Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Kline

process design engineer. Once these attributes or criteriahave been established, performance measurements or rubrics can be designed to guide or promptan assessor or evaluator to look for outcomes from a performance activity related to the desiredcriteria. A “performance activity” for the purposes of process design is defined as any activity byan individual, a group or team, or an individual within a group or team that is working towardsachieving the goals and learning outcomes of the design assignment or project. Examples ofperformance activities would include but are not limited to group meetings or work sessions, oralpresentations, meetings and interactions with the “customer” or “client” of the design project (suchas faculty, industrial

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Denny Davis; Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili

include: (1) motivation, (2) technical competence, (3) judgment and decision making,(4) innovation, (5) client/quality focus, (6) business orientation, (7) product development, (8)professional/ethical, (9) teamwork, (10) change management, and (11) communication. Theseattributes span ABET engineering criteria 3 and 4 requirements.A set of broadly-applicable capstone course learning outcomes is presented to address needs fordeveloping the attributes of top quality engineers and to match capstone course objectives withinengineering curricula.Introduction and ObjectivesIntroduction and RationaleCapstone design courses occupy strategic positions in engineering baccalaureate degreeprograms. They provide senior engineering students open-ended project

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Velegol; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant

students to take an introductory engineeringcourse. The course is typically taught by a team of six faculty and has an enrollment of over 200,while the size of a typical class at Bucknell is below 35. While this course has been successful atachieving its objectives in the past, it was felt that it could be improved in terms of class size anddepth of coverage. This year the class was taught in four segments. The first segment was notaltered – lectures were delivered to the whole class in the traditional manner, combined withsmaller laboratory segments. Lectures included: engineering as a profession, the engineeringdesign process, information on each engineering discipline, teamwork and learning styles. Thiswas complemented by a team project in

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William O. Jolley; Hartley T. Grandin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USAAbstractThis paper presents a study module that is incorporated into a formal introductoryundergraduate level course on finite element theory and practice. The module consists ofan Integrative Project and Homework Exercises based upon sophomore level education inmechanics of materials. The objective of the module is to support the teaching of thefinite element method and to emphasize assumptions and limitations in the application ofthe technique. The Project centers on a simply supported beam with geometric discontinuities. Thisbeam is investigated using a commercial finite element code in five different phases.Each phase uses a different solution model consisting of a hand

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surya Mallapragada; Maureen Griffin; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz

]). According to Huba and Freed, rubricsassist students by offering clear criteria that can guide students in the development, revision, andevaluation of their own work, a process that is particularly useful when solving open-endedproblems in the PBL environment. In this paper, we describe how we developed rubrics as meansof consciously involving students in the learning process. Our overall project includes four laboratory-linked modules. Each has a list of desired Page 8.1256.2technical outcomes that should result from the solution of the problems that are assigned, as well Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Lemke; Jeremy Saunier; Jeff Haar; Adam Smith; John Estell

uploaded via proprietarysoftware to a desktop computer. The purpose of this senior design project was to offer a newapproach to patient self-monitoring through the development of a diabetes management systemusing the Handspring Visor Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The design consists of aSpringboard module containing blood glucose metering hardware and an accompanying softwarepackage that operates the module and allows for the storage and processing of data. Thefollowing sections outline the process followed by the senior design group in their developmentof the design.Obtaining Information About Current Glucose MetersThe first step to determine how current glucose meters obtain a reading was to look online fordocumentation. This allowed the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

students to visualize and understand the development of stresses instructural members. The experiments and design projects outlined, combined contact, bearing,and axial stresses; the experiments were designed and constructed for the use of mechanicalengineering undergraduate courses. The suggested experiments and design projects for thesenon-traditional combined structural stresses are included to improve the students’ comprehensionin upper-level Experimental Mechanics course or Machine Design course.IntroductionThe ever-increasing demand from industry for more sophisticated structural and machinecomponents requires a solid understanding of the concepts of stress, strain, and the behavior ofmaterials. At the sophomore level, students in a

