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Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Ives; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

measurement equipment, has proven highly successful in reinforcing modem design and analysis techniques.1 INTRODUCTIONThis paper describes the addition of digital communication transmitter capability to thewinDSK6 program.1, 2 This Microsoft WindowsÖ application controls a Texas Instruments(TI) TMS320C6711 or TMS320C6211 digital signal processing starter kit (DSK). The C6xDSKs incorporate a much more potent processor and greater memory compared to earlierDSKs. This DSK also ships with TI’s Code Composer Studio (CCS), a complete, integrated Page 8.305.1production-grade code generation, debugging, and analysis environment. While this

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Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Eli Fromm; Jack McGourty

education, instituted professional development activities,and institutionalized assessment and continuous improvement in all partner schools aswell as actively disseminated these innovations to institutions external to the Coalitions[1]. These developments have served as the elements around which systemic change atindividual institutions can be planned and implemented. An unexpected consequence ofthis intense focus on external dissemination is the facilitation of the Coalition’s ownchange and innovation processes.This paper explores how the goal of establishing a digital repository greatly facilitated thefinal stages of the innovation process throughout the Gateway Coalition. Based on thestructural definition of the repository and the standards

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Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joseph Shaeiwitz

years for 15 years.Seniors have been working on a large group project under the direction of a student chiefengineer for over 60 years.1 In the senior, unit operations laboratory, students work in pairs.This paper presents unscientific observations and anecdotes from many years of experience withteam formation and functioning. Methods for assessing teamwork will also be discussed.Observations on Team FormationThree methods have been used to form teams. At times, teams have been formed by student self-selection. At times, they have been assigned by the instructors. And, more recently, studentshave been permitted to choose a partner, and the pairs were paired by the instructors.In the unit operations laboratory, pairs are assigned by the

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Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joel Weinstein

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

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Malinda Zarske; Denise Carlson; Janet Yowell; Jacquelyn Sullivan

math and science can be accomplished with well-developed, interactive engineeringlesson plans that incorporate hands-on activities. Through real classroom interactions inelementary, middle and high schools, graduate engineering Fellows successfully bridgeengineering subject-area content to age-appropriate education pedagogy. Supported by NationalScience Foundation (NSF) and Department of Education (DOE)1 grants, the Integrated Teachingand Learning (ITL) Program has developed extensive and innovative hands-on engineeringcurricula focused on topics universal to K-12 science, technology and math classes.Graduate engineering Fellows are key to the successful creation of K-12 engineering curricula,through researching and writing engineering-focused

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kena Burke; Paul Rainey

, including ABET workshops, beganreviewing lists. They rejected some terms, finding them inappropriate or self-explanatory, andidentified terms they felt needed clarification for the new engineering criteria. Once thedefinitions of program educational objectives and program outcomes were agreed upon by thecommittee, the process of taking the definitions to program faculty to ascertain each individualprogram’s education objectives became more challenging. The process of defining oneself interms of the mission statement and the institutional direction were difficult at first. See Glossaryof Terms at http://assessment.calpoly.edu/over/presntns/ThisMenuPosted.htm.Outcomes Mapping LogicThe Outcomes Mapping Logic model, Figure 1, was recommended by the

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Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Darin Ridgway; Valerie Young; Michael Prudich

abilities.Statistics Throughout the CurriculumStatistics are used by chemical engineers both to interpret data and to formulate and test modelsderived from data. The importance of statistics in the engineering curriculum has beenrecognized by ABET. The 1999-2000 general criteria1 include the requirement that “studentsmust demonstrate knowledge of the application of probability and statistics to engineeringproblems.” Recently, with the advent of EC 2000, chemical engineering departments have hadmore flexibility in determining learning objectives and their associated outcomes. The need fora working knowledge of statistical analysis tools and techniques is specifically recognized by theDepartment of Chemical Engineering at Ohio University under our Objective 1

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Heist; Paul Marnell; Graham Walker

slidesassociated with the lecture and the voice-over will follow suit and remain synchronized with theslide. The students also have the ability to usea fast forward or reverse feature on a sliderbar that allows the lecture to be moved to anyslide rapidly within the lecture. Clicking on theimage of the slide produces an enlargedversion for easier viewing. All of these toolsexist on the GUI associated with the CD-ROM software (Fig. 1). Consequently, thisability to move around within a specific lecturetherefore allows the student to listen to thelecture material repeatedly and at whateverplace is most appropriate.Video Fig. 1: The GUI for the CD-ROMIn one of the courses (ENGG620: Applied Instrumentation

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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Click; Dan Pearce; P. Paxton Marshall

Conference Session

Design in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Turton; Joseph Shaeiwitz

Session 1413 Life-long Learning Experiences and Simulating Multi-disciplinary Teamwork Experiences through Unusual Capstone Design Projects Joseph A. Shaeiwitz Richard Turton West Virginia UniversityIntroductionThere is significant consternation among engineering educators regarding the teaching of and theassessment of “an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams,” and “a recognition of the needfor, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.” 1 Questions commonly heard are: “Are werequired to have a multi

