Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili

performance factors are consistent withthe creative problem-solving model described by Lumsdaine et al.7 and the project-basedintroduction to design by Dym and Little8. The teamwork attributes are consistent withthe cooperative learning model by Johnson et al.9 The communication attributes areconsistent with recommendations by the writing across the curriculum movement andsummarized by Bean10.Knowledge of the Engineering Design Process • information gathering/understand problem/customer needs • problem definition/goals or requirements defined • idea generation/brainstorming/creativity • evaluation/analyzing ideas/testing/design modeling • decision making/selection/planning • implementation/produce/deliver design to customer • process review

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno; Abul Azad; Radha Balamuralikrishna

presentationwill also focus on the challenges of conducting such collaborative projects and recommend dosand don’ts for faculty teams that plan to conduct interdisciplinary student projects in engineeringtechnology.Relevance of Interdisciplinary Projects and Fostering Student CollaborationIn recent decades there has been an increasing demand on manufacturers to reduce the cycle timefor new product development. At the same time, we continued to see that the life cycle of newproducts became increasingly shorter. In this era of a free global market economy that fostersand nurtures creativity as well as innovation, engineering technologists can rest assured thatthese observations define a trend that will continue into the coming decades at an even morefurious

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadia Craig; Michelle Maher; Walter Peters

emphasize both the simplicity and complexity of the problems that they willencounter as engineers. The Shewhart Cycle was used as a tool for continuous learning andimprovement in the design of this course.3 The Shewhart Cycle consists of four continuoussteps: Plan, Do, Check, Act, and then repeat as necessary. If we discovered that the students didnot learn what was intended in the check portion of the cycle, we would move through the cycleagain under slightly different conditions. The syllabus reflects the Shewhart Cycle, because itleaves room for change by keeping the subjects somewhat vague, such as “Pit and Pit’umLaboratory” or Complex Systems (see the class web page athttp://www.me.sc.edu/courses/U101E/). This allowed room in the course for

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson; Jeffrey Froyd

engineering within the FC experienced the curricular changeprocess. For each case we drafted an initial case report and shared it with those who wereinterviewed, asking for their feedback. We then used that feedback to revise each case report.Our cross-case analysis worked in a similar way, looking for themes across the entire data set.While each institution was unique, there were commonalities across the group that enabled us todraw a number of conclusions about the curricular change process. The findings in this paperdraw from that cross-case analysis.The Evolving Model of ChangeThe original FC action plan for the first five years (1993–1998) called for renewing the entire four-year undergraduate engineering curriculum and incorporating the four

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sonya Smith; Marian Muste; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Donald Yarbrough; David Caughey; Alric Rothmayer; Barbara Hutchings; Rajesh Bhaskaran; Tao Xing; Frederick Stern

” at The University of Iowa from 1999 to present, as updated and currently being used(http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~fluids/). Recently, project expanded under sponsorship NationalScience Foundation Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement - Educational MaterialsDevelopment Program to include faculty partners from colleges of engineering at large public(Iowa and Iowa State) and private (Cornell) and historically minority private (Howard)universities for collaboration on further development TM, effective implementation, evaluation,dissemination, and pedagogy of simulation technology utilizing web-based techniques. Theevaluation plan includes collaboration with faculty from The University of Iowa, College ofEducation, Department of

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sonya Smith; Marian Muste; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Donald Yarbrough; David Caughey; Alric Rothmayer; Barbara Hutchings; Rajesh Bhaskaran; Tao Xing; Frederick Stern

” at The University of Iowa from 1999 to present, as updated and currently being used(http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~fluids/). Recently, project expanded under sponsorship NationalScience Foundation Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement - Educational MaterialsDevelopment Program to include faculty partners from colleges of engineering at large public(Iowa and Iowa State) and private (Cornell) and historically minority private (Howard)universities for collaboration on further development TM, effective implementation, evaluation,dissemination, and pedagogy of simulation technology utilizing web-based techniques. Theevaluation plan includes collaboration with faculty from The University of Iowa, College ofEducation, Department of

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gesink; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

establishing project needs • Establishing, developing and writing design specifications • Developing design concepts • Testing the validity design concepts with physical and mathematical models • Feasibility: physical, economic and design team compatibility Page 8.189.4"Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education" • Human factors • Intellectual Property (patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, etc.) • Engineering Design Methodologies • Project Planning

