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Design in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Turton; Joseph Shaeiwitz

Session 1413 Life-long Learning Experiences and Simulating Multi-disciplinary Teamwork Experiences through Unusual Capstone Design Projects Joseph A. Shaeiwitz Richard Turton West Virginia UniversityIntroductionThere is significant consternation among engineering educators regarding the teaching of and theassessment of “an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams,” and “a recognition of the needfor, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.” 1 Questions commonly heard are: “Are werequired to have a multi

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Engelken

Society for Engineering Education a greenhorn, upstart, flash-in-the-pan, or worse and lead to hard feelings that will last. Remember that recommended changes imply that the status quo designed and fostered by current faculty is inadequate. Recommendations for changes must always be approached very diplomatically.J. Pay one’s dues with respect and deference for senior faculty. Accept that, as the new person, one may have to bite one’s tongue, swallow one’s pride, and perhaps take on less-than-preferred courses and responsibilities, just as most of the senior faculty had to do when they were a NEE. Be willing to accept and faithfully perform grunt work, particularly teaching time-intensive laboratory courses, freshman-level courses

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. Maria Kreppel; Max Rabiee

Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s Research Universities, Carnegie Institute for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, 1998.4. D. A. Schon, Educating a Reflective Practitioner: Toward a New Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1987.5. P. Wojahn, J. Dyke, L. A. Riley, E. Hensel and S. C. Brown, “Blurring Boundaries between Technical Communication and Engineering: Challenges of a Multidisciplinary, Client-Based Pedagogy,” Technical Communication Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 2001, pp. 129-148.6. D. A. Sapp and R. D. Crabtree, “A Laboratory in Citizenship: Service Learning in the Technical Communication Classroom,” Technical Communication

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Bill Elmore

Future Teachers, Presented at the ASEE annual meeting, Saint Louis, June 2000. In CD based Proceedings (no page numbers).16. Jordan, W., Silver, D., and Elmore, B., Using Laboratories to Teach Engineering Skills to Future Teachers, presented at the ASEE annual meeting, Albuquerque, June 2001. In CD based Proceedings (no page Page 8.261.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” numbers).17. Jordan, W., and Elmore, B., Developing an Outreach Program to Introduce

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Interdisciplinary Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

Session 2147 An Interdisciplinary, LabVIEW Based, Data Acquisition and Measurements Course James E. Globig University of DaytonAbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary data acquisition course that teaches the creationof virtual instruments (utilizing LabVIEW) and their application in mechanical, physical,and electro-mechanical measurement systems. It includes pedagogical recommendationson how to teach data acquisition to multiple majors and some tactical recommendations onhow to teach LabVIEW to multiple majors. The course follows a combinedlecture

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Beaman; Philip Schmidt

traditionally had been heavily laboratory-oriented,but many lab courses went by the wayside to make room for more science and math. It is alsoworth noting that, up to this time, most young people came to engineering studies with aconsiderable amount of hands-on experience acquired by building and fixing engineered systems(cars, radios, appliances) and therefore a substantial body of conceptual understanding of howthings work. This conceptual foundation provided a good framework on which to build atheoretical base of engineering science.The emergence in the '70s of mainframe computers as engineering tools produced a demand forprogramming skills, and the introduction of programming and computing courses further forcedlab studies out of the curriculum

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Knight; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

Session 3553 Staying in Engineering: Impact of a Hands-On, Team-Based, First-Year Projects Course on Student Retention Daniel W. Knight, Lawrence E. Carlson and Jacquelyn F. Sullivan Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractThis study evaluates the impact on student retention of the First-Year Engineering Projects(FYEP) course at the University of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Wirgau; Abhinav Gupta; Vernon Matzen

remotely access the website and learn by watching the 3Dgraphics model2 .”Educational ValueConverting our conventional teaching laboratory into a distance-learning lab will result insignificantly increased educational value. Not only will the quality of learning for presentstudents be increased by this change, but also the number of students reached, and the diversityof this group, will be enhanced. Through distance learning, non-traditional students such asunderrepresented minorities, working parents, part-time students, students with disabilities, andcareer changing adults could all benefit from the exercises. Learning and retention of lecture material can be improved through allowing activeparticipation by the students. The use of

