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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

PolytechnicInstitute (WPI) and the Worcester Public Schools (WPS) have formed a partnership to developtechnology/engineering curriculum materials for grades K-6 and to prepare teachers, who do notgenerally have a technical background, to implement them. The participants are WPI faculty,graduate fellows in engineering and science disciplines, undergraduate engineering and sciencestudents, and WPS elementary school teachers. This partnership is innovative because it is thefirst to address the Massachusetts technology/engineering frameworks in grades K-6.Project ObjectivesNSF has a longstanding interest in addressing pipeline issues in technical education, and thisprogram represents an opportunity to interest young children, especially girls andunderrepresented

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Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed Crowley; Susan Miertschin

Session 2158 Developing Information Technology Career Path Awareness through Student Online Portfolios Ed Crowley, Susan L. Miertschin University of HoustonIntroductionAt the University of Houston, the College of Technology operates a relatively young InformationTechnology (IT) program that, like other similar programs, continues to develop its identity.Most IT students at UH are developing their own professional identities as well. To foster thisdevelopment, IT faculty designed a learning focused portfolio project with a primary goal

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

showcase students’ problem-solving skills andtheir ability to analyze and synthesize information. In the College of Engineering at the University of Texas (UT), an electronicportfolio system called Polaris is in use and undergoing iterative development. Thissystem developed in house has been created so that students can document theireducational progress and share what they have accomplished with an audience (i.e., theirprofessors, their peers, prospective employers, their parents). By using Polaris, studentshave a tool to record their course work, present projects, and evaluate their owneducational progress. Polaris benefits students by giving them a personalized yet professional lookingwebsite. Also, the system provides students

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Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Taylor; Jacqueline Mozrall

, manufacturing processes, layout, and ergonomics to name a few. The students are alsoprovided with a set of tools/software to learn and use throughout the integrated sequence thathave been identified by faculty, students, and co-op employers as key tools for IndustrialEngineers, namely AutoCAD, Access, MS Office, and MS Project. The classroom andlaboratory experiences are supplemented with plant tours, common case studies, and a variety ofdemonstrations. Analysis techniques are typically taught in team-based, application formats thatprovide the student with exposure to the methods, which has been shown to increase theenthusiasm of students. The main thrusts of the new curriculum are active learning and exposure,with details and theory to follow in more

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Wong; Stephanie Blaisdell; Paula Leventman; Anna Swan; Katherine Ziemer; Rachelle Reisberg

tomiddle schools. Models are being developed to demonstrate concepts that encourage girls andboys to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Each primarily female teamincludes engineering faculty, middle school teachers, industry volunteers, and undergraduatestudents. Teams are creating flexible curriculum activities that are classroom tested anddocumented for national dissemination.Funded by a three-year NSF grant (HRD GSE 0217110), the collaboration is in its second year.Pilots are underway with assessment points to incorporate lessons learned from classroomtesting. Each team selected different concepts to develop: - NU’s project has students using basic science concepts and the 8 steps of the engineering design

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

Session 3642 Engineering Management Technology Transfer in Naval Engineering Curricula Robert H. Mayer United States Naval AcademyAbstractThis paper will describe new project management opportunities within the ocean engineering andnaval architecture programs at the U.S. Naval Academy. Specifically, engineering managementskills and techniques have been adapted to naval engineering settings and included in a newproject management area of concentration.One elective course, in particular, introduces students to various inventory

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Ray Diez; Luke Huang; David Yearwood

Session Number 3250 CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CAPSTONE COURSE CLAYTON RAY DIEZ, DAVID N. YEARWOOD, LUKE H. HUANG University of North DakotaIntroduction An undergraduate program may normally provide students with about 40 coursesin the process of preparing them for training towards a profession. While these coursesare spread out in different fields, it is often a challenge for students to effectivelymaximize the application of knowledge learned from theses course to carry out aprofessional project. Yet, it is precisely what is expected of graduates. On the other hand,after several years of

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Hunt; Eduardo Ortega; David Miller; Alfred Striz

