Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Barron; Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Robert Pangborn; Thomas Litzinger

Apply Engineering Skills Manage People Write Clearly Deal with Conflicts Design Lab Experiments Manage a Project

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mancine; Scott Harper; Ryan Scott; Hassan Rajaei

Session 2420 SimPlus: An Experimental Simulation Tool Hassan Rajaei, Scott Harper, Tom Mancine, Ryan Scott Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 email: rajaei@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractSimPlus is a simulation toolkit in C++. It has evolved from a final class project for a computerscience course on Simulation Techniques to its current release as a UNIX static library. A keyobjective of the final class project was to provide students

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carsten Ahrens

with their practical placement - to get to know people and language - andthen have their two theoretical semesters as table 1 shows it. 1. sem. 2. sem. 3. sem. 4. sem. 5. sem. 6. sem. 7. sem. 8. sem. WS SS WS SS WS SS WS SS basic studies main studies civil and construction engineering managerial skills 2. two foreign languages 1. law, construction management, site practical practical management, project management, placement

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

Session 3264 Reinforcing Induction Motor Principles Via Material Technology Experiments Dr. John Marshall University of Southern MaineIntroductionThis is an excellent design and fabrication project that can be used in introductoryengineering classes to teach motor principles as well as material selection. The basicconcept of this activity was originally developed by Beakman’s World, and I haveimproved it over the past ten years while teaching motor principles at the university level.Standard Radio Shack materials

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yingzi Du; Robert Ives; Delores Etter; Thad Welch

commercial equipment, including iris scan, fingerprint and facialrecognition hardware and software. The course was comprised of three lecture hours and two labhours each week. We discuss the topics that were covered, the equipment in the lab thatsupported each topic, the projects that the students performed, field trips, guest lecturers andrelated senior design projects.I. Backgr ound The United States Naval Academy is a unique undergraduate institution in many ways. Inaddition to spending their summers flying jet fighters, driving navy ships and submarines orspending some time as a Marine, the students at the Naval Academy have the opportunity towork closely with many government agencies concerned with national defense, including theNaval

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Dunn; John Brauer

taught in an elective two coursesequence to all disciplines of undergraduate engineers. The objective of the curriculum is toenhance the effectiveness of the engineering graduates through an understanding of the dynamicsof corporate processes.The first course in the sequence, Fundamentals of Integrated Engineering & Business, introducesthe students to corporate financial reporting including balance sheets, income and expense andcash flows. Human resources processes, management fundamentals, project management, stage-gate development processes, supply chain management and quality topics are also covered. Thecourse incorporates at least four guest speakers to close out the major topics and a breakfastopportunity with a corporate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Virgil Cox; Stephen Kuyath

high schools in the region is coordinating an outreach project, usingcommunity college faculty who will focus on mentoring, tutoring, and encouragingunderrepresented groups in engineering and engineering technology. Community college facultywill assist in developing hands-on activities, provide lectures, provide guidance in projects, tutorhigh school students in the preparation of competitions, talk with parents about the rewards ofengineering technology careers, and provide information about community college programs andfinancial aid.This year, two competitions will be held for high school engineering technology clubs. The firstwill be an academic and robotic competition between high schools near Gaston College. Thesecond competition will be

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Stewart; David Elrod

for Engineering Educationtext. Student performance was assessed by grading homework, the student’s notebook, two teamCAD projects, 2 major exams, a number of laboratory quizzes, and a final exam. All studentwork was evaluated summatively, as part of the final grade for the course. The grade a studentreceived for the course included evaluations of the student’s initial understanding of each newconcept.Prior to the 2002 summer semester, ME/CEE 1770 was revised using the “backward design”approach of Wiggins and McTighe1. The approach is a three stage curriculum planning sequencefor educators. In the first stage, educators identify the enduring understandings to be learned andretained by students. In the second stage, educators determine what

