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Sustainability and the Environment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Domenico Grasso

ENGINEERING, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY Mind Expanding and Necessary Domenico Grasso Picker Engineering Program Smith College Northampton, MA 01062 We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed to our safety, to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work; and I will say the love, we give our fragile craft. We cannot maintain it half fortunate, half miserable

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Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

Session 3125 Integration of design in the engineering core: Teaching engineering science courses with design in mind. Josué Njock Libii Engineering Department Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805-1499 USAFor more than twelve years, design has been successfully integrated into two, erstwhile, lecturecourses in the ME curriculum of Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. The coursesare Fluid Mechanics (a required course) and Vibration Analysis (a technical elective

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rosa Cano; Howard Kimmel

Centerworking with 40 high school students from Newark schools into a comprehensive academicservice department helping a widening geographical audience of over 4,000 students, Page 8.859.1teachers, parents and educational professionals from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering EducationNJIT has long recognized that "minding" the engineering pipeline at the secondary level is nolonger sufficient. Instead, we must reach the youngsters at the elementary level and providea continuous

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session # 1170 Middle School Students get Introduced to Fundamentals of Engineering at the UMES-NOAA Summer Camp Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, Gurbax Singh University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have funded an outreachprogram at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) to promote mathematics,science, engineering and technology (MSET) education among minority middle schoolstudents. The first and second autho r of this paper direct the program with support andassistance from graduate

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barbara Christie

providing residential campusexperiences such as overnights, summer programs, and bridge programs as a means to improvethe pipeline of underrepresented minorities and women into science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) fields (Matyas, and Malcom,1991). Each university will have to make a choice as to how they will develop the partnership. A few Page 8.1317.2important factors to keep in mind that may help provide direction while designing a programinclude: improving content knowledge for students, providing information on engineering andtechnical careers, having students spending valuable time on the university campus, andinvolving family

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Doreen Lawrence; Broderick Boxley; Chris Kobus; Barbara Oakley

Session 1170 Using the Kumon Method to Revitalize Mathematics in an Inner-Urban School District Barbara A. Oakley†, Doreen Lawrence††, Walter L. Burt†††, Broderick Boxley†††, Christopher J. Kobus† † School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University/ †† Kumon, North America/ †††School District of Pontiac Abstract It is a compelling challenge to provide inner-urban K-12 students with the skillsnecessary for a career in engineering. A solid grounding in

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Bowman

reporting the assessment.SummaryElectrical Engineering Freshmen Practicum provides hands-on experience and introduces thestudents to computer-aided-design (CAD) tools, fabrication technologies, programming methods,and electrical engineering laboratory practice that will serve them throughout their academic andprofessional careers. More importantly the hands-on exercises serve to stimulate the curiosity ofthe developing mind, bring relevance to the theoretical training in the classroom, provide apractical foundation for significant senior capstone projects, and fire the passion for thisprofession.References[1] US News & World Report, America’s Best Colleges, 2003. Best Undergraduate Engineering Programshttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alexander Quinn; Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

engineering; for example, some aspects of education have been studied in domainsoutside academic instruction – e.g. computer-based instruction – and lessons learned from thosedomains can be shown here. Throughout this paper, fundamental references to the field arenoted.Summary of Cognitive Science Insights Into LearningCognitive science provides insights relevant to education into individual learning. The mainfocus of cognitive science is to understand the human mind, building on several diversedisciplines including psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, andartificial intelligence. Often going beyond purely psychological explanations of how the mindfunctions, cognitive science also centers on understanding cognition in real

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Jarosz; Ilene Busch-Vishniac

Session 3592 DECONSTRUCTING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS (DEEP) Ilene Busch-Vishniac, Jeffrey P. Jarosz Johns Hopkins UniversityThe shortage of women in the engineering workforce has been a persistent problem in spite ofsignificant efforts over decades to improve the situation. While the number of women increasedas a result of the various focused efforts, the profession is no longer seeing improvements. Thereis even evidence that the percentage of women in engineering student bodies is backsliding ratherthan improving. This has led many to question

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

theory in mind indefining utilitarianism.5 Others have recognized the problems caused by these matters for utilitarianism, at least in small part, as evidentin the discussion of utilitarianism and its connection to game theory in reference [9 (Volume 7, pg. 210) ]. Page 8.885.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationengineer, administrator, and the public to the importance of ethics based on the best thinking ofthe philosophers of the past. What it does suggest, however, is that

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ed McCaul; Earl Whitlatch; Robert J. Gustafson

Session XXXX Alumni Perspectives on Professional and Ethical Responsibility Robert J. Gustafson, Edward McCaul, Earl Whitlatch The Ohio State UniversityAbstractThe goal of the study reported in this paper was to collect data which would give guidance to ourprograms on ways to reduce the gap in the perceived importance versus preparation of College ofEngineering B.S. graduates in the area of “Professional and Ethical Responsibility”. A surveywas designed to address four main questions: Q1) What ethical issues are occurring most frequently in engineering practice? Q2) What is

