Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Irina Nelson

served as a model for the NASA Academy established in1993 at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.5,6 Currently in itstwelfth year of continuous activity, the Academy has developed a close collaboration with ISUand its alumni. NASA is also currently considering a proposal for recognizing the diplomas andcertificates granted by ISU as valid components of its professional development programs. ISUhas partnered with SPACEJOBS,7 an Internet Job Board connecting skilled aeronautics andspace professionals with employers in the aerospace and defense sectors worldwide. The ISUactivities and programs are often covered by local and national mass media, resulting in thedissemination of valuable information regarding the technological

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Wollin; Ronald Bennett; Melanie Steinborn; Al Dombrowski

faculty are beginning toexplore this method for their classes.i Stake, R.A. & J. Easley (Eds), “Case studies in science education, a project for the National Science Foundation”, Centre for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE) and the Committee on Culture and Cognition (CCC), CIRCE, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, 1978.ii Bucknam, Ronald E., “Ethics Cases in Professional Practice”, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, April 1999.iii Davidson, G.G. and A.W. Labib, “Learning from failures: design improvements using a multiple criteria decision-making model”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs., Vol

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tomas Cavanagh; Richard Gilbert; Linda Austin; Edwin Goolsby; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

, users virtually dress three aerospace workers in their cleanroom bunny suits. The task must be completed in the proper sequence and remedial feedback is provided for an incorrect attempt. Retention of the information and transfer of knowledge to the job

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Stephen Frempong; Willie Ofosu

engineers and technicians in the field. They get to appreciate thecurrency of topics discussed in class. They also get to learn the requirements for the job market,and the requirements for specific companies. Such contacts become invaluable after graduationwhen the new graduates are seeking employment.References[1] Commonwealth Telephone Company, C-TEC; Educator in the Workplace B (1998).[2] David, W. (2002). The National Guard's STARBASE program links kids with the real world of aviation and aerospace. http://scribe.iat.unc.edu/index.nsf/doc/starbase0406.[3] David, W. (2000). UNC-Chapel Hill's Mobile Science and Technology Laboratory takes to the highways this fall on a mission to bring science to the people. http

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny

represented: mechanicalengineering; aerospace engineering; electrical and computer engineering; biological systemsengineering; industrial systems engineering; and teaching and learning. All of the participantssaw a need to improve their knowledge and abilities to teach and work in the design arena. Thestudents contributed with written reports of their discipline specific design courses as well asoral presentations of these courses. They also were mentors and judges for the FIRST LEGO®League competition. They were evaluated based on the quality of their presence, discussion,presentations, mentoring and written work. Student comments about the course were verypositive. They were generally very satisfied with the course and felt that they had received

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yin Chen; John Sharon; Constantin Chassapis; Sven Esche

Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographiesYin Chen:Yin Chen is currently a M.S. student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at StevensInstitute of Technology. Her research interests include stochastic processes in design engineeringand manufacturing and armament design and engineering.John Sharon:John Sharon is currently an undergraduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineeringat Stevens Institute of Technology. His research interests include the use of applied statistics forthe design of mechanical and manufacturing systems, system engineering processes andpractices, and aerospace engineering.Sven Esche:Dr. Esche is an Associate Professor of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jake Ingman; Camille Schroeder

camps for students grades 3-8. Twenty-seven young peopletook part in a two-day camp filled with hands-on science and engineering activities. Participantsstudied underground water flow models and contamination issues with faculty in environmentalengineering, as well as running a simulated chocolate factory with faculty from industrial andmanufacturing engineering. They also worked with graphing calculators and sensors todetermine collision forces with toy cars, and launched balsa planes to study lift, drag, pitch, yaw,roll, and other concepts related to aerospace engineering. The students were all intrigued withprogramming and robotics components of the camp led by Human Computer Interactiongraduate students, as well as demonstrations and hands

