Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari; Betsy Homsher; Laura Sullivan

, and thatmentors can be key in assisting with program assessment2.The LITE pilot program was implemented at Kettering University in August 2002. The programwas continued in 2003, and is planned for July 2004. This twelve-day program brings Page 9.830.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationapproximately 36 young women who have just completed their junior year in high school tocampus. Participants are recruited nationally through direct mail targeted to young women whohave expressed an interest

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand Rathod

spread throughout the world including a large number being settled in USA. A group of those alumni living in the metropolitan NY/NJ area had a vision of organizing the first ever convention of SPU graduates in the USA. The following sections provide a brief overview of that vision, logistics for arrangements, and successful inaugural gathering during the 2003 Labor Day weekend in North Brunswick, NJ.1 CONVENTION VISION A significant portion of our life revolves around "work," however according to the "Work in America" survey about 40% of us plan our careers.14 The remaining numbers rely on chance, take the only jobs available, or follow tips from friends and relatives. The SPU alumni are no different from this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Horch; Douglas Christensen

• Research planning – case • Career paths for studies bioengineers • Literature searching and • Communication skills, discovery written and oral • Effective communication • Preparing posters and • Ethics and dilemmas conference talks • The development process • Preparing for the thesis • Patents and intellectual defense property Page 9.157.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wien Lohachit; Gary Jeffress; Alex Sadovski; cody ross; Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

time consuming, this task when performed manually has a highprobability of disturbing the test area. Investigators in the Department of Computing andMathematical Sciences (CAMS) in conjunction with the Division of Nearshore Research (DNR)of the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (A&M-CC)currently collect water quality data in areas with water 3 ft. or deeper and not covered by one ofour stationary Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) stations, from a man-controlled boat. A number of research centers have been developing autonomous boats [1] – [4].These boats, however, require course planning prior to deployment. As a result, the course is noteasily changed once the boat is in the water

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hanus; Stephen Ressler

. Page 9.682.4 Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 2. A student’s analytical model of Sir Bedivere’s scale.The Trojan RabbitAs the quest for the Holy Grail continues, Arthur comesupon a castle inhabited by a group of obnoxious Frenchmen.The Frenchmen claim to have possession of the grail but willnot allow Arthur to “come up and have a look.” Arthur’sknights concoct a plan to gain entry into the castle bybuilding a large, wheeled wooden rabbit—a Pythonesqueequivalent of the Trojan Horse. Photo from Reference 2One student team performed a

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Ohland

planned course content made itimpossible to accommodate the request, but the conversation led to a project partnership.Clemson’s fall 2002 General Engineering students, as one of three design projects in the term,were asked to build a device that would cause a Fuji QuickSnap camera to take a picture 20seconds after the device was activated (no intervention was allowed during this 20 seconds). Thiswas one of three design-build projects during the semester, and students generally met theperformance specifications. Project testing was a hectic seven-hour-long ordeal during which theprojects were evaluated both for their performance and according to a design rubric. This wasidentified as requiring improvement.A more ambitious project was introduced

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Smith; Joseph Ekstrom

submitted code feedback may be morelimited than if private variables were not used. However, accommodations have beenmade for most cases that can be currently anticipated.Future work: The first course to use the SOP system will be taught during Spring 2004. We willuse this class as a field trial to collect data and draw conclusions about the effectivenessof the SOP system. We will also undoubtedly gain experience with limitations, strengths,and applicability of the system to online, lab, and distance learning situations. Additionaldevelopment plans include a contextual help system derived from collected data andfeedback. We expect that development and improvement of the system will continue overthe next several semesters as we use the system

Conference Session

Provocative Presentations & Lunch

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kleppe

, located in the Electrical Engineering Department on the campus of theUniversity of Nevada, Reno, was uniquely qualified to host this course.The class was very well received by the teachers, and many plan to incorporate what theylearned into their high school classes. A representative from the State Board of Educationattended and offered comments on how the material could easily be incorporated into the highschool curriculum. It is expected that this class will result in an ongoing program of cooperationbetween the College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno and Nevada's high schoolmath and science programs.ConclusionsIt is concluded that in order to create, establish, and sustain collaborative relationships to teachinvention

