Conference Session

Innovation in Continuing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Cala; Jaymin Patel; Ganesh Kudav; Burke Davis

courses, to sophomore laboratories, to junior co-operativeeducation experiences, to the capstone experience in the senior year. Therefore, this center has catalyzed the collaboration of multiple participants withinterests in a variety of curricular features. Innovations are proposed in the form of new ordifferent content, new delivery methods, and expanded points of delivery. This center is alsohelping to redefine interactions with institutional entities such as the Office of Grants andSponsored Programs, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, the UniversityAssessment Council, and the Office of Professional Practice. This center will createdopportunities to streamline the undergraduate curriculum and share resources more

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

Technologyand by the times they can attend classes. Distance learning provides a solution to this challenge,but creates the dilemma associated with teaching lab-intensive courses off campus. It is tooexpensive to buy equipment that is used irregularly; yet it is too cumbersome to haul theequipment back and forth. One solution to teaching electronic lab-intensive courses is NationalInstruments’ NI ELVIS (Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite) which integratesboth hardware and software to shrink the workspace to only two elements: the experimentinterface and a computer. All the traditional instruments (DMM, function generator,oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer) are now software. In addition, specialized instruments such as atransistor curve

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Joordens; John Long; John Florance

home campus. For students posted overseas, on-campusattendance at lab classes is virtually impossible.Deakin University teaches numerous off-campus students who live locally, interstate, andoverseas.4 In developing its undergraduate engineering courses, including electronics, theUniversity needed a means to deliver practical education to off-campus students. TheUniversity has applied numerous strategies in delivering laboratory activities for distanceeducation, including week-end practical classes, Internet-controlled experiments,5-10simulations,11-13 at-home activities or projects, where the student obtains his own materials,14and experimental kits issued to students.15,16 To satisfy this need in the case of first-yearelectronics, we have

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

in the spring of 2004. This paper compares thechemical engineering and organic laboratory versions of the experiments and explains therole of the proposed experiment in the course. The experiment is scheduled to beintegrated into the Chemical Reaction Engineering course for the first time in the springof 2005. Page 9.1399.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThe pedagogy of teaching chemical reaction engineering is continually advancingthrough the use of

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

supported effort to integrate Mathematica laboratory sessions intothe freshman calculus sequence at Wright State University.KULDIP S. RATTAN is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Wright State University. Hereceived his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1975. Professor Rattan conductsresearch in the area of electrical control systems, and is active in engineering education reform. He has been therecipient of the CECS Excellence in Teaching Award at Wright State University in both 1985 and 1992, and of theCECS Excellence in Service Award in 1991, 1996 and 2003.MICHAEL L. RAYMER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at WrightState University. He

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sluss

hours This course focuses on the fundamentals of systems analysis and design of voice and data communications networks. The course explores the technical, as well as managerial, aspects of developing an integrated communications network. TCOM 5272 - Telecommunications Laboratory – 3 credit hours This laboratory course reinforces the understanding of concepts and principles put forth in TCOM 5123 through a variety of “hands-on” networking exercises and experiments. The class emphasizes network performance, simulation, and the Internet protocols. The class is conducted in the Telecommunications Interoperability Laboratory1, a key resource supporting the teaching and research activities

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Koichi Iwasaki; Kazuo Morita; Chi Thai

personnel.Our innovative approach capitalized on the facts that about 90-95% of BAE students have PCsand Internet access from their residence, and that our teaching test apparatuses are accessible andcontrolled through networked PCs. Thus in Spring 2002 and using the ENGR-4540/6540 course(Applied Machine Vision) as a starting point, we had designed a computer system, consisted of aWeb/FTP server and 2 completely equipped test stations, that allows students to access the teststations from anywhere in the Web to perform their laboratory assignments in spectrometry andmachine vision techniques without having to be physically present in the laboratory, but withoutloosing the touch and feel of actual hands-on experimentation (Thai2). This system is

