Conference Session

Novel Courses for ChEs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Dickson

Skills in: • Communication and Presentation. • Analysis and Numeracy. • Information Technology. • Planning and organization. • Teamwork and Collaboration. • Innovation and Creativity.These are represented in the core Mathematics, Science and Chemical Engineeringsubjects through years 1-5, with a “business outlook” covered with a full module in Page 9.1255.2Process Economics and attempts to bring in “commercial judgments” made in Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Kissoff

own project information and choose which portions to sharewith which organizations. ProjectVillageTM offers the ability to create custom online workflowpaths to route construction documentation to the proper project participants. It also includes anonline plan room where bid and construction documentation is stored for use in the managementprocess8. Whether there were uses available for construction education or opportunities forresearch to further develop the system, the ProjectVillage organization had no firm objectives intheir offer. However, one facet of the initial meeting between the parties was very intriguing tothe CET program. The construction of the new $45 million residence hall on The University ofToledo campus was to be

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

Office, which allowed students to download lecture notes. TheTablet then allowed students to take additional notes on the lecture slide with their Tablet pen.Using the Journal program, example problems that I presented in class could be taken on theTablet and saved with lecture notes. Another important factor in the selection of the Tabletrelated to the term project, which involved a geotechnical analysis of a problem site off campus.Site plans and boring logs were presented on WebCT, which students could download. Theycould then take their Tablet to the site and take notes and sketch existing conditions and possiblesolutions on the loaded plans

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

F.C. Lai

considered. In addition, the floor plan of thebuilding is fixed and it is chosen to be a single-family detached house (Fig. 5). The air-conditioning equipment is located in the garage where no air-conditioning is provided. In thecalculations, the internal loads contributed by occupants and appliances are predetermined forsimplicity. Thus, the factors that have direct influences on the cooling load of the house are:building orientation, outdoor and indoor design conditions, construction tightness, constructionmaterials, infiltration, and ventilation of outdoor air. The equations used for the load calculationare summarized below. (1) qd = Ud (CLTD)d Ad

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

anengineering program would already be familiar with the methodology. A non-traditional studenttaking courses at multiple academic sites would be more productive. This approach would allowthe coalition to market a suite of educational modules and course to regional industry under aunified umbrella. Finally, the breakdown into a modular structure is essential in that courses aredifferent institutions do not necessarily conform to a single model and modularity is desirable.Development of this framework was achieved by comparing the curricular needs at eachinstitution in light of industry needs, accreditation requirements, and articulation plans. Theresults of these deliberations appear in Table I, which shows areas where the institutions havecommon

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

, comprised of multiple stand-alonelessons, form the backbone of the teacher workshop offerings. Teachers benefit by having atested set of standards-based curricula to take back into their classrooms, coupled with theconfidence of having learned how to teach the content. The university K-12 EngineeringProgram benefits from observing the lesson plan presentations made by the teachers during theworkshop and incorporating the teachers’ suggestions to improve the curriculum. Page 9.1154.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

skills and managerial skills through theory and practice in four semesters of MEPH 5811/6811 Operations Management. • Creating a forum for focused discussions in the application of ethical behaviors in professional environments through a full summer seminar series MEPH 5821 Ethics for Scientists and Engineers. • Creating a full summer course in funded program management that requires each student to submit a full funding proposal with his or her major professor to an appropriate agency at the end of the course (MEPH 5831 Proposal Writing and Management). • Requiring each student to use Microsoft Project TM to plan their research activities with monthly reporting of Project Gantt

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mellinger Margaret

entrepreneurship endeavors.Austin Entrepreneurship Program at Oregon State UniversityOregon State University (OSU) is a land, sea, and space grant institution with a studentpopulation of around 20,000. It is one of four universities in the Northwest to be granted aranking of Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive. There were over 3,000 undergraduatestudents in engineering and over 2,000 undergraduates in business as of Fall term, 2002.1 In2003, the university completed a strategic plan emphasizing five multidisciplinary themes. Oneof the thematic areas is “optimizing enterprise, technological change and innovation.” 2 Tocapitalize on this theme, university administrators are looking at greater levels of collaborationacross disciplines, departments and

