Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

engineering called optimization theory, which is familiar, at least in outline, toall engineers but relatively unheard of and more challenging to the philosopher and non-engineer.Ironically it is totally ignored by the engineering ethicist who makes his or her living telling theengineer what the good, right, ethical thing to do is. Saying that a Mercedes is a better automobile than a Mustang is nonsensical (this timefrom the point-of-view of the engineer) if better is being used in an engineering sense. As statedabove, they are both optimum solutions to different specific design projects. It does make senseto prefer one design project over the other. An engineer could conceivably argue that designingan automobile similar to the Mercedes is a

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

, • reads in all frequencies and amplitudes from the Fourier analysis, • determines the fundamental frequency, and • reports all of the required information.Figure 6 shows portions of the Perl program and a screen shot of the output file. Page 8.1252.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 6. Perl Program and OutputIV Statistical AnalysisThe objective of the project is to determine if the oxide thickness of all the MOSFETs in a ringoscillator has an

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Eliot; Angela Linse; Jennifer Turns

to requests for changes in the way that we educate andprepare engineers for the future. For example, a number of organizations and stakeholders havesponsored initiatives focused on defining new goals, developing materials, and providingresources. Such efforts include NEEDS – the National Engineering Education Database (a digitallibrary of educational technologies), the NSF Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvementprogram (that supports resource development projects), the new ABET outcome-basedaccreditation policy, and the NSF Coalitions program (that brought together institutions aroundcoalition-specific missions and large-scale curricular reform).Work directly with faculty has been a key element of efforts to enhance engineering

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Coburn Stoler; Peter Crouch; Douglas Gorham

“CityTech: Stuff That Works” project and is a member of the AdvisoryCommittee for the International Technology Education Association.PETER CROUCHDr. Crouch obtained his Bachelor's degree in Engineering Science and his Master's degree in ControlTheory from Warwick University, England. He obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Sciences from HarvardUniversity. His principal research interests lie in nonlinear, systems and control theory. Dr. Crouch is bestknown for his work in the synthesis of nonlinear systems. He has published over 150 papers and onemonograph, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.BARBARA COBURN STOLERBarbara Coburn Stoler is the Managing Director of IEEE Educational Activities. Previously she wasManaging

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wigal

.20Many engineering courses require students to compose documents (such as laboratory reports,activity reports, and project reports) and to verbally present project findings or laboratoryresults. However, Walvoord expresses that engineering faculty, although they know that writingis important are often reluctant to “teach” writing to their students. The faculty worry that theirknowledge of technical writing and verbal communication and their ability to constructivelyrespond to student work is limited and their ability to constructively provide feedback to thestudents is inadequate. 19 In addition, many schools and programs do not recognize thedifference between what is being taught in introductory composition courses and industry’sneeds. Ramey

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Reid; Charles Tiltrum

avenues to learn about and exercise socialresponsibility, 4) exposure to the importance of life-long learning and licensure, 5)development of teamwork, communication, and leadership skills, and 6) service toprofession. This paper will provide examples of how the eight factors for a successfulchapter are implemented and how the student chapter supports departmental outcomes.IntroductionRegardless of the engineering discipline, active student professional societies have oftenbeen used to compliment academic programs. Typically, these activities have often beenviewed as opportunities to allow practitioners to interact with students and present real-world projects and experience to the students. However, successful student chaptersprovide much more

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Turso; David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney

program. (For six of the 68 schools, it was unclearfrom their web sites if a vibrations course was offered in MET.) Of the eleven schools offering avibrations course in MET, only three were found to have a laboratory component. (For three ofthe eleven schools having a vibrations course in MET, it was unclear from their web sites if thecourse had a lab component.)JustificationThe need for a vibrations course was identified largely through the required, senior-levelcapstone course whereby students work in teams on industry-sponsored projects. A localcompany that is a world leader in vibration, shock, and motion control products sponsors someof the projects. Another local company that is a world leader in the manufacture of locomotiveengines

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Harris

identified.However, three articles or the topics upon which articles are based that were found may be ofinterest to some readers. They are: • The State of Maine’s project, begun in the year 2000, to provide middle school students and teachers with Apple iBook laptop computers. • The Copernicus Project, a project of six Washington state school districts to incorporate laptop computers into the learning process of academics and of computer skills. Fouts, Jeffrey T. and Carol Stuen, “Copernicus Project: Learning with Laptops: Year 1 Evaluation Report,” Research in Education, July 1998. • Siegle, Del and Theresa Foster, “Laptop computers and Multimedia and Presentation Software: Their Effects on Student Achievement in

