Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paula Baty; Erdogan Sener

adequate natural resources has become morecritical (8).Unfortunately, there is no elixir; however, careful planning and responsible use of both renewableand non-renewable resources can enable citizens to function and thrive in the coming decades.“Green” design includes, but is not limited to addressing the challenges of metropolitan developmentsuch as water quality, erosion control, energy conservation, waste disposal, and storm water drainage Page 8.611.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Lemanowski; Ellen Yezierski; Arlisa Labrie; Bettie Smiley; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland

instructional strategies in science, gender fair assessme nt strategies, curriculumevaluation for balanced representation of women’s contributions to science, and exposure toresources that would aid teachers in supporting girls’ interests in science.The summer workshop activities were grounded in this research base and experiences. Theworkshop instructors worked to increase awareness of gender equity and to provide the teacherswith gender equity assessment and instructional tools. They also provided guidelines andpractice examining curricular materials and helped teachers plan to use more equity materialsand strategies in their classrooms. All presentations and activities were supported by strongrationales derived from the research literature on gender

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

-ing, n. the planning, designing, construction, or management of machinery, roads,bridges, etc.” (Compact Desk Edition, Webster’s New World Dictionary of the AmericanLanguage, The World Publishing Company, 1963). Webster’s Dictionary’s definition ofengineering is interesting. It uses four actions individually or collectively to describe engineering.These actions are planning, designing, construction, or management. Using “or” rather than “and”in this definition implies that any or all of the four actions is part of the engineering process. It isalso of interest that the Dictionary specifies three areas (machinery, roads, and bridges), two ofwhich are civil engineering areas. This, however, is of minor importance because the use of etc.(et

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Neslihan Alp

for the first time, and thorough training in how to use it. q A measurement system that relates quality improvements to the language of management- that is, all results are tracked in terms of a Quality Capability Score and dollars saved by reducing the Cost of Failure. q A program with specific quality-improvement projects identified and planned for specific implementation dates. Page 8.993.1II. The Six-Sigma MethodologySix-Sigma is a customer-driven approach that provides an overall framework forquality management [2]. In addition, the term Six-Sigma is a statistical measureexpressing how close a product

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Quint

discipline to be innovative inthe approach to delivering the very broad fundamentals needed while not diluting the aspects of Page 8.658.1Proceedings of the ©2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2003, American Society for Engineering Educationbiomedical engineering which make it so attractive to students. A streamlined MS degree, withemphasis on practical applications in the field may help in achieving this goal.Admission Students planning to enter the 5-Year Master's program from any of the threeparticipating undergraduate curricula are required to take the fundamental courses in

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Polly Piergiovanni

had collected the data, webegan our discussion on LLE principles, equipment and scale up.Figure 1: Separation of red dye from salad oil. (L-R) 1. Twice as much oil as water, shakengently; 2. Twice as much water as oil, shaken gently; 3. Twice as much water as oil, shakenvigorously; 4. Twice as much oil as water, shaken vigorously.Humidification Operations – A sample of the fill for a cooling tower was ordered, and shown tothe students. The plan was to soak it with water, and hold it in front of a fan to let the studentsfeel how the air was cooled as the water evaporated, but because it was pouring rain the day Iplanned it, the air only cooled slightly. This led to a discussion on how weather conditions affectcooling operations along with our

Conference Session

Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Coral Nocton; Ismail Fidan

education in the quality department at Tenneco Automotive, Smithville, TN. Planning to graduate inMay of 2004, Miss Nocton hopes to obtain a manufacturing engineering or management position in a progressivecompany. Page 8.642.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”

Conference Session

Innovations in Web Site Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Van Epps

the information builds in each step, a developer will save time in goingthrough them in order and not jumping directly to the definition of a user interface and coding ofthe program. Begin with the planning, decide what is needed and wanted in the application andget agreement on the project. Next design the overall system, which includes deciding whatinformation is going to be stored and what interactions are allowed with that data, inserts,updates, deletes, etc. Now it is time to develop the data model. This is a critical step in theprocess and many future problems can be avoided if proper thought and planning is invested inthis step. The goal of this step is to define all the data that needs to be included in the system andthen developing

