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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

Session 1325 A Capstone Course Targeting Industry Transition G. E. Crain and M. P. Tull School of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of OklahomaAbstractThe capstone program for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at OUsimulates the experiences anticipated in the first two years of an industry assignment. Studentsare presented with an industry supplied problem, and given the resources and mentoring todevelop a solution based on the individual team-members’ educational experience as anElectrical or Computer

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alam

of critical importance to developclose ties with industrial partners. The particular ways by which this can be carried outeffectively, including integrated industry-academe annual retreats as well as well-designedindustrial surveys, are also discussed. Using the framework of the eleven learning objectivesarticulated by ABET, the effectiveness, or otherwise, of the learning process in undergraduateengineering has been evaluated in our program using a variety of assessment tools, essentially allof which are numerical in format and relatively simple to administer. A key feature of anyassessment process should be an evaluation of self-consistency. That is also discussed here.Lastly, high rates of student attrition in any engineering program are

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvanus Nwosu; Robert Goldbach; Mike Lovell

Session 1170 Pitt Engineering Career Access Program: Building a Pipeline for Success through Project CARE Sylvanus Wosu, Michael Lovell and Robert Goldbach1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15251/ 1 Research and Evaluation Consultant, Pittsburgh PA 15219AbstractThis paper gives an overview of the lessons learned in the first year of implementing the pre-engineering component of the Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP). PECAPintroduces a college curriculum to pre-11th and pre-12th grade high school students throughCritical and Analytical Reasoning Enrichment (CARE) activities. Project CARE

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J.D., Christine Andrews; Leslie Wilkins

facilitated by the recent changes to accreditation standards by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.In addition to reform that restructures the first-year engineering curriculum to engage thestudents through inquiry, real-world applications, and social relevance, admissions reform isstarting to reshape the face of the engineering student body. Carnegie Mellon Universityadjusted its admissions criteria to reflect its research that prior computing experience did notpredict academic success by removing its strong preference for highly experienced applicants. In2001, the University of California system adopted an admissions plan that guarantees provisionalUniversity admission to all students in the top 12.5% of every high-school class

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Leonhardt

developed the Ekranoplanvehicle project during a Technology Education course. An Ekranoplan or Wing-In-GroundEffect vehicle flies very close to a water surface. The vehicle uses design elements of bothairplanes and marine craft. Ground-effect flight enables a vehicle to carry either a larger payloador operate with greater fuel efficiency than a conventional airplane. The candidates testedseveral vehicle configurations, power sources and construction techniques. Vehicle constructionguidelines and curriculum outlines were developed to disseminate to other technology educators.The project has been used to teach the engineering design process to freshman students inWestern Washington University’s Engineering Technology Design Graphics

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education forall students, including: majors in STEM disciplines; prospective K-12 teachers; studentspreparing for the technical workplace; and all students as citizens in a technologicalsociety.The Division’s grant programs sponsor projects in the two broad areas of curriculumdevelopment and workforce preparation. The scope and objectives of these programs areherein described. Some of these programs are congressionally mandated but administeredby the Division. Greater attention is given to the Course, Curriculum and LaboratoryImprovement Program that was developed by the Division to provide leadership andresources for the improvement of STEM education. Guidance is provided on how toprepare a successful

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel J. Stokes; Nagi El Naga; Halima El Naga

Page 9.1302.1mimic what the students will experience during the total curriculum.Since much of the Computer Engineering curriculum introduces the idea of machinecontrol, hardware architecture, and low level design. The goal of this introductory courseis to start with the knowledge which the students may have gained at home or schoolduring their K-12 education then extend it by using the iconic based language ofSoftwire™ Technology to control test equipment which is similar in many ways toLabview™. Softwire™ is a Microsoft Partner product (made available free through theMicrosoft Developer Network Academic Alliance, in partnership with Softwire™). Thenby using the Legos Mindstorm™ the students will be able to gain an introductory look atevent

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Krause

. Page 9.397.11 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographiesDALE R. BAKERDale R. Baker is a Professor of science education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at ASU. She isalso the Co-Editor of The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Her teaching responsibilities include sciencecurricula, teaching and learning, and assessment courses with an emphasis on constructivist theory and issues ofequity. Her research focuses on issues of gender, science, and science teaching. She has won two awards for herresearch in these areas.STEPHEN J. KRAUSEStephen J. Krause is Professor and

