Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristoffer Findley; Mary Emplaincourt

, combustion efficiency, powerfactor, lighting levels, and fluid velocity through a pipe. Once on site, the students havethe instruments at their disposal for data collection. As the students become moreexperienced, they become more familiar with which instruments are used to collect datafor certain recommendations and equipment operating parameters. A sampling ofinstruments the students use to collect specific data is listed in Table 1.Auditing Energy Practices – The main objective of a site visit is to collect informationabout the facility’s process and process-related equipment. Based on the equipmentcounts from the site visit and the billing histories provided by the utility companies,students learn to calculate the energy consumed by the

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Wicks

intenseconcentration that was required for the project. Models were developed of Carnot, Otto,Diesel, Brayton and Rankine cycles. The piston cylinder cycles showed a piston moving upand down with simultaneous display of properties, work and heat and the development ofa 1 st law process and cycle table and resulting efficiency. The nuclear power plant simulation displayed the components and response tothrottle, control rod motion, change in flow and a scram. Separately the reactor kineticswere programmed in Basic on an Atari 400 game computer with time responses of inputand output responses traced on a TV screen. The next step was to take the students to the computer room to execute thesimulations. It was discouraging, but then understandable

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Hvid Nielsen

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Varvel; Stephanie Adams

: 1. articulate ideas clearly and concisely 2. give compelling reasons for their ideas 3. listen without interrupting 4. clarify what others have said 5. provide constructive feedbackMature communication among team members ensures a higher level of understanding. Productive conflict resolution refers to the procedures and actions taken when a conflictoccurs that lead to results such as: 1. facilitating the solution of the problem 2. increasing the cohesiveness among team members 3. exploring alternative positions 4. increasing the involvement of everyone affected by the conflict 5. enhancing the decision-making process21 Accountable

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler; Jay Brockman

lab todesign and analyze an engineering system using the Lego MindstormsTM robotics kit anda simulation of the Lego RCX programmable brick[1], and how we used another web-based learning tool to re-enforce the theoretical concept of the “File Clerk” as explained inRichard Feynman’s Lectures on Computation[2]. We created the latter learning tool forthe course because it is simpler, easier to use, and based directly on concepts in the coursetext. We believe that these learning tools give students a broader perspective of anengineering system, a sense of a multidisciplinary approach to engineering, and a sense ofworking on real workplace assignments. We discuss our learning tools as outlined by thefollowing sections: Previous Work

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

and applications.Moral markers such as these can help scientists, as well as the general public, to keep its Page 8.896.81 Profile-Richard A. Mathies, Trends in Biotechnology, pg. 44--45Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & 8Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationbearings clear, while holding onto compasses that can be used to determine ethicalorientation along the way. 1. Acknowledging feelings of discomfort, fear or anxiety can lead us to the awareness of, and respect for, being in entirely unfamiliar terrain. These valid

Conference Session

Teaching Design with a Twist

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

. To solve this design challenge, students learnabout manufacturing methods. They evaluate design options and make decisions based oninformation regarding engineering design process, manufacturing methods, and variouseconomic considerations.IntroductionIn recent years, the engineering education community has shown increasing interest inproject-based learning approaches. The benefits of project-based learning includeenhanced student participation in the learning process, enhanced communication skills,addressing of a wider set of learning styles, and promotion of critical thinking.1 The use ofengineering design projects provides students with a broad context to the materialpresented in the lectures. A thorough literature survey provides

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Hardymon; Saeed Foroudastan

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationI. IntroductionThe Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board accredits engineeringprograms in the U.S. for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET)1. Beginning in 2001, allprograms are being evaluated based on the outcomes of the programs and the skills of theirgraduates. Each program’s outcomes must also be linked to the objectives of the program andthe missions of the College and University. In addition to a process for measuring and evaluatingtheir outcomes, Universities must have outcomes assessment (OA) processes in-place to ensurethe continuous improvement of the program. The continuous improvement processes mustinclude input from the constituencies that the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nabil Ibrahim

