Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

experience helped me better prepare for the professorate and to better understand myfuture career (and evaluate its desirability).RecommendationsEngineering Economics is one of the basic engineering courses in undergraduateengineering education. Graduate assistants who want to pursuit a career in academia(especially in Engineering Economics, Engineering Management, and IndustrialEngineering) should be assigned to teach this course.Bibliography1. Hartman, J. C., J. Lavelle, R. Martinazzi, H. Nachtmann, K. Needy and P. Shull, "A Decision Toolfor Developing a Course in Engineering Economy," American Society for Engineering EducationConference, Albuquerque, NM, June, 2001.2. Dahm, K., “Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

mechanisms. Accommodate concurrent review activities (local reviews, advisory committees) even if they don't quite fit the ABET model.4. Minimize documentation, scrutiny, and the time required by all.A faculty colleague summed it up in a phrase, "Back off!"Concluding remarksI write this paper with some trepidation, but I feel that it is something that must be done. Iwonder whether I strike a resonant chord with many engineering faculty across the country3. Ifear that it does. My career as an engineering faculty member and administrator spans nearlythree decades now. I have generally been an optimist and a promoter of new ideas andprograms. Some of these have achieved success and stuck. With others, I have had to face themusic, and it has not

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Stockman; Tom Wulf; Hazem Said

Session _1547_ Summer Outreach Program for High School Students: Results of the Second Year Implementation Hazem Said, Mark Stockman and Tom Wulf Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computing Technology, University of CincinnatiAbstractThe Summer Academy of Information Technology is a non-residential camp-stylesummer outreach program for high school students from under-served communities. Thepurpose of this program is to encourage these students to pursue a college degree and tolearn about Information Technology as a possible career choice. The program was firstoffered in 2002 and

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionDuring the past several years, the Purdue University School of Technology atColumbus/Southeast Indiana has joined with Columbus Regional Hospital to offer twoor three Technology in Action days for local high school students. The focus of thiseffort has been to introduce young people to careers at the hospital or in the medicalprofession that are unrelated to training in medicine. Indeed, careers in computertechnology and mechanical engineering technology are emphasized.A short presentation is given by representatives from both the hospital and PurdueUniversity

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. William Graff

required toteach circuits, and thereby learn it. Dr. Hayt added the comment that it would be unfair torelease me to the public with my (then) present knowledge of Circuits. Thus began my career inteaching Circuits, in the fall of 1962.The procedure for teaching Circuits at Purdue at that time was to break the class into groups ofabout 25, with each group or section having a graduate student teacher to work problems inrecitation periods; Dr. Hayt taught two lecture periods each week to the total Circuits class. Atthat time Hayt and Kemmerly’s first edition of Engineering Circuit Analysis2 was being used.Tests were prepared by Drs. Hayt and Kemmerly, using test problems submitted by the graduateteaching assistants. There were four one-hour tests

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Tracy; Jin Yoo; Jason Immekus; Brian French; Susan Maller; William Oakes

Assessment specifies elevenoutcomes industry and academia expect college graduates to know and demonstratefollowing completion of accredited engineering programs. The criteria are intended toenable accredited engineering programs to provide key skills students will need to pursuean engineering career. Specifically, Criterion 3 outcomes include: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene P. Deess; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori

career goals when entering. They intend to pursue their field at thisparticular college and to graduate. At the end, the decision to leave college is a personal one, butit occurs within an important social context. The student's social interactions within the collegecontext may make or interrupt the decision to leave. Tinto mentions four relevant factors of thecollege experience: adjustment, difficulty, incongruence, and isolation (Tinto, 1987, p. 39). Eachof these factors may become decisive in student’s willingness to continue or drop out. Braxtonand Shaw Sullivan (1997) supplemented Tinto’s study by the empirical research.Bean and Metzner (1985) proposed a model of attrition for adult students in which retentiondecisions may often be beyond

