Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Blackboard is available to students 24 hours a day, seven days aweek and makes it easier for students who travel often. In this learning environmentstudents can plan their work to fit their schedule as long as they complete eachassignment by its due date. This maximizes students’ flexibility in learning the coursematerial as best fits their learning preference and schedule.Advanced Digital Design (EET 3100) course is selected to be converted to web-centricdistance learning environment during the fall 2002 semester. This course was the firstdistance-learning course to be taught with a laboratory section. This course is taught face-to-face on the main campus and also broadcasted to another location for distance learning

Conference Session

Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

. Any written report withmore than two misspelled words, or grammatical errors, was given a failing grade.Students should be encouraged to participate in internships or co-op programs to get theflavor of the work environment. This will ease the transition. Associating with people intheir field (i.e., with fellow engineers) and the regimen of regular hours will also ease thetransition. This approach provides the supervisors with a better feel for the talents thegraduating students brings with them and how best plan their on the job training. Page 8.537.5 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Materials Division Business Meeting

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer; Craig Johnson

63164 NEW: Experiment Set-up NA3264 NEW: Matl’s Lab Experiments 83464 Diversity in Courses and Matl’s 5NONE Life Cycle Analysis:no abstracts 0A number of statistics may be of use for planning purposes. The topics themselves are of interest,as well as how many abstracts were submitted. Attendance figures have not yet been acquired.Activities, laboratories and experiments of various sorts appear as a mainstay over the years.These efforts are above and beyond our interaction with NEW. These experiments have beenfocused by education level (K-12, K-20, lower div., upper div.), but have appeared in all fouryears.Curricula

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonid Preiser

correlation between the behavioral pattern of the C’s and perceived role of the S as a promoting educator for the C (i.e., promoting important features of the products or services), it may become possible not only to design new training strategies for the cadre of the S’s, but – even more to the point – develop and promote the new corporate culture. o Based on an established trend in dynamics (for example, length of transient period, expected number of iterations) of the interactive process convergence to the “local” (in time) equilibriums between C and S, it seems reasonable to expect better planning process to be embedded into the S’s corporate

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

students decided ontheir design, they had to “order” their parts from the staff engineer. In their project planning, theyhad to account for possible ordering delays. When the students received their materials, they hadto build their robot, and program the PLC to achieve the desired results. Figure 5 shows a designof one PLC robot.A survey was conducted at the end of this project. The students enjoyed the freedom of beingable to design their robot. Some students felt that the project was too easy or that they had toomuch time to complete the project. Most students commented that they would have enjoyedadding more difficulty to the project and a greater variety of materials to choose from.This project was a good creative exercise for the students

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert

currentlybeing assessed. Although it has appears to be a better situation for the students, it has created asignificant scheduling problem for the faculty who must team-teach the design sequence. The assessment process has identified another weakness in the design sequence. Studentsoften have not fully defined product specifications until well into their senior year. As a resultstudents have difficulty properly scheduling their time and they spend many late nights as theyprepare for their senior design show. Therefore, a planned improvement is the inclusion of aspecification review in the spring quarter of the junior year. The intent would be to force designdecisions earlier in the process. Project management also has a significant impact

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hoskin; Ronald Welch

record respectively. Previous timelogs will also assist the faculty advisor in future independent study project development. Ofcourse, individual capabilities always lead to time variations, but such records still assist ingeneral planning. Page 8.1001.4 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 4: Student Time RecordV. Signing the ContractProviding clear guidance and an organized list of objectives clearly demonstrates the importanceeveryone should place on

