Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

outcomes described above. The presentation is organized intocourse aspects - first semester, course aspects – second semester, and course evaluation.Course Aspects – First Semester The course was originally developed in 1998 as a single spring-semester course but wasrevised in the 2000-2001 academic year to a two-semester sequence: Senior Design A and SeniorDesign B. In the fall semester of their final year students take the lecture course Senior DesignA, during which the planning and preparation of the robotics project take place. In the followingspring semester students take the lecture-laboratory course Senior Design B, during which the

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mani Soma

), linear systems, digital logicdesigns, analog circuits, analog electronics, and simple filter designs. The experiments currentlyused in our curriculum do not need any re-writing to adapt to the Pandora box if the signalfrequencies used in the experimental circuits are lower than 1 MHz, which is the case for morethan 85% of our current freshman, sophomore, and junior Electrical Engineering courses. For theremaining experiments, minor re-writing makes the laboratories suitable for the Pandora box. Ofcourse, this first prototype is limited in frequencies but we already have a plan to improve thedesign to address this issue.We emphasize that the Pandora box provides a hands-on laboratory experience, as opposed to“virtual” or “remote” laboratory

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

described below.RISE Infrastructure: Mentors, Fellows, and Scholars alike indicated that the infrastructureprovided by the RISE staff was a key to their project’s success. The non-research aspects ofmanaging an undergraduate team for the summer, (e.g., securing student housing, orientation,training sessions on research and teamwork, and payroll logistics) were well planned andhandled by the RISE staff thus, enabling the faculty to focus on the research project itself.Role Model Hierarchy: Having multiple levels of contact within the research team alsocontributed to overall success. Scholars liked working with colleagues (other Scholars) because“it was not as intimidating” as working alone. They also reported using their Fellows as firstlevel

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Nicholson

re-think many aspects oflife. One area drastically altered was the way we design and construct buildings.Building designers suddenly had to consider energy consumption as a primary issuedictating design. The Department of Energy (DOE) was created in 1977 to combine andcoordinate the activities of the Federal Energy Administration, the Energy Research andDevelopment Administration, the Federal Power Commission, and parts of several otheragencies. The newly formed Department of Energy found itself charged with developingstrategic plans and programs for long-term energy development and policy, includingenergy conservation programs.During this time in American history, the environmental movement focused muchnational attention on the degradation

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

JoDell Steuver

student’s experience.Planning for a web-based course requires discipline and good design on the part of the instructor. Instructors areforced to anticipate different kinds of learners, different course objectives, and different measures of learning.Teaching on the web forces instructors to develop a map or framework for an integrated plan of activities, exchangesof information, and assessment. A course authoring tool took much more time preparation than a face-to-face class,at least initially. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Page 9.367.2

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Ward; Richard Howell; Debby Knotts; Deborah Fisher; Jerald Rounds; Jennifer Scott

provide a truly interdisciplinary education thatwould meet the needs of the construction industry of New Mexico. The model was designed tocombine efforts of institutions currently providing CM education in an effort to streamline theprocess, eliminate duplication, and generally make better use of existing resources whileexpanding the programs to include students with a wider range of educational backgrounds(Reyes and Fisher, 1998)It was important early in the planning process to ensure that the CAI concept wasconsistent with the mission and goals of the School of Engineering and the Department ofCivil Engineering. The Mission of the School of Engineering at the University of NewMexico is The School of Engineering prepares tomorrow’s engineers

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Harper; Frederick Meyers; John Demel; Frank Croft

Page 9.399.3proposal by Barr in 199913, a survey of nine universities’ programs by Meyers in 199914, aProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Session 1338proposed curriculum by Branoff, Hartman and Wiebe15, a plan developed by Smith16, and thelatest proposal of desired educational outcomes by Barr17. Comparing these lists of topics to ourcurriculum we noted the most common topics and found a great deal of agreement among thevarious authors. Not every common topic could be included in our examination which is a web-based multiple

