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Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Hopcroft

, three distinct themes evolved to provide a framework for discussion: 1)methodology, 2) communication, and 3) culture.A. MethodologyThe complex structure of the mind is not the subject of this paper. Relevant here are key ideasconcerning thinking across professions. For both the engineer and the psychologist new modelsof understanding methodology and innovative approaches to research have forever changed thenature of their research. Prior researchers [1, 2, 3] revolutionized thinking about thinking. Newmodels of thought recognize the importance of innovation, creativity, and culture. That inputinfluenced the new direction in the current collaboration and suggested that research also needsto be defined by innovation, creativity, and culture.A

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Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Katherine Emery; John Feland

established in 1995, with the goal to accelerate high-technology entrepreneurshipeducation and research across engineering and science universities worldwide. The programfocuses its efforts in three areas:1) Teaching: to create and deliver curricula for engineering education2) Research: to support research on high-technology entrepreneurship3) Outreach: to share results and materials in order to accelerate similar efforts worldwideCurrently, the program provides 20 quarters per year of entrepreneurship instruction, supports 12PhD students researching high-technology ventures, and hosts an annual conference forentrepreneurship educators. STVP also conducts an internship program, a cross-campusentrepreneurship collaborative network, and a speaker

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Feland

Session 2525 Building Teammates: Bringing Better Team Skills to Design Courses J. M. Feland Stanford UniversityINTRODUCTIONIn the past ten years there has a large push from industry to improve the quality of engineeringgraduates entering the profession. One of the key deficiencies identified by industry is thetremendous lack of team working skills commanded by new engineers. 1 Last year the NationalAcademy of Engineering recommended that engineering schools “make engineering leadership aprincipal focus” and develop graduates “who can lead real and virtual teams

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Masaaki Mizuno

Session 3220 Teaching Visual C++ for C Programmers in Industry Masaaki Mizuno 1 and Shimbu Yamagata2 1 Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, masaaki@cis.ksu.edu 2 Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Institute of Technology, 2-2 Kagahara, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Japan, syamagata@sy.itech.hitachi.co.jp Abstract Microsoft Visual C++ (VC++) is an important development system for window- based applications. However, VC++ is known to be very difficult to lea rn. At Hitachi Institute of

Conference Session

Teaching Green Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Gregg

), thelatest figures indicate that nearly 70 percent of freshman engineering students graduate fromVirginia Tech with an engineering degree; an additional 20 percent graduate from Virginia Techwith other than an engineering degree, and the remainder transfer to another institution or take onother challenges. 1 Page 7.524.1Green Engineering Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education‘Green’ engineering is the terminology currently in use to describe the process of designing andproducing goods, services

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Goldberg

microcontroller are needed and therefore portability must be sacrificed. In this case, a"special compiler" is required that recognizes the specific hardware of the microcontroller. Anexample of such a compiler is the Rigel Corporation 8051 C compiler, which provides twomethods for communicating with specific hardware in the 8051Note: Microcontroller will refer to both microcontrollers and microprocessors in this paper.1. IntroductionThe direction of the Microcontroller course in the Bachelor of Electrical EngineeringTechnology program at Buffalo State College has been transitioning from an intensive assemblylanguage focus to one that incorporates the important role of high-level languages in themicrocontroller environment. In past semesters, we prepared

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Widmer; Jan Lugowski

, and the other for fluid powercalculations with the help of Excel software. We find that students benefit from developingproficiency in the software applications to solve technical problems. Employing an intensive,problem-based approach helps develop this proficiency in a limited time. We recommend thatthe students receive clear, consistent, and reasonably complete assignments provided by thelaboratory instructor. It is important that the students continue through all phases of eachassignment, and fully engage in solving problems as they encounter them. This paper discusseshow we focused on the problem-based learning that could also be implemented for industrialprojects.Problem based learning (PBL) 1, 2, 3, 4 is a response to educational

