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International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Understanding self Social Cultural awareness Motivation You and GlobalCareer direction and planning Engineering Sustainability Environmental

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Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Crahen; Bina Ramamurthy

adapting the pedagogy are given in this section.3.1 Proposed Pedagogy 1. During the planning stages of the course decide on the one or more major concepts or ideas that you desire to introduce. For example, application level interoperability between J2EE platform [3] and .NET platform [5]. 2. Establish the context and importance of each of the concepts for the course goals and make sure they warrant a laboratory project. In our course the concepts or ideas are solutions to many unsolved issues or problems with existing processes and systems. For example, transforming a simple naming service into a location- independent naming service. 3. Design the project description for the laboratory that explains

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emily Mowry

treatment.Future Plans We feel that this project has been extremely successful, and we see huge potential with thecourse itself. We plan to revise and fine tune the course and present it to the departmental andSchool of Engineering curriculum committees to be included in the undergraduate BMEcurriculum. Other plans also include submitting a version of this work for publication in theInternational Journal of Engineering Education.Acknowledgements• Dr. Cynthia Paschal, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University• Dr. E. Duco Jansen, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University• Dr. John Lachs, Dept. of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University• Dr. Stuart Finder, Center for Research and

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anil Khatri

wire to patients’ patient can not comprehend. Finham andhouse. These innovations are making new levels Werthimer [6] found that physicians little spentof data and information available to educate time with patients in educating then about healthpatients and health professionals as well. care prevention. Our research hypothesis is thatAccording to Felkey et al. [3] eighty two percent better-informed patients will:of Americans learn better visually than by any i) receive better careother means. But patients typically receive very ii) better comply with the treatment plans andlittle visual information about their health. One therapiescommon and

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What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Schwesig

building, andworking methodologies where processes, communication and other business activities arecarried out using ICT-tools are gaining importance. Additionally, capacities in knowledgemanagement are becoming more relevant. According to the overall comparison between fieldsof competencies, it is interesting that today management capacities like innovationmanagement, productivity improvement an strategic planning gain importance. Within thefollowing 5 years, individual capacities like teamwork capabilities and interpersonalcommunication skills seem to become more important.The outcome of a worldwide internet inquiry on existing master programs manufacturingengineering is going to be used to get an overview about the content of the existing

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ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

distance-learning students at Edison are primarily non-traditional, part-time students who are working in full-time jobs. Some even have jobtitles that include the word ‘engineer’. Contrast this with the resident students who aremostly traditional full-time students with little or no job experience outside ofcooperative education jobs or internships. To make the course consistently interesting toall parties, class materials and discussions must take into account this mix. Carefulpreparation must go into designing and developing course materials that bridge this gap.Enhancements to topic coverage included the use of a variety of applicable current eventnews articles, speakers from industry, and examples of project proposals and plans

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

collaborative effort between two courses. The procedure outlined in this paperinvolves two concurrent courses from different programs of engineering forming teams with jointlabs to complete a full spectrum design and manufacturing project.Addressing Industry NeedsDue to the leaps and bounds in technology development especially those involving electronics andmechanical systems and appropriate manufacturing processes, industries need engineers who haveworking knowledge of multi-disciplinary topics. Due to keen competition, industries need tostreamline design, planning, and manufacturing lead times. Thus they need strong team workerswho can engage in processes producing the highest quality products, at the lowest cost, in theleast amount of time.In order

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Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack McGourty

were revised to fit the language and task required forthe course. Using the web-based version of the Team Developer‘ [8 9, 10,11] software studentsrated themselves and their teammates on twenty items covering four innovation areas as well asseveral other items related to effective product teamwork. Each student was required to accessthe Team Developer‘ on-line and asked to give honest, critical answers about themselves andtheir teammates. Average team members’ (peers) ratings for each individual were thencompared to the individual’s own responses. Students were encouraged to review thesecomparisons and develop a plan for addressing those skills where improvement was indicated.Additionally, student teams were encouraged to discuss the results

