Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

introduce undergraduate students to, andencourage them to pursue, careers in research. Both traditional and innovative methods wereused to access this goal. A REU homepage(http://www.eng.uc.edu/dept_cee/undergrad/research/ucreu/) was developed to inform studentsoutside UC about the program, to present summaries of research projects completed, and

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

RatingSome of the more interesting or useful anecdotal comments included using a factory buildingpowered by water, changing the theme from semester to semester (which in fact is done),showing the development of some of the software used in the projects, and having a greater“connection between the background of each project and the theme, like a continuing budgetthroughout the term”.A very successful approach has been used to connect the five projects of thermal design coursesthrough the use of a theme. In addition to increasing students’ interest and enhancing theirlearning, the themes allow the introduction of engineering activities and careers that might not benormally covered in a mechanical engineering curriculum. More details concerning

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

processes, the ability to identify, analyze, andsolve technical problems, and a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuousimprovement.In Manufacturing Engineering Technology, for example, the objective of an accreditablebaccalaureate degree program in manufacturing engineering technology will preparegraduates with the technical skills necessary to enter careers in process and systemsdesign, manufacturing operations, maintenance, technical sales or service functions in amanufacturing enterprise. Graduates, in this program, must demonstrate the ability toapply the technologies of materials, manufacturing processes, tooling, automation,production operations, maintenance, quality, industrial organization and management,and statistics to the

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Ibrahim Karaman; Jeff Froyd; Terry Creasy; Winfried Teizer

increase as the scientificunderstanding of the students increases through their undergraduate career. In addition tocontent changes, curriculum changes will use pedagogical innovations advocated by the NSF-funded Foundation Coalition (FC), one of eight engineering education coalitions:active/cooperative learning, technology-enabled learning and student teams. Further, theprincipal investigators will use the lessons about processes of curricular change gained from theFC experiences. As a result, many engineering students will become better acquainted with thepossibilities offered by nanotechnology, and some engineering students will gain an in-depthunderstanding of nanoscale manufacturing processes.The envisioned curricular change has four

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Summers; Julie Phillips; Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

Albany. Dr.Dean holds a Ph.D. from the University of Louisville in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Public Administrationfrom IUPUI, and a Master of Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville. He is an ASQ CertifiedQuality Engineer and a Registrar Accreditation Board Certified ISO 9000 Quality System Auditor.DONNA EVANECKYDonna Evanecky started teaching as an assistant professor for Purdue University School of Technology in 2001after an eight-year career in quality management. She teaches Organizational Behavior, Managing Change,Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Occupational Health and Safety and Team Development for the Department ofOrganizational Leadership and Supervision at the Kokomo, Indiana campus.NATHAN HARTERHarter has been an

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bales

who wish to learn more about electronics without having to digest extensive theory and math. • Gets students building circuits from the start, with little theoretical introduction. • Lets students experience early in their careers the non-idealities of real-world engineering, and demonstrates the utility of simple rule-of-thumb design. • Appears to have students complete the subject with a positive impression of engineering as a field of study. • Can be readily taught by a graduate student or an advanced undergraduate, enabling large numbers of students to take the subject without taxing a limited (and over-worked) faculty and staff.Its weaknesses include that it: • Is somewhat more time consuming than

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder

teaching effectiveness, consistent with accepted best practices inevaluation, and reliable, and does not impose undue time demands on the faculty. If it is part of amultiple-source assessment system of the type illustrated in Figure 1, it should provide anevaluation of teaching performance with a validity acceptable by any reasonable standard, butmore extensive testing will be required to confirm that hypothesis. The protocol also provides agood basis for formative evaluation, which if implemented in the first few years of a facultymember’s career should significantly increase the likelihood that a subsequent summative reviewwill be favorable.References 1. N. Van Note Chism, Peer Review of Teaching, Bolton, MA, Anker Publishing, 1999. 2. M

