Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

support the Video for those unable to identify a speaker • Additional resources on the topic • An e-mail address for comments and questions • Other items identified as useful for dissemination of the VideoA surprise result of the development of the Video was a request by teachers for classroomcurriculum that would integrate national technology standards, and other national skill standards,to use as a tool to help develop technology literacy and encourage young people to considertechnology careers. With the support of Maryland State Department of Education, BaltimoreCounty Public Schools, and Montgomery County Public Schools, CWIT will provide the YouCan Be Anything curriculum on its website by June 2004 for teachers throughout the

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jiaxin Zhao

introduced to students at an even earlier point in the curriculum, i.e. Statics. Theconventional deformation based FEA analysis of truss problems can be taught by introducing first Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2004, American Society for Engineeringthe deformation theory [7] , which usually appears in the Mechanics of Materials course. However,this extra burden of covering the deformation theory in order to introduce FEA in Statics is notnecessary. This paper describes the member force based FEA analysis of plane truss problemsthat can be introduced to the students as a solution method for the truss problems withoutinvolving the

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Nielsen

the professional learning process by abalancing of teaching/experience, theory/practice, disciplinarily/interdisciplinary and bystrengthening the link between research, education and practice. This presentation draws onthe author’s experience since 1974 with the never ending development and implementation ofthe Aalborg experiment.Introduction: The Aalborg ExperimentAalborg University (AAU) was established in 1974 as an innovative experiment in highereducation with 900 students from four different schools, now with more than 13,000 students.The innovation was mainly to use the project-based educational approach to overcome someof the problems of the traditional course-based educational system. The curriculum inengineering as well as in the

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Tricamo; Dennis Depew

engineering education as a “system for lifelong learning”.2.0 How does Professional Engineering Differ from Research Engineering?To meet the challenges for enhanced educational engagement with industry and for purposefulreform that develops postgraduate professional education as an integrated system for lifelonglearning, the GSD-National Collaborative in Engineering and Technology Graduate Educationbelieves that a clear distinction must be made between traditional graduate education foracademic scientific research and that of innovative professionally oriented postgraduateeducation for advanced engineering practice and leadership of creative technology developmentand innovation in industry. We believe that the characteristics that differentiate these

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karel Stryczek; Bryan Griffen; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

food process (orsimulation) exists, it would be of particular interest for implementation in an educational settingdue to its low cost, use of standard laboratory equipment, and relevance to Electrical Engineeringand Engineering Technology curriculum. The MPC strategy and MSF algorithm applied to afood manufacturing process may be the most appropriate for a senior level and/or graduate levelinstrumentation and data acquisition course in either Engineering or Engineering Technologyprograms.For an existing sugar cooking process facility, the MPC strategy and MSF algorithm successfullyimplemented in a PLC setting have shown that the following enhancements are achieved: (1)energy conservation due to reduced fluctuations in the overall control; (2

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

in a car and ahouse thermostat are common examples of how controllers are used to automatically adjust somevariable to hold the measurement (or process variable) at the set point. The set point is where youwould like the measurement to be. Error is defined as the difference between set point andmeasurement. (Error) = (set-point) - (measurement). The variable being adjusted is called themanipulated variable, which usually is equal to the output of the controller. The output of PIDcontrollers will change in response to a change in measurement or set point. A proportionalcontroller will have the effect of reducing the rise time and will reduce, but never eliminate, thesteady-state error. An integral controller will have the effect of

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Litwhiler

9.101.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationstudent has an existing circuit, device, or system that lends itself to being integrated into anautomated system. Here the project entails interfacing the real-world with a computer whichadds another level of sophistication to the design but also introduces new technical hurdles to getover: data acquisition and control software and hardware.5 Projects like this are encouraged asthey represent the prominent and growing system design philosophy of embedded processors andhardware-in-the-loop (HIL) control systems. These systems are very flexible and can

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

differentresponsibilities. Engineering competitiveness in the global economy requires that technologicalinnovation be undertaken primarily today from an integrative systems approach that is customer focused,needs-driven, purposeful, systematic, and continuous.As Sanders and Brown point out:12 “The great discovery of our age is that technological innovation need not be haphazard. Industry and government have developed a new concept of planned and systematized innovation, founded on vastly expanded scientific and engineering efforts.”3.4 Building a Culture for Engineering: Catalyst for Innovation and Strategic Advantage Lockheed Skunk Works, Boeing Phantom Works, Allison Advanced Development WorksUnderstanding the differences in organizational cultural

