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Gilbert Wedekind; Christopher Kobus

this project. Although challenging, former studentsyears later will visit us and the recuperator design project is an early topic of discussion. Page 6.767.11 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationVII. Summary and ConclusionsThis paper provided a detailed description of the final design project in the Fluid and ThermalSystem Design course offered to seniors at Oakland University. This course is intended to givestudents a global perspective of the design process, integrating the entire taxonomy

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Rob Guardiola; Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

measurable Key Actions, which students maytake to demonstrate their development, have been defined. An appropriate measurementapproach has been identified for the Key Actions. Validation of the development process by thecontributing constituents is in progress.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has instituted fundamental changesin accreditation procedures. A shift in focus from traditional "inputs" metrics to defining andmeasuring what is expected of graduates is well into implementation1. Criterion 3, Program Outcomes Page 6.383.1and Assessment, states, “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their

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strategies.I. IntroductionCommon approaches to the promotion of critical thinking involve the application of “activelearning” in the classroom and writing assignments outside the classroom.Schrivner1 has cited the difficulty in motivating students to participate, noting the importance ofsetting an expectation of participation in classroom dialog. Another common frustration is thedifficulty in finding time to move class room time beyond the first few levels of course materialintroduction and application while still fitting all the desired topics into the course.Writing assignments have gained popularity as a means of allowing students to practice theircritical thinking skills. This resurgence is due in part to the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum(WAC

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Wayne Krause; Chenoa Jensen; CASEY ALLEN; Michael J Batchelder; Daniel F. Dolan

the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education(11) Bibliography1. Pai, Devdas M., Juri Filatovs & Richard Layton , Using Design Contests to Enhance Manufacturing Education, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2000.2. Calkins, Dale, et. al.,“An Educational Paradigm’s First Year of Operation”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2000.3. Klett, David, et. al., “Integrating Auto Racing in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2000.4. Batchelder, M. L. and D.F. Dolan “Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Production

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Vladimir Nikulin; Victor Skormin

advancements come at the right time: the amounts of knowledgeexpected at the baccalaureate and master’s levels show drastic increase. The system ofengineering education is especially vulnerable to the effects of Internet, global communicationsystems, computers, etc. However, there is one area in engineering education that is stilldominated by classical teaching/learning methodology: the laboratory. This could be easilyexplained: the purpose of an engineering laboratory course is to teach future engineers to interactwith the “real hardware” in all its imperfection. Any attempt to replace the “real hardware” in astudent laboratory with the most elaborate simulation software can result in the loss of realismand prevents students from gaining important

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Gregory Kremer; Bhavin Mehta

integrated within the IPS.I. IntroductionThe most appropriate method of presenting material in an engineering course depends on manyfactors, but two of the main considerations are the intellectual maturity level of the students andthe desired objectives or outcomes of the course. Although students in entry-level mechanicalengineering courses have been through the Calculus and Physics sequence, they are oftenunprepared for the “new thinking” required to solve engineering analysis problems. The processof reading a description of a physical situation, deciding which analytical theory applies,converting the physical situation into a solvable mathematical model, solving the model, andfinally visualizing the forces and motions to evaluate the physical

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Jonathan Barnett; Holly Ault

at engineering schools of the time. Under the WPIPlan, all students are required to complete three projects as degree requirements: a HumanitiesSufficiency, an Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), and a Major Qualifying Project (MQP).After thirty years, these project-based activities remain the core of the undergraduate curriculum atWPI. The Major Qualifying Project allows students work in teams on real-life projects in thestudents’ major areas of study. The students solve problems typical of those that will beencountered as entry-level professionals. These projects allow students to demonstrate most if not Page 6.364.1

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Earl Owen

purely student-motivatededucational system this may be satisfactory, but the constraints of a degree within an accrediteduniversity curriculum require otherwise. Motivation often increases, however, when studentscompare themselves to one another. Having students report their work periodically to the entireclass motivates them to keep up with the class norm.Another difficulty with student-motivated learning is that it is time- and labor-intensive for theteacher. The teacher needs to be very involved in each students work in order to identifyproposed lab experiments that are likely to become disasters, as well as to help insure thesuccess of valid lab objectives. It is easy for a student to fall behind and become discouragedwhen he or she is not

