a new course onSelling Innovation for our graduate students in Engineering and Technology Management at theUniversity of St. Thomas. These students are working adults in industry with extensiveexperience. They are creative, motivated and want to

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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Anthony Trippe

Session 3547 Designing Programming Courses For ET Students Anthony P. Trippe Rochester Institute of Technology Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology DepartmentAbstractRochester Institute of Technology offers a three-course technical programming sequencefor Engineering Technology students. All three courses are required for ComputerEngineering Technology students. The first two courses are required forTelecommunications ET students. Electrical and Civil ET students are required to takeonly the first course of the sequence.This paper reviews and