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Novel Courses for ChEs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Bowman

differently approaches for taking the time and distance measurements. Data wasrecorded in a laptop computer as the measurements were taken.As each team finished taking their measurements, they returned to the classroom and begananalyzing their data. As homework for the next class period, they were asked to calculate thecar's velocity, make a plot of velocity vs. distance, and describe in detail all significant featuresof the plot. Shown below in Figure 1 is a plot of all the student data, followed by a summary inTable 1 of the reported velocities and conclusions from the four student teams.Figure 1. Velocity data from student teams 1.2 1 0.8 Velocity (ft/s

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Vance; Michael Cornachione; Harriet Cornachione

Session 1725 A Capstone Design Approach in Civil Engineering Harriet S. Cornachione, Michael A. Cornachione, and Valerie. J. Vance Oregon Institute of TechnologyAbstract Assessing student outcomes from the civil engineering program at Oregon Institute ofTechnology (OIT) identified several areas of concern. Ineffective team skills, limitedmulti-disciplinary design experience and inadequate integration of technicalcommunications with the engineering curriculum were specifically targeted forimprovement. To strengthen student outcomes in these areas, technical communicationsfaculty and civil engineering faculty at OIT developed

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Veekit O'Charoen; Teresa Hall

whoseinterconnected icons control how the project plays back (see Figure 1). Some icons cause theproject to branch to different areas depending on user choices. Users can incorporate text,graphics, sound, animation and video from a number of complementary programs. With thesecapabilities, Authorware 6 was the primary software architecture and mechanism behindToolTRAIN©. Page 9.1311.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1. Interconnected icon control in Authorware’s

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

”, Proceedings of 2000 ASEEAnnual Conference, Session 2344, June 18-21, 2000.2. Denton, D.D., “Engineering Education for the 21St Century: Challenges and Opportunities”, J. of EngineeringEducation, January 1998, pp. 19-22.3. Hall W.L. and Z.J. Cendes – Introducing real world design problems into undergraduate electromagneticcurriculum, IEEE Trans. on Educ., pp. 279-284, vol. 36, no. 2, 1993.4. DeLyser R.R., Wilson J.C. and R.W. Quine, “A Novel Multidisciplinary Course: Measurment and AutomatedData Acquisition”, Proceedings 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conf., San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1999, pp.12d3-1-12d3-6.5. Waver J.M. and S. Das, “Overhaul of an Undergraduate Mechanical Measurements Laboratory”, Proceedings 29thASEE/IEEE in Frontiers in

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Heer

Introducing a Mechatronic Platform to Freshman Mechanical Engineering StudentsVojislav Gajic, Donald Heer, Tom Thompson, Roger Traylor, Geoffrey Frost, Terri S. Fiez Oregon State UniversityAbstract: The purpose of this paper is to introduce a Mechatronic platform that was recentlydeveloped to enhance Mechanical Engineering curriculum. This new platform provides hands-onexperience, encourages innovation, and presents the means for a more holistic education ofengineering graduates.IntroductionIn today’s competitive market, there is a critical need for skilled engineering graduates.Historically, students have a good theoretical background after graduation; however, they lackpractical, hands-on skills, as well as

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi

: New K-Map selected Highlight Cells Terms entered Prompt with message No Term correct? Yes Add term/s to final equation No Done

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Enke; Susan Murray

opportunities associated with three categories – technology, logistics, andstudent behavior. In subsequent papers the authors will discuss each of the three issues indetail, in the context of some of the research questions that were outlined in this paper. References1. Evans, E., and Murray, S., 1998, “A Technology Assessment Survey for Web-Based Higher Education Programs,” 1998 American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Seattle, WA, June 1998.2. Evans, R.; Murray, S.; Daily, M.; and Hall, R., January 2000, “Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Graduate Engineering Management Course,” Journal of Engineering Education.3. Gosmire, D., and J. Vondruska, 2001, “Distance Teaching and Learning

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Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