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Heather Cooper

while another studentdid not correctly set up the problem. This represented a great improvement over the response tothe pre-test questions asked at the beginning of the semester. The module improved the students’ability to understand the basic concepts involved in the problem, use the commercial data sheet toextract the relevant information, and apply the appropriate analysis method to solve the problem.In addition, students later applied the module tools in the planning of their capstone projects,when they were required to estimate cycle times for temperature control circuits. Page 8.414.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Melissa Pickering; Chris Rogers

library of LEGOs,laptops, and other equipment to lend to classes they work with. Tying the lending library toSTOMP students ensure that the materials are made good use of and can be reclaimed if they arenot being used.In Action One of the advantages of engineering projects is that it is easy to incorporate socialstudies, math, and science units into projects, thus causing little disruption in a teachersestablished lesson plan. STOMP students have collaborated with two fourth grade teachers inLincoln Massachusetts’ elementary school to develop a project on pyramid construction, thusinterweaving the Ancient Egypt unit with engineering principles. The project consisted of twochallenges and was executed in four one-hour sessions. Each group

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chu Chen Chen

Page 8.1155.3middle and upper level of Energy Managers to manage a large facility, have multiplied greatly in “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”recent years. In addition to the demand for implementation of energy conservation, EnergyManagers are obligated to develop a future plan that alleviates risk through alternate energysources, financial derivative, and an overall plan of management. Further, these managers mustdevelop requested proposals, supervise the construction, as well as provide measurement andverification of the energy savings.Building Energy Systems Option in Mechanical

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Kasra; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

and review of the Self-Study a set ofquestions was raised by the ABET team BME program examiner. One question related toapparent inconsistencies in first-year common curriculum courses taken by several of first BMEprogram graduates. This question was addressed and answered quickly with the assistance of theAssociate Dean of Engineering who was most familiar with a recent change in the commonfreshman curriculum which explained why some students had taken different courses thanothers. A rapid response to such inquiries was deemed essential to maintaining the image of a"tight program" with a well-informed faculty ABET review coordinator.Preparation for and Conduction of the Site InspectionThorough planning and extensive preparation was done for

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

MICHAEL HOLTZ; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

USERS.In order for the create.pl, HTML form to properly operate, it has to be executed from an Internetbrowser. If this program is compiled, and try to execute it from the command prompt the windowwould only pop up momentarily and none of the HtML form would be shown. A regular Perlprogram can be executed from anywhere on the computer, but when it has HTML tags it has to beoperated from a browser.IV. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTSFrom the beginning we decided on how to proceed and what subsystem to choose in order toimplement the project. The one part we were not sure about was what kind of database software touse. First we started planning this project we planned to use Microsoft's SQL Server 2000. Wedecided not to use it due to its cost. Microsoft Access

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

committed faculty, outstanding facilities and essential fundingrequired meeting program needs4.The primary objective of the Department is to provide the student in the Basic Program with acurriculum designed to accomplish three primary purposes4. • To provide a broad general education that enhances communication skills and encourages all-around development of students, both individually and as productive members of society, • To ensure a thorough preparation in the fundamentals of science and engineering, and • To provide a foundation to the planning, design, construction, and operation of civil engineering projects

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

have been completed, with plans for two or three more.We anticipate that by actively engaging students in applying statistical methods to engineeringproblems, they will be more motivated to learn the material, will see the connections betweentheir courses in science and engineering, and will be better prepared for subsequent courses.These modules will provide faculty with an additional resource aside from the textbook. We alsoanticipate that, given materials and appropriate support (e.g. training), faculty will be moreinclined to adopt changes in their courses. Feedback from students and faculty members will becollected to formally evaluate the effectiveness of each module

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven O'Hara; John Phillips

, but seek advisefrom the architectural engineering professors. Students utilize intuitive concepts to decide on Page 8.690.3how to construct the tower. It is intriguing to observe how the students interact within their“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”teams. Some teams appear to start building their towers without much thought, while otherteams are meticulous and plan all details before constructing their tower. Some teams are vocalwith no discernible team leader, while others are dominated by one or two

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Adrezin; Marty Wood; Karen Wosczyna-Birch

