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Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

learningprocess becomes more student- versus lecture- or tutor-centered.Students can learn by exploring versus being told, and can have as many goes at solving aproblem, or exploring an idea, taking as much time as desired or is available. Mistakesmade can be corrected without penalties. Multimedia tools, or a subset of suchtechnology and a variety of media, are available during the learning process.Self-assessment is possible. This means that students become more self-critical as theyparticipate directly in their own learning process. The format eliminates "hiddencurriculum" and self-assessment questions.Team, group and class assessment is integrated into every module of our programs(supported by active code spreadsheets, often with embedded 3D objects

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Emanuel

insures consistently higher quality results. This also tends to result in theteam solving the “real” problem rather than trying to make the problem a quality problem or afacility layout problem or an ergonomics problem. For a complete discussion of the organizationand management of the project course together with the impact on industry, see Emanuel (2001).Two communication experts also support the student team. The written communication expertteaches the Technical Writing class taken currently with the design course by all project teammembers and an oral communication expert who has over 12 years of experience working with Page 8.1109.1past

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Wicks

. The frequency is established by thependulum. The gears integrate pendulum cycles per second into cumulative pendulumcycles that are displayed as time in seconds, minutes and hours. Pendulums were replaced by spring loaded oscillating flywheels for compactness andresulted in a time measuring instrument that people could carry on their person. It alsomade it possible to design an accurate clock for shipboard navigation, which was achievedby two generations of John Harrison’s family in England in the 1700s. Latitude in thenorthern hemisphere can be obtained by the angle to the north or pole star. Longituderequires comparing local time of star positions versus the star positions as a function oftime at a reference longitude such as the

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Dryer; Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

the program. While thetypical student has an engineering degree from an ABET accredited program, students withengineering technology degrees, degrees in other technical disciplines, and students who arewilling to makeup deficiencies in preparation (typically, a lack of a sufficiently rigorous Page 8.1185.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationmathematics background to include calculus through integral calculus or differential equationsand a calculus bases statistics course) are accepted

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

. Sternberg, "Progressive development of oral and written communication skills across and integrated laboratory sequence," Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 31, pp. 116-119, 1997.[32] P. Elbow, "Teaching thinking by teaching writing," Phi Delta Kappan, pp. 37, 1983.[33] N. Van Orden, "Is writing an effective way to learn chemical concepts?," Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 67, pp. 583, 1990.[34] P. C. Wankat, "Reflective analysis of student learning in a sophomore engineering course," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, pp. 194, 1999.. Page 8.406.9 Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Chimka; Alisha Youngblood; Heather Nachtmann

; National Research Council, 1995), such as datacollection and estimation, provide the motivation for this research. The fact that an effectiveestimation curriculum does not currently exist has been acknowledged (Moore, 1997; Goyal, et al.1997) along with recognition of the challenge of developing effective estimation pedagogy(Goyal, et al, 1997). Until now, education-related engineering economy research has focused onsolution methodology and lacks an emphasis on data modeling and estimation.Our research goals are to understand engineering student estimation processes and developeducational materials to improve engineering estimation pedagogy. The research phases (asshown in Exhibit 1) include

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Keat; Michael Larson

Session 2366 The State of Mechanical Engineering Design Education: Results of a Web-based Survey Michael C. Larson, William D. Keat Tulane University, New Orleans, LA / Union College, Schenectady, NYAbstractA web-based survey of mechanical engineering programs was conducted, with the assistance ofASME, to assess the manner in which design is spread across the curriculum. Forty-six schoolsresponded to the survey, which consisted of 18 questions per design course identified by theschool. Specific emphases were given to defining: (1) the nature of the freshman

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell

showcase their best work, demonstrate their accomplishments to potential employers, andultimately provide them with better job opportunities.A student’s portfolio will be a record of his/her educational goals and accomplishments. It willinclude summaries of pertinent courses and projects and links to the full text records of someprojects, including work in engineering graphics, communication, and design. The concept ofrecording goals and accomplishments may well benefit students as they embark on their careersby giving them a record of their goals and their progress that they can reflect on as post-graduates. As Kolb suggests experiential learning is an integrated approach to education that hasfar-reaching effects for students. He anticipates the