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

visualization skills of on-campus undergraduate students. (2)Microsoft PowerPoint software capabilities can be utilized to create simple but effective,animated, multi-media, graphical presentations that enhance students’ visualization skillsand give them the know-how to hand-solve a variety of projection problems, geometricshapes drawings, and architectural engineering concepts, in an easy and affordable way.RationaleSince their infancy, this generation of on-campus undergraduate students grew up withdifferent forms of multimedia ranging from toys to video games, electronic gadgets,computers, Internet, radio, television, video, CD/DVD, and a long list of appliances.Reaching out to students “in their own language” naturally calls for the use of multi

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

amodularity concept. Under this strategy there needs to be a few modular hardware and softwareblocks that can be made easily adaptable to a range of engineering and engineering technologylaboratory experiments. In this project, while developing the experiments for Internet delivery, amodularity concept has also been addressed.2 Experimental FacilitiesIn this project four experiments were conducted, and all of them can be accessed and controlledthrough a remote PC over the Internet. The experiments were developed through a project thatinvolved collaboration between two engineering departments: Industrial Engineering andEngineering Technology. The choice of experiments has been made to cover a range of areaswithin the two collaborating departments

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

complexor wicked problems (Turner, 2002). Turner says: “This rethinking involves the nature ofthe science that we do (more integrated), the way that problems are defined(collaboratively), the role of the scientists in the process (more engaged), and the tools fordelivery (more user friendly)”. These economic and social pressures require thateducators rethink or redesign how material is presented to students. One approach toimplementing these changes is to modify the traditional, lecture-based science andengineering education technique to include one of guided inquiry and multi- or inter-disciplinary project performance. We have designed an interdisciplinary science andengineering seminar course to investigate this new approach. Our expectation is

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

Session 2253 TTU College of Engineering Pre-College Engineering Academy© Estacado High School Pilot Program John R. Chandler, Ph.D., and A. Dean Fontenot, Ph.D. College of Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper reports on progress to-date in the planning, design, and initial implementations in a K-12 Pre-College engineering program being developed collaboratively by Texas Tech University(TTU) and Lubbock Independent School District (LISD). The Pre-College EngineeringAcademy© is a multidisciplinary, project-based curriculum that presents high school students withrealistic

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Tackett; Greg Walker

reduced and reliability can be increasedby utilizing new HPC facilities. However, barriers to effective use of existing and emergingHPC technologies remain. In fact, few researchers and engineers possess the knowledge tobenefit from the current computing capabilities. In response to this unheralded demand,a pilot course for exposing engineering students to new technologies and capabilities in thecomputing world has been developed. As a result, not only have student participants becomeHPC savvy, but also the research community as a whole has expressed intense interest inthe continuation and expansion of the initial project. This surge in interest is derived fromthe fact that student participants have been able to solve problems that were

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Brown; Mel Mendelson

designed around the constituents' needs and confers two degrees: M.S. insystems engineering and MBA. The systems engineering leadership emphasis resulted fromsuggestions by local industry and the Air Force. The constituents and their needs have beenestablished and translated into a set of educational objectives and program outcomes. Sincevery few universities offer dual-degrees in systems engineering and business, the SELP fillsan important need for an integrated engineering/business curriculum.I. IntroductionToday the United States has a major shortage of engineers and scientists capable of leadingand managing complex technical projects. One example is the U.S. Air Force whoseSecretary, Hon. James Roche, has testified before the U.S. Congress [1

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Riley

” building technologies.These green or “sustainable” building technologies and materials are evolving at a rate thatexceeds the potential for significant documentation, testing, and practice, thus presenting achallenge to architectural and engineering educators. Characterized by an integrative designprocess, green building projects require professionals to work in new, non-sequential ways. Inaddition, many of the key issues surrounding sustainable design are contested and subject todebate and misconceptions. For educators, the question arises: How do we effectively exposestudents to these emerging technologies, while simultaneously engaging them in the integrativedesign processes specific to these technologies?This paper describes an

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; Vincent Capece; John Baker

