Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Lisa Abrams

focus is on career exploration and community service. Students select one areafrom 20 that they are interested in exploring. In July 2001, the Director of Women inEngineering coordinated hands on workshops for 12 4-H students. The first day involved handson exercises in three different areas of engineering. The second day involved a communityservice project – the students learned about the design and maintenance of bridges throughstaining a local foot bridge. Evaluations are given to all participants and students are given anopportunity to provide their mailing address for further information and for tracking purposes.The next event is scheduled for June 2002. This event is a unique opportunity to expose studentsto engineering and 50 percent of

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Minnie McGee; Audeen Fentiman

targetedstudents. However, a major problem encountered by administrators of all of the activitiesdescribed in this paper was the challenge of getting eligible students to recognize the need, or toappreciate the rewards for participating. Yet an analysis of the performance of all eligiblestudents verify that some type of intervention strategy to improve the academic performance of anumber of engineering freshmen, especially those who place at the lower levels in mathematics,is critical to giving them any reasonable chance of succeeding in the study of engineering.AcknowledgementsThis project is related to the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition (NSF Award EEC-9444246), which is supported in part by the Engineering Education and Centers Division of

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger; Renata Engel

learning groups, andtypically encompass open-ended exercises as well as design projects. Such learningstrategies are thought of as best for promoting active learning, critical thinking, andconceptual understanding. They usually produce high levels of student satisfaction, andare regarded as valuable preparation for the “real world”.In today’s teaching environment, the effective instructor uses all of these strategies inorder to educate students. In fact, it is possible that elements of all of these methods willbe employed during a single classroom period for an engineering course. For example, aclass might begin with a lecture to present new material to the students, followed by adiscussion (question-answer) session, and finally a small group

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

discussion and team projects. Depending on annual enrollment, multiple sectionsare available with each now limited to approximately 25 students. Although sometraditional “lecture” material is presented throughout the course, the majority of thelearning is accomplished through group discussion and individual discovery facilitated by asubject matter expert (SME). SMEs include personnel from the Career Services Center, theLearning-Teaching Center, the Marianist Family, or University engineering technologyprograms.The University’s computer requirement puts all students on the same technological level,and since all buildings, including student housing, are connected to a high-speed fiber opticnetwork, information access is commonplace throughout the

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchel Keil; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

-1) orientation. The nutation angle qi, ismeasured from zi-1 to zi axis about the Bi Bi/ axis which is a perpendicular to theprojection of zi axis on xi-1yi-1 plane. The precession angle fi is measured form the xi-1axis to the same projection and yi represent the spin angle about the zi axis. Figure 3. Modified Eulerian angles Based on this definition of the modified Eulerian angle and the above constraintcondition, a vector transformation from the ith to the (i-1)th reference frame isrepresented by the ith transformation matrix [3] shown below: éc1 c 2 c 2 - 3 + s 2 s 2 - 3 c1 s 2 c 2 - 3 - c2 s 2 - 3 - s2 c2 - 3 ù êc c s - s c c1 s 2 s 2 - 3 + c 2 c2 - 3

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Mallini

-major courses lends the impression that the courses are anafterthought. The less experienced students work better with equipment, supplies, and proceduresthat are well organized and streamlined. Separate equipment and components specificallyselected for the non-major lab exercises leads to better class preparation. It also discourages thesituation of novice students finding burned-out components for their introductory labs and thesituation of advanced students finding burned-out components for their design projects. In the beginning of the course, my attempt to model the laboratory component after otherengineering labs that I have taught resulted in much frustration for students and instructors. Inthis terminal course, students without

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Parviz Daneshgari

time-to-market (TTM)new Product Development planning and executionphilosophy. This new philosophy is one that is focused The breakthrough technology approach requires topon identifying and prioritizing learning requirements on a down identification of system, subsystem andproduct specific basis. In this paper, the authors will component specification. Practical application of thisexplain the fundamental philosophical and technical method is limited to unique scientific projects such asdifferences between the two approaches and illustrate those that commonly occur in the aerospace industry.the advantages of the new approach. This newapproach is dependent on the understanding and

Conference Session

ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

professional organizations on campus, which helppromote these organizations to prospective new graduates. The American Foundry Society isone such professional organization, but one who feels that the future success of the metalcastingindustry is largely dependent upon obtaining the best, brightest, and most dedicated collegegraduates. Rather than waiting for students to graduate, AFS gets involved from the verybeginning of a student’s college career. Students are able to participate in professional meetings,conferences, and research projects, as well as network, obtain internships or permanentplacement, and receive scholarships directly from the society. The society and industry benefitsbecause a large majority of the students who were involved with

