Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

Science Foundation under Grant No.0231773. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. The authors acknowledge valuable interactions with Gale Nigrosh (WPS) andMartha Cyr (WPI); the assessment work of Paula Quinn; the dedication of the WPS principals(Patricia McCullough and Ruthann Melancon), WPS teachers (Lisa Ansara, Susan Bercume,Michael Dunphy, Cecelia Gray, Michele Sullivan, Jodi Watson), WPI graduate fellows (RichardBara, Colby Hobart, Brian Lehtinen, Sarah Linderme, Bradley Martone, Amanda Tucker,Elizabeth Tyree), and WPI undergraduate students; and the resources and training assistance ofPauline

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aisha Lawrey

socialdiversity of students that better reflects the diversity of the U.S. and takes full advantage of thenation’s talent.” This is especially important since, according to the U.S. Department ofEducation, most of the 25 fastest growing careers over the next ten years will be in high-tech andhealthcare industries. This growth means, the 21st century economy demands an educated anddiverse workforce. Engineering, science, and technology jobs will have increased by 51%between 1998 and 2008. Despite the current soft economy, many high-tech industries have jobsthat are going unfilled. The U.S. needs over 1.3 million new engineers, scientists, and computerexperts by 2006. To fill these positions the US needs to attract more young men and women tothe

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

the setup and use of thehardware and the software applications. There is a mandatory technology enhancement purchasescheduled prior to the beginning of a student’s junior year, primarily used to upgrade equipmentso that their personal computer and PDA will remain as current and functional as possible.Growth of Handheld ComputingThere is a growing body of research and experience regarding the undergraduate educational useof handheld computing devices. With increasing frequency universities and colleges are turningto handheld computing to solve problems and to provide students with additional resources. HereThe views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of theUnited States Military

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Trussell

economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use the information ethically and legally7Engineering faculty and librarians can plan to incrementally incorporate information literacy Page 9.131.3skill training into departmental curricula. The ACRL recommended skill set coordinates Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationextremely well with the skill set and requirements reflected in ABET Criteria 3 and 4

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmethod of fabrication a part will have a slight internal grain that shows up when usingphoto stress analysis that must be taken into account. In other words the orientation ofthe part on the build platform makes no difference in the appearance of the part, but itcan make a difference in the test results when using photo stress analysis. Clearly moreneeds to be done in this area. To overcome this “grain” in the structure the part firstneeded to be covered with a reflective paint and then covered with a clear coat that willreact to the polarized light when stress is applied.. Knowles is demonstrating theapplication of this clear finish in figure 4. Figure 5 is an example from the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson

Conference, Boulder CO.12. Steif, P. Initial data from a statics concept inventory. In press for the Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Conference of the ASEE, Salt Lake, UT. New York: American Society of Engineering EducationBiographySCOTT DANIELSON is the Department Chair of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology atArizona State University. He and Sudhir Mehta are authors of the Statics—The next generation, an instructor’spackage published by Prentice-Hall Inc. accompanying the 10th edition of Engineering Mechanics: Statics by R.C.Hibbeler.Appendix AThe following is a reduced set of the raw data from the first round of the Delphi process.Concepts and skills were reduced to simple phrases. Their order is random and reflects noassumed

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Erbe; F. Wilhelm Bruns

describe electro-pneumatics (Bruns5et al) in a unified and didactically expandable way as well as to have a link to several powerfulsimulation tools supporting bond graph modeling.DERIVE provides a new learning environment that supports schools for technicians to delivercourses in mechatronics. The support for the learning process will be reflected in a graduationfrom local real to local virtual to remote virtual to remote real, taking the student from basicknowledge to the full implementation in industry.The tele-cooperation functionality in the learning environment will allow enterprises to use thetraining facilities of vocational schools and/or other providers for updating their employees. Withnew equipment being more complex and requiring more

