Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Goda; Pete Hanlon; Lisa Shay

fundamental conceptsand equations, but also to understand the flexibility of the design space and iterate their designuntil an acceptable solution is found. The increased flexibility and level of difficulty require adeeper level of understanding from the students and thus these projects have become an essentialpart of an undergraduate engineering education. The scope and difficulty of design problems progress as the student progresses throughhis education. Individual design problems emphasize and amplify the engineering skillsaddressed in classroom lectures and readings. While typically assigned as homework problemsto allow students to reflect and iterate on their design, in the interest of time and efficiency manystudents work together to

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Zheng; Dong Young Jang; Donald Harby; Yuyi Lin

design course. The capstone course is a summary and reflection ofthe whole undergraduate curriculum. Therefore, internationalizing this course has special significance.The effort on this course will serve as the basis for discussion and exploration for internationalizing othercourses. In addition, it is reasonable to assume that engineering schools in different countries have somecommon requirements and expectations for graduating mechanical engineers, and some common practiceto achieve these requirements. There are some common practices in this course, including centering ofthe course around a capstone design project, organization of the students into design teams, and therequirement for team presentation and defense of their design at the end

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Dilorenzo; Kurt Gramoll

Bederson, Benjamin, Shneiderman, Ben,"The Craft of Information Visualization: Readings and Reflections", Morgan Kaufmann, (2003). 5 Brown, Mark, Jung, John, Salova, Tom, “Using HTML” , Que Corporation, (1996). 6 Homer, Alex, Sussman, Dave, Francis, Brian, “Active Server Pages 3.0” Wrox Press, (1999). 7 Stephens, Ryan K., “Sams’ Teach Yourself SQL in 24 hours”, Sams Publishing, (1998). 8 Ulrich, Katherine, “Macromedia Flash for Windows & Macintosh”, Peachpit Press, (2002).BiographyCHRIS DILORENZOChris Dilorenzo is currently a masters student of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University ofOklahoma. His research work focuses on online information management system development and implementation.He

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Whalen; Chris Fernandes

events, such as a bank account balance or availability ofa library book. As the status of these entities change, an OLTP system must update the databaseto reflect these changes so that the database always represents a snapshot of the current state ofthe world. On the other hand, an online analytical processing (OLAP) system is a database thatkeeps track of historical data and processes more complicated queries involving summaries andtrends rather than individual entities. Table 1 summarizes the two systems.A data warehouse is a common OLAP system in use today. Retail stores use them to keep trackof buying trends. This enables them to stock inventory more accurately. The NationalBasketball Association uses a system called Advanced Scout to record

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Driscoll

) Machine Design I (4)Adv. Mechanics of Materials (4) Machine Design II (4)Engineering Design  A major component of any engineering program is engineering design.The ELME program has a sequence of five design courses for a total of eighteen credits thatthread throughout the program and constitute approximately 10% of the coursework. Bycomparison, the courses designated design, or contained design in the catalog description, in theEE or ME programs make up no more than eight credits or 6% of these majors. This difference issignificant and reflects the importance that Wentworth places on engineering design. ELME EE MEIntro to Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; David Silverstein; Kevin Dahm

complexity of the required analyses increased throughout the semester, reflecting new topicscovered in class. For example, risk and uncertainty were introduced through several investmentopportunities. The distinction between risk and uncertainty is that “risk” describes a situation inwhich multiple outcomes are possible but the probability of each is known. Risk was introducedinto the game through examples such as this: A gold mine produces $500 of revenue per turn, starting the turn it is purchased, and continuing for an unknown period determined as follows. Each turn, the owner of the gold mine must roll two six-sided dice. If the total of the two dice is seven, the mine “craps out;” it yields $500 that turn but is

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

$2000 restriction was to create an examplefor which students would be rationing limited capital, regardless of their bank balance at thatparticular point. Other “fixed-price” investment opportunities introduced later included pirateships, fishing boats, and ice cream trucks. Such examples were important to the game becausethey meant every student would definitely have the opportunity to make investments- relying oncompetitive auctions was not a necessity.The complexity of the required analyses increased throughout the semester, reflecting new topicscovered in class. For example, risk and uncertainty were introduced through several investmentopportunities. The distinction between risk and uncertainty is that “risk” describes a situation inwhich

