Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

oriented when ET faculty balk at suggestions – be frank in telling them that they could be the losers if they insist on doing it their way. m. Be a leader and lead.Advice to faculty on scholarshipNew faculty members were provided with the following steps in an effort to maximizeperformance in the all important area of scholarship: a. Write a development plan immediately upon arriving on campus. The plan should include a year by year summary of projected work, publications by type (pedagogical or technical), funding issues, conferences to attend – basically a five-year plan for faculty. b. Start with an ASEE paper concerning pedagogy, with a mentor, the first year as a faculty member. This step forces each member to

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John King; Dae-Wook Kim; Tom Stoebe

willbe discussed.1. IntroductionManufacturing is one of the most important businesses in terms of workforce andeconomics in Washington (WA) state. Aircraft manufacturing, metal fabrication/machineshop business, and ship building and repair are among the top industry cluster in two or Page 10.917.1three regions of the state. Statewide, only about 34 percent of all projected job openingsProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference& Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationwith short to moderate level skill requirements can be met by the completers ofvocational/technical programs at WA

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Fisher; Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

about one and one-half hours tocomplete. The primary purpose of the focus groups was to determine the Fellows’ perceptions ofthe GK-12 program. Fellows were specifically asked in what ways participation in GK-12impacted them personally and how they felt this experience affected his/her Universityresponsibilities.Follow-up Fellow Survey. Fellows in each of the three cohorts who had participated in the GK-12 project were surveyed following the spring semester of 2004. The purpose of this survey wasto determine the Fellows’ perceptions of the overall effect the Gk-12 experience had on them.Fellows were specifically asked to respond whether they strongly disagreed, disagreed, agreed,or strongly agreed that his/her participation had slowed their

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Fleming; Kimarie Engerman; Ashley Griffin

that after I finish my school, I’mmore likely going to get [a job].” (structured interview)Mathematics and Science ProficiencyMost students surveyed indicated that they enjoyed mathematics and science but there were anumber who did not. Terrell, a male mechanical engineering major has enjoyed mathematicssince high school. He stated, “I really enjoyed math. I mean I did math problems for the fun ofit. When I was bored at home, I would do math problems.” (ethnographic interview). Similarly,when David, a male, civil engineering major, asked if there are any aspects of engineering thathe particularly liked, stated, “I like the science part because it helps us learn new things aboutthe project we’re working on.” (structured interview). On the other

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill; Willie Ofosu

which takes the firsttime user through all the steps essential to becoming competent in its application. The examplesmanual contain many examples that will give students more than sufficient practice in the topicscovered to complement classroom exercises which may be based on student projects. A referencemanual effectively completes the supporting documentation, providing detailed information onthe analytical methods used.II. SystemView by ElanixA simulation package that is used by the Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU)Telecommunications Program is the SystemView3 simulation software package by ElanixCorporation. This software package is used in industry by companies such as 3Com and TRW,among others, for system level product

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kelly; Theodore A. Bickart; Pamela Suett

whichstudents could consult for details specific to their project area. These documents providemore detail than NIST SP 951 but are linked to this document. An example is the guideto the machinery directive.6 The EU's essential requirements deal with health, safety, andthe environment and this NIST report includes a discussion of health and safety issuesspecific to machinery. A discussion of the machinery directive would be a good way forstudents to gain an understanding of some of the considerations in Criterion 3 and 4 asthey relate to the design of machinery. The directive can be accessed at the EUlegislation website.7There are NIST guides for medical devices, the low voltage directive, and other sector-specific issues as well as more general guides

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jonathan Meckley; Fredrick Nitterright, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

, The Behrend College, since 1999. Previously experienceas an adjunct faculty member at Westmoreland County Community College. Prior engineering positions in industryinclude: Tool Designer, Mechanical Process Engineer, and Project Engineer/Team Leader. Page 10.459.8 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education"

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

) and indirect assessment methods.Direct assessments include tests, design projects, papers, theses, and written exams. Indirectassessments include self-report surveys at the course, program or institutional levels. Theseassessment methods can be further divided into formative (during the term) or summative (end ofterm) evaluations.4, 6 According to Wankat and Oreovicz6, “formative evaluations are obviouslymore useful for course improvement than summative evaluations – the course is still in sessionand there is time for improvement.” It is also important that assessments be carried out at theindividual student level otherwise the effectiveness of assessment diminishes considerably.10In this paper, the author adopts a formative classroom

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsiao-Shen Tsao; Belle Wei

tour into three groups and have eachgroup work on a project starting with their pre-trip activities through the culminatingdebriefing presentations to the entire College of Engineering. Through a thorough studyof the host organizations during the pre-trip activities, we plan to request more in-depthpresentations and collaborations during the visits. We plan also to broaden our scope ofvisits so as to make it more relevant to all engineering students of the College.A major new skill required to succeed in this global era is the ability to work in multi-function teams. To further improve the program, we will include three business studentsand one humanities student to provide to our students firsthand experience in working insuch teams. These

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Sahakian

students in class. Theinstructor briefly summarized the components of the NMR apparatus and their functions.In this summary, each component and the associated parameters in relation to othercomponents were described. The instructor simultaneously projected the camera towardthe components he was referring to. Each component was shown one-by-one, its functionand relation to the other components were stated.Evaluation instrumentTo explore the effectiveness of the NMR demonstration, we designed an NMRdemonstration student questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised four items written inLikert-scale and open-ended type.The first item was intended to assess the extent to which students think the NMRdemonstration a) made the listed concepts visible to

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Crone

oC must be used. The ability to custom shape SMAs has previously been limited to thosewith access to jigs produced on expensive tools in sophisticated machine shops. In thisexperiment, students assemble training jigs made of an inexpensive perforated aluminum plateand standard nuts and bolts. When bought in bulk, the NiTi wire is approximately 10 cents perinch, allowing students to custom shape an interesting design for under $2 each.The modular nature of these jigs leads to the added advantages of 1) design flexibility (shapes,letters, words, and even three-dimensional objects are possible), 2) unique projects for eachstudent (each student sets wire into his or her own individual shape), and 3) reusability of the jigs(a classroom set of

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkitaswamy Raju

research. A qualified industry partnermay function as a member of the faculty team guiding the doctoral research.The primary nature of the program is to place all its emphasis on independent research. Theprogram is appropriate only for those who are capable of undertaking extensive self study, andhas the determination and willingness to carry out research with very little direct supervision. Itis very appropriate for a faculty member with experience in independent research, a high degreeof self discipline, motivation and a clear understanding of the scope of the research project. Theprogram offers total flexibility and the means to earn broader recognition for the research

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Song; Niranjan Chakravarthy; Leon Iasemidis; Andreas Spanias

in on strand with G in the other. Figure 1 shows an example of complementary DNAsequences. Due to the chemical structure of the nucleotides, DNA sequences have an inherent Page 9.1181.2* Work on J-DSP has been funded in part by NSF-CCLI-DUE-0089075 project Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationdirectionality. The convention is to ‘read’ a DNA sequence from the 5’ end to the 3’ end (seeFigure 1). In living cells, DNA double strands typically exist

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Narciso Macia

. BackgroundAutomatic control systems have been evolving over the past 150 years[1]. These systems beganas simple mechanical feedback devices and have evolved into complex electronic and computercontrolled systems. The education of students in control systems is one of the functions ofArizona State University East's College of Technology and Applied Sciences.This project consists of completing an apparatus that demonstrates the automatic control of waterlevel in a tank that is being randomly filled. Random filling of the tank represents a real lifeunpredictable disturbance to the system. Automatic control is accomplished with the use of apersonal computer operated with LabView software. Automatic control is accomplished bysensing the water level and then

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmen Boje; Nicolae Dragulanescu

. Popper, K. – Objective Knowledge: an Evolutionary Approach, Ed. Clarendon, Oxford, 1973 11. Wiener, N. – Cybernetics, Wiley and Sons, New York, 1948Biographical informationCARMEN BOJE is an Assistant Professor of Computer Technology in the Purdue School of Engineering andTechnology at Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis. She taught in various universities inRomania and Italy and worked as Engineer in Electronics/Telecommunications, Technical Writer andConsultant for European (PHARE) projects. E-mail: bcarmen@iupui.edu, ccarmen38@hotmail.com.Dr. NICOLAE DRAGULANESCU (Former Fulbright Scholar at University of Pittsburgh, USA) is anAssociate Professor of Polytechnics University - Bucharest, Romania, a member of USA American

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Seetha Veeraghanta; Janice Frost

following social science and engineering-related databases: • Social Science Abstracts C General Science Abstracts C Applied Science & Technology Abstracts C Web of Knowledge/Web of Science, C Compendex C Inspec, and C Scifinder Scholar (Chemical abstracts)C Sustainability and Ethics Project The final assignment for the semester is a professional quality oral presentation in PowerPoint and a written report prepared by each team based on their presentation. The quality of the final oral presentation and the written report are evidence of the effectiveness of this pedagogy. Figure 4 below spells out the details of the final

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

chairs were approached and asked for help in creating additional mini-lab topics.Each department approached the project differently, with the realization that in some respectsthey were competing with each other for enrollment not only in the labs but also eventually asselected student majors. Mechanical Engineering (MCEN) interpreted creation and running ofmini-labs as part of the duties of their Teaching Assistants (TA’s), with the departmentallaboratory coordinator designated as the point of contact for the ENGR101 course administrators.Civil & Environmental Engineering (CVEN) created a TA position to run two freshman mini-labtopics. Chemical Engineering (CENG) discussed labs at their faculty meeting and generatedideas there. Electrical

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Scott

. Erens, P.J., and Dreyer, A.A., "Heat Transfer from Immersed Slender Bodies", Int. Journ. Mech. Engin.Education, Vol. 23, 1995, pp. 203-211 Page 9.1398.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education3. Mullisen, R.S., "Thermal Engineering Design Project: Heat Transfer from a Cylinder in Crossflow", Int. Journ.Mech. Engin. Education, Vol. 24, 1996, pp. 195-2064. Campo, A., and Blotter, J., "A Simple Instructional Experiment on Unsteady Heat Conduction that Quantifies theExisting Competition

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Filsinger

disk fragmentation. In ComputerNetworks, such a project could be used to demonstrate such concepts as network routingcomputations (such as Dijkstra’s Algorithm), network address computations, timesharingsimulations, etc. The possibilities are virtually endless.When studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering, many concepts exist which are verysimple conceptually, but difficult to demonstrate practically. The writing of simulation programsto demonstrate these concepts is the best way I have yet found for making these ideas accessibleto the students.Bibliography 1. Ontko, R., Reeder, A., Tanenbaum, A. (2001). Modern Operating Systems Simulators. http://www.ontko.com/moss/ 2. Tanenbaum, A. (2001). Modern Operating Systems

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Wankat

teaching improvement, eitherfor specific disciplines or in conjunction with the annual meeting, have been held. Theseprograms continue with popular regional and National Effective Teaching Institutes, the latterheld in conjunction with the ASEE annual meeting. In 1983 the ASEE Quality in EngineeringEducation Project again called for more training of faculty in educational methods.Students suffer when professors do not learn to teach until after their first classes. Workshops arealso always constrained by the time available. A better approach is to learn to teach in graduateschool by taking a course in the College of Engineering on teaching methods. As early as 1972Professor Jim Stice pioneered this approach at the University of Texas at Austin3

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dona Johnson; Harriet Hartman; Beena Sukumaran

literature as female friendly [9]. In the first year, a student takesintroductory courses in all engineering disciplines. In addition, students also take some coursesin mathematics, and the sciences. In the second, and third years, students take foundationcourses, with additional courses in the mathematics and science subject areas, to give studentsthe required level of knowledge. The third year covers much of the core material and is apreparation for immediate professional practice. In the fourth year, the courses aim to developthe in-depth understanding in electives of the student’s choice. In addition to taught courses, thestudent also undertakes work on an original research or design project. In addition, the womenface some of the same issues in

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Bluestein; Pete Hylton

has participated in five different Collier Award winning aerospace projects. Page 9.704.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadezda Berezkina; Ilya Leipunsky; Guido Lopez

necessary because the flux of gas molecules into the indicator is also afunction of its affinity for the gas penetrant. Calibration of the process using known defectstandards is required in order to obtain the proper correction constants that can be used in actualapplications.GAIM: AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO CONVEY ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES OFSAFETY AND RELIABILITYVirtually all undergraduate engineering programs aim to enrich and culminate their curriculawith capstone projects where students are encouraged to apply their knowledge and skills in oneof the most fundamental activities of their future profession, i.e.: The design of artifacts, systemsand procedures that aim at satisfying human needs. There are innumerable aspects involved inengineering design

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Hassall; Jose Arquero; John Joyce; Ian Robinson; Michael Bramhall

Document, London, Engineering Council (1988).5. Engineering Council, Standards and Routes to Registration, London, Engineering Council.6. IEE, Issues in Engineering education, paper at IEE Policy Forum on the education and initial professional Page 9.320.8 development of professional engineers (1996). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education7. G. M. Blair, Project management skills for electrical engineers in Proceedings of the Teaching of Electronic Engineering Degree

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Maixner

Refrigeration systems Alternate energy sources Page 9.1306.6 Thermal analysis project Table 1: Comparison of Conventional and TFSE Sequences “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”1 Moran, M.J., H.N. Shapiro, B.R. Munson, D.P. DeWitt. Introduction to Thermal Systems Engineering:Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer. New York: Wiley, 2003.2 Moran, M.J., and H.N. Shapiro. Fundamentals of Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

. Workshop for the 1995 Civ. Engrg. Educ. Conf., ASCE, New York, N.Y., 11-12.ENNO “ED” KOEHNEnno “Ed” Koehn is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Professor Koehn hasserved as the 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 hasauthored/co-authored approximately 200 papers and presentations in engineering education and the general areas ofcivil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, ChiEpsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi and is a registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor.Rajesh D. MalaniRajesh D

Conference Session

TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

were 37 students enrolled in the on-campussection of the course and 5 students enrolled in the online section.The course delivery method for the on-campus section consists of four 50-minute lectures eachweek for ten weeks and includes weekly homework assignments carried out in groups of fourstudents. Each student is required to complete every assignment individually before meeting withtheir group to decide on the best solution that will be submitted. To enable students acquire somehands-on learning experience, a group structural analysis laboratory project using the ANEXsmall-scale laboratory is also assigned. The main text used in the course is a 230-page set ofconcise and practice-oriented course notes developed by the author. This is

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jean Russo; Joseph Hartman

production is expected to last for 10 years with each pound costing $5.50 toproduct but generating $12 in revenue. Clean up and remediation costs are estimated at $25million at the end of production. What is the present worth of the project assuming a MARR of18%? Page 10.1439.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright • 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2639These two examples illustrate how we intend to infuse “real problems” into

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Johnson; Eric Key, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Design,”Journal of Engineering Education, Apr. 2000, pp. 167-175.[8] Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Cynthia J. Atman, Larry J. Shuman, “Characteristics of FreshmanEngineering Students: Models for Determining Student Attrition in Engineering,” Journal ofEngineering Education, Apr. 1997, pp. 139-149.[9] Carole Morning and Jacqueline Fleming, “Project Preserve: A Program to Retain Minoritiesin Engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, Jul. 1994, pp. 237-242. Page 10.461.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

class on leadership traits presented in ISE 3910, EngineeringLeadership and Project Management, offered by the Department of Industrial and SystemsEngineering at Tennessee Technological University. After a brief lecture on the history of thebattle of Agincourt, the students took roles and acted out a portion of Act IV of Henry V duringclass. After the student performance, the corresponding scene with the “Band of Brothers”speech from the Kenneth Branagh version of the film Henry V11 was shown for comparison.This introduction generated good class discussion of leadership traits.Vignette Example #3: The Wreck of the Old 97This vignette includes the history of an actual train wreck and some music history about thecountry ballad that resulted from