Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Ronald Welch

inclusion of course-specific questions allows us to survey our students about their achievement of specific courseobjectives.On their course-end feedback, the students have been extremely supportive of completing open-ended projects, especially for real clients. Relevant data are provided in Figures 12-14. Figure 12shows CE489 (independent study projects course listing) student responses to USMA-standardquestions that relate specifically to the quality of instruction and student learning. We alsobelieve that these particular responses reflect student satisfaction with the course. Baselinevalues are averages for CE489 and USMA-wide responses. The USMA baseline responses havebeen extremely stable over time. Two years ago we had two projects with

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jammie Hoskin; Brad Wambeke; Ronald Welch

Following the same format for the next 4 equations, these 20 apparent unknowns wouldbe developed: Internal Moments: MAB, MBA, MBC, MCB, MCD and MDC Degrees of Freedom: θ A, θ B, θ C, and θ D, v A , vB , v C , and v D Page 9.309.6 Fixed End Effects: FEMAB, FEMBA, FEMBC, FEMCB, FEMCD and FEMDC “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”However, some of these symbolically represented unknowns are really known and tosolve the problem we must accurately reflect which values

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ellen Ford; Keith Levien; Ellen Momsen; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

fundamental concept that must be realized in attempting outreach is that there are bothsimilarities to be exploited and differences to be recognized in the delivery of science contentacross K-12. The admittedly simple ideas that we have utilized are reflected in the goals that wehave in the development of new programs. For simplicity and correlation to formal education,grade levels are used as designators for the various age groups, but it important to remember thatthese are “informal education” activities conducted outside the traditional classroomenvironment.Elementary level (grades K-5): Goal is exposure to science content and vocabulary.- example program – Spirited Kids in Engineering and Science (SKIES)Middle School level (grades 6-8): Goals are

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Leah Jamieson; Katherine Banks; Kamyar Haghighi; John Gaunt; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

internationalizing engineering education by pursuing global partnerships and opportunities and broadening our student and faculty base• Provide an environment that attracts, mentors, and retains outstanding, diverse faculty, staff, and students to pursue engineering education endeavors• Provide the highest quality facilities for learning and discovery activities in engineering education that reflect leadership and forward thinking• Provide guidance to industry for effective lifelong learning and employee developmentV. Vision for A School of Engineering EducationTo meet the goals as stated above, the Schools of Engineering at Purdue seek to create a Schoolof Engineering Education (SEED). The mission of the proposed SEED will advance

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Bowman; Cliff Goodwin

reluctance by educational systems to accurately charge the true costsof each course in the fee structure. To completely reflect the differences in low cost andhigh cost classes in the fees charged is avoided. This thinking and philosophy oftencarries over into the fee structure for online classes. Comparing this approach to businessand manufacturing firms would be to charge the same price for a Buick as for a Chevroletor the same price for the hamburger as for the chicken salad sandwich. Non-variablefees, identical automobile prices, and sandwich prices do make the bookkeeping and feestructure simpler to implement. Variable fees for courses might prove necessary whenbased on a complete cost analysis of the class whether delivered online or in

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Sinha; Randolph Thomas; John Kulka

who have found excellent opportunities in the engineering and management of theconstruction process. Many new regulations and specifications (for example, those of OSHA andACI) require a construction engineer to design certain systems for execution of the constructionprocess. In addition, the design-build process often needs a construction professional within theconstruction organization to coordinate the work of other professional engineers and architectsengaged for project.Society, through the media and the courts, is demanding high standards of constructionprofessional competence and performance. Construction engineers must be aware of their socialresponsibilities and prepare themselves to reflect critically on the moral dilemmas they

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Stroud Rossmann; Clive Dym

: (a) An elevation of the Hyatt Regency 2nd and 4th floor walkways as originally designed. (b) An endview and free-body diagrams of the support beams. Bottom: Extending the model of the walkways and their supportsto reflect the redesign. An end view of the 2nd and 4th floor walkways designed so that the 2nd floor walkway hangsfrom the 4th floor supporting beams, and free-body diagrams of a typical pair of supports. Note that the forcessupported by the hanger rods are unchanged from the original design.Several case studies are introduced to demonstrate real-world examples of the types of loading,geometry and behavior discussed in each chapter. The case studies are intended to show how thematerial learned in that chapter can be applied to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

heading data, even when moving slow or stationary. • Encoders – The encoders detected movement of the motor shaft with good precision. These encoders were also capable of measuring ambient temperature. The data from the encoders contained position, velocity, azimuth, and motor temperature. • Diffuse Sensors – Diffuse sensors detected a user defined color. By emitting light that reflected from a surface back to the sensor, the frequency can be analyzed and compared to a programmed frequency. The sensors could be programmed to detect a particular frequency (color) on the ground. • Photoelectric Sensors – Photo

