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Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Davis

as well as to improvethe course itself and the program curriculum as a whole. The techniques include ‚ an initial survey of achievement vs. importance of all outcomes, ‚ an individual self-assessment assignment, ‚ a project-specific statement of ABET concerns (health, safety, environmental, ethical, etc.), ‚ student assessment of team functioning, ‚ peer assessment for design reviews, ‚ an assignment to discuss current events related to professionalism and ABET concerns, ‚ a small group assessment (over the entire program curriculum), ‚ an exit survey for achievement of all outcomes, and ‚ peer assessment of project final presentations.Examples of assessment

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Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas Walker; Joseph Goodman

Session 1120 OMEN: An Online Grader for Engineering Programming Courses T.D.L. Walker, J.K. Goodman Engineering Fundamentals Division1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractOMEN (Online Materials Education Network) is a system developed within the EngineeringFundamentals (EF) Division at Virginia Tech for the distribution and grading of programmingprojects in courses where programming assignments are made in C++ or Fortran 90. It can beused to distribute and grade programming projects in any language that supports command linecompilation, linking, and

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Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Julie Sharp, Vanderbilt University

AC 2004-7: USING ALUMNI NETWORKING TO TEACH TECHNICALCOMMUNICATIONJulie Sharp, Vanderbilt University Page 9.1367.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 2661 USING ALUMNI NETWORKING TO TEACH TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Julie E. Sharp Vanderbilt UniversityAbstractThis paper reports on a pilot project integrating the Vanderbilt Engineering Alumni Council(EAC) mentoring initiative with the ES 210w Technical Communication course, a technicalcommunication class for

Conference Session

Innovations in Learning by Doing

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Wood; David Hansen; Brian Self

only compoundsthe problem of understanding and correctly applying the learned material. To add studentmotivation and increase interest in the study of kinetics, a course project has been developed atthe United States Air Force Academy using the LEGO® Mindstorms Project kit. The projectinvolves the design and construction of a race car capable of competing in both a maximumspeed as well as a hill climb competition with minimal configuration changes. Followingintroduction of the project, various homework problems were also developed and integrated intothe project to increase the hands-on design, construction, and analysis components.Experimental determination of the mass moment of inertia of wheels and axles, analytical studyof go cart dynamics

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Simo Lehto

cooperation of selected, personally committed people, who possess therequired knowledge and skills, outside information, tools, economic resources, and time.Development work requires continuous learning of new knowledge and skills. The work mustbe done on the different hierarchical levels of the target systems. It must also be done withinphysical, economical, environmental, legal, and ethical constraints.The forms of cooperation include close personal relations, teamwork in small groups (teams),teamwork in larger groups and project organizations, mentoring relationships, and personaland professional networking. The success of development work strongly depends on thepositive feelings of the people involved, such as enthusiasm, faith, joy of learning

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Anant Kukreti

Session 1793 An Undergraduate Research Experience in New Developments for Aseismic Building Design Anant R. Kukreti University of CincinnatiAbstract This paper describes a two-month research experience for undergraduate engineeringstudents specifically designed to conduct three “pilot” projects investigating new strategies tomitigate earthquake damage. The project was part of a Research for Undergraduates (REU) Sitegrant sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and administered in the Department ofCivil and Environmental

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jacqueline Mozrall; Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

communication are keyexperiential components of the program. Supplemental topics in innovation, entrepreneurship,and contemporary issues in product development, are fostered through lectures and workshops.The capstone program is coordinated by a team of faculty representatives from each participatingdepartment. A standard set of assessment tools is employed by the coordinators, faculty teammentors, project sponsors and external reviewers.The design of a state-of-the-art 8,500 sq.ft., multi-disciplinary design workshop is underway. Itwill provide team work spaces as they develop and analyze concepts, and support for assemblyand testing. This facility is made possible by recent gifts from local foundations and industries.At steady state, approximately

