Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

Mark Plichta Materials Science and Eng Page 9.181.4 How Engineering Disciplines Overlap John Gierke Geological Engineering Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Educations Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring Fall 2003 engineering seminars, the focus was on different ways to use an engineeringdegree. Many of the seminars illustrated how engineering can benefit the community (i.e.: socialactivism, volunteer activities and community politics). Other seminars involved career planning(i.e.: engineering consulting

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taz Daughtrey; Edgar Sibley; Anne Marchant

attack and defense exercises. We therefore intend to graduate students capableof excelling in careers as information security engineers or as computer science graduates with aspecialization in computer and network security and, by collaborating and integrating work fromother institutions, reduce costs in duplication of curricula.3. Security Lab ArchitectureA considerable amount of energy has gone into the design of a security lab to support thecapstone cyberdefense exercises. We are studying both the IWAR6 (Information WarfareAnalysis and Research) laboratory at the US Military Academy at West Point and the PEN4(Portable Educational Network) at George Washington University. While our plans continue toevolve, certain elements are clear: • Since

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

Engineering at the University of Cincinnati during the summer of 2003.This opportunity helps in attracting and retaining the brightest undergraduate students byproviding special programs that capture their interests and challenge their scholastic potential.Nine undergraduate students from six different institutions participated, and included threewomen and six men students. The students’ scholastic standing ranged from sophomore tosenior level. Each group was supervised by a Faculty Mentor, one Graduate Student Mentor, anda Lab Technician during the complete duration of the REU Site. The paper presents how thewhole research program was planned and conducted, the details of the projects selected for thestudents, and procedures used to evaluate the

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

addressed for future semesters, all of the community partners indicated interested incontinuing next year. Some of the concerns and changes they suggested included timing of theprojects, many wanted longer projects. Some requested fewer teams so that they could workmore closely with them. These changes are being considered as plans are being made for thenext year’s program.Conclusions Service-learning was successfully implemented on a large scale in a first-yearengineering program as a curricular tie between three clustered courses as part of a learningcommunity. Students report a high level of satisfaction with their overall experience. Asignificant majority would choose service-learning over a traditional project given the choice

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Todd; Spencer Magleby

students taking the course. This phase also involves developing all of thedocumentation for the course, much the same as detailed engineering drawings, bills of materialand manufacturing process plans are developed for a manufactured product.Some of the typical documentation for a capstone course includes a detailed syllabus, selectionor development of a textbook, descriptions of any deliverables or reports to be submitted by thestudents, detailed lesson plans, lab activities, quizzes and/or examinations, grading criteria and ahost of other items such as project sponsor agreement letters, policy statements concerningintellectual property, liability, and etc.Once the design has been completed, including its documentation, the design can begin to

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Leah Jamieson; Katherine Banks; Kamyar Haghighi; John Gaunt; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

toward developing Engineering Education programs, it appears at thistime that no single institution or engineering education center encompasses all of the componentsthat are being considered here. Centers shown in Table 1 do contain some aspects of what SEEDwill strive to accomplish but lack academic programs in engineering education. In addition,Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University recently received an NSF Bridges inEngineering Education planning grant (NSF Award No. 0342000) to, in part, "develop a newdegree program in education to enable engineering graduates to earn a master's degree while alsoqualifying for licensure as technology teachers in the Commonwealth of Virginia5

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Knox; K. Muraleetharan; G. Miller; D. Sabatini; Randall Kolar

$750,000 9/1/98 8/31/03 9872505 Agenda Curriculum EEC- Planning Pilot Study for a “Course-less” $100,000 1/1/03 12/31/03 0230681 Grant CurriculumPrior to this NSF support, several of the authors had experimented with integrated design projectswithin a course. Success with this venture (23, 24) led to a pilot study (first row in Table 1), whichexplored the possibility of applying this idea to multiple courses. Thus, 1996, the year of the pilotstudy, represents the “founding” of Sooner City. Further success with these early projects led tothe large Action Agenda proposal, which funded the full development of Sooner City, details ofwhich are given below

