Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

part of technicalcourse requirements. These principles need not be elaborate or theoretical. Instead, students will Page 7.674.7get a very clear sense of the persuasive dimension of engineering practice if they are required to Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationthink more reflectively and critically about their role in society and the function ofcommunication and civic discourse.Bibliography1. Lane, Neal. 1998. "The Civic Scientist and Science Policy." Science and Technology Policy Yearbook

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Dulin

session, the participants provided input on revising andupdating a graduate engineering curriculum designed primarily for working professionals.Although the group stressed the importance of keeping their engineers up-to-date with rigoroustechnical courses that reflect the newest technology, an overwhelming majority of the managerskept returning, again and again, to the importance of other professional skills such ascommunications, leadership, and the ability to both identify and work within the confines ofpolitical and social institutions. While not phrasing their answers explicitly in terms of “publicpolicy,” when pressed for examples, the engineering managers often referred to situationsinvolving the public policy process, including the

Conference Session

Learning Styles

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

SangHa Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

© 2002, American Society for Engineering Education - “Experts notice meaningful features and meaningful patterns of information that are not noticed by novices. - Experts have acquired a great deal of content knowledge that is organized in ways that reflect a deep understanding of their subject matter. - Experts knowledge is ‘conditionalized’ on a set of circumstances.”Thus, evidence of expertise would include the development of more sophisticated knowledgestructures, problem-solving driven by underlying principles rather than surface features, and anunderstanding of when, where, and why a given method to solve a problem can be applied.Unfortunately, the expert-novice literature does not provide much insight into the process

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Samir Moujaes

Page 7.155.8 The purpose of the center is to help NP reduce the peak power demand which thecompany has to go out usually and purchase on the open market at very high prices. TheEAC includes two undergraduate students, an assistant director and myself as the directorof the center. List of names of potential customers are provided to us by NP with a noteabout the contact point for each entity and what they maybe contemplating on doingconcerning energy conservation technologies. These technologies could range fromapplying highly reflective paints on the outer shell, changing to new HVAC equipment,applying occupancy room sensors to name a few. An initial visit is achieved between arepresentative of the customer and either myself or the

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Scott; J. Elaine Seat; J. Roger Parsons

, goal-oriented, and focused on the facts.INTJINTJs combine their love of personal reflection with a structured and logical assembly of endlesspossibilities. They excel at coming up with new schemes. However, their structure and logiccan make them self-assured and righteous about their ideas. If they aren’t careful to considerothers in the group, they may not be heard – simply because of how they present their ideas.Another common classification using the MBTI preferences is called the four temperamentgroups. This classification groups people who share two MBTI preferences in a mannerdescribed by Kiersey and Bates2. These temperament groups are the SJ, practical and organizedand often motivated by what they “should do”; the SP, reality-based and

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Newstetter; Paul Benkeser

just as interested in howstudents have integrated and interpreted all the concepts in relation to the problem and to theother new concepts. To use a metaphor of sorts, we are interested in the topography of theirlearning rather than a fixed snapshot of parts. We want to see a landscape of all the informationthey have gleaned from their own and the research of others in the group. We want to see thecomplexity of the relationships across concept types. We want to understand how their newknowledge is anchored in the problem and integrated so as to reflect relationships and linkages.For this reason we have used concept maps as the data collection instrument because they forcestudents to link concepts and articulate the ways that those concepts

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

campus is also a decisive factor and issues such as accommodating education and family (childcare). The elimination of harassment, sexism, and discrimination will have a positive impact on the retention of women who have chosen to be engineers. Active participation of woman is also desired to make sure that their perspectives and needs are adequately reflected in the governance of the profession. The Page 7.985.6"Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society of Engineering Education" women

Conference Session

Design and the Liberal Arts

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gayle Ermer; Steven VanderLeest

might be: 1) alter the data as your bossrequests, 2) alter the data, but write a memo to keep in your file that expresses your disagreementwith this request, 3) refuse your boss’s request, 4) refuse your boss’s request and go to yourboss’s superior to report his unethical behavior. The simple form of a decision matrix (withoutweights) that might aid in analysis of this case is shown in Table 2. In ranking each alternativewith respect to cultural appropriateness one might consider the corporate culture of theemploying company. The scores in the table might reflect that in this company data are notalways taken that seriously and loyalty to an immediate superior is highly valued. Transparencymight include the idea of honesty and the issue of

