Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Roylance

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThere are currently 7 MUST/MIT academic programs either underway or planned forimplementation later in 2004: 1. Biotechnology 2. Transportation and Logistics 3. Information Technology 4. Construction Engineering and Management 5. Materials Science and Engineering 6. Systems Engineering and Management 7. Energy/EnvironmentII. The MUST Program in Materials Science and EngineeringThis presentation will address one of the subjects in program #5, Materials Science andEngineering, which began development in Fall 2003. A brief description of this program’sacademic requirements follows

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diana Muldrow; Rosa Cano; Deran Hanesian; Henry McCloud; Angelo Perna; Howard Kimmel

in the aftermath of World War II. Martin Luther King, Jr.had stated something like, “Learn baby learn, don’t burn baby burn”. Simultaneously,immigration patterns changed from Europe to South and Central America and Asia. A newminority joined the black community. It was during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s that the pre-college programs at NJIT began to develop in the Department of Chemical Engineering andChemistry and Civil and Environmental Engineering as the need was recognized to provideopportunities for underrepresented populations. Key faculty and staff were quickly aware that aneed existed for outreach programs to this community and their implementation plan was rapid.Over the last 30-40 years although the ethnic background of the

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis

perspectives that can be both measured and elevated (Dewey, 1936).3. Subject matter mastery (conceptual development in an area of knowledge, joined with fluency in applying it) can be planned, cultivated, and assessed using modern derivatives of Bloom’s taxonomy (Anderson and Krathwohl, 2001).4. Focusing on a small set of life skills at one time helps learners integrate these skills into their lives and elevate their daily performance (Covey, 1989).The early developers of the Classification of Learning Skills began by recognizing that eachdiscipline has its own special concepts, tools, language, and performance rubrics. However, theydecided not to attempt a lengthy compilation of many overlapping skills. Instead, they chose tohighlight a smaller

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Said

Session _2560_ Improving Students Retention by Engaging Them in Real Life Experiences Hazem Said Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computing Technology, University of CincinnatiIntroductionEngaging engineering technology students in real life experiences has a positive impacton retention rate. The Center for Information Technology and Community Development(CITCD) at the University of Cincinnati initiated the IT-Students-Work project (ITSW)as part of its plan to establish strong relationship between students in the InformationTechnology program

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Blackwell

allowintroduction of SMT soldering in all programs. Basic information on SMT soldering is availablefrom a wide variety of sources, including Pace, Metcal, and Silicon Laboratories. For low-costreflow soldering, one reference is “Have you seen my new soldering iron (8), which describesreflow soldering in a toaster oven! A student project to add a feedback control system couldcreate an inexpensive reflow oven.In addition to the required SMT knowledge and tools, all lab-oriented courses must consider howto make the transition from through hole technology (THT) devices, such as DIP ICs, to SMTdevices. Since they cannot be directly placed on a breadboard like DIP ICs, theirimplementation must be planned for ahead of their expected use.As might be imagined, most

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Darby; Jane Fraser

Manager, WarrantyManager, etc. These positions require graduates with technical knowledge – but nottechnical proficiency – and business knowledge. These managers must communicate withcustomers about technical issues and often must supervise workers who must havetechnical proficiency, but always must consider the business aspects of technicaldecisions.The CSU-Pueblo AIM program grew out of a traditional 4-year automotive degree thatemphasized technical knowledge and proficiency. In the 1960s, the aftermarket partsindustry began to see the need for qualified entry-level managers and salespeople.Companies like TRW and Walker Mufflers invested time and resources into helpingCSU-Pueblo design the degree plan; these companies provided in-kind donations

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Lloyd Massengill; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

. Attendance (fulfilled by a sign-in sheet) and 2. Aterm paper on one of the lecture topics presented (with the exception of the careers andgraduate school seminars.) The final grade for each student was based upon the termpaper (graded by one of the instructors) discounted 5% for each class missed. The classmet weekly from 4:10 to 5:00. Seminar speakers generally kept to the 50 minute timelimit. The period just after the speaker, for the first half of the term, was reserved forgroup meetings between interested students and persons needing interdisciplinary teamsfor their projects. Seminar speakers generally presented using PowerPoint slide shows,two used a transparency projector. Two lectures originally planned for could not be filled

