Conference Session

Novel Courses for ChEs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Bowman

of last year's offerings: Hi-Fidelity SoundReproduction, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Laser Vision Correction, Fundamentals ofEngineering Ethics, and Frontiers in Chemical Engineering.Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Freshman SeminarFor the past five years I have helped teach the "Frontiers in Chemical Engineering" seminar aspart of the Vanderbilt freshman engineering seminar program[9]. Different professors spendthree to four weeks teaching a unit that is focused on their research area. The class meets for 75minutes once a week for a total of 15 weeks. The course is designed so that different researchunits can rotate or be replaced from year to year depending on faculty availability and interest.During the past five years, we used

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

. This disclosure allowsthe instructor to (i) give frequent feedback to ensure quality data collection, (ii) identify teamswith a poor team dynamic, (iii) promote a friendly competition between teams to operate withmaximum efficiency, and (iv) motivate engaging classroom discussion on ethical, economic, anddesign method issues.As might be expected, some students resisted the process described here as a “complete waste oftime”. Students argued that designers are “born, not created”. Many examples from theliterature to support quantitatively the effectiveness of development process were given incounter argument. Students are asked to follow the prescribed procedure for a few weeks. Apromise to discuss, evaluate, and incorporate any suggested

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Beth Lakin; Gary Crossman

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationabout the identification of learning outcomes. They must also determine specific criteria, levelof sufficiency of documentation, appropriate level of writing, and issues with learning gaps.Courses often have objectives related to professional behaviors, or soft skills, such ascommunication, ethics, presentation and collaboration, so there must be consideration of howthese skills can be assessed in the portfolio process (Lakin and Clark, 2002). At Old Dominion,the engineering technology faculty re-examined and clarified learning outcomes for the capstonecourse and how they could most effectively be

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Slack

identify, analyze, and solve technical problems, g. an ability to communicate effectively, h. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in lifelong learning, i. an ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities, j. a respect for diversity and a knowledge of contemporary professional, societal and global issues, and k. a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.The need is to have a means of demonstrating assessment of students similar to, but not the sameway as the course books demonstrated it in the past.Why not use course books?First, course books assumed a great deal of consistency in the material being covered from

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Turton; Joseph Shaeiwitz

new material not taught in class 4.0 Demonstrate ability to function in assigned role 3.0 Demonstration of ethical behavior 3.0 Demonstrate understanding of societal impact and need for assigned design 3.0In our student evaluation of instruction, it is possible for the instructor to add an individuallydefined question, usually specific to a class. One question asked of the class was: I feel that myexperience with the group design taught me the importance of and the need for continuouslylearning new material. The results were a 4.17 on a 5-point scale, which demonstrates

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

, economics, ethics, regulations, intellectual property,market/societal needs). In addition, the desired case studies would provide real world challenges– open-ended, complex problems with incomplete data that require pruning of alternatives. Note that the term “case study” has been used to mean a variety of different things bydifferent practitioners. There is a large body of literature on using “cases” for the purpose ofstudent instruction, primarily in the disciplines of business and law, but more recently in theengineering literature 1, 2, 3. In this context, “cases” are brief (1-2 page) descriptions of an actualproblem. Students are challenged to analyze the situation and formulate a response, taking intoconsideration all of the facets of the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacob Chen; Joseph Chen

% 5 Professional Ethics 85% Development of the CurriculumThis project considered the industry’s demands and the effects of those demands onfuture employees in order to improve teaching methods and curricula in communitycollege manufacturing education programs. A goal-driven strategy was used throughoutthe development of the curriculum to effectively build the necessary components thatwould hold all the important design concepts and parametric solid modeling (PSM) toolstogether with a logical sequence to allow students to learn while reaching the final goal.The capstone that pulls all the materials in the curriculum together is a DFM (design formanufacturability) final team project. In

