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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Crimaldi; Daniel Knight

filament enabled Reynolds to visualize the presence (or absence) of turbulence, leadingto the development of the famous Reynolds number criterion for turbulent flow. Today, state-of-the-art flow visualization techniques commonly employ lasers to illuminate fluorescent dyes orparticles introduced into the flow. The most common technique is planar laser-inducedfluorescence (PLIF, see example in Figure 1), although this technique has generally been limitedto research applications.2,3,4 These research techniques are now being adapted and implementedas instructional tools for fluid mechanics at the University of Colorado. Figure 1: PLIF image of a contaminant plume developing in a turbulent boundary layer, with flow from left to right

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

), back in one piece. Thecommon denominator, the basis for any success that we may enjoy, and the reason why all theseactivities were organized in the first place, is the involvement of students in a cooperativelearning environment – a team effort [1]. Edgar Dale relates an “ancient proverb” that states,“Tell me, and I forget; Show me and I remember; Involve me and I understand” [2]. It is thisinvolvement that has led us to formalize the active group learning experience, and equate thisteam structure with the recognized “Cooperative Learning Experience” [3].II – STRUCTUREAt The College of New Jersey, starting from their first semester, and throughout theirsophomore, junior and senior years, students are involved with projects that involve them

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

Benchmarking.Introduction:The Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS) department in the College ofEngineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida has incorporatedcommunity-based service experiential learning into their curriculum. The Total QualityImprovement course, ESI 5227, is a graduate level course that focuses on the development oftools for the management and improvement of quality in different organizations. [1] Essentialconcepts, practices, and methods of modern quality improvement tools are discussed, along withthe Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) problem solvingapproach, and critical success factors to team building and teamwork. Six Sigma team projectsare performed that apply the class

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

way it recruits, educates and graduates engineering students. With the aid of theWilliam and Flora Hewlett Foundation, CENS is actively assessing its regional recruitmentresources for incoming freshmen, as well as restructuring its courses to excite and encouragecurrently-enrolled students to stay in engineering. NAU is the smallest of three Arizona universitiesoffering undergraduate engineering education programs. While the larger University of Arizona andArizona State University (ASU) enrollments have increased since 1998, NAU CENS enrollments inengineering has remained constant.[1] CENS Engineering personnel applied for and received a five-year grant under the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Engineering Schools of the WestInitiative

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Nickles

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationCourse and SubjectsData for this study comes from seven courses, all taught in the same department, which aredescribed in Table 1. Courses A-C are the same course taught by the same instructor in differentsemesters. Courses D-F are different courses taught by the same instructor. Course G is thesame course as E though taught by a third instructor in a different term. Table 1 also shows howmany students of the total in each course consented to allow their data to be used for researchpurposes. Courses A and B are the courses examined in the previous study.3Table 1: Description of courses examined Course Description Instructor Term Consenting

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

at MTSU has recognized the importance of studentprojects 1 in providing a well-rounded engineering technology education. Often, engineering Page 10.1161.1technology students have difficulty finding immediate applications for abstract class topics,Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationwhich leads to decreased student interest in class work and effects retention rates within theMET program.Although the MET program at MTSU is based around great textbooks and a knowledgeablefaculty, there

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganapathy Narayanan

set of such statics programs areidentified and a preliminary attempt to set its graphical user interface for such mini-programs, where possible. These programs are developed using Visual Basic .Net andMATLAB, as per availability and easiness possible on the students’ understanding andassociated learning environment. The programs are not in its final form, but this paper isan attempt to start the discussion among other statics instructors.Mini-Programs that aid in teaching StaticsThe following teaching mini-programs are designed that will help the ET student in anunderstanding and solving of statics problems. It is to be noted that this is such a firstattempt by the author. The break down follows the subject order of teaching statics. 1

