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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

project based learning. Laboratories, are expensive, but are an efficientvehicle to accomplish student learning. They are refreshing for many students, a welcomecounterpoint to lecture as they provide the challenge as they teach their lesson, rather than in adeferred quiz. Laboratories allow students to demonstrate outcomes mandated by ABET’sEngineering Criteria 2000. In well conceived laboratories students demonstrate an ability to: 1.Apply the tools of modern engineering and science to solve relevant problems. 2. Implementappropriate experimental procedures. 3. Handle data, draw and articulate conclusions. 4. Make “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mentoring Women and Minorities

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Linse; Rebecca Bates

includes the development and presentation of a course on activelearning for engineering graduate students. The course was developed with the support of agraduate teaching fellowship and the advice of mentors. Three of the motivating ideas inspiringthe development and offering of this course in a graduate engineering curriculum are 1) to createa culture where talking about teaching is expected and useful; 2) to give engineering studentsaccess to a vocabulary for talking about education with members of other academic disciplines;and 3) to model active learning techniques and good teaching practices.The Huckabay fellowship program is part of the larger Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) programat the University of Washington (see web links for more

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grasman

Session 2242 A Virtual Environment for Enterprise Engineering EducationScott E. Grasman1, Can Saygin1, Benjamin L. Dow1, Raymond M. Kluczny2, Majdi Najm3 1 Department of Engineering Management, University of Missouri - Rolla 2 School of Management and Information Systems, University of Missouri - Rolla 3 E-business University Competency Center, University of MissouriAbstractSeveral resources highlight the need to effectively use modern technology to gain moreproductive and rewarding undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technologyeducation. In addition to

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Reynolds; Macy Reynolds

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”names, email subject line, greeting and closing were omitted to both save time and allow foranonymity; however, grammar and spelling errors were left in the samples.1. The instructor is alerted that several students did not grasp a concept from the previouslesson. Knowing the problems the students had before the next class helped the instructor plan areview or example as part of the next lesson. Emailed journals were especially helpful becausethe ease of mailing students several times on an issue was very close to having a conference. Atother times, sending a group email with more information on the issue helped all the studentsfind success with

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

Walnut Hills High School can be found in References 1 and2. 1,2Design/Build/Test/Document ProjectIn the second half of the Introduction to Engineering course, student teams learned and practicedthe design process. Their goal was to design and build a working conveyor/sorter system thatwould sort three different kinds of recyclable objects into bins. In the final test of the system, tencopies of each object were to be placed in random order and at random locations, within aspecified area, on the conveyor belt. Objects would move down the belt and be directed into theproper bins. In addition, the teams learned to build circuits and then designed a counter thatwould allow them to count the number of objects sorted into one of the three bins

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilfred Roudebush

the energysystems diagram of Figure 1. All built environment alternatives compete for inputs indicatedoutside the energy systems diagram boundary. Money, indicated by dashed lines in Figure 1,circulates into the system to pay only for human services. Money is not paid to the environment,and money that is paid for labor cannot be used to evaluate benefits or losses to the environment. The methodology may be used to assess the sustainability of single systems of a builtenvironment alternative or to compare the sustainability of multiple built environmentalternatives. The methodology essentially accounts for all inputs to a built environmentalternative over a life cycle consisting of all phases that a built environment alternative

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Schwesig

-all package (which could be just the solution to his needs) moreattractive to the prospective customer. Figure 1 shows explicitly how the products has evolvedin the last couple of years. Manufacturing Offering of Offering of Provision of of Parts Products Services Benefits Page 8.601.22 Windhoff, Hoheisel (1999)3 Hirsch, B. E.; Thoben, K.-D.; Hoheisel, J. (1998) Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering

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Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Veng Kouch

objectives isalso included.Introduction:A control system is defined as an electronic/electrical/mechanical system used to automat icallycontrol, maintain and track a physical variable or system output. Most student s have difficulty inidentifying the control system. Before the system theory is developed, it would be much clearer inthe student’s mind if he sees an actual control system.System designThe block diagram of a control system is shown inFigure 1. It consists of the plant, the sensor, thecomparator, the PID controllers and thedisturbance. Operational amplifiers are used as again block in most subsystems. The system canbe operated in an open-loop or closed-loop mode.The Integral (I) and Differential (D) controllers aswell as the disturbance

