Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins

if” tool. Excel also includes tools for data visualization such as graphs and charts.Excel has many additional built in tools, such as Solver, Goal Seek, and the ability to add TrendLines. Excel can also be augmented with VBA Macros, a programming tool. A screen shot ofExcel’s basic interface is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 – Screen Shot of Excel InterfaceMatlab was originally developed as a Matrix Laboratory, and matrices are still a large part of itsarchitecture. Matlab’s interface is command driven and includes Workspace variables and aCommand History. It has numerous built in functions for basic and advanced computations andsupports 2-D line plots and as well as 3-D surface plots. Matlab’s capabilities can be

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Youakim Kalaani

, as well as, lessons learned for future improvements are presented and discussed.I. IntroductionThe Technology Department at NIU offers three undergraduate programs: Electrical EngineeringTechnology (EET), Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MET), and Industrial Technology(IT). All technology students are required to take Electricity and Electronics Fundamentals(TECH175) and its companion Laboratory (TECH175A) that can be viewed at the department’sweb page http://www.ceet.niu.edu/depts/tech/academic/classes/class. For some students, this ispossibly their only opportunity to learn basic electricity skills before graduation. Due to theirmultidisciplinary nature, these courses have traditionally been a challenge to teach, andtherefore

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

delivery methods (lecture,laboratory, face-to-face discussion) to include educational options ranging from web-basedcourse supplement to the complete delivery of courses online4,5. The choices that faculty mayconsider range from simply posting a syllabus to creating web-based content to enhanceclassroom instruction to exclusive online delivery.While the primary focus of web-based delivery has been in the development of standalone web-based distance education courses, more faculty members are beginning to use the web tosupplement and enhance classroom instruction, creating “hybrid courses”1,4,6. The author haschosen to supplement a traditional face-to-face on-campus CAD (Computer Aided Design)course with an online supplement using WebCT. These

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

problem”, sulfur / CO poisoning of electrodes 8. Research and development efforts in fuel cells 9. Fuel cell system economics and marketA good introductory book on fuel cells (that will be recommended, but not required) hasbeen written by Larminie and Dicks19. Supporting laboratory experiments will also bedeveloped in future years. These experiments can easily be integrated into the chemicalengineering curriculum.What Went Right / What Went WrongWorking with a large number of undergraduate students on a research project is achallenging task. This section will highlight some of the things that were a success andsome of the things that could be improved upon.Student evaluations of the instructor were excellent. This may be because the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Cliver; Mike Eastman

ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Robots and Programming ChallengesThe second main activity was to program the robots to negotiate the campus models asefficiently as possible. The robot selected for this endeavor was the JM IQ-Bug from JoinMaxDigital Technology. Each team of four was given a robot and used a laboratory computer tolearn about programming and controlling the robot. Programming was performed via asomewhat cumbersome graphical user interface, and the instruction manual provided with therobot was very minimal. This required that a simple instruction manual be developed with someexamples of programs that the students could readily use. The robot was able to respond toseveral forms of stimulus from a variety of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roli Varma

Over September 11 Remarks” Chronicle of Higher Education, January 11, A12.36. G. Yasuda. (1994). "Regents Board Member Seeks to Abolish Tenure" The Orlando Sentinel, May 31, B1.BiographyRoli Varma is an associate professor of public administration at the University of New Mexico. She alsoteaches a Technology in Society course for the School of Engineering. Her research interests andpublications include restructuring of corporate R&D laboratories, women and minorities in informationtechnology, Asian scientists and engineers in the United States, and engineering ethics. She can be reachedat varma@mgt.unm.edu Page 9.1295.8

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Darnell Austin

ofscientific notebook. A good example is the instruction page at the website Scientific NotebookCompany9 which provides instructions on keeping journals, including laboratory and engineeringnotebooks. Page 9.861.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringStudent’s Final Report Journaling should not take the place of a final report, which could be written or oral.Capstone projects need final report which should include elements gleaned from the studentjournals. Possibly the greatest value of the journal

Conference Session

Federated Searching

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Schlembach; William Mischo

; Exposition Copyright @2004, American Society for Engineering Educationimplemented a number of vendor-based metasearch systems utilizing broadcast-searchtechniques over the major A & I Services and OPACs.8 These systems are offered withinintegrated library systems often in conjunction with local link servers. These metasearch systemsutilize Z39.50, HTTP “screen-scraping”, and XML gateway broadcast search techniques. Thesestandard techniques are utilized in vendor cross-database search systems and in other custommetasearch applications. Most articles on metasearching describe vendor systems or report oncustom library applications, such as SearchLight in the California Digital Library and FlashPointat the Los Alamos Laboratory

