Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Beheler; Wayne Jones

solutions that combine and integrate equipment from differentmanufacturers as well as various types of technology to create a real solution, all under thesupervision of one or more instructors and advisory council members as indicated. Studentsmust document their design and findings, and this documentation becomes a part of the students’portfolios.Each project requires the students to perform several or all of the following functions: ‚" Survey the site, interviewing employees of the company and determining the characteristics of the problem being addressed ‚" Perform feasibility studies ‚" Design a solution ‚" Evaluate the design ‚" Test the solution ‚" Implement the solution ‚" Document the solution in a form suitable to

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

potential transfer students. However, if they havenot developed the skills required to identify the resources and form supportive relationships thatwould enable them to persist through the transfer process, the loss is inevitable.3. Project Overview: Page 9.1294.2 The analysis of student background characteristics was used as guideline for developing“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering”the plan of operation for the Tech Scholars Learning Community. The overall strategy adoptedto improve transfer rates of the target

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gaston N'Guerekata; Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

this problem. This paper presents a freshman mathematics course reformaimed at reducing Calculus I preparation time by at least one semester, improving pass rates andultimately increasing the retention of engineering and computer science students. TheDimensions of Learning pedagogy, the use of technology and performance assessment are themain components of the framework used. A wireless mobile classroom was the keytechnological feature used in the redesign. The innovative Pre-Calculus course (IPC) redesignwas performed by a multidisciplinary team of faculty from the Schools of Engineering, Scienceand Education. The project design, implementation aspects, assessment techniques andevaluation results are given. The first course offering shows a

Conference Session

Design and Manufacturing Experiences II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Bowman

Teaching Aircraft Design to Undergraduate Students in a Mechanical Engineering Program Dr. W. Jerry Bowman Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602Abstract This paper describes informal methods used to teach aircraft design to undergraduates ina traditional Mechanical Engineering program. Freshman and sophomore students areintroduced to the topic by way of a club environment where they do a series of design, build, andfly projects. This paper will provide details about the specific design projects assigned and themethod used to introduce the students to aircraft design.Introduction

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

assignments or projects; encouragement of relationships and cooperative efforts among the private sector and universities; and emphasis on “engineer-in-training” programs so that succession planning can occur. • Professional organizations can support universities by offering research grants, collaborating with teaching programs by providing guest lecturers and case studies for possible use on assignments or projects, and facilitating cooperative ventures between the private sector and universities. Professional organizations could also take the lead in the development of standardization of definitions for infrastructure management and related terminology. • The

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

design a specific (given) alternative solution. Instead, one should first dig deeper with the client to determine the underlying problem to be solved. Proper definition of the overall problem makes it possible to take a broader view in later life-cycle steps so that there is a greater chance of selecting (and selling) an optimum solution to that underlying problem. On a larger project, one will probably have a multi-background team representing the client in this stage; this can make this life-cycle stage more challenging. This will - in turn - motivate a need to be able to work in and lead a multi-disciplinary team. An impeccable professional reputation will be an asset at this point too.2. Determine its design or performance

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

compromise. One approach is to make it clear to the guest that some basics are important to the context of the course and encourage the guest to present information on the new project via a video, for example.3. The guest fails to show up - the nightmare of every course organizer. This provides an excellent opportunity for the course leader to demonstrate creativity. On the very few occasions on which this has occurred, the course leader has to fill in things in one way or another: • If this is the last class for the session, the subject may simply be dropped for the day and possibly re-scheduled for a later session. • In one case the course leader has filled the hour himself. This involves first admitting that the topic

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

Focus groupswere that the top four additional education and training program needs were: basiccomputer training, MCSE certification, development in information technology andprogramming, and E-tools and web development. Graduates of the proposed programwill be well versed in all four of these areas.Nationally, the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects Industries with the fastestwage and salary employment growth for the period 2000-2010 and the number onegrowth industry is projected to be Computer and Data Processing Services with anaverage annual growth of 6.4%9. The BLS also maintains a table of fastest growingoccupations. Data from this table10 is shown in Table 3 and indicates that occupations forwhich graduates of this program may