Conference Session

Novel Courses for ChEs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Dickson

Engineer andEngineering Technician.UK-SPEC is the standard for recognition of professional engineers and engineeringtechnicians in the UK. The standard is published by ECUK on behalf of theengineering profession.Formal education is the usual, though not the only, way of demonstrating theunderpinning knowledge and understanding for professional competence.The following qualifications exemplify the required knowledge andunderstanding required of a Chartered Engineer an accredited integrated MEng degree.or an accredited Bachelors degree with honours in engineering or technology, plus either an appropriate Masters degree accredited or approved by a professional engineering institution, or appropriate further learning

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

common device, the switch, to introduce students to variousengineering fields. In a hands-on approach, students test, design, disassemble, analyze, andreassemble switches while learning about programs of study, the interaction between disciplines,and possible career paths. Using this device, student teams are introduced to electronics bydiscovering how various switches operate, and by designing a process to test the electricalconnections. To introduce mechanical design, teams are given a problem that requires the use ofa switch. They spend some time brainstorming ideas for their design, and produce a conceptdrawing, including the mechanical details for their team’s device. The manufacturing process isintroduced by giving each team an identical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Rice; S. Michael Kilbey; Scott Husson; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Deborah Switzer

, allowing us to monitor student growth and evaluate the effectiveness ofthese teaching and learning devices for populations with different exposures to experimentaltreatments. Here we detail the development and implementation of the Professional DevelopmentSurvey for Engineering Undergraduates (PDS). The PDS reliably measures the students’conscientiousness, perceived intellect, learning goal orientation, performance goal orientation,subject matter attitude, professional development attitude, and attitude toward the field ofchemical engineering.Introduction Previously1,2, we introduced an approach to integrate a hierarchical mental growth model intoan undergraduate engineering curriculum, described teaching and learning strategies to supportthat

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ella Fridman

escalate student engagementwith course content. As shown by B. Shneiderman a conceptual framework fortechnology-based learning and teaching has emerged as an engagement theory. 4 Thefundamental idea underlying engagement theory is that students must be meaningfullyengaged in learning activities through interaction with others and worthwhile tasks.While in principle, such engagement could occur without the use of technology, thetechnology can facilitate engagement in ways which are difficult to achieve otherwise.Thermodynamics together with other thermal-fluid sciences (thermodynamics, fluidmechanics, and heat transfer) are typically considered to be among the most difficulttopics taught in engineering curriculum.5 The Learning Tool described below

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TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pape

never take place in isolation.” For instance, theinability of students to meet a particular course objective may be due to difficulties with aprevious course. Thus, in an integrated assessment plan course level assessments shouldfeed into the overall program assessment.Program Outcomes AssessmentThe philosophy of EC 2000 represents a shift from the “bean-counting” of the so-calledconventional criteria to a system which includes and focuses on outcomes assessment.Each program has the opportunity to define its’ mission and objectives, which should beconsistent with institutional goals and representative of the needs of constituent groups.Accordingly, each program must have in place detailed published educational objectives,a process by which

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Howard Kimmel

. Currently, 68 teachers in NewJersey have been trained to implement this program in 7 middle schools and 20 high schoolsrepresented by 21 public school districts. The institutionalization of this pre-engineeringprogram across a profile of different high school environments is examined. We explore thesimilarities and differences of implementation within a “magnet” high school and acomprehensive school. Perspectives of both teachers and students are included.IntroductionThere has been a dramatic shift in the national workforce over the past decades from an ageof information to knowledge. Thee next decades will require a more knowledgeable high-technology workforce. The National Science Board has reported that the need for engineersis increasing at a

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mellinger Margaret

to the literature and research tools of their field. Ideally,information skills would be integrated into the entrepreneurship curriculum. 21Librarians assist in integrating information skills into the curriculum by collaborating withteaching faculty to design research assignments and to progressively build student’s informationskills. 22 Involvement can vary greatly according to the needs of the course. MIT librarians wereintensely involved in a senior mechanical engineering design course when they were assigned toone of the student teams.23 Librarians attended class lectures and became an informationresource for the students beginning with idea generation and market analysis, moving throughthe design process and finishing with the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; David Silverstein; Kevin Dahm