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Calixto; Glaucia Almeida; Frederico Rodrigues; elizabeth maia

between the concepts beingtaught and their actual application. Apprentices can visualize tri-dimensional objects throughdifferent angles at the environment of 3D navigation. Finally, the visual interactive modelswill assist students consolidate their basic understanding of the subject matter taught, since itallows them change input parameters of structural engineering problems and see theconsequences in the results of the process.The IDEASimulator is the presentation module for structural analysis. The relationshipbetween a simulator and a laboratory is extremely important for the basic understanding ofstructural behavior and modeling.The IDEALive module is in the early stages. It will be an audio and video server, in whichfilms, lectures and

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

O. Geoffrey Egekwu; Prince Anyalebechi

present in class for all common lectures. Individual members usually will have responsibility for different sections of the course and may meet once a week separately with their sections for recitation or laboratory experience. They give common examinations and jointly grade and perform all evaluation activities.4. Benefits and Challenges of Team Teaching in the ISAT Pr ogr amAs eluded earlier, the ISAT program demanded a paradigm shift in the approach to teachingof science and technology principles. The interdisciplinary nature of the program demandedsome form of team teaching. Success of the program so far has invariably depended oneffective teaming of faculty. Team teaching in the ISAT program benefited both

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationpart of these assignments, just as they would be with flow nets. Any class or laboratory timesaved by eliminating flow net drawing techniques might be useful for more thoroughlydiscussing remediation measures for seepage problems and filter design.Slope Stability Hand Calculations, Charts and Computers. In many cases introductorygeotechnical courses will barely cover slope stability in great detail, if at all. Elective coursesmay provide ample coverage at the undergraduate level. At other institutions, some coverage ofslope stability must be included in introductory courses. Discussion of types of slopemovements, infinite slope problems and an introduction to the variety of slope stability

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

curriculum in the Indian subcontinent countries is also very rigidwhich does not satisfy the needs for different categories of students. At the same time the setlaboratory experiments instead of open-ended project type laboratories do not enhance thelearning process. So the international accreditation, which makes the curriculum mutuallybeneficial to all party concerned, must be developed.A win-win co-operative agreement between the college of engineering and technology at OldDominion University and Rajagiri College under Mohatma Gandhi University, Cochin, India toflourish global engineering education has paid off. Rajagiri is benefited being able to begin anaccredited engineering program whereas Old Dominion University is benefited by attracting

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Westrom

of the most important features of hands-onactivities. The opportunity to fail in the discovery, hands-on approach is a powerful learningtool. Many facts in science and engineering can only be understood by hands-on projects.Hands-on projects that result in practical applications have the added benefit of demonstratingthe importance and value of science and mathematics. Figure 1 Learning Pyramid, National Training Laboratories, Bethel, Maine, 1998 Page 9.244.3 "Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Leonhardt

Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”product assemblies. The project provides students with direct feedback on their designdecisions. The author and colleague will continue to develop the techniques and lesson plansprovided by the master’s candidates to improve the Engineering Design Graphics I course atWestern Washington University.Bibliography1 H.C. “Skip” Smith, The Illustrated Guide to Aerodynamics, (New York: Tab Books, a division of McGraw-Hill,1992), 80-83.2 Bill Gunston, The Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 - 1995, (Osceola: Motorbooks International, 1995), 511-521.3 Diane Beaudoin and David Ollis, “A Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for Freshmen,” Journal ofEngineering Education 84, no. 3 (July 1995

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Maggio; Sandra Yost

Session 1692 The Mechatronics Road Show: Building on Success in Mechatronics Curriculum Development Sandra A. Yost, Daniel D. Maggio Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering/ College of Engineering and Science University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MichiganAbstract:This paper describes a progression of successful pre-college programs that have grown from acomprehensive mechatronics curriculum development project sponsored by the National ScienceFoundation’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zahed Siddique

