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Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery

Session 3453 Laptops in the Lecture to Promote Active Learning Robert E. Montgomery, Heidi A. Diefes-Dux Department of Freshman Engineering, Purdue UniversityAbstractUse of the traditional lecture format to teach software tool syntax and procedures is not engaging.Students find it difficult to take effective lecture notes and may not schedule time to practice withmaterials demonstrated by the instructor until several days after the lecture. The addition ofactive learning exercises to the lecture, enabled through use of a mobile LAN of wireless-equipped laptop computers, should improve the

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Govind Puttaiah

2268 AN INTERACTIVE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE ON DYNAMICS Govind Puttaiah(1) West Virginia University Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV 25136Abstract An interactive distance learning course on Dynamics was developed and offeredto groups of on- and off-campus undergraduate engineering students using a multi-mediaapproach and a combination of teaching tools. The course was presented to a liveaudience on campus in a specially designed class room and transmitted to off-campus sitesin real time using modern information transfer equipment. The paper

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Cynthia Mann

to its fullest extent. Students turn away from engineering because theyfeel it is too abstract and not practical. They feel as though it requires a lot of hard work for littlebenefit. Students do not think engineering will be fun. The truth is that engineering draws on allof one’s abilities and experiences. Engineering requires more than the math and logical thinkingskills that we spend our class time learning. Good engineering requires creativity.One might say that even though creativity is important, it is not a skill that can be ‘taught’ andtherefore requires no further concern. We disagree. Whether or not we can ‘teach’ engineeringstudents to be creative, we can provide an environment that supports creative thinking. We canallow students

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Kobus

provide insight into the physics of slowsystem leaks, which are distributed, in multiple unknown locations, throughout a vacuumactuated control system consisting of a vacuum reservoir, fittings, hoses and actuators. The besttesting scheme will be that which will accurately test each system to meet certain quality controlspecifications for the product and be accomplished in a maximum time of 40 seconds. Alongwith a cover letter to the chemical company requesting the bid, each team submits a technicalreport documenting their company’s proposed testing scheme. In addition, each team’s design isverified in the laboratory that simulates a testing station.II. Background of the Class BodyThe Fluid and Thermal System Design class mainly consists of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

. Laboratory surveys are now a regular featureof laboratory courses. These quickly pinpoint problems with equipment or other facilities,teaching assistants, potential safety hazards or other aspects of laboratory courses. Graduatingstudent surveys give all students a chance to comment anonymously on all aspects of theireducational experience. Exit interviews are conducted by the advisor (in the last advisementsession) and the chair (near the end of the last semester) to give/get personal feedback.These surveys were instituted for a variety of reasons. Some issues with the laboratory were notdiscovered until the surveys were instituted. Minor problems were reported that had goneunnoticed. Problems with certain teaching assistants were also discovered

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu; S. Gary Teng

design, improvement,and implementation projects in their companies. Managing and handling projects is an essentialpart of work for most engineers and engineering managers. Because of this trend, mostengineering programs have some kind of industrial project format embedded into theircurriculum1,2,3,4. So it is desirable for programs to include industrial project experience in theundergraduate and/or graduate curriculum5,6,7,8.Teng and his colleagues9 offered a Teaching in the Factory approach which provides engineeringstudents team experiences in industrial settings. The industrial settings include the workingenvironment that an engineer may encounter, such as a manufacturing facility, an operationsfacility, or an office environment. This

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Austin Asgill; Willie K. Ofosu

establish future successes of the individual. Inability toperform satisfactorily as a student in the educational process can adversely affect the individual’sfuture.III. Institutional Requirements Computers have revolutionized not only industry, but the education system as well. Apartfrom the ease with which information can be accessed, simulation packages help in demonstratingto students, applications that would otherwise only be viewed in an industrial setting. These are allpossible through the use of computers. The computer can thus be considered as a modern daytool that all students need, if they are to succeed in school. For this reason, many institutionscreate computer laboratories where students can have access to computing