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve York

students pick their own. This enables theinstructor to assure that the teams reflect greater student diversity. Alternatively, teamsmay be randomly assigned or picked based upon certain experience factors such ascomputer skills, drafting experience, and proficiency with tools. Ultimately, each methodof forming teams has pros and cons; therefore some teams will be more functional thanothers.Within the first few class lessons, students are given a brief introduction to the designprocess. Our coverage of design is limited to brainstorming, research and development,analysis of alternative designs, sketching, and the written report. The teams are requiredto maintain meeting logs that include attendance, meeting minutes, and workassignments. Typically

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

engineeringeconomy course may want to consider incorporating a multimedia case study that reflects thecomplexity of economic decisions in a real-world environment.BackgroundMercer University offers an ABET-accredited BSE degree with biomedical, computer, electrical,environmental, industrial, and mechanical engineering specializations. A course in engineeringeconomy has been part of the required BSE curriculum ever since Mercer University establisheda School of Engineering. For many years, the course was taught at the junior level and includedstandard engineering economy topics. The transformation of the Engineering Economy coursebegan with a two-year-long curriculum renewal effort instigated by the transition from thequarter system to the semester system

Conference Session

Rethinking Culture and Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Diana Dabby

help shape the class, and take ownership of it, the ten students enrolled in theseminar effectively invented their class culture. Active participation in discussion reflectedmultiple points of view, insight, and catalyzed more discussion-centered classes. Theparticipation factor, coupled with the difficulty of predicting how long certain class discussionsmight go, demonstrated a clear need for a semester-long seminar for greater flexibility. Theirwritten assignments reflected points of view that often magnified the reading at hand,demonstrating the importance of every reader to the topic under review—a format thatcapitalizes on each student’s “eyes” so that all benefit from one another’s discoveries. Theiractive engagement in the seminar helps

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bonnie McCormick; Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

semester.Table 1 presents the Degree Program Objectives for current and proposed degree programs.Objectives for the biology, chemistry, and mathematics degrees reflect several degree options.Table 2 presents Degree Program Outcomes for each degree. The degree program outcomesfocus on components of the curriculum. The common objectives, or signature, of the academicdegree programs administered by the School are that all graduates have a(n):Ø Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.Ø Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.Ø Ability to communicate effectively.Ø Knowledge and skills derived from a liberal arts education.Ø Recognition of the need to engagement in life-long learning.Ø Understanding of leadership and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Schreiner

semester, they would record 98 logins, assuming a 7-day week. The survey allowed formultiple choices on this question; variable phrasing was allowed. In those 10 cases wherestudents picked two login rates, the lower rate was included in the opinion and is shown inFigure 2. A possible explanation for the students’ impression is that the students may have beenbiased by the login activity at the time of the survey; these data may not reflect a consistentbehavior for the semester. 60 Server Number of Students 50 Student Opinion 40 30 20

Conference Session

Control in the Classroom

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. San Yip; Michael Hough; Eric Wood; Thomas Marlin

foracceptable computer-based educational tools. Students were highly critical when smallitems did not conform to expectations; for example, dissatisfaction was expressed whenevery navigation icon did not appeared in the exactly the same location on every screen. When evaluating feedback on specific questions, we were initially puzzled by thestudents’ responses. However, we soon saw the pattern: students wanted figures withevery question. This is likely a desire to understand the physical context and conceptualstructure of the system. Upon reflection, we certainly found this to be a reasonablerequest whose implementation has greatly improved the quality of the educationalmaterials. Why didn’t we do this in the beginning? We have found that

Conference Session

Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Carnahan; Bruce Vojak; Raymond Price

decreasing number of top-5department appearances is not observed as “overall” rank degrades.The present work seeks to circumvent the confounding nature of these issues in two ways. First,by comparing departmental “reputation” rankings by academics with college “reputation”rankings by academics, rather than comparing them with “overall”, formula-driven rankings, wecan eliminate data value and formula bias. 16 By doing so, we reflect back to academics theirperceptions regarding the quality of various programs, not those of the formulas chosen by anon-academic journalist. Second, by accepting that the number of top-5 reputation departments(or some weighted value of this number with the weight based on department rank) may, indeed

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Dixon

7.540.2 Conference & Exposition. Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe impetus for reframing this course derived from a systems perspective. The MMSEprogram (by name and definition) focuses on systems approaches to manufacturing. Thiscourse was intended to reflect that systems approach in the realm of design excellence.The majority of students in the MMSE program are engineers working in design,manufacturing and related areas of Minnesota’s manufacturing industry. The companiesthey represent are noted for excellent products and success in their markets. For St.Thomas to offer a course in “Excellence in Product Design”, it had to be somethingbeyond what these engineers

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

students are much better suited to construction and testing tasks, following thedirections of the engineers.The two students (one from UALR, one from Hendrix) who succeeded in the course werenot Freshmen. The UALR student was a Sophomore level transfer from the EngineeringTechnology program. The Hendrix student was a senior in Physics. These students weremature, possessed some relevant skills, and were confident enough to attempt tasks andlearn from their mistakes.The FIRST competition starts in January, shortly before the beginning of the Springsemester. Freshmen do not have time to develop engineering skills before they need toapply them. Further, the Freshmen engineering students reflected the national trend forincoming students. 9 They were

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dempster; Chee Lee

work together in the class. Page 7.1087.4The allotted tasks can either be given as an individual exercise or as a group exercise Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American So ciety for Engineering Educationdepending on the purpose of the exercise. However, the main benefit of placing the studentsin groups is to encourage peer instruction, to enhance discussion and to provide a supportiveenvironment in the pursuit of improved learning. The importance of this to our teachingmethodology is reflected in the redesign of our teaching rooms

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hedrick

. Page 7.1153.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1.Hedrick, Maintaining Quality and Student Enthusiasm in a Freshman Engineering Course. ASEE 2001 Annual Conference Proceedings.2.Wilk, Traver, LaPlant, Hedrick, Keat, & Wicks. A Freshman Engineering Course Which Introduces Engineering Design and Engineering Fundamentals in the Context of a Unifying Theme. ASEE 2001 Annual Conference Proceedings.3.Johnson, Johnson, Smith. Active learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, Interaction Book Company. 19914.Frye, Reflections. Educause Review January/February

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Buchal

modes of learning(concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and activeexperimentation). He shows that existing tools are suited to some modes and not others, and that Page 7.1302.1some learning modes are poorly supported.There is growing agreement that group-based, collaborative learning approaches are moreeffective than traditional lecture-based instruction5. In addition, team-based collaboration hasbecome a central element of the workplace as well. Broadly, collaboration involves a group ofpeople working toward a common goal. Effective collaboration involves several key activities,including6: · Cognitive

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Bernard White

within the context of two carefullycrafted IT concentration areas. The BS IT program will fill a niche that hasresulted from the rapidly expanding body of knowledge that lies between existingdisciplines such as CS and DMIS.IV.1. BS IT CurriculumThe BS IT curriculum reflects the latest advances in the IT field, includinginterdisciplinary and global approaches where appropriate. An acceptable level ofcompetency in IT can be achieved within the constraints of the 120 semestercredit hours of class work and projects. This number of credits meets GeorgeMason University requirements as well as the existing Commonwealth of Virginiaguidelines for undergraduate degrees. Table 1 below provides the semester-by-semester curriculum for the BS IT major

Conference Session

Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rainer Jonas; Peter Winter; Peter Eichelmann; Paul King; Jeannie Scriven; Hunter Lauten; Hans-Jorg Jacobsen; Claudia Berger; Bernhard Huchzermeyer; Angelika Appenzeller; Jerry Collins; Todd Giorgio; Jean Alley

engineers fromtraditional disciplines such as electrical or mechanical engineering. The public is often skepticalof the effect of high costs of development of new biomedical devices and products on the cost ofhealth care.The knowledge domain of biotechnology presents perhaps the greatest public and legislativeeducational and ethical challenges of all the domains of bioengineering. Ignorance andapprehension are widespread. In a recent public poll in Germany, for example, 43 percent ofrespondents believed that people normally do not possess genes—that genes are incompletelyunderstood, potentially harmful agents introduced during risky treatments. Similar beliefs can befound among the U.S. public, reflective of the general fear that the biomedical

