Conference Session

NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

find engineering positions, particularly for seasoned managers.Never the less, many former colleagues continued to search within these careers, while a fewbranched out and explored alternate professions.But one important question had to be answered. Were the skills learned and practiced as anengineering manager transferable? Engineering managers were usually proficient in planning,scheduling, organizing, exploring, controlling, mentoring, communicating, leading, budgeting,administrating and allocating scarce resources. After independent investigation it was determinedthat these skills were not only transferable but necessary in a wide variety of other fields.Opportunities existed in industry, education, government, project management and

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

listed above while recognizing the limitations ofa freshman class. The time spent on the design project is balanced with an academic successportion of the course, with 1/3 of the course focused on the Wobbler design. The class is teamtaught, with the author covering the Wobbler portion of the course. Students in this requireddesign course are in their first semester, and are typically taking a material science course,calculus, and chemistry at the same time. Only ME students take this course, with each of theother WKU engineering programs offering discipline-specific design courses in the first semesteras well. The freshman design courses in the other disciplines have projects that can becharacterized by the three attributes above, but they use

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raghu Echempati; Arnaldo Mazzei

Session 3266 Student Understanding of Program Outcomes through Formative and Summative Course-Level Assessment Raghu Echempati, Arnaldo Mazzei and Karim Nasr Mechanical Engineering Department Kettering University Flint, MI 48504AbstractIn this paper, an approach is suggested to begin a process in which each student, while solving ahomework problem, or a test or a project is asked to provide additional information concerningwhat concept(s) is (are) targeted in each homework problem and to what extent, if any

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Sanver; Li Yang

issues and concernsfrom students’ feedback and our own teaching experience. The following are some of them andour ways in dealing with them: 1. Undergraduates have no chance to learn database implementations. There are always gifted undergraduate students who are curious to know how a DBMS works or who want to apply what they have learned in data structures, algorithms and operating systems to the management of data. Our CS600-level courses are dedicated to graduate students. Putting database implementation into CS643 means that our undergraduate students have no chance to learn it. As a tentative solution, these students are encouraged to take database implementation projects in CS597. CS597 is a course on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chenhhsin Liu; Ken Patton

Session 1526 Curriculum Development for Rapid Prototyping Ken Patton and Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu, Saddleback College/ California State University, Los Angeles Project web address: http://www.rptechnician.comAbstractThis project (NSF ATE DUE 0302314) is in its last year of a three-year project. It was fundedJuly 1, 2001. The focus of the grant is to develop curriculum to train technicians in the use ofsolid modeling as a “Time Compression” tool to help manufacturers and designers reduce cycletime to market. Curriculum is

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

.• Students will be asked to demonstrate the ability to size a pump for a given piping system and to select an operating configuration to avoid pump cavitation.• Students will be asked to demonstrate the ability to analyze a heat exchanger: given two flow streams, calculate expected outlet temperatures.• Students will be asked to demonstrate the ability to function as a member of a design team. [This is evaluated by performance as part of a group while solving the semester long design project.]Program Educational Objectives Supported 1. Graduates entering immediately into professional practice upon graduation are capable of performing duties of an entry-level engineering position. 2. Graduates pursuing graduate studies are

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wronecki

professionalpractices the system seeks to provide a way for students to become engaged in a useful designmethodology.Information ArchitectureThe author currently uses the IdeasAlive System to structure an introductory level college coursein visual design thinking. Designed to be applicable to many kinds of challenges the systemprovides a way to design almost any kind of inventive project. The system is presented as a kindof comprehensive “ideation” or “design” game that supports game play or visual design thinkingthrough the integration of critical thinking2, role playing3, mind mapping4, and creative drawingactivities. In the design game the teacher/professor plays the role of a design manager and acts asa director, mentor, project facilitator, and design

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taner Eskil; Mark Urban-Lurain; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

impacts on student motivation, learning,and retention.The paper outlines this pairwise linkages model, the goals of this project, the framework forevaluating the linkages and the types of data we are collecting as part of the evaluation effort. Page 9.362.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationResults from the current study confirm that problem-based team work enhances student attitudestowards MatLab.IntroductionUndergraduate education in engineering has been generally successful over the last

