Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Houghtalen

reflect on the Code of Ethics in more depth than they generally think is necessary.IntroductionAt Rose-Hulman, we have been exposing our civil engineering students to the American Societyof Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Code of Ethics1 for a number of decades. In the early years, thistook the form of a cursory introduction to the code. That is, we let the students know that such acode existed, and they would be bound by this code when they entered professional practice.This exposure was not formalized and ended up the responsibility of whoever taught our seniorcapstone design class as an add-on. It took the form of a short lecture, and student excitementcould hardly be contained!!In the last decade, there has been a renewed emphasis on teaching the

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

; Hessler, 2001). 2The findings of several studies, new ABET requirements and feedback from industry advisoryboards support these observations and indicate a broad concern that graduating engineers are notprepared to enter the workforce. Faculty members of Mechanical Engineering (ME) andAviation Technology (AT) share some of these concerns, and have discussed ways to approachthese problems. One method originated from a desire among faculty members to develop meansby which to motivate students in a ME senior design course. The AT department was chosen tosimulate a manufacturing division, and the projects were to reflect current aerospace design andmanufacturing processes. Collaborative work between the two groups would be important inorder to

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Russ

! During the initial assignment, we informed students that the project grade wouldconstitute 50% of the overall course grade, with the high percentage reflecting the importance ofthe project. To ensure that the checkpoints were taken seriously, each intermediate checkpointcontributed 15% to the course grade, and the final presentation contributed 20%. We also toldstudents that grades would include a significant style/grammar component to assesscommunication skills, as described in the Overview of Project Goals.One final note on the logistics of directing the project is related to the time period of the case.The business students were restricted to using advertising methods available during the WorldWar II era, but the engineering students were

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Stewart; David Elrod

Written plans for using 3-D CAD 7. Work on a team Team meeting notes Students individual contribution to the project Teamwork reflection entryStudents now have more personal responsibility for their learning. For example, a 3D CAD taskis assigned, a set of potential solution tools is identified, and students are responsible forselecting tools, learning to use them, and explaining why and how the tools were used toaccomplish the task.These changes have provided more time to emphasize and formatively assess the use of teammanagement skills like setting

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

, careful attention should be given to the following considerations: • Clearly state what you want to do and why • Identify your audience • Identify specific tasks and provide a timeline • Cite similar efforts in the literature • Provide results from own prior funding (if applicable) • Address broader impacts in some detail • Include a dissemination planCareful attention to details and completeness can often be the difference between adeclination and an award. Here are some matters that should be considered in preparing aproposal. • Follow the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) • Strictly adhere to the page and font-size limits • Make budget directly reflect work plan • Provide biosketches for all

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David J. Bettez; G. Lineberry

experience for our students.Only recently, however, have colleges and universities begun to question this conventional wisdom.Little has been done to actually assess the experiences of students abroad. As reflected in an Internetsearch on study abroad assessment, the word “assessment” usually involves colleges and universitiesattempting to figure out if the programs run abroad are reliable, cost-effective, safely-run, andprovide student “satisfaction,” however that may be defined. Little has been done to assess theactual value of the experience on the individual students involved in study abroad. Calls for better assessment have also appeared in such publications as the Chronicle of HigherEducation,1 a major US weekly newspaper for higher

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

Total Scoreindicated at the bottom of either rubric table changes, reflecting the increasing expectation forstudent performance as they move through the elements of the integrated ProfessionalComponent. Novice (1): Intermediate (2): Proficient (3): Attributes Absent (0) some elements most elements are all elements are are present. present presentDefine project: Create clearstatement of constituents,criteria and constraints.Manage solution definition:Be able to create designoptions, evaluate andimplement preferred solution.Team Dynamics: Be able todivide the workload, monitorand convey progress toteammates, reach