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Gorka; Reza Kamali; Jacob Miller; Han Reichgelt; Eydie Lawson; Barry Lunt; Joseph Ekstrom

freestanding programs within newlyemerging colleges of computing.Information technology, as it is practiced at this moment in its evolution, reflects similar growingpains. IT programs exist in colleges of computing, in CS departments, in schools of technology,and in business schools. Professors of information technology possess degrees in informationsystems, electronics, communications, graphics arts, economics, mathematics, computer science,and other disciplines. Few to none of them have a degree in information technology.Procedure for Deciding on an IT CurriculumThe participants of CITC-1 participated in a Delphi study. A Delphi study is characterized byquestions being asked of experts, who then respond freely to them. Their responses to

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adnan Javed; Fazil Najafi

Improver Continuous Inspection & Capacity Innovative of a Builder Learner Course on Team Construction Participation Project Skills Work with Real Technical Property on Course or Easement Seminar AcquisitionFigure 2 Checklist Reflecting Sarasota County’s Core Competencies Page 9.1016.7 “Proceedings of the 2004

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Crone

wavelength of light that is Figure 3. NiTi wire duringabsorbed or reflected by the liquid crystal, resulting in an transformation from austenitenoticeable change in color of the material. to martensite is shown. The wire has been painted with aTo conduct the experiment, acquire NiTi wire (alloy type SE- temperature sensitive liquid508 (austenite) straight, black oxide finish, diameter 0.02 in., crystal so that the transformation front can befrom Nitinol Devices and Components, www.nitinol.com) and

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Recayi Pecen; Ronald O'Meara

electrical system (a) (b)Figure 3. (a) Charge controller, DC circuit breaker, and surge arrester inside the electrical box in themetallic frame, (b) Two deep cycle type Yellow 34/78 batteries connected in parallel. Figure 4. Installation of outdoor digital display into the metallic frameFigure 5 illustrates the overall system running during the summer semester. The scrolled messages inthe display can be seen clearly up to 200 m distance and it operates much brighter at night comparedwith day light operation due to the reflection. Page 9.375.5 Proceedings of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Charles W. White; Sanju Patro

American Manufacturing PracticeThe conference provided an arena for individuals and organizations from various parts ofthe world to interactively participate in the conference in real-time. Speakers at the USPconference had a virtual presence in two places at one time. Since all speeches werebroadcast over the Internet, most speakers who attended the conference in person, hademployees from their organizations join the conference via virtual centers. Mr. SubrahIyar’s speech from his office in California made an effective self reflective emphasis onglobal reach – the CEO of WebEx speaking of connectivity and collaboration while beingconnected and collaborating with the USP audience! Ms. Terri Takai shared herexperiences in logistics and computer

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Baraniuk; Ray Wagner; Patrick Frantz; Lee Potter; Hyeokho Choi; Douglas Jones

-processing lecture coursecould stretch the first few units (through spectral analysis, for example) over a semester, therebyreinforcing and enhancing students’ understanding of the core signal processing theory and algo-rithms. Due to the self-paced, tutorial design of the materials, a student can independently learnthe aspects of real-time DSP implementation that interest them, for example as preparation for anindependent design project. The UIUC, Rice, and OSU materials and assignments reflect our belief that a thorough instruc-tion in signal processing implementation requires exposure to assembly-language programmingof fixed-point DSP microprocessors, as this represents an important component of current and atleast near-future industrial

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Jeff Froyd; Dimitris Lagoudas

mightdownload copies. As a result, the validity of the instrument would be threatened. However,faculty members are encouraged to obtain a copy of either or both instruments, provide feedback,and use the instruments in their classes. Participation by a broad range of faculty members anddata from large number of students are needed to improve the instruments to measure conceptualgains in understanding these two new classes of materials.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber 0088118. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliographic

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul

Society for EngineeringAgile methodologies have multiple benefits for student teams. Perhaps most importantly, theemphasis on individuals and interactions encourages students to reflect on and adjust their Codeof Conduct and other processes, rather than blindly following processes provided by theinstructor. Multiple iterations and the emphasis on responding to change give students moreopportunities to see the interactions between activities, and encourage students to react to andrecover from previous errors.ConclusionsTeaching project-based courses presents a well-known difficulty: many of the key activities andprocesses can easily take more effort and calendar time than is available in an academic term.The challenges described above have been