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Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Randall Timi; Dannie Hutchinson; William Strenth; James Otter

provided the incentive tomove to the senior end of the educational experience. The next step was the development andassessment of a five-year pilot study to assess the incorporation of this model into theconstruction senior-level capstone course.The primary concerns of the faculty for this second phase included: 1)how well senior studentswould function in an environment where they were evaluated subjectively and objectively,2)how well the senior students would adapt and accept a simulated "real-world" educationalenvironment after the near completion of four years in a traditional academic environment, and3)how much involvement and interaction from the faculty team would be necessary to lead,mentor and manage the students through this

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

exported to the laser cutter. Thespeed and intensity of the laser beam is controlled by color of line and only the lines that are tobe burned by the laser can remain in this file. Each team is allotted ten hours of machine time,paid for by the Rapid Prototyping Center. This has proven in the past to be more than enoughtime to cut the models (figure 1). Page 7.221.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 1The laser engraver has been the RP Machine of choice for our architectural

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

in theFourth Turning and represents a Crisis and last occurred in 1930 - 40. The next Crisis ispredicted for the time period of 2020+. Historians infer that a Fourth Turning Crisis is nottriggered by unusual events; thus, the alignment of generations causes the Crisis.The inclusive dates of the Nation’s last turnings are: Ø First Turning, 1946 – 1963; Ø Second Turning, 1964 – 1983; Ø Third Turning, 1984 – 2004?; Ø Fourth Turning, 1929 – 1945.Thus, the Third Turning is ending and a new Fourth Turning will be (is?) starting in the nearfuture (Figure 1).Balancing Freedom with ResponsibilityConsider a horizontal line as a continuum. Define the right endpoint as chaos, the left as totalcontrol. The workings of the United States

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

integrated with the rest of the curriculum and are designed to address the ABETaccreditation criteria regarding both content and outcome oriented. The details of each coursecontent is shown in appendix A and appendix B respectively.IV. ResultsThe Mechanical engineering program at AAMU officially started in the Fall of 1997. Duringthe second year it was found that close to 50% of the first year freshman class did not remain inthe program. At that time the ME 101 class was offered only in the second semester of thefreshman year. A decision was made to offer the class both in the fall and spring semesters forthe following years. Figure 1 shows the cumulative enrollment to fall 2000

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

and directexperience with real networking hardware integrating diverse technologies. Thecurriculum must be continually evaluated in an environment where new technologiesappear more rapidly than the publishing cycle for textbooks.IntroductionBYU and several other universities have been developing a four-year degree program inInformation Technology. 1,2 A key component of this program is networking. There is arequirement for a networking fundamentals course that can both serve as an introductionto networking for all IT students and also serve as a foundation for more advancedcourses in networking and telecommunications. Developing and teaching such a courseis complicated by several factors. Three of the most problematic are: 1. There is a

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jørgen Hansen; Arvid Andersen

university, and people in education seem to agree, that it is important to teach ourstudents: 1.To be trustworthy and responsible. 2. Not to be afraid to tackle problems on theirown 3. To communicate without ambiguity and to listen actively (empathic listening). 4. Howto find and select relevant material from what is often a bewildering pile of data andinformation 5. To read, speak and write English. 6. To work in teams. Students often becomefrustrated since they find it hard to understand how to make an original, worthwhile andpersonal contribution from reading all the relevant information found. However, M.Finneston provided in “Engineering our Future” H.S.M.O., London, 1980, a stimulus. Doingteamwork is more than ever a skill required to be able

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Halvard Nystrom

and opportunities in order to identify some ofthe requirements, potential roadblocks and roles that ASEE-EMD might play to supportthis development.Current SituationEngineering Management (EM) continues to grow steadily. Data collected byEngineering Trends 1 shows that the number of EM graduates has grown from 1990 to2000 at a rate of approximately 4%. The undergraduate programs have grown byapproximately 2%, while master’s degrees has grown at a 4% rate and Ph.D. at a 6% rate.To put this in context, Table 1 provides a comparison of similar growth rates forengineering and business programs. Even though EM bachelor’s degrees grew only at a2% it was considerably higher than the rest of the engineering field, where the number ofgraduates actually

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Jose Fierro; Daniel Grajeda; Steve Stafford; Rosa Gomez