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian

corresponding member functions. The client of the object isloosely coupled to the object; a client cannot directly change the object data; the requestto change the object’s data is sent to the object via object’s member functions. A clientwants to change an object data, it sends a message to the object, requesting for thechange. Explicit definition of an object in this form lends itself to significant softwarereuse.In object-oriented design and programming, object data and member function supportingobject are encapsulated as one entity known as a user-define class data type. A classwraps general characteristic of an object, specific object of the class are defined asneeded. Listing-1 shows a Person class, the Person class wraps the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susanne Green; Michele Auzenne; Chris Burnham; Ricardo Jacquez

onretention and progression of the students through the first year of the engineering curriculum.Pre-Calculus Barrier to Success in Freshmen EngineeringFor many science and engineering majors, Intermediate Algebra has been identified as a type ofearly gatekeeper and an internal barrier to academic progression. At New Mexico StateUniversity, departmental records show that 40% of students who self-identify as computerscience or engineering majors have to take Intermediate Algebra. Furthermore, grade records forthis course show that only 30% of the students who take the course pass with an A or B lettergrade. Another 14% earn a C or D, and over half—54%—withdraw, fail, or must repeat thecourse. The remaining 2% take an “Incomplete.”1 This difficulty

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes

vertically-integrated; each is a mix of freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors.To manage the large number of projects and teams that extend across semesters, the EPICSprogram has developed a design and documentation process to guide students through theirdesigns and to insure that both the community partner’s needs are being address and thetransition between semesters is managed. This paper will highlight this design anddocumentation process and present lessons learned and future challenges using this model fordesign education.Introduction The importance of significant design experiences to prepare undergraduate engineering studentsfor engineering careers has been well-documented 1, 2. These experiences typically emphasizethe application of the

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton

. The innovation we are prototyping in this projectcreates an applet-rich shared space whereby a pedagogical agent at each learner’s stationfunctions as an instructional assistant to the teacher or professor and tutor to the student. Theplatform is intended to open a series of new -- and instructionally potent -- interactive pathways.IntroductionThree different learning technologies and an intriguing opportunity to integrate them are at theheart of an educational research effort funded by the US National Science Foundation [1]. Eachin its own right is at the forefront of a particular research domain. Each has emerged andmatured over the past decade; and each has presented compelling and oftentimes movingopportunities to alter educational

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales; Stephen Renshaw

hierarchy ofcomputing skill curriculum design suggests that there is a beginning of computing skillproficiency and a conditional level of mastery appropriate to an identified task by age ofpractitioner and skill level application. Page 10.342.3 1 Of concern with educational practices are those occurrences and formativedevelopments of acquired computing skills over-time. It is hypothetically perceived thatstudents become acquainted with certain computing functions at an early age. Skill levelcompetency is a natural occurrence through early adolescent years and beyond highschool. Students who enter

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes

report on the findings from the study using narrative vignettes.Introduction According to ABET’s EC 2000 accreditation guidelines set in 2000 1, 2 students must notonly meet with competence the basic “traditional” engineering knowledge of mathematics,science, and engineering and experience in engineering problem solving and system design, butnow are also mandated to be able to function on multidisciplinary teams, to communicateeffectively, and to understand a wide range of issues in engineering. These issues include:professional and ethical responsibility, the impact of engineering solutions in a global andsocietal context, and knowledge of contemporary issues. Service-learning has the potential tomeet these objectives and have been shown

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold Peskin; Walter Buchanan

. 1. IntroductionMany Engineering Technology Students earn their degrees through the ‘2 plus 2’program model. The first two years are often spent in community colleges, but finding asuitable institution for completing the Bachelor’s Degree can prove to be a challenge.This is especially true for students whose personal circumstances inhibit them fromenrolling and completing their degree at a conventional school. Page 10.220.1There are many conditions that can prevent a student from graduating. One particularlycommon one is mobility enforced by job requirements that prevent a student fromcompleting a sufficient number of credits at any one school. This

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

StateUniversity (EVP at MTSU) was founded during the summer of2004 by the local student chapters of the American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Society of AutomotiveEngineers (SAE) 1. Both organizations had recently completedtheir own competition vehicle programs, and were in the midst ofanalyzing their respective outcomes. These programs includedthe Formula SAE, sponsored by SAE, and SolerBike Rayce USAand The Great Moonbuggy Race, both of which are sponsored byASME. These events are beginning to attract international ndattention. This new level of global competition gives the student Figure 1: 2004 Solar Vehicle, 2 Placeteams unique insights

