Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hanna Lee; Sven Bilen; Robert Pangborn

natural benefits, however. One of the benefits is thatstudents learn from other students. The more advanced students often are the leaders andmentors of the students at earlier stages of engineering study; as students advance, theysubsequently take on the role of mentor to the “new recruits.” Hence, the more senior studentsobtain experience in realistic management situations and the understudies benefit from thementoring as well as gain a preview of what is to come in academics and careers. 5 This is verysimilar to what the students will see in engineering practice as they move from subordinate tosupervisory roles. The College of Engineering at Penn State has seen a surge in interest in student projectsand a corresponding increase in

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud; Tom Timmermann; Bonita Barger; Ahmed Elsawy

Session 1931 Managing Virtual Teams in Senior Industrial Projects Ahmed ElSawy*, Bonita Barger**, Tom Timmerman**, and Wagdy Mahmoud* *College of Engineering/**College of Business Administration Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505-0001AbstractThe Industrial Projects course at Tennessee Technological University represents the practicalexecution of the technological skills and knowledge the students gained from all sourcesthroughout their college career, work experience, and life. This course is the capstone experiencethat requires both teamwork and individual skills in

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

/30 & E” model, and any requirements will incorporate maximum flexibility, including distance-learning delivery of courses. v We believe that practical on-the-job experience and life- long learning are not important. The committees firmly believe in the importance of experience and life-long learning to develop the body of knowledge over a career. As such, the committees advocate Page 8.235.5 mandatory experience as part of licensure. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra

sound welldefined, but the ways in which WIE programs work to accomplish these outcomes varytremendously.Recruitment happens at multiple phases and levels. In the community of scholars and practitionersthat address women in engineering, there exists a high level of awareness and research that showsthe importance of starting recruitment efforts at an early age. WIE programs with Girl Scouts, forexample, are designed to help maintain an interest in math and science and raise awareness ofengineering as a career path for these girls4,5. Recruitment efforts for older students include "openhouse" days held on college and university campuses and summer engineering camps. Suchprograms involve significant follow-up with participants as directors work to

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robinson; Demetris Geddis; Adam Austin; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

” that negatively affects theperformance of students[2] and effectively bars them from entering careers that require a firmknowledge of mathematics. To counter this anxiety and improve student achievement, AlanGreenspan encourages “a deeper interaction with numbers and their manipulation to a point atwhich students are confident and proud of their level of skills.”[3]To emphasize the interrelated nature of STEM concepts, the National Council of Teachers ofMathematics calls for a “shift in emphasis from a curriculum dominated by memorization of Page 8.683.1isolated facts and procedures and by proficiency with paper-and-pencils skills to one

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NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Mullett

ramp up the partner school’s instructional staff’sknowledge of telecommunications technology. The team concept also seemed to be successfulwith many career and guidance counselors attending the workshop to gain first hand knowledgeabout the fast growing telecommunications industry. The intern program was again held duringthe summer and again proved to be highly successful. The Co-PIs continued work on thedevelopment of a 2+2+2 telecommunications curriculum, easily replicable low cost laboratoryexperiences, distance-learning technologies, and an accompanying on-line competency profile forthe developing telecommunications curriculum.Year three of the grant (1999-2000) was again similar to the first two years of the grant withrespect to partner

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Doherty; Gerald Gannod

maintaining course projects in an engineering curriculum. In treating acourse as a targeted product market domain we have been able to apply the same techniques usedin software product line development to course development. At Arizona State University we are currently developing a concentration track in embeddedsystems1. As part of the curriculum we are creating a course in Embedded Systems Engineering £ This research supported in part by NSF Experimental and Integrative Activities Grant EIA-0122600. Ý This author supported in part by NSF CAREER Grant CCR-0133956. Þ Contact Author. Page 8.1237.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Anderson; Mani Mina

classes. Due to theemphasis on using computational software, students will become familiar with numerical andmathematical tools and will be able to use them for their careers in engineering as well as otherclasses. Finally, because of the freedom in learning and variety of examples and learningopportunities, we will see more conceptual thinking rather than manipulation to get the answers.All in all, we believe students will become more satisfied with their EM education and becomebetter engineers for it.5.4. General areas of concernMany instructors and programs are not comfortable with this method of teaching and, if not doneright, with a large-scale perspective it will not be very useful. Most instructors confusemathematical rigor with