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Hartley T. Grandin, Hartley T. Grandin,; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

becomes a professionalengineer in industry. Why not expect the student to be a professional engineer during theiracademic career? Page 9.495.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2468Points Emphasized in a Symbolic Formulation The authors emphasize the following points when formulating a problem symbolically for in-class and out-of-class exercises:• Definition of Variables and their

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Charles Winton

normal CS curriculum.In many of the engineering disciplines, students may never have to program during theirundergraduate career with the exception of their intro programming course. However, theinclusion of a Botball collegiate game at the National Conference on Educational Robotics, nowencourages the students to keep their computer skills active as they prepare for the Summertournament. We believe that the use of robots as a teaching tool early in the engineeringcurriculum will both improve computer skills for non-CS engineers, and will also increase thenumber of students interested in pursuing computer science. Page 9.261.98 Course

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

as emphasized above making their way into our construction materials, systems and construction operations classes so that we cover composite materials, CFRP laminates, etc.• We have enough use of the software that has proved to be of essential for construction graduates to build upon further in their respective careers in the future.Is what we are doing an adequate response to the expectations? Probably not, but given theinherent resistance to change and comfort associated with the traditional, it is to be expectedthat the pace of change will be slow. To name a few items, we are still lacking adequatecoverage for: Environmental issues and basic environmental engineering concepts

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Barbara Gannod

“real world” as is possible in an academicenvironment.This paper describes experiences in a “Software Factory” class that is the culminatingexperience for majors in Computing Studies at Arizona State University (ASU) East. Inorder to provide experiences that prepare students for careers as software engineers, webelieve the following aspects of the course are vital: ‚ Students should work on real projects with real customers. ‚ Students should follow real processes to develop and/or maintain software artifacts.Traditional academic software projects, even team projects, often do not provide arealistic software development experience. Typically, their results are not exercised byreal customers, and the resulting code is never enhanced

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; Steve Hsiung

not,then the communication is treated as a failure5,14. The way the receiver signals this CRC-8 bytemismatch is by not sending an ACK command which causes a time-out condition to occur.Another communication has to be reestablished and everything has to start over again. Thisprotocol implementation has the advantage of providing cleaner communications and eliminatesmost errors, but it also brings a heavy load on software coding and CPU execution time.V. Conclusion Teaching ET students should not be limited to providing them with the fundamentalbuilding blocks for their future career construction. In this ever changing technology era, we aseducators, not only have to trigger students’ interest in learning but also have to bring real

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stoian Petrescu; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

project was avaluable part of the course” scored 3.8/5. This is a significant improvement to the rating giventhe previous project in the 2002-03 school year of 3.5/5.Overall we feel this was an excellent first-year project. It achieved all of our academic goals,and encouraged students to practice a number of skills which will be important to their futureengineering careers. The perceived level of student and faculty enthusiasm about the project wasmuch higher than in the previous year. The project was covered by local newspaper andtelevision reporters, which gave an added boost to student motivation. In addition to the statedacademic goals of the project, a number of other side benefits were also found. Studentsinvolved in this project are much

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

-based project development experience Just getting to do a self-developed lab project was fun Very interesting course……making me lean towards computer-based automation career Organize a brain-storming session for developing project ideas early in the semester Reliance on partner was a problem Allocate more time to the coverage of interface electronics design Include some biomedical measurements applicationSummaryExperience with student-initiated projects within the instrumentation and data acquisition courseis presented. A few students struggled at the beginning of the four-week-long project period indefining the scope of their work, as this was their first experience with project-based learning. Itwas also

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.[33] Kamm, L. J., 1991, “Real-World Engineering – A Guide to Achieving Career Success,” IEEE Press,Piscataway, NJ.[34] Wolfe, M. F., 2000, “Rube Goldberg,” Simon & Schuster, New York, pp. 122 and 138.Appendix – Resource Guide to FountainsExamples of books with “how to” instructions for fountains.Adkins, D., 1999, “Simple Fountains for Indoors and Outdoors – 20 Step-By-Step Projects,” Storey Books.Aurand, C. D., 1986, “Fountains and Pools – Construction Guidelines and Specifications,” PDA PublishersCorporation, Meza, Arizona. Page 9.1410.15Binsacca, R., 1991, “Garden Pools

