Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sumedha Ariely; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

which service learning can beintegrated into an academic class. While a common model is one wherestudents perform community service by directly volunteering or workingwithin a community agency, that integration method does not often matchthe curriculum of an engineering class. Hence, in 2.009, students take aproject model approach in which they work on solving an appliedengineering problem that community clients have targeted as a key need.All teams have the same general task of working with a client to create aworking prototype, but teams working on a service learning projectprovide community service by delivering a product prototype that has aclear service benefit to an identified under-served community group.While all teams communicate and

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Stockman

restructuring along ITlines and have designed new majors and curriculum. Two cases of special note are Indiana [1]and RPI [2], both of which have made IT or “informatics” pervasive in their curricula. Welldeveloped program proposals for Information Technology and Information Systems majors werepresented at ASEE2004[3].In order to meet demands of students and employers, Michigan State University introduced an ITSpecialization for students from three of its Colleges [4]: the Specialization is a set of coursesdesigned to supplement the programs of students enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs in theEli Broad College of Business, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and theCollege of Engineering. Students completing the specialization should

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Maldonado; Christenson John; Eugene Rutz

the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ASEE 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”2. Brief Description of the MNE-ACCEND ProgramAs previously noted, “MNE-ACCEND” is an acronym for the University of Cincinnati (UC)Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering ACCelerated ENgineering Degree Program. MNE-ACCEND isan integrated 5-year academic program leading to a BS degree in mechanical engineering and an MSdegree in nuclear engineering. The combination of two degrees in a compact time frame, coupled withthe experience gained through cooperative education has been a strong selling point for the MNE-ACCEND program. The MNE-ACCEND Program has the following goals

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

recently worked on a scholarly project with the author.The author concludes that embedding scholarship in the ET curriculum is very desirable andsuggests some ways and means to facilitate and nurture student scholarship in ET.IntroductionSeveral institutions with Engineering and Engineering Technology (ET) programs now requirescholarship of their faculty,1, 2, 3 including those institutions for which teaching has always beentheir primary focus. Since many of these institutions have mostly undergraduate programs, theyalso now require that faculty scholarship involve undergraduate students and be integrated intothe student learning experiences in order for the scholarship to be meaningful. An example ofthis trend appears in the 2004 Rochester

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Monty Smith; Jerome Davis; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

Session 0000 Building a Reactor Simulator as a Senior Project By Mitty C. Plummer, Monty Smith, Jerome J Davis, Charles C. Bittle University of North TexasI. Introduction.The Senior Design Project is intended to provide an “integrated educational experience”or capstone, for the engineering technology curriculum. As administered at the Universityof North Texas, the capstone “Senior Projects “ is a two credit hour, one semester course.The course concludes with a presentation of the students’ projects in which faculty,family members, business leaders, and other

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

was discovered that the students in thisteacher’s classroom were highly involved in integrating technology across the curriculum andalso worked with a Fellow who was majoring in computer science. Both of these factors werebelieved to have an impact on students’ perceptions of the ways that engineers use computers intheir work.These results show students’ post-drawings focused less on tools used to construct buildings,bridges and cars. They also show fewer students referenced building when describing what the Page 10.92.7engineers were doing. Both of these changes were found across all groups of student. Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Bertozzi

-Build-Test-Based Project Courses (2004)4 theauthors conclude, “Data describing a large number of design-build-test experiences has beencompiled, enabling comparisons and constituting an idea catalogue. The data indicates that theseexperiences do indeed motivate students, integrate different engineering disciplines, train systemdevelopment and non-technical skills such as teamwork and communication, and thus play a keypart in engineering education. These educational experiences further receive very positiveevaluations from students, faculty and industry stakeholders.”The opportunity for engineering students to have early and frequent hands-on design experiencesis critical both for learning and retention. This paper describes the evolution of the

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Miller; Gayla Neumeyer; Matthew Schmidt; David Jonassen

-enabled, problem-based learning environment(PBLE) is being developed (http://ne2201.missouri.edu). The UNES PBLE is based on aPrecursor-Action-Results-Interpretation (PARI) method. Under the PARI method, subjectmatter experts are consulted in order to identify real-world, complex problems and generateviable solutions to these problems. Instruction is then developed based on these problems andexpert solutions. The PARI method is intended to provide both breadth and depth of learning,and it engages learners in tasks that require learners to integrate and utilize their system,procedural and strategic knowledge25.Based on an analysis of nuclear engineering practice, we identified five common applicationsof nuclear science. These problem domains

