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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett

information abounds. RU, in creating Garden City from Sooner City, willcreate a portable civil city that can be easily adopted by any Civil Engineering department. Aportable civil city requires two things: portable content and a portable operating shell. Page 7.584.3ContentThe content associated with the portable civil city consists of: Projects, Modules (especially theData Center), Design Criteria, and Photos. Table 1 is used to show the interaction betweenprojects, the data center, and design criteria in a hypothetical multi-class design activity. Eachproject is associated with a particular course. The projects listed in Table 1 would be assigned

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Batill

less structured but is intended to fosterinnovation. It is based upon the corporate culture practiced at IDEO, a firm specializing inproduct design and development. This framework for product development appears to be verywell suited for the “toys” used in this course. Kelley summarizes the approach that contains fivebasic steps: 1) Understand the customer, 2) Observe, 3) Visualize, 4) Evaluate and Refine and 5)Implement. Step 4, in particular, relies on the use of prototypes in an iterative manner. Thecontrast with the more structured approach mentioned earlier and dependence on prototyping incontrast to analytic modeling and simulation presented an interesting alternative that appeared tobe well suited for this course.In preparation for the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Karweit

material. It is inertknowledge: students know something, but they are unable to use it 1 . In contrast to classroom instruction, Collins, Brown, and Newman2 suggest that amuch better model for learning is the apprenticeship—years of training under theguidance of a practicing professional. In this environment, students develop skills in thecontext of applications. students learn not just the “what”, but also the “how” and the“when”, and “under what circumstances.” But such training is not practical in a Page 7.502.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education annual Conference & Exposition

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Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gordon Silverman

Session 1309 Biomedical Engineering Redux: Emerging Career Opportunities and Their Implications for Educational Programs Gordon Silverman, Professor and Chair Electrical and Computer Engineering, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York, U.S.A.I. Background.Biomedical engineering combines engineering expertise with the needs of the medicalcommunity for the enhancement of health care. (1) (2) Working cooperatively with scientists,chemists, and medical professionals, biomedical engineers design and develop devices associatedwith the biological systems of

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Eisner

solve suchproblems expeditiously and with uniformly good results. Most of these problems turnedout to be administrative in nature. The cohort-based executive master’s degree program was constructed so as to respondto perceived needs of more senior personnel in local companies and government agencies.Two types of such programs were offered, both of which are listed below together withthe specific courses for each:1. Executive Master’s in Systems Engineering o Organizational Behavior for the Engineering Manager o The Management of Technical Organizations o Program and Project Management o Information Management and Information Systems o Survey of Finance and Engineering Economics o Elements fo Problem

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Goodwine; Steven Skaar; Robert Nelson; Mihir Sen; James Mason; Stephen Batill

the mindset of future practitioners, researchers and engineering managers.Because the felt competitive pressures of industry may encourage sheer empirical,phenomenological, or trial-and-error practice for many engineers, provision of a firm, enabling,insight-producing foundation in engineering science must remain as “job 1” in engineeringeducation. More than simply coexisting benignly with this theme, the new emphasis isimplemented so as to complement this traditional objective.Part of the implementation entails the ongoing challenge of connecting analysis with the creativeprocess of design. The microprocessor itself, allowing as it does the application ofmathematically based algorithms to meet specific design requirements, helps promote

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Irwin

the seat and post parts of a standard amigo model forstudents to reverse engineer. The design problem that was developed out of this research waspresented to students as the following: Amigo has contracted your design group to design amanually reclining version of the chair. The person with a handicap may want to recline forrelaxation or need to recline for therapeutic purposes. The chair and post are available forreverse engineering and the locking mechanism 2D drawings will also be provided. A lounge Page 7.61.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering 1