, in January 2002. The two-dayprogram involved lectures, short research projects, and laboratory work at theengineering campus. Initial lecture material covered the broad mechanical engineeringprofession. Additional presentations included gas turbine engines, alternative energysources (solar and wind), and applications of solid modeling and finite element analysissoftware. Based on the lecture material, students selected a topic, and used web-basedresources to complete a short research paper. One laboratory exercise involvedmeasurement of flow around a golf ball in a wind tunnel, with supervised calculations ofthe aerodynamic drag coefficient using Microsoft Excel software. Another exerciseinvolved each student creating a solid model of a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Keyser; Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

Session 1526 Design – Build – Test: Flexible Process Control Kits for the Classroom S. Scott Moor, Polly Piergiovanni and David Keyser Lafayette CollegeAbstract Traditional undergraduate instruction in process control focuses on abstract analysis andoften does not prepare students for the industrially important task of synthesizing process controlstrategies and designs. This project bridges the chasm between academics and industry bydeveloping inexpensive and flexible process control lab kits that will allow students to design,implement and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

the ModelLaboratory. Their understanding of group dynamics and appreciation for cost-effective andsuperior designs has been enhanced.Partial support of NSF, which started in January of 2002 has increased the momentum of theefforts that have started since 1998 for creation of the State of the Art Laboratory. Successfulimplementation of this project has resulted in several measurable outcomes as:1. Generation of comprehensive blueprints for fabrication of apparatuses necessary for precision experimentation in the areas of Mechanics of Materials and Dynamics of Machinery.2. Creation of detailed laboratory manuals-ready for distribution to students.3. A well thought out and comprehensive plan for putting together an affordable model

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Rosenkrantz

proposals werepart of a campus research project to work collaboratively and explore how on-line teaching andlearning could be used and whether there could be measurable benefit to the campus community.Results were documented and presented to the campus community.Part 2 - On-line Teaching Options, Strategies, and ConsiderationsThere are many new books and articles that talk about on-line teaching and learning in higher Page 8.820.1education. One very excellent article talks about the usage of web technology as a “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jarosz; Ilene Busch-Vishniac

that 21st century leaders must“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”make connections among seemingly disparate discoveries. Saving design projects until senioryear drives students away. Technology such as computer graphic simulations allows hands-onengineering even in freshman year.8At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a member of the Foundation Coalition, underclassmentake comprehensive 12-credit courses integrating engineering, physics, chemistry, computerscience and calculus. There is topical alignment and exams are integrated.9Fromm’s E4 program at Drexel integrates science, engineering and liberal studies. A team

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan; Vedaraman Sriraman

supply, and a clock pulsewith a selectable clock frequency. While this type of prototype breadboard is suitable for use withTTL (transistor-transistor logic) SSI and MSI (small-scale and medium-scale integrated circuits,respectively), most of the digital electronics industry has progressed beyond this 1970s-eratechnology. At the beginning of the NSF-sponsored project, there were no computers in theelectronics laboratory where Digital Electronics and related courses were taught. Most modern digital systems are implemented primarily with embedded microprocessorsand PLDs (programmable logic devices). The use of PLDs allow the user to download entirecombinatorial and sequential logic designs into programmable hardware. The PLD is

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

provision and capability to askusers to evaluate the usability of systems. Usability is one of the main principles contained in user-centered design. User-centered design systematically approaches software design with the intentto fit the software to the genuine needs of users. It provides a scheme for quickly understandingusers in relation to systems, their working intentions in carrying out tasks, and the support theyneed from the system to perform those tasks.5 The ULAB, as a curricular resource, prepares ourgraduates to apply their knowledge to industry usability evaluations by promoting usability as anintegral part of the software’s pursuit of quality. Specific usability evaluation projects are done inthe ULAB with the user-centered courses

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Medoff; Stephen Stace; Janice Margle

project. It involvesdesigning, building, and testing a simple stringed instrument. All work is done in teams. A combination demo/hands-on exercise is being developed for inclusion as the designcomponent of a freshmen engineering design and graphics course. The purpose of the exercise isto expose students to designing and building a simple stringed instrument. This instrumentincludes a strain gage to (indirectly) measure string tension which is then compared to mathe-matical models and resulting musical pitch. This musical pitch is analyzed using commerciallyavailable software that receives input from a contact microphone mounted on the instrument’sbody. Student teams document all information through reports and in-class