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Elzey; Dan Bauer; Paxton Marshall; Kathryn Neeley

reflection and improvement program. Certainly, the first offeringof the courses will not be totally satisfactory and will require modification. To address thisobjective, we utilized two university sponsored resources: (1) a standard student courseevaluation survey and (2) the Teaching Resource Center (TRC), whose trained, objective, andimpartial researchers conducted a special review session with the ENGR 401 class to determinewhether the objectives of the course were met. Each of these surveys, the individual studentsurvey and the Teaching Resource Center review, is discussed below.The TRC assessment activity was designed to measure the outcomes of the EIC course sequenceagainst the EIC course objectives. As discussed earlier, the objectives of the

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kun-jung Hsu

role played by the head of Li; and the idealistic-level-benefits represented by the academia; all the above-mentioned phenomena demonstrate one thing, they are the optimum choices made by distinct participating individuals. Economically, the dilemma resulting from the contradiction of marketplace values and community values will be reflected in different resource constraints, the divergence of the production probability curve, and different preferences among the various the actors. The Dilemma: Marketplace Value vs. Community Value From general theory of economics, we know that with perfect market information, an optimized demand-supply market adjustment can bring forth an efficient result. But

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kavetsky

flexible, many of the changes proposed will not impact in the main the ability to recruit andretain preeminent research talent. Taking all these issues into consideration it becomes apparentthat the need to act is urgent. The decline of this crucial portion of the Warfare Centerpopulation from the personnel pipeline threatens future generations of warfighting systems.A Change in CultureThe Naval S&T community has undertaken several initiatives to revitalize S&T capabilities withthe Warfare Centers. We will highlight three of these initiatives in this paper. These examplesare reflective of the changing culture in these centers, where the linkage between the Universitiesand the Warfare Centers is at the heart of revitalization.The N-STAR

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

level of difficulty of visualization. When designing tests for spatialvisualization, it would be preferable to cover all 24 views (including the initial view). If more orless views are to be used in an assessment, the degree of difficulty of visualization should betaken into consideration. Depending on the goal of assessment, questions may be chosen fromappropriate levels of difficulty of visualization as listed in Table 4. For example, if a test intendsto assess all levels of visualization, an equal number of question items may be chosen from eachtype of rotations as listed in Table 4. A spatial visualization test should provide a trueassessment of students’ visualization skills and reflect the fact that the more complicated therotation, the

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Gandolfo; Ken Alford

havelittle to no prior teaching experience.The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of theUnited States Military Academy, the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the United States Page 9.666.1Government. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThree important actions occur before each new faculty member arrives: • A faculty sponsor is assigned. • The new hire receives a date to begin

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby

various participating student teams via the Internet and teleconferences, and at the end of the simulation, contracts are awarded to the best overall proposals, one per project. C) At the end of the simulation, students and faculty have the opportunity to participate via the Internet in the project assessment and feedback process, to discuss the positive and negative aspects of each team’s participation.Recent GLOBETECH Experiences In 1995 and 1996, GLOBETECH- I and II discussed automobile and vans manufacturingjoint ventures in China and Thailand. In 1997, reflecting the world’s increased interest inenvironmental issues, GLOBETECH-III explored projects in the air pollution control andabatement field. The retrofit of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

experience at least 14 speed bumps onmy way to and from work, and feel that there is a “problem”.In a multi-group brainstorming session students are asked to identify/clarify/define (not tosolve yet) the “Speed Bump Problem.” In a typical session they find more that 20 problemsthat are related or caused by speed bumps. The following is a “sample” categorized list ofstudent responses. Driving/Traffic: Cause Traffic Jams/ backups Slow-down traffic Cause tailgate and other accidents Cars drive in bike-lanes to avoid them Not convenient for bicycles Driver: Sometimes invisible/ confusing (weather conditions, reflections) May surprise drivers Annoying and frustrating Bad for the body

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Gasper; Keith Whites; Michael Batchelder

