Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zvi Aronson; Souran Manoochehri; Peter Dominick; Kishore Pochiraju; Beth McGrath; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard

through DistanceLearning Techniques”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2000,Session 2360. American Society for Engineering Education.(b). Jones, R., Oberst, B., Siller, T., and Johnson, G., (2002). “International Exposure for EngineeringStudents using Distance Learning Techniques”, Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE/SFI/TUB Colloquium“Global Changes in Engineering Education”, Berlin, Germany, Oct 1-4 2002, American Society forEngineering Education.3 K. Sheppard, P. Dominick, Z. Aronson, “Preparing Engineering Students for the New Business Paradigmof International Teamwork and Global Orientation”, Int. J. Engineering Education, Vol. 20, #2, 2004, to be

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Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Wangrow; Doug Tougaw

SESSION 1732 Professional Partners as Adjunct Instructors in Emerging Technology Courses Douglas Tougaw and David Wangrow Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Valparaiso University / Global Telecom Solution Sector, Motorola 1. Introduction Like every other electrical and computer engineering program across the country, Valparaiso University’s ECE department is faced with two great challenges. The first is to continually seek input from key stakeholders to determine the skills and knowledge expected of our graduates and to update our curriculum and courses to reflect these changing expectations

Conference Session

Library Instruction Forum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Bruce Reid

, and software to equip the libraries and to provide therequisite staff training. The functions of the library have thus, been extended beyond the original Page 9.1113.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmission as a repository for print materials. This paper looks at the approach which has beenadopted by Penn State, Wilkes-Barre campus to extend its support services to include spatiallyreferenced data acquisition, analysis and visualization activities.1. IntroductionOver the last two

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

counterpart.The mathematical reasons for this are explained and an algebraic reformulation of three-phaseinstantaneous power is contrived to unify complex power and instantaneous power across bothcases.I. Single-Phase Steady-State PowerConsider the single-phase steady-state sinusoidal inductive electric circuit of Figure 1. Figure 1. Single-phase steady-state sinusoidal inductive electric circuitLet the ideal sinusoidal voltage source be: van(t) = Vpeakcos(ω t ) V (1) where: Vpeak is the peak value of the sinusoidal voltage (in volts), ω is the radian fre- quency of the voltage in radians per second, t is time in seconds and the units of

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Innovation in Continuing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Eugene Rutz

Session 2222 Using a Blended Format for Professional Development Courses Eugene Rutz College of Engineering University of CincinnatiIntroductionThe University of Cincinnati provides a graduate certificate in computer science for continuingengineering education. The program is designed for degreed engineers who 1) need computerscience and information technologies skills for their current jobs and / or 2) individuals who wishto obtain a masters degree in CS but who do not have an undergraduate degree in that field

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

highpercentage of the students who are accepted as engineering majors graduate with engineering degrees.We graduate about 20-25 students per year. Typically, 25% of our engineering graduates are female Page 9.934.1and 10-15% are minorities.2. The CurriculumThe Engineering Science program requires a minimum of 129 hours consisting of a 51-semester hourengineering core, 33 hours in math and science, 33 hours in the common curriculum, and 12 hours ofelective, leading to a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science degree. Engineering students are alsoawarded mathematics minor. A summary of engineering science program requirements is given inTable 1

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yogesh Thakar; Vinay Kadekar; Todd Sparks; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

of STL files and the mathematicprinciples behind the slicing operation, as well as detailed information on the FDMand 3D printing processes and a short video from Stratasys.After conducting the first two weeks of the seminar, attendee feedback was compiled.The teachers were from varied backgrounds and not all of them could follow themathematics behind STL files and the slicing operation. They were largely interestedin this relatively new area of technology and how it would impact their students in thefuture. Similarly, the students were confused by the mathematics. Also, the studentsneeded interactivity to keep them focused on the material. Feedback from thestudents in week 2 is summarized in Figure 1

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim Covington; Jeff Froyd

changing faculty) is being explored in an NSF-supported project “Changing Faculty throughLearning Communities.” The project employs four mechanisms to promote change in facultymembers: speakers, workshops, faculty learning communities (FLC), and matching grants tosupport women students. Specifically, the project aims to catalyze changes in the way facultythink about four concepts that are tightly linked to the concept of gender diversity: 1) mentalmodels, 2) development and invitation, 3) personal vision and commitment, and 4) the culture ofengineering and science. The following paper describes change mechanisms, highlighting FLC,and four changes that learning community participants report. Participants a) shifted fromsearching for external

