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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Weinmann; Michele Miller

Session 1566 Improving the Relevance of Manufacturing in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Michele H. Miller, Klaus J. Weinmann Michigan Technological University Houghton, MIAbstractIn the 2000-01 academic year, Michigan Tech University implemented a new mechanicalengineering curriculum (coincident with a change from quarters to semesters). To improve therelevance of manufacturing in that curriculum, faculty and staff developed a new sophomorelevel course Integrated Design and Manufacturing. The course is part of a

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

(ABE) department from themoment they arrive on campus. Not only has the learning community helped us toincrease our retention from 41.9% in 1998 to 95% in 2001, it has helped us to addressmany of our program objectives including students’ abilities to function on multi-disciplinary teams, communicate effectively, and have knowledge of importantcontemporary issues. Results of our assessment efforts, which encompass bothquantitative and qualitative strategies, suggest that students are overwhelmingly satisfiedwith the program, are involved in our department, and are successful in their academicprogress toward their engineering or technology degree.A brief look at the literatureWith a history that can be traced to an experimental educational

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

abroad course in Egypt from May 30 - June 11, 2001 toinvestigate that impressive project. This paper is a report that summarizes informationand observations gathered first-hand in word, picture, and video, during that course.The infrastructure of the Toshka project include the Intake Canal, the Main PumpingStation (or Mubarak Pumping Station -- largest in the world), the Toshka Canal (orSheikh Za-yed Canal), Water Production Wells and Artificial Charging, and Wind &Sandstorm Breakers.The Toshka Project of Egypt represents a useful multidisciplinary engineering educationcase study. This includes the technologies used in its construction and the project's

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

Page 7.480.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationeffective means of coping with our modern world and the dilemmas of modern man are to utilizethe categories and analytical techniques of the past. This proposition seems debatable at best.Many from the science and engineering disciplines would take an exclusive approach, whichwould define liberal arts as what is of value when science, mathematics, and technology areremoved from a curriculum. This narrow viewpoint appears to ignore a great body of knowledgethat is key to understanding our present social and cultural dilemmas.However one might

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Khan; Wei Sun; Mohamed Attawia; Michele Marcolongo; Frank Ko; Dhirendra Katti; Cato Laurencin

curriculum is organized into six key areas including advanced biomaterials, cell-tissueconstruct interaction, protein factor technology, scaffold design and manufacturing, biosurfaces,and computer-aided tissue engineering. This structure was built on the original curriculumdeveloped in 1999, which encompassed seven courses to be taken over three years (see Table 1).Drexel University’s academic calendar is divided into quarters, which allows for the completionof more than two courses per academic year. At this juncture, the courses do not lead to a formaldegree in Tissue Engineering, but provide the opportunity for a concentration in this novel areaof study. For instance, the Advanced Biomaterials and the Tissue Engineering courses are partof a

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Snyder; Mike Toole; Mike Hanyak; Mathew Higgins; Daniel Hyde; Edward Mastascusa; Brian Hoyt; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

learning environment, and incorporating the use of information technology in theteaching/learning process. In the first two years of Project Catalyst, a core group of faculty fromall five engineering departments at Bucknell University has begun implementing this focusedshift by systematically incorporating collaborative and problem-based learning into their courses.This emphasis has required a coordinated effort to introduce significant elements of teambuilding and problem solving into the undergraduate curriculum.This paper discusses a conceptual framework for progressively developing students' problemsolving and team skills across the curriculum. The framework is modeled after the university'swriting program and identifies introductory

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shashi Nambisan

Session 2215 A Team Oriented, Case-based Approach for a Transportation Engineering Course Shashi S. Nambisan, Ph.D, P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas NV 89154-4015 Tel: (702) 895-1325, fax (702) 895-4401, E-mail: shashi@ce.unlv.eduAbstract Teamwork and the ability to work with contemporary and emerging technologies thatfacilitate collaboration are critical to the engineering profession today. Team oriented, case

