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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adnan Javed; Fazil Najafi

enthusiasm, and higherstandards of motivation and work ethics to serve the community better. Licensure Page 9.1016.1is the mark of a professional. It demonstrates accomplishment of the highstandards of professionalism to which the engineering profession subscribes. The “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Sarasota County has given this practice a unique definition called “employeecapital.”1. INTRODUCTIONThe purpose of this paper is to emphasize the importance of becoming licensed asa professional engineer through

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TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Rogers

version of the course serves as thedeparture point for graduate students. It uses a microcantilever transducer to bridge the micro-and nano-domains and provide a system-level understanding of nanotechnology. Outside auniversity setting, course material blocks can be adapted to serve the general public, K-12students, and members of industry.1.0 Introduction: Training for Tomorrow’s TechnologyIn December of 2003, President Bush signed the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research andDevelopment Act.1 The bill puts into law the Presidential National Nanotechnology Initiativestarted under President Clinton and allocates $3.7 billion over the coming four years for researchand development programs, including new research centers, education and training

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Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

discuss related global andsocietal issues, such as the need for rehabilitation and replacement of various forms of nationalinfrastructure. Although this project was more challenging than previous ones, the number ofteams delivering a working prototype increased significantly. Factors that may have contributedto the improved results include the placement of the project in the first half of the semester andthe availability of a dedicated workshop for the freshmen students. The results of a studentsurvey regarding teamwork and other project issues are also included.1. IntroductionAll of the major NSF-funded engineering education coalitions (e.g., ECSEL, Foundation,Gateway, SUCCEED) have recommended the infusion of design, teamwork, and active

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Fernandez

and proposes thedevelopment model shown in Figure 1 below4. One can see some overlap with a simplifiedspiral life cycle model within software engineering. However, HCI is user-centered developmentrather than data-centered. HCI involves users in the process of development as much as possiblewith the goal of creating an interactive system that meets individual users’ expectations.6 Plan the human centered process Complete Specify the context of use Evaluate designs Specify user and against

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Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wendy Crone

Session 1464 Interactive Demonstrations and Laboratories Using Shape Memory Alloys Wendy C. Crone1, Eric J. Voss2, Katherine C. Chen3 1 Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706 / 2 Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026 / 3 Materials Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407AbstractShape memory alloys (SMAs) constitute a unique class of materials that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl Caswell; Clifton Johnston

participativeinquiry.Historical PerspectivesWe begin with the concept of engineering education as promulgated through the GrinterReport of 1955. The Grinter Report was the end result of a multi-year, US based commissioninto the current state and future goals of engineering education. The effect of the Grinter reportwas profound. In one stroke, the traditional, apprenticeship-style, hands on, shop focused,drawing and design oriented training of engineers was abandoned in favor the currentmath/science model of lecture, lab and tutorial. To put it bluntly, “Not anticipated were thedownstream imbalances in academe that emphasized engineering science and analysis to thepoint of reductionism at the expense of design and integration”1.The framework for the teaching and

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suryaprasad Jayadevappa; Ravi Shankar

discuss in detail the course content and evaluation schemefollowed in this course.2.0 Course ContentAt a broad level the course content included an introduction to SystemC and variousconstructs of SystemC, designing combination and sequential circuits using SystemC,implementing simple finite state machines using SystemC, and finally designing a simpleinstruction set computer using SystemC.SystemC can be visualized to consist of a layered architecture as shown in Fig 1 [1].SystemC being an extension of C++ has additional classes available to support hardwaredesigns. As a pre-requisite for taking this course it was indicated that students havepreliminary knowledge of C++ language. Extensions

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Charles Winton

Botball Challenge, and how it can be used as a class project.1 IntroductionIntroductory engineering courses are used to teach general principles while introducing thestudents to all of the engineering disciplines. Robotics, as a multi-disciplinary application can bean ideal subject for projects that stress the different engineering fields. A major consideration inestablishing a robotics course emphasizing mobile robots is the type of hands-on laboratoryexperience that will be incorporated into the course of instruction. Most electrical engineeringschools lack the machine shops and expertise needed to create the mechanical aspects of a robotsystem. Most mechanical engineering schools lack the electronics labs and expertise needed forthe

