Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley

was slowly added until the Tools for Schools Program from the Department ofDefense (DOD) was instituted. This program loaned machine tools to schools from DOD stores,and eight pieces were loaned to PUC. This program has now been discontinued. That is the statethe author found the lab in 1988 when he became responsible for the lab’s operation. Anymachinist from WWII would have felt very comfortable working with the existing equipment.The remainder of this paper describes the 1988 to 2000 transformation of this lab from WWIIvintage to modern. Courses that use the lab, other lab constituents, funding sources, andequipment selection are presented in the following sections.Courses that use the Manufacturing LaboratoryWhen planning, designing, or

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rod Townley; Stephen Kuyath

formed RITC prioritized its activities as follows:1. Complete the initial research begun by the project director to determine current training needs in the Charlotte Region, but continue research activities to ensure the project stayed on target,2. Develop a plan to integrate the IT Skills Standards into curricula at member colleges by developing a new model for IT curricula,3. Begin integration of IT Skills Standards into IT curricula at member colleges, and4. Develop strategies to secure funding for the continuation of the project. Research: The RITC adopted a model for researching new occupational markets [1]. Using this model, the researchers conducted national scans, regional monitoring, and local surveys. National Science

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Griffin; Paul Griffin; Donna Llewellyn

, first to the class and then to the sponsor). This is aself-contained report that discusses the findings to this point, and an outline for theremainder of the semester. At this point the group continues to collect data and thenanalyze the data and develop initial alternatives. A final report and presentation are thengiven at the end of the first semester.During the second semester, the student groups continued to develop and evaluatealternatives. The best alternative is then chosen and an implementation plan developed.An interim and final report and presentation are given throughout the semester.Since semester conversion, student group sizes have ranged from 5 to 12, with an averageof 8. Faculty assigned to the course will typically advise 5

Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

. Using this system we can offera course from the Vancouver campus to students at other campuses in real time.We plan to offer the ME 375 course to the other campuses of the university but the required Page 8.59.1laboratory component is a challenge to handle in a distance delivery mode. In an attempt to Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationaddress this problem, we recently finished development of an NSF-funded electronic laboratorybook called e-LabBook. The front end of the e-LabBook [1, 2] is on the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raghavan Sudhakar; Hanqi Zhuang

stressing greatly on the hands-on experimentation using the equipmentstudents are likely to encounter when they enter their workplaces. The course alsoemphasizes an integrated system approach rather than on the specific algorithmimplementation. By doing so, it greatly enhances the students' ability to address and solvecomplete real-world engineering problems. The laboratory also supports a number of other undergraduate courses, including afreshman course (Fundamentals to Engineering), a sequence of senior Engineering DesignCourses, and a summer course ( Picture Processing) for the gifted high school students. B. LAB DEVELOPMENT PLAN The undergraduate laboratory development programs at other

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cairns; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

TMEA is a residentialacademy for rising 8th and 9th grade girls. No academic credit is given. Our academy is fundedby the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education through a competitive proposal process.For residential academies, a maximum of $525 per student per week can be obtained.Developing a Schedule for a Residential AcademyOne of the most daunting tasks originally confronting us was that of keeping rising high schoolstudents occupied productively for an extended period of time. The first step in planning asummer academy is to design a single day. Identifying blocks of time for instruction, recreation,meals, and rest for one day provides the basis for an overall plan. Setting up a structure for oneacademy day, will quickly make clear

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Kline; Jerry Ku; Chin-An Tan; Trilochan Singh; Ronald Gibson

benefit of “defining” a course by itsspecific course learning objectives became clear: this provided the best mechanism we hadencountered for allowing mechanics faculty to understand what was being done in individualthermal fluids courses, and conversely. Although it may not have been crystallized early on, onelasting achievement of our work on EC 2000 is that now all of our courses, those at BS, MS andPhD levels, have course learning objectives. Further, all courses through the MS level follow theABET process that will be described later in this paper.It eventually became clear to us during our EC 2000 planning stage, that the process ofreviewing proposed course learning objectives for each of our required thirteen courses and then,as a full