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Mesa, Arizona, 85212.AbstractBy responding to the needs of many organizations, a critical mass of faculty and industryexpertise has been assembled around the Microelectronics Teaching Factory (MTF) atASU’s East Campus. With students from the University and local Community Colleges,the aggregate number of students provides a large load for the MTF. All students (andfaculty) follow the same safety training and industry-standard qualification. The BSclasses follow a sequence: web-based preparation; simulation to explore keyrelationships; MTF lab work appropriate to the degree level; class work to integrate thelearning experience and internship or project in one of the participating companies. Thegoal is to develop an efficient learning

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Parent

abilityAbility to work in a team Ability to work in a teamResponsiveness Hard to translateUS New and World Reports Ratings Hard to translate Page 8.956.3References:1 G. H. Bernstien, R. J. Minniti, and X. Huang, “An Advanced IC Processing Laboratory at the Universityof Notre Dame”, IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 37, No, 4, pp. 334-339 (1994)2 G. Uvvada, M. A. Breur, “Teaching Computer Hardware Design Using Commercial CAD Tools”, IEEETransactions on Education, Vol. 36, No, 1, pp. 158-162 (1993)3 G. W. Poehlein, “Developing A Positive Tenure Case”, ASEE Annual

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Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tarek Rizk; Donald Carpenter; James Hanson

Session 1315 Engineering the World: Hands-on Experimentation for Civil Engineering K-12 Outreach James L. Hanson, Donald D. Carpenter, and Tarek Rizk Lawrence Technological UniversityAbstractThis paper details the development and application of a community outreach program designedto teach children about math, science, and the world in which they live. The program was titled“Engineering the World” and emphasized civil engineering applications. The program wasoffered in an inner-city middle school in Detroit, Michigan. The program was developed by

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gary Mullett

semester, teaching whatneeds to be taught. At that time, several of the faculty were also very active with after-hoursconsulting for a diverse cross-section of local industries and hence on the cutting edge oftechnology in their respective fields.STCC also had an active and successful development office both then and now, a reflection of thecollege president’s progressive philosophy. In fact, one of the faculty members of the ElectronicsGroup had applied for and received not one but several NSF laboratory improvement grants in theLaser Electro-Optics area [4, 5]. These grants were, to the best of our knowledge, some of thefirst that had ever been awarded to a two-year institution. During the 1995–1996 academic yearseveral events occurred that were

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Donna Riley

Pedagogies of Liberation in an Engineering Thermodynamics Class Donna Riley Assistant Professor Picker Engineering Program, Smith College Northampton, MA 01063AbstractPedagogies of liberation, including feminist and critical pedagogies based on the works of bellhooks*, Paulo Freire and others, were employed in teaching Engineering Thermodynamics withtwo classes of women at Smith College. Aspects of course development, assignments, andclassroom dynamics are discussed, including connecting course material to student experience,emphasizing

Conference Session

Materials Curricula: Modeling & Math

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2003 Annual Conference

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Katherine Chen

Session 3164 NiTi – Magic or Phase Transformations? Katherine C. Chen Materials Engineering Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407AbstractNiTi alloys possess exciting properties and are staples in materials demonstrations. The shapememory effect and superelasticity property of NiTi fascinate people, but actually requiresignificant materials knowledge to fully understand the phenomena. A laboratory dealing withphase transformations was thus developed to capitalize on the allure of NiTi for a junior/seniorlevel

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos Ortiz

andfrom the student perspective. From the academic point of view we believe that we gained a betterunderstanding of the membrane process as a secondary treatment component, and its controlrequirements. This project also improved our laboratory capabilities allowing us to include themicrokjeldahl digestion and distillation systems as additional components of the academicmaterial. These pieces of equipment will help the implementation of new laboratory experiences,and their integration in the required environmental course for CET students, as well as in electivecourses. This project also exposed the demands of research on faculty in academic programsdedicated almost exclusively to teaching, and without the support of graduate programs inengineering

Conference Session

Experiences with the TTL Turbojet Engine

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth French

specified by Turbine Technologies Ltd. , manufacturer of the SR-30Turbojet Engine®. Throughout the history of the gas turbine one of the most interestingfeatures has been the theoretical ability for them to use a variety of fuels. Some earlyauthors even anticipated performance independent of fuel type. In the extreme, Tickell [2]reports applications for piston engines using used cooking oil ’straight’, after a startupperiod with conventional fuel. Commercial airplane engines do not have the liberty of using compounded vegetablefuels, due mainly to their auxiliary equipment, temperatures and pressures, standards andguaranteed performance, Mattingly [5]. The university laboratory is not bound by theseconsiderations and we continue to explore the

