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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard DeVries; Douglas Stahl

Session 2793 Large Scale Destructive Testing in an Undergraduate Structural Engineering Curriculum Douglas C. Stahl, Richard A. DeVries Milwaukee School of EngineeringBackground and Project Goals Most engineering educators would dismiss as a crackpot one who claimed that computersshould not be used in the practice of structural engineering; most would agree that blind faith inthe computer is an equally indefensible position. Many of us are not quite sure how to respond,however, to the opinion held by some senior engineers that reliance on a slide

Conference Session

Value Added Collection Management

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Baldwin

A Study of Interdisciplinary Research Needs: Results from Input ofFaculty in Six Engineering Departments in Prioritizing Serial Subscriptions Virginia Baldwin Associate Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln INTRODUCTION The issue of journal cancellations has been a subject of much discussion andcontroversy, research, conference presentations, and publication in the literature of library andinformation science, especially in the 1990's. Burgard & Easton (1999) highlight a selectionof 14 library Web sites that describe their own cancellation projects. University faculty,particularly in

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Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Yoon; Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University; Sandeep K. S. Gupta, Arizona State University; Fariaz Karim, Arizona State University; Sheikh I. Ahamed, Arizona State University; Yu Wang, Arizona State University; Bin Wang, Arizona State University

a group project. In aSmart Classroom, each student has a situation-aware PDA. Students' PDAs dynamically formmobile ad hoc networks for group meetings. Each PDA monitors its situation (locations ofPDAs, noise, light, and mobility) and uses situation to trigger communication activity among thestudents and the instructor for group discussion and automatic distribution of presentationmaterials. Middleware can effectively address the situation-awareness and ad hoc groupcommunication for pervasive computing by providing development and runtime support to theapplication software. We have developed a Reconfigurable Context-Sensitive Middleware(RCSM) for such purposes. In this paper, the characteristics of Smart Classroom, how RCSMcan be used to

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

energy? Identify what the current issues are, and the suggested future directions.V. Write paper. There is no length requirement for the paper. However, critical issues in most of the topics could be adequately addressed in 10-20 pages.VI. Develop presentation outline (15 minutes, and 5 minutes for questions from the class).Projects assigned to students in the last two sessions of the Energy System & Conversion courseinclude the following:a. “The State of Pennsylvania – energy policies, implementation, funding, and organization.” Address the following questions: What is the structure in place for energy management? Who or what shapes energy policies in the state? What is the most effective way to influence policy decisions

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Merredith Portsmore; Ethan Danahy; Philip Lau; Chris Rogers

Session XXXX Remote Sensing and Tele-robotics for elementary and middle school via the Internet Merredith Portsmore, Chris Rogers, Philip Lau, Ethan Danahy Tufts UniversityAbstract The Science, Engineering, NASA Site Of Remote Sensing (SENSORS) project aims tohelp bring remote sensing and tele-robotics to upper elementary and middle school audiences.By creating a network of simulated environments, ranging from the Moon to Mars to Antarcticato a working city-scape, SENSORS gives student opportunities to explore and automate remoteenvironments via the web. The

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grasman

static, but integrated, or isolated, but dynamic learning modules for integration into currentcourses. The hands-on and active learning environment provides the culmination oftransforming a curriculum where classes are taught in isolation into a multidisciplinary integratedenvironment, which will introduce students to all aspects of enterprise engineering and illustratethe need for integrative and dynamic curriculum based on real-world scenarios.Throughout the curriculum, team-based lab and term projects will evolve from static problemsthat test the basic skill set to dynamic open-ended case studies and “simulated scenarios”, whichadd depth and integrate all areas of the enterprise engineering. These scenarios will utilize the“real-world” and

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

where studentsmust create a regular polygon. Most modelers have built-in routines for creating regularpolygons, but instructors might have students explore other methods for fully defining thegeometry with additional constraints. When students select their own projects, instructors have tobe open to working with all types of constraints and modeling strategies. Figures 5, 6, and 7illustrate examples of student-selected projects where more sophisticated modeling proceduresare required. Figure 4. Reverse Engineering a Hexagon Nut. Page 8.726.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

otherindustry applications with emphasis on analog and digital electronics, microprocessorinterface, specifications of data acquisition board for automated data acquisition andanalysis, and graphical display of measured data. Issues related to the design ofexperiments, statistical representation of data, curve fit, identification of critical designparameters of an instrument, and robust design of an instrument are covered. This course-offer recommends a common lecture but different laboratory and project assignments tobenefit electronics and mechanical engineering technology majors. Team teachingexperiences, mental and technical preparedness of the course instructor, scope and natureof laboratory assignments, and student learning preferences are

