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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Brown; Michael Flynn; Gordon Carichner; Dennis Sylvester; David Blaauw; Catharine June

logic design, circuit design, microarchitecture, validation,design methodology and tools, and mask-level design. It notes that teaching VLSI is challengingbecause it requires both depth and considerable breadth. As stated in the RFP, Intel would like tosee students with stronger software skills, analog circuit expertise, experience in high speed and/or low power circuit design, exposure to modern submicron semiconductor processes, and consid-erably more hands-on experience designing integrated circuits.The philosophy of the University of Michigan VLSI curriculum has been to give students a broadbackground in fundamental topics, combined with project-oriented VLSI courses that rely onmodern design flows, professional CAD tools, and current

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ghanashyam Joshi

andapplications specifically useful to engineering and technical graduates. The main topics in thecourse are planning, forecasting, decision making, project management, time management,quality control, optimization, reliability and risk analysis, and scheduling. The engineeringmanagement course offers students with ample opportunity to demonstrate their mastery ofcourse materials and related ideas through guided class discussions, open ended projects,assignments, research reports, and tests. The main distinction of this course when compared to atraditional management course is less emphasis on non-technical topics such as accounting andbusiness management.The observations and experiences learnt from the development and teaching of the

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BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wagner; Daniel Cavanagh

Engineering, he isalso Co-Director of the newly formed Biomedical Engineering Program. Dr. Cavanagh teaches a variety ofbiomedical and chemical engineering courses in addition to researching intravascular gas embolism and dialysis.JOHN J. WAGNER is a sophomore in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University. Heplayed a major role in the development of the biotransport laboratory exercises for the first-year engineers. Page 9.118.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Sheinberg; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

engineering such as mechanical andcivil in safety and fire protection.Technology is a key ingredient in performance oriented fire protection because it providesalternatives to old traditional methods. The department has an electrical technology facultymember, with extensive background in electronics and industrial experience in fire protectiondevices now teaching courses related to alarm systems and developing laboratories forinstruction in fire protection electronics.The Safety and Fire protection program currently includes three tenured faculty memberswith advanced degrees in engineering and academic or industrial experience in fireprotection. Six adjunct professors with extensive safety and fire protection experience in theHouston area support the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

Paper 2004-1243 Real or Simulation: Experiences Using Computer Simulation versus Remote Operation for Process Control Jim Henry Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598 Richard Zollars Department of Chemical Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2710AbstractThis paper has a comparison of student reactions to having laboratory experimentsconducted

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Luegenbiehl; Kathryn Neeley; Jerry Gravander

between science (or the sciences) and practice. As Mead expressed it,“We were out in the research laboratory trying to figure out what was true. . . .Of course, thingsthat don’t work in the lab don’t work in the real world, but things that do work in the lab oftentake a long time to work out in the real world.”4 Mead might also have added that things thatwork in the lab sometimes do not work at all in practice. The “bridge” between the engineeringcurriculum and engineering practice matters, then, because it educates students about the realitiesof the disjunction between the laboratory and practical application. Ideally, educationalexperiences that fulfill the Criterion 4 requirement give the students an understanding of theintegrative nature of

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chi Thai

the National Research Council1, 2 advocated the adoption of InformationTechnology to improve student learning at the high school and university levels, but Hilton2 alsoacknowledged that "Information Technology (IT) is changing at a breathtaking pace, making itvirtually impossible to accurately predict its future impact on teaching and learning inundergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education". Maeroff's3 surveyshowed that "A Classroom of One" is just around the corner, and Raschke4 predicted that theUniversity, as we know it, will be "deconstructed" in the near future as learning shifts from ateacher-initiated orientation to a more active role from the student. For this purpose, the NationalScience Foundation had

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bahr; M. Grant Norton

requirement has not been used as a deciding factor inselection. Instead we have targeted recruiting directly at institutions, majors, and organizations,which result in an application pool that is more representative of the general population than theaverage demographic pool in engineering at Washington State University.Our REU program starts at the beginning of June and runs for ten weeks ending the first week ofAugust. We have found that interactions between the students are increased if they all stay indormitory accommodation on campus. These interactions are important not only on the sociallevel but also appear to increase collaborations in the laboratory. During the first week of theprogram the students meet each other, are introduced to the

