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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Gannod

the students to apply their knowledge in a “real-world” setting. The second semestercurriculum of the pilot offering covered the design and implementation of digital circuits. At theend of the semester, students were broken into small groups, and each group was given a designproblem. The students designed the circuits, tested them via simulation, and finally implementedtheir solutions in an electronics laboratory during a field trip to Arizona State University’s EastCampus.The second semester curriculum prepared the students to design and implement digital circuits.Students reviewed the binary number system and basic logic design. Basic Boolean algebra andcircuit minimization techniques (K-maps) were covered. The students practiced the

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Teresa Cutright; Helen Qammar

constituents provided the impetus tothe faculty for changing the required laboratory courses. Previously, the required HydraulicsLaboratory and Engineering Materials Lab were comprised of simply observing laboratoryphenomena. After reviewing the alumni data and student evaluation results, the courses werechanged to contain more hands-on experiments for the students. In addition, instructors nowprovide written feedback on student lab reports. Students really appreciated these changes andgave extremely positive responses in subsequent course evaluations. However, these specificchanges would not have been made if the alumni data and student evaluation had not establishedan irrefutable trend.In other situations, course modifications are primarily faculty

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paula Baty; Erdogan Sener

. < http://www.greenroofs.com/north_america.htm>5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (1998). Reducing Urban Heat Islands to Save Electricity and Reduce Smog. < http://www.hr.doe.gov/energy100/communit/71.html>6. Liu, Karen (2002, September). Going Green: A National Research Council Canada study evaluates green roof systems’ thermal performances. Professional Roofing, 32 (9), 24-30.7. Ostrowski, Christopher (2002, March). Green Not Just Environmental Anymore: It’s a Money Saver. Midwest Construction, 5 (3), 42-43.8. Pollard, Kelvin. AmeriStat. (2002, October). 2001 Census Estimates Confirm 1990s Trends, Bring Surprises.9. Roofscapes, Inc. (2002, July). Role of Green

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Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Balik; Nachiappan Nagappan; Laurie Williams; Julie Petlick; Carol Miller; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe

was conducted at the Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationUniversity of Utah in an undergraduate Software Engineering course 2, 4, 5 . In this work, theresearchers observed a number of educational benefits, including increased satisfaction/reducedfrustration from the students, increased confidence from the students on their project results, andreduced workload of the teaching staff. Similarly, educators at the University of California-SantaCruz have reported on the use collaborative laboratory activities in an introductory undergraduateprogramming course, specifically in the form of pair

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

(OSU). His current responsibilities primarily include teaching courses andcurriculum development for the FE program. Mr. Masud received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from OSU in2002, and received in B.S from Florida Institute o f Technology in 1999.STUART H. BRAND is an Instructional Lab Supervisor for the First-Year Engineering Program at The Ohio StateUniversity (OSU) College of Engineering. His current responsibilities include lab support, curriculum development,and educational multimedia development. He received his B.S. in Physics from OSU 1997, after serving as asubmarine nuclear propulsion plant operator for the United States Navy.MICHAEL J. HOFFMANN is an Instructional Laboratory Supervisor at The Ohio State University (OSU

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Agnew; Ka C Cheok; Jerry Lane; Ernie Hall; David Ahlgren

, American Society for Engineering EducationWILLIAM G. AGNEW received a Ph.D degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue. From 1944 to 1946 heworked at the Los Alamos Laboratory. He retired in 1989 from the General Motors Research Laboratories. He is amember of the National Academy of Engineers, ASEE, and SAE.Gerald R. Lane, is the Associate Director for Advanced Vehicle Technology in the Research Business Group at theU.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Warren, MI. He is a Director of theAssociation for Unmanned Systems International and a Director of the Michigan Chapter of the National DefenseIndustrial Association. Jerry is a co-founder and co-chair of the IGVC