. It is propelled by a N-size solidrocket engine and is expected to climb to about 22,000 ft with a maximum speed of Mach 1.5.The instrumentation includes an accelerometer, temperature and pressure sensors to measure thelocation and behavior of the shock wave during the supersonic flight phase, and strain gauges forthe determination of the structural behavior of the rocket. This rocket was finally launched inNovember of 2003.At various times during the planning, assembly, and instrumentation phases of the project,participants included local high school students, college students from sophomores to graduates,and an OU alumnus with high-power rocketry experience. Students participated in various ways:on a voluntary basis, by signing up for a

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

SESSION 1566 The Balanced Scorecard in a Capstone Design Course John I. Hochstein, Jeffrey G. Marchetta, William S. Janna Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Memphis Memphis, TennesseeAbstractIn response to a perceived need to improve the project management skills of program graduates,the authors introduced the general principles and structure of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC)system to seniors in a capstone design course. This paper briefly presents the principles of theBalanced Scorecard, describes how they were

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Pierre Delplanque; Joan Gosink

concerned with theirpersonal vocational interests and material goals and uncaring about society at large, particularlythe plight of the developing world.1,3,6-8 Arguably, the development of humanitarian engineeringprograms will enhance the role of the engineer in society, and, while not necessarily increaseoverall enrollments, will act as a magnet for excellent students, who might otherwise refrainfrom careers as engineers.In order to address these issues, a project has been initiated at CSM to develop a new cadre ofengineers, sensitive to social contexts, committed and qualified to serve humanity bycontributing to the solution of complex problems at regional, national, and international levelsand locations around the world in need of “smart

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

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Carsten Ahrens

2004 - 631 Ethics in the Built Environment (EiBE) - A Challenge for European Universities - Prof. Dr. Carsten Ahrens Department of Civil Engineering and Geoinformation Fachhochschule Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven (FH OOW) Oldenburg, Germany e-mail: carsten.ahrens@fh-oldenburg.deSummaryThe SOCRATES Intensive Project „Ethics in the Built Environment (EiBE) - A Challenge forEuropean Universities -“ should bring and mostly brought together students and teaching staffof 15 European universities from South (Porto, Portugal; Valencia, Spain

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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Miller; Jack Waintraub

Technical Education program (ATE) hasbrought needed and welcome resources to foster improvement of technician education atcommunity colleges, secondary schools and four-year institutions throughout the country.Because of ATE funding, some 500 projects and centers have implemented a wealth ofexemplary curricula and instructional materials and practices, and technician education programshave been able to forge strong partnerships with business and industry, professional associationsand other educational institutions. Taken together, these activities are designed to lead tocomprehensive, system-wide improvements in technician education. Page

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

Paper No. 2004-1198 Integrating Ethics into the Freshman Year Engineering Experience Dr. George D. Catalano Department of Mechanical Engineering State University of New York at Binghamton Abstract Various attempts are described in an effort to integrate ethics into the freshmanyear engineering classes. The attempts include formal lectures on moral reasoningtheories, ethics focused videos/DVDs, environmentally focused design projects, designprojects that force students to consider societal and global issues. A somewhat differenttype of design project, Compassion Practicum, is also

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robbie Goins; Kiel Locklear; Gregory Watkins; Chad Spivey

aircraft flies multiple parabolic loops that simulate zero gravity for periods up to25 seconds. Students and their reduced gravity experiments fly in the aircraft s cargoarea.In December 2002, a team of seven students from two North Carolina universities wasselected to conduct reduced gravity aqueous diffusion experiments aboard the KC-135A.The students, from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the University ofNorth Carolina at Pembroke, worked together on the project, collaborating viavideoconferencing, email, and occasional face-to-face meetings. They successfullyovercame the obstacle of the 120 mile distance between the institutions, and executedtheir experiments during multiple flights in April 2003.As part of the project, the

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; H. Joel Lenoir

traditionalservice courses in each of the disciplines. Although mechanics and thermal/fluid courses for theEE’s and circuits/machinery courses for the ME’s are important and necessary, they are notsufficient to give the students the skills to deal with these new systems.Western Kentucky University has implemented a course, EE 285: Introduction to IndustrialAutomation, in an attempt to build a bridge between the EE and ME programs. The goal is givethe students a common language in this area so that multidisciplinary capstone and professionalprojects are more easily accomplished. The results of two years of offering the course, includingstudent feedback and course assessment are included. Examples of projects tackled by thestudents, lessons learned by the

