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Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

Page 9.1051.3Center (MATEC). The main goal of this grant is to develop a series of instructional “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004. American Society for Engineering Education”modules that fill the gaps identified in electronics curricula by covering key high-technology topics missing from the most popular electronics textbooks. Known by itsformal title, Work-Ready Electronics: An Industry Supported System for SynchronizingCurriculum to the Rapidly Changing Workplace, the project is developing instructionalmodules that are delivered on-line. The modules incorporate a “learner-centered”approach that

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Administration, is a tool for projects in a safety or design course which allows the user toevaluate the risk of mixing any of more than 6000 hazardous substances with air, water, or otherchemicals. “Process Dynamics Online Laboratory” and “Control Systems Lab Online”developed by Jim Henry at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga allow students to run actualexperiments remotely. In addition, chemical engineering educators find a variety of usefullearning objects in the chemistry, mechanical engineering, and materials engineering catalogs,and pedagogical tools in the education catalog. Some objects are cross

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Murray

classroomlearning. I found the results surprising. The most frequent answer was lecture with 20responses. Some of these responses included combinations of techniques and some weresolely lecture. Group discussion was cited 16 times and case studies 11. The responsesworking alone, projects, role playing, and quizzes were each given once. One studentanswered “group discussion and role playing” and then went on to comment, “It seemslike we are living in the days of ADD. Damn that television.” Page 10.750.3Revised class Due to a variety of factors, the student enrollment in the safety engineeringmanagement course was smaller than normal. About half of the students

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas

Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAcknowledgementThe authors would like to acknowledge the support of The Texas Higher EducationCoordinating Board (THECB) (Grant No. 003652-0096-2001) and U.S. Army ResearchOffice (W911NF-04-1-0024). The participation of Sarah Xie-DeSoto and Sergio Gallardoin this project is also acknowledged.Bibliographic Information[1] Murphy, J. F., “Transverse Vibration of a Simply Supported Beam with Symmetric Overhang ofArbitrary Length,” Journal of Testing and Evaluation, JTEVA, Vol. 25, No. 5, September 1997, pp. 522-524.[2] Gomez-Rivas, A., “Natural Frequencies of Transverse Vibration of Curved Beams”, PhD Dissertation,the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1968.[3] Feng, W., Gomez-Rivas, A., and

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramakanth Mandalika; Enno Koehn

10.386.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEnno "Ed" KoehnEnno "Ed" Koehn is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. Professor Koehn hasserved as a principal investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects ofconstruction and has experience in the design, scheduling and estimating of facilities. In addition, he has authored/co-authored over 200 papers and presentations in engineering education and the general areas of Civil and ConstructionEngineering. Dr.Koehn is as member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, Chi Epsilon

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Dana Warren; Abolghasem Shahbazi; Jianzhong Lou; Keith Schimmel

(such as Tone polymer by former Union Carbide)2, and polylactic acid(pioneered by Argonne National Laboratories). Although there are issues related to both cost andmonomer supplies, development of lactic acid based biodegradable polymers appears to be mostactive, and a number of commercial projects are under way.While there has been a lot of research on biodegradable polymers and increasingcommercialization of biodegradable polymers, the availability of educational materials on thisimportant subject are disproportionate to other areas of polymer education.3 There is anincreasing demand for skills in this area from companies involved in the research and productdevelopment activities of this class of polymers.4-6 Therefore, a biodegradable

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francisco Aguiniga; Hector Estrada

development ofthe program presented here. This required the instructor to spend a large portion of the courseteaching the calculation procedures rather than helping the students understand the nature andeffect of these stresses on structures. Furthermore, students were able to solve only very simpleproblems with no practical applicability. Also, students commented that the processes was amathematical exercise and did not help them understand the mechanical behavior of differentcomposite systems. Therefore, the project presented here is intended to be responsive to thiscomplain by using computers to perform the tedious calculations, taking advantage of their speedand consistency. Since the program has been unitized in the class, the student comments