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, and the Bibb County Public School System. The program has thefollowing goals: • establish annual summer math, science, and engineering day camps for girls and boys from the Central South neighborhood • develop curricula that can be tested in the camp by teachers and then be integrated into the public school curriculum • create tiered mentoring networks among the camp attendees, high school students, and college students that can be maintained throughout the school year • expose college math, science, and engineering students with a possible interest in teaching to the camp format and teachers from the public school system • expose the high school mentors to college math, science

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Bertram Pariser

. IntroductionStudents must be taught to think critically, communicate, and work together effectively.At TCI, The College for Technology we have over 4000 students who speak 100different languages. In the EET (Electronics Engineering Technology) program, ourstudents work toward an AAS degree in 5 semesters. Teaching critical thinking as part ofthe course curriculum is a goal.Problem solving provides a key element in Engineering Training. To develop criticalthinking, students are assigned teams. The members of each team have only English as acommon language. Each team works on problems as a unit. Students learn to formulateword problems. They begin by drawing a picture of each problem and then discussingthe objective of the problem.Because the teams function as

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Kathryn Jablokow

Session 3425 Invention and Creative Design: Getting from Thought to Thing Kathryn W. Jablokow The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a course entitled Invention and Creative Design that is currently taught aspart of the Systems and Software Engineering programs at Penn State University’s School forGraduate Professional Studies. The course was designed to support several modules in theseprograms, including a core skill-based module and a module focused on innovation. This paperwill provide an overview of the objectives and the content of this

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Paul Flikkema

parts and programmed in the high-level NQC language using the Robolab RCX microcontroller module. As the semester proceeds,students tackle an array of interrelated problems that motivate the study of sensor signal process-ing, control, scheduling, and resource sharing. In a final project, the students tackle a distributedintelligence project in which an odometry-equipped robot communicates with a PC-based pro-gram that tracks the robot’s position. To encourage adoption by other electrical engineering andcomputer engineering programs, a detailed description of the required resources and their cost isincluded.IntroductionThere is no doubt that developments in microelectronics and computing technology in the last halfof this century have changed

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Alisha Waller

AmericanEducational Research Association. Next, I illustrate how the addition of qualitative researchcould enhance two important engineering education research studies. Finally I propose asynergistic research model that uses both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies andexplore the necessary resources to implement such a model.I. IntroductionThe learning process is fascinating and complex, universal and yet uniquely personal. Withinengineering education, we have made great strides in the past 30 years in understanding manyfundamentals of learning engineering. We have explored the impact of appropriately structuredcooperative learning activities, the connections created through integrated curricula, and manyother important advances in the

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(differentiation, integration, symbolic math, etc.)Final PresentationsStudent teams present a computer slide show using PowerPoint, to a panel of judges.Mid-Term Exam (10% of final grade)There is a written or hands-on exam administered during the regular class time by eachinstructor.Final Exam (15% of grade)A common multiple-choice exam reviewing concepts learned in each module is given at theend of the semester.III. FacultyThe faculty selected for teaching these courses had to satisfy two criteria: between the sixfaculty it was desirable to have each of the five disciplines represented; they should bechosen from among each department’s “star” teachers. The latter criterion was veryimportant for creating an initial favorable impression with the freshmen

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racing. As an important part of the solar carteam, the instrumentation team not only learns technical skills, but also the soft skills ofplanning, managing, and working with others to reach a common goal.IntroductionFocusing engineering education on projects and competitions is a popular approach togiving students experience with real open-ended design problems, teamwork,communication, and leadership1,2,3,4. ABET requires engineering programs todemonstrate that their graduates have fundamental knowledge and know how to apply itworking in teams. Student teams participating in solar car racing develop not onlytechnical skills, but also communication, project management, and teaming skills. TheCenter for Advanced Manufacturing and Production (CAMP