Page 8.349.6the two year institution. In order to assist with the transition between the two year andfour year institutions, a variety of student activities were planned where students andfaculty from both the two year and four year colleges participated. These activitiesincluded student/faculty picnics; industry/student workshops on teambuilding and careeropportunities; a statewide honor society induction for engineering and technologystudents; and seminars/luncheons that included workshops that focused on studentretention and achievement.Scholarships Both the College of Technology and the University of CT have National ScienceFoundation Computer Science, Engineering and Math (CSEMS) Scholarship grants.These scholarships have been

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grasman

planning and control mechanisms. Marketing students would be involved in developing a business and advertising/marketing plan. Information systems and accounting students would be involved in designing appropriate decision support and reporting systems to facilitate informed decision-making by the various functions. Computer science and computer engineering students would be involved at several levels by developing computer applications and interfaces to support communications, control systems, data sharing and other integration needs. Just as in actual virtual enterprise operations, once the initial scenario environment is established, events will start unfolding over time resulting from the influence of the various partners in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Martin

school for 12 months 0 before going out on a second Co-op, for a 2 3 6 7 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 5 8 9 2 3 6 /7 /7 /7 /7 /8 /8 /8 /8 /7 /7 /7 /7 /7 /7 /8 /8 /8 complement of 12 71 72 75 76 79 80 83 84 69 70 73 74 77 78 81 82 85 months. (Seecurriculum plan below.)The program used

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Driscoll

course, curriculum,program, department and college planning. Although some faculty may receive additionalresources to handle the extra workload required to implement the assessment of studentoutcomes, all must meet the requirements without compromising their contributions in teaching,scholarship and service. An ASEE position paper1 addresses the concept of economical use offaculty resources by stating "The cost of assessment should be outweighed by the benefits to the educational program being assessed."Many engineering professors welcome any method that can be used to provide meaningfulfeedback while requiring only minimal resources.This paper reports on an investigation into the use of Visual Basic applications and computernetworking

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

of economics in offshore field development. Page 8.863.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and ExpositionCopyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education• A series of joint team discussions are held to improve functionality. Specific topics such as team organization, proposal writing, library utilization, effective meetings and time planning illustrate the scope of these. This sector supports objectives 6 through 8 primarily.Table 1 summarizes the backgrounds of the more than 100 participants who have joined thecourse since January 1997. It reveals that the group has

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bryant; Paul Swamidass

solving6. Extraversion7. Goal setting8. Meeting management9. Planning and task coordinationBusiness and Engineering Topics by the Courses in the ProgramVarious business and engineering topics are covered by the courses in the program. Thelist of broad business topics covered by the sequence of courses includes, but not limitedto:1. Business plan and its components2. Marketing3. Financial reports and accounting practices4. Manufacturing and design for manufacturing5. Management or people, production, and other resources6. Economic principles7. Sales and distribution8. Entrepreneurship, technology management, innovation9. Strategic issues in business

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Mason

-HulmanVentures is physically located about 5 miles from campus, although it is a part of theInstitute just like an academic department or the athletic program. Ventures’ mission is to•Foster creation and growth of innovation-based businesses byproviding access to:–Infrastructure–Technical Support–Business Support–Capital•Thereby providing:–Faculty/student educational experiences–Economic growth for Terre Haute and IndianaAnd it does this by providing the following special features•A Technology-Based Incubator•New Product Development Labs•Information Technology Infrastructure•The Entrepreneurship and Business Planning Group Page 8.696.3•Rose-Hulman Venture

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

measurement and analysis. Use of digital hardware andcomputers and software for data processing was not included. In an attempt to achieveintegrated knowledge, the faculty decided to offer a common instrumentation course forelectronic and mechanical engineering technology majors. The planned course contentsincluded operational amplifiers; filters; analog to digital and digital to analog conversion ofsignals; introduction to digital electronics; data sampling and selection of data acquisitionboards; transducers for strain, temperature, displacement, pressure, and bridge circuits;and graphical user interface software. Due to the nature of topics, three instructors eachwith good background in electronic circuitry, digital electronics, and transducers

