Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

design in existing core courses in the form of steps to be followed in doing so.These steps are consistent with what other writers have reported about teaching engineeringdesign (Miri & Fu, 199322; Pascover,199528; Morris & LaBoube,199523; Cairns & Chrisp,19965;Ribando & O’Leary, 199831; Zhang,199945; Dunn-Rankin,19988; and Walter, 2002)42.Pedagogical PracticesUpon reflecting on our success and reading the literature on teaching design, it was determinedthat seven practices were responsible for this success. They relate to course structure andphilosophy, course assignments, and the conduct of the course itself (Bhadeshia, 19954; Smith,199837; Hall, 199814; Gerhard, 199912; Ghosh, 200013; Tullis, 200139; Srinivasan &

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Wankat

educationalplans. Since most new professors are well-prepared for the technical research they propose, thedeciding factor in funding CAREER proposals is often the educational portion.A second major factor involves changes in ABET accreditation procedures7. The switch from“bean counting” to an outcomes based approach has made assessment an important topic inengineering colleges. The impending application of continuous improvement during ABET’ssecond visit to an institution under ABET 2000 criteria may have an even more profound effect.Third, changes in JEE reflect the changing times. When JEE was restarted in 1993, it was as ascholarly journal that would publish a broad range of scholarly articles8. After ten yearsfollowing this course, JEE was refocused

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilip Mirchandani; Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran; John Chen; Yusuf Mehta

& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"The primary pedagogical approaches are: • Enhance critical thinking and reflection through writing in the form of critiques and position papers. • Refine oral communication skills through debates and presentations. • Stimulate collaborative learning and synthesis through team projects that explore multiple perspectives.Sophomore Clinic IISophomore Clinic II is a 4-credit course; public speaking faculty in Rowan’s College ofCommunications teaches 3 of these credits. The remaining credit hour is devoted to engineeringpractice and design. The engineering design project for Spring 2002 and 2003 was developed toassist the University in

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

the course web sites and collected information, such ascourse syllabi, course schedule, textbooks used, project descriptions, and laboratory exercises.We categorized the information into five groups: how the subjects were covered, whichtextbooks were used, the contents of the laboratory exercises, course projects, and courseobjectives and outcomes. The information reflected the facts at the time of the survey. Thefindings are empirical and informal. We hope the information is useful for colleagues who areteaching, or are preparing to teach computer network related courses.References 1. J.P. Abraham “The Undergraduate Networking Course”, white paper, ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Computer Networking: Curriculum Designs and Educational

Conference Session

TIME 2: Laboratories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringComparison of pre- and post-course survey results indicate that the problem based learningapproach does address higher-level learning outcomes such as devising an experimentalapproach, specifying appropriate equipment and procedures, and implementing these procedures.It is important to note that other experiments performed by the students during the course areimportant in developing the their abilities to design the load cell experiment. The survey resultspresented here reflect the changes in student attitudes due to all of these experiences, the loadcell project being the capstone event. These results do provide encouragement for a purposelydesigned research

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Kosky

sophomore engineering and science majors with prerequisites ofmathematics through calculus, a first sequence in physics, and one course in chemistry.Important goals were to bring the excitement of nanotechnology to students early in theirscholastic careers and to make them aware of the many opportunities for research and furtherstudy. The pedagogical challenges were several. We needed to: 1) reflect existing facultyinterests in engineering, physics, and chemistry, 2) integrate those faculty into a cohesiveteaching unit, 3) be intelligible to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, 4) serve a multidisciplinarystudent body, and 5) have assessable outcomes. In addition, no single ideal text was available soseveral sources of ancillary readings were

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

institution. Thus makesacquiring new instructional laboratory apparatus a challenge due to typical budgetary limitations.In addition, the apparatus designed by companies specializing in education equipment may notexactly reflect the educational objective intended by the faculty. These obstacles had forced us toseek and search different venues to acquire experimental laboratory apparatus for demonstratingheat transfer principles and the concept of thermo-siphon heat recovery system. We concludedthat such an apparatus can be designed, developed and constructed “in house” within amanageable budget. This can be successfully accomplished by taking advantage of the capstonesenior design project and ASHRAE Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. The