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Grady

learning curve.Third, start by putting your existing materials on line. Then, every time you teach aninstructional unit, evaluate it to see what active learning strategies can be incorporated into theunit. I particularly like using listservs, and have one established for each of my classes. Teamprojects and peer reviews are also effective.Finally, enlist the help of your students. Very often, they may be more skilled at developing webpages than you and can be an excellent resource. I have assigned parts of several ISD projects tomy students as class/home work. Because these assignments are 'real-world' tasks, they pitch inwith enthusiasm.In summary, at whatever level you apply the instructional design process to developing web-based education or

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

Cycloidal DisplacementThe displacement s of the cam follower is the projection of a point of cycloidal curve,which is generated by rolling a circle on a line, to the s-axis (y-axis), as shown in Fig 21.The equation of cycloidal displacement is: θ 1  θ  s = h − sin  2π   (8)  β 2π  β  where h is the total rise or lift; θ is the camshaft angle; β is the total angle of the riseinterval. Note that Equation (8) is in the same form as Equation (1). The velocity,acceleration and jerk equations are: h  θ  v = 1 − cos  2π   β  β  h  θ a = 2π 2 sin  2π

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

?” (1995). Background material for the ASCE 1995 Education Conference, ASCE, New York, N.Y.11. “Re-engineering civil engineering education: goals for the 21st century.” (1994). Proc. Civ. Engrg. Workshop Rep. For the 1995 Civ. Engrg. Educ. Conf., ASCE, New York, N.Y., 11-12.ENNO “ED” KOEHNEnno “Ed” Koehn is Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Lamar University, Beaumont,TX. Professor Koehn has served as the principal investigator for several research and development projects dealingwith various aspects of construction and has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. Inaddition, he has authored/co-authored over 175 papers in engineering education and the general areas of civil

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

Session 2422 Instructional Technology, Learning Styles and Academic Achievement Malgorzata S. Zywno Ryerson UniversityAbstractThe paper presents results of an action research project, which took place between January andApril 2001, and examined how differences in prior academic achievement of students and in theirlearning styles affected learning outcomes. All students received hypermedia instruction. Theresults show that hypermedia allowed previously lower-achieving students to improve theiracademic performance and

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

student papers effectively, and to help students improve their writing skills. A workshop which helps faculty members understand and utilize the power of critical thinking in any educational process. A workshop that introduces the faculty to the basics of student performance evaluation, grading and feedback. A workshop which highlights the philosophy and purpose of team projects through discussion of the nature of group interaction processes. Other faculty training courses might address topics such as copyright infringement, strategies for dealing with difficult students, web page development to enhance course presentation materials and finally refresher courses on improving your

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Broberg

that were similar to the instructor’s evaluations for an in-class lecture. Students also submitted written comments via the anonymous Web survey. Selected written comments received for the question “What did you like most about this course?” are listed below: convenience ability to complete projects according to my own pace and schedule from the privacy and comfort of my home having the opportunity to take this class via the internet that it was offered via the internet liked the slide lectures Page 7.809.7 most questions (from lectures) were answered quicklyProceedings of

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Nippert

provides realistic simulations that can be used in a variety ofinstructional ways (e.g. in class demonstrations, homework assignments and projects)that provide students interactive experiences with a variety of control schemes. TheProcess Control Laboratory uses a variety of control schemes to control identicalsimulated processes. Thereby, allowing the students to explore the merits of such controlmethods cascade and feed forward control in an environment that encourages activelearning.The design of user interfaces has been an important consideration in the development ofOWL(4). The user interface of the modules is patterned after those generated withFactory Floor™ software, a commercial software product developed by OPTO22 for usewith their

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Wang

. Effective “hands on” learningexercises can be structured for undergraduate students with strong, visual feedback of results.MTS T-TEQ can extend the usefulness to more advanced undergraduate work and to graduatestudies. The system costs $17,000, and this portable and user-friendly system is a great way toqualitatively investigate the dynamic response of structures to horizontal ground motions, bothharmonic and recorded earthquake time histories. Figure 3. MTS Table-Top Earthquake Simulator A series of multi-story prototype structures will be built for testing. This will be donethrough a senior design project. Various types of test structures will be constructed so that thestudents can compare the behavior of a

