Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

other thanthe post World War-II countries of Europe. The difference here was that the human resourcesthat already existed in these countries allowed the influx of new capital from the U.S. to beabsorbed with ease. The Marshall Plan assistance was employed effectively to jump-start theirstalled national industries and economies.(3)The problem with LDCs is multifaceted. Generally, there is a lack of adequately skilled workers,technicians, and entrepreneurs, complete lack of allocated capital, and government corruption andcentralization. Innovative human resource development through engineering education presents aviable breakthrough for nations trapped in the vicious circle of underdevelopment andtechnological stagnation. Proposition 1

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

: C = L + E + lab + PD C = 4 + 2 + 0 + 4 = 10 creditsTable 1 presents a list of the courses offered at UF and UCN. A careful comparison of course bycourse is made and it seems most of the courses are similar. Left side of the Table 1 shows anexample of the necessary undergraduate courses for getting 131 credits, which is the requirementto complete the bachelor’s degrees at the UF. Right side of Table 1 shows the courses thatstudents must take until 12th semester considering a rigid plan at the UCN. Column 5 is the totalnumber of credits and Columns 6 to 9 indicates the number of class-hours for the different typesof classes including in each course. Taken into account Figure 1 and Table 1, it must be noticedthat the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; jana renner-martinez; Ann Darnell

Page 8.1129.425 students each, according to their initial placement on the mathematics placement test. Proceedings of the 2003American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education(Students are expected to take their placement tests prior to attending orientation). Two peerfacilitators, upper division science or engineering students, supervise each group. Peer facilitatorsreceive basic training in cooperative learning techniques and are involved in planning and teachingorientation activities.5 Each entering student receives a 100-page booklet broken up into 13sections (see Table 2) covering material on the placement tests. Each

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle D. Lutes; William Szaroletta

to upload their experimental data directly to their team’s WebCTdirectory, which is accessible only by that team’s members. Following individual (and sometimesteam) report writing, the reports are uploaded directly to their individual account in the course’sWebCT directory. The immediate effects of implementing this form of data dissemination andlaboratory report submission has been to improve student access to laboratory data afterlaboratory is complete and to improve the time from report completion to report submission,saving student funds. This paper will describe the experiences with these two courseenhancements, both positive and negative and describe a plan to compare and contrast theelectronic submission capabilities of two software

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

. Figure 1. Systems Environmental Approach to Program DesignIn Figure 1, a plan at the campus level determines the appropriate market niche based onenvironmental conditions, probable competition, and available resources. Program and Coursedevelopment decisions are then made so as to be compatible with an overall campus plan. Linksbetween the program and campus level and the course and program level provide a consistentlook and feel for distance learners. While this paper focuses primarily on program and coursedevelopments, decisions made at the campus level inherently impact decisions that can be madeat the program level. Consequently, more detailed descriptions of program and course levelplans follow a brief discussion of the campus level

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Thomas Salem

investigating and implementing continued technological advancements.Consequently, it has been observed that “planning, maintaining, and operating the powerfacilities get second consideration behind short-term financial gain. Inevitably, the penalty forthis will be reduced reliability.”3These utility industry changes are occurring simultaneously with the explosive development ofpower electronic components, technologies, and topologies. Driven by the promise of moreoptimal operation and control, greater efficiency and use of energy, and a dramatic price versusperformance ratio, the use and application of power electronics has become pervasive across alleconomic market sectors. For example, power electronics are commonly found in DC-DCconverters, high

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Huong Vu; Dave Parent; Emily Allen

, and academic benefit andshould be easily adaptable by other institutions. Students have responded positively to theexperience and recommended keeping it in the curriculum.There are many lessons that engineering students can learn as they study photovoltaic powergeneration. In the phase of the project discussed here, students simply learn how solar cellsfunction, how they are made, how to test and evaluate them, and how to design a simple solararray for a specified application. We currently use very inexpensive cells with relatively poorefficiencies (1-2%). Ultimately we plan to use our own higher efficiency, campus-manufacturedsolar cells for this project

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

manufacturingprocesses. In order for this to work the students would have to work in teams. A plan was createdand modified as the semester progressed. Page 8.609.2 “Proceedings for the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”The Original Plan:The in-class activities would be called Hands-On exercises and not graded to encourage trial anderror without penalty. Students were assigned to work in teams of four. Each team member wasto choose a role – reader, sketcher, modeler, inspector. The team members were to first preparefor their

