Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeannie Brown Leonard; Janet Schmidt; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

course (ENES 100) to seniors completing capstoneengineering courses. Freshmen teams provided the baseline or “naïve condition” since most of Page 9.85.1these students had few prior team experiences. Seniors, on the other hand, are individuals who “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”have “made it” through the engineering curriculum and have been members of a variety of teamsthroughout their undergraduate careers. They have mastered engineering content with sufficientproficiency to be a

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

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

instructor administrativemanagement system and on-line collaboration tools. Students must master the topic, as indicatedby assessment testing, before proceeding to the design task.2. Need for Engineering Education Reform - A National Imperative.At many institutions, undergraduate engineering education has become outdated. During the pastfive decades, the following paradigm, for the most part, has become the norm: lectures on technicalconcepts, little or no discussion, individual homework on idealized problems, and problem-solvingexams. Complex design problems, if used at all, tend to be introduced in upper-level capstonecourses. Moreover, many institutions have been slow to adopt IT into the classroom, relying insteadon hand-held calculators and

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

Science Foundation (NSF) in 2002. Bert Davy received hisMasters in Civil Engineering from University of Maryland College Park in 1984 and presentlyworking on his Ph. D, here at Morgan State University.John WheatlandJohn Wheatland is the Director of Freshman Programs for in the School of Engineering. He hasconducted the Effective Communication Workshops for SEM Summer Research Program sinceits inception. Dr. Wheatland earned a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the CityCollege of New York in 1972, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from theUniversity of Bridgeport in 1974, and an Ed. D. in Education Administration from Morgan StateUniversity in 2000

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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JoAnn Lighty; Holly Moore; David Richardson; Nick Safai

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

-ic.com/en/ds/DSTINIS-005-DSTINIS400.pdf, website of Dallas Semiconductor Inc. developer and distributor of the DSTINIS400 development board (access link for product information).8. K. R. Irvine, C++ and Object-Oriented Programming, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle, NJ, 1997.9. J. Zukowski, Mastering Java 2, J2SE 1.4, Sybex, Alameda, CA, 2002.10. Online:http://www.quanser.com/english/html/products/fs_product_challenge.asp?lang_code=english&pcat_co de=exp-rot&prod_code=R1-posserv, website of Quanser Consulting Inc. developer and distributor of the DC motor test-bed (access link for product information).11. Online: http://www.linear.com/prod/datasheet.html?datasheet=324, website of Linear Technology Inc. developer and

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gary Boucher; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

cleared to allow the program to proceed to the next step. In short, bits can be set andtested under ACL program control in an easy and straightforward manner.The Purpose of RSAIDS Wiring two or more controllers together using cabling often meets with limited success as thestudent must master both the control language along with the proper methods of wiring thecontrollers. This problem of wiring is multiplied when over two controllers are to function insynchronization. RSAIDS is an approach to greatly facilitate connections of multiple controllers where thecombined operation of the robots can be brought to a simple software level using an easy to learncontrol language. To do this requires a small degree of both rudimentary hardware and

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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

real world engineering problems eachsemester. He teaches Networks, Sustainable Design, Power Systems and research includes renewable powersystems. He received a PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSE from Rowan University and BSCE from MIT.JAMES BLANCK is a senior electrical and computer engineering student at Rowan UniversityPATRICK A GIORDANO, JR. is a junior electrical and computer engineering student at Rowan University whoenjoys the practice of "hands-on" engineering and excels at it. His plans include achieving his masters at Rowanafter graduating with his BSECE with minors in math, physics and computer science.DONA JOHNSON is a junior mechanical engineering student at Rowan University and a member Society OfWomen Engineers (SWE), the

