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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Vojin Nikolic

early in the fall semester. The student teams, consisting offour to five students each, evaluate and rank the projects according to their interests andfuture career plans. Typically, there have been enough of these projects (the companiesoften present several projects each) so that all major areas of mechanical engineering arecovered. The faculty member coordinating the course in consultation with othermechanical engineering faculty members who will serve as faculty advisers to the teamsmake final decisions on assigning specific projects. Every effort is made to best pair theteams and the projects, and typically every team gets their first or second choice. Once assigned a specific problem, a student design team develops the strategy

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Nancy J. Schneider; Gary W. Fischer

involveconstructing a dam. The client agreed to pay $10,000 to develop the design, but was told thatthere would be no change to the construction part of the project. Later, Bob discovered that heneeded to obtain a special permit and, months later, found out that the design would have tomeet rather extensive criteria in order to be approved. Implementation of the criteria wouldresult in design changes with a dam much larger than was initially envisioned. Bob received aterse e-mail from the client saying they had yet to see any plans and were concerned aboutmeeting the construction schedule in time for the expected snowmelt. Bob finally shared the e-mail with the new manager, who had not yet been told about any of the details. By now theproject was over budget

Conference Session

Information Literacy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanine Mary Williamson

needsto plan with both types in mind. 1. For intuitive students, mention the principles illustrated in the lecture. For example, when teaching about “and” and “or” the librarian could mention that these operators follow Boolean logic. Also, in preparing an outline, make sure that it is not overly detailed. Have some “big categories” organizing the lecture that are indicated, while also providing a wealth of factual information. 2. For sensing students, make an effort to provide at least one real-world example for every generalization made. Luckily the database demo forces the librarian to go step-by-step and to

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norb Delatte

demonstrated how specific cases may be linked to engineering mechanicscourse topics2, 3. Later, a more comprehensive plan linking courses, topics, and cases within theUSMA civil engineering curriculum was developed, although this has not been published.Based on this earlier work, a more comprehensive master plan was published in 20004. Theplan was developed further, adding more topics and cases, and the revised version was published Page 8.1250.4in 20021.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Table 1: Courses, Topics, and Case

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Travis Harrington; Keith Coleman; J. Douglas Sterrett; Robert LeMaster

temperaturerange of 60 to 90 oF. These cooling towers are shown in Figure 2. The domestic hot water(DHW) system for these guilds is provided byelectric resistance hot water heaters. Theexpense of operating and maintaining thechiller/boiler system and the age of the heatpumps prompted the Department of Correctionsworking with the Tennessee EnergyManagement Office to examine alternativemethods for providing HVAC and DHW to theguilds. In 1999, a decision was made to run ademonstration project by replacing the heatpumps in one guild with new heat pumpsconnected to a closed-loop, vertical well,geothermal system. The UT at Martin wascontacted during the design of the geothermalconversion to develop a plan to determine the Figure 2. Cooling towers

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Englebert; Tom Owen; Stephen Kuyath

programs weresurveyed to determine how many of them would pursue a baccalaureate degree if the opportunitywere available. The survey results showed that many students were interested in completing thefinal two years and obtaining the degree; however, significant numbers of them were unable toattend one of the two universities where the program was available because of distance, job,family obligations, etc. To meet this demonstrated need, the Engineering TechnologyDepartment in UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering developed andimplemented a plan to offer the instructional courses that comprise the junior and senior years ofthe BSET, via the web to students where-ever they happen to be located.The University’s Distance Education

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Miller; Mara Wasburn

that if, in fact, Women in Technology were to survive, it would have tomove from a faculty-driven to a student-driven organization. Hence, we decided to let thestudents plan and implement all of the programs the members wanted. As we would soondiscover, too much responsibility can be as detrimental to a student organization as too little.Planning the Outreach WorkshopDuring the spring 2001 semester, the Women in Technology officers decided to fulfill theoutreach portion of the organization’s mission by holding an on-campus workshop. Theobjective was to recruit more women into the School of Technology. As faculty advisors, theauthors applied for and received funds from General Motors to underwrite the workshop, whichwas to be held the following

