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New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

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Vivian Bergel; Jean Fullerton; Troy McBride

Community-based pr ojects by fir st-year engineer ing students Tr oy McBr ide1, Vivian Ber gel2, and J ean Fuller ton 1. (1)Depar tment of Physics and Engineer ing / (2) Depar tment of Social Wor k Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 email: mcbr idet@etown.eduAbstr actAt Elizabethtown College, for the last two years in the Fall semester of our “Introduction toEngineering” course, we have replaced our traditional “canned” design activities withengineering projects based in the community. In the Fall semester of 2003, 24 studentsparticipated in the Introduction to Engineering course, completing seven projects in thecommunity, including two

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Heidi Sherick

Designing Our Community: A Report on Progress Toward Program Goals of Recruiting and Retaining Native American Students in Engineering Heidi M. Sherick, Sheree J. Watson, Carolyn Plumb College of Engineering Montana State University—Bozeman P.O. Box 173820 Bozeman, MT 59717-3820The Designing our Community (DOC) program at Montana State University (MSU),which is supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, has three goals: (1)Increase the motivation and pre-entry academic preparation of Native American studentswho want to study

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

students as well asrepresentatives from NGO’s, governmental agencies and international consultants to shareinformation and exchange ideas regarding appropriate technology program and coursedevelopment and/or the integration of appropriate, sustainable technology concepts into existingprograms and courses. A second objective of this workshop was to explore the challenges andbenefits associated with incorporating service-learning into engineering courses.Objective 1: To Provide a Forum to Share Information and Exchange IdeasSixty-three participants from 45 different organizations in eight countries attended the workshopthat consisted of keynote lectures, presentations, breakout sessions, and plenary discussionperiods. Facilitated discussion periods

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Stuart

with the winter 2003 course offering, students were awarded a grade of 85% forcompletion of the project requirements, assuming there were no errors. In addition, they were Page 10.1089.1given an opportunity to get “extra credit” for additional effort on the design project and severalsuggestions were offered. A copy of the project description handout is provided in Figure 1. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education CE 451 - Wastewater Treatment

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Loker

Page 10.1071.1course which emphasizes an introduction to analog communication techniques. The secondprerequisite is a junior level measurements and instrumentation course which introduces "Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education"LabVIEW.1 LabVIEW is a graphical software programming language that was used for dataacquisition. The senior telecommunications systems course emphasizes voice and datacommunications techniques. There are approximately seven laboratory experiments coveredwithin this course. Each of the experiments utilizes LabVIEW and typically requires two weeksto complete. As part of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Bazzoli; Blair Rowley

years.IntroductionSix years ago the college committed to developing a freshman experience which would help inrecruitment and retention. Initially it was designed on Drexel University’s freshman program 1.During the first two years enrollment was limited to approximately 60 students who exhibitedhigh achievement in GPA and test scores. This was a three-quarter course taught by a number ofprofessors from various college departments. Using this experience as a base, a full time directorwas appointed and the program was expanded the third year to include all entering freshmenexcept for those in the Biomedical Engineering Premedical Program. They were exempt as thefreshman program could not be worked into their crowded curriculum.For the next two years the program

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Preston McCrary; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball; Wesley Stone

, faculty benefit by strengthening technical competencies and by keeping abreast ofemerging trends and problems facing industry and our Nation. In turn, industry benefits bygaining a competitive edge and by fostering the professional development of future employees intheir perspective fields of work; government agencies benefit from the solutions offered to solvethe ever-increasing problems facing our Nation. The authors believe that engagement projectsoffer a unique win-win situation for all who are involved.Bibliography[1] Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 2004 SME Global Manufacturing Fact Booklet. Dearborn, Michigan, 2004[2] The Rural Center. The North Carolina Rural Economy. Volume 2, Number 2. Retrieved November 30