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Per Andersson

24 1,277 112Engineers/technicians 146 2,696 440Technical craftsmen 767 5,539 843Factory laborers/specialists 1,261 1,965 1,505Partners in the projectAs described earlier there were quite a few numbers of actors in the project. Three of the sixmunicipalities in the county were interested to participate in and finance the project so thecooperating parties (planning and conducting the project) were finally:o The regional body of Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (which on the national level organizes some 57,000 member companies with more than 1.5

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramana Pidaparti; Hasan Akay

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIndustrial Advisory Board SurveyIn spring 2002, the Industrial Advisory Board was also asked to rate the importance of theprogram outcomes a-k in adopted by the program. This survey showed that the industryconsidered the importance of outcomes a2, a3, i, h, j, and k3 considerably lower than all others.Changes ImplementedTwo major changes were implemented in the area of student services. We established a newstudent advising process (the student is required to meet his/her advisor at least once a semesterto discuss program plan of study, career goals, and any other academic support as needed

Conference Session

Motivating Students to Achieve

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Turner; Keith Johnson; W. Andrew Clark

otherdiverse disciplines. Industry, particularly technology-based companies, has observed thatsolutions to problems have a greater probability of success when all interested parties(purchasing, innovation, marketing, sales, manufacturing, etc.) have input in developing a plan toachieve a desired corporate outcome. It is through this collective action of diverse disciplinesthat unique solutions are conceived. Many times breakthroughs in innovation and productdevelopment occur not through the actions of companies in direct competition but through newentrant companies by modifying technology currently residing in different markets andapplications. The breakthrough occurs because the new entrants are not bound by the technologyparadigms constraining

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberta Harvey

,conation/doing, and cognition/thinking. Page 9.254.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education ####Table 1. Overview of four learning patterns and how they are manifested through feeling, doing, and 11thinking.Pattern Affect: how I feel Conation: what I do Cognition: what I think I thrive on order and I plan, make lists, I

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Thorndyke; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

1987through the present. An extensive body of research has been conducted using this database.Technological advancements have made it possible to expand the scope of the data included inthe database, and thus expand the studies that can be conducted. The partner universities haveagreed to contribute transcript information—the courses that students have taken and the gradesthey have earned in them. With these data from nine universities placed in a common format,exciting research questions can be addressed.This paper discusses the development of the original database, plans for the design of theMIDFIELD database, and expected uses of this valuable resource.The SUCCEED Longitudinal DatabaseA longitudinal database is under continuing development by the

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

less than a specified quantity, then the lot is accepted; if not, the lot is not accepted 17.There are several alternative forms of lot-by-lot acceptance sampling systems. Among thesealternatives are plans that vary the type of inspection used including normal, tightened, andreduced inspection 18. Plans typically begin with normal inspection. Normal inspection continuesto be used as long as product quality is at an acceptable quality level or better. If the qualityhistory of the product deteriorates, then tightened inspection is used. On the other hand, if recentquality history is very good, reduced inspection is used. Tightened inspection typically increasesinspection costs, while reduced inspection generally reduces sample size and

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gearold Johnson; Thomas Siller

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004 American Society for Engineering Education” Page 9.366.2curricula. The ubiquitous use of technology both in the teaching and practice of engineering alsoplays an important role in curriculum but usually not at the highest level. Rather, technologydiscussions should enter when individual courses are planned and the technology can be matchedto the course outcomes.Description of IssueThere are many ways for defining the components of the curriculum. The most commonapproach is to focus on the discipline aspects. For example, the

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Henry; James Bandstra

associated equipment necessary to accomplish the program objectives in an atmosphere conducive to learning b. laboratory equipment characteristic of that encountered in the industry and practice served by the program”2Significant planning and funding are required for the implementation of well-designed materialslaboratory courses3. Different schools have developed various integrated courses andlaboratories to meet this need for the materials lab4,5.To provide a fundamental grounding in materials and manufacturing, the MET curriculumoriginally included a single junior level course in Materials and Manufacturing. However, thiscourse consisted primarily of coursework taught from a text, enriched by selected