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

education has beendeveloping a productive research and educational program through a strategic focus ontechnology development in areas that meets the need of local industries.A series of initiatives and activities have been proposed and developed to accomplish short-termand long-term goals. Two main initiatives to facilitate the successful development, including theapproval and funding of the strategic initiative proposing the Hydraulics Research and EducationCenter and the designation of the Center as one of the new PACER (Presidential AcademicCenters of Excellence in Research) and subsequent funding for the next three years, have beentaken and are well in progress. A number of collaborative research projects are being conducted,including a

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

. The CourseManagement Section is modified slightly depending on whether the survey is being used for adistance learning class or a live class. (When used for live classes, a computer laboratory isreserved for 30 minutes during class time to allow the students time to complete the survey.)Even with the large number of questions, students complete the online survey very quickly,usually in 15 minutes. From past experience, this is much faster than paper and pencilassessment tools. Although much modified, it is based on the work of Land and Hager [3]. Thecourse assessment tool is part of a larger project to perform integrated, on-line assessment of allcourses in the METS Department, and provides a convenient method to gather summativeassessment

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Swedish; Glenn T. Wrate P.E.; Frederik Betz; Emily Blakemore; Lee Greguske

A 60-kW Microturbine Demonstration Facility Phase II: Instrumentation, Website Development, and Evaluation Michael Swedish, Glenn Wrate, Frederik Betz Emily Blakemore, Lee Greguske, Joe Jacobsen Milwaukee School of Engineering / City of MilwaukeeAbstractThe second phase of a joint project between the Milwaukee School of Engineering, theCity of Milwaukee, WE Energies, and Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy to develop a 60-kWmicroturbine demonstration facility is described. In Phase I the facility was designed,constructed, and commissioned. A multidisciplinary team of students and faculty (MEand EE) continues work on the project in this second phase. Coordination among

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Odis Griffin

Session 2566 Hands On, 24/7 – Virginia Tech’s Joseph F. Ware, Jr. Advanced Engineering Laboratory Odis Hayden Griffin, Jr. Professor and Head, Department of Engineering Education Director, Joseph F. Ware, Jr. Advanced Engineering Laboratory Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061AbstractThis paper details the design, renovation, and approximately six years of operation of a hands-onundergraduate student projects laboratory with approximately 400 undergraduate

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Mary McEniry; Cid Freitag

culturalperspectives and how they inform ways of practice including both teaching practice andengineering practice. After an orientation in Madison, Wisconsin, the experienceinvolved weekly on-line discussions based on readings, a personalized curriculumproject, and approximately two to three hours per week commitment on the part of eachparticipant. The Foundation Coalition funded this project. This paper highlights theassessment results of this pilot project and next steps based on analysis and reflection.A forth-coming mini-document will describe how to develop and implement a distance-based faculty development program.Description and ImplementationDuring the Spring 2003, 20 faculty representing ten teaching and research universitiesthroughout the country

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shashi Nambisan

ABET’s evaluation criteria regarding undergraduate participationin research are examples of efforts and initiatives over the last decade to target and includeundergraduate students in research efforts. Going one step further would be including highschool students in such efforts. This paper summarizes efforts, experiences, and initiatives overthe last six years at the UNLV Transportation Research Center to include undergraduate and highschool students in research projects and lessons learned from the same – including examples ofpotential benefits and concerns. The paper also addresses innovative strategies and opportunitiesto fund high school students participating in research activities during the summer break.IntroductionFor well over the last

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

engineering and information sciencedepartments, primarily within the United States. The data analyzed include the course titles,course structure, textbooks used, major topics and how they are covered, projects, and laboratoryexercises, if any. We found that the courses can be divided into three categories: those that coverthe general topics of computer networks using some practical examples, those that specificallydiscuss Internet protocols, and those that work through a set of programming projects afterstudents have had a previous network course.1. IntroductionPervasive use of the Internet, especially the World Wide Web (the web) has made teachingcomputer network courses a necessity for many universities and colleges. Students take networkrelated

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Zia; Roger Seals

The National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) Program: Progress and Potential Lee L. Zia* Division of Undergraduate Education National Science Foundation Abstract This paper explains the background of the NSDL program and details the program structure along with a short description of progress to date with pointers to complete project descriptions. In addition it provides technical information about the NSDL metadata framework and outlines new program components introduced for fiscal year (FY) 2004

