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Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

as their Page 9.696.1“laboratory” to test their learning in real organizational settings.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004,American Society for Engineering EducationThe survey was based on the learning objectives for the course. It was sent to all former studentsof the course.Structure of the CourseIt is with the Mission of our programs and the desire to enhance innovation leadership skills inour students that we created a new course on Implementing Innovation for our graduate studentsin Engineering and Technology Management at the

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

, at the same time as the students undertake their project, they are also enrolled in atleast three examinable subjects. By having a group of two or three students work on onetopic, an extensive amount of work can be achieved.From the commencement of the project the students are given the choice of submitting eithera formal engineering report (of approximately 35 pages) or preparing a technical paper inaccordance with guidelines of the ASME9 or SAE10. These two organizations provideextensive information on the preparation of manuscripts for submission to conferences orjournals. Should the students decide to submit a “paper” they are also required to submit adetailed laboratory manual for corroboration of their work.Very few students from an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationteaching and learning and attend conferences such as ASEE where we interact with our peers.But I contend that we, as academics, are isolated from the day-to-day activities in industry. Evenour research work is generally done in our own labs away from the industries we are doing thework for. Given that very few graduate engineers with bachelor degrees pursue research, alsogiven the fact that I teach mostly first year students, it seemed appropriate that I shouldinvestigate work in industry rather than doing research at a laboratory. I felt that this experiencewould be more directly transferable and of more

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Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Wangrow; Doug Tougaw

. Many engineering educators have recognized the importance of a close relationship with industrial constituents and the benefits that such a relationship can have on student outcomes.1-4 The second challenge is to continually develop new laboratory facilities and faculty expertise necessary to teach courses in the emerging areas. As part of the extensive assessment efforts required by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology5, Valparaiso has established a close relationship with a number of key stakeholders and routinely seeks their suggestions for revisions to the curriculum and the program learning objectives. However, in a relatively small department such as ours, it can be very difficult to recruit faculty members whose

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yogesh Thakar; Vinay Kadekar; Todd Sparks; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

mostinterest to them. Both teachers, Table 3, and students, Table 4, found rapidprototyping and industrial design to be a engaging topics. Table 3 – Teachers: What Sub-Topic(s) are most interesting to you? Teacher Comment NotesThe FDM fused deposition modeling.The new research At the end of the day, workshop attendees were introduced to research at the Laser AidedHands on activity with the LAMP. Manufacturing Process laboratory at UMR.The FDM process in general to learn the use ofdifferent polymers can result in working parts.Modeling in the computer using Unigraphics.The FDM machine's

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

technologies offered by this service. In the near future, UMIPS will support IP specific toour own internal solid-state electronics laboratory as well as MEMS foundries.C. UMIPS interface and accessUMIPS is managed internally at Michigan, but it is currently accessible by all researchers in theacademic community for noncommercial use. UMIPS has received and posted submissions fromboth the University of Michigan and other research institutions. The repository can be viewed viathe main internet portal, pictured in Figure 2, where nonproprietary descriptions of the IP compo-nents are listed and organized by function and process technology. Researchers wishing to utilizeIP in their designs submit a request for IP to the management team and authentication

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Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Messervey; MAJ Dave Borowitz; LTC Keith Landry; Ronald Welch

individual work at the blackboards • Laboratories • In class design challenges • In class “jeopardy” (game show) • In class student presentations on material of choice Page 9.1095.6Figure 4: Captivating students with the tension test lab and newspaper bridge design challenge “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The last element of generating intellectual excitement was essentially a degree ofpropaganda. Referring to other courses and electives in the department, talking aboutongoing

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Craft; David Click; P. Paxton Marshall

building strategies. Through weekly meetings, the team focused their research effortsand learned a great deal about each system. During this semester, several architecture studentsbecame interested, and in the spring twelve students enrolled in a studio class. Together,engineers and architects completed the prototype house design in April 2001 (McGowan, 6). The architecture studio, similar to an engineering laboratory course in the practical,hands-on experience it provides, but more open-ended and design oriented most labs, provides afavorable environment for approaching large design/build projects. The studio class was verytime-consuming for everyone involved. The classformally met twelve hours a week, with a weeklyreview in which industry

