Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emily Mowry

the course are centered around the Legacy learning cycle2 usedby the VaNTH Engineering Research Center, in accord with learning principles addressed in HowPeople Learn3. Students’ awareness of professional and ethical issues are increased through theinvestigation of ten to twelve case studies with in-class discussion, in-class movies with pre andpost discussion, and guest speakers. Investigation of cases include documentation of students’initial thoughts on issues, then systematic reflection on these thoughts through introduction ofmultiple perspectives provided by guest lectures, thought papers and in-class discussions. Casestudies cover a wide variety of application areas, including genetic engineering,xenotransplantation, using animals in

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

OpportunityThis program will provide a paid internship experience for 60 students following the completionof thirty credit hours in a mathematics, science, or technology-related field. Internships will beprovided in companies not currently hiring interns from UMBC to increase internship supportand encourage the involvement of more businesses with UMBC and CCBD. UMBC’s ShriverCenter will provide leadership for this portion of the project. The Shriver Center, places over1000 students annually in co-ops and internships at over 300 businesses and organizationsthroughout the Baltimore/Washington area, allowing students to connect theory with practice.This level of involvement reflects the importance of gaining work-based, experiential learning

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Page 8.146.12 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Figure 5 (a). ALS Wireless Communication module deals with physical aspects ofwireless communications. It touches upon such problems as fundamentals of radio wavepropagation, reflection, interference and antenna systems.Figure 5 (b). ALS Telephony module assist learners in understanding science andtechnical issues related to the operation and maintenance of conventional and cellularphone systems. Page 8.146.13 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

. If the results of a survey or a questionnaire are found to beambiguous or not useful for their intended purpose, they can be changed. Curriculum changes,updates, and modifications are important to maintain the relevance of ECE education. Acontinual process of modernization and accommodation of new technology and techniques must Page 8.165.10 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationbe done. This process must be reflected in the textbooks, course content, and laboratoryexposure

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon; M. Asghar Bhatti

expressed here goes far beyond the (recently re-accredited) civilengineering undergraduate program at Iowa and (we suspect) at most colleges in the US.Clearly, this needs to be evaluated further and may represent a phenomenon of “surveyinflation” whereby survey respondents are reluctant to give negative responses for fear ofdisappointing the survey takers.Beyond this somewhat worrying aspect, in general the responses are positive. Clearly, thedifferent groups assigned differing degrees of import to different areas (professionals valuedesign and ancillary knowledge more than students, for example) and that is appropriate.The professionals feel that the import of analysis diminishes as an engineer moves intopractice and that too probably reflects

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reuben Fan; Sean Brophy

individual takes meticulous recordings on everyaspect of the assessment test environment while another individual only records specific pointsexcluding potentially revealing data? These are real concerns but should not deter the use oftracking documents. It must be reminded the task of improving educational outcomes is not asmall task and there must be ways to reflect on past efforts in order to move forward in the properdirection and this cannot be done without rigorous documentation. Therefore these documentswill be revamped regularly, which will undoubtedly lead to a certain level of change. This allowsthese documents to serve a second purpose of documenting the changes in the classroom from theinstructor’s point of view. It is important that

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russ Pimmel

StudyThe retrospective study includes responses from 48 of the 114 total participants in the fourworkshops. Table 1 shows the number of participants at each of the four workshops and the Page 8.541.3number and percentage who responded to the retrospective survey. These percentages rangedProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationfrom 15% to 57%, reflecting a substantial workshop-to-workshop variation in the response rate.This large amount of variability occurred with nearly all the measures

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

evaluated first.Ø The system daemons build upon the state daemons. Mass, energy, entropy and exergy balance equations can be solved for closed processes or steady devices. The cycle daemons build upon the system daemons in a similar manner. The particular form of the balance equation used by a daemon is displayed right inside the equation panel of the applet (see Fig. 9).Ø The system schematic that is displayed inside the Analysis Panel is dynamic in that, when states are loaded as inlet, exit, begin or finish states, the diagram is automatically updated to reflect the choices made.Ø Once a solution is obtained, Super-Calculate produces a detailed output and a few lines of codes called the TEST-Code describing the solution algorithm. The