”, IEEE Visualization ’97 Late Breaking Hot Topics Proceedings, Oct. 22-24, 1997, pp.13-2010. Nelson King, “Alibre Design 1.0”, PC Magazine, July 11, 2000, pp. 195.11. Qiuli Sun, and Kurt Gramoll, “Internet-based Simulation and Virtual City for Engineering Education”, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2000Biographical informationDr. Zahed Siddique is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Product and Process Design Laboratory atUniversity of Oklahoma. His research focuses on product family design, CAD/CAM, design collaboration andengineering design education. Dr. Siddique received his B.Sc., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering fromGeorgia Institute of Technology

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

technology equipment. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationJOEL LENOIRJoel Lenoir is the Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamicsystems and instrumentation areas of the curriculum. His industrial experience includes positions at MichelinResearch and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design andmanufacturing firms.KEVIN SCHMALTZKevin Schmaltz teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering, including theFreshman Experience course, Sophomore Design, Junior Design and the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Rand; Don Bowie; Donald Peter; Anthony Donaldson

to prepare their business counterparts to make the same kind of presentation on oneof their projects or some technical principle of electrical engineering. These experiences providepowerful ”hands-on” venues in which students from differing disciplines are exposed to thediverse vocabularies and modes of thinking representative of actual professional workingenvironments . This paper provides the basic classroom/workshop/laboratory activities that wereundertaken, an indication of the educational experiences involved, a sampling of student verbalfeedback, and future expansion considerations for this multidisciplinary interaction.Intr oduction: Industr ial InvolvementSince it’s inception in 1985, Seattle Pacific University’s (SPU) Electrical

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Rajappa; Steve Watkins; Ray Luechtefeld

activities are structured with each student having a distinctcontent specialty or interest and having specific assigned roles in accordance with cooperativelearning theory 12. In addition, individual grades to promote accountability and group grades topromote interdependence are combined as per components-of-cooperative learning theory 13.Several exercises and discussions are typically included on the nature and group dynamics ofengineering teams. These initial team homework and laboratory assignments give the studentsconsiderable experience with their teams and interdisciplinary interaction before the finalprojects. The final project is a Problem-based-Learning-type project in which a multifaceted,non-unique technical solution is required and

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Damian Watkins; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

Australian Universities Power Engineering Conference, 1995. 3. Shuman, Larry, Cheryl Delaney, Harvey Wolfe, Alejandro Scalise & Mary Besterfield-Sacre, (1999) Engineering Attrition: Student Characteristics and Educational Initiatives, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC. June 20-23, 1999. 4. Amigud, Yevgen, Archer, Geoffrey, Smith, Janelle, et. Al. “Assessing the quality of web-enabled laboratories in undergraduate education”, 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, Mass.November 6-9, 2002. 5. Marzano, Robert J., Pickering, Debra, and McTighe, Jay, Assessing Student Outcomes: Performance Assessment Using the Dimensions of Learning Model, Association for

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wong; Stephanie Blaisdell; Paula Leventman; Anna Swan; Katherine Ziemer; Rachelle Reisberg

Mathematics, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ, 123-150, 1985. [3] Haemmerlie, F.M. and Montgomery, R.L., Goldberg revisited: Pro-female evaluation bias and changed attitudes towards women by engineering students, Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, vol. 6(2), 179-194, 1991. [4] Ziemer, Katherine S., “A Unique Approach to Preparing Middle School Educators for the Massachusetts Engineering Framework Requirements,” ASEE Regional Meeting, May 3, 2003. [5] Branden, C. and J. Tooze, Introduction to Protein Structure, 2nd ed. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York, New York, 1999. [6] Green Fluorescent Protein Chromatography Kit, Biotechnology Explorer, Quick Guide, Bio-rad Laboratories

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

constructive feedback.Third, actual workplace documents are provided in class and on a website so students can studyactual examples of communication in their fields. Each document is accompanied bycontextualizing information that explains the situation requiring the communication, anddescribes the position and experience of the author. Also, the document type and common usesare described.Fourth, the course is fully supported by the laboratory resources, including the assistance of thestaff and the guided use of video technology. Each student presentation is video-recorded andevaluated by lab staff and the instructor. Lab staff members provide one-on-one consultation.The fifth strategy is the development of a web-based system. This site provides

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Daugherty; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

be projected Page 9.1347.6onto the computer screens of all conference participants. This would allow for various users to Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationremotely access and participate in laboratory demonstration or sessions at a remote site. Humannature dictates that the audience in a room tends to look at whoever is talking - so this is a logicalfeature. However, this feature does not allow for multiple people talking at the same time, aswould be the case in an animated discussion

