Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

funded research, but with fewer faculty and more courses to cover the research loads willdecrease. The untenured faculty will have a difficult time becoming tenured as the expectationsfor research funding and teaching performance have increased as universities seek only theabsolute superior new faculty. The reduced teaching loads for new faculty may be for shortertime periods as teaching demands are increasing with smaller departments. Small privateschools with little or no endowment funds have already begun to reduce faculty and staff. In addition to the severe financial crisis, there are also many educational problems. Onemajor concern is the “graying” of the faculty resulting from delayed retirements. Increasedretention may increase

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

foreign assistance, chances are increased for sustainable improvement inthe living standards of the people.Introduction“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fedhim for a lifetime.” (Anon.)“It is good fishing in troubled waters.” (Anon.)Developing countries need to be taught how to fish, rather than continually having fish Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.280.1 Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationprovided to them by the developed world. And the time is ripe for those

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

about what tobe aware of when offering simultaneous resident and distance learning courses. Theyalso learned what aspects of teaching such a course to be wary of. This paper has beendeveloped to provide others with insight into how to properly prepare for a combinedresident and distance-learning course. The paper will discuss things to be aware ofincluding what it is like to be in-class and on-screen simultaneously, how to deal withclass size and class composition issues, and communication issues. This paper alsodiscusses some serious considerations for faculty to be wary of including workloadissues, project and presentation complexities, and the reactions of guest lecturers.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

course (ENES 101) at UMBC was revamped in 2001 and has itsorigins in work done by Dally and Zhang2, and in work the author did while teaching in theFreshman Engineering ECSEL3 program at the University of Maryland, College Park. ENES 101includes an overview of engineering and an introduction to various topics within engineering. Theemphasis of the revision of the course was to make it a project based inquiry experience. Thestudents must work in interdisciplinary teams to design, build, evaluate, test, and report (both aformal written report and oral presentation) on a specified product. ENES 101 is a three-creditfreshman engineering course which consists of two fifty-minute class sessions and a two-hourdiscussion session each week over a 16 week

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Huggans; Steve Watkins; Halvard E. Nystrom

learning styles to class design can create opportunities for suchimprovements. Learning styles reflect that different individuals have preferred ways tolearn. Because of its promise to improve learning effectiveness, it was ranked by JamesStice as one of the eight key educational innovations in the last thirty years.1 Asynchronous web-based learning modules are intended for self-paced use. Thesemodules can provide an opportunity to apply pedagogical concepts to individualizedstudent learning. In particular, these modules can be specifically designed to appeal tostudents with specific learning styles. This tailoring is an advantage to instructors thathave preferred teaching styles and that have difficulty modifying their methods to facilitatethe

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

at those draft recommendations. The Committee’s draftrecommendations follow three themes: what should be taught and learned, how it should betaught and learned, and who should teach it.Introduction BackgroundASCE created the Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (TCAP3)in October 2001 and charged it to “… develop, organize and execute a detailed plan for fullrealization of ASCE Policy Statement 465.” The policy’s essence is that ASCE supports theconcept of a practice-oriented masters degree or equivalent as a requirement for licensure and thepractice of civil engineering at the professional level.As one step in carrying out that charge, TCAP3 formed the Body of

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

the modernconcurrent, object oriented approach to integrated product / process design.In terms of delivering our cases we follow the Virtual Product Demo concept, in that wevirtually take the learner with us to factories, R&D studios, exhibitions and professionallaboratories and give them interesting demos explained by real-world experts withchallenging problems to solve. In all cases we show them high quality, interactive videosand often 3D objects and panoramas so that they can interrogate them and evenparticipate in digital, virtual factory tours. (Note, although this approach does NOTreplace real, working laboratories for the class, it nevertheless takes the learners into high-quality labs, that are often not in many universities

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Curriculum ComparisonThe first aspect taken into account in the comparison is the different definition of “credit”between both universities. UF defines the credit as the one semester hour, generally representingone hour (50-minute) per week of lecture or two or more hours per week of laboratory work.On the other hand, credits at UCN are the total hours that students attend a course, which is setby the institution. Total credits per course are defined by using: C = L + E + Lab + PD C = total credits for the course L = # of 45-minutes lectures E = # of 45-minutes