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

most technological advances, though, there are several negatives associated with on-line learning tools. From an instructor's point of view, Web-based educational materials take along time to develop and implement. Secondly, very few engineering professors are proficient atusing computer software to generate robust educational materials. To avoid having to becomecapable users of the new computer technologies, many of us often resort to using technologiesthat are easier to use, but may be less useful for students. An example of this is the use of"talking head" boxes on Websites where students can watch lecture materials that werepreviously presented in class. While it may be useful for students to be able to review lecturematerials in this

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Stubblefield; Elisabeth Alford

graduate students have had little instruction orpractice in writing and communicating as professionals. In addition, those whose firstlanguage is not English often need specialized instruction in writing and presenting inEnglish.This paper describes a series of four collaborative professional communicationsworkshops for engineering graduate students at the University of South Carolina Collegeof Engineering and Information Technology. Each of the workshops focused on a majorcommunications responsibility in engineering at the advanced degree level: teaching,dissertation writing, scholarly publication, and career-related communications. Eachsession included brief, informal presentations by engineering and communications facultyon communications

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

the reactor controlroom, down to the last meter and switch. In the past these simulators were powered by largemainframe or minicomputers, while today they can be supplied with data from workstations andhigh-end desktop machines. These advances in computer technology now allow the same fidelity of the full-scopesimulation to be brought into the classroom. In nuclear plants operators must have a knowledgeand understanding of the fundamental processes, as well as the procedures required for plantoperation. Other personnel in the plant also benefit from a greater understanding of how theplant operates. The same is true of academic education in nuclear engineering, where theemphasis is on the understanding of theory. However, this type of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz

Session 1520 INSTRUMENTATION FOR RELATIVE CYLINDER POWER MEASUREMENT ON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES Dr. Emin Yilmaz Department of Technology University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853ABSTRACTThe goal of design projects is to introduce students to designing mechanical systems in theETME475-Mechanical Systems Design course. Purpose of this project was to design a sensorassembly to measure relative power of individual

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob Twiggs

Session 1709 Space Engineering - Project Based Learning by Working Real Space Programs Prof. Robert Twiggs Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-4035 Bob.Twiggs@Stanford.Edu 650/723-8651AbstractProject Based Learning is a new term now used by many universities to describe ‘hands-on’projects, which bring students closer to the ‘real world working conditions’. At

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hereford

University Program - FPGA tutorials and examples (requires a username)Agilent Technologies Educator's Corner - Excellent resource. Several pre-written lab exercises.Geared for Agilent (HP) test and measurement equipment. Physics Engineering Home | FacultyModified December, 2001Figure 2: Snapshot of the Electrical Engineering resource page with the three categories ofprojects, laboratories and links to other resources.Each subsection groups the resources into three categories. The first category containsassignments suitable for projects. That is, assignments students can do on-their-own withminimal equipment. The second category contains laboratory assignments. These assignmentsrequire instruments or components that

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Joseph Emanuel

Session 2257 The Capstone Design Project: A Total Integration of Engineering Communications Joseph T. Emanuel, H. Dan Kerns, and Eric Kumpf Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Bradley UniversityA common complaint from industry is that engineers are not good communicators. Althoughmost engineering programs require a speech course and one or more writing courses, thesecourses generally have two characteristics that prevent them from teaching students to be goodcommunicators. First, they are not focused on technical

Conference Session

Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Bledsoe

cells derived from each. 4) Fetal tissues derived from electively aborted fetuses were not acceptable for use. 5) Human embryonic stem cells were not acceptable for use; however, human stem cells derived from other sources (bone marrow, umbilical cord, etc.) were acceptable.Conclusions Biomedical Engineering students at Saint Louis University are very capable ofunderstanding and applying an ethical code in their course projects and during their careers.Because they are required to take a course in ethics prior to taking TE, they have a basis forunderstanding applicable ethical principles in tissue engineering. They do not allow technologyto cloud their personal convictions. However, they understand that technology is