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

Education Page 7The Current Accumulation and Scaling CellThe details of the Current Accumulation and Scaling Cell are illustrated in Figure 4above. Current contributed by many synapses is summed onto either the IIn+ or IIn-inputs of this circuit. The current mirrors created by M1-M2 and M5-M6 reflect thesecurrents into a third current mirror created by M3-M4. The net current, IDiff either flowsinto or out of the node shared by the drains of M6 and M3. The relative weight currentsin this circuit can be adjusted through the gain factors of the corresponding transistors.The simple MOSFET current mirrors used here are commonly applied in analog circuits

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Rajappa; Steve Watkins; Ray Luechtefeld

students’ team. The modules presented and approachtaken was typical of most team skill training.The Action Science training, however, took an entirely different approach to improving teamskills. Action Science is an approach to participative inquiry that has its roots in organizationdevelopment and the general field of “Action Research” 17. Action Science is aimed at increasingthe ability of engineering teams to critically reflect and inquire into their own social andscientific practice, so that they can work together more effectively and complete innovative,quality projects. It has been shown to improve the extent to which important information isshared among team members 18. One of the greatest distinctions between conventional teamtraining and

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Leland

(1): 103-121 March 1995. [7]. Slavin, R. E., Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research and Practice, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990. [8]. Schoenfeld, A.H., “Reflections on a Course in Mathematical Problem Solving,” Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education. III, Schoenfeld, A.H., Kaput, J. Dubinsky, E. eds., American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 81-113, 1998. [9]. Trafton, J. G, Trickett, S. B., “Note-Taking for Self-Explanation and Problem Solving,” Human-Computer Interaction, 2001, Vol. 16, 1-38.[10]. Webb, N. M. “Task Related Verbal Interaction and Mathematics Learning in Small Groups,” Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 22 (5), 366-389, 1991.[11]. Wong, R.M.F., Lawson, M. J

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Damian Watkins; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

E C CO 10 PA C KM R PA R KM G G EE EE STUDENT GROUPSFigure 5. Graph reflecting student viewpoints on the need for using Mobile

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ella Fridman

duct. Next to the compressor the multicolored columns reflect thecomputer screen that shows five measurements corresponding to: a) Differential pressure developed across the orifice plate installed at the entrance of the inlet duct that is used to calculate the volume flow rate of air through the compressor (dP0); b) Differential pressure developed by the compressor (dPs); c) Rotational speed of the compressor impellers (n); d) The temperature of the air entering the centrifugal compressor(Ta); e) The electrical power supplied to the motor (Pe).Students can perform experiments by setting the compressor at the 75%, 50%, etc., of themax speed and adjusting the compressor flow rate by using 5 positions of the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; Jian Peng

: Transforming Higher Education, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2001.[2] J. G. Harris and etc., "Journal of Engineering Round Table: Reflections on the Grinter Report," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 81, pp. 74-94, 1994.[3] F. L. Huband, "Engineering Education - An Alternative Approach," ASEE Prism, 1999.[4] Promotion Criteria for the Department of Engineering, http://www.wku.edu/engineering/promote.pdf.[5] Xilinx, http://xup.xilinx.com.[6] M. E. Cambron and J. Lenoir, "Introcution to Industrial Automation, a Multi-Disciplinary Course at Western Kentucky University," American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004.[7] M. E. Cambron

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

-assessment. It is open forday and night hours 38 hours per week. The lab offers several rooms for student activities,including closed rooms that simulate conference rooms, group study carrels, two video labs, anda 20-student classroom. Students sign in at the front desk each time they visit the lab, and staffmembers are trained to assist students in both technical and writing issues. Additionally, studentsgain workplace communication instruction to list on their resumes, and faculty will write a letterof reference that reflects a student’s presentation and writing capabilities.The pilot classes are taught in the wired classroom located in the Communication Lab. Theclassroom is equipped with traditional amenities such as whiteboards and podiums, and

