Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

tension are to show the student the following: 1. The development of stress in a member. 2. The region where the theoretical axial stress equation is valid. 3. The determination of the stress concentration factor at the boundary of a circular hole. 4. The effects of assembly stress on stress concentration.Equipment and specimenThe experiment setup is shown in figure 1; equipment, specimen, and parts needed are: 1. Tensile machine 2. Reflection polariscope 3. Manual null-balance compensator or photoelasticity digital strain indicator 4. Aluminum specimen with circular holes coated with a photoelastic coating material 5. Small end plates 6. Bolts, nuts, and washers 7. Torque wrench with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

prototype part is complete.The advantages of RP are obvious: development of physical models can be accomplished in Page 9.767.2significantly less time as compared to the traditional machining process. Some other applications “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyrightø2004, American Society for Engineering Education”of these technologies include development of molds, patterns for casting, and tooling. Theprototype built by RP machines can be put to a number of uses as given in Table 1. Table 1: The Advantages of Rapid Prototyping Systems

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

paper provides a review of innovativefountains developed throughout history, then suggests ways to use the subject of fountains forcourse enhancement.1. IntroductionWater fountains have been used for thousands of years for climatic control, beautification,entertainment, and as a means for relaxation. Among the most popular fountains have been thosethat incorporate elements of surprise and/or special effects. These fountains elegantly combineengineering and artistic features. Due to the inherent multidisciplinary nature of fountains andtheir appeal to the general public, there exists a great potential for enhancing engineeringeducation by incorporating fountain-related activities in the curricula.To assist educators in this endeavor, the paper

Conference Session

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

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

, can also be submitted and controlled via WebCT (http://www.webct.com/). It is arequirement to have a University WebCT access code to fully access this website. More detailedinformation is available at the WebCT homepage mentioned above.WebCT Development for WebCT-based ‘CAD for Technology’The WebCT-based CAD for Technology course site has been created by the author based on thetext ‘Discovering AutoCAD 2002’ by Mark Dix and Paul Riley8. The homepage has twelvemajor links, and is shown in Figure 1. Each link is described below. Page 9.673.2 Figure 1: Twelve major WebCT Links created for ‘CAD for Technology’ “Proceedings of

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

environments and discusses the lessons learnedabout faculty and student satisfaction and student performance.BackgroundBlended learning programs combine the best aspects of the classroom based format andthe asynchronous learning network (ALN) format for course presentation (1). Researchconducted at a number of leading higher education schools (2), (3), (4) has reportedpositive results with respect to faculty and student preferences for more flexible learning.One of the often stated benefits is the increased opportunity for students to reflect onwhat they are learning. In the blended environment, there is time to think and rethinkindividual responses. Topic discussions can continue over extended times allowingstudents to consider and prepare their

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Rowe; Tim Mulroy

ordered conceptions are apparent withineach of the themes. Each of the conceptions includes the elements of the lower level, and theseare arranged in table format below (table 1). Where evidence exists in the data that studentshold a particular conception, this is shown in bold. Question marks (?) indicate where noevidence of students holding ideas about the themes at that particular level was found, and howa conception at that level might be represented. Table 1 Conceptual levels by themeLevel The selection Lear ning about the Per sonal skills Working Lear ning about process or ganization development with and for engineering and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Kosky

sophomore engineering and science majors with prerequisites ofmathematics through calculus, a first sequence in physics, and one course in chemistry.Important goals were to bring the excitement of nanotechnology to students early in theirscholastic careers and to make them aware of the many opportunities for research and furtherstudy. The pedagogical challenges were several. We needed to: 1) reflect existing facultyinterests in engineering, physics, and chemistry, 2) integrate those faculty into a cohesiveteaching unit, 3) be intelligible to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, 4) serve a multidisciplinarystudent body, and 5) have assessable outcomes. In addition, no single ideal text was available soseveral sources of ancillary readings were