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hector Estrada

resisting systems (MWFRS); q z is q at any height z above groundK z = exposure velocity pressure coefficient, which reflects the change in wind speed with Page 9.207.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education height and terrain roughness, see ASCE 7, Section 6.5.6.4K zt = topographic factor, which accounts for wind speed-up over hills and escarpments, see ASCE 7, Section 6.5.7.2K d = wind directionality factor, see ASCE 7, Section 6.5.4.4V = basic wind speed, which is a 3-second gust

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education” The formality of professional presentations reflects British rituals of intensification. Students present their work to members of government and local industry, illustrated in Figure 6, indicative of the value these people put on oral communications between client and consultant. Students learn

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Curtis Carver

]. Page 9.1213.11 Opinions and views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States MilitaryAcademy, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: Cadets Work to Build a Network and then Observe Network Protocols using a Network SnifferOne would expect that the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(D/EECS) would have a significant representation of female cadets and cadets from otherminorities that mirror the cadet population

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajan B Gujjarlapudi; Kaushik Hatti; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

todraw valid meaning from qualitative data. It provided methods of analysis that are practical,credible and reliable. The authors refer to many ideas and references that draw on the experienceof the authors and many colleagues in the design, testing and use of qualitative data analysismethods. Each method of data display and analysis is described and illustrated in detail, withpractical suggestions for adaptation and use. The growth of computer use in qualitative analysisis reflected throughout this volume, which also includes an extensive appendix on criteria usefulfor choosing among the currently available analysis packages.There have not been many expert systems developed for qualitative analysis. One of them is theORQA (Organic Qualitative

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

design in existing core courses in the form of steps to be followed in doing so.These steps are consistent with what other writers have reported about teaching engineeringdesign (Miri & Fu, 199322; Pascover,199528; Morris & LaBoube,199523; Cairns & Chrisp,19965;Ribando & O’Leary, 199831; Zhang,199945; Dunn-Rankin,19988; and Walter, 2002)42.Pedagogical PracticesUpon reflecting on our success and reading the literature on teaching design, it was determinedthat seven practices were responsible for this success. They relate to course structure andphilosophy, course assignments, and the conduct of the course itself (Bhadeshia, 19954; Smith,199837; Hall, 199814; Gerhard, 199912; Ghosh, 200013; Tullis, 200139; Srinivasan &

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Wankat

educationalplans. Since most new professors are well-prepared for the technical research they propose, thedeciding factor in funding CAREER proposals is often the educational portion.A second major factor involves changes in ABET accreditation procedures7. The switch from“bean counting” to an outcomes based approach has made assessment an important topic inengineering colleges. The impending application of continuous improvement during ABET’ssecond visit to an institution under ABET 2000 criteria may have an even more profound effect.Third, changes in JEE reflect the changing times. When JEE was restarted in 1993, it was as ascholarly journal that would publish a broad range of scholarly articles8. After ten yearsfollowing this course, JEE was refocused

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilip Mirchandani; Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran; John Chen; Yusuf Mehta

& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"The primary pedagogical approaches are: • Enhance critical thinking and reflection through writing in the form of critiques and position papers. • Refine oral communication skills through debates and presentations. • Stimulate collaborative learning and synthesis through team projects that explore multiple perspectives.Sophomore Clinic IISophomore Clinic II is a 4-credit course; public speaking faculty in Rowan’s College ofCommunications teaches 3 of these credits. The remaining credit hour is devoted to engineeringpractice and design. The engineering design project for Spring 2002 and 2003 was developed toassist the University in

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

the course web sites and collected information, such ascourse syllabi, course schedule, textbooks used, project descriptions, and laboratory exercises.We categorized the information into five groups: how the subjects were covered, whichtextbooks were used, the contents of the laboratory exercises, course projects, and courseobjectives and outcomes. The information reflected the facts at the time of the survey. Thefindings are empirical and informal. We hope the information is useful for colleagues who areteaching, or are preparing to teach computer network related courses.References 1. J.P. Abraham “The Undergraduate Networking Course”, white paper, ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Computer Networking: Curriculum Designs and Educational