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chu Chen Chen

project spending would roughly triple, andwithin a decade would result in a savings of twenty billion dollars per year in energy and watercosts, create over one hundred thousand permanent new jobs, and significantly cut pollution”.As an Energy Project Director and Energy Auditor for the past ten years, I have performed morethan four hundred energy audits in governmental facilities, universities, health care organizations,public schools, and private industry buildings. Two commonalities are usually found in all thesestructures. One commonality usually found is that most facilities have not yet implemented theuse of energy efficient technologies, due to budget constraints. The second commonality is thatthe performance contract provided by the

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Kenimer; Jim Morgan

Taxonomy (e.g.knowledge, comprehension, application). Term projects often are used to help students develophigher-order thinking skills and to bring design concepts into engineering courses. However,because projects have greater scope and larger work requirements, it is difficult to fit more thanone or two projects into a semester-long course. Further, most students and many faculty viewthese longer-term assignments as mostly out-of-class work. While comprehensive and veryworthwhile, these term projects are both burdensome to complete and cumbersome to grade.Hence, neither faculty nor students would relish increasing the number of these all-encompassingdesign projects attempted per semester. This paper describes efforts to develop and implement in

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

technology is commonly referred to as Geomatics. Page 8.1068.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationWhy is GPS/GIS, Geomatics, included in a Structural Analysis and Design EngineeringTechnology Program?The technologies involved in Geomatics are significant for engineering technology practicebecause of its labor saving costs and improvements in the quality of results. Engineering firmsare eager to apply Geomatics to everyday projects throughout the world. Therefore, EngineeringTechnology programs

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Jackson; Susan Magun-Jackson

StrengthsFinder Profile. This article presents a review of the“strengths” literature, an analysis of the class results using the StrengthsFinder Profile, andconclusions.IntroductionThe introductory course MEM 601 in the Master of Engineering Management Program atChristian Brothers University utilizes group activities to facilitate learning and to develop team-related skills. In addition to homework and in-class assignment, students are grouped in teams towork on semester-long projects. Projects give these teams an opportunity to utilize leadershipand management concepts, project management skills, and other principles and informationpresented throughout the semester.The class of fall 2002 also read the book, Now, Discover Your Strengths1 by Buckingham

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Darcy Schein; Cathryne Stein

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 2engineering, design, language arts, and even ethics. Educational robotics is usually multi-modal,involving programming, mechanical design and construction, teamwork and project management.This can be a real opportunity for students with learning styles not typically suited to classroomwork to flourish and demonstrate their talent.The Botball Program is the main educational initiative at the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics.Botball is an educational program for middle and high school

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Elvia Martin Del Campo; Ariana Arciero; Patricia Nava; Rosa Gomez

) was started on campus and six members of the UTEP WiSE programare participating in this on-going community-based design project. The focus of this project is toget women involved in creating technology that will positively impact the community. The VDCis a collaborative network of nine colleges and universities that draws technical and non-technicalwomen, and their supporters, into technology by making the connection between technologycreation and social impact. Page 8.599.2Guided by a few basic concepts and fresh communication processes, VDC participants create “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr

Session 2793 What Does It Take To Make K-12 Engineering Education Sustainable? Martha N Cyr Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155IntroductionIn the past decade there has been significant increase in the commitment of engineering schools,departments, and individuals to support engineering learning in the K-12 environment. As in anygood engineering project, there is more than one solution. Looking across the spectrum, a widevariety of types of these K-12 outreach programs exist, ranging from single day student basedexperiences to professional

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James A. Davis; Melissa Dark

been engaged in targetedworkshops for the past two years, producing the results summarized here (see [1] for a moredetailed description). The long-term objective for the project is to develop a curriculumframework for undergraduate and graduate programs in Information Assurance (IA). Theframework includes: identification of broad areas of knowledge considered important forpracticing professionals in information assurance, identification of key learning objectives foreach of these areas, identification of a body of core knowledge and skills that all programsshould contain, and a model curriculum including scope and sequence. The framework'sdevelopment has been facilitated by workshops and working groups of leading informationassurance educators