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Recayi Pecen; Ronald O'Meara

classroom andexperiential learning with applications of technology and design. The main objective of seniordesign courses in engineering and engineering technology curricula is to bridge the gap betweenacademic theory and real world practice. Accordingly, the proposed senior projects should includeelements of both credible analysis and experimental proofing such as design and implementation asdiscussed in ABET criteria [1]. Additionally, the senior design seminar organized at the end of theacademic year can serve as an excellent culminating experience in the program of study when itfocuses on research and design projects that have practical value to consumers or to industrialpartners.For both technology majors at UNI, the senior design course is a

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Darrell Gibson

people outside their socio-economic groups anddisciplines, and also to include issues other than engineering. Key components ofservice-learning include reflection and reciprocity. [1] Reflection requires the student toponder and articulate the service learning experience. Reciprocity requires that studentsmeet actual community needs - not contrived needs -to address desired learningoutcomes.At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology the senior mechanical engineering capstonedesign courses have included projects to help the disabled for more than ten years. Theseprojects are initiated by a variety of groups such as local hospitals, schools, physicians,therapists, support groups, and members of the community who have heard of pastprojects. Past

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Ken Morrison

Page 9.1278.2 2Involvement (GM-GMS Guide, 1999). These five principles of GMS, illustrated by Figure 1,are initiated in process redesign and redefinition. Safety People-Oriented Company GOALS Competitive Cost Attractive Product Good Customer Response Continuous Improvement People Involvement Standardization Built-in Quality Short Lead Time PRINCIPLES FIGURE 1: GMS Goals

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

addressed in basically six categories as detailedbelow, with the characteristics foreseen for each category described briefly for clarificationpurposes. 1. Increasing difficulty in finding qualified construction trades labor: no matter how much the profile and characteristics of construction work have improved, the perception of construction as a rough and tough industry remains the same and continues to negatively affect the recruitment into the industry. This will necessitate that the construction trades labor and possibly some management shortage be replenished by a workforce from abroad or opting for construction technologies that use less labor and more technology and equipment/machinery. The former

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Johnston; Diane Douglas

. In the University of Calgary first yearengineering design lab, 600 students “get physical fast”1 and begin working on real worlddesign problems from the first day of term.Professional documents such as logbooks, contracts and status reports have as muchutility in the classroom as they have in the workplace. Team discussion through on-linediscussion boards and internal documents such as memorandum introduces students totypical workplace practice and to standard workplace formats. Client based documentssuch as progress reports and proposals introduce students to professional reportingconventions. Page 9.1430.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Charles W. White; Sanju Patro

outcomes of USP 2003 listed below only hint at the potential gains an EngineeringProgram may have, along with its integrated partners – business program and technicalstaff, by becoming involved in similar activities. • Technology Award: As a direct result of communications between Kettering University and Cordys Corporation in the months leading up to the conference, Kettering University recently became a recipient of the first University Partnership Award of the full Cordys product suite and licensed training valued at $1 Million. Cordys allows a seemless collaboration between people, systems, and organizations despite different enterprise integrations systems (e.g. SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan) within the collaborating entities. The

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anwar Hossain; James Fragomeni

internal structure andconsequently the mechanical behavior of the material of interest. Preliminary work has alreadybeen started for simulating the microstructures of materials on the computer which would beperformed on the web. An example of this is shown in Figures 1 and 2 which are TEM(transmission electron microscopy) microstructures field images, darkfield and brightfield, of analuminum-lithium-copper alloy that can be easily viewed on the website by the student for aprecipitation age hardened aluminum alloys. In addition, the students would be able to accessvarious other microstructures of different exotic materials on the web for various undergraduatecourse requirements, which might normally be difficult to quickly, obtain. The

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peggie Weeks; Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano

will outline how the information gleaned from TEIworkshops can serve the needs of technology educators.Continuous Quality ImprovementThat continuous quality improvement is alive and well is a testament to Deming and hisfollowers.1 CQI processes have been used extensively by industry and other organizations, andABET is no exception. Over the past three years ABET has implemented its ATE fundedTechnological Education Initiative, a professional development project for engineeringtechnology faculty that focuses on how to take the tried and true concepts of continuous qualityimprovement and apply them to technical programs.2As many are already aware, back in the early ‘90s ABET was hearing from its constituents thatits accreditation process and