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brader; Jed Lyons

interests. Of prime importance was the maturity and personalityto contribute effectively to a partnership with a K-12 teacher. As part of the GK-12 program, thegraduate student's teaching skills and knowledge were further developed through a four-parteducational plan as described below.Formal CourseworkDuring their first semester of project involvement, the Fellows participated in a field-baseduniversity-credit course developed by co-author Christine Ebert. The course, EDTE 701 SpecialTopics in Teaching Science, consisted of two facets: formal instruction and practicum.Throughout the semester, the fellows met each week for two hours of formal in-class instructionfollowed by a two hour practicum. The in-class portion was taught by faculty in the

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

noother recourse including whistle-blowing and resignation.Examples of Case StudiesWith the support of the University, the author is trying to develop case studies which coverethical dilemmas in construction courses. Some of the examples listed below:Case: Construction Manager's (CM) Recommendation for Full-Time, On-Site ProjectRepresentativesFacts: The client plans a project and hires CM X to furnish complete construction management(CM) services for the project. Because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing thedesign during the construction phase, CM X recommends to the client that two full-time, on-siteproject representatives be hired for the project to complete the project in time, within costs, withsafety and quality. After

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walden Rio

takes money to send peopleanywhere, so the first problem is the cost the program will entail. Most of the time this problemsis solved if the government gives a grant for the faculty to undergo a short training abroad. In thiscase, the faculty receives a fixed amount on which to undergo training. If a faculty is sent on atraining program on government funds, but in an area which is not necessary or needed in hisschool, it fails its purposes. Another solution is for a school to secure a government grant and dothe planning and allocation of funds. This method allows the school to minimize costs butinvolves a lot of tedious paperwork. To send faculty abroad the first and foremost need is to identify the school in the firstworld country (such

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Goeres; Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

industrial projects under theguidance of faculty (from the visiting and host institutions) and industrial liaisons as monitors. Industry representatives present to each student team, a project outlining technical issuesof a problem to solve. The host institution and industry provide the means for the student/facultyteams to formulate and develop a work plan leading to conclusive results and recommendations.Students and faculty are required to work together (thereby getting exposed to each other'scultural work idiosyncrasies) in order to submit a report and make a professional presentation tothe industrial sponsors on the findings for each project. Students will pay tuition fees and get credit at their home institution. The home

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

student outcomes. Engineering/Engineering Technology programs should be effectively planning their curricula and courses toachieve specific student learning outcomes within a continuous improvement process. 3Faculty who incorporate a continuous improvement process, must develop outcomes-basedcourses and assess these student learning outcomes.2 Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) isbased on constituents and the services, facilities and policies required to satisfy them.Measurements are used to continuously improve the services provided. Continuous improvementrequires the integration of defined objectives and regular assessment. CQI focuses on learningperformance. CQI synchronizes course objectives with the mission of the program, department

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

Page 8.201.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” electrical technicians and soldering experts. However, it is equally important not to overwhelm students from either discipline with tasks that greatly exceed their knowledge base.During the summer of 2001, a subset of the faculty who had originally met to plan thesenior design sequence spent another week revising their plan to incorporate lessonslearned from the trial study. Modifications were made to include advisors from bothdisciplines for each team, at least two students from each discipline on each team, andmore structure

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Sill; Elizabeth Stephan; Matthew Ohland

in the summer of 2002. A large number of modules were piloted in Fall 2002 as a formativestep. This formative assessment showed that • the design of the module partially determines the robustness of the sensor output, and care must be taken to avoid situations where the sensor output is confusing. • in the process of learning how to use the sensors and create EXPERT modules, the development effort drifted toward the creation of science labs rather than the engineering activities intended. We accept this as a step in the learning process, and plan to “reengineer” the modules early in the spring semester (in time to use the new activities in the spring of 2003). • certain sensors are difficult

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Hugh Rogers, University of Central Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

. For example, the new Bachelor of Science in AppliedScience (BS in AS) program at USF will offer upper division curriculum in the areas ofGerontology, Urban Studies, and Business Administration. The plan is designed to specificallyserve the continuing educational needs of students who have earned community college A.S.degrees and utilize existing courses and resources at the university. In these programs, the A.S.degrees from Florida community colleges will be transferred as a block of 60 credit hours towardthe B.S. in A.S. degree. The remaining 60 credit hours will be earned at the university, 48 ofwhich are required to be upper division courses. Other programs across the state are beingsimilarly revised, focused on local needs, existing