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

course.20. I was able to understand the syllabus and grading procedures.21. The instructor followed the syllabus.22. Given the ease or difficulty of the material presented in this course, the exams represented the topics covered fairly.23. The course assignments were related to the material being covered.24. The laboratory assignments in this course help reinforce the topics being covered and make them easier to Page 8.329.9 learn. (Only for classes with labs.)25. My instructor returned graded material such as homework and tests in a timely manner. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Milo Koretsky

department at Oregon State University (OSU) isaddressed at two levels. (1) a required introductory statistics course, Chemical ProcessStatistics, is offered in the sophomore/junior year, and (2) these concepts are reinforced in thesenior unit operations laboratory. To facilitate this connection, it has been found effective tohave the statistics instructor give two “refresher” lectures to the lab class.In this paper, some educational opportunities for a statistics course to address are firstanecdotally illustrated with a couple of examples pulled from student work. An overview of thechemical process statistics class at OSU is then presented. This overview includes the coursegoals, the course learning objectives, the industrial case studies which form

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

are identifiedby the team and community partner allowing the team to continue to work with the samecommunity partner for many years. Each undergraduate student may earn academic credit forseveral semesters, registering for the course for 1 or 2 credits each semester. The creditstructure is designed to encourage long-term participation, and allows multi-year projects ofsignificant scope and impact to be undertaken by the teams.Each student in the EPICS Program attends a weekly two-hour meeting of his/her team in theEPICS laboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care ofadministrative matters, do project planning and tracking, and work on their project. All studentsalso attend a common one-hour lecture each week. A

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

first summarizes the design and behavior of the TCS/computer that makesstraightforward and inexpensive exploration of a desktop computer’s thermal behavior possible.It then proposes a pedagogical approach to the exploration of thermal systems such as this thatwould be appropriate in a 2-year engineering technology program.TCS/Computer DesignTo present a viable computer project to a class for laboratory-based analysis, the computer shouldbe both generic and inexpensive. An older system of modest speed and capability was selected.This system began its life as a basic circa mid-1990s desktop IBM clone containing a 166megahertz Pentium 1 processor, 2.8 GB hard drive, Verge video card, 12X CD drive, and a250W power supply. Software consisted of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tammy Gammon

Page 8.787.5programming techniques without requiring any new hardware. The light-sensing servomotorProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationadjustment program of Assignment 3 will also be replaced. When the course is offered again,the Manual and Automatic Processes assignment will be the last assignment; a pump will becontrolled by a keypad (manual process) and by light level (automatic process). The newassignment will give students exposure to using keypads and to pump operation. One of theexperiments assigned in one of the original one-credit-hour laboratories was based on anexperiment in the Earth Measurements manual and

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Leonard

of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Advanced TechnologySystems Laboratory in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University. His research is focused inhuman performance modeling, and issues related to the use of advanced technology in solving interesting human-machine systems design problems.DELBERT L. KIMBLER is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University. Hereceived the B.S.E(IE) at the University of South Florida and M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial engineering at VirginiaTech. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and a registered professional engineer in SouthCarolina.MARY E. KURZ is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen; Ismail Fidan

and manufacturing,electronics manufacturing, and manufacturing processes.Ahmet Bugra KokuAhmet Bugra Koku (B.Sc. in ME and M.Sc. in systems and control engineering, BogaziciUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey) received his a Ph.D. degree from Vanderbilt University. He is asenior member in the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Vanderbilt. He is a student member ofIEEE (since 1997). His current research interests are memory organization of robots,qualitative/topological navigation, low cost Mechatronics equipment design for robotic Page 8.1009.7applications and robotics education.

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lauren Neal; Jr., Robert J. Clougherty; Ismail Fidan

Session 3550 Design, Implementation, and Assessment of WebCT-based CNC Ismail Fidan§, Lauren L. Neal¶, Robert J. Clougherty, Jr.¶ § College of Engineering/¶The Institute for Technological Scholarship Tennessee Tech University Cookeville, TN 38505Abstract In the 21st century, the Internet has become the dominant distribution system for distanceeducation and training. Many faculty members are expanding their traditional delivery methods(lecture, laboratory, face-to-face discussion) to include educational options ranging from web