Conference Session

The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

aesthetics in engineering design, particularly inthe choice of computer aided tools for signal processing, which is the area I prefer to teachregularly. In that paper, we reflect on the normative principles on the responsible employment oftechnology and espouse the following principles, after Monsma, et al7: cultural appropriateness,openness and communication, stewardship, delightful harmony, justice, caring anddependability. Of these principles, delightful harmony is the norm that deals with aesthetics.Delightful harmony implies that a) the artifact must be effective, or competent; b) it should be“pleasing and satisfying to use;” c) it must promote harmonious relationships7. We then establisha link between aesthetics and “playfulness” which

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

of a student in terms of specific knowledge, value, andskills at the time of completion of a course. The course learning outcomes should bemapped with program learning outcomes.A typical course assessment processes normally include homework, quizzes, tests, web-based tests, project reports, final examinations, oral presentations, etc. In addition aCourse Assessment Survey by both students and the course instructor(s) should beperformed. The survey questions should focus on accomplishment of objectives andoutcomes in addition to feedback for continuous improvement of quality of a course.The emphasis on assessment by an instructor should include his/her reflection onpedagogical methods used and satisfaction of accomplishing the course

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack McGourty

‘ were not used toin determining students’ grades. Rather, its purpose was to enable students to better understandtheir individual strengths and weaknesses as viewed by themselves and their peers (teammates).Results indicated that, in general, all the teams were perceived to function well. (See Table 3.)However, in comparing the results of the Team Developer‘ to the final grade in the course therewas a significant, but weak negative correlation between the peer’s score for a teammate and thefinal grade; suggesting that the more critical ratings teams gave to their fellow members, thebetter the project outcome as reflected by the team grade. However, there may have been animpact on the self and group ratings and the size of the team. Members of

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Schwieger

problem solving. In working with technology in engineeringeducation, Mioduser suggested the need for defining an appropriate conceptual frameworksupportive of requisite knowledge, skills and cognitive models for problem solving.9 Thus it willbe important to endeavor to make language supportive of concepts that are critical to problemsolving success and to make sure that the language used reflects the underlying concepts involvedin problem solving in engineering. Suggestions for dealing with the difficulties posed by language usage include thefollowing: § Use correct terminology and urge students to do the same by pointing out to students the difficulties created by poor language concerning problem solving

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

compartmental fashion has never been fully successful; our architecture curriculumis by its nature integrated and connected. We have found that the most important element in good teaching isinvolving students to enable them to think and learn on their own. However, more importantly, our graduates arefinding a flattering reflection of their active-learning educational experience in the integration-rich workplace.Architecture is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on many areas of study. Architecture education mustsuccessfully involve the integration of art, engineering, business, and other disciplines.References[1] 2000-2001 University of Hartford Bulletin, ARCHITECTURE Program Course Descriptions.[2] Boyer, E., and Mitgang, L., “Building

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

buggy go the specified distance and turn 90°; make it drive ina complete square; employ a bump sensor to avoid walls; and employ a light (reflective) sensor tofollow a black line on a white surface. Each challenge has been aligned with national standards(see Table 1) and tested in preservice teacher education courses and with 4th – 6th grade students.All involved parties assess the learning so that modifications for increased efficacy can be made. Asignificant portion of each TWT undergraduate course is a month-long experiential learningproject in a partner school classroom such as the one described. Page 8.494.4 Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zeena Pinto; Richard Burt

. In 1997, the American Society of TestingMaterials (ASTM) approved this new standard named “Standard Test Method for Measuring theP-Wave Speed and the Thickness of Concrete Plates Using the Impact-Echo Method.” Thismethod is based on the laws of elastic stress wave propagation through material. A stress wave isintroduced into the test object by a mechanical impact. The stress wave consists of compression,shear, and surface waves. The reflections of the compression wave are analyzed to detect theinternal flaws in a concrete member. The most important advantage of the impact echo method is that access is required to onlyone side of the member. It can be used to detect voids and honeycombs in walls and slabs,delaminations and internal cracks

