Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

technology to support the teaching of other subjects, often leaving both students and educators frustrated in trying to achieve greater mastery of those subjects. In order to facilitate technological literacy, an integrated approach to teaching math and science that closely resembles how people learn and work Teachers brainstorm designs for making airplanes out of straws and construction paper

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Hollis; Namas Chandra; Chiang Shih

that a more coherentimplementation, both vertically throughout the curriculum and horizontally across all disciplines,can greatly improve the educational experience of engineering students. In this paper, we willdiscuss in detail our experience, self-evaluation, and recommendation concerning the potentialimplementation of this innovative educational approach to the entire engineering curriculum.The Integrated FAMU-FSU ME Curriculum:In 1997, ME introduced an “integrated curriculum” by restructuring the traditional curriculum toplace more emphasis on the inherent connectivity between disciplines in engineering practice6,7,8.The curriculum is vertically integrated throughout the entire program to provide a more holisticapproach as compared to the

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

curriculum early and make correctionsbefore more serious problems occur. Evaluation driven by faculty integrity spawns continualprogram improvement, which helps to establish best practices that can be passed on to others.Thus, while evaluation can be viewed as onerous, most faculty members are engaged in someform of program evaluation. Often evaluation efforts are disconnected and small and specific infocus. What is needed is a system for collecting, compiling, and warehousing data in a planned,consistent and methodical way. Once data gathering and warehousing are systematized, analysisand review can take place, after which action can be based on the information.During the 2002-2003 academic year, the Assessment and Continuous Improvement Committee

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

reflected the culmination of the efforts of several engineeringeducators who had benefited from the European, more theoretical approach to engineering.(Seely5 quotes Walker6 as writing, “They taught us elegant theory: vector diagrams . . . ,hyperbolic functions . . . , and even triple integrals.”) The rapid and widespread acceptance of theGrinter report was accelerated by the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik.The tenor of the times thus very much dictated an analytical, science-based approach toengineering education. By way of contrast, were one to start anew in the 21st century, the designof an engineering curriculum might be posed as a problem in engineering design. After all, toparaphrase a wonderful observation about knowledge offered by

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Cordray

D ia g ra m sFigure 1: Assessment and Evaluation of Teachers and Students in VaNTH ProjectsAssessments of Affective ChangeThis is a highly-used method that relies on surveys or interviews to determine the attitudes andperceptions of the subjects. We have used surveys to examine the views of students regardingparticular courses and have measured changes in HPL content in the courses3. This has beenextended to teachers’ perceptions and has also been used with students to measure theirperceptions of the profession of BME and the maturation of their career goals as they movethrough the curriculum. These surveys have also contained items reflective of desired ABEToutcomes. The surveys are also being used to measure the time progress of change in

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Pfarr

of the Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Center (AIM Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationCenter) located in Dayton, Ohio and operated jointly by Sinclair Community College and theUniversity of Dayton. The AIM Center offers numerous services to educators and manufacturingenterprises to improve instruction and to upgrade manufacturing systems.Services Provided by the Resource CenterThe resource center offers a variety of services to manufacturing educators, including: o An extensive, Internet-based clearinghouse database of information pertinent to manufacturing education obtained from

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Norman D. Dennis

. While Jenkins, et.al.,(2002) describe a two-semestersequenced capstone experience that requires the technical work to be performed in the firstsemester, while professional issues are dealt with in the second semester. Farr, 2001 advocatesusing project based design experiences where the student must prepare a real product for a realclient. Still others, (Kolar(2000), Wood et.al.,2001) suggest an integrated and systematicapproach to design which spans the entire four year curriculum. In the Civil Engineeringprogram at the University of Arkansas the culminating design experience prescribed in Criteria 4has been satisfied with a course titled Senior Design, CVEG 4494, a four credit hour, singlesemester course dedicated to a culminating design

