Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

MICHAEL HOLTZ; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

USERS.In order for the create.pl, HTML form to properly operate, it has to be executed from an Internetbrowser. If this program is compiled, and try to execute it from the command prompt the windowwould only pop up momentarily and none of the HtML form would be shown. A regular Perlprogram can be executed from anywhere on the computer, but when it has HTML tags it has to beoperated from a browser.IV. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTSFrom the beginning we decided on how to proceed and what subsystem to choose in order toimplement the project. The one part we were not sure about was what kind of database software touse. First we started planning this project we planned to use Microsoft's SQL Server 2000. Wedecided not to use it due to its cost. Microsoft Access

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

committed faculty, outstanding facilities and essential fundingrequired meeting program needs4.The primary objective of the Department is to provide the student in the Basic Program with acurriculum designed to accomplish three primary purposes4. • To provide a broad general education that enhances communication skills and encourages all-around development of students, both individually and as productive members of society, • To ensure a thorough preparation in the fundamentals of science and engineering, and • To provide a foundation to the planning, design, construction, and operation of civil engineering projects

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

have been completed, with plans for two or three more.We anticipate that by actively engaging students in applying statistical methods to engineeringproblems, they will be more motivated to learn the material, will see the connections betweentheir courses in science and engineering, and will be better prepared for subsequent courses.These modules will provide faculty with an additional resource aside from the textbook. We alsoanticipate that, given materials and appropriate support (e.g. training), faculty will be moreinclined to adopt changes in their courses. Feedback from students and faculty members will becollected to formally evaluate the effectiveness of each module

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven O'Hara; John Phillips

, but seek advisefrom the architectural engineering professors. Students utilize intuitive concepts to decide on Page 8.690.3how to construct the tower. It is intriguing to observe how the students interact within their“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”teams. Some teams appear to start building their towers without much thought, while otherteams are meticulous and plan all details before constructing their tower. Some teams are vocalwith no discernible team leader, while others are dominated by one or two

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Adrezin; Marty Wood; Karen Wosczyna-Birch

Page 8.349.6the two year institution. In order to assist with the transition between the two year andfour year institutions, a variety of student activities were planned where students andfaculty from both the two year and four year colleges participated. These activitiesincluded student/faculty picnics; industry/student workshops on teambuilding and careeropportunities; a statewide honor society induction for engineering and technologystudents; and seminars/luncheons that included workshops that focused on studentretention and achievement.Scholarships Both the College of Technology and the University of CT have National ScienceFoundation Computer Science, Engineering and Math (CSEMS) Scholarship grants.These scholarships have been

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grasman

planning and control mechanisms. Marketing students would be involved in developing a business and advertising/marketing plan. Information systems and accounting students would be involved in designing appropriate decision support and reporting systems to facilitate informed decision-making by the various functions. Computer science and computer engineering students would be involved at several levels by developing computer applications and interfaces to support communications, control systems, data sharing and other integration needs. Just as in actual virtual enterprise operations, once the initial scenario environment is established, events will start unfolding over time resulting from the influence of the various partners in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Martin

school for 12 months 0 before going out on a second Co-op, for a 2 3 6 7 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 5 8 9 2 3 6 /7 /7 /7 /7 /8 /8 /8 /8 /7 /7 /7 /7 /7 /7 /8 /8 /8 complement of 12 71 72 75 76 79 80 83 84 69 70 73 74 77 78 81 82 85 months. (Seecurriculum plan below.)The program used

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Driscoll

course, curriculum,program, department and college planning. Although some faculty may receive additionalresources to handle the extra workload required to implement the assessment of studentoutcomes, all must meet the requirements without compromising their contributions in teaching,scholarship and service. An ASEE position paper1 addresses the concept of economical use offaculty resources by stating "The cost of assessment should be outweighed by the benefits to the educational program being assessed."Many engineering professors welcome any method that can be used to provide meaningfulfeedback while requiring only minimal resources.This paper reports on an investigation into the use of Visual Basic applications and computernetworking

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

of economics in offshore field development. Page 8.863.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and ExpositionCopyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education• A series of joint team discussions are held to improve functionality. Specific topics such as team organization, proposal writing, library utilization, effective meetings and time planning illustrate the scope of these. This sector supports objectives 6 through 8 primarily.Table 1 summarizes the backgrounds of the more than 100 participants who have joined thecourse since January 1997. It reveals that the group has

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bryant; Paul Swamidass

solving6. Extraversion7. Goal setting8. Meeting management9. Planning and task coordinationBusiness and Engineering Topics by the Courses in the ProgramVarious business and engineering topics are covered by the courses in the program. Thelist of broad business topics covered by the sequence of courses includes, but not limitedto:1. Business plan and its components2. Marketing3. Financial reports and accounting practices4. Manufacturing and design for manufacturing5. Management or people, production, and other resources6. Economic principles7. Sales and distribution8. Entrepreneurship, technology management, innovation9. Strategic issues in business