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam McGough; Coral Nocton; Ken Patton; Ismail Fidan

, tooling, and robotics).Although this technology has been advancing swiftly in teaching, training, and learning,it is still in its infancy. Since this vital technology is very important for the progression ofthe manufacturing industry, an NSF grant has been awarded for the RP Education (DUEAward Number 0302314: Technician Education in RP and Virtual ManufacturingTechnologies). Project team members organized a workshop on Training the RP trainersat San Diego City College from July 27 to August 1, 2003. Tennessee Tech University(TTU) faculty and assistants attended this workshop because TTU was in the process ofbuilding a RP Lab and organizing workshops for high school students/instructors. Thispaper intends to report learning practices, adaptations

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Fitzhugh; Robert Goodrich; Ronald Lessard; Jacques Beneat

Session 2220 Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Security Experience R. Lessard, R. Goodrich, J. Beneat, S. Fitzhugh Norwich UniversityAbstractSupervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are deployed in power andcommunication utility, transportation, and financial infrastructures. These infrastructures arepotential targets of cyber-terrorism and protecting critical infrastructures against terrorist attacksis a national and international priority. Norwich University’s first year “Professional Projects”course sequence is designed to give computer and

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Healy

economic.In addition to helping meet Criterion Four objectives, the Handbook is designed to servean important integrative role, by showing students how the ABET considerations relate tothe traditional technical components of the curriculum, and at the same time how theyrelate to the liberal education of the engineer.The Handbook is designed to be used throughout the four-year curriculum. Facultyassign a reading from one of the chapters and then give an assignment that follows fromthe reading. By the time the students reaches the senior design project he or she is readyto seriously address the ABET considerations. Moreover, the student has had the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

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

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Adams; Vance Poteat

, using a freewarecompiler and low-cost programming boards. This new sophomore sequence was presented at ameeting of the Advisory Board, which includes representatives from Lucent, Raytheon, andAnalogic Devices among others, and was greeted enthusiastically as being aligned with industryneeds. The first run of the Embedded Controller class was in spring of 2003, and received goodreviews from students. Further advantages of the new sequence include: better preparation forpossible co-op work in the junior year, more options in the Senior Design Project, ability tobetter understand routers and switches presented in Data Networking, and ability to take part inthe measurement/control portion of departmental Power Quality and Energy

Conference Session

A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean Hertzberg

thegraduate students were research assistants on projects with flow visualization equipment whichwere made available to their teammates. For example, one of the students had access to a largeflume and a laser induced fluorescence system in the Civil Engineering department. Anotherstudent was studying flame treatment of plastic films with a large color schlieren system, and athird was interested in the aerodynamics of Olympic ski jumping, as part of a project to designnew hills. Art students made sophisticated photographic equipment available to their teams,although there was still a pressing need for digital cameras and printers. (Digital photographywas favored by the engineering students for the relatively low cost of processing). The course

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Tolan; James Hurny

/administrator. Although each makes a different salary, assuming that an averagesalary using the chart below (Langham, 1994) might be between $50,000 and $75,000 showshow quickly hidden costs add up. At an average salary of $50,000, the cost of a two-hourmeeting is $400. When the average salary climbs to $75,000, a two-hour meeting of four peoplecosts $600.00. So, for 30 weeks of 2-hour meetings the hidden cost ranges from $12,000 to$18,000. Add to this the fact that several faculty received release time to take on the project andit was necessary to hire adjunct faculty for courses, and that many more meetings were held byothers, it is easy to see how the hidden costs can build.Average Annual Salary Hourly Cost of Meeting$75,000 $150 $300

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Byrne

founded upon a projects-based environment with four-year integratedcurricula. The programs in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering are due to producetheir first cohorts in May 2004. Owing to the “youth” of these programs, new approaches indelivering an undergraduate engineering education can be taken. This has been done with theintent of addressing many of the pitfalls often reported in both the open literature and in theacademic grapevine. This paper discusses the materials science and manufacturing componentof the mechanical engineering program. The objective is to highlight the differences inapproaches taken to deliver the educational component while commenting on their effectiveness.How the materials component of the program is

