Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yongjian Fu; Daniel Simon; Charles Alexander

information generation by their use must also becaptured and captured in an intelligent manner. This knowledge capturing integrateddesign environment, or KCIDE, becomes a working platform that students can readilyuse. Besides, the software follows a six-step procedure in solving circuit problems, whichgives students a reference framework for problem solving.The development and utilization of the KCIDE software platform are explained. Thedesign and implementation of the KCIDE software are also discussed. In addition, all thebasic concepts can be expanded into the more complex world of the working engineerwhere laboratory results can also be integrated. Future extensions and advanced featuresof KCIDE that are being developed are also introduced. An

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jung Oh

;Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe General Chemistry course is a required or elective science course for engineeringtechnology programs at Kansas State University at Salina and is considered as anUndergraduate General Education (UGE) course (http://www.k-state.edu/catl/uge/5).UGE courses are to incorporate an active learning environment, an experiential contextfor whatever is studied, and to provide an opportunity for students to connect ideas.The periodic table, one of most important chemistry references, is displayed in almostevery chemistry classroom and laboratory and presented in most chemistry textbooks.The standard periodic table lists atomic symbols, atomic numbers and atomic masses

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell; Juliet Hurtig

10.1360.1the characteristics of engineering design projects and the development of a project proposal, thesecond course focused on a comprehensive project, and the third course focused on the Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationpresentation of technical information from the project. Each senior design team was assigned toits own dedicated project laboratory of approximately 100 square feet in area. Test equipmentrequired for the project could either be used in the instructional laboratories or checked out andhoused within the project laboratory. The purchasing of parts and equipment for student

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

Laboratories at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. ProfessorPrasad initiated the Microelectronics / VLSI program in 1984, and is teaching16.469 and 16.502 VLSI Design and 16.470 and 16.504 VLSI Fabricationcourses since its inception. From the spring of 1986 Professor Prasad developed16.661 Local Area / Computer Networks, and since 1994 VHDL Based DigitalDesign and taught up to 2001. From the spring of 1998, Professor Prasad alsodeveloped and taught 16.517, MMIC Design and Fabrication course to meet thegrowing demand of regional semiconductor industries. He is also coordinator forGraduate Studies in VLSI and Semiconductors certificate program. He is theauthor of over 150 theses, dissertations and papers published and presented injournals

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

short amount of time, bothapproaches use commercial FEA software as a teaching tool.Integration of FEA with undergraduate engineering courses has been held in many schools. Anycourse involving applications of mechanics of materials is appropriate for integration with FEA3-7 . However most of these integrated undergraduate courses are for civil and mechanicalengineering (and engineering technology) curriculum, very few evidences have been found thatintroduce FEA in the manufacturing engineering (and manufacturing technology) curriculum.Waldorf1 introduced FEA for fixture design analysis to the tool engineering course. Hedeveloped a series of FEA laboratory exercises to analyze and optimize fixture, mold, and diedesigns.A project-based

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

. Topics covered will include sketching and visualization, descriptive geometry, multi-view drawings, dimensioning, creation and interpretation of working drawings and three-dimensional modeling. The course description is: Students will learn the basics of engineering graphics including freehand sketching andcomputer-aided-design/drawing using SolidWorks® 2004. The course will include extensivehands-on drawing time (free-hand and computer) as well as demonstrations, some extra time onthe computers during open laboratory time in addition to the time provided in class (laboratoryhours will be arranged). CAD is used in other courses (i.e. besides Engineering Graphics) throughout the BSMEprogram8 as well as in St. Thomas’ entry in SAE’s 2002

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

; laboratory experience: graduates must be able to measure manufacturing process variables in a manufacturing laboratory and make technical inferences about the process.The Manufacturing Image GapManufacturing has been changing. The introduction of new technologies and methods hasincreased the productivity of the average American worker and overall productivity has increased,but with fewer workers [7]. The composition of the workforce is shifting away from large num-bers of hourly workers and moving towards higher levels of education. Many of the manufactur-ing operations that have a high manual labor component are being shifted to other parts of theworld with significantly lower labor costs. As manufacturers adjust their use of manual

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert; Deepti Suri

importance ofrequirements as sophomores in SE-2831 (Introduction to Software Verification), and SE-280(Software Engineering Process). The concepts learned in SE-3821 are reinforced in SE-380(Principles of Software Architecture) and the process is scaled up for the students in their three-quarter experience of “Software Development Laboratory” [5], where the students work on large-scale projects in a “real-world” setting.The unique thing about the Biomedical Engineering (BE) program at MSOE is that the studentsstart working on their design capstone project as freshman. The freshman and sophomore yearsare typically devoted to market and technology research phase. The various project groups aresupposed to have their design presentations sometime in the

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cote

identify, formulate, and solve technical problems through the application of basic knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering principles including computational methods, computers, and modern technical tools. {1} (a-d, f, g) 2) A thorough understanding of the current technologies used in the power industry. This will include “hands-on” expertise developed during laboratory and cooperative education experience. {1} (a, b, d) 3) The ability to design and conduct experiments and to analyze and interpret data. Page 10.1274.4 {1} (c) Proceedings of

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer; Nihad Dukhan

in an industrial environment that requires some engineering research. Undergraduateresearch programs are very likely to overcome such shortcomings and would provide thestudents with an approach to seek answers and a way of independent scientific thinking. Teaching independent study courses of six to eight students does not require much coursepreparation, and the students can be evaluated on the outcomes of their research projects withoutspending a lot of time with written homework or exams. Furthermore, the students can assist indeveloping projects and handouts that can later be used as hands-on laboratory exercises orclassroom demonstrations. At the same time, the students can acquire the background necessaryfor them to be valuable to

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2005, American Society for Engineering Education [9] J. P. Hoffbeck, “Using real signals with simulated systems,” in Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, (Nashville, TN), June 2002. Session 2220.[10] J. P. Hoffbeck, “Using real signals with simulated systems,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., vol. XIII, pp. 31–38, Jan–Mar 2003.[11] Comrex Corporation, “Telephone couplers,” 2004. http://www.comrex.com/couplers.htm.[12] S. A. Tretter, Communications System Design Using DSP Algorithms: With Laboratory Ex- periments for the TMS320C30. Plenum Press, 1995.[13] S. A. Tretter, Communications System Desgin Using DSP Algorithms: With Laboratory Ex- periments for the

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amanda Runciman; Lisa Christensen; Katherine Chen

. Likewise, many ideas anddemonstrations that were developed for outreach activities have found their way into collegecourses. Perhaps our best measure of success is the numerous repeat requests that we get fromdifferent schools and organizations. Page 10.990.7Figure 8. The MatEland visitor guest book for signatures and comments about their visit. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliographic Information1. “Classroom Demonstrations: Suggested Classroom Demonstrations and Laboratory Experiments

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

. M.T. Nguyen, “Validation of FloWorks for Internal Flow”, M.S. Project, CSU Northridge, May 2003ROBERT G. RYANRobert Ryan received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles.He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University,Northridge. He is the coordinator for the department’s Measurements Laboratory and Thermo-fluids Laboratory.STEWART P. PRINCEStewart Prince received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from University of Texas, Arlington. He iscurrently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University,Northridge. He is the coordinator of the department’s Haas CNC Laboratory

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

junior level for all civil engineering technology students. The course credit hourswere increased to 4 semester credit hours to allow for developing a laboratory component for thecourse.The use of lab assignments in the transportation course allowed students to get hands-onexperience and training in conducting transportation studies utilizing the latest standardsemployed in the industry. The lab also enabled the instructor to use open-ended problems suchthat members of each team can search for feasible solutions that meet specific guidelines.Different teams may end up with different analysis results or design solutions. Feedback fromstudents indicated their appreciation for integrating the lab assignments into the course.This paper describes the

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

application) to capture the sound of tapping or handclapping and observing the echo signatures of the recorded signal.4The method described here was used in an instrumentation laboratory class for third-yearelectromechanical engineering technology students at Penn State Berks – Lehigh Valley College.The experiments are based on time of flight measurements and are designed to demonstrate theroll of software in developing a sophisticated system with simple hardware. The signalprocessing techniques are similar to those used in radar and sonar echolocation systems.5 Thesoftware performs all of the measurements with no guesswork left to the user. Figure 1. Setup for Acoustic MeasurementsUsing the computer’s sound card under

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Dettman

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationinformation being assessed in the different courses?”. If all 3 reports are assessing the samething, then 1 is enough. If a student can write effectively about a soil mechanics laboratoryproject, it is reasonable to expect that the same student can write effective about a fluidmechanics laboratory project. This decision also addressed the issue of developing anassessment process that would not be too burdensome for the small faculty.The last piece of the assessment puzzle to come into place was possibly the most difficult. Thispiece was how to pick a piece of student work and assess it. To do this, the faculty developed aset of performance indicators for each outcome to quantify what it is

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lehman; David Stone; Mary Raber

year, 45% of the pre-collegeparticipants were from ethnic or racial groups underrepresented in engineering professions andover 60% were women.The primary goal of SYP is to encourage participating students to become academicallyprepared so that college can be a viable option for their future. The main objectives of theprograms are to: • allow participants to explore post secondary education academic pursuit options in MEST • offer career discovery in a hands-on/minds-on environment • provide access to technology, laboratory resources, expertise, and academic experiences not normally available to middle and high school students • help students feel comfortable in a university setting • encourage student interactions with peers

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Hayden Griffin

thesavings can be attributed to the elimination of “house calls.” SWAT Team members no longerwork in the dormitories, since students now bring their laptops to the SWAT Team office.Students also routinely bring their laptops to get assistance from faculty members and teachingassistants.In Fall 2004, primarily due to the addition of Computer Science freshmen to the introductorycourses, programming instruction was changed from Matlab to Alice based on an “objects first”approach [8, 9], and the role of laptop computers in the classroom became even more important.That work is reported in references 6 and 10.As previously mentioned, after the personal computer requirement started in 1984, the Collegeceased to have significant computer laboratories for

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht; Jennifer Gale

Session 1615 BUILDING AN ENGINEERING TEAM: PEER ASSESSMENT PROVES A USEFUL INSTRUMENT TO GAUGE PROGRESS Robert Knecht & Jennifer Gale Colorado School of Mines Abstract – Successful team operations rely on several functions that team members assumethroughout the life of a project. The National Training Laboratory in Group Developmentdeveloped a method describing team success based on task and team functions. At the 2004ASEE Conference, we presented findings indicating that undergraduate teams spent the entiresemester developing both a

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

research like other types of research requires a suitable environment andresources. The nature and size of these requirements depend on the scope of the undergraduate Page 10.1367.2research itself, and vary from discipline to discipline. In general, a suitable environment consists “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005. American Society of Engineering education”of offices and laboratories to carry out the research. The resources include equipment andmaterials. In all cases, funds are essential to carry out this research. In almost all cases

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Suchora

Engineering EducationCurrent 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. Prerequisite/concurrentrequirement for this course is a math course of pre-calculus or higher level.There are several distinct sub-goals of this first course; however they are all intertwined whenfocusing on the main goal of successfully transitioning the first year student to becoming part ofthe YSU engineering community. While presenting and teaching several engineering/technicalskills, the

Conference Session

Professional Development & Women Faculty

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

F. Carroll Dougherty; Cheryl Schrader

or government "Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education"laboratory as a research associate/scientist or post-doctorate. Once inside academia, aprofessional chooses among tenure track or non-tenure track pathways. While traditionallywomen were relegated to the non-tenure track roles 2,3, more women are taking charge of theircareers and making informed decisions with respect to tenure versus non-tenure track positions.The percentage of women tenured/tenure-track faculty members has slowly been increasing(9.9% of all engineering faculty in 2003 versus 8.9% in 20011). Women held 17.4

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

Page 10.482.2clear advantage to moving the course was that these tools could be used in subsequent courses. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe tradeoff is that the selection of laboratory assignments for the course becomes morerestrictive because of the student’s limited domain knowledge of industrial engineering topics.As reflected in this paper, the role and scope of Excel/VBA tools in the industrial engineeringcurriculum at Tennessee Tech continues to evolve.In previous years, the programming experience of students in the simulation course was a three-credit freshman course in FORTRAN

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chanley; Michael Pelletier

for degrees inElectronic Technology; Fundamentals of Digital Logic is required in several other programs; allthree courses are available as electives in Engineering Science and are highly recommended forstudents in Computer Engineering.Prior to the fall, 2004 semester, Fundamentals of Digital Logic included an introduction to digitallogic design using Karnaugh maps, yet the accompanying Digital Logic Lab did not includelogic design. Also prior to fall, 2004 in the laboratory portion of Digital Electronics, there weresome labs where Karnaugh maps were used to design simplified circuits (limited to 4 inputvariables) which were then built with TTL logic chips.Fundamentals of Digital LogicFundamentals of Digital Logic covers Boolean algebra

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsiao-Shen Tsao; Belle Wei

as the fellows were expected to share theirstudy-tour experience with their classmates so that the impact of the study tour was notlimited to the 25 GTI fellows.We chose visit sites such that the GTI fellows can have a big picture of an ecosystem fortechnology industry. The sites include different nodes of industry’s value chain andcompanies of different “nationalities.” Also included are institutions providing theinfrastructures for technology industry: universities, research laboratories, and industrialparks. To deepen students’ understanding of what they would witness during the trip,pre-trip lectures were given on topics ranging from regional competitive advantages toChinese culture. The lectures were jointly developed and delivered by

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Allameh; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

becoordinated between the faculty members, students, and perhaps industry involved inorder to provide a meaningful experience for students. 2The need for laboratory development is an important component of engineering Page 10.670.2education and is viewed as an ongoing innovation in teaching and learning “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”methodologies. Variety and balance in teaching methods and appropriate technologiesshould be utilized in the delivery of the subject matter being taught.Transforming Engineering

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reed Stevens; Kevin O'Connor; Lari Garrison

same reason, thetranscripts segments we include are also short. Our broader analysis of these data Page 10.558.4supports the points that follow.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIn Segments T.1 and T.2, Tarja describes her view of school in contrast to what sherepeatedly calls “the real world.” Her view of the real world was formed in large part byan internship at a well-known West Coast laboratory, referred to in these segments. Segment T.1. And I really liked- I like actually working in like science, because going

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

emergingworkforce, community college programs presently in place, and opportunities for future programgrowth in these areas.Central to the development of this program is an open source distribution and developmentmethod for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) curriculum, lecture andlaboratory content. Established by The National Center for Telecommunications Technologies(NCTT) Consortium, the open source distribution and development process of faculty review,redistribution, and content modification will be contrasted to traditional development anddistribution methods. The open source resource serves as a means of dynamically and rapidlydistributing classroom and laboratory materials with a focus on interoperability, innovation,rapid evolution

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

to expose students to programming, manipulating cells, andspreadsheet design required for the intro. to engineering course.MAPLE Lab Session: A MAPLE laboratory session is offered to expose students to simpleprogramming techniques needed to complete their calculus courses. The instructor for thissession is typically an upper division engineering student who also helps to co-facilitate the MathReview Sessions. This session gives information on program language required to have MAPLEperform simple mathematical functions and graphing.SeminarsBridge Participants are required to attend the following sessions to give them a head-start onexpectations during their first year. WISE staff members and/or student staff instruct eachsession. These

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Mike Collura; Dave Harding

variety of disciplinary contexts. A solid background is developed by touching keyconcepts at several points along the spiral in different courses, adding depth and sophistication ateach pass. Each foundation course also stresses the development of several essential skills, suchas problem-solving, oral and written communication, the design process, teamwork, projectmanagement, computer analysis methods, laboratory investigation, data analysis and modeldevelopment. In addition to providing a broad engineering background, this sequence ofmultidisciplinary courses develops the foundation for building substantial depth in key areas ofimportance for engineering students.The first semester freshman course that includes feedback control is EAS 109