Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Cunningham; Cathy P. Lachapelle; Anna Lindgren-Streicher

guide the field [4-6].One of stumbling blocks that has been identified is that scholars have not yet come to consensuson the specific concepts and process understandings that comprise technological literacy [7].More clarification at the national, state, district, or project level could provide some guidelines.However, we have chosen to begin to investigate conceptions at a much more basic level;specifically, what do students think engineering and technology are? One could argue that forany person to be technologically literate, s/he must first have some idea of what engineering andtechnology are. Though they are surrounded by the products of engineering in our everydaylives, students and the general public generally don’t understand what

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabe Garcia; Ian Leslie

art technologies and skills• Advance the state of knowledge and practice in pedagogy in engineering and computer science and publication and dissemination of the results• Provide more effective support to group-based educational activities, especially with regards to retention of a diverse student population• Provide a rich environment for new hardware/software projects with wireless technologyAt the same time the HP Mobility Grant was awarded to NMSU the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment finished construction of a computer classroom which contained 52 windowsbased machines. This essentially reduced the demand for a wireless classroom because theresources were now available to students through the newly constructed computer classroom.At

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dick Blandford

can "see" the bits interacting with the hardwareprovides a vehicle for teaching what microprogramming is all about. The software described inthis paper runs under the Windows XP operating system and is used in several projects in asophomore-level electrical engineering class on logic design. It allows students to microprograma simulated 8-bit computer and to visualize such architectural features as pipelining, the storedprogram, and the arithmetic and logic unit (alu) loop.II. Characteristics of the simulated machineThe simulated machine is loosely based on the Intel 8080 8-bit cpu that dates back to the midseventies. This machine has roughly the same register set, accumulator-based architecture, andALU functions. It is however

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Sabick; John Gardner; Patricia Pyke; William Knowlton; Amy Moll

materials and how it affects profits and process design • Turning a profit is difficult • The importance of planning • The importance of testing the process and how easy it is to overestimate the process • Ergonomics is important and affects the operators performance • The importance and difficulty of process and quality controlOne student commented, “There is a lot of engineering involved in making a simple peanutbutter cracker sandwich because our team spent a lot of time coming up with an original processthat would enable us to make a profit. I learned a lot from this project about quality and processcontrol, and I am even more motivated than ever before to get my degree in

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bennion; Jay Kunze; Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar; Michael Lineberry

schooled in the physical sciences, but desiring to have a better understanding of nuclear technology and related issues.• A cooperative research arrangement between the ISU Idaho Accelerator Center (IAC, on the Pocatello campus) and the INL has existed for nearly 15 years. The IAC has a dozen charged particle accelerators, most accelerating electrons, with peak energies in the MeV range, the highest energy unit being 50 MeV. Since the INL has no accelerators, research agreements were established in which INL engineers and scientists set up their research experiments at the IAC, and are provided office space and working space. The INL/ISU teams have worked jointly together on a variety of projects, and publish the results

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Confer; Steven York; Michael Gregg; Jeffrey Connor

introduction to fuel cells in lecture, prior to any work in the lab.A worksheet (attachment) is provided that contains basic information specific to the fuelcells to be used, safety precautions and a set of pre-lab questions/calculations. The pre-lab questions are due prior to the start of lab work. Students are also referred to specificinternet sources for additional information if they wish to investigate further. Twoexcellent web sources on fuel cells3,4 are: • Smithsonian Fuel Cell Project. A very good overview of all fuel cell types written so that anyone may understand without prior knowledge on the subject. (http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/csr/fuelcells/basics.htm) • Ballard Inc. This site contains an excellent video

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xianfgu Zong; Marcia Fischer; Malgorzata Chranowska-Jeske; James Morris; Fu Li; Cynthia Brown; Agnes Hoffman

IIIST. PSU faculty andadministrators traveling to IIIST review facilities and equipment to ensure that they areappropriate for PSU instruction. IIIST provides classrooms, computers and software,internet connections, projection and other instructional equipment. PSU classroomfacilities on campus and the Distance Learning Center provide support for the program.Laboratories: Students at IIIST take required Electrical and Computer Engineeringlaboratory courses on the campus of Fudan University in Shanghai, through an agreementbetween IIIST and Fudan. PSU faculty have visited the lab facilities at Fudan, and reportthat the facilities and equipment are comparable to those at PSU. The equipment at Fudanis functionally the same as that at PSU, though

