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Innovative Curriculum in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

subjects, the extensive experience of theparticipants substantially enhances the scope of each course as it is being given. Everyclass has a different and unpredictable mix of technical experts. Combine that with deepproblem-solving capabilities and the stimulation of finding kindred souls from othercompanies and we have a recipe for exciting events. In every class, we have anincredible diversity of career experiences combined with shared values, prejudices andgoals. The result is that the courses are likely to evolve continuously for many iterationsof the program.As a measure of the chief engineer’s job, we defined a few attributes that could be used toset the scope and range of personal and technical skills that might be expected insuccessful

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

& Computer Engineering. He received his PH.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois,Chicago, in 1991, M.S. and B.S. also in Electrical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur, India in 1970 and 1968respectively. Professor Agrawal has worked recently for two years in optical networking industry in the SiliconValley in California. Professor Agrawal is the Founder Advisor to Agni Networks Inc., San Jose, California. Hisexpertise includes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers, optical and WDM interface, SONET andGigabit Ethernet and analog electronic systems. He is the author of a Textbook in Power Electronics, published byPrentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

courses to courses in their majors orto their careers. Consequently, their motivation to learn the material in mathematics courses islow, and their retention of this material is poor.This paper describes an interdisciplinary, multisemester project designed to lead students toappreciate the relevance and importance of basic STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) material. Starting in the sophomore level differential equations course andcontinuing in junior and senior level engineering courses, students analyze dynamic systemsfrom various points of view, including mathematical modeling. This paper describes the projectand the modules being developed to implement it.IntroductionMathematicians teaching service courses for engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

split (or not sure) whetherthey wanted to study at college to be an engineer. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 indicates theystrongly did not want to be an engineer and 5 indicates that they strongly did, the average studentresponse was 3.3, with a median of 3, and a standard deviation of 1.1. At the end of the week,their opinion did not change considerably with an average score of 3.2, a median of 3, and astandard deviation of 1.2. This result is not surprising since one week is unlikely to change theirinterest. More time and reflection would be more likely to decide on a career in engineering. Page 10.855.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

, multi-disciplinary design, computer aidedinstruction and testing, computer aided instrumentation systems, and analog and digital circuit design.JOHN T. TESTERJohn Tester is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University. He received hisdoctorate in Industrial & Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to his academic career, he was a MechanicalEngineer at the telecommunications firm, Amtech Systems; he also served as an engineering officer in the U.S. AirForce. His interests include design, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy and engineering education. Page 10.888.5 Proceedings

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rufus Carter; Lisa F. Bullard; Douglas G. Schmucker; Misty Loughry; Richard Felder; Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton; Cynthia Finelli

Engineering with a minor in Education fromthe University of Florida in 1996. Previously, he served as Assistant Director of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEEDEngineering Education Coalition. His research is primarily in freshman programs and educational assessment.MISTY L. LOUGHRYMisty L. Loughry is an Assistant Professor in Clemson University’s Management Department. She received herPh.D. in Management from the University of Florida in 2001. Her research focuses on control in organizations,especially peer monitoring. Prior to her academic career, Dr. Loughry worked in banking for ten years, holding theposition of Assistant Vice President of Small Business Lending at the time she left to begin her graduate studies.RUFUS L. CARTERRufus Carter is Coordinator of

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

interested in career change. The program has also attracted senior undergraduateengineering students who are interested in entering the medical device industry.Students range from company presidents, marketing and sales leaders to engineers, scientists,program managers and regulatory personnel to nurses. About 30% are from large companieswhile the other 70% come from smaller firms in the medical device business, plus some fromhospitals and the University of Minnesota Health Center. Some are in the process of making atransition from other industries into the medical device industry. Page 10.504.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kellen Maicher; Patrick Connolly

principles in the transforming and viewing of graphical images is a requiredskill in many career areas, including many outside of traditional technological boundaries [1, 2, 3].Although many students struggle with this skill set, there is ample research that shows that theability to visualize in 3D environments can be developed and enhanced [4, 5, 6, 7]. One practicalmethod of visualization skill development comes in the form of multiview drawing and Page 10.1273.1development. Through the application of multiview drawing principles in solving challengingvisualization problems, students exercise and improve their spatial acuity and comprehension

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

can be adifficult task. Mathcad provides a general template for an engineer to perform a wide variety ofdesign tasks. The format of the program lends itself to civil engineering based its ability toperform design work with the same application that serves as a report for review. By eliminatingthe report generation phase of the process, engineers can quickly go from design to submittal andincrease profitability. Development of standardized, reviewable documents can mitigate risk.Both of these qualities have appeal for the new civil engineer.A comprehensive, organized approach encompassing many courses can present Mathcad as auseful tool for their future careers. In addition, consistent exposure to the program supports thematerial presented in

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Laura Sullivan

to build on the work and extrapolate to the needs of female faculty. Theresult of the previous grant included teaming opportunities between industrial, manufacturingand mechanical engineering courses through an interdisciplinary design course. A secondary objective of this work is to foster female faculty professional development.Many would agree that collaboration is second nature to women. This work provides anintegrated mentoring opportunity for a female assistant professor to work with a female associateprofessor in another department. The result should be increased career satisfaction andlikelihood for retention and promotion. A third objective of this work is to add value to society through graduating engineers

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Ostheimer

department also hired a writing expert todesign, develop and teach the communication component of these classes; thus alleviating theneed for ECE faculty to direct and formatively assess student writing. After ten years ofemphasizing writing, at least in the senior year of the ECE curriculum, and in response to theABET 2000 requirement that program outcomes be measured, the department, in 1999, begandeveloping plans to design an assessment process capable of evaluating how well the ECEcurriculum was actually preparing our graduates to write for their future careers. In this paper,we will describe first the series of steps that led to the establishment of the assessment design,then present and discuss our observations from five years of this

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Biographical InformationWARREN L. G. KOONTZ is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer andTelecommunications Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Koontz joined the faculty of RIT aftercompleting a 32-year career with Bell Laboratories. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Page 10.627.8 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”

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Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rojeski; Cindy Waters

again, the faculty plays asignificant role in this strategy’s success.Results Engineering Student attitudes have changed significantly over the past five years. In1990 students resented having to take a senior exam and/or the FE. The culture has changed andso have their attitudes. Students seem to accept the fact that preparation for the FE is animportant part of career preparation. While it may be difficult, they seem to accept it a positiveway. The end-of-year exam data also provides a tool for assessing the students' retention ofknowledge. The data tends to dispel the popular misconception by the students and the facultythat students do not retain basic concepts in a course beyond the final exam. Prior to the pilotproject seniors

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Gregory Spaulding

for my job. 3.77The content was relevant to me for my career path. 3.85The course evaluations also solicited comments from workshop attendees. Selected commentsfrom the “Introduction to RCM class” evaluations follow.“How is this new system to be implemented?”“What is success under this system?”“This program will work with team work only.”“Don’t think it will work.”“Will work only if all upper management goes for it too.”“Works well on paper…will it work in practice?”“Concept of program is great but management won’t let it happen.”Measuring Program SuccessAt the writing of this paper, training is still ongoing. Once training is completed and the RCMprogram and related technologies are fully

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

T.M. Wildman; M. L. Wolfe; Jr., O.Hayden Griffin, O.Hayden Griffin,; J. Muffo; G.T. Adel; G.V. Loganathan; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

students in thesecond week of their Engineering Exploration (EngE 1024) course. The ePortfolio wasintroduced as a tool for the collection of samples of their academic and extracurricular work overtheir academic career and as an aid in their learning. Students were also informed that theePortfolio was being investigated as a tool for program assessment. In class, the students wereintroduced to the ePortfolio interface and provided guidelines for entering information into the Page 10.1407.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cathy Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

