Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jo Cartwright; Allie Knowlton; Donald Falkenburg

magnetic forces and fields, inductance, capacitance, superposition and power transfer. Transient circuits and sinusoidal steady state analysis are also examined. (Estimated to be available by 04/30/03) Entrepreneurship This course covers the knowledge set and skills for learners to become effective entrepreneurs. Furthermore, principles of creativity, innovation and personal leadership styles will be applied. Issues of business planning, resource identification and organization building will be addressed. (Estimated to be available by 04/30/03) Facilities Design This course provides an introduction to plant location theory and analysis of models of facilities design, determining plant size and time

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Natela Ostrovskaya; Jan Rinehart; Susan Metz

) writing down a formal plan for studentresearch; and 5) giving students at least one teaching experience (strategies 4 and 5 were also tiedin the ranking)., “Why these experiences are so important,” respondents particularly put importance on technicalconferences by reporting: “Technical conferences let students practice skills, with some guidance and some backup,before they are expected to do them on their own. Prospective faculty members must be able toprovide their own motivation and feedback. Gives insight into academia.” “Technical conferences are the heart and soul of research in academia. An understandingof how they work, what is expected, the networking experience is invaluable.” “Students must understand expectations. Students

Conference Session

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

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shan Barkataki; Bolton Tom

successful approach, providing a win-wingame plan for all parties involved. Students are excited by the prospect of working on “realprojects,” with “real engineers.” This type of work merits as professional experience in theresume. The industry partner is pleased to have a channel to influence the training andeducation of its potential employees and have the opportunity to recruit “job ready” graduates. Itworks for the university, because such collaboration aligns well with two of its goals—providing students with professional experience, and serving the local industrial community.Finally, faculty benefits by being able to interact with their industrial colleagues and from theopportunities for professional development.Fair Compensation for Students

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ratna Babu Chinnam; Joe Nguyen; Jenny Wang-Chavez; Hemalatha Sathya

, American Society for Engineering EducationThe OM course primarily focuses on the production and operations management functions thatinvolve the planning, coordination, and execution of activities directly related to production ofgoods and services. This paper will use the development of this OM course as an example todemonstrate the efforts made by Greenfield Coalition (GC) to meet the needs of the current globalmarketplace. The paper will detail the steps taken to develop the course, the instructionalstrategies and activities used to engage students in the active problem-solving process, and theefforts made by the team to ensure the practical value of the course.Greenfield Coalition Course StructureGreenfield Coalition courses are structured into

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadine Macauley; Edward Golovatch; Annita Alting; Ardie Walser

both quantitative and qualitative approaches. As an urban institutionof higher learning, one of the School’s missions is to provide education to a highly diversestudent body, including traditionally underrepresented minorities, women, workingadults, and immigrants in the greater New York metropolitan area. The first objective ofimplementing a plan to meet ABET 2000 criteria is to gather accurate and reliableinformation, both in scope and in depth, about the School’s present situation and itsstudents’ unique needs. One method being used is a manual requisite check by theSchool’s Accreditation Advisors of the College’s automated registration system. Themanual requisite check was first performed to identify and correct possible errors in

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marty Frisbee; Deborah Sharer

additional planning and effort required in communicatingquestions, problems or concerns must be recognized and addressed to allow the IADE student tosuccessfully complete course requirements. In spite of these obstacles, distance education is avaluable tool that allows students, who would not otherwise be able to avail themselves of theopportunity, to attend classes and receive an accredited degree.Additional difficulties arise for technically oriented courses, particularly in the engineeringdisciplines. Engineering courses are often computationally intensive and require the ability togenerate graphic representations at various levels of problem abstraction. These courses, whichare considered difficult for traditional, on-campus instruction, must

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ioannis Miaoulis; Erik Rushton; Brian Gravel

resistance. The fellow continued to work with that teacherand the other math teachers in the middle school. For the second year, the fellow worked withonly two of the math teachers and did not work with the third teacher. That teacher did not try tointegrate any of the lesson plans that had been developed during the previous year. There was Page 8.1047.4friction between the fellow and the teacher resulting in a very poor program outcome.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationHowever sometimes the format is better when the

