Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Liz Oshaughnessy; Barbara Goldberg

ratio in engineering undergraduateprograms of almost 5 to 1 13. The percentage of female computer scientists today is still only28% 15.With 64% of the impoverished population of this country being female, often single heads-of –households, we need to be concerned with the fact that women, even educated women, are stillmigrating into occupations that will inevitably pay them less than that earned by the averageeducated male. Additionally, the underutilization of such a talented proportion of our work forceis a matter of concern to our society. The demand for qualified workers in science andengineering is increasing at the same time the historical source of workers in these fields, white

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Mines; Andre J. Butler; Laura Lackey; Philip McCreanor

Page 7.988.1primarily on conducting experiments and analyzing and interpreting experimental data. The Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationfourth skill associated with this outcome, namely the design of experiments, was missing fromboth course outcomes and content.3 Prior to the implementation of outcome #4, typical courseoutcomes and content were as follows:1. Students will develop a general understanding for laboratory procedures utilized in analyzing water and wastewater samples.2. Students will be exposed to full-scale environmental engineering facilities such as water and wastewater

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Scales; Aaron Clark

theircurrent positions as engineering/technical professionals and the factors that are influencing theirlevel of job satisfaction.During the fall of 2001, a questionnaire was sent to all of the members in the Engineering DesignGraphics Division of the America Society for Engineering Education living in the United Statesand Canada. The questionnaire was designed to look at job satisfaction and to identifymotivational factors that influence educators’ perception of their work environment(s). Theinstrument, originally developed and validated by Mottaz in 1981, was design to measure theintrinsic and extrinsic variables associated with job satisfaction. 1 Questions in the survey looked atjob responsibilities, salary, supervision, autonomy, promotion, co

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ford; Nancy White

not the only interests that impact a engineering projects. Forexample, in a construction project the owner, contractor and engineer all have interests that areimportant to protect also. Engineering, as all other professions, operates under multiple sets of legal, behavioral andethical standards. For example, Cannon 1 of the ASCE Code of Ethics 6 (“hold paramount thesafety, health and welfare of the public”) is one standard or value. In his criticism of theprofession Eugene Ferguson 7 described the values of the engineering profession as practiced tobe: 1. Strive for efficiency; 2. Design labor-saving systems; 3. Design control into the system; 4. Favor the very large, the very powerful or - in

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Short

abilities. Rememberingnone, the manager decides to rate the engineer a 3.5 based on no recent memory of odious orpernicious errors in judgement. The performance appraisal process has begun.The performance appraisal is a well-recognized and established feature in modern corporateclimates. Although many companies espouse a belief in systems thinking, the individualperformance appraisal is a cornerstone of American management [1]. A survey by the WyattCompany, a Washington consulting firm, found less than half of employees evaluated liked theprocess and the reviewers were even less satisfied [2].Measuring the performance of scientists, engineers, and technologists is a more daunting taskdue to the nature of the job they perform and the absence of

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sören Östlund; Johan Malmqvist; Ingemar Ingemarsson; Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

plans for thenext three years.IntroductionWith support from the Wallenberg Foundation, four universities (Chalmers University ofTechnology (Chalmers) in Göteborg, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) inStockholm, Linköping University (LiU) in Linköping, and the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT)) formed an international collaboration to improve undergraduateengineering education in Sweden, the United States, and worldwide.1 Three overall goalsdirect the alliance endeavors, namely, to educate students to · master a deep working knowledge of technical fundamentals · lead in the creation and operation of new products and systems · understand the importance and strategic value of their future research workThe vision of the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Mullenax

experience, the author willprovide perspectives on what aspects of teaching are of particular use and value in industry roles.Motivation:It has been made somewhat obvious by the number of now dormant student sections that getting acritical mass of membership is a challenge. Considering that less than 60% of engineering graduatestudents obtain doctoral degrees, and less than 30% of them obtain academic positions, catering toonly the core of those students intending academic careers ignores more than 80% of the overallengineering graduate population which could benefit from the concepts with which ASEE deals.[1-4]The goal of this paper is to point out the many bankable industry skills that ASEE involvementdevelops or affects.Engineering industry

