Conference Session

Sharing Best Practices

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Campus Representatives

institution,this may be a direct reflection of the philosophical beliefs (related to teaching) or theadministrative priorities of the Dean2.References1. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE web site), http://www.asee.org/2. McIntyre, C., “Campus Representative Activities that Promote Engagement and Active Participation in ASEE,” 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 2007. Page 13.553.8

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas at El Paso; Brian Carter, University of Texas at El Paso; Frederick Kautz, University of Texas at El Paso; Alexandria Ogrey, University of Texas at El Paso; Robert Preston, University of Texas at El Paso; Arthur Walton, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the synthesis level.After the adoption of Java as the principal teaching language at UTEP, procedural languageswith explicit memory management were principally relegated to a language survey course thatcompare abstractions provided by various languages. C permits explicit pointer arithmetic andthus has semantics reflecting the behavior of the underlying memory system that appears arcaneand inordinately complex when viewed through the lens of formal language abstractions.Despite Java’s syntactic similarity to C, faculty teaching upper-division systems-oriented coursesand potential employers of our graduates observed that students primarily trained to program inJava have increased difficulty understanding and composing programs in C. Faculty at

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement: Innovative Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

modernize our program, we need to focus on both the curriculum and thefacilities. Strong industrial support in the form of money, equipment, and advice enabledsignificant facility upgrades. While substantial amounts of faculty time and effort wererequired for curriculum revisions, historically lecture and theory based courses, havebeen dramatically upgraded to reflect the concepts and skill sets need by today’sgraduates. Page 13.1276.5OutcomesUniversity administrators routinely visit the project based problem solving learningenvironment with distinguished guests to highlight the innovative learning approach. Thefacility has also assisted in topic

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Guido Lopez, Old Dominion University; Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

will be able to describe contemporary approaches to management and demonstrate management and marketing skills relevant to the motorsports industry. 9. Students shall demonstrate effective verbal, oral and written communication skills applicable in a business setting. 10. Student will demonstrate acceptable ethical behaviors and interpersonal skills that reflect an understanding of diversity and teamworkThe ODU - NCI Partnership and Common GoalsFrom its inception, the mandate of the New College Institute (NCI) has been to respond to theeducational needs of the City of Martinsville, and its surrounding counties5. NCI has

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

practice apply to portfolios as to any other professional communication;the standards for the professional résumé provide some good general guidance for portfoliocontent: both require excellent overall design and organizational planning, and both must avoidcontent that violates the formal and informal rules for personal information under employmentand privacy regulations.Constraints on portfolio content may also reflect well-understood professional limitations thatmost professionals already work with: intellectual property, confidentiality, and issues offinancial interest. Page 13.860.3Accreditation and ethics will continue to provide an

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Kenneth Nichols, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

resulting in laws and regulations. Thebureaucracy administers these regulations through programs created to benefit the constituents.Political influences often affect the programs and priorities can be changed to reflect theinfluences. As priorities shift, stakeholders make the process more fluid sometimes moreflexible and sometimes more unstable. Depending upon the level of bureaucracy, thebureaucratic process can be multi-layered. A complex bureaucracy may require several stages inthe decision process, often involving extended formal and informal public input, and oftenextending the decision process far longer than desirable.5 Engineers tend to be lineal thinkers and follow systematic processes in developingsolutions to problems. They use

Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shripad Revankar, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

students participated in various chemicalengineering related projects in the past three years along with eight nuclear engineering students.At conclusion of the research projects the students were asked to give feedback on their overallexperience in nuclear engineering department and on the particular projects. Here some ofstudent’s feedbacks are summarized that reflect the need to integrate some of the chemistry,chemical engineering and nuclear engineering topics in undergraduate education (1) The nuclear engineering undergraduates expressed strong interest in taking advanced chemistry courses in reaction kinetics as it helps them understand the chemical reactions and models. The current curriculum lacks higher chemistry

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daren Wilcox, Southern Polytechnic State University; Steve Wilson, Southern Polytechnic State University; Gerd Wöstenkühler

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Embedded Design ExamplesPresented are two embedded designs which reflect common student projects. The first is an “automatedbeverage server”. In this project, two sophomore students modified a toy remote controlled car to servebeverages about a room. The beverage server is shown in Figure 5. The remote controlled car platformserved as the system to be controlled. Toys are very inexpensive platforms to build embedded controlsystems around. All of the mechanical aspects are already in place. Some of the electronics such aspower transistors are also available. The student can reverse engineer the digital control lines to the Hbridge transistor arrays. By monitoring the voltage levels on the lines as the vehicle is signaled to goforward, reverse, left