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Michael Kilbey; Richard Rice; Scott Husson; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Debi Switzer

” – Group project (also exercised Romantic, Philosophic, and Ironic skills) • Romantic skills – PvT graphical projections – Learning exercise on how to read technical material – Developing graph/equation and graph/process equivalents – Equation interrogation • Philosophic skills – Identifying patterns (e.g., forms of the fundamental equation) – Uniform problem solving strategy • Ironic skills – Selection of property modelsThe specially designed activities related to the hierarchical model are implemented in“experimental” versions of the courses, while “control” groups are

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Musiak

allow all five sections of the course access to twocomputer labs. The integration of the laptop computers allowed us to overcome the computer lab bottleneck andprovide the instructors and students with a flexible environment. The laptops were brought out when the lessoncalled for them; otherwise the computers were secured in a cabinet in the rear of the classroom where the batteriesalso charged. Wireless web hubs were added to each room giving the students the ability to easily move thecomputers as needed. At times each student had a laptop and at other times a team had one or two laptops in use forrunning experiments. The classrooms were also equipped with a multimedia projection system so that the instructorcould project their laptop screen

Conference Session

Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Rizk; Donald Carpenter; James Hanson

teaching responsibilities and occasionally the sessions were co-taught by two facultymembers. In addition to the faculty, undergraduate and graduate civil engineering studentsassisted with the planning and teaching activities. The faculty members were unable to secure asingle assistant for the entire duration of the program; so multiple assistants were used (although,only one assistant was present for a given session).Project Descriptions Over the duration of the Engineering the World Program numerous projects weredeveloped. Sessions were developed to emphasize each of the conventional specializations ofcivil engineering: construction, environmental, geotechnical, hydraulics, structural, surveying,and transportation. Individual sessions

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

curriculum.Coordinated Spiral CurriculumAlthough the curriculum had just passed a rigorous review by its accrediting agency, the facultybelieved that there was always room for improvement. The faculty decided to step back andexamine the entire curriculum with fresh eyes. The faculty threw off the shackles of mundanementality and looked afresh at curriculum. If we the faculty could start with a clean slate, whatwould we create? The faculty determined that the curriculum must have the following keyfeatures: • Satisfy accreditation criteria • Provide breadth and depth of curriculum content • Include a projects thread through the program to develop professional skills • Incorporate a just-in-time curriculum content flow • Produce

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Reynolds; Macy Reynolds

, that writingskills would be practiced and improved. Based on anecdotal evidence gathered throughout thesemester, this paper will promote journaling as a key success factor for students in engineeringclasses.IntroductionMany engineers keep daily or weekly journals as informal project records that ultimately result inmore formal status reports. Sometimes the engineer’s journal is just a personal record to helpexplain problems or to record agreements and lessons learned from the project. While journalingis widely used in the daily work environment, most journal writing in college is reserved forEnglish and humanities classes. When engineering students write, it is generally in the form of alab report. The authors’ research yielded few results

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Keyser; Ronald Musiak; Richard Mindek; Mary Vollaro; Steven Schreiner

Integration of Engineering Ethics Into The Curriculum: Student Performance and Feedback Richard B. Mindek, Jr., Thomas K. Keyser, Ronald E. Musiak, Steven Schreiner, Mary B. Vollaro Western New England College, Springfield MassachusettsAbstractSeveral ethics lectures were developed and integrated into two diverse courses taught in the School ofEngineering at Western New England College during the Fall 2001 semester. This included a single one-hourlecture given to 39 seniors from mechanical, electrical and industrial engineering disciplines preparing for theircapstone senior design projects and two one-hour lectures given

Conference Session

Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Darin Ridgway; Valerie Young; Michael Prudich

Society for Engineering EducationTwo courses have been identified for use in reinforcing experimental design and statisticslearning: ChE 346 - Heat Transfer and ChE 347 - Mass Transfer and Separations. The heattransfer course is offered the same quarter (Winter Quarter) as the required undergraduatestatistics course and already has a laboratory project incorporated into the course. An effort hasbeen made to integrate this existing laboratory project with the subject matter being presented inthe statistics course. The first offering of the integrated heat-transfer experiment was made inWinter Quarter AY2002/2003. The second course, the Mass Transfer and Separations course, isoffered the quarter directly following the statistics course (Spring