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

/freeshare.html.Meeting the instructional needs of students to learn the material is the keystone of every effectiveprogram. The tools of educational technology and software hold tremendous potential forimproving both teaching and learning processes. Cohen et al [1] performed analysis of 74studies that compared visual-based instruction with traditional instruction. They found thatstudents learned more from visual-based instruction than from traditional teaching. It is evidentfrom the paper by Powell et al [2] that computer based instruction may be the key to improvingthe grade point average of students. Bartsch and Cobern [3] found that PowerPoint presentationcan be beneficial to students’ learning. Papers [4-8] reported that those who integrate technologyin the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Outreach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach; Eileen Cashman

environmental science majors via hands-onprojects, case studies and active learning. The air resources module is taught over a three-weekperiod in a fifteen-week semester. The module curriculum is delivered over 6 lectures and two3-hour laboratory periods. This paper describes the lectures, labs and out of class activities. Thepedagogical approach incorporates web-based teaching strategies including Just-in-TimeTeaching (JiTT), developed by physics instructors and used by many different disciplines. Aftercompleting assigned readings, the students take online quizzes that summarize these readings.The lecture period is used to clarify misconceptions that were discovered in the students’responses to the online quizzes as well as present new material

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Butkus

Skills. Journal of Engineering Education. 90, 685-6923. Hyde, R.A. and B.W. Karney. 2001. Environmental education research: implications for engineering education.Journal of Engineering Education. 90, 267-275.4. Shaalan, H. 2003. Field trips: a teaching tool in an introductory course on process industry. Proceedings ofthe American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.5. Most, K.R. and M.P. Deisenroth. 2003. ABET and Engineering Laboratory Learning Objectives: A Study atVirginia Tech. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference andExposition, American Society for Engineering Education.6. Young, P.M. 1997. Laboratory development in collaboration with industry. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

DISTRIBUTED DESIGN IN THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – PLATTEVILLE Mesut Muslu Electrical Engineering Department University of Wisconsin – PlattevilleAbstractA variety of processes and methods exist to teach engineering design in universities today.Although some programs introduce simple design projects in freshman year, many programsprovide design experience through a few concentrated courses in junior or senior year. Manystudents report that design methods are typically taught in high-level courses and in acompartmentalized fashion. In such cases

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

is required before taking this course. Thecourse meets every week for three one-hour lectures and one two-hour laboratory session withthe professor. Besides weekly laboratory sessions that enhance the weekly lectures,demonstrations and examples presented in lecture serve important roles in the teaching andlearning process in this course.Fe88Zr7B4Cu1, also named Nanoperm® by Alps Electric in the power electronics industry, is Page 9.683.1made via a rapid solidification process called melt spinning. Melt spinning allows for cooling Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004. American Society for Engineering Education”Problem 6: Graduates are leaving college with critical gaps in their knowledge. Industry wants a graduate who knows the essential fundamentals but also has knowledge of the most recent products and methods.Solution 6: Revise and update your industry advisory board with new members. Such a change brings fresh new information and ideas. Ask for their recommendations and implement their suggestions.Problem 7: Most electronic departments lack the funds needed to equip laboratories to teach the latest

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Linder; Murat Tanyel

Tanyel is a professor of engineering at Geneva College. He teaches upper level electrical engineering courses.Prior to Geneva College, Dr. Tanyel taught at Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA from Aug. 1995 to Aug. 2003. Priorto 1995, he was at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA where he worked for the Enhanced Educational Experience 4for Engineering Students (E ) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-on computer experiments forengineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professor at the United ArabEmirates University in Al-Ain, UAE where he helped set up an innovative introductory engineering curriculum. Dr.Tanyel received his B. S. degree in electrical engineering from

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

practices to improve the effectiveness of their teaching. Projects should be designed to offer workshops, short courses, or similar activities on a national scale in single or multiple disciplines. 3. Adaptation and Implementation (CCLI-A&I) projects are expected to result in improved education in STEM at academic institutions through adaptation and implementation of exemplary materials, laboratory experiences, and/or educational practices that have been developed and tested at other institutions. Proposals may request funds in any budget category supported by NSF, or may request funds to purchase only instrumentation. 4. Assessment of Student Achievement (CCLI-ASA) projects are expected to develop