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

extent of their success or failures, and results of the College’s attemptsto increase retention and graduation of minority students in engineering.Background Analysis and SupportAt around the time the College embarked on the plan, the University was invited to participate ina joint proposal to be submitted to the National Science Foundation for funding under theAlliance for Minority Participation (AMP, now called LSAMP) program. The focus of the AMPprogram was to increase and graduate more minority students in the SEM disciplines. The UM-Dwas one of six institutions in the coalition that participated in the program, which was funded fora period of 5 years beginning in 1995.Prior to this funding and as part of the initiative to increase and

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Stockman; Tom Wulf; Hazem Said

FridayMorning Session Track 1 Preparation for the presentationAfternoon Session Track 2 Project PresentationsThe use of undergraduate student teaching assistants was significantly increased duringthe 2003 program. The undergraduate students conducted a significant portion of theinstruction and participated in the curriculum design and planning. One undergraduatestudent co-authored an academic paper with the faculty participants and presented it in aposter session at an academic conference4.The final changes involved some curriculum refinements. In particular, the MacromediaFlash MX animation program was adopted for the Multimedia track as a replacement forthe digital

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clark Merkel

amechatronics class. Currently the tools are given to the students to freely experimentwith and they serve more as a secondary learning tool or reinforcement activity. Thetools are also used for demonstration of logic devices during lecture. There are plans touse these tools in a more structured learning exercise or tutorial, but this has yet to becompleted. Student qualitative comments indicate that they find these tools useful to helpthem understand the behavior of common digital logic devices. Whether used with anoverhead display and presented as part of a lecture, or given to students to use for theirown interactive exploration, these demonstrations one more tool available to quickly andeasily explain the behavior of digital logic circuits

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

, incoming RS-232 characters are placed in a separate queue for processing, and areacted on if a valid packet is received within the timeout period. The system is capable of handlingsimultaneous DTMF and RS-232 commands by implementing a rst-started, rst-executed packethandling algorithm. The RS-232 port and internal arrangement of the DTMF decoder and switchbox is shown in Figure 4.3 A FEW APPLICATIONSAlthough not an all inclusive list, we have used, or plan to use, the DTMF decoder and powerswitch box for the following applications: 1. As described earlier, a voice/speaker recognition algorithm which has as its primary function Page

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Goldowitz

annular seal, and cement grout. The wellis finished off on subsequent days with a formed-in-place concrete surface completion and alocking cap. In short, the only difference between these wells and a professionally installedmonitoring well is that our boreholes are dug by hand. A complete soil borehole log/wellcompletion report for one of the completed wells is included as Figure 1.Testing After developing the wells students plan and perform hydrologic tests to allowcalculation of groundwater flow characteristics. Students used Darcy’s law in the Q=KAdh/dlform for groundwater discharge in ft3/day, and in the q=(Kdh/dl)/nform for groundwater velocity in ft/day, where Q=discharge A

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janak Dave; Jamiel Trimble; Thomas Boronkay

at the University ofCincinnati. He obtained his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla. Hehas presented papers at ASEE Annual Conferences, ASME International Congress, and several Internationalconferences and conducted CAD/CAM/CAE workshops nationally and internationally. He has held variouspositions in EDG and DEED divisions of ASEE, and local and national committees of ASMEJamiel Trimble received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University ofCincinnati in June 2003. He had been working as an EMT with the Cincinnati fire department throughout his collegecareer. He continues to work there while finalizing his future plans

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Osman Akan; Fredrick McKenzie; Sushil Chaturvedi

(venturimeter) has been introduced in the undergraduate thermo-fluidslaboratory course as a practice tool. Student participation thus far has been voluntary, but thereare plans to make it mandatory to increase student involvement.Bibliography 1. Strong, R. W., and Harmon, E. G., “Online Graduate Degrees. A Review of Three Internet-Based Master’s Degree Offerings,” American J. of Distance Education, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1997, pp. 58-70. 2. Whittington, C. D., Niall Schacter, “Building and Testing a Virtual University,” Computes Education, Vol. 30, Nos. 1, 2, 1998, pp. 41-47. 3. Bengiamin, N. N., et al., “The Development of an Undergraduate Distance Learning Degree for Industry – A University/Industry Collaboration,” Journal of Engineering Education