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

for globalaccreditation of engineering and technology programs, to launch special drive to attractunderrepresented groups and to address employment opportunities and social status.Recruitment is the first step towards ensuring the future of the engineering and technologyeducation in this country. More emphasis should be given to influence the students at K-12 levelwhich is the primary carrier goal decision time using collaborative engineering projects andcurriculum development initiatives. The author has documented the overall trend of selectiveadmission policy over open admission policy and it's effect on electronic engineering technologyprogram of a Canadian institute. In recent years almost sixty percent of the continuouslyincreasing work

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadia Craig; Michelle Maher; Walter Peters

some flexibilitydepending on what teaching methods worked well for the students. Page 8.973.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”The “story” of how this course exposed students to simple and complex system concepts andhow they applied these concepts in an experiential learning project will be presented. A final“stew cooking” metaphorical experience that demonstrated the complexities involved in almostevery facet of their lives will also be discussed. Because of the unique way that the

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery

cart was purchased. This equipment wasstored in a locked location in the building where ENGR 106 was scheduled and moved to theclassroom each day at the start of the experimental lecture class. At the beginning of the lecture,one laptop for every two students was distributed by undergraduate assistants; students wereencouraged to work with members of the teams they were assigned to in laboratory. The 110-minute lecture period then consisted of two or more cycles of lecture materials followed by activelearning exercises. The period concluded with wrap-up comments by the instructor and collectionof the laptops.Attempts were made to minimize confounding effects. All assignments (i.e. labs, projects,homework assignments, and exams) were identical

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

. Page 8.840.2 2With the GUI, users who are not interested in the source codes can treat these modules as a blackbox, and use them as a tool for homework and design projects. Other users can modify the sourcecodes to meet their needs.The courseware will be enhanced with additional modules, like stress concentration factors andbearing reliability. Once sufficient MATLAB modules are developed, the courseware can be usedas an essential interactive reference resource for practicing engineers. Part of the courseware willbe published this year.Reference:1. Roark, R.J., Budynas, R.G., and Young W. C., Roark’s Formula For Stress and Strain, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill June 2001.2. Universal Technical

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Bickart; Pam Newberry; Douglas Gorham

Session 2132 ABET and Standards for Technological Literacy Douglas Gorham The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Pam B. Newberry Project Lead The Way Theodore A. Bickart Colorado School of MinesAbstractPre-college students must be educated to make informed decisions in our technologicalworld. Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology andthe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology's Engineering Criteria

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

engineeringprogram. Hands-on experiments are used to illustrate engineering principles and to obtain datafor analysis. Students solve algebraic and trigonometric engineering equations using aspreadsheet and they receive instruction on how to logically outline and solve engineeringproblems using a five step method (Read, Find, Known, Solve and Check) as outlined in theirPre-Calculus text. Within one semester, these students make the transition from not knowinghow to even start an engineering problem to being able to adequately communicate a solutionprocess. This paper outlines some of the projects students completed and how students appliedengineering tools and mathematical concepts to their solution. In addition, it shows how studentperformance was enhanced

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

, and is an environment for developing and delivering web-based educational activitiesand materials. It permits instructors to make tests, discussions, lecture materials, and sample Page 8.381.3solutions available via the web. Some course work such as homework, lab reports, and team “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education”projects, can also be submitted and controlled via WebCT. Figure 3 presents the main web pageto access WebCT materials developed for MIT3060 course. It is a requirement to have aTennessee Tech

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jefferey Froyd; Don Maxwell; Debra Fowler; Jim Morgan

-Construction Project Management (around 100 junior level students) and ENGR111/112Foundations of Engineering I and II (about 92 freshmen students). The intent was to providelinks to lecture notes and other handouts following a 16-week layout for each class. A log-onsystem was developed in order to restrict access to the notes to enrolled students and a fewguests.Since the site was entirely coded in static HTML, the site had to be recoded every semester asschedule and materials changed. Site maintenance was a major headache. In fact as much time Page 8.393.1was spent on HTML changes as in editing existing course material. Fortunately, the course