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Warren Phillips; Joseph Clair Batty; John Gershenson; Christine Hailey

performance levels are met anduse of these results in the curriculum revision process. Sarin20 provides a general, detailed planto assist faculty with the development of a curricular review process. Continuous improvement,including the importance of documentation, is discussed but no formal process is described. Acurriculum renewal process, including analysis of existing curriculum, followed by design andimplementation of a new curriculum is provided by Leonard, et. al.21 Once the renewedcurriculum is in place, they provide an accreditation preparation methodology for assessment andcontinuous improvement. They too emphasize the importance of documentation.Our literature review, described in the previous paragraphs, points to a need for a

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inspiration, enablers, and challenges for innovation. In addition,issues related to innovation institutionalization (or sustainability) and to evidence gathered by thepanelists to assess and evaluate the institutionalizing process are discussed. Themes andcommonalities of the responses are presented and related to literature on the diffusion ofinnovation.1. IntroductionInnovation "is an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual, [even if it isnot] objectively new as measured by the lapse of time since its first use or discovery."1 To gain asense of how innovation is occurring in current engineering education environments in thiscountry, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (hereafter referred to as

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senses; homework as a visual-mental exercise). The software engines used in the interactive applications are intended to reinforce technical concepts with graphic presentations that are keyed to student selected learning styles.3. Lecture Notes. Each module contains a set of course-ready lecture notes for use as in-class presentations. These lecture notes are integrated with the interactive application and include active learning in-class assignments. Whenever an active learning strategy is first used in a module, the lecture notes contain entries guiding the students through the use of the active learning strategy. Formal cooperative learning (CL) strategies include: affinity diagrams, formulate share listen create, group

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Stephen M. Batill; Natalie Gedde

2001, American Society for Engineering Education”existing emphasis on disciplinary depth. The overarching goal was to better prepare students tobe effective engineers and life-long learners.To this end, the College of Engineering began efforts to integrate the student-center activities inthose parts of the curriculum where they could provide the greatest benefit. The first majoreffort was to restructure the First Year curriculum for all engineering intents. This included thedevelopment and introduction of a new two-course sequence entitled “Introduction toEngineering Systems” for all students who intend to enter the College of Engineering in theirsecond year. These truly multidisciplinary courses introduce engineering students to the role

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Bruce Perlman; Roli Varma

in codes of conduct, liability and responsibility, property rights, anda variety of perspectives including customers, colleagues, government, and the general public. Itis, therefore, no surprise that by the 90s, courses related to engineering ethics have increaseddramatically.III. Existing Approaches to Teach Engineering EthicsMaking engineering ethics an integral part of engineering education has not made teaching iteasier. Much of the rationale for the implementation of engineering ethics courses has been onnew methods of teaching. Most courses have moved away from abstract ethical theory to a case-based approach. Engineering ethics books are filled with popular moral theories, notorious realcases, prepackaged ethical dilemmas, and ethics

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Carl White; Myra Curtis; Clifton Martin

has been theimaginative integration of design activities throughout the educational pathways of our students– including the K – 14 pipeline. Programmatic themes are “Learning by Design”, “Our Role inthe K – 14 Community”, and “Student and Faculty Development.”2Morgan State UniversityMorgan State University is an historically black institution with the unique designation asMaryland’s public urban university. Morgan’s programs reflect the commitment of theuniversity to have major impact on the underrepresentation of blacks and other minorities in theprofessional labor force within the city, state, and nation.3 Morgan State University’s variouspre-college and outreach programs reinforce this commitment. Thus, the ECSEL “Learning byDesign”, “Our

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the group: would you have deigned the box differently if you knew apaper airplane would have to fit into it? would you have designed the paper airplane differently ifyou know it had to fit into a paper box?An ETHICS statement from the Engineers Council for Professional Development says, "Engineersshall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of theirprofessional duties." Engineers and technicians must uphold and advance the integrity, honor anddignity of the engineering profession. Students in these courses are faced with cases from NSPEthat have come before the board and discuss the issues. Students also are required to write anessay that addresses specific ethical issues in an actual case study, such

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Vicki Eller; Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Joel Balestra; Asha Rao