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bertini; Steven Hansen

means of assessing performance of transportation Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsystems. While these metrics are familiar to planners, engineers, policy makers and evencitizens, many of them were developed more than 50 years ago, do not necessarily reflect localconditions and are not extensively validated. The use of these simple qualitative (A-F) measuresbegan in response to the lack of data available to create “actual” quantitative metrics.It has been said that “if you cannot tell how your system performed yesterday, you cannot hopeto manage your system today.”1 With this in mind

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Scoles; Harriet Millan

of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcourse in the student’s career, and the first within the ECE Department. The course goals areshown in Table 1, and revolve around learning computer tools that will be valuable in the upper-level curriculum. More detail on the course can be seen on the course web site7. Table 1. ECEL 301 Course Goals • Introduce students to MATLAB and PSpice, industry standard CAD software for electronics (analog and digital) and systems engineers. Use of this software will continue in ECE Labs II-IV as well as other ECE courses • Solve dc bias, dc sweep, ac sweep, and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erastus Njage; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Bert Davy; Pamela Leigh-Mack; Masud Salimian

Enhancing Conceptual Transfer of Mathematical Concepts and Motivating Students using Engineering Performance Tasks Yacob Astatke, Pamela Leigh-Mack, Solomon Alao, Craig J. Scott, Alicia Davis, A. Bert Davy, Erastus Njage, Masud Salimian Morgan State University Baltimore, MarylandAbstract This paper presents a discussion of the usage of engineering performance tasks in twosections of an innovative Pre-Calculus course to enhance conceptual transfer while motivatingengineering students. A description of the entire process from concept to implementation isgiven including: 1) the role of performance tasks in general; 2) the

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Drnevich

beenongoing since 1960. Drnevich1 provided the evolution of this course from 1960 to 2001. Asummary of these will be provided herein. Table 1 lists the projects designed in this course.Perusal of the table indicates significant diversity of project types. Most of the projects are realin the sense that they were either in consideration or in process at the time that they were beingdesigned in the course. Students worked with actual project information and generally had todiligently search to obtain that information. Design products of the course were not used in theactual construction, but in many cases had an influence on actual designs. This occurred becausepersons actually involved in the real projects almost always participated in the course

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed

educational processdetermines the quality of the educational outcome. Educational quality, however, is themost difficult attribute to define, measure and properly control. In the following thefactors causing the difficulties in defining educational quality in the receivers domain arediscussed. By following the lean thinking approach an educational quality measures andcontrol are discussed.Lean Academics ApproachUnder the pressure to stay competitive improve quality and eliminate waste and focus onthe end customer several industrial institutions adopted the lean thinking methodology[1]. With increasing pressure to produce high quality industry ready engineers, reducethe curriculum time, and include mastery of new technologies educational institutions

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

interestedparties to visit the project website for details: www.cem.uvm.edu/~jfrolik/nsf_ccli_03.htm.Intro to Communication Systems Among other concepts, this course deals with the theory behind modulation, spectralanalysis and the fundamentals of digital communications. These concepts are reinforced usingthe lab exercises described in Table 1. In addition, these labs give students their first exposure toof the use of RF signal generators and spectrum analyzers. The lab assignments constitute 10% Page 10.862.1of the student’s final grade. Students nominally take the course in the junior year as a follow-on Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

Astronautics and Space Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Joslyn

students from the Management andElectrical Engineering Departments participate with Astronautical Engineering majors inthe program. This program uses an evolutionary design approach in which cadets employor refine cutting-edge technologies and procedures developed by their predecessors.Lessons learned are then captured and help USAFA build a catalog of technicalprocedures for future vehicles. Because there is almost a 100% turnover every year,documentation is crucial to the success of the program [1]. The evolutionary approachwould be very useful for many schools. The turnover factor is a great incentive tostudents for good communication skill developmentThis paper briefly discusses the history of rocket activity at USAFA and how it led to anon