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

couple of years to establishoutcomes assessment processes to meet ABET requirements.3,10,12 Principles that guided thedevelopment and implementation of the OA processes were to • Involve faculty at each step in the development process • Have a non-administrative faculty champion have a key role in the development • Page 8.1257.2 Make it sustainable so the plan will operate continuously and not fall apart after the ABET visit Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Massie

equipment. Unfortunately, savings are often based on faulty assumptions or from computer simulations.Lack of a Measurement and Verification (M&V) plan may leave many institutions at risk ofunrealized savings. Campus plant managers often either lack the technical experience to verifyEnergy Service Performance Contract (ESPC) calculations (because state-of-the-art has changedsince they were students) or are busy performing other administrative functions and do not verifycost avoidance savings. To effectively evaluate these contracts, there must be a M&V program,complete with detailed thermodynamic and economic analysis. Measurement and verification costs can consume a significant portion of the entire project

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberto Montoya

qualityreached so far, and to the plans for improvement that result from the self-evaluation process. Thisdynamic dimension provides the CNA with evaluation elements to recommend the Ministry ofEducation on the term for which the accreditation should be issued. The minimum term is threeyears and the maximum is ten years. When accreditation is not recommended, the CNA advisesthe Ministry of Education on recommendations to be made to the institution to improve theprogram that was submitted for accreditation.The accreditation process takes place according to the following procedure, which requirescompliance with certain Initial Conditions the institution must fulfill before proceeding tosubsequent stages:1. The Self-Evaluation each institution that wishes

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Silvanus Udoka; Paul Stanfield

grades in the coursewith the virtual space usage statistics.Key success factors include an exciting project, planning that enables an early start in thesemester, proactive scheduling of the classes for convenient meeting times, and on-goingorientation on the utility of the virtual workspace.Despite the problems encountered, the students and faculty and project manager viewed the IVTproduct realization project as a success. The students consistently indicated that they thought thatthe project workload was too heavy. We are planning to implement a similar project in the Spring2003 semester, taking into account the lessons from the first offering, and are looking forward toanother exciting collaborative effort. This second implementation will use

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Philips; John Hochstein; William Janna

to convey a specific fluid; sizing and selecting a pump; selecting a heat exchanger; predictingsystem performance; and writing a report about the design of the system.When the tasks are identified, a completion date is selected for each one. By the end of the fifthweek of the semester, for instance, a pipe material and size will be selected. The tasks and targetcompletion dates are summarized in the form of a task planning sheet, an example of which is inTable 2. Also included on the task planner is the name/initials of the individual responsible forcompleting the task.Each group member keeps and maintains a notebook or diary of all tasks completed for the project.The diary contains any and all details of the work done by that particular

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Philips; John Hochstein; William Janna

to convey a specific fluid; sizing and selecting a pump; selecting a heat exchanger; predictingsystem performance; and writing a report about the design of the system.When the tasks are identified, a completion date is selected for each one. By the end of the fifthweek of the semester, for instance, a pipe material and size will be selected. The tasks and targetcompletion dates are summarized in the form of a task planning sheet, an example of which is inTable 2. Also included on the task planner is the name/initials of the individual responsible forcompleting the task.Each group member keeps and maintains a notebook or diary of all tasks completed for the project.The diary contains any and all details of the work done by that particular

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ettema; James Stoner; Forrest Holly; Wilfrid Nixon

require 128 semester hours. • There shall be a set of common core courses that enables students to enroll in engineering with an undeclared major and to change majors without loss of credit through the end of the third semester. • To ensure education beyond technology, provide flexibility for students to develop thematic options, and complement the technical content of the curriculum, all programs shall have a pool of 36 semester hours of elective courses. The student’s portfolio and plan of study guide the selection of appropriate electives. The electives are used to fulfill two College Page 8.45.2

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough

events for the Summer LeadershipAcademy, including presentation of award certificates, exhibition of the web pages which theteams designed describing their summer activities, a “brain-bowl” quiz, and a competition testingthe bridges which the girls had built. Also included was a luncheon, and presentation of eachgirl with a $300 stipend for participation. The second method used to raise parental awarenesswas the hosting of two family “E-Days” at the Museum. The girls, their parents, and theSECME RISE teachers were all invited to half-day sessions, including hands-on designs, femaleengineers as guest speakers, career planning information, and discussions of how to bestencourage the girls’ interest in science, mathematics, and technology.In