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Kevin Dahm

Reverse Engineering and Design Graphics Project," Journal of Engineering Education, 89 (4), 413-417, (2000). 10. Heshmat, A.A., and A. Firasat, "Hands-on Experience: An Integrated Part of Engineering Curriculum Reform," Journal of Engineering Education, 85 (4), 327-330, (1996). 11. Schmalzel, J., A. J. Marchese and R. Hesketh, "What's Brewing in the Engineering Clinic?" Hewlett Packard Engineering Educator, 2 (1), 6-9 (1998). 12. Newell, J. A., D. K. Ludlow and S. P. K. Sternberg, "Progressive Development of Oral and Written Communication Skills across an Integrated Laboratory Sequence," Chemical Engineering Education, 31 (2), 116-119 (1997). 13. Van Orden, N., "Is Writing and Effective Way to Learn Chemical

Conference Session

Trends in Civil Engineering Accreditation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Elliott

accreditationcriteria were a generally proscriptive listing of specific course, curriculum, facility, and facultyrequirements. Many referred to the accreditation process as being one of “bean counting.” Therewas a growing dissatisfaction with the process with many believing that it forced all programs tohave the same “beans” and did not allow the innovation needed for engineering education toevolve and improve. As a remedy to this situation, a set of outcomes based criteria wereproposed. These were used experimentally for the first time in 1996. These criteria were referredto as Criteria 2000, now more commonly called EC 20002.These outcomes based criteria provide a broad description of the abilities an engineeringgraduate should have but leave the institution

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai

EducationConclusionTechnology is changing so rapidly, and an increasing number of manufacturing companies areembracing and implementing new technologies into CD environment, in order to staycompetitive in the global market. Colleges and universities have an obligation to embrace thesenew technologies and integrate them into their capstone design curriculum. In order to trulyprepare the new generation of design and manufacturing engineers for challenges of this newcentury, colleges and universities have to revitalize their capstone design courses. They need notonly have to offer these virtual-based courses to their own students, but they also need tocollaborate with other universities to offer these courses to a global student population as well.In this paper, we

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

specific instrumentation need of an engineering industry. The syllabus in theinstrumentation course, therefore, is largely shaped by individual taste and need and lackscohesiveness in instruction to appeal to a large spectrum of engineering disciplines. This paper provides an insight into the design of course contents and instructionalapproach for an instrumentation course to meet the need of a large spectrum ofengineering and technology disciplines. Difficulties encountered in developing a cohesiveand integrated course, faculty experiences in classroom and laboratory, studentevaluations of the instructors, and course are described. The course that we envisionedcaptures emerging trends in electronics, mechanics, manufacturing, process, and

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bill Tollner

membranesThermodynamics can likewise be combined with other courses commonly found in theAgricultural or Bioresource curriculum at the junior and senior levels. Cundiff andMankin (2003) have developed a modularized approach that integrates thermodynamicprinciples into processing and structures and environments for plants and animals. Theybegin at the microbial level and construct (needed) links to customary mass and energybalances. They organize their course into the following modules: Module I. Introduction to the dynamics of biological systems Module II. Development of a general environmental control model Module III. Dynamics of plant systems Module IV. Dynamics of animal systems

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorena Basilio; Frank Claydon; Betty Barr; David Shattuck; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft

the students. During thefive years previous to the Fall 2002 semester, the average pass rate for Circuit Analysis was 52%,and the average pass rate for Electromagnetics was 57%. This pass rate is defined as thepercentage of the students who officially attempt the course, who earn a high enough grade to getcredit and move on in the curriculum. Therefore, to pass means that they have earned a “C-“ orhigher. An attempt includes the grade of W, the grade earned by those students who withdrawafter being in the course for about a month or more. These pass rates are, of course, distressinglylow, both for the students, and for the faculty involved in the course. While an exhaustive listingof the different changes that have been made to attempt to

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Howard Liljestrand; Lynn Katz

work closely withindustry to reduce environmental contamination. This aspect of environmental engineering hasbeen totally absent from our undergraduate curriculum, and the University of Texas is notdifferent from many other universities in this regard. Our goal is to develop in the students theability to analyze industrial processes from the point of view of an environmental engineer. Issuessuch as the utilization of raw materials; the possibilities for recycling waste streams; the ways inwhich pollution reduction might be possible (or has been attained); and the interaction of air,water, and solid waste are faced by all industries. Although details vary by industry, the approachto solving the environmental dilemmas raised by manufacturing

