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TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

to a graduate school can also apply. All applicants must be U.S.citizens, study in the field of science, mathematics, and engineering, and identify a facultyadvisor.The GSRP program also jointly manages the NASA Earth System Science Fellowship Program(ESSFP), which annually supports 15 graduate students to pursue master and doctoral degrees inearth system science. The program was incepted in 1990 and formerly the Global ChangeResearch Fellowship Program and the Earth Science Graduate Student Research Program. Theaward is similar to the GSRP award, except that the application deadline is on March 15.In 2003, 322 graduate students from nearly 120 colleges and universities received the GSRPawards (including the ESSFP awards). Among them, the

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

implemented by the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology Department at Purdue University Calumet as outlined here haveintegrated the areas of disciplines (PLD/FPGA centric system design, Microcontrollerbased Embedded System Design, PC based Network-oriented Distributed System Designand DSP based Real-time Processing based System Design) that make our studentindustry ready. A two-course sequence approach in different subject areas has providedthe pedagogical framework for the students to master the subject area before moving onto next area of emphasis. The approach outlined in this paper still provides a commonthread of continuity throughout: that of, System Design. Another thread that runsthrough out the curriculum is: Software Design. Post

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hung Tao Shen; Amy Zander

(Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Doctor ofPhilosophy) in each area. But historically the undergraduate program has only offered onedegree, that of a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Environmental Engineering facultyin the department have sought an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering since theearly 1990s. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requirementsfor Environmental Engineering in those times were exhaustive and fairly stringent, which meant Page 10.452.1that any proposal for a new program would rely on procuring significant new resources. Severalnew courses would have had to be

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

work andassessing it with rubrics. Student work in the classes identified in Table 1 will be collected.Rubrics will be developed based on the outcomes described previously. Each outcome will have4 levels: Mastered, Proficient, Limited, and Insufficient. The work will be assessed by FalveyLibrary staff and the CEE faculty member teaching the course. Our goal will be to have 80% ofour students performing at, or above, the Proficient level. An example rubric for outcome 6 forsophomore year is provided in Table 3. Table 3. Example Rubric for Sophomore Year: Outcome 6 Outcome Mastered Proficient Limited InsufficientUses at least 3 of the following criteria to

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney; Richard Englund

The State University ofNew York at Buffalo. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of mechanical design and experimentalmeasurements. Mr. Englund is a Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and is involved in new product design andresearch with local industry. Prior to coming to Penn State he was a design engineer in industry.Shannon Sweeney received Associate and Baccalaureate degrees from West Virginia Institute of Technology, andthe Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. His primaryteaching responsibilities are in mechanics of materials and vibrations, and his research concentrates on vibrationmeasurement and analysis and quality assurance. Prior to joining the faculty of Penn

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rassa Rassai; Mensah Patrick; Jean-Pierre Bayard; Valerie Young; Joseph Tront; Edward Perry

Page 10.910.3through. When you have to master the material yourself before you can start designing the “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”activities, there isn’t enough time to develop something for every class meeting. Evenexperienced faculty are often put off trying a greater variety of strategies by the daunting ideathat they must develop from scratch something for every class meeting. When you adopt andadapt resources developed by others, it becomes feasible to go beyond lecture more often thanyou might have time to on your own.Figure 2. The Science and Technology collectionWhat follows

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

Heat Transfer Coefficient in the Internal Combustion Engine,” SAE paper 670931.11. Patton, K. J., Nitchke, R. G., and Heywood, J. B., 1989, “Development and Evaluation of a Friction Model for Spark Ignition Engines,” SAE paper 890836.12. “CHEMKIN Database”, Sandia National Laboratory.13. Lea, R., Matsuda, K., and Miyashita, K., 1996, “Java for 3D and VRML worlds,” 1st Edition, New Riders, Indianapolis.BiographyVINOD MATHAM is a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. Hejoined Lamar University in January 2003 and is expected to receive his Master of Engineering Science degree inMay 2005. This paper is based on his Masters thesis.KENDRICK AUNG is an assistant professor in