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Jackson; Mani Mina

laboratory where they learn the basics of Cprogramming and computer-assisted mathematics. Each laboratory session also includes a briefdemonstration designed to illustrate qualitatively some physical principles important in electricalengineering. An effort is made to identify those students with more advanced programmingskills and give them appropriately challenging projects; however, the emphasis is oncommunication, with the laboratory grade based on student reporting.An optional second semester (EE186) is also offered. It is a single credit hour class thatcomprises only a laboratory section, and gives the students a great deal of latitude in choosingprojects according to their own interests. The grade is again based on communication andreporting

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul DeNu; Connie Sketch

projections, and average salaries.Lesson 3, Job Search Methods, is designed to assist students in finding job leads in their chosenfield of study and preparing a cover letter, resume, and professional portfolio. A FLASH movieis used to expose the students to ten of the most successful methods for finding a job opening.After reviewing the material the students are required to identify their own network and visit theappropriate web site of the professional organization associated with their profession. Asupplemental software package supplied in support of the course is used by the students todevelop a cover letter and resume. Students are also exposed to the characteristics of a qualityportfolio and then are required to critique an online portfolio

Conference Session

Issues of Building Diversity

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carla Purdy; Mara Wasburn

graduate students is how to find sufficient mentoring and rolemodels. This need is not limited to academic subjects. Much more than undergraduate students,graduate students are establishing themselves as independent adults, and possibly taking onfamily responsibilities. These can be particularly overwhelming for a student who may be farfrom friends and relatives and who needs advice on how to combine the heavy studentresponsibilities with other important responsibilities. Advice on how to handle stress is verynecessary.Such a supportive community for doctoral students was initiated at Purdue University in 1999.This pilot project sought to provide support and guidance for doctoral students across campus,especially those whose progress on their

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Donald Keating

management program (EMP) needs assessment project report. Edmonton: Universityof Alberta, Faculty of Extension, Institute for Professional Development. (1999).17. Babcock, D.L., & Sachet, D.R. Continuing education for Engineering Management. In, L.P. Grayson & J.MBiedenbach, (eds.), 1986 World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education (pp. 228 - 232). May 7-9, 1986,Lake Buena Vista, Florida. New York: IEEE Education Society (1986).18. Ferguson, C. The continuous professional development of engineers and flexible learning strategies.International Journal of Lifelong Education, 17 (3), 173-183 (1998).19. National Academy of Engineering. Focus on the future: A national action plan for career-long education forengineers. Washington, D.C

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Trends in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chenming Zhang

Transport Processes in BiologicalSystems Engineering (BSE 3504), which is taken in the same semester as Unit Ops.After taking Unit Ops, the students will take the following courses: Food Engineering,Protein Separation Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Industrial Bioprocessing, Page 9.1342.2 2Bioprocessing Plant Design, and Senior Design Project and Report. Fundamentals thestudents learn in Unit Ops will be applied to all these courses. Therefore, it is notexaggerating to say that Unit Ops is the cornerstone course for students pursuing theBioprocess Engineering option in BSE. Given the importance of Unit

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cajetan Akujuobi

Session Number 1320 ADC Automated Testing Using LabView Software Ben E. Franklin, Cajetan M. Akujuobi, Warsame Ali Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research (CECSTR) Dept. of Electrical Engineering Prairie View A&M University, Texas 77446AbstractThe focus of this project is to implement automated test algorithms for testing analog-to-digital converters using LabView software. With the increase in bandwidth hungryapplications the need for high speed and high resolution ADCs are needed on the frontends of the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Kashef; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

, and grant funds,etc. can be used. In regard to service, items such as: club advisor, software donations, committeeduties (national, state, university, departmental), undergraduate and graduate academic advisingresponsibilities, outreach programs and consulting can be classified. In teaching, the number ofcourses, labs, independent studies, supervised students’ projects, teaching evaluations (bystudents, fellow faculty, alumni, and department head), developing new courses, etc. can be used.So, it is important to communicate effectively what the department goals, objectives and visionsare and what is expected from the faculty applying for tenure and/or promotion. This should beconsistent at all levels. Therefore, the tenure process will foster

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahman Motlagh; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”ALIREZA RAHROOHAlireza Rahrooh is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at the University of CentralFlorida. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Univ. of Akron, in 1979,1986, and 1990, respectively. His research interests include digital simulation, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, controltheory, system identification and adaptive control. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi.FARHAD KAFASHIFarhad Kafashi received his BS degree in electrical engineering from the Middle East Technical Univ. in AnkaraTurkey in 1995. He was automation project engineer for OKA Engineering Systems for Energy Generation

