Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve York

MacGyver box are open to changes, additions, and upgrades, fromsemester to semester, but a few essentials are required. Basic tools such as hammer,screwdrivers and pliers are needed for building also, materials for construction such aswood, cloth, and plastic, fastening systems such as glue, nuts/bolts, nails, and duct tape, ameans of motive force such as springs, rubber bands, and electric motors, as well as otheritems which may be required for particular projects or learning objectives. A list of thecore items included in our MacGyver box is given below. · 1 Tool kit · 1 electric motor · pvc pipe · 4 Paint sticks · 1 solar cell · batteries · Popsicle sticks

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

– in addition to solitary, individual work, students should be able to debate,discuss, and critique each other’s work.1. Motion and deformation related to forces and momentsThis set of activities gives students experience in categorizing different kinds of motion andidentifying the motions which various forces and moments are capable of imparting or resisting.The simplest activities will involve two students gripping a small body, with one student activelyattempting to impart motion. The second student will declare the type and direction of motionthat the first student is attempting to impose, as well as the direction of the force or moment thathe or she is exerting to resist the motion. More advanced activities involve one student grippinga

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nariman Sepehri

courses in the Faculty of Engineering. This paper presents the motivation behind this initiation as well as step-by-step development of the test station. Typical results obtained by students are also provided.1. IntroductionThe motivation for the construction of this station comes from the fact that the control laboratories at theUniversity of Manitoba are heavily utilized by as many as 200 students each year. At the present time, weare unable to provide the students enough exposure to the equipment due to the increased number ofstudents as well as limited access time (e.g., the lab can not be open after 6:30 pm, a period in whichstudents may have more time to do the experiments on their own time).Lab@Home will allow the students to work with

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

stage one is the introduction of the design process. A brief introduction isgiven on the entire process as broken into six steps: 1) Problem Identification 2) PreliminaryIdeas 3) Refinement 4) Analysis 5) Decision 6) Implementation. This is done with the intentionof relating to the students that there is a methodical approach to design and problem solving thatdoesn’t rule out creativity. The first two steps are then discussed in detail. Time is also given inclass for the teams to conduct an initial brain storming session. The rest of the steps arediscussed in detail when the time is appropriate.Project Stage Two – Introduction of Mathematical ModelingAlthough the final design of the timers is up to each individual group, the teams are required

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Dantzler; Kevin Whitaker; Jim Richardson

was presented with a list of their past students matched on high school GPA andACT/SAT scores. These students were not identified to the raters as either TIDE or traditionalstudents. Ratings for each skill were completed on a rubric-style scale designed to ensureconsistency of rating meaning across raters. All data was collected during the 2000-01 academicyear. A discussion of the analysis and implications will be presented.Introduction The importance of non-technical “soft” skills in the engineering workplace is welldocumented. Evans et al. 1 surveyed 737 engineering alumni on the relative importance of 10attributes of engineering graduates, and on the perceived competency of recent engineeringgraduates with respect to each attribute

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

engineering economy course provides an ideal environment inwhich students may demonstrate teamwork and communication skills, awareness of ethicalstandards, and an understanding of the impact of engineering solutions on society. Case studiesbased on the Challenger disaster and the Ford/Firestone controversy have direct relevance to theindustrial engineering curriculum and can be adapted to meet the needs of specific courses suchas engineering economy, project management, and quality control.IntroductionRecent revisions in engineering accreditation guidelines have raised awareness of the wide rangeof learning outcomes that comprise a modern undergraduate engineering education 1. In additionto technical competence in engineering science, students need

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Koller

and industry to build the workforce of thefuture. State economic development agencies have seized upon this unique characteristicof community colleges to turn their entrepreneurial leadership into major educationalprograms specifically for this purpose.Three citations will serve to illustrate the importance, nature, and growth of the trendtoward deepening and broadening partnerships for education in this country. · In 1996 the U.S. Department of Education published a document entitled: “A Guide to Promising Practices in Educational Partnerships April 1996”,1 which indicates that: “Over the last several years, educational partnerships have proliferated across the country. Some have developed in response to

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cary Fisher; John Feland

modern manufacturing methods. Industry (and ABET) demands that they be able towork in teams, and be effective communicators. Of course, they need to “do” design, that is, todemonstrate “the ability to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical systems areasincluding the design and realization of such systems.”1 How can we pack all these important design topics into an already crowded first designcourse without turning students off to engineering? This is especially true at the United StatesAir Force Academy, where a student’s life is highly structured. In response to this apparentparadox of increasing design topic instruction without impacting student motivation forengineering, professors in the Department of Engineering Mechanics

