Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bell; Scott Fogler

lab accident longer and more vividly than a written set of lab safety rules, and will hopefullyconduct themselves in a safer manner as a result. A secondary goal is to explore a variety ofdifferent development platforms, to determine which are most practical and effective for thistype of first-person educational simulation. The following sections will describe the currentstatus of the overall project, and describe the most recently developed modules.Project OverviewIt is well known that people remember things that they experience first-hand much longer andmore vividly than things that they merely read or hear[4, 5]. Specifically in the area oflaboratory safety, anyone who has ever experienced a laboratory accident will remember thatexperience

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

One or two semesters Practical Training • Field or Office experience: To familiarize students with engineering Eight weeks work and help instill positive attributesTable 5. The Three Components of the Proposed Pre-Engineering “Prep-Program”Acquiring English Skill: Upon graduation from primary schools, an average student ends up withvery little knowledge of English. Except for a few that attempts to undertake supplementalEnglish classes on their own, most of the graduates are at a “starter” level. A two-stage Englishlearning program is hereby proposed.Stage One-(a building stage) a one year period of English learning that carries the studentgradually forward, from virtually no prior knowledge to a “pre-set” level of English

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Engelken

of investment by professor and students. Don’t assume that all students are going to graduate school or will end up with a career in research and development. Incorporate practical, real world components in the course.R. Frequently assess student performance. The common model of a course grade being based solely on 2-3 test scores is far from optimum, although the author has also been guilty of this. Consider having more tests and generating more scores or points for students on graded homework, design projects [12], term papers, reports, computer assignments, etc., as long as contributing efficiently to the learning process. This will provide a more accurate and fair assessment, better justify final grades, minimize the odds

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Scheff

graduation, professional contact can definitely help them overcomegender related obstacles that they face while in college and later in the workforce.” In 2002-2003, eighty University of Kentucky students were matched with e-mentors.Residential Hall for Women in Engineering: The "WIE WING" is located on the first floorof Blanding III, one our residence halls. The purpose of this special community of femaleengineering majors is to provide them with a supportive environment that offers opportunitiesfor formal and informal interactions with faculty members and engineering advisors. Femalestudents have an opportunity to join study groups, take classes together and participate inactivities designed to enhance learning and exploration of career

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Riley

” building technologies.These green or “sustainable” building technologies and materials are evolving at a rate thatexceeds the potential for significant documentation, testing, and practice, thus presenting achallenge to architectural and engineering educators. Characterized by an integrative designprocess, green building projects require professionals to work in new, non-sequential ways. Inaddition, many of the key issues surrounding sustainable design are contested and subject todebate and misconceptions. For educators, the question arises: How do we effectively exposestudents to these emerging technologies, while simultaneously engaging them in the integrativedesign processes specific to these technologies?This paper describes an

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Rebecca Cors; Pat Eagan

-organizational approaches to collaborate with stakeholders- Focus on systems, process, and customers to improve performance excellence.- Integrate assessment into change processes to demonstrate success and promote continuous improvement Organizational Culture Change Reconnaissance literature reviews and discussions with researchers show that organizational culture change is a complicated process that can take years and major resources to design and implement5,6. The high time and financial investment required for organizational culture change is not practical for the WDNR in this era of diminishing resources; therefore, investigators turned to the change processes of organizational learning and community

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

engineeringprogram are exposed to a variety of courses that emphasize real world content. The four authors areresponsible for teaching courses in the industrial engineering specialization. This paper presents anoverview of the authors' efforts to include real world content in several upper-level industrialengineering courses. The activities include hands-on manufacturing, company interviews, theFord/Firestone case study, work space design projects, and the use of commercially-availablesoftware tools. The paper concludes with a description of several successful industry-inspiredsenior design projects.I. IntroductionIt is essential to educate undergraduate engineering students both in theory and practice so that theyare well prepared to meet the challenges in