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nirmal Das

Conference & Exposition Copyrightø 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationStudent ResponseAs mentioned before, the student assignments were group activities. The intent was toencourage cooperative learning. In general, students were quite receptive to the use of Mathcad,although they had no prior exposure to the software. The author had to familiarize the studentswith the essential features of Mathcad, before they were given the assignment. As part of thecourse, a two-hour-per-week computational laboratory makes it possible for the author to teachthe basics of this software. Eleven students answered a survey which is summarized in Table 1

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaakov Varol; William Sparkman; Walt Johnson; Nancy LaTourrette; Jesse Adams; Jeffrey LaCombe; Gary Norris; Ellen Jacobson; Norma Velasquez-Bryant; John Kleppe; Pamela Cantrell; Eric Wang; Ted Batchman

link between our research activities and activities at other institutions by bringing theirresearch experience to the University of Nevada classroom and laboratory and by buildingrelationships during their stay.Assessment: Assessment will be a collaborative effort between the College of Engineering andCollege of Education and the Office of Institutional Analysis. The formative and summativeevaluations will be both quantitative and qualitative in nature. Evaluations will includeattitudinal questionnaires, student evaluations, enrollment databases, observations, personalinterviews, and demographics. This mixed-method approach will allow both multivariate anddescriptive analyses.3. Activities and ProgressCurriculum Reform of the First Year

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Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Reising

Resigns In Shake-Up at Aerospace Titan.” TheWall Street Journal. 2 December 2003.JAMES A. REISING is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Evansville, Evansville,Indiana, where he has taught since 1980. Prior to that time he was employed by Eagle-Picher Industries at theMiami Research Laboratories and the Electro-Optic Materials Department. He is a senior member of IEEE and hasbeen senior project coordinator for electrical and computer engineering at the University of Evansville since 1982. Page 9.287.8 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

theoretical conceptswith hands-on practical experiences and we have lead most of our engineering colleagues inusing innovative approaches in the classrooms. All these issues that focus on pedagogy,methodology and teaching innovation, especially those with a practical emphasis will be verywelcome not only by fellow engineering technology colleagues but also by engineering facultyand the academic community in general. The dissemination of laboratory experiences,procedures and even manuals is another are where we can, as an academic community, make asignificant contribution to the current body of knowledge. As a discipline, engineeringtechnology has a long standing experience in involving industry in shaping curricular contentsvia the industrial

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Goda; Pete Hanlon; Lisa Shay

distance from a target using pneumatic reaction control jets that would flyin the weightless environment of NASA’s NKC-135 weightless laboratory (Figure 3). Anultrasound range sensor was used (just for the proof-of-concept since this would obviously notwork in a space environment) with two reaction control jets to maintain the proper distance. Acomputer simulation was developed so that various control algorithms could be tested. The Page 9.593.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationproject was

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ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

should briefly outline theirreasons for wanting to complete an undergraduate research project. Faculty mentors shouldprovide an assessment of the proposed research project considering the following factors. a) The time period during which the student will work on the project b) The total amount of time the student is expected to spend on the project c) The total amount of time the faculty member is expected to spend on the project d) The percentage of time the student is expected to spend on related activities such as laboratory work or data gathering, data analysis, other computer work, library work, and report writing e) In what other journal or conference their work might be presented besides presenting at the CBAS

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The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Ford; Jana Goodrich; Robert Weissbach

the following reasons: • Business and engineering students tend to study differently. Engineering students at Penn State Behrend tend to work on assignments in a familiar laboratory, whereas the business students tend to work on assignments at home. • The schedules of business and engineering students make it difficult for teams to find a time for everyone to meet. Additionally, many students work 20-40 hours per week at outside jobs, further complicating the coordination of mutually convenient out of class meetings. • The skill sets of business and engineering students are different, so communication issues become more important. For example, the engineering students may need to spend more time