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt

working effectively with theirstudents and their faculty instructional partner. Additionally, some basics for teaching a class Page 8.1173.2such as developing a syllabus and lessons plans are also discussed as well as ethics in teaching. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe modules typically include a lecture or discussion with activities related to ENES 100 that aredesigned to apply knowledge or practice skills. Activities include case studies, simulations,demonstrations, and role-playing

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Erik De Graaff; Gillian Saunders-Smits

, analysis and designallowing students to combine research from several groups: e.g. Structures and Aerodynamics.Project typesBefore describing the projects at Aerospace engineering it is good to define the types ofeducational projects there are. Kolmos5 and later De Graaff and Longmuss1, 4 distinguish threetypes of projects with an increasing ‘ownership’ by the students. - Assignment projects (AP) – Projects characterised by considerable planning and control by teachers/supervisors, where problem, methods and subject are chosen beforehand. - Subject projects (SP) – Projects in which the teachers define the subject beforehand. Students have a free choice among a number of described methods. - Problem projects (PP

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne Hood; Elizabeth Bahe; Fonda Swimmer; Ingrid St. Omer

Hood, Administrative Director of Academic Affairs for the CET, is developing acomprehensive manual for advising and has initiated training sessions for faculty. NAU’s newGateway Center will also be charged with creation of a university-wide advising manual andvarious training programs. Many students indicated that providing programs of study beyond thestandard 4-year time frame would help them to better plan their academic path and assist withadvising.The discussion of persistence in the College reduced to two simple elements: determination andfamily support. In terms of difficulties encountered during their academic journey, the mostunexpected responses came from the Native American students. These students did not feel thattheir retention

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Meyers; Robert Weissbach

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 2433 1) Reduce the focus of the thesis. Although the design of hybrid solar/wind energy system involves many areas, it is impractical to have one student work on all of these areas as part of one thesis. An alternative would be to have the student focus on just one area of the system, and then have succeeding honors students work on different areas to develop the overall system. 2) Have a defined plan for each student who goes through the honors program. This includes defining up front

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Harper; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

can opt for a different three quarter sequenceknown as Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors (or FEH). Students are required to select oneof these sequences. The following topics are in both sequences – engineering graphics andCADD, MATLAB, hands-on labs, and a ten-week design/build project.1 Teamwork is requiredfor the hands-on laboratory exercises and laboratory reports and for the design project.2 Studentsreceive instruction on project planning, management, and documentation. At the end of thedesign project, the teams must submit a formal written report and do an oral presentation withvisual aids. For the Honors students, the third course deals with programming and real-time dataacquisition and analysis. The physics and mathematics are

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

delivered simultaneously tomultiple locations, students at both the originating site and the remote site(s) must be purposelycatered for. In particular, learning materials should be designed to capture and retain the attentionof students at both locations. In any case, the students at both sites must remain actively engaged.The successful televised course should not be like a commercial television broadcast, but rather amultimedia presentation including a mix of the following characteristics: • Active involvement by students at all participating sites • Multiple presentation media with planned change elements to help retain student interest • Planned silences are especially important to allow students to think • Animations

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Edwards; Lawrence Hochreiter; Laura L. Pauley

, independent, BS degree in nuclear engineering by taking an additional 20 creditsbeyond that required for the mechanical-engineering degree.Planning for the program is important since courses have to be taken in a particular sequence.The nuclear-engineering courses are offered only once a year, where as the mechanical-engineering courses are offered more frequently. Students who wish to participate in themultiple majors program have a detailed course planning session with Dr. Pauley, theProfessor-in-Charge of Undergraduate Programs in the Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringDepartment, as well as Dr. Brenizer, the Program Chair of the Nuclear Engineering Program.With careful planning, the required additional courses for completion of both majors can

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Wheeler

Page 8.1025.3Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationto the payload. The initial plan was to build a rocket skin of composites. On the basis of benefitanalysis, this was changed to building a nosecone. During the planning stages, the studentsinvolved several of their professors in considering the suitability of composites, determining whichcomposite to pursue, planning the fabrication and performing preliminary performance analyses.One professor was invited by the students to address the class in order to considerthese issues as a group. The result has been an object of great pride among the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

invest the significant amount of effort required to learnall the nuances of the curriculum, to discover how financial aid works, to become familiar with theavailable campus resources, or to follow up on student actions and inquiries. The first changeinstituted was thus to establish the practice of having a single advisor for all undergraduates, withconcomitant release time. This person is available regularly throughout the semester to discussany issue that a student wishes. As registration time approaches, he/she maintains an extensiveschedule for registration advisement appointments. Each student receives careful, detailed,personalized advising that includes multi-year plans if needed or desired. Through experience,many potential problems are