Conference Session

BME Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wagner; Daniel Cavanagh

that might affect dissolution rates such as temperature, surfacearea, drug and surrounding fluid composition. Conservation of mass concepts were utilized torelate the rate at which the drug dissolves into the liquid regions near the pill to the rate at whichthe drug is transported to areas far away from the pill. Following the overview of dissolutionmechanics, the students were provided with an in-class activity where their three person labgroups were assembled in order to carry out some initial planning for the first lab session. In thisplanning session, the groups were given a memo from a fictitious drug company requesting themto design experiments which will help analyze the dissolution of a new throat lozenge. Thestudents were restricted

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Jayant Rajgopal; Bryan Norman; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

, students need to receive greater exposure to today’sglobal business environment. Changes in communication and transportation have created both aglobal marketplace and supply chain; our students’ education needs to prepare them for bothglobal contexts. Many production planning problems that IE’s encounter no longer focus onfacilities in a single region or even in a single country but rather in multiple countries.Globalization has had a significant effect on companies’ operations and many of these changesdirectly affect the work of industrial engineers such as: demand forecasting, logistics anddelivery planning, inventory control, facility design, human factors, safety, manufacturingprocesses (including environmental concerns), information systems

Conference Session

Role of Professional Societies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne Dorland

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAIChE has developed a “Genesis” plan for implementing these expanding changes. A keyaspect of this plan is the formation of institutes or societies under the AIChE umbrella that meetthe future needs of chemical engineers and the organizations that they serve. To addresstechnologies and business practices for a sustainable world, the AIChE Institute forSustainability © (IfS) has been created. AIChE has relied on the Bruntland Commission Report(1987) for a definition of sustainability: "Development that meets the needs of the presentwithout compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need."The IfS is a catalyst for driving the development and deployment of new

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

order toinvolve more teachers, we are planning a summer institute rather than Saturday workshops.While we have had fair representation of high school teachers, our goal is to recruit more middleschool algebra teachers for the summer institute.Online Database of ResourcesAn online database, known as the Learning Grid, provides access to resources that supplementmath learning and increase interest in engineering professions. Developed by the College’sInformation Technology Group (ITG), the web-based tool allows parents, teachers and studentsto search for K-14 educational programs and resources available through UT and other sources.The catalogue includes over 460 programs and can be navigated by various criteria, such asgrade level, subject

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Turns Jennifer; Atman Cindy; Angela Linse; Karl Smith

refreezingThe stages of evolutionary and revolutionary change identified by Kuhn (1962) in his treatise onthe development of scientific theories are so widely known that his terminology has becomewidespread in the academy. Periods of evolutionary change, or the state of “normal science,” asKuhn (1962) referred to it, can be planned and managed. Kuhn suggested that revolutionarychange, or “revolutionary paradigm” shifts, cannot be planned and managed because they areunpredictable and relatively swift compared to the state of normal science.Numerous authors, such as Chin and Benne (1985) and Schein (2002) have expanded on Kuhn’stwo broad categories. Schein (2002), for example, described three types of change: 1. Natural evolutionary changes 2

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adnan Javed; Fazil Najafi

organizational layoutto put it back on the path to growth and development, and this gave birth to thevision for an “action plan”.Table 1 Historical Trend in Public Works Staffing YEAR POPULATION ENGINEERS PE’S STAFF 1978 178,694 6 3 N/A 1990 277,776 11 7 245 1995 295,942 35 18 349 2002 325,927 48 33 523In 1991 Sarasota County with the help of Dr. Goodnight, PE who was Deputy Page

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Recayi Pecen; Ronald O'Meara

year-long educational journey thattakes an idea generated by a student or an industrial sponsor and culminates in a product or project.During the first semester, the students focus on the conception phase of the project consisting ofproblem identification, product development and testing, cost analysis, and process planning. Thesecond semester includes the implementation phase focusing on research, testing, fabrication,documentation, and culminating with project completion and presentation. This course is anexcellent capstone experience, which requires both teamwork and individual skills in solving amodern industrial problem [2-5]. Senior design projects seminar events in spring semesters bring thestudents, faculty, and industrial partners

