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Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Obadiah Ritchey; John Clark; Jim White; Tim White; David Barnhart; Jerry Sellers

Figure 6. EyasSAT Solar Array“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The electrical power subsystem specifications are as follows: 2.2 The EyasSAT Electrical Power Subsystem shall consist of a solar array for primary power generation, a rechargeable secondary battery, a power regulation and conditioning module, and provide for distribution of regulated power throughout the spacecraft. 2.2.1 The EyasSAT Solar Array shall consist of two 9V COTS silicon-technology solar panels connected in series to demonstrate primary power generation. 2.2.2

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Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tarek Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

Session # 1661 RESPONDING TO EXPECTATIONS OF NON-TECHNICAL STUDENTS Ahmad R. Sarfaraz, Tarek A. Shraibati California State University, NorthridgeIt is widely accepted that increasing the technical literacy among all students is critical as oursociety becomes increasingly dependent upon science and technology. Therefore, a number ofengineering departments at some universities offer courses specifically addressing the needs ofthe non-engineering students. A general education course, Introduction to Computer-AidedGraphics Tools, has been offered by the Manufacturing Systems

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Ollis

Installing a “Technology Literacy” Course: Trials and Tribulations David F. Ollis Chemical Engineering Department North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7905 ollis@eos.ncsu.eduAbstract The creation of a new technology literacy course for non-technical students isdescribed. The author, an experienced engineering faculty member, describes his sojournthrough several less-than-familiar landscapes, including the regions of “finding funding”for this non-traditional subject, “and navigating the bureaucracy” of course

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zahed Siddique

”, IEEE Visualization ’97 Late Breaking Hot Topics Proceedings, Oct. 22-24, 1997, pp.13-2010. Nelson King, “Alibre Design 1.0”, PC Magazine, July 11, 2000, pp. 195.11. Qiuli Sun, and Kurt Gramoll, “Internet-based Simulation and Virtual City for Engineering Education”, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2000Biographical informationDr. Zahed Siddique is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Product and Process Design Laboratory atUniversity of Oklahoma. His research focuses on product family design, CAD/CAM, design collaboration andengineering design education. Dr. Siddique received his B.Sc., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering fromGeorgia Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams

Dame has investigated the use of anaudience response system (ARS) in a variety of educational settings. These investigations havebeen conducted to study the effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses of the integration ofresponse technologies in various educational initiatives. Among the initiatives studied are use ofthe ARS: (i) in a large freshman engineering course, (ii) in a senior/graduate technical course(groundwater hydrology), (iii) as a means of rapidly surveying large groups of students to assesslearning objectives and learning outcomes, and (iv) within a high-school outreach initiativewhere it was anticipated that student interest and attention span would be highly variable. The goals of the assessment of the ARS included

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert McLaughlan

Session 2531 Creating online structured academic controversies Robert G. McLaughlan Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaAbstractThere have been calls within engineering practice and engineering education to developwithin engineers a capacity to recognise and accommodate diverse and even competingperspectives within decision-making processes. To satisfy these needs an instructionaltechnique called Structured Academic Controversy was modified for multi-partycontroversies and for use with internet mediated communication

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Wise

InstructionalSystems from Penn State. He provides assistance to faculty members and teaching assistants in the areas ofteaching, learning and instructional technology and educational assessment support for the College of Engineering.SEONG KIMSeong Kim is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Penn State. He is principal investigator of a highlycompetitive NSF Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT). The central theme of all his research is toapply the fundamental knowledge gained from traditional UHV surface science techniques to understand andmanipulate engineering problems important to polymer science. Page 9.253.6

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Eric Wang

for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in a technology driven society is discussed. Page 9.914.1* This work was supported in part by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Engineering Schools of the West Grants Initiative. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ÆÉ 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationI. BackgroundOur experience in observing secondary science teachers who have science classes with high LEPenrollments indicates that many, if not most, still

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kurt DeGoede

goal of this course was to address a few aspects of technical literacy: to understand and usemathematics and science, understand the working of technological devices, and to applymathematics and physical principles to solve novel problems3. I desire to have the studentslearn how to use the ideas and theories to solve realistic problems and design “real” devices.These activities reinforce the idea that students can actually do something useful with what theyare learning. I also want to expose students to engineering problem-solving techniques, since Ibelieve students in all disciplines can benefit from learning these skills.Several textbook exercises involve using concepts learned to synthesize something new or makecritical judgments regarding

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos Morales

for maintaining high quality inboth the instructional design and the video assets.Intr oductionPurdue University offers degree-seeking programs at its main campus in West Lafayette,Indiana and at numerous smaller regional campuses. In June of 2003, members of theComputer Graphics Technology department at Purdue University’s School ofTechnology decided to produce three full courses of instructional videos as part of adistance-learning initiative. To fully utilize the power of the video medium and theadded resolution of HD, the team decided to use advanced computer graphicscompositing techniques and virtual set technology.While video is one the most powerful communication mediums, most distance-learninginitiatives do not maximize the