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Erekson

NationalScience Foundation, with additional funding for NASA. It is important to note that the NationalResearch Council (NRC) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) supported thedevelopment of these Standards and both groups participated heavily in their development5. The Standards for Technological Literacy place a renewed emphasis on “design” as acore concept that is integral to technology education. Dugger, in describing the new Standards,stated the following: The standards in Chapter 5 focus on a cognitive understanding of a design process with an emphasis on the attributes of design, the engineering design process, and other problem solving approaches. Chapter 6 deals with the design, making, development

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

.), Training for a rapidly changing workplace: Applications of psychological research (pp. 249-279). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association37. Salas, E., Rozell, D., Mullen, B., and Driskell, J. (1999). The effect of team building on performance: An integration. Small Group Research, 30(3), 309-329. Page 9.567.13 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education38. Guzzo, R., and Salas, E. (1995). Team Effectiveness and Decision Making in Organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.39. May

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Luegenbiehl; Kathryn Neeley; Jerry Gravander

Criterion 3 and Criterion 4 make it clear thatthese integrated parts include knowledge and abilities from the humanities and social sciences aswell as from the technical areas of the curriculum. Since students cannot integrate knowledgeand abilities they do not have, these criteria are calling for course work and educationalexperiences throughout the four years that ground students in the concepts and methods of thehumanities and social sciences. Moreover, since students cannot integrate liberal knowledge andabilities successfully without practice, these criteria also are calling for engineering curricula togive them this practice and thereby develop students’ ability to produce an integratedmultidisciplinary design. There exists a long history of

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Craft

cluster, and (3) in the 1992, 1993, or 1994 cohorts and recorded in the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education database (N=1614). ATE student data include all those who enrolled in EGR 181, the first semester of the ET core, in Fall semester 1998 as reported by faculty (N= 30).Colleges across South Carolina and in Texas, Kentucky, and North Carolina are implementingthe SC ATE curriculum or adaptations thereof. The cornerstone of SC ATE's successful strategyand nationally-acclaimed model for recruiting, retaining, and graduating more students inengineering technology programs is an integrated, problem-based curriculum, collaborativeteaching strategies, and extensive active learning techniques

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ghanashyam Joshi

engineeringmanagement course will be described in this paper. The future plan of utilizing SAP softwaremodules1 in the graduate level engineering management course and in the selected undergraduatelevel engineering courses will be described. This plan is based on collaboration between thecollege of engineering and the college of business at Southern University in association with theSAP university alliance program.I. IntroductionA desirable attribute of engineers is an understanding of business issues including management.The rapid changes in technology and globalization of trade require engineers to be astutemanagers. They must be able to integrate business knowledge into the engineering design-manufacturing process. College of engineering at SUBR is

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

manufacturingenvironment. Today, IE finds itself intimately involved with a wide range of industrialand non-industrial systems. These systems pertain to government, banking, medical,engineering, military sectors, etc.Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (NED) University of Engineering and Technology is the onlyuniversity in Pakistan that offers an undergraduate degree in IE. The University ofFlorida (UF), on the other hand, is among the national leaders in IE education. IE at UF isknown for its cutting edge technology, innovative research and distinguished faculty andstudents.This paper compares the IE undergraduate curriculum at NED and UF with specialreference to the socioeconomic, national and industrial needs of both countries. The paperanalyzes current curriculum

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

facilitates student learning. This environment includes awired laptop-based campus, an IS curriculum that is driven by learning outcomes, electronicportfolios, and the building of learning communities. Technology facilitates student learning inmany ways. As an alternative to face-to face communication, students can use a variety of toolssuch as electronic mail, Blackboard, Internet and the Intranet, and shared network drives forcommunication and information access and exchange. Moreover, students are required todevelop an electronic portfolio, which includes their most important learning experiences. Usingtechnology, faculty can access and assess student portfolios and provide feedback and guidanceonline. In addition, the wired campus allows students