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chell Roberts

engineering, material engineering, industrial engineering,bioengineering, construction engineering, and computer engineering. The Fulton Schooldoes not have capacity to increase overall enrollments. The Fulton strategic plan calls fora small decrease in undergraduate enrollments.The planning for a new engineering program is a collaboration between faculties of theCollege of Technology and Applied Sciences (CTAS) at ASU East Campus and the IraA. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU Tempe Campus, with support from the Collegeof Education. It is envisioned that by dividing ASU engineering programs between twocampuses the university will be better positioned to address the career goals of studentsand faculty. In addition, the development of a new

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

80 mph and the westboundtravels at 60 mph; determine when the trains will be 490 miles apart). They are often unawarethat these same simple algebra skills can be used to solve very real and important engineeringproblems (e.g. determine the speed at which an aircraft must fly in order to stay aloft). Throughincreased awareness and relevance an early interest in pursuing engineering as a career may beachieved.The curricula developed in this project targets simple engineering problems in fluid mechanics,electricity, and structures that can be solved using algebra. The curricula are provided on CD’swith videos of hands-on activities and explanations. A week-long training workshop will beconducted summer 2004 for in-service mathematics teachers

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Orr; Richard Vaz

BS degree inECE should be appropriate for a considerably wider range of further study and ultimateprofessions than has typically been the case for either EE or Computer Engineering degrees.Hence, students with a wider range of career goals may ultimately be attracted into the new ECEprogram than traditionally were attracted to rather narrow EE or Computer Engineeringprograms. This possibility is significant for two reasons. First, a solid educational foundation inthe natural sciences and technology (particularly information technology) is of growingimportance to many, if not most professions. Obvious examples include medicine and mostaspects of business. Second, there is good reason to fear that at least in the US, traditionalengineering

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shashi Nambisan

appliedresearch may not be of interest to the academically gifted students, or that basic research may notbe of interest to those who are not academically gifted. The prospect of influencing students to continue, and complete, their education is anothermotivation to target undergraduate and high school students for participation in researchactivities. This is particularly important for students who do not recognize their own potential, orwho may have limited information to visualize their future potential. Affording interesting andmeaningful research experiences to students who are not necessarily at the top of their classes,but who have the potential to make valuable contributions often makes a significant difference intheir career path and lives

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkitaswamy Raju

three options: 1) follow a traditional path, whichinvolves full time study of course work, and a dissertation in an engineering discipline, 2) join ina more flexible and yet structured program in technology management and complete the degreewithout major disruptions to one’s career, and 3) undertake a program that requires independentresearch and a thesis based on peer reviewed publications as the primary means to complete thedegree. This paper identifies the need for doctoral level education in engineering technology andpresents case studies on three of the doctoral degree programs currently available for engineeringtechnology faculty. The paper does not deal with the traditional, course work based doctoralprograms in science or engineering

Conference Session

Recruiting and Building Diversity

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Johnson; Mary Anderson-Rowland

recruited thefirst year, we were able to add new students the second year. More positions became availablebecause a few students graduated or chose not to continue in the program.In addition to the FAFSA eligibility, students must be a US citizen, national, or alien admitted asa refugee; be enrolled full time in the Fulton School of Engineering at ASU; have a minimum 3.0GPA (under special circumstances students with a 2.8-3.0 GPA can be accepted); and have afaculty recommendation and a statement of purpose addressing personal and career goals. The WorkshopsEarly in the Fall Semester, the grant coordinators met with the CIRC Scholars. The meeting washeld in a nice room and refreshments were available for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

spring semester. Students reported that the class was enjoyable andhelpful in networking, improving presentation skills, and in giving tips on being a good student.Keywords: Freshmen Retention, Underrepresented Minorities, Scholarship Program, AcademicSuccess WorkshopI. IntroductionSince 1974, NACME (the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) has providedleadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful AfricanAmerican, American Indian, and Latino women and men in engineering and technology, math-and science-based careers. NACME believes in the concept of the “learning organization,” acommunity in which each member is encouraged and assisted to grow and develop. With thesupport of