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

of systems containing varioustypes of sensors and actuators; these systems can be programmed in a number of differentlanguages, including Robolab (based on the industry standard LabView data acquisition andcontrol software) and an adaptation of C, called Not Quite C or NQC [1]. The microprocessorbased LEGO RCX provides three multipurpose output ports, three multipurpose input ports, anda two-way infrared communications port [2]. The RCX is also known as the “Brick” because ofits shape and for its ability to be integrated into the physical structure of the system being built.The LEGO system is quite robust and allows students with wide ranging skill levels to buildeven complex systems and have them operational in a very short time and with a

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

Additional handout • Electrophoretic mobility o Example / Class ActivityThe biographical highlight of Meredith Gourdine is an effective way to draw attention to arenowned and accomplished minority in an area related to the experiment16. It also serves as atransition into talking about the many possible paths one takes to success in life. Some of theindustrial applications described in Farrell's "Exploring The Potential of Electrodialysis" arediscussed in lecture and explored by students in the preassignment19. In addition, the authorshope to continue to integrate such electrical separations modules throughout the MSUcurriculum. Next, the lecture reviews some fundamental chemistry and we talk about applyingthis

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Kowalski; Luke Campagnola; Frank Kowalski

acknowledges that when students write about content, theyunderstand it better and remember it longer. This connection between writing and successfullearning strategies has served as the basis of widespread educational reform movements suchWriting Across the Curriculum, Writing to Learn, Writing in the Disciplines, and others. Thesereforms have positively impacted engineering education across the country, including at ourinstitution11. Although one of the great strengths of clicker technology is that it actively engagesstudents with their learning, formulating an original, written response requires an even higherlevel of engagement with the material. Furthermore, multiple-choice questions do little to helpstudents attain an ability to communicate

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. C. York; Tamara Knott

to the freshman engineering level. Thisevent provides universities an opportunity to involve their students in a national competition thatboth provides a significant challenge and showcases student skills and accomplishments. Thiseducational opportunity is currently under utilized by our sister universities and it is hoped thatthis paper will increase the visibility and participation in the ASEE National DesignCompetition.This paper highlights the use of the ASEE EDGD design competition in the freshmanengineering curriculum at Virginia Tech and presents our approach to enabling students to meetthe project requirements.The approach used at Virginia TechAt Virginia Tech, approximately 1250 freshmen are admitted to the College of Engineering

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Lucas; Chul Kim

platform for wider applications. The primary objective of this project is to develop a database framework of a system thatcan provide continuous and immediate feedback by adapting wireless classroom technology andimplement it into more of the construction classrooms. By utilizing wireless classroomtechnologies, more interaction among the students and the instructor will be based on real-timeassessment of the students in an otherwise lecture-based classroom.Development of Wireless Classroom Framework Various wireless classroom technologies are integrated and adapted to the course for theinitial setup of the wireless construction classroom. This project requires two areas ofdevelopment on the software side: a database system and an

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Milo Koretsky

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationin the chemical engineering community. For example, several recent articles in ChemicalEngineering Progress have focused on applied statistics.1-5 Many chemical engineeringprograms have incorporated statistics into their curriculum.6 Several ChE specific courses inapplied statistics have been recently reported.7-10 The example presented here provides a hands-on example of how to quantify the variation associated with a measurement gauge. This materialcan either be integrated directly into an introductory statistics class or, alternatively, taught as a“module” in a core ChE class, as is done at Oregon State University.Experimental or process data are obtained through a measurement system

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson

A Manufacturing Systems Capstone Course John C. Anderson Oregon Institute of Technology INTRODUCTIONCapstone courses serve a valuable function in Engineering and Engineering Technology curricula.Typically these courses offer the student an opportunity to integrate the lessons learned in engineeringscience classes, as well as transition from the textbook problems with a limited scope to more openended problems.A capstone course also offers the opportunity to fill in some gaps in the student’s academic backgroundprior to entering the professional ranks.The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weber; Nathan VanderHorn; Rashmi Bahuguna; Arun K. Somani; Mani Mina

aspects, methodologies, and knowledge bases inNetworking, Communication, RF, Microwave, VLSI, Electromagnetic, Optics, and OpticalCommunication/Networking into a series of classes to be added to a regular/traditional EEprogram. We will introduce our plans and current implementations of HSSE at the department ofelectrical and computer engineering at Iowa state University. Our recent work is presented thatshows very promising trends in utilizing High Speed Systems Engineering as integratingpedagogical and research platforms to train modern engineers and future researchers. The newlydeveloped classes and changes in the curriculum will be introduced and discussed. We will showhow the new HSSE laboratory (with an electronically controlled optical