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey

suppose. The whole course is directed at making Page 8.133.4 you think differently, that is how I feel it.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education John, 1st year studentOther cultural norms, such as the pervasiveness of mathematics as an efficient, effective means ofcommunication throughout engineering education were tacitly understood although neverarticulated in strategic plans. Students and staff appeared to

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay K. Martin; Jay Martin; Dayle K. Haglund; Jennifer Kushner

Foundation Coalition indeveloping novel undergraduate curricula. Consequently, the Department Chair was approachedand asked if he would endorse a plan similar to what we describe here. The Department Chairsupported the idea of working on curriculum evolution. He took the idea to the Dean of theCollege for his approval. With the approval of the department chair and the support of the Dean,the process was on its way. Page 8.394.5Our efforts started with the faculty at a “beginning of the academic year” department gathering. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Cramer; Nancy Ciezki; Hussain Bahia

University of WisconsinTeaching Academy. Once the direction was established, the first steps were to videotape thetesting procedures as conducted by experienced graduate students and convert the videotapesinto a digital format to be placed on a web site. This was done during the first semester after theproject started and was clearly disappointing. The lack of expertise in taping, the lack of a plan toconvert the audio and visual components into a digital format, and the complexity of integratingthe materials on a web site resulted in unsatisfactory progress for the project. The initial teamdiscovered the challenges involved in developing the required materials and the need for aprofessional team.With support from the University of Wisconsin College

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William MacKunis; Daniel Raviv

without explicitcommunication between the team members. A robot soccer team control scheme was illustrated in12 , which used Hidden Markov Models to recognize and represent strategic behaviors of roboticagents. In 5 another robot soccer system was employed that utilized inter-robot communication.This work proposed that the use of communication among the players may improve the team’sperformance, but that an increase in the amount of transmitted data does not imply better results.While many recently developed systems incorporate behavior-based algorithms 2,19,22,24,26,28,31,33,34,35,systems involving path-planning are also popular 1,6,7,8,10,14,15,16,21,30,32. The system in 14 dealt withfinding the time-optimal path of a robot in the presence of

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Torrey; James Hertel; Douglas Oppliger; Gretchen Hein; Glen Archer; Jason Keith

design process, working drawings, graphical communication, and docu- mentation.Project Proposal - Student teams were asked to create a vending machine concept that improved on the state-of-the-art. Following a creative problem solving session, each team developed a decision matrix to help select their best vending machine concept. A brief development pro- posal was written to describe the physical and functional concepts as well as the project plan (i.e., team roles, Gantt chart). This assignment introduced students to project planning and gave practice in written communication.Physical Layout and Product Flow - Using I-DEAS, students modeled both internal and exter- nal features of their vending machine. Several views were created

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Middleton; Cheryl Gengler; Antonio Garciq; D. L. Evans; Sharon Robinson Kurpius; Peter Crouch; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

; Technological (DET) concepts into scienceand mathematics curricula in ways that meet the science and technological standards. The visionfor the post-planning and implementation phase is for teachers to understand more about thedesigned (i.e., technological) world and how it is created. With this knowledge, we submit thatteachers will be better able to engage their students through project-based learning thatconcurrently builds their understanding of science and mathematics, as well asengineering/technology. The object is to plan ways to ultimately institutionalize the ideas beingpursued so that DET- intensive courses co-taught by both education faculty and engineeringfaculty are sustainable. This program is aimed at increasing the scientific and

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Goldberg

credited to an activity that the WaltDisney Company refers to as imagineering. This term refers to an entire spectrum of activitiesranging from master-planning and creative development to video production, audio/lightingdesign, and on-board vehicle performance. In addition, traditional engineering analyses such as Page 8.259.1those exploring the impact of layout on customer flow through the attraction were of critical Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

agreed tasks into a logical order. § Estimate the time and additional resources you will need (e.g. web searching and research time) to accomplish the job. § Allocate responsibility. § Review the entire plan before you start using our requirements analysis (CORA) spreadsheet template and adjust / customize as necessary. § Review the entire plan before you start using our process failure risk analysis (PFRA) spreadsheet template and adjust / customize as necessary.Having accomplished the above plan, we brainstorm by focusing on the following rules: § Keep a relaxed atmosphere by choosing a comfortable, undisturbed environment. § Choose a team leader who has some experience in how a session will operate

