Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jule Scarborough; Conard White; Promod Vohra

evaluating all aspects of the initiative and developing a long term sustainable andcontinuous improvement plan. Specific outcomes and products can be reviewed on the abovewebsite or in the AAHE publication mentioned above. Page 9.1118.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004,American Society for Engineering EducationPartnershipsAn extended partnership model engaged a vast array of human resources to support the teachersin their development and pilot activities. As mentioned above, three institutions

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Liv Brakewood

students also had access to acomplete set of plans for the facilities and a university housing website that featured a webcamview, in case they were interested in learning more about the details. Page 9.494.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"The students were not allowed on the construction site for safety and other reasons, but were ableto observe through the chain link fence surrounding the site on all four sides. They were alsoasked not to interrupt the workers or management crew. The

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pape

never take place in isolation.” For instance, theinability of students to meet a particular course objective may be due to difficulties with aprevious course. Thus, in an integrated assessment plan course level assessments shouldfeed into the overall program assessment.Program Outcomes AssessmentThe philosophy of EC 2000 represents a shift from the “bean-counting” of the so-calledconventional criteria to a system which includes and focuses on outcomes assessment.Each program has the opportunity to define its’ mission and objectives, which should beconsistent with institutional goals and representative of the needs of constituent groups.Accordingly, each program must have in place detailed published educational objectives,a process by which

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

Search Implement Formulation Solution Implementation 4 8 Criteria & Plan Constraints Problem Solving 5 7 Alternative Decision & 6 Solutions

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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

Composition 3 E 110 Composition & Literature 3M 117/M115 Calculus I or Precalculus 4 M118/ M117 Calculus II or Calculus I 4EAS107 Introduction to Engineering 3 EAS112 Methods of Engineering Analysis 3EAS109 Plan, Design & Experiment 2 Humanity /Social Science Elective 3 16 17 Table 2 Cour se Requir ements - Second Year Pr ogr am Second Year - Fall

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

wereperformed on the collected data to determine predictor variables for faculty technicalcurrency. The statistical analyses revealed that the “institutional support andencouragement for maintaining technical currency,” and “allocation of funds forprofessional development” are the most significant predictors for maintaining facultytechnical currency. In light of survey findings, recommendations are made to improvefaculty development activities and departmental policies to enable faculty to stay currentin their fields of specialization. As technology leapfrogs and new technological domainsevolve, it becomes increasingly important to synchronize the curriculum developmentand revision cycle with the planning and implementation of faculty

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

methodologies and procedures: project identification, initial research and source contacts, system analysis/requirements, requirement review, design, design review, periodic progress report, procurement of materials, and planning (Criterion 2, items a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) 6. use oral and written communication skills in a real-world problem solving situation (Criterion 2, item g) 7. provide and present the good project proposal, periodic progress reports, project presentation, and project proposal report (Criterion 2, items e, g, k)We note that a design project is often thought of as a constructive problem-solvingprocess. In general, students learn about the design by experiencing severalinterdependent and

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zvi Aronson; Souran Manoochehri; Peter Dominick; Kishore Pochiraju; Beth McGrath; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard

matterexpertise. Here again some preliminary assessment and planning by instructors can helpto ensure that students operate under relevant assumptions and share informationappropriately. There is evidence that other personality, behavioral style, and attitudinaldifferences as well as gender also shape how student work and learn in a virtual setting.For instance, students with certain visual learning styles and or independent behavioralstyles learn better in web environments. On the other hand, aural, dependent and morepassive learners may not do as well. Students with a high motivation to learn, greaterself-regulating behavior, and the belief they can learn online do better7. The second process input we consider important is the nature of

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Chen; John Tharakan

University have worked together to make this amodel of successful educational program enhancement.Introduction Throughout history, NASA has played a critical role in promoting engineering andscience education at colleges and universities. NASA has accomplished its educationalobjectives by following a well-established structure and leveraging its resources to accomplishprogram goals. NASA has notably committed to education since its creation in 1958. Thisstrong commitment has been continuously reflected in the agency's Strategic Plan, in whicheducation is viewed as important as space exploration. NASA’s national education program isdevoted to “inspire the next generation of explorers”. This education program is carried outthrough NASA