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Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zuhdi Aljobeh; Aaron Jennings

residencies atCWRU. The program is similar to existing NSF REU programs, but adds several importantinnovations. (1) This new model will focus on interactions with engineering schools that do not have graduate programs, or do not offer a Ph.D. in engineering. The students of these institutions, and especially the students at schools that do not have graduate programs, Page 9.90.1“Proceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education have less opportunity to experience research, so they are less likely to respond to

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Harth; Matthew Barber; Andrew Spurgeon

emphasis on differences in student performance between the two schools. Bycomparing teaching methods (individual styles), students’ work, and attitudinal surveyscompleted by students after the implementation of the project, insights can be made intothe factors that influenced the motivation level and quality of the work of the studentsinvolved. Particular note is made of how best to implement this project, or a similar one,in other classrooms.1. IntroductionAccording to the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of undergraduateengineering degrees has been decreasing over the last decade [1]. It is vital to stem thattrend and encourage junior high and high school students to actively pursue futures intechnological fields. With this

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Jayant Rajgopal; Bryan Norman; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

Session 1657 A Conceptual Model for Integrating and Synthesizing the Industrial Engineering Curriculum Bryan A. Norman, Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Bopaya Bidanda, Kim LaScola Needy, Jayant Rajgopal University of PittsburghAbstractThe Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh is addressing animportant issue in IE education – how to develop a comprehensive, integrated curriculum that (1)thoroughly prepares graduating engineering students for industrial practice and graduate school,(2) is pedagogically sound, and (3) trains students to

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Brougham; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger

. Δυρινγ αν αχαδεµιχ τερµ, τηε στυδεντσ µυστχοµπλετε βοτη α µινορ ανδ µαϕορ προϕεχτ; τηισ µινορ προϕεχτ ισ τηε πριµαρψ συβϕεχτ οφ τηισ παπερ.Τηε τωο προϕεχτσ αρε υνδερτακεν ιν τεαµσ, ωηιχη χαν βε αδϕυστεδ ατ τηε βεγιννινγ οφ τηε σεχονδπροϕεχτ ωιτη ινπυτ φροµ τηε στυδεντσ. Τηε προϕεχτσ φολλοω τηε σταγεσ οφ ενγινεερινγ δεσιγν ανδ αρεαλιγνεδ ωιτη ςολανδ ιν τηε φιρστ χηαπτερ οφ ηισ βοοκ. Σπεχιφιχαλλψ, ςολανδ ιδεντιφιεσ 5 συβσταντιϖετασκσ ορ πηασεσ ανδ ονε χοντεµπλατιϖε σταγε οφ τηε ενγινεερινγ δεσιγν προχεσσ ασ: 1. Νεεδσ Ασσεσσµεντ 2. Προβλεµ Φορµυλατιον 3. Αβστραχτιον ανδ Σψντηεσισ 4. Αναλψσισ (οφ αλτερνατιϖεσ) 5. Ιµπλεµεντατιον 6. ΡεφλεχτιονΙτερατιον: Ωιτηιν ανδ Βετωεεν Προϕεχτσςολανδ ιν χονχερτ ωιτη τηε ενγινεερινγ χοµµυνιτψ

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

develop theProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004 American Society for Engineering Educationteam skills needed to function effectively a team environment. An example of a dynamiclistening activity may include a situation where you have students respond to statementswithout sharing opinions, solving problems, or offering judgments (see Appendix 1 and2). A worksheet can be used wherein students complete a response section responding topossible team member responses to suggested changes. The student shall be prompted torecognize the FPIs or the Feelings-Perception Identifiers and to respond accordingly.Appendix 1 offers a worksheet that can be used to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John McGuire; John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

. Page 9.1275.1This paper will show the relationship between music and engineering, from the earlybeginning of musical compositions, to the age of technology, and stress the importance ofmusic history to the entire field of engineering.1. IntroductionThe disciplines, and even the students, of music and engineering seem very different.Music is classified as an art, a right-brained activity. Engineering, on the other hand, is aclassification of its own, and considered left-brained. Socially, the disciplines aredifferent as well. A student stating that he is an artist gives the listener a perception ofthe student that is vastly different than if he states that he is an engineer. Yet, it can beshown that the two disciplines, music and engineering