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Murphree; Brent Brzezinski; Joey Parker

’ conceptual understanding of difficultmaterials. The device described in this paper was developed to provide a similar type of controlsystem demonstration at a greatly reduced cost, since most of the components already availablewithin existing lab facilities.Linear Actuator Control SystemA schematic of the DSP-controlled linear actuator system is shown in Figure 1. A photograph ofthe assembled system is shown in Figure 2. The linear actuator is composed of a DC motor(Pittman #GM9236C534-R2) turning a Thomson-Saginaw 15.9 mm (5/8 inch) diameter ballscrew with a 5.16 mm (13/64 inch) lead. The linear bearing mounted on the parallel shaft doesnot allow the nut on the ball screw to rotate, so the nut translates along the shaft. Positionfeedback from the

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Glenn T. Wrate, Northern Michigan University; John Wheeldon; Owe Petersen

, power supply and oscilloscope in the lab (see Figure 1). • Communications – this two-week experiment required them to build an AM radio from a commercially-available kit that was sold at the campus bookstore. Each student took home the completed radio. • Motor and Generator5 – Again, a commercially-available kit served as the basis for this experiment where they wound and tested their own motor, assembled the generator, and tested the two. Each student took home these systems. • Programmable Logic Controller – A competition, involving programming an Allen- Bradley SLC 5/02 PLC to perform a specific task, set the foundation for this topic. (Prizes consisted of 0.83 ohm, 20 watt

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Bartolomei

teamsprogress to next table in the ladder and the losing teams retreat. At the end of thecompetition, the teams at the top table receive the highest marks and the teams at thecascading tables receive marks commensurate with their performance.GAME SETUPFigure 1 illustrates the game setup for the competition. At the beginning of the game,students arbitrarily seat themselves at the game tables. The instructor reveals the order ofplay by designating the top and bottom table. Table 1 designates the top table. Table 6 isthe bottom table. Page 7.847.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vipin Kumar; Scott Eberhardt

; ExpositionCopyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2793manufacturing, and CAD/CAE/CAM processes, and meetings with company employeesranging from top executives (including CEO Phil Condit), to mid-level managers andsenior and junior engineers.The WFSF participants also learned about the development and management of processesto promote cultural change among engineers. Among topics extensively discussed were:1) the meaning of being customer-driven; 2) the environment, attitude and beliefs thatlead to global competitiveness; 3) economics and economic interactions in the practice ofengineering; 4) the importance of focusing on processes and process

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pauline Melgoza

match the users’ needs, or they do not offerbroad user applicability.Government and industry standards can be candidates for cancellation for the following reasons;(1) they may be perceived to have low usage given their high cost; (2) narrow user applicability;or (3) constant maintenance is required. In general it is difficult to accurately measure usage ofcollections. Unless a system is set up to accurately measure customer usage, librarians have torely on perceived usage. The standards collection in the Evans library was usually used withoutassistance because the Information Handling Service (IHS) database allowed users to directlyaccess records. Collection maintenance is a real issue when dealing with a standards collection.Often individual

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gumaer

exam experiences asstudents with exam techniques used by their peers to arrive at a workable exam. The results maybe unsatisfactory. Knowing a subject and knowing how to write an exam to test knowledge of asubject are two separate matters. The goals of an effective student examination are to understandstudent mastery of course content, minimize grading time to improve feedback ("turnaround")time, and to reduce the potential for arbitration and complaints due to student misunderstandingsand confusion. An effective examination has the following characteristics 1: 1. Samples the spectrum of important objectives 2. Measures examinee's understanding or ability to apply concepts 3. Perceived as a fair test by students successfully

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert B. Stone; Nancy Hubing

acceptable for a problem to have more than one answer and to explore creative solutions. Weaddress these issues through team activities and hands-on creativity exercises, which arediscussed in later sections. The six topic areas we cover are listed below in Fig. 1 and a samplesyllabus is included in Fig. 2. Topic 1: Engineering design as a process: Types of design: original, parametric, redesign, reverse engineering; Team work, creativity; Simple design examples. Topic 2: Problem/project clarification and specification: Project timeline planning; Gathering customer needs; Transforming needs to engineering specifications; Benchmarking. Topic 3: Functional

