Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Asif Shakur; Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi; Ibibia Dabipi

Session 1332 A Novel Microwave Engineering Course in a Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program Asif Shakur1, Protap Pramanick2, Ali Eydgahi3, Ibibia K. Dabipi3, Mohammad Fotouhi 3 1 Salisbury University/ 2K&L Microwave/ 3University of Maryland Eastern Shore Salisbury, Maryland / Salisbury, Maryland / Princess Anne, MarylandIn this paper, we describe a fairly innovative microwave engineering course with a concurrentlaboratory. This course is offered in the context of a collaborative electrical engineeringprogram among Salisbury University (SU), University of

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Rodriguez-Solis; Rafael Medina; Jose Colom

of NSFCenSSIS. See figure 1. FIGURE 1 - High-Tech Tools and Toys Laboratory facilities at UPRM Page 8.783.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2632An exit questionnaire was distributed to the students by the end of the semester and results to keyquestions about the course were answered.III. Introduction to Electrical Engineering CourseIt is expected that after completing the

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Figliola; Beth Daniell; Art Young; David Moline

Session 1141 Learning To Write: Experiences with Technical Writing Pedagogy Within a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Beth Daniell1, Richard Figliola2, David Moline2, and Art Young1 1 Department of English 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631AbstractThis case study draws from a recent experience in which we critically reviewed our efforts ofteaching technical writing within our undergraduate

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

Enterprise Program at MTU was a direct result of industrial assessment ofengineering degree programs across the nation. Survey after survey of university, college anddepartmental industrial advisory boards identified the same shortfalls in today's engineering edu-cation [1-3]. Technical competence is seldom an issue with industry and it is typically considereda 'given' for ABET accredited engineering programs. However, several other personal andprofessional attributes are consistently identified as critical to the success of an engineer, butgenerally lacking in new engineering graduates. These attributes include • strong skills in communication and persuasion • ability to lead and work effectively as a member of a team

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Problem of Under-Representation“Under-representation” is defined in the literature as a group having a percentage representationin a given field significantly inconsistent with its percentage occurrence in the population. Thatwomen and minorities such as Hispanics, Blacks, and Native Americans continue to be under-represented in the fields of engineering and computer science can be clearly seen by anexamination of the population demographics and degree breakdowns by race and gender inWomen, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering.1 Women in 1997comprised 51% of the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mueller

motor commands as part of their PID algorithm. However, by using digital signalprocessing techniques in the module, it is now possible to simulate actuator delays and timeconstants. To help appreciate different actuator responses, it is also possible to replace thestepper motor actuator with a pneumatic actuator. This simulation system enables students tomodify an actuator’s transfer function without destroying the realism of a hands-on simulator.The paper describes the interface module’s hardware and digital signal processing techniques aswell as some of the lab experiments associated with the module.IntroductionThere is no question that the lab is the place to drive home complex control theory. There havebeen papers suggesting methods [1

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Peretti; James Spivey; Paula Berardinelli; Naomi Kleid; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard; Dave Kmiec

Teaming, Writing, and Speaking in CHE Unit Operations Lab Dave Kmiec, Chris M. Anson, Paula Berardinelli, Lisa Bullard, Deanna P. Dannels, Naomi Kleid, Steven Peretti, James J. Spivey North Carolina State UniversityRationaleWith the recent evidence for industrial demand[1] and the advent of communication-focused ABETrequirements,[2] engineering programs across the nation are trying to find ways to integrate discipline-specific and multidisciplinary technical communication into their curricula. A review of the literaturesuggests that the majority of this integration has been in the form of genre-model writing classes for thefreshman and sophomore level[3

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

difference in post-test scores from those students who took the traditionally taughtclass and computer tutorial. In essence those students who previously took the traditionallytaught accounting class would have no additional effect from the computer-mediated learning.Or in other words, in the singular form, computer tutorials are expected to be adequate tutors, butin a combined form with traditionally taught course, computer tutorials are simply a supplement,not an addition. Please see Table 1 for an outline of expected results.Table 1 – Hypothesized Results Group X – Students who.. Group Y – Students who.. previously Took did NOT Take the traditional course