Copyright ASEE 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” (a) Solar Car Telemetry Group (b) TH-D7A(G)Photo Three Kenwood HT used to send data packets from the solar carAs another example of telemetry, SDSM&T faculty, alumni, and students designed thetelemetry system for the Starshine 3 satellite [13] that reported data on advancedexperimental solar cells being tested by NASA. The primary goal of the satellite wasinvolving K-12 students in an experiment to determine upper atmosphere density bytracking reflections from many small polished aluminum mirrors. Students from 1,000schools in 30 countries polished the 1500 mirrors and then tracked the satellite in orbit byreflections from the sun at dusk. The secondary goal was

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

employing. This approach to curriculum bridges the gapthat exists between the classroom practices and industrial practices. This unifiedapproach would deliver students with career-bound knowledge essential for the industry.I. IntroductionIn the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) department of PurdueUniversity Calumet (PUC), the faculty by choice have taken upon themselves to makethe changes, the essence of which is reflected in this paper. After a lot of deliberation thecurriculum committee agreed to make the changes to the curriculum that essentially,prepares the student to function in the market place as the System Designer. It wasrealized that the ECET curriculum should impart to the graduating student enoughexposure to pursue

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury

. Personal contact also improvesstudent retention and will help to increase the percentage of minority black engineers infuture.1. BackgroundAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU), a historically blackuniversity, reflects the uniqueness of the traditional land-grant institution, whichcombines professional, vocational and liberal arts pursuits. The University providesbaccalaureate and graduate studies that are compatible with the times to all qualified, Page 9.502.1capable individuals who are interested in further developing their technical, professional,and scholastic skills and competencies. A center of substance and excellence, AlabamaA&

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

, professor Guskey points out their keyweakness: Research shows that after the first couple of years in the college classroom, most professors and instructors settle into a fairly stable pattern of instructional practices. Based almost on trial-and-error learning, they develop a personal repertoire of instructional techniques that is only occasionally refined as a result of classroom experiences. Although typically derived without the benefit of critical reflection or collegial feedback and exchange, this repertoire provides these veterans of college classrooms with a sense of security and certainty about what to do, how to do it, what will work, and what is likely not to work. Suggestions of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

, andpresentation. The work accomplished by the participants in the three projects is described nextin this paper.2. Selection of the Research Projects The principal concern of current seismic design practice is to prevent the collapse of thestructure and avoid the associated loss of human life. It is, however, extremely uneconomical todesign structures to remain completely elastic under strong seismic loading. Classical methodsof earthquake resistant design reflect a compromise between the needs for absolute safety andeconomy, and are based on the concept of controlled damage under extreme seismic motions.This controlled damage may be achieved by allowing parts of the structure to yield (undergopermanent deformation). One of the projects selected for

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jensen

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Spray; Lori Donath; Nancy Thompson; Theresa McGarry; Elisabeth Alford

negotiatingmeaning.The majority of S3’s participation was in his analysis of the work he had left to do to completehis honors college requirements, and a great deal of reflection of how the things he learned in Page 9.869.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationRCS improved his communication skills; the bar graph reflects this level of participation. Thedata on contributions per participant in Figure 2 are summarized in Table 2. Faculty

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

5 to resort to shady practices. 10. The profit motive pressures managers 1 2 3 4 5 to compromise their ethical concerns. Table 2 Student posttest responses of ethical cynicism quotientStudents were given an ethical cynicism test at the end of reflection in action. The class waspretty non-cynical. The average posttest cynical measure was 21 out of a maximum of 50. Page 9.1199.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John McGuire; John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

AD)During the Baroque period, music became complicated, ornamented melodies. Themusic was dramatic, flowery, emotional, and reflected the spirit of the times.Technically, music contained formal order based on repetition and ornamentation. In thisperiod, new types of compositions, such as concertos, sonatas, cantatas, operas, andoratorios, for many different combinations of instruments and vocal ranges were created.5.5. Classical (1750 AD-1800 AD)After the complicated Baroque period, the Classical period emerged. This periodcontained a new, cleaner sound. Music compositions were based on simple short themes,unlike the Baroque period. During this period, composers exploited graduated sound andspace, repetition, and simplification of music.5.6

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Ibrahim Karaman; Jeff Froyd; Terry Creasy; Winfried Teizer

resistance against introducing newtopics and reach the largest number of students quickly. Work is continuing to assess the degreeto which students comprehend the new material that is being introduced.AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Division of Engineering Education andCenters of the National Science Foundation under grant number EEC-0304049. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliographic Information1. Morgan, J., Rinehart, J., and Froyd, J. (2001) Industry Case Studies at Texas A&M University, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference2. Lasting

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Moore Furneaux; Randa Shehab; M Jayne Fleener; Kim Warram; Elizabeth Kvach; Betty Harris; Anne Reynolds; Teri Reed Rhoads; Susan Walden; Teri Murphy; Deborah Trytten

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationexplanatory information from context in brackets (e.g. "he lectured." would be replaced by "he[non-engineering faculty member] lectured.").Table 1: Sample of IE Majors Interviewed at OU Sophomore Junior Senior Alumnus TotalFemale 3 10 2 0 15Male 3 3 4 1 11The perceptions in this paper are from IE students at OU. As a result, the data in this paper willbe reflective of both the discipline and

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Chen; John Tharakan

University have worked together to make this amodel of successful educational program enhancement.Introduction Throughout history, NASA has played a critical role in promoting engineering andscience education at colleges and universities. NASA has accomplished its educationalobjectives by following a well-established structure and leveraging its resources to accomplishprogram goals. NASA has notably committed to education since its creation in 1958. Thisstrong commitment has been continuously reflected in the agency's Strategic Plan, in whicheducation is viewed as important as space exploration. NASA’s national education program isdevoted to “inspire the next generation of explorers”. This education program is carried outthrough NASA

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Farris

invitenon-engineering faculty, practitioners or interested community members to participate inideation sessions. The goal is to break out of the engineering mind set that tends to startworrying about how to make it in detail, before expanding the pool of ideas.III. ScreeningThe term screening refers to a systematic and unbiased process of selecting a small number ofideas to investigate further from the many ideas generated in the ideation phase. This is animportant concept in the marketing New Product Development process and is enumerated in theCrawford and Benedetto text that is used in that class. Student teams began this phase bydesigning a screening method that reflected the priorities of the project sponsors. Despite thefact that the most

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvid Andersen

, and be social with each other. It seemed to make the team feel morecomfortable with each other, more able to express ideas openly and discuss them without “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering” Session 3160feeling shy about it”. Further they wrote: “Basically, each team member’s team workingskills can be seen by the work that was completed towards the end of the project. The workwas more divided for effective time usage, but still reflected all thoughts and opinions of theteam

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bales

that they know how to use. The final section of the subject isthe service-learning-based final project.Section 1–FundamentalsDuring the first section of the subject we introduce the following fundamental concepts • Voltage and current. • Ohm's Law • Circuits and Kirchhoff's Laws. • RC time constants.The following components and items of test equipment were also presented • Resistors, Capacitors, and LEDs. • Protoboards • DPDT knife switches. • Digital Multimeters (DMMs). • Function Generators. • Oscilloscpes • Three-terminal, linear voltage regulator (e.g., 78xx)The pace is fast, and we try to maximize the time spent building circuits while allowing enoughtime for reflection and discussion. As an example, here is the

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch

a few tripsto the motor pool to conduct a reconnaissance of the site and to start visualizing how to addressthe presented problem. They quickly decided to each develop an alternative solution to theproblem and then decide after further research and reflection which alternative best met theclient’s needs and would be the most cost and fabrication efficient. Prior to winter leave theyconducted a site survey using a Total Station Surveying device and a digital camera. Aftersurveying approximately 200 points, they were able to computer-generate a topographic map ofthe proposed construction site. They used this large scale map in addition to several photographsclearly depicting the contour of the stream to develop a plan and compare their