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Ross; Patrick Giordano; James Blanck; Dona Johnson; Peter Jansson

industrial and commercial energy conservationtechniques as part of this innovative laboratory experience. The results they have generated arecreating motivation for a broader introduction of these concepts into the engineering curriculum.Background As our university's enrollment grows, new buildings are constructed and we increase ouruse of technology, we create a significant increase in our use of energy. In 2001 our universityadministration joined 46 other colleges and universities across New Jersey in endorsing aSustainability Greenhouse Gas Action Plan for the state that calls for a 3.5% reduction ingreenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 20053. This commitment as well as ongoing

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

, Virginia Tech (BEEVT) is to create a contemporary framework forundergraduate engineering pedagogy. Among the issues being studied by the collaborative is theuse of ePortfolios in the education of engineers. Several BEEVT investigators and selectedengineering students participated in a pilot of the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio (VTeP) infall 2003. This paper presents a review of studies on the use of portfolios and summarizes thefindings of the pilot. The future plans of BEEVT investigators targeted at developing guidelinesfor the use and evaluation of ePortfolios for improving both student learning and engineeringprograms are also briefly discussed.1. IntroductionIn fall 2003, a group of engineering and education faculty at Virginia Tech

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

Session 2238 Learning Theories: Applications for Instruction in Constraint- Based Solid Modeling and Other Engineering Graphics Topics Nathan W. Hartman, Theodore J. Branoff Purdue University/North Carolina State UniversityAbstractConstraint-based modeling tools, as well as computer graphics tools in general, offer the usermany choices in commands and techniques for creating graphics, which forces the user to have astrategy or plan as they proceed. The formulation of this plan is often dependent on theintegration of existing knowledge and current factors, such as customer specifications

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder

accountability for the entire assignment), and problem-based learningand similar approaches (teaching material only after a need to know it has been established in thecontext of a complex question or problem, which increases the likelihood that the students will Page 9.1226.1absorb and retain it). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Our focus next shifts to planning courses and measuring learning outcomes. We begin bydefining and illustrating learning objectives—explicit statements of what

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Krause

) course, became aware of the changes in their understandingof DET. Weekly reflection papers, weekly written pre and post tests and lesson plans were usedas data sources. A rubric linking the course outcomes with six major categories (engineering as adesign process, gender and diversity, societal relevance of engineering, technical self-efficacy,tinkering self-efficacy and transfer to classroom teaching) was developed to code text. Severalpasses through the data led to the refinements for the six categories that allowed the coding ofalmost all of the text. We specifically looked for shifts in understanding over a 15-week periodand an awareness that these shifts were taking place (e.g. “It’s not that I had a bad attitude abouttechnology to begin

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Rezak

! The demand for electric power in America during the 28 years between World War II and1973 grew at a rate of about 7% per year. The unit price of electricity declined during this perioddue to increased power usage; larger and more efficient generating plants; better transmissionand distribution systems; and improved power plant and fuel technology. As it becameeconomically effective to build and operate large electric generating power plants and improvedtechnology made nuclear plants competitive with fossil fueled plants, electric utility companies,in the late 1960s and early 1970s, planned to divide future additions to generation capacityprimarily between coal-fired and nuclear power. Because the electric utility industry in the early

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Butkus

. GlenDaiggerSenior Vice The wastewater treatment plant BiochemicalPresident CH2M Hill of the future treatment International JointDr. Gerry Commission on the WaterGalloway Great Lakes Water-sharing resources Dept. of EnvironmentalMr. Robert Protection, City of NYC watershed protection WaterAdamski New York plan resources Solid andMr. Pat

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

geographically-distributed teams. In a 2003 ASEE paper5, we described a novel curricular paradigm called theGlobal Engineering College (GEC), based on the idea of seamlessly combining the curriculaand educational opportunities of several internationally-distributed engineering institutions tocreate a virtual engineering college spanning multiple countries and cultures. In this paper, wereport on our experiences piloting the key elements of this model under an NSF planning grant,focusing on the obstacles encountered, and solutions developed to address them.1.0 INTRODUCTIONFor the past several decades, the internationalization of college curricula has been a prominenttheme in discussions of curricular reform in higher education, including