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

this material has beenheated for a given time. This quantification of the fraction of nanocrystallites that form out ofthe glassy matrix illustrates the model of crystallization kinetics and equations for nucleation andgrowth learned in lecture. Through the presentation of a specific research topic, principlematerials science concepts of structure, property, processing, and performance are illustrated. Inaddition, several students respond to this example shown in the course by participating in on-campus and off-campus individual projects with the professor.Description of Research and Pedagogical MethodThe materials science course at Union College is taken by all mechanical engineering majorsduring their sophomore year. A chemistry prerequisite

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

calculations such as homework, quiz, and exam solutions. I foundthat the students would write when I wrote on the chalkboard. It is also a good tool forpresenting an overall picture of each topic. When using the chalkboard, I always printedwith large letters and neatly. I found that students had no problems reading myhandwriting. I used the overhead project at the beginning of each lecture to presentoutline, graphics, definitions, examples, or tables related to that class.BenefitsI gained valuable teaching experience after teaching this course. I was exposed to theother side of teaching (the instructors). Moreover, I now have a better understanding ofthe engineering economics topics that I taught (and how they relate to my dissertation).This

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Gatchell; Robert Linsenmeier

. Page 9.258.4“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”1. Whitaker Foundation. (January 14th, 2004). Biomedical Engineering Educational Summit Meeting, 2000.[Online]. Available: http://summit.whitaker.org.2. R.A. Linsenmeier. "What Makes a Biomedical Engineer? Defining the Undergraduate Biomedical EngineeringCurriculum". IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 22:4, pages 32-38. July/August, 2003." © 2003IEEE.3. R.A. Linsenmeier, T.R. Harris, and S. A. Olds. “The VaNTH Bioengineering Curriculum Project”. Proceedingsof the Second Joint EMBS/BMES Conference (CD-ROM, Omnipress): 2644-2645

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Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Okechi Egekwu

Page 9.671.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrightø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education[5] Er nest & Young LLP: Global Information Security Survey 2003 http://www. ey.com[6] O. Geoffr ey Egekwu and Mar co DeMar tin: “The Need for an Integrated Security Solution for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System used in Manufacturing Infrastructures” Critical Infrastructure Protection Project: Workshop I Working Papers, edited by Alexander Woodcock and Kevin Thomas, August 2003, George Mason University Press, Fairfax, VA., pp. 125-133.[7] Cisco Systems, Inc.: Cisco Security Agent Data

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

A Low-Cost Approach to Teaching Transmission Line Fundamentals and Impedance Matching David M. Hata Portland Community CollegeAbstract:As part of a NSF-funded Project, Portland Community College has developed a series of low-cost experiments to teach transmission line fundamentals and impedance matching techniques.Using a MFJ-259B SWR Analyzer, experimental exercises to measure reflections coefficients,standing wave ratios, and input impedance have been developed and used in the teachinglaboratory. With the addition of a matching unit and simulated load, impedance matchingexercises can also be implemented. These laboratory exercises

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ward; Robert Martinazzi

engineer. Interests include engineering economics,management and leadership development. Worked as project engineer for Armstrong World Industries,does engineering management and leadership consulting work and presents seminars on effectiveness andleadership at both the individual and corporate levels. Colonel (Ret) in United States Marine CorpsReserves.DAVID WARDDave Ward is currently an Associate Professor of English at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Hereceived his PhD in Anglo-Irish Studies from the University of Tulsa in 1970. Page 9.1187.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Johnson; John Weese

master’s level programs include thosefor the baccalaureate level programs with the addition of one year of study beyond thebaccalaureate level plus a project or research activity culminating in a report demonstratingmastery of the subject at a higher level and with commensurate communication skills. TheCriteria 2001 for associate degree programs restate the eight criteria, reflecting lesserexpectations than for the baccalaureate level programs.Some of the criteria are quite similar to those for EC 2000 and ET2K. For example, Criterion 3for the ASAC baccalaureate programs has items (a) through (k) that are similar to those in EC2000 with the word engineering being replaced with engineering-related.Criterion 4, Professional Component, is less

