Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jalkio; Christopher Greene

laboratory reports) that document their self-assessment.The portfolio of supporting documentation also provides a tool for the assessment of the course.Portfolios in general have been long discussed in the literature of assessment and compared toother assessment tools5. Since these portfolios are collected and maintained by the studentduring the semester and each is accompanied by an assessment written by the student, theseportfolios overcome several of the disadvantages described by previous authors6. In particular,these concerns include the time required for faculty evaluation of the portfolio, storage resourcesrequired if the portfolio is maintained by the institution and lack of compliance if the portfolio ismaintained by the student.This system

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fengfeng Zhou

. Activities are incorporated into lessons, demonstrations, laboratory exercises, and fieldexperiences. By doing these activities, students will experience authentic scientific andengineering research practices that require higher-order thinking skills and creative problem-solving skills. This will enable each student to develop a better understanding of science andengineering and hopefully foster a desire to advance his/her education in a related field.The authors, as participants of project STEP, developed a module to teach magnetism to seniorsat Hughes High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. The overall objective of this module was to increasestudent interest in physics and engage them in the learning process. To this end, technology wasincorporated in

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Scott

", Engineering Education, Dec. 1982, pp. 221-226TIMOTHY C. SCOTT is Associate Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Mechanical andAerospace Engineering at the University of VirginiaKEVIN L. KNIGHT is Senior Electronics Technician in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineeringat the University of Virginia Page 9.1397.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Davis; Roman Stemprok; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

located inDenton, Texas. During this time it was possible to expand the program to include a Bachelor’sdegree Electronics Engineering Technology , a Master’s Degree in Engineering Technology, anda Masters degree in Business Administration. The program is entirely supported by the utilityand no state funds are involved in the program. The program has strong competition from non-accredited degree granting institutions. Methods of delivery vary with the course of instruction.For laboratory courses, the instructor will generally travel from campus to deliver the material atthe site; for lecture only courses, videoconference is frequently used. Efforts are underway toimport additional courses from other universities at the time of this writing.II

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

laboratories. He served asassociate dean for six years and as department chair for twelve years.He is the author of three textbooks, all published by the Prentice Hall Publishing Company, aunit of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.1, 2, 3 His first book waspublished in 1972 and he has continued to generate new books and new editions since that time.The books are designed for undergraduate courses that emphasize the application of theprinciples of mechanical design.Design of Machine Elements SoftwareEach copy of the new 4th edition of Machine Elements in Mechanical Design includes a CD-ROM containing MDESIGN, an extensive set of 28 calculation modules developed by theGerman company, TEDATA. Derived from the very

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

LearningThe CourseHow well the stated course objectives were fulfilled 4.25 (4) 4.50 (4)Quality of the course media (videos, CD-ROM, print material, etc) 4.50 (4) 4.50 (4)Effectiveness of course materials (textbook, handouts, videos, etc) inhelping you learn 4.50 (4) 4.50 (4)Value of the course assignments (homework, laboratory work, papers,etc) in helping you learn the course content 4.50 (4) 4.50 (4) Page 9.860.3 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Depew

research. Another important factor in the rate ofacceleration has been a reward system to encourage success in basic scientific discovery and thepublishing of these discoveries in journals and proceedings.While the pursuit of basic research is vitally important to our nation in maintaining a competitiveadvantage in developing innovative technology, we must not forget the important role of otheravenues of discovery. Moving scientific innovation from the laboratory to production requiresan ambitious agenda for applied engineering and technological research as well as a reward Page 9.823.2system to encourage its development

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Chen; Albert Peng; Daniel Jones

Technology Programs at CMUThe engineering technology programs at Central Michigan University (CMU) are designed toprepare students who aspire to careers in electronic, manufacturing, or mechanical areas7. Eachmajor requires a minimum of 24 semester credits in mathematics and science, 21 credits intechnology core that emphasizes hands-on laboratories, 21 credits in technology specializationthat emphasizes engineering science and design, and 9 credits in technical electives that studentscan use to strengthen their technical backgrounds in one of the areas.The students who wish to pursue one of the ET majors must be first admitted into the university.A typical student who receives a general admission would have a high-school GPA of 3.3 and