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Carr

matters related to their professional development.Thus, one can see that Engineering First seeks more to grow new habits of the mind as aresult of their learning experience, and it sets students’ expectation that their educationwill be much more than just an accumulation of domain specific knowledge.Implementation ExperienceOne of the essential features of a successful change in an educational program is itscapacity for continuous improvement. An understanding by the faculty that they mustalways be assessing for improvements – those driven by recognition of better learningobjectives as well as those driven by unsatisfactory meeting of existing learningobjectives – may be uncommon but is essential. Assessment of the courses inEngineering

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

equations and constraints, the controlvariables must be specified. Also, initial and boundary conditions are required. The controlvariables are computed to maximize or minimize an assigned performance index. The initial andboundary conditions are taken from the physics of the problem20-26.5.2 Step II: Transition from Engineering to Social EngineeringGoing from an engineering system to a social system is the most difficult step. The socialsciences study many social phenomena where the human beings, as individuals or groups, are themain active elements. Structure and function of social institutions, history and evolution of socialstructure and functions, mind, intelligence, learning, social behavior, beliefs, religions, economicsystems, marriage

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Laurie Cormier; Kelly Clark; Emily Ryan

, the undergraduates have to consider many different issueswhen creating activities. The activities must be easy enough for the students to recreate and they Page 8.1218.2must also be inexpensive and easy for the teachers to understand. Because they work with a “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society of Engineering Education”variety of grade levels and schools, undergraduates must keep these concerns in mind whencreating activities. For the circuit activity, to keep costs down a three-way switch was created outof a small

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jill Lynn

CURRENT SITUATIONto become a leader in engineering and technologyeducation by implementing distance education in When most people think of distance educationtheir curriculum in an effort to meet the changing today, the first images that come to mind aredemands and needs of today’s student, plus enhance traditional correspondence courses, and the ever-so-enrollment and student diversity in the programs popular Internet courses, where the student has thetheir institution offers. sole responsibility for success or failure concerning the material being taught. There is no interaction (orINTRODUCTION

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

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Roger Maxwell; John Janecek; Jerry Kucirka; Jamal Ghorieshi

Session 1653 Introducing Engineering – a Seventeen Year Perspective J. Ghorieshi, J. Janecek, J. Kucirka, and R. Maxwell Division of Engineering and Physics, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766-0006AbstractWilkes University, in North-East Pennsylvania USA, offers bachelor degrees in Electrical,Mechanical, and Environmental engineering as well as Engineering Management and Applied andEngineering Sciences. For about three decades, our Introducing Engineering course has beenrequired of all freshman-engineering majors. This report outlines a period – the last

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brzoska; Atsushi Inoue; Min-Sung Koh; William Loendorf

Session 2558 Developing a Software Engineering Technology Program Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Mick Brzoska, Min-Sung Koh, William Loendorf and Atsushi Inoue1 School of Computing and Engineering Sciences Eastern Washington UniversityAbstractThe Department of Engineering Technology and Multimedia Design (ETMD) within the Schoolof Computing and Engineering Sciences at Eastern Washington University is developing a newprogram in the emerging discipline of Software Engineering Technology (SET). It was conceivedon the basis of three major factors

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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George Wise; Philip Kosky; Robert Balmer

Session Number1353 Smart Cars and Freshman Engineering Robert Balmer, George Wise, Philip Kosky Union College, Schenectady New YorkAbstract The engineering programs at Union College draw heavily upon its two-century oldtradition in the liberal arts, believing engineering to be an appropriate part of a liberal educationfor an increasingly complex technological world. Founded in 1795, Union College has a longtradition of innovation in its science and engineering programs. It was among the first college tooffer chemistry (1809), to create a bachelor’s degree in science and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Toniann Rotante; Sarah Brem; Norma Hubele; George Runger; Kathryn Kennedy

quite rare. Textbooks are not writtenwith models of analogy and transfer in mind, nor are instructors taught how to encourageabstraction and transfer. The same is true for workplace training. It is quite possible thatimprovements could be achieved simply by rewriting these materials to capitalize on existingtheory. This will help us to create student materials and guides for instructors and trainers thatmaximize transfer.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Page 8.286.4In order to be

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Session 2003-1313 SPARKING Students Interest in Electrochemical Engineering Robert P. Hesketh, Stephanie Farrell, and C. S. Slater Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701AbstractA new course in Electrochemical Engineering was given at Rowan University using an inductiveteaching format. This format consisted of incorporating electrochemical engineering andelectrochemistry experiments into the lecture. For this class we used an

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

college age cohort, with universities under the gun to attemptProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationto back-fill with expanded programs, and Germany is rapidly growing gray, with direpredictions of accelerated decline in technical prowess. Being suddenly thrust intocompetition with excellent universities in nearby countries, competition for both studentsand faculty can be perceived as another impediment to economic stability.Brain drain is on everyone’s mind. Despite economic downturns, the US remains a primedestination for engineers and engineering educators from overseas who want to benefitfrom dynamic