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yuko Hoshino; Masakatsu Matsuishi; Wayne Sanders

transition from EDI to EDII. A “Project Summary Report” was introduced toachieve this seamless transition.The second revision of EDE started in 2000. Websites for EDI and EDII were opened for studentsand instructors to use. The websites contain teaching materials, templates for assignments, paststudent design projects, a bulletin board for information to students, and a question-and-answerbox.Today, both the face-to-face instruction system and the e-learning system are used. TheEngineering Design courses are being taught face-to-face in the classroom, while collaborativecommunication functions of the e-learning system are being used to help the student teamscomplete weekly assignments. Since each student spends approximately five hours on

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Veronica Dark; Mary Huba; Kevin Saunders; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

Session 1657 Implementation and Assessment of Industrial Engineering Curriculum Reform Sigurdur Olafsson, Kevin Saunders, John Jackman, Frank Peters, Sarah Ryan, Veronica Dark, and Mary Huba Iowa State UniversityAbstractWe describe a curriculum reform project that aims to improve the industrial engineeringcurriculum through a web-based learning environment that engages students in active andcollaborative learning. This environment focuses on engineering problems solving, increasedinformation technology content, and the higher order cognitive skills

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Sinha; Randolph Thomas; John Kulka

socialimpact awareness and ethical behavior into professional practice. The challenge engineeringeducators face is to develop strategies that will raise the awareness of students regarding ethicalissues related to construction at the same time that they are developing their technical expertise.Education has a special opportunity to train people to live and work in accord with societalvalues. Construction Courses in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at thePennsylvania State University focus on the planning, organization, monitoring and control of theconstruction projects. The emphasis of these courses is on engineering design of constructionprocess. The student gains the knowledge necessary to apply engineering principles in

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

these courses include electricalcircuits, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, material balances, properties of materials, structuralmechanics and thermodynamics. Unlike the traditional approach, however, each of thefoundation courses includes a mix of these topics, presented in a variety of disciplinary contexts.A solid background is developed by touching key concepts at several points along the spiral indifferent courses, adding depth and sophistication at each pass. Each foundation course alsostresses the development of several essential skills, such as problem-solving, oral and writtencommunication, the design process, teamwork, project management, computer analysis methods,laboratory investigation, data analysis and model development. Students

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

offered under quarters.Current Course Structure of Freshman Engineering.ENGR 1550 Basic Engineering Concepts (3 SH)The first course in the current sequence at Youngstown State University is ENGR 1550 BasicEngineering Concepts, offered only in the Fall Semester. The three semester hour course iscomprised of two lecture hours and three laboratory hours per week. The course replaced theprevious survey course. In the lecture portion, all registered freshman engineering students, upto 200, meet together in a large auditorium. The room features curved, classroom riser seatingwith tables as a workspace and a visual presenter and computer connected to a projection system.The projection system is comprised of a large screen at the front of the auditorium

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Urban; Debra Banks; Mary Anderson-Rowland

the computer basics course in order to apply software development skills during thesame semester. In addition, the wireless handheld Internet devices are addressed from thestandpoint of acquiring computer skills and the applicability to time management and studyskills. The paper concludes with a survey and retention data to support the concepts and futureresearch directions. The research reported in this paper was part of a larger project supported bya grant through the State of Arizona Proposition 301 program. Page 9.592.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Granlund

project based learning module the students were given a chance towork in project teams and design a desktop CD Holder and build a working prototype oftheir design. The module employed a series of 11 Knowledge and Skill Builder (KSBs)activities and gave students experience in the design process and evaluation along withmanufacturing techniques and materials and how they impact product design.The paper also describes a design project that was completed by freshman two-yearengineering technology students in their introductory engineering graphics/CAD course.This project required the students to design and generate a set of working drawings for anaccelerator pedal of the ASME Student Baja Vehicle. The ASME Baja Vehicle was builtby the Altoona College