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales

work in a global society supported largely through web site design. Ethnography, in thesense of internet, however, has brought to the forefront, immediate differences of language andelectronically designed web sites between inherently diverse world cultures. Confined to issuessolely associated with a single culture, web design struggles are ongoing to establish a workablestandard within Human Computer Interface (HCI). The diversity of issues is not limited todesign but to procedural or process differences using software language programming, browserinterface, keyboard selection, ASCII, UTF (multilingual), and of course the ongoing softwarecompatibility difficulties. Software publishers, web masters, internet engineers, and all other

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rose

Session 3515 Balancing Classical Solutions with Computer Technology in the Undergraduate Geotechnical Curriculum Andrew T. Rose University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractOne of the desired outcomes of civil engineering technology education is to prepare students forthe practice of civil engineering after they graduate. This requires developing student knowledgeand competence in the use of standard design practices, tools, techniques, and computerhardware and software appropriate to their technical discipline.1 To accomplish this, technicalcourses must

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2004 Annual Conference

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Raymond Tavares; Anthony Duva; Mansour Zenouzi

Session 3159 Modernization and Integration of New Technologies in a Thermodynamics Lab Mansour Zenouzi, Anthony Duva, Raymond Tavares Electronics and Mechanical Department1 Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA 02115.Abstract:Significant advances in digital data acquisition and data reduction in industry, enhancement andimprovement in energy system simulation software such as Engineering Equation Solver (EES),recent interest in fuel cells and concern for protection of the global environment are among

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

Session 2642 Corporate Assessment of Strategic Issues in Technology and Management Education Elise M. Barrella and Keith W. Buffinton Bucknell UniversityAbstractColleges and universities strive to prepare graduates for the demands of a technology-infusedbusiness world where familiarity with both engineering and management skills is necessary.Bucknell’s Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management is an example of a programcreated for that purpose. The structure and themes of the ILTM program were devised to meetthe needs of

Conference Session

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

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2004 Annual Conference

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Chintan Parekh; Anthony Warren; Elizabeth Kisenwether

Session #2154 Using Inter-college Undergraduate Teams to Support Technology Commercialization Elizabeth C. Kisenwether College of Engineering Anthony Warren and Chintan Parekh Smeal College of Business The Pennsylvania State UniversityABSTRACTBased on a May 2003 National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) coursegrant, undergraduate students from the Colleges of Engineering and Business are enrolled in apilot course entitled Market

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

by integrating new hands-onlaboratory experiments into two current junior level required courses; CAD for Technology andCNC Machining Practices. This paper will report the current RP curriculum enhancementsaccomplished in both courses.The State of the ArtThe mission for all instructors is to educate their students the best way possible. Their teachingtechniques should challenge, educate, and promote the students' innovative thinking1. Thelecture-based format of teaching, which predominates in engineering education, may not be bestto achieve these goals2. Through the lecture method, an instructor introduces students to coursework by producing notes on a chalkboard or overhead. The instructor then hopes that studentscan regurgitate this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Joseph Hickey, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

AC 2004-355: TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOLMATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CURRICULUAAndrew Hoff, University of South FloridaEric Roe, Hillsborough Community CollegeJoseph Hickey, University of South FloridaMarilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community CollegeRichard Gilbert, Page 9.1217.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 SESSION 1526 Technology Applications for High School Mathematics and Science Cur r iculum Mar ilyn Bar ger 1, Richar d A. Gilber t 2, Andr ew Hoff3, Er ic A. Roe2 and J oseph D. Hickey2

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrew Czuchry; W. Andrew Clark

2004-1428 Technology-Based Business Incubators: Living Laboratories for Entrepreneurial Students W. Andrew Clark and Andrew J. Czuchry East Tennessee State University, Johnson CityAbstractThose teaching entrepreneurship to engineering and technology students are faced with thechallenge of converting theory into learning opportunities that provide real-world-practicalexperience. Although the literature stresses the need for experiential learning through group andfield projects and case studies, the potential of capitalizing on technology-based businessincubators as

Conference Session

Federated Searching

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Schlembach; William Mischo

Session Number 2441 Metasearch Technologies in Reference Work, OAI, and Search Navigation Assistance William H. Mischo, Mary C. Schlembach Grainger Engineering Library Information Center University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignIntroductionLibraries and librarians will continue to develop and collaborate on access services that betteraddress user information needs. It is important for libraries to focus on providing mechanisms totransform the many distributed digital collections into true “digital libraries” with the essentialservices that are required to make these digital libraries useful to and productive for users.1 Toaccomplish this, libraries will focus on

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chi Thai

Session 3420 Adapting Pervasive Learning Technologies to Machine Vision Course Chi N. Thai University of Georgia Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department Athens, GA 30602-4435 AbstractAn IT architecture suitable for teacher-centered active-learning approaches is proposed herein,using gigabit network and video conferencing equipment as well as network control andcollaborative learning software. The chosen software approach supports interaction