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George DeSain; Farid Tranjan; Ken Burbank

two universities are already linked through grant activity in the Carolinas MicroOptics Triangle. The new program will have an emphasis on optical communications andphotonics. Graduates are expected to be the process and test engineers for the photonicsindustry.Intr oduction:The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte) has a strong Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) Department, with close ties to the Department of Physics andOptical Sciences. Western Carolina University (WCU) has a Department of EngineeringTechnology with programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) andTelecommunications Engineering Technology. To reflect the addition of the new engineeringprogram, the Department will now become

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Lyall; Rachel Shinn

, only distribute bonus dollars to your team members.These ratings should reflect each individual’s level of participation and effort and sense ofresponsibility, not his or her academic ability. Name of team member (include yourself) Rating Bonus Self Evaluation for Project:Team Name: Date:Team Member: Principle Duty Title:Supervisor: Position: a. State Your Significant Duties and Responsibilities: b. Summarize Your Major Task Completions in Fulfillment of Your Duties: c. List Your Significant Contributions:IV. The ProjectsAs mentioned earlier, projects that have been done in

Conference Session

Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Birgül Tantekin-Ersolmaz; Gülsün Saglamer; Ekrem Ekinci

. Construction of complicated bridge structures, roads and aqua ducts especially by thefamous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan was outstanding. Çeçen3 in a book he edited onOttoman technology also distinguishes the sixteen century as the zenith of the Ottomantechnological development. Queen Elizabeth has sent industrial spies to learn about the wooldying techniques in Istanbul4. Furthermore, practices such as flying using self made wings ofHezarfen Ahmed and rocket launch attempts of Lagari Hasan Çelebi were the reflections of thelevel of technology in the Ottoman Empire. However, as explained above, the educationalinstitutions were based on theological understanding and the Ottoman technology was resting onapprenticeship.In the fifteenth and sixteenth

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Moran

easily linked to it, such as “output contains poor grammar/spelling.” In this casethe grammar edit and spelling correction elements are usually chosen as the primary sourcesalthough the possibility of other sources (central processing unit and audience filter) isrecognized during discussions. When the fault is more general, such as the output is unclear,students have more difficulty pinpointing possible sources of the malfunction. This calls onthem to reflect on the relationships in the schematic as well as the things that affect the clarity oftheir own writing (vagueness, use of jargon, audience focus, etc.). Malfunctions of this typeresult in instructions with more choices and decision points, usually depicted in flow charts.Some students do

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Houghtalen

reflect on the Code of Ethics in more depth than they generally think is necessary.IntroductionAt Rose-Hulman, we have been exposing our civil engineering students to the American Societyof Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Code of Ethics1 for a number of decades. In the early years, thistook the form of a cursory introduction to the code. That is, we let the students know that such acode existed, and they would be bound by this code when they entered professional practice.This exposure was not formalized and ended up the responsibility of whoever taught our seniorcapstone design class as an add-on. It took the form of a short lecture, and student excitementcould hardly be contained!!In the last decade, there has been a renewed emphasis on teaching the

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

; Hessler, 2001). 2The findings of several studies, new ABET requirements and feedback from industry advisoryboards support these observations and indicate a broad concern that graduating engineers are notprepared to enter the workforce. Faculty members of Mechanical Engineering (ME) andAviation Technology (AT) share some of these concerns, and have discussed ways to approachthese problems. One method originated from a desire among faculty members to develop meansby which to motivate students in a ME senior design course. The AT department was chosen tosimulate a manufacturing division, and the projects were to reflect current aerospace design andmanufacturing processes. Collaborative work between the two groups would be important inorder to

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Russ

! During the initial assignment, we informed students that the project grade wouldconstitute 50% of the overall course grade, with the high percentage reflecting the importance ofthe project. To ensure that the checkpoints were taken seriously, each intermediate checkpointcontributed 15% to the course grade, and the final presentation contributed 20%. We also toldstudents that grades would include a significant style/grammar component to assesscommunication skills, as described in the Overview of Project Goals.One final note on the logistics of directing the project is related to the time period of the case.The business students were restricted to using advertising methods available during the WorldWar II era, but the engineering students were

