Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Barbara A. Heifferon, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

lectures providedstudents the opportunity to learn about current research and projects being conducted inGermany. In addition, the tours included hands-on learning, where students not only receiveddemonstrations of machinery and robots, but also were allowed to test some of the equipment inthe laboratories. The demonstrations enriched learning for the engineering students because theywere not only able to hear and see technology, but they were able to experience it, too. All toooften, students recognize technology, but don’t quite understand and appreciate it. The E3program took students out of the classroom and into the environment where technology is beingused, researched and developed. This created an environment rich for learning and

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

development of novel materials for biomedical/biological applications and energy integration. Projects in her laboratory include thin film and nanofiber material growth and characterization for biocompatible RF and energy harvesting devices; nanolaminated materials for thermal energy storage; and nanofiber filters, sensors, and channels. Currently, she is advising four undergraduates, two M.S. students, and five Ph.D. students. Her expertise/laboratory capabilities include chemical vapor deposition (CVD); atomic layer deposition (ALD); electrospinning; material/film characterization: AFM, XRD, SEM, TEM, C-V measurements, and FTIR; and device fabrication: sensors, capacitors, inductors, filters, and detectors, working at

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Albert, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. In other words, the projected regression line based on thebaseline data for t=7 is 39.99% (b0+b1 (T)) and based on the post-intervention data is 54.96%.The difference between the two phases, then is 14.98% (54.96-39.99%). Similarly, from Table 3,it can be seen that the level change for Student Group 2 was 18.14%The slope change coefficient from Table 3 for Student Group 1 is 0.91. This value indicates thatthe value of the slope between the baseline and post-intervention phase changed by 0.91. Thismeans that the slope in the post-intervention phase is equal to the slope in the baseline phase andthe observed slope change which is equal to 1.26 (0.352+0.91). This indicates that with eachsubsequent test, the proportion of hazards recognized

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Elizabeth Bristow P.E., U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

reinvigorate the country’s university system. Part of that effort has been theestablishment of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA); a four-year, bachelor degreegranting institution modeled after the military academies of the United States. Two of the primarydegrees offered by NMAA are in Civil and General Engineering. In the summer of 2009, facultymembers from the United States Military Academy (USMA) traveled to NMAA to serve as mentors for thebudding Academy.This same principle applies beyond Afghanistan. There is a continuing need for engineering expertiseand education in Nicaragua, India and elsewhere. Engineering faculty and students today can expect towork on projects far beyond the borders of their home countries, in settings

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Wunderlich

; ModelingPhysical Systems". The first case study is a required semester project; the second case study is alecture example. The third case study is also from a course taught to juniors and seniors inComputer Engineering and Computer Science at Elizabethtown College ("Digital Design andInterfacing"), and is taught as a lecture example with students given the opportunity to buildNeural Network hardware during the laboratory part of the course.II. Case study #1: Mobile robots in a constrained space1) Define problem: The following problem was assigned to three groups of four students in thecourse: "Simulation & Modeling Physical Systems" at Elizabethtown College: 1"Program a real-time controlled mobile robot to seek a light source in a four-foot by four

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2001 Annual Conference

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Janice Margle

toreturn your rental deposit. Management companies forget about you once you are gone. Try toretrieve your deposit before you leave. It will save you time and money.Is It Worth It? The real question is “Is it worth it?” Only you can make that decision. Last spring whenI had to choose between a local engineering firm and relocating to Texas to work for IBM, Idecided that spending the summer with IBM was more important than money, proximity tohome, or the nature of the research project. I trusted my gut feeling, and I came away with oneof the best summer experiences of my career. Write down your goals. Do your homework. List the pluses and minuses. Then, askyourself, “Will I break-even?” If so, there is no doubt. Go!!Future Study

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2001 Annual Conference

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Robert Fithen

Engineering Design Project, May 2000 Page 6.1093.63. Jaeco Orthopedic, “Products Catalog” 214 Drexel, Hot Spring, AR 71901Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationBOB FITHENBob Fithen is an assistant professor at Arkansas Tech University. He received his B.S. in MechanicalEngineering from Louisiana Tech University, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&MUniversity, and his PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech University. He spent four yearsworking at General Dynamics, Fort Worth and a total of five years