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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V.M.S. Sathya Dev; Raghu Echempati

strategy of experimentation is called the design of experiments(DOE), which was originally proposed by Taguchi to carry out parameter design 1-3. Theresults of DOE can be analyzed by different methods. Response surface framework is oneof the best ways to implement Taguchi’s philosophy.Response surface is a fitted surface used to visualize the inter-effects of parameters in aprocess. Several different types of useful designs can be obtained when one is attemptingto fit a response surface. Full and fractional factorial experiments in completelyrandomized designs are extremely useful when one is exploring the factor space in orderto identify the region where the optimum response is located. Two-level factorials arehighly efficient but must be used

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mayuree Thespol; J. Clair Batty

education. It is suggested thatAsia in general and Thailand in particular are becoming ever more important members of theglobal engineering education community and that opportunities for collaboration should not beoverlooked.IntroductionA penchant for science and engineering by Americans of Asian extraction has drawn attentionfor some time. It has been pointed out, for example, that minorities tend to be a much smallerproportion of scientists and engineers in the United States than they are in the total U.S.population. Asians, however, in 1997 comprised 10 percent of scientists and engineers in theUnited States although they were only 4 percent of the U.S. population.1 Students from Asiancountries tend to dominate the rest of the world on

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jefferson Lindsey; Frances Harackiewicz; Lizette Chevalier

communicationswhere antennas are a significant part of the course. Many antenna types are introduced in thesecourses, which use standard textbooks 1, 2. Many of the antenna types introduced can be fairlyinexpensive to build at certain frequencies, requiring copper tubing or wires and connectors.There was a need for the students to have experience designing, building and testing their ownantennas. Yet, because of the expense of antenna laboratory equipment, the College ofEngineering at SIUC had Vector Network Analyzers for measuring antenna impedance for yearsbefore it had a near-field or far-field antenna pattern measurement system. As lack of equipmentcan bring inspiration3, it was during that time that an antenna contest was developed for seniors

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Morris; Hesham Shaalan

reporting1. The purpose of the Senior Project described in this paper is to design a system that willindicate to a driver how close an object is to the back of the vehicle. The system design is basedon using a microcontroller and an ultrasonic ranging unit mounted on the back of the vehicle.The distance to an object can be calculated based on the time it takes for a transmitted pulse tobounce off of the object and return to the transducer. This distance can then be displayed to thedriver by either audio or visual means. Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the overall system. The microcontroller is a device similar to the microprocessor, but it is used in controloriented applications. It is a single integrated circuit that includes a CPU

Conference Session

Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Melanie Pearlman; Kimberly Turner

, include: 1. Size/Novelty 2. Gender Equality 3. Design flexibilityThe mere idea that a working, functioning machine can be built which is smaller than the diameter of ahuman hair, or on the scale of the size of a few blood cells is inherently interesting to younger students.The idea that a secondary school student is able to do an experiment using, or actually designing one of Page 7.621.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ? 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationthese miniature devices is intriguing. In experiences

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Niemi

Educationvarying degrees of success. Examples of various types of freshman courses can be found inRefs. 1 through 13. Even Introduction to Engineering courses often emphasize topics that arepresented in a dry fashion to students, emphasizing such topics as how to study, computer usage,technical writing, etc. What are needed are project-type courses that excite the students and givethem an overview of what an interesting engineering project can be. This paper describes such aproject that has been used at the University of Massachusetts Lowell for five years, and, based onstudent evaluations of the course, has been found extremely motivating for the students.II. Freshman course format The College of Engineering has experimented with different types of

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Oerther

has been used to determine theefficacy of disinfection to remove bacteria in drinking water treatment processes and to monitorefforts to optimize the transformation of environmental pollutants in bioremediation andbiological waste treatment.Recently, the field of microbiology has seen an explosion in the development of new technologyto identify microorganisms in environmental matrices. These new techniques have beengeneralized as cultivation independent, molecular biology-based, and ribosomal ribonucleic acidtargeted (rRNA-targeted) (reviewed in 1). Environmental microbiologists and molecularmicrobial ecologists have applied these new techniques to assess the diversity of microorganismsin many environments including systems of direct interest