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

forcedconvection, the unit includes a blower to provide a uniform flow of air across the surface of theplate. With measurements of air velocity, power input, and temperature, the convectivecoefficients for forced convection can be experimentally determined for a variety of platetemperatures.The demonstration unit is small and portable, and is easy to set-up on the table in the front of theclassroom. It is low-cost, utilizing instrumentation available in the engineering laboratories. Inits typical use during a lecture class, the instructor first introduces the theoretical and empiricalequations available for calculation of convective coefficients. Using these textbook equations,the students make calculations of convective coefficients for the parameters of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Scheff

opportunities. New in Fall2001, is the "Engineer in Residence" program. Students living in Blanding III will have theopportunity to interact with an electrical engineering graduate from the College of Engineeringnow employed at Lexmark, International in Lexington, Kentucky. Evening programs areoffered to support and encourage all dorm residents. Learning communities have shown to bevery successful in retaining students.Undergraduate Research Program: The Undergraduate Research Program creates researchpartnerships between first-and second-year students and faculty researchers. The program offersstudents the opportunity to work and learn along side a research faculty. Undergraduatestudents are given the real-life experiences of working in laboratories

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Todd, R., Magleby, S., Sorensen, D., Swan, B., and Anthony, D. (1995). “A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America”, Journal of Engineering Education, 84 (2): 165-174.2. Dutson, A., Todd, R., Magleby, S., and Sorensen, C. (1997). “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses”, Journal of Engineering Education, 86 (1): 57-64.3. Davis, D., Beyerlein, S., Trevisan, M., McKenzie, L., and Gentili, K. (2002). “Innovations in Design Education Catalyzed by Outcomes-Based Accreditation”, ABET Conference on

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Almstead; Karen Williams; James Hedrick

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationfrom the performing arts - who taught the mini-courses; (4) four local high school science andmath teachers, who assisted with teaching in the laboratory and accompanied students on fieldtrips (two lived in the dormitory with the students); (5) three student counselors (including oneadministrative counselor) who contacted students prior to their arrival, oversaw evening andweekend recreational activities, lived with the students, and assisted them with their classwork.The latter were selected from our undergraduate female engineering and math majors on thebasis of applications, interviews

Conference Session

Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Joan Gosink; Barbara Moskal

solutionof complex problems at regional, national, and international levels and locations aroundthe world. This goal is to be achieved through the development of a humanitariancomponent for the CSM engineering curriculum that will teach engineering students howto bring technical knowledge and skill, as well as cultural sensitivity, to bear on the real-world problems of the less materially advantaged.Examples of this might be creating and maintaining the infrastructure of disaster relief,designing low-tech water supply and treatment systems in developing countries, assistingwith the creation of inexpensive housing opportunities for the poor, constructing schoolsor health clinics, designing and implementing sustainable ways to meet basic humanneeds

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Greg Kremer

changes necessary for improved learning. Most faculty membersare already overloaded with teaching, research and service responsibilities, so even if theybelieve assessment is a useful activity they will often resist it as much as possible to avoid theextra workload. The key to overcome this resistance is to 1) make assessment an integral part ofthe basic course design structure and 2) provide templates and standard procedures for thefaculty to follow.Providing standard assessment procedures does not take away from faculty creativity andinvolvement in the assessment and continuous improvement process, it just focuses it on themost important items. The key is to communicate clearly the important information that must becollected for program

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

. Students arementored by professionals in ethics and communication, participate in special study groups, andcomplete a report and presentation based on their research. Preliminary evaluation of thisenriched summer experience points to its success and suggests that the REU program is a goodsetting for preparing undergraduates to be more capable members of their profession.IntroductionSince bioengineering programs throughout the nation have outpaced the development ofappropriate teaching materials, a consortium of schools with strong bioengineering departments—Vanderbilt, Northwestern, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Harvard-MIT Divisionof Health Sciences and Technology (VaNTH)—is developing new educational technologies forthe field. VaNTH

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

associate professor at Gallaudet University. She teaches Chemistry,Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Forensic Science. She is also the co-director of theuniversity's Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) sponsored by the Department of Health andHuman Services.H. David Snyder is a professor at Gallaudet University where he teaches physics, Earth science andastronomy. He currently is working with the NASA Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics using 1960s spysatellite photographs to document changes in Bolivian vegetation. His wife keeps him busy working oninteractive visualization tools for educational websites. Page