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sasha Pasulka; Sandhya Pillalamarri; Milica Milovancevic; Michael Wagner; Meena Nimmagadda; James Adams; Anjali Gupta; Mary Anderson-Rowland

computer during the free time. In this study, unless the girls were assigned aspecific time on the computers, the boys monopolized the computers 8. As early as the seventhgrade, boys plan to study more math than girls do 16. From sixth to twelfth grades there is anoverall decline in both male and female students' liking and enjoyment of math 17. Studentsreported that math became more difficult, that they received less support from parents, teachers Page 8.1091.2and peers for studying math, and that math became more anxiety provoking over time. FemaleProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Denny Davis; Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili

capstone courses and byindustry concerns about workplace preparedness of engineering graduates5,6, many degreeprograms across engineering disciplines have adopted industry-sponsored projects, most of whichextend over an academic year7. At a time when student learning and assessment in capstonecourses are increasingly important to program accreditation, capstone course instructors are beingchallenged by the need to plan, facilitate, and assess student learning where expected capstonecourse outcomes are uncertain and differ significantly from those of traditional engineeringscience courses8.Establishing suitable capstone course learning outcomes is essential for facilitating and assessingstudent achievement related to many ABET criterion 3 outcomes

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

globalization of corporate economies has changed the face of engineeringpractice. In addition to core engineering skills, modern engineers must possess cross-culturalcommunication skills, team management skills, and the ability to perform on geographicallydistributed teams. We describe a novel curricular paradigm called the Global EngineeringCollege (GEC) that we are currently exploring under an NSF planning grant. The GEC conceptis based on the idea of seamlessly combining the curricula and educational opportunities ofseveral internationally-distributed engineering institutions to create a virtual engineering collegespanning multiple countries and cultures. We report on the technical, pedagogic, andadministrative challenges we have exposed in our

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Mente; Marian McCord; Joni Spurlin; H. Troy Nagle; Susan Blanchard

comparableoutcomes into a single statement. Examples of the changes that were made due to overlappingoutcomes are shown in Figure 3.While developing an assessment plan, consideration was given to developing assessmentmethods that would work for multiple outcomes, to using both direct and indirect measures, andto finding and using measures that were already in place. NC State University already has anumber of indirect assessment measures, e.g. senior and alumni surveys, in place that includequestions that have been mapped to ABET 3a-3k. These were included in the assessment planwherever they were considered to be appropriate.For direct measures, the BME Curriculum Committee turned to course-based assessment. Theplan based on the current curriculum uses six

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Lytton; Margie Haak; Edith Gummer; Dan Arp; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

figure below): I) Training andPreparation, II) In-school Engagement, and III) Extended Outreach. The details of each phaseare described below. This plan was designed with the participation of GK-12 Teachers, OutreachCoordinators, and Departmental Liaisons and reflects three years of experience with the currentproject. Each Fellow was paired with a GK12 Teacher from their school. This teacher acceptsthe responsibility to assist the Fellow in preparing for the in-school activities, offer guidancethroughout the year, and provide some assessment of the Fellows. The GK-12 Teacher is alsoexpected to be the primary beneficiary of the assistance afforded by the Fellow. TheDepartmental Liaisons assist in all three phases by providing disciplinary support

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

are identifiedby the team and community partner allowing the team to continue to work with the samecommunity partner for many years. Each undergraduate student may earn academic credit forseveral semesters, registering for the course for 1 or 2 credits each semester. The creditstructure is designed to encourage long-term participation, and allows multi-year projects ofsignificant scope and impact to be undertaken by the teams.Each student in the EPICS Program attends a weekly two-hour meeting of his/her team in theEPICS laboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care ofadministrative matters, do project planning and tracking, and work on their project. All studentsalso attend a common one-hour lecture each week. A

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Jay Martin

their project. Once this isdetermined, the content of the small group meetings can be planned. For example,questions about fasteners are very common, so we ask someone from campus who is anexpert in fasteners to come in and teach the students about fasteners. The subjects that arediscussed are extremely wide-ranging and varied, depending on the project and the interestof the students.Philosophy in the types of projects that are selected and the clients that work best with thecourse and students: As has been described, the projects carried out by the students in thiscourse have always been authentic projects with real clients. Each of the individualsections meets with the client, develops a problem statement, brainstorms, designs, andfabricates