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Greg Kremer

that your programdevelops an assessment plan and procedures that are consistent with your resources, mission andobjectives. Also, autocratically creating a set of standard procedures and templates (even if theyare based on good research) and requiring the faculty to use them will likely result in resentmentand resistance rather than compliance. A better way to get faculty buy-in is to involve thefaculty in the process of defining the standard procedures that will be used by your department. Page 8.1027.2To get started it is usually best to standardize around existing best practices within the Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaughn Whisker; Sai Yerrapathruni; John Messner; Anthony Baratta

research and education. VR in engineering design and construction disciplines is beingused to develop and visualize project designs[2-4]; visualize construction plans and schedules[5, 6];design and analyze construction equipment[7, 8]; and communicate and train the project team[5].Virtual reality can be classified into two broad areas: 1) Desktop VR, and 2) Immersive VR[9].In desktop VR, the viewer uses a desktop monitor to interact with a virtual model. In immersiveVR, a large format or head mounted display is used to immerse the viewer within the virtualenvironment. There are currently more than 14 different display type categories summarized byKasik[10] for immersive VR viewing

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Click; Dan Pearce; P. Paxton Marshall

, anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility, and “the broad educationnecessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societalcontext.” [ABET, Criterion 3, p. 29] Page 8.272.4 The new criteria place increased emphasis on engineering design, a creativeprocess distinct from the study of the underlying science that dominates most curricula.They require that graduates have an ability to design a system, component, or process tomeet desired needs. “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through thecurriculum and culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge andskills acquired in earlier

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

developing a sustainable, well articulatedmodel for pre-engineering education will require a substantial, long-term commitment to affect theeducational reform and cultural change that our experience and the literature indicate will berequired. Our development plan is based upon Michael Fullan’s compelling design foraccomplishing systemic improvement in education, which argues that the culture of communitiesand organizations must be changed before changes in their structure will be successful 11,12.Development Plan and Program DesignOur five-year plan aims at initiating cultural change in stages: first, within our partnering entities;then, through dissemination of our experience and best practices developed at the local level,expanding change to the

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

and Project PI’s have engaged in lengthy and criticaldiscussions on engineering and scientific research as social endeavors, and the similarities anddifferences inherent in both disciplines. These discussions have led to the development of a(position) paper (see the accompanying paper #2003-1133) that will be incorporated into theprogram as a point of emphasis. Page 8.491.4 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education”First-Year Activities: Participating School DistrictsThe Project is designed to

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chow Michael; Barry Farbrother

Comments from the studentsAn opportunity is provided here for five of the present EiR program students to share their experiences. Student #1, Shiloh Archer : Senior - Civil EngineeringWith a strong interest in Structural Engineering and since Ohio Northern University’s Engineering college does not offer aspecialization in this area of Civil Engineering, the opportunity to work as a Structural Coop with MAP has had atremendous impact on my education and future career. Over the past thirteen weeks with MAP, I have been able to applythe following classes to my structural engineering projects: Structures I & II, Reinforced Concrete, Steel Design and ProjectManagement.My initial project with MAP was to

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

problems. • Problem Solving: IS graduates will derive solutions and evaluate their success. • Information Technologies and their Applications: IS graduates will understand the capabilities, use, and application of information technologies. • Systems Principles and Practices: IS graduates will demonstrate understanding of system types, structures, standards, and metrics.The College of Information Systems MALOs and the university’s learning outcomes form thebasis of the IS curriculum and serve as a focus for curricular design in all aspects. As such, allcourse syllabi have to explicitly identify the course contribution to the learning outcomes

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

competitiveness.”Over the last decade there have been calls by many educators for renewal and reform of the civiland environmental engineering curriculum. The ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 (AEC2000)provided a flexible framework for academic institutions to develop curricula that can best suittheir needs and the needs of the profession. Some academic institutions took advantage of thisflexibility to develop curricula that incorporate features that they thought important to graduatecivil engineers practicing in the 21st century. Before developing these new curricula, it wasnecessary for academic institutions to study the needs of the marketplace and to get as much inputas possible from practitioners. To address societal needs in the new curricula, the