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Agnew; Ka C Cheok; Jerry Lane; Ernie Hall; David Ahlgren

IGVC on a yearlybasis. The relevancy of the IGVC challenges orients participating students toward careers in theunmanned systems technology area. Page 8.760.8The Society of Automotive Engineers' Interest in the IGVCProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe SAE, as a supporter of the automotive industry, is primarily concerned withautomotive vehicles such as passenger cars, trucks, busses, and off-road vehicles, aswell as the features that can enhance their use. Safety is a major concern

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Wiley; Hamid Khan

. His major isIndustrial Education with a minor in Construction. He has also completed coursework towards a Master of Scienceand Technology degree, from the same institution, and will graduate in June 2003. Mr. Wiley is a former trainer,with the 20-20 Group, of sales force automation software and currently Program Development Manager for theAssociation for Facilities Engineering (http://www.afe.org). In addition, he is a member of the Golden Key NationalHonor Society and is presently working on a draft of his first book entitled, the Soul of Business. During hisundergraduate college career, he was elected to the Scholar, Dean and Honors lists at Northern Kentucky University.His Honors appointment came while working full time with a local

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

and frequently from one continent to another. As a result,the trend towards smaller, more independent collaborative development teams over the last twodecades of modern engineering practice has rapidly evolved into international collaborativeteaming. Any recent engineering graduate can expect to work, at some point in his or her career,on teams with members from varied cultural and linguistic backgrounds, geographicallydistributed across several international locations.Although international programs for engineering students have had some success, their impacton engineering education as a whole has remained curiously limited and peripheral; the numberof student participants remains relatively small. Even the relatively successful

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bebis; Dwight Egbert; Dave Williams

helped them with the basic course contentwhich was one of our main goals. Future plans also include working more with communitycollege instructors and assessing their requirements.Computer vision systems are already becoming commonplace, and vision technology will soonbe applied across a broad range of business and consumer products. This means that there will bestrong industry demand for computer vision scientists and engineers, for people who understandcomputer vision technology and know how to apply it in real-world problems. As a result of ourintegrating computer vision research experiences throughout our curriculum, many students mayconsider pursuing careers in computer vision. Likewise, the use of the computer vision modulesby community

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

Session #3454 Program Evaluation Vision Goals Components Mechanisms § Coordina te with Iacocca To develop a pre Institute to lay ground work o Document the num ber of college outreach for programs applications, participants program for high- § Implement a Career in CAP and eventual quality Awareness Programs (CAP

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

parameters of the mechanismwere tested and adjusted before the final design was submitted for rapid prototyping. Page 8.1325.10 Figure 5: Virtual model of single cylinder engine and rapid prototyped model Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents continue to remember ME444 throughout their careers and in specific work situationswhen their work benefits from their learning. They even bring their parents to the school to showoff their project creations. It creates a relationship of the students to the school and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bret Van Poppel; Blace Albert; Daisie Boettner

. Its mission is “To educate, train, and inspire the Corpsof Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values ofDuty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as an officer in the United StatesArmy; and a lifetime of selfless service to the nation.”1 There are approximately 4,000 students called cadets at the USMA. The USMA annuallyscreens approximately 10,000 applicants for grades, athletics, extra-curricular activities, andphysical fitness. Applicants must also receive a nomination from one of their state’s congressmen.This lengthy process results in about 1,300 cadets being admitted to the USMA each year,however, the graduating class size is typically less than 1000 by the end