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Thompson

Student Supply Chain Analysis Bruce R. Thompson Rader School of Business, Milwaukee School of Engineering Abstract: Several years ago, an elective in supply chains was added to the Master of Science in Engineering Management program at Milwaukee School of Engineering. A major requirement of this course is student analysis of an actual supply chain. This project consists of three papers over the course of the term: (1) describe a supply chain, (2) identify problems and issues in the chain, and (3) make recommendations for improvement. Since most students are working full-time and attending class part-time, they

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

basic concepts. Computer networking is a challenging yet fun subject toteach as well as to learn. Primary reasons for this include its conceptual complexity andever-changing technical jargon. Mastering its fundamental concepts from textbooksalone is difficult for students, particularly in introductory classes. Practical laboratoryexercises provide students with opportunities to apply what they have learned into real-world settings. This helps underscore important concepts and aids in fortifying conceptapplicability in various settings leading to more active and more participative learningexperiences. In this paper we show the evolving set of networking laboratory exercisesusing open-source software packages. Open source is affordable, real

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Josef Rojter

Page 10.707.7funding it is very likely in the near future that these colleges will be able tooffer vocationally oriented engineering degrees. The fledging engineering“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education AnnualConference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for EngineeringEducation”departments and schools at some universities would need to revise theircurricula and become more eclectic in areas of social education. The resultantdiversity of engineering educational discourses to match the diversity ofprofessional workplace discourses would thus result.Josef Rojter completed chemical engineering studies in 1973 at MonashUniverity and RMIT. He proceeded to master research degree in chemistry atLatrobe

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wm Evans

the PLC requires thestudent to use timing diagrams. The student must not rely on the screen for up-to-datefeedback of the state of the program. The use of multiplexers introduces the student totiming diagrams used in the PLC as well as a possible need for scan dependent logic. Page 10.1029.3Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationDifficult Logic Lab:A difficult logic lab is included in the course to encourage the student to accept difficultprojects. This lab at present is a floating master pump project

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Tanuj Oruganti; Peter Schuyler

getting used to the remote controlpanels in the first experiment. The connection came down significantly for the second lab. Weconcluded that it would be better to include a least four distance experiments in a course so thestudent’s investment to download/install the LabVIEW runtime engine and master the controlinterface could be better leveraged. Page 10.1000.8A follow-on pilot test is scheduled for the spring 2005 semester, and again, two courses will bechosen. However, four distance labs will be performed in each course to double the student’s Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Hagigat

arbitrarily selected and are used only todefine the spring direction. Two masters degree of freedom are selected at the masses in thespring direction. A frequency range of zero to 7.5 Hz with a solution at 7.7/30 = 0.25 Hzintervals is chosen to give an adequate response curve. Figure 10 shows the representative finiteelement model. Figure 9: Sketch of the system for example 26 Page 10.1404.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 10: Finite

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

haveaccess to the collection and services of one of America’s most prestigious and extensivelibraries.Excelsior College made its first venture into instruction at-a-distance with theintroduction of its Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (1998) and Master of Science innursing (1999) programs. Using the experience gained in these, the College has recentlymade a successful transition into the delivery of instruction in its undergraduate programsand now offers more than 100 courses at this level.Excelsior College has been continuously accredited by the Commission on HigherEducation of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1977.Recognizing that college-level knowledge can be obtained in many ways, Excelsiorprovides access to many

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leroy Oberto; Sheryl Sorby

Session 2793 Introducing Teachers to Engineering Practice Leroy J. Oberto, Sheryl A. Sorby School of Technology/Engineering Fundamentals Michigan Technological University Houghton, MichiganAbstractMichigan Technological University has developed a new Master of Science in Applied ScienceEducation for inservice teachers. As part of this program, teachers will be required to complete a12-credit applied science core focusing on real-life engineering applications of math and science.The first of the courses from this core

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal; Sheryl Duggins

influence of the international community on ourprograms will be discussed.Southern Polytechnic State University’s Software Engineering ProgramsMarked by continual change, the last decade has seen steady progress in software engineeringeducation. In a discipline that is this new, the question of what to teach is particularly difficult toanswer; in an innovative field that is drastically changing as quickly as software engineering is,issues of currency and relevancy in curricular design take on entirely new dimensions.In an effort to stay current, the School of Computing and Software Engineering at SouthernPolytechnic State University conducted a curriculum evaluation study for our Master of Sciencein Software Engineering (MSSwE) degree and Bachelor