8 7 SCORE 6 5 IN S T R U C T O R 4 3 STUDENT 2 TARGET 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OUTCO M E # Figure 5: Course Outcomes AssessmentThis type of course outcome assessment is used for every

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shakil Akhtar; Alaa Aly

, and S. Akhtar, "A Course on CryptographyInterface: 141.209.141.30 and Security Protocols for Undergraduate IT Internet Address Physical Address Type Students," submitted to SIGCSE Bulletin. 141.209.131.2 08-00-20-85-95-77 dynamic [5] Akhtar, S., et. al.: The Networks Course: Old Problems, New Solutions. The Proceedings of theC:\WINDOWS> Thirtieth SIGSCE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education", New Orleans

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Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 3650 Closing the Loop: Assessing, Evaluating, and Improving a TC2K Quality Program David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper describes an ongoing process: the integration of the new ABETaccreditation criteria for engineering technology (TC2K) into the School of Science,Engineering, and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg.Currently three technology programs – Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,and Structural Design and Construction Engineering – are implementing outcomes

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 1547 Elementary and High School Students Building Virtual Bridges to Engineering Heights with Computer Aided Design David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper describes a work in progress. Direct coordination with school officials hasauthorized the use of a computer-aided design (CAD) software package originallydeveloped as a vehicle for outreach to primary and secondary school students. Thisapplication research examines the successful initial implementation at the High Schoollevel and provides a status report on outreach efforts to

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Ray Diez; Luke Huang; David Yearwood

provide an overview of the business concepts thatindustrial technologists need to understand as they work together as team to market asuccessful product. The faculty members serve as external consultants to the team(s) asthe course evolved. Teams then set to work on their respective projects and met with thecourse coordinator on a schedule basis to: report progress, for troubleshooting, to reviewportfolios, and conduct assessment activities scheduled for the course—progress onreports and formal presentation. The culminating assessment activities were thepresentation of the technical reports and oral presentations during the week of finals.Course Objectives The overall objective of the capstone course is multifaceted in scope and

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Olufemi Omitaomu; Adedeji Badiru

for the analysis of such projects. Hence, it does not prepareengineering graduates for the challenges of evaluating IS projects. The inclusion of informationsystem economics in engineering economy curriculum will help to place engineering students ina more competitive position for their future career goals. It will also enhance research forintegrated models for evaluating such projects.Bibliogr aphy 1. Alter, S. (1999), "Information Systems: A Management Perspective," Third Edition, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, Massachusetts. 2. Alter, S. (2002), "Information Systems: Foundation of E-Business," Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 3. Ambler, S., (1999

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hur Koser; Dennis Freeman; Alexander Aranyosi; Aleem Siddiqui

Program, andthe Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Division of the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology. The authors gratefully acknowledge contributions to this project made by GaryChan, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Steve Gondek, as well as faculty, teaching staff, and students whoparticipated in the lab.References[1] Whitesides, G. M., Ostuni, E., Takayama, S., Jiang, X., and Ingber, D. E. (2001). Soft lithography in biologyand chemistry. Annu Rev Biomed Eng, 3:335-373.[2] Kamholz, A. E., Weigl, B. H., Finlayson, B. A., and Yager, P. (1999). Quantitative analysis of molecularinteraction in a microfluidic channel: the T-sensor. Anal Chem, 71:5340-5347.[3] Bruchez, M., Moronne, M., Gin, P., Weiss, S., and Alivisatos, P. A. (1998). Semiconductor

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Fisher; Jed Lyons

Session 2530 Effects of Elementary- and Middle School-Based GK-12 Programs On Graduate Student Teaching and Communication Skills Jed S. Lyons, Steven P. Fisher University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208AbstractThe NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education program at the University of SouthCarolina supports engineering graduate students and advanced undergraduates to serve ascontent resources in local schools. A primary objective is to develop the teaching andcommunication skills of the fellows, who can become the

