Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller; Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi

successfully in high school are insufficient in the demanding college atmosphere. Inaddition, for many, it is the first time that they are managing their time and responsibilitieswithout the aid of their parents.In business and industry, setting and charting goals has long been recognized as an effectivebusiness practice. According to Jeffery Mayer, author of Setting and Achieving Your Goals,“When you know what you want, and have created a plan to get you there, everything else fallsinto place.”(1) It is always advantageous for students to learn what will be expected of them inindustry.Suggested in the paper is a method that empowers professors to have an influence on the habitsof freshmen. Freshmen will be expected to set goals, assess their progress

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Higby; Brandon Rogers; Joseph Ekstrom

. Results from this study provide data on which to create mail serverrecommendations depending on load, throughput, and availability.MethodThree popular SMTP servers were tested and rated: Microsoft Exchange, Postfix, and Sendmail.Each server has been loaded using the standard “out-of-the-box” installation. Changes inconfiguration are limited to removing external access restrictions, making it possible for anexternal testing client to be used. Each server was installed on its native operating systems ascan be seen in Table 1. Email Server Native OS Platform Sendmail Red Hat Linux 9 (Kernel 2.4.20-8) Postfix

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brandon Rogers; Joseph Ekstrom

classifications, or levels: RAIDb-0, RAIDb-1, RAIDb-21.RAIDb-0: full partitioningRAIDb, level 0 (RAIDb-0), is best described as database striping, or distributing the tables in thedatabase among backend nodes (Figure 1). RAIDb-0 is similar to common distributed databasesystems, such as Oracle RAC5, PostGreSQL Replication Project, and Emic Application Clustersfor MySQL6. Like these systems, stored data in a RAIDb-0 system is simply distributed amongnodes. No replication or duplication of information is performed. Crecchet indicates, “[that]like for RAID [Redundant Array of Independent Disks] systems, the Mean Time BetweenFailures (MTBF) of the array is equal to the MTBF of an individual database backend, dividedby the number of back-ends in the array.1

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

because the condition and performance had not changed significantly in 2years2. To address similar issues, health-monitoring (HM) concept is used in many engineeringdisciplines in various contexts, but is not yet exploited fully in CE practice. While most civilengineers recognize forensic engineering, HM and its system-identification are yet outside therealm of applications in this profession. Given these challenges, four logical research topics to solve infrastructure problems are: 1)full-scale testing of structures and/or subassemblies to understand their behavior under adverseloadings and implement novel strategies to enhance performance; 2) developing improvedmaterials and testing procedures for small-scale models which are cost effective

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yoram Koren; Nazmi Cem Dincer; Jr., Elijah Kannatey-Asibu

the many options available to students for their future career. However, thecareer selection is influenced by external factors, one of which is the education they get inschool. There is concern that the number of students considering engineering as a future career isdecreasing not only in the US but also over the globe. This decrease could be due tomisinformation in the schools or the lack of information about engineering. To help change thistrend, and also as part of the outreach of the National Science Foundation (NSF) EngineeringResearch Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (ERC/RMS), the ERC has nurturedgrowth in three areas of outreach, which are (1) College-level, (2) Grades K-12, and (3) theCommunity.This manufacturing

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Sullivan; Janis Terpenny

, leave the income taxintricacies to finance/accounting people. The purpose of this paper is to reinforce the necessityof after-tax economy studies in practice. An example is presented that illustrates four methodsfor taking income taxes into account. Two of the methods produce the correct rank ordering ofprojects while the remaining two do not. We recommend that an income tax specialist beconsulted in practice when the projects under consideration are complicated with respect to theirtax ramifications.1. IntroductionWhen deciding among mutually exclusive alternatives, managers as fiducial agents for acompany’s owners are principally concerned with the after-tax profitability (present worth,annual worth, internal rate of return) of a capital

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Pete Schuyler

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationrun experiments that would be nearly identical to the laboratories that they would experience inthe classroom or onsite laboratory.Much of the early work that used the Internet to remotely deliver experiments began in 1998with Esche and Chassapis.1 It was followed by a series of work reported in 2000 by both Escheand Gurocak.2,3,4 Each year, a growing body of work has appeared that has further validated boththe technological viability of distance laboratories, and their effectiveness in delivering aworthwhile laboratory experience

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Blake

is the subject of work, energy,and power. This paper will explore the use of and describe the author’s experience with usingthese topics in introductory classes.IntroductionMany programs in both engineering technology and engineering find it worthwhile to requireintroductory courses for first year students. If one looks at textbooks available for thesecourses,1, 2, 3, 4 one finds a mix of descriptive information on engineering and technology andmaterial on engineering calculations and analysis. The math required for calculations must be ata level appropriate for incoming students.The analytical material commonly starts with a review of math topics and a treatment of units ofmeasure. The topic of measures and units is common to all areas of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wesner; Cristina Amon