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shaundra Bryant; David Cavallo; Arnan Sipitakiat; Anindita Basu

could be different; how lighting can be mixed, can beexpressive, can combine with the other elements, and so on. We wanted the children to have fine-grained designcontrol over these elements so that they could explore the concepts in a non-trivial, personally meaningful ways. Theimmersive environment serves to create a rich experiential space for this exploration. We also chose to design ourtools not just for direct manipulation, but in an environment for expression that can later be built piece by piece,taken apart, modified, reflected upon, modulated, and experimented with. However, with such ambitious designgoals and not a lot of experience and domain expertise, we chose to run a workshop and use that as an “object tothink with,” to help us

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

realteam situations and have time for reflecting on their learning process. Page 9.23.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Studies on team training have been focused on internal team process and while few havemade reference to the importance of team members consciously understanding what a real teammeans, and how team members can manage the process of teaming. This author believes thatwhen team members consciously understand the real meaning of being a team player and how tomanage the

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

perspectives:Analytical Outcomes, Application Outcomes, Interpersonal Outcomes, and ManagerialOutcomes. Analytical outcomes are most closely aligned with idea of subject matter knowledge.Application Outcomes reflect the graduate’s ability to apply knowledge to accomplish goals.Interpersonal Outcomes include several of the a-k abilities that reflect the team-oriented natureof modern engineering practice. Managerial Outcomes were specifically recommended byseveral members of the Advisory Board as being crucial to successful practice of the engineeringprofession. These generally describe abilities related to leadership and planning in anengineering setting. As the existing POs were sorted into these four perspectives, it became clearthat none of them were really

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams

numberof students who completed the first semester but did not continue into the second semester,indicated that they felt that the vast majority of other students within the course had superiorprogramming skills and these students had a significant advantage in terms of completing theprojects. The third issue was student assessment that the lectures were of limited value with respect tothe content of the course. This assessment was dramatically reflected in the low attendancenumbers observed during lectures in the latter portion of the course (often falling below 50%). The details of our reaction to these issues are detailed in a companion paper at thisconference (McWilliams et al.12) and a thorough discussion of the gender issues impacting

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bruno; Alistair Greig; Robert Mayer; Jennifer Waters

Cockney College”, because of its aim to extend access to universityeducation from the very rich to the growing new middle class.The first academic sessions of the University started in October 1828. Chairs were established inseveral subjects which had not previously been taught in English universities, for instancemodern foreign languages and English language and literature. The systematic university studyof law began at UCL. Instruction at UCL was primarily by means of lectures and writtenexaminations - reflection of practice in Scotland and Germany rather than Oxbridge. Theteaching of engineering was pioneered at UCL, the first Professor of Mechanical Engineeringwas appointed in 1847. Also the first undergraduate teaching laboratories in

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Loren Limberis; Bijan Sepahpour

their chances for receivingResearch/Teaching Assistantship or Full Scholarships in graduate engineering programs. Theauthors hope that their efforts in this project reflect on a successful example for implementationof the proposed approach/model.II- OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECTThere were four major objectives to be achieved as outlined below; 1. To develop a modular lumped mass experiments for integration into control systems, vibrations, mechatronics and other potential engineering courses, 2. To create an opportunity for collaborative research and design efforts between engineering student(s) and faculty, 3. To generate a modular, cost-effective, reproducible apparatus with outstanding design

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Garcia-Saenz

Page 9.214.2cost of each apartment stays fixed. The market rate used is 17%, which reflects the risk of the “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”market. Results show again that the NPV is negative for both alternatives, and then accordingwith the rule, this project cannot be build. No body wants to loose money.Suppose you can buy the land, build 3 units this year and wait to see what happens in a year toanalyze the behavior of the market and decide to build or not to build. Managers can developsome scenarios and get results from them but they

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Toshiyuki Yamamoto; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

completing the project. This type of dependency on brightestmembers in a group is observed in all groups, especially in the portion of the course grade wherethe group grade reflects on its members’ individual grade for the course. (iii) Setting up time for a group meeting is getting more and more difficult due to the factthat most students have extra curricular activities and side jobs outside the university. Due to theeconomic down fall, most students have part-time jobs to help their finance situation.Furthermore, KIT offers students evening workshops for certification exams. KIT believes thatstudents with certifications in special engineering fields will gain an additional plus when

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

levels inproblem solving and critical thinking increase with the course content and this is reflected by thechange in color in the diagram that lists the sequence. Semester 1 CIS010 Math Placement Test First Year CIS101 CIS110 Semester 2

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

replacingthe text of the Appendix sections with their own text.Examples from the Style GuideThe examples below are taken from the general guidelines for writing laboratory reports. • Written communications should reflect a professional approach to technical content and style. Avoid colloquial expressions; for example, “The prototype operational amplifier had much greater gain-bandwidth product and slew rate than an LM741” is acceptable; “Compared to a 741, this circuit was a screamer” is not. • The engineering laboratory report should be readable by a person who is technically trained but not necessarily familiar with the experiment. That person should be able to replicate the experiment after

