Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers

placed on a scale can then exaggerate those minute differences16 so that thescores themselves become significant. The difference between 4.6 and 4.5 on the weighted scaleis much less than a difference between a ranking of 1 and 2 suggests. One has to wonder if the American public really believes that universities vary significantlyfrom year to year with respect to the quality of their faculty, their funding levels, etc.Additionally, in some cases, the shift in ranking may be due to the incorrect usage of the reporteddata.17 Other problems that contribute to an inherently flawed system include the arbitraryweighting scheme of all methods. 18 There is no way to prove that one weighting scheme is betterthan another because there is no one

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz

product in your portfolio and place it onto thematrix. You can then plot the products of your rivals to give relative market share. Fig. 1. BCG Portfolio MatrixThis is an overly simplistic representation and has some understandable limitations. Each cell isbroadly categorized as follows:Question Marks: These are products with a low share of a potentially high growth market. Theyconsume resources and initially have low profit margins. They have the potential to become Stars.They absorb considerable financial and human resources(for R&D, marketing, production rampup, etc.) as you attempt to increase market share. At the outset, the portfolio of the high tech start-up consists of a number of Question Marks.Stars

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kelley

processes. This push to incorporate collaborative tools is seen as ameans to facilitate communication with suppliers early in design cycles, which in turn willdecrease production costs and time-to-market. One of the main impediments to e-collaboration among original equipment manufacturers(OEM) and suppliers is CAD interoperability. According to a study by Brunnermeier and Martin(1999), this impediment is a $1 billion per year problem in the automobile industry. When itcomes to the interoperability of CAD data, OEMs typically set the standard and usually choosehigh-end CAD applications such as CATIA, Unigraphics, and Pro/ENGINEER. While largeOEMs and many first-tier suppliers can afford to standardize on one or more of these systems,smaller

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; Kevin Dahm

Microsoft AccessDatabase. The program is designed to include an easily navigable interface for the student, andweb based methods for the instructor to make changes to the overall game as necessary.IntroductionRecent texts on engineering economics1-4 all stress that the practical purpose of engineeringeconomics is that it empowers the engineer to make sound investment decisions. End of chapterhomework problems in these texts can be broadly placed into two categories:1) Strictly computational problems, such as “calculate the rate of return of this cash flow diagram,” and2) Questions such as “should the equipment be replaced or not?” or “Which of these three possible designs is best?” that ask the student to make a practical decision.The

Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Debra Wright; Gretchen Hein; Mary Fran Desrochers; Mary Raber

that information is presented helps to keep the students and the faculty engaged in thelearning process. Day after day of traditional lectures can make it difficult for the students to digest allthe material and make instructors feel like they are just relaying information instead of teaching.Neglecting fun in the classroom can be a mistake. Fun and games can help the classroom in three mainways: 1. Address the needs of individual and varied learning styles of students, 2. Encourage students to actively participate in learning, 3. Reinforce concepts through repetition in unique ways.First, students each have their own learning style, and learn in vastly different ways. Some studentsprefer a reflective approach to learning, while others

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

.1.a.:"Engineers shall at all times recognizethat their primary obligation is to protect the safety, health, property, and welfare of the public.If their professional judgment is overruled under circumstances where the safety, health,property, or welfare of the public are endangered, they shall notify their employer or client andsuch other authority as may be appropriate."Section III.1.b.:"Engineers shall advise their clients or employers when they believe a projectwill not be successful."Discussion: The issue presented in this case goes to the heart of the Code of Ethics. A code ofethics is of course a statement of commitment from a particular profession to assist its members inthe protection of the public health and safety. There is

Conference Session

Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Metzinger, DePuy Orthopaedics; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

Leanmanufacturing process uses fewer resources compared to the traditional manufacturing processto manufacture the same products (Rao, 1999). It eliminates waste, reduces lead time, increasesproduct quality, reduces cost of materials, develops the workforce, and implements continuousimprovement process (Hall, 1987). This study examined the relationship between the current global shoulder humeral head(Figure 1) manufacturing process and improvements implemented by lean manufacturingtechniques. The humeral head is one of the three components for total shoulder jointreplacement. This paper describes the evaluation and implementation of the lean manufacturingstrategy that reduced the production lead time for manufacturing of the humeral head

