Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jarosz; Ilene Busch-Vishniac

what steps must now be taken to increase thenumber of women in engineering beyond the current level.While the answers to the question of how to increase the number of women will undoubtedly bemany and varied, reflecting the complexity of the problem, we believe that there is a simple truththat must form the framework for appropriate discussion, namely, that marginal approaches willalways produce marginal gains at best. Here we define as marginal approaches which either treatsymptoms rather than root causes, or which focus on actions outside of the central core defining aproblem. Our analysis of the work to enhance the success of women in engineering finds much ofit to be marginal on both accounts. A large fraction of the work focuses on

Conference Session

Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Donald Elger

concepts” objective would be togive students an unfamiliar problem and then interview them. For example, one can ask studentshow they would figure out the rotation rate of a yo-yo that is dropped and allowed to spin freely(i.e. to “sleep”). Students who are far along (i.e. a high performance level, meaning they solveproblems like engineers) will likely apply scientific concepts—e.g., they might balance thechange in gravitational potential energy with the change in rotational kinetic energy and theninclude work done by the human hand at the start of the motion. Students who are not far along(low performance level) will give trite answers, usually not involving scientific concepts. Each objective is written in language that reflects the idea of

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sageev Pneena; Kathy Bernard; Carol Romanowski

teams or in interdisciplinarygroups. They spend most of their time preparing and communicating technicalinformation—discussing, listening, writing, and reading.Moreover, through the span of a career, most move through a variety of “functions”, rangingfrom entry-level engineers, to product designers, to customer representatives, to high-levelmanagers. Our 1999 surveys show that engineering graduates, working three-to-five years,typically fill a wide range of functions. They reported spending 64 % of their timecommunicating—32 % on writing; 10 % on oral presentations; and 22 % on discussions andmeetings. This high percentage among young engineers may reflect the current emphasis onteamwork: respondents reported spending an average of 32 % of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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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

confidence in engineering-related endeavors is what we term the useof "design-driven to meet societal needs" hypotheses. Our approach is aimed at developingdesign skills in students and facilitating students in their pursuit of designs to meet societalneeds. All students can resonate with designing and building devices to meet a current need, butparadigmatically this approach better serves currently underrepresented groups such asminorities and women because the science and math are brought in contextually rather thanthrough inquiry and because students can reflect on their role as engineers.The notion of contextuality as an important factor in how students from different culturesdescribe themselves and make sense of the world around them embraces

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

this area of education. The development ofhigher education for the engineers in this country will undoubtedly include the need to respondto the changing nature of engineering itself. There are many factors in the world today that willshape the future of engineering education. Engineering is no longer an isolated field of activity inour society and the engineering education is changing reflecting a greater concern about thesocial, the political, the economic and the financial issues. A comprehensive picture for thefuture of engineering education must take these factors into consideration.Assessment of engineering education in the beginning of 21st century requires reviewing thephilosophy of the engineering education. This revision should

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

technology.Appendix A in this paper reflects the attributes for high-quality professionally oriented graduate programs.These attributes include: • Engaged Participants • Participatory Cultures • Interactive Teaching and Learning • Connected Program Requirements • Adequate ResourcesWhile the conventional measurements of program quality for traditional research-oriented graduateprograms in engineering and science have been centered primarily on the quantity of expenditure of externalresearch funding and productivity of the research faculty, Conrad and Haworth have proposed a newengagement perspective and definition of high-quality programs  “as those which contribute to enrichinglearning experiences for students that have

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Cutright; Helen Qammar

that faculty grades and the PSU ratings are not the only measurements ofperformance since this data is owned solely by the faculty. Building on the theory ofconstructivism and the usefulness of self-reflection in the learning process, the students’ self-assess their abilities at the end of each course. An example of a student learning survey forProcess Controls is shown in the appendix. The statements in the survey were developed,primarily by the course instructor, based on the specific outcomes that course is slated to quantify.The outcomes statements are not used directly because they lack specificity to that course andmay be misinterpreted by the students. The department staff compile the survey results andfaculty use the survey information