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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

) architects. In additions,new buildings are being planned by Robert A.M. Stern and Frank Gehry.The University of Hartford’s adjacency to the state’s capital and legislative bodies provides opportunities for contact Page 8.733.1and interaction with legislators and others concerned with the issues facing the design and construction industry.For example the State of Connecticut Licensing Board is located in Hartford.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition  2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa Lin

. Through the available built-in softwarefunctionalities, a CRM system can help a company understand key customer behaviors,plan effective marketing campaigns/strategies, and increase the business growth rate.Mainstream vendors recognize that information technology and business functionsincluding marketing, sales, customer services and support must work together to build asuccessful CRM that can support a typical Customer-Life Cycle in daily businessoperations. A CRM hierarchy is in shown Figure 1. Increased Profits & Customer Loyalty

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Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harvey Wolfe

sets.The course requires teams to develop a product and move through all of the steps towardslaunching a company culminating in a prototype, a business plan, an executive summary,and a presentation suitable for obtaining venture capital. Evaluation comments by thestudents identified a number of significant issues. These include:1. The heterogeneity of students: Students included full time undergraduate students,full time U.S. educated graduate students, full time foreign educated graduate students,and part time graduate students working full time. This mix is exacerbated by the differentacademic backgrounds, time constraints of the student groups, and diversity. Thechallenge is how to put together teams that get along, have different talents, and

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Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Giesey

development, in-service training and tutorials.activities planned for the term, and Conduct research in area of specialization.how the experience will incorporate Location · Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoekinto the applicant’s work when they Length of Grant · 11 monthsreturn home. Also needed are Starting Date · January 2002references including a teaching reportand sample syllabi of courses relevantto the proposed activity. Applicationsare due August 1. Figure 2: Typical Description of Award.I had begun corresponding with the Polytechnic and was able to include a letter of invitation thatspecifically supported my application. I also found that the program officer at

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Value Added Collection Management

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Baldwin

Library of CongressSubject Heading letters in between (all letters of the alphabet except I, O, W and X). The Q's,(General Science), for example, were records numbered 5022 through 5094 and the T throughTX's were records numbered 8162-9160. Librarians "signed-up for" record number ranges,for the most part those that represented their subject areas. Each librarian was given access tothe database and the ability to add information to each record. Some of this information wasmandatory, (price for each format purchased, whether the subscription was part of a PackagePlan, a Membership, or other plan, and whether or not it was available electronically, withspecific designation as to whether or not the electronic version was part of a package plan

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Jewell

to 1996Union’s engineering curricula were not set up with terms abroad in mind. Since theprograms are relatively small, most required and elective courses in the major are onlyoffered once a year. Therefore, it took very careful planning and advisement to allowstudents to go abroad without seriously jeopardizing their chances of finishing in fouryears. Union also bucks the national trend in that most of our students actually graduatein four years.Students who were successful in juggling their schedules invariably came back from theirforeign study saying it was well worth the effort, and many said that it was a lifechanging experience. However, it took the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) Engineering Criteria 2000

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Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyria Alfaro; Michael Mooney

CurriculaVolcano Engineering is a 6-8 day curricular unit composed of seven obstacles described inTable 1. In Volcano Engineering, 8th grade students assemble into engineering teams anddesign a rover to obtain information from inside a volcano. Student teams are launchedinto the curricula by reading the following scenario: Several engineers at Volcano Engineering Inc. have been injured in recent years attempting to investigate volcanoes. They have been attempting to develop technologies that can predict the exact time of eruption and the severity of eruption so that nearby towns can plan accordingly. You are now given the responsibility of designing an automated rover to go into the volcano and do the work of a human

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Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robinson; Demetris Geddis; Adam Austin; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