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

, organizations and society, including ethical, legal and policy issues; (g) Demonstrate an understanding of best practices and standards and their application; (h) Demonstrate independent critical thinking and problem solving skills; (i) Collaborate in teams to accomplish a common goal by integrating personal initiative and group cooperation; (j) Communicate effectively and efficiently with clients, users and peers both verbally and in writing, using appropriate terminology; (k) Recognize the need for continued learning throughout their career. This Committee has also defined the main topic and sub topics of the core curriculum. The main topics are as follows: Security, Social & Professional Issues, Information

Conference Session

Motivating Students to Achieve

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Socha; Valentin Razmov

E 3 Retrospective end of course P 3 0-Feature Release / Thin Vertical Slice Jan 9 l 3 Value (Software Engineering) E 2 Mythical Man Month E 3 Requirements Gathering Session Jan 15 Team e 2 Appreciations L E 3 Speech Acts Session l E 3 Games And Roles L 1 Ethics

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Heer

problems, including the use of standard engineering format, estimation and dimensional analysis. 2. Identify and describe the major disciplines within engineering, and areas within mechanical engineering. 3. Identify and describe the operation of basic mechanical systems. 4. Describe basic group creativity and teamwork concepts, and successfully apply those concepts as a productive member of a team. 5. Communicate technical information through written, oral and graphical means. 6. Describe the basic concepts of professionalism and ethics. 7. Develop an understanding of engineering principles through the hands-on, real world design and troubleshooting of a mechanical system.The class consisted of lecture, lab, and

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Enke; Susan Murray

the advantages and flexibility of distance education. Some students feelinsulted by being asked to be proctored, since they are working professionals andconsider themselves to be ethical. Other approaches include open-book exams oreliminating exams from the grading structure. A less extreme approach to control thetime allowed for test taking is using fax machines or emails. From the time a studentreceives the exam, they have a certain amount of time to take the exam. The time stampon the fax or email message determines if the student has met the time requirement,although having numerous students all faxing their test back at the same time presentsadditional challenges. ConclusionThe paper presented a

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

should faculty consult to satisfy ABET if itdoesn’t satisfy the professional development requirements for tenure and promotion?The answer to the first question of “Why consult at all?” can be easily answered in view of ourprofession: that of being an engineer. Since we are responsible for teaching the futuretechnologists and engineers, it is our duty to keep abreast of our disciplines and consultingallows us to do exactly that. Our ethic is to ensure the health and safety of the public, and thepublic rely on us to be technically competent at all times. Besides, many faculty consult to addto their income: so, the idea of keeping abreast of the discipline, and being paid to do so, isactually not a bad one.Professional DevelopmentThe second

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

. Brief descriptions of each follow.⋅ EN412, Ocean Resources Engineering: The principle focus of this course is the identification,recovery, and utilization – i.e., effective management – of ocean resources including alternateenergy sources; deep-ocean oil and gas recovery; desalinization; uses for dredge spoil; mineralexploitation; wetlands, reefs and other coastal developments; along with related discussions ofenvironmental economics, ethics, and regulatory statutes. Currently, this is the most popular ofengineering elective courses with a Spring Semester ’04 enrollment of 59 midshipmen.⋅ EN445, Marine Fabrication Methods: This course presents some of the basic techniques used

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Amy G. Yuhasz; Matthew Ohland

believed that the sensors would, in at least some cases,provide educational benefit, it was not ethical to use a study design that systematically deprived agroup of students of this benefit—the Non-Sensor/Non-Sensor group would not be exposed tothe sensors in either of the labs). Further investigation indicated that a crossover design would bea possible solution to the problem. [3] This design allows all students the opportunity to use thesensors the laboratory.Crossover Design with BlockingCrossover designs allow each participant to be exposed to all “treatments” in our case thepresence or absence of the use of sensors as a data collection agent. There are two “phases” tothe experiment: Lab 1 Springs, and Lab 2 Temperature. A total of eight

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

deal with collegelife, academic success, introductory professional skills, and ethics. However, this course adds aunique element in an attempt to counteract several evolving trends in the ME profession.As globalization moves through American industry, fewer companies have domesticmanufacturing facilities where young engineers are exposed to a range of traditional productionprocesses during a period of onsite practice. Too often, these young engineers will not havementoring from experienced engineers, designers, and machinists who possess vast knowledgeof these processes and their impact on design. In addition, the students who come to college tostudy engineering now typically possess few of the traditional fabrication skills learned in