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Bittner

Session 2560 Diversity in Transportation Workforces: A Summary of the September 2002 Midwest Regional Workshop Jason Bittner Midwest Regional University Transportation Center University of Wisconsin-MadisonSeveral organizations sponsored the Midwest Regional Diversity in Transportation WorkforcesWorkshop September 23-24, 2002, in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Workshop focused onrecruitment, retention, and mentoring success stories for diverse groups in transportationworkforces in the upper Midwest region. Pre-college programs, college level plans, and post-college, employer based programs formed the structure for the Workshop

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arunsi Chuku

of the global ecology are among today’s pressing goals. This first ever-solardecathlon event has forced the students to seriously consider renewable technologies, inparticular solar energy for sustainable living. It has demonstrated to administrators andeducators the following: • The importance of working with nature in developing national priorities • The importance and practicality of developing sustainable energy technologies. • Efficient energy utilization as a cardinal component of future national energy planning. • The importance of interdisciplinary cooperation between engineering, architecture, computer science and business students. • The importance of involving students in future

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

monitoring the project schedule the faculty mentor is responsible to ensure thatthe planned course objectives/outcomes are met. Also the faculty mentor serves as aresource to the student and the industrial mentor through the course of the program. Thisprocess provides a two way sharing of information between the two mentors, whichbenefits everyone involved. The program budgets for twenty days during the summer,although this time commitment can be adjusted upward if desired by both parties. It isexpected that all students will have the option of working full time for the summer. Asmentioned earlier, the student participating in the program enrolls in a three-credit coursein each of the two semesters of the program. The student normally takes four

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationengineering programs to have published goals and mission statements. Furthermore, engineeringprograms were required to have an assessment plan to measure the effectiveness of the programs.This has been replaced by criteria 2 and 3 of the EC2000.ABET Criterion 2. Program Educational ObjectivesEach engineering program for which an institution seeks accreditation or reaccreditation musthave in place:(a) detailed published educational objectives that are consistent with the mission of the institution and these criteriaABET has reduced its rigid descriptive requirements so that educators can establish theirprograms uniqueness that are consistent with the institution’s mission

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Wang; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

contribution by groupmembers in completing the project. The low student to teacher ratio ensures that students aregetting individual attention and encouragement.Although the goals for Techtronics I and Techtronics II are the same, the composition of eachclass makes the curriculum development slightly different. Since many students returned fromlast year, Techtronics II is created in part as a continuation course with more challenging hands-on projects that build on what was learned in Techtronics I. Consequently, mostly 7th and 8thgraders fill this class while Techtronics I is composed entirely of sixth graders.There are four units that focus on the four different engineering disciplines offered at Duke.Units are approximately five lesson plans in

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

know how to be creative and think outside of the "box" of conformity.§ We want Americans to be prepared to compete effectively in the new global economic environment.What is Entrepreneurship Education? Entrepreneurship education is the process of providing individuals with concepts andskills to help them: 1) Recognize opportunities that others have overlooked, and 2) Have theinsight and courage to act where others have hesitated. It includes instruction in opportunityrecognition, marshaling resources in the face of risk, and initiating a business venture. It alsoincludes instruction in business management processes such as business planning, capitaldevelopment, marketing, and cash flow analysis. We want to impact collegiate

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

-mediapresentations that enhance traditional lectures. (3)This becomes even more important, given other factors such as the variety of students’backgrounds, visualization natural abilities, the wide range of subject matter content, therelatively limited time for lecture, lab, or homework, and the teaching styles of instructors --all of which require more insight, flexibility and careful planning to accommodate.Multimedia is a powerful instructional, pedagogical tool for the teaching of ArchitecturalDrafting and Blueprint Reading. (4) Lecturing on architectural engineering theories andconcepts in a tangible way polishes the students’ imaginative ability, helps them visualizeobjects more easily, and leads them to a better comprehension of the subject matter

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Govind Puttaiah

the instructor.Sometimes the problem was the time taken by the instructor to realize that a student has aquestion, since it involved watching for audio or visual signs on the system rather thanrecognizing a physical sign such as a raised hand. However with passing time and growingfamiliarity with the arrangement, these problems became easily manageable.Preliminary Planning and Preparation Teaching a course in this mode requires extensive planning and preparation. Ithas been the author’s experience that it takes about four hours of instructor’s time foreach hour of class presentation, particularly the first time the course is taught. A majorpart of this time is for the preparation of hand-outs for distribution at the start of

