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Nuclear Waste and the Environment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Efrat Strassberg; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

pioneers in physics and chemistryin the field of nuclear and radiochemistry. Extensive usage of the Web for historical accounts andimages is integrated into the lecture format. Our main goal with creating the animation is to supplement the traditional teaching formatand enhance the learning experience, thus, giving the student the ability to independently revisitthe nuclear processes they learned in class. Most of the animations are based on alreadydeveloped well-known scientific figures and tables in the book. Thus there is no need to “re-invent Page 8.225.3“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Bret Van Poppel; Shad Reed

teamwork andcollaborative learning among students. Most importantly, however, the turbine project injectedsome excitement into a course that cadets used to dread. Feedback revealed that studentsbelieved the water turbine project was more fun and interesting than paper designs even though italso required more hard work.REFERENCES1 Baunopane, R.A., “Engineering Education for the 21 st Century,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 20/2, 166-167.2 Aglan, H., Ali, S., “Hands-On Experiences: An Integral Part of Engineering Curriculum Reform,” Journal ofEngineering Education, vol. ??, p.327.3 Bourgeois, F., “A Hands-On Approach for Teaching Engineering Principles,” Conference Proceedings forEffective Courses/Effective Teaching at University/Reflection on

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Rosa Gomez-Martinez; Joseph Ramos; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras

12.7 71.1As a Model Institution for Excellence, UTEP has implemented several initiatives toincrease the persistence and graduation rates of engineering and science majors. Three ofthese initiatives focus on student development and have developed a strong synergy (seeFigure 1). The initiatives are the Academic Center for Engineers and Scientists (ACES),the Circles of Learning for Entering Students (CircLES) Program, and the ResearchExperience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. As a whole, these initiatives promote alearner-centered environment in which carefully selected students take on criticalleadership roles. These students serve in three capacities: management of an academiccenter, peer orientation and mentoring

Conference Session

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

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shan Barkataki; Bolton Tom

Policywas a significant factor in successful completion of the experiment. We would recommend theFair Compensation Policy to others planning similar work.Students submitted time cards for hours worked. This gave us an opportunity to teach themabout ethical and responsible time keeping, an important professional practice. We were pleasedto observe that although the students mostly worked unsupervised, they did keep honest recordsof the hours worked.Role of Teamwork and Industrial Practices in EducationThe IEEE/ACM final report on Curriculum 2001 specifically recommends incorporation ofcollaborative team projects and industrial experience [1]. Not surprisingly, projects involvingcollaborative teamwork have become an integral part of engineering and

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Muratore; Jeannette Russ

lecture with a one-sentence explanation of the “big picture” for the day. This practice will keep you on track byensuring that whatever you plan to discuss has some purpose, and it will help the students tomaintain an awareness of the goals and purposes of the course.During the lecture, use visual aids whenever you can. For example, in an electronics class, showstudents an integrated chip and the manufacturer’s sheet that accompanies it. In an imageprocessing class, show students a plastic phantom and images of it taken in various modalities andfrom varying perspectives. Bring the real world into the students’ hands, and allow them toglimpse the excitement of an actual product that results from the equations and theories beingdiscussed. Not only

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bales; Thomas Consi

once per week for three hours. The time is generally broken into a lectureperiod of 45 minutes and a 2-hour-long lab period (except for the first class meeting, which isdescribed in the next section).We presume that the entering students have been exposed tomechanics in their high-school physics classes and have a passing familiarity with the notions ofdifferentiation and integration from calculus (this is typical for our entering classes). To date, thesubject has been offered twice, with eight students enrolled each time.The goals of the subject are: • To build excitement for engineering among first-year students by engaging them in an interesting hands-on project. • To introduce a few fundamental concepts from electronics to the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed McCaul; Earl Whitlatch; Robert J. Gustafson

of guest speakers from alumni or industry was a common response.3) Although not mutually exclusive, the suggestion of having an ethics course received significant support, as judged by the number of observations, and as compared to distribution of instruction across the curriculum or adding to existing course(s).4) Practice in team and group work was cited as important to the development of ethical and professional behavior.Bibliography1. Gustafson, R. & Merrill, J. 2000. Developing an Outcomes Assessment Survey for Seniors, Alumni and Managers/Supervisors. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 18-21, St. Louis, MO.2. Gustafson, R., Castro, J. & Hussen, P. 2001. Alumni Perceptions of the Graduate Needs in Business and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