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhukar Vable

ofmechanics of materials concepts is described. Through a series of examples the pedagogy bywhich cultivation of intuition, experimental observations, and mathematical generalization can bepresented in a complimentary manner is elaborated in context of two important concepts inmechanics of materials, namely: concept of stress and theory of one-dimensional structural ele-ments. The practical application of general principles in context of design is presented in a sepa-rate paper.1. IntroductionNear the beginning of twentieth century, courses using textbooks1,2 with title ‘resistance of mate-rials’ were significantly more applied than today’s course called ‘mechanics of materials’. As theemphasis on statics and the concept of stress and strains grew

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raj Mutharasan

balance.The course was organized into four segments: insulin and genetic engineering, manufacture ofinsulin in bioreactors, delivery of insulin in the human body and biosensors. The course wasteam-taught by four instructors whose teaching and research background corresponds to the fourtopic areas. In the first edition of the course, the three non-lecturing instructors attended all theclasses so that transition from topic to topic would be smoother. Additionally, availability of allfour instructors in each class meeting enabled answering of certain student questions complete.The attending instructors provided important feedback with comments and suggestions toimprove learning in the classroom.Gateway CoalitionThe Gateway Coalition (1), funded by the

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Callahan; Paul Givens

challenges facing the USF FEEDS program(Long-Distance Delivery System): 1) Reaching potential industry partners and students through marketing efforts; and 2) Developing new funding sources which will support additional growth in the face of increasingly expensive technology System-wide FEEDS issues presently being considered by the Florida Council ofEngineering Deans includes: • Modernizing distance learning program delivery • Providing anytime, anyplace delivery • Improving marketing • Improving statewide infrastructure • Conducting a needs assessment Page 8.604.5

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenda Kelly; Martha Absher; Gary Ybarra

Session 2793 Math Understanding through the Science of Life (MUSCLE) Glenda T. Kelly1, Gary A. Ybarra2 and Martha S. Absher2 1 Private Practice, Chapel Hill, NC/ 2 Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NCAbstractMUSCLE is an academic enhancement program partnering Duke University’s Pratt School ofEngineering, Lakewood Elementary School and Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham, NC.The mission of this program is to promote a passion for understanding and applying

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Miller

seven electives per year. In addition, each semesterapproximately 15 sections of 18-22 students are taught in EN200 – Naval Engineering 1(Introduction to Naval Architecture); a course required for all non-engineering majors. In USNAterms, the course follows a (3-2-4) format, which translates as three hours of lecture and twohours of lab each week for four credits. All freshmen share a similar curriculum comprisingchemistry, calculus, history, government, English, leadership, seamanship and physicaleducation. Majors are declared near the end of freshman year. Over the last decade the NavalArchitecture Program has graduated between 17 and 26 students each year. Currently theprogram has 30 freshmen, 31 sophomores, 21 juniors and 24 seniors. This

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

disciplines with knowledge ofnuclear science and technology that will prepare them for careers in the nuclear industry. Thoseprograms are: 1) Undergraduate minor in nuclear engineering 2) Graduate minor in radiation safety 3) BS/MS program 4) Dual masters degree program.The undergraduate and graduate minor were developed by the Nuclear Engineering Program andguided through a long review process culminating with approval by a university-wide academic Page 8.939.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Toby Boulet; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Richard Bennett; Arnold Lumsdaine

Learning Systems Institute by Pacific Crest 1. Themodules will cover special topics in: • Statics • Particle Dynamics • Rigid Body Dynamics • Strength of Materials Each module will contain a set of learning objects (LO), based of a survey of the departmentalfaculty. Although the opportunity exists for the student to directly use the module for review, aset of problems will be provided that will direct the student to a particular section of a module ifan error is detected. The students will not be provided with a specific answer, but they mustdiscover their problem from the material presented. It has been shown that the process of just-in-time self-discovery maximizes retention of information3.The combination of learning styles