Conference Session

TIME 2: Laboratories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringComparison of pre- and post-course survey results indicate that the problem based learningapproach does address higher-level learning outcomes such as devising an experimentalapproach, specifying appropriate equipment and procedures, and implementing these procedures.It is important to note that other experiments performed by the students during the course areimportant in developing the their abilities to design the load cell experiment. The survey resultspresented here reflect the changes in student attitudes due to all of these experiences, the loadcell project being the capstone event. These results do provide encouragement for a purposelydesigned research

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Kosky

sophomore engineering and science majors with prerequisites ofmathematics through calculus, a first sequence in physics, and one course in chemistry.Important goals were to bring the excitement of nanotechnology to students early in theirscholastic careers and to make them aware of the many opportunities for research and furtherstudy. The pedagogical challenges were several. We needed to: 1) reflect existing facultyinterests in engineering, physics, and chemistry, 2) integrate those faculty into a cohesiveteaching unit, 3) be intelligible to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, 4) serve a multidisciplinarystudent body, and 5) have assessable outcomes. In addition, no single ideal text was available soseveral sources of ancillary readings were

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

institution. Thus makesacquiring new instructional laboratory apparatus a challenge due to typical budgetary limitations.In addition, the apparatus designed by companies specializing in education equipment may notexactly reflect the educational objective intended by the faculty. These obstacles had forced us toseek and search different venues to acquire experimental laboratory apparatus for demonstratingheat transfer principles and the concept of thermo-siphon heat recovery system. We concludedthat such an apparatus can be designed, developed and constructed “in house” within amanageable budget. This can be successfully accomplished by taking advantage of the capstonesenior design project and ASHRAE Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. The

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George DeSain; Farid Tranjan; Ken Burbank

two universities are already linked through grant activity in the Carolinas MicroOptics Triangle. The new program will have an emphasis on optical communications andphotonics. Graduates are expected to be the process and test engineers for the photonicsindustry.Intr oduction:The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte) has a strong Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) Department, with close ties to the Department of Physics andOptical Sciences. Western Carolina University (WCU) has a Department of EngineeringTechnology with programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) andTelecommunications Engineering Technology. To reflect the addition of the new engineeringprogram, the Department will now become

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Lyall; Rachel Shinn

, only distribute bonus dollars to your team members.These ratings should reflect each individual’s level of participation and effort and sense ofresponsibility, not his or her academic ability. Name of team member (include yourself) Rating Bonus Self Evaluation for Project:Team Name: Date:Team Member: Principle Duty Title:Supervisor: Position: a. State Your Significant Duties and Responsibilities: b. Summarize Your Major Task Completions in Fulfillment of Your Duties: c. List Your Significant Contributions:IV. The ProjectsAs mentioned earlier, projects that have been done in

Conference Session

Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Birgül Tantekin-Ersolmaz; Gülsün Saglamer; Ekrem Ekinci

. Construction of complicated bridge structures, roads and aqua ducts especially by thefamous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan was outstanding. Çeçen3 in a book he edited onOttoman technology also distinguishes the sixteen century as the zenith of the Ottomantechnological development. Queen Elizabeth has sent industrial spies to learn about the wooldying techniques in Istanbul4. Furthermore, practices such as flying using self made wings ofHezarfen Ahmed and rocket launch attempts of Lagari Hasan Çelebi were the reflections of thelevel of technology in the Ottoman Empire. However, as explained above, the educationalinstitutions were based on theological understanding and the Ottoman technology was resting onapprenticeship.In the fifteenth and sixteenth

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Moran

easily linked to it, such as “output contains poor grammar/spelling.” In this casethe grammar edit and spelling correction elements are usually chosen as the primary sourcesalthough the possibility of other sources (central processing unit and audience filter) isrecognized during discussions. When the fault is more general, such as the output is unclear,students have more difficulty pinpointing possible sources of the malfunction. This calls onthem to reflect on the relationships in the schematic as well as the things that affect the clarity oftheir own writing (vagueness, use of jargon, audience focus, etc.). Malfunctions of this typeresult in instructions with more choices and decision points, usually depicted in flow charts.Some students do