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Pfarr

Engineering Technology Education Clearinghouse (N-ETEC), operated byNJCATE at Middlesex County Community College in Edison, NJ, is providing a resource centerfor a broad range of engineering technology disciplines. The NCME resource center provides themanufacturing education resources for N-ETEC through cooperative planning and Internet links.Classifications of Manufacturing Education MaterialsInstructional materials in the database will be classified making searches by key words possible.The primary classifications of materials included in the clearinghouse are: 1. Manufacturing processes 2. Materials technology 3. Automation systems 4. Quality management 5. Design for manufacturing 6. Production and inventory control 7

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

. Page 9.960.4“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering”The theories and concepts in support of our work are further explored in the followingReferences.ReferencesClouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2001-2002). Entrepreneurs in action: A web case model. Journal ofEducational Technology Systems, 30 (3), 311-321.Clouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2000). Entrepreneurs in Action [On-line]. Available: http://entrepreneurship.vanderbilt.eduClouse, R.W. (2003). Entrepreneurs in Action! Entrepreneurship Education: A Five-Year Report and Planning Paper. Nashville, TN: Forum for Entrepreneurship Education, VanderbiltUniversity

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay Howell; Ann Wittbrodt; Alfred Moye

to stimulate research and development in learning science andtechnology, worked with over seventy leading learning science and informationtechnology researchers over a three year period to produce the Roadmap. The Roadmapdefines research priorities, a development chronology, and short- and long-termmilestones. While the roadmap focuses on post-secondary science, math, engineering,and technology education, its research plan should be useful to all learning markets,including K-12. The roadmap provides a comprehensive strategic view of the learningscience and technologies field which can guide researchers, industry, and fundingagencies as they strive for innovation in educational technology. This paper describeshow the roadmap was developed and

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

compute the laser beam's position relative to the home position given the location of thereceivers. Their final product was a MATLAB program.Banking Options. This MEA was implemented in week six. Students had begun studying time-value of money the previous week. Students were expected to use their knowledge of simpleeconomic relationships in the design of their first relatively complex spreadsheet.Lab Component: Students were introduced to three types of investment strategies that familiescan use to plan for college tuition costs: fixed rate investments, mutual funds and stocks, andmoney market funds. The client is an investment firm that wishes to develop a spreadsheet thatfamilies can use to determine how much they need to invest each month or

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary A. Nelson; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

of the alpha version concept inventory, present our preliminaryanalysis of the results from the alpha test, and discuss our plans for assuring the validityand reliability of our finished CI. Page 9.1003.11 Contact author: Barbara M. Olds, Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies, Colorado School ofMines, Golden, CO 80401, bolds@mines.edu, (703) 292-4429. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBackgroundThere is a large and growing body of research on misconceptions (or

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

) model)• Pre- • Topics/Content • Training • Management • Reactionsquestionnaire • Instruction material and delivery of • Learning• Team design: development training • Behaviorbehavior Lesson design changeprotocol Lesson plan • Organizational(TBP) Delivery results methods and tools Page 9.567.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Jacobson

able to use an encrypted email system • Understand the relationship of public and private keys to email and the uses of a Public Key Infrastructure • Be able to identify the security problems with standard terminal based protocols like telnet, ftp, NFS, and web. • Be able to identify solutions to the security problems with telnet, ftp, NFS, and web traffic. • Understand how secure protocols like SSH, SSL, and VPN's operate and how they can be used to enhance security. • Be able to develop a plan to attack a network of computer systems and then be able to develop a plan of countermeasures. • Understand the use of firewalls and the strengths and weaknesses of a firewall • Be able to read

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

semester, yet realistic enough todemonstrate the intended concepts. 3.3 Plans for Full Development Upon successful completion of this proof-of-concept project (Phase I) – as determined bythe outcome of evaluation efforts – our full-development plans (Phase II) for this project includedesigning additional experiments for other core and regularly offered elective courses. Thesecore courses include electromagnetics, computer architecture and Electronics II (VLSI design),whereas the electives include image processing, wavelets, pattern recognition, adaptive filters,neural networks, instrumentation, DSP architectures, RF electronics and optics. The experimentsdesigned for electives will be drawn from advanced topics of BME that are closely