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ted Eschenbach; Mike Loose; John Whittaker

calculating the cost offinancing. Determining the rates for bonds or loans is a straight-forward. However, the cost ofequity capital (stock and retained earnings) is more complicated. This paper, like Prescott(1999)2, examines the following methods: Net equity flow method, Marginal equity flow method, and Capital asset pricing model (CAPM).These values are combined with loans, leases, and bonds to compute the marginal cost of capital(MCC) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC).Calculating the Cost of Equity CapitalNet Equity Flow Method. Park (et al, p. 692)3 recommends using a weighted average cost ofequity as follows. ie = a × k r + b × k e + c × k p a +b+c =1 D

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Juliano; Ronald Rockland; George Gonzalez; Joel Bloom

Session 3547 Enhancing the pre-engineering curriculum – a multi-partner initiative Thomas M. Juliano1, Ronald H. Rockland 2, Joel S. Bloom 3, George Gonzalez4 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 596-5694, Fax: (973) 642-4184, thomas.juliano@njit.edu / 2 Associate Dean, Newark College of Engineering, and Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102

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Construction Engineering Advances I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Khalid Siddiqi

breakdown of survey results, in terms of project type delivered through Design-Build.Majority of commercial projects (53%) were delivered though Design-Build by the samplesurveyed. Sizeable number (38%) of residential projects was also delivered through Design-Build, however, fewer (6%) industrial, and (3%) heavy civil projects were executed through thismethod of delivery.Table 2 provides the survey results in terms of price range of projects completed through Design- Page 8.1003.2Build delivery. Project prices ranged from One to Forty Million US Dollars ($ 1-40 M) forprivate owners generally. Prices of most (68%) Design-Build projects fell

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Mason

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rafiqul Islam

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”problem seems to lie at K-12 level when students are making decision about their careers.The result of a recent survey among 36 students in Electronic Engineering Technology program atthe Northwestern State University is illustrated in figure 1 given below: 8th-12th Grade 8th-12th Grade After 1 2th After 12th Grade GradeFigure 1 Distribution of decision effects at different grade

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alan Zehnder

Session 1168 Virtual Labs, Real Data for Statics and Mechanics of Materials Peeyush Bhargava1, Christine Cunningham2, Michael Tolomeo1, and Alan Zehnder1 1 Cornell University / 2Tufts UniversityIntroduction Hands-on laboratory experience is a key element in learning the concepts of engineeringmechanics. Laboratory sessions provide examples that students can see, feel and hear, andprovide an alternate mode of learning to those for whom reading the textbook or hearing lectureis insufficient. Labs are also used to introduce data analysis, report writing, finding empiricalcorrelations

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lance Collins; Rajesh Bhaskaran

. Page 8.755.1An informal survey of eight peer universities indicated that their situation was similar. In-dividual students might use CFD software for projects but it is not part of the curriculum.The use of CFD tends to be restricted to courses that focus on teaching numerical meth-ods. Usually, the basics of the finite-difference method are taught in detail and studentsdevelop computer codes to solve a few simple problems. The emphasis is on understandingand programming numerical methods. This is the approach used in the introductory CFDtextbooks by Anderson [1] and Tannehill et al [2], for example. There are several reasons why general-purpose CFD software has not penetrated under-graduate fluid dynamics courses to any significant extent

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Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sindee Simon; Theodore Wiesner; Lloyd Heinze

Session 3413 Program Improvements Resulting from Completion of One ABET 2000 Assessment Cycle S. L. Simon,1 T. F. Wiesner,1 and L. R. Heinze2 1 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University 2 Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityIntroductionWith the advent of ABET 2000, self-assessment of engineering programs has become important.To this end, it is essential to define the assessment methods and metrics against which a programwill be judged. Various assessment tools exist

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dennis Kroll

there. And while academics can procrastinate very well (especiallywith grant proposals), they learned these skills as students. There is no automatic pacingmechanism when a course is fully asynchronous. With distances between instructor, campus andstudent measured in multiple time-zones, seemingly merely distracting paperwork can become a 1 A preliminary version of this paper was presented as "Keeping Students In Line During an On-line Course" at the 2002 IL/IN Sectional Conference of ASEE. Page 8.544.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Moeness Amin; Athina Petropulu; Ahmad Hoorfar; William Jemison; Robert Caverly

Session 2632 Outcomes-based Concept Module Development for Systems for Smart Communications Robert Caverly1, Moeness Amin1, Ahmad Hoorfar1, William D. Jemison2, Athina Petropulu3 1 ECE Department, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 19085 2 ECE Department, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042 3 ECE Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104 I. Introduction Smart communications technology

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Narasingarao Sreenath

, reports, journal articles, etc.4.1.2 Models Base The models base consists of models of sub-systems such aspopulation/demographics, economics, resource supply and demand evolution, etc. Thesemodels in essence are representations of reality and can be used to look at possibledifferent futures to analyze policies, effects of certain actions, etc. They are in the form ofalgorithms that start from the current state of the system and compute future evolution.The models are scientifically based and are based on the principle of “model only what ismodelable”. The models are available in multiple levels. For example: the populationmodel first level consists of a simple first order growth rate equation.popt=popt-1 *[1

