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Graduate Student Experiences and Funding

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

Session 2177 Supporting Graduate Students: A Catalog of Opportunities Audeen W. Fentiman The Ohio State UniversityIntroductionFinding support for graduate students in Nuclear Engineering can be a challenge. Many studentsare supported as Graduate Research Associates (GRA) on faculty projects, and some serve asGraduate Teaching Associates (GTA) helping to teach undergraduate nuclear engineeringcourses. As enrollments in Nuclear Engineering programs grow, the number of promisingstudents can exceed the number of traditional GRA and GTA positions available. There are,however, a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Keith Clutter; Alberto Arroyo; Amir Karimi

ME Design Project Mechanism Design Thermodynamics II Technical Elective* Technical Elective

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter E. Thain Jr.

parts cost of $135. It was felt that groups of three ormore per transceiver would greatly diminish the laboratory experience, as some would refrainfrom engaging in lab work. Some ambitious students chose to work alone on a transceiver andwere rewarded for taking on the higher workload and cost with extra credit toward their grade.Not all students were suited to working alone on this type of project, so the instructor exercisedthe right to permit or deny any requests to do so. Regarding grading, 40% of the course gradewas allocated to the laboratory portion and the milestone reports and 60% to the classroomportion, the latter evaluated entirely using written exams. The extra credit granted to soloists was4 points on their final course grade

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

University of St. Thomas. These studentsare working adults in industry with extensive experience. They are creative, motivated and wantto be innovative. They know their companies and industries. What they need is to becomeconsciously competent in selling their ideas. This course was designed to assist them in thatgoal.MISSION: We provide a practical, values-based learning experience that produces well-rounded, entrepreneurial engineers and technology leaders who have the technical skills,passion and courage to make a difference.The course is taught in a seminar format. Students identify their projects and relate them to thebusiness objectives of their organization. They interview and identify the social styles of their“buyers”.Students are provided

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Siddique Zahed; Chaturaporn Nisagornsen; Kurt Gramoll

variety of multimedia components such as three-dimensionalanimations and simulations with the standard text and graphics. These electronic media arecombined to match nicely with many of the aspects of technical training. Opportunity for theuser to explore and learn effectively through an investigative process is provided using thesetechnologies. This paper describes the incorporation of three-dimensional visualization as a maincomponent with other media elements in the interactive web-based training project for TinkerAir Force Base (AFB) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Three-dimensional visualization isimplemented using the latest web-based, three-dimensional graphics supportive capabilitytechnology, namely Shockwave 3D technology.The training system

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

second week of theclass and ending on the midterm. The forms were then collected and stored in an Excel spreadsheet for analysis. To protect student identity the students choose fictitious names thatwould be used the entire semester. This would ensure students that they could provide honestassessment without any concern about their course grade. The assessment forms were notdistributed during exam sessions. The instructor can use this feedback to monitor theireffectiveness and make improvements before the course is over.Assessment AnalysisThe student assessment data collected provided several uses. It provided daily feedback to theinstructor, demonstrated several SPC concepts in the classroom, and was used by students formidterm SPC projects. An

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

course curriculum was outlined as: academic development,personal development, utilizing resources, building community, and professional development.The course grade was based on the completion of the following components: Class attendance 20% Activity participation 20% Homework/reading assignment 20% Class notebook 15% Presentation and quiz 35% = (5% for quiz, 10% midterm presentation, 20% final presentation)Attendance was taken every class period. Group projects were graded according to the averageof the grades for each individual in the group.The Activity

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lewinski; William Hudson

the manyprescribed laboratories and their cumulative design experiences in both the single semesterJunior design and the year long Senior design sequence. Both students also had completed therequired Microprocessor design course in which they completed a multitude of assemblylanguage programming exercises. The students had project design experience at the device levelbut had little experience in system integration and designing using commercially availablesubassemblies. Also previous to this activity, the students did not have significant researchexperience. Page 9.862.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

around on campus is talking on a cellular phone, andyour staff sends instant messages back and forth, you realize that communications technology isa major influence in the way we do things. Today the student on the other side of the countrycan participate as an active team member on a class project. That software project that fivestudents from different parts of the world are assigned to can be designed produced andpresented because of collaboration software used over the internet. The presentation of thatsoftware project could be given by joining these five distance education through videoconferencing over the internet with the on-campus class. In one of the courses, in the field ofEnvironmental Engineering, the professor has identified various

