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TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

University of Houston, multidisciplinary teamswork on design projects provided by local industry and the faculty. In the spring of 2003two of the projects, sponsored by a faculty member, were to develop museum quality,interactive demonstrations/experiments with externally mounted controls demonstratingthe characteristics and useful implementations of 1) magneto-rheological fluids and 2)shape memory alloys. Both projects provided challenging problems for the teams inelectro-mechanical system design and fabrication and in controls, as well as requiringconsiderations for ergonomic, aesthetic, and safety issues. The high quality of the designand implementation of the experiments and the overall attractiveness of the projects willassure them a prominent

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Nichols; Margaret Pinnell

scienceand engineering. Additionally, it provided the school age students with positive role models.Introduction: According to Census 2000, less than 25% of engineers were non-Caucasian.1, 2 Manyefforts to achieve a more diverse workforce in engineering include both recruitment andretention. Effective recruitment strategies include a variety of outreach programs that encourageelementary and high school age students from under-represented ethnic groups to becomeinterested in science and math and to pursue that interest when making career choices. 3 Thisencouragement can come in many forms including mentorship, role models and teachingmethods that make science and math exciting and fun while stimulating students to become moreactively involved

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad AlRamahi; Kurt Gramoll

LectureBoard is capable of recording a sessionand saving it in Flash shockwave format for later playback. This provides other students theopportunity to access the session later for review. The LectureBoard is integrated with thewww.eCourses.ou.edu engineering course management system at the University of Oklahoma.Use of the system is open to any instructor without cost. This paper gives details on how thesystem was developed and used to facilitate collaboration for distance learning classes.IntroductionInstructors utilize a variety of education techniques to deliver information to their students.Lately, there is an increasing interest in online distance learning due to the capabilities of theInternet [1]. It provides versatile, cost and time

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Meirong Huang; F.C. Lai; Kurt Gramoll

in multimedia technology, educators can improve the quality of engineeringeducation with integrated media with 3D graphics, video, diagrams, sounds, animations andhypertext.The basic concepts of engineering thermodynamics have not changed significantly for decades,and engineering thermodynamics is still a fundamental course for all engineering students. Inrecent years, efforts have been expended to develop and utilize multimedia in teaching Page 9.962.1engineering thermodynamics. Cobourn and Lindauer[1] at the University of Louisville present a Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Innovation in Continuing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hengzhong Wen; Kurt Gramoll

, animation, narration, text and graphics are integrated in the trainingsystem to present the training content with the support of multimedia technologies, such asDirector and Flash.IntroductionAlthough face-to-face instruction is the traditional learning method, web-based education andtraining has grown in popularity through the world for a number of reasons includingconvenience, low cost and easy access to current information. Websites like www.vtc.com [1]teach software operation online with QuickTime movies. Other websites, such aswww.esafetyonline.com [2] offer Online Environmental, Health and Safety Training courses inFlash format. The embedding of multimedia technologies in e-training enables the learner to beexposed to more interactivity and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chean-Chin Ngo; Kurt Gramoll

. Hence, aweb-based Multimedia Engineering Fluid Mechanics eBook has been developed at theUniversity of Oklahoma to cover fluid mechanics at the introductory level for cross-disciplines,and it is intended to be a shared instructional resource among universities and colleges. TheMultimedia Engineering Fluid Mechanics eBook consists of a total of 38 modules with eachmodule divided into 4 different parts: case introduction, theory, case solution and simulation. Ineach module, the theory part covers a particular topic in fluid mechanics. The modules aregrouped into 10 different sections according to the topics, and they are accessible through themenu bar on the left from the main page (Figure 1). In addition, tables for fluid properties,common

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Coyne

) −∞ −∞ −∞ ∫ ∫ ∫ τ − (a0 / a2 ) t y( p)dpdτ − (a1 / a2 ) t y(τ )dτ. −∞ −∞ −∞This equation can be implemented as a cascade of two systems as illustrated below with a stepfunction input, x(t). Figure 1: Direct Form I simulator.Part 1a: You have been given access to a Simulink™ file called DirectForm_I.mdl, whichcontains the above simulation. Start MATLAB™ as usual, and then type the word simulink.Under the File Menu of simulink, choose Open. This will default