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

Session A New Cellular and Molecular Engineering Curriculum at Rice University Ka-Yiu San, Larry V. McIntire, Ann Saterbak Department of Bioengineering, Rice University Houston, Texas 77005AbstractThe tremendous advances in cellular and molecular biology over the last 25 years havefundamentally changed our understanding of living organisms. This new understanding at thelevel of cells and their array of associated molecules is having a tremendous impact on bothmedicine and technology. Appreciating the complexities of the cell and its inner workings

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kauffman

. Page 7.1133.4Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography:1. Profiles of Engineering & Engineering Technology Colleges, 1999 Edition, American Society for Engineering Education, 2000.2. D.R. Lloyd, M. Meredith and J.S. Swinnea, eds., Chemical Engineering Faculty Director, 1999- 2000, Vol. 48, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1999.Biographical Information:DAVID KAUFFMAN has been on the faculty at the University of New Mexico for 25 years. Forfifteen of those years he also served as Associate Dean of the School of Engineering. Prior to joiningacademia, he worked for Shell Oil

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mohammed Zribi; Mohammad Al-Ansary; Ibrahim Nashawi; Haitham Lababidi; Faridah Ali; Aziz Tayfun; Adel Aly; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

Kuwait University have been completed. The plans include a structured processthat translates educational objectives into measurable outcomes at the program and courselevels, necessary assessment instruments, and feedback channels for corrective action. Thispaper presents the experience in developing such plans.IntroductionThe College of Engineering and Petroleum at Kuwait University, in line with its efforts toimprove and maintain the quality of engineering education offered by its programs, initiatedexternal evaluations conducted by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET). So far, there have been three ABET evaluations of the engineering programs at thecollege. All the evaluated programs were found to be substantially

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Hossein Salehfar; John Watson; Arnold F. Johnson

On-Line Class Presentations to Enhance Distance Engineering Degree Programs Hossein Salehfar, Associate Professor – EE; John Watson, Dean; Arnold Johnson, Chair - EE School of Engineering and Mines University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 58202 Submitted to the 2002 North Midwest Section Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education Hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering October 10-12, 2002 Madison, Wisconsin ABSTRACT In this time of rapidly changing technology, the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

Session 1532 Curriculum Development and Delivery Using Industry-Based Case-Study Models Saleh M. Sbenaty Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThe current paper outlines an innovative approach to curriculum development, delivery, andassessment that may improve engineering and technological education and attract students topursue these programs. This is one of the objectives of the three-year NSF-funded grant entitled“The South-East Advanced Technological Education Consortium, SEATEC.” The consortium isa collaborative effort of five different

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Jackson; Ashraf Saad; Thomas Barnwell; Monson Hayes

. Mayadas and J.O. Campbell, “Asynchronous learning networks: an information-technology-basedinfrastructure for engineering education”, Proc. IEEE, vol. 88, pp. 63-71, Jan. 2000.9. A. P. Sanoff, “Long-distance relationship”, ASEE Prism, pp. 22-26, Sept. 1999.10. P. Brusilovsky, “Web lectures: electronic presentations in web-based instruction”, Syllabus, pp. 18-23, Jan. 2000. Page 7.575.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education11. K. Betts, “Why do faculty participate in distance

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John M. Sankovic; Dmitri Kourennyi

requirements ofthe science and engineering education, including current Engineering Criteria and Objectives bythe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). In its current form, it consistsof two “tandem” courses, EBME 313 (fall) and EBME 314 (spring), in the junior year, andincludes a number of educational components. These two courses are part of the BiomedicalEngineering Core, and traditionally are among students’ most favorite courses. 1. The course offers unique opportunities for the students to acquire hands-on experience in “real” research in a variety of biomedical engineering areas. Students perform experiments using the equipment and employing techniques that researchers use in their studies. 2. Students are

