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Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

students.Assessment allows an institution to make improvements in program structure, course content,and pedagogy. It also assists in advisement and placement and provides students with indicatorsof their performance. Finally, assessment monitors the competence of graduating students, notjust in terms of disciplinary expertise but also with respect to the attainment of a generaleducation. Much of assessment is embedded within the teaching function of the university and,ideally, occurs alongside each student's regular academic effort 1,2,3. According to the new criteria for accrediting engineering technology programs for the2001-2002 accreditation cycle by TAC of ABET, the importance of outcomes assessment isemphasized as follows: Criterion 6

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Oner Yurtseven

technology and science.IntroductionEngineering and engineering technology have always been part of a larger set commonlyreferred to as technology but science is not entirely in the sphere of the technology set.There is perhaps not one single word to describe the union of technology and science.The fields of engineering, engineering technology, and science, however, have long beenconsidered to be part of a continuum or a spectrum ¹.The educators who teach engineering, engineering technology and science, therefore,attempt to cover the overlapping concepts, principles and applications in this continuum.A somewhat clear distinction has emerged over the years between the roles,responsibilities and performance qualifications of science and engineering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Nestor; David Rich

Session Number 1532 Adding Analog and Mixed Signal Concerns to a Digital VLSI Course John A. Nestor and David A. Rich Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette CollegeAbstractThis paper describes a new approach to teaching a VLSI Systems Design course thatintegrates basic analog and mixed-signal design considerations into what was previouslyan all-digital course. VLSI chips increasingly contain both analog and digital components,making it important for students to have some familiarity with both topics. The revisedcourse integrates analog concerns by building on the standard

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

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

. Finally, the authors wouldlike to acknowledge the generous support of the National Science Foundation.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank the National Science Foundation for supporting this project under Course,Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Grant #DUE 0088208.References1 Ashby, M.F., Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 2nd Ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 1999.2 CES is produced by Granta Design Ltd., http://www.granta.co.uk3 Kolb, D.A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the source of learning and development, Prentice-Hall, Englewood-Cliffs, NJ, 1984.4 Kolb, D.A., Learning Style Inventory, McBer & Co., Boston, 1985.5 Wankat, P.C. and Oreovicz, F.S., Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993

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Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kris Dick; Don Petkau; Danny Mann; Myron (Ron) Britton

Session 3225 Biosystems Engineering Design Trilogy: An Overview D.D. Mann1, M.G. Britton 2, K.J. Dick 1 and D.S. Petkau 1 1 Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba / 2 Engineering Design Program, Faculty of Engineering, University of ManitobaAbstractIn the fall of 1998, the Department of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Manitobaintroduced a package of three courses to enhance the teaching of engineering design. Theobjective was to teach undergraduate engineers how to design by exposing them to the type ofdesign environment they will

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Hubing

program in the fall of 2002. He received his BS degree in Psychology from the University of NorthTexas, and PhD degree in Experimental Psychology from Texas Christian University. He is the director of UMR’sMedia Design and Assessment Laboratory, and his research focuses on Web Design and Usability Assessment.RALPH E. FLORIDr. Ralph E. Flori was educated as a petroleum engineer (UM-Rolla PhD ‘87). Now an associate professor in theBasic Engineering dept. at the University of Missouri-Rolla, he teaches dynamics, statics, mechanics of materialsand a freshman engineering design course, and is actively involved in developing educational software for teachingengineering mechanics courses. He has earned thirteen awards for outstanding teaching and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudhir Mehta

McKeachie and Graham Gibbs, in their tenth edition of Teaching Tips (1999), say,“Problem-based Learning is one of the most important developments in contemporary highereducation.” PBL is used in most medical schools, and it has the potential of having a profoundeffect on undergraduate education. Patricia Cross, in her American Society for EngineeringEducation (ASEE) 1991 Annual Convention keynote address, said, “Teaching is in a primitivestate of development, and improvement can take place all along the line. The real intellectualchallenge of teaching lies in the opportunity for individual teachers to observe the impact of theirteaching on students’ learning. And yet, most of us don’t use our classroom as laboratories forthe study of learning.” As