Conference Session

BME Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sweeney; Heather Cullen; Alyssa Panitch

for Engineering and Technology) since 1985. The program wasmost recently site visited for reaccreditation in November of 2003 for the first time under therevised ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000) for the 2003-2004 cycle2. Enrollment in thedegree program has grown steadily over time and stands at over 450 students in the currentacademic year with a gender balance that reflects that of the general population. The B.S.E.Bioengineering degree is a traditional four-year 128 credit hour program of study taught via asemester system. One section of the three credit-hour course BME201 is offered each fifteen-week semester (fall and spring) with current section sizes of approximately 60 to 70 students(class meetings twice a week for 1.25 hours

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Tolan; James Hurny

addressing the issues of culture and climate within your own organization to facilitate buy-in and cooperationBy its very nature, this list will always be incomplete and dynamic. It will always reflect theimmediate issues that need to be addressed. Constant open communication, involvement of allplayers in decision-making and organizational commitment to eliminating system redundanciesand inadequacies will expose that ‘elephant on the table’ and lead to the deep cultural changethat must occur in the organization to sustain outcomes assessment and TC2K. BibliographyArgyris, C. (1992). On Organizational Learning. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers.CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Ping Wei; Thomas Quimby

aspects of the chapter activity. The scoring is set up to encourage student chapters todiversify their activities to better meet the objectives of the organization. The annual reportscores are the basis for the most prestigious ASCE national student awards.This study presumed that the annual report scores were the best measure of changes in studentchapter performance as the result of the FATW. The assumption is that scores should improve ifchapters are being inspired to more fully implement the suggested activities. Also, since annualreport preparation is a major topic of the workshop, the reports from chapters with trainedadvisors should more accurately reflect the activities of the organizations.The scores for the report years 1999 through 2002

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Metzger; Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

tounderstand the abstract concepts of process control. The kits “showed how control is a dynamicprocess, even when you aren’t changing the set point”.Acknowledgement:This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0127231. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. Page 9.852.12 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

government (in this case, the faculty teamitself), following the results of a “fly-off” competition on day ten of the program. The facultyparticipants determined that a paper airplane competition would reflect these requirements. Twocompetitions would be held, one for flight endurance (or duration) and the other for flightdistance. Affordability would be the third criteria. Ten flights for endurance and ten additionalflights for distance were flown by each team during the competition. The average performancevalues along with affordability were then used to determine the winner in the flight competitionitself. The winning team was the team which developed one (or more) paper aircraft that

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

been practiced in prior launches to stop at the tether marks for couple of minutes beforeletting the blimp move up higher. The stair case like reading of the pressure (calibrated to height)reflects this fact both during ascent upto around 240-250 meters (800-850 ft.) and then back down.Although the tether on the winch would allow going upto 2500 ft. care was taken stay within the rangeof the transmission distance of the 2.4 GHz. Audio-Video transmitter on-board the new gondola.Figures 9 and 10 are the readings of the temperature sensor and the humidity sensors reading during thelaunch. UMES-AIR 21 November 2003

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishna Vedula

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education" 2national workforce that is scientifically, technically and mathematically strong. Investments inPeople aim to improve the quality and reach of science, engineering, and mathematics educationand enhance student achievement. Each year, NSF supports more than 200,000 people –teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level and across all disciplines in scienceand engineering. Embedded in all NSF programs are efforts to build a more inclusive,knowledgeable, and globally engaged workforce that fully reflects the strength of the Nation’sdiverse

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

4 5 further their own interest. 9. Competition forces business managers 1 2 3 4 5 to resort to shady practices. 10. The profit motive pressures managers 1 2 3 4 5 to compromise their ethical concerns. Students were given an ethical cynicism test at the end of reflection in action. Theclass was pretty non-cynical. The average posttest cynical measure was 21 out of amaximum of 50. Although statistical analysis could not be conducted due to paucity oftime, the score is fairly significant, intuitively speaking. Ten out of ten elements of ethicswere on the non-cynical side. The students