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Stanton; David Murphy

Session Number 2004-101 Distance Education Technology Empowers the Fire Service Dave Murphy Lorraine Stanton The University of North Carolina at CharlotteAbstract Due to increasing demands, professional requirements, emergent technologies and newthreats to public safety, fire service professionals have ever-increasing needs for access to highereducation. To aid in this quest, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has initiateddistance education classes as a part of the Fire and Safety Engineering Technology program.Distance

Conference Session

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Connolly; Herbert Rabin; Eric Schurr; David Barbe

institutions. MIPS accelerates the commercializationof new technology by jointly funding commercially directed collaborative research anddevelopment projects between USM faculty and company researchers. Faculty,postdoctoral fellows and graduate students have the opportunity to perform research thatdirectly leads to commercialization of new products. Companies are able to access expertuniversity faculty and state of the art facilities to conduct cost effective research anddevelopment. They also benefit from access to a vibrant student labor pool. MIPSprojects have covered a wide range of technologies in engineering, computer, physicaland life sciences. Since 1987, MIPS has provided matching funds for more than 445projects worth a total value of $120

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Curtis Carver

Techniques for Supporting Diversity in a Core Information Technology Course1 Curtis A. Carver Jr. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science United States Military AcademyAbstract: This paper examines techniques for supporting diversity in an information technology(IT) course taken by all cadets at the United States Military Academy. The Department ofElectrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) has historically had difficulty recruitingwomen and minorities into the computer science, electrical engineering, and information systemsengineering. Part of

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cullinane; Baris Yanmaz; Ronald Perry

Session Number 2558 Strategies to Attract Information Technology Students: An Extrapolation of Worker Experiences Thomas P. Cullinane, Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ronald F. Perry, Director, Graduate Information Systems Program Baris Yanmaz, Graduate Student Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts Abstract The predicted dramatic increase in demand for IT workers in the next decade suggests anopportunity for IT educators to establish plans to ramp up to meet these needs. The purpose ofthis paper is to

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scogtt Magids; Sarah Djamshidi; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

Session 3454 The Development of a Technology Entrepreneurship Culture And Lessons Learned David Barbe, Karen Thornton Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute University of Maryland1. IntroductionThis paper discusses activities of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute(MTECH) of the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland to fostermutually beneficial interactions with technology companies and an entrepreneurshipculture. MTECH started operations in 1984 as an initiative by the college’s board ofvisitors with the purpose of

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed Crowley; Susan Miertschin

workwith all browsers and on all platforms. In the UH program, because the students are IT students, Page 9.412.5they are allowed to use only text editors to create the portfolio files. Notepad is readily available Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society of Engineering Educationand some students download and use trial versions of commercial editors such as HomeSite. Theportfolio requirements specify that students use standard Web technologies including XHTML,JavaScript, CGI, ASP, XML, and Cascading Style Sheets. Students

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

-as the beginnings of life long learningthat will be needed later in a professional career.IntroductionInformation Technology as a college major is somewhat hidden compared with majors such asComputer Science (CS) and Computer Engineering (CE). Most counselors in high school willrecommend one of the latter if a student has interest in computers. Many of these students don’tunderstand the differences between these college majors and begin taking classes to discover ifthey actually fit in a particular major. Because of this situation there are many students thatchange their major from CS or CE to IT. Many students then believe that InformationTechnology is the major that would better fit what they want to do with computers and use

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacob Chen; Joseph Chen

Session 3247 Integrating Design and Manufacturing Concepts to Strengthen Advanced Technological Education Programs Joseph C. Chen and Jacob Chen Department of Industrial Education and Technology Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 AbstractRecent changes in the global business environment dictate the need for engineeringtechnicians to obtain new skills in design-for-manufacturability, computer-aided design,teamwork, and communication. In addition, there is a significant workforce shortage ofengineering technicians across the

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

out this approach to whistle blowing. Theprinciple which informs this position is: if it is in our power to prevent something bad fromhappening without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral significance, then we aughtto do it. Did the Ford engineers know that something “bad” was likely to happen? … They wereinvolved in producing a harmful product; i.e., they were involved in allowing others to beharmed.” [5] (Birsch, D: A study in ethics, technology and society, SUNY press, 1992)AcknowledgmentThe author wants to acknowledge the effect of positive reviews made by the reviewers. Almostall the comments were critically evaluated and implemented. Since the evaluation of businessethics teaching is so rare, a qualitative analysis of the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Siddique Zahed; Chaturaporn Nisagornsen; Kurt Gramoll

, called the Constant Speed Drive (CSD) System, was developed for TinkerAFB to provide a flexible and effective training system that is accessible as a resourceful,stimulating, attractive, and challenging training method to serve a large number of personnelsimultaneously. It should be noted that CSD is the name given by Tinker AFB personnel to ademonstration part used in this system. However, the name of this part used in the officialTechnical Order is Constant Speed Mechanical Drive Mechanism. The fundamental objective ofthis environment is to help engineers, technicians, and professionals at Tinker AFB betterunderstand the required operations through an Internet-based learning environment. Thesevarious technologies such as text, graphics, and