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

complexor wicked problems (Turner, 2002). Turner says: “This rethinking involves the nature ofthe science that we do (more integrated), the way that problems are defined(collaboratively), the role of the scientists in the process (more engaged), and the tools fordelivery (more user friendly)”. These economic and social pressures require thateducators rethink or redesign how material is presented to students. One approach toimplementing these changes is to modify the traditional, lecture-based science andengineering education technique to include one of guided inquiry and multi- or inter-disciplinary project performance. We have designed an interdisciplinary science andengineering seminar course to investigate this new approach. Our expectation is

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

include the main dimensions ofengineering education, which are the technical dimension, the engineering profession practicesdimension and the social dimension. The revision must suggest an integrating approach toimplement the three dimensions in the engineering curriculum.Traditionally, the engineering curriculum focuses on the analysis of processes and designing ofsystems, components, and devices that can be used to improve the working of existing processesor invent new artifacts1,2. The engineering programs concentrate on creating engineers withtechnical specialization, without focusing on the social consequences of engineering andtechnology3. There is already a marked transition in the approach, objectives and subject matterof engineering

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

required course typically coverstopics in transformers and classical rotating machinery. The practice has been on the declineover the last decade. It is now no longer unusual to have EE graduates enrolled in (for instance,)a graduate power systems control class without a thorough knowledge of three-phase generationsystems, or employed as circuit designers for adjustable speed drives for induction motorswithout ever sitting through a class on the theory of electric machines. The typical EE programnever saw the need to revise the curriculum and integrate emerging technologies that madepossible the appeal of alternative energy systems.This paper highlights a required undergraduate course in energy systems and conversion for EEstudents at Penn State

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Stephen Dannelly; Carl Steidley

Session 1320 Robots and Search Algorithms: Real-World Applications for Students R. Stephen Dannelly, Carl W. Steidley, Mario A. Garcia, and Sreevani Pelala Texas A&M University Corpus ChristiAbstractFrequently in the Computer Science curriculum we introduce topics in an abstract fashion inwhich the abstraction seems perfectly straightforward as well as easily implementable tostudents. Such is the topic of search. Generally, the topic of search is introduced to students asearly as the data structures course where the student is introduced to various algorithms for thesearch of tree structures. In this light

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Butt; Sam Ramrattan; Alamgir Choudhury

become a major factorfor industrial productivity. It simplifies the steps required for process analysis, provides networkbased system solution for remote product identification, physical security, operationalproductivity and inventory management. Beyond the manufacturing industry this philosophy isused in NASA, trucking industry, oil industry and material handling applications as well.As industry is continuously evolving with the integration of new technology, educationalcurricula are under pressure to produce graduates literate in current technology without overburdening the curriculum load in a program. Based on existing technology in data monitoringand transmission, teaching process control by bringing the monitoring and analysis of

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Click; Dan Pearce; P. Paxton Marshall

Solar Decathlonhouse [Dorrier].CONSTRUCTION—THE INTEGRATING EXPERIENCE Construction was the process that forged the engineers and architects into aunified team and offers some tantalizing insights into what motivated the students we weretrying to inspire. Whereas the design phase of the project encouraged an aspirationtowards the ideals of each feature of the house, the construction phase imposed theexterior pressures of available materials and services as well as the intrinsic limits of thestudents involved. The engineers, in particular, had suffered in the conflict of opposingvision and goals that dominated the abstract design phase because they tended to workalone or in small isolated groups with little communication amongst them. The

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yeu-Sheng Shiue

. Thehighlight of the project, of course, is when the device is delivered and used by the end user.References 1. Robert L. Norton, DESIGN OF MACHINERY, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999. 2. Robert L. Norton, MACHINE DESIGN, An Integrated Approach, 2nd Ed. Prentice Hall, 2000. Page 8.376.7Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographyYEU-SHENG PAUL SHIUE, an Associate Professor at Christian Brothers University, received his B.S. fromTatung University in Taiwan and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the

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Topics in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

Session 2549 Developing Student Awareness in the Social and Economic Aspects of Civil Engineering Projects Andrew T. Rose University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThrough the use of a video, a writing assignment, and class discussions, students in a junior levelengineering technology course were exposed to and asked to consider and discuss some of socialand economic issues associated with various projects. A survey prior to these experiences wasused to assess student awareness of the social an economic aspects of civil engineering projects ingeneral and a