Conference Session

Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Markham; Russell Thomas; Roger Debo; Angus Kingon

recommendations are made: 1) for a process -based approach to teachingentrepreneurship; and 2) for greater emphasis on the early stages of the process, especially thevalue creation associated with the development of the entrepreneurial opportunity. A number ofother issues are raised.Introduction and ObjectivesThe growth of entrepreneurship, and the teaching of entrepreneurship, has been well documented(see for example references 1-5). The teaching of entrepreneurship was initiated within businessschools, and business schools continue to cater to the largest number of entrepreneurship students.The phenomenon of teaching entrepreneurship courses within engineering schools is more recent,and is in a more formative stage of development than programs in

Conference Session

Rethinking Culture and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Diana Dabby

trio of reading, writing, and arithmetic (or Italian high finance: how many silverpointpencils can you buy for 120 soldi? and why should you care!).I. IntroductionStarting with four seminal figures—Giorgio Vasari,1 Goethe, Freud, and Kenneth Clark 2—and afactual chronology of Leonardo’s life, the seminar examined LdV from five perspectives rangingfrom generally agreed-upon facts to a provocative “inside his head” approach. Subsequentcomparisons with passages in da Vinci’s Notebooks, the Florentine State Archives,contemporaneous letters, and eyewitness accounts helped shed light not only on the five slantsprovided above, but also on his creative process.A figure such as Leonardo can inspire students to view engineering as an expansive

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Titus; Guoqing Tang

understand the way the problem should be solved. A student knowing how tomanipulate with a sophisticated graphing calculator or a computer algebra system can get theright without knowing what a limit means and how to find the limit of a function as x approachesa certain point. This shortcoming can be remedied by redesigning the problem as follows: Firstwe randomize the problem by replacing the number 2 by an arbitrary positive integer k generatedthrough using the WebAssign tag with the randnum function and evaluating the limit x -k2 lim2 instead, where k is a positive integer ranging from 1 to 30. Next we would like to x ®k x -kassess students’ understanding of solution procedure and computation skills by asking severalquestions

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Neal; Erlind Royer; Kenneth Soda

preliminary findings from the initial experiencewith El Engr 463.2. Hardware Technology and Skills2.1. Objectives and Guiding PrinciplesThe overall objective of the hardware technology lessons is to provide students an exposure tokey project implementation methods and concepts. A total of twelve of the course’s forty-twolessons (about 28%) are devoted to these topics. Our guiding principles in building this part ofthe course were to: 1) focus upon those concepts and circuits which consistently present aproblem in student projects; 2) provide links or references through which these concepts may befurther explored; and 3) maximize conceptual reinforcement within the limits of classroomcontact.Though observation of student performance in past years, we

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Ziarati; Osman Nuri Ucan; Martin Ziarati

7.390.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Educational Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationfollowed by testing, verification and the latter two phases need to consider stability problemsinherent in neural networks.1. Neural Network – GeneralThe neural models are basically based on the perceived work of the human brain. Theartificial model of the brain is known as Artificial Neural Network (ANN) or simply NeuralNetworks (NN). Neural Networks are acquiring a surprising amount of human-like qualities.Their qualities and abilities can be seen in the following areas of interest:• Pattern Recognition• Knowledge poor environment functionality

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Chimka; Teri Rhoads

solely on the judgements [sic] of deans and seniorfaculty 1," nothing internally measurable or which suits continuous improvement efforts. The BestGraduate Schools are based on a weighted average of indicators in four categories: Reputation,Student Selectivity, Faculty Resources, and Research Activity 2. Though measuring some of theindicators will eventually contribute to continuous improvement in the College, it decided thatsole reliance on U.S. News & World Report's rankings for assessment was not the best path.Table No. 1 presents and interprets the U.S. News & World Report indicators specifically withthe goal of assessing the College of Engineering. Obviously, some of these will be useful to ourassessment plan, i.e., research

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jordan Rosenthal; James McClellan

resources are animations,demonstrations MATLAB GUIs that address nearly every major conceptual issue in a basic DSP course.1. INTRODUCTIONSince 1994 we have developed and used a variety of multimedia animations and demonstrations asan integral part of the sophomore-level signal processing course at Georgia Tech. We have found itmost convenient to present these tools to beginning students either in the form of graphical userinterfaces (GUIs) programmed in MATLAB, or animations and movies produced in MATLAB.The GUIs and movies can serve a variety of purposes. First of all, they address nearly every majorconceptual issue in the course, so we hope that students will use them to gain visual insights that arenot possible from a printed page. In addition