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Mason

-HulmanVentures is physically located about 5 miles from campus, although it is a part of theInstitute just like an academic department or the athletic program. Ventures’ mission is to•Foster creation and growth of innovation-based businesses byproviding access to:–Infrastructure–Technical Support–Business Support–Capital•Thereby providing:–Faculty/student educational experiences–Economic growth for Terre Haute and IndianaAnd it does this by providing the following special features•A Technology-Based Incubator•New Product Development Labs•Information Technology Infrastructure•The Entrepreneurship and Business Planning Group Page 8.696.3•Rose-Hulman Venture

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

measurement and analysis. Use of digital hardware andcomputers and software for data processing was not included. In an attempt to achieveintegrated knowledge, the faculty decided to offer a common instrumentation course forelectronic and mechanical engineering technology majors. The planned course contentsincluded operational amplifiers; filters; analog to digital and digital to analog conversion ofsignals; introduction to digital electronics; data sampling and selection of data acquisitionboards; transducers for strain, temperature, displacement, pressure, and bridge circuits;and graphical user interface software. Due to the nature of topics, three instructors eachwith good background in electronic circuitry, digital electronics, and transducers

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Elvia Martin Del Campo; Ariana Arciero; Patricia Nava; Rosa Gomez

that they had expressed an interest in attending. The first workshop thatthe students were invited to was one on self-esteem, gender differences, and time management. Atraining company was hired to present and facilitate the first workshop. With the success of thatfirst workshop, we have continued to offer similar ones with themes such as stress management,time management, resume writing, and financial planning. The WiSE program is now 59 womenstrong with nine graduates, with five of those graduates currently enrolled in graduate programs.Through meeting with the students, we inquire what they believe would most help them whilethey are pursuing their careers. Through these workshops, female students have a venue todiscuss their challenges

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Lugowski

projects.Table1. Excerpts from a student’s log of activities3 Week/Plan CompletedJan 7: Initial meeting with Met with Professor Lugowski regarding Independent Study forinstructor to discuss details of spring semester. Discussed different candidates for our rapidcourse work prototyping. We discussed how our part could fit into future projects with fluid power and how it could be a part of teaching equipment used in fluid power classes. We scheduled another appointment for Tuesday Jan. 11, 2002. 1 hr.Jan 14: More meetings with Met with Prof

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ford; Denise Jackson

Instructional Resource Assistant. He was qualified to perform this taskbecause of the courses taken in the design and production of educational and interactive Web sitesusing advanced software. More specifically, they are trained in the development of effectiveinteractive methods for enhancing teaching and learning supported by the principles of planning,designing, creating, testing, and evaluating. Even with this division of labor for design anddevelopment, we spent approximately 10 person-months to create each module that generallycontains only two to three hours of instruction. Page 8.1093.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Student Interaction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and be able to chose network topologies? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Access Control Methods and Solutions? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Ethernet. Network Architectures? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and chose network protocols? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and chose network services? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Computer Network Reference Models and the OSI seven layer reference model? [YES] or [NO]Q2: During the remaining portion of the class we are planning to discuss the subject areaslisted below. In your view are these important subjects for you to understand and learn?• TCP/IP, or Transmission Control Protocol/ Internetwork Protocol. Internet Networking Solutions? [YES] or [NO]• Some digital factory, and

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Thompson

Table 2. SWE paid membership by disciplineIntroductory letters Each year at the conclusion of spring semester classes, SWE has its final meeting for the year andelects new officers for the following year. The new officers then plan the schedule of events for theupcoming academic year. A letter of invitation detailing this calendar of activities is subsequentlycompiled and mailed, prior to the start of fall semester classes, to all female students enrolled inengineering, technology, or computer science curriculums at IPFW. The schedule for the 2002-2003academic year is given in Table 3, and a copy of the invitation letter can be found in the Appendix.Classroom visits On occasion, SWE members have visited classrooms, especially freshmen

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

developmentcommittee meetings and have been displayed at major industry conferences on advancedinstrumentation and computer-based control. This paper documents the work to date andthe presents a plan for expansion of the internal competition to include other engineeringand technology programs within the ASEE membership. A complete list of parts andmaterials together with a pictorial fabrication log can be downloaded from our web site toallow other undergraduate student teams to construct their own MPIII. The EET/TETPrograms at Texas A&M University is prepared to host the first open MPIII Grand Prixrace competition during the Spring 2004 semester in College Station, Texas.BackgroundMotivation The mobile platform concept was originally developed as a

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

into“whether a team member is doing the proper work, working in an appropriate way, or usingcorrect procedures.” It also provides no detailed analysis of the tasks.Methodology and Case Study ApplicationThe methodology employed by the INEG 4433 class is a five-phase process that included: 1)preparatory work, 2) the creation of a work sampling plan, 3) data collection, 4) data analysis,and 5) decision making. These phases are discussed in the following subsections, and a pictorialcan be seen in Exhibit 1.Phase I: Preparatory WorkCreate Checklist of Tasks: Creation of a task list is done primarily by the organization beingstudied, but the course instructor is implemental in the process to insure that the work done by

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Davis; Melissa Dark

outcomes Underlying assumptions, beliefs, and theories about antecedents, and outcomes, and how transactions ar e supposed to work to convert antecedents to outcomes Figure 1: Logic ModelThe solid arrows from left to right indicate how a program is supposed to work when operational; Page 8.355.3the dotted arrows from right to left indicate how the program should be planned. When applied 3to educational curricula, outcomes are a descriptive representation of what students should know