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michel Beaudin; Kathleen Pineau

transform?The symbolic and algebraic computation capabilities of these calculators led us to question andchange the what and the how we teach mathematics. What do we want our students to learn?What is important? What should they be able to do manually? Once students have understood aconcept, and the subject at-hand can benefit from it, long and tedious manual calculations can beleft to the calculator. Students can spend more time developing problem-solving skills byspending less time doing manual calculations. Our teaching goals are shifting from theperformance of mathematical operations to the use of mathematical concepts.III. ASSESSMENTOur assessment tools are undergoing changes that reflect the fact that some manual calculationsare replaced by

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Duggan

a better idea of the composition of biosolids generated by aPOTW.For a number of reasons, including the shortage of landfill capacity, the desire to recycle, governmentregulations, and pure economics, there has been an increasing desire to recycle biosolids via land -applications. This practice isn’t new. In fact, farmers have been fertilizing their fields with cow (or otheranimal) manure for as long as there have been farms. However the practice of land -application (even onfarms) is becoming increasingly regulated due to concerns of contamination to not only food products, butalso air, soil and water resources. As you will learn during your research, the Clean Water Amendmentsvery much reflect changes in how we manage biosolids due to

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

the measurements. This evaluation is similar to a reflective memo, which has been suggested as the second step of the assessment process18.This assessment was completed at VCU following the Fall 2000 term. The evaluations show thatthe course goals were met satisfactorily. Student comments show that this course is betterreceived than the traditional chemistry course, and that the students feel the self-directedlaboratory experiments enabled them to understand the course material better than students whohad not performed them.Incorporation of Active LearningThe course discussed in this paper requires that the students perform at a higher level than thetraditional introductory science course. Active learning which leads to increased

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationwith the “spirit” of the design and will be reflected in the esthetics of the physical deviceproduced and in their reports, e.g., logos (both written and oral). Groups are allowed tochange names as their designs and understanding evolves.The “work session” in the fourth week is free time for the groups to begin work on theirprojects. Each group is also introduced to its mentor (an undergraduate who hascompleted the course) and to the small shop available for the construction of prototypes.The shop provides a variety of hand tools, a place to work, but only a few power tools.The mentors

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishna Krishnan; Janet Twomey; Vis Madhavan; Don Malzahn; Lawrence Whitman

following: reflects broad research 5 elements make a contribution. team member. The final product and application of critical thinking There are few technical problems, was shaped by all members and skills; shows notable insight or and none of a serious nature. represents something that would understanding of the topic; not have been possible to compels the audience’s attention. accomplish working alone. The VR model is complete, but Students worked together as a team The project has a clear goal related does not have any innovative use on all

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Petersen; Richard Hughey; David Meek; Alexandra Carey

. The manual unifies the curriculum and makes the course easier to teach andadminister, especially for new instructors. It was recently modified to reflect changes in thecourse as we moved to an open-source assembler.Laboratory programming assignments are given electronically, typically once per week, over thecourse of ten weeks. Students spend four hours in scheduled sessions per week, but are given theoption of working in the laboratory during other times as well. Assignments vary in difficultyand complexity, from basic exercises in efficiency in MIPS to programming intricate routines tohandle external and internal interrupts with the Microkits. Each assignment also presentsstudents with opportunities to excel by electively choosing to

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Corinne Darvennes; Sally Pardue

operation. Theprocess was to edit the PPT lecture to reflect whatever changes needed, convert it to HTMLusing PPT commands, remove the text version of the slides, zip the files, upload to WebCT,make a folder to house the unzipped file, unzip the slides into the new folder, go to the ContentModule, add a HTML link, select the first slide, add an HTML link, select the second slide, etc.,check titles of the slides showing in the Content Module (title comes from the upper title of theslide in the PPT), indent slides appropriately, and finally update the WebCT Content Module.With the HTML version of the lecture slides posted, the ensuing semesters adjustments are fun.Links from each Content page can be easily added. For example, adding learning

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Gaughran

Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationIt may be said that design is at the core of all facets of engineering. There are manydefinitions of design but Blumrich's, in Deiter 19911 description would appear to fitwell the design activities of most engineers; 'Design establishes and defines solutions toand pertinent structures for problems not solved before, or new solutions to problemswhich have previously been solved in a different way'. This definition shows thatdesign reflects the creative and sometimes the innovative activities of the engineer. Italso gives quite a broad brief to the engineer. Regardless of how one definesengineering design it is a creative activity and the essence of creativity