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

. Modeling is the research part where the event is studied and arepresentation is formalized; simulation builds upon the model and creates an implementationwith respect to time over the given event. By using modeling and simulation, important data canbe obtained that would be a basis for making managerial or technical decisions9. Typicalexamples of modeling and simulation are aircraft flight simulators or electronic circuit Page 10.918.3simulators, and a specific example of a Markov Chain M&S project is weapon’s system andsoftware evaluation10. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

Session Adapting Engineering Laboratories to Enhance Learning using Real-Time Sensors Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan, and Benjamin L. Sill General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractClemson’s NSF-sponsored EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time (EXPERT) project isdesigned to assess the efficacy of using real-time sensors connected to laptops in engineeringclasses. Earlier papers described the painstaking procedure used to develop parallellaboratories—one set of laboratories using sensors and another set of laboratories not usingsensors

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Smith; Ralph Volino

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”their own convection experiment. While challenging, this was a rewarding experience for manyof the students and the instructors.AcknowledgementsThe authors are deeply indebted to Mr. Charlie Popp for his technical advice; and forconstructing and assembling the heat transfer benches. The quality of the final product was thedirect result of his organization and attention to detail. The authors would also like to thanksProf. Karen Flack for her encouragement, advice and direction towards more individual hands-onexperiments.References[1] Shawn Kim, H.W. “Improvement of an Undergraduate Thermal Fluid Laboratory Through Innovative Laboratory Design Project”, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Raed Abou Fakher; Deborah Sharer

Board: WebCT tools for asynchronous communication between the instructor, SI leader and students. • Homework and Test Solutions: A compilation of homework and test solutions (automatically posted after their due date), in addition to sample tests and their solutions. • Personal Space: Used by each student to submit his/her homework and final design project. Access to a student’s personal space is restricted to the individual student, the course instructor and the SI leader. • Calendar: Complete information of course requirements and announcements in a calendar format. • Grades: Showing homework, quiz and test grades for each student. Access to a student’s grades is restricted to the individual student, the course

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

engineering education establishment was allocated for the training ofcivilians as civil engineers and architects with the aim of teaching essential skills needed inplanning and implementing the country's new infrastructure projects. The School of CivilEngineering then assumed the name “Engineering School (Hendese-i Mülkiye)” in 1909 offeringa six-year program of study, and was removed from the military jurisdiction and placed under theauthority of the Ministry of Public Works.After the independence war, the Turkish Republic was declared in 1923. The republicanadministration was quick to realize that one of the sturdiest foundation stones inherited was theEngineering School. The government duly transformed it to the Engineering Academy (YüksekMühendis

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Moran

communication projects and a relevance to theirfuture careers is considered important for student success in technical communication courses.10Some problemsBringing troubleshooting and other types of fault identification/isolation procedures into theclassroom is not an easy task. Most students have a writing background of essays, letters andreports that has concentrated on producing linear narratives. Most technical writing exercisescontinue this, asking students to write physical descriptions, process descriptions, reports usingthe IMRAD format, and instructions following a numbered step pattern that provides a sense ofthe beginning (step 1), middle and end (last step).Troubleshooting procedures ask the student develop an information product that may

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Houghtalen

engineering software is to have them check their classical solutions(i.e., homework) with appropriate software. Another instructional method is to have them useengineering software for class projects. This is particularly apropos in the capstone designexperience.What Does the Educational Literature Say?Now let’s go to the recent educational literature to briefly examine if there is support for all threeteaching themes. First, let’s examine the importance of introducing students to theory (basicprinciples). Clearly the definition of “engineering” rests on obtaining specialized knowledge inscience and mathematics, as well as the engineering sciences.2 The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) also supports this concept. Indeed