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mireille Battikha

aspects. Construction products or assemblies of aconstruction project (e.g., column, footing, slab) form the core to which associations of digitalvideos are made. The associations include the intermediate products (outputs that have not yetbecome end products, e.g., mix) related to the assemblies, and the activities that shaped them.Figure 2 shows examples of how videos about construction products are associated tointermediate products, and some of their related construction activities.In this organization scheme, the digital knowledge about products captures sections of videos ofthe product from different views. The knowledge about construction activities contains sectionsof videos, which reflect construction changes with time. The set of

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid Siddiqi

complexity.Although private owners feel strongly about one of the six factors, all factors scored at least onetime as the most important one in priority ranking. Thus for any particular project, any one of thefactors can be the most important reason for choosing Design-Build delivery. Therefore, ingeneral, private sector’s overpowering consideration for choosing Design-Build is to shortenproject duration. Next most important consideration for the owners is the single point ofresponsibility in the Design-Build delivery. In addition, there are other reasons for choosingDesign-Build such as better Constructability and handle over cost and claims.The importance of shorten duration, over the rest of the factors, is adequately reflected in thefrequency histograms

Conference Session

Experiences with the TTL Turbojet Engine

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Horatio Perez-Blanco

), the SR-30 was offered in two versions: a thrustdemonstration unit with minimal instrumentation, or as a version with more completeinstrumentation connected to a PC via a DAS board. The latter unit was deemed as the moreappropriate one, for a “turn-key” operation was likely to be more cost effective than a unitneeding additional on-site work for enabling cycle analysis.The installation and site preparation aspects that follow are site-specific. Consequently, theinformation is not universal, but it offers sufficient generality to warrant a summary presentation.The insightful reader may want to keep in mind that a few years of experience developingteaching stands enables a perspective that the following lines attempt to reflect. The unit

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Dalton; Daniel Stutts

a significant amount of learning had occurred. To improve upon the precision of ourresearch design we used the so-called wait-listed control method where each of the two classeswere given a pre-test at the same time, and a post-mini-lab test following the mini-lab experienceof only one of the classes. The other class then conducted the mini-lab, and again, both classeswere tested with a similar quiz. We feel that the difficulties we encountered during the firstimplementation, and the fact that the students were rushed to obtain a fairly large amount of datain a short time contributed to a negative experience for the students. Their negative opinionswere reflected in the survey given following the mini-lab project. We believe that the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moriarty

vehicle and payload across the track, and forpreliminary estimates of potential vehicle mass and approximate completion time. A moredetailed model was then developed which incorporated multiple steps, thus moreaccurately reflecting the actual track contour, as shown in equation (1):  ( Vi + Vw) 2 + ( Vi+1 + Vw) 2 1  2 2 ⋅m⋅ ( Vi+1) − ( Vi)  + We⋅tan θ ⋅∆S + µ ⋅We⋅∆S + ⋅A⋅Cd ( ) 1  2⋅∆S 2  2  2 0

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

ZT DENG; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

on the keywords requirement of thecourse contents. This new method was implemented in the Fall 2001. This teaching methodensures the teaching quality. It also provides guideline for instructor to evaluate student expectedlearning outcome. As indicated in Figure 1(a), in the fall of 2001, class attendance for the C-averaged student was poor, as a result, their homework performance were poor simply becausehomework reflects and re-iterate contents of the classroom teaching. Realized that, instructor hasscheduled extra study session. It was shown in Figure 1(c) that the C averaged students examperformance was not dropping significantly. In the year 2002, class attendance was reinforced(Figure 1(a)), homework performance was improved (Figure 1(b

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

, anti- aliasing, volume shadows, bump mapping, motion blur, transparency, reflections, and 3D textures. This can make construction simulations closer to the real world and allow computer graphics become meaningful application in the construction industry. • Compatibility on every platform: since OpenGL is fully platform independent, the application can be easily communicated among Windows, Unix, Linux, and MacOS. This means all sizes of construction companies can use the same software with their own system.An OpenGL project is the combination of C++, OpenGL, and basic computer graphics concepts.The OpenGL Utility Library (GLU) provides many of the modeling features, such