) knowledge of calculus-based physics.The educational objective of the Mechanical Engineering program at AAMU is to providestudents with the necessary preparation in mechanical engineering to compete effectively forprofessional careers in this field and with the motivation for personal and professional growththrough lifelong learning.The educational outcomes of the ME program are: [1]. The student will demonstrate the necessary competencies in the fundamental education in areas of mechanical engineering, such as thermal and mechanical sciences and system design. Page 10.898.1 Proceedings of the 2005

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College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

’ understanding of bioengineering-related work, to inform and excitesecondary students’ about bioengineering-related work, and to increase students’ matriculationinto bioengineering fields. Specifically, the CD will explore the applicability of bioengineeringto education, business, law, medicine, and government.SLC Outreach Effectiveness The effectiveness of VaNTH SLC outreach across sites is noted by the positiveperceptions that secondary students have of SLC-led outreach activities, the influence of SLCactivities upon the career choices that students are making, the diversity of the students who havebeen exposed to outreach activities, and the enjoyable teaching and learning experiences that aregained by SLC students. At HST/MIT, SLC students

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Li Qian

time because of machine crashes. Students also got more experience invarious virtual 3-axis to 5-axis CNC machines.Projects shown above provide a curricular module for students in the manufacturingengineering program to really understand the complex surface modeling and multi-axismachining. Experience in 4-axis complex surface machining will be very helpful forstudents’ career in industry. These projects also foster students’ independent learning.Students can correct their mistakes in CNC programs by themselves with Vericut.Bibliography1. Chang, T.C., Wysk, R.A., Wang H.P., Computer Aided Manufacturing, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 19982. CGTech, Vericut training sessions Version 5.4, May 24, 20043. Gibbs and Associates, SolidSurface

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several researchpapers in IEEE journals and conferences.ESSAID BOUKTACHE is a member of the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer EngineeringTechnology Department at Purdue University Calumet. Dr. Bouktache received his MS and PhD in ElectricalEngineering from Ohio State University in 1980 and 1985 respectively. His research and teaching interests includeDigital Signal Processing, Computer Networks, and Digital Communications. Professor Bouktache has been withPurdue since 1992 and is a member of IEEE and ASEE. He has several publications to his credit

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services inengineering education in the international arena. Prior to that, he had a long career in education: facultymember at MIT, department chair in civil engineering at Ohio State University, dean of engineering atUniversity of Massachusetts, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University ofDelaware. Page 10.1244.7Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

seconded professional staff, consultants,fellows and interns.RUSSEL C. JONES is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services inengineering education in the international arena. Prior to that, he had a long career in education: faculty memberat MIT, department chair in civil engineering at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University of Page 10.548.5Massachusetts, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005

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Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Magun-Jackson

. Page 10.787.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral DevelopmentLawrence Kohlberg, who began his career as a developmental psychologist at HarvardUniversity, developed his stages of moral development through research studies that heconducted. Grounded in Jean Piaget’s research on cognitive and moral development, Kohlberg’stheory demonstrated that these kinds of development occur in a progressive fashion. That is,people progress in their moral reasoning through a series of identifiable and hierarchical stagesthat can be generally classified into three levels. He maintains that these

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Randal Direen; Frank Barnes; Edward McKenna; Driss Benhaddou; Deniz Gurkan; Alan Mickelson

way similar to the case where a factory maybe isolated from human control over the production. In this respect, we would like tominimize the student-instructor interaction in order to have a close-to-real-life experience toour students for their future careers. However, educational goals will not be achieved withoutthe proper learning environment. Therefore, we included a camera monitoring for both theinstructor-student interaction and the lab test and measurement control environment. We willinclude an objective committee from industry professionals to assess the learning outcomes ofthis lab structure during our pilot labs.VII. Student Performance Metrics and AssessmentThe students will have full control over the test and measurement