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen McClain; Soon-Seng Tang; Louay Chamra

Session 1520 The Use of MathCad in a Graduate Level Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer Course Louay M. Chamra, Stephen T. McClain, and Soon-Seng Tang Department of Mechanical Engineering Mississippi State UniversityAbstractIn a graduate level two-phase flow and heat transfer course taught at Mississippi State University(MSU), students were encouraged to use MathCad for their projects and homework. Threeexample problems, the theory of the solutions, the MathCad solution, and student insightsrevealed about the problems are presented. The example

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2001 Annual Conference

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Fereydoun Jalali

, MEE, and PhD in Electrical Engineeringfrom North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina. He has taught a variety of courses in digitaland linear systems and in electromagnetic-related topics in both EE and EET programs, with a present interestin the application of innovative approaches to teaching "difficult" topics and to laboratory and project activities. Page 6.1121.5“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”

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2001 Annual Conference

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Robert King; Joan Gosink

engineering projects and products. The Page 6.712.1Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcourses (MEL I, MEL II, and MEL III) are taught in sequence in the sophomore, junior andsenior years to facilitate implementing a complex set of educational objectives.To encourage the development of open-ended problem solving skills, the MEL courses avoid thestep-by-step procedures presented in traditional laboratory courses. In these types of courses,students can just go through the motions to get the information necessary to “fill

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

design and mechanics areas includingstatics, dynamics, kinematics, machine design, and robotics to animate mechanisms referred inthese books. Additionally, this courseware can be a good resource for design projects to reviewexisting designs and stimulate new design ideas for practicing engineers and engineering Page 6.60.3Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents. Moreover, it can assist the general public (including students in K-12) with a curiousmind as an animated "how things work" reference

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2001 Annual Conference

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Hank Regis; Gaby Hawat

fifteen years in the Navy as an EngineeringDuty Officer, during which time he earned a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Navy PostGraduate School in Monterey, California. He obtained his Professional Engineering license in that state. Hank hasalso worked in the oil industry and shipyard industry as a project manager and taught high school physics. Page 6.789.4 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”

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2001 Annual Conference

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Alisha Waller

(due to the limitation of the study to one group’s cycle through one experiment), itis a very important work that begins building the bridge between engineering education andqualitative educational research.In 1996, Karen L. Tonso published two papers in the Journal of Engineering Education from herdissertation work in engineering classrooms2-3. As far as I can determine, her dissertation is thefirst in the United States to use engineering education as the “culture” for an ethnographicdissertation project. The significance of her work is discussed in more detail in a later section ofthe paper.II. Qualitative ResearchQualitative research can complement, verify, expand, and deepen the conclusions of ourtraditional quantitative methods. It may

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

George Piskov; Alexei Nesterov

is, that those jobs are to be filled by qualified, educated people with a minimum of a Bachelor degree. Where all these folks are supposed to be coming from? That’s a really tough question.Let’s turn to the facts. In accordance to what the Bureau of Labor Statistics says in 1996 thecomputer programmers held about 568,000 jobs. Employment of programmers is expected togrow faster then the average through the year 2006, meaning that the actual growth may besomewhere between 21 to 35 percent. At the same time, the total labor force is projected toincrease only 11 percent during the same period. Looking at these

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2001 Annual Conference

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Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

: Video Call for919.871.0966 getting started and pricingwww.nuimagelabs.com Tips and TricksNuimage Labs ArchiCAD Training Book $30919.871.0966 Guidewww.nuimagelabs.comAt a Glance, Inc. ArchiCAD Project Book and CD-ROM $65800.847.6992 Frameworkinfo@awarenesslearning.comGraphisoft Step x Step Book and CD-ROM $30800.344.3468www.graphisoft.comNuimage Labs AutoCAD Bi-monthly publication $59.00919.871.0966

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2000 Annual Conference

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Mary C. Verstraete; Daniel B. Sheffer; Bruce C. Taylor

traditional electrical and mechanical engineering courses currently available at The Universityof Akron. The majority of these courses serve as required courses for either one or both tracks,or serve as electives during the senior year. A heavy emphasis is placed on design, from thefreshman level (Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Design) through the senior year,culminating in two capstone senior Design classes. BME Design I requires a team of students tocomplete a design project specific to their chosen track. BME Design II requires that theprojects entail a joint venture between students in the two tracks.Furthermore, it is anticipated that the majority of the students will choose to participate in thecooperative education program in the