. Page 9.1414.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationKevin Dahm in an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. fromWorcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. Hiscurrent primary teaching interest is integrating process simulation throughout the chemical engineering curriculum,and he received the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award for work in this area.Ravi P. Ramachandran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atRowan University

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

9.284.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Hanna and Wilson6 noted that an instrument for measuring team operations shouldadequately cover four components central to team performance: 1. Task functions (approach to goals and decision-making processes) 2. Team functions (cohesiveness or general liking and attraction to team) 3. Outcomes (solution quality to open-ended problems) 4. Satisfaction (feelings about participation in the team)Satisfaction correlated closely to productivity (ability to accomplish goals) and cohesiveness (theteam’s pride, commitment and

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kang Yen; Osama Mohammed

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education All the geometrical and material data of the various machines are contained in a database. Fieldanalyses are created using the finite element method. The machines are linked to the dataacquisition system via the PC. This link is an integral part of the system since it allows for afeedback loop between the machine and the PC. Not only does this feedback loop enable thestudents to vary the operating condition of the machine being tested, but also it enables them toadjust various working machine parameters and obtain corresponding field analysis results inreal time

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Trussell

information resources.ABET 2000+Included in the qualitative measurements introduced in the ABET 2000 criteria wererequirements specifying that graduates have an understanding of ethical responsibilities and thatthey incorporate that knowledge in a major design experience. These requirements are found inCriteria 3 and 4. Criterion 3, Program Outcomes and Assessment, states “Engineering programsmust demonstrate that their graduates have: …(f) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility. … Each program must include an assessment process with documented results.”1Criterion 4, Professional Component, builds upon the outcomes of Criterion 3: “Students mustbe prepared for engineering practice through the curriculum culminating in a major

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Matis; Linda Ann Riley

Annual Conference &Exposition, Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationProject Motivation The stochastic processes subject is one that spans many disciplines within engineering.There are numerous applications within communications and power systems (ElectricalEngineering), water management and transportation (Civil Engineering), and materials(Mechanical Engineering) to name a few. In particular, this subject is an integral part of theOperations Research component of many Industrial Engineering programs and is often regularlytaught as either an elective or core course to undergraduate students. The need for the modern-day undergraduate curriculum of Industrial Engineering programs to emphasize applications and“real

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malika Moutawakkil; Lisa Hunter; J.D., Christine Andrews; Leslie Wilkins

educators, whenthese transfer students do make the transition from the two-year college to a four-year school,they are successful.11 Of persons who earned STEM bachelor’s degrees in 1995 and 1996, 14%of women and 13% of men had earned associate’s degrees.10 Eighteen percent of physicalscience students attending four-year schools in 1994 had previously attended a two-year college,and 15% of those earning a bachelor’s degree in computer sciences in 1994 had also earnedassociate degrees.5 About 14% of 1998 STEM bachelor’s degree recipients in 1998 hadpreviously earned an associate’s degree.5The two-year college, with its diverse student population, is an integral player in advancingwomen and URM involvement in STEM.1 Two-year colleges enroll close to

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Harris; Mary Sadowski

forced to be entrepreneurial to survive. These higher education institutionsare searching for alternative means of funding through external agents, and have moved from“an agency model to an enterprise model of investment.”4 Many Research I universities havelooked toward technology transfer, industrial collaboration, and federal grants, as a means ofrevenue production. This organizational survival and adaptation behavior can be explained by the resourcedependency theory,5 which is an organizational theory that justifies changes in academic labor.It is particularly valuable in informing our understanding of higher education organizations inthe midst of budget cuts and strategic reorganization. The resource dependency theory, which isa

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari; Betsy Homsher; Laura Sullivan

to the learning process. In some areas,students present project posters at the end of the two-week period. Overall, the studentsparticipate in an interactive curriculum that shows them firsthand how they can applybioengineering to societal concerns.Benefits to the high school students are both perceived and measured. The students have achance to interact with female professors who are balancing family and work, therefore showingfirst hand that women can achieve professional and personal aspirations. The undergraduateswho serve as LITE mentors demonstrate collegiate success. Both faculty and coeds are positiverole models for the high school women. A post-program assessment of the LITE participantsindicates that after attending the two-week