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Ross; Patrick Giordano; James Blanck; Dona Johnson; Peter Jansson

review. The Team House is an 8,607ft2 building, which houses Rowan University’s football teamand their faculty. The Team House was constructed in the 1970’s and is most heavily usedduring the football season, and the training periods around it. In reviewing the Team House, itproved to be quite efficient in its current state. In interviewing faculty working in the building,we found them to be very energy conscious. During the summer months, air conditioners are Page 9.1338.5only in operation if and when the room is occupied. Also, lights are turned off when rooms are Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

textbooks4,5 and a structure centered around three team-baseddesign projects each term. Other elements of the course that focus on helping students learnabout engineering design include in-class activities, a video highlighting design at an innovativeindustrial firm, and lectures on design.As taught in ENGR 102, engineering design is composed of three universal phasesi: 1) ProblemFormulation, 2) Problem Solving, and 3) Solution Implementation. In Problem Formulation, theneeds of the project are identified and represented in terms of criteria and constraints. In ProblemSolving, multiple concepts are generated and analyzed, and one to two are selected forimplementation. The concept(s) remaining after Problem Solving are built and tested in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lili Zhao; Chris Brus; Julie Jessop

. Page 9.1407.11 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education1. Kail, R., Carter, P., Pellegrino J. (1979). The locus of sex differences in spatial ability. Perceptions and Psychopysics, 26, 182-186.2. Linn, M. C., Peterson, A. C. (1985). Emergence and characterization of sex differences in spatial ability: A meta-analysis. Child Development, 56, 1479-1498.3. Tapley, S. M., Bryden, M. P. (1977). An investigation of sex differences in spatial ability: Mental rotation of three-dimensional objects. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 31, 122-130.4. McGee, M. G. (1979). Human spatial

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

Session 1566 AN ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR A CAPSTONE COURSE: DESIGN OF FLUID THERMAL SYSTEMS William S. Janna, John I. Hochstein Herff College of Engineering The University of Memphis Memphis TN 38152Extended AbstractAn assessment process has been developed in order to measure how well a capstone designcourse, Design of Fluid Thermal Systems, meets the needs of the students with regard to processeducational goals and educational objectives. The ultimate purpose of the process

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci-Kuchler; Jonathan Weaver

response tothose changes. In the presence of ever increasing competition and intense business pressures,corporations discovered that a crucial factor to remaining competitive and to having productsthat are successful in the market place was to substantially improve their PD practices andprocesses. Something became obvious: companies win or lose, lead or follow, succeed or failbased on the competitive strength of their new product development process. In the early 1980’s most companies employed a functional organization to support alltheir product development endeavors. Under that framework, a strong emphasis was placed onthe technical competence of an individual in his/her particular area of expertise. In the specificcase of a product

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Cox; Janice Bordeaux; David Caprette; Beth Beason; Ann Saterbak

that the confidentiality of responses wasnecessary to encourage students to be more forthright in their appraisals.The revised survey was posted online for universal use in the fall and spring 2004 semesters at:http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/labgroup/selfeval.html (pre-lab form) andhttp://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/labgroup/posteval.html (post-lab form). Students are firstasked to enter their name and campus identification number, identify up to three laboratorycourses in which they are enrolled, and then report the date of the survey, their academic status,and major(s). Drop-down menus and radio buttons minimize incidental reporting errors andmake it easier to analyze the data. Students are asked to rate their proficiency for each

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

-learning process as afeedback control mechanism for ensuring all necessary activities for achieving objectivesin the long-term, efficiently and economically even when strategy and goals change overtime. We note that measures and assessments serve both as a communications tool and abasis for deploying consistent overall performance requirements.Our EET Program Educational Objectives are: 1) Have the knowledge and ability to use current industrial practices and design procedures for development and implementation of electrical/electronic(s) systems. 2) Be prepared for career advancement, promotion, and mobility. 3) Have the knowledge and ability to continue learning, either on-the-job or in graduate school. 4) Be contributing