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Almstead; Karen Williams; James Hedrick

design was produced using technologies that had proved successful inintroductory engineering and computer science courses and in Union’s summer Robot Camp.Cost and time for construction were also considered. With this in mind we opted to: (1) use theParallax Basic Stamp II microprocessor since it met the project requirements, was inexpensive,and used a simple programming language, (2) use breadboards for circuits to provide flexibilityand ease of use, and (3) provide the speech capability through a software solution rather thanpurchasing expensive hardware. We chose Microsoft Agent technology since the use of theanimated, speaking characters had sparked excitement in our introductory programming classes.A proof of concept design was built and

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

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Craig Gunn

avisible validation for their sometimes-secretive writing activities.The particulars of the poetry contest, assessment by writers and readers of the submitted works,and an overview of why poetry contests should be instituted in all colleges and schools ofengineering is detailed in the paper. Since the contest now attracts entries from students (bothcollege and high/middle school), faculty, staff, and alumni it is clear that this one simple genre canbe used as a means to get students, especially engineering students, to write with enjoyment as thefocus.'Variety's the spice of life, that gives it its flavor." These lines in "The Task, I" by WilliamCowper (English poet 1731-1800) reflect an attitude that must he fostered in the minds ofengineers. No

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

the desiredskills of the engineering knowledge. Switching from teaching to learning is a corner stone ininstructional techniques. Teacher role should be changed to the role of an educator and shouldwork in the lab or classroom with students as a movie director. Instead of memorizing differentformulae, students should be aware of the nature and assumptions behind each formula. Theyshould be trained to select the proper formula for the given problem and know how and when toapply it. Instead of memorizing knowledge, students should be trained to collect information andproduce knowledge. This will help to create the sense of discovery in the minds of students.4. The Total Lab ConceptThe total lab concept19 relies on combining the three methods of

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Shoemaker

Session 1732 An Accredited B.S. Program in Optical Sciences and Engineering J.A. Reagan, *R.L. Shoemaker University of Arizona, ECE Dept., Bldg. 104, Tucson, AZ 85721/*University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, Bldg. 94, Tucson, AZ 857211. Introduction and BackgroundResponding to pleas from industry in Arizona, an Optical Engineering B.S. program wasinitiated at the University of Arizona (UA) in the middle to late 1980's. This effort was led bythe Optical Sciences Center (OSC) which is a freestanding academic and research unit, but not atraditional department within a college. While

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Weinstein

company, students needed to meet as a team with a“customer” (the instructor) who feigned no engineering background and claimed to bemerely acting as an agent charged with overseeing a project. The “customer” would oftenrandomly change his mind about how the product and its specifications should look andwork.The students were given only nine weeks to create a company, establish projectrequirements and deliver a functional prototype. Holidays, personal engagements andother matters often got in the way of their schedules. At the beginning of the course, thestudents encountered difficulty trying to operate as a team. They discovered that it tooksignificant effort to form a team from five individuals to achieve a common goal. Then, theteam needed to

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jolly Lesley; David Radcliffe

Session 1630` Dilemmas in Framing Research Studies in Engineering Education David F Radcliffe, Lesley Jolly Catalyst Centre, School of Engineering, University of Queensland, AustraliaAbstractThere has been considerable debate about the need for more empirical, evidence based studies ofthe impact of various interventions and practices in engineering education. A number ofresources including workshops to guide engineering faculty in the conduct of such studies haveemerged over recent years. This paper presents a critique of the evolution of engineeringeducation research and its underlying assumptions in

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers

the quality of an education; nevertheless, Page 8.109.11many college ranking systems purport to do just that, often to the dismay of college admissions Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationofficers. As much as critics of ranking systems complain about their unfairness and unreliability,practically everyone uses them for different purposes in one form or another and they are here tostay. With those sentiments in mind we would like to make the case for a more inclusive processin these ranking

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Masoud Rais-Rohani; Thomas Hannigan

Session 3202 Keeping Students Engaged: An Overview of Three Introductory Courses in Aerospace Engineering M. Rais-Rohani, K. Koenig, T. Hannigan Mississippi State UniversityAbstractThe traditional approach of teaching major-specific courses beginning in the first or secondsemester sophomore year has many drawbacks that could lead to stifling student's enthusiasmand interest in his/her field of study and very often to the loss of many talented students to otherprograms. To alleviate this problem and to keep students engaged and interested in their

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Mills; Tonya Emerson

(AISC) jointly sponsor the Student Steel Bridge Competition, an intercollegiatedesign-build-construct engineering competition. CSU, Chico has consistently assembleddedicated bridge teams that have shown strong performances at the regional and national levels.Secondly, “Minds in Motion” was an ambitious outreach event in honor of the 150th anniversaryof ASCE. In its debut year, the event brought 1000 visitors to the CSU, Chico campus toexperience the fun of engineering, and resulted in the participation of over 60% of the entireCSU, Chico civil engineering student population as volunteers.CSU, ChicoA short description of CSU, Chico will help provide context to subsequent topics. The campus islocated in the center of the rural, north-central