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

formal designprocess involving analysis, simulation, synthesis, construction, testing, and demonstration of aworking prototype.The course itself helps guide the students through the design process. Students are not “taught”how to do their designs, but rather learn about the process of design and the many ancillaryissues to which designers must attend: economics, schedules, teamwork, brainstorming, ethics,aesthetics, and more. They develop a sense of how to make tradeoffs between cost, quality, andschedule, and the role of quality, reliability, and manufacturability in design. They becomefamiliar with issues related to intellectual property and patents, regulations and standards, andthe manner in which large and small engineering design

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Baumann

format, dimensional unit conversions, statistics,mechanics, electrical theory, mass balance, and energy concepts. The resulting learningoutcomes or capabilities for students upon completion of this class are to: • Distinguish between engineering disciplines • Make judgments consistent with expected engineering professionalism and ethics • Use engineering method and format for problem solving and solution presentation • Collect and record data, represent data graphically, and analyze data statistically • Forecast elementary engineering related phenomena • Properly express dimensions in customary and international (SI) units of measure • Apply basic engineering concepts and formulae to machine and process design

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aisha Lawrey

ourprograms.ConclusionEducators, parents, and students enthusiastically receive all the programs. It is difficult to pickout which one of the programs has been the most effective. In the opinion of the authors, it is thehands-on experiences. Providing hands-on experiences in the classroom and at home are veryimportant to students’ growth as they begin to think about their career options. Our advice toother universities and schools are to start some of these programs as early as elementary school.Since the creation of outreach within PrE-IOP at NJIT, there have been over fifty school visits.Every school visited has asked the outreach component back for repeat visits in future years.While there still exists an initial gender and ethic bias against pursing engineering as a

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Will Cluett; Peter Weiss; Kim Woodhouse; David Bagley; Susan McCahan

component.Including material on ethics and the social context of engineering in first year design courses hasbeen done before (see, for example, Dym2) but rarely are these issues presented as constraintsthat, when appropriately considered, will lead to better engineering design. Much engineeringdesign now, however, is subject to scrutiny by a wide variety of stakeholders, technical andotherwise. The lecture component of Part 2, then, was designed to specifically present materialon human factors, economics, preventative engineering, life cycle assessment, and industrialecology. The concepts developed by Vanderburg3 and used as the basis for his first year courseinformed a basic tenet of Part 2 – that identifying and addressing key social and environmental

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby

curriculum and the way courses are taught. The school reevaluated itsfaculty and courses, introduced new courses and expanded old ones to give students new skillsand exposure to business implications within most courses. As an important change, weintroduced new interdisciplinary elective courses in entrepreneurship, operations and projectmanagement, ethics, business law, and global technology management. Based on the success ofour graduates in the past several years, both in the companies where they work, and in the typeand caliber of graduate studies they pursue, we think that our new educational emphasis is payingoff.The Global Perspectives in Technology Management Course (EID-372) This is the course I would like to discuss in more detail

Conference Session

Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa Lin

resultswill be achieved. Here are the motivation tips of knowledge management [12]: • Knowing how to work well in teams • Showing enthusiasm for the job • Understanding the business mission behind Information Technology initiatives • Having a strong work ethic • Thinking creatively to solve problems • Making a good impression with the entire IT team • Making a good impression with the IT organization’s customers • Being highly intelligent and having excellent problems solving abilities • Having relevant experiences and educationThe integration of enterprise applications used varies significantly from organization toorganization. Knowledge management has its appropriate values for each application inorder to remain

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kramer

). Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Joseph Hoffman; Gary Pertmer; Chandra Thamire

skills • Ethics and Social Awareness • Quality and ReliabilityWith the above elements in mind, the objectives for the mechanical engineering programs werefirst formulated by the Undergraduate Committee within the Department of Mechanical Page 9.83.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering at UM. The Committee consisted of a diverse cross-section of the faculty and whichis responsible for development and monitoring of the program. These were approved in 1999after a thorough review