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Elly; Mordechai Shacham; Michael Cutlip

Education”Bibliography 1. Edgar, T. F. “Computing Through the Curriculum: An Integrated Approach for Chemical Engineering,” Technical Report, CACHE Corporation, 2003. 2. Henley, E. J.; Rosen, E. M. Material and Energy Balance Computations, Wiley: New York, 1969. 3. Ingham, J., Dunn, I. J., Heinzle, E. and J. E. Prenosil, Chemical Engineering Dynamics, VCH, Weinheim, 1994 4. Kneale, M. and G. M. Forster, “An Emergency Condensing System for a Large Propylene Oxide Polymerization Reactor”, I. Chem. E. Symp. Series No. 25, 98 (1968)Biography of the AuthorsMORDECHAI SHACHAM is professor and a former chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Turner; Joseph Hoffbeck

, 2000, p 1939-1951. 9. Plett, Gregory L.; Schmidt, David K., Multidisciplinary lab-based controls curriculum, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Jun 24-27, 2001, p 7341-7352. 10. Garcia, R. Murillo; Wornle, F.; Stewart, B.G.; Harrison, D.K., Real-time remote network control of an Page 10.1046.7 inverted pendulum using ST-RTL, Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, v 1, Nov 6-9, 2002, p T2E/18-T2E/23.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 11. Klegka

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Wick; Bradley Bishop

while avoiding obstacles. The primary outcome of this exercise is a deeperunderstanding of computation for mobile robots, and a clearer view of possible alternatives toembedded processors for low-cost applications.BackgroundMobile robotics is a well-recognized motivational vehicle for engineering education. Not only isit an enjoyable topic for many students, but it has a broad appeal due to its wide scope, includingaspects of electrical, mechanical and computer engineering. Further, the design of such systemsis an excellent tool for reinforcing fundamental engineering concepts. It is important forinstructors in robotics to understand, however, that robotics is not just a tool to teach otheraspects of engineering. Rather, it is a robust and

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Ahmed Khan

financial resources for faculty development activities.Role/Importance of Faculty Technical Currency in New Internet EconomyDuring the past decade, the phenomenal growth of the personal computer (PC) industry has ledto emergence of a new form of economy called the “Internet economy,” which is rapidlybecoming an integral part of the overall U.S. economy. The magnitude of the growth in theInternet economy is evident by the following indicators released by the Center for ElectronicsCommerce, Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Austin (Center for ElectronicsCommerce, http://www.internetindicators.com/ overview.html, 2004).13 1. The Internet economy now directly supports more than 3 million workers. 2. Employment in the

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wild; Kevin Firth; Brian Surgenor

Lessons Learned from a Mobile Robot Based Mechatronics Course Brian Surgenor*, Kevin Firth* and Peter Wild** * Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University ** Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of VictoriaAbstractExperience with an elective course in mechatronics is discussed. The course is structuredaround a series of laboratories involving a mobile robot. The course introduces students toselected sensor and actuator technologies and sensitizes them to mechatronic systems designissues. The course is organized to promote a high level of active learning. The course has beenvery well received by students to date

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Schinnel Small; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Pamela Leigh-Mack

students construct meaning. An important aspect ofacquiring and integrating declarative knowledge is constructing meaning. Students draw uponprior knowledge and then link it to new knowledge during the declarative knowledge integrationprocess. Most note taking research has been directed at understanding the roles of encoding andexternal storage. Encoding serves to increase the learner’s attention and external storage servesto improve memory retention4. We use the Tablet PC and specialized note taking software tofacilitate the three minute pause technique and summarizing5. This allows the student to shiftfrom listening to reflecting and talking. The pause exercise is done in an active learningenvironment and serves as a formative assessment for the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

KaMing Lai; James Webb; Robert Hendricks

this subject is covered in a single-semester course, while in theother half it is presented in a two-semester course. Regardless of duration, in only a few schoolsis there an accompanying laboratory course. This is, no doubt, a result of the trend forcompression of the curriculum, the large number of students, and the very high cost of equippingand staffing the requisite laboratories.Apart from the debate about the duration of the introductory circuits course, there is also a greatdivergence of opinion concerning the proper time to introduce modeling languages and programssuch as PSpice and MatLab into an EE/CpE curriculum. Under the auspices of an NSF-sponsored department-level review (DLR) grant1, our department has recently given a great