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

“problem solvers” to being “problem identifiers” or “problem configurators”; engineering emerging as a path to other, broader careers such as business, law, and politics; and engineering emerging as the “liberal education of the 21st century.”Finally, it is Harvey Mudd’s experience that a broad, design-based program successfully, andeven splendidly, addresses many of the commonly-heard concerns about engineering education,including: the content and presentation of the curriculum; the effectiveness of learning by students; the retention of those students in the classroom; and the graduation of appropriately-educated engineering professionals to maintain and enhance America’s

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

ownskills, techniques, compare with and learn from others, and set goals for their future. Sharing Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationlessons learned makes possible the improvement of processes for subsequent investigations. Thisintegral component of the case design allow learners to reflect, summarize and solidify their ownlearning and structure it in a way that is meaningful to them [9].Guy [10] states that “the rich case allows students to gain safe experience in practicingfundamental skills needed in their careers: they need to plan and set up interviews and focusgroups, question

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Cavanaugh; Matt Ellis; Mark Ardis; Richard Layton

Computer Science student at Rose-Hulman, graduating in May of 2005. He plans to pursue aPh.D. in Computer Science upon graduating. His interests include programming languages, compilers, and artificialintelligence.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelveyears in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. He is a member of theTeaching Workshop Group of the ERM Division of ASEE, giving workshops on building student teams.MARK A. ARDISMark Ardis received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1980 and is currently a

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suguna Bommaraju

explain relationship between electricity and magnetism. These fundamentalsare very important for individuals pursuing careers in electronics and electrical engineering.Electricity and magnetism concepts were discussed in your Tuesday class. You are invited to give a 3-minute guestspeaker lecture about “how the relay operates” to “Junior High” class at Lakota High School.Your instructor provided the following circuit that you can use to prepare your lecture.Your presentation should contain a brief explanation of the circuit. Page 9.507.14 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

electrical,computer, systems and industrial and mechanical engineering, the engineering disciplinesoffered by the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at the State Universityof New York, Binghamton (SUNY-Binghamton). As required by the guidelines set forthin ABET EC2000, students during their senior year must enroll in and successfullycomplete a capstone design experience. The capstone design experience helps studentsbegin to bridge the gap between their academic and professional careers by exposingthem to the technical demands, potential pitfalls, and professional expectations ofengineers and researchers. Previous to the development of the new multi-disciplinary capstone sequence,each engineering department in the Watson School

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Watts; Theodor Richardson

, is to provide classroom teaching experience, with an emphasis on learner-centeredteaching methods, to future engineering educators.Those engineering graduate students interested in an academic career have limited options whenit comes to preparing to teach the next generation of engineers. These options can includeteaching assistantships (TAs) which can be accompanied with a teaching workshop, teachingseminars, and under rare circumstances a graduate course on engineering education that canincorporates lesson-planning and learning theory1. The GK-12 fellowship program provides Page 9.601.1USC’s engineering graduate students experience

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kishore Kotteri; Joan Carletta; Amy Bell

an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech.She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Bell conducts research in waveletimage compression, embedded systems, and bioinformatics. She is the recipient of a 1999 NSF CAREER awardand a 2002 NSF Information Technology Research award; she has also received two awards for teaching excellence.JOAN E. CARLETTA is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Akron. She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in1995. Her research involves the design of digital hardware for applications that require intensive computation

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

worthwhile* 26. I expect to have little use for Tablet in my daily life* 27. I can’t think of any way that I will use Tablet in my career* 28. Anything that a Tablet can be used for, I can do just as well some other way* 29. Working with Tablet will not be important to me in my life’s work* Usefulness (course) 30. Using Tablet did not have a positive effect on my learning** 31. The Tablet was helpful to me in learning class concepts** 32. Using Tablet during lectures made it easier to understand the material** 33. Using Tablet during lectures made it easier to do my homework assignments** 34. The Tablet should be used more often in this class** 35. Tablet should not be used in this class