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Elizabeth McCullough, Kansas State University; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

forecasts.Tech 4’s Chip Camps continue to be well received by teachers in central Florida. This paper willreview the program of a typical Chip Camp, emphasizing the flexible elements to allow for localtalent and industry expertise to be included in the agenda and share the results of the teachersurvey. Additionally, it will contrast the 2-day teacher format to the one-day Counselor Campthat the Consortium has also developed. Finally, the paper will share the plans for the future ofTech-4 Chip Camp in the current changing economic times.The Educational ConsortiumThe Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTCC) is a semi-governmental institution whosemission is to support and foster community environments that are attractive to high technologybusinesses and

Conference Session

Sustainability and the Environment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Domenico Grasso

: social balances, physical balances (mass and energy), and economic balances.Balances are used to underscore the concept of tradeoff and that there are no unequivocalanswers. The Smith course is purposefully designed to be taken early in the student Page 8.512.2academic plan of study (first or second year) so as to provide a filter through whichsubsequent courses may be viewed.COURSE PROLOGUEAs their first assignment, each student is asked to calculate her ecological footprint, thebiologically productive area needed to produce resources and absorb generated waste tomaintain her lifestyle (Leadership in Environment and Developmenthttp://www.lead.org

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos; Kyongbum Lee; Howard Saltsburg; Gregory Botsaris; David Kaplan

engineering core. The decisionnot to create a department of bioengineering at that time was made in part because it was difficultto identify a stand-alone fundamental core for such a department.Thus we plan to define the required revisions necessary to fully encompass 'biological' into Page 8.1002.2chemical engineering curricula so as to produce an engineer equipped to work in many fields.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Session 2613Employing the time-tested paradigm used so

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rana Mitra; John-David Yoder; Michael Rider

conjunction with the requirement to construct another group's part, and to tighten the integration with the manufacturing course, a step-by-step manufacturing plan may be required. 4. The Mechanical Engineering Department, as part of curriculum reform discussions, is considering integrating the Process of Mechanical Design course with the Senior Capstone sequence (currently ME 411, 412, and 413). 5. Not all groups took advantage of the opportunity to redesign the part. This likely led to the low survey score on the question relating to redesign (question 9). Students may be required to redesign the part based on the experimental data. 6. A wider selection of materials will be provided, budgets permitting

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill

articulation agreements with eleven (11) community/junior collegesaround the state of Florida. These agreements allow FAMU to deliver its upper divisiontechnology programs at these eleven locations. In the preliminary phases of planning, it was determined that the most effective means ofdelivering these programs was through the use of distance delivery techniques. Initial delivery ofprograms began during the fall semester, 1998, with an undergraduate course offering incomputer-aided circuit analysis to the Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) campus inMiami, Florida. Subsequently, other courses in EET, CET, and CNET have been offered tosome of the eleven campuses. Being a new program within the division, the manufacturingengineering technology

Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Can Saygin

Control: Wang et al. 14 present an architecture for Internet-assisted manufacturing system control. The architecture consists of an integrated computer-aideddesign, process planning, manufacturing, and assembly (CAD/CAPP/CAM/CAA) moduleinterfaced with a central network server that connects to CNC machines over the Internet. Thearchitecture allows remote users to operate CNC machines at distant locations. The authorshighlighted the fact that the architecture could also be applied to flexible manufacturing systemsby connecting the central network server to the FMS control computer. Therefore, results oftheir research might have a potential for a web-based “system” level application.This paper presents three Web-based manufacturing system prototypes

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Carter; John Feland

terms of the Innovation process, providing hintsto guide the would-be innovator in crossing the fence from technology to market. The Druckerand the Doblin perspectives tend to be applied once an innovation approaches or crosses thefence. Used in concert, the process and product view create an Innovation feedback loop that isuseful for both the novice and expert Innovator in their quest for the new. The processunderstanding can assist the novice in planning their path to and over the fence. The productview can assist the novice in assessing if they have set the proper course. For example, Doblinemploys the Ten Types of Innovation to create the Innovation Landscape™, an industryassessment tool that applies bibliographic data to analyze where an

