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ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

inseven categories featuring a varietyof bridge spans and configurations.This paper provides an overview of Figure 1. Student Rendering of the Howethis initiative to these High School Truss Bridge from the West Point Bridgeand Grade School students. Designer. Page 9.519.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The Computer-Aided Design Software Program and Design Methodology Called the West Point BridgeDesigner, the software for this effortwas actually

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Education”drawings and floor plans and completed comparative assessments for each of the finaldesigns. The second design project involved the application of a computer-aided design(CAD) software package that guides the user through the design of a truss-type highwaybridge, based on a specified design scenario; design submittals included isometric andelevation drawings for this unique commercial engineering application. Finally, students’end-of-course assessments are used to validate the effectiveness of the projects. Due tospace limitations, examples of student solutions are not included; however, the author canprovide copies of student solutions to interested educators upon request.Project #1: Residential DesignThis initial project buildson

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Rennels; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

laboratories, etc. In this section, the survey did not change considerably from the 1999survey. In 2003 of the 37 four-year schools that responded, 79% reported that they are known asa university. Interestingly, 79% of the respondents in 1999 also said they were called auniversity. The next most used name is college at 13%. Table 1. Type of Institution for Four-Year Schools 1999 and 2003. 60 79% 50 40 79% 30 20 10

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Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

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Audeen Fentiman; John Demel; Richard Freuler

one ofthe goals was to improve retention. Other goals were to develop modern curricula, to introducetechnology into the classroom, to develop faculty to be better teachers, and to develop students tobe better and life- long learners. The model for developing Ohio State’s lower division programswas Drexel University’s E4 program. This paper describes the development of the Fundamentalsof Engineering for Honors Program at Ohio State, the resulting increase in retention, the buildingof community, the effect on recruiting good students, and the support of industry.1. IntroductionOver the past ten years, learning experiences for first year engineering students at Ohio Statehave evolved notably in a number of ways. Some of earliest of this

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abrar Khan; Shuhui Li

, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, MatLab.1. INTRODUCTION Computers and microprocessors have changed a lot in the field of traditional ElectricalEngineering (EE). They are also changing the traditional teaching styles in higher education.When digital computers as well as various software and hardware are used in laboratories andclassrooms, they can provide much more effective and efficient ways in teaching and make manymathematical related engineering problems easy to understand. The Circuits and Electronics Lab, a first semester junior EE laboratory course at TexasA&M University – Kingsville (TAMUK) draws on and correlates with the knowledge obtainedby students from their sophomore and early junior level EE courses such as electric

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Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Yellamaraju; Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

-nation cross-cultural applied-disseminationsurvey conducted during the last semester of the project. The results indicate that theinstructional multimedia developed in this project can have a substantial positive impact inenhancing fundamental engineering classes. Further, the research also indicates that the LITEmodel can be an effective tool for guiding a comprehensive evaluation program.2. “Taking the Next Step in Engineering Education” ProjectThe University of Missouri–Rolla (UMR) recently completed a comprehensive three-year projectsponsored by the U.S. Department of Education’s FIPSE program [1-5] entitled “Taking theNext Step in Engineering Education: Integrating Educational Software and Active Learning”(#P116B000100). The project

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Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

. Special consideration isgiven to the read/write head and accompanying circuitry, which must satisfy potentiallycompeting requirements of small spacing, multiple electrical paths, low mass, andstringent dimensional stability. Figure 1 shows an example of an assembly, composed ofpolymeric, ceramic, and metallic materials. This example also shows a flexible circuitcable constructed with copper traces on a polyimide substrate.3 Figure 1 – Floppy Drive Read/Write Circuitry and CableAfter this introduction, students are assigned to teams and instructed to work for Page 9.1157.2approximately 15 minutes at each of three stations, rotating