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kemi Ladeji-Osias

in the program. Does your programusually have only high-achievers or a mixture of abilities? These questions will determine thecontent and the level to which you teach. The first step in planning a course is to determine theobjectives and content.1. Course Objectives and Content: The decision on course objectives and content generally depends on where this course lies in the curriculum. Courses that are prerequisites for higher- level courses may have an existing syllabus, which details the objectives and content. It is important to determine how much latitude will be available in changing the course content. Significant modifications to such courses may require consultation with other faculty who rely on certain topics being

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Krahe

user and others, or impacts the efficacy of the system in some way.An overview of software standards is followed by a listing of national and internationalregulatory agencies organizations, including both private industry and public government bodies,who have an interest in software engineering standards. The criticality of software has led to therapid growth in the use of software engineering standards for designers and developers.After the brief survey, the paper focuses on the comprehensive set of IEEE software engineeringstandards as an example. And it puts particular emphasis on condensing the full set to amanageable size to be incorporated in an intermediate embedded systems algorithmic processescourse.IntroductionOthers 1, 2, 3 have

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga

to determine energy savings, but they will be help identifying energy wastingcomponents or the components that may fail in the near future. It is the responsibility of energyprofessionals to conserve energy and to prevent catastrophic failure of energy consumingmachinery. For most industries the bottom line is cost savings, not energy savings. Sample labs Page 10.857.2The following labs describe three aspects of energy data collection: 1) Heat flow measurementsand energy cost calculations, 2) Ultrasonic leak detection, and 3) Power quality related Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yongjian Fu; Daniel Simon; Charles Alexander

additional benefit to usingsuch a platform is that it makes assessment a much easier task.It is intended that the KCIDE software will be made available to all conference attendeeswho wish to have it.1. IntroductionThe objectives of the Knowledge Capturing Integrated Design Environment (KCIDE) fora course in electric circuits are: 1. To provide a software platform that facilitates the learning of electric circuit concepts 2. To help instructors and students gain insights into the learning process.The following requirements are proposed for KCIDE: 1. It should integrate all tools necessary for a course in electrical circuits. Students must be able to solve homework problems without leaving KCIDE

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

top of the tableto the floor without breaking it. The materials supplied were only those found in one LEGO©Mindstorms kit. The students at this point were already familiar with the basic programming ofthe LEGO© Mindstorms RCX since they had done the robotic car projects. They applied thisknowledge and creative, team-based problem solving to complete the project. The egg dropactivity has been matched to certain desired standards to be achieved. Although Iowa does notuse national, or even statewide, standards, the activities in the egg drop problem are matched tonational standards in Table 1 for readers’ uniformity. Individual school districts in Iowa maintaintheir own district-wide standards. These standards vary greatly and are being reviewed

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Guoping Wang

introduction of HDL can better facilitate the learning of digital system design.Index term: -- Engineering courses, logic design, digital system design, VHDLIntroduction Digital hardware plays a dominant role in many electrical and computer engineeringproducts today. The introductory course Digital System Design is a core requirement course forelectrical and computer engineering students. Integrating HDL (Hardware DescriptionLanguage), such as Verilog or VHDL into the teaching of logic system design has been proposedin the past 1-5. However, in the early introduction of HDL, the instructor has to focus onexplaining the important differences between HDL and other computer programming languagesthat students are familiar with. Students may focus

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Lancaster; Susan Walden; Teri Murphy; Deborah Trytten

then lead the student to seek a morecomfortable environment.Research DesignIn 2002, we began interviewing students from the School of Industrial Engineering at theUniversity of Oklahoma (IE at OU) to investigate the unexpected success that this School hashad in attracting and retaining female undergraduate majors (National Science Foundation underGrant No. 0225228).1, 2 In 2001, for example, IE at OU had 58% female enrollment versus thenational average 25% degrees granted. As of Fall 2004, female enrollment in IE at OU was 45%(54/119).26 This paper examines one aspect of the larger ongoing study, which continues torecruit participants.Students were recruited to participate in 1-1.5 hour long interviews. Of the 41 participants in thisdata set

