Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

Session 1531 When Conflict Helps Learning David Socha†§, Valentin Razmov§, Elizabeth Davis † Center for Urban Simulation and Policy Analysis § Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of WashingtonAbstractWe describe techniques, implemented in a junior software engineering course, for creating anenvironment of safety and for regulating the amount of conflict so that students can learn how touse conflict to benefit their learning and the project instead of

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Ed Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

. Some of our recent experiences inapplying new strategies in this course will be discussed. While addressing theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria in our coursestructuring, our methodology uses a hybrid combination of techniques including (1)project-based learning, (2) field trips, and (3) team-working tasks and group activitiesboth inside and outside the classroom. The discussion in this paper includes contentanalysis of free-form written student responses, reports, and reflection statements, andhow we can use these to modify the course and provide feedback to the students. Weenvision that these early experiences improve student attitudes and encourage moreactive and meaningful student participation in their own

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

Session 2793 Introduction to Engineering Course – High School Partnership Taryn Melkus Bayles Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore CountyIntroductionUMBC has undertaken three major initiatives to improve engineering education and awareness.The first initiative was to develop and present a three-day summer workshop to introduce highschool teachers and counselors to the field of engineering. The second initiative was to revampthe Introduction to Engineering Course (ENES 101) to include hands-on project based

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Sauer; Pedro Arce

instruction is not of the “same quality” as individual-orientedinstruction when it comes to assessment. In this contribution, we will describe someaspects that we believe are helpful to achieve a high level of student involvement in team-oriented environments with a proper assessment of performance. Descriptions related tothese aspects are included below.Why Projects as Final Exams? The use of projects as an enhancement of class instruction,although not widely spread across the curriculum, is known to engineering instructors.These projects, in general, are targeted for the instruction of certain techniques that areeither too involved or too difficult to introduce as a regular topic during the course.However, the assessment of these projects is

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julian Kang; Byeong-Cheol Lho

, thecomputer application can identify the critical path in the network and calculate the total durationof the project using Critical Path Method (CPM). The construction schedule is then conceptuallyillustrated using the bar chart. The conceptual expression of the schedule has been consideredeffective for illustrating the entire construction schedule. However, it may take many years todevelop a skill for understanding the complicated construction sequence and detecting any logicalerrors hidden in the construction schedule if the construction schedule is depicted using the barchart. Undetected logical errors in the schedule could delay the entire construction project.Project engineers try to proactively detect any logical errors hidden in the

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Prince Anyalebechi; Okechi Egekwu

year a student acquires deeper understanding byselecting an emphasis or concentration area. This requires a student to take a minimum offour 4xx-level courses and six credit hours of capstone work (i.e., 18 credit hours) in aspecific technology area. To broaden their undergraduate education, students, in addition tothe ISAT courses, must also satisfy a required 30 credit hours of liberal studies (generaleducation) electives. Twenty-one credit hours are available as approved electives toencourage the student to develop further in an ISAT related area of interest. The capstoneof the program is a senior project, in which students work in teams of four to six membersto solve an industry or government-related problem. These problems are

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

Session 3425 The Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Experience at Union College Prof. Nicholas Krouglicof Union College Department of Mechanical Engineering Schenectady, NY 12308AbstractDesign of Mechanical Systems (MER-144) is a project-oriented course that provides a capstonedesign experience for the mechanics area of the mechanical engineering curriculum at UnionCollege. Choosing an appropriate design project for this course, one that integrates all of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Peretti; Paula Berardinelli; Naomi Kleid; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard; Dave Kmiec

programs have engaged in comprehensive curricularchange, others have designed new stand-alone communication courses for engineering students4. Manyof these communication-intensive courses target technical communication as a key critical skill to learn5.Other such communication courses for engineers focus on different communication skills such aslistening, teamwork, visual aids, group creativity, and audience analysis6. Most often, the communication and teamwork instruction that occurs in engineering curricula iswithin the senior capstone course (such as a design course). In many of these cases, senior level coursesinclude assignments that require communication and teamwork skills such as team design projects, teambrainstorming sessions, or

