this environment is maximizing“perceived sales value” relative to “production cost”, and in thi s case thecustomer’s perception is limited to a walk through. Only after the first energy billsarrive does this perception shift. By then the manufacturer has been paid.(Commercial real estate is dominated by lease -holders where customers aremore cognizant of operating costs. New commercial construction strikes abalance between amortized purchase and energy costs.) Only during periods of Page 7.1102.2high and/or rapidly increasing energy costs does the pursuit of energy efficiencybecome a dominant factor in the engineering efforts applied to houses ascomplete
., Krikke, J., Dieter, S., and Sandro, S. “Using Handheld Computers in the Classroom: Laboratoriesand Collaboration on Handheld Machines” SIGCSE 2001, 2, 1, 2001, p. 169 – 173.3. Gardner, J., Morrison, H., Jarman, R., Reilly, C., and McNally, H. “Learning with Portable Computers.”Computers and Education, 22, 1/2, 1994, p. 161-171. Page 7.1256.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education
Session 2230 Suggestions for Establishing Centers for Engineering Education Trevor S. Harding and Cynthia J. Finelli Kettering UniversityIntroductionAt the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, a group of individuals gathered for a session entitled “ARoundtable Discussion of Best Practices for Developing Centers for Engineering Education,Teaching, and Learning”. The event was part of the Breakfast of Champions session, regularlysponsored by the Educational Research Methods division of ASEE. Eleven people directlyinvolved in existing centers for engineering education were invited to
institution, established in 1890’s to serve theneeds of the minority population of the State of Alabama. During the 1970’s, the Universityentered into a lawsuit to acquire the necessary funds to carry out its land-grant mission. In1995, the court order authorized the University to establish two new engineering programs,one in Electrical Engineering and another in Mechanical Engineering. The Electrical andMechanical programs became a part of a larger legal desegregation law suit resolution in thecivil case CV 83-M-1676. This situation brought to AAMU both challenge and uniqueopportunity to develop VLSI and Microelectronics option in the Department of ElectricalEngineering.The Electrical Engineering program offers BS degree. In addition to the general
Session 1320 A Case Study of Interdisciplinary Teaching at Kansas State University M. Mizuno1, D. Lenhert2, M. Neilsen1, G. Singh1, N. Zhang3, and A. Gross4 1 Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University (KSU) { masaaki, neilsen, singh}@cis.ksu.edu* 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KSU, lenhert@ksu.edu* 3 Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, KSU, zhangn@ksu.edu* 4 The IDEA Center, 211 S. Seth Child Road, Manhattan, Kansas
Advanced Materials: A Team-Orientated Inquiry Based Approach. Journal of Engineering Education, vol.90, no.4, October 2001, pp. 637-6405. McKeage, K., Skinner, D., Seymour, R.,M., Donahue, D., W., and T., Christianson. Implementing an Interdisciplinary Marketing/Engineering Course Project: Project Format, Preliminary Evaluation, and Critical Factor Review. Journal of Marketing Education, vol. 21, no.3, December 1999, pp217-232.6. Nowaczyk, Ronald H. Perceptions of Engineers Regarding Successful Engineering Team Design, NASA/CR- 1998-206917, ICASE Report No. 98-9, February 19987. URL: http;//www.sae.org/students/aero2002.pdf8. Alden, S.,D., Laxton, R., Patzer, G., L., and L., Howard. Establishing Cross-disciplinary Marketing Education
Exhibition, Charlotte, North Carolina, Session 2225, June 20 – 23,1999. 4. H. Zhang and J. P. “Ostrowski, Visual Servoing with Dynamics: Control of an Unmanned Blimp”,Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 1999, pp618-623, May, 1999 5. E. Paulos and J. Canny, “Designing Personal Tele-embodiment”, Proceedings of IEEE InternationalConference on Robotics and Automation 1998, May, 1998 6. A. Elfes, S. S. Bueno, M. Bergerman and J. G. Ramos, “A Semi-Autonomous Robotic Airship forEnvironmental Monitoring Mission”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics andAutomation 1998, pp3449-3455, May, 1998
, vol. 15, no. 1, 1985, pp. 43-47.8. Kramberg-Walker, C., "The Need to Provide Writing Support for Academic Engineers," IEEE Transactions onProfessional Communication, vol. 36, no. 3, 1993, pp. 130-136.9. Hill, S. T., 2001. "Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2000, NSF 02-305" National Science Foundation,Division of Science Resources Statistics, Table 4. Accessed on: January 30, 2002. Available athttp://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf02305/start.htm10. Desruisseaux, P., "Foreign Students Continue to Flock to the U.S. Annual report finds that economic turmoil inAsia did not lead to a decrease in enrollments," The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 10, 1999, p. A57.11. Allison, D., Cooley, L., Lewkowicz, J., & Nunan, D., "Dissertation