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

undergraduate and masters degrees in Education fromthe University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Florida State University in 1975. Wildmanjoined the faculty at Virginia Tech in 1976. Page 9.263.15 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joanne DeGroat; Jeffery Radigan; Jeff McCune; Andrew O'Brien; James Beams; Matt Gates; Craig Morin; John Demel; Richard Freuler

board, otherwise known as the interface board, contains the necessary voltage regulation,a RS-232 serial port, USB 1.2 slave interface, I2C master controller, LCD module, and assortedI/O to the main CPU. RS-232 remains on this controller because even though it is a dyingprotocol in the PC world, a strong presence remains in the microcontroller and robotics world.RS-232 is also natively supported on the Intel microcontroller. Other ports not used for theaddress or data bus on the Intel microcontroller are used as additional digital inputs. Themicrocontroller also has available a 4-channel A/D converter and pulse-width generation onmultiple digital outputs.A graphical LCD is connected to the top board allowing students to display useful

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

an engineering environment. What can be done about this, if anything? The answerlies in a very simple concept – adequate practice and sufficient tools. Students must be preparedby being able to present technical ideas in professionally written and verbal formats. In order todo so, appropriate software tools of the trade must be mastered and practiced by the student to besuccessful. This paper chronicles the creation of a course that requires students to apply thesesoftware tools in a real industrially oriented venue. Software tools are discussed and examplesshown. Students, currently working in industry, who have been exposed to this type of learningexperience, in similar course venues, provide insight into the importance of such a course

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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kenneth weaver

, physical and social development.In 2002, to fulfill this mission, the South Jersey Technology Park was incorporated as a tax-exempt 501.c3 corporation, a strategic plan was developed in consultation with the UniversityCity Science Center (UCSC), and a Board of Directors was elected. Land has been acquired tointegrate the SJTP into a new 580-acre Rowan University West Campus and a master plan forthe SJTP currently under development by an architectural planning firm.The first phase of the SJTP will begin in 2004 with construction of the 50,000 SF InnovationCenter at Rowan University, which will immediately provide a critical nucleus of high techactivity at the Rowan West Campus by: ̇ accommodating the diverse R&D program areas already

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Blat

feedback to ensurethat students are achieving their academic and professional goals. They mentor by example andserve as role models. The primary focus of peer mentoring is academic rather than social. Thesocial elements are a result of the natural evolution of academic learning communities, ratherthan the reverse. Mentors work from a formal weekly agenda, with specific learning outcomesidentified for each session. Every mentoring session is designed to build upon previous sessionsso that students have the opportunity to apply and master the academic strategies necessary forsuccess in the College.Among the topics covered in the mentoring sessions are: goal setting; learning styles;introduction to the College’s computer system; GPA calculation

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Anderson; Mani Mina

to learn mathematical tricks and spend lotsof time solving integral/differential equations. Students can then utilize mathematical packagesin order to solve these types of equations. Instead, this form of teaching will then make studentsthink critically as to how to utilize their fundamental understanding to solve problemsconceptually on paper and then use the computer to perform the more rigorous calculations. Inthis way, students learn the concepts and not just mathematics. For example, instead of teachingthe student the detail, derivation of the curl and divergence, and asking them to do manyproblems by hand to master these operations, we would explain the operations, show them thederivation, but ask them to use the tools and see what the

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sasha Pasulka; Sandhya Pillalamarri; Milica Milovancevic; Michael Wagner; Meena Nimmagadda; James Adams; Anjali Gupta; Mary Anderson-Rowland

materials, capstone design, and heavymetal toxicity. His research is focused on computer simulation of materials and heavy metal toxicity.MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLANDMary R. Anderson-Rowland is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the CEAS at ASU. She earned herPh.D. from the University of Iowa. She has received the YWCA Tribute to Women 2001 Award(Scientist/Researcher) and the University Achievement in Gender Equity Progress Award, Faculty Women’sAssociation in 1995. She was named an ASEE Fellow in 2001, one of “30 Prominent Women in Phoenix” Awardin 2002, and the Society of Women Engineer’s Distinguished Engineering Educator 2002 award.MEENA NIMMAGADDAMeena Nimmagadda is a graduate student working on her Master ’s degree in Computer Science. She