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Egarievwe

assignments cover topics from the regular class sessions. The use of the CS laboratory and introduction to one or more programming languages are also included in the laboratory work. 4. Group projects. Students are assigned group projects to encourage and introduce them into working in groups. The group work takes about 15% of the course. Students from different disciplines are assigned to one group to foster interdisciplinary experience. 5. Field Trips. Students go on one or more field trips, depending on availability of funds. This accounts for about 5% of the course. Before the trip, students are shown videos that describe the industrial sector for the planned visit and the applications of computational

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Bellamy; Barry McNeill; Veronica Burrows

must waitfor return of graded materials. We propose that too much of the assessment of faculty bystudents (and of students by faculty) is based on affective elements (behavior, attitude) rather thancognitive elements (teaching and learning effectiveness).We have proposed in earlier work methods for assessing both affective2 and cognitive3 elementsof student performance, and for incorporating both of these aspects into course grading. In thiswork, we present a preliminary study of a method use to assist faculty with course planning, andbetter faculty self-assessment of teaching effectiveness, as well as for better student assessment ofthe learning effectiveness of faculty activity.Starting Point AssumptionsBefore presenting the assessment

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

Session 2475 Simple Advice: Get a Mentor and Learn to Teach Jerry W. Samples University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractNew faculty members, especially those in their first tenure stream assignment, enter the processneeding assistance in the development of research plans, professional development plans andteaching methods. Most have been exposed to the rigors of tenure and the demands of theposition; it is not until they are in the tenure race that they find it to be “difficult”.The “difficulty” of the process can be partially alleviated by developing a positive

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Scheff

to share experiencesand concerns regarding diversity in our programs. Together we will identify important,common, unresolved problems associated with this issue, as well as identify collaborative effortsto resolve these problems and the “deliverables” resulting from our efforts. This alliance,entitled the “Diversity Program Alliance”, in its infant stage right now, is plagued by manysocietal influences unique to the South. The University of Kentucky, a large public land grantuniversity, and a member of this alliance, plans to look into how women in engineeringprogramming is handled at other SEC campuses, and work toward collaborative programswhich will enhance all SEC campuses.Overview/Related Literature:Women are entering colleges and

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kelley

understanding ofmanufacturing enterprises and computer systems. From the mechanical engineering technology(MET) department students are required to take courses in materials, statics, dynamics, strengthof materials, and manufacturing processes. A significant amount of programming isincorporated into the curriculum with courses in C++ and Visual Basic. Students also have theoption of taking two courses in computer graphics programming. An additional course indatabase development is also required.IV. Future Developments Design projects are a significant requirement in several computer graphics technologycourses. Currently, each design project is limited to students within one particular lab section.The plan is to expand the design project in CGT

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

AIAD, I saw how important funding and prior planning are to a project, both of with cannot be as appreciated in the classroom as in real life. The AIAD was an experience that I could apply in both a military and civilian environment. The following comments are from the two USMA students that participated in the US Air Force Academy’s Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory (FERL) program at the USAFA during the summer of 2002. o The FERL program was definitely beneficial to my major. It shows students how much fun civil engineering is when it is put to use. It was mostly a hands-on course with a little classroom instruction. It confirmed that I had chosen the right major for me and it let me

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Brown; Mel Mendelson

. Page 8.701.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”The purpose of this paper is to describe the collaboration between LMU and industry, thecooperation within LMU, and the planning that led to the new program. The benchmarkingof other comparable programs, our proposed curriculum, and the sources and qualificationsof prospective students are discussed.II. Benchmarking Successful ProgramsA number of university graduate programs, integrating engineering and business wereexamined, and their systems engineering content determined. While many universities offersystems engineering graduate studies, only four universities

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lloyd J. Griffiths; Anne J. Marchant; E. Bernard White