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Tanuj Oruganti; Peter Schuyler

ELVIS Lab StationsALTE can accommodate a variety of test equipment in the underlying lab stations. For the pilottest, two lab stations were equipped with NI ELVIS units. NI ELVIS comes with internalinstruments, an interface to LabVIEW and a circuit breadboarding area. The pilot test used theNI ELVIS oscilloscope, function generator, digital bus reader and digital bus writer.Setting up an ALTE lab station to support a distance lab is a relatively easy process. First, theinstructor must write a lab procedure and upload it to ALTE as a Word or PDF document. Thelab procedure is very similar to those handed out to students when they come to onsite labs.However, it should also contain a section that describes how to collect data using the

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Turner; Lisa Marshall

policy development, recruitment andretention policies and procedures, to name a few variables. A clear understanding of students’ needs is paramount. Surveys of program participantsand educators must occur for all activities, focus groups must become commonplace anddesignated contacts within the department must be available for suggestions and complaints withauthority to integrate feedback into the overall strategic plan. Another crucial component of SEMrequires an analysis of scores (e.g. PSAT, SAT, GRE), industry locations/needs, and of otherprograms (internally & at other institutions) with a geo-spatial breakdown. To this goal,geographic information systems (GIS) can play an essential part in geo-demographic analysis

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leo Benegas; Rick Covington

A Cognitive-Based Approach for Teaching Programming to Computer Science and Engineering Students Covington, R. and Benegas, L. California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, 913301. IntroductionAn issue receiving attention in the undergraduate Computer Science curriculum over the pastfew years has been the high failure rate in the freshman programming course. This coursegenerally corresponds to the ACM/IEEE course designation CS1. It is normally an introductorybut fast-paced and challenging course for students who have not previously studied computerprogramming (programming novices), but who do have a minimum level of mathematicalmaturity (students who are

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis; Hugh Jack

, and EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design inthe winter of 2006. The first graduates of the new program are expected in the summer of2006. These courses replace three previous courses, EGR 371 - ManufacturingSimulation, EGR 373 - Production Scheduling and Control, and EGR 470 - Product andProcess Design. The old and new curriculum examples are shown in Figure 1. EGR 301 Analytical Product Design - An introductory course that addresses product design early in the curriculum to keep the students engaged. Topics include; rapid prototyping, patents, mathematical tolerance analysis, GD&T, customers and their needs, material and process selection. EGR 401

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Charu Sharma; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

remain part of a pioneering group. A conclusion in a literature review of assessment inengineering education reinforces the need for better data collection: “college and universitiesshould pay more attention to retention and graduation data” as well as gather more evaluationand research on effectiveness of programming. (8)Moreover, while the need for better assessment is generally recognized, the integration ofassessment into activities from conception of an activity or course and continuing well beyondthe end is still rare. Major barriers to better assessment practices are the expense of mountinggood assessments and analysis and the need for assessment expertise. More complex questions,post-survey instruments, qualitative studies and tracking

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Harwood; Al Rudnitsky

Learning about Scientific Inquiry Through Engineering Jessica Harwood, Al Rudnitsky Smith CollegeThe broad question addressed by this study is "how should ideas from engineering be integratedinto the school curriculum?" Efforts to include engineering in the K - 12 curriculum haveincreased considerably in recent years. Many of engineering's educational advocates hold theposition that engineering should not be a "stand-alone" school subject or, at the very least, not beexclusively so. This paper is a case study of integrating engineering into the existingcurriculum. The more focused questions addressed here include "what does engineering bringto

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Crossley; Melanie Thom; James Thom

broad andvague nature of the requests to improve these skills as part of an undergraduate curriculum. Aresearch study conducted over five years by the first author compared the specific skillsrequirements provided by industry practitioners to the published perceptions of engineeringeducators regarding the desires of industry practitioners.1 The resulting lists of skills from thetwo cohort groups (industry practitioners and engineering educators) were then compared to theobserved behaviors of nine different semesters of a senior engineering design course.Summary of the ResearchPurpose. At the onset of the study, the researcher observed that educators and practitioners wereengaged in activities to improve the skills with which engineering