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Barker; David Hall

instruction was motivated by several factors. One is therelatively new emphasis at Louisiana Tech University on entrepreneurship. This emphasis has acentral focal point on campus, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology, orCEnIT. The mission of this center is to create an innovative entrepreneurial culture at LouisianaTech University. In order to change a culture, it is reasonable to begin with new members of thatculture. Another factor is the authors’ desire to see an improvement in the senior design projectsfor the capstone mechanical engineering design course sequence. These projects could benefitby attempting to have a marketable product as a final result. A third factor is the belief thatentrepreneurship begins by having ideas

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

S. B. Pidugu; S. Midturi

applications of fuel cellsand to stimulate enthusiasm for engineering and technology at a crucial stage in their education.Three high schools were selected and the project began in Fall 2003. The project wassuccessfully implemented during Fall 2003 at Central High School located in Little Rock.IntroductionThe EPA’s draft on Strategic Plan (2003-08) sets out five goals—Clean Air, Clean and SafeWater, Protect and Restore the Land, Health Communities and Ecosystems, and Compliance andEnvironmental Stewardship—and describes the work they plan to do over the next 5 yearstowards achieving the set goals [1]. Community awareness of environmental issues is vital to thesuccess of such a strategic plan, and this project, as small as it is, can make a

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Harding

environmental burden of a product, process or activity byidentifying and quantifying material and energy usage and waste outputs at every life stage.LCA involves three steps: identification of scope of analysis, life cycle inventory, and impactanalysis. Such an approach has two attractive features for engineers. First, it is a rational andquantitative process that is easily appreciated by engineers. Second, because it examines allstages of the life cycle, it allows engineers to easily identify what design or processimprovements will lead to the greatest reduction in environmental impact.The present paper will describe a laboratory experience used in a senior level materials andprocess selection design course developed by the author. The project

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

kenneth weaver

faculty has a diverse set of skills and expertise but shares a common vision ofmultidisciplinary project-based learning. The current full-time tenure track faculty roster is 25%female and is led by Dean Dianne Dorland, who joined Rowan in 2000.Henry M. Rowan Hall opened in January 1998, and was dedicated that April. The $28 million,95,000 SF building was designed to accommodate seamless integration of teaching, research andproject-based learning. Figure 1 shows a view from the atrium of Rowan Hall. Classrooms haveeasy access to laboratories and laboratory-support rooms. Non-load-bearing walls separateclassroom and laboratory modules so that they can be easily modified. The building contains atechnology spine, which is a key to the building's

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Justine Stiles; Ashly Middelberg; Farhad Reza; Subhi Bazlamit

who choose to do so. Students areencouraged to develop their full intellectual potential within a continuing community ofscholarly excellence that offers exciting and enhanced varieties of academic experiences. Honorsprogram experiences are designed to nurture students' curiosity, their written and oralcommunication skills and their leadership capabilities as well as to provide an opportunity forstudents to be more actively involved in their education.Each honors student is required to complete a series of honors seminars, "contract" courses and afinal honors project. The project is a major research, performance or creative endeavor guided bya full-time faculty member. Two existing courses at the junior-level or higher must be completedwith

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

and Depar tment of Electr onics and Computer Engineer ing TechnologyAbstr actThe Microelectronics Laboratory Curriculum development, for both associate and bachelordegrees, is a project between Arizona State University East (ASU East), three communitycolleges in the Maricopa Community College District, and Maricopa AdvancedTechnology Education Center (MATEC) and is funded by the National ScienceFoundation. This paper describes a model curriculum development strategy to create user-friendly material for students and the instructor. The development team consists of facultyfrom community colleges, ASU East and industry subject matter experts (SMEs). Tomaximize the efficiency of the development team an Online Authoring Tool is

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

from two-year collegesthat have differing academics. The software is used to both create standalone projects, and todesign and interact with course hardware projects.Innovative laboratory exercises to acquaint the safety and fire students with LabVIEW areused in the “Fire Alarm” course. The exercises both familiarize the students with the use ofLabVIEW and the subject area of alarm systems.The alarm systems software exercises incorporate the detection of fire signatures that includesmoke, heat, and other changes in ambient conditions. The exercises also include thelogic to activate alarms and fire suppression. Use of both digital logic and analog functionsand systems are included in the exercises.The exercises for the alarm systems laboratory