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci-Kuchler; Jonathan Weaver

Figure 1, the main goal of the Product Planning activity that precedes thebeginning of the actual product development effort is to identify the portfolio of products to bedeveloped by the organization and the timing of their introduction to the market. In general, theoutput of the product planning phase includes the Mission Statement (sometimes also referred toas a charter, a design brief, or a product direction letter) for each one of the PD projects that acompany plans to purse in the near future. The main purpose of the mission statement is to definethe general scope of the product development effort. It is used by the firm to specify a particular

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominic Halsmer

students, and in thedemonstration of this transformation to their constituencies, including their accreditation agency.With the help of the ORU School of Education, and a company called Chalk and Wire3, the ORUEngineering, Physics, and Physical Science Department has begun implementation of a tool ofthis same form. In fact, every academic department of the entire university is planning toimplement this tool within the next year.E-Portfolio is a secure, web-based electronic portfolio that allows for the collection of studentartifacts, or exhibits; the assessment of those artifacts, and the analysis of the resulting data forprogram and university improvement4. Exhibits are chosen to demonstrate the satisfaction ofprogram outcomes in the lives of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Cheney; Heather Brown

contact throughout the project. Meetingswere set to discuss test plans and a schedule was formulated for the remainder of theproject. Students were required to give progress updates to both the faculty and industrypersonnel. A final technical report was generated with a presentation given to thesponsoring company. MTSU also has an undergraduate research poster session at the endof each semester and all the students in the course were required to present their findingsat the session. This allowed for younger students in the degree program to visualize whatthe senior expectations are as well as other departments to understand more about the Page 9.569.2CIM

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn; Craig Somerton

• development and use of a predictive model to solve a problemAdditionally, students were allowed to practice their teaming skills through the planning andimplementation aspects of the assignment and their communication skills through the reportingphase. This paper continues by providing the details on the assignment, student feedback on theexperience, and the lessons learned by the authors.The AssignmentThe students were provided with a handout that explained the assignment. The assignmentbegan with a lecture in the seminar class that introduced the students to heat transfer. Thisincluded the basic definition of heat transfer as an energy transport mechanism that occurs whenenergy moves from a body of high temperature to a body of low temperature

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

andimprove the reliability of each module. AuthorwareTM by Macromedia is a softwarepackage that provides pathways to track the use of a learning module. In addition to Page 9.889.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationtesting, the sections of module use and the time spent on each section can be documented.This process is complex to develop; however the application is to develop planning forfuture modules using a simpler software approach.Plan Determination of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Batta; Ron Zuckerman

entrepreneurs andengineers, is included along with multiple aspects of the projects including IntellectualProperty protection, business plan development support, market analysis, prototyping,and the design process. Page 9.534.11 Dan Moore is the Associate Dean to the Faculty, the four other authors are the student managersIntroductionEngenius Solutions is striving to assist in the development of engineers who have theability to think like entrepreneurs. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is stellar attechnical undergraduate education and has been recognized as such, but with theexperiences that undergraduates are gaining through Engenius Solutions

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Osman El-Sayed

supervised the construction ofthe Delta dam (Barrages) and contributed the first plans of the Suez Canal.In the beginning following the French model of the "Ecole Polytechnique" and "Ecole desMines", the school curricula privileged theoretical studies specially mathematics. Soon it wasrealized that the model of the "Ecole Nationale des Arts et Manufactures" was more adequateas its curricula were more technology oriented.The fall of Egypt under British Occupation in 1882, brought the dominance of the Britishinfluence and model. It was established from 1902 to 1924 through the first three directors ofthe Royal School of Engineering, who were British. However the presence of Dr. CharleAndrea, a former professor and dean of the Zurich School of

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

. Indeed, the current student populationis a mix of graduates of RIT’s BSTET program and BSEE graduates from other institutions.Technical electives are currently offered in three areas: • Network planning and design • Fiber optic technology and systems • Wireless telecommunication “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.59.2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”It is expected that more electives will be added to the program in these and other areas.A student may also include up