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Adams; Faramarz Mossayebi

of Electrical & Computer Engineeringat Youngstown State University pursuing a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.He is interested in the area of Control Systems and is planning to pursue a PhD studywith a control system concentration upon graduation from Youngstown State University.F. Mossayebi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at Youngstown State University teaching in the area of digital systemsincluding digital signal processing and controls. His primary area of interest includesmodeling and simulation of nonlinear systems, digital signal processing, and control. Page 9.655.4

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Cordray

the Courseware Authoring and Packaging Environment (CAPE) of Howard6. This systemallows instructors to monitor the way in which students approach a set of homework by lookingat their use record. This shows the degree of difficulty they may have as well as thethoroughness to which they approach a problem set.CognitiveEvaluations of cognitive change in faculty are best observed through an analysis of theirinstructional design plans. We have devised a template for these designs7. These designs can beanalyzed for HPL content. In addition, taxonomies of knowledge and curricula are examples ofcognitive artifacts from faculty. The most used rubric to analyze curricula has been the ABEToutcomes which can be used to assess the content of courses

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Said

environment are different from traditional teachingpedagogy. Instructor tends to be more of a facilitator than a lecturer in a PBLenvironment1. One of the advantages of PBL is that it relates the classroom experience toreal life experience in a way that allows students to appreciate what they learn1.Preparation for teaching PBL courses is quite different. The course material should bepresented in the form of problems or projects and enough references should be availablefor students. Classroom activities and group activities should also be planned andprepared to guide students in their learning.In a typical PBL class, several problems or projects are used to cover the learningobjectives of the class. Students are divided into groups and the problems

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhilasha Tibrewal; Tarek Sobh

apply concepts of engineering economics and project planning. [ABET criteria a, e] 8. Students will demonstrate knowledge of contemporary global and societal issues and their relationship to professional ethics and engineering solutions. [ABET criteria f, h, j] 9. Students will be able to plan and conduct laboratory experiments and interpret and report the results. [ABET criteria b, k] 10. Students will demonstrate basic math and science skills. [ABET criterion a] 11. Students will exercise strong oral and written communication skills including those needed for technical writing. [ABET criterion g] 12. Students will develop appreciation of diversity in the world and in intellectual areas such as

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Min Jou

on engineering educators to provide students with the scientificprinciples of new technologies, and familiarize them with their impact on the modern manufacturing processes.Manufacturing science includes these technical areas: manufacturing technique, manufacturing systems, designand analysis of manufacturing process planning, material handling, monitoring and control, automatedinspection, sensors and interfaces, and management. The manufacturing technique covers: turning, milling,drilling, holing …etc. Much time and cost are used to teach these techniques. Particularly, computerizedmachines are continuously increasing in use. The development of educating engineers on computerizedmachines becomes much more difficult than with traditional

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

portion ofthe program is an off-campus, minimum ten week, paid internship. The internship program wasinstalled in response to companies’ desires to hire graduates with actual exposure to industrypractices. The experience gives students exposure to every day planning and problem-solvingactivities in the organization and puts them in contact with managerial staff in the organization.2The structure and themes of the ILTM program were devised to meet the needs of industry;however, since its founding a decade ago, the business world has continued to evolve in itstechnologies and purposes. In order to meet the changing needs of industry, the ILTM programand others like it must be continually assessed and improved.External assessment of the ILTM program

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Anoop K. Dhingra; Al Ghorbanpoor; Joe Rauter

employer helps develop an engineerwith the education and skills to fit the specific needs of the company, and the student receivesvaluable work experience.Each internship involves pairing graduate students with industry for robust, meaningful researchby graduate students under industry and faculty supervision. The research topic is negotiatedbetween industry and the faculty advisor to enhance scientific and technological understandingby producing publishable discoveries as part of the graduate thesis requirements. Every internplacement has a written plan for publishable results.Unlike the traditional model wherein the research is conducted at the university supported bythe industry, the GIP involves student working at the sponsoring company’s

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher R. Carroll

discipline within engineering. The design projects must intriguestudents without becoming chores to complete. They must be fun!As instructor for this class, I am looking forward to incorporating some of my own interests inthe design aspect of the course. Two design problems that I expect to assign are “Produce amodel train track layout given space and resource constraints,” and “Choreograph a square danceroutine given a description of available calls and timing constraints.” Neither of these tasks isobviously Electrical and Computer, Chemical, Industrial, or Mechanical, but both tasks requireengineering skills to complete.Many different “model train layout” projects can be defined. My initial plan is to restrictstudents to just straight track (any