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationbased interface option in Max+Plus II and circuit diagrams using conventional logic-gatesymbols. While this leads to some programming inefficiencies in the larger projects, we felt thatit was a worthwhile tradeoff in order to avoid the need to teach VHDL to the students along withall the other material. While the Max+Plus II interface itself proved to be relativelystraightforward to use, we experienced a considerable number of problems with design filestorage and access. Many of these were due to the unfamiliarity of the students (and in somecases, the instructor) with the details of file structures in the PC environment. We plan

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Roylance

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThere are currently 7 MUST/MIT academic programs either underway or planned forimplementation later in 2004: 1. Biotechnology 2. Transportation and Logistics 3. Information Technology 4. Construction Engineering and Management 5. Materials Science and Engineering 6. Systems Engineering and Management 7. Energy/EnvironmentII. The MUST Program in Materials Science and EngineeringThis presentation will address one of the subjects in program #5, Materials Science andEngineering, which began development in Fall 2003. A brief description of this program’sacademic requirements follows

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diana Muldrow; Rosa Cano; Deran Hanesian; Henry McCloud; Angelo Perna; Howard Kimmel

in the aftermath of World War II. Martin Luther King, Jr.had stated something like, “Learn baby learn, don’t burn baby burn”. Simultaneously,immigration patterns changed from Europe to South and Central America and Asia. A newminority joined the black community. It was during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s that the pre-college programs at NJIT began to develop in the Department of Chemical Engineering andChemistry and Civil and Environmental Engineering as the need was recognized to provideopportunities for underrepresented populations. Key faculty and staff were quickly aware that aneed existed for outreach programs to this community and their implementation plan was rapid.Over the last 30-40 years although the ethnic background of the

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis

perspectives that can be both measured and elevated (Dewey, 1936).3. Subject matter mastery (conceptual development in an area of knowledge, joined with fluency in applying it) can be planned, cultivated, and assessed using modern derivatives of Bloom’s taxonomy (Anderson and Krathwohl, 2001).4. Focusing on a small set of life skills at one time helps learners integrate these skills into their lives and elevate their daily performance (Covey, 1989).The early developers of the Classification of Learning Skills began by recognizing that eachdiscipline has its own special concepts, tools, language, and performance rubrics. However, theydecided not to attempt a lengthy compilation of many overlapping skills. Instead, they chose tohighlight a smaller

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Said

Session _2560_ Improving Students Retention by Engaging Them in Real Life Experiences Hazem Said Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computing Technology, University of CincinnatiIntroductionEngaging engineering technology students in real life experiences has a positive impacton retention rate. The Center for Information Technology and Community Development(CITCD) at the University of Cincinnati initiated the IT-Students-Work project (ITSW)as part of its plan to establish strong relationship between students in the InformationTechnology program

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Blackwell

allowintroduction of SMT soldering in all programs. Basic information on SMT soldering is availablefrom a wide variety of sources, including Pace, Metcal, and Silicon Laboratories. For low-costreflow soldering, one reference is “Have you seen my new soldering iron (8), which describesreflow soldering in a toaster oven! A student project to add a feedback control system couldcreate an inexpensive reflow oven.In addition to the required SMT knowledge and tools, all lab-oriented courses must consider howto make the transition from through hole technology (THT) devices, such as DIP ICs, to SMTdevices. Since they cannot be directly placed on a breadboard like DIP ICs, theirimplementation must be planned for ahead of their expected use.As might be imagined, most

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Darby; Jane Fraser

Manager, WarrantyManager, etc. These positions require graduates with technical knowledge – but nottechnical proficiency – and business knowledge. These managers must communicate withcustomers about technical issues and often must supervise workers who must havetechnical proficiency, but always must consider the business aspects of technicaldecisions.The CSU-Pueblo AIM program grew out of a traditional 4-year automotive degree thatemphasized technical knowledge and proficiency. In the 1960s, the aftermarket partsindustry began to see the need for qualified entry-level managers and salespeople.Companies like TRW and Walker Mufflers invested time and resources into helpingCSU-Pueblo design the degree plan; these companies provided in-kind donations

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Lloyd Massengill; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