DescriptionThis program facilitates the creation and delivery of a carefully designed curriculum whichenables students of diverse educational backgrounds, to move seamlessly from highschool, to community college program, to university, Figure (1). Students can choose tojoin the workforce at any stage of the program. By successfully articulating educational Page 8.914.1programs, refining curricula, delivering faculty enhancement workshops, and offeringstudents a valuable industry experience, the program aims to establish itself as a nationalmodel. Figure (1) Seamless Pathway to Manufacturing

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Russell Walters, Iowa State University

as quadricsurfaces, which make it easier to simulate the construction scene and activities. The class projectcould be similar to the image shown in Figure 1 (modified from www.3dnature.com, MikeMundy). The construction process of the highway construction should be simulated graphically inthis project. Through this project, students are able to be familiar with the process to applycomputer graphics using OpenGL for construction activities.Figure 1. OpenGL class projectCurrent ApplicationsAlthough the tools introduced in the first part can develop the graphics of construction process, itis time consuming and needs solid programming skills. This limits the applications of computer

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

these toilets and the 1992 U.S. Energy and Conservation Act mandated forULF toilets to be installed.1 This paper addresses the validity of this opposition as well asevaluates the contribution toilets could make towards water resource sustainability, especiallywhen the engineering design is adequate. The purpose of this paper is to confirm a need forengineering education and industry to address this issue jointly and how their involvement could Page 8.195.1contribute towards global water resource sustainability and world peace. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mihalasky; Gina Boesch; Keith Sheppard

forstudents with the interest to supplement the core material with an elective senior year course thatfocuses on intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship aspects of business. Seminars on IntellectualProperty, Venture Funding, etc., are also provided on campus.The engineering curriculum is illustrated in Figure 1 to highlight the eight-semester DesignSpine. Engineering Curriculum CORE SCIENCE DESIGN I DESIGN 3 DESIGN 5 Graphics Thermodynamics/ Materials Processing Energy Conversion, SENIOR DESIGN Circuits

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Christie

support programs such as League ofUnited Latin American Citizens.Boys and Girls Clubs: http://www.bgca 1-800-854-clubCollege Bound: http://www.collegebound.org/ Washington D.C. areaYMCA: http://www.ymca.net/index.jspIV. ConclusionThe students were given exit evaluations after completing the Outreach Program. The chartbelow represents some of their responses:The following are four of the responses from the student evaluation:(1 strongly disagree, 2 disagree, 3 average, 4 agree, 5 strongly agree) 1 2 3 4 5The instructors improved my understanding of what 0 0 5 17 28engineers do. 0% 0% 10% 34% 56%SECOP helped improve my

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Jeff Williams; Beth Milligan; Andrew DuBuisson; Robert Drew; Karl Rink; Edwin Odom

projects in which the team itself mustorganize the project and meet the goals and deadlines. Methods must be developed to assist theteam members in creating a bond with one another to effectively and efficiently achieve projectobjectives. Many institutions, and even some corporations, use early group activities to promote teamformation. In previous years, the Capstone Design Course at the University of Idaho has includedthe creation of a small multi-tool as a method of shop orientation and mentor-to-team bondingexercise. 1 Some schools have incorporated team dynamics exercises such as group juggling andlogic games to help students quickly get to know one another and lower personal boundaries. 2Olin College has used an activity of building

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

the survey. A header paragraph was developed to help define thescope of the survey and clarify the target audience to make sure only those persons involved inthermal systems work responded. The survey header, shown in Figure 1 below, identifies thepurpose, target audience, and required completion time for the survey. Figure 1. Header information from the web-based thermal systems survey.Survey content was limited to general inquiries, to ensure that respondents could complete thesurvey quickly and to provide a broad overview of the topics typically encountered in industry.Survey questions were divided into three categories: (1) thermal systems, (2) thermodynamics,and (3) heat transfer. “Thermal systems” was defined as the disciplines