Session 3447 Using Computer Aided Design to Teach Engineering to Both College and High School Students: Bridging the Age Gap with Technology David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgI. IntroductionThis paper describes the use of a computer-aided design (CAD) software packageoriginally developed as a vehicle for outreach to high school students but proven equallyviable for teaching technology to college students. This application research reports theresults of a program that concurrently enlisted science and math students at a secondaryschool in central Pennsylvania as
experience. As the results of the survey show,mentoring is one mechanism that can be used to retain women and minority engineering faculty.BACKGROUNDMore Jobs than Engineers to Fill ThemAccording to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, civil engineers held about 195,000 jobs in theU.S. in 1998. Employment of civil engineers is expected to increase faster that average whencompared to all occupations through 2008. Between 1998 and 2008, the Bureau predicts thatthere will be approximately 78,000 openings for civil engineers, with over half (41,000) being newpositions (AAES,2000). Most other engineering disciplines also expect higher that averagegrowth in the coming years. Looking at other high-growth engineering disciplines, there areapproximately
include bacterial fermentation, yeast production, mass transferin bioreactors, continuous in-line cell disruption, semicontinuous centrifugation, ultrafiltration,microfiltration, and ion exchange chromatography. Kinetics of Batch Fermentation, based on anexperiment developed at NJIT byHanesian and Perna 14, is run withE. coli (a nonpathogenic strain)as well as S. cerevisiae (Baker’syeast) and includes HPLC (highperformance liquidchromatography) analysis of thefermentation broth for substrateand product concentrations.Students are shown taking a cellsample in Figure 1 and analyzingthe broth in Figure 2. Anotherexperiment, Oxygen Transfer inBioreactors, utilizes Baker’syeast in the exponential growthphase to generate dynamic datafor
Session 2002 Innovative Educational Tool for Learning Materials Handling Principles, Concepts, Equipment and Analytical Models Sunderesh S. Heragu, Robert J. Graves, Charles J. Malmborg, Sybillyn Jennings Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/Russell Sage CollegeAbstractMaterials handling is a vital function in a manufacturing or distribution system. Efficient handling ofmaterial allows such systems to operate at high levels of productivity. US companies invest over $60billion annually in materials handling technology. It is therefore extremely
-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, Freeman, New York, NY, 1997.[6] Ponton, M. K., Edmister, J. H., Ukeiley, L. S., and Seiner, J. M., “Understanding the Role of Self-Efficacy in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 247 – 251, April 2001.[7] Brown, B. L., Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Career Development, The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education Digest No. 205, Columbus, OH, 1999. http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed429187.html[8] Caine, R. N., and Caine, G., “Understanding a Brain-Based Approach to Learning and Teaching, ”Educational Leadership 48, No. 2, pp. 66-70, October 1990.[9] Swainston, F., A Systems Approach to
identify, formulate, and solve industrial engineeringproblems’, into our linear programming course. While all senior projects involve theidentification and solution of IE problems, the formulation step is not always a formal model. Inthis case, we mapped only an objective related to modeling into the course.Stage 2: Data CollectionAfter we completed the mapping, the second stage was to begin collection of “portfolio”assignments. Given the outcome(s) assigned to a course, the faculty member teaching the courseselected an assignment that could be used to demonstrate proficiency in the outcome. Theseassignments are typically course projects, not developed specifically for the portfolio but ratherto meet course objectives. The assignments are graded
publishing Internet-based courses,and we have outlined some of the things that we believe will be necessary and important for aneffective learning environment for the student.Bibliography1. A. Saad, "Interdepartmental Collaboration on Web-based Education at the College of Applied Science, the Universityof Cincinnati", 1999 Syllabus Conference, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, July 25-29,1999 - poster session.2. M. Martinez, "Designing Learning Objects to Mass Customize and Personalize Learning." In Wiley, D. (ed.),Instructional Use of Learning Objects. Association for Educational Communications & Technology, November,2000.3. G. McCalla, J. Vassileva, J. Greer, and S. Bull, "Active Learner Modeling", Fifth International Conference
