Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

Session 1447 Mechanical Engineering Technology Division: “Integrating Culture as well as Engineering Instruction in Capstone Project and Machine Design Courses” Francis A. Di Bella, PE (617 373 5240; fdibella@coe.neu.edu) Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Technology Northeastern University; Boston, MAC.P. Snow’s famous 1959 Rede Lecture on the clash of the “Two Cultures”: Art andScience continues to reverberate in the halls of science and engineering education. Snow’slecture brought to the surface what seemed apparent to most

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nathan Adams

Session 3232 Industry – University Collaboration on Under-Graduate Engineering Design Projects An Industrial Mentor’s Perspective Nathan G Adams The Boeing CompanyIntroductionFor the past four years the Boeing Company at Mesa Arizona has sponsored several under-graduate engineering design projects including a global engineering design program with ArizonaState University in Tempe, Arizona and Leeds University in the UK. A Global EngineeringDesign Team, i.e., GEDT, co-sponsored by Rolls-Royce, created project

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson

Session 2286 Project Lead The Way® Synergy of Colleges and Universities with Secondary Education Guy Johnson Rochester Institute of Technology Dustin Swanger, Ed.D Monroe Community CollegeAbstractProject Lead The Way® (PLTW), a nonprofit corporation, has developed a national programforming partnerships among public schools, higher education institutions and the private sectorto increase the quantity and quality of engineers and engineering technologists graduating fromour educational

Conference Session

Trends in Biological & Agricultural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saba Choudhary; Naz Azadi; Mike Ratino; Lauri Kreeb; Jason Congdon; Paul Schreuders

Session 1554 Control Systems in Designing and Programming a Robotic Ant Paul D. Schreuders, Naz Azadi, Lauri Bennett, Saba Choudhary, Jason Congdon, Mike Ratino University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractControl Systems are employed in robotics to successfully achieve a desired task. The mainobjective of this project was to challenge the Biological Systems Control class to learn andimplement control techniques in the designing and programming of a robotic ant. The class waspresented with three different challenges and each group applied its own design

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barry Lineberger; Larry Stikeleather

Session 3425 Incorporating a Design of Experiments (DOE) Project into a Sophomore Level Introduction to Engineering Design Course Larry F. Stikeleather, Barry Lineberger Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering North Carolina State UniversityAbstractThe task of teaching the engineering design process at the sophomore level can be enhanced byjudicious use of hands-on projects which allow the students to put into practice the concepts andmethods being taught. The challenge for the

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joan Burtner

Session 3657 Industrial-Related Projects in the Upper-Level Industrial Engineering Curriculum at Mercer University Joan Burtner, Shelia Barnett, Ramachandran Radharamanan and Scott Schultz School of Engineering, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207AbstractIndustrial-related projects are spread throughout the industrial engineering curriculum at MercerUniversity. Beginning with the introduction to industrial engineering course, and continuingthrough to the senior design course sequence, students enrolled in Mercer's industrial

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Jendrucko; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

Session 2209 Involvement of Clinical Medical Professionals as Technical Advisors in Biomedical Engineering Design Projects Monica A. Schmidt, Richard Jendrucko, and Anthony E. English Biomedical Engineering Program, The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleIntroductionA new two-semester senior design course sequence has been developed as part of the under-graduate Biomedical Engineering (BME) degree program begun in 2000. These design coursessatisfy much of the ABET 2000 Criterion 4 for the Professional Component—specifically themajor design experience. The course format involves multiple student teams

Conference Session

Design in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Authors

Joseph Bartus; Snehamay Khasnabis

Session 2139 The Choice of An Analytical Technique for Economic Evaluation of Highway Safety Projects Snehamay Khasnabis and Joseph Bartus Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202AbstractThe purpose of evaluation of public projects is to make efficient allocations of society’sresources in aiding social decision making. Such economic evaluation is based upon thepremise that in order for a project to be viable, its benefits to whomsoever they mayaccrue, must exceed the estimated costs. Within this conceptual framework, a number ofanalytical tools have been used in

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sven Hvid Nielsen

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Arumala; Ibibia Dabipi

Session 1532 USING SUMMER INTERNSHIPS TO ENHANCE SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS I. K. Dabipi and J. O. Arumala University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MarylandA summer internship program supported by NASA was designed to give some undergraduateEngineering and Engineering Technology majors very unique professional experiences by matchingthem with mentors in the NASA Wallops Facilities. Six undergraduate students worked on severalprojects during a 10-week summer internship program at the Wallops

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

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R. Russell Rhinehart; Benjamin Lawrence; Sundararajan Madihally