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

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Karim Nasr; Raymond Berg

outcomes L-S based onprofessional societies input and departmental requirements. In preparing for this new curriculumand related assessment practices, the senior-level M. E. capstone design course “Plant andFacilities Design” was selected in October 2000 as a pilot course, for the development of thestudent capstone portfolio concept and the capstone outcomes assessment process.In particular, the M. E. Department wished to determine best methods of demonstratingachievement of seven “difficult” or “non-traditional” program educational outcomes which havenot classically been “taught” as part of the M. E. curriculum. These include: 1) an ability tofunction on multidisciplinary teams; 2) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility; 3

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

typically a report, either oral or written. Grading andassessment of this work is complex, involving both the quality of the technical content and thequality of the presentation. This type of work also provides a high density of assessmentinformation because of its complexity. Rubrics provide a framework for structuring andquantifying this assessment information. Rubrics, if made available to the students, should alsogive students a rationale for the grades they receive and an opportunity to evaluate and improvetheir own work prior to submission. (See, for example, Walvoord & Anderson, 1998 1.)Grading in our senior Unit Operations Laboratory is now entirely rubric-based.2 We have beenpleased with the rubrics as a foundation for assessment in

Conference Session

Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Pavelich; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

andTechnology (ABET) requires institutions to develop assessment processes which candemonstrate “that the outcomes important to the mission of the institution and the objectives ofthe program are being measured”. 1 Page 7.1007.1 Perhaps the most recognized and valid method to quantify maturation of college students’intellectual abilities relies on developmental process models such as Perry’s Model of Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationIntellectual and Ethical Development 2 and King and

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rocio Alba-Flores; Christopher Carroll; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

additional TTLchips and handful of passive devices added to the EVB to implement the CRT video signalgeneration and other I/O features of the station. We also describe lab experiments andexperience gained in actually using this lab station in our microprocessor class. Page 7.884.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã2002, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThis paper details a new lab station using the MC68HC11 Evaluation Board (EVB). Theschematic in Figure 1 identifies the hardware to be added to the EVB to implement this

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Nowak; Adrezin Ronald; Donald Leone

Page 7.196.2philosophy. In the sections below, the current program will be described. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe basic philosophy of the program may be represented by a pyramid (Figure 1): the base isestablished with core courses both in and outside of engineering, the middle section builds on thefundamentals with in-depth courses in Biomedical Engineering and other topics which assume acompletion of the core basics, and an ultimate section of senior courses during which the studentbrings together aspects of entire undergraduate education.A new college-wide design philosophy has

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

propel the go-carts. After all the groups had working rubber band propelled go-carts, they were asked, “How would you make your go carts go farther?” After some discussion, the notion of larger diameter wheels was introduced. Along with the concept, the mathematics governing the relationship between wheel diameter and distance traveled was discussed extensively. The students then had to calculate the proper diameter of their wheels to travel a specified distance using a specified number of rubber band windings. After completing and explaining their calculations, the groups made wheels of the needed diameter from cardboard (see Figure 1). The go-carts were modified and the calculations were tested. This was another opportunity

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Crosthwaite; David Radcliffe

engineeringand related industry sectors. Empirical research and policy development into the social andbehavioral dimensions of engineering, professional development and practice underpin the workof the Centre.The Catalyst Centre has five overlapping and interdependent goals outlined below. 1. Create new modes of engineering education and continuing professional development delivery and thus provide an exemplar for cultural change in engineering education. 2. Support the School (Faculty) to implement progressively the strategies in the Diversity Report, especially as they relate to staff and student recruitment and support mechanisms, social, gender, cultural and disability awareness and communication. 3. Develop the Thiess-UQ