Conference Session

Role of Professional Societies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne Dorland

engineering, biotechnology, nanotechnology, electronics and informationdevelopment or delivery. We need to take an active role in redefining the education pipeline,especially an enhanced awareness of science and math in K through 12, as well as a broadeningof the chemical engineering undergraduate curriculum. We must look to redefining the goals ofindustry and their responsibilities to society, that is, sustainable development, while we continueto support the core industries and knowledge base of chemical engineering.If we define “Industry” as where we work, “Technology” as how we work, “Education” as howwe teach/learn, and “Society” as how we behave/develop, we can readily present AIChE’shistoric role as a professional society in Figure 1. Chemical

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

responses.In the late Spring of 2003, RIT’s Online Learning Department set out to collaborate witha small group of RIT faculty to design and then evaluate "blended" courses (5). In orderto know more about how effective the blended teaching and learning process might be,Online Learning sponsored pilot courses in which a portion of the class time is canceledand replaced with some form of asynchronous (any time, any where) discourse.Experienced distance learning faculty were invited to collaborate with instructionaldesigners in developing a blended course, monitoring key activities to measure successand acceptance, and to participate in disseminating Pilot results to the rest of campusthrough panel discussions, newsletter articles, and possibly

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Enger; Sudhir Mehta

, and student affairs staff who are participating in this project. • Conducting workshops for instructors, faculty advisors, student affairs staff, and student mentors. • Randomly selecting a cohort of 25 students from a group of freshmen in a particular discipline who have volunteered to participate in this project. Four, eight, and sixteen cohorts will be selected in the first, second, and third year of the grant respectively. Each cohort will be residing in a close proximity (not as roommates) within in a residence hall. • Forming learning communities, each one consisting of a group of 25 students, one faculty advisor, other instructors who are teaching this group of students, student

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

, Teaching, and Research, 1890-1990, Teachers College Press, Columbia University, New York, 1999.Lewis, Clayton, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, personal communication.Biographical InformationDavid E. Clough is Professor and Associate Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder,CO. He joined the faculty at Colorado in 1975. He served for seven years as Associate Dean for Academic Affairsof Colorado's College of Engineering and Applied Science. He is responsible, in part, for initiation of numerouseducational program and facility innovations at the University of Colorado, including the Integrated Teaching &Learning Laboratory, the Herbst Program of Humanities, and the Women in Engineering Program

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kraemer; Bijan Pashaie; David Probst

member in the EnvironmentalScience Program, students will design and construct a ph-sensitive, solid-state sensor todetermine the concentration of organophosphates in groundwater in the region around theUniversity. This project has the added benefit of providing an instrument to address a seriousregional problem, so external funding for it has been requested from a state agency. This paperwill describe the course and the project that will be used for teaching it for the first time.I. IntroductionThe Engineering Physics Program at Southeast Missouri State University integrates a typicalphysics program and a typical electrical engineering program. The Program has a core set ofcourses and two options. The Applied Physics and Engineering (APE

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

groups (2-3 students per session), (2) promote interaction with the graduate studentpopulation, and (3) enthuse the students about research and engineering. Although limited paywas available, the major plus for the instructors was the opportunity to create, lead, and modify(based on experience) a small teaching module. Students rated the lab sessions and could postcomments visible both to the instructors and other students. Students used these ratings to helpdecide which labs in which to enroll.Several aspects of this program differed from standard lab courses. Through an innovativecourse management website, instructors and students both had unprecedented schedulingflexibility both in the selection and attendance of lab sessions. There was

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Youakim Kalaani

, as well as, lessons learned for future improvements are presented and discussed.I. IntroductionThe Technology Department at NIU offers three undergraduate programs: Electrical EngineeringTechnology (EET), Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MET), and Industrial Technology(IT). All technology students are required to take Electricity and Electronics Fundamentals(TECH175) and its companion Laboratory (TECH175A) that can be viewed at the department’sweb page http://www.ceet.niu.edu/depts/tech/academic/classes/class. For some students, this ispossibly their only opportunity to learn basic electricity skills before graduation. Due to theirmultidisciplinary nature, these courses have traditionally been a challenge to teach, andtherefore