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

Session 2260 Student Design for the Developing World Richard Vaz, Stephen J. Bitar Worcester Polytechnic Institute Timothy Prestero, Neil Cantor Design that MattersI. IntroductionThe Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) has instituted a sophomore-level course entitled “ECE Design” to focus on teachingdesign as a process, with the specific intents of better preparing students for their senior capstonedesign projects, and at the same time

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Waters

projects undertaken by the ACCeSS members, and then discusses insome depth one of the technical projects performed by an undergraduate student at the U.S.Naval Academy with support from a faculty member as well as an engineer from a consultingcompany. The project is a physical hydrodynamic model test program for surface effect shipdesign and analysis. The project has served to engage students, faculty and industryprofessionals within and outside of the U.S. Naval Academy in an exciting, technicallychallenging, multidisciplinary effort that has application to the military and commercial industry.IntroductionThe Atlantic Center for the Innovative Design and Control of Small Ships (ACCeSS) is aconsortium of several academic and industry partners. The

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci-Kuchler; Jonathan Weaver

outcomes from this step strongly influence both the rest of thedevelopment effort and the ultimate success or failure of the product. When students work inteams in product development (PD) projects, they often tend to start generating solution conceptsright away without carefully identifying all the stakeholders that must be taken intoconsideration, determining all the customer needs, and establishing their relative importance. Thereason for this may be twofold. First, many engineering students believe that in their professionalcareer they will seldom be actively involved in the identification of the customer needs. Second,it is more appealing for engineering students to embark in the creative and open-ended process ofconcept generation than to

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Farris

classes followthe same schedule, and participate in the same experiential learning component but havedifferent curriculum, texts, and faculty. The classes meet together or separately in order tofacilitate a learning community surrounding the product innovation process. Faculty membersevaluate students in their own disciplines. The objective of the project is to design a new to theworld product and create a market entry plan. The engineering and marketing students worktogether to research and develop a product that the customers want and that can be produced fora price the customers are willing to pay.The complex collaboration between marketing and engineering students is facilitated using amodified product innovation process. The model provides a

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Ziegler

, engineering, math, and science have dropped offsignificantly and continue to decline. Student scores in math and science in the United States(US) are significantly lower than other developed countries. To alleviate these declines, schoolsare attempting to interest students from kindergarten to grade 12 (k-12) in technology,engineering, math, and science disciplines. Schools across the US have implemented a variety offormal programs such as Project Lead-the-Way in attempts to promote student interest in thesefields. Additionally, technology and engineering have been introduced to middle and secondaryschool curriculums using a variety of less formal methods. For example, students can participatein structural load competitions, mousetrap powered vehicle

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Marshall; Steven Budd; Michael Fountain; Paul Givens

and society.The historical paradigm often has inherent difficulties when attempting to integrate highlyspecialized professionals into functional, efficient, and effective teams focused on technologycommercialization and product development. Due to the training and specialization of thedifferent professions (scientists, physicians, engineers, business individuals), there tends to be a“silo effect” where each professional has an immense amount of knowledge and expertise withinhis/her own area, but has difficulty crossing disciplines to understand and function successfullywithin a team format.Entrepreneurship results in the creation of economic value by utilization of research andtechnical information and knowledge in inter-disciplinary projects

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alex See

Session number 2756 Hands-on learning and implementing using LabVIEWTM for undergraduates in 13 weeks Alex See, PhD Monash University Malaysia, School of Engineering and Science, No. 2 Jalan Kolej, Bandar Sunway, 46150, PJ, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia email: alex.see@engsci.monash.edu.myAbstractSecond year Mechatronics undergraduates, in the year 2003 at Monash UniversityMalaysia (MUM) were taking a subject module known as Project and Practice. Studentswere exposed to National Instrument’s LabVIEWTM software and hardware for the firsttime. They were required to