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Elvia Martin Del Campo; Ariana Arciero; Patricia Nava; Rosa Gomez

that they had expressed an interest in attending. The first workshop thatthe students were invited to was one on self-esteem, gender differences, and time management. Atraining company was hired to present and facilitate the first workshop. With the success of thatfirst workshop, we have continued to offer similar ones with themes such as stress management,time management, resume writing, and financial planning. The WiSE program is now 59 womenstrong with nine graduates, with five of those graduates currently enrolled in graduate programs.Through meeting with the students, we inquire what they believe would most help them whilethey are pursuing their careers. Through these workshops, female students have a venue todiscuss their challenges

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Lugowski

projects.Table1. Excerpts from a student’s log of activities3 Week/Plan CompletedJan 7: Initial meeting with Met with Professor Lugowski regarding Independent Study forinstructor to discuss details of spring semester. Discussed different candidates for our rapidcourse work prototyping. We discussed how our part could fit into future projects with fluid power and how it could be a part of teaching equipment used in fluid power classes. We scheduled another appointment for Tuesday Jan. 11, 2002. 1 hr.Jan 14: More meetings with Met with Prof

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ford; Denise Jackson

Instructional Resource Assistant. He was qualified to perform this taskbecause of the courses taken in the design and production of educational and interactive Web sitesusing advanced software. More specifically, they are trained in the development of effectiveinteractive methods for enhancing teaching and learning supported by the principles of planning,designing, creating, testing, and evaluating. Even with this division of labor for design anddevelopment, we spent approximately 10 person-months to create each module that generallycontains only two to three hours of instruction. Page 8.1093.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Beckry Abdel-Magid; Yunsheng Xu

engineering programs with different number of credits andvarious degrees of emphasis on research and problem solving skills. In thecomposite materials engineering program at Winona State University (WSU), theengineering seminar is a one-credit required course in the upper level junior orsenior years. The objective of the course is to develop research and lifelonglearning skills. The course is designed to enable students to engage inindependent research on a topic pertinent to engineering.Students are given the syllabus of the course at least one semester before thecourse begins, and are introduced to the basic elements of research whichinclude planning, strategy, and development of ideas. Many students prepareand work on their topics during the

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

as a base for future college courses.Within the Humanities& Social Studies’ block of the curriculum, courses are a few with noelectives. Course content in most cases is extremely limited in scope. Courses in this categorydon’t usually appeal to students planning to get into applied science and/or engineering. Theauthor is of the opinion that this category of compulsory coursework needs reform. Widerselection of courses, allowing for broader views, and more appropriate delivery methods wouldmake this block more appealing to students.Teaching Staff: Teachers in the Region are either nationals, or thus civil servants for life, orcontracted individuals drawn from Arab countries for a specified duration. Marked differences interms of: rights

Conference Session

Student Interaction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and be able to chose network topologies? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Access Control Methods and Solutions? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Ethernet. Network Architectures? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and chose network protocols? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and chose network services? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Computer Network Reference Models and the OSI seven layer reference model? [YES] or [NO]Q2: During the remaining portion of the class we are planning to discuss the subject areaslisted below. In your view are these important subjects for you to understand and learn?• TCP/IP, or Transmission Control Protocol/ Internetwork Protocol. Internet Networking Solutions? [YES] or [NO]• Some digital factory, and

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Thompson

Table 2. SWE paid membership by disciplineIntroductory letters Each year at the conclusion of spring semester classes, SWE has its final meeting for the year andelects new officers for the following year. The new officers then plan the schedule of events for theupcoming academic year. A letter of invitation detailing this calendar of activities is subsequentlycompiled and mailed, prior to the start of fall semester classes, to all female students enrolled inengineering, technology, or computer science curriculums at IPFW. The schedule for the 2002-2003academic year is given in Table 3, and a copy of the invitation letter can be found in the Appendix.Classroom visits On occasion, SWE members have visited classrooms, especially freshmen