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Latif M. Jiji; Benjamin Liaw; Feridun Delale

“ .-. —_ .._ ,_. .—— .--—. ——— —.—. ——--—. — . . . . . . ——. —— . ..-.. —-— — .—. . .. Session 1626 Home Experiments in Mechanical Engineering Latif M. Jiji, Feridun Delale and Benjamin Liaw The City College of The City University of New York Abstract This paper describes 14 experiments in mechanical Engineering which students can perform at home using readilyavailable supplies. The experiments are designed for

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Russell R. Barton; Robert P. Smith; José L. Zayas; Craig A. Nowack

course expectations. It was not until the latter third of the coursethat students were able to formulate a clear definition in their own minds of concurrent engineering. Becauseof the general feeling of apprehension, students tended to wait to be told what to do, and to be anxious aboutassignments. It was difficult for students to take initiative when faced with risk, especially for the in-class casediscussions, which involved as many as thirty students. An interesting side effect to the team building sessions at Penn State was a noticeable improvement incase discussions held during the class periods following the team building activities. The students were lessapprehensive and more willing to volunteer their opinions. The result was a

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Michele M. Putko

. an aptitude for mathematics, a scientific curiosity, and a desire to create useful things. Yet most “Equality” ? females did not know what an engineer did. In the Although many opinions and stereotypes minds of most women, engineering was astill exist in our society, I dare to say that I, as an “masculine” profession.engineering educator, have equal status and salarycompared to any male who has worked in my World War II served as an impetus to getposition. I pay homage to the trailblazers, who females involved in engineering. The warbonded

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Robert Madar; David L. Huggins

.~ I Session 2358 Teaching Engineering via PictureTel David L. Huggins, Robert Madar ASEE/Penn State University At Penn State New Kensington and Penn State McKeesport, a pilot lecture/problem-solving course inStrength of Materials was taught using distant learning

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Karen E. Schmahl

.) Although the Cadette level did not have an appropriate badge as yet in the engineering area, the seniordesign team elected to continue to target the program to them as well as the sixth grade Juniors. The elementsof the Junior badges were, however, kept in mind in designing a program.PROGRAM IDEAS With the problem more clearly refined (verification of need and identification of target age group) andbackground research completed on the Gh4 Scout organization, the senior design team commenced to brainstormsolutions for addressing the needs. Selection of a Klgh-level format quickly focused on two ideas. The first approach involved development of kits and informational material, similar to those in the NSPprogram, which could be used

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Jerry W. Samples; C. Conley; Thomas Lenox

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings With that in mind, the department promotes three elements of effective instruction to new instructorsduring its summer workshops. Each of these elements contributes to the goal of teaching excellence andcontributes to creating an environment within which an engineering student is motivated to learn. These criticalelements include: Instructor knowledge. The teacher must be the master of the subject and must have sufficient in-depth knowledge to relate engineering theory to real world applications. Instructor organization. Good instruction is characterized by logical presentations that convey material in a clear and comprehensible manner. Instructor enthusiasm

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Dr. Mihir K. Das

Session 2668 THE CHANGING ROLE OF MECHANICS IN ENGINEERING CURRICULA Dr. Mihir K. Das Associate Dean of Engineering California State University, Long Beach Abstract Mechanics is the corner stone of the engineering curriculum because it helps to develop essential designskills in engineering students. In the past, the mechanics curriculum was too inflexible with too much attentionpaid to solving classical problems

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John Kinney

Session 1230A Course in Statistical Analysis for Engineers in an Integrated Engineering Curriculum John Kinney Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is one of a number of institutions comprising theFoundation Coalition which is funded by the National Science Foundation. The Coalitionseeks to create model programs in engineering for national use which are tested at theCoalition institutions. With a freshman integrated program in place, a team at Rose-Hulman created asophomore program in engineering during the summer of 1995. The philosophy of

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Ph.D., Joel L. Cuello

Session 1255 Reinventing the Philosophy of Graduate Engineering Education Joel L. Cuello, Ph.D. The University of ArizonaA significant confluence of forces that prevailed in shaping a vast expanse of the historicallandscape of America in the middle of the nineteenth century also invaded the Americanacademe and brought about the development of the graduate school in the United States. Suchconvulsive forces as the democratization of access to American colleges, the emancipation ofeducation from the dictates of religion, the expansion and diversification of the collegiatecurricula to

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Craig Gunn

with education. It is even more important that departments realize that theycannot wait until a student completes a battery of pre-requisite courses leading toward those first engineeringcourses before connections are forged to bind the student and department together. This is especially criticalat institutions where students are not formally brought into their majors until they have reached junior status. With this concern in mind, Michigan State University through the Colleges of Engineering,Agriculture, and Natural Science began a process to make the transition from high school into the universitya more valuable experience. The Residential Option for Science and Engineering Students (ROSES) wasinitiated three years ago to allow

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Phillip J. Cornwell

I Session 2266 Concept Maps in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Phillip J. Cornwell Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIn this paper concept maps, a pedagogical tool which improves the effectiveness of lectures and helps studentsachieve a higher level of understanding, will be discussed. Concept maps are a visual representation of ideasdesigned to illustrate the relationships between the ideas. There are a variety of