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Goldberg

Session 2561University of Arizona has been in operation since it was funded by NSF in 1996. The program isdesigned to provide the capable and motivated student with an excellent grounding in the liberalarts that is thoroughly integrated with mastery of the skills and concepts that are fundamental tomodern engineering thought. The program is designed to enable students to choose theirprofessional or career directions from a much wider range of options than are typically availablevia traditional engineering curricula. The Program has the following mission statement: The BAE program provides a vehicle by which students can plan a course of study that reflects their interests in the arts, humanities, business and social sciences, and

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson; Jeffrey Froyd

, and conceptions ofhow the world operates. In its simplest form, the mental model of change, prevalent at thebeginning of the FC and reflected in the action plan, focused on developing and perfecting a pilotcurriculum. It is depicted in Figure 1. Then a miracle happens and it is Implement adopted! pilot Develop curriculum and carefully

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William O. Jolley; Hartley T. Grandin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

form compare the hand and FEM solutions for the shear force at the nodes to 1b. Compare the hand and FEM solutions for the total weight and center of gravity of the 2d structure in tabular form. What is the relative percentage error of the results? Consider that the left support is removed. Are the results obtained by FEM reasonable? 2e Explain. Consider the eight-element model in 2a. At the left support now use a pinned support and 2f reanalyze. Compare the vertical deflection at the mid-span to the vertical deflection obtained at the mid-span in 2b. Explain why you get the same solution. Do the beam elements reflect any sort of stress concentration

Conference Session

Teaching Design with a Twist

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Masi

process from mini-design problems, which focus on problem solving skills, to majorcapstone design projects, which encompass many skills 2, 4, 9, 26, 30, 31, 33, 35, 47. Leifer has notedthat instructing students in the engineering design process provides an opportunity forintroducing constructivist learning experiences into engineering student classroom activities 22.He drew on Kolb’s experiential learning model which describes learning as taking place in aniterative cycle of four basic steps: reflective observation, concrete experience, activeexperimentation, and abstract conceptualization. Based on this cycle, Leifer suggests thatengineering design and technical concepts should be intertwined. In this way, students can bestlearn technical

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

years.In a recent survey2 of electronic technology faculty and administration, 77% of thoseresponding said that their enrollments had declined by 20 to 90% during the past decade.Another 11% of those responding indicated flat enrollment while 12% reported a smallincrease. Most of those responding to the survey were seriously concerned aboutenrollments and the potential cancellation of their programs.This paper summarizes the reasons for the widespread decline in enrollments and offerssuggestions for correcting this problem. The information presented here reflects theopinions of the survey respondents as well as numerous informal discussions with facultyand administration at community colleges nationwide, as well as interviews andconversations with

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

enjoyable to learn, than usingtraditional methods.Figure 1. A typical screen segment of our interactive 3D multimedia screens in the CaseBased Learning Library. (Please note, that due to the size and format limitations in thispaper, our images do not reflect the quality, full-screen media we have programmed inour cases. Interested users should look up http://www.cimwareukandusa.com, and thenclick on the Case library icon to see these, and other images in high quality.) Page 8.761.6Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education.Figure 2

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

self reflection (meta-cognitivepapers) assignments detailing what they have learned throughout their undergraduateprogram and why they believe the particular exhibit they have chosen representsproficiency/mastery of the standard. In addition, students will work with peers to discussadvantages/disadvantages of the portfolio assessment tool.May -- June, 2003 -- Students will "defend" portfolios before a panel of faculty, advisorycommittee members, deans, grad students or other interested parties. The defense willconsist of a short power point presentation regarding the finished product and a period ofquestion and answer regarding the portfolio itself. Students completing the project andsuccessfully defending their portfolios will receive credit

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bales; Thomas Consi

Session 1353firing (not zero), this calibration should be considered preliminary but sufficient for ourpurposes. Figure 6. Processed acceleration data for the launch shown in Figure 5. The shape compares favorably to the predicted acceleration curve in Figure 3. As the measured acceleration goes negative when the engine stops firing (not zero), this calibration should be considered preliminary but sufficient for our purposes.We closed the subject with a class expedition to the local ice cream shop (even during a NewEngland winter), where we had an informal discussion to review and reflect on the subject. Inparticular, we encouraged students to talk about the lessons learned over the term and thepotential enhancements that we missed in