(EDRC), sponsors severalproject-based engineering design courses which are open not only to Carnegie Mellon’sEngineering School, but to the entire university community. The topics addressed includeIntegrated Product Design, Rapid Prototyping, and Design of Wearable Computers (1).The Engineering Design Projects Course, which is now in its fifth year, is unique in that teamsof students, usually from many parts of the campus community, work on design projectssponsored by industries (both local and national), non-profits, or organizations within theuniversity. The intent is to give the participating students a hands-on, integrative,multidisciplinary experience in the important field of engineering design—an opportunity for thestudents to practice

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Osman Akan; Fredrick McKenzie; Sushil Chaturvedi

software are employed to incorporate inthe web-based experiments characteristics such as recreation of physical phenomenon in thevirtual domain, measurement of physical quantities on a computer screen, assembly of virtualprobes and coupling of the virtual experiment with a data acquisition software. A virtual realitysoftware has been incorporated to enable web-based students to navigate through the virtuallaboratory, and perform the virtual experiment on-line. The web-based virtual experimentmodule has the potential of becoming a building block for virtual laboratories for web-basedundergraduate engineering programs.1. Introduction Televised and online courses, virtual collaborative learning environments, synchronous andasynchronous video

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mazen Manasseh; Kevin Amaratunga; Eduardo Kausel

Windows Form Controls. Web Service methods are implemented for initiating remote processes on the control server. In this paper, we state the motivations for this project, describe the various online activities and generic administrative features, and provide a description of the implemented technologies and system components.1. Introduction Recent efforts in engineering education have focused on supplementing traditional meansof experimentation with virtual laboratories that are remotely accessible through the World-WideWeb (WWW), despite allegations that such a shift from the physical laboratory environment toan online experimentation space detaches students from irreplaceable real-world experiencesgained through physical

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury

. Personal contact also improvesstudent retention and will help to increase the percentage of minority black engineers infuture.1. BackgroundAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU), a historically blackuniversity, reflects the uniqueness of the traditional land-grant institution, whichcombines professional, vocational and liberal arts pursuits. The University providesbaccalaureate and graduate studies that are compatible with the times to all qualified, Page 9.502.1capable individuals who are interested in further developing their technical, professional,and scholastic skills and competencies. A center of substance and excellence, AlabamaA&

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

creativity. The authors Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationrealized very early that they had little interest in product design or development andpreferred to concentrate on the following sequence, which encourages creativity. Green andBonollo3 suggest similar phases for what they term “engineering design”, these being“Clarification. Conceptualization, Embodiment, Evaluation and Detailing”.1. Identification of the design task.2. The emergence of design concepts.3. The collection of supporting design data.4. Rationalizing to a single design and5. Creating a final design.The authors chose the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

cell site ranged anywhere from $150,000 to $1 million.The RF engineers analyzed the problem and chose two possible solutions: add a new site on theSummit, or expand the existing site on the rooftop of the Sheraton, which was right beside theintersection. The Summit site provided higher amount of coverage, but did not allow for reuse offrequency in nearby cell sites. The Sheraton site provided a limited amount of coverage, butallowed the frequency to be reused in a nearby cell site. The managers and engineers had todecide the best option and implement it within a short time so that customers could be servedbetter. A multimedia case study was developed based on this problem. It was administered in aBusiness-Engineering-Technology program

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Harper

needs and limitations before they can determine what is both appropriate andfeasible in terms of the organization’s values, without sacrificing or ignoring their own. In eachworkshop, we encouraged students to assume or become aware of a variety of roles, to gain adeeper sense of the parts different individuals play or played in the systems life-cycles of real-life cases: (1) “’Getting the Water Right:’6 Restoring the Kissimmee and Reclaiming the Everglades” (focusing on competing social goods) (2) “The Creation and Destruction of the World Trade Center” (focusing on human factors and risk assessment)Method and Presentation More flexible and personal than the case study method, PBL is, in the words

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Plummer; Barry Lunt

dispensing tool. ThePCB is then brought under the robot and the dispensing takes place.This system has been developed and demonstrated in Brigham Young University’s ElectronicsAssembly and Automation Laboratory. Due to the absence of a solder-paste screen, this solder-paste dispensing system is capable of lots as small as 1, yet provides the quality of a screen-printing system. The disadvantage is a lower throughput.IntroductionIn the process of assembly of electronic printed circuit boards, the solder paste is usuallydeposited on the printed circuit board (PCB) by means of an automated screen-printing machine.These machines feature good reliability, high throughput, and high quality, but their majorweakness is that there must be a screen built for

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lobaugh

Session 2547 Revving up interest in Hands-On Engineering Michael Lobaugh Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeIntroduction: This paper provides an overview of the past, present, and future changes to a laboratory-based course providing hands-on experience in manufacturing. At the 2002 conference for theASEE, Mukasa E. Ssemakula presented a paper (session 3649)1, describing successes for acourse that helped students gain hands-on experience in a Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) program. Using this presentation as a springboard, a pilot program at Penn State

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jones; Beth Tieszen; Dennis Schulte; Ann Koopmann