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

industry requires a workforce with a wide range of capabilities. Certainly, it needsnuclear engineers. But it also needs mechanical, chemical, electrical, and other engineers with anunderstanding of nuclear science and technology. In addition, it needs health physicists orenvironmental scientists and engineers, chemists, geologists, and health professionals who havemastered the basics of radiation science.The Ohio State University has a graduate program in Nuclear Engineering which offers M.S. andPh.D. degrees and prepares its students for employment in utilities, research laboratories, nuclearmedicine, regulatory agencies, and so on. However, OSU’s Nuclear Engineering Program alsouses four other established programs to provide students from other

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian West

Engineering.Incoming freshmen for the fall 2002 semester were admitted into the engineering program, whiletransfer students only were accepted into the engineering technology program. The first two yearsof the new engineering program are in place, while almost the entire engineering technologyprogram is still operating. In spring 2003, no students, including transfer students, will beadmitted to engineering technology, and the first three years of the engineering program will bepopulated with students.Many issues must be explored when a school changes program curricula, such as which classes toupdate and transition versus classes to delete; pre-requisites and co-requisites; class sequences;laboratory sessions; classroom assignments; faculty loading; and many

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

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N. Sundaresan; Devdas Pai

instrumentation lab. Initial setup (afterprocuring all the materials) should take the lab instructor about 2 hours. A single measurementcan be initiated and saved to disk in less than 3 minutes, allowing for all the students in a typicallab section to take their own data rather than share a single set of data for the entire class. Thisexperiment is offered to a sophomore-level laboratory class in mechanical engineering that focuseson measurements, instrumentation and manufacturing and addresses the first two topics in thatcourse.Introduction A piezoelectric material is basically a ceramic that outputs a voltage upon beingmechanically strained. Sensors made of this material are sensitive enough to generate signalswhen subjected to low-amplitude

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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Gannod

undergraduate student members of theAssociation of Computing Machinery (ACM) and associated faculty.The TEK program is similar to many other successful programs that bring college students andfaculty into K-12 classrooms to teach engineering concepts and mentor K-12 teachers andstudents; however, the TEK curriculum specifically targets computer science and technologyeducation (rather than general engineering). A preliminary yearlong curriculum was developedby a core group of student members of ASU’s student chapter of the ACM under the direction ofthe author and under the consultation of a local elementary school teacher. The pilot offerings ofthis computer science-related curriculum occurred during the 2001-2002 academic school year intwo different

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe mentoring roles a faculty adviser is expected to fulfill. 1 In their capacity as faculty adviser, amentor develops a plan of coursework and facilitates a research project for the graduate student.As a career adviser, the mentor helps the student prepare for a career and introduces them to theirown network of professional contacts (Tip #7). As a skills consultant, the mentor helps themhone their communication skills (written and oral) and provides them with opportunities todevelop their teaching and proposal writing skills (which are relevant to industrial jobs as well asacademic). Finally, as a role model, the mentor

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

experience, the following two items have to be thoroughly discussed and agreed upon beforeinitiating an internship: 1. A permanent full-time faculty member usually has many more responsibilities than teaching a few classes. These may include membership in committees, laboratory supervision, graduate student supervision, program coordination, research, student advising, responding to questionnaires and reports requested by the department and the university, and active involvement in seminars and conferences. There must be a strong commitment from the entire department to take on the responsibilities of the faculty on leave to prevent the faculty from being summoned to campus. Industry cannot effectively utilize a

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Leonard

at the University of Waterloo, expressed the frustrations he believed to be shared bymany industrial engineering academicians. In a 1984 article (Buzacott 1984), Buzacott statedthat the AIIE definition of industrial engineering was too broad. He commented that thecomplement of faculty that must be assembled to teach the Roy report curriculum is certain to bepoorly integrated. This, Buzacott stated, insures discord because the research methods,techniques and skills of the assembled faculty do not match, and faculty have no common forumfor scientific communications.Buzacott also claimed that the focus of industrial engineering was outdated in terms of thecurrent needs of innovative industries. He expressed the opinion that students enrolled in