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

the software allowsfor open-ended design requirements that enable each team to search for feasible solutions thatmeet design guidelines of the American Association of State Highways and TransportationOfficials (AASHTO) or the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Differentteams may end up with different design solutions. The students understand through a semester -long project that they are the designers and not the software. They also learn that using thesoftware is a process, which is likely to help them when using other highway design software.Senior students who have used the software in their senior design projects have produced highquality design reports and drawings.This paper describes the process of integrating the LDD

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

implementation regarding oralcommunication activities that include review of oral communication, impromptu oral presentation,oral report, group discussion, critical review, and formal oral presentation of design project. Theperformance of students in each oral activity was evaluated by the instructor and sometimesstudents themselves, and the feedback was provided to the student for improvement. Each oralactivities is summarized as follows: 1) Review on Oral Communication A faculty member from the Communication Department is invited to the class in the second week to cover general theory of speech making and suggest students with useful skills for better communication. He explained in detail 10 tips suggested by the

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti

’ experiences withthese techniques are detailed. Examples include introductory coverage of quality control,engineering economics, material handling, manufacturing systems, and methods analysis. Inaddition, potential projects for the course will be discussed.IntroductionThis paper discusses how to implement active and cooperative learning methods within a first-year, first semester Industrial Engineering course. Active and cooperative learning methodsrecognize that the passive model of the typical college lecture does not work for many students.Instead, active and cooperative learning is based on the premise that students can learn best bydoing and working with each other. Active learning involves four major elements:talking/listening, writing, reading

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society of Engineering Education • Describe the techniques and approaches used to develop facility layouts, locate facilities, and design material handling systems. • Identify major material flows, determine activity relationships, and specify space requirements. • Describe techniques for design and operation of a warehouse. • Apply theory and concepts to the design of facilities.ISE 4005-4006 Project Management and Systems Design is a senior level, two-semestercapstone design sequence for ISE majors. ISE 4005 (fall semester) is a survey of methods andtechniques used to plan, manage, and control projects

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Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler; Jay Brockman

learning tools were developed foruse in the Introduction to Engineering Systems course at the University of Notre Dame.The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to engineering, and two of four courseprojects involve the RCX. The learning tools expose students to what goes on under thehood of a computer, and, in conjunction with a physical laboratory project, give them asense of working on a real workplace assignment. The Fundamental Computer is similarto the “File Clerk” explanation in Richard Feynman’s Lectures on Computation. Thesimulator for this computer can input and output values, perform basic arithmeticoperations, and control the execution of a program, while the simulator for the RCXprocessor works for a substantial portion of the

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato; Ronald Welch

different grading process than thosethat have an easily defined solution. This paper explains how, through the use of a blendedcriteria and norm based assessment and evaluation process, to clearly communicate standardsand outcomes, fairly grade dissimilar designs, and effectively encourage continuousimprovement of design products. Evidence of these outcomes will be assessed through thestatistical analysis of student feedback from the United States Military Academy.Introduction United States Military Academy (USMA) civil engineering majors are required tocomplete a one-semester capstone design project as a requirement for graduation. The capstonedesign provides the best integrated experience to assess student performance on the USMA

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Kline

process design engineer. Once these attributes or criteriahave been established, performance measurements or rubrics can be designed to guide or promptan assessor or evaluator to look for outcomes from a performance activity related to the desiredcriteria. A “performance activity” for the purposes of process design is defined as any activity byan individual, a group or team, or an individual within a group or team that is working towardsachieving the goals and learning outcomes of the design assignment or project. Examples ofperformance activities would include but are not limited to group meetings or work sessions, oralpresentations, meetings and interactions with the “customer” or “client” of the design project (suchas faculty, industrial