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

currently producedwithin the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department includes automatic control,computers, communication, robotics, and environmental systems. These areas are incontrast to the more traditional Systems Engineering topics such as optimization,economics, behavioral science, and decision-making. USNA Systems Engineeringmajors must also complete a significant capstone design project during their senior year.Our senior students choose their own topic for this project and produce a complete design Page 9.1147.1document during the fall semester. They then build, test, and present their project duringthe spring semester. With this mix of

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

Session 3413 A Student-Driven Enterprise in Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuels Jason M. Keith Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931AbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary, research-oriented student project in alternativeenergy at Michigan Technological University (MTU), currently funded by the UnitedStates Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). Students canparticipate in the project as an elective or in pursuit of an “enterprise minor” over aperiod of three

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

able to achieve their personal and their employers’ desired goals andobjectives. These expected characteristics of the graduates are captured in the list of expectedoutcomes in the ABET Guidelines for Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs1.The first level of an Engineering Design Graphics course, as normally taught in many two yearand four year colleges and universities, leads a student through the steps in the development ofan industrial product. These steps range from idea generation to the final product specifications.Along side, and equally important, the students learn the standard methods of interpreting andcreating engineering drawings. Usually, the students work in teams and either pick projects oftheir own choice or one

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Yi Min Huang; Larry McKenzie; Michael Trevisan

Engineering EducationOne aspect of design education now receiving attention is the capstone design experience. Todd etal. in 1995 surveyed capstone engineering courses throughout North America to understand currentpractices in capstone education4. The study found that many engineering programs were usingsenior design/capstone-type courses to help prepare students for engineering practice, and asignificant number of institutions engaged industrial clients to sponsor capstone projects. Inaddition, a number of schools were using undergraduate team based projects, with a few using inter-departmental undergraduate teams from different disciplines. They concluded that this facultyintensive investment was valuable in producing competent engineering

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Thompson; William Oakes

-curricularactivities [Stott, N. W., Schultz, W. W., Brei, D., Winton Hoffman, D. M., and Markus, G.]. Purdue University has integrated service learning into a multidisciplinary and verticallyintegrated course structure that is centered on long-term engineering projects through theEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Program. Although no formal evaluationhas yet focused on the experiences of the female students in EPICS, it appears that EPICS isserving as an effective vehicle for encouraging women in engineering and computer science.Over a five-year window, enrollment of women in ECE and ME at Purdue ranged from 10% to12%, while 20% of ECE and ME students in EPICS were women. In Spring 2001, 33% of theCS students in EPICS were women, compared

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

, and disseminating case studies for use incapstone senior chemical engineering design courses. Three web-based case studies developedat North Carolina State University will be presented. The projects involve modifications to (1) avaccine facility, (2) a citric acid/nutriceutical facility, and (3) an ammonia plant. Supportingmaterials have been developed for each case study, including a problem statement, a detailedsolution that is considered to be exemplary by an industrial reviewer and a report by the NCSUfaculty member responsible for the case study of the difficulties and typical errors that might beencountered as the students carry out the design assignment. A web site devoted to the case studies has been established which contains all

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephan Hussmann; Nitish Patel; Julainne Sumich; Bruce MacDonald; Abbas Bigdeli

initiatives in introducing an interdisciplinary environment in a yearthree computer systems design course, as well as how the teaching of design skills is achieved.For the past two years third year computer systems students worked together with a fine artselective group of year two to Masters students, in the final project of a full year design course.The experience gained from both sides is discussed and this new initiative is compared to otherapproaches in other Universities around the world and inside the Faculty of Engineering at theUniversity of Auckland. The history of the design courses in the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering and the School of Fine Arts is reviewed and the current course structureis examined. Results are

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

school for several years). The School of Engineering, Technology andComputer Science (ETCS) comprises of five departments, that of Engineering andComputer Science and three Technology departments. All engineering majors arerequired to take an introductory course on engineering design. The course that wasoffered during the fall of 2003 had students that were majoring in mechanical, electricaland computer engineering, and also a few undecided majors. This paper outlines some ofthe novel approaches adopted in this course. Some of the concepts were: (a) use ofstudent teams to study a number of actual case histories at different stages of instructionas well as to perform a number of classroom activities, (b) introduction of a hands-onteam project, (c