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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell; Joseph Cecere

destined to join. This paper discusses thetransition from the current single-tracked curriculum into a program with three separateacademic options – Structural Design, Construction Management, and GeneralEngineering and provides a comparative analysis of the separate tracks.Current Curriculum Supporting a Bachelor of Science Degree in SDCET This program is designed to ultimately prepare students for careers in a highlyspecialized construction industry. Table 1 details the current academic requirements forgraduation from the program. SDCET is currently accredited by the TechnologyAccreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technologyenabling graduates to continue their professional development by sitting for

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A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Calvert; Michael Shannon

years, West Point has stood as ahallmark leadership and academic institution within the United States. The academy has longheld the prestige of being one of the oldest and finest engineering schools in the country. Awareof our young nation's need for engineers, Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, (USMA Superintendentfrom l8l7-l833) made civil engineering the foundation of the curriculum. For its first halfcentury, USMA graduates were largely responsible for the construction of the nation's railwaylines, bridges, harbors and roads.1 The focus of West Point is unchanged over the past 200 years; that of commissioningofficers for America’s Army. The mission of West Point, shown in Figure 1, exemplifies theideals of the academy. The focus of the entire

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Johnson

Figure 1: Smart Palletwill be added. The cup holder section incorporates a cup type - IR emitter/detector (top)detector. The detector is designed to confirm the type of cup - microcontroller (middle)placed into the holder. Several design concepts were scrutinized - Cup holder (bottom)for the detector function; proximity switches, contact switches,optical beam break switches.The first design choice for the cup detector function was an infrared, distance measuring circuit.Each type (round, square or rectangular) of plastic cup is positioned at a different distance fromthe base of the aluminum holder. The microcontroller is capable of performing an infraredfrequency sweep which can then be used to

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Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Orabi

Page 9.18.5 Course Section Exam #1 Exam #2 Exam #3 Average Average Average Traditional 74 77.5 68 Class Online based 72.5 83 69 class Table 1A: Average Exam ScoresComparison of the average of the class average for both sections indicates no significantdifference between assignment score averages. It appears from the data collected, thatthere was no significant difference in student performance, regardless of the class format.This is an encouraging result, and bodes

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

in engineering education for many engineering disciplines. Thesubject builds on calculus and physics concepts involving vectors, systems of equations,equilibrium and integration, in order to solve new problems involving structures. The primarychallenge to the statics instructor is to teach the correct application of just a few theoreticalconcepts. Hence, statics instructors tend to use many example problems to demonstrate thecorrect application of the theory. Difficulties involving time limitations and problems withvisualization can arise when example problems require detailed drawings in order to convey theexample properly. For this reason, classes in Statics are prime candidates as courses to beenhanced via multimedia learning tools [1, 2

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Professional Ethics in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Meade

equipment overhead. Then thestudents discovered how much work in projected billings our firm must bring in each monthmerely to cover our expenses. The students were amazed. At this point they did not understandthe difference between gross billing and net income. For example, a typical calculation mayshow that our firm required $ 1.4 million dollars annually in collected billings just to cover ourcosts. If we earned only $1 million annually we would not survive with our present workforcestructure. They seemed to understand this issue during the class but later it became apparent thatthey did not fully comprehend the relationships among the unit cost of labor, billable hours, andthe time required to complete a task when we discussed preparation of

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

for things like breaking laws and getting into trouble. It is evident that Edison wasalways expanding his knowledge base about a given topic through reading books andnewspapers.The illustrations shown in Figure 1 represent Edison’s thought processes and learningexperiences while developing the automatic telegraphy.8 These illustrations provide someevidence that Edison’s approach to problem solving reflect thinking processes and knowledgeacquisition that occur during Piaget’s developmental stage of formal operations. As Edisonbegins to construct his ideas about how this invention will ultimately work, the illustrationsdemonstrate how he assimilated his new ideas with his existing cognitive structures and thenmade adjustments in his

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Can Saygin

Session 3263 Paper #1669 A Manufacturing Laboratory for Integrated Hands-on Applications Dr. Can (John) Saygin Engineering Management Department University of Missouri – Rolla Rolla, Missouri 65409 - 0370 E-mail: saygin@umr.edu Phone: + 1 – 573 – 341 – 6358 Fax: + 1 – 573 – 341 – 6567 URL: http