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

is being taught to what is being shown in the course syllabus and theuniversity catalog.In my teaching of the course on Current Topics in Construction at our institution, thissenior level course which is a senior level seminar-cum-capstone course, the descriptionof the course has been given a broad description: “Study of selected topics, such asunderground construction, underpinning, formwork and other project supportrequirements; evaluation and review of current practices in construction. The courseincludes study and research in a specific area that combines major elements fromprevious construction engineering technology courses culminating in an integratingexperience through individual and/or group projects, technical reports and

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Outreach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach; Eileen Cashman

, using the JiTT approach. Airresources lab activities include an air resources allowance-trading auction, the determination ofthe ventilation rate of a student chosen enclosed space using a CO2 meter, and the measurementof CO levels from the campus fleet of vehicles. The curriculum development project is partiallyfunded by a NSF Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Grant Award0127139. The curriculum that is available for download athttp://www.humboldt.edu/~eae1/CCLI02/ includes reading assignments, online quizzes,laboratory activities and selected portions of PowerPoint presentations.Course DescriptionEngineering 115: Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering is a requiredintroductory course for both Environmental

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

patentedinventions are not conceived by trained engineers? In Canadian French there is even a specialword for such person, “patenteux” 9. Patenteux stands for: creator, innovative problem solver,inventor and artist 9, 8. Based on 10 years of unpublished surveys of engineering technologystudents at sophomore through senior level engineering technology courses at CentralConnecticut State University (CCSU), the students express strong preference for repetitivelearning based on practical examples. That fact alone clearly indicates a preference for multiplesmall projects rather than one complex and time consuming project. The flow of teachingactivities described in this paper reflects experiences gathered in teaching Design forManufacturing senior level course

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Greta Zenner; Amy Payne; Aura Gimm; Wendy Crone

, present andreceive feedback on their ideas, conduct experiments, build hands-on models, and createinstructional materials to explain nanotechnology and related science concepts. Duringprofessional development, interns learn about creating classroom activities, techniques forpresenting to non-technical audiences, and strategies for assessing their materials; and work ontheir skills in teamwork, project design, leadership, and science communication. In addition tovisiting middle-school classrooms, interns participate in on- and off-campus informal scienceeducation events where they present to wider audiences ranging from science teachers, tomembers of the adult lay public, to groups of middle-school-age children. In this paper, wediscuss the

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

Session 1330 Piaget and Engineering Education Lawrence J. Genalo, Denise A. Schmidt, Melanie Schiltz Iowa State UniversityAbstractThomas Edison was a noted engineer while Jean Piaget made his fame in children’s educationalpsychology. Piaget’s “cognitive constructivism” has been adopted in many early childhoodprograms, but it also applies to engineering education and its “hands-on” approach, especially inlaboratories and project-based courses. The direction of education dramatically shifted whenJean Piaget developed a child-centered developmental learning theory. According to his

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Christy

inventions as well as his paintings. Many engineering students think thatany time spent on non-technical subjects is not beneficial to their future careers. Over two years,the author assigned essays specifically inviting students to reflect on these attitudes. Fewer thanhalf expressed an appreciation for the value of their general education courses, especially in artsand humanities. This goal of this project was to explore Renaissance learning within a biologicaland agricultural engineering (BAE) program. The primary methods included weekly essayassignments and an annual departmental poetry contest. As a component of regularly assignedhomework, weekly essays were assigned to BAE seniors to give students the opportunity toreflect on various

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Visser; Carrie Steinlicht; Teresa Hall

prototyping(RP) laboratory and service bureau at SDSU and through educational courses, seminars andconsortium member meetings.8Since its inception, the GPRPC has served the members through product prototype constructionand modification, technical seminars and specialized in-plant training, and industrial design anddevelopment projects by MNET students and staff. The six primary objectives of the GPRPCproject are: 1. Provide access to and hands on training for students and partners in rapid prototyping equipment both on-site and via the Internet. 2. Provide a venue whereby students and educators can cooperate with industry leaders and potential employers in the design process. 3. Provide a venue whereby partners can