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Evans; Shekar Viswanathan

instructors. They are typically in charge of the capstone process includingstudent progress. The project advising is done by project supervisors who are also facultymembers. However, in some instances, the capstone instructors and project supervisorscould be one and the same. The steps developed for students, instructors, and projectsupervisors to follow are listed below.All students are expected to 1. consult with a faculty member of their choice (project supervisors), select a project, and find a sponsor from an external organization (Typically, the sponsor could be from either a student’s workplace or from an organization with which he/she may have some contact), 2. develop a proposal that defines the focus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Millard

dynamic and compelling media to re-engage and inspiretoday’s adolescents. General Electric (GE) had recognized the potential for capturing the interest “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”of K-12 students in the 1940’s and 1950’s through the creation and distribution of technologyoriented comic books (as depicted in figure 1 below). Figure 1 - Sample Pages from GE Comic Book #1Comic books have historically been banned in K-12 environments, viewed by the administrationas diversions that students would be reading during a teacher’s instruction. Now comic books areviewed as an

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Jana Renner Martinez; Ann Darnell

of the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) project at UTEP. Components of theproject are based on Tinto’s[1] longitudinal model of individual departure that can be analyzed interms of a student’s pre-entry attributes, intentions, goals, and commitments, institutionalexperiences, and integration to academic and campus social life. The Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REU) component was envisioned to promote faculty-student interaction andacademic integration through laboratory and field research. The funding provided by theprogram has allowed a select group of students the opportunity to work on campus, gain Page 10.26.1experience

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College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Nation; Leah Jamieson; Jill Heinzen; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes; Joy Krueger

society’s needs; technologies are the result of engineered designs created tosolve societal needs and wants4 These common threads can be strengthened when educationalsolutions and opportunities for engagement are consistently, creatively, and thoughtfully applied.In8, the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Program at Purdue University wascreated to provide undergraduates with a real design experience within a service-learningcontext. EPICS teams perform their designs within four main areas of focus: 1.) Education andOutreach, 2.) Access and Abilities, 3.) Human Services, and 4.) Environment. Included withinthe realm of Education and Outreach is a concerted effort to focus on the integration ofengineering within the P/K-12 community

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

, withHispanic people constituting 12.1%, as seen in Figure 1 below. So, one would expect the Page 10.1134.1percentage of Hispanic engineering students to be approximately 12%. Unfortunately, that is notthe current situation. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education” 4.7% 12.1% White 12.2% Black

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Perry Li; David Waletzko; William Durfee

like a problem set.For this project, we focused on introductory system dynamics and control. This core engineeringtopic rests on a rigorous mathematical foundation that causes many students to miss gaining aphysical intuition of basic concepts because they become enmeshed in the equations. Principlessuch as time and frequency response, resonance, poles and zeros, stability and controllerperformance lie at the core of system dynamics and control, but can be abstract and obtuse forfirst-time students. A laboratory experience is essential for students of system dynamics andcontrol.The major design requirements for the take home kits were: 1. Demonstrates fundamental principles (for high learning impact) 2. Rugged (to survive trips back and

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Tracy; Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; William Oakes

Evaluating the Outcomes of a Service-Learning Based Course in an Engineering Education Program: Preliminary Results of the Assessment of the Engineering Projects in Community Service - EPICS. Jason C. Immekus, Susan J. Maller, Sara Tracy, & William C. Oakes Purdue UniversityAbstract Design courses embedded in service-learning are rapidly emerging within the curricula ofmany engineering programs. The learning outcomes service-learning courses seek to promote arewell aligned with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology criteria 2000 (EC2000)1. The Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

State University EastThe Division of Computing Studies (DCST) on the Arizona State University East campus istasked with developing programs in the polytechnic model. Graduating students are expected tobe “industry-ready”. In the model of a polytechnic, an increased emphasis is placed on hands-onpractice over pure scientific study. DCST has responded by offering a new Bachelor of AppliedComputer Science program that embodies the polytechnic spirit. A central component of thisprogram is a new four-semester project course sequence dubbed “The Software Enterprise”.The DCST at ASU East created an applied software process course titled “Software Factory” inthe Fall of 2001[1]. The initial purpose was to provide a more practical perspective on