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

programs in engineering offered at LeTourneau, with a basic commoncore and at least 35 hours for the concentration. The engineering core, taken by students in allconcentrations, consists of the Calculus sequence, Chemistry, Physics, Graphics, FreshmanDesign, Manufacturing Processes, Computer Science, Statics, Dynamics, Circuits, DigitalElectronics, Instrumentation Lab, Mechatronics, Thermodynamics, and Project Management.One advantage of having the freshman and sophomore years essentially common for allengineering students was that it gave us two years of lead time to develop the labs and upper-level courses.Twenty-four semester hours of specialized courses have been developed. Concentration courseshave been prepared in Biomechanics

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

AC 2004-298: NOT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS: TEACHING PROBABILITY ANDSTATISTICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERINGDoug Schmucker, Trine University Page 9.949.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 1793 Not as bad as it seems: Teaching Probability and Statistics in Civil Engineering Douglas G. Schmucker Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractMost engineering students dread the day they take probability and statistics. This paperdocuments a project-based, learn-by-doing approach that provides the vehicle

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Rider

simple ON/OFF ladder logic programs that are entered through ahandheld programmer. For the remaining seven weekly projects they purchase a Dell laptop andthe appropriate PLC software, DirectSOFT32, from the storeroom. Each group is responsible forinstalling the PLC software on their laptop, then going to the manufacturer’s website anddownloading the latest software updates. Ladder logic programs are designed and downloadedthrough the Internet to their PLC. The projects include digital logic, timers, counters, integermath, real math, PID control, and table look-ups. PLC modules used include digital I/O, analogI/O, high-speed counter, thermocouple, remote I/O, and PID control of a DC motor/tachometerarrangement. Their final weeklong project

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

courses leading to a minor in mathematics. Communication, Interpersonal, and Leadership Skills – Special attention is given to the development of students’ communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. Writing and presentations skills are practiced and developed in many courses, as are discussion, speaking, and teamwork skills. Undergraduate Research – Engineering students have the opportunity to participate in undergraduate research projects supervised by individual faculty members. Life Long Learning – Engineering graduates are educated to become self-learners, life long learners, critical and creative thinkers, creative problem solvers, effective communicators and wise

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

Collaborative Efforts in Engineering and Technology Education R. Sterkenburg, D.L. Stanley & J. Lampe Purdue UniversityAbstract - Over the last two years, Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Aviation Technology (AT)students at Purdue University have been collaborating and competing in several aviation relateddesign-build projects. This paper will describe three such projects: The Personal lifting vehicle(PLV), the lighter than air vehicle (Blimp), and the Hovercraft. Elements of collaboration,competition, and design-build strategies were utilized in an effort to increase student motivation.In the first project students of ME and AT worked together to design and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

Making Industry Meaningful in College Dorene Perez, Jim Gibson, Rose Marie Lynch Illinois Valley Community CollegeMaking Industry Meaningful in College (MIMIC) is an innovative, multidisciplinarycurriculum project that places students from engineering design, electronics, and business intoentrepreneurial teams to select, design, prototype, manufacture, and market a product. Itspurpose is to provide students with opportunities to implement and sharpen their technical andother critical workplace skills in a simulated industrial setting. Pioneered at a comprehensivecommunity college, MIMIC is adaptable to a variety of disciplines and to a variety of schoolsettings from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Farbrother

Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA. m-launsbach@onu.edu6 J. T. Wagner, EE Undergraduate, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA. j-wagner@onu.edu7 K. J. Zwingler, ME Undergraduate, Unit 3594, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA. k-zwingler@onu.eduASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. June 20-23, 2004works two to three days a week in the EiR office at ONU and the remaining time atMAP’s headquarters located in Findlay, Ohio.The EiR serves two functions. The first is as a supervisor, handing out assignments andkeeping track of the progress of those projects. The EiR also functions as a mentor –training, explaining and instructing the students about MAP, job responsibilities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Qaissaunee