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Steif

Page 7.515.3asked to determine force that the leg needed to exert to cause the weight to be lifted. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationLessons learned from class useThe course featured 80 minutes of lecture twice a week, one hour of recitation, and a two-hourlaboratory period once a week. Laboratories were only held during 5 weeks of the semester. Thelaboratories, which had up to 35 students at any one time, were generally staffed by twoindividuals from among the instructor, the graduate teaching assistant and more seniorundergraduate students. Students in the class would generally carry out

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jefferson Lindsey; Frances Harackiewicz; Lizette Chevalier

frequency of operation. The advanced students learnabout efficiency, directivity and gain, and have time to study the practical concepts of creating alow loss match. Graduate students find the building and creative aspect of the contest quitedifferent from many of their computationally intensive antenna assignments. Over the years,someone in the senior class has tried nearly every antenna type. Most students walk away with atleast a working antenna they can use in their home.IntroductionHands-on and laboratory experiences are highly emphasized in the SIUC Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering as well as in the Department of Technology. Both of thesedepartments teach senior-level and/or graduate-level courses on antennas or on

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Rasmussen; Matt Smith; David Gattie

estuaries to explore thenatural development of these resources as well as the influence of human activities on theenvironment. The course is offered during a three-week long session between spring andsummer semesters that we refer to as the Maymester. Instructors from engineering, forestresources, soil science, and geology jointly teach the course along with guest instructors fromother disciplines. The students come from diverse backgrounds (generally science-oriented) witha mix of graduate and undergraduate students as well. The emphasis of the course is on hands-on, experiential observation and learning in the field. General learning objectives for this cour seinclude: 1. Develop and understanding of the relationships between geology

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

engineering fromCornell University in 1966 and his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 1970. Dr.McIntire has edited two texts: Biotechnology - Science, Engineering and Ethical Challenges for the Twenty-FirstCentury [Joseph Henry Press (NAS), 1996] and Frontiers in Tissue Engineering [Pergamon -Elsevier Science Ltd.,1998].ANN SATERBAKDr. Saterbak is the laboratory coordinator and an instructor in the Department of Bioengineering at Rice University.She received her B.A. degree in chemical engineering and biochemistry from Rice University in 1990 and her Ph.D.degree in chemical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995. As a graduate student,Dr. Saterbak received two Excellence in Teaching Awards

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in CET and MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vernon Lewis; Paul Kauffmann

-learning. The paradigm for thedelivery of these distance classes, particularly the laboratories has been the topic of numerouspublications.1,2,3 Page 7.503.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe initiative discussed in this paper is the result of the convergence of three factors. First, thedepartment faculty was considering how to better respond to the TAC of ABET program criteria(a-k) for technology programs. A theme of these eleven outcomes is that graduates not onlymust be technically

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

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

responsibilities included management of theATE and engineering projects, and interaction with college and university faculty from across the country.VENKAT ALLADAVenkat Allada is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Management Department at UMR. He is the director ofthe NSF and Halliburton Foundation funded Sustainable Design Laboratory at UMR, and serves on the editorialboard of the International Journal of Industrial Engineering. His teaching and research interests include RapidProduct Realization, and green design and manufacturing. He has published over 50 technical articles and hasreceived over $2M in research grants.MING. C. LEUMing C. Leu is the Keith and Pat Bailey Professor in Integrated Product Development and Manufacturing, in

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Aik Mon; Harold Broberg

lab is also described.I. IntroductionMany on-line software development systems such as WebCT, Blackboard, etc., are used bydistance education instructors to develop and deploy non-technical courses. These softwaresystems normally integrate such desired functions as design of presentation of the course,educational tools to facilitate learning, communication and collaboration page design, andadministrative tools to assist the process of management and continuing improvement of thecourse. However, technological realities and lab hardware requirements/constraints of thesesoftware systems present challenges to educators who want to develop online technicalcourses in the fields of engineering or engineering technology with laboratory

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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

, the lecture introduced the concepts and helped them set up any laptop softwarenecessary for the lab. As the students rotated between the four professors every two weeks, theyexperienced the professors’ specialty areas, connected with the professors (and EE advisors), andexperienced different teaching styles. Page 7.577.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe students were required to attend every lecture and every laboratory, and perform additionalwork if classes were missed. If a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Amey; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher

Development (CRCD) proposal is submitted to NSF andfunded. The principal investigators use NSF and institutional funds to develop a new course,which includes a major laboratory experience. The course is placed in the university catalog. Atthe end of the funding period, the course is dropped and the faculty members involved moveonto other scholarly interests.In this case the faculty were rewarded for writing the proposal, receiving the NSF award,developing the course, and publishing papers related to the project. There were no tangiblerewards for continuing to teach the course or to integrate lessons learned into the curriculum. Page 7.451.4

Conference Session

ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Clark; Donald McMurchie

homework assignments to teach both basicmetallurgy and the history of the industrial revolution.II. GoalsBased on our prior experience with teaching integrated classes, we set the following goals for ourcourse: 1) linkage of technical and historical material for engineering technology students 2) Improvement of communications skills for all students 3) fully integrating all classroom and laboratory instructionIII. PlanningPlanning for our course took into account a number of factors, most notably instructorbackground and experience, previous experience with integrated courses, the target audience forthe course, the overall course structure, and assessment.Dr. Clark's education and teaching experience is in the history of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Budwig; Beyerlein Steve; Matthew Cunnington; Levi Westra; Donald Elger

, Professor Mike Anderson, Dec. 2000.2. Elger, D.F., S.W. Beyerlein, and R. S. Budwig, Using Design, Build and Test Projects to Teach Engineering, Proceedings of the 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 2000.3. Foss, J. F., Basic Elements in a Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Experience: An Engineering Science Approach, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol 110, Mar 1988, p 9-15.4. Lasher, William C., Jack H. Young, and Richard C. Progelhof, A Plan for Integrating CFD into an Undergraduate Curriculum, Final report submitted to the National Science Foundation, Grant # DUE-9651218, www.pserie.psu.edu/cfd/index.html, Jan 4, 2002.5. Novak, J.D., Gowin, D.B., Learning How to Learn, Cambridge: New York, p. xi

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CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Wang

engineering students. • To prepare students for those situations in which the design of a structural member or component is not covered by one of the design codes. Such situations often arise in practice and require testing to qualify the design. A web page will be created with training materials to teach students how to use the various test and data acquisition systems in the testing. • To have students involved in the equipment installation and operation, system integration, and web page development. The Internet is an exciting new arena for educational activities. A web page for the laboratory will be created, which contains interactive exercises and videos focused on structural

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

and laboratory experiments widely used in the pharmaceutical sciences,to teach engineering principles. Material from the seven modules is being integrated verticallyinto the curriculum beginning with the Freshman Clinic, then fundamental Engineering courses,followed by Junior-Senior Clinic research projects, and finally advanced level electives onpharmaceutical topics. At the freshman level, students are engaged in the scientific discoveryprocess with exciting hands-on analysis of commercial drug delivery systems. In more advancedcourses, students design and formulate drug delivery systems and investigate the variablesaffecting their behavior. The Junior/Senior Clinic provides an opportunity for students toperform research projects related to

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Clancey; Anton Pintar; Jason Keith

Intro to Engineering Systems.ANTON J. PINTARAssociate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University; PhD in ChE from Illinois Institute ofTechnology, 1968. Teaches mass and energy balances and unit operations laboratory. Member of the MTU AssessmentCouncil, ChE Curriculum Committee, ABET Assessment Committee for both ChE and College of Engineering. Majorinterests include process safety, estimation of fire and explosion parameters, mathematical modeling and applied math.Appendix 1: Summary of Comments from Industrial Reviewers on Oral Plant Design Presentations(2001) · Writing Style Poor cover letter (3) Report format very good Poorly formatted and difficult to follow Report format

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato

Session 3275 So You’re a New Teacher – What Now? Captain Craig Quadrato United States Military AcademyIntroduction Teaching is not my regular job. Or at least it wasn’t. One of the wonderful opportunitiesin the Army is the chance to get selected as a rotating faculty member at The United StatesMilitary Academy (USMA) at West Point. When I was accepted, I was overjoyed. With theappointment as an instructor at USMA came a fully funded masters degree and the opportunityto present structural steel design to undergraduate cadets. But somewhere