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

-27.5. Hackett, R. K., Martin, G. R., and Rosselli, D. P. Factors Related to PerformanceRatings of Engineering Students in Cooperative Education Placements, Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 4 (October, 1998), pp. 455-458.M. SATHYAMOORTHYM. Sathyamoorthy is Professor and Dean of Engineering at West Virginia University Institute ofTechnology in Montgomery, West Virginia. He has published over 120 research papers in internationaljournals and conference proceedings and is the author of a recently (1998) published book on NonlinearAnalysis of Structures. He has lectured internationally, and has been a consultant to industries andgovernment laboratories. He plays a leading role in ASME at the local, regional and national levels andis an

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

engineering managers andengineers for BS entry- level engineers2.During the eighties and nineties accreditation visits, ABET program evaluators focused onresources heavily3. These resources included faculty member’s qualifications, curriculum details,and the adequacy of laboratory facilities. However, EC2000 takes a broader approach byfocusing on both resources and processes. The goal is to provide engineering programs withflexibility and to encourage innovation in designing the curriculum. ABET used to require Page 8.532.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ristroph

. Spreadsheets, per se, are inadequate for tutoring purposes,so Excel's capabilities are extended by using its internal programming language, Visual Basic forApplications.IntroductionEngineering economics is a unique course that requires students to develop mathematical skillsin equivalence modeling, to apply concepts and solve problems using economic criteria, and tomaster rule and memory oriented topics such as taxes. Students must rely on different learningskills, and this makes teaching the course a fascinating challenge. One common thread to the dif-ferent components of the course is that it does not require a physical laboratory, and this makes ita candidate for web based teaching. Computer applications in engineering economics have a long

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

., John, S., Stefanko, W., Guitar Tuner, Design Proposal for the Senior DesingCourse in Computer Engineering, Spring 2002.HENRY CHAYABrother Henry Chaya is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His professional interestsinclude robotics and automation, artificial intelligence, embedded control and digital systems design. He hascontributed extensively to the development of laboratory courses including design of hardware and software. Dr.Chaya has taught an introductory programming course for several years and was recently Chair of the department.He earned a BS degree at Manhattan College (1973) and a Ph.D. at Princeton University (1981). Dr. Chaya is amember of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.GORDON SILVERMANProfessor

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Wang; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

, V.E., Smerdon, B.A., “Gender and science learning early in high school: Subject matter and Laboratory experiences.” American Educational Research Journal. Vol. 35. No. 2. 1997. pp. 297-331.13 Chesler, N.C., Chesler, M.A. “Mentory women students in engineering.” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Session #2592.14 Klenk, P.A., K. Barcus, and G.A. Ybarra. “Techtronics: Hands-on exploration of technology in everyday life.” Proceedings. Frontiers in Education Conference. 2001.15 North Carolina Standard Course of Study. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction publication #IS108. 1999.16 Geeter, D.D., J.E. Golder, and T.A. Nordin

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Topics in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

development are examples that students may not easilysee, but may be significant issues for projects they will encounter during their careers. Developingan appreciation of such issues should be an important aspect of their engineering technologyeducation.Students InvolvedThe students involved were juniors in a B.S. degree program in Civil Engineering Technology(CET). The course was Soil Engineering, a four-credit course that includes a laboratory. Thecourse is designated as “writing enhanced” by the University indicating that 25% of the coursegrade is based on writing assignments. In addition, feedback and opportunities for revision areprovided by a student peer-review process. 8 There were 25 students in the class.Initial Assessment SurveyPrior to

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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, we have had the privilege of teaching anentrepreneurship class at the freshman level. The concept behind the class is to bridge the gapbetween the development of new innovation in either classes or in the laboratory and newbusiness ventures. This class helps the young, creative mind to connect his or her theoreticalwork with real work and live experiences. Engineering students also inter act with Human andOrganization students. Learning TheoriesWhole-Part-Whole Teaching and Learning A key part of this curricular design is that of a “whole-part-whole” instructional approach(Clouse, Goodin & Aniello, 2000). Rather than beginning with the parts and expecting