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Ragsdell; Halvard Nystrom

canshape their products to the specific needs of one of the customer groups. Otherwise they maketheir judgment based on their own values and hope the customers respond favorably. They work Page 8.1016.9in teams to make these decisions, compare their results, and reflect on their performance andhow it could have been improved. Since they are competing against the other teams, the Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationdynamics of the competition are lively and enjoyable. As a result, they better

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

designers and that the software is only a tool to aid in the design process. Students also understand that the feasibility and quality of their designs reflect the ability and experience of the designer and not necessarily the software. A neat computer output does not necessarily mean a good design. In other words, the designer takes either the credit or the blame for the quality of design. • Many students from their summer internship or part-time employment realized that the design process using the LDD software is not very different from other software. Therefore, the experience they gained from using this software is likely to be helpful when using other design software. • Finally, the vast

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Davis; Melissa Dark

formal education, communityeducation, socialization, maturation, and so on. Educational aims change over time to reflectchanges in societal values and serve as the justification for educational goals. Educational goalsare what citizens or policymakers want formal educational institutions to accomplish; educationalgoals reflect what schools/colleges are to accomplish in a broad sense. Educational goals reflectthe broad characteristics that are supposed to result from learning over years and across subjectmatter areas. Educational goals also serve as the justification for learning objectives. Learningobjectives are what people are intended to learn as a consequence of being students in educationalinstitutions. Learning objectives refer to intended

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

. Using the SEE as the StandardUncertainty in the individual data, the expanded uncertainty of the data with respect to the modelis U data = k c SEE (27)This uncertainty is the Uncertainty A due to random variation in the data. The correspondingerror envelope is also plotted in the following figure. Note that the error band for the data is muchwider than the error bound on the model, reflecting the averaging effect of the regression model. 5.0 4.8 Error Envelope for the data 4.6 4.4 . ln

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Juneau; Kant Vajpayee; Eyler Coates

entityleaves the system, the NPV is collected as a statistic and tabulated by the simulation software.Five thousand scenarios are run by the simulation program. It only takes 0.05 minutes to run thesimulation. Thus, the number of scenarios can be increased greatly with little strain on computerresources.Step 8 – Analyze the outputThe text output of the simulation program is given in Figure 4. Because each entity was createdone time unit apart, the current time on the Arena report also reflects the number of replicationsin the study (5000). The output reporting capabilities of simulation packages are used toadvantage here. Summary statistics are automatically generated. One can see that the net presentvalue of the 5000 scenarios ranges from $4274.6 to

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

features an iterative design opportunity because problemsolving is a process that students must experience iteratively.10 Such an experience allows for aperiod of design activity, a period of growth and reflection, and a follow up period of "higherlevel" design activity. Because troubleshooting existing processes is quite different than designinga new device or process,2 the follow-on design activity would ideally entail an advanced phase ofthe same project that involves troubleshooting flaws in their first design activity. In addition, thismultiyear design project would allow for the assessment of teamwork and communicationsthroughout the students' engineering program, not just during the last semester – which isessential for student development

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter; Cindy Finelli; Honor Passow; Trevor Harding; Cynthia Finelli

. Rather,homework assignments, in which the student is allowed to reflect on the work and to engage indeeper thinking, may provide more useful information about student performance. Thus, thechallenge for faculty becomes one of making homework seem more serious to the students,thereby reducing the level of cheating and allowing educators to benefit from the fact that thismay be the “truest” method of assessment. To achieve this goal, educators could increase theweighting which is placed upon homework in assigning the final course grade or could adoptpolicies (and make these policies clear to the students) that treat homework cheating as severelyas examination cheating.So of the three potential consequences investigated here (shame, embarrassment