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

probation, which requiresa planned pro-gram. If this program is not met, a written request must be made to thedepartment’s Committee for Admission and Retention Appeals explaining why satisfactoryprogress has not been made and what circumstances have changed to indicate futureimprovements [2].Program Educational ObjectivesThe UF-Civil Engineering program and curriculum permit a graduate to enter practice andcommence life-long learning through professional activities or to continue his/her preparationthrough graduate studies. An early engineering identity is established through a freshmanengineering lab and participation in the student chapter of the American Society of CivilEngineers. Design integration is continued throughout the program. The

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Fontenot; Kendrick Aung

portion.Since the test cluster is coarse-grained, a parent-child paradigm similar to MPI, instead of amaster-slave paradigm where one of the nodes did nothing other than organize communication,was used. Instead of attempting to write a full-scale parallel code, a simple serial code was writtento test out the system. Then, the parallel counterpart of the simple code was written and tested.The plan is to increase code complexity and testing, as well as increase the number of nodes inthe cluster in an iterative manner, as more hands-on experience with the system has been gained.The goal is then to calculate speedups (single processor compute time /cluster compute time) andrefine hardware/software as needed. This phase has been completed without

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

. Students in the CPET program have the option ofobtaining a minor in Computer Science if they choose the requisite electives.Accreditation of the B.S. CPET will be sought after there are program graduates.Preparation for TC2K accreditation includes extension of the current departmentalassessment and continuous improvement plan and use of course and curriculum outcomesthat focus on development and implementation of computer systems as specified in theIEEE program criteria. A sample curriculum is shown in Appendix A and a semesterhour breakdown, by area, is provided in Table 1. Page 9.942.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

, and use those principles to test a basic power supply circuit board and assembly. • Describe basic assembly procedures for surface mount parts. • Describe basic procedures of IC fabrication. • Apply basic project planning principles to the class project. • Understand the EET department, culture, and appropriate decorum. • Describe EET as a career. • Develop their plan of study for their EET degree. • Describe university resources as they apply to student welfare.Course AssignmentsThe teaching and laboratory presentation topics are: • Orientation to Purdue, the EET Department and curriculum (2 class hrs.) • Orientation to EET career opportunities at the AS and BS levels (2 class hrs.) • Introduction to Purdue

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Velasquez-Bryant; Gokhan Pekhan; Ahmad Itani; Pamela Cantrell

9.941.2engineering credit. Three 10-hour sessions were planned for the teachers that included half a day Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFriday and all day Saturday. Major tasks of the course included learning engineering content anddeveloping the engineering design modules, which included designing a java applet for thesimulation activity for the Web page. Teachers also received instruction in advanced assessmentstrategies and scientific inquiry pedagogy. Between session instruction and collaboration wasdone via the Web through WebCT. Teachers logged on to our class webpage and answeredweekly discussion

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Leake

design modeling • NURBS • Surfaces • Hull lines plans AnalysisWeeks Lectures: Dynamic Designer training9 to 14 • FEA Introduction ANSYS Design Simulation training • Finite Element Modeling Project work: • Meshing • Backhoe analysis • Boundary Conditions • Convergence and Accuracy • FEA Results MiscellaneousWeeks Student presentations: Project work:15 to 16 • CAD file translation • Product design modeling • Rapid prototyping (stl files

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Peerman; Michael Payne; Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

perspective and baseline data to inform on-goingredevelopment plans and water infrastructure investments; and• A community-based watershed planning process and design of a restoration and managementplan for Yosemite Slough, informed by the results of the assessment.Outcomes of Community InvolvementThe outcomes of community involvement in this study may be grouped into three separate areas,youth enrichment, community awareness of our work, and area improvements resulting from ourwork.Youth EnrichmentBecause local youth are involved in sampling an area contaminated by many different sources,concern for their safety was paramount. Of particular note were the impacts on the project due tofindings of significant PCB contamination of sediments at the

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

components. All parts of the manufacturing design must be takeninto consideration. Manufacturing students’ work on material selection, procurement, process design andsimulation, manufacturing planning, automation requirements and implementation plan. During weeks 1-3 students work on a proposal for design that includes initial sequence ofoperations, budget, and material selection. Weeks 4-7 an interim progress report that includes detaileddrawings, analysis, material procurement, manufacturing operations, procure devices, build prototype iscompleted. The final build and work cell construction is finished during weeks 8-11. Example projectsare small parts such as desktop utility sets, clock and cardholders, CD racks, and jewelry.Proposed

