Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Prestwich; Fiona McNeill; David Chettle

their 4th year of study would beguaranteed entry into the 1 year M.Sc. programme. Students will be awarded an M.Sc. inHealth and Radiation Physics upon successful completion of the M.Sc. requirements. Thebreakdown of courses to be offered through the five year programme is listed below.Students enter from a general level I Physical Science programme: Page 8.209.2 Term 1 Term 2Level II Biochemistry :Metabolism and Physics: Mechanic Physiological Chemistry Physics: Thermodynamics Biology : Genetics* Physics: Electricity and Magnetism

Conference Session

Innovations in Web Site Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Van Epps

has beenincreasing.Database-to-web capabilities have been employed in libraries for several years. This is theprocess used to create web accessible public catalogs or OPACs. In the last several years thesecapabilities have become more accessible to non-programmers and thus more widely availablefor local adaptation by libraries. The article by Antelman provides a good overview of thetechnologies available for creating dynamic pages.1 While the article was written several years Page 8.455.1ago, the options discussed for database-to-web have not changed significantly in that time. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Davalos

the teaching guides into multimedia applications for use at other universities, usingthe Internet as a delivery medium. The developed teaching guides have been successfullyimplemented at West Virginia University and at the University of Akron, OH.Introduction The teaching styles and modalities used by most engineering faculty are usually based onobservation and common sense, and perhaps even familiarity with the "scientific method," whichmay be a good intuitive model for teaching and learning. Upon close examination of theliterature on effective teaching, one quickly recognizes that while "good teaching can bedescribed and evaluated, the art and science of teaching remain in a primitive state ofdevelopment;" 1 however, the combination of

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Reel; Christine Allard; Deborah Kaminski; Linda McCloskey

of the course accounts for nominally 1 out of 4 creditsand contributes 25% to the course grade. The instructors for PDI are from the ArcherCenter for Student Leadership Development in the Division of Student Life atRensselaer. The other 75% of the course focuses on engineering design, and is taught by Page 8.687.2faculty in the school of engineering. Instructors from the Archer Center and from theSchool of Engineering collaborate on course design and implementation. Throughout the semester, students work on a team charged with designing andbuilding a prototype of a new device. The teams meet three times a week with anengineering instructor to

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Worden

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linards Stradins; Richard Rothaupt

Conference & Exposition Copyright©2003, American Society for Engineering Educationcombination. It was also decided in Capstone I that the cell should contain an ice machine andfluid level sensing capabilities. The initial cell design layout can be seen in Figure 1.The students finalized the design and produced the cell in the Capstone II course. The projectgroup decided that a color touch screen would be used as the operator interface to theprogrammable logic controller (PLC). Because food service equipment is subjected to veryrigorous washing and cleaning processes, it was decided that aluminum and stainless steel beused to build the cell. Through-beam sensors were placed along the conveyor system to verifycup location and were used to initiate

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Britt; Dr. Tom Eppes

degree (with aconcentration in Audio) and the BSME (with a concentration in Acoustics). These later programsfall into the traditional engineering category with a heavy emphasis math, science and theory3.The audio field employs a number of electronic communication concepts for similar or otherpurposes. Table 1 below lists some of these concepts and how they are applied in the audio field.Coupled with a similar need for electronic fundamentals makes it possible to share a largeportion of the curriculum with EET. Eighteen percent (18%) of the AET curriculum consists ofrequired EET courses and another nine percent (9%) can be taken as technical electives. Concept Audio Application Amplification

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh

/PROVISION. Many design textbooks are now including exercises specifically prepared for aparticular simulator. For example the text by Seider, Seader and Lewin (1999)1 has exampleswritten for use with ASPEN Plus, HYSYS, GAMS2 and DYNAPLUS3. Professor Lewin hasprepared a new CD-ROM version of this courseware giving interactive selfpaced tutorials on theuse of HYSYS and ASPEN PLUS throughout the curriculum.45 In the past, most chemical engineering programs have seen process simulation as a tool tobe taught and used solely in senior design courses. Lately, the chemical engineering communityhas seen a strong movement towards the vertical integration of design throughout the

Conference Session

The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracey Evers; Gilbert Casterlow; Eric Cheek

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session # 1665 1) To develop teacher’s familiarity with the use of the TI-83+ calculators in teaching function based algebra 2) To instruct teachers in the exploration/investigation mode of teaching secondary mathematics 3) To enhance participants understanding of the content and pedagogical approach to teaching and learning mathematics with graphing calculator technologies. i. Use of tools (TI-83+, TI-92 and the CBL2/CBR2 systems) ii

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kelvin Kirby

prepared for the transition from high school, through theundergraduate curricula and on to graduate school and industry.The NSF throughout the nation is expanding similar programs. For example, a NSFstudy of six diverse universities participating in the Model Institutions for Excellence(MIE) Program confirmed that activities focused on science, engineering and mathematicssignificantly increased both enrollment and bachelor degree production byunderrepresented minority student populations.1 Compared with the baseline numbersfrom 1994-95, enrollment by underrepresented student populations on MIE campusesincreased 33.7 percent by the 2000-01 year. That compares with a rise of 20.1 percentfor all university students enrolled in science, engineering