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Qianjin Yue; Peifung Guo; Hung Tao Shen; Hayley Shen

Session 2260 The U.S.-China REU Program On Marine Science and Engineering Hung Tao Shen, Hayley Shen Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA 13699-5710 Qianjin Yue Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian Univeristy of Technology, Dalian, China 116023 Peifung Guo College of Environmental Oceanography

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori Bassman; Patrick Little

technology in their curricula;and 3) girls’ schools. All have a demonstrated interest in improved teaching of science,mathematics and technology. With a mix of participants from communities local to HMC (LosAngeles area) and participants from across the country, the workshop has a geographical balancethat allows for several types of networking among teachers when they return to their schools. Page 7.916.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationRecruitment of the attendees primarily is done by letters

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hirak Patangia

time. The effect of the course on student retentionwill be studied in the next few years.Bibliographic Information1 L. R. Carley, P. Khosla, and R. Unetich, “Teaching “Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering” inContext,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 88, pp. 8-22, Jan. 2000.2 http://www.geocities.com/area51/shire/3075/maglev.html.3 T. H. Wong, “Design of a Magnetic Levitation System-An Undergraduate Project,” IEEE Trans. on Education, vol.E-29, pp.196-200, Nov. 1986AcknowledgementsThe author would like to acknowledge the University’s Curriculum Development Grant in support of thedevelopment of the course.Biographic InformationHirak C. Patangia received his B. Tech. Degree (Honors) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India,M.Sc

Conference Session

Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Webster; Karen Haberstroh

engineering related research at Purdue University for a ten-week timeperiod during the summer of 2001. Projects ranged from biomaterials (3 students),biomechanics (3 students), bioimaging (2 students), bioseparations (1 student), andcomputational cell modeling (1 student).Highly qualified students participated in our program from a wide range of universities acrossthe country including Cornell University, The University of Pittsburgh, The Johns HopkinsUniversity, Saint Louis University, Clemson University, University of Portland, The OhioState University, Stevens Institute Of Technology, University of Maryland-College Park, andRose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Half of these institutions currently do not have anestablished BME program; more

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jagannathan Sankar; Juri Filatovs; Devdas Pai

materials content and truly materials-centric courses. An instantiation of this bridging effort is presented in this paper in the descriptionof a shared project between a graduate-level materials characterization course and the aluminumproduct design course referred to above. Test specimens from the aluminum course wereanalyzed by the characterization class and the interaction provided the aluminum class studentswith specific structural detail and a basis for the micro-level mechanisms which originate thecontinuum properties required for mechanical design.IntroductionDesign, be it design of structures, manufacturing processes, or software, is becoming a functionthat involves more than technology/engineering [1]. Designers who decide upon and

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Director for electrical engineering at the Milwaukee School ofEngineering. He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. His areas of interest areintegrated circuit technology, high-speed integrated circuit design, and quality in manufacturing. He received hisMSEE and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and his BSEE from the University of Wisconsin. Page 7.577.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Ledlow

Session 2793 Active/Cooperative Learning: A Discipline-Specific Resource for Engineering Education Susan Ledlow, Janel White-Taylor, and D. L. Evans Arizona State University Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence/Center for Research on Education in Science, Math, Engineering and TechnologyIntroductionWhile general information on the use of active/cooperative learning (A/CL) in higher educationis increasing, discipline-specific resources, especially materials for science, technology

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Lisa Abrams

, campus visits, and printed materials. In addition, however, we conduct programsthat focus on recruiting women from high schools known to provide them with the skillsnecessary to study engineering and on integrating those programs with others designed toretain women who have chosen to study engineering. This paper documents the suite ofrecruitment and retention programs at Ohio State; several of which were supported, in part, bythe Gateway Engineering Education Coalition.IntroductionOur society is becoming increasingly reliant on technology, and as a result, there is an increasingdemand for people with training in technical fields, particularly engineering. Young womenform a substantial and largely untapped pool of potential engineers that could