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Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris

students for lifelong learning and skill sets that are Page 10.47.1transferable to industry. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”II. Bridging the Gap Between Industry and AcademiaThe majority of the world is besieged with digital information where things are changing at analarming rate. The Internet, print, television, and other media are evidence of the importance ofcommunicating through visual communication, the written word, and auditory cues. Learninghow to communicate through technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

. Students’ engagement with their instructors and other students increased, due to several Page 10.1436.5factors. The first factor was a significantly shorter mental feedback cycle. Students could produce Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationa model and see the result using the VR tool. As a result, they had a realistic virtual 3-D productthat was similar to a real object that they could hold in their hands. Their minds were no longerforced to mentally convert 2-D images into mental 3-D scenes

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Li; Kai Li; Jing Zhao; Xin Tang

network protocols and architectures are abstract and monotonous forthose students without any prior network experience. Active involvement in the laboratory can Page 10.402.1ignite their interest and give them a “big picture” of the functionality of a network and its Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationapplications. Furthermore, it provides students hands-on opportunities to set up small-scalecommercial networks operated as in a real world, which not only permits students to grasp thestrategy to

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Warren Lewis

and Edge Cam have seen the benefits of the latest technologies, and are currentlyusing it in training courses. After attending training with these companies and witnessing firsthand the impressive nature of new video technology, specifically a program called Camtasia, Ibegan to research it, learn it, and use it in the past year. The following paper will discussCamtasia and how to use it, how to integrate it with other media and software, how it can benefitstudents and professors alike. "Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 2The Technology and How to Use It

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Capstone and Senior Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Shull

Page 10.251.1pulled through the machine, a saw cuts the product to length and resets the encoder. The saw can“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Educators Annual Conference and Exposition 1Copyright 2005, American society of Engineering Educators”also be activated manually. Manual activation will reset the encoder back to zero. In order forcontinuation of the process, a flying cutoff saw is used. The product can then be unloaded.RSLogix500The pultrusion machine is controlled by the use of PLCs. The SLC 505 platform utilizingRSLogix500 software is used in the current machines at Creative Pultrusions, Inc. TheRSLogix500 uses basic ladder logic to control a process. The commands used are set up throughdata files. The data

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Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

: Page 10.52.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Educationvehicle frame, drive system, and vehicle body.Vehicle Frame The vehicle frame is constructed of steel tubing. Steel tubing was chosen due to its lightweight, durability, and ability to house wiring. The tubing acts as a conduit to conceal and organizeconnections as well as to shield vulnerable lines from RF noise. The rectangular design allows theframe to be strong while creating a protective carriage that houses the batteries, chargers, and othervarious components.Drive System Our ARGV uses two 24-volt DC motors to power two drive

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BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mia Markey; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

AC 2005-1024: DEVELOPING AN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SCAFFOLDFOR REINFORCING LEARNING OF PROBABILITY AND STATISTICSKathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at AustinMia Markey, Page 10.435.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Session # Developing an Instructional Technology Scaffold for Reinforcing Learning of Probability and Statistics Mia K. Markey, Department of Biomedical Engineering Kathy J. Schmidt, College of Engineering Faculty Innovation Center M. G. Saldivar, College of Engineering Faculty

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Rosalind Hale; Renee Akbar; Ramona Travis; John Fulwiler

who teach classes that are not intheir field of certification or in which they did not minor (Ingersol, 1996)2According to Linda Darling-Hammond: “Quantitative analyses indicate that measures of teacher preparation and certification are by far the strongest correlates of student achievement in Page 10.1397.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition”Copyright © 2005, United States Government as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics andSpace Administration. All Rights Reserved. This manuscript is a joint work of employees of the

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Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Rajaei; Mohammad Dadfar

. IntroductionHigh Performance Computing (HPC) nowadays can easily be achieved with clusters of PCsconnected through a high-speed switch on a high-speed network. Such a tool provides excellentopportunities to explore numerous projects for educational as well as research purposes incomputer science. For this reason, we have installed a Beowulf Cluster1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with 16 compute Page 10.848.1nodes in our computing lab in order to engage our students with exciting projects in courses such Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Murphy

this project, I was fairly certain that teaching was the right career path for me. This issomething that I have believed for many years. There can be no question that this project gaveme every opportunity to change my mind. I had a certain anxiety about presenting my lectures infront of nearly one hundred students, and this anxiety did not subside over the course of thesemester. For me, this anxiety stems from apprehension about whether I will be able to answer Page 10.1012.6the questions posed by students, whether the students will perceive me as a credible instructor, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Craig