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Siddique Zahed; Chaturaporn Nisagornsen; Kurt Gramoll

online education technology for engineering and technology applications.ZAHED SIDDIQUEZahed Siddique is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Product and Process Design Laboratory at Universityof Oklahoma. His research focuses on product family design, CAD/CAM, design collaboration and engineeringdesign education. Dr. Siddique received his B.Sc., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Instituteof Technology.KURT GRAMOLLKurt Gramoll is the Hughes Centennial Professor of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Media Lab at theUniversity of Oklahoma. He has developed and published CDs and web-based sites for engineering education, K-12instruction, and industrial training. Dr. Gramoll received his B.S. degree in Civil

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George York

students and makes basic DSP concepts more meaningful. While MATLAB simulations areuseful for teaching the basic theory, many of these concepts are more easily taught toundergraduates if appropriate real-time demonstrations and laboratory experiences are available. The challenge of transitioning from MATLAB to real-time hardware is often the expense and asteep learning curve for the students. This paper describes a real-time DSP educational platformbased around the programming ease of MATLAB and the low-cost Texas Instruments C6711digital signal processing starter kit. Classroom uses of this platform are discussed.1. IntroductionWhile there are many interesting real-time audio DSP applications to choose from, we havefound the relatively simple

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Ellen Haupt; Jessica Gregory

, 2000. W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Logic Model Development Guide, Battle Creek, MI, 62 pp. Dr. Sue Ellen Haupt, as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, was faculty advisor to the USU SWE student section, as well as a Cadette/Senior Girl Scout leader during this project. In addition to engineering, she enjoys outreach projects with K-12 students. She has recently moved to the Computational Mechanics Division of the Applied Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University. Jessica Gregory was Chair of the SWE Mentoring Girl Scout Committee in 2003. Shortly afterward, she was elected President of the USU SWE student section. She is graduating with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2004 and plans to complete the M.S.E.E. by 2006

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

University andhas over 28 years of engineering experience, including positions in academia, industry, the United States Army, agovernment laboratory, and his own consulting business. He is a registered P.E. in the State of Tennessee. Page 9.71.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Darrell Gibson

Technologywhere she teaches design, controls, graphics, and mechanical measurements. Her BS and MS are from theUniversity of Tennessee in Nuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology inME. She has also been an Associate Professor at Christian Brothers University. Her industrialexperience includes Oak Ridge National Laboratories and Chicago Bridge and Iron. She is a registeredPE.J. DARRELL GIBSON is a Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Inst of Tech where he teaches design,noise control, and structural mechanics. His BS and MS are from Purdue in Aero Engineering and hisPh.D. is from the University of New Mexico in ME. He has also been an Associate Professor at theUniversity of Wyoming and a Visiting Professor at Colorado State

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Johnston; Diane Douglas

departments and a topic well discussedin the 2001 ASEE conference2,3. The curriculum of the course was built around fourpillars: drawing, design, communication and teamwork.The Engineering Design LabThe University of Calgary invested 1.28 million dollars as a start up contribution to thedesign and construction of four technologically advanced laboratories for the first yeardesign course. The four linked labs circle around a central broadcast booth; instructorscan broadcast to all labs simultaneously and are able to monitor lab activities throughfeedback screens. The four labs accommodate 150 students at one time; students work atlab tables in teams of four. Each lab has a document camera, a projection screen, acomputer terminal for every two students

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TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anwar Hossain; James Fragomeni

designed to improve the interactive learning environment that students have inlearning material science in their undergraduate studies. Various courses such as metalprocessing, strength of materials, machine design, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,manufacturing processes, mechanical behavior of materials, principles of engineering materials,materials laboratory, senior lab, senior design, and metallic corrosion require a goodunderstanding of engineering science and materials for the success of the undergraduate students.The goal would be to enhance and improve the student's materials & engineering sciencebackground and knowledge and also their computer skills using the web in an interactive user-friendly environment. Rather than simply reading

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Chawla

/Answers (1 point) • ORAL GRADE (12 points) Page 9.958.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education MINI DESIGN PROJECT 2 DESIGN OF A COMMERCIAL-SCALE CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR A GOURMET-QUALITY FOOD DISH • BACKGROUND: Batch processes in batch reactors (such as pots & pans, ovens, etc.) are used for preparing most gourmet foods in a food laboratory (kitchen). The