Conference Session

Societal Contexts of Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

students are not familiar with the literatureon the subject. Carl Mitcham notes that for many, the question of neutrality turns on the specificmeaning of “use”. He differentiates between those that stress “use” as the technical function of atechnology (which argues for the non-neutrality of technology) and those that stress “use” as theact of using the technology to perform its technical function (which argues for the neutrality oftechnology).1 That is, if one looks at the purpose and function of a technology, one sees that it isbiased towards certain uses and thus non-neutral; if one considers the purpose only fulfilled in theactual act of use (instrumentalism), then the technology itself seems neutral. In the remainder ofthis section we will

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Corradini

, theapproaching retirements of an aging work force combined with low enrollments in nuclearengineering programs in most colleges and universities raise concern about a looming crisis.1 Over the past decade the number of nuclear engineering programs in the United States hasdeclined by half (from 80 to 40), the number of university research and training reactors by two-thirds (from 76 to 28), and enrollments have dropped by almost 60% (from 3,440 to 1,520). Asnoted in a recent planning study by the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy ResearchAdvisory Committee: “Nuclear engineering programs in the United States are disappearing.Without concerted action by the federal government, most of the existing nuclear engineeringprograms will soon evaporate or be

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

own to manage all of these new tasks, his knowledge of course content mustnecessarily suffer. The only solution is not to leave him on his own.”1. In the College ofEngineering at UT Austin, the FIC provides a solution by offering faculty instructionalresources and encouragement.What type of assistance do faculty request? Sometimes technology is part of the solutionand other times, pedagogy alone is the answer. Let us share with you some of the ways Page 8.715.2faculty have partnered with the FIC. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zeena Pinto; Richard Burt

smart structures and optic fibers are considered to be the latest inconcrete construction. The term smart structure refers to a structure that can sense itsenvironment and take appropriate remedial actions. At present there have only been conceptualideas of how this technology might be applied to concrete. For example, according to Mehta 1 ithas been suggested that capsules could be embedded into concrete, which would provide asubstance to heal cracks that, might develop during its service life. Impact-Echo Method The impact echo is a nondestructive technique to evaluate concrete using acoustic signals. Itwas invented at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in the mid-1980’s and developed atCornell University, in Ithaca, from 1987-1997

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is to increase studentenrollment and student diversity in college engineering programs throughout the state ofMaryland and, potentially, throughout the country. The program incorporates five objectives inorder to attain this goal: (1) develop CD curriculum kits that target different fields of engineering(chemical, electrical, civil, and mechanical) that can be used in both middle and high schoolalgebra classes; (2) provide a summer workshop for in-service mathematics teachers andundergraduate engineering Teaching Fellows; (3) develop an undergraduate engineeringTeaching Fellows program to provide hands-on instructional classroom support for middle andhigh school algebra teachers to help them integrate

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Holger; James Melsa; Loren Zachary

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M.J. (John) Frye; Myron (Ron) Britton

introduced as a part of the course.This process uses the text, Team Developer 1, to support the formal training. The five designprojects provide students with the opportunity to develop and practice the communication,decision making, collaboration and self-management skills necessary for individuals to besuccessful in a team environment.Progress in the development of these skills is assessed through self and team evaluations that arecarried out at mid and end of term. The format provided in Team Developer is used by individualteam members to carry out a self-assessment and a team assessment in each of the skill areas. Atmidterm, students are encouraged to share their assessments with each of their teammates. Inaddition to providing the individual

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fredrick Cowan; Alan Gravitt; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