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Sterian; Andrew Blauch

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

M. P. Sharma; Matthew Hayes; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

Session 2793 Ethical Responsibility of Engineers for Alumnus Whistleblowing Roman Taraban, Edward E. Anderson, M. P. Sharma, and Matthew W. Hayes Texas Tech / Texas Tech / University of Wyoming / Texas TechIntroductionCollege workload—the amount of academic work expected of students—is one of the mostimportant factors affecting students’ engagement with their college studies, the quality ofinstruction and learning, and the drop-out rate.1 Workload is determined primarily by collegeinstructors, who control it through the number and nature of assignments in a course—i.e.,through the demands they make of students

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos Mendieta; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

water. The Moon’s effects on the oceans are strongest at an interval of nearly two weeks. So,approximately twice a month, the Moon exerts the strongest gravitational pull on the Earth. Justafter the full and new moon occur, tides generally have their greatest ranges from low to highwater 1. The heights of those ranges are called spring tides while the lowest of the ranges arecalled neap tides. The figures 1 and 2 are helpful in visualizing the effects of the moon on the Page 7.929.1earth’s waters. "Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Robinson; Jody Finnegan; Gene Stuffle; D. Subbaram Naidu; Al Wilson; Jay Kunze

Session: 2793 A Century-Long Evolution of Engineering Education at Idaho State University D. Subbaram Naidu, Jody Finnegan, Al Wilson 1, Lee Robinson, Gene Stuffle, and Jay Kunze College of Engineering, Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho, 83209-8060, USAAbstract: This paper presents the evolution of engineering education at Idaho State University(ISU), Pocatello, Idaho. The primary reason for this account is that the engineering(undergraduate and graduate) program

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jennings; Melanie McNeil; Art Diaz

foundation of another curriculum.Continued industrialization of the United States and the Global Community have increased theamount of process chemicals and waste products produced which pose a potential threat to thehealth and well-being of workers, surrounding community and sometimes, the entire planet. Overthe past decade, chemical plant accidents in India (Bhopal), Great Britain (Flixborough) and theUnited States (Texas, etc.) have increased public and industrial attention on safety and lossprevention [1]. Nation-wide the demand has been made for industry to minimize processaccidents, human injuries and environmental damage. Liability issues have also pressed industryto meet the regulatory and public demand for increased health and safety. On a

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Manoj Patankar

universities in 1915 in order to allow facultymembers the freedom to research and publish without fear of retribution 1, 2. Consequently, therewere very few, specific reasons under which a tenured faculty could be terminated. For example,ethical misconduct and termination of the department are two of the typical reasons forterminating tenured faculty; however, such incidents are very rare. Furthermore, since January 1,1994, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act has prevented colleges and universities fromimposing mandatory retirement based on age 3. Therefore, award of tenure represents a life-timecommitment for employment on the part of the university.Promotion through the ranks of Assistant, Associate, and Professor is a matter of peerrecognition

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vis Madhavan; Janet Twomey; Don Malzahn; Lawrence Whitman

describe theimportance for process knowledge. Process knowledge is the understanding concerningenterprise material and information flow.One concern involved with instructing in process design is to understand the different types ofprocesses. Presley, et al.,5 propose that business processes may be placed into three categories:(1) those processes which transform external constraints into internal constraints (set direction),(2) those processes which acquire and make ready required resources, and (3) those processeswhich use resources to produce enterprise results. By providing categories to organize processes,more holistic enterprise designs may be achieved. Figure 1 shows activities (boxes) arranged intobusiness processes (ellipses). The business

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Barnes; Ian Pashby; Anne Gibbons

Session 2260 Working Toward the Successful Deployment of Post -graduate Research Students on University-Industry Collaborative R&D Projects T.A. Barnes, I.R. Pashby & A.M. Gibbons. Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, England.1. IntroductionAgainst a background of increasing international competition and rapid technological change,governments are actively encouraging collaboration as a means of improving innovationefficiency and thereby enhancing wealth creation 1, 2 . Collaboration provides companies withthe means by which to advance