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

identified through theinterviews into evaluation rubrics used for the students and the instructor of the course.The project includes four kinds of activities. First, curriculum is created that incorporatesdocuments and communication skills identified through interviews with practicing professionals.Second, students practice their workplace communication skills with personal feedback fromtheir instructor and lab staff. Third, students complete assignments requiring the production ofworkplace documents such as emails and executive summaries. Fourth, for evaluation purposes,students provide before- and after- examples. For instance, students’ presentations arevideotaped before and after they receive instruction in presenting.In this paper, seven topics

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Muhlbaier; Peter Jansson

universities. Marketstudies completed by the students as part of this internal grant award show that the concept'spotential for success would be sufficient to justify the development investment in prototypes anddo further test marketing research. The project was undertaken as part of Rowan's InnovativeEngineering Clinic which all junior and senior engineers must participate in. The student teamcompeted in order to receive the award of $2,500. Funding for the award is made possible fromthe National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). Rowan and NCIIA hascreated a Venture Capital Fund, specifically ear-marked for the development of originalinventions by multidisciplinary student teams within the Junior and Senior Engineering

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Jayant Rajgopal; Bryan Norman; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

have a muchmore critical need for general skills related to (a) communication and teamwork, (b) uncertaintyand costs, and (c) recognizing local and global implications of their decisions. Moreimportantly, they need the ability to synthesize these with the technical skills taught in theircurricula. Students also often fail to see that when one looks at a particular real-world problem,different IE concepts and methods could apply (albeit in varying degrees), and that the essence ofIE lies in the synthesis of all these methods within a systems-level approach. While mostprograms have a senior design project of some sort there are very few curricula that go beyondthis to explicitly address the issue of synthesis.Localization/Globalization. As noted

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Norton

, and math applications that are utilized throughout their undergraduate experience.They learn about the various computing platforms on campus, learn to use the University’selectronic messaging system, and are introduced to C++ programming.The Introduction to Engineering course is modeled after the College’s Engineering 100 course,which is required for all engineering students. Students are presented with an engineeringproblem, then plan a strategy, gather information, analyze data, and produce a formalpresentation of their team solution. The course places a heavy emphasis on technicalcommunication skills and teamwork skills and teaches students basic project planningtechniques. This paper focuses on a detailed description of one version of

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

curricula and havedeveloped a variety of specialized programs in order to achieve that goal. These educationalopportunities can be classified into several categories: engineering management, systemsengineering, engineering entrepreneurship, and leadership, internship, and other multi-disciplinary programs. Most of these programs are designed to introduce engineers to thebusiness world through courses, project teams, and interaction with business enterprises andbusiness leaders. Most schools also offer minors or individual courses designed to introducestudents of all majors to technology and its impact on business. Overall, schools try to offer avariety of courses and extracurricular activities that allow students to gain a well-roundededucation

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

the class and identify keyassignments that support this course objective 2. For this class, there are 6 projects, 2experiments, and a final project. To satisfy course objective 2, part A of the final project waspicked as the key assignment for judging in meeting the criteria. Justification for picking thisparticular set of assignment is explained in the mapping process and is later documented in theformal syllabus as well. Faculty are free to pick as few or as many key assignments as they wishas long as they are well justified, as this is a key item of review for the syllabus.Step 5: The passing grade in assessing the success in meeting the criteria is a grade of C for thisclass. During the review of this syllabus, the department agreed that

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Lim; James Kokernak; Dean Lewis; Abhijeet Golwelkar; Paul Schoch

fields and that most students will be well served to have some knowledge ofmicrocontrollers. Experience has shown that microcontrollers are effective tools foraccomplishing the first three goals.The course was first offered in 1991 and has continuously evolved1. At present the course usessmall autonomous electric cars as the engaging hands on project, is taught in the studio mode,makes extensive use of undergraduate students as teaching assistants, and uses the web in manyways including interactive tutorials. Few courses use so many innovative techniques with suchlarge enrollments. This paper presents a discussion of how the course is laid out along withsome comments about the staff organization and the financial support. The goal of this paper