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajan B Gujjarlapudi; Kaushik Hatti; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

Engineering EducationLiterature reviewMost of the literature required for the project, books and journals were suggested by the expert,in this case Mr. Kaushik Hatti working as a Teaching Assistant for the Organic lab at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. The most useful book in this project was The ExperimentalOrganic Chemistry by Gilbert and Martin 5. Other books which were helpful in this case wereExperimental Organic Chemistry by Daniel R. Palleros. Many important points were noted downfrom the Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual by Dr. Mark C. Morvant.10Most of critical information required for this project was obtained from Gilbert and Martin 5which addresses a critical need faced by researchers in all fields of the human sciences - how

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Devenport; Terry Wildman; Glenda Scales

fourth case studydescribed project-based assessment of conceptual knowledge in an advanced graduatecourse. In this case, the traditional, comprehensive final exam was replaced with anindividual or team project related to the course material. Recognizing that they elected totake the course, presumably to aid their graduate research, students were encouraged topursue topics directly related to their research. The complete projects were deeplyinsightful, indicating a level of conceptual knowledge gain which could not have beenmeasured using a final exam. Project-based assessment was very effective in this advancedgraduate elective, where students were compelled by a personal desire to learn.Like most faculty study groups, the faculty participating

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Molu Olumolade

find on their way to reaching the goal’s solution, there is a goodchance that important information will not be studied. Dolmans et al.1 found in their study,correlating student directed study and faculty objectives, that students did not stay on track andmany important objectives were omitted.Motivation:In our program, engineering technology students have to go through a course of industrialinternship before they graduate, which they normally complete during the summer session. Inthe past couple of years, it has become difficult to find appropriate industrial projects for thesestudents. It is therefore feared that if this continues, students may be spending more than thenecessary number of years to graduate. But in order to keep the students

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

knowledge.Geotechnical Analysis and Design in PracticeGood old fashioned hand calculations and chart solutions are still used on many projects as aquick way to get a feel for engineering performance and behavior, or to check the results of moredetailed computer solutions. On small projects with low budgets, hand calculations and chartsolutions may actually be the standard of practice. In most cases, however, geotechnicalengineers typically use a combination of computer software and spreadsheets, along with moreclassical approaches to accomplish their work. The engineering challenges, however, are inunderstanding the important design considerations on a project, relative to the geotechnical siteconditions, and the determination, selection or estimation of

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Sokol; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Judith Norback

theCommunication Lab.IV. Communication Lab ActivitiesThe Communication Lab provides instruction and practice focused on effective communicationas an integral part of engineering design work. Some lab activities take place in class incoordination with design projects. Other activities take place in the Lab where the focus is onservice to individual students and teams. The activities include: 1) interactive discussions about audience analysis, presentation, and writing skills 2) panel discussions about workplace communication skills by recent graduates and senior executives 3) videotaping of in-class presentations with follow-up review and practice in the Lab 4) writing instruction and review in the Lab.These activities

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Schrader; Jawa Mariappan; Angela Shih

Society for Engineering Education Session 2666 Figure 1 – An Example of SBL ModelScenario-based learning has similarities with project-based learning10, but has some importantdifferences. The closest approach to scenario-based learning is the story-centered curriculumchampioned by Robert Shank2-3 from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Kieran Egan11-12.CMU West is applying this concept to the development of a six-unit network security course.Egan’s approach is adopted in various forms at elementary and high school level. Thus theconcept of SBL is not new. However, its application has been very limited and mostly applied

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Jackson

required for the fourth screen,located on the north end of the laboratory, the screen configuration had to be countersunk intothe ceiling. This required a slightly different configuration, such that the screen could be raisedand lowered electrically, as needed. With this design innovation, one projector could be used todemonstrate and evaluate products and processed generated by each module without having tolook over the shoulder or look to the side to view images specific to a given module. We believethat this will enable participants to improve their research skills and to enhance the effectivenessof each module within the lab. In addition to the visual projection system, two separate soundsystems were installed to enable multimedia