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Forbes; Mary Emplaincourt

green rectangular panel. Directional Should have a white background. Arrows should be in white on a black rectangular panel. Wording should be in black. Does not apply for building EXIT signs. Information May be in any of a variety of designs and colors, except that neither red nor yellow shall be used. Page 8.1284.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” FIG. 1. Standardized Form for

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

W.B. stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

) accreditation visits. In total, 90 of the nation’s 218 accredited programs(41%) participated in this analysis, including the majority (81%) of the top undergraduateprograms at schools that have a corresponding graduate program, and 50% of the topundergraduate programs without a graduate program, as identified by US News and WorldReport (2002). Measured by the number of graduates, this analysis accounts for nearly 50% ofthe national student body, since in 2001 the participating schools graduated 4,035 of the 8,219total civil engineering graduates.The average distribution of required courses for all civil engineering programs is presented inFigure 1. The analysis focused on three general categories of courses: 1) math and science; 2)general education

Conference Session

Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Milo Koretsky

arereinforced in senior lab. The content and structure of the introductory statistics course andefforts to integrate these concepts into senior lab will be discussed.1. IntroductionUndergraduate chemical engineering education emphasizes analysis and then design. In thetypical curriculum, the majority of the technical credit hours are devoted to fundamental science(e.g., general chemistry, physics, physical chemistry, and organic chemistry) and engineeringsciences (e.g., mass and energy balances, thermodynamics, transport processes, reactionengineering, process dynamics and control). The student is then asked to synthesize this materialin unit operations and then the capstone design course. However, the majority of graduates arehired as Process

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay K. Martin; Jay Martin; Dayle K. Haglund; Jennifer Kushner

process would be iterative and embedded as part ofthe normal activities of an engineering department.To provide a structure for the curricular change objectives stated above, we considered the“double-loop learning” model of Argyris and Schön6 specifically designed for change withinorganizations. As shown in Figure 1, this model is adapted from their work using GoverningVariables, Action Strategy and Consequences. As their model suggests, if one works only withsingle-loop learning, actual outcomes become fractured because the mechanism for changing thegoverning variables is missing. With double-loop learning, a path exists that allow for change tothe governing variables. We propose to begin with their model, designed for organizationalchange

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Redfield Robin; Robert Borchert; Brian Self

cadets. These answers have been used as much as any other type of assessment tool to helpshape the course. CEE professionals then grouped the comments in categories (e.g., graderelated, project related, instructor specific) and rated them as positive or negative comments.This helped the instructors analyze the hundreds of comments received each semester.One of the questions asked students to rate three strengths and three weaknesses of the course.Some representative responses are shown in Table 1. Each row corresponds to the answers fromone individual student (who may have only given two strengths or weaknesses) . CEE colorcoded each of the areas of responses (e.g., projects are in yellow). After analyzing the responsesfrom all of the sections

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jones

the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThis equipment, all from the same manufacturer,1 was purchased when the laboratorywas established over ten years ago. Although this equipment is low technology, itprovided students practical experience in most of the topics covered in lecture.To perform a wide range of experiments throughout the semester, each group worked ona different type of workstation, and each group cycles through a series of experimentseach week. Experiments were scheduled so that the relevant theory was covered inlecture in advance. With the increased enrollment, additional equipment was needed toallow

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paulette Beatty; Jackie Revuelto; Dianne Kraft; Carolyn Clark

curricula and associated learning environments. The Foundation Coalitionwas designed to permit diverse higher education institutions to work together from theirstrengths and to function as a supportive network, as they set about the task ofreconceptualizing the undergraduate engineering experience of their students. In such amanner, these institutions collectively could serve as “change agents” for the largerengineering community. The vision was that over time, through their programmaticinnovations, they would be able to attract and retain the very best of a“…demographically diverse student body; and to graduate a new generation of engineerswho can more effectively function in the 21st century.” [1]From its founding to the present, although the

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

N. Sundaresan; Devdas Pai

Session 3264 The Use of Piezoelectric Materials in Smart Structures D. M. Pai 1 and N. R. Sundaresan2 1 Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures 2 Summer Research Student, NASA Center for Aerospace Research Department of Mechanical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411Abstract A piezoelectric material is basically a ceramic that outputs a voltage upon beingmechanically strained. Sensors made of this material

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery

vis avis the control class and his past experiences with large lecture sections of the same course.Bearing no small importance for this or any class, attendance seemed to be better for theexperimental class. This could be due to the experiment: gadget value, active learning, or agreater level of engagement. Alternatively, it could be due to the fact that the control class wasscheduled at 7:30 am, while the experimental class was scheduled at 1:30 pm. A comparison withattendance in the large lecture, scheduled at 9:30 am could prove more revealing, and aquantitative look at this will follow shortly. Another contributing factor in the seeminglyimproved attendance is the fear factor. Students missing a single lecture in either small classmissed

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

those components,and assemble and test the engines. This will afford students a good understanding and experienceof the full range of issues involved in product design, manufacturing planning, fabrication,assembly and testing of functional products. Because the project is based on modifying existingcourses rather than developing new ones, we expect the results of the project to be easilyadaptable to a wide range of programs.1. Introduction The high cost of setting up a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility means that universitiesusually have to make difficult choices about the resources they dedicate to courses inmanufacturing. Consequently, many university courses in Manufacturing Processes or relatedsubjects are skewed towards

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

techniques andlaboratory experiments widely used in fields of health sciences and exercise physiology,modified to address engineering principles [1]. This paper provides an overview of all themodules that will be introduced in the Spring 2002 Freshman Clinic course at Rowan.Rowan University is pioneering a progressive Engineering program that uses innovative methodsof teaching and learning to prepare students better for a rapidly changing and highly competitive1 Department of Chemical Engineering Page 8.622.12 Department of Mechanical Engineering3 Department of Electrical EngineeringProceedings of the 2002 American Society for

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

lab and into process design will bepresented.1. IntroductionThe semiconductor industry has grown rapidly in the last three decades. The chemicaltechnologies have played a central role in this continuing evolution. Historically, chemicalengineering has been focused on petrochemical and bulk chemical production. However, moreand more chemical engineers are working in the microelectronics and related industries. Forexample, the most recent AIChE placement survey shows that from 1997 to 1998 the number ofBS graduates placed in the electronics industry increased over 50% from 7.0% of BS graduates Page 8.753.1to 11.4%. The percentage of ChE

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

Society for Engineering Education”Assessment Committee (PRAC). The initial step in developing a new continuous improvementplan for the MET and CIMT degree programs were to develop a student learning outcomesassessment plan based on the IUPUI Principles of Undergraduate Learning. This development ofthe student learning outcomes assessment plan followed a logical sequence2: 1. Identify the required courses than included the material identified in each specific measurable outcome. 2. Determine the courses where each specific measurable outcome will be assessed. 3. Determine the artifact or evidence, which will be collected and evaluated for student learning. The artifact can include any type of student work including tests, quizzes

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard DeVries; Douglas Stahl

more reasonable light on the issue. He noted that the emphasis has movedaway from drawing studios, labs, shops, and plant visits, and focused instead on lectures andabstract analysis and computer simulation. The shift has been from active exploring and discoveryto passive learning from book and lecture. As a result, students today have “no reason to believethat curiosity about the physical meaning of the subjects they [are] studying [is] necessary.”Petroski [9] and Backman [1] make the related observation that some high profile engineeringfailures—as well as innumerable examples of poor design that do not result in catastrophe—arethe result of engineers trying to apply theory they don’t understand, rather than following anintuitive sense of