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

solving them, development of metrics as well as choice of toolsand procedures to evaluate final solutions. These problems were observed in almost all studentsand groups. The process of formulating and solving engineering contradictions proved to be theone requiring most guidance on part of course instructor. Some in-class exercises designed toimprove student’s ability in defining core of engineering problem are described in the paper.Intentionally, computational skills are not emphasized in the projects. Solutions aiming atoptimization of the present design are forbidden. Some proven approaches to enhance groupoutputs are also described in the paper.1. Introduction“The simpler the better” is preached in engineering schools all over the world

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

-designedasynchronous course can be just as effective as a traditional course, it is not without inherentdifficulties [6, 7, 12].With limited resources and a strong competitive market, a systems approach seemed the bestway to avoid some of the inherent pitfalls in distance education. For this purpose, a systems Page 8.108.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationenvironmental approach [3] was adapted to a three level sequential model. A conceptualframework for this development is shown in Figure 1 below

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hankley

required for majors in Computer Science, Information Systems, and ComputerEngineering. A few graduate students take the course as preparation for the Master of SoftwareEngineering program. Enrollment is around eighty students per semester. A graduate assistanthelps with in-class evaluations, with grading, and with consulting.The learning goals for the course are the achievement of the following: (1) knowledge of concepts of architecture models (UML and extensions) (2) experience with a breadth of architecture types (3) experience with a breadth of reusable parts and patterns (4) skill in building abstract software models (5) skill in using standard design parts within CASE tools (6) proficient completion of an

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

a permanentexperiment in the senior level heat transfer laboratory.The Demonstration UnitThe demonstration unit is shown in Figure 1. It consists of two thin (1/16” thick) aluminumplates mounted in a ¾” plywood frame. The size of the plates is 12” by 16.5”. The outersurfaces of the plates are polished to give a low value of emissivity and minimize the heattransfer by radiation. Figure 1 - The Demonstration UnitA flexible heating tape (300 watts maximum) is sandwiched between the aluminum plates. AType K thermocouple is attached to each plate to measure the plate temperature, and a cartridgefuse is provided to protect personnel. The plates are electrically grounded. In Figure 1, thethermocouple wires are shown

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Pedro Arce

sequential series of steps that promote understanding of thesystem, offer an opportunity to the students to review concepts in previous courses, andgive the chance to apply mathematical concepts learned in engineering math courses. Inaddition, the method promotes the overall student confidence in “engineering” an equationto describe the behavior of a complex situation. Several steps related to this progressiveapproach are detailed below.1. A Sound Pedagogical Environment:A systematic and progressive approach (Arce and Arce-Trigattti, 2000) to deriveengineering equations in a catalyst pellet would be a more efficient and far less confusiveexercise than those currently introducing the students by a “story telling” about

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Thompson; William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke; B. Lee Tuttle; Henry Kowalski; Douglas Melton; Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

future career.Most universities have an introduction to engineering freshman course that covers broad viewsof mechanical, electrical and general engineering. Most universities concentrate on a freshmandesign course with emphasis on mechanical design, [Sheppart, et al., 2002]7 [University ofTennessee webpage http://tnengineer.engr.utk.edu/] [Matsuishi, et. al., 2002]3 and littleinvolvement with electrical design. Few have electrical engineering freshman design classes[Patangia, 2002]4. Integration in freshman courses involves mathematics, with statics, dynamicsand mechanical design and problem solving [Felder, 1996]1 [Wood, et. al., 2001]11 or humanitiesand engineering [Sinclair, et al., 1995]8 or upper class engineering students with freshmen

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

referenced while teaching basic signalconditioning principles. All of the students taking this course have previously usedPSpice. The op amp based circuits covered in the course are review for the CETs andEETs and are not covered in such depth as to be too intimidating to the MCTs, MFGs andMCTs. Page 8.214.4“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to accomplish the following: 1. Increase the comfort level of each student

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

outcomes or describe phenomena. Theconcepts of inductive learning and deductive Observations, Datalearning are illustrated in Figure 1. INDUCTION DEDUCTIONFelder makes several observations about inductiveand deductive learning 4, 5: General Principle or Theorem • Students who prefer inductive learning (inductive learners) need motivation for theoretical material. • Purely deductive teaching makes the students think that the material was straightforward for the

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Prince Anyalebechi; Okechi Egekwu

a coursesolely based on real-life engineering problems designed to accomplish these seeminglymutually exclusive goals. In this paper, we discuss our experiences, students' reactions to thecourse, and some of the issues and dangers associated with this approach in a non-engineering program.1. IntroductionIn response to a call for reform in the teaching of science and technology, James MadisonUniversity started a unique baccalaureate degree program in the fall of 1993. [1,2,3] Aptlynamed Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT), the program is an integration of thestudy of science, mathematics, technology, engineering principles, information andknowledge management. The goal of the program is to produce graduates with excellentproblem