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Frey; Marisa Wolsky

engineeringare serious problems. Engaging young children with engineering is a promising part of thesolution, and popular media is a powerful means to accelerate and broaden this effort.Background on Project OrganizationsIn response to the issues and opportunities described above, an effort has been launched todevelop a new television show and associated outreach programs. To begin this project, it wasessential to assemble a network of organizations and a team of people with the needed skills,experience, and resources. This section describes the organizations and some of the peopleinvolved so far.WGBH is Boston’s public television station and a producer of educational materials in many

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples; Andrew Rose

with fullconfidence in their technical ability and the education they received as undergraduates. Afterobtaining employment, students are very eager to demonstrate their ability and competence.Assigned to a particular project or task the former students quickly delve into their new role,knowing their technical education will provide them with all that is necessary to accomplish theirjob. Working with other technical professionals also gives the students a sense that all will goaccording to the project schedule. They begin to live their career dream envisioned aftergraduation.As problems begin to arise during the course of the project or task, the former student begins toget suspicious of why things are not going as well as was expected. They

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob White; Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt

education actively rather than just acquirethem build an increasingly rich implicit understanding of the world in which they use the toolsand of the tools themselves."Cobb3 presents a summary of 12 NSF grants concerned with the topic of the improvement of theteaching of undergraduate statistics. A majority of these projects include components of activelearning that allow students to supplement what they have heard and read. Other projects whichfocus on statistics education and which include activity-based learning are found in Barton andNowack4, Smith5, Gnanadesikan, et al.6, Romero, et al.7, Petruccelli8, Alloway9, and Bisgaard10.Recommendations for reforming statistics education also include the use of cooperative-learningactivities, as a form of

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor Nelson

minimum. Eventhough this metric has its roots in a classical lecture-oriented form, the CCCE Task Force doesnot seek to endorse the lecture format, believing there to be other styles—particularly givenrecent improvements in educational technology—that can be at least as effective. It should benoted that the hours specified do not include time spent outside of a class for homework,projects, and other academic activities. The core hours, as specified in the Appendix, total 420 contact hours. Assuming a 15-weeksemester, a typical three credit hour course would have about 42 contact hours for presentation ofmaterial. The 420 core hours are thus roughly equivalent to ten three-credit hour courses or 30semester credit hours. This number is

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilya Grinberg

andmonitoring of large dynamic electro-mechanical systems, such as electric motors and/or drives.This paper concentrates on remote control of a group of electro-mechanical devices (variablepower supply, electric motor, dynamometer, and instrumentation) integrated in one complex aswell as visualization of their control parameters (such as voltage, speed, torque, current, andpower).The paper also discusses log-on security procedures, hardware and software development, videostreaming to ensure quality video and sound, and teaching methodologies to provide successfullaboratory delivery.HardwareFor electromechanical part of the project it was decided to utilize existing laboratory equipmentused in the Technology department of Buffalo State College. It

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alok Verma; Cheng Lin

reflect the changing needs of industry. This can happen only if the faculty are aware of the currenttrends in industry and are actively involved with industry and research projects. ASEE/NASA FacultyFellowship program offers opportunities for professional development for Engineering Technologyfaculty. A parametric study of water jet cutting (WJC) process was done under the ASEE / NASAfaculty fellowship program at NASA Langley Research Center. This research experience has been usedto enhance undergraduate curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University(ODU).I Introduction Success of engineering technology programs depends upon the effectiveness with which thecurriculum addresses needs of industry, the primary

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carnell; John Lumkes; Joseph Musto

. [1]. The course has been developed using Matlab as the primary programming platform. A low-cost USB interface device is used to connect mechatronic hardware to student laptop computers. Experiments including LEDs, temperature sensors, distance transducers, light sensors, solar cells, DC motors, and stepper motors, as well positioning tables and servo-controlled robots, have been developed. The course culminates in a creative design project, in which teams of students combine the various types of hardware used in the laboratory into a new application of their choosing. Based on both student and instructor feedback, the initial implementation of the course has been overwhelmingly positive.I. IntroductionIn the fall of 1999, Milwaukee School of