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Manion; Eli Fromm; Jay Bhatt

Session 3441 Engineering Ethics and the Drexel University Library: A Collaborative Teaching Partnership Jay Bhatt, Mark Manion, & Eli Fromm Drexel UniversityAbstractAt Drexel University, the present undergraduate engineering curriculum has evolved from theEnhanced Educational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project and the GatewayEngineering Education Coalition, both National Science Foundation (NSF) funded initiatives tore-engineer undergraduate engineering education. Since its institutionalization in 1994, thecurriculum has served as a model

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Baaba Andam

learn to develop and trainANNs through small projects and activities that lead up to an independent research project.Examples of student projects are presented including the application of ANNs for modeling theozone disinfection of water, the price of real estate as determined by housing features in a localmarket, and admission into an independent boarding school based upon admissions applicationdata.INTRODUCTIONThe field of robotics has becoming increasingly accessible to students of all ages. For example,Lego robotics kits are now commonly used to teach robotics in K-12 classrooms. However,other branches of artificial intelligence (AI) still remain inaccessible to pre-college students inspite of their educational potential.In this paper we

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

numerous works cited above, the use of ePortfolios in education, especially inengineering education, is still in its infancy. In a seminar delivered at the Virginia Tech campuson October 17, 2003, Yancey14 discussed various models, definitions, and promising directionsrelated to electronic portfolios. She raised thought provoking questions related to portfoliodevelopment including ‘Where will students do this work, and why?’, ‘What effects willportfolios exert?’, ‘Is there a relationship between electronic linking and cognitive linking?’These questions and others are among those beginning to be studied through a pilot ePortfolioprogram at Virginia Tech.3. Pilot ePortfolio Project at Virginia TechVTeP, the new university wide Virginia Tech

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Srinivas Chakravarthy

linear algebra and elementary matrix operations is given at thebeginning. The course includes the following topics: Operations Research (the need and thehistory), introduce linear programming, sensitivity analysis, transportation problems, assignmentproblems, transshipment problems, network models, and integer programming. The primarysoftware is LINDO/LINGO and students are encouraged to use Excel. The course basically comprised of weekly activity reports, in-class activity reports, in-class group homework assignments, quizzes, homework sets, miniprojects, in-class projects,midterm exam, a term project, and final exam. Blackboard was used extensively as a medium ofcommunication and the students were encouraged to send the assignments

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

programming” was developed to enable use of high-level computer languages in courses where programming is not explicitly part of thecourse objectives. In this method, a student is given a fully functioning program, ortemplate, that only lacks the functional code for a numerical method to solve a particulartype of problem. Since the work of developing the interface and other portions of theprogram has been completed for the student, all they need to concentrate on are theaspects of the programming project that contribute toward the course objectives.Examples of how this approach has been used in numerous chemical engineering courseswill be presented, including templates developed in Compaq Visual FORTRAN,Microsoft Visual Studio.NET, and Microsoft

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

the technological level of theirbusinesses to offset the loss of low skill level manufacturing work to foreign competition. As themanufacturing environment evolves, the level of education of the workforce will increase. To pre-pare for this change in the Grand Rapids area a new initiative was begun to increase the number ofstudents pursuing manufacturing education.The Articulation and Integration of Manufacturing Education (AIME) project [2] is focused onincreasing the number of students pursuing manufacturing education by streamlining the educa-tional process. The first goal of the project is to expand the number of high school graduateschoosing manufacturing careers. This begins in the middle schools when students are starting toform

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

CAD are usually the first phase inpreparing students for careers in mechanical design. After surveying on-line materialsfrom several institutions, the objectives for an introductory course are strikingly similar.The courses outlines all contain statements about introducing the student to establishedstandards of design documentation through technical drawings. Additionally, manycourses include a phrase about familiarizing the student with machine components.The topics presented in virtually every introductory technical drawing and CAD courseincludes: • Geometric constructions: ability to use graphical methods to solve analytical geometry problems. • Orthographic projection: ability to draw an object at 900 intervals to