SoftwareDevelopment Center. This paper will discuss design philosophy in terms of the identification offundamental concepts, development steps, and assessment implementation within the context ofongoing projects. These projects include modules for an optics curriculum, tutorials for aninterdisciplinary course, and interactive software for a basic engineering course.I. Introduction The objective of this paper is to discuss the development philosophy of the Media Designand Assessment Laboratory1 (MDAL) at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). The purposeof the MDAL is to facilitate the interaction between multimedia developers and contentproviders. The goal of the MDAL is to provide faculty with the classroom-enhancingmultimedia tools that will best

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Ming Huang

all should have the ability to designand conduct experiments and to analyze and interpret data-skills which are central to practice ofquality engineering. In this paper, we present the plan and implementation of a guided projectthat integrates the learning and application of the Taguchi Method into a hands-on productdesign and test optimization experience. Made popular by Japanese manufacturers, the Taguchimethod has since received widespread acceptance as the de facto standard technique to optimizethe process and quality of engineering in major industries such as automotive and aerospace.With the task of design and construction of a catapult as the context of activities, the projectserves as an ideal vehicle through which students can learn

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Ernest Tollner

resource engineering, as does the expanding field ofknowledge. Attention must be devoted to hiring appropriately trained instructors to actualize thetransition.Background The main thrust of the presentation will be oriented towards presenting an analysis of thearea following an accepted protocol for examining curriculum questions1. Specific problems thatdevelop the above definition of the natural resources engineer will be presented in this context. Page 6.322.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001. American Society of

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Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux

. Assessment ProcessAfter two years of faculty and staff education, assessment process development, and datacollection, the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) at PurdueUniversity is closing the loop on their first round of assessment for their two ABET accreditedprograms: Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) and Food Process Engineering (FPE).Figure 1 delineates the assessment process being adopted by the Department of Agricultural andBiological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue University. The two looped educational assessmentprocess mirrors the two loops of EC2000 [1]. In the outer 3-5 year loop, the process allowsconstituents to provide input to and feedback on each ABE program. The faculty integrates thisinformation

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Eugene Ressler; Steven Schweitzer; Stephen Ressler

describe the contest goals and the planned sequence of events.We then discuss the unique challenges in software development, website development, andcontest administration that have been addressed throughout the planning process. We concludewith an assessment of the prospects for successful implementation of the contest in the comingyear.BackgroundThe United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, was established by Congress in1802. The Academy was intended not only to educate officers for the U. S. Army, but also toaddress the young nation’s critical need for engineers—both military and civilian. West Point isgenerally recognized as the first school of engineering in the United States, and its 19th Centurygraduates made a substantial

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Michele Casey; Kevin Torres

isvery common to introduce 9-12 grade students to engineering, however, very little is being donefor the little people. Several papers2-15 claim to have programs for K-12, however, very little ifanything is actually done for kindergarten students in these programs. Out of 51 publishedresearched papers2-53 dealing with engineering outreach from the 1998, 1999, and 2000 ASEEand 1998 and 1999 Frontiers In Education Annual conferences, only four papers2-5 targetKindergarten students. Also, there is no engineering curriculum for early-childhood education.Kindergarten teachers in public and private schools can be contacted for a visiting professor toconduct the project onsite

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William Sutton; Kathryn Laskey; Elbert White; Mark Houck

ABET/EAC visit under EC2000. In addition, we share how the insights gained willbe used for continuous improvement of our engineering programs.I. Important Differences Between Mason Engineering Programs and Traditional SchoolsThe undergraduate engineering degree programs in the School of Information Technology andEngineering of George Mason University recently underwent an ABET visit under the EC2000criteria. The four undergraduate degree programs that were assessed were: civil andinfrastructure engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and systemsengineering. George Mason’s engineering program is non-traditional in several important waysthat influence the preparation for and compliance with the new ABET criteria. In this

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Mark Rajai; Mel Mendelson

presented to venture capital firms to secure seed money to massproduce and market the product. In next sections the business plan is presented.Executive SummaryFocus Systems was formed as a design and manufacturing company specializing in hightechnology electronic safety devices. Its management is dedicated to supplying the consumer“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering education Annual Conferences &Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education” Page 6.634.1with top quality products to meet the need of an ever-growing concern for the safety of ourchildren. This business plan has been developed to