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ellen Ford; Keith Levien; Ellen Momsen; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

the expansion ofexisting high school outreach programs (Summer Experience in Science and Engineering forYouth (SESEY) and Saturday Academy Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering) andallowed for the development of several new programs targeted primarily at K-8 students. Theemphasis in these programs is on the delivery of science and engineering content in a way that isattractive to young people, and on the development of modules for dissemination to K-8 scienceteachers . The new programs developed and discussed are: 1) E-Camp, a one week, non-residential engineering camp for middle school girls and boys that attracted 26 students (11 girls,15 boys,); 2) LEGO- Robotics, a one week, non-residential camp for middle school boys (20students

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solt Michael; Malu Roldan; Burton Dean; Asbjorn Osland

NVF held on December 16, 2003. The two are intertwined in that one of theprimary lessons learned from the SVBPC was that students needed more than one semester toramp up from the ideation stage to a completed business plan. The Dec. 16, 2003 NVF was tofoster more ideas for the June 2004 SVBPC. One key to the success of the NVF was theinvolvement of student teams that were part of the HPMCG. The HPMCG used cross-disciplinary Entrepreneurial Teams (E-Teams) to develop mobile computing applications. SJSUbegan using E-Teams in its first SVBPC. E-Teams are promoted by the National CollegiateInventors and Innovators Alliance [1] and are composed of students engaged in innovation fromvarious colleges within the university.The SVBPC, including the

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Asghar Bhatti

CE Poster SessionStructural Analysis and Design in Tomorrow's Civil Engineering Curriculum M. Asghar Bhatti and Wilfrid Nixon Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IAAbstractThe paper examines coverage of various topics from typical required undergraduatecourses such as Statics, Dynamics, Structural Analysis, and Structural Design. We alsolook into material typically covered in other structures related courses such as Strength ofMaterials, Finite Elements, Composite materials, Continuum Mechanics, StructuralDynamics, and Vibrations. Major topics covered in these courses are examined based onthe following considerations. 1. Topic

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Lim; James Kokernak; Dean Lewis; Abhijeet Golwelkar; Paul Schoch

Labor ator y Intr oduction to Embedded Contr ol Paul M. Schoch, Abhijeet Golwelkar , Linda Lim, Dean Lewis, J ames Koker nak* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/ * Advanced Ener gy Conver sionIntr oduction:LITEC, Laboratory Introduction to Embedded Control, is an introductory laboratory coursetaken by more than 500 engineering students per year, from all disciplines, at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute. The course goals are: 1) engage the students, 2) provide a modernlaboratory experience, 3) reinforce engineering and science topics, and 4) introducemicrocontrollers. The fourth goal is based on the fact that embedded control is generic to allengineering

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Teerasak Asvahem; Campana Claudio; Devdas Shetty

Session 1566 Graphical User Interface Product Simulator for Motion Control of Machine Path Teerasak Asvahem3, Claudio Campana2, Devdas Shetty1 1. Vernon D. Roosa Professor in Manufacturing Engineering 2. Research Engineer, Mechanical Engineering 3. Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering, University of Hartford,West Hartford, CT 06117, USA Tel: 860 768 4615, Fax 860 768 5073Abstract:This paper examines the current status of machine tool control simulation and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar; Joel Farber

theintellectual challenge that entails. He gets to have an extended interview with perspectiveemployees, which is also one of the benefits for the company for which he works. Further, thecompany realizes the valuable public relations that holds for potential employees and forpotential clients.“Design of Small Earth Dams” as a Comprehensive Design Experience The Design of Small Earth Dams is a graduate level course. The course requirements forthe homework and design project have been very consistent over the past 20 years. The studentsare informed during the first class period to expect between 125 and 175 hours of work in theclass. While that is not much beyond the standard heuristic of 3 hours outside to 1 hour insideclass, much of the work

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Baraniuk; Ray Wagner; Patrick Frantz; Lee Potter; Hyeokho Choi; Douglas Jones

fragmented market and rapid hardware obso-lescence. Freely available open-content materials that enable and promote both local customizationand further development by a community of educators offers a fresh approach to lab text develop-ment that can surmount these barriers. In this paper, we overview a joint effort organized by theConnexions Project to develop a large pool of DSP lab modules sufficient to serve as the complete,stand-alone text for several types of DSP lab courses.1 IntroductionDigital signal processing (DSP) laboratory courses are difficult to serve with conventional commer-cial textbooks. First, the market is relatively small, thus precluding a major investment by authorsand publishers in the hope of a substantial commercial