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rich Shiavi; Christopher Rowe

with markuplanguages HTML/VRML, and CADKEY was relocated in the curriculum as a result ofprogrammatic changes in subsequent semesters. Regardless of these changes, MATLABremained an integral component of the curriculum as a result of its own continuous innovationsand expansions of capabilities.Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving & Computing (2002-present)Approximately two years ago, it was becoming more evident that students were entering theSchool of Engineering with significantly more computing skills and abilities. The availability ofword processing and spreadsheet programs had reached new heights as a result of most highschools incorporating the software packages into their programs. In 2001-2002, VUSE launchedits laptop

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie Ofusu; Austin Asgill

isreceiving considerable attention in industry. This application integrates the efficiency ofelectronic/electrical systems and the vast bandwidths that can be achieved with fiber optics.Other technologies in association with this area that are proving to be valuable are infrared andlaser applications. Theoretical and experimental approaches being used in this area are leading topractical applications of great benefit. This area calls for curriculum support that can be achievedthrough emerging degree programs.II. Computer ApplicationsIn discussing the telecommunications infrastructure, it helps to begin with telephony as the basicnetwork. The multi-tasking ability of the computer made it a very useful component of thenetwork by facilitating the

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Summers

course and the number ofprojects assigned in an entire curriculum. Taken individually, the number of projectsdoesn’t appear to be too great or too time-consuming. Taken as an entire curriculum,there is the potential for overloading the students. The question is not so much aboutwhether or not too many projects are assigned, but how the projects are integrated intothe courses and the entire curriculum. Students could be bettered served by coordinatingprojects required within their curriculum. In order to enhance the student experience with projects, this survey points outthat programs must: -Teach project management skills early in the curriculum. -Expect and encourage the use of project management skills for all projects

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Wentzheimer; Jeremy G. VanAntwerp; Douglas A. Vander Griend; Jennifer VanAntwerp

quiet sort of revolutionary. ASEE Prism. 2002; 12:26-30.2 Al-Houlou N, Bilgutay NM, Corleto C, Demel JT, Felder R, Frair K, Froyd JE, Morgan J, Wells, DL. First-yearintegrated curricula: Design alternatives and examples. Journal of Engineering Education. 1999; vol. 88:435-440.3 Everett LJ, Imbrie PK, Morgan J. Integrated curricula: Purpose and design. Journal of Engineering Education.2000; vol. 89:167-175.4 Carr R, Thomas DH, Venkataraman TS, Smith AL, Gealt MA, Quinn R, Tanyel M. Mathematical and scientificfoundations for an integrative engineering curriculum. Journal of Engineering Education. 1995; vol. 84:137-150.5 Muscat AJ, Allen EL, Green EDH, Vanasupa LS. Interdisciplinary teaching and learning in a semiconductorprocessing course

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kraemer; Bijan Pashaie; David Probst

: THEME: INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE: LIVING IN AN INTERDEPENDENT UNIVERSE Each student takes two 300-level courses that integrate two or more categories of the core curriculum. 300 Level Interdisciplinary Courses …………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 hours Each student also takes a 400-level senior seminar that integrates two or more perspectives of the core curriculum and that requires students to demonstrate the ability to do appropriate interdisciplinary scholarship and present it in both oral and written forms. 400 Level Senior Seminar ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 hours TOTAL 48

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Krchnavek Robert; Jennifer Kadlowec; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; John Chen; Shreekanth Mandayam; Paris von Lockette; Yusuf Mehta

extensively detailed information that isinvisible to the human eye thereby enhancing the understanding of the material or the process.Engineers play an important role in the development of this exciting field, yet undergraduateengineering students in civil and environmental, chemical and mechanical are not exposed todigital imaging through their coursework. This educational project is an effort by amultidisciplinary team of engineering faculty at Rowan University to integrate digital imagingtechnology (DIT) in their undergraduate engineering curriculum.Traditionally courses related to digital image processing reside in the Physics and ElectricalEngineering disciplines. However with the popularity in the use of digital imaging in variousengineering

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

uses the same (or possiblyan inappropriate) model. This paper discusses an approach of “learning through failure”,where students develop simulations for systems that produce results not matching reality.The goal is to make students aware of the need to critically validate any results obtainedfrom a process simulator.IntroductionProcess simulation has become a core element of chemical engineering education. Recentsurveys have indicated that simulators are used in most chemical engineering curricula,with an increasing use outside the capstone design course. Equilibrium stagedseparations, process control, and thermodynamics courses are the three most commonsettings for incorporating simulation into the curriculum outside the capstone