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Shooter; Micheal Hanyak; Matt Higgins; Marie Wagner; Ed Mastascusa; Dan Hyde; Brian Hoyt; Bill Snyder; Michael Prince

their modules eitherwith other faculty or on small groups of students. The value of starting small andprototyping activities is also emphasized here. The Catalyst team has found that havingfaculty present their instructional plans and receive feedback from their colleagues is aninvaluable part of the course design process.Implement Instructional Activities: Here we stress with faculty the value of not Page 8.497.5implementing collaborative or problem based learning alone. The Catalyst team has “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Armstrong, University of Texas at Austin; Sherry Woods, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

, tenure and promotion related sessions,particular attention was given to develop new faculty’s pedagogical expertise. Topics such asaligning teaching plans with learner objectives and an introduction to the “How People Learn”model were addressed. 3 In addition, the new faculty participated in two, videotaped microteachesor mini-teaches which gave them an opportunity “to get a glimpse of their teaching by placingsmall aspects of instruction under a microscope” in a safe environment among peers. Themicroteaches also helped faculty, “become aware that a paradigm shift, from a teaching paradigmto a learning paradigm, is underway in higher education.”4 Although the new faculty did notreceive specialized training with respect to ABET EC2000, outcome

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Michael Klein; Matt Walker; Kevin Organ; Dan Gerbus

targetedat the development and use of these non-technical skills such as trust, leadership, organization,personal accountability, and management skills. One of these developing activities completed inthe initial team-building stage of the group is a rope course that is used to cultivatecommunication, trust, and teamwork within the group. Other activities include coursework, inwhich organization, planning, and mentoring skills are developed; a shop introduction andpractical whereby valuable shop skills are developed and employed; and BHAG projects that drawon the developed trust and communication skills from the ropes course and allows the group tocomplete an amazing assortment of challenging projects.Unified CommitmentThe majority of those involved

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Poling; Emily Blakemore; Lee Greguske; Glenn Wrate

. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationMilwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) InvolvementMSOE (www.msoe.edu) is involved with Focus on Energy at two levels. MSOE is the primarycontractor for the Business Programs segment of Focus on Energy. As such, it handles theadministrative aspects of the program and the awarding of contracts to subcontractors. Alongwith other entities, MSOE faculty and student teams can bid on Focus on Energy projects.This paper focuses on the teaching opportunities and the student involvement in one suchproject. It is planned that subsequent papers, addressed to business and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerrolyn Hebert; Dawn McKinney

(AT), a division of Mentor Graphics, is an internationalcompany based in Mobile and is focused on embedded real-time processing. It was recognizedthat a partnership would be mutually beneficial to both parties by providing much neededequipment, resources and expertise to the university as well as giving students - potentiallyfuture AT employees - practical experiences using state of the art equipment to supplement theircourse concepts. It was understood and planned that no theoretical changes would be made to thecourses but that practical laboratory experiences would be integrated in order to reinforce thecore concepts. The following courses were targeted for this joint venture: operating systems,networks, real-time systems and advanced

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

other thanthe post World War-II countries of Europe. The difference here was that the human resourcesthat already existed in these countries allowed the influx of new capital from the U.S. to beabsorbed with ease. The Marshall Plan assistance was employed effectively to jump-start theirstalled national industries and economies.(3)The problem with LDCs is multifaceted. Generally, there is a lack of adequately skilled workers,technicians, and entrepreneurs, complete lack of allocated capital, and government corruption andcentralization. Innovative human resource development through engineering education presents aviable breakthrough for nations trapped in the vicious circle of underdevelopment andtechnological stagnation. Proposition 1

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

: C = L + E + lab + PD C = 4 + 2 + 0 + 4 = 10 creditsTable 1 presents a list of the courses offered at UF and UCN. A careful comparison of course bycourse is made and it seems most of the courses are similar. Left side of the Table 1 shows anexample of the necessary undergraduate courses for getting 131 credits, which is the requirementto complete the bachelor’s degrees at the UF. Right side of Table 1 shows the courses thatstudents must take until 12th semester considering a rigid plan at the UCN. Column 5 is the totalnumber of credits and Columns 6 to 9 indicates the number of class-hours for the different typesof classes including in each course. Taken into account Figure 1 and Table 1, it must be noticedthat the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; jana renner-martinez; Ann Darnell