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David McStravick; Marcia O'Malley

, but also, in non lab environments: as homework/classassignments in lecture courses as well. This proposal was accepted and the development of thesevirtual labs is being conducted under a grant from Rice University’s Brown School ofEngineering Teaching Grants Program.Need - Visual LearnersThe value of demonstration and laboratory experience has long been recognized in education.The engineering curriculum relies heavily on laboratory programs to provide the student with a Page 9.1403.1real life experience to augment lectures. These classes provide a necessary “hands on” experience Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

Architecture.Acknowledgement: Funding for development of “Technology Literacy” by the National ScienceFoundation (DUE-0126876) (CCLI-Adaptation and Implementation) is gratefully acknowledged.8. References1. Ollis, D.F., “Freshman Laboratory for Product and Process Engineering,” Innovator (SUCCEED engineering education consortium).2. Beaudoin, D. and D. F. Ollis, “Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for First Year Engineering Students,” 1995 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). J. Eng’g. Education.3. Brown, A. and D.F. Ollis, “Team Teaching: A Freshman Rhetoric and Laboratory Experience,” ASEE, Washington, DC, June, 1996.4. Brown, A., Luyendyk, S. and Ollis, D.F., “Implementing an English and Engineering Collaboration,” in Liberal Education in Twenty-First

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Al-Ansary; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum. Specifically task groups at the college level have been formed to study in depththe teaching practices and content with regard to major design experience, communicationskills, and laboratory pedagogy, because of clear evidence from all constituents indicating theneed for improvements. The following sections include sample results of direct and indirectmeasurements of program outcomes as well as corrective actions proposed to improve theprogram.Program Assessment – Direct MeasurementsAt the course level, instructors individually perform the initial assessment. The mainassessment tool used is the Instructor Class Evaluation Form7. This form reports the gradedistribution as well

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weissbach

of and entire control systems in the laboratory “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 1793A difficulty in teaching this course involves enabling students to relate the lecture and textbookmaterial to the laboratory experiments. Specifically, textbooks1,2,3 provide equations to modelthe dynamics of a system, assuming physical characteristics are available such as moments ofinertia, spring constants and gear ratios. They also provide both classical

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

courses withexposure to content in areas such as mechanics, electrical phenomena and programminglogic. In addition the course contributes significantly to the development of timemanagement, teamwork, and oral and written communication skills. Page 9.1025.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2004 American Society for Engineering EducationIntr oductionTeaching and learning may be enriched by integrating new technologies in theengineering curriculum, particularly in laboratory-based courses. Traditional pedagogicalapproaches of teaching theory before

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

: (i)adequate cause (demonstrated incompetence or dishonesty in teaching or research, tosubstantial neglect of duty, and to personal conduct which substantially impairs theindividual’s fulfillment of his or her institutional responsibilities); or (ii) financialexigency (an imminent financial crisis which threatens the institution as a whole andwhich cannot be alleviated by less drastic means). An academic institution grants tenureafter an extensive review by peers and administrators of the faculty member’sperformance in the areas of scholarship, research, teaching, and service.As soon as the model of tenure and academic freedom became in effect in most publicand private universities and four-year public colleges, it started being questioned

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krupczak

Kaloust is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Hope College. He has a Ph.D in electrical engineering fromthe University of Central Florida. He currently teaches the Electronics I course and laboratories for Introduction toEngineering at Hope. Joe’s research interests are in non-linear control and applications.MICHAEL MISOVICHMichael Misovich is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Hope College. He has a Ph.D in chemicalengineering from Michigan State University. He teaches the laboratories for Introduction to Engineering at Hope.His research work is in thermodynamic equations of state.JANICE PAWLOSKIJanice Pawloski is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Hope College. She has a Ph.D in engineering mechanicsfrom Iowa State University