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ward

in the machine shop or classroom as part of a competition.Each day of camp is slightly different. Campers arrive on a Tuesday afternoon and stay untilFriday evening. Tuesday is used as a day to get acquainted with those involved in the camp andto complete some small projects. On this day, each 8-camper group completes a banner, whichidentifies their group. Prior to completing their banner, each group must create a plan for theirbanner that is then shared with their counselors and “approved”. This is similar to gainingapproval from a supervisor for completing a project at work in a certain manner. If changes haveto be made to the plan during the process of creating the banner, the group must create a change

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Scmidt; Jeffrey Siegel

There is extensive literature on teacher questioning6 as well as articles on the artof effective questioning. One way to become skilled as a classroom questioner is to use Bloom’staxonomy to gauge proficiency and target areas for growth. Using Bloom as a guide, instructorscan structure questions at each level and create questions that are meaningful and purposeful andthat foster a learning environment that promotes the process of active learning. Classroomquestions are often spontaneous and while such questions can be effective, CPS provides thecapability to plan and pre-program questions. This thoughtful consideration of questions helpsinstructors tailor information to appropriate instructional levels and keep students engaged.Specific

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

within budgetconsiderations lab discussionDuring the previous 10 years, a project based upon designing a park for an unused 20-acre parcelof university property was used within the course (the “Park Project”). Each three-student teamwas given a plot of land and asked to come up with a plan for the land using the engineeringdesign process.3 The expenses of their plan could not exceed a given financial constraint. Theyworked together as a team to develop and rank criteria for this plan and then used these criteria toevaluate their plan. This project culminated with a written report as well as an oral presentation.This project was an effective team-experience for the students, and also met each of the goalsgiven in Table 3. However, there were

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

LTC Robert Powell

specific aspects of acadet’s knowledge base, both militarily and academically, with the live context beyond theclassroom. Between spring and fall academic terms, cadets may participate in one or bothprograms; however MIADs and other military programs are mandatory for cadets and are givenpriority over AIADs. Once the cadets have completed required military training opportunities,they can complete an AIAD. These programs emphasize a planned and structured workexperience that has productive educational value and is carefully coordinated with the militaryand academic learning that occurs in the classroom. Both programs are structured to producecognitive benefits, forge institutional linkages, motivate cadets, and teach maturity andappropriate

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sayward Touton; Cory McDonald; Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

typically have diverse interests and are service motivated. Thegraduate student mentor is also the team leader and guides both students based on his/her owncollege experience. Both mentors encourage good study habits, involvement in a professionalengineering society, and career planning. Each group is required to meet at least twice a week toensure that everyone is participating and to discuss issues of concern. Usually, the meetings arenot all business. They are generally time to socialize and have fun together, because socialinteraction is important in developing relationships and gaining trust within the group. Someteam activities have been: volunteering at the humane society, hiking to a local waterfall, andcooking dinner together. This paper

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Marshall; Steven Budd; Michael Fountain; Paul Givens

products are undertaken. Specific, copyrighted tools (Appendices 1 & 2) areutilized in each segment of the course, along with direction and assistance in research andevaluation techniques, under the direction of the faculty. Finally, identification of potentialpartners/licensees, if any, and calculation of possible valuations, using comparable deals andterms, are defined to allow the team, faculty, and university to define the optimal plan for thetechnology /products and determine the best strategy to achieve this result. Page 9.1247.3 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Inside the Class

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori M. Bruce; J.W. Bruce

effective activities. We havefound team homework, team projects, and “jigsaw” exercises are particularly useful inengineering classes. The key is to ensure that all five criteria listed above are present tominimize problems. In our experience, NEEs should start with one or two cooperative learningexercises. Homework sets with challenging or open-ended problems or a team project are goodcandidates since many engineering courses already contain similar exercises. After the NEEachieves success in these smaller cooperative learning exercises, then the NEE should considerincorporating more cooperative learning techniques throughout his or her course. Of course, theNEE’s mentor and department chair should be notified of the plans before starting