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Stewart; David Elrod

Written plans for using 3-D CAD 7. Work on a team Team meeting notes Students individual contribution to the project Teamwork reflection entryStudents now have more personal responsibility for their learning. For example, a 3D CAD taskis assigned, a set of potential solution tools is identified, and students are responsible forselecting tools, learning to use them, and explaining why and how the tools were used toaccomplish the task.These changes have provided more time to emphasize and formatively assess the use of teammanagement skills like setting

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

, careful attention should be given to the following considerations: • Clearly state what you want to do and why • Identify your audience • Identify specific tasks and provide a timeline • Cite similar efforts in the literature • Provide results from own prior funding (if applicable) • Address broader impacts in some detail • Include a dissemination planCareful attention to details and completeness can often be the difference between adeclination and an award. Here are some matters that should be considered in preparing aproposal. • Follow the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) • Strictly adhere to the page and font-size limits • Make budget directly reflect work plan • Provide biosketches for all

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David J. Bettez; G. Lineberry

experience for our students.Only recently, however, have colleges and universities begun to question this conventional wisdom.Little has been done to actually assess the experiences of students abroad. As reflected in an Internetsearch on study abroad assessment, the word “assessment” usually involves colleges and universitiesattempting to figure out if the programs run abroad are reliable, cost-effective, safely-run, andprovide student “satisfaction,” however that may be defined. Little has been done to assess theactual value of the experience on the individual students involved in study abroad. Calls for better assessment have also appeared in such publications as the Chronicle of HigherEducation,1 a major US weekly newspaper for higher

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

Total Scoreindicated at the bottom of either rubric table changes, reflecting the increasing expectation forstudent performance as they move through the elements of the integrated ProfessionalComponent. Novice (1): Intermediate (2): Proficient (3): Attributes Absent (0) some elements most elements are all elements are are present. present presentDefine project: Create clearstatement of constituents,criteria and constraints.Manage solution definition:Be able to create designoptions, evaluate andimplement preferred solution.Team Dynamics: Be able todivide the workload, monitorand convey progress toteammates, reach

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

Education Page 7The Current Accumulation and Scaling CellThe details of the Current Accumulation and Scaling Cell are illustrated in Figure 4above. Current contributed by many synapses is summed onto either the IIn+ or IIn-inputs of this circuit. The current mirrors created by M1-M2 and M5-M6 reflect thesecurrents into a third current mirror created by M3-M4. The net current, IDiff either flowsinto or out of the node shared by the drains of M6 and M3. The relative weight currentsin this circuit can be adjusted through the gain factors of the corresponding transistors.The simple MOSFET current mirrors used here are commonly applied in analog circuits

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Rajappa; Steve Watkins; Ray Luechtefeld

students’ team. The modules presented and approachtaken was typical of most team skill training.The Action Science training, however, took an entirely different approach to improving teamskills. Action Science is an approach to participative inquiry that has its roots in organizationdevelopment and the general field of “Action Research” 17. Action Science is aimed at increasingthe ability of engineering teams to critically reflect and inquire into their own social andscientific practice, so that they can work together more effectively and complete innovative,quality projects. It has been shown to improve the extent to which important information isshared among team members 18. One of the greatest distinctions between conventional teamtraining and

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Leland

(1): 103-121 March 1995. [7]. Slavin, R. E., Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research and Practice, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990. [8]. Schoenfeld, A.H., “Reflections on a Course in Mathematical Problem Solving,” Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education. III, Schoenfeld, A.H., Kaput, J. Dubinsky, E. eds., American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 81-113, 1998. [9]. Trafton, J. G, Trickett, S. B., “Note-Taking for Self-Explanation and Problem Solving,” Human-Computer Interaction, 2001, Vol. 16, 1-38.[10]. Webb, N. M. “Task Related Verbal Interaction and Mathematics Learning in Small Groups,” Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 22 (5), 366-389, 1991.[11]. Wong, R.M.F., Lawson, M. J

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Damian Watkins; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

E C CO 10 PA C KM R PA R KM G G EE EE STUDENT GROUPSFigure 5. Graph reflecting student viewpoints on the need for using Mobile

