Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

-utilitarianism. The students were given thefollowing business cynicism pretest and posttest in the duration of the semester. Business Cynicism Quotient Questionnaire-- PretestAnswer the following questions as honestly as you can. Circle the number between 1 and 5 thatbest represents your own beliefs about business. The class averages are in red. Strongly disagree Strongly agree 1. Financial gain is all that counts in business. 1 2 3 4 5 2. Ethical standards must be compromised 1 2 3 4 5 in business practices. 3. The more financially successful the

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter E. Thain Jr.

California Institute ofTechnology. He authored a textbook to accompany the course that presents the theory of thetransceiver circuit operation as well as step-by-step laboratory exercises involving the circuitfabrication and testing.1 The text also includes general-purpose analog Electrical Engineeringconcepts that are not directly related to the transceiver circuit but are important components ofstudents’ background in this field. The greatest challenge to the design of the SPSU version ofthe course was to reduce the scope from a two-quarter time frame to a single-semester formatsuch that the course retained all the theoretical and laboratory content necessary for students tobuild, test, and understand the complete transceiver.In his preface

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

reading the laboratory report. • Write in third person. “I,” “we,” and “you” are not to be used in a laboratory report. Nor is the second-person imperative mood to be used (e.g., “Measure the voltage gain of the common-emitter amplifier”). • A title page must be included. All pages except the title page must be numbered sequentially, beginning with "1." Page numbers are to be at the bottom of the page, centered or right-justified. • All diagrams, illustrations, and graphs except tables are called "figures." Graph axes Page 9.708.3 must be labeled legibly and units must be specified

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rex Fisher

of it. This transfer of control from the professorto the students had several benefits: (1) more motivation to learn, (2) better understanding of thematerial, (3) development of important non-technical skills, and (4) surprising creativity thattaught the professor as much as the students.IntroductionThe clock shows 9:00 a.m. and the class lecture begins. You draw two block diagrams on theboard and start comparing an open-loop control system to a closed-loop one. Tom and Jack arein the back row whispering to each other about last night’s date. Bill is more interested in hisEgg McMuffin than in what you have to say. Emily’s head seems glued to the desk. Are hereyes even open? After a few minutes, even those who were paying attention at first

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Roylance

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThere are currently 7 MUST/MIT academic programs either underway or planned forimplementation later in 2004: 1. Biotechnology 2. Transportation and Logistics 3. Information Technology 4. Construction Engineering and Management 5. Materials Science and Engineering 6. Systems Engineering and Management 7. Energy/EnvironmentII. The MUST Program in Materials Science and EngineeringThis presentation will address one of the subjects in program #5, Materials Science andEngineering, which began development in Fall 2003. A brief description of this program’sacademic requirements follows

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ajay Agrawal; Zahed Siddique

industrially sponsored projects to assist in the educational process.Long-term benefits of industry-sponsored projects have been discussed in several publications2,3.The sponsored design projects typically involve three parties working in coordination as depictedin Figure 1. The faculty member coaches and examines the project. The sponsor Page 9.625.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1 – Participants of sponsored capstone design project.defines, guides, and evaluates the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004,American Society for Engineering EducationBased on these responses, the goals of the course seem to have been met. Students report thatthinking entrepreneurally has bolstered their passion. Becoming consciously competent fosterstheir courage. And, indeed, they can make a difference.Survey ResultsThe most recent survey was conducted 6 months to 21/2 years after students completed thecourse. The survey was divided into three parts. The first two parts were to respond to a seriesof questions related to the course learning outcomes on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where (1)represented “not at all”, (3) represented “so/so” and (5

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hari Janardanan Nair; Frank Liou

. . 6Figure1. Market analysis for Micro-Systems 2000– 2005 (Nexus Task Force Report)II. MEMS ApplicationsMicro System or MEMS is still an emerging technology and has not yet come close toreaching its full commercial potential. However, there have been a number of micro-machined systems capable of operating on electronic, mechanical, fluidic, optical andradiative signals being developed and commercialized for a wide range of markets. Someof the applications are listed below:1) Automobile Industry 7-10• Internal navigation sensors• Brake force sensors & suspension control• Accelerometers• Airbag sensors2) MEMS for Medical and Health Care applications 11-13• Blood Pressure Sensors• Implanted Pressure Sensor• Muscle stimulator and drug delivery