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Summers; Julie Phillips; Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership at Purdue University's School of Technologysince 1989. He serves southeastern Indiana, teaching numerous courses in the program to non-traditional students.He has a professional interest in the philosophy and ethics of leadership.JULIE PHILLIPSJulie Phillips is an associate professor for Purdue University School of Technology, Columbus. Prior to becoming aprofessor she spent 8 years in manufacturing working in quality management. She teaches Organizational Behavior,Diversity, Human Resource Issues, and Quality and Productivity in Management.MICHELE SUMMMERSMichele Summers is an Assistant Professor at the School of Technology at Lafayette. Her research interests includeeducation/industry partnerships

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder

excellent teachers. Faculty with a rigidly narrow view of what constitutes acceptable teaching should not be peer reviewers. (6) unbiased. Individuals who have strong personal or philosophical differences with a faculty colleague should not be asked to serve as peer reviewers for that colleague. If they are asked to do so, they have an ethical responsibility to decline.Many engineering faculty members meet these criteria, so at most institutions it should not betoo difficult to find enough qualified raters to cover all scheduled summative peer reviews in agiven year.‚ Concern: Peer review that goes beyond a single class observation imposes too much of a time burden on faculty members. The total time required for a

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

problems can be rated as,14. As a result of this course, my ability to communicate effectively can be rated as,15. As a result of this course, my recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in lifelong learning can be rated as,16. As a result of this course, my ability to understand professional, ethical, and social responsibilities can be rated as,17. As a result of this course, my respect for diversity and knowledge of contemporary professional, societal, and global issues can be rated as,18. As a result of this course, my commitment to quality, timeliness and continuous improvement can be rated as, Page

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Rogers

efforts,research into the societal and ethical consequences of nanotechnology, and technology transferprograms to move nanotechnology out of research institutions and into the workplace.2 TheNational Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has stated: “The impact of nanotechnologyon the health, wealth, and lives of people could be at least as significant as the combinedinfluences of microelectronics, medical imaging, computer-aided engineering, and man-madepolymers developed in this century.” 3 The NanoBusiness Alliance recently released a survey4projecting the global market for the nanotechnology industry will reach $700 billion by 2008.Here we define nanotechnology as research and technology development at the atomic,molecular or macromolecular

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Charles Winton

at the University of Oklahoma, we have merged the EngineeringComputing and Introduction to Engineering courses in some sections. These merged courseshave used a version of the Botball robot kit as the major tool for teaching computer skills, thedesign process, project organization, and general engineering techniques. The class meets in two2-hour sessions per week allowing adequate time for both lecture and in-class hands-on work.This course is aimed at freshman engineering students and is supposed to cover severalobjectives: • Overview of the major engineering disciplines • Introduction to the engineering design process • Engineering ethics • Basic engineering productivity and analysis tools • Introduction to computer

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers; Jeff Goldberg

"evaluation." The projects have external clients/sponsorsand for many students this is the first experience at managing and completing a project.Students write reports and make oral presentations as part of the class. The course also containsseminar materials to help with the transition from undergraduate study to graduate school orindustry. The course has the following goals: 1. Understand and implement all steps in the design process and use tools and techniques appropriate for each step. 2. Construct and deliver oral presentations. 3. Construct and deliver written reports. 4. Understand engineering ethics and professionalism related to dealing with a client and in the workplace. 5. Ability to work in teams with clients and take

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stoian Petrescu; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

broader social impact, logical use of quantitative measures, and manyeasily accessible resources and therefore was selected.A project involving making the campus more accessible to persons using wheelchairs isattractive for a number of reasons. First, it is a natural fit with each of the goals given in Table 3,which was our minimum criterion for acceptance. It also allows greater consideration of socialimpact and ethical responsibility (Table 1, item 1) than did the previous project. It was alsohoped student enthusiasm would be increased by the socially beneficial aspects of the project, aswell as the presence of a customer. Bucknell has, as required by law, a faculty and staffcommittee charged with insuring and improving access for disabled