Session #2313 A Unit Operations Lab Project that Combines the Concepts of Reactor Design and Transport Phenomena Benjamin J. Lawrence, Sundararajan V. Madihally, R. Russell Rhinehart School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OKIntroduction A laboratory course on Unit Operations is a critical component in the chemical engineeringundergraduate curriculum, because it provides hands-on experience on the application oftheoretical concepts learned in core classes such as chemical kinetics and reactor design, transportphenomena, and mass transfer operations. Typically, students

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-sharkawy; Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

A Process for Screening Capstone Senior Design Projects for Compatibility with Department ABET Program Outcomes Maher E. Rizkalla, Mohamed El-Sharkawy, and Paul Salama Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 1. Introduction:The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) uses its senior capstonedesign course as a major source of data for its outcomes assessment process for ABETaccreditation. Thus, we must insure that the projects we assign address our ProgramOutcomes (PO), which are our version of Criterion 3 in EC2000, to the extent possible.In this paper, this paper presents a description to the process that we have developed toscreen projects before they are assigned to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Earley; Dave Lennig; Dave Campbell; Suguna Bommaraju

Session 2020 'Early Immersion': High school students participating in Engineering technology's Senior Design projects at Miami University Suguna Bommaraju, Ron Earley, Dave Campbell, Dave Lennig Miami University, OHIOI. INTRODUCTIONGrounded in liberal education concepts 1,2, senior design course pulls together various engineeringconcepts and skills towards a real-world problem. Emphasis is placed on teamwork,communication, economic and safety considerations and developing liasion with industrialpartners. Students are encouraged to think critically, engage with others, understnad the

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mario Medina; Louis Thurston

Session 1406 On the Use of Equation Solvers, Interactive Software, and Hands-on Projects in Integrated Sophomore Engineering Courses Mario A. Medina Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department The University of KansasAbstractThe long-term objective of this effort was to fundamentally change the quality of engineeringinstruction and student interactions-through the use of newest education technologies in theclassroom. Three principal areas of student impact were identified. These were: (1)Improvement of the quality of engineering

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

Session 1649 Engineering Technology Students Gain Insight into Real-World Engineering Problem Solving by Providing Solutions to Industry Provided Senior Design Projects in Industrial Control Systems Jerome Tapper, Walter W. Buchanan Northeastern University, Boston, MassachusettsAbstract  At Northeastern University, students are learning how to solve real life engineeringproblems as they provide hands-on solutions to industrial control systems problems in a real timeengineering environment. Students are required to team-develop solutions to real life problemsas provided to them

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

Session 1451 Incorporating “Real-world Experiences” into Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Design Projects: Design of Small-Scale Water Purification Units J. A. Starke*, M. A. Butkus, M. B. Kelley, and M. Talbot United States Military AcademyDepartment of Geography and Environmental EngineeringUnited States Military AcademyWest Point, NY 10996*Corresponding Author. (845) 938 – 3042 (phone), (845) 938 – 3339 (fax), bj2846@usma.edu Page 8.691.1

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

CRISTINO CARBONELL; FE TABAMO; Clarita Guevara

Session Number: 1475 The ESTEeM Project: Collaborative Learning and Teaching of Engineering Mathematics at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Santo Tomas, Manila Cristino A. Carbonell, Clarita R. Guevara, Fe P. Tabamo Faculty of Engineering, University of Santo TomasI IntroductionInformation and Communications Technology (ICT) has largely changed the learningenvironment in today’s world. There are now several options presented in the learningenvironment on how easily and more excitingly knowledge can be acquired. Learninginstitutions worldwide have recognized the

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harmon

Session 2251 Interactive Site Investigation Software to Drive a Design Project in Contaminant Hydrogeology: Successes, Failures and Future Developments Thomas C. Harmon Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of California, Los AngelesAbstractThis paper summarizes the past efforts and proposes future developments associated with amajor educational development intended to serve as a problem-based learning environmentfor helping students to gain a deeper understanding of theory-based course content whileaccelerating their

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Layton

Session 2320 Using Modeling and Simulation Projects to Meet Learning Objectives in an Upper-Level Course in System Dynamics Richard A. Layton Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractModeling and simulation projects in an upper-level system-dynamics course are described withan emphasis on using these projects to support course learning objectives. Course-specificobjectives include: modeling engineering systems using Lagrange’s equation; using the Dymolasoftware package to solve the resulting nonlinear differential-algebraic equations; and validatingsimulation

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Knight; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

Session 3553 Staying in Engineering: Impact of a Hands-On, Team-Based, First-Year Projects Course on Student Retention Daniel W. Knight, Lawrence E. Carlson and Jacquelyn F. Sullivan Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractThis study evaluates the impact on student retention of the First-Year Engineering Projects(FYEP) course at the University of