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jared Berrett

and what it will bring in the future.” “He's teaching us easier to learn the skills needed for jobs about the real world, responsibility, and technology.” in today’s technology-oriented What are you learning? “How we couldn't live without workplaces, encourage students to technology.” pursue scientific or technical careers, How will it help you in the Future? “To know what is and lessen our dependence on foreign happening in the world for later in life.” “It will give me workers to fill jobs in many sectors. knowledge about the technology I might use” “In every way my life will someday

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

keep the team progressing What is the importance of this exercise to toward the goal. Team satisfaction and your career? production of a quality product depend on abalance of both task and team functions. On average, teams early in the project 0. 3 O v e r a llperformed as expected. Based on 6 semesters

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

Session 1793 Increasing Freshman Contact with Engineers – A Revamp of ENGR101, Tulane’s Freshman Intro to Engineering Course Carol Mullenax, Cedric Walker Tulane UniversityAbstractIn prior years, an entering freshman wanting to pursue a career in engineering could not eitherrefute or verify that decision based on anything other than entry-level math and science classesuntil well after his first year of study. At Tulane, a third of the freshmen initially enrolling in theSchool of Engineering decided to pursue other majors by the end of their freshman

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl Orth

ways to show and explain complex constructiondetails and the quality of workmanship or material that is expected.Real objects, models, and mock-ups can be easily incorporated into a construction managementcurriculum. For example, this author was one of three instructors who were conducting a four-week workshop introducing adult men and women to the different career opportunities in thefield of construction. The participants were shown how to draft, estimate, and construct a 12-foot by 16-foot outbuilding. First, the participants drafted the building; second, they estimatedthe material and labor cost for the building; and third, they actually constructed the building.The participants even had to shingle the roof, set windows and doors, install

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Darnell Austin

Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringBibliography 1. Dewey, J. (1933). How We Think. Boston: DC Heath and Company. 2. Rogers, C. (2002). Defining Reflection: Another Look at John Dewey and Reflective Thinking. Teacher College Record, 104(4). 3. Ibid. 4. Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and Learning. New York: MacMillian Publishing. 5. Kolb, D., & Wolfe, D. (1984). Professional Education and Career Development: a Cross Sectional Study of Adaptive Competencies in Experiential Learning (NIE-G-77-0053). : Case Western University. 6. Malak, A., & Sharon, B. (1979). Assessing Experiential Learning in Career Education. Career Education Measurement Handbooks, 165. 7. Ibid. 8. Glickman, C. D

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Rice; S. Michael Kilbey; Scott Husson; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Deborah Switzer

.99. I am supported in my studies by the engineering faculty.100. I am having fun in my major.101. I lack self-confidence.102. I can think critically.103. The general engineering courses (ENGR 101/120) have prepared me for this course. Table 3. Items in the Attitude Toward Chemical Engineering domain.104. I want to be a chemical engineer.105. I am confident about my choice of major.106. The field of chemical engineering is interesting.107. I feel pride when I tell others that I am a chemical engineering major.108. Chemical engineering is a lucrative career.109. Chemicals are harmful.110. Chemical engineers are respected by society.111. My family is encouraging me to be a chemical engineer.112

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Houghtalen

present their project, which is somewhat controversial, on behalf of their client. Otherstudents are given roles in the meeting such as city or county engineers, state agencyrepresentatives, property owners, clients, and representatives of the public, some of which arerather surly. Invariably, the student engineers step over an ethical line when fielding difficultquestions. Unbeknownst to the class, this leads into a discussion on the subtleties of professionalethics. The second method involves the personal testimony of a practicing engineer who hasfaced a career threatening ethical situation. Students love stories, and a true story told by apracticing engineer that involves the vagaries of ethics grabs their attention. It also causesstudents to

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Moody

Session 2004-1214 From the Battlefield to the Classroom: Bringing Leadership as a Civil Engineer in Iraq into the Classroom Captain Paul Moody United States Military AcademyIntroduction In May 2003, I had just relinquished the guidon, the symbol of command authority andresponsibility for a 130 soldier combat heavy construction company, in Iraq. I was preparing tomake a huge transition in my life and career. I was leaving the dust, heat and eternal threat ofviolence in post-war Iraq to teach civil engineering at the Nation’s First Department ofEngineering at