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Earley; Dave Lennig; Dave Campbell; Suguna Bommaraju

one of the projects forsenior design capstone course. Miami University started to participate in the RoboticsCompetition through the senior design course with Northwest High School (2001 and 2002), andLakota East High School (2003).FIRST, a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 by inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen6,inspires students to consider careers in engineering, technology, and science. The aim is to showstudents not only that the technological fields hold many varied opportunities for success and areaccessible and rewarding, but also that the basic concepts of science, math, engineering, andinvention are exciting and interesting.Learning to plan and implement the entire design process can take a long time, but it is the

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabriel Alungbe

Educationengineering and engineering technology programs worthy of consideration.The contents of a portfolio may contain, but are not limited to, articles relevant to engineeringeconomy field, solved problems beyond those assigned as homework, economic analyses ofprojects, term paper, and computer programs to solve economic problems. The articles maycome from recent issues of newspapers or magazines that the students are required to read andprepare a typed, double-spaced one page summary of the main points every week. Regardingterm paper, a perennial title is “How to Become a Millionaire in 30 Years or Less.” The objectiveof this term paper is to enable the students apply the concepts they have learned in engineeringeconomy to plan their retirement in no more

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alok Verma

production planning apprenticeship programs areavailable for selected apprentices after completion of required academics and about twoyears in craft training. The five-year design program prepares individuals in one of sixdesign disciplines, including hull, machinery design, electrical, piping, ventilation andnuclear design. The four and a half year program prepares individuals for planningpositions at various levels within the organization.IV. Engineering Technology Department at Old Dominion University The primary goal of the Department of Engineering Technology is preparation ofstudents for both short and long term career success in engineering and technical fields.Our Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (BSET) programs are

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

knowledge gathered and gained during the study period of severalsemesters, in a variety of courses. Whenever appropriate, comparisons are madeand analogies are provided, so that the students will be able to identify thesimilarities that exist between mechanical, electrical and thermal models. Whileconducting and completing this experiment, the students are strongly encouraged toapply their knowledge of physics, chemistry, mathematics, electric circuit analysis,materials science, statics, strength of materials, dynamics, fluid mechanics,thermodynamics and heat transfer. Further, it was also essential that the new labsatisfied several key elements pertaining to Miami University’s Plan for LiberalEducation.“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sivakum Venkatanarayanan; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

a typical ion implantation tool. It is a large machine, typically more than4 x 3 m with a price tag of $2M or more. The contents and basic functionality are morereadily demonstrated by the plan view in figure 3. Since the source may be at >200 kV,substantial safety precautions are in order – interlocks, fiber optic data links, adequateclearance and avoidance of all sharp features that might induce flash-over. With vacuumsystems, high voltage supplies, potentially hazardous source materials, automatedprecision wafer handling, 24 x 7 operation and tight dose uniformity (~ 1%), the highcost of ownership is not surprising. Page 8.634.4Proceedings of

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Blackboard is available to students 24 hours a day, seven days aweek and makes it easier for students who travel often. In this learning environmentstudents can plan their work to fit their schedule as long as they complete eachassignment by its due date. This maximizes students’ flexibility in learning the coursematerial as best fits their learning preference and schedule.Advanced Digital Design (EET 3100) course is selected to be converted to web-centricdistance learning environment during the fall 2002 semester. This course was the firstdistance-learning course to be taught with a laboratory section. This course is taught face-to-face on the main campus and also broadcasted to another location for distance learning

Conference Session

Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

. Any written report withmore than two misspelled words, or grammatical errors, was given a failing grade.Students should be encouraged to participate in internships or co-op programs to get theflavor of the work environment. This will ease the transition. Associating with people intheir field (i.e., with fellow engineers) and the regimen of regular hours will also ease thetransition. This approach provides the supervisors with a better feel for the talents thegraduating students brings with them and how best plan their on the job training. Page 8.537.5 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Materials Division Business Meeting

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer; Craig Johnson

63164 NEW: Experiment Set-up NA3264 NEW: Matl’s Lab Experiments 83464 Diversity in Courses and Matl’s 5NONE Life Cycle Analysis:no abstracts 0A number of statistics may be of use for planning purposes. The topics themselves are of interest,as well as how many abstracts were submitted. Attendance figures have not yet been acquired.Activities, laboratories and experiments of various sorts appear as a mainstay over the years.These efforts are above and beyond our interaction with NEW. These experiments have beenfocused by education level (K-12, K-20, lower div., upper div.), but have appeared in all fouryears.Curricula