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Positive Relationship with Faculty Mentors: Almost all Scholars and Undergraduate Fellows saidthat one of the highlights of their experience was being able to work directly with a femaleprofessor. The Scholars generally found the Mentors were very understanding and helpful.Many Scholars got to know their Mentor on a personal level. Several Mentors invited theScholars into their homes or took them on field trips. The Scholars found they could talk to theirMentors about virtually anything including career goals, graduate plans, and how to balancehome life and work. One Scholar pointed out that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

students interested in an engineering career. A wide variety of factors are available foranalysis using already existing University and Department databases. The first factor thought tomeasure student success is usually cumulative GPA however, that alone is not a sole predictor ofsuccess. Other data, such as SAT verbal and math scores, first semester GPA, high schoolgraduation rank, high school extra curricular activities, concurrent employment, internships,math placement exams, socio-economic factors, gender and minority status, may also beindicators of student success. Preliminary data suggest involvement in student professionalsocieties enhances graduation rates. Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam indicates aminimum level of academic

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

features. This has been attributed to the more developed ability ofexperienced designers to think and visualize in three dimensions as well to the influence ofdesign habits developed over the course of their education and careers which lead them to relymore on 2-dimensional representations [12]. Despite the ubiquitous presence of CAD technology, designers continue to find aspects oftraditional sketch media that contribute to conceptual thinking lacking in CAD interfaces andultimately in the representations produced with CAD, either on screen or in printed form. Asnoted previously, the ineffectiveness of digital media in conceptual design has been attributed tocharacteristics of the markings as well. However, digital media has not been

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

corporate business model as experienced by the lead author during his industrialengineering career. This model provides a good learning environment for students as theyreceive exposure to a traditional business model they may experience in a company upongraduation.The management structure developed is directly taken from business where the PrincipalInvestigator (PI) is the CEO, and the following positions are assigned to students: ProjectManager (PM), Engineering Leads (EL), and Individual Contributors (IC). Figure 1 shows thestructure used for the 2003-04 academic year in our Intelligent Prosthetic Arm project. This is atypical organizational chart and is determined within the first week of the fall semester by the PIwith input from the incoming

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Czuchry; W. Andrew Clark

Technology or aMasters of Business Administration (MBA) can select coursework with an emphasis inentrepreneurial business practices and concepts. Faculty members from both the technology andbusiness colleges form an interdisciplinary team to help coordinate offerings for students. Tohelp facilitate cross-pollination between diverse fields of study many of these courses are duallisted in both the MBA and Technology curriculums. In addition to the master degree programs,an Entrepreneurial Leadership Graduate Certificate Program has been implemented to providenon-traditional students an opportunity to learn entrepreneurial business concepts that can beapplied directly to their careers. Coursework offered at ETSU to facilitate innovativeentrepreneurship

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

. Overall, the results show the need for further development of case study materials thatshow how learning STEM concepts is essential in solving real-world problems. A collection ofsuch materials need to be made available to instructors and students using the national digitallibrary initiative. Widespread use of such materials has the potential to get young studentsexcited about pursuing careers in science and engineering. ReferencesAldridge, M.D. (1994). “Professional Practice: A Topic for Engineering Research and Instruction,” Journal ofEngineering Education, 83(3): July 1994, pp. 231-236.Bok, D. Higher Learning, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986.Boyer, E. College; The Undergraduate

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

Session 2004-1819 The Manufacturing Learning Model – An Innovative Method for Manufacturing Education Winston F. Erevelles – Robert Morris University Pearley Cunningham – Community College of Allegheny County Sunday Faseyitan – Butler County Community College Robert Myers – Westmoreland County Community CollegeI. IntroductionThe Partnership for Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) is an industry-driven, academic system delivering innovative manufacturing education and career developmentin southwestern Pennsylvania. The coalition brings