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Denny Davis; Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili

include: (1) motivation, (2) technical competence, (3) judgment and decision making,(4) innovation, (5) client/quality focus, (6) business orientation, (7) product development, (8)professional/ethical, (9) teamwork, (10) change management, and (11) communication. Theseattributes span ABET engineering criteria 3 and 4 requirements.A set of broadly-applicable capstone course learning outcomes is presented to address needs fordeveloping the attributes of top quality engineers and to match capstone course objectives withinengineering curricula.Introduction and ObjectivesIntroduction and RationaleCapstone design courses occupy strategic positions in engineering baccalaureate degreeprograms. They provide senior engineering students open-ended project

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Velegol; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant

students to take an introductory engineeringcourse. The course is typically taught by a team of six faculty and has an enrollment of over 200,while the size of a typical class at Bucknell is below 35. While this course has been successful atachieving its objectives in the past, it was felt that it could be improved in terms of class size anddepth of coverage. This year the class was taught in four segments. The first segment was notaltered – lectures were delivered to the whole class in the traditional manner, combined withsmaller laboratory segments. Lectures included: engineering as a profession, the engineeringdesign process, information on each engineering discipline, teamwork and learning styles. Thiswas complemented by a team project in

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

Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USAAbstractThis paper presents a study module that is incorporated into a formal introductoryundergraduate level course on finite element theory and practice. The module consists ofan Integrative Project and Homework Exercises based upon sophomore level education inmechanics of materials. The objective of the module is to support the teaching of thefinite element method and to emphasize assumptions and limitations in the application ofthe technique. The Project centers on a simply supported beam with geometric discontinuities. Thisbeam is investigated using a commercial finite element code in five different phases.Each phase uses a different solution model consisting of a hand

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surya Mallapragada; Maureen Griffin; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz

]). According to Huba and Freed, rubricsassist students by offering clear criteria that can guide students in the development, revision, andevaluation of their own work, a process that is particularly useful when solving open-endedproblems in the PBL environment. In this paper, we describe how we developed rubrics as meansof consciously involving students in the learning process. Our overall project includes four laboratory-linked modules. Each has a list of desired Page 8.1256.2technical outcomes that should result from the solution of the problems that are assigned, as well Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Lemke; Jeremy Saunier; Jeff Haar; Adam Smith; John Estell

uploaded via proprietarysoftware to a desktop computer. The purpose of this senior design project was to offer a newapproach to patient self-monitoring through the development of a diabetes management systemusing the Handspring Visor Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The design consists of aSpringboard module containing blood glucose metering hardware and an accompanying softwarepackage that operates the module and allows for the storage and processing of data. Thefollowing sections outline the process followed by the senior design group in their developmentof the design.Obtaining Information About Current Glucose MetersThe first step to determine how current glucose meters obtain a reading was to look online fordocumentation. This allowed the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

students to visualize and understand the development of stresses instructural members. The experiments and design projects outlined, combined contact, bearing,and axial stresses; the experiments were designed and constructed for the use of mechanicalengineering undergraduate courses. The suggested experiments and design projects for thesenon-traditional combined structural stresses are included to improve the students’ comprehensionin upper-level Experimental Mechanics course or Machine Design course.IntroductionThe ever-increasing demand from industry for more sophisticated structural and machinecomponents requires a solid understanding of the concepts of stress, strain, and the behavior ofmaterials. At the sophomore level, students in a

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

visualization skills of on-campus undergraduate students. (2)Microsoft PowerPoint software capabilities can be utilized to create simple but effective,animated, multi-media, graphical presentations that enhance students’ visualization skillsand give them the know-how to hand-solve a variety of projection problems, geometricshapes drawings, and architectural engineering concepts, in an easy and affordable way.RationaleSince their infancy, this generation of on-campus undergraduate students grew up withdifferent forms of multimedia ranging from toys to video games, electronic gadgets,computers, Internet, radio, television, video, CD/DVD, and a long list of appliances.Reaching out to students “in their own language” naturally calls for the use of multi