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Powers; Judith Sims-Knight

teamingskills was also assessed and the relationship of these various measures to performance wasexamined. Two distinct dimensions of team functioning appear to be measured by the teamprocess check: agency and affiliation. The process checks were positively correlated with facultyratings, and the agency dimension of the scale predicted team project scores in one of the classesevaluated but not in the other two.IntroductionWith the growing prominence of the use of teams in education and business, the need forsystematic, well-validated assessment of team functioning is clear. Previous assessment effortshave ranged from hastily constructed and poorly validated instruments to rigorously developedand empirically tested assessment processes. The difficulty

Conference Session

New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Tennessee.Overcoming Competitive PressuresThe BME Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is currently administered from theDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE). Thisadministrative arrangement is the result of an earlier merger of a Department of Mechanical andAerospace Engineering with an Engineering Science Department (which included the BMEoption programs). The proposal to substantially advance BME has presented new aspects ofcompetition with the other programs of the MABE Department. Foremost among these is thecompetition to fill open faculty positions in the interest areas of current faculty. For a growingBME program, current and projected enrollments may justify adding BME faculty even when anavailable position

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

data acquisition, data analysis, and data presentation. It is used regularly with our A/D acquisition system. · Software for Interactive Musculoskeletal Modeling™ (SIMM) is used to develop models of a musculoskeletal system for the estimation of muscle/ligament forces and joint contact forces. · Autolev™ is an advanced symbolic manipulator for engineering and mathematical analysis. With this tool student who know Kane’s dynamics can develop sophisticated dynamic models of various musculoskeletal systems.Given the equipment and software made available in the laboratory, an ample variety ofexperiments for class projects and undergraduate research are possible. Students only need

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul LaPlume; Michael Ruane

thestations. We currently have students working to make the test stations controllable over theInternet, using free LabVIEW web tools, to increase the availability of the systems.‘Introduction to Engineering’ (Exploring Hidden Worlds) is only one application of the High TechTools and Toys Lab. This facility will eventually support a new elective course in subsurfaceimaging (planned for spring 2003). Senior capstone design projects in subsurface imaging (e.g. anacoustic imaging system for characterizing different piezo acoustic source configurations) alreadyuse HTTTL stations, and this activity is expected to grow. Finally, the HTTTL will be a resourceto graduate students needing to try various imaging hardware and software for their research.We

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Eydgahi

. He hasalso taught at community and technical colleges, and practiced engineering and project management for more thanten years in private industry and consulting. Dr. Eydgahi has published and presented at a number of nationalconferences including American Society for Engineering Education, The Chair Academy, The League forInnovation and others. Page 7.611.6 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Prathyaj Bharadwaj Mantha, The George Washington University; Janet Mosby

ground. Despite the urgency of theissue, funding for WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) programs in the US remains scarce.This lack of national focus on domestic sanitation infrastructure is further compounded byminimal mainstream media attention, leaving many residents without access to adequate disposalof wastewater. The Biden-Harris administration committed $2 Billion to combat environmentaland climate justice programs driven by local community projects [5]. BBUWP was able tosecure grants to allow for the purchase of onsite wastewater disposal systems that would beconnected to the plumbing fixtures of the trailer homes that are common in the community. SinceBBUWP is a nonprofit CBO, it has relied upon donations. Its donors have been very

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2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Mehmet Emre Bahadir; Yumi Domangue

Cure (on the right)This project aims to analyze the effects of 3D printing orientation and layer thickness on the shaperecovery characteristics. Thus, the samples are 3D printed at different print orientations and layerthicknesses. The "Form 2" 3D printer has two levels available for the print layer thickness: 0.1 mmand 0.025 mm. For the print orientation, the samples are printed at 0°, 45°, and 90° rotation alongthe long edge with respect to the build plate. A full factorial experimental design was used for threelevels of print orientation and two levels of layer thickness (3 x 2). The 3D printed samples arepresented in Figure 2. Figure 2. Samples printed at 0° (on the left), 45° (in the right), and 90° (in the middle)For the shape

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Caeden Robert Goodnough, State University of New York, Canton; PS Dhanasekaran, State University of New York, Canton

for 27 years, in design, research and manufacturing of electro mechanical systems, such as design of various types of gear and gear boxes, antennas and light and heavy fabricated structures, for communication, TV telecast, natural disasters management and Telemedicine application. Dr PS, designed and manufactured various types of antenna’s weighing from 200 pounds to 100,000 pounds. He was also actively involved in configuring the antenna controls and selection of motor and motor controllers. Dr PS, has advised senior/capstone projects over 5 years. Has reviewed papers for ASEE, SAMPE, ASME and SME. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Student Perspective of Professional

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2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Luo Li; Tariq Khraishi; Yu-Lin Shen

, (2)where F is the applied indentation force in the vertical direction and A is the projected contact area. Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, TX Copyright © 2023, American Society for Engineering Education 4 Results and DiscussionExperimental ResultsAs figure 3 shows, the indentation hardness value tends to be higher with a smaller indent spacing.Also, the figure shows that the change in hardness results is not significant. More details of thisstudy are presented in the simulation results section.Indentation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Minju Kim, University of California, San Diego; Carolyn L Sandoval, University of California, San Diego; Zongnan Wang, University of California, San Diego; Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego; Marko V. Lubarda, University of California, San Diego; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Xuan emily Gedney; Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, eGrove Education; Maziar Ghazinejad, University of California, San Diego

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

mechanical engineering and minor in Data Science. He has been assisting Dr. Huihui Qi at the Engineering Pedagogy and Design Lab, with the work of processing and analyzing data from survey responses to study the impact of oral exams on students’ learning.Prof. Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego Curt Schurgers is a Teaching Professor in the UCSD Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research and teaching are focused on course redesign, active learning, and project-based learning. He also co-directs a hands-on undergraduate research program called Engineers for Exploration, in which students apply their engineering knowledge to problems in exploration and conservation.Marko V. Lubarda

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2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Nurcan Bac, Texas Tech University; Roland Faller, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

– Internship in SpainDear Mr. and Mrs. Vvvv Z.,My name is Nnnn and I was born in Fort Worth, Texas but lived most of my life inArlington Texas. Before attending Texas Tech, I was a student athlete at Ttttt Junior College.I chose to have my international experience in Madrid, Spain due to the language and I was alsovery interested in learning about the Spanish culture. My abroad experience consisted of aninternship at Touza Architectos, I was also taking an online class that helped me with my internship.For my internship I was assigned a project that dealt with two skyline buildings that were scheduledto be completed in September of 2022. Besides gaining work experience I was able to overcome anynervousness about working in a professional environment

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2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Mari Dalton, University of Texas at Austin; Lance Manuel, The University of Texas at Austin; Zoe E Chen, University of Texas at Austin; Joshua Epps

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Diversity

. In a successful andeffective managed retreat proposal, the solution offered must be sustainable environmentally, socially,and economically. Sound managed retreat proposals also require comprehensive policies that ensurethat the rights of all parties affected are upheld. Those who relocate must be guaranteed clean water,nutritious food, and safe housing—all at reasonable cost. Truly equitable and sustainable managedretreat calls for dialog and collaboration between community members and leaders, politicians, cityplanners, engineers, and environmentalists. Engaged committees with diverse perspectives are criticalto the success of any managed retreat project. This study seeks to highlight risks and outlinesopportunities associated with managed

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Jayhyun Kwon, Kennesaw State University; Adam Kaplan, Kennesaw State University

transportation geotechnical engineering. Dr. Kwon has authored and co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and conference papers from his research projects with a corresponding h-Index of 17 and 1086 citations. Dr. Kwon is an active member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and serves as handling editor of the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Dr. Kwon is a member of TRB technical commit- tees on the Stabilization of Geomaterials and Recycled Materials (AKG90) and Geosynthetics (AKG80).Dr. Adam Kaplan, Kennesaw State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Enhancing Laboratory Learning: Integrating Virtual Labs with

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Chuck H. Margraves, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Samuel Thomas Mossbeck

fuel (propane) was measured, the air flow ratewas not. This limitation prevented the examination of combustion processes using a known air tofuel ratio, which is an important parameter in exhaust calculations. The project presented in thispaper covers modifications to this equipment that now allows both the measurement of the airflow rate, as well as determining the exhaust species. These modifications will greatly increasestudents’ knowledge of the accuracy of a complete combustion assumption, as well as determinehow exhaust products, such as Carbon Dioxide, can be measured.Keywords Complete Combustion, Rankine Cycle, Gas analyzerIntroductionAll mechanical engineering students at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga are required totake two