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonid Preiser

correlation between the behavioral pattern of the C’s and perceived role of the S as a promoting educator for the C (i.e., promoting important features of the products or services), it may become possible not only to design new training strategies for the cadre of the S’s, but – even more to the point – develop and promote the new corporate culture. o Based on an established trend in dynamics (for example, length of transient period, expected number of iterations) of the interactive process convergence to the “local” (in time) equilibriums between C and S, it seems reasonable to expect better planning process to be embedded into the S’s corporate

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

students decided ontheir design, they had to “order” their parts from the staff engineer. In their project planning, theyhad to account for possible ordering delays. When the students received their materials, they hadto build their robot, and program the PLC to achieve the desired results. Figure 5 shows a designof one PLC robot.A survey was conducted at the end of this project. The students enjoyed the freedom of beingable to design their robot. Some students felt that the project was too easy or that they had toomuch time to complete the project. Most students commented that they would have enjoyedadding more difficulty to the project and a greater variety of materials to choose from.This project was a good creative exercise for the students

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert

currentlybeing assessed. Although it has appears to be a better situation for the students, it has created asignificant scheduling problem for the faculty who must team-teach the design sequence. The assessment process has identified another weakness in the design sequence. Studentsoften have not fully defined product specifications until well into their senior year. As a resultstudents have difficulty properly scheduling their time and they spend many late nights as theyprepare for their senior design show. Therefore, a planned improvement is the inclusion of aspecification review in the spring quarter of the junior year. The intent would be to force designdecisions earlier in the process. Project management also has a significant impact

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hoskin; Ronald Welch

record respectively. Previous timelogs will also assist the faculty advisor in future independent study project development. Ofcourse, individual capabilities always lead to time variations, but such records still assist ingeneral planning. Page 8.1001.4 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 4: Student Time RecordV. Signing the ContractProviding clear guidance and an organized list of objectives clearly demonstrates the importanceeveryone should place on

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Heather Cooper

while another studentdid not correctly set up the problem. This represented a great improvement over the response tothe pre-test questions asked at the beginning of the semester. The module improved the students’ability to understand the basic concepts involved in the problem, use the commercial data sheet toextract the relevant information, and apply the appropriate analysis method to solve the problem.In addition, students later applied the module tools in the planning of their capstone projects,when they were required to estimate cycle times for temperature control circuits. Page 8.414.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Melissa Pickering; Chris Rogers

library of LEGOs,laptops, and other equipment to lend to classes they work with. Tying the lending library toSTOMP students ensure that the materials are made good use of and can be reclaimed if they arenot being used.In Action One of the advantages of engineering projects is that it is easy to incorporate socialstudies, math, and science units into projects, thus causing little disruption in a teachersestablished lesson plan. STOMP students have collaborated with two fourth grade teachers inLincoln Massachusetts’ elementary school to develop a project on pyramid construction, thusinterweaving the Ancient Egypt unit with engineering principles. The project consisted of twochallenges and was executed in four one-hour sessions. Each group

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chu Chen Chen

Page 8.1155.3middle and upper level of Energy Managers to manage a large facility, have multiplied greatly in “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”recent years. In addition to the demand for implementation of energy conservation, EnergyManagers are obligated to develop a future plan that alleviates risk through alternate energysources, financial derivative, and an overall plan of management. Further, these managers mustdevelop requested proposals, supervise the construction, as well as provide measurement andverification of the energy savings.Building Energy Systems Option in Mechanical

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Kasra; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

and review of the Self-Study a set ofquestions was raised by the ABET team BME program examiner. One question related toapparent inconsistencies in first-year common curriculum courses taken by several of first BMEprogram graduates. This question was addressed and answered quickly with the assistance of theAssociate Dean of Engineering who was most familiar with a recent change in the commonfreshman curriculum which explained why some students had taken different courses thanothers. A rapid response to such inquiries was deemed essential to maintaining the image of a"tight program" with a well-informed faculty ABET review coordinator.Preparation for and Conduction of the Site InspectionThorough planning and extensive preparation was done for