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mel Mendelson

nanotechnology. Possibly this is because nanotechnology is multi-disciplinary, and the institutions cannot integrate the science and engineering disciplines in orderto properly teach it. In addition, there is no infrastructure for teaching nanotechnology; and thereare no university models and no textbooks to follow.Previous investigators have proposed an integration of the basic sciences in teachingnanotechnology courses [3]. However, they could not implement their plan [4] and did notinclude the engineering disciplines. In 2003, Loyola Marymount University (LMU) obtained aNational Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a new sophomore-level course thatintegrated the science and engineering disciplines along with ethics [5]. The purpose of thecourse

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Humann

system. Students could then compare their simulation results withboth published experimental results and with theory taught in the curriculum. We present aseries of case studies including a micro beam frequency response and a micro gear train analysis,giving students a basic understanding of MEMS applications and how PLM can be applied to theMEMS industry.IntroductionProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) has been developed as a means for engineers to plan,design and test a product from the opening stages of product description through the design,testing and manufacture, to the retirement of the design. The PLM software suite contains adatabase management tool that allows all documents pertaining to the design to be stored andeasily accessible. The

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Muhlbaier; Peter Jansson

: thecompletion of an application by a Junior or Senior engineering student, submission of a wellthought out business plan, a commitment to a prototype concept that will be built and proven aspart of the semester long effort, the creation of a multidisciplinary team (including at least 2engineering disciplines) of students excited about the innovation, and the support of anengineering faculty advisor. The original Rowan University Venture Capital Fund was endowedby contributions gathered from research grants from essentially two sources: the NationalCollegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and the Lemelson Foundation3. Since itsorigins in the Autumn of 1998 it has also been funded by other sources including the HenryRowan Family Foundation

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Outside Class

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Noel Schulz

1475Many faculty development programs are focused toward untenured and new faculty.Mid-career faculty members are often left without opportunities to expand or hone theirprofessional skills. For the Faculty Development Program at Mississippi State we haveworked to develop activities for all faculty within the College. This year we havedeveloped a monthly “Brown Bag Teaching & Learning” session where nationally orlocally recognized outstanding teachers here at Mississippi State discuss topics on “tricksof the trade” in the classroom and current trends in the engineering education literature.Additionally we have planned one to two sessions per semester on other professionaldevelopment topics. Sessions have included panels on “Learning about

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples; Andrew Rose

. These include thehabits of “Be Proactive”, “Begin with the End in Mind”, and “Put First Things First”.3 Thepurpose of these habits has the student looking at themselves and evaluating their trustworthinessas a person. Emphasis is placed on the need for them to be true to themselves and to personallyfollow certain guiding principles in life in order for others to choose to follow them. This isessentially an “examination of conscience” coupled with reflection and insights on formulatingaction plans to increase their trustworthiness. Page 9.842.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Luegenbiehl; Kathryn Neeley; Jerry Gravander

criteria capture the essence of an educational experience that we consider to beintegrated. In large part these criteria will be relevant regardless of the size or structure of theintegrative project. 1.) Integrated curriculum planning is supported on an ongoing basis by the institution: • both HSS and engineering faculty are involved and carry equal weight in discussions and decisions. • the HSS faculty include people who have knowledge of engineering practice and the contexts in which engineers typically function. • the planning group has institutional support that allows continuity over time and adequate resources in the present. • the institution

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

the activities and milestones are vary vague and no specific andimmediately usable performance measures are introduced. Nisanci and Nicoll 16 proposed aneleven step project planning network for investigation and implementation phases of leanmanufacturing. The precise activities and evaluation-implementation sequences of the networksteps need to be devised by users themselves. In all these methods, there is no exactperformance measure that would point initial improvement efforts towards the biggest wastes orcompare them to a standard (for example standard achievements in an industry). Obviously,such "industry standards" do not exist, or rather are kept unpublished since they are at the core ofa set of competitive advantages of a manufacturer