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

Session 2325 Design and Implementation of an Aeronautical Design-Build-Fly Course Peter W. Young1, Olivier L. de Weck2, and Charles P. Coleman3 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MassachusettsIntroductionTeaching aeronautical vehicle design is a significant challenge. We have found that teaching thedesign process in a pure, traditional lecture-style format is ineffective. Undergraduate studentsyearn for hands-on experiences that allow them

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

Burlington Northern Foundation Teaching Award, Regents Award for Superior Teaching, ASEE MidwestSection Outstanding Teaching Award, and the ASEE Fluke Corporation Award for Innovation in LaboratoryInstruction. At University of Oklahoma he also received the David Ross Boyd Professorship.TIM C. KEENERTim C. Keener is a professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Air Pollution Control Laboratory ofthe University of Cincinnati. Dr. Keener also directs the University of Cincinnati Environmental Training Institutewhich provides short course training to environmental professionals. Dr. Keener is the recipient of the Lyman A.Ripperton Award from the Air & Waste Management Association in recognition of his distinguished achievementsas an

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

accreditation agenciesof which the main one for the METS department is ABET. Designing the tools with this aim hasallowed the METS department faculty to minimize paperwork and focus on actual continuousimprovement efforts rather than simply writing multiple reports to satisfy various constituentswho are essentially looking for the same information.The ten assessment tools developed by the METS faculty focus on assessing the following fivegeneral areas: 1) faculty, 2) student enrollment and professional activities, 3) facilities and equipment, 4) curriculum, and 5) teaching and learning.Throughout each academic year, different faculty are assigned the task of collecting andsummarizing the data for the various tools. A department assessment

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Vondra; Ali Sekmen; Ismail Fidan

received his PhD in MechanicalEngineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1996. He is a senior member of IEEE and SME, andmember of ASEE, NAIT, ASME, TAS and SMTA. Dr. Fidan also serves as an associate editor for theIEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing and editorial board member for the NAITJournal of Industrial Technology and SAE Journal of Manufacturing and Materials. Dr. Fidan is therecipient of 2003 Tennessee Tech University Exemplary Course Project Award, 2003 SME OutstandingYoung Manufacturing Engineer Award, 2002 Provost 'Utilization of Technology in Instruction' Award,2002 Technology Award by The Institute for Technological Scholarship, 2001 NAIT OutstandingProfessor Award. His teaching and research interests

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack; John Farris

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 11531.1 Introduction to Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, EGR 101All engineering students who are qualified to take calculus take EGR 101, Introduction tocomputer aided design and manufacture. Topics covered include 3D solid modelingdesign techniques, computer aided manufacturing and hands-on experiences in computer-numerically controlled (CNC) milling. EGR 101 is a three credit class consisting of a twohour lecture and a 3 hour laboratory session each week. During the semester studentswork on four design and manufacture projects. The manufacturing is accomplished usingbench top CNC milling

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene McGinnis; Denise Theobald-Roberts

biochemical engineering through an experimentabout chemical reactions. The scouts discussed the health effects of smoking and then performeda simple experiment to collect particulate deposit from cigarette smoke as well as its reactivity.Two types of cigarettes, one with a filter and one without a filter, were used. Analysis wasperformed on the chemical reaction and then on the smoke particulate deposit. The occurrence ofa fast color change was indicative of a chemical reaction when smoke was contacted with a non-hazardous laboratory chemical solution. The depository effect of the smoke was quantified. Thechemical reaction observation and quantification of the smoke particulates based on theirdeposition-capacity on the human lung was qualitatively

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Smith; Angela Quick

conflicting worldviews and popular culture dominates and leaves many asisolated individuals, perhaps the greatest contribution is the sense of community perceived by themagnet students. This is apparent in the numbers of students who volunteer to appear onevenings or Saturday afternoons in the schools’ laboratories to finish their experimental workand perhaps share pizza following.Like most agents of change, the magnet school prompted some resistance. However, thecommunity is beginning to recognize and hail the school’s benefits and contributions. The firstsenior class will graduate in the spring of 2003. These authors hope to submit another paper in afew years showing tracking data as the magnet high school students proceed through theircollege