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Wyrick

required courses in simulation, manufacturingsystems integration, and two semesters of project management and senior design. The seniordesign projects are team-based and are frequently sponsored by industrial clients. The remainingcourses are technical electives and social science and humanities electives. This relatively openschedule was developed so that this exchange could be facilitated when the University ofMinnesota system switched from quarters to semesters.The fourth year for IE students going to Luleå requires that they take courses in simulation,automated systems integration, a team-based industry-sponsored capstone project, computerintegrated manufacturing, a technical elective, and an integrative course in Swedish language,culture, and

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Barbara Gannod

first is a web application thatsupports an NSF funded curriculum development project. The second is a channelsupported by the uPortal portal system that automates the department’s graduateadmissions process and is deployed on the university’s IT portal system. The third is anapplication that integrates a Course Management System, Blackboard, with an outcomesbased assessment tool, True Outcomes, to automate the importing of student information tobetter measure outcomes for ABET accreditation. The fourth project is a linguisticsanalysis tool that finds word usage patterns in media articles.1 IntroductionOne of the program characteristics that ABET expects in engineering and technologyprograms that it accredits is the inclusion of some type of

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

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationpost-secondary, undergraduate engineering-related programs. PLTW trains secondaryteachers to implement one middle school and six high school year-long courses. After twoyears on implementation, the training and education institute has offered four, eight, and ten-day workshops for 147 teachers in PLTW courses, integrated curriculum modules (ICM), orweb-based courses from 80 schools representing nearly sixty districts throughout the stateduring the fall, spring and summer. In addition, 81 teachers from 80 schools haveparticipated in one day workshops.The outreach component involves the implementation of an “Engineering the FutureOutreach” program and the formation of alliances with three

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Darby; Jane Fraser

followingcomponents: • 59 semester hours in AIM courses, • 24 semester hours in business courses, including finance, management, accounting, and marketing, and • 37 hours in English and general education.The AIM program specifies certain courses within the CSU-Pueblo general educationframework, including • 6 credits of economics, • 3 credits of statistics, • 4 credits of physics, • 3 credits of speech communication, and • 2 credits of computer information systems.The following principles lie behind the curriculum design 1. The program should be designed to promote the integration of technical and business knowledge. 2. The technical courses should be designed to provide a management perspective. 3. The technical

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry O'Connor; Dan Dimitriu

SMET students to travel together to JSC for a two-day engineering immersion experience.This opportunity includes a “behind the scenes” visit of JSC and a hands-on project highlightingvarious elements of engineering tasks. (4) Page 9.617.2Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education4. Increase coordination of curriculum between Community Colleges and Four YearUniversities by obtaining articulation agreements with surrounding area institutions. In order to achieve a successful integration of Community College Engineering

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Blackwell

a curriculum redesign in the late 1990’s, the Purdue Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology department incorporated into the curriculum four required projectcourses: • ECET 196, a 2 credit hour first semester freshman course that required students to build an already-designed 3-output power supply, and use basic time plan techniques to maintain control of the project work. • ECET 296, a 2 credit hour sophomore course that required the students to design and construct an audio power amplifier while closely following both performance and hardware/circuit specifications. • ECET 396, a 4 credit hour junior course that required teams of 3-4 students to design and build a project based primarily on

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

engineering courses formatTo achieve the desired objectives, engineering courses in the first 2 years are carefully plannedand integrated with each other and with math and science courses. Teams of faculty fromseveral disciplines will oversee each course during both the development and implementationstages to assure that courses stay true to their specific goals as integral parts of the program.A set of curricular objectives were established that will enable student to more efficientlydevelop an understanding of important content. These objectives will also provide the set ofskills needed for the practice of engineering and have served as guiding principles for the facultydeveloping the new curriculum. These objectives are outlined below

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman; Alok Verma

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

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishna Vedula

mission, EEC facilitates integrated partnerships that cross disciplines and focus ontechnological systems. The objective is to yield well-rounded, professionally oriented engineerswith a global outlook and the ability to assume leadership roles in industry, academe, andsociety.Engineering Research Centers (ERC) - provides an integrated environment for academe andindustry to focus on next-generation advances in complex engineered systems, with synergyamong engineering, science, and industrial practice. ERCs integrate research with education atboth the graduate and undergraduate levels, producing curriculum innovations derived from thesystems focus of the ERCs' strategic research goals. ERCs aim to build trusted partnerships withindustry, develop