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nikolai Dechev; William Cleghorn

the students are assigned a computer project which involves simulating a mechanismusing Working Model 2D software. The purpose of the project is to give students an opportunity todesign a mechanism without having to build a physical prototype, and to familiarize them withmechanism simulation software. Generally students have no previous experience using thissoftware. Therefore, one lecture session is set aside for students to be introduced to the software.Each project is designed such that it is difficult to solve analytically, thereby forcing the student toexplore the software while trying to solve the project. In order to minimize the number of differentsolutions for each project, mechanisms for which there is just one input are used. The

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Lytton; Margie Haak; Edith Gummer; Dan Arp; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

Session 2213 OSU GK-12 Fellowships to Enhance Science and Engineering Education in Oregon Schools Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort, Margie Haak, Edith Gummer, Tricia Lytton and Dan Arp Chemical Engineering Dept., Oregon State University/Chemistry Dept., OSU/ Science and Math Education Dept., OSU/ North Eugene High School, Eugene, OR/ Botany and Plant Pathology Dept., OSUAbstract The goal of the NSF funded OSU GK-12 project is to facilitate the development of active sciencelearning and to enhance the delivery of science education (defined here as education in science,technology, engineering

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski

Page 8.81.1companies employing 3,000 people and producing $700 million in shipments [4]. The abundanceof food processing companies in New Jersey demands a steady pipeline of well-preparedengineering graduates. Rowan Engineering students respond to the regional emphasis on food processing with atremendous interest in the industry. In their senior exit interviews, an overwhelming number ofgraduating seniors strongly indicated a need for more exposure to food-oriented projects andcourses. To respond to student demand and regional industrial needs, Chemical Engineeringfaculty have secured support in recent years for undergraduate Clinic research projects withGeneral Mills, Campbell Soup, Pepperidge Farm, and C. W. Brown. Food experiments

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

-long learning of not only technical skills, but also peopleskills, written and oral communication skills, and teambuilding skills.6Institutions of higher learning have responded to the new demand with a variety of degreeprograms and special centers at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. These educationalopportunities can be classified into several categories: engineering management, systemsengineering, engineering entrepreneurship, and leadership, internship, and other multi-disciplinary programs. Most of these programs are designed to introduce engineers to thebusiness world through courses, project teams, and interaction with business enterprises andbusiness leaders.The overall purpose of this study is to summarize the approaches

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

fall semesters of the junior year and a part or the entiresummer between the semesters with industries. Several students from the departments ofelectrical and computer engineering, mechanical as well as chemical engineering areexpected to participate in this experiential learning program. Each student will have twomentors, one from the industry and the other is a faculty member from the student’s parentdepartment. The year-long program offers the student the opportunity to participate indesign projects at a level which is not possible with the more traditional summer orinternship employment. In addition to the design experience, students will have benefits incommunication skills, exposure to industrial standards, safety training and

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Laila Guessous

class project that combines a laboratoryexperiment with a CFD flow analysis. A series of labs/projects was developed to enablestudents to compare and analyze pressure and velocity measurements obtainedexperimentally in a wind tunnel to those generated using Fluent, a commercial CFDsoftware package. This paper, describes the setup and write-up of one of theseexperiments and class assignments, “Flow in a Venturi”. Results and lessons learnedfrom this course experience will also be discussed.Brief Course DescriptionThe CFD course described in this paper was first introduced at Oakland University in theFall semester 2001. The primary aim of this 4-credit hour course was to present thephysical and mathematical foundations of computational fluid

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Long; Kevin Sutterer; Frederick Berry

newsletter, maintain membership information and lead thefaculty/staff mentoring team administering the program.Educational BenefitsHands-On Learning Models: The students work in teams to complete hands-on projects to learnelementary engineering and science principles. Examples include mousetrap-powered cars,where elements of force, aerodynamics and simplicity of design were crucial to developing asuccessful project; construction of ho t air balloons, where the students' efforts must consider heattransfer, aeronautics and teamwork; and constructing model bridges, where students learnedproject planning, cost effectiveness and computer techniques to build sturdy bridges.Learning That Science and Engineering Are Fun Career Fields: EXPLORE ENGINEERING