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Graham; Ronald Bieniek

Session 2793 Multi-Campus New Faculty Development to Improve the Culture of Teaching William G. Fahrenholtz, Ronald J. Bieniek, and Steven W. Graham University of Missouri-Rolla/University of Missouri-Rolla/University of Missouri-SystemAbstractThe strategic plan of the University of Missouri calls for renewed emphasis on student learningand the creation of learner-centered environments. As major step in achieving this vision, theUniversity of Missouri (UM) system launched the New Faculty Teaching Scholars (NFTS)Program in 2001-2002.1 It is a system-wide development program for early career

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Burbach

for future research projects.The property owner agreed to pay for Pyramid’s time in planning and supervising the project andto write a final report, as well as for some time mentoring the students.Preparing the StudentsThree NC A&T students participated in the initial phase of research at the North State Gold Minesite. Two of the students were undergraduates: one of whom was a senior physics major; theother was a junior civil engineering major. The third student was a first-year master’s student inphysics. None of these three students had any previous coursework in geology or geophysics,although the graduate student had been exposed to geophysics when he had worked for an oilcompany during a previous summer. All three were minority

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cameron; Rosalyn Hobson; Gary Huvard

Academic Campus situated twomiles west in the historic Fan District.The VCU School of Engineering (SoE) was established in 1996 as an initiative of theUniversity's strategic planning process in response to workforce and economic developmentneeds of Richmond and central Virginia.2 The initial undergraduate programs in mechanical,electrical, and chemical engineering received ABET accreditation in 2001. The school added anew undergraduate major in biomedical engineering in the Fall of 1998, and VCU's longstanding degree programs in Computer Science joined the SoE in the fall of 2001. In May of2000 a graduate degree program in engineering was created and added to the historic graduateprograms of biomedical engineering. With the admission of its sixth

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhixue Wang; Guangpi Lai; Feiyue Wang; A. Terry Bahill; Jeff Goldberg

are transmitted back to the student. The approach allows a higherutilization of lab equipment, saves student travel time, and provides an effective tool forlearning as students can debug programs based on visual and sensor information. Thisdevelopment has been jointly conducted in the University of Arizona's Web-based AudioVideo Educational Systems (WAVES) Laboratory and the Chinese Academy of Sciences'Complex Systems and Intelligence Science Laboratory. The web site for the materials is:http://pallas.sie.arizona.edu/newwaves/ and the work has been supported by an NSF CRCDgrant and an Outstanding Scientist Program grant from the State Planning and DevelopmentCommission of China. We focus on system architecture, programming environment

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Callahan; Paul Givens

Education” FEEDS began in 1982 when the Florida Legislature provided funds for the delivery ofoff-campus graduate engineering programs in Florida, and requested that the Board of Regentsdevelop a plan for implementation of this delivery system. Chancellor’s Memorandum CM-C-04.00-02/97 outlines the structure of the FEEDS system, and provides direction for statewideoperations. While individual universities produce and facilitate the delivery of engineering degreeprograms and courses, the FEEDS system is overseen by the following three entities:• Florida Council of Engineering Deans (FCED) - Consists of the deans of the State University System (SUS) colleges of engineering. FCED reports annually to the Board of Regents regarding

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

; Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education“Creative Problem Solving”, Edward Lumsdaine & Monika Lumsdaine“Strategies for Creative Problem Solving” H. Scott Fogler & Steven E. LeBlanc“Taking Sides: Clashing views on controversial issues in science, technology and society”,Thomas Easton“The Engines of our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture”, JohnLienhardSomething by or about Buckminster Fuller.Proposed Plans for Writing:Essays in response to articles and current events related to technology.A portfolio of essays from the course will emphasize the importance of research, editing andrevising written work. Students will practice other oral and written communication skills inteam

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Heyman; Aisha K. Lawrey; Ronald H. Rockland

simple, organized structure fora diverse group of experts to discuss information concerning preparing for college, how studentscan have fun with engineering, entering and graduating form engineering colleges, identifyingissuses women and minorities in engineering, and entering industry.The primary goal was for participants to take what they learned from the teleconference back totheir schools to enhance their students’ knowledge about engineering. Participants could thenrelay their own visions for the future of engineering for their students, identify ways foraddressing these issues, select strategies to address perceived problems or misconceptions, anddevelop an implementation plan for reaching those visions.TopicsThe teleconference was