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ross

Theory as a basis for MEPP Course DesignThe work of course design for MEPP has benefited from the direct assistance of GregKearsley as a course consultant. In “Engagement Theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning,” (1999), Kearsley and Shneiderman summarize the basis forengagement as “Relate-Create-Donate.” This simple formula captures the essence of theeffective on-line course and explains the fundamental principles of CTI. 1. Relate – “Emphasizes team efforts that involve communication, planning, management and social skills.” 2. Create – “Students have to define the project (project domain) and focus their efforts on application of ideas to a specific context.” 3. Donate – “Stresses the value

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

: coordinator, author,reader, and recorder. Ideally, each role is played by a different team member. The role of the coor-dinator is to facilitate communication, schedule meetings, and ensure the process is successful.The author is the person who wrote the code and, ulimately, corrects the defects identified by theother team members. The reader and recorder act as impartial code reviewers (in addition to thecoordinator) and have major roles during the design review meeting.For the software development portion of the project, the “development activities” block in Fig. 2involves five steps:• Planning (coordinator and author) Code design review planning involves the coordinator and the author. After the author creates a cleanly compiled code module, the

Conference Session

Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationconcepts. Third, he must decide when to administer the examination, and how many versions ofthe examination are required. Fourth, a grading plan is needed to ensure consistent grading ofthe examinations. Last, the course director must capture the lessons learned from developing andadministering the examination and use the information to improve the course in the future.Course Development Proper course development is the first and most important step in crafting good exams.There are numerous other papers that discuss course development in detail, so only a shortsummary of the method used by

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

K Muraleetharan; Gerald Miller; Dee Fink; Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; David Sabatini; Baxter Vieux; Michael Mooney; Carolyn Ahern; Kurt Gramoll

(2 sections) CE 3414 Spring '02 CE 5333 CE 3673 CE 3403 CE 4123 CE 3234Notes: ENGR 1112 – Introduction to Engineering, ENGR 1213 – Graphics and Design, CE 2553– Surveying, CE 3403 – Materials, CE 3363 – Soil Mechanics, CE 3212 – EnvironmentalEngineering, CE 3234 – Environmental Engineering II, CE 3414 – Structural Analysis, CE 3663– Structural Design (Steel I), CE 3673 – Structural Design (Concrete I), CE 4123 (Open ChannelFlow), CE 5333 – Foundation Engineering.3. Overview of the Evaluation ProtocolTo evaluate the success of the Sooner City project, a comprehensive assessment plan is in place,including both formative and summative evaluations. The

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patsy Brackin; Clark Merkel

practice the design process, including planning, predicting performance, andteamwork to achieve the same goal.Description: Assign students to a team. Tell them that they will be building a papertower and that the group with the best performance will win the contest. Theperformance is weighted based on the number of sheets of paper they use, the height ofthe tower, and the time it takes to construct. However, before students are allowed tobegin construction, they must plan what they are going to do and estimate theirperformance. After a predefined amount of time, all construction must stop. A typicalperformance weighting might be Performance Score = 10H - 67N - Z( T – 300 )where H is the height of the tower in inches, N is the number

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

issues that are very broad-based and interdisciplinary in nature. The fiveparticipating teachers worked together as a team in planning their experiments. The facultyinvestigator advised these teachers and met with them as a group as well as individually. Theteachers gained increased content knowledge, design of experiments skills, and usefulinstructional materials.AcknowledgementThe author is grateful for the support provided by the National Science Foundation’s ResearchExperience for Teacher program though a supplement to GK-12 Award Number 0086427, andfor the encouragement of Program Manager Dr. Mary Poats.Reference1. Esin Gulari, “Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplements and Sites,” 1 Jan. 2002, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

the ModelLaboratory. Their understanding of group dynamics and appreciation for cost-effective andsuperior designs has been enhanced.Partial support of NSF, which started in January of 2002 has increased the momentum of theefforts that have started since 1998 for creation of the State of the Art Laboratory. Successfulimplementation of this project has resulted in several measurable outcomes as:1. Generation of comprehensive blueprints for fabrication of apparatuses necessary for precision experimentation in the areas of Mechanics of Materials and Dynamics of Machinery.2. Creation of detailed laboratory manuals-ready for distribution to students.3. A well thought out and comprehensive plan for putting together an affordable model