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Daubert; Steven Peretti; Paula Berardinelli; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard

first course in the curriculum to requirecollaborative writing and oral presentations, so team management and interpersonal dynamicswithin the team structure are integral parts of the instructional material. The senior capstonedesign course in chemical engineering provides students with a realistic experience of industrialpractice in process design. At NCSU, this often involves industrial sponsorship and mentoringof projects that require a multidisciplinary student team. This presents the students with uniqueteaming, writing and speaking challenges as they attempt to transcend genre-specificcommunication norms to produce coherent and effective documents and presentations. The paperwill report the research findings and assessment results of this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Bliven; Elizabeth Eschenbach

How Things Work: A Physical Science Workshop for K-8th Grade Teachers. Wesley W. Bliven, Elizabeth A. Eschenbach Physics, Environmental Resources Engineering Humboldt State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a physical science workshop for K-8th grade teachers that has been offeredthe past 3 years as part of the Redwood Science Project at Humboldt State University. TheRedwood Science Project is one of 18 sites of the California Science Project. The goals of theHow Things Work workshop are: 1) to increase the level of physical science content knowledgeof K-8th grade teachers, 2) to increase the level of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Ameel; Ian Harvey; Bruce Gale

key fabrication and characterizationequipment such as pattern generators, evaporators, sputterers, chemical vapor depositionsystems, an SEM, and a surface profilometer. The third course, Design and Characterization ofMicrosystems, is project driven and generalizes microsystems design considerations withpractical emphasis on MEMS and IC characterization, and physical analysis. The class teamprojects emphasize ongoing dissertation research, which produces an additional benefit for somestudents of significant progress on their individual projects. In some cases, project final reports Page 9.117.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry O'Connor; Dan Dimitriu

four years (Project META - Math, Engineering, and TechnologyAward). The second grant is an Engineering Education Discretionary Grant (Project ACCESS)which is aimed at curriculum development, high school outreach, articulation agreements withsurrounding area universities, creation of web-based engineering courses, and infusion ofengineering curricula with state-of-the-art technology over a period of three years. Page 9.617.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education After the first year of grant implementation, four elements

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Wanke; Stephen Williams; Michael Scheuerell; Glenn Wrate

Session 2433 Energy Savings in Injection-Molded Plastic Manufacturing Stephen Williams, Glenn Wrate, Thomas Wanke, Michael Scheuerell Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI 53202AbstractThe results of a joint project between the Wisconsin Focus on Energy program, the MilwaukeeSchool of Engineering (MSOE), and Plastic Molded Concepts, Incorporated to improve theinjection-molded plastic manufacturing process are described.Medium range (10 - 100 HP) motors are used to pump hydraulic fluid in injection-molded plasticprocesses. Hydraulic power required during one cycle of

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Fernandez

include a definition of HCI design: designinginteractive products to support people in their everyday and working lives.Software engineering textbooks are readily available at any level of depth and complexity. Themost popular books appear to be the ones by Pressman8, Sommerville11, and Humphrey3. Someprojects are well suited for the traditional software engineering approach, but most are not.McBreen5 states that software engineering was invented to tackle the problems of really largeNATO systems projects. These projects pushed the state of the art in both computer hardware and software development for new hardware in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968, a NATO conference identified a software crisis and suggested that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar; Joel Farber

the end of the semester, they learn that everyone can bring valueto a team. A far worse problem is the nonproductive team members that commonly createproblems in teams. At the end of the semester, everyone is given a team review sheet in whichthey estimate the percentage of time each person contributed to the project and can makecomments about how the team worked together. Projects are normally selected at one of several local sites that have the potential for adam to be built on them. Alternatively, sometimes a knowledgeable owner will have the classinspect an existing dam and provide recommendations for modifications to improve stability,storage capacity and/or safety. A knowledgeable owner is one who understands the complexity

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

internationalization. This is vital to maintain “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”leadership of the United States in this interdependent global economy. The goal is to develop andpromote peaceful and fruitful cooperation and collaboration within and across boarders1. Today’sengineers and technologists are expected to be an integral part of a much boarder society. Alsounderstanding of teamwork in terms of inter-human relations when executing projects isnecessary. Only 4% of all engineering and technology students participated in a study abroadexperience during 2000-2001 as a part of internationalization of