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Mohammadzadeh

system of non-linear, first-order,time dependent, ordinary differential equations. Students also learn about the applicationof difference equations and Runge-Kutta method to obtain a solution for a system of non-linear, first-order, time dependent, ordinary differential equations. Physicalunderstanding of effects of air resistance on a golf ball’s trajectory is achieved bycomparing the results of these different approaches with the result of motion in theabsence of the air drag.FormulationThe drag force due to air friction on a golf ball can be estimated by: 1 D? C D tAV 2 (1) 2Where D is the drag force on the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

technology is non-neutral, i.e.,it is partial, or biased, to certain uses. Many scholars have argued effectively against theneutrality of technology Allchin claims “it is disingenuous nowadays to claim [that technologyis neutral]…the very artifacts bias who can and cannot use them.”6 Ibo van de Poel7 enumeratesthree reasons that the instrumental view (technology as a “means” alone, and thus neutral) isunsatisfactory: 1) formulation of goals and choice of technological means are not independent, 2)choice of means for a given end is not neutral, 3) technologies realize more than their intendedgoal. Borgmann also considers the “means” viewpoint and claims "...it is an equivocation tospeak indifferently of tools in a modern and in a pretechnological

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Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weissbach; David Loker; Ronald Krahe

benefits of using this design project within a baccalaureate EET program are shown.I. Introduction to the ProjectA senior technical elective course in telecommunications is offered as part of the Baccalaureatedegree in Electrical Engineering Technology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. There aretwo prerequisites for this course. The first prerequisite course is a junior level communicationssystems course which emphasizes an introduction to analog communication techniques. Thesecond prerequisite course is a junior level measurements and instrumentation course which Page 9.1054.1introduces LabVIEW.1 LabVIEW is a graphical software

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Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hung Nguyen; Charles McIntyre

(CD, zip, etc.) [2,5]. Currently, many engineeringand construction firms post project information on company or project specific web sites. Inorder to provide students with the “real world” experience of posting information electronically,the logical decision would be to require students to mimic the industry practices. The contentsof this paper, 1.) documents the traditional and revised course delivery system for CME 430 -Land Development, 2.) provides an overview of the mechanisms for evaluation and assessment,3.) explains some of the tools and techniques that have been developed at NDSU to assiststudents with web page development, 4.) provides student outcome data for a 3-year period, 5.)offers an analysis of the data, and 6.) formulates

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Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Long

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationprinciples of research and communications are made explicit, and students are engaged inreflecting on their own learning. As the students discuss, write about, reflect upon, and presenttheir research, they learn how to communicate clearly. RCS activities enhance learningoutcomes through intensive practice of communications. Figure 1 shows the interactiverelationship among the interdisciplinary staff and undergraduates along with the connection of allparticipants to the engineering faculty members. Studio Communication Faculty Engineering Faculty

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

, andgrades K and 1 in 2005-06). After funding expires, teacher mentoring will be sustained byexperienced WPS teachers and engineering expertise will be provided by WPI undergraduates.PersonnelThe proposal was written in close collaboration with administrators in the WPS, with whom WPIhas a longstanding positive relationship involving multiple collaborations. Once the grant wasfunded, WPS administrators recruited principals of two elementary schools, who in turnidentified interested teachers. The teachers are highly committed to the project; they are alsocompensated as consultants at the rate of $28 per hour for up to 115 hours on the project eachyear. The 115 hours include a 35-hour summer workshop, and 80 hours (about 2 hours per week)during the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Baumann

their curriculum withan “Introduction to” course, quite often accompanied by a first-year seminar. 2, 6, 7, 15, 18, 28, 29, 30, 32Numerous programs quote the use of FYE efforts or merely list such elements in theirdescriptions or syllabi associated with their seminar or introductory courses. 1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19,21, 28, 29, 31 Improved variations of the introductory course have been suggested which arelaboratory-based to stimulate interest 1, 3, 7, 13, or which emphasize the development of problem-solving skills 3, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30, and finally those which place design in the initial year. 9, 10, 15,17, 20, 32 An interesting further refinement for problem-solving courses utilizes self-paced