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Melvin Corley

‚ What the beginner needs to learn at once regarding relationships with colleagues and outsider ‚ Relating chiefly to engineering managers: individual behavior and technique 3 ‚ Relating chiefly to engineering managers: managing design and development projects ‚ Relating chiefly to engineering managers: on organizational structures 4 ‚ Relating chiefly to engineering managers: what all managers owe their employees ‚ Professional and personal considerations: laws of personal character and personality 5

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Li Bai; Saroj Biswas

SourceForge.net. Available on-line: http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpesp/, accessed August 2003.LI BAIDr. Li Bai is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia. Hisprimary area of research are computer security, signal processing, and statistical analysis.SAROJ BISWASDr. Saroj Biswas is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University. His areas ofresearch include control systems, neural networks, and stochastic systems. Page 9.959.11 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

andrelative conceptual simplicity, it has been difficult to present electronic neural networksin a form convenient for the university classroom or electronics laboratory setting. In thispaper we describe an approach for implementing a neural network though which manymajor analog and digital MOSFET circuit concepts can be illustrated and demonstrated.This approach is amenable to realization in discrete electronic modules through whichassociated laboratory exercises and design projects may be created. Furthermore, thesame concepts can be extended into Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI), where thelimitations of component count and performance can be overcome and addressed to a fargreater degree.IntroductionThe fundamental motivation to study neural

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yen Shi Gillian Hoe; Seth Townsend; Ryan Kon; Robert Allen; Richard Boyer; Peter Goldwine; Mathew Kung; Mary McDonald; Laura Sprowls; Gary Tong; Artin Shoukas; Ankit Tejani; Elizabeth Johnson

baseline levels, and modeled this as an exponential decay. Other teams normalized observed responses to baseline or maximum values. Upperclassman students presented the results and fielded questions from faculty and team leaders. 2) A foamcore ‘competition’ was used to introduce the design process to undergraduate students. Students engineered and constructed devices that would transport a ping pong ball around the four sides of a square at least four meters in length using limited materials. Scaled drawings with tolerances were created for each device prior to construction, and material properties were tested. The project culminated in a ‘competition’ in which students displayed and used their devices

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Carroll

Page 9.1401.7MC68HC11 microcontroller. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences 1. Carroll, C. R., R. Alba-Flores, F. Rios-Gutierrez, “New Life for the MC68HC11 Evaluation Board,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Montreal, Canada (2002). 2. Spasov, Peter, Microcontroller Technology: The 68HC11, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002. 3. Internet web page defining composite video signal, www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/video/pic/howto.php.BiographyCHRISTOPHER R. CARROLLChristopher R. Carroll received a Bachelor of Engineering Science from Georgia Tech

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Herz

then insert the translated versions. Much work was left tobe done, however, and I recommend that developers plan for display text and languagetranslation from the start and follow the rule to "keep code and data (i.e., display text) separate"in projects. The Portuguese translation was followed by a Spanish translation. Currently, theSpanish version of the Lab is downloaded at roughly the same rate as the English version.Over 8,700 people downloaded the Lab from 96 countries in the first three years of downloadlogging (through April 2003). We have heard from students and instructors using the Lab incourses in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Turkey,and the U.S

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Kresta; Alan Nelson

reflect.Sensing Like concrete data, well defined Identify key words and classes methods, explicit expectations. of problems. Introduce innovation in small steps to build confidence.Intuitive Interested in relationships between Use open ended questions, ideas, easily bored by repetition, relate course material to other drawn to open ended projects and courses, emphasize ways to innovation

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

only: • CNS 4260 Digital Simulations • CNS 4380 Adv/High-performance Computer Architecture • CNS 489R Undergraduate Research Project • EENG 2750 Circuit Theory • EENG 2740 Digital Design I • EENG 3740 Digital Design II • EENG 3750 Signals & Systems I • EENG 3770 Signals & Systems IIComputer Engineering area of specialty takes a minimum of 15 credits from the following:(minimum of 6 credits must be EENG) • EENG 4750 Digital Signal Processing • EENG 4760 Semiconductor Devices • EENG 4730 Embedded Systems • CNS 3400 Software Engineering • CNS 3520 Database Theory

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

acquired data for laterprocessing. The implementation of a digital video camera that offers real time images onthe published front panel was also described. Employing the video camera to monitorexperiments enhances the learning process. In the current experiment, for example,students can actually see the LED in the lab turning on when the measured temperaturegoes over a high temperature limit. The system is functional using either Netscape orInternet Explorer.AcknowledgementThis project is funded in part by the Air Force Research Office, award # F49620-01-1-0557. References[1] I. Gustavsson, “A remote laboratory for electrical experiments,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

laboratory exposures at best pedantic and at worstexercises that abrogate the fundamental purpose of laboratory-based learning experiences. Suchtreatments obfuscate critical information, and perpetuate erroneous mindsets as there are few, ifany, processes or applications operating at elevated temperatures where thermal gradients are absentand where heating and cooling rates are not critical.Well-developed and well-conceived laboratories are a key component in student learning,underpin subsequent independent project based learning and support the development ofengineering judgment. Laboratories provide alternative means of developing understanding forthe ever-increasing variety of learning styles represented in our classrooms. The contrast

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Humann

Industrial Design Clinic in Mechanical and Materials Engineering. The Clinic has processedover 70 different industrial projects, with sponsorship form a diverse range of industries of all sizes-from the verylarge like the Boeing Co. to small start-up firms. He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, most notablybeing declared a Marion Smith Finalist.M. GRANT NORTON is Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering and Chair of theMaterials Science Program. He has won several awards for teaching including the ASEE Outstanding Teaching Page 9.210.12Award for the Pacific Northwest in 1996. Dr. Norton

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Alice Scales

Selecting an Appropriate Statistical Test for Research Conducted in Engineering/Graphics Education: A Process Alice Y. Scales, Julie H. Petlick North Carolina State UniversityAbstractIndividuals in institutions of higher education who are involved in research on teachingengineering graphics, and other projects, are frequently confounded by the process of selectingthe appropriate statistical test to analyze the data they collect. Research studies are usually only aportion of faculty member's work, and they generally only have taken one or two requiredcourses in statistics during their graduate work. For these reasons, they either have to consultwith a

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

, where aworkday is defined as eight person-hours of effort, development costs per LoC are computedassuming a hourly rate of $75/hour, and a code quality measure is computed as number ofidentified defects per thousand LoC. Data collection is facilitated by forms for recording timespent in each activity, recording details of defects found, and summarizing inspection findings.A spreadsheet is provided to compute all measures by individual, team, and design task.Example data collection forms and spreadsheets can be obtained by contacting the author.2.3 Use with Design Project in [1]At several points during the semester, design teams are required to forward their measures datato the instructor. Individual and team data is disseminated to the class

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Matthew Sanders

associate professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering program atKettering University. He received his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and both BS and MS from Indiana State Page 9.1384.8University. He led the Industrial Engineering Program assessment activities for 2003 ABET visit. His interest is insystems management and systems design and has extensive consulting experience in cost related projects. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education 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

Alene Harris; Chad Washington; Patrick Norris

import/export: Data should be able to be imported to, or exported from, the system in a variety of standard formats. 7. Report archive: All reports generated by the system should be archived and accessible for future use.A number of different technologies were considered for development in light of thesespecifications, including use of “platform neutral” languages such as Java (Sun Microsystems),or a completely web-based application utilizing PHP (open source) or .net (Microsoft) scriptscoupled with a database. Given resource constraints for this project, the most efficient solutionwas to implement the VOS Data Manager in Excel macros utilizing the Visual Basic forApplications (“VBA” - Microsoft) language. While this choice did not

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education.computer-based tools become an important means of enhancing student learning and they havebeen taken advantage of in this course.In addition to its simulation capabilities, Excel’s computational power was also used extensivelyboth for straight instruction, and to help demonstrate solution procedures. Consider for examplethe issue of determining the internal rate of return (IRR) on an investment. The IRR is defined asthe interest rate for which the Net Present Worth (NPW) of a project is zero. When done byhand, determining the IRR value is a tedious task requiring an iterative computation of NPWvalues at different interest rates until an interest rate is found for which the NPW value is