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Eliot; Angela Linse; Jennifer Turns

faculty membersand observations of the design and execution of teaching activities.One of the challenges of user-centered design, particularly in light of constrained resources, is thechallenge of defining the data collection plan. Given the wide range of information that can becollected about users, how can the information needs be prioritized? How does a designer decidewhat is the most important information? Additionally, given the wide range of methods availableto collect data, what methods should be used in a particular context? Factors that affect thedesign of a data collection plan include not only the availability of time and financial resources,but also assumptions made about the users (e.g., to what extent they can describe their

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti

students to be able to: • List and identify the functions of an industrial engineer. • Describe and explain the role of an industrial engineer within an enterprise. • Describe the typical applications or problems addressed by industrial engineers. • Solve introductory problems within industrial engineering such as break-even analysis, quality control charts, economic order quantities, manufacturing planning, project management, engineering economics, transportation planning, and information systems.Finally, the course emphasizes how to understand and use models. In particular, students areintroduced to different types of models (e.g. conceptual, pictorial, analytical, etc.) They are askedto create and interpret

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lin; Richard Pfile

. This person is also usually responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining common network services, including file, print, fax, and Internet access. More senior network administrators may also manage custom or enterprise-level applications and services, including accounting systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, and database environments. Some common certifications in this job role include credentials such as Microsoft’s MCSE or Novell’s CNE and MCNE. • Internetworking Professional — Individual who manages complex network infrastructures that are most likely TCP/IP-based, plus related routing

Conference Session

Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Wolverton; Janet Wolverton

the United States Air Force Academy is discussed, and a plan forimproving ethics across the curriculum is outlined.II. Engineering EducationPrior to 1950 the emphasis in engineering education was on design according to codes and otherstandardized methods outlined in handbooks. It was seen as a very practical subject, with littleapplication of mathematics beyond elementary calculus. During the 1950s and 1960s engineeringeducation experienced a true paradigm shift from this applied, practice-oriented focus to amathematical, academic, ‘engineering science’ focus. 2 Although this model has undergonevarious revisions during the past 40 years, it is still the predominant pedagogy used in engineeringeducation.Since the late 1980s there have been a

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hart; Mike Williams; George Grandle; Alvin Womac

Development of an On-Line Electronic Course in Environmentally-Sensitive Spray Applications Mike Williams1, Alvin Womac2, William Hart 2, George Grandle2 1 Graduate Assistant, 2Associate Professor The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Biosystems Engineering & Environmental Science Department Abstract Software packages, course lesson plan topics, and a presentation format for an on-line engineering course for university credit were identified as a case study. Developmentcriteria included the use of commercial software to minimize the effort required for

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Corradini

, theapproaching retirements of an aging work force combined with low enrollments in nuclearengineering programs in most colleges and universities raise concern about a looming crisis.1 Over the past decade the number of nuclear engineering programs in the United States hasdeclined by half (from 80 to 40), the number of university research and training reactors by two-thirds (from 76 to 28), and enrollments have dropped by almost 60% (from 3,440 to 1,520). Asnoted in a recent planning study by the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy ResearchAdvisory Committee: “Nuclear engineering programs in the United States are disappearing.Without concerted action by the federal government, most of the existing nuclear engineeringprograms will soon evaporate or be

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M.J. (John) Frye; Myron (Ron) Britton

understood. We focus on problems, not people. If we don't like an idea, we try to offer an alternative. We try to solicit input from one another. Everyone has an obligation to participate. We usually have an agenda/plan for our meetings. We keep good records of what we did and when we did it. We try to have fun. We always try to reach consensus on important decisions. TOTAL: Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Page 8.1087.7 Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Eckstein; Charla K. Triplett

coordinator works with theirstudents and industrial contacts to place interns, but through the Alliance, they communicate tohelp place students in non-local opportunities or to share knowledge and experience.Alliance Growth and Development of Resources Currently, the Alliance consists of 34 members with planned expansion to include all programsinterested in placing BME students into strong, educational experiences in industry. As we growand adapt to serve our constituents, we have made efforts to expand our presence nation wide.During the past year, the Alliance has worked to develop a professional image by creating a logo,developing a public webpage and a brochure. These items can be viewed athttps://www.orau.com/bme. The effort has allowed us to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Haley; Calvin Mackie; Sundiata Jangha

toBGSA to direct and organize. This point is important, as the critical mass of students, andtheir active participation in both planning and implementation, from the very beginning,was crucial to the success of FOCUS. Originally the program was aimed at undergraduateseniors. However, in 1996, invitations were also extended to juniors in order to expand Page 8.576.3the demographic exposure and to stimulate graduate school awareness earlier in the Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

). Page 8.104.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1. Palm Functions vs. Student Use Function Student Use Date Book (use to plan & schedule events) 11 Address Book (store contact information) 12 Note Pad (write notes and brief documents) 8 “To Do” List (track tasks by date, category, & priority) 9 Graffiti Writing (Palm hand