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

) machined parts, to CAD 3D models, to physicalclay models that are hand or robot crafted in the automotive and aircraft industries.Rapid prototyping has many other integrated physical and intellectual domains, includingsoftware.This paper introduces our knowledge management and teaching / learning methodology.Furthermore, to some extent we discuss our object / component knowledgedocumentation architecture and offer real-world examples, mostly during the softwaredemonstration part of this paper, of this industry/academia sponsored R&D effort.IntroductionRapid prototyping in engineering, IT, manufacturing, and other fields is an importantarea of science and technology. These should be communicated to everybody who isinvolved in product innovation

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Ragsdell; Halvard Nystrom

their MS program.Typically, UMR classes are delivered in person by senior faculty at Fort Leonard Wood. Anormal class involves the instructor lecturing for most, if not all, of the class period. Studentsask questions in class, but have little time for small group discussion, or one-on-one discussionswith the instructor. Students work on homework, read the book and other assigned material, andwork on laboratory assignments and the semester project in small groups (learning teams), orindividually. We do not have space to discuss the learning team concept here, but interestedreaders can learn more at the course webpage. Ragsdell decided to ask the class to consider arather radical experiment in delivery style at the first class meeting. The

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Krogmeier; Mustafa Kamasak; Maribel Figuera; Luis Torres; Jan Allebach; George Chiu; Edward Delp; Charles Bouman; Catherine Rosenberg; Lynne Slivovsky

lectures and texts.In traditional laboratory courses, students learn by completing a carefully prescribed procedureduring an experiment. While both these modes of learning continue to play an important role inengineering and computer science education, we have developed a course to provide our studentswith an undergraduate research experience focused on mobility. In our junior/senior level designcourse, Mobile Communications Projects, students work in teams under the direct supervision ofa faculty member. Students attend a common lecture, in which a variety of topics on wirelesscommunications are covered by participating faculty members; and a lab section, during whichthe teams of students meet with their assigned faculty member. Additionally

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Smith; Wayne Walter

Concept Selection Matrix is described. Some basic system engineering tools arepresented including the first house of Quality Function Deployment (QFD), and FAST andFunctional Flow Block Diagrams. In the detailed design and prototype development portion,product specifications, project milestones, design sketches and mockups for feasibility arecovered. This is followed by a discussion of validation testing in the laboratory and at thecustomer site.5. Project ActivitiesAt an initial rollout meeting, a marketing specialist explained the need for student teams todevelop a mission statement and a passion for what they are doing for their customer. It is a lackof this passion, he explained, that typically causes companies to lose market share. He

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kissock; Rebecca Blust

analytical and technical skills sets that the UDIAC focuses upon are LeanManufacturing, Energy Systems, Data Collection Equipment and Computer Software Tools.Lean Manufacturing is a concept that can be applied to any type of organization, not justmanufacturing. Teaching students the principles and tools of these concepts is key. The teamfocuses on the elimination of waste as explained by John Nicholas in his book, “CompetitiveManufacturing Management.Nicholas breaks the subject of waste into several categories that include; inventory, time, motion,overproduction, waiting, resources etc.6 Once the team has identified the type of waste, they go towork on the solution. Many solutions stem from the Just- In-Time (J.I.T.) principles. Someexamples of

Conference Session

Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Buchholtz; Reid Vander Schaaf

challenging but I haven’t talked to anyone who regrets choosing it.” b. Faculty. We cannot underestimate the importance of dynamic professors and instructors in attracting cadets to our department. One cadet attributed the ability of the student to cope with the heavy workload was attainable due to the fact “…the instructors in the department are very helpful and excited to teach.” Another cadet wrote that our open house for recruitment influenced his decision because “…the department was really “fired up” and extremely motivated for their major. I was impressed because I expected a bunch of

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Holger Dahms; Stefan Bartels; John Gassert; Jens Thiedke; Owe Petersen

universities establishing a presence in aforeign country and exporting their own faculty to teach courses. Other institutions have acoordinated program of study that includes formal consideration of how the study abroadexperience at a foreign university advances the student’s progress towards a degree.The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and the Fachhochschule Lübeck (FHL),University of Applied Sciences, Lübeck, Germany jointly developed and implemented a uniqueinternational student exchange program in the discipline of Electrical Engineering (EE). Theuniqueness of the program lies in the fact that it is fully integrated into the EE curriculum of bothinstitutions and constitutes a specific degree path at both institutions. Graduation is not