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nigel Middleton; Barbara Olds; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

revised their engineering curricula. As the investigators described it,“this project will help continue our transformation from an institution focused onteaching to one focused on learning (emphasis original). Our emphasis on pedagogicaland process innovations will complement the newly created curricular programs so thatour entire academic culture will be transformed to one of continuous improvement of thelearning/teaching endeavor.” To this end, the grant would help fund development of newtexts, laboratory experiments, and both hardcopy and multimedia course materials.This paper discusses one aspect of the funding: enhancing faculty effectiveness byfunding mini-grants to develop, pilot, and implement new materials, procedures, andcourses within

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Jennifer Beller; Donald Elger

participate.In addition, it can be unclear when creating a cooperative educational event for engineeringclasses whether it will work as planned. Our question is: “What are the important design features when tailoring cooperative educational events for engineering classes?”We designed and applied fifteen distinct cooperative learning events while teaching anundergraduate materials science course of twenty-five students. Three separate instruments wereused to collect student perceptions of the learning events and the data was then triangulated todetermine and verify trends. The first instrument was a student survey immediately followingeach event to collect “snapshot” perceptions. The second instrument was an end of term activityin which each

Conference Session

Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Cecil

., MicroSat Systems, NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Air Force Research Laboratory(AFRL) participated in this planning effort. The skills identified for the next generationof manufacturing engineers include the following: 1. Ability to understand as well as design manufacturing processes and systems 2. Ability to develop information oriented models of processes, manufacturing systems and computer based systems (which are used to automate or help accomplish the manufacturing / engineering activities) 3. Ability to work as part of distributed cross-functional teams, which rely on network based communication. This includes knowledge of distributed collaborative / concurrent

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Johnson

processing system using the IR Buddy device. 2) Developing the teach mode procedure for the cup type detector sub-system was a new process for the students. Running the teach procedure was just like many other calibration routines which the students had done many times before. This project required the students to create a calibration routine for an electronic circuit and a process of their own design.The Future:The results of this project have made it clear that more complex workstations and smart palletscan be added to the CIM laboratory assembly line. Multicolor cups will be an added option; amicrocontroller based polychromatic sensor system is being design for this workstation. Theloading station will be upgraded

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Zekavat

An Evaluation of the Teaching Approach for the Interdisciplinary Course Electrical Engineering for Non Majors S. A. Zekavat1, C. Sandu2, G. Archer1, and K. Hungwe3 1 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI 49931, 2 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, 24061, 3 Dept. of Education, Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI 49931.AbstractThis paper presents an evaluation on the teaching approach for the interdisciplinary course“Introduction to Electrical Engineering (EE) for non-EE majors” performed by surveying threegroups from the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Walters; Albert Lozano

devices will be examined.These courses are unique as they combine theoretical knowledge and a strong hands-onexperience in the laboratories of the facility. The faculty teaching these courses are highlyexperienced in this type of work thus providing the students with a unique practical experience.Course DevelopmentAs shown in the previous course requirements, one of the main attraction of this degree is that ituses courses and knowledge currently in place at the Commonwealth College, limiting thenumber of new courses that needed to be developed. The two courses that needed to bedeveloped are described below:NMT 210 W Introduction to Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (3 credits)This course provides an overview of basic Nanofabrication

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadezda Berezkina; Ilya Leipunsky; Guido Lopez

, inexpensive and readily accessible technique to expose andteach engineering students the underlying principles behind safety and reliability of parts andsystems. GAIM can be used in virtually any specimen that one may suspect to have surfacedefects ready to be detected, studied and analyzed not only from the theoretical perspective but,most importantly, from the practical one. Although GAIM is not well known in the U.S.,materials and equipment needed for teaching purposes are inexpensive and readily available.Educational tests can be easily performed either in the classroom or in the laboratory as ademonstration, or for in-depth training of engineering students in this important aspect of theireducation

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox; Robert Barat

, unitoperations laboratory, process dynamics and control, concentration (minor), chemicalengineering electives, free electives, and physical education.We made several important observations in comparing our program with the others:• 19% more credits in humanities and social sciences• 15% more credits in chemistry and physics Page 9.1346.3• 50% more credits in thermodynamics “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Table I: Breakdown Of Credits (As Of February 2002) For