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Behbood Zoghi; Joseph Morgan

management knowledge areas defined in the PMI Body of Knowledge 1, two ofthese were selected to be highlighted in the project management course. These were personality traitassessment and analysis, which is part of human resource management, and risk management. Thestudents had the opportunity to learn from experts in the field about the importance of these factors tosuccessful project management.The EET/TET Programs are fortunate to be part of Texas A&M University where significant expertiseis available in a wide range of subject areas. This is especially true in the area of group dynamics andpersonality assessment. Working with faculty/researchers in the Psychology Department, the projectmanagement students learned of new assessment tools

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pradip Srimani; Joseph Hughes

Session 1332 Computing Curricula 2001: Computer Engineering Joseph L. A. Hughes / Pradip K. Srimani School of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Dept. of Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology / Clemson UniversityThe Computing Curricula 2001 (CC2001) Task Force [1] was established in 1998 by theAssociation for Computing Machinery and the Computer Society of the Institute for Electricaland Electronics Engineers. The goal of the task force was to develop a set of curricularguidelines that would “match the latest developments of computing technologies in the pastdecade and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

includeslaboratory examples of evaluating the uncertainties of direct and indirect linear and polynomialmodels.Synopsis of Linear Regression Linear regression fits a model that is linear in its parameters to the supporting data suchthat the variation of the data with respect to the model is minimized. The detailed statisticaltheory of linear regression is available in numerous elementary and intermediate textbooks. Theexcellent and comprehensive text by Draper and Smith 1 was used as a source in developing thispaper. Since excellent references on this well developed topic are available, a lengthy discussionhere is not warranted; however, for completeness some overview is needed. In addition, eventhough numerous references on regression are available

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nilufer Gozacan; Reza Ziarati

. Thelatter identifies a number of processes and how these processes can be implemented in theoryand in practice. A university has been selected to test the applicability of the variouselements of the generic and ISO models and how the two approaches could be integrated andwhat else needs to be considered. Special references are made to higher educationinstitutions that have adapted an ISO 9000 based system.Key words: Quality Systems, ISO 9000, Higher Education, Turkey, UK.1. IntroductionThis paper refers to a research programme of study at Dogus Univerisity to develop a qualitysystem for application in a higher education sector in Turkey and in line with Total QualityManagement (TQM) principles 1,2The approach adapted, in this part of the research

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Masaaki Mizuno

Session 1520 An Invariant Pattern-based Approach to Develop Concurrent Programs M. Mizuno 1, G. Singh 1, M.L. Neilsen 1, D.H. Lenhert 2, N. Zhang 3, and A.B. Gross4 1 Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University (KSU) {masaaki,singh,neilsen}@cis.ksu.edu * 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KSU, lenhert@ksu.edu * 3 Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, KSU, zhangn@ksu.edu * 4 The IDEA Center, 211 S. Seth Child Road, Manhattan, Kansas, agross@ksu.edu* Abstract In recent years, the

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Skip Rochefort; Keith Levien

class in Fall 2001 was the "LEGO-modified" Chem-E Car Competition (C3). This was a modified version of the AIChE NationalChem-E Car Competition that has been ongoing for several years. The primary modificationsto the national competition were: 1) the car construction had to be completed with the LEGO Creator kit, which was supplied to each group of 3 students; 2) the load to carry and distance the car had to travel were given at the outset instead of being variables supplied on RACE DAY; 3) the student groups had only three weeks to design and build their car, select their chemical reaction system, and turn it into a "propulsion" system to move the car. The details and deliverables are shown in the

Conference Session

New Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Zietlow

data werebased on the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) Standard2 550/590 whichspecifies the operating conditions displayed in Table 1. Page 7.284.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1. Operating ConditionsOperating Variable ValueWater Temperature Leaving Chiller 44 ºF (7.0 ºC)Evaporator Waterside Field Fouling Allowance

Conference Session

New Information ET Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jalaluddin Ahmad; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

controlled or computer interfaced, thus the program did notaddress topics in digital technology, which also mirrored other similar postsecondary programsduring that time period. However, recent industry trends indicate that digital electronics,information technology systems, and electronic communications technology have a great need fortechnical professionals. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the fastestemployment growth through 2008 will be in computer and information systems related areas [1].Computer-related jobs were predicted to experience double-digit growth during the ten-year Page 7.41.1period from 1998-2008. Computer