Conference Session

Visualization

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Madara Ogot

Computer Interface: Effect Of Graphical Abstraction And Functional Representation On Experienced And Novice Users. Proceedings Of The 42nd Annual Meeting Human Factors And Ergonomics Society, Oct 5-9, Chicago, IL, 453-457.15. Sears, A., Jacko, J.A., Brewer, B. and Robelo, L.D. (1998). Empirical Perspective On Visual Icon Design. Proceedings Of The 42nd Annual Meeting Human Factors And Ergonomics Society, Oct 5- 9, Chicago, IL, 448-452.16. Wiebe, E.N., 1999, 3-D Constraint-Based Modeling: Finding Common Themes, Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 63(3), 15-31.Raymond RUTSKOWSKI is a recent graduate of Mechanical Engineering Department at Penn State. He iscurrently employed by NASA as an aerospace engineer

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Kelly; Theodore A. Bickart; Pamela Suett

maintains Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)aerospace and ground vehicle standards. All of the above organizations are ANSI-accredited standards developers.A useful resource for students and faculty members researching standards is the NationalStandards Network(NSSN) that can be accessed at http://www.nssn.org/ . AlthoughNSSN originally stood for the national standards system network, the NSSN is nowmuch broader in scope and is a good starting point for students to research internationalstandards as well. The MIT library can be expected to have a fairly good collection ofstandards but it appears that many non-MIT students may find access to actual standardsfairly limited although standards can sometimes be obtained through interlibrary loan

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Goodwin

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Change, STS 497B. The author narrowed the curriculum down to meet the constraints of anexperimental class for first-year engineering students.Student ProfileSixteen students initially enrolled in the class, however, one had to drop due to a severe illness.Thus, the final tally for the class consisted of ten females and five males. Of the fifteen students,there were three students who were undeclared engineers, three mechanical engineers, twoindustrial engineers, one aerospace engineer, two civil engineers, two computer engineers, onematerial science engineer, and one was a chemical engineering student. After the spring

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kendrick Aung

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viveca Deanes; Olakunle Harrison

institutions. Facultymembers continue to struggle with just how much of “this stuff” they can include in theirteaching.A mechatronics course provides an excellent opportunity to expose students to some of thedesign related tasks mentioned above, and thus, help with developing their problem solvingskills. Because mechatronics is itself a multidisciplinary course comprising of mechanicalsystems, electronics, and software routines, it lends itself rather well to bringing studentstogether in a way that actually demands that they reorient their thinking towards amultidisciplinary environment. At Tuskegee University, mechatronics resides under themechanical engineering department but is also taken by electrical and aerospace scienceengineering students

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Lynch

animating ideas grounded in Human Rights, andof professional responsibilities stemming from them. This is a critical step which needs to betaken by leadership organizations.Along these lines, we note a pervasive error in the confusion of ends and means. The standardorganizational lines of engineering education emphasize means, not ends: mechanicalengineering, aerospace engineering, computer engineering, chemical engineering, etc. Where Page 9.48.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationare the ends

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Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

on Design Team Performance,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, Montreal, Canada, 2002.2. Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support, U. S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, http://peocscss.tacom.army.mil/pmCMS/avlb/.3. Newman, Dava J. and Amir R. Amir. “Innovative First Year Aerospace Design Course at MIT,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 3, July 2001, pp.375-381.BiographyKENNETH W. HUNTER, SR.Kenneth Hunter is currently Associate Professor and Director of the Basic Engineering Program at Tennessee TechUniversity. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Tech

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anwar Hossain; James Fragomeni

powerful research toolfor microcharacterization for understanding the material or species accurately enough todetermine the properties or components. Using the microstructure images determined, the web-based microstructural characterization and analysis tool will be used in courses like science ofmaterials, engineering materials, and mechanical metallurgy.Summary and ConclusionsIn conclusion, the materials web-design can be used to analyze a variety of newly developedengineering materials currently being developed for various industries such as the automotiveand aerospace. The web-design could be developed to incorporate new advances inmicrostructural analysis and materials design. All of this is to be implemented into the collegeclass plan