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Mario G. Beruvides

theprofessors I would classify as the best teachers, had very good to outstanding research records (publications,funded research, numbers of masters and Ph.D. graduates, etc.).3 This is not necessarily so since all professions are in continual growth. The avant-garde may be presented firstat the graduate level, but it eventually trickles down to the undergraduate ranks.4 The simplest, and in my mind probably the most beautiful, definition of engineering, is “The application of-science to the betterment of humanity.” Is this what drives our research efforts? Page 1.394.2 {~x~~ 1996 ASEE Annual

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David F. Ollis; Ann Brown

Session 1 2 6 1 Team Teaching: A Freshman Engineering Rhetoric and Laboratory Ann B r o w n ( C o l l e g e o f E n g i n e e r i n g W r i t i n g A s s i s t a n c e P r o g r a m ) and David F. Ollis (Chemical Engineering) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 Abstract Team teaching usually involves the back-and-forth trading of lecturing between two instructors. The present example illustrates a looser side- by-side collaboration consisting of a first year rhetoric, based upon readings, poetry, and videos in technology, literature and history, and a “hands-on” laboratory centered around consumer

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Jack Bryant; Howard Seidel; David L. Barrow; Dante DeBlassie; Arlen Strader

Session 2630 Freshman Calculus in an Integrated Engineering Curriculum David Barrow, Jack Bryant, Dante DeBlassie, Howard Seidel, Arlen Strader Texas A&M UniversityINTRODUCTION We are helping to develop, implement, and evaluate an integrated engineering curriculum thatemphasizes technology, active learning in the classroom, and teaming. We will describe our experiencesteaching calculus, during the past two academic years, to first year students in the integrated curriculum, whichalso includes courses in engineering, English, physics, and chemistry. This

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Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin

Session 2530 ‘The Seven Laws of Teaching’ As Applied to Engineering Education Richard H. Turpin, Ph.D. University of the Pacific Abstract Each decade seems to bring new methods of pedagogy, with recent years witnessing personalizedsystems of instruction (PSI), audio tutorial (AT) methods, and computer assisted instruction (CAI), and thepresent time and technologies prompting interests in distance learning and multimedia

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Pau-Chang Lu

of moderntechnology in the form of computer-aided symbolic and numerical manipulations. It is tobe hoped that we have succeeded in pointing out the need for integration and balance. Page 1.18.5 wheneverfeasible), fundamental laws of physics as applied to mechanical engineering, both generaland ad hoc st rat egies for the formulation of problems or models, as well as associated ex-amples and exercises. As mentioned before, a student is expected to keep all these toolsof survival firmly in mind, clear and straight, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY (30 M-PUTER AID. Instead of trying to commit everything to memory, the student is urgedto

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Samuel O. Osisanya

ofOklahoma (OU) College of Engineering. Above all, students must be informed about the benefits ofcomputer applications to freshman engineering. The benefits include quick engineering analysis, bettercommunication and creativity, competitive advantage in job search and value to the students’ fitureemployers. This paper will discuss the problems, the solutions and the essential human elements needed forthe success of engineering teaching using computers.Introduction An introductory engineering course is the first core course in engineering that is taken by allengineering majors. Students in thk group are generally admitted either directly from high schools orthose that just made up their mind to pursue engineering after one or two

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Sanford Bordman; Iftekhar Hasan

Session 2242 An Integrated Model For Management and Economics Instruction for Engineersl Sanford Bordman, Iftekhar Hasan New Jersey Institute of Technology In today’s global economy, the engineering function is more complex and multifaceted thanconventional or traditional forms of organization. The organizations are continuously trying to adaptto changes not only in technology but also to changes in markets, regulations, financial innovations,changes in socioeconomic factors, and diverse work force (internally as well as

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Betsy M. Aller

1 .— - ..—. Session 1161 , — -.. . . . . The Case for Comfort: Oral Communication in the Engineering Curricula . Betsy M. Aller Michigan Technological University Speaking in public is not a comfortable task. Few of us approach it without some apprehension; certainlycollege students are, in general, considerably more nervous. Yet oral communication is of increasing importanceand use

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Sheryl A. Sorby; Beverly J. Baartmans

.— ..- . Session 1692 Improving the 3-D Spatial Visualization Skills of Women Engineering Students Sheryl A. Sorby, Beverly J. Baartmans Michigan Technological UniversityABSTRACT Three-dimensional (3-D) spatial visualization ability is important to success in engineering studies.Unfortunately, studies show that 3-D spatial visualization skills of women often lag behind those of their malecounterparts. In the fall of 1993, a course was developed at Michigan Technological University (MTU) to aidstudents

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Jack Waintraub

I .— Session 2547 MECOMTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY - EDUCATING TECHNICIANS FOR THE 21st CENTURY Jack L. Waintraub, P.E. Middlesex County College The New Jersey Center for Engineering Technology Education, NJCATE, is restructuringengineering technology education in order to produce engineering technicians who are equippedwith the capabilities needed to meet the demands of industry in the 21st Century. Central to thiseffort is the