and NotTeaching; 2) Problem Based Learning; 3) Facilitating Group Learning (PromotingAccountability, Linking Assignments, and Stimulating the Idea Exchange); 4) ChangingLearning Behavior Outside the Classroom; and 5) Preparing to Teach. Topics included inthe “Teaching” section include: 1) The Seven “Good Practices” for Teachers; 2)Teaching with Hospitality; 3) The Importance of Listening; and 4) Assessment Via theMinute Paper.The presented techniques are not cumbersome or extremely involved. In fact they are funand very straightforward. Learn more about these practical and helpful teaching ideasthat can easily be implemented into your curriculum. Examples and brief case studies areutilized to increase clarity and understanding.Learning

Conference Session

Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri

Software Engineering Curriculum are presented todemonstrate the impact of the approach on classroom instruction as well as on student learning.1. IntroductionThe methods typically employed by an instructor to solicit feedback on a regular basis regardingtheir own effectiveness or the students’ learning in a classroom setting include (i) Askingstudents if they have any questions (ii) Instructor’s reaction to student’s questions (iii)Monitoring the students’ body language and facial expressions and (iv) Reading home-works,tests, lab assignments and so on. Even though these techniques are a large part of an instructor’sdaily lives, collecting feedback in this way is a subconscious and implicit process. Thecandidness and quality of the feedback is

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

entire work for final evaluation and grading. In their processthe students will learn the entire process of designing, implementing and presenting a completedatabase, and they will put the theory learned in class into practice. Also students will learn how tocooperation in teamwork. Working in a team gives students the opportunity to share theirinformation and experience and to learn from each other. By presenting their project in the class,they will also learn how to present their work in front of professionals.Bibliography[1] Churcher, Neville and Cockburn, Andy. “An Immersion Model for Software Engineering Projects”, ACM press, 1997.[2] Heil, Margaret, “Preparing Technical Communicator for Future Workplace: A model that Integrates

Conference Session

Societal Contexts of Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

earliest philosophers might be considered closetinstrumentalists, as they saw technology as merely the fabric on which human actions wereinterweaved: “The traditional view has been that social institutions (family, religion, economy,state) tend toward a certain independence in ways that call for an attentive effort to incorporateand subordinate them to any particular vision of justice or the good…. In such works [Plato,Aristotle], however, techne remains in the background; it seems to be accepted as relativelypliable, readily following the goals embodied in other social institutions.”5Many scholars have argued effectively against the neutrality of technology – we will consider herefour that directly address the instrumental view. Allchin, in

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Berg; Manuel Blanco; Fabio Urbani

Figure 2: Weather Station DistributionOn the main server side, an ad-hoc designed batch procedure will process the text files containedin the incoming-file directory. This routine will take data contained in the current text file andwill analyze them in terms of integrity, consistency and coherency. Once controls are done, thesame procedure will insert data into the main database, where they will be available for furthermanipulation, and will delete the current text file. If during the verification phase an error shouldoccur, the procedure will perform another attempt instantly. If the second attempt also fails, thefile will be moved into another directory (refused-files), which will be re-processed once a dayand emptied afterward regardless of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor Giurgiutiu; Brian Mouzon

the simplest bread maker and robotics toys, through automobiles andmanufacturing facilities contain at least one mechatronics component, whether overt or covert.Nationwide, efforts to introduce mechatronics education in non-EE curriculum have sprung inover twenty US universities, and several worldwide (Carryer, 2000; Craig, 2000; Field et al.,2000; Furman et al., 2000; Gardner, 2000; Giurgiutiu et al.; 2001; Hargrove, 2000; Hayden,2001; Johnson, 2000; Lima et al., 2000; Luecke, 2001; Lyshevski, 2001; Sanoff, 2001; Shetty etal., 2000; Wild, 2001).THE NEED FOR MECHATRONICS EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINAAt the University of South Carolina, the non-EE engineering students also have an acute need foreducation in the interdisciplinary field of

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Hogan; Barbara Goldberg

thefirst three principles of good practice in higher education as being student-faculty contact,cooperation among students, and active learning. 4 Additionally, innovations such asinterdisciplinary learning, team-teaching, problem-solving, critical thinking, and learningcommunities provide opportunities for greater interaction among students and faculty as well as adeeper understanding and an integration of what is being learned.The Mentoring Initiative was developed to foster relationships that tighten the bonds of acommunity of learners and promote the social and academic development of students. Within aclassroom environment, faculty and peer mentors serve as role models, guides, and resources forinformation so that learners gain competency and