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Stout; Ken Bosworth; Brian Williams; Habib Sadid; Mike Ellis

their time is past “ 1.The United Kingdom recently established a Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN).The aim of the LTSN is to provide support to academics in order to improve the provision oflearning and teaching. In 2001 the LTSN Subject Centre conducted a needs analysis survey of Page 9.892.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationboth industry and academia. There were 410 responses from industry and 315 responses fromacademia. This survey data suggests that: “The difference in the

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yingzi Du; Robert Ives; Delores Etter; Thad Welch

-processingcourse at the Naval Academy. Page 9.452.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2632II. Cour sewor k The course was taught using two textbooks. First, the background of biometrics wastaught using the text from Woodward, Orlans and Higgins [1]. This book provided an overviewof the evolution of biometrics as used in personnel authentication, as well as the issuessurrounding the use and

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Maixner

majors were required Page 9.1306.1to take courses in heat transfer (ME441) and energy conversion (ME467). The first two columns “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”of Table 1 provide a synopsis of the courses and the topics covered in each, and the term inwhich each course is normally taken. Since cadets can declare a major as late as the end of thefirst semester sophomore year, and since many of their “core” courses (required of all cadets,regardless of major) are taken up to this point, the

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Fisher; Jed Lyons

into five course goals: 1. Develop an understanding of the various forms of investigations appropriate for students. 2. Understand and apply the basic science process skills. 3. Design and implement lessons that incorporate math and science concepts to solve problems. 4. Apply current educational research to the teaching of science programs. Page 9.511.2 5. Identify and incorporate the educational standards into the fellows’ lesson plans. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringOf

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

research activities. For the graduate student this has twoprimary benefits: 1. It provides income to assist the student to pursue graduate studies 2. It enhances the student’s KSA’s (Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes) necessary for mastering the students’ chosen discipline.In the early 70s the authors felt that a similar experience would be equally beneficial toundergraduate students, and that it would enhance their ability to pursue graduate studies. Thisinterest is particularly relevant to the University of the District of Columbia, since it is a Page 9.595.1relatively new urban institution of higher education, having only undergraduate

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Hill

information regarding any aspect ofProject Lead the Way, visit their website at http://www.pltw.org.Why Project Lead the Way?There is a growing need for engineers and technologists in this country at a time when the numberof graduates with engineering and technology degrees has remained essentially constant, or hasbeen declining, over the past fifteen years. The graphs in Figures 1 and 2 show what has beenhappening to the number of engineering and engineering technology graduates over this timeperiod. These declines have been occurring during a time when the number of students attendingcollege is at an all time high. Thus, it is apparent that the number of students going into andgraduating in engineering and engineering technology is a decreasing

Conference Session

Applications in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society of Engineering EducationFigure 1 is a simple schematic of the cogeneration system, thermal energy storage andthermal energy demand by the user. The application of the First Law ofThermodynamics with this basic control volume is straight forward. As the electric poweravailable from the heat engine is continuously generated so also is the heat recovery fromthe engine’s waste heat. However, this waste heat recovery can be used to heat the waterin the storage tank only if the temperature of the thermal storage is below 200 Fotherwise it must be rejected to the ambient. Any heat rejected to the

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cowan

1606 CASE STUDY: INCORPORATING 3D SOFTWARE INTO ARCHITECTURAL WORKING DRAWINGS COURSES David Jan Cowan1.0 Introduction This paper discusses the incorporation of 3D CAD software (Architectural Desktop 3.3) intotwo sophomore-level courses within an Engineering Technology Construction Program. Itdiscusses the potential of this software in this type of environment, in particular its attributes andits limitations, and focuses upon several key areas of concern: 1. The transition from generic, 2D CAD to 3D (Architectural Desktop) (herein ADT

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent C. Prantil; Thomas J. Labus; William Howard

physical testing lab was offered for the first time during theSpring 2003 quarter. No textbook was required, but a text by Logan6 was used as a reference.(The Logan text is used in the FEA course in the Mechanical Engineering program at MSOE).The course was structured in a 3-2-4 format (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab, 4 credit hours) and metfor 2-1/2 hours two evenings per week. During these time periods, the class had access to aclassroom, a mechanics lab, and a computer lab, so the allocation of class time was flexible fromweek to week. A typical week consisted of about 2 hours of classroom time and 1-1/2 hourseach in the mechanics and computer labs. Activities of the ten weeks can be divided into threesegments each three weeks long, with a final