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Duda

engineering.IntroductionThis paper presents a performance process model for implementing an engineering curriculumfor the Uganda Christian University. Engineering education is non existent at the UgandaChristian University. This is a university that serves the educational needs of the Church ofUganda and admits any qualified student in Uganda or students of other countries. The Churchof Uganda has about 5 million members which is approximately 20 per cent of the 24.7 millionpopulation of Uganda1 . The results of a survey conducted over a four year period show thatthere is both a need to train scientists and engineers as well as a need to train teachers at thesecondary level to teach the basics of science and engineering. The findings were similar to thefindings from

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Scott Almen; Russel Biekert; Norbert Richter; Al Post

past International Director of SME and a Fellow of SME. His areas of interest are manufacturingprocesses, manufacturing management, and laboratory teaching that replicates industry conditions.ALVIN POSTAlvin Post is an assistant professor in the Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department atArizona State University East. Before joining ASU East, Dr. Post taught at McGill University in Canada and hada 19-year career at IBM as a designer. His areas of interest are machine design, applied engineering mathematics, Page 8.835.7and education. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

of the subjects being taught.The choice for a high-end simulation package is based on the principle of teaching a tool that canbe used during the students’ senior design courses and in their professional careers as well.Carrying out the integration of the software into the course can pose some challenging issues. Forexample, integrating software teaching and assignments into an already full course schedule. Herethe author suggests a Web-based approach. Student feedback on the integration is included andan example assignment is also given in the paper.Introduction Page 8.742.1Many universities currently teach kinematics and dynamics of

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Quint

Applied Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill. His research is concentrated in the application of Signal Processing to problems in medicine.Timothy A. Johnson, PhD Timothy A. Johnson holds a BSEd (1972) in education from Illinois State University, a MS (1976) in natural science from Chicago State University and a PhD (1983) in BME from UNC-Chapel Hill. Research interests include cardiovascular electrophysiology, sensors, instrumentation and data acquisition, processing and display. As an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, he teaches linear controls and directs BME laboratory rotations.Stephen B. Knisley, PhD Stephen B. Knisley, graduate of Duke University (BSE 1973) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

Session 3547 Transparent Anatomical Mannequin Upgrade Elaine M. Cooney, Kenneth Reid Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIntroductionThe Ruth Lily Health Education Center has had TAM1 (Transparent Anatomical Mannequin)since the mid-1980’s. She is a life size model of an adult female with clear plastic “skin” andorgans that light up. She is used to teach pre-school, elementary and middle school childrenabout health and fitness. For instance, each year hundreds of fifth graders come to the

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz

years for 15 years.Seniors have been working on a large group project under the direction of a student chiefengineer for over 60 years.1 In the senior, unit operations laboratory, students work in pairs.This paper presents unscientific observations and anecdotes from many years of experience withteam formation and functioning. Methods for assessing teamwork will also be discussed.Observations on Team FormationThree methods have been used to form teams. At times, teams have been formed by student self-selection. At times, they have been assigned by the instructors. And, more recently, studentshave been permitted to choose a partner, and the pairs were paired by the instructors.In the unit operations laboratory, pairs are assigned by the

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

and development engineer with AT&T’s Bell Telephone Laboratories and with ITT’s AdvancedInternational Technology Center; and service in the U.S. Air Force in navigational aides electronics technology.Herrick combines his rich engineering and technical experiences with an educational approach to education thatengages students in an active learning process that has been extraordinarily successful with his students.James Michael Jacob, the current George W. McNelly Professor of Technology, is an award-winning teacher. Hehas received the CTS Microelectronics Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching award as the best teacher in theElectrical Engineering Technology Department seven times. He has won the Dwyer Undergraduate TeachingAward as the top