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Outside Class

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

right, points of advice a professor would have liked to Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationhave known prior to starting their faculty job, how to identify a mentor, and finally whoto ask for help and who not to ask for help.None of the material in this paper can really be considered “new.” They are things thatthe author has encountered while a professor that can be used to get off to a good starttowards tenure.Teaching Tips for the New ProfessorTip #1: There are numerous opportunities within ASEE to learn how to improve teaching.One of the best ways is by attending the annual conference. Almost all of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Goodnight

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay C. Dee; Glen Livesay

Page 9.613.1programs undertake initiatives to help first-year students self-identify as engineers in training, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationand to encourage students to stay in engineering school. Because identifying causes of studentattrition is important to developing successful retention efforts, this project sought to identifyreasons cited by students for leaving the School of Engineering at Tulane University. Previousstudies on the learning styles of Tulane engineering students [1], coupled with evidence thatinstructional methods which engage multiple learning styles increased the

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reginald Tomkins; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Joseph Kisutcza; Deran Hanesian; Howard Kimmel

Heat Exchanger design takes about one and one half dayswith chemistry and physics principles, with which the teachers are familiar, constantlyrelated to the chemical engineering principles needed.The Fluid Dynamics of the Mixer in the Aspirin ProcessIn Step 1 of the Kolbe-Schmitt synthesis of the two-step Aspirin process, Phenol is mixed withthe hot 50 % by weight Caustic Soda (NaOH) to produce the salt, Sodium Phenolate, and wateras the first step in the preparation of Salicylic Acid. The addition of the Phenol and hot NaOH isessentially an acid-base reaction and in large vessels, requires good mixing to enable the twophases to contact each other and the reaction to Sodium Phenolate to be as rapid as possible.Good mixing requires good

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

Page 9.695.1tools and tested on a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). Complex Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationProgrammable Logic Devices (CPLDs) are commonly used to implement complexdigital designs on a single integrated circuit. As part of the final design project, studentsintegrate the interface circuit and optical encoder with a DC servomotor / lead-screwassembly to construct a servomechanism which controls one axis of a simple machinetool.While there are numerous applications for CPLDs in the field of computer engineering[1] (e.g., bus controllers, address decoders, communication

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Diana Muldrow; Rosa Cano; Deran Hanesian; Henry McCloud; Angelo Perna; Howard Kimmel

. These programs all have the objective of increasing minorities and underrepresentedpopulations to STEM areas, but each program is directed to different age groups and theapproach to achieving these objectives varies.The literature, particularly the American Society of Engineering Education, the Frontiers inEducation and the International Conference on Engineering Education proceedings, containspublications from many universities engaged in pre-college programs. Many of thesepublications have been cited by the authors in previous publications.1-14The ProgramsThe Pre-college Center is dedicated to help schools and school districts in assuring all childrenthe opportunity to learn and to meet the high academic expectations of the standards. Its

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

of eight departments; seven of them are technologicallyoriented while the eighth, Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS) is human resourcefocused within this context. Table 1 documents the fact that the School of Technology enrolls13% women students, the lowest enrollment of women students of all the Schools at Purdue.Despite the growth of career opportunities for women in all areas of technology and heavyefforts to recruit women into technology-related fields, the School of Technology lags behindScience and Engineering in percentage of women enrolled. Additionally, as indicated in Table 2,the proportion of women students enrolled in the School of Technology has declined during themost recent six-year period.Table 1. Undergraduate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Leifer; Jamey Jacob

-distributed designteams. A total of twelve students enrolled in the Introduction to Engineering course (EGR101) ateither the University of Kentucky’s Lexington or Paducah campuses were placed in three teamsof four, each consisting of subgroups of two students from each location. The teams werecharged with designing a 25:1 gear-reduction assembly using solid-modeling software andfabricating their design using the rapid prototyping equipment provided to each location as partof the NSF grant. The students were required to divide the design so that each subgroup wasresponsible for a predetermined part of the assembly, and to log all communications betweeneach subgroup. Synchronous meetings between the non-collocated subgroups were conductedmostly by