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

offered within the Systems Engineering Department includeautomatic control, computers, communication, robotics, and environmental systems.While students are required to take at least one track offered by the Systems EngineeringDepartment, students may choose for their second track an approved course sequenceavailable from other engineering departments. Typical tracks offered by otherengineering departments include electrical engineering, mechanical dynamics, nuclearengineering, aerospace engineering, and astronautics engineering. Excellent students can also take Research Project Courses for their technicalelective. Research Project Courses offer students the opportunity to undertake a researchproject of limited scope under the supervision

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Erekson

Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering;Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Engineering andTechnology EducationUSU’s Technology Teacher Education program is housed in the Department of Engineering andTechnology Education (formerly named the Department of Industrial Technology and Education;the name was officially changed in January 2004). Prior to 2004 the department also offeredtechnology degrees in Welding Engineering Technology, Electronics and Computer Technology,Drafting, and Aviation. The welding, electronics, and drafting programs are being closed so thedepartment can focus on engineering and technology education, including teaching first yearclasses for engineering majors.Faculty: The department

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Scott

bicycles, movingcars, immersed in flowing streams, etc. to determine forced convection. Campo [4] heatedstainless steel spheres in an oven and then exposed them to still air. Page 9.1398.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAll of these examples illustrate that simple equipment is quite effective in illustrating basic heattransfer principles to students.In the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Virginia, wedecided to create a similar learning tool unit that

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott DeLoach; Eric Matson

, Wiley Publishers, New York, 1964.4. Ohio Aerospace Institute. Planetary Exploration Using Biomimetics. http://www.oai.org/pages/PlanX.html5. Matson Eric, Pauly, Robyn, DeLoach, Scott. Robotic Simulators to Develop Logic and Critical Thinking Skills in Underserved K-6 Children, Proceedings of the 38th ASEE Midwest Section Conference, Rolla, Missouri, September 10-12, 2003.Biographical InformationERIC MATSON is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computing and Information Sciences atKansas State University. His research interests include cooperative robotics and multi-agent systems.Prior to returning to academia full-time, Eric spent 13 years in industry working for companies such asAT&T and Schneider Electric. Eric

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Fontenot; Kendrick Aung

: Numerical Methods,” Athena Scientific, 199711. Ganglia, ganglia.source.forge.net12. Versteeg, H. K., and Malalasekera, W., “An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method,” Prentice Hall, 1995.BiographyMICHAEL FONTENOT is a licensed mechanical engineer and a doctoral student in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at Lamar University. He is working on his dissertation developing a parallel program to simulate theperformance of low NOx industrial burners.KENDRICK AUNG is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. Hereceived his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 1996. He is an active memberof ASEE, ASME, AIAA and Combustion Institute

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Bluestein; Pete Hylton

has participated in five different Collier Award winning aerospace projects. Page 9.704.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

utilized6. Here, results based on approximately 7,000 responses fromgraduating seniors at 58 engineering schools are available. The information includes a tabulationof the highest and lowest score for various engineering majors. These include: Aerospace,Bioengineering, Chemical, Civil/Construction, Computer/Computer Science,Electrical/Electronic, Engineering Management, Industrial, Materials, andMechanical/Mechanics Engineering.II. Engineering CriteriaABET, the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in engineering, technology,computing, and applied science, is a federation of 31 professional and technical societiesrepresenting these fields. It is also involved in international activities, including the WashingtonAccord, and

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

. Batill, “Designing the System Design Course,” Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME (1993). 4. S. Batill and J. Pinkelman, “System Design Projects for Undergraduate Design Education,” AIAA/AHS/ASEE Aerospace Design Conference (1993) 5. S. Batill, “Using a Multidisciplinary Design Framework to Teach Decision-Based Design,” 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference and Exhibit (2000). 6. Not Quite C (NQC) programmer’s guide, http://www.nd.edu/~engintro/resources/NQCGuide1.pdf 7. RCX code command center, http://www.cs.ruu.nl/people/markov/lego/rcxcc/index.html 8. RCX internals, http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx 9. Mindstorms RCX sensors, http

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TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Elahinia