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marian G. McCord; Susan Blanchard

Session 2609 Use of a Single Team-Based Written Project to Address Multiple Objectives and Outcomes for a Biomedical Engineering Program Susan M. Blanchard and Marian G. McCord North Carolina State UniversityI. IntroductionMembers of the Biomedical Engineering faculty at NC State have developed a set of studentlearning outcomes based on broader programmatic objectives and ABET criteria.1 Courselearning outcomes are being mapped to program outcomes, and assignments that provideevidence of student learning are being collected and reviewed. Assignments that are identified

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Emanuel

Session 3657 The Community Based Capstone Design Experience: More than Meets the Eye Joseph T. Emanuel Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Bradley UniversityAbstractFor the past 36 years, Bradley University’s Industrial Engineering program has used community-based projects as the basis for the Capstone Design experience. For the past 25 years, the“clients” for these projects have been asked to pay for the service provided. The courseemphasizes real-world team problem solving and the need for strong

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

programobjectives [1].The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) has been continuouslyaccredited for over 30 years, was last accredited in 1998, and is preparing for areaccreditation visit in 2004 during the first year of exclusive use of the TC2K criteria.While in the process of refining our curriculum as outcome-based, the authors found thatthe importance of capstone or integrating experiences is also recognized by ABET andhighlighted in the Self-Study Questionnaire [1]. The Senior Design Project courses havebeen in place since 1968 and it was concluded in [2] and [3] that the course providesstudents with the best possible preparation in terms of current technical knowledge,techniques, skills, and written/oral reports for industry

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner

prototyping in a teamed setting.Over seventy-five percent of the projects are sponsored by industry. Delivery structure,implementation barriers, funding models, evaluation and assessment methods will be presented.IntroductionThe Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity did a thorough study of ABET design requirements under the new guidelines. Aninitial review and benchmarking of universities also indicated that industrial sponsorship of alarge percentage of projects would be educationally important and that a full academic year (twosemesters) of senior design would be necessary to complete challenging projects. The initialconcerns of the department were facilities requirements, providing a

Conference Session

Publicity Elements of Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Staggers; Lynne Slivovsky

professional writing students into the EngineeringProjects In Community Service (EPICS) curriculum. This program is running on three EPICSteams in conjunction with the Writing For the Computer Industry course in the Englishdepartment at Purdue University. EPICS is a multidisciplinary vertically integrated design class inwhich teams of students work on open-ended technical problems in partnerships with local not-for-profit organizations. They design, build, test and deploy projects into the community that meettheir partners' specific needs. Our model for integrating professional writing students into EPICSteams allows EPICS students to draw on the expertise of professional writings students in humanfactors and information design. It gives professional

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Neslihan Alp

Session 2003-2140 Roadblocks in the Six-Sigma Process Neslihan Alp, Ph.D. and Mike Yaworsky University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaAbstractSix-Sigma is a quality improvement program used by many major companies with varying degreesof success. This paper shows the Process Map for the Six-Sigma Process and identifies the mostdifficult steps. A survey is conducted to collect data from several companies to develop the Six-Sigma Process Map and determine the most critical steps. The results show that the followingsteps are the most difficult steps throughout the whole process: q Develop project

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

Session 2525 Evaluating Multidisciplinary Design Teams Lynne Slivovsky, William Oakes, Leah Jamieson Purdue UniversityAbstract Many program look for ways to simulate “real” design experiences. At PurdueUniversity, the EPICS - Engineering Projects in Community Service – program does thisthrough long-term team projects that solve technology-based problems for local communityservice organizations. The program currently has 24 project teams with approximately 450students participating during the 2002 academic year. Each EPICS project team consists of tento 20 students, a local

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mary Clare Robins; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

Session 3453 Service Learning in the Freshman Engineering Course Laura J. Bottomley, Mary Clare Robbins, Elizabeth Parry North Carolina State UniversityAbstractThe College of Engineering at NC State University has had an NSF-sponsored GK-12 project forthe past four years that sent engineering students in to K-8 classrooms as science and/or mathresources for teachers. Using the same model, in fall 2002, the Introduction to Engineeringcourse that is required of all freshmen offered a design project that included service learning as anoption. The “Outreach Project” required students

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Thompson; Craig Gunn; Craig Somerton

Session 2425 The Role of the Faculty Advisor in the Capstone Design Experience: The Importance of Technical Expertise Craig W. Somerton, Brian S. Thompson, and Craig Gunn Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionThe capstone design experience in the mechanical engineering program at Michigan StateUniversity is achieved through the Mechanical Engineering Design Projects course: ME 481.This course utilizes industrially sponsored design projects for which the company makes both afinancial investment ($3500) and a personnel investment (a staff engineer is