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elhag Shaban

established torectify it. We suggest to make changes in syllabi contents, stress design in courses andexams, select and retain oriented engineering faculty, show cases in courses,examinations, and laboratories that assist the students to practice design. This paperoutlines suggestions and recommendations that may substantially improve the capstonedesign in undergraduate electrical engineering to satisfy the r igorous challenge of ABETrequirements.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is a privateprofessional agency responsible for peer review of engineering programs to meetminimum standards set forth by the agency and to enhance the existing and developfuture educational programs. Accredited programs provide the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

© 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1526Rowan University is pioneering a progressive Engineering program that uses innovative methodsof teaching and learning to prepare students better for a rapidly changing and highly competitivemarketplace, as recommended by ASEE [2]. Key features of the program include: (1)multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (2) teamwork asthe necessary framework for solving complex problems; (3) incorporation of state-of-the-arttechnologies throughout the curricula; and (4) creation of continuous opportunities for technicalcommunication [3]. The Rowan program emphasizes

Conference Session

Intra-college Graduate Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

Engineering Education7not only in teaching but in advising, curriculum development, assessment and admission aspects ofthe program. Many of the faculty members are actively involved in research and consulting in thearea of control systems. Control systems laboratory facilities are state-of-the-art on the WVUITcampus. In 1996, WVUIT was designated as a regional campus of West Virginia University.Immediately following this action, Engineering Enterprise was formed to foster cooperationbetween the colleges of engineering at these two institutions. WVUIT/WVU partnership(Engineering Enterprise) has received renewed attention with emphasis on possible mutualcooperation in offering additional graduate programs in other areas of engineering.WVUIT is involved

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Helene Kershner; Debra Burhans; Deborah Walters; Carl Alphonce; Barbara Sherman

Session 3129 Course Management Systems: Expectations and Outcomes Debra T. Burhans1, Carl Alphonce2, Helene Kershner3, Barbara Sherman 4, Deborah Walters5 1 Canisius College/ 2,3,4,5University at Buffalo (SUNY)In the 1999-2000 academic year, an ambitious overhaul of a large, introductory computerliteracy course at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) was initiated with the help of a grant fromthe Pew Learning and Technology Program1. This course enrolls approximately 1200 studentsper year, divided into lecture sections of 200 and laboratory sections of 20-40

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

. Disparities by social class and race/ethnicity are strongly relatedto pipeline progress in science and engineering related disciplines 7,10.This paper reports the findings from a case study conducted at the University of New Mexico(UNM), a Doctoral Intensive and a Minority/Hispanic-Serving Institution. UNM grantsundergraduate degrees in both key IT-related fields—CS and CE. Due to its proximity withnational laboratories (e.g. Sandia & Los Alamos laboratories), private industry (e.g. Intel), andthe state government, IT education at UNM offers excellent job and career opportunities for NewMexico residents, especially minorities. However, only 35% of undergraduate students enrolledin CS and 32% of those enrolled in CE are under -represented

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mani Mina

Session 1532 Making Technological Paradigm Shifters: Myths and Reality Experiencing the Electrical Engineering Learning Community (EELC) at Iowa State University Mani Mina Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State UniversityIntroductionDuring the second half of the 20th century, teaching technology to the engineering freshmen hasposed tremendous challenges. The main challenge can be summarized in the following question:What can we teach the freshmen in engineering disciplines that will be useful and

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Myron (Ron) Britton

a new preliminary year curriculum was introduced. It featured two requiredcourses structured to address the distinct, but linked, questions of professional and designeducation. Introduction to Engineering, a one credit course, explores the Engineering professionfrom legal, philosophical and practical perspectives. The objective of this course is to provide anunderstanding of the nature of the profession our graduates will eventually enter. This isfollowed by Engineering Design, a four credit course that is split between instruction incomputer aided drawing and team-based design projects. Lectures in the design component ofthis course cover the design process, safety, interaction with marketing, and designresponsibility. Laboratories involve

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Mayhew; Richard Layton

Session 2559 Killing Two Birds with One Data Acquisition System James E. Mayhew, Richard A. Layton Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractAn open-circuit wind tunnel is upgraded by adding a commercially-available data acquisitionsystem used to teach students some basic concepts of data acquisition, instrumentation,calibration, and assessment of results. Student teams were given 30-60 minutes of hands-oninstruction on how to acquire data using the system. Eight student teams participated over twoquarters, performing calibrations of the load cells and angle-of-attack