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jimmy Smith; Michael Loui, Illinois Institute of Technology (Vivian Weil),; Steven Nichols, University of Texas at Austin (Steven Nichols), University of Illinois at

of Texas at Austin (Steven Nichols), University of Illinois atUrbana/Champaign (Michael Loui), Illinois Institute of Technology (Vivian Weil),University of Arkansas (Walter LeFevre) and consultants from engineering industry (PhilUlmer, Eagle River, Alaska and Carl Skooglund, former VP and Ethics Director of TexasInstruments, Dallas).“Incident at Morales” Synopsis and Ethical IssuesThe story in “Incident at Morales” is fictional but realistic: Phausst Chemical manufactures Old Stripper, a paint remover that dominates the market. On learning that Phausst’s competitor Chemitoil plans to introduce a new paint remover that may capture the market, executives at Phausst decide to

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Linse; Rebecca Bates

with a session to plan activelearning modules and two sessions to present the modules to the class. Thus, every studentparticipated in the development, implementation and learning stages of a learning activity.Guest lecturers were used frequently to build familiarity with campus resources and to helpstudents build a network of contacts for education information.The order of the classes was obvious in some cases, such as the introduction and discussion ofstudent learning, but less so for some intermediate topics. For example, the ClassroomAssessment Techniques, Group Learning, and Active Learning sessions could have beenpresented in almost any order. The order used made sense for the guest lecturers and materialcovered in this class. (The class

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

Education Center and view the TAMpresentation, then met once in a mock “project planning meeting” where the operation of TAMand the project requirements were explained. In the meeting, the customer specifications weregiven, and the “designers” could ask questions. Specifications included: • Inputs: 6 bits from the comparator circuit giving TAM's current position and 5 position bits representing TAM's desired position from the I/O card (through the connector block) • Two outputs: Motor On and Left/not Right • +5V Logic • Documentation that would explain the IC’s operation after 15 years, even after the technology was obsolete.This project was presented in a different manner than students were accustomed to - typicalweekly

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationimproved graphical user interfaces. Software in various domains became more specialized, andmechanical CAD was born in the present form. Along with CAD, other Computer-AidedManufacturing (CAM) software for planning and developing manufacturing, such as cutterpaths, improved significantly. Analysis software using finite elements became an integral part ofthe design process. Today, it is possible to purchase different software that can help in severalaspects of the design process and manufacturing simulations.The rapid increase of computational power continues to empower designers and engineers toperform more of the design and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Serdar Tumkor; Mahmut Fetvaci; Ismail Fidan

, and Computer-Aided Technical Drawing. His teaching andresearch interests include computer integrated design, process planning and manufacturing, gear andcontinuously variable transmission manufacturing, design for optimum cost, online design catalogs, andweb-based collaboration.ISMAIL FIDAN Dr. Ismail Fidan is a faculty member at the MIT department of Tennessee Tech University,Cookeville, TN. He began his academic appointment in August 2000. Dr. Fidan received his PhD inMechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1996. He is a senior member of IEEEand SME, and member of ASEE, NAIT, ASME, TAS and SMTA. Dr. Fidan also serves as an associateeditor for the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing a nd

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Almstead; Karen Williams; James Hedrick

role models for the girls participating the program.Our team consisted of 13 individuals (10 women and three men) including: (1) the director, whooversaw the financial aspects and submitted a report to the Schenectady County HealthDepartment which grants the permit for operating a children’s camp; (2) the coordinator, whoworked with the director and staff to plan the schedule and work out all of the logistical details,distributed application materials, and communicated personally with all of the participants; (3) Page 8.128.2three Union faculty - one from mechanical engineering, one from computer science, and one Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

Page threeThe development of Fieldbus technology and its dissemination was alsoaccomplished through workshops. The center presented Fieldbus workshops foreducators during two summers. About twenty educators from two-year and four-year programs attended each of the workshopsThe first summer (2001) workshop introduced Fieldbus technology in general.In addition, a roundtable discussion on development of courses in the subject washeld. Ideas from the educators were received and a plan for future workshops,training, and credit courses was made.The second workshop held the following summer (2002) was more technical andhad an extensive hands-on lab.Topics in the second summer workshop included an introduction and history ofinstrument signals, types