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

relaxation of a tolerance of a non-critical dimension. The size of the center bore was crucial and a .0005 tolerance was maintained.The collaboration saved product design & manufacturing lead-time, by reducing late designchanges. This is extremely important, not only because of shortness of the academic term, but italso reflects a real industrial environment. Fixtures to achieve the prescribed tolerance weredesigned and fabricated for work-holding in the mill and lathe. Process plans and operationsequences were laid out guiding the fabrication process. The wheel hub’s aluminum parts wereproduced. Cost was a main concern. Students obtained some support from their co-opemployers in the form of fabricated fixtures that reduced expenditures

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

is to agree on features and functions of the final product andto affect any changes from the PDR design objective. The final review is an opportunity toshowcase the design to the customer, usually at the sponsor’s site. The presentation segment isset to provide not only design highlights, but to reflect on the lessons learned in projectmanagement (schedule, cost and critical performance parameters.) Grading of the final demo ison the presentation and on keeping the design focused on the requirement. Having a product thatis fully compliant on that day is a key objective, but it is not a driving requirement fordetermining the grade in the course.C3: Lectures are provided by appropriate experts on a just-in-time basis. Introducing thestudent to

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Armando Pellerano

, a useful engineering educators often overlook.Once the treatment has been thoroughly developed, the next step is to develop the "shotsheet". One can look at the shot sheet as a script on steroids. The shot sheet encompassesall of the elements of a script, it indicates audio cues, it describes each scene and theaction contained therein. Where it differs is the level of detail it reflects. The shot sheet Page 9.1155.6breaks up the visual action into individual shots. Each shot is described in detail,including composition, camera movements, action taking place within the shot, theduration of the shot and all of the assets contained within that shot

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

the Northeastquadrant of Lubbock, and its student population reflects that of the surrounding community,which has an overwhelmingly majority population of Hispanic and African-American families. Itis also one of the schools mentioned in Texas House Bill 400, which directs State-fundedUniversities in Texas to work in their regions to improve the number of graduates fromunderperforming high schools entering post-secondary degree programs 6.In our original model, Estacado High School teachers were paid stipends by Texas Tech to workwith TTU faculty and students to integrate engineering projects into courses they teach and tohorizontally align their classroom activities with the other teachers participating in the program.For example, the project

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Roth; Fredrick Nitterright, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

machine was used to generate the current flow. For the tests describedherein, a unit capable of delivering 850 Amps was used. However, other units of higher andlower amperage can be used to provide the current. Since the application is actually shorting thewelder, the resistance is well below that typically found when welding, therefore, in many units;the amperage readings on the welder may not accurately reflect the actual current in theworkpiece. To overcome this problem, an ammeter can be used to measure the actual amperagebeing supplied.Hardness Testing MachineFor the experiments described below, a standard Rockwell hardness testing machine was used.For our purposes, a mechanically operated unit is used to obtain the measurements. However

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Schrader; Jawa Mariappan; Angela Shih

, the current teaching methodologies do not allow for any mistakes and look for one correct answer. This popular approach is too simplistic and doesn’t reflect the reality. The better approach is to let the students make mistakes and learn from them. • Real learning occurs when we can immerse ourselves in a situation in which we are forced to perform, get feedback from our environment, and given chances to correct or adjust our responses. Page 9.1083.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Sandquist; Brian Moretti; Edward Naessens

called Educating Future Army Officers for a Changing World. The overarching goal ofthe academic program is “to enable its graduates to anticipate and to respond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, and economic world.” 1. Graduates can analyze and solve From this goal, the Military Academy complex problems. • Graduates can apply their knowledge of mathematics, derives a set of ten specific program goals science, engineering, and the humanities to analyze and that address Army needs and reflects the solve problems in nuclear and radiological

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Adams

thermodynamics and fluid mechanicsrequired to understand the heat transfer topic at hand. Likewise, MEMS courses need not Page 9.204.7develop the entire field of chemistry, solid state physics and materials engineering, but just those Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationaspects relevant to an understanding of MEMS. Upon reflection, this is exactly what theinstructors did in this course. The difference lies in how instructors present the material. Ratherthan presenting the student with “Everything about