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cathryne Stein

topic relating to human needs, such as this year’s topic: assistive robotics for thedisabled. (The topic chosen for the Research and Design Website Competition is not related tothe physical tournament game). The program starts with a workshop for educators, where theyreceive reusable equipment that will serve their schools for years to come. The program alsofeatures a regional public tournament, and a National Conference on Educational Robotics(including a National Botball Tournament).The program was developed to serve the following goals:For Students: Botball’s goals are twofold: 1. To reach out to all, from at-risk through honors students, to help them develop valuable work-related and academic skills, challenge students’ creativity

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Khan Saeed; Beverlee Kissick

1793Expectations: Leadership, Dialogue and Continuing Commitment to Diversity Promotion Beverlee Kissick Ph.D. and Saeed Khan Ph.D. Kansas State University at SalinaIntroduction:An individual’s growth is linked to the growth of the society to which she or he belongs.As our society becomes increasingly diverse the success of each person becomesincreasingly intertwined with the growth of the whole society. The following quote fromGeorge Land’s Grow or Die [1] attests to this interdependence of the individual and thecollective, “In a multicellular relationship or in a

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Heising; Mary Goodwin

corporation. New York: BasicBooks. Page 9.1426.13 Diversity Course 14Katz, J., & Jhally, S. (1999). Tough guise: Violence, media, & the crisis in masculinity. Northampton: The Media Education Foundation. (Available at www.mediaed.org)Kimmel, M. S. (1997). Introduction: Toward a history of manhood in America. In Manhood in America: A cultural history (pp. 1-10): Free Press.Kimmel, M. S., & Messner, M. A. (2001). Perspectives on masculinity. In. (Ed.), Men's Lives (5th ed., pp. 1-3). Needham Heights: Allyn and Bacon.Martin, P. Y. (2001). Mobilizing

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andy Blauch; Hugh Jack

Session 3620 A Modeling and Controls Course using Microcontrollers Hugh Jack, Andy Blauch Associate Professor / Assistant Professor Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, MI email: jackh@gvsu.edu, blaucha@gvsu.edu1. IntroductionAs with most engineering programs, we offer a dynamic systems modeling and control course(EGR 345) to our students in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering [1][2]. This course hasevolved

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hankley

Page 9.1105.2(references in Java) which are usually a major source of errors. However, in recent years, theProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Document: 2004-2305ACM recommendations for computing curricula have been expanded to accept severalalternative patterns for the core courses in computing. One of the options for core courses,identified as “Objects-first” option, suggests either a two or three course sequence. The twocourse sequence consists of CS111o. Object-Oriented Programming followed by CS112o.Object-Oriented Design and Methodology [1] . The

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Baraniuk; Geneva Henry

ϖεντυρεδ φυρτηερ αλονγ τηε σπεχτρυµ, προϖιδινγ α ρεποσιτορψ ανδενϖιρονµεντ το φαχιλιτατε σηαρεδ αυτηορινγ ανδ πυβλιχατιον, χουρσε χοµποσιτιον, κνοωλεδγεεξπλορατιον ανδ περσοναλ χυστοµιζατιον οφ κνοωλεδγε ρεσουρχεσ το µεετ τηε νεεδσ οφ στυδεντσ,ινστρυχτορσ, αυτηορσ ανδ ρεσεαρχηερσ µοστ εφφεχτιϖελψ.Χοννεξιονσ: α νεω µοδελ φορ φρεελψ σηαρινγ κνοωλεδγεΤηε Χοννεξιονσ προϕεχτ βεγαν ιν τηε φαλλ οφ 1999 ασ αν ιδεα, βυιλδινγ ιντο α ϖισιον, φορ µοϖινγτεαχηινγ ανδ λεαρνινγ φροµ α στατιχ, λινεαρ προγρεσσιον τηρουγη α σετ οφ τοπιχσ το α δψναµιχεχοσψστεµ οφ σηαρεδ κνοωλεδγε. Φιγυρε 1, βελοω, δεπιχτσ τηε προχεσσ οφ χρεατινγ ανδ υσινγκνοωλεδγε ωιτη Χοννεξιονσ. Ιν Χοννεξιονσ, χοµµυνιτιεσ οφ ινστρυχτορσ, αυτηορσ ανδ λεαρνερσσηαρε κνοωλεδγε, χοντινυαλλψ υπδατινγ ιτ