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State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Walker; Hayden Griffin; Tamara Knott; Richard Goff; Vinod Lohani; Jenny Lo

0431779).References[1] Griffin, Jr, O. Hayden, Fox, E. A., Ribbens, C. J., Walker, T. D. L., Davis IV, N. J., Goff, R. M., Lo, J. L., Lohani, V. K., Gregg, M. H., and Barnette, D., “Work in Progress – A Freshman Course for Engineering and Computer Science Students.” Proceedings of the 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers In Education Conference, Savannah, GA, October 20-23, 2004.[2] Goff, R.M. and Gregg, M.H., “Redesign of a Freshman Engineering Program for the New Millenium,” ASEE Southeastern Regional Conference, Orlando, FL, April 6-8, 1998.[3] Goff, R.M. and Gregg, M.H. "Why Hands-on Design? A First Year Hands-on Design & Dissection Laboratory", 1998 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) National Design

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Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Milo Koretsky

Integrating Micro and Nanoscale Materials Processing into the Core ChE Curriculum - Examples in Radiation Heat Transfer Milo D. Koretsky Department of Chemical Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-2702IntroductionThe chemical engineering department at Oregon State University (OSU) is committed todeveloping strength in microelectronics processing within a context of the fundamental skills ofthe discipline. In this vein, we are integrating examples from this industry into the classroom andthe laboratory.1 These topics are not only useful towards the

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Scott Moor

students. This project can becompleted with inexpensive and readily available tools and materials. It provides opportunitiesfor the students to use good engineering analysis in their designs and opportunities for studentsto exercise creativity.Wind chimes have been proposed and used as a project or laboratory in a number of physics andmathematics courses. In this paper I review the approach and results of using a wind chimedesign in a first-year “Introduction to Engineering Design” course. In a portion of this coursestudents are asked to design, construct and test a wind chime. They are provided with anequation to predict the frequency of their chimes that is based on a solution to the fourth-orderwave equation. Students select their desired chime

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefani A. Bjorklund; Norman Fortenberry

more time students spend on the task of learning, the more students willlearn [4, 15-17]. This concept does not imply, however, that the period of learning must occurcontinuously for several hours. Indeed, while total amount of time on task is important, it is alsohelpful to break up long class periods with activities, breaks, and repetition of material alreadycovered [15, 22]. Very little research has focused specifically on time-on-task for engineeringmajors, yet opportunities to do so are available as engineering students can spend a great deal oftime in classrooms, laboratories, and even study or homework groups.G. Respecting Diverse Talents and Ways of Thinking Though mentioned by Chickering and Gamson [4], discussion about the

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aminul Karim; Yakov Cherner; Ahmed Khan

current with respect to the fast pace of technological advances in thefield is another challenge for faculty.5College and university professors can address these challenges by using the simulation andvirtual experiments. With the availability of broadband technologies, which offer high data rateconnections, simulation-based e-learning is rapidly becoming a significant and effective elementof the teaching and learning process. The use of virtual systems enables students engaged indistance learning to master practical skills at any time and at any place.II. Active Learning Suite (ALSuite)To address pedagogical and laboratory needs, an advanced simulation-based e-learning software,“Active Learning Suite” (ALSuite) has been developed. It uses real

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton; Gregor Novak; Evelyn Patterson; Brian Self

the idea, but different students willgrasp different aspects of the subject matter. By presenting the answers from different studentsthe instructor can build up an understanding of the complex idea. In this way, students feelgreater ownership of the course, come better prepared to class, and have more productiveinteractions with the professor. Examples of the use JiTT in undergraduate physics will bepresented and a framework for applying the techniques to Mechanics described.IntroductionThe physics educational community has long been at the forefront of innovative pedagogy.Instructors have developed interesting hands-on demonstrations, laboratories, and examples tophelp motivate and teach their students. The Force Concept Inventory(1) has

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jameson Wetmore

such belt use makeoccupants safer because of the belts, but it would also make air bag safer because people wouldbe in a safe and predictable position should the bag deploy.Second, engineers continued to experiment with air bags in the laboratory. They continued to tryto replicate a variety of crash scenarios. They ran tests to see the effects of hitting trees, hittingcars at different angles, and side collisions. They also continued to broaden the array of testingdummies that they used. They conducted a number of tests on dummies designed to replicatewomen of different weights and stature, children, and babies in child safety seats.And finally, the auto safety community also carefully tracked the performance of air bags on theroad. NHTSA, the