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Summers; Julie Phillips; Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

”management, and is renowned for advocating that organizational leaders need to reevaluate howthey approach problem solving and innovation.Ackoff received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1947.He was a member and former Chairman of the Social Systems Sciences Department and theBusch Center, which specializes in systems planning, research, and design - both within theWharton School Center for Advanced Systems Practices at the University of Pennsylvania(2000). His work in research, consulting, and education has involved more than 350corporations and 75 government agencies in the United States and abroad.Ackoff is the author and co-author of twenty-five books, including Redesigning the Future, TheArt of Problem

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

and educators are often concerned with performance skills (i.e.,interpersonal, communication, and teaming). Lewis et al. [14] correctly observed that ifstudents are to develop effective teaming skills, then teaming must be an explicit focus ofthe project. A metacognitive approach would encourage students to become conscious oftheir team skills. Thus, metacognition may be valuable for improving an individual’srelationship not only to their own learning processes, but also to the learning processes ofothers and to the collaborative learning process in general. At the 2003 ASEE Conference, we presented a plan [15] intended to promotemetacognition in teams working on engineering clinic projects. This paper presentsresults from the Fall 2003

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Rogers

Trillion Global Nanotechnology Market.” (Wednesday November 19,8:52 am ET). Available: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031119/195398_1.html3 National Nanotechnology Initiative: The Initiative and its Implementation Plan, National Science andTechnology Council Committee on Technology, Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering andTechnology, July 2000. Available at: http://www.nano.gov/nni2.pdf4 See http://nanobusiness.org/downloads/2001BusinessofNanotech.pdf5 See http://www.nano.gov/html/edu/eduunder.html6 National Nanotechnology Initiative: The Initiative and its Implementation Plan, http://www.nano.gov/nni2.pdf,October 2000.7 Adams, J.D. B. Rogers and L.J. Leifer. “Microtechnology, Nanotechnology, and the Scanning ProbeMicroscope: An Innovative

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

receivestipend and not tuition support. Even the stipend is at a lower effective rate of $8-$10 per hourcompared to an effective graduate TA stipend of $13-$14 per hour. Figure 5 Course home page, litec.rpi.eduInter active tutor ials and the web:The LITEC Tutorials have been an important part of the course since its inception5. The originalcourse developers foresaw the potential of computer-aided instruction tools, and planned fromthe start to incorporate these into the course. In the early 90s, when LITEC was being Page 9.839.6developed, the best machines available for such tools were Apple Macintosh computers. The “Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers; Jeff Goldberg

- a sample homeworkinformation by describing their search demonstrating the introduction ofstrategies and documenting the search results. information literacy skills.Students are asked to document their searchstrategy so that credit can be given for theirattempt to find the information. On the day the assignment is handed in, a short discussion with the students about theresources they used and the problems they encountered with each resource is held. Thisintroduces all students to the resources and helps them in formulating a plan for handling newinstances of having to find information. Specifically, students should be made aware of journalsearch engines, how to find texts in their library, the importance of

Conference Session

Innovation in Continuing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Modesitt

of Michigan- Dearborn13. The PAB is a group of 36 chieftechnology officers, chief information officers, presidents, and chief engineers of large, medium, Page 9.471.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationand small corporations, many of which are multi-nationals, founded by the author in 1995. Inline with the RFP, ISEUC is to have both faculty and professional advisory boards.The plan for ISEUC called for a small number of courses, universities, and students fromindustry to be used in a pilot test

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Stout; Ken Bosworth; Brian Williams; Habib Sadid; Mike Ellis

or even built on other topics did not yield similar results. This could implythat engineers are using these math topics but seldom need to understand the underlying theory.It could also imply that the respondents are simply not cognizant of all of the mathematicalconcepts that they are using to perform their jobs. Some of the inconsistencies in the responsesimply that the respondents did not recall enough detail about the subject material in the survey toprovide a useful evaluation. In either case, this issue needs to be resolved before the surveyresults can be fully utilized as a curriculum-planning tool.In an effort to verify the survey results, a similar survey was given to a group of fourteenengineers that are employed in an electrical