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ella Fridman

duct. Next to the compressor the multicolored columns reflect thecomputer screen that shows five measurements corresponding to: a) Differential pressure developed across the orifice plate installed at the entrance of the inlet duct that is used to calculate the volume flow rate of air through the compressor (dP0); b) Differential pressure developed by the compressor (dPs); c) Rotational speed of the compressor impellers (n); d) The temperature of the air entering the centrifugal compressor(Ta); e) The electrical power supplied to the motor (Pe).Students can perform experiments by setting the compressor at the 75%, 50%, etc., of themax speed and adjusting the compressor flow rate by using 5 positions of the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; Jian Peng

: Transforming Higher Education, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2001.[2] J. G. Harris and etc., "Journal of Engineering Round Table: Reflections on the Grinter Report," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 81, pp. 74-94, 1994.[3] F. L. Huband, "Engineering Education - An Alternative Approach," ASEE Prism, 1999.[4] Promotion Criteria for the Department of Engineering, http://www.wku.edu/engineering/promote.pdf.[5] Xilinx, http://xup.xilinx.com.[6] M. E. Cambron and J. Lenoir, "Introcution to Industrial Automation, a Multi-Disciplinary Course at Western Kentucky University," American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004.[7] M. E. Cambron

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

-assessment. It is open forday and night hours 38 hours per week. The lab offers several rooms for student activities,including closed rooms that simulate conference rooms, group study carrels, two video labs, anda 20-student classroom. Students sign in at the front desk each time they visit the lab, and staffmembers are trained to assist students in both technical and writing issues. Additionally, studentsgain workplace communication instruction to list on their resumes, and faculty will write a letterof reference that reflects a student’s presentation and writing capabilities.The pilot classes are taught in the wired classroom located in the Communication Lab. Theclassroom is equipped with traditional amenities such as whiteboards and podiums, and

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sweeney; Heather Cullen; Alyssa Panitch

for Engineering and Technology) since 1985. The program wasmost recently site visited for reaccreditation in November of 2003 for the first time under therevised ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000) for the 2003-2004 cycle2. Enrollment in thedegree program has grown steadily over time and stands at over 450 students in the currentacademic year with a gender balance that reflects that of the general population. The B.S.E.Bioengineering degree is a traditional four-year 128 credit hour program of study taught via asemester system. One section of the three credit-hour course BME201 is offered each fifteen-week semester (fall and spring) with current section sizes of approximately 60 to 70 students(class meetings twice a week for 1.25 hours

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Tolan; James Hurny

addressing the issues of culture and climate within your own organization to facilitate buy-in and cooperationBy its very nature, this list will always be incomplete and dynamic. It will always reflect theimmediate issues that need to be addressed. Constant open communication, involvement of allplayers in decision-making and organizational commitment to eliminating system redundanciesand inadequacies will expose that ‘elephant on the table’ and lead to the deep cultural changethat must occur in the organization to sustain outcomes assessment and TC2K. BibliographyArgyris, C. (1992). On Organizational Learning. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers.CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Ping Wei; Thomas Quimby

aspects of the chapter activity. The scoring is set up to encourage student chapters todiversify their activities to better meet the objectives of the organization. The annual reportscores are the basis for the most prestigious ASCE national student awards.This study presumed that the annual report scores were the best measure of changes in studentchapter performance as the result of the FATW. The assumption is that scores should improve ifchapters are being inspired to more fully implement the suggested activities. Also, since annualreport preparation is a major topic of the workshop, the reports from chapters with trainedadvisors should more accurately reflect the activities of the organizations.The scores for the report years 1999 through 2002

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Metzger; Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

tounderstand the abstract concepts of process control. The kits “showed how control is a dynamicprocess, even when you aren’t changing the set point”.Acknowledgement:This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0127231. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. Page 9.852.12 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

government (in this case, the faculty teamitself), following the results of a “fly-off” competition on day ten of the program. The facultyparticipants determined that a paper airplane competition would reflect these requirements. Twocompetitions would be held, one for flight endurance (or duration) and the other for flightdistance. Affordability would be the third criteria. Ten flights for endurance and ten additionalflights for distance were flown by each team during the competition. The average performancevalues along with affordability were then used to determine the winner in the flight competitionitself. The winning team was the team which developed one (or more) paper aircraft that