Session #: 1526 Wireless Communications Model Program Development Michael Qaissaunee, (mqaissaunee@brookdalecc.edu) Brookdale Community College Newman Springs Road Lincroft, NJ 07738 732-224-2879 This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DUE-0302909 ABSTRACTThe goal of this project is the modification of an existing Electronics Engineering TechnologyAssociate of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rodger Dalton; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

disciplines: civil, mechanical, electrical/computer, and biomedical engineering.The mature program now includes fully developed lesson plans for two sections of students,Techtronics I for 6th grade and Techtronics II for 7th grade, each led by a graduate studentcoordinator and five undergraduate teaching Fellows. Emphasis is placed on learning throughhands-on experience and creating an environment that encourages inquiry. Students first studyapplicable scientific theory and are introduced to instrumentation and software tools that will beneeded later. Each unit then culminates in the construction of a related project such as balsawood bridges, Lego robotics, AM radios, or heart monitors. With a student return rate of over70% for 2003-2004, the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

engineering science, design and project-management by executing a real-world project.The projects have been generated both in-house through the sponsorship of a BinghamtonUniversity faculty member and externally by an industrial client. Additionally amechanism was established wherein a team of students developed a project from theirown imagination with the requirement that an engineering faculty member serve as theadvisor. The course sequence has been offered for the past two years. Data gathered fromthe offering of the courses as well as assessment of the students’ experiences has shedlight on both the strengths and weaknesses of the existing engineering program.Introduction Each year, more than 100 students receive undergraduate degrees in

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Czuchry; W. Andrew Clark

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

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Toshiyuki Yamamoto; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

whileconducting Project-based Learning in Engineering Design courses targeting lower classmen inengineering institutions in Japan. The Kanazawa Institute of Technology (henceforth, KIT) is a pioneering university thatbegan Engineering Design Education in 1996. Engineering Design courses are characterized byproject-based learning in groups. A group, consisting of 5 students, chooses an engineering topicrelating to daily life, defines its domain, and solves its problems that may have multiplesolutions. Although project-based group learning is an important instructional concept, students havenot experienced any type of project-based group learning in their pre-college education. In orderfor students to become used to such courses, our courses are

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Ellen Haupt; Jessica Gregory

Planning Approach for the Society of Women Engineers Mentoring Girl Scouts Sue Ellen Haupt, Jessica D. Gregory Utah State University/ Pennsylvania State University Abstract Utah State University College of Engineering is actively working on recruiting and retaining women in engineering. This project is one that combines the two toward affecting both goals at once. The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) section at USU has organized a mentoring system with the local Girl Scout council. The primary idea is a top-down mentoring approach where activities are designed and run by women and girls that are a step ahead of the participants. In

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilip Mirchandani; Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran; John Chen; Yusuf Mehta

development; and (iv) understand the environmental impacts of development andexplore the role of appropriate technologies in developing sustainable strategies.The second in the series is an engineering course called Sophomore Clinic II, which is taken byall engineering students at Rowan University. Sophomore Clinic II is the 4th course in aninnovative eight semester multidisciplinary engineering design and practice, project-orientedcourse sequence that is a hallmark of the Rowan Engineering program. The students in thiscourse work on projects related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the course,students participate in a semester-long project in which sophomore students from all engineeringdisciplines calculate CO2 emissions for the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

- termecological and environmental effects of building the Three Gorges Dam. Other far-reaching effects of the project on areas such as energy, industry, business, culture, societyand transportation are now starting to become a tangible reality rather than speculations.Time will show to what extent the fears and concerns that many are having were justified.SummaryThe largest project in the world, China’s Three Gorges Dam (TGD) – 1.44 miles (2.31km) long and 620 ft (185 ms) high – is well into its third and final phase. Since Sunday,June 1, 2003, waters of the Yangtze River – third longest river in the world after the Nileand the Amazon – have been flowing through water diversion holes at the bottom ofTGD in the portions completed during Phase I (1993-1997