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Holling

, applying, implementing andimproving existing technologies and is aimed at preparing graduates for practice in that portion of thetechnological spectrum closest to the product improvement, manufacturing, and engineering operationalfunctions."7Engineering by its own nature is an applied discipline, even though it encompasses a broad range of highlytheoretical research and knowledge. Yet, in the end the final goal is always to develop technologies, means orproducts to accomplish a specific, very concrete goal.8,9Engineering Technology on the other hand is specifically defined as an applied discipline, which focuses on howto “analyze, apply, implement and improve existing technologies” and ABET defines Engineering Technology as“that part of the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

enterprises investments.The discussions about this issue, in Brazil have leaded to some practical actions at governmentallevel. And among the actions there is one that is the object of this work. It is the initiative of SãoVicente City Hall that has decided to implement special programs for K12 in public schools inthe city.The main goal is to help students to develop the necessary skills to follow carriers in, computerscience and other similar fields, principally engineering, which is so necessary for the Page 8.1139.1development of a country. The effort has resulted in a project that has been developed and Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Burnham; Don Millard

careers. Many EE graduates have movedinto other professions such as medicine, law, and business where their engineering education hasbeen a valuable asset. As educators, we need to incorporate practical examples, engaging illustrative materials andinteractive teaching methods that reach and motivate the diverse groups that are involved.Dynamic interactive electronic media facilitates this flexibility, allowing users to guide themselvesthrough the materials according to their own level and interest. Furthermore, educators now havethe potential to identify a student’s learning style2,3 and conceptual problems, thus allowing themto deliver education in more effective ways using a combination of learning technologies, virtualsimulations

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

through K hadbeen mastered.The Pilot ProgramThe School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University Purdue UniversityIndianapolis awards a number of Assessment Grants to faculty in an effort to ensurecontinued research in the area of student assessment. This pilot program was designed asa result of this author receiving one of the Assessment Grant awards for 2002. The PilotProgram titled Authentic Assessment Using Student Portfolios began in May of 2002 andconcluded in May of 2003.Participation in the pilot program was open to any degree seeking student who met thefollowing criteria: 1. Full-time, degree seeking students in the IUPUI of Engineering and Technology; 2. Juniors in good standing with a 2.0 overall GPA or better; 3

Conference Session

Trends in Civil Engineering Accreditation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Elliott

MSCE program. Consequently theMSTE and MSEnE programs do not require special classes. All of the classes taken by theMSTE and MSEnE students would be offered whether or not these two programs exist. In effectthese programs generate a few additional students for us while providing a special opportunityfor graduates of non-engineering programs who would like to be an engineer. Page 8.457.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationYes, both programs are designed to accept students who do not

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Abdullah Abonamah; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

in thelist of class activities that embed the outcomes. However, the course syllabus provided by thefaculty does not necessarily mean that he/she will implement the outcomes in the classroom. Thedegree of implementation of the OBE by the faculty will impact the success of the APM.Students in the university are exposed to the OBE approach since they join the institution. Theytake specially designed courses that introduce them to the learning outcomes. They are taught onhow they look for evidence and how they reflect on their learning experiences. However, oftentimes the piece of evidence that the students provide to show that they have satisfied a givenZULO, does not support the indicators that satisfy the outcomes. Therefore, they need to

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Brumm; Larry F. Hanneman; Brian Steward; Steven Mickelson

National Meeting, Pittsburgh,PA.7 Development Dimensions International, Inc. Online Performance And Learning (OPAL™),http://www.ddiworld.com/leadership/opal.asp, accessed August 21,2002.STEVEN MICKELSONSteven K. Mickelson is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) at Iowa State University.Dr. Mickelson is the teaching/advising coordinator for the ABE department. His teaching specialties include computer-aidedgraphics, engineering design, soil and water conservation engineering, and land surveying. His research areas include soilquality evaluation using x-ray tomography, evaluation of best management practices for reducing surface and groundwatercontamination, and manure management evaluation for environmental

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hart; Mike Williams; George Grandle; Alvin Womac

, sprayer engineers, and others on theenvironmental impact and corrective action to lessen atmospheric spray drift of appliedcrop protectants. Lesson plan topics were developed for modules with a progressive lineof thought including (1) overview of spray drift problem, (2) dosage transfer of atomizedmaterials (why we spray), (3) mass balance of applied spray material (how much is lost),(4) atmospheric transport (how droplets are carried away), and (5) best-managementpractices for reducing atmospheric transport. The presentation format was to link togethera series of shortened technical segments, with attention given to developing salienttechnical points in sufficient depth with enough overlap with previous and subsequentsections to reinforce course