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Garth Thomas

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education ”course, but a new designation as GENE 111 Software Tools for Engineers was provided in theSpring 2003 semester.Course DevelopmentOnce it was agreed that a new course was needed, the next major decision was the content of thecourse. It was decided that Excel® would be used because spreadsheet use is so common andthat particular software was available in all of the computer laboratories. It was also decided thatVisual Basic for Applications (VBA® ) programming would be taught since it extends thecapabilities of Excel® , provides a platform to teach some generally useful programmingconcepts, and Co-op students and new graduates were reporting that they used VBA® in theirwork. Mathcad® was

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Mattei

tours of national research laboratories. The workshop started with governmentspeaker presentations from the NSF engineering directorate, the Air Force Office of ScientificResearch (AFOSR), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), NASA, and the NSF Division ofUndergraduate Education. Each speaker summarized the emphasis of their agency's programsand described opportunities available for funding from their organizations. The next threesessions focused on the Dynamic Systems and Controls Program technical areas of: 1) controls,2) vibrations and acoustics, and 3) dynamics diagnostics. These sessions started with a keynotespeaker who presented an overview of prominent research challenges in their emphasis area. Thekeynote speakers were selected because

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller; Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi; Andrew Rose

together to attend a Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Educationworkshop may also work to the favor of being selected since the workshop organizersmay be more interested in faculty from institutions where a strong interest in theworkshop exists.One example of how cooperation between faculty members in the different disciplineshas helped untenured faculty develop their teaching at UPJ resulted from the staggerednature in which the new faculty were hired. Limited funds are available each year forlaboratory equipment. New faculty members, however, have been able to purchase newequipment for their laboratory through

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Topics of Interest-Nuclear Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Deinert; K. Bingham Cady; Joshua Barratt; Erich Schneider

Visualization of Coupled Spectral and Burnup Calculations: an Intuition-building Tool Erich A. Schneider*, Joshua G. Barratt, K. Bingham Cady and Mark R. Deinert *Los Alamos National Laboratory, P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545 / Cornell University, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850AbstractIn this paper, we present a fast, user-friendly computational tool for the calculation andvisualization of coupled neutron spectra and fuel burnup calculations. This tool, V:BUDS(visualize: burnup, depletion, spectrum), was designed to derive scenario-dependent

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

and to place gridlines and shading on the spreadsheet. Producing a document whichcollectively displays the problem sketch, problem input, numerical output, and the plots in theattractive format as illustrated in Figure 7 is not easily possible using MATLAB. Page 10.209.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 7. An EXCEL Workbook Developed for Analyzing a Beam Subjected to a Combined LoadLabVIEW SoftwareLabVIEW, acronym for “Laboratory Virtual Instrument

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen

conducted by Piguet et al. have shownthat students are motivated most when they are given the chance to apply theory in practice anddesign a machine (i.e. a robot) [6]. Practical aspects of a course (hands-on labs and projectassignments) generally attract curious students to the course. Studies have shown that up to 90%of what we see and touch is remembered whereas only 10-15% of what we hear remains.Therefore, beyond having the potential to attract curious students, hands-on laboratory practice isvery important in order to facilitate learning of the theoretical information presented inclassroom. Kolb defines learning as a process whereby knowledge is created through thetransformation of experience [7]. Evidently the best way to experience

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

given way to an increasedlocal innovative policy and entrepreneurial climate that have generated significantcomputer, telecommunications and more recently, pharmaceutical and biotechnologyoutputs.While the it is unclear as to whether it is the local state governments or the privateentrepreneurs who have been more relevant to this process, most people agree that theabove two actors, large and small firms, universities and government laboratories have allhad a part to play.It has been advocated since long ago that government, private sector, universities andresearch institutions are important parts of a larger system of knowledge and interactionsthat allow diverse actors with varied strengths to come together around common broadgoals for

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Newcomer

to introduce ergo-nomic programs as a way to increase efficiency and decrease the costs of injuries.Courses on ergonomics are still relatively rare in manufacturing programs, and there does notseem to be agreement as to how and where such a course should be taught. Some programsteach ergonomics at the graduate level,1 while other programs are willing to invest more re-sources into ergonomics so that they can include multiple courses, laboratories, and even minorsin ergonomics and safety.2-4 With the MESH course the ET Department at WWU has taken theapproach that all students in MET should be introduced to ergonomics, but there is also a realiza-tion that resources are very limited, so a course sequence or laboratory is not possible. As a re