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2000 Annual Conference

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Eugene E. Rutz

Learning in the College ofEngineering at the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Rutz is a registered Professional Engineer with experience inmechanical design, testing and analysis, project management and teaching. He received his B.S. in NuclearEngineering in 1982 and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1987 from the University of Cincinnati. Page 5.236.4

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2000 Annual Conference

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Albert L McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

of technical specialization is digital electronics. He has industrial experiencewith the Boeing Co., 3M Co., Motorola Inc. and Minority Engineers of Louisiana. His current researchinterests include noise in digital systems design methodology and effective paradigms in engineeringtechnology education. He is Co-director of The Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunity, aNational Science Foundation Alliance for Minority Participation project. Dr. McHenry has been activelyinvolved in four-year technology programs for over 35 years. He was the recipient of the 1996 ASEE,Fredrick J. Berger Award and is presently the Chair of the Engineering technology Council and a memberof the ASEE Board of Directors

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2000 Annual Conference

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E. Max Raisor; C. Greg Jensen

-campus students, staff and faculty from theirhomes, libraries, or work places. These packages allow individuals to access, through theInternet, video conferencing help sessions, lab sessions or even live course lectures fromanywhere in the world. It is also possible, using these packages, to share or access anyapplication that resides on Windows/NT servers during these sessions or course lectures. Bassettdemonstrated the sharing of Pro/E, a third generation CAD system, over the Internet usingNetMeeting25. The demonstration was an attempt to reduce travel time between researchers atPurdue and Cummins Engine while working on a centerless grinding research project. Casuccihas also used NetMeeting to share results from a laser micrometer and from a

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2000 Annual Conference

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Amy Gowder; Narciso F. Macia

. Dr. Macia received aB.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1974, a M.S. degree in theMechanical Engineering from the same department in 1976 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from ArizonaState University in 1988.Amy GowderAmy Gowder is an engineer at Anderson-Consulting in Arizona. Ms. Gouder was earning her B.S. degree in Bio-Engineering from Arizona State University at the time of this project. She graduated in 1998. Page 5.334.7

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2000 Annual Conference

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Ben Humphrey

growing ubiquity of the Internet, reports are becomingeasier to locate. Cornell University maintains a large collection which can easily be printed out.John H. Bartsch, a high school teacher from New York, in his book, School Material SafetyManual,12 1992 has collected MSDS for chemicals commonly used in schools. This excellentsafety source also includes suggestions and recommendation on the use of materials whichteachers, students and even cleaning personnel might use.Every engineering laboratory that maintains an inventory of chemicals or chemical productsshould include a minimum of one unit of study on the use of Material Safety Data Sheets.Student project ideas abound. Some include: *Locating MSDS for each product used in a specific

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jr., Oscar Barton; Edward Lenoe; Clinton Cornell

,conduct mechanical properties testing and fractographic examination. The project served as anexcellent introduction to the mechanics of metal matrix composites and in particular comparedthe strengths of welded versus brazed MMC joints and assessed the integrity of the structuralelements.REFERENCES[1] J. Henshaw, W. F. Grant, Fabrication of Low Cost SiC/Al Metal Matric Composite BridgingComponents, Interim Report Phase I, Avco( Textron) Corporation, AMMRC TR 84-31, July1984 Page 6.193.7

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2001 Annual Conference

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G. Juri Filatovs; Devdas Pai

students, who then wrote a paper on it detailing their analysis and approach to theproblem. Following this, the instructor’s solution was presented and a discussion evolved. Thisdiscussion resulted in advocating for and illustrating the advantages of a fundamental approach toengineering in a manufacturing-design setting.I. IntroductionThis is a case study used in the Senior Capstone design course in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at NCA&T State University. It originated from consulting work with a local industryby one of us (GJF) and was developed into a case study/project. In addition to its technicalaspects, the study presented opportunities for examining and comparing the differences inapproaches between students and working