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Newstetter; Paul Benkeser

, communications, etc. in the form of a course. Teaching these skills in isolation of theprofessional practice of engineering has been shown to be a less-than-ideal approach. In contrast,the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and EmoryUniversity has chosen to develop an approach in which these skills are developed in the studentsthrough the use of problem-based learning (PBL) experiences infused throughout the curriculum.Separate problem-based learning courses are positioned in the first and second years. PBLexperiences are incorporated into instructional laboratories associated with third-year systemsphysiology and biomedical sensors courses. The curriculum culminates with a two-semestersenior design course sequence

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

65.5% 75.7% 0.119 Appreciation of the role of engineers in society 80.8% 87.1% 0.233Finding #3: Interestingly, the positive benefits of the course have not translated to higherretention rates.Revisions to the introductory engineering course at other universities have appeared to positivelyimpact retention. For example, in Hoit and Ohland’s4 new laboratory-based introductoryengineering course, 100 of the 198 students were retained as compared to 111 of 321 in the“control” lecture sessions. Although we are dealing with smaller sample sizes, we do not haveany evidence that the type of introductory engineering course (ICEE vs. GE102) has an impact,positive or negative, on freshman retention. 55 of the 84

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

1983, thereafter, he worked in a multinationalindustry for 4 years before joining Tulane University as a graduate student in the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree fromTulane University in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.PETER HITCHENER and DUNCHY LOUISPeter Hitchener and Dunchy Louis are well on their way to complete their Master’s degree from the Department of Mathematics andComputer Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Mr. Hitchener completed his baccalaureate degree from UMES in 2002and continued with the Master’s program, Mr. Louis joined UMES after obtaining B.S. degree in Computer Sciences from theSyracuse University.JOHN R. MOISANJohn R. Moisan is currently a member of the Laboratory for

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

Process for Integration of the classes From the interviews of both instructors, a common laboratory schedule was developed Theschedule and topics are given in Table 1. Table 1 - Lab Schedule Developed for Integrated Classes Week Auto Capstone and CIM Common Lab- Mondays 1:20-3:30 PM 1 ME: Lecture on creativity, team dynamics, brainstorming techniques; IC: team building; IE: Introduction to CIM Assignment: Project brainstorming session 2 ME: Lecture on the design process, product attributes, design criteria, and proposal writing; In

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

65.5% 75.7% 0.119 Appreciation of the role of engineers in society 80.8% 87.1% 0.233Finding #3: Interestingly, the positive benefits of the course have not translated to higherretention rates.Revisions to the introductory engineering course at other universities have appeared to positivelyimpact retention. For example, in Hoit and Ohland’s4 new laboratory-based introductoryengineering course, 100 of the 198 students were retained as compared to 111 of 321 in the“control” lecture sessions. Although we are dealing with smaller sample sizes, we do not haveany evidence that the type of introductory engineering course (ICEE vs. GE102) has an impact,positive or negative, on freshman retention. 55 of the 84

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

://www.foundationcoalition.org/publications/brochures/2002-Feb- 27_Assessment_Attitudes_and_Skills.pdf Peer Assessment and Peer Evaluation http://www.foundationcoalition.org/publications/brochures/2002peer_assessment.pdf 9. King, R.H., Parker, T.E., Grover, T.P., Gosink, J.P., Middleton, N.T., “A Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory Course”, Journal of Engineering Education, July 1999, pp.311-316 10. Pandy, M.G., Petrosino, A.J., Barr, R.E., Tennant, L. Seth, A. “Design, Implementation, and Assessment of an HPL-inspired Undergraduate Course in Biomechanics, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Session #2109. 11. Yokomoto, C.F., Rizkalla, M.E., O’Loughlin, C.L., El-Sharkawy, M.A

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Tisa; Greg Garwood; Peter Jansson

1620 Undergraduate Research: Novel Integration of PDAs, GPS and Bar Code Scanner via an Embedded Visual Basic Program for a Utility Asset Management System Peter Mark Jansson, Jeffrey Tisa, Gregory Garwood Rowan UniversityAbstract Undergraduates in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of RowanUniversity have undertaken innovative software research and system integration for the electric utilityclients of its Engineering Clinic Program. In this innovative classroom / laboratory course, theproblem students set out to solve was the development of an integrated