Page 7.1121.1facilities, quiet study areas, multi-purpose rooms, computer workrooms, lounges and vendingcafé facilities. The Centers also serve as clearinghouses for information regarding graduate and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrightã2002, American Society for Engineering Educationprofessional schools, scholarships, undergraduate research assistantships, and other employmentopportunities [1].But ACES isn’t just a set of facilities – it’s a reflection of systemic change in the preparation o fengineering and science students well into the 21 st Century. Although it signifies a change inacademic culture – valuing integration as well as

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Chandra Thamire

undergraduate program in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering is fairlytypical for the respective fields (Tables 1 and 2). The engineering courses build on each otherand are offered in sequence. Approximately three fourths of the required courses, including thecourses in engineering science, some of the core courses in mechanical and electricalengineering, design courses, all courses having a laboratory component, mathematics andphysical sciences courses, and courses in the general education program, are taught on thecampus, at FSU. Some specialized courses in the respective engineering disciplines are deliveredfrom UMCP, via ITV. As an example, there are three required courses in mechanical engineeringthat have a design component: ENES 100

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

due to the World Wide Web. Unfortunately, a substantialnumber of these technology-based learning innovations are integrated without any thought givento design issues, and, most importantly, without any thought to systematic evaluation of theimpact of these technologies [1]. In fact, systematic evaluation of learning innovations, ingeneral, have been greatly lacking over the years. This is particularly unfortunate because,without this type of feedback on new techniques and innovations, the most effective practices arenot emphasized, and those that are ineffective remain. In response to this basic problem, somelarge organizations and agencies have identified evaluation and assessment as a fundamentalhallmark of effective education. This is

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Marcellus; Omar Ghrayeb

presentation of problem solving. Smartclassroom presentation is suited to transmission of basic facts and information. The classroomexperience of students is very different for the two types of instruction. The relative benefits ofthe two types of instruction depend strongly on the students’ learning preferences and personalcircumstances.1. IntroductionRecently, the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Northern IllinoisUniversity equipped four classrooms with audio-visual systems that allow display ofvideocassettes, paper documents, Internet pages, and interaction with commonly used softwaresuch as Microsoft Office. These classrooms are called “smart classrooms,” multimedia lecturehalls, or electronic classrooms. Their purpose is to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht; Donna Carlon

soughtto evaluate the relationship between the success of the team’s efforts as influenced byexpectations, attitudes, and roles. Success was defined as both quality of the output (product) andsatisfaction levels of the team members. Thus, the specific research questions addressed in thisstage were: 1. How does the gender mix of the teams affect satisfaction and quality? 2. How is team performance affected by attitudes in relation to expectations? 3. How do task and team functions differ among the male and female team members?An Engineering Methodology for the Study To answer our research questions, we began with a teamwork model proposed by Knecht 16consisting of inputs and outputs as well as external factors (functions

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Whiteman

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milan Soklic

-time and embedded systems.The laboratory equipment is designed and assembled around several commercially availablesoftware and hardware components. The bock diagram in Figure 1 depicts major buildingcomponents and their connections into laboratory equipment. The major hardware/softwarecomponents are: a personal computer workstation (PCW) hosting Tornado integrated tool fordevelopment of real-time and embedded software, a single board computer (SBC) hostingVxWorks real-time operating system, and a model of a hardware railroad. Application software Application software Tornado (VxSim) Railroad

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn

process. In otherwords, the code of cooperation should help the team to avoid destructive behaviors andencourage behaviors that are constructive to the team.At the very start of the course, the students were given examples of codes of cooperation andwere instructed to write their own code of cooperation that would include the rules they wantedto work by. This enabled them to think about how they were going to work as a team.An example of a code of cooperation follows: Code of ConductI WILL:1. Attend meetings regularly.2. Listen and show respect to all members.3. Always put forth my best effort and fair share of work on the design project4. Not waste time by being stuck on the same problem for more than 20 min

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott; Robert Knecht

? Page 7.974.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The design stem at CSM encompasses a four- Designyear program in engineering design studies, IVwhich emphasizes the technical skills levels of Synthesis & Designthe students, summarized in Figure 1. The III