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Scott R. Short

properties of materials can be measured. Amaterials laboratory should also include furnaces so that the relationship between the processing, structure,properties, and performance of engineering materials can be investigated. (This approach to teachingstudents about materials is the focus of the lecture portion of the course which uses the text by Van Vlack.G) The laboratory equipment was arranged with two principles in mind: safety and efficiency. Anefficient laboratory is arranged so that the processes which take place within it flow from one work area tothe next. Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the general layout of the laboratory. The laboratory includes a 2500-sq.ft. working area, two smaller 225-sq. ft. rooms, 110V, 220V, and 440V electric

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Sylvia D. Pifion; Elsa Q. Villa; Connie Kubo Della-Piana

. 1College Survival Skills The college survival skills component provides an awareness of the attributes of successful college students.Previous SEEE program models introduced the college survival skills component as a “mini orientation course.”Students are “taught” such topics as time management, study skills, and test taking skills to name a few. Thesetopics are critical to student success. Our experience has shown that first-semester engineering freshmen exposedto these topics in traditional orientation style were, for the most part, not putting these skills to practice. With thisin mind, a new strategy was developed for the 1995 SEEE summer engineering orientation program. The new strategy integrated cooperative learning into

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Monica R. Hitchcock; Diane Sherrard; Carol A. Wellington; Steven M. Click

we could undertake on our own. We decided that we needed to modi~ the program to be a part of the institutions already within theCollege of Engineering and then try to get the Dean to adopt it as a college program. With this in mind, wemarried our vision with the existing teaching assistantship program, thereby creating Mentored TeachingAssistantships (MTAs). These positions would provide our mentoring relationships and would be awarded aftera joint studentifaculty member application. The only real difference between this and our original idea is thatapplications would be to the departments of the College of Engineering (since they assign TAs) instead of to-ASEE and that MTAs would look like regular TAs to the University

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W. Bernard Carlson; Karin Peterson

Description. As a second exercise, we ask the students to write a 2-3 page illustratedexplanation of how the clock timer works. In preparation for this assignment, the students read Thomas Edison’spatent for the phonograph.6 This brief patent serves as a model of effective technical description since it revealshow the sequence of a definition, discussion of form, and description of function can convey the essentialelements of a device. We also examine how Edison linked the patent drawings to the specification through the useof labelled parts. Finally, we use Edison’s patent to discuss how engineers must be able to integrate words andpictures in their minds in order to understand a device, theory, or mathematical concept. As students complete

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William T. Brazelton

”. Clearly, the experiencehad not been helpful to the students’ personal pride and confidence. This episode was indelibly imprinted Page 1.33.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings in our minds and always present in our instincts in working with future students including an increasing number of minority students. Years of experience with the admission process and criteria has provided confidence that any student admitted to engineering at Northwestern has the intellectual ability to succeed. This provides an honest and forthcoming attitude emanating from the

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Neal S. Widmer

study of the internal combustion engine. Whatwere the key elements in presenting this subject that caused a reasonably deep understanding to take root inthe mind of a 13 year old boy. Was it the verbal description of the characteristics of piston rings? Or the playby play description of the four cycles; intake, compression, power and exhaust? I am sure that these elementscontributed to my understanding but when I recall that lesson, the picture in my mind is not of the teachertalking or the overhead slides but rather of seeing an actual engine block with the crank rotating, the pistonmoving, etc. This is what defined the elements of the system in my mind. And yet memorizing the motion ofeach element was worth little without understanding the

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handed in to sink or swim. In this process theart of communication seems to be an afterthought. It generally involves merely correcting the misplacedperiods and commas, making subjects agree with their verbs, and performing a myriad of seemingly non-related items. When the text fails to earn a high grade, it is always the fault of the misused colon or thedangling participle. Technical knowledge, in the minds of engineers, has no connection to these grammarexercises and the presentation of knowledge. In fact, many engineers see it as a hindrance to the technicalworld. The need, then, is to provide a mechanism in which there is no discernible delineation betweentechnical knowledge and the means to communicate it. Technical knowledge and

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Linda Vanasupa

factors. A student in Industrial Technology used information on the lab’s chemical needs to design a chemical hygiene plan in accordance with California law. Under the supervision of an electrician, a student designed the electrical system to meet the room’s power needs. Table 1 shows a summary of the projects that students were involved in. Keep in mind that these projects are not the main ILI project but projects generated from the ILI. At this point, over 30 students have had a chance to apply their knowledge by working on setting up the lab. We are also working with our Environmental Engineering Department to setup a miniature water treatment facility dedicated to the lab

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Martha Ostheimer; Hal Tharp

Session 2532 Teaching Self-Evaluation Skills h a Team-Based Project Class Martha Ostheimer, Hal Tharp The University of Arizona Electrical and Computer Engineering Tucson, AZ 85721-0104 ABSTRACT Recent industry feedback indicates that graduating engineers need better preparation in solvingopen-ended problems and communication. In response to this feedback, we have developed a team-baseddesign project class that emphasizes self-evaluation