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

amodularity concept. Under this strategy there needs to be a few modular hardware and softwareblocks that can be made easily adaptable to a range of engineering and engineering technologylaboratory experiments. In this project, while developing the experiments for Internet delivery, amodularity concept has also been addressed.2 Experimental FacilitiesIn this project four experiments were conducted, and all of them can be accessed and controlledthrough a remote PC over the Internet. The experiments were developed through a project thatinvolved collaboration between two engineering departments: Industrial Engineering andEngineering Technology. The choice of experiments has been made to cover a range of areaswithin the two collaborating departments

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

complexor wicked problems (Turner, 2002). Turner says: “This rethinking involves the nature ofthe science that we do (more integrated), the way that problems are defined(collaboratively), the role of the scientists in the process (more engaged), and the tools fordelivery (more user friendly)”. These economic and social pressures require thateducators rethink or redesign how material is presented to students. One approach toimplementing these changes is to modify the traditional, lecture-based science andengineering education technique to include one of guided inquiry and multi- or inter-disciplinary project performance. We have designed an interdisciplinary science andengineering seminar course to investigate this new approach. Our expectation is

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Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

Session 2253 TTU College of Engineering Pre-College Engineering Academy© Estacado High School Pilot Program John R. Chandler, Ph.D., and A. Dean Fontenot, Ph.D. College of Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper reports on progress to-date in the planning, design, and initial implementations in a K-12 Pre-College engineering program being developed collaboratively by Texas Tech University(TTU) and Lubbock Independent School District (LISD). The Pre-College EngineeringAcademy© is a multidisciplinary, project-based curriculum that presents high school students withrealistic

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Tackett; Greg Walker

reduced and reliability can be increasedby utilizing new HPC facilities. However, barriers to effective use of existing and emergingHPC technologies remain. In fact, few researchers and engineers possess the knowledge tobenefit from the current computing capabilities. In response to this unheralded demand,a pilot course for exposing engineering students to new technologies and capabilities in thecomputing world has been developed. As a result, not only have student participants becomeHPC savvy, but also the research community as a whole has expressed intense interest inthe continuation and expansion of the initial project. This surge in interest is derived fromthe fact that student participants have been able to solve problems that were

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Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Brown; Mel Mendelson

designed around the constituents' needs and confers two degrees: M.S. insystems engineering and MBA. The systems engineering leadership emphasis resulted fromsuggestions by local industry and the Air Force. The constituents and their needs have beenestablished and translated into a set of educational objectives and program outcomes. Sincevery few universities offer dual-degrees in systems engineering and business, the SELP fillsan important need for an integrated engineering/business curriculum.I. IntroductionToday the United States has a major shortage of engineers and scientists capable of leadingand managing complex technical projects. One example is the U.S. Air Force whoseSecretary, Hon. James Roche, has testified before the U.S. Congress [1

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Riley

” building technologies.These green or “sustainable” building technologies and materials are evolving at a rate thatexceeds the potential for significant documentation, testing, and practice, thus presenting achallenge to architectural and engineering educators. Characterized by an integrative designprocess, green building projects require professionals to work in new, non-sequential ways. Inaddition, many of the key issues surrounding sustainable design are contested and subject todebate and misconceptions. For educators, the question arises: How do we effectively exposestudents to these emerging technologies, while simultaneously engaging them in the integrativedesign processes specific to these technologies?This paper describes an

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; Vincent Capece; John Baker

, in January 2002. The two-dayprogram involved lectures, short research projects, and laboratory work at theengineering campus. Initial lecture material covered the broad mechanical engineeringprofession. Additional presentations included gas turbine engines, alternative energysources (solar and wind), and applications of solid modeling and finite element analysissoftware. Based on the lecture material, students selected a topic, and used web-basedresources to complete a short research paper. One laboratory exercise involvedmeasurement of flow around a golf ball in a wind tunnel, with supervised calculations ofthe aerodynamic drag coefficient using Microsoft Excel software. Another exerciseinvolved each student creating a solid model of a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Keyser; Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

Session 1526 Design – Build – Test: Flexible Process Control Kits for the Classroom S. Scott Moor, Polly Piergiovanni and David Keyser Lafayette CollegeAbstract Traditional undergraduate instruction in process control focuses on abstract analysis andoften does not prepare students for the industrially important task of synthesizing process controlstrategies and designs. This project bridges the chasm between academics and industry bydeveloping inexpensive and flexible process control lab kits that will allow students to design,implement and