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Boerger, Engineering Economic Associates, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

between those problems lies, asociety must make such divisions. The mere fact that we have a field called “public policy”implies that there are matters that lie outside of the public sphere, and making that distinction,while not always easy, is necessary and is in fact done. Figure 2. Level 3 of the taxonomy: public vs. private technologically related problems. Page 13.123.47. The fourth level: two kinds of public problemsSome might think that all “public” problems having an engineering component are the domain ofengineering. But upon reflection, it should be evident that not all public problems are candidatesfor inclusion in the class of EPP

Conference Session

CAD/CAM in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

frictionas a function of the relative velocity of sliding for the idealized situation as depicted bythe signum function, as well as those employed in the investigations by Popp and Stelter(1990), and Feeny and Moon (1989). The function used in this study is a modifiedversion of that of Feeny and Moon (1989) and reflects a falling and rising characteristictypical of machine tools.The mathematical expression of the function used in this work is given by, µ(v) = [ µ2 v 2 + ( µ1γ − µ2 ) sec hβ v]tanh α v (1)Here µ2 is the dynamic coefficient of friction and µ1 is the static coefficient of friction. vis the non-dimensional relative velocity between the slider and the guide way. α, β and γare fitting parameters.The equation of motion of the X

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Othoniel Rodriguez-Jimenez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Nelson Reyes-Aviles, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Marisol Mercado, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

of thesyllabus sections in a database allows for the generation of reports or documents across thewhole set of syllabi. Some of the reports or documents generated can include actualized list ofthe short course descriptions suitable for incorporation into the catalog and/or school website, listof textbooks for the campus bookstore, list of bibliographic references for the campus library, amapping of where are the program outcomes being reflected throughout the curriculum, and alist of faculty responsible for the various courses.The Universal Syllabus ApplicationThe above list of problems and the advantages notedfor automating the syllabus authoring process,prompted the decision to develop a dedicated webapplication.The Universal Syllabus

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies

in such a class.The Gradate Teacher Certificate (GTC)8 program is administered by the Center for TeachingExcellence. Participating students must teach for at least two semesters, receive feedbackmultiple times on their teaching, and then reflect on that feedback. They must also participate inteaching development workshops and programs. This program focuses on using practicalteaching experiences to improve an individual’s teaching ability. However, this program makes Page 13.674.4no efforts to foster community among graduate students interested in teaching.After evaluating existing campus resources, an ASEE student chapter can have maximal

Conference Session

1553 FPD3 - Computer & Programming Tools in First Year Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Figure 1: Format for Schedule Development in Microsoft ExcelThe students evaluate the weekly schedules by comparing the actual recorded activities with thescheduled activities. The schedule is then adjusted to better reflect the actual priorities andschedules and the process is repeated. After a one-month period of self-assessment, studentshave completed the Success4Students program and have refined their schedules for the semester.In the final two weeks of schedule adjustments, the students use the schedules as a basis forestablishing teams. Those with similar free time for scheduled meetings are grouped togetherand Outlook is introduced.Managing Individual Student’s SchedulesIndividual students can create and manage their schedules within

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

(neither parent attended college). Minority students comprise about 30% of thetotal body and female students comprise 57% of the student body. Most of the students arecommuters, with a small but increasing percentage of residential students. 1In Lake County, where the campus is located, only about 16% of the population over age 25 hasa four-year degree or higher, compared to a rate of 19.4% for the state overall, based on 2000census data. The county ranks twenty-first in the state in post-secondary education, even thoughit is the second most populous county in Indiana. While the total enrollment is 9,300, graduateenrollment for the campus for 2007-08 is 1021, with 835 part time graduate students, and 186full time students. This is reflective of

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

customers are dissatisfied. So, what dothese customers need? They want things to happen rapidly—at the click of the mouse! Theywant to be in the driver's seat as they explore the unknown. They want to control the time, place,and speed of their learning. They want to be significant partners in their learning process. Theymainly learnt through the interaction with machines and men. They know the world is a complexnetwork of different objects and issues. They want the teaching to reflect this complexconnectivity. They are not happy with a linear lecturing process. They want the things theyinteract with to be friendly, colorful, multitasking, and efficient. They simply cannot stand amonologue of a lot of words! That is just not their thing! The only