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Juneau; Kant Vajpayee; Eyler Coates

.BiographyEYLER R. COATESEyler Coates is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at The University of Southern Mississippi inHattiesburg. He has 12 years of industrial work experience with manufacturers performing industrial engineeringfunctions. He received a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering (1979), a M.S. degree in Engineering Science (1996),and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science (1998) all from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.S. KANT VAJPAYEEKant Vajpayee is a Full Professor of Engineering Technology at The University of Southern Mississippi inHattiesburg. He has recently authored the text, “Fundamentals of Economics for Engineering Technologists andEngineers. “His research interests lie in computer-integrated manufacturing

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

paper presents the challenges in the design of an effective and usable handheld computersystem. An introduction into usability issues is given with focus on successful dialogues betweenhumans and the handheld device. An approach for user-centered design and incorporation of aULAB is outlined and explained. Finally, the procedure of securing quality in handheldcomputing systems with the use of the ULAB is outlined with the results from the last two years.IntroductionUsability evaluation is an empirical study with true users of proposed systems providing feedbackin iterative development cycles. It has come to be recognized as an integral part of qualityassurance and its effect on quality can be readily measured. The field of software

Conference Session

Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa McGarry; Edward Young; Elisabeth Alford

She received her Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric and Composition) from USC in 1993, and has since developedprograms to integrate professional communications into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Her researchinterests include the role of writing and communications in cognitive and metacognitive development.THERESA MCGARRYTheresa McGarry is a graduate student in linguistics and a graduate student assistant in Electrical Engineering andin the Research Communications Studio at USC. Her primary field is sociolinguistics and her research interestsinclude language and gender, acquisition of discourse skills among international graduate students, responsibilityin discourse, and discourse in engineering education

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Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Lytton; Margie Haak; Edith Gummer; Dan Arp; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

and an additional 5 hours each week inpreparation. They use one of two models (described below) of classroom participation. In gradesK-5, our model is most easily described as a “scientist-in-residence” for a school. In grades 6-12,the model is best described as providing a “teaching assistant” for one or two science ormathematics teachers. With these two models we are able to reach a large number of studentsand teachers (see Table 1) while still maintaining a high quality of interactions. Activitiesincorporate the five learning themes described above . Each Fellow and GK-12 Teacher pairdevelop the implementation plan for their school. To provide coherence, in-school activities at allgrade levels are connected to the organized curriculum so

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Sanver; Li Yang; Eric Gillispie

rich visualization of content hasgreat value in computer science education because of its illustrative and interactive nature,seamless integration of the subject technology into education, and instant, wide availability.We have chosen computer graphics as an example course because of its demand forvisualization and the technical challenge of 3D rendering. Specifically, we have chosen CS527 -Computer Graphics at Western Michigan University as an example course that is expected tobenefit from the supplementation of web-based tutorials. Educators have given the majorpoints of the philosophy of the first computer graphics course [10]. Some of these points are:(1) Computer graphics is inherently 3D and courses should be also; (2) Computer graphics

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Mehmet Ozturk; Hatice Ozturk

Integrated Project Teams have beeninvestigated [1]. It was observed that teams with even gender breakdown performed better thanthe teams with a single female member. We have been looking into team performance in ourcourses ever since some core courses in the curriculum were paired up with problem laboratories.Problem laboratories presented us a challenge because students had to communicate and workwith one another in the absence of instruments or computers. Initially, we used the grades to formthe groups making sure that every group contained an A student while observing a uniformdistribution of women and minorities in the groups. At the end of the semester, course evaluationforms which contained additional questions to check the group performance

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rich Fries; Paul King; John Gassert; Joan Walker; Paul Yock; Sean Brophy; Jay Goldberg

courses were discussed. These topics included placement of thecourses in the curriculum, course objectives, solicitation and management of projects, possiblesponsored national or international design contests, and industry sponsorship of project groups. Extensive notes and concept maps were generated for each of the topics discussed as thegroup met as a “committee of the whole.” The essence of the discussions provided a goodgeneral overview of the need by design instructors for mutual sharing of resources and ofindustry input to design courses, both in lecture content and in sponsorship of relevant designchallenges. The group considers that there are several action items that will need to be addressedas time allows, such as: 1. the development