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

experience includes two years as Assistant Professor in theMathematics Department at the University of Buenos Aires.C. Stewart Slater is Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Hereceived his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rowan, he was Professor of ChemicalEngineering at Manhattan College. Dr. Slater's research and teaching interests are in separation and purificationtechnology, laboratory development, and investigating novel processes for fields such as bio/pharmaceutical/foodengineering and specialty chemical manufacture. He has authored over 100 papers and several book chapters. Dr.Slater has been active in ASEE, currently serving as Chair-Elect of the Chemical

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, we have had the privilege of teaching anentrepreneurship class at the freshman level. The concept behind the class is to bridge the gapbetween the development of new innovation in either classes or in the laboratory and newbusiness ventures. This class helps the young, creative mind to connect his or her theoreticalwork with real work and live experiences. Engineering students also inter act with Human andOrganization students. Learning TheoriesWhole-Part-Whole Teaching and Learning A key part of this curricular design is that of a “whole-part-whole” instructional approach(Clouse, Goodin & Aniello, 2000). Rather than beginning with the parts and expecting

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Zambon; Rachael Shevin; Cynthia Paschal; Stacy Klein-Gardner

University, Nashville, TN 37232-2675AbstractHands-on learning of x-ray imaging principles using actual x-ray equipment is unrealisticdue to high equipment costs, limited availability of such devices, and, most of all, safetyconcerns. Computer simulators can substitute for hands-on learning but are notnecessarily as effective, especially for kinesthetic learners, and typically limit the amountof collaborative work possible. The objective of this work is to teach principles of x-rayimaging using a creative, safe and inexpensive alternative to “real” hands-on-learning.Visible light is used in specially designed exercises to teach the principles of attenuation,magnification, penumbra, and detector resolution. An exercise to

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Mosto; Gregory Hecht; Kathryn Hollar; Stephanie Farrell

four objectives: to provide engineering students with a basic understanding offundamental biological principles and a working vocabulary that will enable students toexpand their knowledge base during their academic and professional careers; to convey tothe students an appreciation of the wide variety of engineering applications that are relatedto the fields of biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, general microbiology, andenvironmental microbiology; to provide laboratory experiences that teach "hands-on"mechanical skills such as micropipetting and culturing techniques; and to provideadditional laboratory experiences that collectively instill in the students a general "biologycommon sense" that can be applied to work in any microbiology

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walden Rio

simple and explained. It is envisioned that thispaper will foster the interest of schools in third world countries and encourage them to send theirfaculty members to technologically advanced countries. Knowing how it is done, costs will beminimized and learning maximized when the faculty are sent abroad for international training.Introduction Most Engineering schools today are staffed with faculty who teach only what they learnedwhen they were students themselves. This is an age when technology advances at a very fast rateso what had been learned only a few years back soon lags behind. Teachers, specially, have toconstantly study as to learn and keep abreast of current and relevant technologies. So, what mustbe done so that our teachers

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

secondary “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education”education.Participants spend a week in a civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical or materials engineeringlaboratory learning fundamental concepts of engineering, and developing hands-on projects theycould use as practical instructional material in their classrooms. They tour laboratories within theSchool of Engineering to learn of some of the cutting edge technology under development, andalso tour various university engineering systems such as the wastewater treatment plant. Inaddition, they participate in discussions with engineers from industry and the

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Denise Carlson; Janet Yowell; Jacquelyn Sullivan

secondary science from Johns Hopkins University and her MS in civilengineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.JACQUELYN F. SULLIVAN is founding Co-Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory andProgram. She received her PhD in environmental h ealth physics and toxicology from Purdue University. She spent13 years of her career in leadership positions in the energy and software industries and served nine years as thedirector of a CU water resources engineering simulation and optimization research center.Janet L. Yowell is the Outreach Coordinator for the Integrated Teaching and Learnin g Program at the Universityof Colorado at Boulder. She holds a BA in communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linards Stradins; Richard Rothaupt

ManufacturingEngineering program.Almost all engineering programs prior to the 1960s required students to work with machines andmaterials in testing laboratories, metalworking, mechanical and electrical shops. Thoseexperiences, gained from the various laboratory exercises, developed in the students an intuitivefeel for the way in which the mechanical world operated. Sadly, by the 1980s many universitieshad disassembled their laboratories and had come to rely upon analytical skills and computer Page 8.29.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Deran Hanesian