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Jackson; Ashraf Saad; Thomas Barnwell; Monson Hayes

initiatives, including a new onlineMasters program in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a campus situated in Metz, France,that also offers Masters degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering. This campus, known asGeorgia Tech Lorraine (GTL), opened its doors to students in the Fall of 1991. Since the numberof faculty at GTL has never been large enough to support a complete Masters Degree program, anumber of courses are typically offered through the Georgia Tech Center for Distance Learning.These courses, which are taught by Georgia Tech faculty to students in Atlanta, are videotaped,and the tapes are shipped once a week to GTL.The Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program (GTREP) is an academic collaboration betweenGeorgia Tech and three

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. William Shelnutt; S. Gary Teng

Engineering Education Session 2342This paper demonstrates the curriculum improvement process through the discussion of theoriginal curriculum offered in the first year and the current curriculum. Three of the core coursesare the center of the discussion in this paper. Collaborations with industry in these coursesreveal the philosophy for program curriculum development and improvement. The currentcurriculum is the result of the early stage improvement process and is subjected to furtherimprovement.Program ObjectiveThe Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) program at UNCC intends toprovide the employees of fast growing industry and business

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Treva Fitts; Susan Wynn; Martha Absher; Kristen Ford; Judy Russell; Glenda Kelly; Adefolakemi Oni; Gary Ybarra

Conference & Exposition CopyrightÓ 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationincluding computer hardware, software, and other electronic devices, resources that the schoolcould not have purchased on its own.Academically, the fellows are able to target specific skills that students have not mastered. Atthe end of each nine-week grading period, students take benchmark tests that measure theirmastery of specific goals and objectives in reading and math. Class data sheets, as well asindividual student data sheets, indicate which goals and objectives students need additionalsupport to attain. For example, a third grade class’s benchmark scores may indicate they needtargeted instruction with measurement. This type of information allows the

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lonnie Harvel; Monson Hayes

(GTREP), Georgia Tech is delivering undergraduate electricalengineering courses to other campuses located in the State of Georgia. In addition, GeorgiaTech is now offering on-line Masters Degree programs in Electrical and ComputerEngineering and in Mechanical Engineering. As more and more faculty become involved indistance learning, and as an increased number of students are finding themselves accessingmultimedia content over the Internet, the expectations and demands from both groups willincrease. For example, instructors are finding an increasing need of tools that will assist themin the creation and assembly of multimedia content, and students are beginning to expectadvanced search and query capabilities, interactivity with the multimedia

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Terry

rate given a temperature difference bysubstituting the given quantities into the appropriate relationship without this conceptualunderstanding. Our hope is that by mastering the core concepts, one of which isillustrated in this example, students will be better able to solve engineering problems.Our intent is to have every student pass this exam before he or she graduates. The examis administered early in the senior year. This has been done on paper to date, but we willsoon begin using a newly developed, web-based system that generates the exam for eachstudent from the pool of questions. The new system also allows on-line completion ofthe exam and automatic scoring and recording. This minimizes the manpower required tooperate the system. Once a

Conference Session

CAD Applications in MET Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

, andAdvanced CAD is open to all students.In the department, we have Basic and Advanced CADD labs with twenty-five and sixteenworkstations, respectively. There is a master workstation in each CADD lab and the Internetaccess is provided for all computers. Both labs have inkjet printers that can produce A-E sizeprints. The printers are also networked so that the students can send print files from theirworkstations. We have site license for eight different AutoDesk CAD software includingAutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop (MDT), Inventor and Architectural Desktop. Currently, we areusing AutoCAD 2002 and MDT 6.0 in CADD I and CADD II. The Inventor, MDT, ProEngineerand SolidWorks are used in the Advanced CAD and graduate courses. Dr. Sridhara used a fewrelatively

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Glagola

Construction Engineering Masters rep ort more meaningful Experience Through Practical Application: Eliminate useless p rojects CM Society More class discussions, less testing Field trips More practical computer knowledge Practical applications International course Industry interaction Case-study based curriculum Student Mentoring program Public speaking course Credit for practical experience More people skills (managerial) More plans experience Empow er grad. Students More hands