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch

for relevance and incorporated into existing or new courses. This processwith faculty externships will provide an ongoing opportunity for the RCNGM faculty to staycurrent. NSF’s ATE program has already invested in the development and implementation of sixonline technology courses in photonics and telecommunications (NSF 0101654). The results ofthese piloted courses have demonstrated the need for a blended delivery of online courses, usingon-site laboratories to augment online delivery of thereby. In addition, the followingcurriculum elements were identified as being critical to the development of a Next GenerationManufacturing focus within the COT: (1) quality control courses; (2) Information Technology;(3) Precision

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

. degree from Sardar Patel University in 1970; and M.S. in 1972, Ph.D. in 1975, both inMechanical Engineering from Mississippi State University. He is a Professor in the Division of EngineeringTechnology at WSU. He has served as Chair of the Division from 1987 to 2003. His prior appointments includeState University of New York at Binghamton, Tuskegee University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and IBM.DEBORAH DIAEKDr. Daiek is the Associate Dean of Academic and Assessment Services in Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI. Shealso serves as the chair of General Education and president of SCAAPP. She received her B.S. degree in Educationfrom Western Michigan University in 1978, M.A. degree in Community College Education from Western MichiganUniversity in 1986

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Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhanmin Zhang; Susan Tighe; Gerardo Flintsch; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

. Page 9.564.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringSecond, we can form exchange programs, where students can spend a term or summer awayfrom their home university, taking courses in other universities, working at a public agency orprivate company, or conducting research in a national laboratory. These programs can bemodeled upon successful existing programs in government agencies, many of which havesystems in place that can actually pay for this type of programs. Students can also work inpractical field projects that are useful to agencies, use available data for projects, and/orparticipate in

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Urban; Debra Banks; Mary Anderson-Rowland

exam and the computer basics with a vision course would bethe crucial determining factor for getting the student at the right starting point in the degreeprogram.References1. Urban, Joseph E., Reyes, Maria A., and Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., “Minority Engineering Program ComputerBasics With a Vision,” Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston,Massachusetts, November 6-9, 2002, pp. S3C-1 – S3C-5.2. Comerford, Richard, “Handhelds Duke It Out For the Internet,” IEEE Spectrum, Volume, 37, Number 8, August2000, pp. 35-41.3. Sutherland, Karen T., “Undergraduate Robotics on a Shoestring,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, Volume, 15, No. 6,November / December 2000, pp. 28-31.4. Horswill, Ian, “A Laboratory Course in Behavior

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Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Greg Spaulding

technology, aviation (including professional pilot), and business. Theacademic programs are designed to directly prepare participants for the world of work,and the programs are very application oriented and laboratory intensive. KSU-Salinastudents learn by doing. Over the last five years, the college has placed 96% of itsgraduates, and each year several employers actively recruit on campus.With the size of the campus, the diversity of study, and the large number of activeentrepreneurs in the local community, this campus provides the ideal environment forimplementation of a broad-based entrepreneurial transformation. With very little fanfare,this transformation has already begun and will continue to be implemented, untilentrepreneurship permeates

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Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

. 120 EECS 18 Lego Line-Follower Build a functioning remote car using Lego, then program it using Lego Mindstorm's Graphical User Interface. 122 BMEN 20 Totally Hip Replacement Modeling Use laboratory instruments and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) software to reverse-engineer a simple biomedical implant to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

theresearch laboratories. Payroll and consumable supply expenses were funded through the TIDESbudget. Target enrollment for any given lab session was two or three freshmen. Composition,duration, and requirements (reports, etc.) for each lab topic were left to the discretion of the labinstructor (with suggestion and input from us).In the first iteration, graduate students submitted ideas for mini-labs which were approved firstby the TIDES instructors and then by the faculty members controlling whatever equipment & labspace was needed. Documentation for each lab included a mini-syllabus and pre-lab documentposted to the website so that students could decide which labs to select