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wise

employees) may be perilously close to a final judgment about your manuscript after reading the executive summary. Through the CPR process, you will learn how to write a good executive summary of the project you complete in the ChE407 Unit Operations Lab.The assignment was implemented three times during the semester. This is unusual, as most CPRassignments are taken only once. It is possible that repeating the same assignment affected theresults of this study and this should be kept in mind.ResultsStudents were resistant at the beginning of the semester, but appeared to learn using the system.Initial resistance to CPR has been reported by other researchers and should be expected.5,6Furman and Robinson7, in fact, report

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Wunderlich

NO 55 53 5555 555 common electiveEGR 410 • Control Systems 3/3 YESCS/EGR 421 • Compiler Design 4/4 NO common electiveCS/EGR 422 • Operating Systems 4/4 YESCS/EGR 433 • Advanced Computer Engineering 4/6 YES 55 54 5442 455EGR 491 • Senior Project 4/x YES 55 51 5453 555* Scores only shown for courses taught by author 3) Will it be clear to ABET exactly how the program is administered so they can send the appropriate accreditors? For example, a Computer Engineering program jointly administered by both Computer Science and Physics &

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Chin; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeringat Rowan University to configure a novel method of teaching the junior level Communications(COMM), Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) coursesunder a common laboratory framework. These three courses are taken concurrently during thespring semester of the junior year. The described interdisciplinary experiments cut acrossindividual course boundaries and integrate hands-on experience and software simulation.Software is integrated with the experiments through MATLAB and SIMULINK, C/C++ andMentor Graphics.Introduction This project is an effort by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atRowan University to configure a novel method of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Kasra; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

coordinationto a lead faculty member. Often, this assignment is not viewed as career-enhancing and thusappointment is often made by the department head sometimes on a semi-voluntary basis. In anycase, in order to be effective as an overall ABET review coordinator, the selected individualmust be willing to devote a substantial portion of his or her time for several months and must bea "detail person" who can give attention to the many facets of the preparation process. Thecoordinator must also be thoroughly knowledgeable of ABET 2000 requirements in order toguide the activities of other program faculty. Additionally, the coordinator should anticipatemotivating and encouraging the other faculty members to keep the project on schedule. In ourcase, the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ku-Yen Li; David Cocke; John Gossage

learning” pedagogy in the upper-level chemicalengineering curriculum. Page 8.704.3The NSF-CCLI implementation project has found that the co-op students can learn thefundamental principles more effectively than the non-co-op students. This could be adifference between the learning pedagogies of science and engineering education. In otherwords, the engineering students see the advantages of learning fundamental principles tosolve problems.The other advantage of CAMS is to prepare the students for the chemical engineeringsophomore (Process Analysis), junior (Thermodynamics, Momentum Transfer, HeatTransfer, and Kinetics) and senior (Mass Transfer, Plant Design

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Primus Tillman

of Art.He previously served as the Multimedia Specialist for research and development at Federal Express corporateheadquarters. His specialty is teaching interactive multimedia, 3D and supporting corporate and industrialdevelopment projects. Page 9.259.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Educational Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Sener

and deliver a credible testing procedure and anassessment of their work satisfactorily.Students, working in teams, demonstrated that the author's doubts were not warranted. Studentsemphasized the importance of a collaborative teamwork for the success of their speciallaboratory testing design project. They have proved that the ABET 2000 Criteria (specificallyCriterion 3-(b)) for program outcomes and assessments are appropriate and deliverable. Studentswere able to design and conduct their own integrated laboratory experiments, develop newtesting apparatus and methods, make necessary modifications and revisions as required, andcritically analyze and correlate data with interpretation of test results.Students were given an opportunity to bring

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari; Betsy Homsher; Laura Sullivan

to the learning process. In some areas,students present project posters at the end of the two-week period. Overall, the studentsparticipate in an interactive curriculum that shows them firsthand how they can applybioengineering to societal concerns.Benefits to the high school students are both perceived and measured. The students have achance to interact with female professors who are balancing family and work, therefore showingfirst hand that women can achieve professional and personal aspirations. The undergraduateswho serve as LITE mentors demonstrate collegiate success. Both faculty and coeds are positiverole models for the high school women. A post-program assessment of the LITE participantsindicates that after attending the two-week