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

and reviewed, edited, and printed with theadditions and comments. The cost of the SMART Board system, including the projectorand VCR was approximately $15,000. The cost of the distance learning equipment wasapproximately $31,000. The layout of the distance-learning classroom at The Universityof Dayton is shown in Figure 1. The classroom at Edison is equipped similarly. Thetechnological setup enables the Edison students to see and hear the instructor and residentstudents real-time. This environment is closer to a traditional classroom setting than adistance-learning experience provided over the Internet or with videotaped lectures.The first two distance-learning courses, IET 323, Project Management, and MFG 240,Manufacturing Design, were

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry

criteria and minimizes expense using a finite list ofavailable component layers”. The beam may be either simply supported or cantilevered; eachstudent team being assigned different requirements at random (Figure 1). Y Y X X Force Force Figure 1: Beam configurations, randomly assigned to each student designer.The students are next provided a list of layers available for their design. The layers typically

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

population on campuses whereengineering technology is offered. [1] The recruiting techniques being used are not effective inproducing an increase in the percentage of the women students in engineering and engineeringtechnology. To paraphrase an old quote – “one size does not fit all.” This paper is a follow-up to the paper that was presented at the Illinois/Indiana sectionalconference in April, 2002. [2] That paper was based on a survey designed to identify the primarymotivators leading women to choose engineering/engineering technology. The survey identifiedseveral salient points in the decision making process for women students. The foremost was theattitude of the home environment toward education. Another significant factor was the effect

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Sauer; Mark Moore; Amin ul Karim; Ahmed Khan

Society for Engineering Education”I. IntroductionAccording to research analysts, Yankee Group, the worldwide wireless penetration willdouble over next five years --- reaching 21 percent of the world's population by 2006, ora total of 1.3 billion subscribers. Currently, wireless penetration amounts to 10.6 percentof Earth's 6 billion people.It is estimated that wireless subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region will number 575million by 2005, topping Europe as the largest mobile communications market. It isexpected that the region's wireless market will grow at a compound annual rate of 20percent in the next five years. Thus, wireless penetration in Asia Pacific will rise from aminuscule 6.93 percent in 2000 to 15.60 percent in 2005 [1].In the United

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

there are computers and internet connectivity at most every school, it is reportedthat only 33% of teachers feel “well” or “very well” prepared to use a computer technology forinstruction, and even less feel prepared to teach programming or technology or engineeringrelated subjects2. A sobering statistic was reported in Education Week in 1997: in the US, theaverage of teachers who had at least 9 hours of training in education technology was 15%.California was reported at the average3. In the Digital High School Education Technology Grant Act of 1997 (AB 64) theCalifornia Legislature stated that 4: 1) Computer knowledge and skills are essential for individual success in school and career and for the continued economic prosperity of

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilmorat Ratchukool; Arnold Lumsdaine

because they cause students to think as they interact [1], rather thanjust passively receiving instruction, as they do in the typical lecture format. So, in summary, themotivation for this work is to allow the instructor to cover the same amount of material in lesslecture time, while producing greater comprehension and enthusiasm in the students. Traditional teaching methods often cater to the average student leaving slower studentsconfused and brighter students bored. Interactive multimedia instruction is flexible enough tosatisfy many different learning styles. Montgomery [2] inventories learning styles by differentcategories:• Processing (Active/Reflexive)–active learners need “hands on,” while reflexive learners can learn passively

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mihaela Albu; Keith Holbert

experiments.Most investigators are delivering experiments via the Internet, but targeted to a single on-lineuser. Presented here is a different approach that stimulates teaming, even when simultaneousremote users are geographically dispersed. Students do not share the same physical location, butrather a virtual one: a multi-user laboratory platform. Within the paper, this philosophicalapproach and the implementation details (including chat, video, archiving, hardware andsoftware platforms) are explained. One of the main advantages offered by a virtual laboratory isthat students from all over the world can use the equipment located in a particular physicallaboratory. The particular hardware employed here is organized around a spectrum analyzer.1