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Easton; John Stratton

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

that wasassembled for this project is shown in Figure 1.0. FIGURE 1.0 ASSEMBLED WAGONThe simulations were conducted at Sinclair Community College. Each student received a projectdocument for review the week before the initial simulation. The documents were titled, “Wagons–R-Us Simulation #1 Material Movement, Job Assignments and Priority Rules”. Some of thestudents participated in the initial simulation conducted by the instructor, while others tookmeasurements of the layout. The remainder of the students observed and took notes. The initialsimulation was designed to reflect the worst case scenario

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mueller

degree can be earned by going full time during the day or by going part timeduring the evening. Day time students typically build their projects on campus using materialsand tools provided mostly by the university. Evening students usually have full time jobs astechnicians or sometimes as engineers. They tend to build their projects off campus usingmaterials and tools from their place of work. This can be a problem because the faculty cannotalways monitor the projects as closely as required. This project was done by students in theevening program.Description of ProblemOne team of 2 students was given the following problem description:Referring to Figure 1, a vertical pendulum is connected to the cart on a one-dimensional pivot.The cart must be

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Atif Qamar; Zahed Siddique

environment the user first receives the instructions in text format forthe specific step, s/he then has to understand the instruction and show his/her level ofunderstanding in the environment by executing the step interactively. The training modules in theCAD environment are structured into lessons according to CAD software operations required forsolid model creation. Every CAD training module, in the environment, is structured into twomain components (Figure 1): 1. Lessons that interactively demonstrate how to create solid models using the CAD software. Each lesson covers different functions available for solid modeling. After completion of the lesson in the interactive environment the users can view and interactively rotate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominic Halsmer

a Spirit-filled, healing community, administration, faculty, andstaff love and serve students by helping them grow in knowledge, skills, wisdom, character, andspirit.1 Part of this vision is realized through the pursuit of excellence in the ORU Engineering,Physics, and Physical Science Department, which offers a Bachelor of Science in EngineeringDegree with concentrations in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computerengineering. Bachelor of Science Degrees in Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Physics, andScience Education are also offered through the department. There are approximately 75 studentscurrently pursuing these undergraduate majors, with the vast majority selecting the Bachelor ofScience in Engineering Degree

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Brandt; David Hansen; Steven Kuennen; Pamela Neal; Cary Fisher

, frame and resolve ill-defined problems, use technology, exercisetheir intellectual curiosity, work with others, and communicate orally and in writing. Various assessmentmethods aid the instructors in determining course effectiveness, student comprehension, and studentmotivation toward pursuing engineering degrees.What? Another Freshman Intro to Engineering Course?Wait! Before tossing this paper aside, this brand-new freshman “Introduction to EngineeringSystems” (Engineering 100) course really works. Here are some of the distinctive aspects of thecourse:1 Department of Astronautical Engineering, steve.brandt@usafa.af.mil2 Department of Engineering Mechanics, cary.fisher@usafa.af.mil3 Department of Engineering Mechanics, dave.hansen

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Davis; Maximillian Peeters; John Curtis; Jennifer Miskimins

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering and Technology (ABET) requires that “Students…be prepared for engineeringpractice through the curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on theknowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work….”1 In numerous curricula, this majordesign experience is reserved for the last semester of the final year of the undergraduateprogram, while in other curricula, the course can span an entire year of the final undergraduateexperience.In addition to being mandated by ABET, industry representatives of potential employers thinkhighly of capstone courses. This support is demonstrated by assistance for such