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”improve graduate student writing focus chiefly on the latter category: sentence levelerrors.But although advisors and students often categorize the difficulty as simply “badwriting,” writing problems in the thesis can be traced to several sources. Understandingthese sources can help prevent or resolve difficulties. First, with unsuccessful writers, weoften discover that the writing process is "back loaded." The discussion and research hasgone forward, but very little has been written until close to the end of the process. Sincearticulation and thinking are interdependent, this often means that

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

.Lecturing to large classes may be more difficult and certainly carries more responsibility. Whendone well it is also more rewarding: the lecturer has the satisfaction of knowing that she or he Page 10.664.10has influenced positively a great number of lives and minds. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Dill, D.D. and B. Sporn, The implications of a postindustrial environment for the university: An introduction, in Emerging patterns of social demand and university reform

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Gerhart; Andrew Gerhart

days.Questions on many people’s minds included: Why was there a blackout? What caused it?Those were difficult questions to answer for the general public simply because many of thepeople asking the questions do not know from where the majority of our electricity comes.Almost everyone with a degree in mechanical engineering does have an idea how the majority ofthe electricity in the U.S. is generated. Unfortunately many mechanical engineering graduateshave only a vague idea. Nonetheless, each mechanical engineer, when they were a studentwas required to learn something about the thermodynamic cycle (known as the Rankine Cycle)that uses steam to produce the majority of the electricity in the U.S. For many, this was simply apencil-and-paper exercise.While

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Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw

differs from the Waterfall model in that “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”it allows the developer to redefine requirements and catch project errors throughout the entiredevelopment of each portion or release of the project. The Iterative process model adapts well tochanges in requirements the end user is likely to request. The Iterative Development model ismore frequently used in the business world than the Waterfall model. An internship can provide astudent with experience and understanding of this model1,2.The creation of the Virtual Demonstration Garden website exposed us to the

Conference Session

Re-energizing the Mid-Life Professional

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Reid

Page 10.1466.1overwhelmed, stressed-out, and not in control of your workplace is becomingcommon in today’s stressful world. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Constant stress on the job can lead to various forms of burnout. Dr. Michael Cronin, Professor,Speech Communication at Radford University in Virginia states that “Burnout is a loss of will,motivation, idealism, moral purpose or commitment at work.”3 People may have a measureddegree of disconnection from their job brought on by constant work overload. When a personperceives that there is high degree of failure related to their job, increased stress

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven P. Thomas

career plan beyond obtaining my engineering degree. I knew that a career in engineering would be interesting and challenging and I could make good money. Most likely I never dreamed beyond that because I didn’t have any women role models in engineering and wasn’t aware of any women in top-level positions in engineering. I do think maybe that kept me from developing a career plan and dreaming further.Furthermore, another participant who did not have a career plan explained, When I started my career there were so many opportunities and I didn’t want to limit myself by having an end state in mind. My parents encouraged me to do whatever made me happy and that was the kind of path that I took. The job

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Solt; Ashbjorn Osland; Anuradha Basu

entry exist against potential competitors; h) the new venture's revenue and profit model; i) the team members and the value they add to the new venture; and j) intellectual property or other assets.3 The Neat Ideas Fair aims to promote creativity and entrepreneurship within the SJSU community and enablestudents, alumni, staff and faculty from different disciplines to interact and form entrepreneurial teams that couldsubsequently work on developing a business plan. It is a venue for participants to showcase and market their ideas toindustry professionals. Students from the Business School, Engineering, Industrial Design and Hotel Managementwill participate in the Fair. The Fair is going to be held at SJSU on November 29th and 30th

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janice Duy; Scott Dunning

Web-Based Implementation of Energy Assessment Service Bruce Segee, Ph.D., PE 5708 Barrows Hall Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Maine Orono, ME 04469-5708 segee@eece.maine.edu Tel. No.: (207)581-2212 Janice Duy Emilie Lachance Scott Dunning Evan Chowdhury 5708 Barrows Hall Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of

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Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

, studentsinvolved in PBL are required to seek out the information they need to solve one to severalwell planned problems presented to them. PBL is commonly used for medical schooleducation and for chemical engineering education at McMaster(http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/pbl) and is being promoted by the National ScienceFoundation at the University of Delaware (http://www.udel.edu/pbl) and SamfordUniversity (http://www.samford.edu/pbl). Currently there are only a limited number ofreports of using PBL for chemical engineering education, though Bucknell University hasused the method for at least several years. There are numerous websites touting the use of Page