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Driscoll

electives, humanities andsocial science, general electives, and other required courses. Table 1 shows the comparison ofthe three engineering programs for each category. It also includes the number of credits andpercentage of the total credits for each category. The following sections of this paper list theindividual courses and credits in each category for each program. Table 1 Comparison by credits and percent of total required creditsProgram A dual-discipline A typical 4-year A typical 4-yearby major 5-year single-discipline single-disciplinesubject Electromechanical

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Gaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

Alternate Pathways To Success Donna Llewellyn1, Marion Usselman2, Monica Gaughan3 1 Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)/ 2 Center for Education Integrating Science, Math, and Computing (CEISMC)/ 3 School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of TechnologyIntroductionIn order for universities to design information technology (IT) programs that accommodatediverse demographic populations, it is important to understand the educational and careerachievement strategies used by different groups of IT

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Timothy Cromley

valuing a patent.1. Why Patent & Trade Secret Law is an Apt Topic for Courses in Engineering EconomicsIt is widely recognized that relationships exist between law and economics. The University ofChicago, for example, has had a Journal of Law and Economics since 1958.1 The Encyclopediaof Law and Economics, which is published in the Netherlands, has two Nobel Laureates inEconomics on its Editorial Board.2Because important relationships exist between law and economics, it is appropriate to inquire:What area(s) of the law (if any) are most relevant to a course in engineering economics?Environmental law might be a candidate, as it is relevant to environmental engineers, but it is toospecialized to be of general interest in a course on engineering

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Pinnell; Leon Chuck

environmentalimpact of engineering. Inclusion of these soft skills into an already packed engineeringcurriculum can be difficult. One approach that appears to be effective at helping students developthe soft skills without compromising the acquisition of technical knowledge is service-learning.Service-learning is a form of project based experiential learning where the students are engagedin an activity that meets the specific needs of a community or nonprofit organization. Whencorrectly implemented, both the service and educational objectives are met. Service-learning hasbeen incorporated with varying degrees of success into many courses and/or curriculum in manyuniversities across the United States since the late 1980’s .1-3 However, only a small fraction

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen McClain

are valid between 1000 K and 5000 K. The propertyconstant table was entered in the MathCAD worksheet, CHONData.mcd. The propertyconstant table can be found in Appendix A.Using the appropriate seven constants (a1, a2,..., a7) for the temperature range, thespecific heats, the enthalpy, the internal energy, the entropy, and the Gibbs free energyare calculated as functions of temperature. Using the appropriate constants, the functionfor the molar specific heat at constant pressure for each species was created using theformula * c p (T ) ? Ru a1 - a 2T - a 3T 2 - a 4T 3 - a5T 4 + (1)The function for the molar specific heat at constant pressure is called from MathCAD as“cpmXX(T)”, where

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Hartley T. Grandin, Hartley T. Grandin,; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

, USAAbstract This paper assumes the importance of educating our engineering students to question, testand verify “answers” to all of their problem solutions. It presents an approach currentlypracticed by the authors in teaching an introductory mechanics of materials course. In problemsolving, emphasis is placed on: (1) writing the governing equations in symbolic form with a bareminimum of algebraic manipulation, (2) solving the equations with a commercially available,student choice, computer equation solver and (3) most importantly, developing andimplementing test case scenarios to verify the validity of the problem solution. There are threemajor advantages to this approach. First, the development of the equations in symbolic formrequires the

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Brian Jenkins; Samara Firebaugh

course to the electronics course the students will take in the following semester.IntroductionSurveys of undergraduate perceptions about electrical engineering have indicated a conflictbetween student expectations for the subject and their undergraduate experience. While theyanticipated studying a practical subject with some necessary background theory, they perceivetheir undergraduate experience as being highly abstract with little emphasis on application,particularly before the senior year. This problem is cited as one of the possible causes for highattrition rates from the engineering fields.1 It is essential, therefore, to emphasize practicalapplications at every level. A large portion of the second semester of the Naval