® CompilerThe MathWorks uses the phrase “MATLAB Compiler,” with a capital letter C, to referto the product that translates M-files to C or C++ source code [1]. The word "compiler"with a lowercase c is used to refer to the C or C++ compiler. The MATLAB ® Compilerversion 2.1 may be used to take M-files as input and produce the following outputs: Csource code for building MEX-files, C or C++ source code for combining with othermodules to form stand-alone applications, C code S-functions for use with Simulink ®, orcode for C shared libraries and C++ static libraries. The four main reasons to compileM-files are: (1) To speed up the execution of programs, (2) To create stand-aloneapplications, (3) To create C shared libraries or C++ static libraries, and (4
, 1993.5. Karunamoorthy S., “Problem Workshop – A Viable Concept for Design Integration”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1994.6. Shaeiwitz J.A., "Classroom Assessment", Journal of Engineering Education, April 1998.7. Karunamoorthy S. and Olliges R.H., “Web Technology in Engineering Education – How and Why”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2000. Page 7.1029.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationDr. Swami Karunamoorthy is the Associate Dean for Engineering at Parks
as enhancements to the current system, rather than “change”, can help. (Lever)A trait of leadership maturity, and a goal of lifelong learning, is for each student to become a“conscious competent”. Understanding what motivates others, and being able to craft proposalsin terms that accomplish this, is to become a conscious competent. A s kill that is required to dothis effectively is to become an active listener.The signals are all around us; we just have to be “tuned” to receiving them. Effective listeningsaves time and money, and people who listen well make fewer mistakes, create fewerinterpersonal misunderstandings and are more likely to make positive first impressions (Joyner).Establishing successful two-way communication is done
Humidity sensor ResultsGraph 8: Hydrogen Humidity Graph 9: De-ionized Water ConductivityAlthough there are several factors that may account for the behavior of the cells, the increase inconductivity of the water indicated in the graphs is a possible problem and prevented furthertesting of the system until the water could be replaced.V. ConclusionThe Texas Tech fuel cell powered SUV has been designed and built and is currently under goingdebug and test. The LabVIEW monitoring and control system has proven to be a versatile andpowerful hardware and software combination for this complex project.VI. AcknowledgementThe U. S. Department of Energy, General Motors, Honeywell and Quantum have providedinvaluable experience for the
Session Number: 2002-1829 Integrating Entrepreneurship in Informatics Education S Alexander & H G McAllister, University of Ulster, N. IrelandAbstractThe University of Ulster places a strong emphasis on vocational education and work-based learning. Furthermore, the Faculty of Informatics has recognised achievementsin technology transfer and industrial collaboration. This paper outlines how theindustrial partnerships forged and experiences gained through these ventures have beenutilised in the design, delivery and assessment of an undergraduate module inentrepreneurship. Different models for
learning practices, to provide astarting point for them to go on to develop their own teaching practice.A key component of the Centre is the development of a clear and considered strategyfor dissemination and transfer to institutions, so that all Materials faculty nationallyare able to identify appropriate practice for themselves and improve their practice.The UK Centre for Materials Education therefore aims for national solutions focusedon collaboration and community, rather than competition and fragmentation.REFERENCES1 Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund, Paper 99/48 , Higher Education Funding Council for England(see web page at http://www.hefce.ac.uk), Bristol, 1999.2 Dewulf, S., and Baillie, C., CASE: Creativity in Art, Science and Engineering
Environmental Engineering Capstone Design Course. In Proceedings – ASEE Annual Conference 2001.7. D. Gerbus, E. Odom, and S. Beyerlein. Applying Theory of Constraints to Solicit Feedback and Structure Improvements to a Capstone Design Experience. In Proceedings – ASEE Annual Conference 2001.8. A. Dutson, R. Todd, S. Magleby, and C. Sorensen. A review of literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented capstone course. Journal of Engineering Education, v 81, n 1, 1997, pp. 17-28.J. PAUL GIOLMADr. Giolma is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Trinity University and a registeredProfessional Engineer in the State of Texas. Dr. Giolma has been a member of ASEE since 1981 and is a member ofIEEE