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Horton

screens and via an LCD projector to ascreen.After lunch campers participated in Maine Bound Program activities. “The University ofMaine's Recreation Program, Maine Bound Program is an outdoor adventure education programthat takes learning out of the classroom and into the natural, elemental setting of rivers,mountains, and forests.” 1 The Maine Bound activities took place on the low and high elementscourses in the University Forest adjacent to campus, at the Maine Bound Adventure CenterClimbing Gym, in canoes on the Stillwater River adjacent to campus, on sports fields, and inopen areas adjacent to the Stillwater River.After dinner campers had a choice of returning to the computer laboratory for supervised opencomputer time, or participating in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Toledo-Quinones

capture front or rear images of vehicles. The image is processed to extract theportion containing the license plate and to identify the vehicle. In each part of this processseveral techniques can be used. Several ways of implementing LPRS systems have beenproposed6,7,8,9,10. Specific methods should be selected according to the application requirements.The algorithm used in LPRS consists of the following steps: 1) capture the car's image, 2) extractthe license plate, 3) recognize license plate characters, 4) identify vehicle. This section describeseach of these steps.We have been working with color images captured with a digital camera and transferred tocomputer memory. Our images consist of a rectangular array of 768x512 pixels. To obtain an 8

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Berry

Session 2793 WE@UT – A Residential Recruitment Program for Women in Engineering Tricia S. Berry The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Women in Engineering at The University of Texas (WE@UT) program, a two-day in-depthresidential program, is designed to increase participant knowledge and understanding ofengineering and technology through hands-on, technology-based team projects so well informedand solid educational and career decisions are made. The objectives of this program are (1) toencourage young women to explore engineering as a career

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Medoff; Stephen Stace; Janice Margle

presentations.Background An introductory 3-credit, 6-hour per week engineering design and graphics course(ED&G 100) is required for most engineering majors at Penn State. There is no prerequisite forthe course, and so, most students are freshmen. This course provides students with theopportunity to improve their graphical skills and expand their knowledge of engineering design.The course introduces students to sketching, drafting, computer aided design, word processing,spreadsheet analysis, business graphics, communications, and the engineering design process.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ventura

four-year engineering degree from an institution with an ABETprogram.The accreditation criteria of EC-2000 of ABET requires a structured plan to measure andevaluate the attainment and evaluation of learning objectives and outcomes, as defined byengineering programs. This article focuses on the application of the ABET EC-2000criteria that requires engineering programs to formulate curriculum based on programoutcomes. It concentrates on three topics: (1) formulating the required learning outcomes,(2) generating a program that enables faculty to achieve the required learning outcomes,and (3) assembling a plan of curriculum development that satisfies accreditation standardsand fulfills the university’s educational goals. This article will propose

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

forengineers. At the moment it is not possible to predict the future of the discussions andexperiences in engineering education between both continents but there is no step back and theacademic midst has felt it. This is an ambitious project that although it is very difficult toaccomplish is at the same time so much necessary.1. IntroductionSouth America is in the “invisible Continent” (the Latin America) it has 13 Countries with deepdifferent colonization processes and that in many ways is also a huge economical market, bigenough not to be despised.It is a continent which historically the colonization of the Countries were very different and inthe same way the development of Science, Technology and Education. Added to that he different

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hoskin; Ronald Welch

makereferences to the contract quickly. In some cases, an aggressive student who desires to pursuefurther work in a certain area may develop a project himself. He may desire academic credit forwork that may not meet academic requirements for a thesis. The contract would provide a clearpurpose and project definition. An excerpt from an independent study contract in Figure 1 is anexample of a general project statement. 1. INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this contract is to outline the requirements that must be met in order to complete the CE489 independent study project. 2. PROJECT BACKGROUND: Analysis of Actual Modulus of Elasticity (Ec) results for High Strength Low Density (HSLD) Concrete mixes vary from values