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Cavanaugh; Matt Ellis; Mark Ardis; Richard Layton

plans for future development are outlined. The resultsshow that the system is effective at meeting the instructor’s criteria for good team formation andsaving the instructor time. The source code for the application is available under an open sourcelicense for free distribution and modification.1. Introduction1.1 Problem statementForming student teams for group work often entails a major time investment for instructors. Tomake teams according to guidelines given in the cooperative-learning literature, instructorstypically design a survey, issue copies to students, collect them, and shuffle the surveys around Page 9.246.1until satisfactory

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajiv Asthana; Richard Rothaupt; Danny Bee

between different group members’ values’ • ‘Have one person press the parts on the same machine. Different people pressing and using different machines can give too much variation to the part’. • ‘Time is a factor; get started early on the project as sintering takes a great deal of time’. • ‘Plan enough time to complete the project ahead of time (pressing parts, sintering parts, and completing a report take a lot of time)’. • ‘Use the same press for all trials’.Whereas the student concern about the variability of compaction between different teams isvalid, it was felt necessary to have each group go through all the steps in order to benefit from ahands-on approach. Unlike an upper level course in which the

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt

American, 4% asHispanic, 17% as Asian or Asian American, 66% as White or European American, and 6%reported other (e.g., multiracial) racial/ethnic identifications. Mean self-reported mathematicsSAT scores were 708.80 (SD = 59.70). The large majority of participants were planning to Page 9.1052.3“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”continue on in engineering, with most expressing preferences for mechanical (27%), electrical(16%), aerospace (15%), or computer (13%) specialties.Procedure and

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Holleran; Elaine Chan; Chad Rasmussen; Alan McGaughey

programs tobe offered. An email list solely for the executive board exists to discuss administrative mattersand a separate email list exists for graduate student members who simply attend ASEE-sponsored events and may be interested in helping to plan events or to volunteer to be part of apanel discussion. Officer turnover and transition is especially critical for maintaining the student Page 9.217.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright „ 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationchapter’s activity from year to year. New members are

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

chart previously developed. A Gantt chart encompassesthree critical items: (1) Milestones – what are the major tasks for the team? (2) Deadlines – whenwill these milestones be achieved? (3) Responsibility – who is the person responsible for eachmilestone and sub-tasks? We believe it is important to have individual responsibility even onmulti-person tasks. Figure 2 shows a significantly scaled down version of a typical Gantt chart.Documentation: If the team is going to pass forward their knowledge and experience to futureteams, a documentation plan is needed. We are still in development of this item. Documentationand the quality of the documentation is time consuming as well as difficult to convey. We havethree levels of documentation: (1

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Kaitlyn Conroy; Melissa Pickering; Emily Ryan; Brian Gravel

classroom or setting do you or have you worked in?4. What do you find interesting or engaging about your field of engineering?5. Was there any person or experience that impacted your decision to become an engineer?6. How did you get started doing outreach? a. (if chose outreach) Why did you choose to be involved with outreach?7. What interested you about outreach?8. Do you participate or do you plan to participate in research? a. (If they do research and outreach) – How do you balance research and outreach? b. (If they plan to do research) – Do you think you will you continue to do outreach when you do research or will you need to stop doing outreach?9. What do you find interesting or rewarding about outreach?10. What do you

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Masi

mathematics, science, and engineering principles and engineering design in a real world practice setting. • Develop understanding and gain experience in interpersonal, team, and presentation abilities. • Develop understanding and gain experience in the economic, legal, organizational and business realities that operate in a commercial company or government agency. • Acquire an appreciation of the social, environmental and ethical implications of industry or government decision-making and practice. • Gain experience in setting and carrying out career plans through resume writing, interviewing and networking training. • Further develop as an individual, gaining self-awareness and appreciation of

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

Session xxxx Time-Based Versus Quantity-Based Breakeven Analysis Robert C. Creese Ph.D., PE, CCE Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department College of Engineering and Mineral Resources West Virginia UniversityIntroduction Breakeven analysis has traditionally focused upon quantity-based breakeven analysis,which determines the production quantity at the specific breakeven point. This has worked formarketing, sales, and top-management for planning yearly goals, but it provides little assistanceat the plant management level where the production quantity is not a variable