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Belle Upadhyaya

(ITC) at the University on instructional module development and design and planning for online instructional material.• Development of windows applications for instructional modules and interactive problem solving examples. These are incorporated into the text as well as the presentations.• Preparation of animations and video clips for incorporation into the modules. This will enhance students’ appreciation of engineering principles and minimize the boredom associated with non-synchronous web-based delivery.• Development of web-based machinery data acquisition and visualization for a vibrations laboratory using an Internet Toolkit.• Preparation of a CD-ROM text with windows applications, interactive engineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

-point in the semester proved tobe of even greater importance. By forcing the students to consider the written proposal weeksbefore its final due date, the program encouraged the students to think like technical professionalsdo when engaged in planning a document. The writing consultants do a careful reading of thedraft proposal making specific suggestions for improving the final proposal. By adding this step,students learn the value of draft preparation, document review and editing for grammar,punctuation, clarity and content.Conclusion: Page 8.1067.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chad Washington; Alene Harris

that flowed easily from one category to another. We then turned to data in the SEO and in the GR. We found that student engagementwas easily plotted directly from the categories as they stand. For each data sample in the SEO, abar representing 100% could be divided into segments of “definitely engaged,” “probablyengaged,” and “unengaged.” For each summary GR at the end of a lesson, we simply plottedthe data as a straightforward bar graph. In the spring semester of 2003, we plan to provide observed professors with formativefeedback based on data from their VOS observations. Eight observations will be spacedthroughout the semester, with cumulative feedback provided after the fourth and eighthobservations. Prior to receiving feedback

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe solution of the simultaneous algebraic equations using these schemes are found in Özisik [7]. Figure 2: Nomenclature for finite-difference nodes.VI. ImplementationThis design of experiment is planned to be integrated into the junior level heat transfer laboratoryin the spring of 2003. Each student team will be given a handout that describes the nature of theexperiment, their design objective (see Problem Statement section above), and safetyconsiderations. The student team will be asked to perform the design calculation first, to checkwith their laboratory instructor about their

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Velegol; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant

to expose them to the various engineering disciplines. The first module was very similar informat and content to the previous version of the class. The only significant change was that lessemphasis was placed on discipline-specific problem solving, which was instead handled within theseminars.In addition to the lectures, there was a team-based laboratory design component for the firstmodule based upon designing a park for an unused 20-acre parcel of university property. Eachthree-student team was given a plot of land and asked to come up with a plan for the land usingthe engineering design process.2 The expenses of their plan could not exceed a given financialconstraint. They worked together as a team to develop and rank criteria for this

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson; Tom Brumm; Anthony Ellertson

. Student retention rates havesoared; longitudinal data shows that first-year students persist into the sophomore and junioryears. Students who have participated in the ABE LC report that the LC has enhanced theiracademic experience and success. There is tangible evidence of improvement in students’writing and communication skills through the link to the first-year composition courses.We have not achieved the objective of increasing the number of female and minority students.While the number of females in the ABE Department have increased over the last three years, ithas not been dramatic. The number of minority students has not changed during the same timeperiod. Focused efforts to address this objective are planned for the future.Bibliography1

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez; Marian S. Stachowicz

students had fifteen weeks to do all the work, from the definition of the project to thedevelopment and completion of the project. To achieve the goals, the activities were planned asfollows. During the first three weeks, an intensive review covering the topics of the 68HC12microcontroller, principles of intelligent toys, sensors, and fuzzy set theory was given. Duringthis time the students also learned the use of the Fuzzy Logic Package. In the weeks four andfive the groups were formed, and the groups started to define the objectives of their projects.For the definition of the projects, the instructors gave several suggestions for possible projects,but it was strongly recommended that each group developed ideas of its own. Also severalpapers

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre; Prajesh Kondaskar; Gary Smith

. Fromthe periodic meetings held with the students during the 2002 Fall Semester and after reviewingthe interim PDA reports submitted by students, it was observed that out of the four basiclearning strategies employed (A through D) that the Peer to Peer learning strategy was the mosthelpful.References[1] "Getting Started m100 Handheld Series" Palm Inc., Santa Clara, CA, 2000.[2] http://www.palm.com and http://www.palm.net Table 1. Palm Functions vs. Student Use Function Student Use Date Book (use to plan & schedule events) 11 Address Book (store contact information) 12