applications include dinnerware, electrical insulators, anddecorative objects such as vases. Porcelains are distinguished from other clay-based traditionalceramics by their high mechanical strength, high electrical resistivity, low porosity, andtranslucency. At UMR, students learn about the science of traditional ceramics from asophomore lecture class, Ceramics in the Modern World, in addition to the laboratory class.Table 3. Components and typical composition of a triaxial porcelain. Component Amount (wt. %) Types Mineral Composition(s) Clay 50% Ball Clay Al2O3•2SiO2•2H2O (all types) China Clay Feldspar 25
Session 1869 Development of the First Architectural Engineering Professional Engineers’ Examination Patricia S. Brown, P.E., Thomas E. Glavinich, D.E., P.E. Architectural Engineering Institute of ASCE/University of KansasIntroduction Historically graduates of Architectural Engineering (AE) programs have taken principlesand practices examinations in engineering disciplines that only partially address the breadth oftheir undergraduate education. An AE principles and practice examination is currently beingdeveloped to cover the key areas of engineering education that an AE
Sophomore Engineering Clinic: An Introduction to the Design Process Through a Series of Open Ended Projects”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Charlotte, North Carolina, Session 2225, June 20 – 23, 1999. 3. S. Farrell, R. P. Hesketh, J. A. Newell, and C. S. Slater, Introducing Freshmen to Reverse Process Engineering and Design through Investigation of the Brewing Process”, International Journal of Engineering Education. 17(6), 2001. 4. L. Hrebien, R. Carr, Integrating the Engineering Curriculum through a Design Contest, ASEE Mid-Atlantic Region Spring Meeting, Glassboro, New Jersey, April 21, 2001
tiny cell manipulators to list but a few. The developmentof the scanning tunneling microscope and the subsequent introduction of the atomic forcemicroscope in the 80’s and 90’s are a further realization of Professor Feynman’s challenge.These two metrology systems enable the characterization and manipulation or both single atomsand molecules. The discovery of fullerene molecules and an elongated variant of them, carbonnanotubes, are further enhancing our ability to manipulate and measure nanostructures andatoms. Professor Charles Lieber and his team at Harvard University recently demonstrated anano-circuit fabricated from nano-wires that were placed using MEMS-type micro-channels2.The innovation successes reviewed above initially required the
theexperiment to obtain experimental data, considering how to represent the data(descriptively, graphically, in tabular form, …), and then interpreting theexperimental results and formulating conclusions. Student Learning Objectives Students should be able to: 1a.) Translate a problem statement or a question into an appropriate experiment(s) to provide data that illuminates the nature of the problem and suggests solutions. 1b.) Successfully conduct the experiment and obtain the information/data desired. 1c.) Demonstrate the ability to select an appropriate representation of the data/information obtained from the experiment. 1d.) Successfully use necessary tools
) Technical Paper No. ER96-221, Presented at the International Conference on Education in Manufacturing, San Diego, March 13-15, 1996. 2. Al-Holou, N. et al., “First-Year Integrated Curricula: Design Alternatives and Examples,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no. 4, 1999, pp. 435-448. 3. Lang, J.D., S. Cruse, F.D. McVey, and J. McMaster,” Industry Expectations of New Engineers: A Survey to Assist Curriculum Designers,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no. 1, 1999, pp. 43-51. 4. Wilcox, L. C., “Engineering for the 21st Century,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Paper no. 94-WA/TS-3, Presented at the 1994 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago
rocket manufacturer pd 2 A= Frontal Area of Rocket = where d is the diameter of the rocket body (in2 ) 4 r = air density lbf s2 in-4 u= velocity of rocket in/sAll the values in this equation are readily available except the air density. To give the studentsexposure to reading chart values and converting units a psychometric chart was used to obtainthis value as a function of outside temperature and humidity. This chart is shown in figure 5 onthe following page. The unit conversion required is 1 lbm 1 × lbf × s 2 1× f 3 r
thing one can efficiently teach is how to learn."AcknowledgementsThe third author wishes to thank his colleagues Miguel Sá Fernandes and Rui Ribeiro for help during theexperimental stages of the work.The support of Eng. Fernando Oliveira, Principal Research Officer, is gratefully acknowledged.Bibliographic information1. Automated System for Educational Training on Punching Process Characterization, Teresa Restivo and Joaquim Mendes, National Instruments User Solution (Education/Mechanical Engineering), Texas, 1998.2. Experiential Learning – Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, D. A. Kolb, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1984.3. Strength of Materials, S. P. Timoshenko, 3rd edition, D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, 1956.4. The Real