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

betweenepoxy-glass composites and southern yellow pine. During the six-week program, the teachers learned to conduct literature research in thelibrary, to design experiments, to fabricate composite material overlays on wood beams, to testthe beams to determine strength and stiffness improvements and to test the bond strength aftervarious environmental exposures. Through these experiences, the teachers gained increasedcontent knowledge, design of experiments skills, and useful instructional materials.IntroductionThis project was made possible by a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Supplement1 tothe University of South Carolina’s Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) grantfrom the National Science Foundation. The objective of

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

, business and even arts and science. College recruiters areconstantly asking our students “Have you worked in teams?” “Has it been a successfulexperience?” “What team building and leadership skills have you developed?”Lehigh students enrolled in our Integrated Product Development (IPD) courses are fortunate tohave this experience while undergraduates. Recruiters have stated that each year the students inLehigh’s IPD program are “the best prepared in this class of recruits.” In addition our studentreport to us that the job interview itself often focused on the results on their year-long IPDproject. This is not by happenstance, but by design and planning.The IPD projects has been designed to give students industrial experience in new

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Weinstein

the central office and the new office located across the street which will allow claimsadjusters to update and submit claims information—including digital photographs—into acentral repository. The result is a project in which each student must learn a foreigntechnology, learn to work as a team, learn how to deal with the other disciplines, developa working business plan and deliver a working prototype to solve the problem. The resultsare impressive. The team figured out how to speak one another’s languages and producedan actual prototype demonstrating the synergistic combination of backgrounds andeducational experiences that were taxed into creating a remarkable solution in a shortperiod of time.By completing the project, engineering students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moriarty

following sections, we detail the coursedelivery method as well as a breakdown, by discipline, of team effort. We end with adiscussion of results and observations on improving the experience. II. COURSE STRUCTURE AND LOGISTICSThe design experience is offered as a required portion of a senior level Lab course. Allstudents participating in the solar car project and the three faculty advisors from eachdiscipline meet weekly as a group for one hour. The faculty select the teams prior to thefirst of these group meetings, in which the project is defined, constraints are given and theoverall course procedures are outlined. Teams are required to keep a logbook whichdetails the though processes, methodologies and design considerations

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Russell Walters, Iowa State University

extraction, storage, and calculations. ShockWave and 3D studio provide the tools to develop 2D and3D animation of transition from design to construction process. Cyclone allows students to perform laserscanning operations for existing projects or current construction sites and gather as-built graphical data tohelp the design process and construction management. OO-CAD together with other tools is used todevelop graphic specifications and guidelines for the construction process. After students obtain thesecomputer-graphic based skills, they will be able to graphically simulate and the operate constructionprocess in a simple, accurate, safe, and effective way. Also, more advanced construction simulation andintegration concepts could be created from

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Jerome Lavelle; Sarah Rajala; Mary Clare Robbins

to discuss the assessmentplan, set performance standards, discuss the assessment results, and suggest improvements to thecourse.Step 1: Defining E101’s Mission, Objectives and OutcomesAssessment of E101 began formally in the fall of 2001, by the faculty defining the course goalsand outcomes (See Table 1). In this case, the overall goal of the course can be seen as its mission. Table 1: Goals and Learning Objectives of the E101 Course, Fall 2001 Goals and Objectives of the Course: This course is designed to introduce students to the field of Engineering and the study of Engineering. Objective: Students will be able to integrate computer usage, teamwork, problem solving, and verbal/written language into a design project within the

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

YongMi Kim; Jai Kang; Chan Park

integrated cash flow analysisprogram written in Java, which includes various computational modules such as presentvalue, future value, annual worth, benefit cost ratio, payback period, discounted paybackperiod, internal rate of return. It also allows the user to obtain a graphical output forpresent value curve, project balances, and cash flow diagram. It has a cash flow input dataeditor that automates the data entry process. We will briefly discuss the design principlesadopted for CFA. Page 8.397.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brzoska; Atsushi Inoue; Min-Sung Koh; William Loendorf