Conference Session

TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Granlund

existing product, material or process. Students were askedto describe their idea in a business letter and forward it to industry for evaluation. Insome instances a response from industry was actually received by the students concerningthe feasibility of their ideas. We feel this contact with industry so early in theireducational career was very exciting for the students and may aide in student retention inthe major.The paper also briefly describes an instructional module entitled Design for Manufacturethat was also used in ED&G 100. This module was used in teaching studentsfundamentals of engineering design and design for manufacture. The module wasdeveloped by The New York State Curriculum for Advanced Technology Education(NYSCATE). In this

Conference Session

Provocative Presentations & Lunch

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kleppe

topics, or even courses that would promote an understanding of these topics. • State science standards do not recognize invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship topics as something that should be taught by K-12 science and mathematics teachers. • There are few textbooks written that include information on the principles of invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In fact even at the college level, it is difficult to find a textbook that integrates these subjects into a traditional curriculum context. Some comments from the high school teachers do an excellent job of describing the currentsituation: • "Teaching innovation in the schools calls for an innovative teacher. Unfortunately, teachers

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Jerri Drakes

learning environment and a springboard to the articulation and growth of learning inmore holistic senses as well. During the fall semester of 2003, the preliminary project team compiled the list andsequence of learning activities tied to the core curriculum standards for K-8 students in NewJersey in order to prepare building the four components to the software: Back in the Day, wherevisitors select a year between 1850 and 1950 to reveal the most prominent baseball facts andfigures of that year, juxtaposed to historical facts that set the activities of the Negro Leagues intoa broader context; Talking Baseball, which provides visitors with a roster of the Negro Leagues’Hall of Famers in which each name is hyperlinked to an original video

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

discussion on the future needs of industry • Engineering research projects • Success strategies students might use in pursuit of an engineering career • Overview of engineering education, including curriculum, facilities, resources and opportunities for studentsThe approach taken in presenting many of the topics was to provide fun ‘hands on’ activities,during which the participants competed for a variety of ‘prizes,’ including UMBC t-shirts,key chains, and gift certificates. Pre- and post-surveys were conducted to assess the knowledge,abilities, and understanding of engineering, career opportunities, high school preparation, successstrategies, incorporating projects to introduce high school students to engineering and advisingstudents

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; David Baumann; David McDonald

”, MIT Press DEMOP –0-2622-54115-7, 19862. Peters, Waterman, “In Search of Excellence”, Warner Books Inc. ISBN 0-446-38507-7, 19823. Tom Peters Training Videos, http://trainingabc.com/xcart/customer/home.php?cat=2924. Przirembel, “Integrating the Product Realization Process (PRP) into the Undergraduate Curriculum”, ASME International, New York, (ISBN 0-7918-0126-8), 19955. Amon, Finger, Siewiorek, Smailagic, “Integrating Design Education, Research and Practice at Carnegie Mellon: A Multidisciplinary Course in Wearable Computers”, Journal of Engineering Education, October 19966. Tryggvason, Thouless, Dutta, Ceccio, Tilbury, “The New Mechanical Engineering Curriculum at the University of Michigan” Journal of Engineering Education, July

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

Page 9.988.9PreK-12 classrooms and technology in teacher education.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÆÉ 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationMELANIE SCHILTZis a senior in elementary education from Manilla, Iowa. She works in the Toying With TechnologySM Laboratory asan undergraduate teaching/laboratory assistant. Her interests include integrating engineering concepts into theelementary education curriculum. Page 9.988.10Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÆÉ 2004, American

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

two lists ultimately merged and became a fairly comprehensive list of programoutcomes. Additionally, this same program also chose to restructure their outcomes inaccordance with B. S. Bloom’s taxonomy of education objectives that defines six majorcategories of the cognitive domain. This was an effective drill for the faculty within theprogram since it produced a set of outcomes that they could not only more readily relateto, but also one that clearly bore their “stamp of ownership.” With program outcomes in hand, Phase 2 of the plan continues with the programsauditing their curriculum in order to cross reference the program outcomes with courselearning objectives. The resulting matrix has provided a number of intriguing insightswith some