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bill Ray

Session 1526 Website and CD-ROM Development: Digital Images of Water and Wastewater Processes for Engineering Education Bill T. Ray1, L. R. Chevalier1, J. W. Nicklow1, L. A. Boruszkowski2, and Scott Simmons3 1 Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, MC 6603, Carbondale, IL 62901; Ph: (618) 453-7774; E-mail: ray@engr.siu.edu/ 2 Associate Professor, Department of Cinema and Photography, Southern Illinois University at

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

course on design ofmachine elements, and use their background to verify the analytical calculation ondeflection and stresses in machine members.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Page 9.1190.2TextbooksA few remarks on the content that appear in the textbooks need to be highlighted. Mostof the textbooks, such as the ones authored by Shigley [1], Juvinall [2] and Norton [3] in thefirst half of the text provides the solid mechanics background that is required addressingthe strength issues associated with

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Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gearold Johnson; Thomas Siller

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Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Shaw; James Gidley

– A Brief Review of the LiteratureSeveral papers related to our work have been published in the Journal of Engineering Educationfrom 1993 to the present. The most directly relevant work is a Writing-Across-the-Curriculumapproach used at Utah State University.1 The WAC approach linked a required engineeringcourse with a required writing course. Writing assignments included “societal impacts ofenvironmental racism” and “the cost and ethics of clean-up of hazardous waste sites.” Page 9.149.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aisha Lawrey

future pool of qualified high-tech workers andprofessionals, especially underrepresented groups like minorities and women. This program iscomprehensive in that it has two major components: outreach efforts and instructionalmethodologies. 1. The “Engineering the Future” outreach component consists of a comprehensive information campaign about the rewards of engineering and technology professions. 2. The “Education and Training Institute” instructional component implements pre- engineering curriculum in middle and high school classes.This paper will focus on the programs of the “Engineering the Future” outreach component.IntroductionAn ASEE report says, “Engineering education programs must attract an ethnic and

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Waters

facilities have active SES model test programs. Page 9.242.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: A Generic Surface Effect Ship (SES), from Butler, 19852Surface Effect Ship (SES) Design Project BackgroundAdvanced marine designs such as hydrofoils, SWATHs, planing craft, and air-cushioned crafthave demonstrated the Navy’s continual desire to increase military seaborne operational speed.In the 1970’s, Admiral Zumwalt encouraged the pursuit of a “100-knot Navy” as Chief

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Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

1Lecture:Course Introduction (1/2 hour)Manipulation of Algebraic Engineering Formulas (1/2 hour)Kinematic and Trigonometric Relationships in 1 and 2-link Rotating Planar Robots (3 hours)Lab:Overview of Matlab for Solution of Engineering SystemsWeek 2Lecture:Kinematic and Trigonometric Relationships in Rotating Planar Robots, Cont. (3 hours)Representation of Rotating Planar Robot in Complex Plane (1 hour)Lab:Observation and Measurement of Kinematic Relationships in Rotating Planar RobotsAnalysis of Observed Kinematic Relationships using MatlabWeek 3Lecture:Analysis of Rotating Planar Robot in Complex Plane (3 hours)2-D Vector Representation of Rotating Planar Robot (1 hour)Lab:Manipulation of 2-D Vectors and Complex Numbers in MatlabWeek 4Lecture:3-D

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What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt O'Connor; Kathleen Simione; Dale Jasinski; Chad Nehrt

course theme. The faculty team also embraced thedevelopment of the business plan as a unique active learning element. More importantly, theteam decided to organize and introduce topic areas in conjunction with students’ development oftheir business plans. As the program evolved, the design team further extended the activelearning components by requiring the class to implement and run one of the student businessplans. In effect, business planning and implementation became the primary organizationalvehicles around which the program was built and core business concepts were introduced. Exhibit 1 presents our representation of the typical entrepreneurship course or major atmost universities today. The two dimensions are subject depth and