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Academy Press.McKenna, A., McMartin, F., Terada, Y., Sirivedhin, V., and Agogino, A. (2001) “A Framework for InterpretingStudents' Perceptions of an Integrated Curriculum,” Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.McInerny, S., Stern, H.P., and Haskew, T.A., 1999, “Applications of Dynamic Data Analysis,” IEEE Transactionson Education, 42:4, 276-280Roedel, R. J., El-Ghazaly, S., and Aberle, J.T. (1998) “An Integrated Upper Division Course in Electronic Materialsand Electromagnetic Engineering -Wave Phenomena for Electrical Engineers,” Proceedings, Frontiers inEducation, Tempe, AZ.Roedel, R. J., El-Ghazaly, S., Rhoads, T.R., and El-Sharawy, E. (1998) "The Wave Concepts Inventory - AnAssessment Tool for Courses in Electromagnetic

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

an active participant. The following methodologies were incorporated into thepedagogy of the course curriculum which has shifted the element of competition from theequation of learning and has replaced it with cooperation.a) Active Listening and Notes TakingStudents were positively rewarded to participate and inculcate in the active listening and notestaking process. This activity has integrated the students in the classroom engagement. Studentswere positively rewarded for further elaborating the notes and subject matter on their own(synthesizing).b) Maintaining of Portfolio that reflect the student work in totemStudent were required to maintain their total work, this was evaluated at the end of thesemester as the log and meter to fathom the

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Olds

biomedical engineering student at Northwestern University. Hehas been involved in this project since its inception and is currently the project manager. Upongraduation, he plans to pursue graduate work in the Learning Sciences or work in industry.BUGRAHAN YALVAC is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow in assessment studies forthe VaNTH ERC, at Northwestern University. He holds B.S. degrees in Physics and PhysicsEducation and an M.S. degree in Science Education from METU, Ankara. For his Ph.D. studiesat Penn State, he majored in Curriculum and Instruction and minored in Science, Technology,and Society (STS).DAVID E. KANTER is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the School of Education and SocialPolicy (Learning Sciences) and Research Associate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Kosky

werenominal as for any engineering or science course. The biggest challenge was the internal cohesion of the course since it was taughtby a triumvirate with mixed backgrounds, discrete teaching skills, and each carrying theirspecialty’s particular language. For the course in 2004 (and presumably useful beyond this date)we obtained a NSF NUE (Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education) grant14 for $100K to createa web book. This book is becoming available on our course web site4; compared to the 2003course, the material is more fully integrated within each subject area of nanotech and is in asemi-archival format so the students will have access to it. Perhaps more importantly, as an NSF-sponsored grant, it will be on-line for any users to

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nolan Van Gaalen; Kristin Wood; Carl Erikson; Frank Duda; Matthew Green; Steven VanderLeest

College Department of Engineering, Messiah College Grove City, PA Grantham, PA ftduda@gcc.edu erikson@messiah.edu Nolan Van Gaalen Department of Engineering, Dordt College Sioux Center, IA nolan@dordt.eduAbstractRecent curriculum advancements in engineering education highlight the value of a healthysynergy from including applied mathematics and science, industrial work, and need-basedprojects. In light of the growing interest in globalizing engineering education, a service-learningapproach to globally-based humanitarian projects is an effective approach to

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Hassan

University, and presently atLawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan. Due to his extensive education, Prof. Hassan taughtalmost every undergraduate course in the electrical and computer engineering curriculum and taught many graduatecourses including: Engineering Analysis, Image Processing, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Very LargeScale Integration, Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits, Network Synthesis, Digital Control Systems,Digital Communications, and Optical Communications. Dr. Hassan is also serving as a consultant for localcompanies in these technical areas. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and IEEE Computer Society since 1993,member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and a registered Professional Engineer

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jared Berrett

about being a part of the decision making process In the class. By taking an active role in the class, students feel more enthusiastic and excited about the learning process. Technology Education as a subject, lends itself easily to this concepts. Few students are passive containers waiting to be thrilled by the vast knowledge of the teacher. The nonlinear approach to curriculum organization not only makes the curriculum come alive for the student, but keeps the teacher excited and enthused as well (Thode & Thode, 1997). This constructivist approach is central to the amazing outcomes of his program. He callshis approach a “nonlinear” approach. According to Thode, nonlinear refers to students

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robbins; Rajapandian Ayyanar; Paul Imbertson; Ned Mohan; Ben Oni

undergraduate level, followed by a course that is mainly oriented towards graduate students.In the undergraduate course, we decided to present many more topics in an integrative mannerwith twice the in-depth knowledge. For example, students should be able to design feedbackcontrol in power electronics and electric drive systems.Compared to a traditional course, presenting twice as many topics with twice the in-depthknowledge is a challenge that was met by following the steps listed below: • Avoiding legacy topics that waste valuable time and provide misleading impression that they may still be applicable. As an example, various arrangements in dc machines as generators are omitted. • Searching for commonality in various topologies to

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Byrne

integrated into the four-year curriculum is alsopresented.II. Course Structure Freshmen in the Mechanical Engineering program at WKU are currently required to take4 engineering courses. Two of the present courses are somewhat typical of introductoryengineering courses at many universities. Courses ME 101 and UC 101 are designed to fulfill Page 9.372.2university general education requirements while exposing student to the engineering field. This Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcourse

Conference Session

Support and Partnership Opportunities

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ochs

and Management,Integrated Business and Engineering, Integrated Computer Science and Business, and acampus-wide, year-long experiential program in Integrated Product Development.Entrepreneurship teaching – graduate: Historically, entrepreneurship education atLehigh has focused on the graduate MBA program in the College of Business andEconomics. This program has recently implemented an entrepreneurial track led by anexperienced and successful entrepreneur. The graduate MBA has been augmented by acombined MBA and Engineering Masters program, where students earn dual degrees inbusiness and engineering. Also at the graduate level, one of the authors, Professor Ochshas offered a new product development course with industry-sponsored projects

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

. Page 9.1248.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe new Biomedical Engineering Department will provide a complete, in-depth BiomedicalEngineering curriculum to students already well grounded in the core undergraduate engineeringcurriculum. The program highlights an immediate introduction to the major, strong personalinteraction with faculty, strong partnerships with industrial participants and a signature laboratoryemphasis. It is rooted in the College’s historical emphasis on applied research, and in theCollege’s tradition of industrial interaction. Faculty will provide a curriculum that will

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Qaissaunee

Applied Science (AAS) Degree Program to include Wireless Communications, thedevelopment and implementation of new Wireless Communications AAS and credit certificateprograms articulated from high school, through community college, and to the university level.With multiple entry and exit these new programs will incorporate work-relevant, industry-drivencurricula that integrates “best practices” in IT education with industry skills standards andcertifications, preparing technicians for the wireless communications industry. The projectcomponents include curriculum development and adaptation, program development, professionaldevelopment for high school and community college faculty, and development of a 2+2+2articulation. As a part of a network of

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

Curriculum Enrichment and Development – …there are only a few courses at the high school level in the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) inventory that can be viewed as having any substantive engineering emphasis or content. This lack of approved engineering curriculum discourages schools from …programs with an engineering orientation because they are largely restricted to awarding local credit for these offerings–––which may not always be transferable1. Teacher Training and Professional Development – The Glenn commission report raises disturbing questions about the level of teacher preparation in science and mathematics 4, moreover, teacher certification tracks in higher education almost never provide pre

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

positives.I suggest that ABET needs to review engineering programs with the following principles inplace:1. Examine programs in a minimally invasive manner.2. Determine whether the curriculum, as delivered, meets minimal standards for the degree awarded.3. Determine whether the faculty and facilities are sufficient to deliver the degree program.4. Investigate whether there is an active, periodic mechanism for program improvement that involves review by and input from external constituencies (alumni, employers, colleagues).Some might claim that this is exactly what ABET 2000 accomplishes, but many faculty woulddiffer. In their minds, how should ABET change? Here are several suggestions