-12 teachers by addressingthe content standards in science, mathematics and technology. They focus on teaching thepre-engineering skills of design and problem solving needed to convey the skills andknowledge required for successful admission to undergraduate engineering educationprograms. Summer institutes are designed to familiarize the teachers with the curriculum andthe associated pedagogy. Appropriate follow-up and support, both in-person and electronic,are provided during the school year.Training teachers is considered a critical element in the successful implementation ofcurriculum modules.22 First, they must see how the integration of principles of engineeringand design into their teaching practice is a vehicle that can help their

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Border

$2,500. A switch (new, minimum $1,000) is necessary to concentrate computerworkstation traffic. Additional items, ranging from frame-relay units, to CSU/DSUs, can beadded on an as-needed basis.The Program has obtained equipment donations from a regional ISP and has established aworking laboratory LAN/WAN/LAN bridge network using a Cisco 2511 router, two Cisco 2501routers, four Osicom T1 CSU/DSUs, and switches. Two older Xyplex 3000 routers with 56KbpsCSU/DSUs are also on site. By carefully managing a modest computer budget of $16,000 theprogram has amassed the software and hardware necessary for two servers and four workstationclients. Network streaming video production hardware and software have been acquired to

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Degnan; M.L. Meier; Aaron Broumas

. Microhardness testing can be used to measure these profiles and work out the diffusivity of oxygen in titanium. A laboratory experiment has been developed in which commercially pure titanium is annealed in air, the microhardness profiles are obtained, and the results are analyzed to obtain the activation energy for diffusion. The value obtained was close to that for tracer self- diffusion in α-Ti. This inexpensive experiment, based on scientific literature from the 1950s, gives the students hands-on experience with the experimental methods and interpretation of the data used to study this very basic materials behavior.IntroductionTitanium is well known for its excellent resistance to corrosion primarily due to

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Prince Anyalebechi

science and engineering courses. This type of training willenable engineering graduates to get optimum performance out of materials, processes, andsystems. This can only come about if the course: (a) helps them understand themicrostructure-properties-process-product performance continuum (Figure 2); (b) makesthem aware of how properties of materials can be controlled by the manipulation of theirmicrostructures; (c) gives them an insight into the information available about materials,their processing and performance in service; (d) helps to know when to seek specialistadvice and the ability to understand and apply the advice; and (e) teaches them a systematicapproach to materials and process selection which takes into account all relevant factors

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Redfield Robin; Robert Borchert; Brian Self

Session 1168 Evolution of an Introductory Dynamics Course Through Continuous Assessment Brian P. Self, PhD, Robert Borchert, M.S., and Robin Redfield, PhD Department of Engineering Mechanics United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, ColoradoAbstractTwo years ago, instructors at the United States Air Force Academy supplemented theirintroductory dynamics class with demonstrations, projects, laboratories, computational problems,and student presentations. Goals of the enhancement were to increase

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

Attrition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (1993).14. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2000-01 Edition. U.S. Government: Bureau of Labor (2000).Roli Varma is an associate professor of public administration at the University of New Mexico. She also teaches aTechnology in Society course for the School of Engineering. Her research interests and publications includerestructuring of corporate R&D laboratories, engineering ethics, tenure and freedom in engineering, women andminorities in information technology, and Asian scientists and engineers in the United States. She can be reached atvarma@mgt.unm.edu

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

concepts such as data representation, instruction interpretation, compiler design, systemprogramming, cost of language abstractions and hardware/software tradeoffs. In this paper, weelaborate the detail content of our introductory computer architecture & assembly languagecourse and the teaching strategies and analyze its outcome.IntroductionComputer engineering and computer science fields are expanding in all directions. All the subjectareas have grown and new subject areas have been added. Since, there are a limited number ofcourses that can be included in a curriculum model; some of the existing courses will have to bedropped to introduce new ones. As software applications become more complex, more industriesuse high level languages. The