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Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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H. David Smith; Cara Rieger; David Kanter; Robert Linsenmeier; Ann McKenna

SESSION 2230 Inquiry-based Laboratory Instruction Throws Out the “Cookbook” and Improves Learning David E. Kanter 1,2, H. David Smith 3, Ann McKenna 1,2, Cara Rieger 1, Robert A. Linsenmeier 1,4 1 Biomedical Engineering Department / 2 School of Education and Social Policy / 3 Searle Center for Teaching Excellence / 4 Department of Neurobiology and Physiology Northwestern University, Evanston, IL1.0 AbstractWe designed an inquiry-based pre-laboratory on energy metabolism, applying research on howpeople learn, toward

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Don Evans; Gary Gray; Francesco Costanzo; Phillip Cornwell; Brian Self

) education has been the absence of good assessment instruments that canmeasure the value added to student learning as a result of new ways of teaching thecore material in a subject. As pointed out by several studies, including the three videocase studies, Lessons from Thin Air, Private Universe, and, particularly, Can We Believe OurEyes?,1 students subjected to traditional instruction and assessment often do not ade-quately resolve the misconceptions that they either bring to a subject or gain while study-ing a subject. These misconceptions, sometimes referred to as “alternative views” or “stu-dent views” of basic concepts (because they make sense to the student), block the estab-lishment of connections between the basic concepts, connections which

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Summers

tasks that needed to be accomplished to better approximate the live classroom experience for our on-line students: 1. On-line students need some type of interactive access to either recordings of the lectures or some type of lecture like presentation of the most important concepts. This media should allow students to see pictures, watch and listen to lectures, view video clips, and have the same experience as the on campus students. 2. On-line students need a better way to interactively conference with their instructor. 3. On-line students need an inexpensive way to perform laboratory experiments on their own, outside of the university campus. They need self-contained

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nadine Macauley; Edward Golovatch; Annita Alting; Ardie Walser

thus far by the School of Engineering at CCNY .II. ABET Preparation To receive accreditation, The Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology(ABET) has mandated that each engineering school in the United States develop a plan tosatisfy a criterion consisting of eleven (11) student learning outcomes and assessment.The SOE of CCNY’s plan in preparing for ABET consists of several main components(as well as, additional parts depending on the program) which are being implemented in acyclical process for continual program improvement. These components include: 1. Graduating Senior Surveys, in which individual students in the senior year (of the respective engineering programs under consideration) are

Conference Session

Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chong Chen

vehicle for employment news to be disseminated tothe interested students. This paper introduces the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology program curriculum atMiddle Tennessee State University and the industries in the middle Tennessee area. It discusseshow the university and faculty assist students to be hired on professional jobs. The university’scooperative education program is also addressed.Introduction A recent survey indicated that majority electronic technology programs had enrollmentdeclines in the last ten years. These programs involve both two-year and four-year schools. “Thepercentage of decline ranged from 20% to 90%, with most indicating an estimated 50% decreaseduring the period.”[1] There were many factors causing the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stanley Kieta; Christopher Decock; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

) Excellent (5)Digital Electronics Laboratory Questionnaire Good (3) Average Poor (1) Fair (2)1. The course as a whole was: 2 2 3 3.92. The course content was: 1

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kenney; Thomas Jewell

-term experience; § The most compelling reason that the applicant should be selected over other applicants.Careful screening of applicants is essential in order to identify those with a focused academicinterest rather than those merely seeking a “tourist experience” in a beautiful part of the world.For the initial offering of the course (2001), 16 students were selected (8 social science and 8engineering majors) from among the 40 who applied for the program.Course Structure and ContentThe course requirements consist of: (1) the Fall trimester series of six seminars on the technologyof generation sources, electricity market restructuring, and environmental/cultural issues; (2)completion of a substantial research paper addressing the

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Experiences with the TTL Turbojet Engine

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Horatio Perez-Blanco

conclusion that the SR-30clearly enhances the teaching of gas turbines and thermodynamics.IntroductionHigher learning in the Engineering endeavor is seldom devoid of the need for experimentation.As Ferguson (1) has unequivocally argued, development of engineers calls for insightful blendsof theory and practice. Definition and implementation of experiments that capture an importantaspect of science or technology is crucial to the endeavor. Experiments that unleash theimagination and creativity of participants are deemed successful in our scale. The department ofMechanical and Nuclear Engineering at PSU has supported for a few years now a thermal systemlab that endeavors to ignite interest and creativity in energy conversion. These creative

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Shull

slalom.IntroductionThe use of sophisticated industrially hardened data acquisition (DAQ) tools and software alongwith instrumentation is a growing field in industry. The applications cover a very broad rangefrom measuring human biomechanics to the thermal conductivity of fluids in motion. 1, 3 Thetypical process of instrumentation and data acquisition is as follows. Transducers are applied tothe system to measure some physical quantity and convert it into an electrical signal. Thiselectrical signal must sometimes be amplified and electrical noise must be filtered. These electricalsignals are then converted to digital format for data storage in a data acquisition device. 5 Thecollected data can then be retrieved and uploaded to a number of software packages for