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tord Dennis; Robert Fulton

design and deliver a product over a two-year period. This paper documents one of the pilot DCPD projects conducted by students and facultyat Georgia Tech and the University of Maryland College Park during the spring semester of 2003 toidentify and explore potential issues relating to the “Grand Experiment". We introduce our 2-yearcapstone DCPD project which began in the fall semester of 2003 with Mechanical Engineering studentsfrom Georgia Tech, University of Maryland and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign collaboratingto design an amphibious utility vehicle for the John Deere Corporation. We also outline our plans forinvolving students from Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Business and other disciplines in the springsemester of 2004 to

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Winzer

–10], it was immediately obvious that we could notemulate all of the tenets of this set of standards. There was no way we could match the corporateresources available to pursue formal ISO 9000 type operations in an academic setting; howeverimplementing a comprehensive plan for continuous improvement was a task we had to address.Our assignment would be one of modifying the model to fit our particular circumstances whilestill satisfying the ISO 9000 flavor of TC2K. We needed a structure that was not cumbersomeyet would allow us to adequately document our processes and our continuous improvementplans. We discovered that TC2K hinged primarily on criteria one and six. In fact, criterion onewould prove to be central to the whole process with

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vera Galishnikova; Thomas Maleck; Paul Streng; Jason Merrill; David Prestel; Darren Mason; Ronald Harichandran

Western Europe,a popular summer destination for American travelers. Finding large blocks of affordableyet safe hotel rooms is often difficult in the summer months. In St. Petersburg thesituation is further complicated by the fact that the anniversary of the city’s founding fallson May 30th, making the beginning of the summer a popular time for tourist groups aswell.Two Russian-speaking faculty members arrive in Russia several days before the maingroup to begin the task of arranging buses and meals, and selecting excursions thateffectively utilize students’ time in the city. Since the majority of the students do notspeak Russian, and those who do are usually in Russia for the first time, every detail ofthe students’ day must be planned out ahead

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

Mark Plichta Materials Science and Eng Page 9.181.4 How Engineering Disciplines Overlap John Gierke Geological Engineering Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Educations Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring Fall 2003 engineering seminars, the focus was on different ways to use an engineeringdegree. Many of the seminars illustrated how engineering can benefit the community (i.e.: socialactivism, volunteer activities and community politics). Other seminars involved career planning(i.e.: engineering consulting

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taz Daughtrey; Edgar Sibley; Anne Marchant

attack and defense exercises. We therefore intend to graduate students capableof excelling in careers as information security engineers or as computer science graduates with aspecialization in computer and network security and, by collaborating and integrating work fromother institutions, reduce costs in duplication of curricula.3. Security Lab ArchitectureA considerable amount of energy has gone into the design of a security lab to support thecapstone cyberdefense exercises. We are studying both the IWAR6 (Information WarfareAnalysis and Research) laboratory at the US Military Academy at West Point and the PEN4(Portable Educational Network) at George Washington University. While our plans continue toevolve, certain elements are clear: • Since

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

Engineering at the University of Cincinnati during the summer of 2003.This opportunity helps in attracting and retaining the brightest undergraduate students byproviding special programs that capture their interests and challenge their scholastic potential.Nine undergraduate students from six different institutions participated, and included threewomen and six men students. The students’ scholastic standing ranged from sophomore tosenior level. Each group was supervised by a Faculty Mentor, one Graduate Student Mentor, anda Lab Technician during the complete duration of the REU Site. The paper presents how thewhole research program was planned and conducted, the details of the projects selected for thestudents, and procedures used to evaluate the

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

addressed for future semesters, all of the community partners indicated interested incontinuing next year. Some of the concerns and changes they suggested included timing of theprojects, many wanted longer projects. Some requested fewer teams so that they could workmore closely with them. These changes are being considered as plans are being made for thenext year’s program.Conclusions Service-learning was successfully implemented on a large scale in a first-yearengineering program as a curricular tie between three clustered courses as part of a learningcommunity. Students report a high level of satisfaction with their overall experience. Asignificant majority would choose service-learning over a traditional project given the choice