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri

institutions. At some schools, SQA is typically taught as a “topic” in asoftware engineering course, whereas in some other curricula, there are entire courses devotedto this area. There also exist broad spectrums of topics that are covered in these courses rangingfrom preliminary testing types & techniques to testing process, test metrics, inspections,configuration management etc. This paper questions as to what are some of the essential topicsthat should be a requirement for an undergraduate software engineering curriculum and therationale behind it. Various strategies on how SQA can be integrated vertically as well ashorizontally throughout a “sound” curriculum are also discussed. Milwaukee School ofEngineering has one of the first ABET

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

technology to support the teaching of other subjects, often leaving both students and educators frustrated in trying to achieve greater mastery of those subjects. In order to facilitate technological literacy, an integrated approach to teaching math and science that closely resembles how people learn and work Teachers brainstorm designs for making airplanes out of straws and construction paper

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Hollis; Namas Chandra; Chiang Shih

that a more coherentimplementation, both vertically throughout the curriculum and horizontally across all disciplines,can greatly improve the educational experience of engineering students. In this paper, we willdiscuss in detail our experience, self-evaluation, and recommendation concerning the potentialimplementation of this innovative educational approach to the entire engineering curriculum.The Integrated FAMU-FSU ME Curriculum:In 1997, ME introduced an “integrated curriculum” by restructuring the traditional curriculum toplace more emphasis on the inherent connectivity between disciplines in engineering practice6,7,8.The curriculum is vertically integrated throughout the entire program to provide a more holisticapproach as compared to the

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

curriculum early and make correctionsbefore more serious problems occur. Evaluation driven by faculty integrity spawns continualprogram improvement, which helps to establish best practices that can be passed on to others.Thus, while evaluation can be viewed as onerous, most faculty members are engaged in someform of program evaluation. Often evaluation efforts are disconnected and small and specific infocus. What is needed is a system for collecting, compiling, and warehousing data in a planned,consistent and methodical way. Once data gathering and warehousing are systematized, analysisand review can take place, after which action can be based on the information.During the 2002-2003 academic year, the Assessment and Continuous Improvement Committee

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

reflected the culmination of the efforts of several engineeringeducators who had benefited from the European, more theoretical approach to engineering.(Seely5 quotes Walker6 as writing, “They taught us elegant theory: vector diagrams . . . ,hyperbolic functions . . . , and even triple integrals.”) The rapid and widespread acceptance of theGrinter report was accelerated by the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik.The tenor of the times thus very much dictated an analytical, science-based approach toengineering education. By way of contrast, were one to start anew in the 21st century, the designof an engineering curriculum might be posed as a problem in engineering design. After all, toparaphrase a wonderful observation about knowledge offered by

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Cordray

D ia g ra m sFigure 1: Assessment and Evaluation of Teachers and Students in VaNTH ProjectsAssessments of Affective ChangeThis is a highly-used method that relies on surveys or interviews to determine the attitudes andperceptions of the subjects. We have used surveys to examine the views of students regardingparticular courses and have measured changes in HPL content in the courses3. This has beenextended to teachers’ perceptions and has also been used with students to measure theirperceptions of the profession of BME and the maturation of their career goals as they movethrough the curriculum. These surveys have also contained items reflective of desired ABEToutcomes. The surveys are also being used to measure the time progress of change in

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Pfarr

of the Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Center (AIM Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationCenter) located in Dayton, Ohio and operated jointly by Sinclair Community College and theUniversity of Dayton. The AIM Center offers numerous services to educators and manufacturingenterprises to improve instruction and to upgrade manufacturing systems.Services Provided by the Resource CenterThe resource center offers a variety of services to manufacturing educators, including: o An extensive, Internet-based clearinghouse database of information pertinent to manufacturing education obtained from

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Wyrick

required courses in simulation, manufacturingsystems integration, and two semesters of project management and senior design. The seniordesign projects are team-based and are frequently sponsored by industrial clients. The remainingcourses are technical electives and social science and humanities electives. This relatively openschedule was developed so that this exchange could be facilitated when the University ofMinnesota system switched from quarters to semesters.The fourth year for IE students going to Luleå requires that they take courses in simulation,automated systems integration, a team-based industry-sponsored capstone project, computerintegrated manufacturing, a technical elective, and an integrative course in Swedish language,culture, and