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh

of projects come up most frequently?• What is your role?• What are some of the constraints that you typically face?• What tools or resources do you use to solve problems?Below are a few facts about these engineers’ experience and educational backgrounds:• They had other manufacturing industry experience joining the system integration industry.• Most started their careers with a two-year or four-year college degree. Two of the fifteen did not have a formal degree.• They came from a variety of technical backgrounds, including electronic, mechanical, welding, aircraft, and industrial engineering.4. Observations and findings4.1 What is system integration?One primary finding from these interviews is that

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Maldonado; Christenson John; Eugene Rutz

resources, the program’s goal is to ultimately support a steady-state stream of roughly 8to 12 graduates per year. Furthermore, it has become evident that the nature of a dual-degree with anundergraduate and graduate component inherently tends to attract some of the best qualified enteringengineering students. In fact, after two complete academic quarters, the majority of students in theMNE-ACCEND have shown to be high performers with GPA’s exceeding 3.3/4.0 early in theiracademic careers. Aside from preparing these students to reach the appropriate academic standingbefore they enter the graduate phase of the program, their good grades have already translated intoadditional scholarship awards at local and national levels (i.e., ANS, NANT).The

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

expected to know or be able to do by the time theygraduate. Criterion G, an ability to communicate effectively, has often been met by anintroductory technical writing course and a speech class. We know that our students will have topresent information orally throughout their careers. We also know that the accurate presentationof complex technical data is difficult. The set of skills required is not the same as the oneaddressed in a typical speech class. It is therefore important to develop a curriculum specific tothe needs of engineers and scientists. Audience analysis, research, organization of material, the Page 10.829.1selection of

Conference Session

A Century of College Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

Reserve University;Bucknell University; Western Michigan University; California State University, LosAngeles; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; University of Louisville; and WentworthInstitute of Technology. Currently there are over 20 schools participating.These schools have found that all of the outcomes of the recently expanded Body ofKnowledge (i.e., outcomes 13, 14, and 15) can be covered within the undergraduatecurriculum, with the exception of Outcome 12, additional technical depth. The additionaltechnical depth component would, by its very nature, be very flexible in its application toallow for a wide range of career paths. Under this situation, the post-BS engineeringeducation would consist of upper level undergraduate or graduate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Constance Kampf; Dave Kmiec

of the course,seems to ground the occasional militant student who, after finding a practicing engineer anddiscussing his or her encounter with a group, comes to the shocking realization that a career inengineering does actually involve quite a bit of writing.Also, the writing consultant’s discussion of the assigned proposing documents is informed by thevarious project management documents discussed. Problem-solution memos and proposals arepresented, notably, as problem-solving precursors to project charters and work breakdownstructures. This not only encourages buy-in from students who are accustomed to thinking ofwriting as merely evidence of work, but it also helps instill the idea of writing as an importantpart of the larger problem

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Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Patton; Daniel Crunkleton

underclassmen into the design competition process would provide a sense ofaccomplishment earlier in their academic careers, which could improve retention. Acompetition requiring the newest technologies would attract the best and the brighteststudents to the team. A socially significant competition would provide better outreachopportunities, and could provide recruitment benefits.Getting Involved: Fuel cell researchEventually, it was decided to involve chemical engineers in automotive designcompetitions. This involvement arose from a combination of two factors: (1) a desire toparticipate in design competitions relevant to underclassmen and the general public; and(2) continuing research in alternate fuel technologies, especially fuel cells

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sukesh Aghara; Irvin Osborn-Lee

recent hiring of a new faculty member with anuclear engineering background dedicated specifically to the development of the programit is expected to boost student enrollment in courses offered at PVAMU campus and theTTVN classes. Also a national recognition by numerous DOE laboratories of the need toincrease minority enrollments at such institutions is expected to influence students at theuniversities to consider nuclear engineering as a prospective career option. The uniqueness of the PVAMU program comes from the way it is setup. It isbased in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the NASA Center for AppliedRadiation Research (CARR) is an integral part of the program. The course curriculum isdesired to include specific topics