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Fenton; H. Russell Kunz; Suzanne Fenton

temperature that allows quickstartup, zero toxic emissions and fairly good performance compared to other fuel cells.A cross-sectional diagram of a single-cell PEM fuel cell is shown in Figure 1. The protonexchange membrane (Nafion) is in contact with the anode catalyst layer (shown on the left) anda cathode catalyst layer (shown on the right). Each catalyst layer is in contact with a gasdiffusion layer. The membrane, catalyst layers and the gas diffusion layers make up what iscalled the membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA).Fuel (hydrogen in this figure) is fed into the anode side of the fuel cell. Oxidant (oxygen, eitherin air or as a pure gas) enters the fuel cell through the cathode side. Hydrogen and oxygen arefed through flow channels and diffuse

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Martin

andComputer Science at the University of the Pacific (Pacific) implemented a 12-monthmandatory Co-op component in 1970. The program is credited for saving theEngineering School. The school’s enrollment increased 100% the year after its inception, Page 8.1177.1from 50 to 100, and continued to increase substantially the next ten years. 1 The program is Engineering Enrollment after Co-op was Instituted touted today as the primary reason for 800

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

an upper level course.System OverviewThe piece of the system that the visitors are most aware of is TAMherself. (See Figure 1) She is focal point of the theater with audio andvideo screens on either side. TAM is a life size model of an adultfemale that you can see inside of. All the major organs are shown:brain, lungs, heart, bones, arteries, stomach, etc – including the femalereproductive organs. Each of the 19 organs is lit by a 24 volt dc bulb.These lights are controlled by individual data lines. A common +24V issupplied to all the bulbs, and specific bulbs are lit by grounding theindividual data line. There are also 120V ac spot lights above and belowTAM. Finally, TAM can rotate almost 360º by means of a dc motormounted in her pedestal.A

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

latest cycle, USA opted to seek accreditation under ABET’sEducational Criteria 2000 (EC 2000) program, a set of guidelines that is mandatory for allengineering programs. A self-study period followed by a site visit by an ABET team evaluatedthe Batchelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Batchelor of Science in ComputerEngineering programs based on criteria in each of the following areas:1 • Students • Program Educational Objectives • Program Outcomes and Assessment • Professional Component • Faculty • Facilities • Institutional Support & Financial Resources • Program CriteriaThe required one-year self-study was performed in 1998 and an ABET site visit was conductedin October 1999. In August 2000, ABET

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Webb; Julie Spader; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

basic to display acontrol panel where the transmitted parameters could be adjusted. Refer Fig. 1. Page 8.250.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”II. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION Fig. 1 System diagram2.1 STEPPER MOTOR INTERFACEWe selected a 6-wire uni-polar stepper motor, sth-39d103-01: 12 V/ph, 16 A/ph and 1.8 deg/step.The six wires of the stepper motor were directly connected to the 5804 BiCMOS II UnipolarStepper-Motor Translator/Driver [5], which supplies 1.25A and 35V

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon; M. Asghar Bhatti

were measuredon a scale of 1 through 5, where 5 corresponds to strongly agree and 1 corresponds tostrongly disagree. The results of the survey are presented and their implications arediscussed.IntroductionWhat should a civil engineer know, and when should she (or he) know it? This apparentlyinnocent question has profound implications for the future of civil engineering as a Page 8.68.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationprofession in the United States. As such it deserves the most complete answer that

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wieslaw Grebski; Rajeshwar Amireddy; Lori Singer; Judith O'Donnell

programs (Fig. 1).Unfortunately, those baccalaureate degree options are not available at Penn State Hazleton.Depending on the choice of major, most students continue their education at the Capital Collegein Harrisburg, the Altoona College, or the Berks-Lehigh Valley College. Penn State Hazletonalso offers associate and baccalaureate degree programs in business administration. Similar to theengineering technology students, business administration students who graduate with an associate Page 8.827.1degree can either enter the job market or continue their education in a baccalaureate degree “Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering