Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

, American Society for Engineering Education”Lectured material must be reinforced using descriptive handout material, thoughtprovoking homework exercises, creative laboratory assignments, exhaustiveresearch-reports, interesting project demonstrations, animated audio-visual aids,productive web-search data and the like. Students must be required andencouraged to participate in a variety of different activities that promote learning.The author utilized most of the above-mentioned techniques to deviate from atraditional lecture format.First, the students were required to read the assigned topic (for example, ‘FilterDesign’) before participating in a lecture class. This results in a population oflearners that are indeed well prepared to discuss the

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

such as Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, ImageProcessing, Signal Processing and Statistics for data analysis and advanced controlapplications.The computation engine of MATLAB has been integrated with mechanism designcapability of Working Model to simulate a variety of motion control tasks. The ImageProcessing toolbox is being utilized for offline verification of computer vision tasksassociated with the integrated Robot-Vision system from ADEPT. It has also beenintegrated with the project requirement of the “Introduction to MATLAB” course offeredby the principal author to sophomore engineering students. Images acquired by a remoteimaging system mounted on a tethered blimp are utilized. This blimp based remoteimaging system has been developed by

Conference Session

Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Haishan Zheng; Jason Keith

-based instructional tools may improve the motivation of students, which could bea significant factor in achieving student success. Page 8.1294.1This paper will describe four JAVA applets developed for simulation of basic heat and Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationmass transfer processes. These applets are a part of “Web Instructional Tools forEngineering,” a one year project funded by the Michigan Space Grant Consortium.These four JAVA applets were to be developed with two goals in mind: to be visualenough to

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks; Laura Ford

competition was intended to be educational, several changes were made withrespect to team formation and ethical conduct. In the AIChE competition, faculty and graduatestudents may act only as sounding boards. In this event, teachers or advisors could assist thestudents with ideas (including specifying which reaction to use). This allowed the teachers tobetter integrate the project into their curriculum. The design and construction of the cars was tobe done primarily by the students. As with the AIChE competition, it was required that there beat least five members on a team. An entire class might be a team, and the entire team did notneed to attend the competition. To allow for flexibility in forming the teams, there was norequirement of different

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Stanley; Paul Kauffmann; Gary Crossman

approach has worked well formore than two decades, but a new approach based on future evolutionary trends, will bepursued.III. The Projected Mathematics ParadigmThe freshman sequence in Precalculus, consisting of standard algebra and trigonometry,will be retained since it provides a solid basis for the curriculum. However, instead of thetwo three-credit courses in Introductory Calculus, students take one four-credit course inCalculus and Analytical Geometry, which is the same as taken by engineering majors.This will ease the change of majors from engineering to engineering technology, or vice-versa, within the College of Engineering and Technology (COET). Our evaluation ofstudent performance suggests that engineering technology students at this

Conference Session

ELD Technical Papers Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers

usefulnesscan form the basis for determining if the library should consider purchasing it or a similarresource. Page 8.354.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Such was the case when the University of Arizona Libraries previewed KnovelEngineering & Scientific Online References. Knovel is a database consisting ofengineering reference materials from popular reference handbooks, databases, andconference proceedings. Students found the information contained in the database usefulto their projects, and the

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Govind Puttaiah

Page 8.212.7 The success of this course was due to the efforts of several of my colleagues atWest Virginia University Institute of Technology. John Jay did all the preliminary work toinsure satisfactory operation of equipment and was always available to take care ofproblems. This project could not have been completed without his help. WVU Techprovided the encouragement and the necessary financial assistance to complete theproject. Ellen Ford assisted in recording and reproducing the video tapes.Biographical Information Dr. Govind Puttaiah is a Professor and the Chair of Mechanical Engineering atWest Virginia University Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree inEngineering Mechanics from Penn State University. His

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit

– Factors Contributing to High Attrition RatesAmong Science, Mathematics and Engineering Undergraduate Majors, A Final Report to the Alfred P. SloanFoundation on an Ethnographic Inquiry at Seven Institutions, Bureau of Sociological Research, University ofColorado: Boulder, April 1994.Author InformationRufus Carter is a graduate student in Educational Research and Testing, Department of Educational Psychology,University of Florida. He received a B.S. in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Virginia, Wise. Hisresearch interests involve test and survey validation, generalizability of high stakes performance exams, classroomand project assessment and evaluation, and methodologies for setting performance standards.Marc Hoit is Associate Dean

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Carlson

thinking to sharing an idea, heor she must realize that others may not understand the representations theyhave been using. Thus the task in communications is often finding modes ofrepresentation that make sense to others, that are shared by both the creativeperson and the audience. For engineers, it is crucial to be able to differentiate between personaland shared representations. For a new design to be accepted by others, it mustmake sense to various audiences. One telling example of this in the classroomcomes with group projects. Frequently, as a student group discusses andmodifies the robot car, they will develop drawings that reflect their discussions.Because they have reached consensus within the group about what thedrawings represent

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad; Jerry Samples

University, June 2002. 13. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), “ExCEEd Teaching Workshop,” Northern Arizona University, August 2002. 14. Finley, D., “Tips for Greasing the Tenure Tr ack 3,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, 2001.MAHER M. MURAD is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown. Dr. Murad was a visiting assistant professor at Bucknell University and had overseas teachingexperience. He also worked as a highway project manager for Acer Freeman Fox International (HyderConsulting). Dr. Murad received M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Toledo in 1987 and aPh.D. in Engineering Science from the University of Toledo in 1994.JERRY

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

level of know ledge necessary to understan d the impact of engineerin g solutions in ligh t of contemporar y professional, societal and global issues. (1j) 19. A commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement. (1k) 20. The capability of evaluating m aterials and meth ods for constr uction projects. (A.b) *Note: B. S. Bloom ’s Taxon omy of Educati on Objectives defines these six major cat egories of Page 8.928.8 the cognitive domain. Taken from Teaching Engineering by Philip C. Wankat an d Frank S. Oreovicz, Mcgraw Hill, Inc., 1993.“Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon Twigg; Eric Johnson

simulation technology. The final project in this class is for each group ofstudents to fly a model helicopter using a controller designed by them. Leading up to actuallyflying the model, students can test their controller designs on a helicopter simulator beforeattempting to fly the actual model helicopter.1The Department of Electrical Engineering at the National University of Singapore has developeda web-based laboratory simulation of a coupled tank apparatus. This simulator has the capabilityto implement manual, proportional integral derivative, general state-space and fuzzy logiccontrollers. Because of these capabilities, this simulator provides a generalized platform fortesting new controllers.2Pennsylvania State University uses a re

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

solving in a succinct yet fully engaging manner.Another tool that proved very helpful was Excel, which was used to illustrate important issues incash flow analysis and problem solution procedures. Advantage was also taken of Excel’s built-in functions for financial analysis. Consider for example the question of determining the internalrate of return (IRR) on an investment. The definition of IRR is that it is the interest rate for which Page 8.423.3the Net Present Worth (NPW) of a project is zero. When done by hand, determining the IRR Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susannah Spodek; D. Joseph Mook; Lester Gerhardt

countries. Many schools of engineering in the United States now offer atleast one or more opportunities for study abroad, and the types of opportunities for Page 8.1043.5international engineering exchange are growing constantly. Some new areas for Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright January 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationinternational exchange are overseas internships and co-ops, service learning projects, andacademic short-term training programs. Each of these offers engineering students adifferent avenue to develop new skills and learning

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

spreadsheets inthis project, the instructor can quickly generate and analyze a variety of problems with easeduring the lecture to enhance student course comprehension. These spreadsheets can also beprovided for the students to allow them verify the accuracy of their developed hand-solutions.Note that it is much more difficult to achieve the objectives described above using othercommercial structural engineering software, since these packages are often quite expensive,more complex, and harder to work with. Many civil engineering and civil engineeringtechnology faculty can neither afford to acquire this type of software in their institutions, northey have time to teach the students how to use the software. The use of EXCEL spreadsheetpackage might be

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Schwartz; K-Y Daisy Fan

MATLAB'sintegration of Java. A final project could be used to "merge" the content, so that students solve amore complex problem in ways for which the languages are suited.ConclusionsGiven the constraint of a “common first-year curriculum,” the Department of Computer Scienceat Cornell University has introduced a new course, CS100M, that teaches fundamentalprogramming concepts as well as practical computing tools for the engineering community.CS100M introduces fundamental programming concepts using MATLAB, a popular computingtool, and teaches object-oriented programming using Java.Inspection of student performance in the subsequent, Java-based, programming course CS211shows that CS100M and CS100J students have done about the same, although more CS100J

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

the professorexchanged ideas, followed a format they had discussed and spent time developing a relationship oftrust. Similarly with the students, the rapport in Case 2 was exceptional, student-teacher, teacher-student. Student ratings in Case 2 were exceptional. And, just to test the hypothesis that highratings come from easy courses, graduates of this engineering technology program are focusingtheir graduate study in the subject area of this professor and are doing top quality work.ConclusionThe advice is simple; find a mentor and learn to teach. Success and the attainment of tenure canbe an individual project but it doesn’t have to be. Help is often available; seek it out. Attendteaching workshops, attend research workshops, learn from

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Dempsey; Craig Totman

setting. Moreover, getting the students outof the classroom and into a laboratory to work on a physical project is an excellent way topromote engineering in general. There are not many other disciplines outside of science andengineering that can put cutting edge theories and technology to a real test over the courseof one semester and get results that were obtained through personal experience. The highvisibility of students working in the laboratory encourages other undergraduates to becomeinterested in a specific course that offers a relevant lab experience. It is important to takeadvantage of this method of learning.In the classroom, students are presented with the history and evolution of fracture theories,beginning with Griffith and Irwin on up

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann

-all. A non-provisional application must befiled within a year.Patents and the CurriculumThe best place to find the emerging trends is the newly published applications or issued patents.An actual search of the patent databases is recommended. Two freely available web sites areU.S. Patent Office web site for Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases:7 Issued Patentsand Patent Applications. The European Patent Office offers its excellent esp@cenet8 database.Design projects may be an appropriate place to introduce patents. Faculty members in the Schoolof Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University have included a basic introduction to patentsand their subject classification in sophomore level design classes for many years. Thisintroduction

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

“rules” provide achecklist format for course requirements, committee selection, comprehensive examinationrequirements, project requirements, etc. Each course page provides a link to both the EUC andto the TM program web page. Mailings, both hard copy and electronic, include courseinformation and linkages to program information. In general, the more linkages between course Page 8.108.3information, program information, and faculty the better. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationAt the program

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

National Conference proceedings. CD Index number 970. 4. Pacific Crest (2002). Process Education. Retrieved January 12, 2002, from http://www.pcrest.com/phil.htm 5. Blasko, D, Holliday-Darr, K. (April 1999). “Engineering and psychology: joint project on visualization & engineering graphics education.” North Central Section of American Society of Engineering Educators proceedings. KATHRYN HOLLIDAY-DARR Kathryn Holliday-Darr has been an Instructor of Engineering Graphics at Penn State Erie since 1985. She received her B.A. in Industrial Arts at the University of Northern Colorado, and her M.S. in Industrial Arts Education at Buffalo State SUNY. Her research and teaching interests include engineering graphics, visualization, and

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

beingawarded a research project. The recent requests have been for more test time, preferred seating,note taking assistants or give your notes to the student, and etc. Even though this is a seriousproblem, the university has not offered any training on how to handle the special needs or heldbrainstorming sessions for possible solutions, but gives orders as to what you must do. This hascreated poor attitudes towards the administration and reinforces concerns about the typicaladministrative approach, which is not to solve the problem but to fix the problem. Universities want to increase tuition revenues, so more efforts are being made on theretention of students. One policy, which now is no longer in effect, was to send a facultymember a notice

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

domains areinterchangeable. In other words an image can be represented in the time and frequency domain.MATLABThis package, Matrices Laboratory, is a versatile package that performs a multitude ofmathematical calculations involving matrices. This software is used in modeling signal processingsystems and control systems and has toolboxes for image processing, neural networks andcommunication applications. This package is structured like C++, and provides functions forevery process. These functions can be called in the program to achieve the end that is expected ofthe process. The main functions that MATLAB provides in the accomplishment of this project areFFT, FFTSHIFT and IFFT. These functions help in transforming an image between the timedomain

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Toledo-Quinones

MS inApplied Physics at the University of Massachusetts in 1989, and his Ph.D. in the Electrical, Computer and SystemsEngineering Department at Boston University in 1995. He joined the University of Puerto Rico in 1998, where he hasbeen teaching undergraduate courses in electronics. He is currently involved in projects in the areas of micro-sensors,machine vision, and digital watermarking. Page 8.1222.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Krause

topic rather than“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”the memorization of facts or routine algorithmic equation solving. FCI results, which are beingused to measure the performance of students in physics classes with different teaching methods,has initiated changes in teaching methodology and stimulated healthy debate on best teachingpractices.In the past three years, a project to develop and test assessment tools for engineering sciencecourses called “Engineering Concept Inventories” has been initiated by Evans4 through the NSF-sponsored Foundation Coalition. Under this program an early version of a Materials

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walden Rio

sending of faculty members to MSOE. The College of Engineeringof Central Philippine University, would like to dedicate this paper to Dr. Ted Robles andMilwaukee School of Engineering for the unselfish efforts of helping a third world countryengineering school have its faculty exposed to a modern technology.Bibliographical Information1. Memorandum of Understanding, Central Philippine University and Milwaukee School of Engineering.2. Department of Science and Technology/Engineering and Science Education Project, Report on International Travel, 1998 Page 8.767.6“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,Copyright 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Elizabeth McCullough, Kansas State University; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

industries considering moving to Florida. To support the workforce capacityaspect of this mission, the FHTCC developed the Tech 4 Educational Consortium to focus onworkforce development for these high technology industries. This Consortium is made up ofrepresentatives from the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida,community colleges from across the region, Career Connections Initiatives, the state's Welfare toWork program and area high tech companies. This group meets quarterly at various locationsacross the state. The original “chip camp” and the upcoming “Tech Camps” have been one of theconsortium’s major projects since its inception.Tech 4 also works on the development of degrees and programs designed to train local

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Roe

, it will serveas an introduction to the materials included in the module and will reinforce the lessons andexamples presented there.Module OrganizationFor each module a project manager is chosen to guide the development process and keep theteam focussed on priorities. This leader is responsible for the module organization and compilesthe materials developed by the team members and groups into the module architecture. A key tothe success of the HSTI modules is the module architecture. The module must be user friendlyenough that the educator feels comfortable with it, while at the same time, it must have adelivery method that connects with the students.To accomplish the former goal, the module is compiled on a CD-ROM using standard

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Smerdon

Foundation has analyzed the dynamics of the U.S. Page 8.234.1engineering workforce. This covers all engineers, not just civil engineers. This Engineering Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationWorkforce Project involves four NSF Directorates: (a) Engineering; (b) Social, Behavioral, andEconomic Sciences; (c) Education and Human Resources; and (d) Computer and InformationSciences and Engineering (2). Some interesting facts emerge which suggests that engineering isan activity that may be quite different

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Bernstein

this collection of data is that much more workneeds to be done in order to do any accurate statistical analysis. Some of the questions in thesurvey need to be rewritten to make them more conducive to the collection of pertinent data.Also, the method used for compiling the results needs to be further developed so that more andbetter comparisons can be made.As mentioned in the abstract, the original intention of this project included exit interviews withgraduating seniors and alumni. This was not accomplished at this time and should be looked at aswell. Separate questionnaires will need to be written for both the seniors and the alumni.Bibliography