Page 8.1129.425 students each, according to their initial placement on the mathematics placement test. Proceedings of the 2003American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education(Students are expected to take their placement tests prior to attending orientation). Two peerfacilitators, upper division science or engineering students, supervise each group. Peer facilitatorsreceive basic training in cooperative learning techniques and are involved in planning and teachingorientation activities.5 Each entering student receives a 100-page booklet broken up into 13sections (see Table 2) covering material on the placement tests. Each

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle D. Lutes; William Szaroletta

to upload their experimental data directly to their team’s WebCTdirectory, which is accessible only by that team’s members. Following individual (and sometimesteam) report writing, the reports are uploaded directly to their individual account in the course’sWebCT directory. The immediate effects of implementing this form of data dissemination andlaboratory report submission has been to improve student access to laboratory data afterlaboratory is complete and to improve the time from report completion to report submission,saving student funds. This paper will describe the experiences with these two courseenhancements, both positive and negative and describe a plan to compare and contrast theelectronic submission capabilities of two software

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

. Figure 1. Systems Environmental Approach to Program DesignIn Figure 1, a plan at the campus level determines the appropriate market niche based onenvironmental conditions, probable competition, and available resources. Program and Coursedevelopment decisions are then made so as to be compatible with an overall campus plan. Linksbetween the program and campus level and the course and program level provide a consistentlook and feel for distance learners. While this paper focuses primarily on program and coursedevelopments, decisions made at the campus level inherently impact decisions that can be madeat the program level. Consequently, more detailed descriptions of program and course levelplans follow a brief discussion of the campus level

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Thomas Salem

investigating and implementing continued technological advancements.Consequently, it has been observed that “planning, maintaining, and operating the powerfacilities get second consideration behind short-term financial gain. Inevitably, the penalty forthis will be reduced reliability.”3These utility industry changes are occurring simultaneously with the explosive development ofpower electronic components, technologies, and topologies. Driven by the promise of moreoptimal operation and control, greater efficiency and use of energy, and a dramatic price versusperformance ratio, the use and application of power electronics has become pervasive across alleconomic market sectors. For example, power electronics are commonly found in DC-DCconverters, high

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Huong Vu; Dave Parent; Emily Allen

, and academic benefit andshould be easily adaptable by other institutions. Students have responded positively to theexperience and recommended keeping it in the curriculum.There are many lessons that engineering students can learn as they study photovoltaic powergeneration. In the phase of the project discussed here, students simply learn how solar cellsfunction, how they are made, how to test and evaluate them, and how to design a simple solararray for a specified application. We currently use very inexpensive cells with relatively poorefficiencies (1-2%). Ultimately we plan to use our own higher efficiency, campus-manufacturedsolar cells for this project

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

manufacturingprocesses. In order for this to work the students would have to work in teams. A plan was createdand modified as the semester progressed. Page 8.609.2 “Proceedings for the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”The Original Plan:The in-class activities would be called Hands-On exercises and not graded to encourage trial anderror without penalty. Students were assigned to work in teams of four. Each team member wasto choose a role – reader, sketcher, modeler, inspector. The team members were to first preparefor their

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brader; Jed Lyons

interests. Of prime importance was the maturity and personalityto contribute effectively to a partnership with a K-12 teacher. As part of the GK-12 program, thegraduate student's teaching skills and knowledge were further developed through a four-parteducational plan as described below.Formal CourseworkDuring their first semester of project involvement, the Fellows participated in a field-baseduniversity-credit course developed by co-author Christine Ebert. The course, EDTE 701 SpecialTopics in Teaching Science, consisted of two facets: formal instruction and practicum.Throughout the semester, the fellows met each week for two hours of formal in-class instructionfollowed by a two hour practicum. The in-class portion was taught by faculty in the

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

noother recourse including whistle-blowing and resignation.Examples of Case StudiesWith the support of the University, the author is trying to develop case studies which coverethical dilemmas in construction courses. Some of the examples listed below:Case: Construction Manager's (CM) Recommendation for Full-Time, On-Site ProjectRepresentativesFacts: The client plans a project and hires CM X to furnish complete construction management(CM) services for the project. Because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing thedesign during the construction phase, CM X recommends to the client that two full-time, on-siteproject representatives be hired for the project to complete the project in time, within costs, withsafety and quality. After