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

asan entry-level technologist and/or engineer in industry and also to establish an importantfeedback mechanism for overall program evaluation. This paper presents the experienceof one program and some of the lessons learned for satisfying ABET TC2K requirements.I. IntroductionRecent accreditation reform efforts accomplished by the Accreditation Board ofEngineering and Technology (ABET) address new philosophy including enablingprogram differentiation, outcome-based preparation, comprehensible and achievablecriteria and educational objectives. Objectives of ABET accreditation include [1] To identify to the public, prospective students, student counselors, parents, educational institutions, professional societies, potential

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

the Reservation schools and from the TCCCs. The North Dakota State University(NDSU) College of Engineering and Architecture and the five TCCCs in North Dakotacollaboratively obtained a 5-year multi-site grant from the Office of Naval Research, UnitedStates Navy, to increase NA participation in SME disciplines12. The project began in June 1999and was scheduled to end in May 31, 2004. Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC),Belcourt, ND, was the lead TCCC. Other participating TCCCs are Cankdeska CikanaCommunity College (CCCC), Fort Totten, ND; Sitting Bull College (SBC), Fort Yates, ND; FortBerthold Community College (FBCC), Newtown, ND; and United Tribes Technical College(UTTC), in Bismarck, ND (Figure 1).II. TCCCs-NDSU Prior CollaborationAs

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

that materials was a core-enabling subject relevant to all forms and applications of engineering. All engineeringstudents must enroll in first year engineering materials irrespective of their chosenengineering discipline.There are over 200 enrolments in first year engineering but from at least six different streamsof engineering (Table 1), and Engineering Materials is but one of eight subjects taught in firstyear. This results in two major difficulties. The first, (because it is only one of eightsubjects) is that the students are not aware of the importance of materials to their chosenprofession, and the second, more pragmatic to the teaching program, is how to deliver

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

requirements, and as a requisite for accreditation,Swinburne has also developed generic attributes appropriate to all of engineering an examplefor the final year project is given in Table 1. It is recognized that not all students will achieveall the generic attributes to the same extent, where some will concentrate more on the teamwork skills and oral presentations for example, whereas other students may concentrate on theplanning, management and research aspects of the project. This is common within a complexwork or research and development environment.For those students enrolled in the capstone project the assessment is composed of foursections. The first being a project proposal, the second a written report (or paper/manuscript

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

have ever workedwith. They are always happy, enthusiastic, and committed to doing the best job that they arecapable of. From managers to security personnel, each person was happy to be working there.Always thinking of the customer and the quality product that they produce. It is a wonderfulcompany with a great product. Page 9.553.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationPhoto 1. Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. 3700 West Juneau Avenue, MilwaukeeMy work at Harley-Davidson® involved conducting

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Campbell

their models for an annual model making/breakingcompetition offered to freshman Engineering students from across Australia. In 2001 and2002, Victoria University students as taught by the author won this competition.1. IntroductionThe author’s underlying philosophy of Engineering education has been formed over manyyears and is “experience and practice” (wherever possible) within the teaching program afterall the key distinguishing characteristic of professional Engineers is the successful design ofpractical solutions to real problems. In 2001 the author replaced all laboratory experimentswithin the two semester freshman Statics course “Solid Mechanics A”, with a program ofcompetitive model making and breaking. The course applies to students from

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marc Hoit

Session 2158 Sur vey Builder : A Tool to Suppor t Assessment Mar c Hoit 1, Rick Sayer s2, Bill Lewis2, Akhil Kar ker a 2, Nar en Kamat 2 1 -Associate Dean, College of Engineer ing, Academic Affair s/ 2 -Car eer Resour ce Center Univer sity of Flor ida, Gainesville, FLAssessment is a critical component of all educational programs. The need to develop andadminister surveys to a wide variety of audiences is one of the standard techniques used in allassessment programs. One of the major

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Myat Hla; Samuel Lakeou

laboratory book 6 . The values of the resistors, RE (emitter resistor) and RC(collector resistor), were calculated and chosen in such a way that the direct current (DC)operating point known as quiescent (Q) point will lie in the middle of the load line. Having aQ point located in the middle of the load line is critical because under this condition, theamplified voltage signal will have no clipping (i.e. no distortion), even if the waveformengages in maximum positive and negative swings. The voltage gain ( AV ) of the C-Eamplifier (under no load) can be expressed as follows: RC AV = (1) ( RE - re ) where re = dynamic resistance, and the dynamic resistance can be calculated as VT (mV )re