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aura Gimm

Video laboratory manuals and kits that explain nanoscale science and engineering concepts J. Aura Gimm1, Anne Bentley2, Mohammed Farhoud2, Arthur B. Ellis2, George C. Lisensky3, Wendy C. Crone4 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 2 Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 3 Department of Chemistry, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 4 Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WIAbstractThe Interdisciplinary Education Group of the Materials Research Science and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Gregg

situationat Virginia Tech.Virginia Tech’s Green Engineering ProgramIn 1992, five faculty members and administrators within Virginia Tech’s College of Engineeringbegan the quest to establish a program which would stress the environmental and societalimplications of engineering activities. The program was given a two-fold mission: 1) establish aconcentration in Green Engineering and 2) ensure that every Virginia Tech engineering graduatehad an understanding of the environmental and societal ramifications of engineering activities.The University’s subsequent decision to provide substantial annual funding for this program waspraised within the College of Engineering. Department heads, deans and universityadministrators agreed to provide cross

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hartin; Henry Kraebber; Nancy Denton

technologyprograms. This paper describes the educational process developed for the mechanical (MET) andmanufacturing engineering technology (CIMT) degree programs at Purdue University in WestLafayette, Indiana. Emphasis is given to the processes and plans developed in response to theTC2K Criteria 1 through 3.Background During the past decade or so, assessment and improvement efforts have become a part ofaccreditation processes in many disciplines and across the university through bodies such as theNorth Central Association. Starting in 2004, all of the ABET Technology AccreditationCommission (TAC) programs are now required to use the new TC2K criteria. The ABETEngineering Accreditation Commission began the transition for engineering programs in

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Shahrabi; Feng Huang; Ali Setoodehnia; Hong Li

Demonstration of Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Ali Setoodehnia 1, Feng Huang 1, Hong Li 2, Kamal Shahrabi 1 1. Kean University, Union, NJ 2. College of Technology, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY email: asetoode@kean.eduAbstract: This paper demonstrates a new transmitting technique based on a simultaneousmultiple channel modulation of ultrafast optical pulse by sending the Fourier Transform(FT) of the time framed signals over a communication channel. This transmission formatwas designed and found to overcome certain types of channel impairments. The mainadvantage is that the noise and signal degradation from one particular channel or

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Guoping Wang

with all the differentcontrol signals, such as, CLOCK, ENABLE, RESET/SET, OVERFLOW, CARRY-OUT etc.Various VHDL teaching methods have been proposed in the past 1-7, however, how to teachsequential logic VHDL models more effectively has not been studied so far. This paper introduces the author’s experience in teaching sequential logic VHDL modelsto students through synthesis and examples from simple to complex design problems. The simplesequential circuits such as latches, flip-flops are first introduced with all the control signals, thenthe same design concepts and procedures are extended to the designs of sequential logic blockssuch as counters and shift registers. These design approaches are also applicable in complexsequential digital

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Owe Petersen

thedemands of teamwork, project management, time management, and communication.The general goals of Senior Design address the above concerns.III. The Goals of Senior DesignThe changes in business and student traits cited above have meant that EE Senior Design hasneeded to change over the 18 years it has been taught. Nearly a complete generation of studentshas experienced the course, and it would be expected that changes would have been made. Thechanges have been driven by technological advances, professional practices, a changing businessscene, and student traits and characteristics.As a result, the goals of Senior Design have evolved to include the following:1. Help students with the transition from academia to industry. In their first three years

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney; Richard Englund

material may be hard andbrittle, potentially leading to local brittle fracture of the part, and failure propagating from thelocal fracture.Material Property BackgroundThe focus of the present effort was to identify a material that met three criteria: (1) readilyavailable at moderate cost, (2) hardenable enough to show a distinct change from heat effects,and (3) not requiring an exotic welding process. From materials available in ourstock, the mostlikely candidates were cold-drawn AISI 1045 steel bar stock and socket head cap screws.Samples were prepared from each material, but the cap screws were welded and tested first withacceptable results. While 1045 or any of several materials not in our inventory may show similarresults, the present work is