Conference Session

Diversity in Materials

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Miller; Oscar Barton

later in the machine design course, midshipmen were quite familiar withits platform. Adoption to the composite mechanics course only required learning a new task. IDEAS, developed by Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), provides ahost of computational tools for use in engineering. One such tool is its laminate task containedwithin the simulation application. With this tool one can perform all the required analysis for acomposite material including creating composite laminas and laminates, plotting stress and straindistributions for a given laminate and loading, as well as plotting failure envelopes. Figure 4presents results from IDEAS that allow midshipmen to efficiently compute the elements of theextensional stiffness

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

mathematics classes.3 The Adventure Engineering project focuses on problemsolving and the engineering design experience. A third project uses bridge design software tomotivate middle school students to consider future careers in engineering. 4 This one-day middleschool program included presentations from professional engineers and discussions offundamental engineering concepts.Yet there is also new ground to break. Adding new engineering courses to the curriculum is aluxury that many school systems can not afford. With the addition of so many new basicrequirements for middle and high school students, it became apparent that the best way to impactstudents would be through the existing curriculum. Algebra is a perfect companion toengineering.PROJECT

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Cramer; Nancy Ciezki; Hussain Bahia

whether the web page should follow lectureschronologically or be based on course topics. The topic-based design was selected, as shown inthe figure.The lesson learned from the web page design is that not all the team members need to understandthe details of web design software and that there are design options that can confuse the processand take time. It is best to have an experienced designer that narrows the options and takes alead in making decisions. The web page design integrated lab and lecture materials, visual aids,previous exams, and other relevant information. It was a one-stop shopping design conceptwhere students could find any information relevant to the topic, from a single page devoted tothat topic.Assessment Tools for Students

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

Rowan engineering students a tendency toexhibit relatively low scores—that is, in the “avoid” or low “use as needed” range—in precisionand confluence, and relatively high scores—“use first” or high “use as needed” range—insequence.Our hypothesis is that this particular combination of avoidances and preferences leads to barriersthat specifically impact performance of student teams in the upper-level design courses, such asthe Junior/Senior Clinics [21]. In these courses, students work independently in teams onsemester-long and sometimes multi-year projects. Many of the projects involve external funding,real clients and sponsors, and actual product development. For example, student teams under thesupervision of chemical engineering faculty have

Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

about what has happened and what is possible in order to create a muchricher design experience and understanding; the cost of this is the higher overhead to the team.Providing a range of techniques allowed each student to assess which practices worked best forthat student’s personality and background, as well as for different situations they mightencounter. Different people may learn better through different types of reflective practices.Typical introverts8 may prefer the privacy of a journal to participating in team retrospectives,while extroverts may be more effective the opposite way. Writing and talking use different partsof the brain. Many people think better when they are physically active20.‡ This includes increasing the value all along

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Davis; Wayne Sarasua

typically sufficient for small projects, larger projects may require a combination ofapproaches. For example site location and design of an airport can require use of a variety of datacollection methods. Once these data are collected, extensive data processing and analysis arenecessary to determine the most suitable location with consideration of environmental impacts,volume of earth to be moved, land acquisition, and proximity to major roads. Furthermore,presentation of this data to decision makers prior to development of final design plans can begreatly enhanced through use of Geomatic methods. As the project progresses into construction,Geomatics can be used to precisely locate important elements and features identified in the projectdrawings

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Schwesig

with these challenges, several European researchinitiatives are trying to update the content of curricula responding to industrial needs. Thispaper first presents the findings of the EU-IST research project BRIDGES by discussing andcomparing e--business trends and challenges in the EU and the USA. Then, challenges foreducation in E-Business are elaborated. Those challenges are picked up by the EU-IST/ IMSproject GEM in order to create a new curriculum for a master degree in ManufacturingStrategy. It will cover technology and business topics and especially consider digital business.Finally, an initial concept of a short course covering essential aspects of production based ondigital business is discussed.IntroductionE-business has brought up