Conference Session

Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

institution. Both facts reflect the preponderance ofstudents who either attended high school or who have immigrated with their family since highschool to within 45 miles of the two primary sending institutions. Page 13.815.7TT students are a highly urban population with access to numerous institutions that meet variedneeds and schedules attended high schools in urban/suburban communities [7]. Ten of 11 ASAMstudents with TT hours are from urban/suburban communities. Of these10, nine attended highschools located within ten miles of the two primary sending institutions in the metro- area, which in turn are 15-30 miles from our receiving

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College; Robert Mott, University of Dayton; Steve Wendel, Sinclair Community College; Shep Anderson, Sinclair Community College; Sean Falkowski, University of Dayton; Robert Wolff, University of Dayton; Jack Waintraub, Middlesex County College

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Manufacturing

streamlining their manufacturing offerings to better align with their local industry needs• Customizing curriculum materials o Example: A large community college in Florida used the MERC instructional design team to edit and review their faculty’s own materials and to adapt NMCE curriculum modules to reflect the manufacturing processes that are prevalent in their area• Providing faculty development workshops o Example: Faculty and instructional designers from MERC’s leadership team provided training in activity-based learning to community college and university faculty attending a program in collaborative design and rapid prototyping• Assisting in grant proposal development

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

labeled emphasis). Accreditationwas renewed in 1994-95. In 1995, the current School of Engineering and Computer Science wasestablished, with its two units: the Department of Computer Science and the Department ofEngineering.Forming Options within the Initial ProgramGradually, as the number and strength of the engineering program faculty grew and the studentenrollment and course selection increased, there developed a greater identification of theprogram and its students (and faculty) with the two options. Continued development of the twooptions was influenced by the engineering profession through alumni and employers andconsiderations such as those reflected by the ABET general and program accreditation criteria.In the year before requesting the

Conference Session

Thinking around the Bachelor of Arts in Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Member Page 13.1204.2The IssueTechnology encompasses what we do and what we dream of doing, but technology alone will notsolve tomorrow’s problems. Societal leaders must understand engineering’s methods and valuesto successfully shape government and economic policies, design and interpret laws, teach futuregenerations, produce creative work that reflects the modern world, and use technologythemselves. Below are several selected quotes about this topic from national leaders and nationalreports. “Undergraduate engineering should be reconfigured as an academic discipline, similar to other liberal arts disciplines in the sciences, arts

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest Tollner, University of Georgia-Athens

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Biological & Agricultural

piqued a few years ago when a group of seniordesign students who had taken my course began working with an extension colleague on aproject involving the estimation of average annual erosion from an agricultural field. Threestudents computed three very different estimates and the variation was due to differences in theway one selects the length factor. As the instructor of the Introduction to Natural ResourcesEngineering course where the students would be expected to learn how to use the USLE, thiscaused some consternation and reflection. I asked this colleague how he would have made thecalculation, and saw quickly how students could get different answers for a typical field asshown in Figure 1.Figure 1. Typical slope lengths. Slope A- If

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Rencis; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; David Woodall, Oregon Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Albert McHenry; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Edmund Segner, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Barry Farbrother, University of New Haven; Ken Burbank, Western Carolina University; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

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Graduate Studies

industrynor does it reflect the modern practice of engineering and the engineering method forthe deliberate generation, development, and innovation of new, improved, and breakthrough technology[See Appendix A, B].One size graduate education doesn’t fit all.Excellence in basic research and excellence in engineering practice for world-class technologydevelopment & innovation are two very different pursuits with different purposes and methods; requiringtwo different types of education at the graduate level.The National Collaborative is focusing on two primary questions: First, can an effective system of professionally-oriented engineering graduate education be created in the United States for further developing the nation’s engineering

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Roller, Purdue University Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

assessment techniques but uponcareful reflection by the course instructor.IV. Evaluation of Results in CGT 351CGT 351 has been assessed using the ABET criteria over the course of two years, respectively 4.Identical to MET 461, each year the faculty evaluate the assessment results and decide whatactions should be taken to improve or enhance the course. Since January 2006, several itemshave become evident: 1. After significant course projects, students should write a complete scope and definition document detailing their final project from proposal to delivery. 2. Significant time needs to be allocated to applying and enhancing techniques which enable students to become more proficient with the tools and methods demonstrated