. Attendance (fulfilled by a sign-in sheet) and 2. Aterm paper on one of the lecture topics presented (with the exception of the careers andgraduate school seminars.) The final grade for each student was based upon the termpaper (graded by one of the instructors) discounted 5% for each class missed. The classmet weekly from 4:10 to 5:00. Seminar speakers generally kept to the 50 minute timelimit. The period just after the speaker, for the first half of the term, was reserved forgroup meetings between interested students and persons needing interdisciplinary teamsfor their projects. Seminar speakers generally presented using PowerPoint slide shows,two used a transparency projector. Two lectures originally planned for could not be filled

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Pfarr

Engineering Technology Education Clearinghouse (N-ETEC), operated byNJCATE at Middlesex County Community College in Edison, NJ, is providing a resource centerfor a broad range of engineering technology disciplines. The NCME resource center provides themanufacturing education resources for N-ETEC through cooperative planning and Internet links.Classifications of Manufacturing Education MaterialsInstructional materials in the database will be classified making searches by key words possible.The primary classifications of materials included in the clearinghouse are: 1. Manufacturing processes 2. Materials technology 3. Automation systems 4. Quality management 5. Design for manufacturing 6. Production and inventory control 7

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

. Page 9.960.4“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering”The theories and concepts in support of our work are further explored in the followingReferences.ReferencesClouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2001-2002). Entrepreneurs in action: A web case model. Journal ofEducational Technology Systems, 30 (3), 311-321.Clouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2000). Entrepreneurs in Action [On-line]. Available: http://entrepreneurship.vanderbilt.eduClouse, R.W. (2003). Entrepreneurs in Action! Entrepreneurship Education: A Five-Year Report and Planning Paper. Nashville, TN: Forum for Entrepreneurship Education, VanderbiltUniversity

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay Howell; Ann Wittbrodt; Alfred Moye

to stimulate research and development in learning science andtechnology, worked with over seventy leading learning science and informationtechnology researchers over a three year period to produce the Roadmap. The Roadmapdefines research priorities, a development chronology, and short- and long-termmilestones. While the roadmap focuses on post-secondary science, math, engineering,and technology education, its research plan should be useful to all learning markets,including K-12. The roadmap provides a comprehensive strategic view of the learningscience and technologies field which can guide researchers, industry, and fundingagencies as they strive for innovation in educational technology. This paper describeshow the roadmap was developed and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Brenda Capobianco; Judith Zawojewski; Margret Hjalmarson; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman

compute the laser beam's position relative to the home position given the location of thereceivers. Their final product was a MATLAB program.Banking Options. This MEA was implemented in week six. Students had begun studying time-value of money the previous week. Students were expected to use their knowledge of simpleeconomic relationships in the design of their first relatively complex spreadsheet.Lab Component: Students were introduced to three types of investment strategies that familiescan use to plan for college tuition costs: fixed rate investments, mutual funds and stocks, andmoney market funds. The client is an investment firm that wishes to develop a spreadsheet thatfamilies can use to determine how much they need to invest each month or

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary A. Nelson; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

of the alpha version concept inventory, present our preliminaryanalysis of the results from the alpha test, and discuss our plans for assuring the validityand reliability of our finished CI. Page 9.1003.11 Contact author: Barbara M. Olds, Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies, Colorado School ofMines, Golden, CO 80401, bolds@mines.edu, (703) 292-4429. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBackgroundThere is a large and growing body of research on misconceptions (or

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

) model)• Pre- • Topics/Content • Training • Management • Reactionsquestionnaire • Instruction material and delivery of • Learning• Team design: development training • Behaviorbehavior Lesson design changeprotocol Lesson plan • Organizational(TBP) Delivery results methods and tools Page 9.567.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Jacobson

able to use an encrypted email system • Understand the relationship of public and private keys to email and the uses of a Public Key Infrastructure • Be able to identify the security problems with standard terminal based protocols like telnet, ftp, NFS, and web. • Be able to identify solutions to the security problems with telnet, ftp, NFS, and web traffic. • Understand how secure protocols like SSH, SSL, and VPN's operate and how they can be used to enhance security. • Be able to develop a plan to attack a network of computer systems and then be able to develop a plan of countermeasures. • Understand the use of firewalls and the strengths and weaknesses of a firewall • Be able to read