Telecommunications (3) IT 341 Network and Operating System Essential (3) IT 443 IT Resource Planning (3) CS 305 Ethics and Law for the Computing Professional (3) MSOM 302 Managing Information (3) MSOM 303 Marketing in a Digital World (3)Students who plan to pursue advanced degrees are encouraged to take IT 208 (follow-onto IT 108) or comparable course in Data Structures. Additional programming andscripting is incorporated in other courses as well, e.g., INFS 311 (which incorporatesVisual Basis) and IT 431 (the advanced web design course that incorporates and evaluatesthe uses of JavaScript, PERL, and CGI). IT 221 (a security course) is a core course, andsecurity will also be a component of all of the upper

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jackie Sullivan; Daniel Knight

specific machine to become available. Many students pointed out howcrowded it became around the few focus machines. And, some students wanted fewer participantsin the workshops. Most of these suggestions for improvement can be met by using a scaled-downstudent project that requires less time at each machine and is easier to assemble. Also, theparticipants will be asked to first develop a more detailed machining plan. Having the plan beforestarting to machine will help participants to better understand the sequence of steps to beaccomplished and lead to less time waiting for instruction.Some women who were invited to participate had schedule conflicts, noting that the times or daysfor the WMW overlapped with courses and other commitments. To meet

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; Kathryn Clifton; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

watershed council currently being developed. The expectation is thatthis data will be used by the community to develop:• A community-based watershed planning process and design of a restoration and managementplan for the Yosemite Slough watershed, informed by the results of the assessment; and• A much-needed watershed management perspective and baseline data to inform on-goingredevelopment plans and water infrastructure investments.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by CALFED grant, contract number 4600001725. Additional fundingwas provided by the Lily Drake Fund for Cancer Research and the University of San FranciscoFaculty Development Fund. The authors wish to thank Ms. Colleen Stevens (USF) for hereditorial comments.Bibliography1. U.S

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

liability • Risk assessment • Hazard analysis and mitigation • Needs analysis/specifications • Feasibility studies • Patents • Decision making • Project planning/scheduling/tracking • Product testing • Ergonomics • Memo and report writing • Engineering presentationsThe junior students work largely in teams of 4-5. Recent assignments have been as diverse asdeveloping a fault-tree analysis for a fiber telemetry link, performing hazard-analyses andsubsequently developing safe-operating-procedures for handling steel gas pressure cylinders,performing feasibility studies to neutralize a well-defended, hardened, deeply-buried facilitywithin an unfriendly country, performing a work-breakdown

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Tuana; John Wisw; John Christman; Andy Lau; Thomas Litzinger

as theyformulated plans for integrating ethics into their curricula, e.g., IIT 1, Towson State2 and OregonInstitute of Technology.3) It became clear that if departments were to be successful in integratingethics into engineering courses, some form of development would be required for most facultymembers.Shortly after the need for a faculty development activity became clear, the College of Engineeringand the College of the Liberal Arts received a gift from an Alumnus to start joint activitiesinvolving engineering and ethics. This gift explicitly linked the Douglas and Julie Rock EthicsInstitute in Liberal Arts and the Leonhard Center. When the Directors of the Institute and Centermet to discuss possible joint projects, they quickly decided

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthis project but also to build relationships for other opportunities for collaboration to benefitstudents. The faculty will determine during the curriculum planning phase when it is appropriateto combine two-year and four-year students for learning and when it is best to provide separateclasses. Faculty will be encouraged to break out of the traditional lecture mode and findinnovative, applications-based learning opportunities for students using high-tech labs andemerging technologies. This will allow for an enrichment experience for the entire faculty andan appreciation

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Sauer; Mark Moore; Amin ul Karim; Ahmed Khan

Module Title Acronym1 RT-RFT Radio RF Theory Transmission2 RT-RFTT Radio RF Troubleshooting Techniques Transmission3 RT-RFA Radio RF Antenna Transmission4 RT-RFP Radio RF Propagation Transmission5 RT-RFSP Radio RF System Planning Transmission6 S-BDC Switch Basic Data Communications7 S-BSS1 Switch Basic Switching Systems 18 S-BSS2 Switch Basic Switching Systems 2 – Digital Switching9