Session 1168 UTILIZING CONSTRAINT GRAPHS IN HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS F. Scott Cowan 1, Marion Usselman2, Donna Llewellyn3, and Alan Gravitt4 1 G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering 2 Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) 3 Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Almstead; Karen Williams; James Hedrick

role models for the girls participating the program.Our team consisted of 13 individuals (10 women and three men) including: (1) the director, whooversaw the financial aspects and submitted a report to the Schenectady County HealthDepartment which grants the permit for operating a children’s camp; (2) the coordinator, whoworked with the director and staff to plan the schedule and work out all of the logistical details,distributed application materials, and communicated personally with all of the participants; (3) Page 8.128.2three Union faculty - one from mechanical engineering, one from computer science, and one Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller

betweennew faculty members and their students. Based on faculty/student integrity and frank upfrontdialogue, “Expectations 101” sets the stage for a transformational rather than transactionallearning experience. The exercise developed for “Expectations 101” uncovers the “hidden”teaching and learning expectations of students and permits the new faculty member to adjust,without compromise, how they will conduct the class.INTRODUCTIONIn order for a new faculty member, particularly one without prior teaching experience, to succeedthey must first acknowledge that they too are a student in the classroom. They are a student thatis learning and developing as an effective instructor and teacher. Brent and Felder (1) stated, “Newfaculty members have had to

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Diggelman; Michael McGeen

evaluated.Also included for each day were a list of objectives, an outline, study questions, text andweb-based resources, and relevant ASTM standards.The 55-page day-by-day course outline was given to each faculty member, and each wasasked for feedback. Not surprisingly, few responded, so a one-page matrix was developedand distributed to faculty. Each of the construction materials and/or topics was listed onthe left and faculty were asked to rank the importance of the topic from “much moreemphasis needed” to “drop.” This matrix can be found in Appendix 1.Most of the seniors were given this survey, as well. It was assumed that they hadcompleted all three of the courses. Several of the students had also taken thefundamentals of engineering exam. Appendix

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

. reach • out of date due to hassle of updating Page 8.260.2 pages. Table 1: Trade-offs between commercial and do-it-yourself website creation.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationFaced with these realities, faculty are left with two choices: resign themselves to living with thefrustrating restrictions of the monolithic commercial systems, or learn enough web-authoringbasics to create their own site from

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Trioloa; Charles Garnett; Barry Mohle; Alfred Wicks; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

Session 2455 REVITALIZING THE NAVY’S R&D CENTERS-- OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION Eugene F. Brown1, Robert Kavetsky2, Alfred L. Wicks1, Barry J. Mohle3, Charles R. Garnett3, Larry C. Triola3 1 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA/2Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA/ 3 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VAAbstractThe Department of the Navy is one of a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mireille Battikha

8.438.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”The extent to which the use of digital formats can enhance integration among engineeringconcepts is vast. For example, integration between Electrical Engineering and ConstructionEngineering may involve analyses relating electrical systems requirements to constructionactivities sequencing. Figure 1 depicts the envisaged possibilities for delivering integratededucation among the different engineering disciplines, sub-disciplines, and within a single sub-discipline, which in this paper refers to construction engineering and also defines the scope of

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Layton

results. General educational objectives include: reproducing published work andcomparing and interpreting the results; close reading for understanding; critical reading toidentify unstated assumptions and incomplete development, and responding to such deficiencies;and developing a project topic, scope of work, and final report consistent with professionalstandards. The course and projects are described and examples of student work are given. Thediscussion concludes with a summary of student responses and possible drawbacks to theapproach and of how project outcomes support the learning objectives.1. IntroductionProjects, projects everywhere! Students are doing projects in courses all across the engineeringcurriculum. Depending on the course level

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Annette George; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

Session 2793 Impact of Federal Government Funding of an Internship Program at a Minority Institution Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein1, Annette George2 1 Department of Civil Engineering / 2Dean’s Office, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland 21251.Abstract:Involving students in research has been recognized as a strategic method for developing andpreparing undergraduate students to gain valuable insights into the workforce, particularly intoscience and engineering careers. Federal funding to minority institutions has proven to be one ofthe most