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples; Andrew Rose

Session 3615 LEADERSHIP 101 DEVELOPING THE LEADER IN ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS Robert Martinazzi, Andrew T. Rose, Jerry Samples University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown“The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is leadership.” General Dwight EisenhowerAbstractConventional wisdom defines leadership as a skill and as such it can be learned. The questionbecomes one of where to begin when teaching leadership skills? Researching the voluminousamount of leadership material

Conference Session

NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

private enterprise into the academic world. Thedaily work requirements facing individuals in private enterprise vary greatly from those facingthe educator. The occupational skills necessary for excellence in teaching include theorganization of various types of diverse information, the development of engaging visual aids,development of good oral presentation skills, interaction between and coordination with peereducators, as well as many others. Often these skills must be refined in the first few semesters toensure skillful instruction.The process of organizing all of the necessary information often detracts from the developmentof the other skills necessary for success. The types and volume of information that must betracked and maintained in the

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Froyd; Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson

content of new course materials, or the results of changes, e.g., howincorporating new teaching strategies affected student learning. Some of these reportshave come from the work of faculty in the NSF-sponsored Foundation Coalition (FC),currently consisting of six institutions: Arizona State University (ASU), Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology (RHIT), Texas A&M University (TAMU), the University of Page 9.298.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAlabama (UA), the University of Massachusetts at

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Natasha Beretvas; John Pearce, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

traditional lecture / class notes model is needed to help students reason about topics that arenot in their everyday experience and thinking. One instructional strategy that helps engineeringstudents go deeper in their thinking about the functional aspects of electrical circuits is showingthese effects through the use of real-time devices.We have not been able to use real-time demonstrations in class effectively, and certainly not inour larger classes. A real-time prototyping and development system that is an ideal teaching aid,called ELVIS (Electronics Laboratory Virtual Instrument Suite) 3 has been developed byNational Instruments (Austin TX). This apparatus uses real circuit devices on a breadboardconnected to a PC through ADC (Analog Digital

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Vennes; Phillip Smith

complexityand sophistication. The rationale for this is that employers of mechanical engineers expect themto have proficiency with this type of software, and there is a very steep learning curve inreaching a reasonable degree of proficiency. The results of several years of experience withdeveloping this teaching approach are discussed. For example, students' performance in applyingmathematics, from geometry through differential equations, to solving mechanical engineeringproblems is examined in order to determine if their mathematical abilities are enhanced ordegraded. Other advantages and disadvantages of such an undergraduate program are discussedand suggestions and recommendations concerning future programs are made.I. IntroductionA subject that has

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wise

grading schemes that ebb and flow in their accuracy. CPR applies theprocess of scientific peer review to education. Students perform research (study), write abouttheir “findings”, submit it for blind review (and act as reviewers themselves), and finally usepeer feedback to improve their understanding. All of this is possible without intervention fromthe instructor using CPR.This paper reports on part of a continuing study on the utility of CPR in engineering education.In this instance, CPR was introduced into a writing-intensive laboratory course in chemicalengineering. Students worked in teams, but were required to submit individually-craftedexecutive summaries using the CPR system. Assessment was based on instructor inspection ofstudent work

Conference Session

Lessons Learned From Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Guvench

Programmable Digital Multimeter (DM 5120). All of theseinstruments are equipped with GPIB interface. A Pentium IV computer equipped with NationalInstrument's IEEE488.2 card controls the setup. A system schematic of the measurement setup is given inFigure 1. This is an extension of a “Computer-Integrated-Electronics” teaching laboratory setup whichwas featured to do automated measurement of I-V and C-V characteristics of semiconductor devices andsensors and, to extract SPICE parameters from them for undergraduate electrical engineering education atthe University of Southern Maine. Creative utilization of this standard test equipment for 2- and 3-terminal device measurements and their automation were reported earlier (see Guvench [4] and [5