Conference Session

Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Goulet

Undergraduate Courses in AnyDiscipline Edited by Barbara J Duch, Susan E Groh, Deborah E Allen, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2001.2 R. Goulet, J. Owino, Experiential problem-based learning in the Mechanics of Materials Laboratory,Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, June 2002.3 Yilmaz, E., Winning the World Punkin’ Chunkin’ Competition with a Student Design Project, Paper 3548,Proceedings of the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June1999.4 Huang, M, The Catapult Experience –A Learning Project on Taguchi Method for Design Optimization, Paper2525, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Albuquerque,June 2001.5 P.V.Hanson, Experimental

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Subhi Bazlamit

of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” The syllabus for this class covers a period of ten weeks and the meetings for this courseconsist of two weekly fifty-minute lectures and a two-hour laboratory session in the computerroom. Two textbooks are used in this course; one is primarily used to introduce the engineeringdesign process and the other to help students learn the Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) 2,3. Thecomputer session is used primarily for introduction of CAD while the other two class lectures areused for instructions related to the design and problem-solving portion of this course. A typicalclass

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

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

experiments in the lab. The experiments studentsseem to enjoy the most are on FIR and IIR filtering. Students are required to pick filters, designthe filters using the Filter Design and Analysis Tool in MATLAB, then implement and test thefilters on the TMS320C6x DSK. These labs really highlight the versatility of a DSP chip.Student evaluations of both the lecture and the laboratory have been very positive.ConclusionThe increasing use of DSP in engineering applications makes it necessary to include digital signalprocessing courses in the engineering technology curriculum. MATLAB and SIMULINK arevaluable tools for illustrating mathematically intense DSP concepts. Some of the MATLABexercises used in lecture and lab to explain the important issues of

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Govind Puttaiah

recent scholarly activities includeM.E. Laboratory Manuals, Handbooks on Mechanical Engineering & Academic Advisingand Workshop on Professional Ethics. He is a member of the ASEE and ASME. -------- Page 8.212.8

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steve Shooter; Micheal Hanyak; Matt Higgins; Marie Wagner; Ed Mastascusa; Dan Hyde; Brian Hoyt; Bill Snyder; Michael Prince

professor assumed all students have similar learning styles. • The professor focussed on the content rather than on how you should approach learning the material. • Teamwork was generally not encouraged. If anything, engineering was viewed as a solitary profession, except for laboratory work. • A clear presumption existed that the goal of the professor was to transfer the material to you.Although much progress has been made, this model still survives today in far too manyengineering classrooms [1]. This style is characterized by subject-based, teacher-directedlearning. The success of the course is measured by how much material is covered—oftenspecified by the number of book chapters that are covered. Success is not

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Sylvester

2177 Improving Economic Benefits in the Management of Multifamily Housing Using Solar Energy Conservation Strategies Keith E. Sylvester, Ph.D., Associate AIA 3137 TAMU, Texas A&M University Department of Construction Science Energy Systems Laboratory College Station, Texas 77843-3137,USA Ph: (979) 458-2692, Fax: (979) 862-1572 ksylvester@tamu.eduAbstract With a shift from large

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Michael Klein; Matt Walker; Kevin Organ; Dan Gerbus

of Idaho eleven years ago. Dr. Odom maintains an avid interest in the literature of creativityand management and is especially well versed on the subjects of team dynamics and leadership styles. He wasrecognized for his role in development of the IEW by a university teaching award in 1998.DR. STEVEN BEYERLEINDr. Steven Beyerlein is a leader in the design implementation of process-oriented engineering curricula thatstresses cooperative learning, computer technology, and mini-projects. Since joining the UI fifteen years ago, hehas regularly taught introductory courses, shaped the senior laboratory course, and collaboratively taught seniordesign. He was recognized for his faculty development and outreach activities by a university teaching

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Scaroni; Jonathan Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

. Figure 2 is a picture of students working in groups to generate a list of steps that individuals can take at home to reduce their water heater energy costs. This is not meant to be a laboratory course or a research project. However, peer-to-peer learning is found to be more effective than delivering formal lectures. Activities required for the