Student Programs staff in the College of Engineering& Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are developing methods to get fromanecdotal information to tangible, measurable outcomes. The process is being guided by: i)ABET program outcomes (A-K)1; ii) the need for “quantitative” information; iii) ease of accessto students in time and place; iv) a goal of having an effective and efficient process for obtainingand interpreting results and; v) the desire to measure outcomes longitudinally.To accomplish this task, several surveys have been developed for completion by studentsthrough various stages of their engineering education. The surveys focus: a) “work”-relatedexperiences; b) international experiences; c) academic advising; d

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

with the university mission. Theuniversity mission in turn impacts the department goals. The program outcomes are derived andjudged based on the ABET criteria [1] and the IEEE department specific criteria as well as ourdepartment specific competencies. With these in mind, each course objective and assessmentmethod is carefully examined for a better coordination among courses and setup in order to reacha complete coverage of the program outcomes that lead to achieving the program goals.The correlation between all required electrical engineering courses begins with the individualcourse’s objectives to the program outcomes. The correlation between program outcomes andprogram objectives will be explained in detail in the next section. Using the

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

relate to a local industry partner, who they are familiarwith, makes both the problem and the solution relevant to their learning experience. A bonusis that linking of assessment methods with learning outcomes throughout the program, toidentify graduate skills allows teaching institutions to market the strengths of their graduates.For example the use of case studies during undergraduate learning could mean that theinstitution could claim something like “our graduates have an understanding of the real needsof industry”.The School of Engineering at the University of Tasmania has links with a number ofindustries and some are indicated in Table 1. This paper provides some details of the teachingand research benefits obtained from the link between

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Blackham; Charles Higby; Michael Bailey

software that registers network computer configurations with the Deployment Server. ¤ SID Generator: Native 32-bit security attribute modification utility used to avoid name sharing conflicts that occur in a network that requires the use of Domain names.(Windows Domains) Figure 1 –Deployment Server System.Advantages/SimilaritiesAltiris and Norton Ghost imaging software each provide similar benefits. Some majoradvantages that Altiris and Norton Ghost imaging software provide include the complete creationand restoration of a computer’s configuration in a minimal time period. For instance, NortonGhost has the ability to create an image file or clone (restore) a system’s hard disk within 5 to 10minutes

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dae-Wook Kim

Session 2563 An Outr each Pr ogr am To Pr omote Manufactur ing Car eer s To Under r epr esented Students D. Kim 1, I. Cossette2 1 School of Mechanical and Mater ials Engineer ing, Washington State Univer sity, Vancouver , WA / 2Edmonds Community College, Edmonds, WAAbstr actThe Puget Sound Consortium for Manufacturing Excellence (PSCME), funded by theNational Science Foundation, and the Mathematics, Engineering, and ScienceAchievement (MESA) Program co-sponsored two student field trips; one to RentonTechnical College, and another to Edmonds Community College and Dillon Works

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

Session Using Case Studies to Teach Engineering Design and Ethics Larry G. Richards, Michael E. Gorman University of VirginiaAbstract:At the University of Virginia, we have developed (researched and written) a set of case studiesfor teaching engineering ethics, engineering design, and environmental issues. These cases havebeen used in a course on Invention and Design, and in other courses offered by our Division ofTechnology, Culture, and Communications (TCC). Many of these cases have been published inbook form 1. Others are available through the course website for

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Odis Griffin

, ventilation, fire sprinklers, and access meetcurrent public and University building codes. The overall layout of the lab is shown in Figure 1. 208'-0" Tool Restrooms, Klages Office Conference Formula Autonomous Rm Hybrid Electric Eye Wash, Machine Room & SAE

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret P. Battin; Gordon B. Mower; Angela R. Harris; JoAnn Lighty

exploration, andmany other topics.Writing assignments also worked to stress the multiple-view ethic-theoretical approach of thecourse. For example, in the final, multi-stepped assignment that lasted over a period of severalweeks and culminated in student presentations. This is discussed in further detail below.Assignments and GradingSeveral different types of assignments were used in the class to enable students to follow theclass concepts closely and utilize those concepts, both immediately, and as a final “design”element.Figure 1 represents the assignment and grading information given students in advance. Figure 2details the grading criteria for the papers. The grading criteria were geared towards helpingengineering students hone their writing and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

products and project.The First Three ETKs:In our initial Senior Design class, six teams undertook projects aimed at developingETKs. Three were ultimately successful; our criterion for success was that the lessonplans were actually used in a middle school classroom. Three other teams achievedacceptable lesson plans, but failed to develop a meaningful Design Challenge. The twodefining attributes of engineering teaching kits are: (1) they realize the guided inquiryapproach to teaching science and math, 6, 7, 8 and (2) they teach the engineering designapproach to problem solving. 5, 9, 10 Page 9.222.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kramer

constituency.According to EC2000, “Each engineering program for which an institution seeks accreditation… must have in place…a process based on the needs of the program's various constituencies inwhich the objectives are determined and periodically evaluated” [1] This requirement that theprocess be based upon the needs of the program’s own constituencies is, effectively, arequirement that each program identify its constituencies and have some means of gettingperiodic input from them on their needs. The constituencies identified by almost all programsinclude: 1) students, 2) industry, and 3) alumni. While programs that are in place certainly haveaccess to students and usually have access to alumni, obtaining input from the industryconstituency can present