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

.CLAUDIO CAMPANAClaudio Campana is currently working as a Research Engineer at the Engineering Application Center of theUniversity of Hartford. He received his Bachelors degree from Boston University and Masters from University ofHartford in Mechanical Engineering. His areas of expertise are CAD/CAM and Mechatronics.JUN KONDOJun Kondo is currently working as a Research Engineer at the Engineering Application Center of the University ofHartford. He received his bachelors and masters degree in Mechanical engineering as well as MBA from theUniversity of Hartford. His areas of expertise are Mechatronics, Instrumentation and Product Design

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zohar Herbsman; Cristina Cosma

Engineering Operations 1 2CCE 5035 Construction planning and Scheduling 2CGN 5125 Legal aspects of Civil Engineering 3CGN 5135 Value Engineering 3CGN 5115 Civil Engineering Feasibility Analysis 3CGN 6974 Master of Engineering 2Technical EngineeringCEG 6015 Advanced Soil Mechanics 3CEG 6125 Soil stabilization 2TTE 5835 Pavement design 2Management RelatedMAN 3021 Principles of Management

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ricardo Molina; Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

people. These happenings have a straightincidence in education in every level. The main consequence is the demand of a new kind ofprofessional and so a new education paradigm has emerged. From now on the educationapproaches contempt the “Construction of Knowledge”, which is based in Papert’s educationapproach. It is the “learning by making”, which is in according to the new work paradigmdemand. It is the formation of a professional who will be capable to insert and to maintainher/himself in the global, mutant and challenge work market of the new century. The teacher ismore an advisor, a master who helps the students to find their own path to achieve knowledgeand to accomplish their projects. The teacher is the master behind the student lighting

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Husson; Richard Rice; James Haile; II, S. Michael Kilbey; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Deborah Switzer

offundamental science and engineering concepts from a variety of courses and disciplines. Asanother example, engineering educators are becoming more aware of schema such as Bloom’staxonomy of educational objectives and are being encouraged to include work that pushes thehigher-level thinking skills: analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. We agree that students should beprovided opportunities and mentoring to develop their higher-level (critical) thinking skills, butwe also espouse the following hypothesis: Students must first master their lower-level thinking skills before they can apply higher-level thinking skills. Page 7.219.1 Proceedings of

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores; Christopher Carroll; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

acceptable brightness on the LED display.Port DPort D is the 6-bit communications port, implementing the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)and the Serial Communications Interface (SCI). The SCI is connected on the EVB to RS-232 drivers and receivers and then through a connector to the lab host computer. Bit 0 is thereceive data signal, and bit 1 is the transmit data signal for the SCI. The SPI is used togenerate the video signal for the CRT display as described below, with a bit rate of 1 Mbitper second. This video signal emerges on bit 3 of Port D (master out slave in). Bit 2(master in slave out) and bit 4 (slave clock) are not used. Bit 5 is used as a general purposeoutput bit to provide the CRT scanline (“horizontal”) sync signal, which is

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

held a poster competition, with a five-minute presentation by each team. The winningentry became the primary plan for the rest of the project, but creative elements of other designscould be incorporated.In the remaining five weeks of fall term, students were divided into discipline-specific groups(environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation), with a construction team consisting ofrepresentatives from the disciplinary groups. A supervisory three-person master planning groupwas added as an afterthought, but, as the process unfolded, this group became indispensable,providing a coordinating link between the other groups.Communication work was intensive. For technical writing, students kept individual project logsand time sheets; wrote

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad Smaili

arecapable of mastering technology as it develops and move faster in applying it to yield new andbetter products well ahead of the competition. Mechatronics, being an interdisciplinaryengineering field, plays a key role in achieving this goal2. Mechatronics aim is to integratevarious technologies including electronics, mechanical devices, real-time control,microprocessor, materials, and human-computer interaction from the very earliest stages of theconceptual design process and throughout the embodiment phases of the design process tointroduce to market simpler, smarter, higher quality, and competitive products in a shorter time.While many social, economic, and political forces are ultimately responsible for producing astutetechnical force