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

communitiescitizens in the city.1. IntroductionEngineering education in Brazil has been widely discussed because it has been facing a largedecrease in the number of students in engineering programs. Not only because it is one of themost difficult program but also because it is not a so appealing career like marketing, medicineor marine biology (so up to date presently). All these aspects added to the loss of status thatengineer has suffered [01]. The importance of engineering can be observed in developedcountries that have achieved such a social and economical level thanks to the technologydevelopment policies. These policies leaded to the achievement of the best schools and centers oftechnology that receive huge financial aids from the government and

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Petro Gogolyuk; Ilya Grinberg

load-consuming apparatusconnected to the system or any part thereof. The value of total connected load is a rather certainnumber because it is usually known. The sum of the continuous ratings of the load-consumingapparatus permits us to roughly estimate the upper limit of the rated demand (see below) of thegroup of consumers. The group’s connected real power is the sum of connected real powers ofindividual loads within the group. The group’s connected reactive power is the sum of connectedreactive powers of individual loads within the group. n Pcon = p1 + p 2 + p3 + ... + p n = ∑ pcon ,i (1

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Holling

engage in a continuous debate that appears toportray Engineering and Engineering Technology degrees as either competitors or significantly different.Regardless of the view taken the outcome is almost always a heated debate that favors one discipline over theother.Some authors have tried to differentiate the two disciplines as Engineering Sciences and EngineeringTechnology.1 At first glance this characterization appears to be a valid differentiation: the Engineering Sciencefocuses on theory and mathematics, while the Engineering Technology focuses on the practical applications of Page 8.510.1engineering. Yet, the author objects to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith

toimprove the existing Photo-optical, Lighting, and Electrical photometriclaboratory facilities. A partial view of this laboratory is shown in Figure 1. Thelaboratory is equipped with modern equipment capable of making most of themeasurements for characterizing both lamps and ballasts performance. The five-foot black integrating sphere shown in the background is calibrated with lampstraceable to NIST. It is used to measure efficacy, lumen output, chromaticity, andoutput of a lamp versus wavelength. Data from this laboratory can be used asinput to software programs such as AGI-32 when designing a lighting system.Although, most manufacturers supply the necessary data files with theircommercial fixtures and lamps, the resulting lighting

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Tools: EES.Powerpoint ME 391 – Mechanical Engineering Analysis ME 412 – Heat Transfer Reading, thinking, and teamwork Design Project Documentation: Formal Report (1 @ 10 pp. + App., Individual) Memo Report Tools: Matlab ( X @ 2 - 5 pages App., Individual) Tools: MS Word, ExcelSenior ME 451 – Controls ME 461 – VibrationsYear Laboratory and Project Reports: Laboratory and Project Reports: Laboratory

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Not bad considering the average person consumes 2.4 slices per meeting Page 8.513.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Total number in attendance = 12 members + 10 attendees + 1 stragglerAfter some Venn Diagrams and Eigenvectors I figure I can get 32.99 in2 worth of pizza My heart begins to race and my mouth waters I desperately search for a room number on the colored paper As soon as I see it I am off

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walden Rio

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

that students need to acquire in order to be successful in gainingemployment. Special courses are used to support and assist students in their understanding of thelearning outcomes. Furthermore, we show how the use of technology can facilitate the learningand assessment process. Students develop an electronic portfolio to document and reflect on theirlearning experiences. Assessment and feedback are used to make the learning outcomescomponent work effectively in the students’ learning experiences. This new academic model mayhelp address issues on curricular design for successful career placement, and producing graduateswith the skills and abilities needed for the job market.1. IntroductionA college degree has in many ways become what a high

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wim Ravesteijn; Erik DeGraaff

Session number 3661 Engineering For A Better World: The Meaning Of Utopian Thinking For Engineering Education Erik de Graaff, Wim Ravesteijn Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Jaffalaan 5 2628 BX Delft, the Netherlands email e.degraaff@tbm.tudelft.nl 1. Introduction In recent years we have seen that conferences of the eight richest countries in the world in Seattle, Genoa and Florence invoked large demonstrations by anti-globalists who condemn the economic policy