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Genevieve Sapijaszko; Carlo Sapijaszko

. Page 9.179.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”1. IntroductionWith the advance of education into the on-line environment there was a need to support thedelivery of laboratory content on-line and with little supervision. Math courses, English courses,and even computer courses are easily transferred from on-campus teaching to on-line teaching.Electronics lectures can easily be transferred as well; however, there has always been a challengewith transferring the laboratory experiments without making all of the experiments simulationbased. Educators have always felt that students need

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sadie Miller; Donna Riley

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringIntroduction and BackgroundThe phenomenon of globalization has been recognized within engineering education as a newbusiness need, and (perhaps not often enough) as a professional or social responsibility concern.The Accreditation Board on Engineering and Technology (ABET) included in its Criteria 2000“the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global andsocietal context.1” A recent trend in engineering education involves project-based courses inglobal development, often connected with projects overseas.2,3Smith College’s Picker Engineering Program has created a course in engineering and

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

, thequestionnaire listed various ABET civil engineering program requirements and requestedrespondents to indicate at which level – high, average, low, or unsure/none – each is believed tobe enhanced by students involved in the design and construction of the steel bridge and concretecanoe projects. The subject areas chosen, shown in Table 1, are among those included in arecently adopted set of criteria for accrediting engineering programs, Engineering Criteria20003, and listed in the Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programsand the General Criteria (Professional Component).Specifically, the findings suggest that the student perceive their understanding of many of thesubject areas have been enhanced at a high level. For example

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

suggests that graduating seniors in Civil (Construction) engineering believetheir educational experience has given them a strong background in two of the outcomes requiredby ABET. These include: (1) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, andengineering; and (2) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. Incontrast, three outcomes received slightly lower ratings from alumni practitioners and employers.These include, a knowledge of contemporary issues; the broad education necessary to understandthe impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context; and an ability to communicateeffectively. Overall, the data may suggest that not all ABET educational attributes are consideredby graduating seniors in

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

Manufacturing.Each Enterprise is intended to operate like a real company in the private sector and is runby the students. For further information about MTU’s Enterprise Program, consult thereferences available in the engineering education literature15-18.Students are eligible to enroll in the Enterprise project courses (such as AFE) at any pointafter the start of their second year. Credits earned from Enterprise project courses can beapplied as electives or towards fulfilling the requirements for the Enterprise minor (20credits) or concentration (12 credits), as shown in table 1. To obtain a minor orconcentration, several technical and business courses (formally called “modules”) arerequired. Currently available communication, business, and elective modules

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

different principles.d. Data acquisition and control schemes: distributed control system, Fieldbus technology, Labview data acquisition system etc.Description of the Process BenchFigures 1 through 3 show Process Bench in various details. There are three essential features ofthe Process Bench.1. A Fluid Dynamics Section2. A Process Operations Section and3. A Process Instrumentation, Controls and Data Acquisition SectionI) Fluid Dynamics SectionThis section has two storage tanks, pumps, connecting piping and fittings and measurementdevices. The two fluids can be moved – one at time to avoid cross-contamination - through thepipes and recycled back into their respective tanks. The pipes are of different diameters and havevarious fittings and flow

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Welker

a critical component of learning, the students receive training on teamfunctioning at least once a year during their sophomore, junior, and senior years. The classes inwhich the teamwork modules are included are shown in Table 1. The most intensive module,which lasts two class periods, occurs during the sophomore year. The tools the students receiveduring this first module will be used in their other CEE classes that require them to work inteams.Table 1. Placement of modules on teamwork within the CEE curriculum CLASS YEAR MODULE CEE 2602, CE Measurements Sophomore Team Work: Awareness and Tools CEE 3901, Soil Mechanics Laboratory Junior Conflicts CEE 4601, CEE Professional