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Todd; Spencer Magleby

students taking the course. This phase also involves developing all of thedocumentation for the course, much the same as detailed engineering drawings, bills of materialand manufacturing process plans are developed for a manufactured product.Some of the typical documentation for a capstone course includes a detailed syllabus, selectionor development of a textbook, descriptions of any deliverables or reports to be submitted by thestudents, detailed lesson plans, lab activities, quizzes and/or examinations, grading criteria and ahost of other items such as project sponsor agreement letters, policy statements concerningintellectual property, liability, and etc.Once the design has been completed, including its documentation, the design can begin to

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Leah Jamieson; Katherine Banks; Kamyar Haghighi; John Gaunt; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

toward developing Engineering Education programs, it appears at thistime that no single institution or engineering education center encompasses all of the componentsthat are being considered here. Centers shown in Table 1 do contain some aspects of what SEEDwill strive to accomplish but lack academic programs in engineering education. In addition,Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University recently received an NSF Bridges inEngineering Education planning grant (NSF Award No. 0342000) to, in part, "develop a newdegree program in education to enable engineering graduates to earn a master's degree while alsoqualifying for licensure as technology teachers in the Commonwealth of Virginia5

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Knox; K. Muraleetharan; G. Miller; D. Sabatini; Randall Kolar

$750,000 9/1/98 8/31/03 9872505 Agenda Curriculum EEC- Planning Pilot Study for a “Course-less” $100,000 1/1/03 12/31/03 0230681 Grant CurriculumPrior to this NSF support, several of the authors had experimented with integrated design projectswithin a course. Success with this venture (23, 24) led to a pilot study (first row in Table 1), whichexplored the possibility of applying this idea to multiple courses. Thus, 1996, the year of the pilotstudy, represents the “founding” of Sooner City. Further success with these early projects led tothe large Action Agenda proposal, which funded the full development of Sooner City, details ofwhich are given below

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Ross; Patrick Giordano; James Blanck; Dona Johnson; Peter Jansson

industrial and commercial energy conservationtechniques as part of this innovative laboratory experience. The results they have generated arecreating motivation for a broader introduction of these concepts into the engineering curriculum.Background As our university's enrollment grows, new buildings are constructed and we increase ouruse of technology, we create a significant increase in our use of energy. In 2001 our universityadministration joined 46 other colleges and universities across New Jersey in endorsing aSustainability Greenhouse Gas Action Plan for the state that calls for a 3.5% reduction ingreenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 20053. This commitment as well as ongoing

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

, Virginia Tech (BEEVT) is to create a contemporary framework forundergraduate engineering pedagogy. Among the issues being studied by the collaborative is theuse of ePortfolios in the education of engineers. Several BEEVT investigators and selectedengineering students participated in a pilot of the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio (VTeP) infall 2003. This paper presents a review of studies on the use of portfolios and summarizes thefindings of the pilot. The future plans of BEEVT investigators targeted at developing guidelinesfor the use and evaluation of ePortfolios for improving both student learning and engineeringprograms are also briefly discussed.1. IntroductionIn fall 2003, a group of engineering and education faculty at Virginia Tech

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

Session 2238 Learning Theories: Applications for Instruction in Constraint- Based Solid Modeling and Other Engineering Graphics Topics Nathan W. Hartman, Theodore J. Branoff Purdue University/North Carolina State UniversityAbstractConstraint-based modeling tools, as well as computer graphics tools in general, offer the usermany choices in commands and techniques for creating graphics, which forces the user to have astrategy or plan as they proceed. The formulation of this plan is often dependent on theintegration of existing knowledge and current factors, such as customer specifications

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder

accountability for the entire assignment), and problem-based learningand similar approaches (teaching material only after a need to know it has been established in thecontext of a complex question or problem, which increases the likelihood that the students will Page 9.1226.1absorb and retain it). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Our focus next shifts to planning courses and measuring learning outcomes. We begin bydefining and illustrating learning objectives—explicit statements of what