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Goeres; Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

are indeed far reaching. The WestVirginia/Queretaro experience is a “customer-supplier” model between academia and industry,which can be expanded and replicated in other areas of professional endeavor in a shrinking globaland competitive professional context.INTRODUCTIONIt has been acknowledged that academia and industry in general possess very different cultures.Academia is by nature conservative, traditionalist and individualistic, while industry is progressive,1 Doctoral Student, Educational Leadership Studies, West Virginia University, USA2 Professor, Advance Educational Studies, West Virginia University, USA3 Proefssor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, USA

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amro Taibah; Mohammed Haque

other modeling techniques4. The network has the ability to learn by example. Patterns ina series of input and output values of example cases are recognized. This acquired “knowledge”can then be used by the network to predict unknown output values for a given set of inputvalues5. An ANN is composed of simple interconnected elements called processing elements(PEs) or artificial neurons that act as microprocessors. Fig. 1 illustrates a simple processingelement of an ANN with three arbitrary numbers of inputs and outputs6. Each PE has an inputand an output side. The connections on the input side correspond to the dendrites of thebiological original and provide the input from other PEs while the connections on the output sidecorrespond to the axon

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Kevin Dahm

. Once these areas were selected, specific indicatorswere developed for each, so that the students would have clearly defined goals and behaviors thatreflect the desired learning outcomes. Faculty assessment of these rubrics indicate that they arevery effective in demystifying the evaluation process and serve to better connect the grade in thecourse to the stated learning objectives.IntroductionExperts agree on the importance of involving undergraduates in research-based learning [1-3] andteamwork [4-6]. The Boyer Commission suggested that research-based learning should becomethe standard for undergraduate education [7]. Many universities are responding to this challengeby introducing multidisciplinary laboratory or design courses [8,9]. At

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

P.S. Lankeu Ngankeu; Michael Sexton

variation in performance of both the fuel cell and the gasturbine as operating parameters are changed. The model can be used to predict operatingtemperatures, pressures, air to fuel ratios, and efficiency, of the hybrid cycle when operating atoff-design conditions. This model could be used to show how performance varies as the hybridSOFC-GT cycle is used to follow load changes.The Fuel cellA fuel cell, as shown in Fig. 1, is an electrochemical device that continuously changes thechemical energy of a fuel such as hydrogen and an oxidant directly into electrical energy(Hirschenhofer1). The basic structure of a fuel cell is similar to that of a battery, consisting of anelectrolyte in contact with a porous anode and cathode on either side. However, the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Wheeler

humanfactors were developed by the Department of Engineering.The current industrial specialty requirements are summarized in Table 1.The UT Martin Division of Academic Affairs requires a course to have a minimum of fivestudents enrolled in order for it to be included in the instructor’s workload analysis. By using thecross-listed courses and an alternating year rotation of the Engineering courses taken by theindustrial specialty students, classes with at least five students are generated. Additionally,human resource management majors are required to take Engineering 381, Human Factors inEngineering. Frequency of offering the required courses that are unique to the industrialspecialty and students enrolled in these courses are presented in Table 2

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

total program evaluation. An adequate CGI program can be equally applied toSouthern Association Commission as Well as TAC of ABET self study practices.ABET AccreditationABET accreditation is shifting from auditing to learning outcomes of students. 1 Learning takesplace through hands-on activities that represent the application of real life problems. To providean environment of learning by doing, a series of activities must be carried out that achieves adesired outcome.2Learning strategies establish relevance and applications for all course material, balance concreteinformation with abstract concepts and use a variety of delivery modes. Learning strategiesinclude lectures, in-class demonstrations, laboratory experiences, consultations

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Anderson; Mani Mina

Session 3632 A New Approach in Teaching Electromagnetism: How to Teach EM to All Levels from Freshman to Graduate and Advanced-Level Students Norman Anderson and Mani Mina Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University1. Introduction1.1. Historical perspectiveJames Clerk Maxwell provided a unified field formulation of electromagnetism in 1873 with hisfamous “Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.”1 From the beginning he explained the field wasmade of a set of observed phenomena, fundamental concepts governing electromagnetism (EM),and