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; John Hackworth

varied an exposure to digital. For this reason, the labs in this course aremeant to be a mixture of basic digital review as well as upper level digital design topics. Both the on-campus and DL versions of EET 315W labs are divided into two parts. Thefirst half of the course consists of six labs designed, tested and simulated with Multi-Sim 7.0electronic simulator and one hardware lab. The second half of the lab challenges the student todesign, build, test, transfer to wire-wrap, retest, troubleshoot, and then demonstrate a majorhardware project. The specifications for the project force the student to use the design theoryand techniques developed via the seven labs. The on-campus students have the advantage of theuse of the departmental

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Prathivadi Ravikumar

Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) defines Engineering Managementas “the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing andcontrolling activities which have a technological component”1. This definition is followed by thesentence: “Engineering Management is rapidly becoming recognized as a professionaldiscipline.” Engineering managers are distinguished from other managers by the fact that theyposses both an ability to apply engineering principles and a skill in organizing and directingtechnical projects and people in technical jobs”. The Systems Engineering Management courseuses a systematic approach to both the system design / engineering and management aspects. Inaddition, the course offers the link between

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Cordelia Brown

multiple sections offered inthis course. This learning model is being applied to half of the sections. Students register forone of the offered “Introduction to Digital Logic” sections. Students have no knowledge thatthere are different modalities of instruction. This method assures a nearly random assignment tosections. The remaining sections will receive the traditional approach to instruction. Thesections using the learning model receive instruction through a combination of lecturing, activelearning exercises, collaborative learning exercises, and peer instruction exercises. In thesesections, students are engaged in challenge projects and presentations. Instructors and teachingassistants are provided with special training workshops on techniques

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi L. Patton

Focus on Tar Creek By Christi L. Patton The University of TulsaAbstract Tar Creek is #1 on the EPA cleanup list and it is located about 90 miles from theUniversity of Tulsa campus. While the legislators and residents debate what should bedone to clean up the area, freshman Chemical Engineering students research the historyof Tar Creek and use this as a starting point for lectures and lively discussion on safetyand ethics. Throughout the course students perform practice calculations that are basedon the information gleaned through research. During the last weeks of the semester thestudents participate in a research project that

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

2406 Teaching Real-life Risk Management to MS Construction Students Gouranga C, Banik, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor School of Architecture, Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA 30060AbstractThe nature of the ‘messiness’ of the real projects in which we are involved determines how ourconstruction practice proceeds. In order to train future construction students, we need to preparethem with the skills to deal with this

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

aligned with national science and mathematics standards. Therefore, in thefuture, students will come into engineering and technology programs at the post secondary levelalready having these basic visual skill. This paper will discuss this new national project and howits approach to technogical and visual literacy can impact instructional approaches to engineeringdesign graphics at the secondary and post-secondary levels.IntroductionThe NSF VisTE (Visualization in Technology Education) Project is designed to promote the useof higher order thinking and communication skills and the understanding of technology,mathematics, and science through the use of graphic visualization tools. High school studentsusing simple and complex visualization tools

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Rogers; Phil Lunsford; Paul Kauffmann

identifiedrecommendations for best practices in new engineering curricular models and the bullets belowsummarize these points. • Implementation of “engineering up front”: the exposure of freshmen to hands-on, real- world engineering practice early in their undergraduate education, ranging from ‘professional level’ laboratory facilities to realistic design projects. Many engineering programs have postponed this experience until the junior or senior year. • Integration of students working in teams rather than independently, including cooperative learning, especially in the earlier undergraduate years. Although the study found an emphasis on a team approach as a difficult process (including problems related to team composition, organization, methods

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

complete with a challenge to map boundariesand trails for the National Park, to reduce erosion, or to improve water quality; all critical issuesto the infrastructure of the Island. Contracting by the Department of Environment and Tourism,teams from the International (EPICS) course practice engineering design in a culturally diverseenvironment. The Design (EPICS) program at CSM Technicalintroduces multi-disciplinary teams of first Process Knowledgeand second year engineering students to Knowledge Valuesdesign, technical communications, andteamwork through an open-ended, client- Researchbased project. The program emphasizes an Skills Design