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yanfeng Gong; Mike Collum; Noel Schulz

power engineering elective courses.However, at many universities the field of power engineering is seen as a mature field with noexciting problems to solve or work on in the 21st century.This paper and presentation will outline a joint effort between Mississippi State University andSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) to develop several demonstrations for introductoryEE courses and laboratories for the first power engineering course using a microprocessorcontrolled relay set-up. The goal of the project is to provide other universities with a set ofdemonstrations and laboratories to help integrate other electrical engineering concepts into thepower curriculum to show students that power really involves many areas of core

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Krahe

preparation, to define andsolve open-ended problems. The authors reflected on recent academic reaction to these feelings,and the relationship to Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives. They see a need to reachdifferent styles of learners, to make each student into an independent learner. They suggest a newapproach, based on experiential learning proposed by D. A. Kolb.Kolb observed patterns of learning new concepts. An immediate experience creates in the learnera need for learning. This is accomplished by reflective observation of the experience. This isassisted by the teacher via the introduction of new concepts (or by the new application of oldconcepts) that integrate this new experience into what the learner already knows. This becomesan

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wook-sung Yoo; Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

mathematics through diff. & integral calc √ Knowledge of Computer Sciences √ A&D of Complex electrical & Electronic Devices A&D of Software A&D systems containing HW & SW components Department specific competencies: Leadership roles on projects, teams, or in society Development of an appreciation of diverse cultures and societies Informed literary and aesthetic judgments Able to handle the requirements of Grad School or Professional work Values Liberal/Diverse Education Sound preparation and adaptation for exciting, rapid changing area of technology

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

with photos (Figure2). The AY00-01 competition resulted in USMA being the 2001 National Champion based onthe following places: 1st Place-Best Deck Design, 1st Place-Most Practical Design, 2nd Place-Willamette Industries Design Award, 2nd Place-Best Support Structure. An added bonus was thecommunity service link after the competition, what to do with a bridge that could support 5000pounds? The bridge has been incorporated into the West Point Elementary School nature trailproject currently under construction. AY01-02 competition resulted in USMA placing 3rdoverall. Figure 2. USMA 2001 Timber Bridge Page 8.299.5

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Teaching Styles and Peer Review

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

most frequently mentionedbarriers were, knowing what is available (50%) and lack of development time (49%).In summary, web technology was seen mainly as the broadcast medium, rather than an enabler ofstudent engagement, collaboration and critical thinking. Changing this perception may prove tobe the most difficult impediment to effective integration of technology in teaching. The surveyresults show the prevalence of instructor-centered philosophy, and relatively low importance ofeducational professional development to the surveyed faculty.Conclusions and RecommendationsThe results of the national survey underscore the fact that the trends observed by the author arenot specific to one particular institution, but rather are symptomatic of wider

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

is playing a moreactive role on private and public projects alike through a more open planning process,environmental regulations, and community standards. To be sure, this involvement from end-users and stakeholders provides valuable input, but it adds an element of complexity to the wayprojects are conceived, designed, and built. The difficulties of managing complexity cancontribute to misapplication and unsafe practice. As the complexity in our society and on ourprojects mounts, the risk to public health, safety and welfare increases.To effectively manage the complexity of the future, to make informed, ethical, and safe decisions Page

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Firas Zeineddine; Ahmad Smaili

code allows one to analyze the synthesized linkage to assess its kinematicsperformance. This is an important step because mathematical solutions do not guarantee thatthe synthesized mechanism can traverse the positions in the desired order or it does not sufferfrom branching defects. The simulation option in SoftLink allows the designer to check finedetails in the kinematics before moving to the kinetics design and analysis.Matlab/Simulink is the platform of choice for several reasons: (1) It is a code familiar tostudents and faculty as it is already available and used in many courses in a curriculum tosolve a wide range of engineering problems including control, communications, DSP,optimization, etc.; (2) It has a vast library of functions

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Laws

African American and women's communities within theR&D organization. Since the numbers of under-represented minority and women studentsgraduating with Ph.D.s in disciplines relevant to the work of the Labs was very small, theLabs leadership realized that they would have to take an active role in identifying,encouraging, and supporting students in these groups to pursue studies in mathematics andengineering. This paper summarizes the common histories and goals of the programs,their launch and operation, their use of internships and mentors and the results of thecombined AT&T and Lucent programs over the 30 year period of their operation.IntroductionDoctoral fellowship and grant programs were launched at AT&T's Bell Laboratories