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

decisions would beeffective only when the instructor has information about students' learning throughassessment. Then, the instructor can match his decisions based on the feedback fromassessment. It would naturally happen only when an instructor appreciate and believe inthe assessment process. In order to do that he/she should have a good understanding ofwhat is an assessment and how it can be used to improve the pedagogical process.Assessment One of the definitions available for assessment in the literature 1: "Assessment isthe process of collecting, synthesizing, and interpreting information to aid in decisionmaking". Another perspective is that the instructor is aware or mind ful about students'learning during the pedagogical process. So

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano; Willie Ofosu

ease of accessibility and unlimited bandwidth have made use ofradioelectric space as a medium of transmission in wireless applications attractive toindustry. The prominence being experienced by wireless applications makes it importantto include in TelT programs with the view of exposing TelT students to currenttechnology. An essential component to any wireless system is the antenna. An antennahas the ability to transform electric energy into electromagnetic waves. It couples energyfrom a transmitter to the earth’s atmosphere at the transmitting end, and couples energyfrom the atmosphere to the receiver at the receiving end 1. For an antenna to workeffectively, it must be designed to radiate and receive electromagnetic energy in aprescribed

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Xue; Robin Qiu

characteristics of a virtualclassroom. Enabled Internet technologies and artificial intelligence make this kind of learningenvironment reality.1. IntroductionDifferent from most full-time college students, professionals most likely get trained in differentcontinue education schools/centers at night or on weekend although some intensive trainingcould take place daily or weekly. Professionals with different course expectations, workschedules, work experience, and even totally different education backgrounds could take thesame course. Undoubtedly those differences make jobs difficult for everyone involved in thetraining process, such as management for staff, teaching for an instructor, and learning for antrainee. Therefore, it is extremely important for a

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

developed by Mikel Harry and RichardSchroeder and explained in detail in their best selling book (1). They describe the Six Sigmaprocess as “designing and monitoring everyday processes to minimize resources and waste whileincreasing customer satisfaction”. They advise that “extra ordinary” sense be used to make extraordinary improvements to an organization and that “common sense” only produces commonresults. They suggest that “organizations need ways of measuring what they claim to value (i.e .create metrics) and that you cannot change what you cannot measure…. and…..that you shouldquerry what you have taken for granted.”Peter Pande, et al .. in their book, The Six Sigma Way (2), desribe Six Sigma as “near perfectionin meeting customer requirements

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Orabi

components of the blockdiagram represent different structures, loops and functions. The wiring of the block diagramrepresents flow of data between these components. A VI becomes a sub VI when it is placedinside the block diagram of another VI. These sub VIs are analogous to sub routines, and allowlayering and modularity of the VIs.Linear Elastic Theory [ 1]Elementary theory predicts a state of pure shear stress on the surface of a circulartorsion member. Pure shear is defined as a state of shear stress in the absence ofnormal stresses.On the surface of a circular torsion member (Figure 1) the state of shear stress (inthe axial and circumferential directions) is given by:where T is the applied torque, c is the radius and J is the polar moment of

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

contributing) to thesuccess of the project-based system at AAU. The university will have grown approximately 6fold in its first 30 years. Few doctorate institutions can claim this degree of success, and AAU isone of only two technical universities in Denmark, which grant the doctorate degree. The fourmain goals of the project-based system are (1,2):1. Reduce the waste as observed in the traditional educational programs by reducing studentattrition rates and making the program requirements such that most students graduate on Page 7.827.1schedule. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Steidley; Stephen Dannelly

Session 2620 “Choo Choos”, Robots and Computer-Based Instrumentation for Students 1 R. Stephen Dannelly, Carl W. Steidley Texas A&M University – Corpus ChristiAbstract This paper describes a versatile and innovative active learning laboratory currently underdevelopment that will be used to teach a wide variety of computer science and mathematicssubjects. The laboratory, equipped with a model railroad system, autonomous mobile robots anda network of control computers, offers students hands-on experiences with hardware interfacing,data

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim Blair; David W. Miller; David Darmofal; Col. Peter W. Young; Doris Brodeur