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

regional campus of Purdue Universitylocated in northwest Indiana. It is primarily a commuter campus, and serves justover 9,000 students. PUC started a program in Computer Graphics Technology(CGT) in the Fall 2000 semester. The course curriculum development wasinfluenced by existing successful course offerings within the Purdue system, bynationally known universities, and by regional job demands, as well asinternational considerations. Figures 1 and 2 show the growth in credit hours andthe increase in students in the CGT program between 2001 and 2004. In the spaceof a few years, laboratories were built, faculty hired, and many new coursesdeveloped to meet this demand. In the face of all this growth, and the number ofchanges that were occurring

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

) exam. This certification is a valued and attractive electiveaddition to the Computer Engineering Technology (CET) program. The four CCNA courses areoffered in an accelerated format complete with extensive laboratory experience. In order tofacilitate this program, a new computer networking laboratory was created complete withswitches, routers, and a full array of test equipment. In order to start this academy instructors hadto be trained and certified by Cisco. This included completing an extensive set of instructors’courses along with passing Cisco’s instructor exam. Taking charge of this process and beginningthis new academy was a time consuming, demanding and yet very gratifying experience.Planning for a new program in electrical engineering

Conference Session

Systems Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Widmann

Using Problem Solving Preferences to Promote Teaming in a Mechanical Systems Design Course James M. Widmann California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CAAbstract At California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, MechanicalEngineering students are required to take a course in Mechanical Systems Design. It is ajunior level course where students learn the fundamentals of machine components (gears,bearings, screws, etc); furthermore, the students gain experience in the integration ofthese components into complex Mechanical Systems during a weekly 3-hr laboratory.During the laboratory portion

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joon Kim; Daniel Biezad

Page 10.346.1students.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference * Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education As shrinking budgets cause an ever greater part of undergraduate laboratory education to becomputer centered, and as a greater percentage of students enter the curriculum withoutpractical experience in mechanics or a familiarity with tools and tooling, there is a strong needto expose aerospace engineering students to these realities of the aviation workplace, aworkplace that traditionally has inspired a passionate intensity. The Aerospace EngineeringDepartment at Cal Poly is trying to provide hands-on skills and foster this intensity

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Tricia Berry

. Misconceptions about graduate school and research careers are common among theundergraduate population. This lack of knowledge proves to be a real barrier that prevents manyundergraduate students, and female and minority students, in particular, from consideringgraduate school. The Graduates Linked with Undergraduates in Engineering (GLUE) programprovides an innovative opportunity to expose undergraduate engineering students to research bylinking them with graduate engineering students working on research projects in the College ofEngineering. The program consists of a semester-long research experience in the laboratory thatis coupled with a structured interdisciplinary seminar course for the undergraduate participants.The program is primarily intended

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

) have provided seven techniques, often called declarative learning. Several, or all of these techniques help the instructors to assess prior knowledge. The principle to emphasize on the “value-added” nature of university higher educational methodologies.4. Self Assessment : Sally Brown, Phil Race & Brenda Smith provide several techniques for implementation of Self-Assessment. (Brown, Race and Smith, 1996). The students should be provided with an opportunity to express their “satisfaction-rating” of courses, laboratory experiences and the educational experience as a whole. This serves as a very useful tool and provides valuable assessment data upon which the department can take appropriate action to stay at the “edge of

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Auzenne; Jeanne Garland; J. Phillip King; Ricardo Jacquez

entitled, “Civil Engineering: The Profession, Practice, and AcademicPreparation,” was the focus each summer with a different design project offered for each coursethat highlighted some of the challenges locally, namely, the problem of drought in New Mexico,water conservation alternatives, and the problems associated with the colonias, defined as ruralneighborhoods and unincorporated subdivisions in or near cities along the U.S./Mexico bordercharacterized by substandard housing and inadequate sewage disposal, roads, and access to cleanwater that pose health threats to residents. This course, along with the laboratory tours and visitsprovided hands-on active learning opportunities to explore the new and creative approaches thatare being used in