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Kline; Jerry Ku; Chin-An Tan; Trilochan Singh; Ronald Gibson

Objectives Have Been Achieved Fall Semester 2002” is for an entry levelcourse and provides an example of such a required report. For each of the course learningobjectives that had been listed in her syllabus, the course instructor must describe what measuresshe had used for a particular learning objective to assess the extent to which that learningobjective had been achieved (quiz or exam scores, performance on design projects, laboratoryreports, oral reports, etc.), what actual scores the students had achieved based on this measure,and, from the student surveys, report to what extent the students thought course learningobjectives had been achieved. The “Instructor’s Assessment of Extent…” report concluded witha listing of changes in the course or

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Armstrong, University of Texas at Austin; Sherry Woods, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationenhance student learning through the appropriate use of instructional technology and goodpedagogy in engineering instructional practice.With respect to linking ABET EC2000 with engineering education excellence, the FIC is currentlydeveloping two Web-based systems that support a learner-focused approach: an electronicstudent portfolio project and a comprehensive syllabus tool. Created in conjunction with theMechanical Engineering Department, the portfolio system allows engineering students todocument and communicate key project and design work in a format easily accessible by others.The tool is being pilot tested and plans are underway to incorporate a student self-assessmentbased on ABET

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

engineering problems were presented anddiscussed. The content of this paper was also discussed at the ASEE/SEFI/TUB InternationalColloquium in Berlin, Germany in Oct. of 2002,In the project proposed in this paper, special capabilities of Flash and MATLAB have beenexploited to produce effective and powerful instructional modules for analyzing more involvedstructural engineering problems. The Flash files in these modules are produced in order tooutline and describe the theoretical formulation and the steps involved in the solution of theproblem in an organized and easy-to-understand manner using a multimedia approach. Thefunction of some of the various features of these Flash files is briefly outlined below. 1. Inserted short video clips in the Flash

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard O'Brien; Jenelle Piepmeier

helicopter orinverted pendulum. At the Naval Academy, these experimental products have been invaluable inthe controls education.It is important that engineering educators be aware of limitations of these canned experimentalproducts. Agrawal has correctly pointed out that the integration of the equipment can easilyoverwhelm limited resources of both time and departmental budgets [3]. Bissell has also notedthat some of the canned experiments are so carefully engineered that they become more of anillustration in theory and less of an experience in control system design [6]. Even with a well-equipped laboratory, there are courses and student projects for which this equipment is either notavailable or suitable.This paper discusses the use of a Simulink

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schemmel

. These images help to demonstrate and clarify steps involved in a project. Further, by responding to a few questions, the instructor can document the benefits and challenges of a lesson.5. Whenever possible, supporting materials should be included with the lesson plans. In addition to the lesson plans, the compact disk contains a list of grade appropriate books which can be referenced by the teacher. Also included are vocabulary lists for each grade level. Further, a library of relevant images (in jpg format) is provided. These resources extend the usefulness of the lesson plans to other aspects of the educational process, such as reading and spelling.6. The lesson plans and related resources must be easily accessible. The

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

13 4 2 2 5 Term 5 EGM 3520 Strength of Materials 3 Mechanic of Materials 11 4 2 0 5 SUR 2322C Project Develop & 3 Engineering Drawing 10 2 0 4 4 Visualization CGN 4101 Civil Engineering Cost 3 Engineering cost analysis 10 4 2 0 4 Analysis EML 3007 Thermodynamics 3 Thermodynamics 10 4 2 0 4 Term 6 CEG 4011 Soil Mechanics 4 Soil Mechanics I

Conference Session

Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Buchholtz; Reid Vander Schaaf

Individual Advanced Development (AIAD) program that encompasses allsummer academic programs at West Point.The first program, the Cadet District Engineer Program (CDEP), is an internship type programdesigned to introduce Civil Engineering majors to the functions of a typical US Army Corps ofEngineers District. Cadets assume various activities jobs within the Corps Districts throughoutthe continental United States and overseas for a 3-5 weeks period. Typical jobs cadets perform inthe district are Assistant Project Engineer, Quality Assurance Inspector, Assistant ProjectManager, Construction Representative, Field Engineer, and Project Officer.The second program is the US Air Force Academy’s (USAFA) Field Engineering and ReadinessLaboratory (FERL) in