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Davis

instruments, results, observations, and discussion are given. Atimeline illustrates how these activities are integrated into a design lifecycle andcoordinated with design project deliverables.1. IntroductionElectrical and Computer Engineering seniors at the University of Cincinnati take acapstone design course sequence that extends across the entire senior year1. Studentstypically self-organize into teams of 2-4 people and select project topics proposed by anECECS faculty member; alternately, students propose projects based on their co-opexperience or personal interest. In either case, students have a technical project advisoras well as a professor who supervises the course work of all teams. The course workitself can be generalized to most

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kang Yen; Osama Mohammed

obtained numerically tocalculate performance measures and operating characteristics. Laboratory experiments areutilized to help the students understand the electromagnetic concepts involved by combining avisual and interactive analysis system, which enable them to conceptualize the theory in realtime. In the proposed system such analysis can be accomplished concurrently while hands-onexperimentation is in progress and in real-time. This has recently been made possible due to theincrease in computing and graphics capabilities of desktop computers. The entire system developed for this purpose is comprised of three interconnected modulesas shown in Figures 1 and 2. These modules are; the data acquisition, data control and dataanalysis module. A

Conference Session

TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

Session 2149 Assessment Rubrics for TAC-ABET Interpersonal Skills Elaine M. Cooney, Kenneth Reid Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIntroductionMeasuring non-technical skills (sometimes called “soft skills”), such as the ability to function onteams (ABET Technology Criteria 2000, Criterion 1.e.), or the ability to communicateeffectively (Criterion 1.g.) can be a challenge to technology faculty trained in engineeringtechnology, but not necessarily experts in communication or leadership. These skills

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weissbach

1. A geared dc motor is mounted to a woodenbase via a metal bracket. The motor should be geared so that rotation can be easily observed andtimed. The shaft of the motor is connected to a piece of Tygon tubing using an aluminumcoupling. A set screw is provided with the coupling to ensure a tight fit onto the motor shaft.The Tygon tubing is sized to enable a snug fit with the aluminum coupling. A second aluminumcoupling connects the Tygon tubing to the shaft of a 50kΩ, 10-turn potentiometer. This shaft isdirectly connected to the wiper arm of the potentiometer. The Tygon tubing fits snugly enougharound the aluminum coupling of the potentiometer to allow the potentiometer wiper to turn withthe motor shaft. However, the tubing is also loose

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ghanashyam Joshi

Management course taught in Spring 2002 and 2003The catalog description of MeEn 570: Engineering Management course is as follows:“Introduction to broad field of engineering management with specific emphasis on subjects suchas project management, value engineering, constrained optimization, maintenance management,and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Students will be required to perform projects inselected areas.” The course uses a textbook2 and two suggested references3,4. The courseobjectives are:1. To provide students with introduction to foundational principles of engineering management2. To develop sufficient problem solving skills through design and optimization exercises, project management assignments and case studies.3. To train

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

. TheITE subject matter graduates will have:1. An understanding of how contemporary issues shape, and are shaped, by technology.2. An ability to teach effectively using relevant projects and technology.3. An ability to communicate effectively in oral, written, graphical, and multi-media forms.4. An ability to identify, use and design electronic curriculum that meets state education standards and national technology literacy standards.5. Knowledge of the Standards for Technological Literacy.6. An understanding of technology as the products of technology design – both hardware and software.7. An understanding of the relationships between science, math, and technology – specifically in the areas of engineering and computer science (part of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

think well, the question arises whether systems thinkingassists us in our “conceptual engineering” – that is, does it help us to think? Other writers havealready attempted to answer that question. In the field of leadership studies, for example, onecould investigate the work of Talcott Parsons, Niklas Luhmann,16 Jay Forrester,6-10 RussellAckoff,1 W. Edwards Deming,5 Peter Senge,20 and Margaret Wheatley.21 There is no reason toduplicate their work here. We endorse this project because we certainly believe it is ethical tothink well, but for present purposes we ask ourselves instead a second question, from the otherdirection, as it were, and that question is whether systems thinking helps us do ethics.According to what are known as cognitivist

Conference Session

NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Dean

members of classes in which I used the reflection technique:1. Compared to traditional lecture classes, do you find the use of reflections more or lesseffective at increasing classroom interaction?much less effective less effective about the same more effective much more effective2. Compared to traditional lecture classes, do you find the use of reflections more or lesseffective at increasing your classroom involvement?much less effective less effective about the same more effective much more effective3. Compared to traditional lecture classes, do you find the use of reflections more or lesseffective at motivating you to prepare for class by reading the assigned materials?way less effective less