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

featuring robotics.It is the latter robotics-oriented senior design capstone course that is the subject of this paper.Approximately 80 to 90 percent of the EET program seniors select this capstone course over thePLC-oriented course. In addition, a number of Computer Science (CS) majors have enrolled andsuccessfully completed the course. The development of the capstone course was influenced mainly by two sources: theaccreditation evaluation criteria of the Technology Accreditation Committee (TAC) of theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)1 and by the needs of the localindustry. According to TAC/ABET requirements, the capstone design course should developstudent competence to solve problems using technical and non-technical

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

Developing Metacognitive Engineering Teams: Preliminary Results James Newell1, Kevin Dahm1, Roberta Harvey2, and Heidi Newell1 1 Department of Chemical Engineering and 2College of Communications Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractStudent awareness and understanding of their learning own skills, performance,preferences, and barriers is referred to as metacognition. This paper describes efforts toinstill metacognition in engineering students at Rowan University, through writing andteam-building exercises. This study examines teams of students doing open

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Stratton; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson

ofDayton, Old Dominion, Northeastern University, and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown(UPJ). RIT did two surveys, one in 1997 and one in 2002.Two universities, the University of Dayton in 1990 and Old Dominion in1993, surveyed theiralumni and established benchmarks for graduate satisfaction and professional certifications. The1997 RIT alumni survey form was similar to the 1990 Dayton survey which establishedbenchmarks for graduate education and professional certifications. The results of the Daytonsurvey were published by Robert Mott in the Journal of Engineering Technology in 1992. 1 Asurvey at Old Dominion University was done in 1993 by W.D. Stanley and A.K. Verman andpublished in the 1996 ASEE Conference Proceedings. 2Northeastern

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; David Silverstein; Kevin Dahm

© 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationwith data. Microsoft Access was chosen to create the databases that record the assets and actionsof all students. Using this environment, a student can view all information regarding his or hercompany and enter instructions through the use of HTML style menus, and the database isupdated automatically through the ASP scripts.Table 1 summarizes the pages. All of these pages were constructed using a standardized HTMLtemplate. Most of the pages listed in the tables are single-function pages that the student can useto either view specific information (e.g., see all the raw materials currently stored in his/herwarehouse) or complete a specific task (e.g., purchase a fishing boat.) The “Main” page

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

decisions. End of chapterhomework problems in these texts can be broadly placed into two categories:1) Strictly computational problems, such as “calculate the rate of return of this cash flow diagram,” and2) Questions such as “should the equipment be replaced or not?” or “Which of these three possible designs is best?” that ask the student to make a practical decision.The inclusion of some problems from the latter category is crucial both because they provide themore thorough test of the student’s understanding of the material, and because they underscorethe practical value of the material.In the spring 2001 and spring 2002 semesters, an economics game was developed and integrated,as a semester-long project, into a senior/graduate engineering

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Sun; Robert Comerford; Musa Jouaneh

andbusiness students to the professional orientations of each other. These groups of students wouldotherwise matriculate and graduate typically with little or no interaction, and consequently wouldhave no appreciation for the other’s business perspectives.Course Conduct A two-semester course was developed according to the course outline shown in Table 1.The class met for 1.5 hours per week, for a total of 28 weeks. Each student was expected tospend an additional 3.5 hours per week outside the class. Grading was based on several in-classoral presentations, the prototype, the business plan, and the patent application. Assessment of thecourse was done by survey forms filled out by the students at the end of the fall semester and theend of the

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

, conduct research, analyze, and solve problemsaround a range of technology and science topics. The twelve units being developed reflect thenewly developed Standards for Technological Literacy (STL). 1 These standards, developed inconjunction with the National Science Foundation and NASA have as their goal to provide aframework for improving technological literacy in grades K through 12 and, therefore, providebetter prepared students for post-secondary engineering and technology programs. Developed inpartnership with North Carolina State University, the Southern Regional Education Board(SREB), and the North Carolina Department of Education, these units are being piloted in SREB“High Schools That Work” sites 2 that were selected to provide a diverse