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Guerci; Douglas Baxter

work problems based on the lecture material. As EG&CAD is a one creditcourse, no additional work is assigned outside the laboratory; the goal of the lecture andlaboratory is to contain the course to three hours each week; one hour for lecture and atwo hour laboratory session each week.EG&CAD is taught using laptop computers required for all RPI students. The presentsoftware consists of: 1. SolidWorks – Computer Aided Design Software 2. PDMWorks – Data Base Manager 3. Windows Media Player – Used to view online lectures 4. WebCT- Internet course management tool containing section syllabi and general student information 5. 3 CDs containing video lectures, SolidWorks data, and other course material

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

FIELD BUS INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AT HOUSTON, TEXAS AREA UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Prof. Harry Franz, P.E. 1 University of Houston-Downtown Member ASEE, IEEE, ISA, NSPEAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the Fieldbus foundation grant and developmentat Lee College, Baytown, Texas and the dissemination of this Fieldbus bus instrumentationtechnology to the University of Houston-Downtown, Brazosport College, San Jacinto Collegeand other instrumentation technology programs.Lee College in Baytown Texas has received a National Science Foundation grant tostudy Fieldbus instrumentation technology and

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Hise; Jim Clark; Bryant Kiedrowski; Aaron Jennings

Monofluoride nLi + (CF)n à nLiF + nC Alkaline Zinc-Air 2Zn + 1/2O2 +2H2Oà 2Zn(OH)2 Silver Oxide Zn + Ag2O à ZnO + 2Ag Nickel-Metal Hydride MH + NiOOH à Ni(OH) 2 + M Nickel/Cadmium Cd + NiO2 +2H2Oà Cd(OH) 2 + Ni(OH)2 Lead Acid Pb + PbO2 + 2H2SO4à 2PbSO4 + 2H 2O Mercuric-Cd Oxide Cd + HgO + H 2Oà Cd(OH) 2 + Hg Mercuric-Zn Oxide Zn + HgO + H2Oà Zn(OH)2+ HgThe alkaline-manganese dioxide battery (AKA “alkaline battery”) is the most commondisposable consumer battery. These batteries generally use powdered zinc (ap. 15% by weight)as the anode, manganese dioxide (MnO2 – ap 35%) mixed with carbon as the cathode andpotassium

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Ciocci

Technician, working independently or “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”cooperatively, identifies specific problems related to her/his field, collects information, determinessolutions, applies appropriate tools and technology to the problem, and communicates the resultsin commercial, industrial, or governmental organizations.” The resulting DACUM Chart featured11 duties and 69 tasks2.Table 1 shows the facets of the jobs being analyzed and whether they were included as duties ortasks or not at all. The duties are broader and typically include between three and nine tasks.Similar duties for the two

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

. Presented here are the Committee’s BOK views andrecommendations arranged by three themes; 1) what should be taught and learned, 2) how itshould be taught to and learned by civil engineering students, and 3) who should teach it.For additional details about the Committee’s draft recommendations and the process by whichthey were developed, refer to the current version of the Committee’s report titled CivilEngineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing the Civil Engineer for theFuture.1 The current version of this evolving report is available on the ASCE website athttp://www.asce.org/raisethebar. CaveatsAs indicated above, this paper is focused on the BOK and is not intended to address the

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

focus on howthese materials are used throughout the course both inside and outside the classroom. A seconddemonstration where students learn the differences between ductile and brittle fracture throughthe splitting of wood will be presented.IntroductionMost engineering students are required tocomplete a course in materials science andengineering. During the last several years anintroductory course has been developedwhich is suitable for first year students1. Thesubject matter is organized according to thechain shown in Figure 1. That is, material Figure 1: Chain Approach to Teaching Materials Science.properties are dependent on structure whichin turn is dependent on processing. Thecourse