Conference Session

Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Olivier de Weck

. Rotorcraft fulfill various military and civilian missions such as rescue andresupply. This has fundamental implications for teaching the basic principles of flight.If one considers the multitude of aerospace vehicles: piston and jet aircraft, rotorcraft, balloons,gliders, missiles, boosters, UAVs and satellites, one comes to the conclusion that there are onlythree known fundamental principles of powered flight: Buoyancy, Airfoil Lift and MassExpulsion. Figure 1 shows these three principles along with the major vertical forces acting oneach body (horizontal forces not shown). This paper discusses how undergraduate engineeringstudents can effectively be introduced to these principles by means of an active learningapproach, combining lectures and hands

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh

industrial application such aspharmaceutical and specialty chemicals. Software companies are constantly increasing thecapability of simulators to include novel technology and expand their applications market.In the last twenty years simulators have also become much more user friendly and have beenexpanded to incorporate equipment design and costing tools. As a result, Chemical Engineeringprograms throughout the nation started using them for a variety of reasons. Some professors seeprocess simulators as a must-do-must-teach so students are familiarized with their use by thetime they graduate. In this case process simulators are generally introduced during the seniordesign sequence or simply in plant design courses. Others have found in process

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

more than enough to talk about during class.One might question using three faculty to teach one class, but with 45-55 students expected inthe class each year, it is as if we were each teaching 15-20 students in individual sections, whichis slightly-but-not unusually low by Lehigh freshman seminar class-size norms (usually 20-25).We do have the luxury of 1) Lehigh’s extensive laboratory, computer and library resources, 2)two TAs for grading purposes and for helping set up the workshop space, as well as 3) $200 perteam for prototyping expenses and for purchasing competitive products to reverse engineer.Presumably these last minor expenses could be left to the students. But regarding the first, it

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2558 A review of the literature showed that the teaching methodologies of lectures,experimental laboratories, design projects, case studies, games, and internships could all be usedto achieve the project goals. An analysis of the use of these methodologies, along with the resultsfrom earlier evaluations of the use of case studies in engineering classrooms, showed that casestudies are the best candidate for meeting the educational objectives (Raju and Sankar, 1999). A case is typically a record of a real-world problem that has been faced by engineers

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

assists theGK-12 Teacher with AP Biology and Introductory Biology and also helps another teacher withMarine Biology. As with the K-6 model, details of the plan are left to the Fellow and GK-12 Page 8.905.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Teacher and are tailored to the needs of the individual schools and teachers.Fellows who serve as “teaching assistants” focus their efforts on laboratory exercises where active“hands-on” learning is emphasized (Theme 1). Fellows can and have assisted with

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

Session: 2526 Matlab numerical method application in student research Roman Stemprok and Preeti Nagarajan University of North TexasAbstractMatrices Laboratory is a versatile package that performs a multitude of mathematical calculationsinvolving signal-processing systems and control systems, and it has toolboxes for imageprocessing, neural networks and communication applications. This “hands-on” student researchintroduces a method of capturing the luminance of roadway scenes using a charge-coupled device(CCD) camera, and later, analyzing these images to calculate the spatial

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amanda Young; Richard Brow

school students.As part of the project, UMR undergraduates are developing and testing self-contained kits fordistribution to high schools. The kits will contain all of the materials and supplies needed forhigh school teachers to perform experiments and controlled demonstrations that illustrateimportant scientific principles in an entertaining manner. Laboratory exercises based on slipcasting and glass melting have been prepared for the kits. These hands-on activities give a basicunderstanding for what ceramic materials are and how they are produced. They emphasize theapplication of science (chemistry and physics) to form common raw materials into usefulproducts. At the end of the funding cycle, an example kit, written instructions, and an

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Stanley; Paul Kauffmann; Gary Crossman

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Educationnot-yet accredited program in General Engineering Technology which is being offeredasynchronously to U. S. Navy personnel.1,2 Programs are available at nearly 50 sitesthrough the distance learning program known as TELETECHNET. To support thisdistance learning program, the Department of Engineering Technology has developed anumber of new initiatives for dealing with distance laboratories, samples of which aredescribed in the bibliography.3,4,5II. Mathematics for Engineering TechnologyThe determination of appropriate mathematics courses for engineering technologystudents is an on-going challenge that never