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BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

is based on the widely publicized book “How PeopleLearn” (HPL). The HPL teaching framework presents the learning material as a series ofchallenges that are posed through a “Legacy Cycle.” Three VANTH modules, covering sevenchallenges, were tested in an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering course in Fall 2003. Theclass (N=32) was divided into two groups, control and trial, based on a random assignment.The control group performed the challenge in a traditional way (pencil and paper) while thetrial group solved the challenge using the VaNTH material located at a website. For eachgroup, a pre-test, post-test, and affect ranking were administered. The students were alsosurveyed on the learning effectiveness of the various components of each

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Nadir; Peter Young; Il Yong Kim; Olivier de Weck; David Wallace

Session 332 Innovative Modern Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping Course: A Rewarding CAD/CAE/CAM Experience for Undergraduates Il Yong Kim, Olivier de Weck, William Nadir, Peter Young and David Wallace Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems Division Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139AbstractThis paper presents a new undergraduate design course in the Department of Aeronautics andAstronautics at MIT. This course combines design theory, lectures and hands-on activities to teach thedesign stages from

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

theoretical conceptswith hands-on practical experiences and we have lead most of our engineering colleagues inusing innovative approaches in the classrooms. All these issues that focus on pedagogy,methodology and teaching innovation, especially those with a practical emphasis will be verywelcome not only by fellow engineering technology colleagues but also by engineering facultyand the academic community in general. The dissemination of laboratory experiences,procedures and even manuals is another are where we can, as an academic community, make asignificant contribution to the current body of knowledge. As a discipline, engineeringtechnology has a long standing experience in involving industry in shaping curricular contentsvia the industrial

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

CGT116 Instructor Update Information Date Submitted: 08-01-03 Date to be Reviewed: 01-07-04 Responsible faculty for the review: Higley Type of Update New Edition of the Text New Text Adopted New Software Teaching Method New Laboratory Equipment Lab Material Update Teaching Initiative Other Description of Condition Prior to / After Update: The correct book was used this time, and the students seem to learn the material much more quickly. I also changed the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

non-traditional educational focus is in the management of the systems and human resources thatmove these technologies from the laboratory into full commercialization for the benefit ofsociety. Specifically, the microEP graduate program strives to emulate an industrial work groupin an academic environment, an environment that is based in assessing performance throughevaluation of individual projects and knowledge rather than in meeting group objectives.The microEP program also stresses the concepts of civic responsibility through the concept ofthe “citizen technologist”. All microEP students are trained in their responsibilities to lead theircommunities after graduation to repay the large investment that society has placed into theirgraduate

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

for the levelof expertise brought to the research team by undergraduate students. Faculty with more openended, exploratory research found they had more difficulty managing and motivating thestudents compared to faculty with more specific projects. The most successful projects werethose that required a large number of “hands” and less experience, compared to those thatrequired a steep learning curve before students could be useful or productive in the lab.Mentors observed that the students often blamed themselves when things went wrong as opposedto understanding that setbacks are a natural part of the research process. For most of theparticipants this was their first experience with conducting actual research versus “canned”laboratory

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Orabi

of the Internet contributed to thesatisfaction levels.IntroductionOnline-based course delivery has become an attractive option for expanding its reach to newstudents and to facilitate the scheduling of existing students. During a recent academic semester(spring’ 03), the students at the University of New Haven (UNH) had the opportunity to enroll insuch a course. The initial preparation for the online class was time consuming because of theamount of materials made available to the students. It has also been found from experience that ittakes much more time to teach and administer Online courses. Other Online course developersagree that teaching and maintaining a Online course takes a considerable amount of time [4].However, the time is well

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Davis; Roman Stemprok; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

located inDenton, Texas. During this time it was possible to expand the program to include a Bachelor’sdegree Electronics Engineering Technology , a Master’s Degree in Engineering Technology, anda Masters degree in Business Administration. The program is entirely supported by the utilityand no state funds are involved in the program. The program has strong competition from non-accredited degree granting institutions. Methods of delivery vary with the course of instruction.For laboratory courses, the instructor will generally travel from campus to deliver the material atthe site; for lecture only courses, videoconference is frequently used. Efforts are underway toimport additional courses from other universities at the time of this writing.II