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Rennels; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

trips or training material 21% 54% 9% 9% 7%Summer employment for faculty 5% 27% 27% 20% 21%Research/sponsored projects for faculty 2% 32% 29% 14% 23% Comparisons of the data in Tables 3 and 4 indicate that advisory committees for four-yearschools are somewhat more effective in providing resources than two-year school advisoryboards. Nearly 60% of both groups replied that they met with their advisory committees aminimum of two times a year.Table 4. Two-year School Responses in Percentage of Effectiveness of Industry Committees Very

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

-on experience. Accordingly they try to address the practical aspect in more detail.This is more in line with the philosophy adopted in a majority of engineering technologyprograms in the United States. However in the opinion of the author the instruction forthe course in mechanical design needs to be a balanced mix of theory and practice.Within the US, as already noted, the curricula are divided as to whether to deliver thecontent of the design of machine elements primarily as a lecture format, or to have acombined lecture laboratory format. In the laboratory sessions (typically 3 hours aweek), the students work in groups on a detailed design project in various areas ofmachine elements, usually culminating in the design of machineries, such

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dae-Wook Kim

careercounseling in science and engineering[4]. Page 9.199.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationEstablished in 2001, the Puget Sound Consortium for Manufacturing Excellence(PSCME) is a regional education-industry partnership aimed at enhancing the connectionbetween manufacturing technology education, student career goals, and private sectordemand. The PSCME, a three year project funded through the National ScienceFoundation (NSF), is interested in promoting science and engineering careers to K-12students. In

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alisha Waller

engineering is needed. I believe this researchneeds to be grounded in students’ experiences and perceptions, to be based primarily inqualitative research methods, to draw from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and to beinclusive of gender, race, class, and sexuality. The project described in this paper is one smallcontribution to this new phase of research. Why is self-presentation an important topic to study? Many researchers have linked awoman’s outward appearance or “self-presentation,” through clothing styles, makeup, andhairstyles, to others’ perceptions of her competence and success3 - 7. Also, for a woman inengineering, her development of an engineering identity which is consistent with her gender andracial identities is

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Stroud Rossmann; Clive Dym

parameters, and(3) Engineering Clinic projects in the junior and senior years6–8. HMC’s engineering program isunified by the themes that design is the central activity of engineering9; that engineers typicallydesign systems; and that such design requires good models of the physical systems10.Design, clearly an integral part of HMC’s curriculum, “peaks” in Clinic in the junior (3 cr.) andsenior (6 cr.) years6–8. Since Clinic projects often require deep domain knowledge, it isreasonable to ask whether students can carry out in-depth design and development after a broad,general program. Our students can and do, as is evidenced by the willingness of companies topay substantial fees for their HMC Clinic projects. In fact, students do first-rate design

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

a valid assumption. Further, some universitiesoffer little faculty mentoring and the new professor must “sink or swim” his way to success. Toavoid frustration, guidelines are presented to help the new hire avoid “trial-and-error” mistakesand they fall into three general categories: peer networking, teaching skills, and timemanagement. Of these, teaching skills require the greatest attention. The new professor isencouraged to incorporate active learning exercises into his lecture and to integrate cooperativelearning project in the course syllabus. Finally, attending a teaching workshop such as the NETIsponsored by ASEE is a great way to acquire an introduction to effective teaching techniques.IntroductionMuch has been written about a

Conference Session

Sustainability and the Environment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Olivia Dees; Saeed Foroudastan

. The leaves arerich with protein, carbohydrates, and minerals, so it makes terrific fodder for livestock.Sparsely oriented branches and leaves allow lots of light for underlying crops, while itsdeep, confined rooting system ensures compatibility with other plants’ roots. Wind isreduced up to 20-50%, thereby increasing air moisture. Plantings of 40-67 trees per haincrease yield of wheat, corn, cotton, and millet, but not sesame and sweet potato 21. TheInternational Farm Forestry Training Centre has trained hundreds of managers and policymakers from a variety of countries in paulownia intercropping since 1991. “ProfessorZhu’s farm forestry project has planted 900,000 ha with paulownia, bamboo, Chinese fir,and other tree varieties, boosting