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Cheng

, the developed CSDA tool provides users with user-friendlyMATLAB graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that integrate the existing functions of Simulink andSISO Design Tool for enhanced functions in control system analysis and controller design.1. IntroductionIn control theory, a single input-single output (SISO) closed-loop feedback control systemconsists of five basic components. They are the input, output, controller, plant, and feedbackwhich are connected in a structure as shown in Figure 1. Given an input, a good SISO controlsystem is able to generate the system output that meets the desired control specifications.Usually, the time response of a unit step input to the standard second order system is used todefine the control specifications

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

. American Society for Engineering Education”Because of this rapidly changing technology, community and technical colleges areregularly challenged to supply Associate degree graduates who are not only fully steepedin the key principles of electronics but also knowledgeable of the latest components,circuits, equipment, and methods. Fortunately, there are numerous simple and low coststrategies and methods that colleges can adopt to update the curriculum withoutoverburdening their faculty.Current SituationA recent survey5 of community college electronic programs revealed nine key problemswith current programs. These problems and suggested solutions are outlined here.Problem 1: Many community college courses and curricula are dated.Solution 1

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

Session 1455 Enabling the U.S. Engineering Workforce to Perform: Building a Culture for Technological Innovation and Leadership in Professional Graduate Engineering Education D. A. Keating,1 T. G. Stanford, 1 J. M. Snellenberger,2 D. H. Quick,2 I. T. Davis,3 J. P. Tidwell,4 D. R. Depew,5 A. L. McHenry,6 S. J. Tricamo,7 D. D. Dunlap,8 University of South Carolina 1 / Rolls-Royce Corporation 2 / Raytheon Missile Systems 3 The Boeing Company 4/Purdue University 5 / Arizona State University East 6 New Jersey

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Briller; John Carpinelli

withdrawal rates. Factors surveyedcovered preparedness for the course, communication with the instructor, teaching, coursematerials, technology, course expectations, participation, and the learning environment. Primaryfactors have been identified, including the level of interaction between the instructor and theclass, and the perceived difficulty of the distance learning class as compared to the face-to-faceversion of the same course. This paper presents the results of this study and recommendsstrategies to reduce the withdrawal rate of students in distance learning courses.1. IntroductionThere are several studies of the performance of students in traditional, face-to-face coursesoffered in distance learning mode, for example [1]. In general

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

Session 2155 Issues Driving Reform of Faculty Reward Systems to Advance Professional Graduate Engineering Education: Differentiating Characteristics Between Scientific Research and Engineering D. A. Keating,1 T. G. Stanford,1 J. M. Snellenberger,2 D. H. Quick,2 I. T. Davis,3 J. P. Tidwell,4 D. R. Depew,5 G. R. Bertoline,5 M. J. Dyrenfurth5 A. L. McHenry,6 D. D. Dunlap,7 S. J. Tricamo8 University of South Carolina 1/ Rolls-Royce Corporation 2 / Raytheon Missile Systems 3 The Boeing Company 4/ Purdue University 5 / Arizona State University East 6

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

Session 2155 Issues Driving Reform of Faculty Reward Systems to Advance Professional Graduate Engineering Education: Expectations For Core Professional Faculty D. A. Keating,1 T. G. Stanford,1 J. M. Snellenberger,2 D. H. Quick,2 I. T. Davis,3 J. P. Tidwell,4 A. L. McHenry,5 D. R. Depew,6 S. J. Tricamo,7 D. D. Dunlap 8 University of South Carolina 1/ Rolls-Royce Corporation 2 / Raytheon Missile Systems 3 The Boeing Company 4/Arizona State University East 5/ Purdue University 6 New Jersey Institute of

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Veronica Dark; Mary Huba; Kevin Saunders; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

improving learning for industrial engineering students.1. IntroductionUsing information technology (IT) to improve engineering education offers much promise forcurriculum reform7,16,20. However, this also requires careful consideration of both the technicalcontent and of the learning objectives. In this paper, we describe our work in designing anddeveloping an IT-based learning environment for industrial engineering that both effectivelydelivers the desired engineering content and promotes learning that we value by improvingstudents’ cognitive skills.A key motivation for introducing technology into the classroom is its ability to addresschallenges that may be difficult to solve without the enabling technology. One clear potential forusing