Systems Laboratory toprovide Mechanical Engineering students with hands-on experience on integrated designand manufacturing of intelligent systems [1]. As another example, a case study has beendone in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. In theirstudy, they have integrated shape memory alloy into a first-year engineering course and afirst-year engineering project. The results, that have been reported both qualitatively andquantitatively, showed the successful impact of the experience [2].ME4006 (Experimental Laboratory II) is a successful, large-enrollment laboratory coursein mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech. This course interweaves instruction onengineering principles with instruction on engineering

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Homkes; Henry Kraebber; Donna Evanecky

Analysis. Quality Press: Milwaukee, WI.7 Bowles, J., & Wan, C. (2001). Software failure modes and effects analysis for a small embedded control system. 2001 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium. IEEE: Washington, DC.8 Pressman, R. (2001). Software engineering: A practitioner’s approach. McGraw Hill: New York, NY.9 Recommended Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for non-automotive applications. (2000-10-18). Aerospace Recommended Practice ARP5580. SAE: Warrendale, PA.Biographical InformationRick Homkes is an associate professor of Computer Technology for the Purdue University College of Technologysite at Kokomo, Indiana. He has participated as a faculty intern for many years at Delphi Electronics

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Mike Collura; Dave Harding

environmentalprocesses.SAMUEL BOGAN DANIELS is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Haven. Hereceived his B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University.He has a P.E license from the state of Connecticut and is currently the freshman advisor for MechanicalEngineering. He also serves as ASME & SAE Faculty Advisor, PLTW UNH Affiliate Professor, and has interestsin solid modeling, electric vehicles and composites. Page 10.828.12 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

Group, http://www.qrg.ils.nwu.edu/projects/NSF/Cyclepad/aboutcp.htm.14. http://www.energyalternatives.ca/Downloads/MicroHydroCalc.exeBiographyKENDRICK AUNG is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. Hereceived his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 1996. He is an active memberof ASEE, ASME, AIAA and Combustion Institute. He has published over 50 technical papers and presented severalpapers at national and international conferences. Page 10.405.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

Engineering program. She received her Ph.D. in ChemicalEngineering the University of Akron in 1999. Previously, she has been an instructor and visiting researcher at theUniversity of Akron and a manufacturing engineer at Dow Chemical.BENJAMIN L. SILLis Alumni Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and the Director of Clemson University’s GeneralEngineering Program. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic University in Aerospace and OceanEngineering in 1973. His research areas of interest are the effects of severe storms and environmental fluid flows.References1 Ohland, M.W., E.A. Stephan, B.L. Sill, and W.J. Park, “Applications of real-time sensors in the freshmanengineering classroom” submitted to Proc. Amer. Soc. Eng. Ed., Salt Lake

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Ogilvie

MITEy Rocket Design Project & Assign Teams (1 hour) Monday • Work on MITEy Rocket Design Project (5 hours) • Electrical Engineering Workshop (1 hour) • Biomedical Engineering Workshop (1 hour) • Introduction to SHPE & NSBE Student Organizations (1 hour) Tuesday • Work on MITEy Rocket Design Project (4 hours) • SAT Workshop (1 hour) • UT Freshman Admission Presentation (1 hour) • Aerospace Engineering Workshop (2 hours) • Civil Engineering Workshop (1 hour)Wednesday • Work on MITEy Rocket Design Project (3 hours) • Admission Application (Essays & Resume) Workshop (2 hours) • UT Financial Aid

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Graduate Student Experiences and Funding

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nolan Hertel; Michael Shannon

professor for over 24 years. His mainresearch interests are in radiation shielding and dosimetry. He currently serves on the eight-person Joint Japanese-American Senior Review Group charged with reviewing the newly revised Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivor Study.CPT MICHAEL SHANNON is an instructor in the Department of Physics at the United States Military Academy.CPT Shannon received an Army ROTC commission and a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Prescott, AZ. CPT Shannon holds a Master of Science degree inAeronautics from ERAU as well as a Master of Science degree in Health Physics from Georgia Tech