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

courses will be centered around selected model engines (one per semester). This retains the realism of producing a functional product while using less expensive yet robust machines. Although a change in focus from the model Learning Factory, it is appropriate for the targeted student body. 3. The working student population we serve provides inherent collaboration with industry. This is reflected in many of the projects student undertake in their ET4999 Senior Project course. Upgrading our laboratories will allow students to undertake more of those real life projects. 4. Because our programs are already practice, all activities will be integrated into existing courses, no

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

differentanswers coded in different colors, students vote for a particular answer by raising a colored card.When many students vote for the wrong answer, we invite them to argue the question with oneanother; this usually elicits rather vigorous discussion. In some cases, students are alsoencouraged to reflect on the question by manipulating the object. Students then vote again andany remaining discrepancies are discussed. This process stimulates students to think and arguewith each other in class. Between the manipulation of objects, the verbal exchange and theeventually translation to symbolic representations, these methods can appeal to students with avariety of learning styles [5] and enable more students to succeed

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

coursecontent, student learning, and coordination of content between courses. Toward this end, theresponsibilities of the committees are: 1. To specify the assessment instruments for the course. 2. To specify the performance targets for assessing the outcomes for the course learning objectives. 3. To determine if the course syllabus was covered. 4. To determine if the course design content was met. 5. To evaluate the data from the assessment instruments to determine if the course outcomes have been met. 6. To specify the minimum course learning objectives. These objectives should reflect the desired design content of the course. Additional objectives may be added at the discretion of an individual faculty member teaching

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Candice Stefanou; Karen Marosi; Margot Vigeant

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationWhile there was a reasonable response rate for the survey, the sample size of actual participants inthe GE-FFF program was very small. Because of this, no clear conclusion could be drawn aboutthe reasons behind the apparent lack of success of the GE-FFF program. Upon reflection, thisseems reasonable, given the nature of the first survey, which asked a relatively small number ofpeople about the reasons they did not follow a particular life path. Given the almost limitlesscareer possibilities for recent graduates, asking a small number why they did not choose a specificcareer

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Border

two-semester course sequence in datacommunications has been initiated. Its primary feature is the systematic development of networkcommunication channel, device, and service topics within the context of the Ethernet basedIntranet and Internet. This reflects a convergence between services and technologies nowoccurring in the data communication industry9. The coursework allows for introduction of bothfundamental data communication material and crucial network/services topics. Possiblevariations in course content are discussed, and important new material based on industrialnetwork protocols are delineated. Finally, the challenges of laboratory and lecture instruction are

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Giesey

experience has allowedme to see issues from a broader perspective. Seeing how the rest of the world lives has also lead Page 8.49.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”me to reevaluate my priorities. Finally the time away gave me time for reflection. I had notwatched as many sunsets in my entire life as I saw in my year in Namibia.ReferencesJEFFREY J GIESEYJeffrey J Giesey is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at OhioUniversity.1 US Department of

Conference Session

Value Added Collection Management

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Baldwin

of faculty per discipline. Thehigh cost of science journal titles and the lower usage statistics and student enrollment in thesciences, relative to other disciplines, apparently did not adequately reflect science collectionneeds in the formula. The result was the loss of more than half of the science journalcollection. In 1992 Julie Hurd used citation analysis to gather information regardinginterdisciplinary research published by scientists in the University of Illinois at ChicagoChemistry Department. Hurd's research results showed that "less than 60 percent of thesample articles authored by chemistry department faculty were published in journals thatUlrich's [International Periodicals Directory] classifies as chemistry." (Hurd, p

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Sarma; Massood Atashbar; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

time taken to complete particularassignments indicate that certain assignments did require additional support materials. At the sametime, the students did express a great personal satisfaction in completing the more challengingproblems. The introduction of formal Computer Engineering best practices and assessments hasenhanced the student experience while at the same time providing valuable feedback to theinstructor in strengths, improvements and insights. Based on the assessment outcomes, this courseis continually updated and improved to reflect new technologies in this dynamically changingareas and to incorporate student feedback