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James R. Etchison

overall amount orquality of instruction in the program. Course of ActionThe 1994 EET curriculum revision was comprehensive. It resulted in a 200 credit hour bachelorof science degree program with four senior project options, and a separate 95 credit hourassociate of engineering degree program. The revision impacted OIT's Laser Optics, ComputerHardware, and Electronics Engineering Technology programs, and the EET program at PortlandCommunity College, with whom we have a cooperative curriculum agreement that allows PCC'sEET graduates to enter our bachelor's program as juniors at either the Klamath Falls or PortlandMetro OIT campuses. Only the curriculum modifications pertinent to freshman retention

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred S. Andrawis

course is designated exclusively to hands-on experience. The course is designedto cover a wide area of fiber optic basic theories and applications. It includes laboratoryexperiments introducing students to the following: basic knowledge, skills and manual dexterityneeded for handling and testing fiber optic waveguides, characteristics of optical components,fiber optic communication systems, and fiber optic sensing systems. 1. INTRODUCTIONThis paper describes the development of a one semester credit undergraduate laboratory course(Optical Fiber Laboratory) to be taught concurrent with the Optical Fiber Communicationslecture course (Optical Fiber Communications). The project is supported by: 1. National

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell G. Bly; Ph.D., Paul E. Givens; Anita L. Callahan

® for our Departmental use. With some cooperation from our IM group, this may work out. If it does work out, this mode of work design would increase productivity and efficiency and reduce costs. I added the OP Label (Tampa VA) link last night after class. I am going to attempt to use the Internet to coordinate a project between three VA's (1500 miles apart). I have to admit I got the idea from your class...I will be modifying this as the class continues. Just thought you might like to know that your students are applying what they learn.Although resources are limited and time to develop courses of this nature can be hard tofind, the rewards are compounded when comments from students go beyond the

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1998 Annual Conference

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J. W. Stevens; A.A. Jalalzadeh-Azar; W.G. Steele; B.K. Hodge

dehumidification, as well as therelationship to broader air conditioning issues is essential. Depending on instructor preference,student handouts of the overheads may be helpful. It is recommended that some arrangement fora ‘hands-on’ type of experience be provided for the students since none had previously seen adesiccant dehumidification system. Page 3.274.3 REFERENCESJ.W. Stevens, B.K. Hodge, and A. Jalalzadeh-Azar, 1997, "A Desiccant Instruction Module for HVAC Courses,"1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 2333-Energy Courses, Projects and Curricula I, June 15-18,1997, Milwaukee, WI, also

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1998 Annual Conference

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Fred Weber; Daniel C. Yoder; Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

learning cycle begins with a classroom lecture tointroduce the concept, a hands-on laboratory “physical homework” experience to encouragestudent ownership of the concept, a recitation-style working session to provide practice with thetools available in using the concept, homework assignments to provide practice, and a teamdesign project requiring mastery and application of several of the concepts. This reportconcentrates on the importance of and techniques used in the hands-on laboratory setting.The hands-on laboratory physical homework is designed to help students personalize and “feel”the concept. To this end, it uses very simple experiments and includes analyses of experimentalresults. These experiments are devised using the following general

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1998 Annual Conference

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Charles U. Okonkwo

duringstorage or transport. This paper presents the concepts of chemical reactivity, influencing factors,and their role in creating environmental hazard. The three instructors: a Ph.D. chemist, a masterdegree chemical engineer with thirty five (35) years industrial experience, and a Ph.D. chemicalengineer with 5 years industrial experience used projects, case studies, video tapeddemonstrations as examples to illustrate the crucial role chemical reactivity plays.IntroductionI was part of a team of three instructors, who taught a course titled ‘Chemistry of HazardousMaterials’ which was offered under the hazardous waste management program. My studentswere employees in local industry and most had little or no background in chemistry. It isimportant to

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1998 Annual Conference

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Eric J. Addeo

concern is that of the interface between a computer and acommunication network, such as an ISDN or LAN based system.1 0.0 Computers—small, medium and large Page 3.87.10 10Today there is a vast spectrum of microcomputers, minicomputers, and large centralizedcomputers. This module will discuss some of the underlying architectural and performancedifferences of small, m6dium, and large computing complexes.The evolution of computer applications and functionality in a world with powerful chips will betraced and projected.11.0 Operating Systems We assume