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IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

University, a broadrange of topics is covered quickly, and students can rapidly learn by seeing and doing.Typically, Industrial Engineers don’t have chemicals, machining labs, wind tunnels or circuitboards to use in specialized laboratories. The goal in this course was to find a way to includehands-on activities without a formal lab component or facility. These labs are designed tointegrate the concepts with models that are memorable. Some of the topics covered by the labsare Process Improvement, Work Measurement, Facility Layout, Assembly Line Balancing(Manufacturing and Production Control), Bin Packing (Material Handling), Human Factors,Operations Research, Engineering Economy, Queueing, and Quality Control. The studentsgenerally work in groups

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Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

University, a broadrange of topics is covered quickly, and students can rapidly learn by seeing and doing.Typically, Industrial Engineers don’t have chemicals, machining labs, wind tunnels or circuitboards to use in specialized laboratories. The goal in this course was to find a way to includehands-on activities without a formal lab component or facility. These labs are designed tointegrate the concepts with models that are memorable. Some of the topics covered by the labsare Process Improvement, Work Measurement, Facility Layout, Assembly Line Balancing(Manufacturing and Production Control), Bin Packing (Material Handling), Human Factors,Operations Research, Engineering Economy, Queueing, and Quality Control. The studentsgenerally work in groups

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker

basic digital building blocks such as multiplexers, decoders, full adders and ROMs and verify the correct operation of the design through simulation and/or implementation • Design, simulate and/or implement sequential circuits using various representations such as state diagrams, ASM charts, and hardware description language, specifically VHDL • Design, simulate and/or implement a digital system as a circuit consisting of a Data Path and Control Unit • Design the Control Unit as a finite state machine and using micro- programming • Be able to describe the design and verification process through written communication in the form of laboratory reports

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Changhong Lin; Ahmed Abdalla; Wayne Wolf

.BiographyWayne Wolf is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. Before joining Prince-ton, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ. He received all three degrees in elec- Page 10.975.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005 American Society for Engineering Educationtrical engineering from Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and ACM and a memberof ASEE and SPIE. He received the 2003 ASEE/HP Frederick E. Terman Award.Chang Hong Lin is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jung; Anthony de Sam Lazaro; Amanie Abdelmessih

supply, keeps theproject within budgetary limits and on schedule and produces a cost analysis document.Examples of Senior Design ProjectsIn this section we present example of three capstone projects.A. Instrumented Air Conditioning Bench Experiment (September 2000 – May 2001)Project Description: System specifications were set by the thermal engineering faculty (Dr.Abdelmessih) The Senior Design Team was asked to design and build a bench-top airconditioning experiment to be used in a laboratory setting at the School’s thermal engineeringlaboratory. ‘Students should have the ability to control the temperature, moisture content, andvelocity of the air conditioned by the apparatus. Students should be capable of performing

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

currently the Coordinator of theIndustrial Power and Control curriculum and laboratories as well as the Internship Coordinator for theUniversity of Southern Maine’s Department of Technology. Page 10.817.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

students with sizable stipends.ASEE – Helen T. Carr Fellowships for African-Americans43: up to $10,000 per year to studentswho are pursuing a doctoral degree. Upon doctoral degree completion, fellow is committed toreturn to one of the HBEC institutions.Resources for PostDoctoral Fellowships:Naval Research Laboratories (NRL) sponsors about 40 NRL PostDoctoral Fellowships44 peryear, administered by the ASEE, to research at the following Naval R&D centers andlaboratories: • Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC - www.nrl.navy.mil Stennis Space Center, MS - www.nrlssc.navy.mil Monterey, CA - www.nrlmry.navy.mil Lab Description: http://www.asee.org/resources/fellowships/nrl/nrl-0000.cfm • Naval Air Warfare Center

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

year-one course entails for each student 36hours of lectures, 11 hours of tutorials (group size over 30) and 6 hours of scheduled laboratorytime. A year-two course involves 48 hours of lectures, no tutorials, and up to 6 hours ofscheduled laboratory time. Furthermore, while the majority of year-one students attend lectures,under 50% attend tutorials on a regular basis. Laboratory attendance is compulsory. Theinference is that students see lectures as the central part of the educational process. Clearly, withlectures playing such a central role, it is essential that instructors understand their nature well and Page 10.664.2can use the format