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm2. Denes, R. and Highsmith, R. (1998). “Keeping Score: Comparative Performance of Engineering Institutions in Creating Access, 1997-1998.” NACME Research Letter, Vol. 8, No. 2. http://www.nacme.org/pdf/RL-1998-10.pdf3. May, Gary S. and Chubin, Daryl E. (2003). “A Retrospective on Undergraduate Engineering Success for Underrepresented Minority Students.” Journal of Engineering Education, January.4. Baker, G. (1984). “Pre-College Preparation of Minority Students for Careers in Engineering.” Transactions of American Nuclear Society, Vol. 46, pp. 35-36.5. Snyder, N. and Bowman, B. (1989). “Improving the Pre-Engineering Education of Low-Income Minority Youth

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Debra Ricci; Arnold Weimerskirch

satisfaction of all stakeholdersand our assessment methods integrate their requirements and expectations.II. The Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance ExcellenceThe Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was established by a resolution of Congress in1987 in response to a compelling need to improve the quality of products and services made inAmerica. The purposes of the Award Program were to advance the knowledge of qualityprinciples, share information broadly across U. S. industry, and to recognize role models and bestpractices. The Program proved to be highly successful. Many experts give the Baldrige Programcredit for revolutionizing management practice and revitalizing U. S. industry. The BaldrigeProgram’s success in revolutionizing American

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Cornwell

and unknowns is the problem considered solved. Page 9.794.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 4 A snapshot of one of the steps in the solution to a problem involving conservation of energy.Example 3:In this example students are asked to examine a slider-crank mechanism and to determine theequations necessary to find the forces at two points as a function of the crank angle, s. Acomplete statement of the problem is shown in Figure 5.In the engine

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Stratton

during a sabbatical leave for the purpose ofdetermining the future of electric power systems and how this will impact the courses in electricpower systems at the Rochester Institute of Technology.Why all the changes?The current backbone of the electric power system was constructed in the first 80 years of thetwentieth century to provide power through vertically integrated regulated electric utilities. Aftermany mergers and some bankruptcies, the federal government passed the Federal Power Act inthe 1930’s. This established the basic groundwork for investor owned utilities for many years.The United States federal government mandated a move to a deregulated environment in the late1980’s, followed soon after by specific laws to this effect by most

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

differential analog input channels, 12 bit resolution, 200 kS/s • 2 analog voltage output channels, 12 bit resolution, 10 kHz update rate • 8 digital I/O channels with TTL/CMOS compatibility; and Timing I/OGPIB controller board: • IEEE 488.2 compatible architecture (eight-bit parallel, byte-serial, asynchronous data transfer) • Maximum data transfer rate of 1 MB/sec within the worst-case transmission line specificationsSignal conditioning accessory: • Model SC-2075 from National Instruments Page 9.747.2 • Desktop signal breakout board with built-in power supplies, connects directly to 6024E DAQ board Proceedings of

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sadie Miller; Donna Riley

Intermediate and Appropriate Technology. Appropriate Technology: Choice and Development. Durham, NC: Duke Press, 1984, 31-47.15. Hazeltine, B. and Bull, C. Appropriate Technology: Tools, Choices, and Implications. New York, Academic Press, 2002.16. Hall, Stephen S. Science Triumphs, Market Fails. Technology Review, Jan/Feb 1999, 78.17. Yunus, Muhammad. Alleviating Poverty through Technology. Science, 282 (Oct. 16, 1998).18. Albee, A. and Gamage, N. Our Money our Movement: Building a poor people’s credit union. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, Ltd., 1996.19. Stevens, J. “Martin Makes a Middle Class” San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, December 8, 2002.20. Wharton, D. Designing with Users: Developing the Lorena Stove, Guatemala. In

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

Page 9.1415.1describes a turbine-generator unit in a power plant vibrating heavily and shaking the building. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationTwo engineers recommend conflicting solutions. The plant manager, must to make a decisionthat could cost the company millions of dollars [4].Greenfield Coalition Case Study Approach and RationaleMost often, case studies are presented in a narrative format. They describe the initial eventstriggering the exploration or study, the identification of and diagnosis of the problem(s), and thestrategies and treatments for resolution. While this