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

, S.E., Stategies for Creative Problem Solving, Prentice Hall, 1995.17 Cloete, A., Solving Problems or Problem Solving: What are we teaching our students?, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.18 Prusak, Z., Laboratory Experiments in Process Design and Optimization, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.19 Schon, D., Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action, Basic Books, 1983.20 Otto, K.N, Wood, K.L., Product Design, Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development, pp.43-46, Prentice Hall, 2001.21 Lubkin, J.L.(ed.), The Teaching of Elementary Problem-Solving in Engineering and Related Fields, American Society for

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

) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (lectures, some in labs)(f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (lecture coverage)(g) An ability to communicate effectively (leadership) (lab collaboration and presentation)(h) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context(i) A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning(j) A knowledge of contemporary issues (lecture coverage)(k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practiceAfter three terms, a course binder was assembled to reflect the course syllabus, content, lecturenotes, lab

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth Davis

training andmore and more mathematics. England and Europe seemed to be catching on, but there was Page 8.1023.4substantial resistance from traditionalists in the US. The most telling reflection of this is the factProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition ©2003,American Society for Engineering Educationthat in 1920 there was still a debate whether or not engineering students should be required tolearn calculus!Engineering MathematicsWhen we think about engineering mathematics we usually think of the calculus as the startingpoint. But the calculus is the frosting, not the cake in modern

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Hagigat

courses necessary to complete the program,or clearly notifies students of requirements not included in the electronic offering. Hybridprograms or courses, and mixing online and campus elements are designed to assure that allstudents have access to appropriate services.6V.B.3: The importance of appropriate interaction (synchronous or asynchronous) betweeninstructor and students and among students is reflected in the design of the program and itscourse, and in the technical facilities and services provided.6The following items V.B.4 through V.B.6, are steps taken at The University of Toledo to addressthe criteria listed in items V.B.1 through V.B.3.V.B.4: In response to item V.B.1, each distance learning course must be approved in writing bythe

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Petro Gogolyuk; Ilya Grinberg

energy losses, to name afew, depend on the accuracy of demand calculations. If calculated demand is less than actual,additional energy losses, aging of insulation, and premature failure of PDS’s elements will result.On the other hand, inflated demand results in unjustified expenses and inefficient utilization ofelectrical equipment and wiring system1,2 . Obviously, engineering education should reflect bestand innovative engineering practices as well as traditional ones. Implementation of themethodology discussed in this paper provides such a venue as well as gives students more insightinto energy conservation issues right at the beginning of the design process.2. Basic DefinitionsTotal Connected Load - the sum of the continuous ratings of the

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

achievement titles.Currently, we have six undergraduate students and one graduate student working with ourgeophysical research workgroup. The program is expected to grow.As implied by its name, our research training program includes two components: training ofundergraduate researchers and production of quality research. The training part of the program ishandled through topical seminars and workshops. Students participating receive training in thetheory and practice of reflection and refraction seismology, wave propagation and derivation ofacoustic and elastic wave equations, finite difference method and numerical solutions of waveequations, Fortran and Maple programming through a series of workshops or seminars. In theworkshops, students will walk

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Al Hashimi; Colm Mealy; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

Physicscurriculum, instruction tends to be didactic and expository with very little time devoted topractical experimentation and the exploration of concepts on a deeper level. The paucity ofpractical courses and experimentation in the secondary curriculum reflects cultural expectationswhere administrative and managerial type jobs are more highly rated compared to vocational typework. Indeed much “practical” work, from gardening to maintenance of buildings and oilfields, iscarried out by workers from the Indian subcontinent and other Arab countries. The higherpercentage scores of the CSM freshmen on the FCI could be due to the more experiential andlaboratory based background of US students and a more Socratic enquiry-centered curriculum.ConclusionsAlthough

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Reid; Charles Tiltrum

administrative personnel.This allows them to keep open lines of communication to help generate external supportto promote chapter activities as well as obtain financial support. Successful leaders havean interest in service. Service may be defined as surface to profession, community, andcampus. When one observes the activities of a professional organization, it is evident thatthey are service organizations. Successful leaders clearly believe this and develop aprogram that reflects this attitude. Finally, as one might expect, successful student leadersdo not try to do everything themselves. They are able to work with their fellow officersand students and allow them to take the lead on significant elements of the chapteractivities. Conversely, some