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

experience.Stress and Strain, for example, are introduced first to the students as a “hands-on” phenomenon,experimentally, then it is reinforced as a textbook concept in lecture, and again as a machine-tested observation that is quantified by a set of data (via tensile and compression testing). Thislaboratory session, usually conducted in the third or fourth week in the ten-week long term,presents the students with a scenario and a document, as shown as in Fig. 1. Dear New-Hire, Welcome to AH Materials, Inc. As part of your new-hire orientation, you are given this assignment to learn about specific mechanical properties of various types of materials. These properties will help you focus on future project designs of products you will be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

insights. For example, usinga process simulator, one can create a detailed model of an isothermal reactor and use it tosolve many textbook problems, but never realize how difficult it is to design and build areactor that is truly isothermal. For these reasons, we are developing wet-lab experimentsthat complement the computer experiments.Since time, space and money limit the number of wet-lab experiments that can beincluded, the intent of this project is to design two experiments that, between them, meetas many pedagogical goals as possible.Previous WorkAn experiment investigating the following competitive-parallel reaction scheme hasalready been developed:(1) H2BO3- + H+ ↔ H3BO3(2) 5I- + IO3

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

. However, the curricula at many universities and community colleges still dedicate agreat deal of time focusing on 2D documentation drawings, and this is even more evident at thehigh school level. There are several possible reasons why some programs have not changed to acurriculum that focuses on constraint-based, three-dimensional solids modeling, including cost 1,pedagogical issues 2, and traditional dogma 3. Where in the past drawings were criticalcomponents of the design process, today they tend to be ancillary documents. The Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R Wqne Schneiter

and administered to approximately 60 sophomore through senior civilengineering students who have experienced the assessment method. The survey was designed to helpunderstand the students' perceptions of the problems relative to traditional assessment methods and toprovide empirical evidence of how the problems have influenced their learning habits.1. Introduction It has been generally established that active and cooperative learning address a variety of learningstyles, that they improve the students' abilities to retain what they learn, and that they lead to otherpositive educational outcomes [Felder et al, 1998; Terenzini et al, 2001]. Hagler and Marcy [1999]convincingly argue that the emphasis on learning is misplaced if the classroom

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Gorka; Reza Kamali; Jacob Miller; Han Reichgelt; Eydie Lawson; Barry Lunt; Joseph Ekstrom

Session 2558 Defining the IT Curriculum: The Results of the Past 2½ Years Barry M. Lunt, Joseph J. Ekstrom, Edith A. Lawson, Reza Kamali, Jacob Miller, Sandra Gorka, Han Reichgelt, Brigham Young University/ Brigham Young University/ Rochester Institute of Technology/ Purdue University-Calumet/ Pennsylvania College of Technology/ Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractEfforts to define IT curriculum and accreditation standards began at the first Conference onInformation Technology Curriculum (CITC-1) in December 2001

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Ezzell; Paul Gordy

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Scmidt; Jeffrey Siegel

dynamically engaged intasks and in thinking processes. As such, “it is proposed that strategies promoting active learningbe defined as instructional activities involving students in doing and thinking about what they aredoing.”1 Research on undergraduate teaching advocates active student learning instead of theinherently passive lecture-discussion environment in which faculty talk and students listen.According to Chickering and Gamson2 the best practices in undergraduate education include: ‚ encouraging student/faculty contact, ‚ encouraging cooperation among students, ‚ encouraging active learning ‚ providing prompt feedback, ‚ emphasizing time on tasks, ‚ communicating high expectations, ‚ respecting diverse talents and

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Kuznetsov

initially developed on the NovaNET1 system. The cT 3.002 authoring language was used for more recent development. A CD with ten programs in cT 3.00 for Statics course will be demonstrated (Figure 1). For development of Web- based homeworks and quizzes Mallard3 authoring web-based software was used. The paper describes in detail features of effective and efficient problem-solving programs. Observed advantages and disadvantages of different ways of material presentations, teaching and testing are explained. Students' evaluation of courseware for many years is presented. Problem-solving courseware in engineering is a necessity in the era of information explosion. Engineering education heavily depends on students' ability to apply theory to practice