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ryan

of the code used for this experiment is included inFigure 1 for readers unfamiliar with its use (a good introduction to VBA programming can befound in Microsoft’s Excel/Visual Basic Programmer’s Guide 2). The first Sub procedure(Anorm) generates normally distributed values with a mean of 62 and a standard deviation of 3.1(of course any suitable values may be used). The key line of code begins with“Application.Run”. This syntax calls the worksheet function “Random” to generate the normallydistributed values. (Note that this function can also be accessed from the worksheet by the menuchoices Tools>Data Analysis>Random Number Generation. With this method, a dialog boxappears allowing a normal distribution with any mean and standard

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Beth Kolko; Linda Whang

CriteriaThere have been several exploratory and research-based studies that attempt to articulate criteriafor evaluating electronic resources. The evaluation criteria that are mentioned most often withrespect to websites are accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage. [15] Print-basedevaluation criteria are often invoked as one method for managing the challenge of unverifiedWeb resources. These criteria include looking at authorship, the publishing body, point of viewor bias, referral to other sources, verifiability, and currency. [1] However, it can be difficult todeploy such criteria with respect to websites, and thus the teaching of information literacy skillsis paramount. [12] Such skills can include elements of an evaluation

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob Twiggs

theCubeSat, which were less complicated, could be built quicker ~ 1 year, cost less ~ $5,000 andhave regular low-cost launches ~$30k. Meeting these goals can accomplish the systemsengineering training in the project life cycle, but now within the education lifetime of a master’sdegree student. The CubeSat program is now being adopted at other US universities such asMontana State University, University of Arizona, Taylor University, California Polytechnic StateUniversity, University of California at Santa Barbara and many more. Stanford University nowhas four CubeSats under development for completion in early 2002 with launches later that year.This paper will describe the results of the microsatellite program, review the evolution into theCubeSat

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Elkins; Roy Eckart; Catherine Rafter; Eugene Rutz; Cathy Maltbie

ways to retain these students, who have a higher rate of attrition than judgingtypes 2. It appears that all the various personality types do fairly well in classes usingtechnologies of streaming video, web based courses and interactive video originating.There is some indication that interactive video receiving is not as effective.Future research is needed to examine the consistency of our findings concerning howpersonality type, importance of student satisfaction, improvement in technology use; andinstructor personality and training affect performance of students in these classes.1. Kolb, D. Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. 1984,Englewood Cliffs, NJ. p.772. . McCaulley, M., Macdaid, G. and Walsh, R

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Steven Parks; Krisnamurthy Jayaraman; Edward Evans; Siamack Shirazi; Ovadia Shoham; Mei Zhuang; Marilyn Amey; Keith Wisecarver; George Chase; Charles Petty; Andre Benard

Session 1712 NSF Combined Research and Curriculum Development on Multiphase Transport Phenomena M. J. Amey 2, A. Bénard 2, G. G. Chase 1, E. A. Evans1, K. Jayaraman 2, R. S. Mohan3, S. M. Parks2, C. A. Petty 2 (presenter), O. Shoham3, S. A. Shirazi3, K. D. Wisecarver3, M. Zhuang 2 1 The University of Akron/2Michigan State University/ 3The University of TulsaSummaryThis curriculum development project on multiphase transport phenomena draws on the researchexperiences from nine research laboratories at The University of Akron, Michigan State

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

important role in simulating andmodeling of virtual labs which has become essential with the popularity of web-basedinstruction for distance learning. An experimental facility based on virtual labs allowsstudents to investigate and examine variations in problems that are difficult orsometimes impossible to duplicate in the physical labs. It is also possible to offerstudents these virtual labs via the world wide web or CD-ROM anytime and anywherein the world 1, 2.Review of Graphical Programming ToolsDue to many advantages of graphical programming, the industry has developed a rangeof software tools for different areas of electrical engineering. and technology. As aresult, the electrical engineering technology department at the SUNY Institute o

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

to evaluate how well the students mastered the basic ideas and skills being taught. (1) Page 7.1248.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationIn lecture based courses it is even more difficult to replace exams with other means of evaluationespecially when the course is problem solving in nature. Therefore exams are likely to continueto be utilized for evaluation but the challenge remains on how to make exams more effective as alearning tool. This paper suggests a step in this direction