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

) • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) • Statistical Process Control (SPC) • Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) • Design of Experiments (DOE) • Process Capability Analysis (PCA) • Measurement Systems Analysis • Multi-Variant Studies • Control Plans • Pugh Matrix (Criteria Matrix), etc.A brief description of some of the above tools are given below [1,2]:Cause and Effect Diagrams: Developed by Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa, these diagrams explainthe factors causing a problem and how those factors are result in a singleeffect . It deals with everything related to a particular problem. These diagrams arearranged in four main categories. For manufacturing generally, 4Ms (Machinery,Manpower, Methods

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

conference papers.The Blended Learning Pilot Project (6) started in the Fall quarter 2003 with five courses.Four were traditional face-to-face (F2F) classes which substituted at least 25% of theclassroom lecture and seat-time activities with online group activities and discussions. Page 9.860.1The fifth course, which is the topic of this paper, was originally planned as a fully “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ÆÉ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”asynchronous distance learning course. The course was offered in two sections

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

, Microprocessors and Microcontrollers have laboratory exercises as integral part ofthe course. Some other courses, such as heat transfer and thermodynamics, would benefit from alaboratory where key principles can be demonstrated. We plan to build a process bench wheremany of the above mentioned experiments may be conducted and principles demonstrated.Additionally, the program as a whole would benefit from an installation where a series ofequipment are interconnected as one sees in an industrial situation. An integrated set up wouldalso provide the students an opportunity to combine a variety of lessons they learn in seeminglyunconnected courses. Engineering Technology students in various courses are helping in designand construction of parts of the

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Depew

Monterey Bay vision. The faculty member’s contributions to Professional Application shall be evaluated using the Performance Evaluation Standards for scholarly achievement.Michigan State University has also adopted guidelines for evaluating outreach. In its publication“Points of Distinction: A Guidebook for Planning & Evaluating Quality Outreach”[9] publishedin 1996, they note that “The Provost’s Committee on University Outreach defines outreach as …a form of scholarship that cuts across teaching, research, and service.” “It involves generating,transmitting, applying, and preserving knowledge for the direct benefit of external audiences inways that are consistent with university and unit missions.” In Ernest Lynton’s “Making

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Mohammed Haque

the 2-D plan of a typical three-bedroom reinforced concrete building: A 2-D planof a typical three-bedroom reinforced concrete building was developed using AutoCAD (Figure2). Next, the elevation and section for this building was also developed using AutoCAD.2. Developing the 3-D model in AutoCAD: A 3-D model for the building was developed usingAutoCAD. Page 9.124.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education3. Identifying the steps in constructing a reinforced concrete residential building: The

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

depth of understanding to follow, review and challenge the subject experts in all facets of the program. ‚" Represent best practice clearly and concisely. ‚" Understand the quantitative interactions between engineering, markets and costs. ‚" Communicate complex interactions in effective terms to all stakeholders.There is frequently also a management role but that varies a lot from company tocompany. We have therefore concentrated on aspects of technical communication andinteraction. To further explore the job and its implications, groups of chief engineers inthe member companies were interviewed. As well as identifying ways in which theycould directly contribute to the planned certificate, this process also highlighted a numberof

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robbins; Rajapandian Ayyanar; Paul Imbertson; Ned Mohan; Ben Oni

leveraging effect we believe was enormous. • Feedback Mechanism, Evaluation and Dissemination: It was proposed to hold workshops and seek other faculty feedback as the laboratory development proceeded. A carefully thought out evaluation plan was proposed. The workshops to seek feedback were to help in dissemination. Our CCLI-EMD proposal “DSP-Based Software-Reconfigurable Laboratory to Nationally Revitalize Electric Drives and Power Electronics Curricula” was funded for the duration 5/31/2000 – 5/31/2003 for an amount of $276,292. A one year no-cost extension has subsequently been granted. Matching funds of 60 k$ were provided by the University of