, identifies the basic characteristics of PBL, critical features in the design of problems,and effective methods for assessing PBL.IntroductionInterest in problem-based learning (PBL) arose in higher education in response tocriticisms that programs in professional areas, e.g., medicine, engineering, failed to equipgraduates with the problem-solving skills required for a lifetime of learning. 1-2 Problem-based learning has now become a widespread teaching method in disciplines wherestudents must learn to apply knowledge not just acquire it.Problem-based learning derives from the theory that learning is a process in which thelearner actively constructs knowledge. Learning results from a learner’s actions;instruction plays a role only to the extent that

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

challenging to analyze.Risk and uncertainty were then coupled through an example involving the manufacture of drugs inchemical plants. The demand for each of the products manufactured in factories was a function ofselling price but no chance was involved- the “demand curve” was constant throughout thesimulation. For drugs, however, demand was not constant but was a uniformly distributedrandom number within a known range, illustrated in Table 1. Thus, aspects of this investmentopportunity were subject to rigorous probability analysis, but because of the reliance on rawmaterial providers, there was also the same sort of uncertainty found in the analysis of factories.The simulation also included a 25% income tax rate that only applied to sale of a

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ristroph

, tables, rela-tions, indexes, and queries with a simple report generation problem. Then procedures are pro-vided that make the design of databases more efficient by requiring fairly few changes as imple-mentation progresses. Final steps include techniques for checking the quality of the design priorto impleme ntation. Process OverviewTable 1 provides an overview of the steps required to Table 1. Database Developmentdevelop a database system. The first step defines the 1. Identify information needs and de-desired capabilities of the system. Steps 2 and 3 are fine final products.pivotal steps that affect all of the following

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

paid and trained to perform significant mentoring and teaching of undergraduate andincoming first-year women. There are two key points in the career of undergraduate womenwhere positive interventions can significantly impact success: 1) during the transition from highschool to college (which tends to be the initial encounter with the male dominated environment)and 2) during the latter half of their undergraduate education, when career options, includingwhether or not to pursue graduate education, are being considered. Accordingly, two differenttracks are provided: RISE – The First-Year Summer Experience (Track One) and RISE –Summer Research Teams (Track Two). Faculty Mentors and Graduate and UndergraduateFellows participate in both tracks.RISE

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

sequence, describes the project in the context of the learning experience, providesan assessment of the educational innovation, and suggests future modifications of the concept.The current capstone experience will also be described briefly. Overall, the first capstoneexperience was quite successful: a highly motivating project, a cohesive team of students, and aproduct that is being used nationally to advance space technology.IntroductionMost engineering programs include senior design capstone courses because they provideopportunities for upper-level undergraduate students to apply what they have learned to real-world problems. 1-3 The MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has broadened thescope of a capstone design course to provide

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Harwell; Donna Shirley; Hillel Kumin

”. This overarching vision devolves into three goals, which can besummarized as: 1) Provide a cutting edge education, 2) Get, retain and market jobproducing and creating students, and 3) Perform cutting edge research. These goals havebeen fleshed out in the form of a work breakdown structure for the purposes of assigningresponsibility and defining assessment processes. Each of the discipline areas within theCollege has developed plans congruent with the overall College plans. The ABET 2000process, which has been adopted by the College, is also in synchronicity with the overallplan. The paper outlines the means by which the strategic plan is used to provideguidance to the day-to-day activities and directions of all elements of the College, with

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Specht; Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

produced by cells, issimultaneously removed from the blood by diffusion through this membrane to the air in thelungs, and is then exhaled. During breathing, the air in the lungs becomes saturated with water,and water is therefore removed from the body through respiration. Breathing also plays a role inheat transfer and thermal regulation, since heat transferred to the air in the lungs is removedduring exhalation. We have developed a hands-on experiment to introduce freshmanengineering students to chemical engineering principles through the exploration of the breathingprocess. The objectives of this module are (1) to analyze the lungs as a mass transfer device, (2)to use gas analysis to investigate the rate of O2 consumption and CO2 production, (3

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

within the human body using excitinghands-on “reverse engineering” methods. This project borrows measurement techniques andlaboratory experiments widely used in fields of health sciences and exercise physiology,modified to address engineering principles [1]. This paper provides an overview of all themodules that will be introduced in the Spring 2002 Freshman Clinic course at Rowan.1 Department of Chemical Engineering Page 7.605.12 Department of Mechanical Engineering3 Department of Electrical EngineeringProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright