Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim McLernon; David Hughes

articulation of assessment criteria forsuch knowledge and learning.Knowledge, therefore, can take many forms and can be defined in many ways. Knowledge andlearning go hand-in-hand. Assessment of student learning should consider what knowledge is tobe brought to bear on the assessment task. Should the assessment be restricted to formal learningof propositional knowledge defined by the curriculum or should it be designed to be moreflexible to encourage manifestation and application of the individual student’s personalknowledge?If student learning is to be assessed, there must be clarity as to what constitutes student learningand what knowledge is to be learned. The higher education curriculum is now more reflective ofemployers’ wants and requirements

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

broadlearning helps persuade the student that engineers, the designers of technology, do not design ina vacuum and the products they create reflect their creators. Thus they learn that technology isnot neutral.4 Fourth, breadth encourages a focus on fundamentals that are broadly applicable.Even when the technological details change (as they frequently do), the student in full commandof fundamental principles is well prepared to tackle the next big thing, whatever it might be.Fifth, a broader experience prepares students to work in more than one area (perhaps evenoutside of engineering). In today’s work world, career changes are common, so this preparationcan be vital. In fact, employers who hire for a very narrow set of skills may consider thatemployee

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar; Cameron Wright; Robert Kubichek; Raymond Jacquot

  e − jβz + Γe jβz  V(z) = Vg    jβ L − jβ L  (5)  Z in + Z g   e + Γe where Γ = (ZL - Z0)/(ZL + Z0) is the complex reflection coefficient. The time domain solution forthe voltage at any location on the line is v(z, t ) = V(z) cos(ωt + ∠V(z)) (6) Page 10.306.4Due to the complicated nature of relations (3) and (5) computer assistance is necessary to have aclear picture of what is happening. A careful look at these relations will indicate that, in general

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Haig Vahradian; Veekit O'Charoen; Teresa Hall

EducationFigure 14. Terminology used is clear Figure 15. Satisfaction with information arrangementQuestion 11: How would you rate ToolTRAIN© software for the ease of use?The ease of use question reflects both the effectiveness and the efficiency of the interface andsoftware. The range of the questions was given from 1 “very difficult” to 9 “very easy”. 37students answer ranged between 7 and 9. The results indicate that the interface was effective andthe system was easy to use (Figure 16).Question 12: Were you satisfied with the time the experiment took using the software?Time is a critical issue in learning. When a student accomplishes a certain job in less time, it canbe concluded that the student has high cognitive skills i.e. has the

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Jackson; Jesse Petway; Doreen Lawrence; Patrick Dessert; Barbara Oakley

important than accuracy in mathematics,rather than realizing that accuracy is a often a reflection of understanding. (Quibblingaside, it is clear that a student who “understands” why multiplying three times two resultsin six, but who often answers seven or ten instead, cannot do multiplication.) Anothercommonplace error on the part of elementary school teachers was that they believedstudents should not be encouraged to do problems quickly—spirited discussion arose tothis effect during one of the initial Kumon training sessions. When an engineeringprofessor opined in response that an engineer earning $100,000 a year—a fairly typicalsalary—could hardly be expected to take a year to do the mathematics involved indesigning a simple circuit, the

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Wick; Bradley Bishop

reflect a 2:1 or1:1 gain as required by the overall circuit function of Vlight – 2*Vrange. - 10 kΩ From GP2D12 + Vrange 20 kΩ 20 kΩ From CdS 20 kΩ - 20 kΩ - Vlight + Vout + Page 10.199.5 Figure 4: Basic circuit to

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

toemphasize both the simplicity and complexity of the problems that they will encounter asengineers. The Shewhart Cycle was used as a tool for continuous learning and improvement inthe design of this course.9 The Shewhart Cycle consists of four continuous steps: Plan, Do,Check, Act, and then repeat as necessary. If we discovered that the students did not learn whatwas intended in the check portion of the cycle, we would move through the cycle again underslightly different conditions. The syllabus reflects the Shewhart Cycle, because it leaves roomfor change by keeping the subjects somewhat vague, such as “Pit and Pit’um Laboratory” orComplex Systems (see the class web page at http://www.me.sc.edu/courses/U101E/). Thisallowed room in the course for

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Freeman; Anita Persaud

on recent research. Review of Educational Research, 45, 89-125.[7] Tinto, V. (1982). Limits of theory and practice in student attrition. Journal of Higher Education, 53, 687-700.[8] Tinto, V. (1987). Leaving college: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.[9] Tinto, V. (1988). Stages of student departure: Reflections on the longitudinal character of student leaving. Journal of Higher Education, 59, 438-455.[10] Tinto, V. (1999). Retention and persistence in postsecondary education: A summation of research studies. Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation.[11] Upcraft, M. L. and Gardner, J. N. (1989). The freshman year experience: Helping students survive and succeed in

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; R.N. Olson; R.E. Morrison; P.Y. Lee; L.M. Coulson; K. Gonzalez-Landis; J.P. Tidwell; J. O'Brien; Isadore Davis; H.J. Palmer; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; D.H. Quick; Albert McHenry; Jay Snellenberger; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

DevelopmentThe pace of U.S. technological innovations is reflected by U.S. competitiveness in global markets and ournational security posture. This in turn is directly dependent upon the continued professional developmentof the creative and innovative capability of our high-caliber domestic engineering leaders in industry.Development of technology-based systems is a deliberately planned process requiring expertise indefining the need, defining the specifications, planning the technical project/program/system, throughconceptual design and development for feasibility, through advanced development and programmanagement to get the job done.The resulting outcomes of development programs are new technologies in the form of new/improvedproducts, processes

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holt; Keith Williamson; Paul Kauffmann; Tarek Abdel-Salam

30 Students Page 10.486.6 Fig. 2 Reports and final exam grades Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTo explore these trends further, exit writing data was examined to see if reflected the sametrends. Although the exit writing data does not distinguish between DE and non-DE students,data for Engineering Technology students was used as a proxy for DE

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas DiStefano; P. Aarne Vesilind; Richard Kozick; Thomas Rich; James Baish; Xiannong Meng; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

project was slightly better, at 3.42/5.0.The fairly large standard deviation on these scores (1.0 for both) indicates that student opinionwas split between those who enjoyed and those who hated the final segment of the course.Student comments give us relatively little guidance on how to improve the popularity of thismodule. Many comments specifically complaining about ethics simply request that we omit itentirely. The low ratings are likely a reflection of the inherent difficulty of teaching engineeringethics to first-year students, many of whom do not yet fully appreciate engineering or think ofthemselves as engineers. On the positive side, students do agree (4.0/5) that the course hasimproved their understanding of the ethical and professional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Burchett

course material’, and ‘Labs really reflected what was going on in class’, ‘…theclass really seemed to grasp the concepts when we went through examples and working throughthe topic in the labs’, ‘I liked the emphasis on the lab and the way it stayed connected to thework done in class’, ‘The lab work really let you see the stuff you learned in a slightly differentenvironment’, and ‘Fun labs, help understanding’. A few students complained that the basicECP user interface made digital implementation of the control system transfer functions ‘tootransparent’. That is, in a few cases, students were interested in learning how to implementdynamic controllers in a low-level language, so their skills would be portable to any system.Perhaps by migrating to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

trucks. Such examples were important to the game becausethey meant every student would definitely have the opportunity to make investments- relying oncompetitive auctions was not a necessity.The complexity of the required analyses increased throughout the semester, reflecting new topicscovered in class. For example, risk and uncertainty were introduced through several investmentopportunities. The distinction between risk and uncertainty is that “risk” describes a situation inwhich multiple outcomes are possible but the probability of each is known. Risk was introducedinto the game through examples such as this: A gold mine produces $500 of revenue per turn, starting the turn it is purchased, and continuing for an unknown period

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

informationliterate.The outcomes, which are based on those developed by ACRL (2000) for each year of study aredescribed below:By the end of the sophomore year, the students should be able to:1. explore general information sources to increase familiarity with a topic2. identify key concepts and terms that describe the information need3. define a realistic overall plan and timeline to acquire the needed information4. read text, select main ideas, and restate textual concepts in their own words5. identify verbatim material that can then be appropriately quoted6. evaluate a website for authority, reliability, credibility, purpose, viewpoint, and suitability7. reflect on past successes, failures, and alternative strategies by maintaining a log of information

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karan Watson; John Weese

have had more and/or betterinternship experiences, or if they are just more reflective about their experiences thanthe men. It is clear that no significant difference appeared where the womenparticipated in internships. Finally, the large number of men’s presentations in electricalor electronic areas were dominated by computer systems, with a fair number focusedon computer games. Much like the comment on home & hobby, and aligning withstudies about young boys’ interests in devices, the greater number of men choosingelectronic projects was not surprising.______________References 1. Dunnell, P. A. and Bakken, L. “Gifted high school students' attitudes toward careers and sex roles”, Roeper Review, Vol.13, 1991, pp.198-202. 2

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Henry Cardenas; Chad O'Neal

poorly.Since electrical engineering students do not take this course, we cover electricalproperties of materials in one lecture period. It is apparent that this is not enough time toadequately introduce why different types of materials conduct electricity with different Page 10.1396.4capabilities.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”CORRELATING MATERIALS CONCEPT INVENTORY RESULTS WITHSTUDENT GRADESAll professors would like to have student grades be an accurate reflection of eachstudent’s knowledge at the end

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

students to reflect on the service experienceBecause of these potential benefits, a service learning component was added to the WaterQuality Engineering course in 1999.National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II Stormwater RuleThe 1972 Clean Water Act made it illegal to discharge any pollutant as a point source withoutauthorization by a NPDES permit. Implementation of the Clean Water Act first focused onindustrial and municipal sewerage systems, but was amended in 1987 to include the reduction inpollutant discharge by stormwater drainage systems. A two-phase approach was adopted whichfirst aimed at large and medium municipal separate stormwater systems that serve greater than100,000 people, industrial stormwater, and construction

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Musto; William Howard

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcomputer tool is specified. In addition to solving the problem, students are expected to explainwhy they chose to use Excel or MATLAB for their solutions.Assessment of Curriculum and Course ObjectivesIt is difficult to make definitive measures of the effect of the described course on the curriculargoal of improving student skills in computing. Since most MET students at MSOE are part-time,it can take several years for changes in the curriculum to be reflected in senior and alumnisurveys. Qualitative observations of faculty are that students are more comfortable andcompetent in applying computer

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

, Engineeringand Mathematics) material. The material is presented with a “theme” project that is re-iteratedthroughout the multisemester sequence so that the students understand the inter-relationship ofrelated material from subsequent pertinent courses. The overall material for the first phase isdescribed along with a description of simulation modules developedAcknowledgementSome of the work presented herein was partially funded by the NSF Engineering EducationDivision Grant EEC-0314875 entitled “Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching BasicCore STEM Material Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems”. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ficken; Subha Kumpaty

about mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid systems,and how they are related.” “Good modeling course.”“This course helped me understand mathematics behind mechanical systems.” Page 10.878.9“Tied everything together from previous courses; Good introduction to future courses.”9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education“I liked learning about how to apply differential equations. Labs provided the depth.”“Labs reflected what we learned in class.”The above are just a few statements that describe

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

. They found it difficult to adjust to a persuasive writing stylewhile restricted to the same format they had used all semester for the preparation of their labreports.The writing consultants were able to convince the technical faculty that our proposal assignmentneeded modification. They agreed and supported the creation of a Request for Proposal (RFP)for each of the final projects. (See Appendix A for a sample RFP) These documents provided thecontext missing in the previous assignment. Our students now had a clear audience and purposefor their writing.Next, we redesigned the format for the document to better reflect one typical for proposals. Itincluded a cover sheet, a client summary, an introduction, the scope and format, features

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Graf; Ann Christy

spent on non-technical subjects is not beneficial to their future careers. Overseveral years, the first author has assigned essays inviting students to reflect on their attitudestoward the General Education Curriculum (GEC) at the Ohio Sate University (OSU). Fewerthan half expressed an appreciation for the value of the GEC component of their education,especially the arts and humanities. Likewise, OSU’s College of Engineering annual alumnisurvey includes questions about the importance of and ability/preparation gained at OSU in avariety of areas including math, chemistry, physics, and humanities. Every year, humanities isranked the lowest in both categories: importance and ability/preparation.ObjectivesThe objectives of the poetry contests were

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Glenn Steele; Judith Schneider

efforts have been directed primarily toward quantifying theuncertainty of the result of the experiment. The methodology for applying uncertainty analysis to the experimentalresult is summarized below, where the nomenclature has been updated to reflect the latest accepted version.In nearly all experiments, the measured values of different variables are combined using a data reduction equation(DRE) to form some desired result. A general representation of a data reduction equation is r = r ( X 1 , X 2 ,..., X J ) (1) Page 10.609.2 “Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

centers on softwareprocess. The teams are given a set of process practices, tools, and a process meta-model and arethen assessed, in part, on their process-related decisions and execution. This aspect is moreimportant than the quality of the deliverable produced, as it more accurately reflects the learningobjective (the professional cultural mindset) we want students to develop.A process meta-model1 is used to constrain process planning and process lifecycle modelselection. This keeps major release points in synch across teams, and provides a basis for ahigher-level of decision making than exercised by projects constrained to a specific processlifecycle model. Process meta-models considered were the Personal Software Process[6] andTeam Software

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Thompson

typically analyze their employer’s supply chain. This paper describes the projects and some of the solutions proposed. It also includes the results of a survey of past students and the extent to which their proposed solutions were implemented.I. Introduction Many of the courses offered in engineering management programs reflect well-established disciplines. Others, while clearly important, lack a consensus as to what they shouldinclude. Supply chain management is an example of the latter group. There is widespreadagreement as to its importance for the future success of organizations. In fact, for manycompanies being part of a winning supply chain may mean more for success than anything thecompany can do on its own. Yet

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Scherr; Bevlee Watford

and Recognition ProgramCommunications Advisory Committee: Develops and recommends an integrated multimediaplan to promote WEPAN and it's objectives to target audiencesDiversity Advancement Committee: Develops a strategy and action plan to advance thediversity of WEPAN. This might include, but is not limited to the recruitment, retention andengagement of a diverse membership and the identification of event speakers who reflect thediversity of the membershipFinance Committee: Manages WEPAN's organizational assetsMembership Committee: Develops and drives an individually targeted membership recruitmentstrategy based on targeted audiences such as WIE directors, industry, faculty, etc.Nominating Committee: Prepares nominating strategy and time line

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Thompson; Harold Broberg

/microcontroller industry is quite varied and the processors andlanguages used in ECE and ECET courses generally reflect faculty expertise and courseand curriculum learning objectives. Most ECE introductory uP/uC courses are scheduledin the junior year while most ECET courses are scheduled in the sophomore year. A trendin some university ECE programs appears to be to move the generally popular,introductory uP/uC courses earlier in the curriculum, which may spur interest andincrease retention. Microcontrollers were used in 18 of the 26 courses, while 7 coursesused uP’s including the Freestyle MPC555, which is referred to as a 32-bit uC. Only 3ECET courses used the same textbook as an ECE course. A closer look at the textbooksshould provide insight into the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has worked on PolicyStatement 465 which states that , “admission to the practice of civil engineering at theprofessional level should occur at licensure and that this admission should require theacquisition of a body of specialized knowledge comprising a bachelor’s degree , amaster’s degree or its equivalent, and appropriate experience.” (2) The body ofknowledge points to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become licensed asa professional engineer. It is expected that existing undergraduate and graduate programswill be revised to reflect this body of knowledge and that new programs will be created.The ASCE board established the Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites forProfessional Practice in

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Landaeta; Bryan Magary; William Peterson

discipline will need to be fluent in both representations. Doctoral students in thediscipline will not be ready to do research based on prior course work alone.It will take time for the research to reflect the teaching. Those currently researching and writingin the field will need time to change. Those writing in the new paradigm will need to knowwhere their work will be considered for publication.If the proposed paradigm was to gain wide spread acceptance, teaching methods will need to bere-tooled. This can take time. Those of us who have been teaching under the current paradigmare comfortable with it and change will move us outside this comfort zone. This is a majorconsideration. In many technologies, this requires a generation.Education is

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

” guidelines but the discussions were all held during the last week of class. Theclass voted on which days to discuss which articles. Adding self-assessment of the literatureresearch project and the “Fabulous Friday” assignment would be helpful for further enhancingthe development of lifelong learning skills. In addition, having students reflect on their ownlearning process as they did these activities could be useful.SummaryABET outcomes i and j related to lifelong learning and contemporary issues were incorporatedinto a senior undergraduate elective course on optoelectronic materials and devices at USD.These activities included a literature research project with a paper and presentation, “FabulousFriday” discussions, and homework assignments