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

, communication, delegation, personality types, networking, leadership, the socio-political process, and effecting change. Page 8.236.7“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education” • Professional development can, in addition to the preceding, include career management, increasing discipline knowledge, understanding business fundamentals, contributing to the profession, considering self

Conference Session

Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Thiede; James Hereford

physics. With the increased possibilities provided by the internet, many young peoplesaw themselves trying to cash in on their abilities to write web pages, rather than sufferingthrough a rigorous science curriculum. Now with the outbreak of peace and the threat of bio-terrorism, the biological and medical sciences are currently seen as promising careers. With theincreased power of modern calculators and computers, many students question the reasons forlearning algebra and calculus. All these reasons, and more, have caused faculty in physicsdepartments at smaller institutions to re-evaluate the direction of their programs. One approach that is being taken to maintain the relevance of the physics department is tochange the curriculum into a more

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Muratore; Jeannette Russ

internet. • Get to know your new colleagues. • Stay in touch with friends who are on a parallel path. • Establish relationships with engineering faculty at other schools in the region.Long-range PlanningWith hopes of having a long, enjoyable career as a college professor, it is never too early to startplanning for the future. This section briefly covers a few ideas that might make academic lifeeasier down the road.Keep good records on your class notes! If an idea works well, make a note of it and plan to dosomething similar that next time you teach that class. If an idea doesn’t work well, make a noteof it and plan to improve it next time around. Discipline yourself to spend less than five minutesmaking these notes right after each class

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

Operations Laboratory that has begun during the 2000-2001academic year. A newly created Endowed Chair, the Linus Pauling Engineer, was hired fromindustry to identify and incorporate the highest priority professional practices to senior lab. Sheserves as “project director” for this class to help new graduates become immediately prepared forindustrial practice. Thus the unit operations lab provides students with the array of skills theywill need to perform effectively in industry. The ChE Unit Operations Laboratory inMicroelectronics Processing is targeted at undergraduate students who are interested in careers asprocess engineers in microelectronics and related industries. The students will both develop anin-depth understanding of the underlying

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Staci Provezis; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Siripen Larpkiattaworn; Obinna Muogboh; Dan Budny; Harvey Wolfe

department 95.9 2.5 1.6Advice of Private Counselor 94.6 4.9 0.5As a class, half have ambitions of obtaining advanced degrees - 45.6% plan on getting a MS and24.3% plan on getting a doctorate; 3.6% are interested in medical school and 1.2% are interestedin law. However, not all are completely committed to engineering - 4.6% entered with a verygood chance of changing major field and 34.3 % with some chance of switching, suggesting thatretention may remain a problem. Likewise, 7.9% indicated there was a very good chance ofchanging their career choice and 39.5% felt there was some chance of a career change.Almost a fourth (22.4%) indicated there was a very good chance that

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Pavlic; Prabal Dutta; Michael Hoffmann; Jeffrey Radigan; James Beams; Erik Justen; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Competitionshowing one of the multi-level apple orchard test courses described earlier in Section 3.1 isshown in Figure 1 below.Figure 1. The 2002 FEH Robot Competition.4. Lessons LearnedThe lessons learned during the offering of the robot design/build project for several years in theFEH program are summarized as observed successes and opportunities for improvement.4.1 Observed SuccessesParticipants in this first year FEH program are well prepared for success in their subsequentacademic career and are at a strong advantage when seeking co-op or internship job Page 8.553.10 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

engineering students to demonstrate what engineers do and what software and hardwaretools they use. Various experimental techniques are taught while design and construction skills aredeveloped within the context of a semester-long project. Engineering disciplines that may differfrom a student’s chosen major are introduced. The departmental goal is to provide a solidfoundation for success as students proceed in their educational careers. Critical to the overallsuccess of the course is the development of good technical communication skills, both oral andwritten. The students are required to submit written work each week. In addition, they are askedto prepare and deliver an oral presentation detailing their laboratory work