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones; Jerold Jones; Gary Vliet; Philip Schmidt

consult with students. In someinstances, direct testing of and/or obtaining measured performance data for the system understudy provides a valuable learning experience vis a vis testing and data analysis.Development of professional skills and extended-project experience: The project-centeredapproach used in ME343 permits students to develop professionally in a number of ways. Thedevelopment of a "systems mentality" and the experience of working on a real engineering systemwith real hardware have already been mentioned. Projects are carried out in teams and extendover a period of weeks. Thus students gain experience in both the benefits and liabilities ofteamwork: brainstorming, work planning and scheduling to accomodate the differingcommitments

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Maxwell; John Janecek; Jerry Kucirka; Jamal Ghorieshi

acids (A, G, U, & C) were the subject of assignedproblems.The use of peer instruction facilitated by the assigning of teams of 3 to 5 students for classroomproblem solving has always been encouraged. This was usually followed up by group out-of-classassignments. Individual problem solving skills are assessed on homework and exams.Some type of team-based design project has been a continuous requirement for all IE courses.Both the topic and the team composition (typically 4 to 5 members) are assigned. Topics areusually open ended, so the team must define its specific problem and consider possible solutions.Sometimes a project prototype is actually built, but usually the assignment only requires aproposal with a detailed plan to solve a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationA CET graduate with concentration in the area of transportation is likely to be involved in one ormore of the five major areas: planning, design (geometric and pavement), construction, operation,and maintenance. The current curriculum provides a foundation in all but the area of pavementdesign and management, especially maintenance. Filling this void is the motivation behinddeveloping the new elective.The road network in the United States is largely in place and the national highway system, inparticular interstate and principal arterial highways, is now complete. However, the physicalfacilities of this transportation system are aging and deteriorating. (1) For the state of Pennsylvania,a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kelvin Kirby

Page 8.5.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”§ Bi-weekly meetings for student feedbackCourse syllabi have been extensively modified for prerequisite mathematics courses tobetter prepare students for SMET gate-keeper courses. Course content has beenreorganized to provide subject foundation within the course itself and curriculummodifications are continually under evaluation. Joint planning activities between SMETprogram officials and other PVAMU departments help to promote recruitment, retentionand academic excellence.Enhanced SMET CoursesRevisions of gate-keeper course syllabi were completed during

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Thompson; William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke; B. Lee Tuttle; Henry Kowalski; Douglas Melton; Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

servo driver circuit), use its simulation capabilities tosimulate the timer circuit operation and use a computer layout program (Ultiboard) to layout aprinted circuit board that could be used to fabricate the PWM circuit. Figures 3-4 show thecomponents of the RoboBug. Figure 1: Animated Animals Figure 2: Motion Mechanisms Figure 3: RoboBug showing “St. Bernard”, “Miss Piggy” Shown in Dissected Animal 6 Walking Legs & MotorsIn manufacturing, projects in welding, tensile testing, hardness testing, casting, machining,injection molding, and thermoforming are performed by students. They learn the sequence ofoperations, planning and fabricating procedures. They learn the supporting models, theory andcalculations

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

based on how best tofacilitate the desired outcome. This leads to a planning process that is different from thetraditional educational planning. The desired outcome is first identified and the curriculum iscreated to support the intended outcome5, 6.There is no single authoritative model for Outcome-Based Education (OBE). Frameworks forOBE share an emphasis on systems-level change; observable, measurable outcomes; and the beliefthat given time all students can learn. The shift toward OBE is a result of educational institutions’worries about the current education system7. There is a belief in the academic world that theclassic “input” educational system can not adequately prepare students for life and work in thetwenty first century

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

research projects, and integrating researchand STEM education. This paper will report the progress that we have made so far in all fourareas.Through the TALENT-21 Program, a facility has been established for undergraduate researchtraining in the geophysical and environmental sciences. The facility includes a Seismic PhysicalModeling Laboratory for earth subsurface modeling and simulated measurements, and a SeismicData Processing Laboratory for data analysis and visualization. Planned for the research trainingprogram is a three-pronged approach of generating (1) real-world seismic data by seismic fieldsurveys, (2) physical modeled data through the Seismic Physical Modeling Laboratories, and (3)computer simulated data through mathematical modeling