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Duco Jansen; Sean P. Brophy; Stacy Klein; Patrick Norris; Ming Wang, Vanderbilt University

such seminar, “Laser vision correction”, which was developed andtaught by a Biomedical Engineering faculty member for the first time in the fall of 2002.Nineteen students enrolled in the course, 18 of which were Biomedical Engineering majors whileone Mechanical Engineering major enrolled.II. Course Objectives. The instructional objectives of this course include: 1) expose freshman (biomedical) engineering students to one area of biomedical engineering that includes various aspects of Biomedical Engineering (medical, design, regulatory, ethical) as well as convey excitement for this field; 2) teach how the eye works as an optical system and how it can fall short in this function 3) teach how

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weber; Bernard Lwakabamba; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2426wireless devices such as LANs and cordless phones as shown in Figure 1. A second example isimplementation of different methods for interference mitigation such as direct-sequence spreadspectrum and adaptive antennas. Our group has studied the latency of the C6 virtual environmentand the existing communications protocols for the 802.11 and Bluetooth specifications. Thesestudies were presented in the Communications Systems II class in spring 2002.The curricular

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Buechler

engineering applications. The disadvantage is the large amount of materialto be covered in this class. The topics covered in this course include: Page 8.667.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” 1. First-order Differential Equations 2. Complex Numbers and Functions 3. Linear Algebra and Linear Systems of Equations 4. Linear Differential Equations of Second Order 5. Laplace Transforms 6. Vector Algebra, Dot Products, Cross

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusong Li; Eugene J. LeBoeuf

types of boundary conditions, reflective of completely mixedflow reactors and completely mixed batch reactors, are also included. Illustrations of theeducation benefits derived from use of the web-based laboratory are demonstrated by twoexamples.Introduction Understanding the complex processes controlling the mass distribution, transportation,reaction, and transformation of contaminants within the natural or engineered environment iscritical for sustainable agricultural practices, water and wastewater treatment, and effective andefficient contaminant remediation. Communicating an understanding of the underlying conceptsof mass transfer processes, however, has been a difficult challenge in civil and environmentalengineering education [1

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Scheff

universities across the country in record numbers – surpassingthe enrollment of their male counterparts. This is great news, as women are reaching the level ofeducation where they can benefit from the full range of educational and economic opportunitiesavailable to them. In 1999-2000, 57% of all degrees earned in the U.S. went to women.. If thistrend persists, women will obtain 59% of the bachelor’s degrees by 2010. As indicated in thegraph below (Graph #1), the total number of women enrolled in postsecondary education in theU.S. surpassed the number of men around 1980. Women enrollments have increasedsignificantly faster than men’s since the 1970’s. By 2009, 2.5 million more women than men areexpected to enroll in our nations two and four-year

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Jessica du Maine

, because their numbers arealso low. Hispanics account for 3.1% of full-time engineering faculty/staff while AfricanAmericans and American Indians account for 2.8% and less than 1% respectively. Without students of color entering science and engineering in representative numbers,there is little chance that there will be an increased presence among faculty. Within the next 50years, minority students will surpass the number of white students on college campuses. Morewomen currently attend college than men in virtually every ethnic category, yet women areunderrepresented and often isolated in mathematics, science and engineering. They are alsochallenged in finding the role models, academic mentors, and cultural support that could

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Smith; Angela Quick

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Connie Della-Piana

of students interested in STEM disciplines and professions. In arecent review of the literature recounting national efforts in undergraduate education in STEM,Seymour describes a landscape of “shifting in the locus of concern” over the years. In the 1980s,attention was drawn toward the alarming decrease in the number of students who elected tomajor and graduate in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. In the 1990s, this focuson the loss of potential and able STEM majors led to the “discovery of under-representation inthe sciences” and engineering and a growing national awareness of students’ and the public’slimited understanding of mathematics and science.1, 2 & 3 The increasing pressures to develop ascientific and

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Prince Anyalebechi

relatedproduction problems. In this paper, the case is made for making the knowledge ofengineering materials and how they affect product (even machine) design and interact withprocess variables a necessary and critical component of a manufacturing processes course.1. IntroductionEngineering materials have always been an integral part of the culture and civilization ofhumanity. This fact is captured very well in the following comments: "The materials which we use for everyday purposes influence our whole culture, economy, and politics far more deeply than we are inclined to admit; this is indeed, recognized by the archaeologists when they talk about the "stone age", the "bronze age", and the "iron age."" (J. E

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Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Will

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hank Javan; Mark Rajai

electronics, computer, and manufacturing.Students select their field of concentration according to their future professional goal. Thegraduate study leading to M.S. in Engineering Technology requires [1]: A. A minimum of 18 semester hours of upper division credit in an appropriate area of technology or related area. B. A minimum of 12 semester hours must be taken in one concentration area. C. Maintaining 3.0 in all Technology courses. D. Passing Comprehensive exam.Each concentration offers its own graduate courses outlined in the Graduate Bulletin of theuniversity. Although undergraduate program is highly concentrated but graduate program isdiverse and broad. In addition, some of these courses are offered at night