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

• Career and information resources placement workshops with security • Time management including UG & G workshops handbook, etc. • Leadership workshops, etc. Figure 1. A proposed model of the IHE Mission to enhance the overall undergraduate and graduate enrollment of

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Cheryl Sundberg

students to consider selecting a career in science andengineering.We started their engineering time with an introduction to problem solving techniques. Theyworked in groups to solve several problems. We introduced fatigue by having them fatigue untilfailure two different sizes of paper clips in order to emphasize that when an experiment isrepeated you do not obtain the same answer every time. Subsequently, they were introduced tosome simple statistical ways to analyze the data.Students were introduced to mechanical behavior of materials by performing Charpy Impact testson steel and aluminum at room temperature as well as at the temperature of liquid nitrogen.Demonstrations of polymeric behavior at liquid nitrogen temperatures were also

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

% 25% 1.1E-05I feel I know what an engineer does. 97% 63% 3.5E-04I plan on continuing my studies in engineering 90% 50% 1.9E-03I am excited about my career choice 94% 75% 7.4E-02Table 6 illustrates the differences for the GE102 sections. Women in GE102 overwhelminglyfelt that the course required too much busy work and was not challenging. However, this ispartly contradicted by the fact that less women than men thought the course was a “waste oftime

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

% 25% 1.1E-05I feel I know what an engineer does. 97% 63% 3.5E-04I plan on continuing my studies in engineering 90% 50% 1.9E-03I am excited about my career choice 94% 75% 7.4E-02Table 6 illustrates the differences for the GE102 sections. Women in GE102 overwhelminglyfelt that the course required too much busy work and was not challenging. However, this ispartly contradicted by the fact that less women than men thought the course was a “waste oftime

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

assignment by imposing design process controls, documentation requirements and team responsibilities • To provide instruction in professional skills of design, program management, communications and other career topics not in the conventional curriculum • To provide a measure of the student’s educational readiness and understanding; knowledge of product technology required to meet the customer’s performance requirements and constraints; understanding of requirements for written technical reports; ability to communicate their design including use of oral reportsIndustry sponsored projects are solicited that fit within the scope of a 1-semester experience andhave a product output of clear value to the sponsor

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Grant Norton; Charles Pezeshki

world. A major driver for largemulti-national corporations in pursuing such growth paths involves not only potentialcost savings with respect to engineering service costs, but equally or more important,access to intellectual property from around the world. The intellectual economies ofscale achieved by a multi-national effort, when managed properly, can be tremendous.Since 70% of Boeing’s market is overseas, neglect of concerns from customer countriescan only contribute to loss of market share.The Affected Demographic ClassEngineers at the start of their careers are very vulnerable to BPO corporate efforts. Sincethis is a recent phenomenon, especially with regards to engineering, hard figures aredifficult to come by. However, plots of

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

- service teachers with any exposure to engineering disciplines or practice. Teachers play a significant role in counseling and encouraging students toward specific educational and career paths, but their lack of experience with the requisites for engineering careers inadequately prepares them to help students make informed educational and career choices regarding engineering1. Mentoring and Recruitment – We view mentoring as a crucial activity for creating educational reform and cultural change because it promotes sharing of ideas, techniques, and resources, and provides advanced role models to encourage students, teachers, and practitioners alike to pursue higher-levels of achievement1

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Novel Courses for ChEs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Bowman

formimpressions of chemical engineering, make decisions on which major to pursue, and setexpectations for the college learning environment early in their college career based almostentirely on non-engineering courses and professors.Many engineering programs across the country have modified their freshman curricula to addressthese challenges. A variety of approaches has been used including general engineering courses,design-based courses[1, 2], orientation courses[3-5], and seminars[6, 7]. The Vanderbilt UniversitySchool of Engineering has recently introduced a variety of freshman seminar electives for the Page 9.304.1purpose of providing students