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationnumber of reasons including the student focus on grades instead of focusing on the process oflearning3,4,5. Faculty members on the other hand, have a tendency to give higher grades toachieve better student evaluation6, 7. A number of academic institutions in the US have moved toan outcome-based education framework to move away from the grade point average drivenacademic framework. Outcome-based education is a method of teaching that focuses on whatstudents can actually do after they are taught. All curriculum and teaching decisions are madebased on how best to facilitate the desired outcome. This leads to a planning process that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

feedback on comprehension of the content. In-class testing of the beta versionof the module is planned for Winter 2004, to be followed by a more systematic evaluation of themodule’s usability and observations of the interactions with the module by volunteers withdifferent learning styles.I. BackgroundLearning ObjectsBorrowing from the concept of object-oriented programming, learning objects can be simplydefined as any computer-based instruction components that can be reused in multiple contexts1,and are generally understood to be deliverable over the Internet, allowing simultaneous access,collaboration and sharing of resources. Canadian Co-operative Learning Object Exchange(CLOE) 2 defines the learning object as “any digital entity designed to

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

assemblyprocess that could be improved in order to achieve maximum throughput in the productionsystem. The team utilized brainstorming techniques to address their concerns and then addressedthe changes that in order to improve the process. Finally, the team developed a plan of action toaid in the implementation of the improved changes.Initially, the team members discussed the obvious deficiencies of the initial simulation and thenidentified the following areas needing to be addressed; the production control system, rawmaterials handling, facility layout, cross training, line balancing, card signaling for rawmaterials, and quality control. These are the primary areas that the team focused their efforts inorder to maximize improvement. These are the same

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

project is expected to be a minimum of 160 hours which isexpected to be 25% of their final year of studies (over two semesters). Either a major reportor a technical paper is prepared and submitted for assessment, a poster is prepared for displayand an oral presentation is delivered in a conference format.Format of Capstone ProjectsThe timeline of the projects extend over two semesters. During the first semester the studentsdefine their project, often in discussions with various staff members. However, if they wishto propose a project, that is often also accepted for their capstone work. This is done inconsultation with a staff member. The next step in the project organization is thedevelopment of project proposal which may include a business plan

Conference Session

TIME 2: Laboratories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Parker; Paula Zenner

described along with our plan for testing and assessing the ability of the remotelabs to convey practical aspects of control system phenomena.IntroductionThe Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity developed a required undergraduate Dynamic Systems and Controls laboratory that isa practical and relevant component of an engineer’s education. The purpose is to provide acombined laboratory experience that reinforces the traditional elements of the course. Faculty aredirectly involved teaching the lecture component of the course and are responsible for thecreation of laboratory experiments. Graduate students work closely with these faculty membersand teach the weekly labs.The primary goal of the

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

an informal, supportive setting for discussing those issues. Students are encouraged toexpress their concerns about their courses, about life at Purdue, about their career plans, orwhatever else is important to them that week.Presentations by guest speakers. Women who have achieved success in a technology-relatedprofession, many from major corporations, are invited to campus as guest speakers for the class,sharing their knowledge and experience about the many areas and career options available intechnology. The variety of disciplines represented by the speakers serve to acquaint the studentswith the options available to them not only in their own majors but in others as well. Thespeakers also discuss the ways in which women balance their

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

Improvement. The topics includethe following: History of quality movement, Quality gurus and Deming’s philosophy on TQM, Strategic planning, Customersatisfaction, TQM tools, Effective visual representation of data, Worker empowerment and teamwork, Supply chain management,Statistical tools for controlling quality, ISO 9000 and its role in quality improvement, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award,Deming’s Prize, Industrial practice and Case studies. The course fosters teamwork with Team project reports and oralpresentations. (Lecture-problems 3 hours). Traditional grading only.ENGR391. Engineering and Civilization (3)Prerequisites: ENGL 100 and a Critical Thinking course (A3 category of GE) or consent of instructor. Study of the interactionbetween