, and Computing (CEISMC) Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractThere is a growing awareness among educators that engineering can enhance the K-12curriculum by providing “real world” scenarios that help develop problem-solving skills instudents. This paper presents activities designed to incorporate engineering concepts into highschool mathematics education. Three graduate students of Georgia Tech’s Student and TeacherEnhancement Partnership (STEP) program directly assisted high school mathematics teachers todevelop hands-on approaches for algebra and trigonometry classes. These laboratory activitieswere incorporated into the normal lesson plan. Both the high school

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

plan is in place to repair and upgrade existingequipment, design and fabricate new equipment, procure basic measurement equipmentincluding computers, programs and interfacing hubs to central computers, replacement ofoutdated equipment and acquisition of new laboratory benches. The laboratory experiments aredesigned to provide hands-on experience in application of classroom theory through use of state-of-the-art measurement and instrumentation techniques. Design of experiments is required inupper level laboratory courses. Laboratory experience is also included in elective courses usingthe same basic laboratory equipment in an “Open laboratory” approach. This paper describes therestructured laboratory sequence, explains how the data acquisition

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

should plan, design, andfabricate systems of their own, so they see whether the performance they predicted matches thatwhich is observed.The sections that follow present the plan that has been devised for Rensselaer and initial findingsfrom a pilot implementation. Section 2 reviews similar efforts that have been undertaken at otherinstitutions. Section 3 describes the plan that has been devised. Section 4 discusses initial findingsfrom a pilot implementation and Section 5 presents plans for the expansion and implementation ofthe experiences.2.0 Other Hands-On InitiativesIt is clear that many schools are embarking on efforts to introduce hands-on experiences. AtRensselaer, sophomores now participate in ENGR-2050 Introduction to Engineering Design

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Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

practices to be incorporated include effective oral andwritten communications, project planning, time management, interpersonal interaction,teamwork, and proactive behavior. This is an area of weakness in engineering education. Thenewly endowed Linus Pauling Engineer serves “project director” for all student teams. Shecoordinates the professional practices learning exercises, the physical facilities and the executionof team projects. Page 8.753.4Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

time and opportunitiesavailable and provides the highest value possible to the student.The intention of this paper a review of a collection of existing approaches to providing practicalexperiences and to provide information of how the Admiral Lewis B. Combs Memorial DesignRetreat was developed, its goals, as well as demonstrate the value of such a practical experience.In doing so the discussion will examine the structure of past retreats and the impacts they havehad on their participants.ReviewAt the undergraduate level practical experiences appear in a variety of activities. Students areexposed to practical experiences through courses, planned events, co-ops, internships, etc.Without question, these practical experiences add significant value

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Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

recommend that the interested readerlook at Kerth’s excellent book9, containing advice on performing retrospectives and manyexample formats. Page 8.1080.12†† However, due to pressures of working on the project, we did not hold every planned retrospective. See Appendix2 for our complete course schedule. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationMost students appreciated the variety of the retrospectives we used, though one studentrecommended (in their feedback four months after the course

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationFrom the author’s perspective, the “prep- program” would have a mission statement (goals) andstrategic plans to help accomplish the following: (i) rekindle the tacit knowledge acquired bystudents during the pre-college years (K-12); (ii) improve their English skills to a desired level;(iii) help develop a proper learning environment and foster creative thinking; (iv) provide, incooperation with industry, a short-duration “practical/hands-on” training period, to help create anappreciation for the role of the engineer in the work place; and (v) re-visit high school math andscience through innovative pedagogical approaches in an attempt to fill gaps and develop a firmfoundation for future math

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REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

granules (video clips, simulations, class notes, knowledge-based questions, etc.), should be developed. REUs have worked on developing relationaldatabases that are used to store and display the taxonomic structure of the domains and othershave worked on developing educational materials (“modules” and “granules”). REU projectsinclude developing video or audio tracks of faculty lectures or programming or drafting plans forimplementing interactive simulations. REUs might also participate in VaNTH assessment andevaluation activities, developing web-based forms for surveys, spreadsheets, or assisting with thecompilation and statistical analysis of assessment data. Some REUs, especially those with abackground in education, have joined the Learning