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

). Mr.Hoffmann is responsible for laboratory facilities within the First-Year Engineering Program, and developslaboratory experiments and instructional materials for the Program. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aeronauticaland Astronautical Engineering from OSU.ANITA P. AHUJA is Master of Science student in Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering and a GraduateTeaching Associate for the First-Year Engineering Program at The Ohio State University. Her currentresponsibilities include curriculum development and assisting instructors. She also works as a Research Associatein the Industrial Engineering Department in the area of Six-Sigma Methodologies.VAMSI K. IVATURI is a Graduate Teaching Associate for the First-Year Engineering Program at the Ohio

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Vaidy Vaidyanathan, University of Central Florida; Carmo D'Cruz, University of Central Florida

, attorneys, financialadvisors, consultants, etc are added benefits of this program. Attempts are also made toresolve/avoid IP issues that commonly impact university-industry partnerships. This program hasreceived very favorable reviews from local, state and national organizations.IntroductionThe term “Entrepreneur” is of French origin and was first noted in Savary’s 1723 UniversalDictionary of Business as one who undertook a project; was a manufacturer, or a master builder.1 Page 8.56.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nasir Bilal; Harold Kess; Douglas Adams

. Harold Kess is a senior undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He worked as asummer intern to develop many of the roving laboratory experiments discussed here. Harold isthe winner of a John M. Bruce Memorial Scholarship for his research work in nondestructiveevaluation of composites and will be pursuing a Masters degree in mechanics in the fall of 2003.Dr. Douglas Adams is a third year assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and is theinstructor in the course discussed here. He is the winner of the 2003 Solberg Award for BestTeacher in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue and a 2001 Presidential Early Career Award for

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Denny Davis; Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt DeGoede

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationpipe straight down into the roof and to a height 1 meter below the height of the roof so that thepipe can run above the ceiling inside (the pressure in the master pipe will then be the density ofthe oil times g times the height of 5 meters or 45kPa (gage pressure – difference between the oilpressure and atmospheric). We will assume this pressure to calculate the flow rate. We willassume 1 liter per minute is a reasonable rate. π ( 45,000 Pa ) D 4 flowrate = 1000cm3 /60s = 0.000017m3 /s= 128 ( 25m + 5m + 2.5m ) 0.084Pa ⋅ s D 4 = 4.1 x 10-8 m 4 D = 1.4 cmOur pipes

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus L. Carter; Amy G. Yuhasz; Misty Loughry; Matthew Ohland

“behaviorally anchoredrating scale” (BARS) format, the team decided to use a Likert-scale instrument to help define thecategories of teamwork that the BARS instrument should measure. In the Fall of 2003, anextensive list of statements, approximately 400, dealing with measures of individual contributionto teamwork were derived from theory in the “teams and groups” literature. All of the itemsdescribe behaviors that make individuals more effective team members. The master list was thengiven to members of the research team and a few graduate and undergraduate students (inmanagement and various engineering disciplines) for their evaluation. These participants wereasked to mark any statements that seemed ambiguous or unclear, group the items into

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Krause

Education grant from NSF. The grantwas written and the course created and taught by a team of faculty from the College of Educationand the School of Engineering. The course was a pilot, based on a broad survey of DET needs ofK-12 teachers7, to determine how to infuse DET concepts into undergraduate teacher educationand the preparation of graduate students who would become science teacher educators inColleges of Education8. We also wished to determine the impact of the course on the participants.Nine graduate students agreed to participate in the course and be studied. All were in either ascience education masters or doctoral program and had good undergraduate backgrounds inscience or engineering. The course was taught by two engineering professors

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

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

focus on the problems ofteaching and learning in K-12 classrooms. Research in chemistry education, for example, hasprovided useful insight into the problems children have understanding heat and temperature orthe problems high school students have when trying to master the task of balancing a chemicalreaction. While this research is potentially useful for those who teach in the elementary, middleand high schools in the U.S. and abroad, it does not necessarily address the problems that facultyface when teaching sophisticated topics in science, engineering, and mathematics at theuniversity level.For examples of research that does address sophisticated topics focused at the university level,consider several projects recently completed by graduate