: industrial demand within the region and state, the smallnumber of qualified graduates available to enter the workforce, and the increasing pool ofpotential students. Some of the projected activities in the planning process include visiting nation-wide university campuses that currently have SET programs, identifying new laboratoryequipment needs, setting up an advisory board, creating a recruitment plan, and obtaining ABETaccreditation. This paper will document this planning process.Funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF), in form of a recently approved grantproposal, will facilitate the planning process for this program. Some of the components of thecurriculum design to be developed will include integrating new learning strategies and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Krahe; David Loker

increasing levels of difficulty to aid in learningthe language. The first project is the creation of a virtual calculator. The objective of this project is tointroduce Windows programming. A second project is used to introduce the programming of a PCdata acquisition (DAQ) board. This experiment emphasizes acquiring analog input data and displayingthe mean and AC RMS values of the resulting data.There are several objectives for the presentation of these applications within this paper. It provides aresource to aid instructors in the development of a Visual C++ programming course within their EETcurriculums. It presents several practical experiments that can be utilized to help shorten the learningcurve required for this programming language. It

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norb Delatte

lifelong learning. Threeapproaches for bringing forensics and failure case studies into the civil engineering curriculumare available. These are stand-alone forensic engineering or failure case study courses, capstonedesign projects, and integration of case studies into the curriculum. Since it is not practical toadd another required course to the crowded civil engineering curriculum, the latter approach willbe more practical for most undergraduate programs. Some cases have been developed and usedin courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and the University of Alabama atBirmingham (UAB), as well as at other institutions. Currently an NSF-funded research project isunderway at UAB to develop and disseminate case study materials. Under

Conference Session

Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerardine Botte

was achieved by using a combination of the followingtechniques: real life examples, classroom projects (individual and group), brainstorming,computer-guided sessions, and a special-interest course project. The special-interestproject used hobbies of the students to enlarge their enthusiasm for the course; forinstance, one of the students worked on a project to use fractional factorial design toimprove her performance in her hammer throw competition; another student used thesame technique to improve her performance when playing tennis. Examples of the case-studies developed for the course, classroom, and take-home projects will be presentedand discussed, including their impact on the students. Some of the special interestprojects developed by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

puszynski jan; David Dixon; Bhavani Puli; James Munro

phenomena. The present paperreports the details of our DBT experiment involving design of a packed column for gasabsorption. The project was undertaken by the faculty of the chemical engineeringprogram at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) and was fundedby the National Science Foundation and the Dow Corning Foundation. Page 8.51.1The goal of the present experiment is for students to design, build and test a gasabsorption process. As with other DBT experiments, students must make choicesbetween competing alternatives and are expected to make their decisions based on validengineering design modeling and sound economic

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Renee Rogge; Joan Burtner

quite good. The new president was quite enthusiastic and veryoptimistic. She began the meeting with an extensive list of projects she planned to initiate duringher reign. Her enthusiasm was contagious. A volunteer list was distributed and many of thosepresent signed up to work. As the year went on, however, enthusiasm on the part of themembership began to wane. Although the president had taken responsibility at the beginning ofthe fall term for setting up two service projects, she had not finalized arrangements beforeChristmas. In a meeting with the faculty advisor, the president explained that the fall term courseswere too demanding, and as the term progressed she became more involved in her studies. Thepresident assured the advisor that

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Volz; David McStravick

training accuracy. Because the experiments in the fluidscollaborated in the planning and evaluation of lab frequently require the use of Bernoulli’sthis report writing project. They critically equation, units can be a problem for thereviewed these initial reports and provided students. Much of the equipment presents datafeedback to guide students’ revisions. In in English units, and dimensional conversionsaddition, they were available to consult with are frequently required; plus handling lbm andstudents on their experimental lab reports. lbf can lead to problems for many of the After several semi-successful attempts, library students. To defuse this potential problem,research reports

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

them to practice in acollaborative environment while prototyping a working toy. The learning environment combines(1) hands-on use of the Intranet for computer-based learning, (2) a team-based project toprototype a real product, (3) virtual design and assembly of the student-created toy using CAD,(4) realistic budgeting and design constraints, and (5) advanced prototyping techniques. The firstphase of the course focuses on learning advanced CAD tools using web-based learning software.Both the instructor and teaching assistants help students in the laboratory. The students design atoy conceptually as they become familiar with CAD tools. In the second phase, each groupdesigns a toy using a budget to buy standard parts such as motors and