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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvid Andersen

what we consider to-be a goodway to perform a project.A good work processThe following characterize a good work process and a good specialist contribution in thegroup report that is the product result:1. The work follows an agreed-upon plan developed by the project group. Its point of departure is an approved problem statement and rules for working together. The group must also have defined the aims and objectives of the project. The plan must involve everyone in the group.2. The work process must inspire and stimulate the development of both independent specialist skills as well as a collective responsibility towards the project group and the project. The synergy effect prevailing in teamwork1 of this

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

interns be designing gang toilet plans, hip roof plans or basic wall sections nor willengineering interns be drawing steel framing plans or detailed shop drawings; it can all bedesigned by computer, the process is now automated! What will be left for the designer will bethe design philosophy, the ideal value judgements and critical review of the automated designproduct itself. This is going to have a profound effect on the way we design, how we define it,produce it and teach it.These technological changes are going to lead to a philosophical separation between academiaand industry because certain cognitive processes will be completely automated by technology,thus rendering specific types of knowledge obsolete. In the same token, certain types

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Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Nelson; Osama Abudayyeh; Edmund Tsang; Molly Williams

accredited construction engineering that existsin the department; the department now offers undergraduate degrees in both civil engineeringand construction engineering, and plans to continue doing so. One must look below the surfaceto observe the impact of the guiding principles on the resulting curriculum. Throughout allcourses, team projects and the design process are an expected part of the course content.The Freshman Sequence. The freshman introduction to civil and construction engineering iscontained in a two course sequence. This intent of this sequence is to satisfy the needs for afreshman experience identified above. The first of this sequence presents a broad picture of civilengineering, begins the process of thinking through engineering

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

Meteorology and Air Pollution Water Resources Planning and Design Hydrogeology Geology Solid and Hazardous Waste Treatment and Remediation EV489 EV490 Hydrology and Hydraulic Design GRADUATION Page 8.691.3 Figure 1

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Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

other problems: manystudents possessed poor learning and study habits, high student frustration, and a great deal ofstudents with a myriad of personal difficulties impinging on their abilities to achieve. Toaddress these shortcomings, two affective initiatives were piloted in Fall 2001 and continued inSpring 2002: (1) the discussion approach and (2) the self-reflection approach.Discussion ApproachThe discussion approach11 involved numerous class discussions about the students’ cognitive-affective potential. During these discussions students were encouraged to confidently order theirlearning experiences around the works of Bloom,6, 7 Maslow,16 Polya,23 Whitehead,31Armstrong,2 and others. The ability of students to plan their cognitive growth and

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

today as playing an important role in our planning in industrialsector. The industries that are going to adopt these practices will be expected to make changes inpolicies and programs that can reach these goals. They also require collaboration amonggovernment, industry, labor and educational institutions. To achieve this partnership,manufacturing companies must make organizational changes that will support the new companyculture.Trends in Engineering EducationSeveral studies have shown that employment in research and development high-tech industriesare shifting dramatically toward service industries. The demand for high-tech workers is shiftingto jobs more involved with service creation than production of goods. Trend is towards moreengineers

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Sharp, Vanderbilt University

engineering majors may anticipate aftergraduation. Types of jobs represented ranged from expected chemical engineering tasks to sales,management, and consulting. The speakers represented employers such as NASA, Magotteau,Gobbell Hays Partners, and DuPont. Only two speakers worked in Nashville, where Vanderbilt islocated. Of the remaining three, one was from Delaware, one from Alabama, and one fromTexas. Three different decades were represented, with one speaker having graduated in the '70's,two in the '80's, and two in the '90's. In addition to all speakers being alumni, four of the fivewere my former students. (A sixth speaker, a 2002 graduate from Marathon Oil in Illinois,accepted but had to cancel travel plans because of extreme weather conditions