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rex Fisher

, doinglittle or nothing extra to enhance everyone’s experience. When someone had only skimmed theassigned section in the text and simply lectured, even read to the class aloud from the book, itwas reflected in their peer and instructor evaluations. It was evident that most students, however,felt some pressure from their classmates to do more than the minimum. It would have beeninteresting to know why two of them reported that they were less motivated than in othercourses. Page 9.847.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

that wasassembled for this project is shown in Figure 1.0. FIGURE 1.0 ASSEMBLED WAGONThe simulations were conducted at Sinclair Community College. Each student received a projectdocument for review the week before the initial simulation. The documents were titled, “Wagons–R-Us Simulation #1 Material Movement, Job Assignments and Priority Rules”. Some of thestudents participated in the initial simulation conducted by the instructor, while others tookmeasurements of the layout. The remainder of the students observed and took notes. The initialsimulation was designed to reflect the worst case scenario

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Myat Hla; Samuel Lakeou

new gainunder AC condition will reflect the following: -R C AV = (3) reTherefore, the use of a bypass capacitor will significantly increase the gain since the value ofre is relatively small, as we will show in the experimental results section. Since the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the realization of the remote lab fora typical electronic experiment, detailed theoretical aspects behind the experiment, includingformula derivation of different equations have been omitted. If interested, more informationregarding this can be found in any electronic textbook. (The authors recommend thetextbook 7 adopted at the University of District of Columbia.)III. Experimental Set Up The

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

of the project. All thesubmissions were tabulated and compared to the instructor’s. The summary of thatcomparison is shown in Table 1.The artifacts are ordered from “best” (in the instructor’s judgment) to “poor” in Table 1as indicated by the numbers from 104 to 32 in the second column that can be referred tothe rating system described in Figure 2. Note that these grades are completely subjective,and only reflect the testing (figure of merit) to the extent that the evaluator chooses. The104 grade was awarded for one team’s extraordinary success in achieving the goals of theproject (routinely depositing all ten ping pong ball in 1.2 second intervals utilizing onlygravity) and its use of special fabrication techniques. The third column is the

Conference Session

Library Instruction Forum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Bruce Reid

retrieval must be continually reflective of the technological advances. Many of theresources for geographic information that libraries utilize do not meet today’s needs for currencyand accuracy, but changes are being made. For example, print materials are being supplementedand often replaced by computer generated formats. Proprietary databases and specializedsoftware now provide information that libraries must possess to satisfy the needs of our studentsand faculty that demand rapid and accurate decision responses. The library must adapt to the Page 9.1113.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

are required to take 33 hours of courses in the areas of Liberal Arts,Humanities and Social Sciences to satisfy university’s common curriculum requirement. The CommonCurriculum reflects Trinity’s commitment to the liberal arts and sciences and is meant to establish foreach Trinity student a basis for understanding the varied domains of human knowledge and experience.The Common Curriculum also includes skills necessary for active, critical and creative participation inthe academic life of the University. Paramount among those skills are the abilities to think creativelyand critically, and to express such thinking effectively both orally and in writing. The CommonCurriculum includes six fundamental understandings: Understanding the Intellectual

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

information technology).8. The ability to pass this knowledge on to California public school students. The published CCTC ITE Standards5 reflects an understanding of a more modern andrelevant course of study for the ITE subject matter credential. Recognizing this change, it isimportant for universities to provide the new credential for our teacher candidates. It is veryimportant that the College of Engineering take up the challenge of engaging in the essentialprocess of teacher education, encouraging industry in offering scholarships and internships forcandidates in this program, and beginning an active outreach program to recruit future teacherswho will not only understand technology but also be enthusiastic about teaching it

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

resolves previous concerns. By the same token, it might raise entirely newones. In other words, this paper begins to examine the ethical implications of systems thinkingin organizational settings.Thinking well and ethicsSimon Blackburn, a philosopher, writes that what he does is conceptual engineering. He studiesthe structure of thoughts.3 Systems thinking requires its own conceptual engineering. The goal Page 9.1260.1would be to reflect on the structure of thoughts and ideas contained in systems thinking. Seen inProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Steif

simplified finite element programcan advance primary learning in the subject in pedagogically sound ways.Relevant Lessons from Research on LearningIt is widely recognized now that while students learn to solve traditional physicsproblems (by manipulating the correct memorized equations), their explanations ofobservable phenomena still reflect naïve concepts of physics. Experience with the Force Page 9.1358.1Concept Inventory (FCI), for example, which asks simple questions interpreting Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

each outcome will be calculated based on theinstructor’s opinion of how rigorously an outcome was assessed in any given assignment.Having determined outcome scores for each student, a table similar to Table 4 will be generated,with final class grades determined based on weighted averages of all the outcomes. The syllabuswill reflect this new grading scheme. Page 9.977.10 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education Student name

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pravin Raut; Jonathan Lambright

Savannah and without having tomatriculate to the Georgia Tech – Atlanta campus. As a result of partnering with Georgia Techfor engineering programs, Savannah State has had to undergo an extensive curriculum reviewand modification to develop new courses and revamp existing courses that reflect the samecontent and rigor as those that are offered on the Georgia – Tech Atlanta campus. One of thecourses developed and taught at the Savannah State campus is Introduction To EngineeringAnalysis (ENGR 1113). ENGR1113 is pre-calculus with an emphasis on an engineeringproblems oriented approach. At SSU we use this course as the gateway into the engineering andengineering technology majors. Along with other indicators, this course is an excellent measureof