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamy Fry; Mark A. Nanny; Mary John O'Hair; Teri Reed Rhoads

math and science-related careers. The Authentic Teaching Alliance (ATA) at theUniversity of Oklahoma was one of 24 projects selected for funding by the NSF GK-12 program Page 8.129.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationin 2001. The ATA utilizes a cross-curriculum design that combines the talents of engineering,science, and education professionals to devise new ways to teach math and science to secondarystudents. The ATA also seeks to reduce the fear and confusion surrounding new

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

“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”science and math enrichment for minority and disadvantaged students in grades 4-12. SMILE’smission is to increase the number of minority and disadvantaged students who graduate from highschool qualified to go on to higher education and pursue careers in STEM professions. Theprogram functions as a "pipeline", taking students from 4th to 12th grades and ultimately into post-secondary education. SMILE conducts a year-round schedule of activities designed to providehands-on science experience, strengthen students' knowledge, and raise students' academic andcareer aspirations

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

lecture. • Check your grades weekly and report discrepancies to the TA within the seven-day time frame. • Keep all computer files generated in this course on your career account until a grade is issued by the Registrar. • Place a copy of all computer files developed with teammates in your career account at the end of each lab and project. • Keep a copy of all e-mail messages sent to the instructional team and team members until a grade is issued by the Registrar. • Report absences in a timely fashion as stated in the syllabus.To establish that the instructional team will work hard with them, we also post expectations forthe faculty: • Regard each student's welfare with care

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ross Shonat

, only two have raised a moral objection with me. Neither chose to withdraw from the course, citing the importance of this material to their chosen career as a biomedical engineer. This statistic is undoubtedly skewed by the fact that most students are already predisposed to the position that animals should be used for research and teaching. Approximately 15% of the students never become comfortable working with rats and, while they all viewed the course as a positive learning experience, state that they will never voluntarily work with animals again. At the other end of the spectrum, approximately 20% of the students absolutely revel in the

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Kander

“real world”context. Students learn to solve interdisciplinary problems using an integrated, collaborative,team approach. The societal, political, and economic impact of technological solutions isconsidered in a creative problem-solving environment. The goal is to develop a science generalistwith intellectual coherence and a specific technological specialization. This balanced approachappeals to students who might otherwise have pursued a traditional science or engineeringdiscipline except for the fact that they do not want specialize in one specific discipline at this pointin their professional careers. This approach also attracts nontraditional students to the study ofscience and technology, including students interested in the societal

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Howard Liljestrand; Lynn Katz

class. Our intention is to take a classthat is already quite good and make it excellent, and then make the essential elements of the classaccessible to other professors throughout the world.SummaryIn summary, we have developed a laboratory based course in which local municipal and industrialplants and processes are used to illustrate the breadth of problems that students in environmentalengineering will face in their careers. The field trips, laboratories, lecture material and studentreport requirements enable students to generalize from their experience in this class. The Page 8.527.6theoretical concepts presented in lecture are

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

employment, the author hopes to expose students torealistic aspects of their future professional careers, along with some of the skills and strategiesneeded to succeed in today’s corporate environment. Page 8.110.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”A. The Apparent AssignmentOn the surface, this project asks students to measure the room-temperature viscosity of SAE 30motor oil. They then determine the temperature at which it would have a viscosity of 50 SUS, thetextbook lower viscosity limit for many hydraulic

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Furey; Eugene Brown

of Concrete • Heat and Cold Stress: In Industrial & Systems Engineering – Ergonomics • Thermodynamics and the Sustainability of Food Production • Earth Properties and Earthquakes Liberate Energy • Ways in Which Thermodynamics Could Relate to the Career of Bradley J. Klingemann • Application of the First Law of Thermodynamics in Peanut Curing • Wood Drying • Thermal Regulation in the Human Body and the First Law • Thermodynamics in Ocean Engineering • Wind Turbines Powering an Electric Vehicle? • The Destructive Effect of Thermal Pollution on Small Bodies of Water • Design Considerations of Aircraft Engine Turbines • The Thermodynamics of Ramjet Propulsion • The Use of