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

(modules) are being developed forinclusion in most of our existing traditional courses as a method of familiarizing all students withBME principles. In addition, a biomedical experiment has been added to a sophomore levelinstrumentation laboratory which is required of all students.Our major goals in preparing the BME program are these:1. A student majoring in biomedical engineering will have a strong foundation in traditional engineering subjects (particularly circuits, statics, dynamics, and thermodynamics), coupled with a specialized background in biomedical applications (bioinstrumentation, biosignal processing, biomechanics, biocontrols). Students will realize the relationship between core topics and BME applications as well as the

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

that will aid in their quest for both equilibrium and inner contentment as theypursue roles as mother and professional.I. IntroductionAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost 64 million women aged 16 and over areemployed, representing approximately 46% of the total workforce. 1 This number has more thandoubled since 1960. In that same time period the number of workingwomen with children lessthan 6 years of age, has more than tripled. Only in the past year has this trend changed. It’s been30 years since women started swelling the number of workers, but trying to balance career andfamily has not gotten any easier for working women.In academia, specifically in the science and technology fields, the number of women who pursuefulltime

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kimmel

blown polyethylene film (alternate years). Here thestudents had the challenge to try to optimize the process conditions.Revision of the Laboratories The new thermal analysis and tensile testing equipment provided the route to totally revisingthe laboratories to enhance and support the basic course curriculum. In addition, updatedversions of the bench scale processing equipment were purchased, including packaging relatedmolds. The objectives developed to guide the revision were: (1) Each lab exercise should relate to packaging; (2) Each lab exercise should demonstrate or illustrate at least one key learning objective covered in the lectures and reading; (3) Each lab exercise should offer students the challenge to relate a

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Qianjin Yue; Peifung Guo; Hung Tao Shen; Hayley Shen

programs in physical and environmental oceansciences. DUT with its State Key Laboratories in Coastal and Offshore Engineering andStructural Analysis and Industrial Equipment is one of the top technical universities in China.Both universities are experienced in international exchanges and are enthusiastic about the REUProgram. Both cities, Dalian and Qingdao, are modern port cities, which provide good livingenvironments for REU students.Planning and ImplementationFrom our own experiences advising undergraduates in research projects, we have observed thatthere are two aspects of research projects that increase the benefits of participating in a summerresearch project: 1) students should work within a research team on a comprehensive researchproject

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Drake; Mark Driver; Eric Welch

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Leduc

.” o Width can be shown to be equal to the diameter of the cutting tool. Although this does not explain multiple passes on very wide slots, it does provide a clear understanding of a simple slot. o Depth can be shown by demonstration, using the block and milling tool, to be the amount of penetration from the planer placement face. o Unigraphics requires that the length of the slot be long enough to account for the diameter of the tool, which leaves a half-round on each end of the slot; the same as would occur if one were actually milling the slot on a milling machine. For example, if a 1” wide

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Radcliffe

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dru Germanoski; David Brandes

watershedadjacent to campus. When complete, the network will include six permanent stream gagingstations, two wellfields, and two weather stations. The project is a cooperative effort betweenengineering and geoscience faculty at LC; however, others may use the publicly accessibleweb database under development. We are incorporating a series of field-based exerciseswithin existing civil engineering and geology courses, and encouraging students to pursueundergraduate research projects and honors theses using the equipment and data. In addition,we are working in close cooperation with community groups such as the Bushkill StreamConservancy and the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center. Some of the interestingfeatures of our project are: (1) the

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Morton; John Gassert; Douglas Troy; Osama Ettouney

or modify a piece of control software. This introduces tedious programming tasks into aproject and diverts students’ focus on issues fundamental to manufacturing systems andprocesses. A component-based software development approach has been developed and utilizedat Miami University that introduces flexible, adaptable, and user-friendly control software formanufacturing work cells. This paper presents the design framework and implementation of thesoftware, as well as preliminary instructional results using the software.Introduction Modern manufacturing systems must be flexible, dynamic, and adaptive to meet themarket demand 1. Manufacturing engineering education must adopt new technology and newapproaches to address the new challenges