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

Page 10.191.1later on in the educational curriculum. Students naturally tend to hit the “reset button” after each “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering"and every course since there is no apparent reason to want to actively retain requiredinformation. All professors encounter this problem as depicted in Figure 1. Professor, why didn’t you tell us that the material covered at the beginning of the semester was going to be really important for the work

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

the importance of nurturing them ontheir transition from high school to college. The success of the Gateway team approach isreflected in the outstanding course evaluations which are typically the highest in the college.Figure 1 shows that over a four-year period, in all cases, the average Gateway faculty ratingswere higher than non-Gateway faculty. The difference was found to be significant for p < .05.The ratings are for multiple sections and multiple instructors. For example, in 1999, the Gatewaycourse rating was for six sections that were taught by three faculty. After 2002, there is anoverwhelming majority of Gateway Faculty teaching the course, and the non-Gateway faculty is

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ficken; Subha Kumpaty

impacted student learning immensely. The bulk of the paperconcentrates on the demonstrations in the order introduced in the course. The integration of labsand the student reaction/feedback in our first implementation is also addressed briefly.Laboratory Demonstration 1: First order ModelThe purpose of the demonstration was to learn how to calculate the time constant for a systemthat fit the first order differential equation model. First we started with a digital thermometer in acup of ice so that it was close to 32 F. Then the thermometer was taken out and the temperaturewas read every 5 seconds as it rose towards room temperature (T∞ ) which was 61 F. The general expression relating the rate of temperature change to the difference

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

LOKESH JOSHI; James Sweeney; Edward Hall; Alyssa Panitch

Conference Session

Sustainability Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Bosscher; Jeffrey Russell

meaning through discussions with many parts of theengineering community. Sustainability of new development of infrastructure or industrial goodsis commonly the issue considered in education. Some of the definitions of sustainabledevelopment are: 1. The World Commission on Environment and Development’s (WCED) widely used definition of sustainable development is: “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” 2. “Sustainability means living, working, and behaving in a way that will sustain the integrity and biodiversity of the local, regional, and planetary ecosystems on which all life depends. It means finding ways to achieve the quality that we seek in our

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Phillips

subsequent surveys.The art of teaching is based in communication with the student. If the student cannot bementally drawn into the subject being taught, then the chance of success in teaching a course isgreatly diminished. In a comprehensive design course such as this one, the amount ofinformation that must be provided to the students can make the success of the course even moredifficult if the information cannot be presented in an interesting and efficient manner. Byutilizing alternate methods of presenting information to the student, this process can be mademore efficient and exciting to the student, greatly increasing the chance of success in teachingthe comprehensive design studio, or in teaching any course.1. Cashin, Willian E; Motivating

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Taylor; Robert Green

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

moderate success, so a more holistic approach must betaken to encourage women and underrepresented minorities to consider engineering orengineering technology as an attainable career goal. Outreach programs that focus only on thetargeted groups may not be doing enough.The Theory of Planned Behavior describes three main factors that directly affect a person’sintentions to behave in a particular manner, such as enrolling in an engineering or engineeringtechnology college program. Once a person intends to engage in an activity, s/he will typicallyproceed unless some mitigating circumstances arise. The three main factors affecting intentionsare 1) the person’s attitude toward the behavior or activity, 2) the perceived subjective normsregarding the

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisabeth Armstrong; Donna Riley

academy,and society.Introduction In the spring of 2004, the Mass and Energy Balances course at Smith Collegecollaborated with the Women’s Studies course on Youth Culture and Gender and with thefeminist art collective subRosa [1] to examine the relationships between cultures of productionand the production of culture. The product of this collaboration was the interactive artinstallation “Can You See us Now? ¿Ya Nos Pueden Ver?” part of the Massachusetts Museumof Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) exhibit “The Interventionists: Art in the Social Sphere.” [2] Page 10.323.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering