Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl Caswell; Clifton Johnston

participativeinquiry.Historical PerspectivesWe begin with the concept of engineering education as promulgated through the GrinterReport of 1955. The Grinter Report was the end result of a multi-year, US based commissioninto the current state and future goals of engineering education. The effect of the Grinter reportwas profound. In one stroke, the traditional, apprenticeship-style, hands on, shop focused,drawing and design oriented training of engineers was abandoned in favor the currentmath/science model of lecture, lab and tutorial. To put it bluntly, “Not anticipated were thedownstream imbalances in academe that emphasized engineering science and analysis to thepoint of reductionism at the expense of design and integration”1.The framework for the teaching and

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim McCartney; Lynette Krenelka; John Watson; Dara Faul; Hossein Salehfar; Arnold Johnson

Technology)accredited undergraduate engineering program at a distance. Since its inception, the DEDP deliverymechanism has evolved through a number of enhancements to keep pace with advances ininformation technology and improved distance learning and teaching methods.The first generation of DEDP course delivery method included conventional videotaped lectures,static Internet Web pages of handouts, e-mail, and on-campus condensed summer laboratories.Major limitations of this delivery format included an inherent delay in delivering the videotapes tothe students and the asynchronous problems associated with faculty handling on-campus anddistance students in the same class. To eliminate this delay in the lecture delivery times and toprovide an optimal

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

precision measurement technique in sucha way that it may be taught to an interested group of undergraduate students. Thesoftware development provides an opportunity to teach the calibration process: fromtaking measurements to producing a calibration report. Capacitance Scaling MethodModern instrumentation is designed for automated control in order to create customcalibration procedures. In the case when very precise and specialized tests are necessarywithin the metrology community, it is particularly challenging to establish computercontrol of an entire procedure. Accurate calibration of capacitors that range from 1nF to100 µF over a wide frequency range (100 Hz to 100 kHz) is a demanding task.There are several

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

additional expenses except for travel and living costs. • The students be at least at sophomore and preferably at junior level • The schedule at international institutions be compatible with UM-D schedule. • There be a reciprocal student exchange arrangement with the selected institutions abroad (this was needed to address issues related to tuition and fees of international students.)Program GoalsThe major thrust of the international program was to expose our undergraduates to academic andstudent environment at an international institution. In addition, it was expected that 1. UM-D students would work in a team environment in a laboratory setting or on design projects with students from the host institution and students from other

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Christensen

students each assemble an electrical circuit analog of the same system. With the models,they make measurements of pressure and flow for both healthy cardiovascular parameters andfor several common diseases.Introduction – We developed our two freshman biomedical engineering courses around three goals: 1) tointroduce beginning students to our Department and the field in general; 2) to teach basicconcepts and principles that underlie several specialties in biomedical engineering; and 3) tochallenge the students with real-world problems, giving them a chance to assess their interest andskill level early in their academic careers. The purpose of this paper is to describe how weaddressed these goals in the first-semester's class by incorporating

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jalkio; Christopher Greene

laboratory reports) that document their self-assessment.The portfolio of supporting documentation also provides a tool for the assessment of the course.Portfolios in general have been long discussed in the literature of assessment and compared toother assessment tools5. Since these portfolios are collected and maintained by the studentduring the semester and each is accompanied by an assessment written by the student, theseportfolios overcome several of the disadvantages described by previous authors6. In particular,these concerns include the time required for faculty evaluation of the portfolio, storage resourcesrequired if the portfolio is maintained by the institution and lack of compliance if the portfolio ismaintained by the student.This system

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

set at the early stages of theprogram will help the students to achieve their educational goals and personal achievements.With this in mind in fall 2000, three courses were identified to implement a testing sequencewe called the “ten minute quiz”. The courses areECET-100 ECET seminarECET-102 Electrical Circuit-1ECET-152 Electrical Circuit-ll.All the three courses are required for the program.Concept based objectives were written for all the courses and is used by the faculty whoteaches the courses. The grading criteria included the following.Homework 5%10 Minute Quiz 25%Tests (3) 30%Final (Comprehensive) 15%And the Laboratory 25%At the beginning of every class a ten minutes quiz was given to the students based on theconcepts that was taught

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Johnson; Stephen Quint

Engineering. Presently, Dr. Lucas is on sabbatical at the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC.TIMOTHY A. JOHNSON, PH.D. Timothy A. Johnson holds a BS Ed (1972) in education from Illinois State University, an MS (1976) in natural science from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. (1983) in BME from UNC-Chapel Hill. Research interests include cardiovascular electrophysiology, sensors, instrumentation and data acquisition, processing and display. As an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, he teaches linear controls and directs BME laboratory rotations.STEPHEN B. KNISLEY, PH.D. Stephen B. Kindly, graduate of Duke University (BSE 1973) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ph.D. 1988) is currently an

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman; Alok Verma

SpaceAdministration (NASA) offer a joint program for faculty and research development. This programknown as ASEE/NASA Faculty Fellowship program offers opportunities for professional developmentfor Engineering Technology faculty. This paper discusses one such experience involving applied researchat NASA Langley Research Center, which resulted in professional development of the faculty memberwhile enhancing the undergraduate curriculum in Engineering Technology.I Introduction Success in an Engineering Technology programs has been traditionally evaluated based uponthree factors namely, Teaching, Research and Service. While the relative ranking of these factors isarguable 1,2, it is the research (and the associated requirement of publication), which

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Brook Zurn; Jeff Frolik

It is evident to the attendees of this conference that just as students have individuallearning styles that faculty also have individual teaching styles that they are comfortable with.The author is most comfortable when actively moving in the class and hence had only usedmultimedia content for specific images or simulations and the remainder of the time used the Page 9.583.2chalk/whiteboard. However, since a new tool was being investigated, the author polled his Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Brenda Capobianco; Judith Zawojewski; Margret Hjalmarson; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman

computer laboratory period per week. The lectures focus onfundamental engineering concepts and problem solving. Prior to Fall 2002, each lab period wasorganized into a series of four or five tasks to be completed either by teams of four students orindividual students, as specified by the instructors. Typically, tasks provided the students withstructured exploration of the use of new computer tool syntax/procedures and simplefundamental engineering problems. Each lab concluded with a "check for understanding" on thenew concepts covered in the lab. Students then applied the theory introduced in lecture and thesyntax/procedures learned in lab to the solution of homework problems and team projects withengineering context.In Fall 2002, four MEAs were

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Predecki; Albert Rosa; George Edwards

, local companiesand non-profits advocates to provide key lectures. Who we invite depends on the Issue. Oneperson we always invited was the Head of freshmen English who reminded students themechanics of how to write good policy papers. There are two teaching assistants assigned perquarter to help with the various duties especially setting up the laboratories and observing in theseminars.V. Course ContentThe following section outlines the content and syllabus for each module. Since the content ofthe first three modules remains mostly constant the following represents what has been deliveredthroughout the various yearly offerings. The Issue module varies greatly and what is describedrepresents a general philosophy of what is typically covered. A

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sedki Riad; Mostafa Kamel

1973/74 1998/99 % Increase Number of state universities 7 12 71 Number of colleges 94 256 172 Number of faculty members 4,688 29,363 526 Number of teaching assistants 7,064 17,493 148 Number of freshman students 58,402 221,530 279 Number of undergraduate students 239,339 1,159,093 384 Number of graduates 32,030 216,226 575 Number of

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Dettman

basic civil engineering skills to prepare graduates for immediate productivity upon graduation. • A background in management skills as they relate to working with financial matters as well as with people from diverse backgrounds. • The ability to communicate ideas, processes, and designs effectively.”“The teaching philosophy of this program will focus on project based learning. This will beachieved by placing competent, practicing engineers in the classroom as professors, engagingstudents in the practice of civil engineering through hands-on class projects, and involvingstudents in faculty consulting and applied research activities.”Development of the CurriculumExpression of the mission for the CE program established a

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt DeGoede

(flashlight, tape recorder), Light (lasers, paint), or Optics (cameras, telescopes, microscopes). The course will include a two-hour laboratory component each week.The text How Things Work by Louis Bloomfield covers each of these topics and numerousothers and was selected for the course2. The text was well received by the students: they enjoyedreading it and found most of the explanations easy to follow. The text contains numerousexercises for developing the lower three levels of Blooms Taxonomy: knowledge,comprehension, and application. Many of the exercises and case studies require the students toapply material in both presented and new situations. For example, lift is explained in the fluidmechanics chapter through discussion of

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

Handbook for College Teachers, 4th edition ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1993.[10] R. A. Guzzo and M. W. Dickson, "Teams in organizations: recent research on performance and effectiveness," Annual Review of Psychology, vol. 47, pp. 307, 1996.[11] J. R. Katzenbach and D. K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High Performance Organization. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.[12] J. S. Byrd and J. L. Hudgkins, "Teaming in the design laboratory," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 84, pp. 335, 1995.[13] E. Seat and S. M. Lord, "Enabling effective engineering teams: a program for teaching interaction skills," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, pp. 385, 1999

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Barron; Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Robert Pangborn; Thomas Litzinger

Teach Self New Skills Create a Budget Work on International Projects

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Hensel; Elizabeth DeBartolo

compared with a class project. 7. Students do not know how to start and carry out a literature search. 8. Students must often learn new skills (programming, analysis software, laboratory equipment) that are beyond the scope of their completed coursework, and they do not know what resources are available to them.The first problem is one that is only solved by reducing the number of BS/MS students orincreasing the number of faculty advisors. Both solutions are beyond the students’ control, sothey are beyond the scope of topics for a Graduate Seminar. Numbers 2-5 are systemic – wecannot change anything about these issues, and the students know they will pose challenges totheir dual degree completion, but we may be able to provide ideas

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Yellamaraju; Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education Fund for theImprovement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), and was carried out over the last four years.The assessment was carried out under the auspices of UMR’s Laboratory for InformationTechnology Evaluation (LITE), and guided by the LITE model for evaluation of learningtechnologies. The fundamental premise of the model is that evaluation should consist of thetriangulation of multiple research methodologies and measurement tools. Five representativeevaluation studies, consisting of eight experiments, are presented here. The studies range frominitial research consisting of basic experimentation and usability testing; to applied researchconducted within the class room; to a large multi

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

develop and implementprocesses for the evaluation, assessment, and continuing improvement of the program, itseducational objectives and outcomes. The overall competence of the faculty is judged by suchfactors as education, diversity of backgrounds, engineering experience, teaching experience,ability to communicate, enthusiasm for developing more effective programs, level of scholarship,participation in professional societies, and registration as Professional Engineers [1, 3].FacilitiesClassrooms, laboratories, and associated equipment must be adequate to accomplish the programobjectives and provide an atmosphere conducive to learning. Appropriate facilities must beavailable to foster faculty-student interaction and to create a climate that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilip Mirchandani; Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran; John Chen; Yusuf Mehta

21st century. One ofthe hallmarks of the program is the truly multidisciplinary curriculum in which laboratory/designcourses are offered simultaneously to engineering students in all four disciplines. Indeed, thehallmark of the engineering program at Rowan University is the multidisciplinary, project-oriented, Engineering Clinic sequence. Every engineering student at Rowan University takes theEngineering Clinics each semester. In the Engineering Clinic, which is based on the medicalschool model, students and faculty from all four engineering departments work side-by-side onlaboratory experiments, real world design projects and research. The solutions of these problemsrequire not only proficiency in the technical principles, but, as importantly

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Patterson; C. Richard Helps

Session 2249 Evaluation of Cooperative Competition as an Educational Strategy in Project-Oriented Technology Education Richard Helps, Mark Patterson Brigham Young University/University of DaytonAbstractCompetitions can create an effective learning environment by engaging students in active andcooperative learning. And while competition and cooperation are usually considered byeducational researchers to be opposites, they can be used in conjunction to support learning. Thisstudy discusses the results of teaching upper-division and graduate-level technology courses

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Rennels; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

laboratories, etc. In this section, the survey did not change considerably from the 1999survey. In 2003 of the 37 four-year schools that responded, 79% reported that they are known asa university. Interestingly, 79% of the respondents in 1999 also said they were called auniversity. The next most used name is college at 13%. Table 1. Type of Institution for Four-Year Schools 1999 and 2003. 60 79% 50 40 79% 30 20 10

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Erbe; F. Wilhelm Bruns

collaboration styles have also to beconsidered regarding curricula, courseware and teaching methods.Computers are now used in the classroom as multimedia tools to provide alternative sources oflearning material, to provide interactive learning situations and to provide simulation of systemsthat cannot for reasons of cost, size or safety be used in reality. The use of the Internet is rapidlyincreasing and is being seen by some people as the greatest source of knowledge available forlearning. The use of simulation tools has a number of benefits to education. The learner is notexposed to the hazards of the real world. The learner is able to explore a range of possiblesolutions easily and quickly. The learner is able to use the tools that will be available

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Pierre Delplanque; Marcelo Simoes; Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

of blackboardwork, homework problem solutions, a mid-term exam and a final exam. The resulting gradeswere typical of the standard fluids and electrical classes.Content and Removed Materials from the Fundamentals CourseThe Fundamentals course was taught by two authors of this paper (JG and CS) withexperience teaching Fluids and Circuits, respectively, but with limited knowledge of the othercourse materials. Both faculty attended all classes and learned the new materials with thestudents, asking questions when uncertain of new concepts. This reinforced an informalatmosphere that encouraged student participation and confidence. With the compressedformat and timing, our challenge was to present fundamental materials from both thetraditional

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nirmal Das

can utilize their alreadyacquired knowledge of shearing force and bending moment to determine a beam’s slope anddeflection.An approach to teaching this important method of structural analysis that complements thetraditional lecturing through inclusion of a powerful, versatile and user-friendly computationaltool, is discussed in this paper. Students will learn how to utilize Mathcad to perform a varietyof calculations in a sequence and to verify the accuracy of their manual solutions. A Mathcadprogram is developed for this purpose and examples to illustrate the computer program are alsoincluded in this paper. The integration of Mathcad will enhance students’ problem-solvingskills, as it will allow them to focus on analysis while the software

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

the effect of slightchanges in variables can be considered as part of the design process. For consolidationsettlements, students should learn and practice using equations. Other software15 can also beused to estimate consolidation settlements under embankment loads.Seepage Problems and Flow Nets. Two-dimensional seepage problems in undergraduategeotechnical engineering courses typically have been solved using flow nets. In engineeringpractice, seepage problems are typically solved using commercially available seepage programs.Educators still need to use flow nets to teach basic principles of seepage through porous media.The value of teaching students how to draw a flow net, however, may not be as important asteaching basic seepage concepts

Conference Session

TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Shull; John Wise

simple measurements: Howmany credits of math were required, what laboratory space was available, the qualifications ofthe faculty, etc. Recent changes introduced by ABET have shifted the focus considerably in thatprograms now must identify and measure student outcomes and provide a feedback cycle tocontinuously improve the educational program.1 To be effective, evidence of attainment shouldbe collected from faculty, students, and industry partners. Multiple collection points allowfindings to be compared and compiled in order to give the most complete picture possible. Mostpractitioners agree that this is the end goal for any program assessment system. A question thatmust be answered, however, is where to start? Penn State Altoona decided to

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Study

Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationscience related courses. Hands on experiences, field observations, use of graphing calculators,and science laboratory equipment increased opportunities for the students to create mentalmodels which they could then relate to different academic areas and to daily life [16].Nevertheless, many high school students in the U.S. receive only superficial preparation in mathand science courses and the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the21st Century deems this unacceptable. Additionally, in schools with the highest minorityenrollments, students have less than a 50% chance of having science or mathematics teacherswho hold a license or degree in the subject being taught

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zuhdi Aljobeh; Aaron Jennings

undergraduate institution (PUI) in Valparaiso, Indiana.These two universities are experimenting with a unique teaching/research partnership thatrepresents a new model for how National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) programs can be designed. The program builds on the strengths ofpartner universities to expand the research opportunities for undergraduate students who mightotherwise not be aware of these possibilities and extends research activities to predominantlyundergraduate institutions. This manuscript describes the design of this program’s prototypeEnvironmental Engineering course titled “Heavy Metal Contamination in the UrbanEnvironment” (CE 490 B) that is being offered at Valparaiso University in the spring