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kyu-Jung Kim; Amir Rezaei

learning of machine design using MDT in a computer labsetting. The MDT is expected to have a major impact on student’s retention of classroommaterials. It has been observed by Kolb [1] that active experimentation leads to better than 90%retention of material compared to a 30% retention for reflective observations.Programming Rationale for the MDT The MDT has been developed using de facto numerical analysis software, MATLAB, bytaking advantage of its user-friendly interactive graphic user interface (GUI) and multipledocument interface capabilities. Development of the MDT using MATLAB was a meritoriouschoice for many reasons, since its versatile computational power, easy graphical user interface,and availability of numerous toolboxes have lead

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John T. Tester; Perry G. Wood

me 3.7% 14.8% 22.2% 25.9% 33.3% 0.0%The students already show a relatively high enthusiasm for both their Mechanical Engineeringmajor (question 1) as well as for their chosen career path (question 2), even before the RPtechnology is introduced. These high results reflect anecdotal observations from the MechanicalEngineering Department that introductory CAD classes are currently well received by newlyenrolled students. Data from the post-RP class of Spring 2008 will be compared to thisinformation to see if RP had any positive, negative, or no impact to the class.For question 2, the students were requested to address topics from the class; we intended thestudents to answer in accordance to

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James A. Ejiwale

9Roebuck, Brock, & Douglas (2004) in their study titled “Using a Simulation to Explore theChallenges of Communicating” asked participants of the study to write collaboratively a two- tothree-page memo reflecting on the team’s communication process. Within the memo, the teamsdiscussed what they did well, what they could improve, and what they would do differently ifgiven another opportunity to work virtually. From this study, some of the lessons learned thatwere recorded are: • We learned that effective communication is the key for achieving team objectives and success. A common understanding is necessary. We learned that distance is not important as long as you have an effective way of communicating between virtual team members

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner; Ronald E. Nelson

lecture and lab concurrently. Only two students in the study had taken the lecture coursein a previous semester. Since the Electric Circuits Lab is designed to complement the Electric Circuits IIcoursework, a metric was developed to reflect the students’ performance in Electric Circuits II andconsisted of the course final grade. The distribution of grades in Electric Circuits II was: 11 A’s, 13 B’s,4 C’s, and 1 D.Analysis and ResultsThe students' performance on the electric circuits laboratory final was first evaluated with respect to theirgrades in the electric circuits lecture course in order to establish the relationship between the students'basic understanding of circuit theory and knowledge and their performance on the laboratory final

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rebeca G. Book

will ultimately possible reflect on them onhow the program is perceived.If the university has a good reputation, then even if the representative is not an alum then just bybeing associated with the university there are some publicity perks.There is always the tax write offs for donated equipment and material, plus the publicity ofgiving back to the public, if the company participated in the meetings and working with theuniversity.5. Projects:Possible partnerships can be forged with projects. If a project is not needed in a timely manner,or if it is a matter that the industry does not have current labor means to investigate, then it is apossibility that the university could undertake the project. The university also has the means totry out

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

David A Gray

context of control charts provides significant feedback that allows primary employees to evaluate their own process, and 3) The only way to improve the output of a process is to change it, ergo, “If you do not like your grade, change your process.” These three ideas paint a realistic picture of the college enterprise, and provide the students with context that allows them to evaluate their own progress and to make decisions directed toward improvement.Messiah College’s engineering department has long had concern for successful transition of first yearstudents into the academic rigors of our engineering program. Reflecting this concern, we

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jennifer Zirnheld; Adam Halstead

of engineering is quite difficult. Thesurvey data reflects the students’ perceptions of their understanding more so than it does their actualunderstanding. However, it can be argued that the students’ perceptions of their levels of understandingof engineering are crucial to their abilities to make important decisions early in their engineering careers.Perception of understanding leads to confidence in decision making. Therefore, a student who believeshe understands engineering is more likely to be comfortable with the decisions he makes in engineeringthan is someone who does not believe he has an adequate understanding of engineering. Although somemay say that a more holistic view of engineering is preferable to a compartmentalized view, the

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

David A. Gray

context of control charts provides significant feedback that allows primary employees to evaluate their own process, and 3) The only way to improve the output of a process is to change it, ergo, “If you do not like your grade, change your process.” These three ideas paint a realistic picture of the college enterprise, and provide the students with context that allows them to evaluate their own progress and to make decisions directed toward improvement.Messiah College’s engineering department has long had concern for successful transition of first yearstudents into the academic rigors of our engineering program. Reflecting this concern, we