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri

develop test cases from it.Concepts of manual vs. automated testing and status reporting are also covered briefly.The concepts introduced in the lecture are reinforced using lab projects. In the first offering of hecourse, the students worked on three lab projects throughout the quarter. The first project focusedon using CPPUnit to test various classes that students had written. This provided the students anopportunity to apply some of the unit testing strategies that were discussed in class. The secondproject focused on using client requirements to develop a test outline and test cases and thenusing those test cases to determine the quality of a project. Initially, the students were onlyprovided the requirements and had to come up with a testing

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

commitments from as many teachers as we couldadequately handle (20 teachers and 10 mentors). During April information on available research projects was obtained from the mentorsand distributed to the teachers. In early May a meeting was held on the WSU campus where theteachers met all of the WSU faculty who were involved with the project, as well as being able totour the campus and laboratories. All of the teachers, whether they were able to visit the campusor not, then were asked to return a listing of the top three projects on which they would like towork. By the end of May all teachers had been assigned projects, with two teachers assigned toeach project. This allowed time for the teachers to communicate with their mentor, and with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Matis; Linda Ann Riley

Session 1526 Teaching Theoretical Stochastic Modeling Courses Using Industrial Partners and Their Applied Problems Timothy I. Matis, Linda Ann Riley New Mexico State University Department of Industrial Engineering P.O. Box 30001 – MSC 4230 Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 This paper describes a pilot project funded by the National Science Foundation’s CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement program that addresses the common learningchallenges of engineering students enrolled in an undergraduate stochastic processes

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

environment. Forexample, a mentoring component provides resources for underrepresented TTU engineeringstudents and organizations (e.g., National Society of Black Engineers, Society of HispanicProfessional Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, etc.) to work with K-12 students andteachers to facilitate project-based curriculum in K-12 classrooms while serving as role models.This paper also discusses the structure and content of various K-12 teacher training workshopsand professional development opportunities the Center has developed, which support verticalalignment of curriculum, provide engaging approaches to teaching mathematics and science, andeducate teachers about engineering practice and education.Overview of Our Current ProgressAs reported at

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dyani Saxby; Saeed Foroudastan

decision was made thatthe amount of effort an ESL student puts into the project, such as using additionalresources provided by the professor and the university should be considered whengrading 3. Many of these tips can be useful for engineering professors with internationalstudents who struggle with presentations. In the end, these students will reap manybenefits from the extra effort and thought put in by the professor. These include not onlyshort-term benefits of good grades, but also the long-term benefits such as improvedinterviewing, discussion, and presentation skills. For further details please see referencenumber three.Addressing language issues for non-writing instructorsBecause the focus of most engineering courses is not on writing, it

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

. This type of “isolated learning” is no longer acceptable asnowadays the industry demands engineers not only with a broad set of technical skills, but also acomprehension of the diverse practical applications of engineering concepts. Engineering andEngineering Technology education must provide integrated experience at the undergraduate levelto fulfill the expectations of the industry1-3. This paper describes an on-going project to develop a multipurpose laboratory that can beused for multiple Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) courses in the Division ofEngineering Technology (DET) at Wayne State University (WSU). The development aims toprovide an integrative experience at the undergraduate level to help students better

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang

AbstractThis paper focuses on the project of design and simulation of a disassembly-to-order system that providesa unique “hands-on and minds-on” research experience for undergraduate students. This project iscompleted by a multidisciplinary group of faculty and students from Electrical & Computer Engineeringat Rowan University and Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Pacific Lutheran University(PLU). In such a system, the disassembly of discarded products is processed to satisfy certain demandsfor parts and/or materials, while economic and environmental goals are achieved. Two scenarios in thesystem are analyzed and their performance is compared.1. Introduction Due to the increased awareness of the state of environment by consumers