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matt O'Connor; Kathleen Simione; Dale Jasinski; Chad Nehrt

about 1,000 undergraduate students, 200 graduate students and a fulltime faculty of approximately 55. The entire university has an enrollment of about 4,500undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students. Its primary focus is on the traditional age collegestudent (18-22 year old) and almost 75% of the students live on campus. The business schooloffers Bachelor of Science degrees in accounting, advertising, computer information systems,entrepreneurship and small business management, finance, international business, management,and marketing and masters in business administration. The faculty of the school were searching for a vehicle to provide an integrative theme toteaching the core business subjects of accounting, finance, international

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He earned a Ph.D. from GeorgeMason University and masters degrees from the University of Illinois and the University of Southern California. Page 9.933.15 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robin Adams; Reed Stevens; Lorraine Fleming; Cynthia Atman; Sheri Sheppard; Theresa Barker; Ruth Streveler

fornon-SME majors, or persisting in SME majors despite challenges and setbacks. Her researchaimed to derive a set of testable hypotheses from student reflections. This study’s findingsinclude a number of factors specific to engineering, as well as science and math majors: 1) Students who chose to discontinue an SME major were not “different kinds of people” from those who succeeded in an SME major.11 Those who switched out of SME majors were not necessarily less qualified to master the necessary technical concepts, but their evaluation of the SME-major academic experience was highly dissatisfactory, either due to a perceived lack of success, or to a dissatisfaction with the way courses were taught. 2) Both

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

generic Blackboard site to all EG sections.5. Tiered Writing LessonsOne of the benefits of this program is that it can be tailored to individual student needs. Forinstance, the entire section might be presented a lesson on complete sentences. Some of thestudents already know the material, and others will pick it up quickly. However, there will be afew who have difficulty mastering the lesson right away. When the online assessment modulesare created, they should keep in mind that a particular student may not “get it” the first time.Therefore, there should be several rounds of questions for each lesson, so that a writingconsultant can review wrong answers with students and suggest (but not require) that theyattempt the next set of questions in the

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

served asnewsletter editor and treasurer. She is an IET TAC/ABET program accreditation evaluator and will be starting afive-year term as an IIE commissioner on the Technology Accreditation Commission in summer, 2003.JAMES B. HIGLEY, P.E. holds the rank of Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue UniversityCalumet. He is responsible for coordinating the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program, as well asteaching courses in parametric modeling; integrated design, analysis & manufacturing; manufacturing processes;and thermodynamics. He holds Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Engelken

promoted and tenured. Many NEE get behind in getting research programs going the first year or two due to too much time committed to instruction and students. Yes, aim for excellence in teaching but not to the detriment of these other critical components. Again, balance and unambiguous policies are the keys. Insist that students have first tried to master a concept or homework problem on their own before requesting help, that they get to the point, and that they adhere to one’s policies and office hours.O. Become aware of new, often high-tech, ways for students to cheat, address them in one’s written class policy, and do not tolerate them. Spell out how calculators can and cannot be used. Be aware of how students can access

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Mente; Marian McCord; Joni Spurlin; H. Troy Nagle; Susan Blanchard

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: Initial BME Program Educational Objectives The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering offers an undergraduate BS degree program in Biomedical Engineering (BME). The faculty of this department in concert with constituencies have developed the following undergraduate educational objectives for the BS in BME degree. 1. To educate students for successful careers in Biomedical Engineering. Emphasis is placed upon mastering the fundamentals of engineering and biology, the ability to solve engineering problems, and understanding the creative process of engineering design. 2. To instill in the students a sense of confidence in their ability to grasp and

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

entrepreneurship through new productdevelopment. Lehigh’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) program provides a campus focusfor cross-disciplinary collaboration. With top-level administrative support, additional degreeprograms are under development. These include Integrated Business and Engineering, ComputerScience and Engineering, Design Arts, Masters of Business Administration and Engineering andan entrepreneurial ventures track in the MBA program. Through planning, trial and error and(now) a formal comprehensive assessment process, the IPD faculty team has developed basiclessons learned from this curricula development experience. These lessons and the skills neededto succeed closely mimics those learned in any new venture process, with the caveat