Conference Session

TIME 2: Laboratories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Parker; Paula Zenner

specification based design, performancecriteria: sensitivity and disturbance rejection, stability analysis and controller design via rootlocus and Bode plots, PID controller design and compensation. Table 1: MEEM4700 Laboratory Syllabus Lab 1 MATLAB Tutorial Lab 2 Introduction to Diagnostic Instrumentation Lab 3 Hardware/Software Introduction Lab 4 Motor Cart Control - Freestyle Lab 5 Motor Cart Dynamic Model Validation Lab 6 Gear Train Dynamic Model Validation Lab 7 Second Order System Controller Design Lab 8 Root Locus Controller Design Lab 9

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

Page 9.50.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationsupports the projects. Therefore, the course is currently limited to skill development in projectmanagement, teaming, and engineering communications.The details of the course structure can perhaps be best understood from the Spring 2004 capstoneclass schedule as seen in Table 1. During this semester, the course enrolled eighty-eight students.To organize class meetings, project teams, reporting deadlines, and course responsibilities, thosestudents were divided into twenty-two numbered teams of four students each. Teams weregrouped into six Cohorts

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

format for the class allowed us to successfully addressfour issues: to establish and achieve higher expectations for the teams, to improve eachteam’s understanding of the fundamental engineering and science of its project, toencourage and increase the interactions between the teams, and to help the students tobetter “think through” the writing process which in turn helps them to better understandthe organization of their project.IntroductionThe multidisciplinary capstone design course at the University of Houston, taken by thestudents in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), IndustrialEngineering (IE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME), has been described previously 1.This course is a one semester, three-hour credit course

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

overvaluing their own artifacts. The results indicated that designing abilitycorrelates positively with critical evaluation skills, and it is proposed that the teaching ofsuch skills should be included in design courses.IntroductionEvaluation is an important part of the design process. Most engineering design textbooks(see for example references 1-6) devote considerable attention to the evaluation process.Much of this attention is directed to concept evaluation (i.e., selection), but evaluationprocedures are also provided for comparing performance and other measures. However,most evaluation is at some level subjective. In engineering design the subjectivity ofdecisions involving a large number of parameters is usually reduced by subdividing the“big

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregg Dixon

Session 2266 Three Thermal Systems Design-Build-Test Projects Gregg W. Dixon U.S. Coast Guard AcademyAbstract:In an effort to improve Mechanical Engineering (ME) students’ ability to design andrealize thermal systems, three hands-on design projects have been developed for a juniorlevel thermal systems design course. The three projects involve giving small studentteams the tasks of: 1. Heating water in a large coffee can using a natural circulation solar collector that the students design and construct. 2. Producing distilled water with a solar distillation device

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jalkio; Christopher Greene

, and variation of accuracy in a particularcourse over time.Figure 1 shows the overall accuracy of student self-assessment in our courses based on 153 totalgrading opportunities (69 from midterm assessments, and the balance from final grades). Fiftytwo percent of student grades match instructor assigned grades, while 82% are within a singlegrade (e.g. B+ to A-) and 93% are within two grades. Interestingly, these percentages werevirtually identical for the two instructors. The histogram also shows a small outlier group of 3students whose self-assessed grades were significantly higher than that assigned by theinstructor. These outliers were from midterm grades during the first year of our tests and thestudents clearly have ‘learned’ the standards

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

Society for Engineering Educationlocations 0, 4, and 10, respectively. This body is in equilibrium because the moment at any pointis 0; however, points 0, 4, and 10 simplify the calculations. Moments about each of thesepoints are: At 0: (-100)*4 + 40*10 = 0 At 4: (-60)*4 + 40*6 = 0 At 10: (-60)*10 + 100*6 = 0 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 60Because of linearity, we assume that the length of the moment arm is positive. We can modifythe definition such that an upward force is positive and downward force