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tonya Smith-Jackson; Chang Soo Nam; Chanel Thomas

associated with information retrieval. Students are relying on the World Wide Web (WWW)more frequently to obtain information. Given students’ growing dependence on the Internet to accesscredible information associated with research and independent learning, it is important that the Webbe ergonomically designed, as is the case for any other tool used to perform a task. In addition, it isimportant to integrate the new demands for information literacy into the Engineering curriculum, butthis integration will not be successful unless educators are aware of two important factors that can Page 8.1166.1potentially undermine search success -- interface

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Durgamadhab Misra; Fadi Deek; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller

Professor ofInformation Systems at NJIT where he began his teaching career as a TA in 1985. He is also a member of theGraduate Faculty - PhD Program in Management, Rutgers University.VLADIMIR BRILLERVladimir Briller received Ed.D. from Columbia University in 1995. He worked as an Associate Research Directorat Education Development Center International Department in New York and as a Research Project Director at VeraInstitute of Justice in New York evaluating various programs in the US and Europe. Currently he is a Director ofthe Outcomes Assessment at New Jersey Institute of Technology.ROBERT FRIEDMANRob Friedman is Director of Undergraduate Programs for the College of Computing Sciences at NJIT. His researchinterests focus on the integration of

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Pinnell; Gabrielle Williamson; Corinne Daprano

soft skills. There are many forms of experiential learning including co-operative education andinternships, lab experiences, project based coursework, field trips and service-learning. Theconcept of service learning has been interpreted in many different ways ranging from a singlecollege course where the students are required to spend one afternoon doing community service(i.e., picking up trash in the neighborhood, giving blood, etc.) to multi-year, service projects thatare fully integrated into the curriculum and include opportunities for reflection and interactionwith the organization and/or people being served. The former extreme provides limitededucational benefits, but is very easy to implement. The latter extreme has

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones

Session 2793 Self-reported Instrument for Measuring Student Learning Outcomes Theresa L. Jones The University of Texas at AustinAbstractProject PROCEED is dedicated towards providing more hands-on and project-centeredclassroom learning opportunities in the mechanical engineering department at TheUniversity of Texas at Austin. One of the challenges of PROCEED is assessing its impacton student learning. We have been developing and piloting an instrument for assessinghow well these PROCEED courses are satisfying the departmental student learningoutcomes. Based upon an assessment instrument used by

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

first step in reachinga judgment is a need to fully understand the goals of the traditional engineering laboratory. Oncethese goals are determined, ABET can determine whether a simulated or remote course is anadequate substitution for traditional hands-on experience. In January 2002, ABET held acolloquy to solicit input from a select group of experts to determine a taxonomy of engineeringlaboratory learning objectives. A list of 13 learning objectives was created that participants feltadequately describes the goals of the engineering laboratory. However, the participants of thecolloquy requested that the list be validated and any new issues or challenges related toachieving the objectives be documented. This paper takes an initial step in that

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Hise; Jim Clark; Bryant Kiedrowski; Aaron Jennings

begunmarketing “Oxy-alkaline” batteries that are reported to have extended lives in high drainapplications such as digital cameras (PIR, 2003). Oxy-alkaline batteries use an alkaline powerchemistry with a modified cathode formula that substitutes nickel oxy-hydroxide for a portion ofthe manganese dioxide to provide a higher capacity and more voltage under heavy load.However, this blurs the line between “alkaline” batteries that are classified as non-hazardoussolid waste and nickel-metal hydride batteries that generally fall under a more restricted disposalclassification (“universal” waste or household hazardous waste).Recent trends in U.S. consumer battery marketConsumer batteries come in many sizes such as lantern, multi-cell, button, button stack, K

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler; Jay Brockman

tools into traditional courses.Introduction The versatility of the World Wide Web as a learning tool has allowed it to be used Page 8.1296.1in engineering courses. Some courses use web-based, virtual laboratories exclusively toreplace traditional, physical labs, and in other courses virtual labs are not being used at all.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIn this paper, we show how in an Introduction to Engineering Systems course at theUniversity of Notre Dame, we used a combination of a virtual lab and a physical