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Miller; Jack Waintraub

Educationpostsecondary educators, government and processional associations will be available. Pleasevisit the website, www.neteconline.org, frequently to find out more information and to getinvolved!Bibliographic Information1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 1993. Enriching the Undergraduate Laboratory Experience: 1992Undergraduate Program Directors Meeting. Chevy Chase, MD: Howard Hughes Medical Institute.2 Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 1994. Institutional Strategies for Enhancing Undergraduate ScienceEducation: 1993 Undergraduate Program Directors Meeting. Chevy Chase, MD: Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute.3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 1995. Expanding the Role of Science Departments: 1994 UndergraduateProgram Directors Meeting. Chevy Chase, MD: Howard

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Enger; Sudhir Mehta

Engineering Education (ASEE), Teacher of the Year award from the NDSU College ofEngineering and Architecture’s, and the Faculty Lectureship Award at NDSU. Earlier, he was named “The 1997North Dakota Professor of the Year” by the Carnegie Foundation and has received the Peltier Award for InnovativeTeaching from NDSU in 2000. He has also received the HP Award for Excellence in Laboratory Instruction in1999. Dr. Mehta and his colleagues have received the best paper/presentation awards from the ASEE in 2001, 1999,and 1995. Dr. Mehta received the Carnot Award for the best teacher of the year, four times, from the students of PiTau Sigma Society.Kathy Enger is a social sciences librarian at NDSU. She has a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

the Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering and the College of Engineering for fabrication of test specimens andcalibration of the different instruments to be used. This included laboratories on the maincampus of the University of Cincinnati, as well as the Large-Scale Structural Test Facilitylocated at Center Hill, about two miles from the main campus. The remaining weeks of theresearch project dealt with analysis of moment-rotation results from previous experimentaltesting1, 2, as well as designing, fabricating and erecting the test set-up for full-scale testing of T-stub connections subjected to cyclic loading. Though specimens for four tests were designed andfabricated, but due to time limitation only one test was conducted at

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Justine Stiles; Ashly Middelberg; Farhad Reza; Subhi Bazlamit

conducting measurements of both components atdifferent temperatures. The British Pendulum Tester was used in a laboratory setup to measurethe two components of friction on test briquettes. To simulate the polishing of pavement surfaces Page 9.809.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationas a result of repeated application of wheel passes; the briquettes were subjected to cycles ofmechanical polishing using aluminum grit and a drill press equipped with a rubber-polishingdisc.Briquettes representing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Muniram Budhu

thatis done the weight is shown. The experiment continues interactively with the student placing thewet soil in an oven and is completed when the student calculates the water content and thenanswers a quiz to test short-term knowledge retention. The student can then select a differentsoil and repeat the experiment to compare the water retention capacity of different soil types. Anexperiment on a single soil type as described above will take about 24 hours in a physical lab buton the computer its takes less than 5 minutes and the student obtains all the required knowledge.A physical experiment can then be conducted for the student to get the feel of a real soil andoperating in a physical lab if laboratory facilities are available

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Rabiee

. Severallaboratory experiments pertaining to sequencer functions are assigned to the students during thecourse of an academic quarter. Student feedbacks have been very positive for integrating theirknowledge gained during the classroom lectures in the laboratory. Page 9.1357.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Programmable Logic Controllers; Principles and Applications, By John Webb and Ronald Reis, Fifth Edition, 2003, Published by Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.2

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

set at the early stages of theprogram will help the students to achieve their educational goals and personal achievements.With this in mind in fall 2000, three courses were identified to implement a testing sequencewe called the “ten minute quiz”. The courses areECET-100 ECET seminarECET-102 Electrical Circuit-1ECET-152 Electrical Circuit-ll.All the three courses are required for the program.Concept based objectives were written for all the courses and is used by the faculty whoteaches the courses. The grading criteria included the following.Homework 5%10 Minute Quiz 25%Tests (3) 30%Final (Comprehensive) 15%And the Laboratory 25%At the beginning of every class a ten minutes quiz was given to the students based on theconcepts that was taught

Conference Session

Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Okechi Egekwu

) laboratory at James Madison University as part Page 9.671.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrightø 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationof an integrated security solution for a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)system. [6] CSA goes beyond traditional endpoint security solutions “by identifying andpreventing malicious behavior before it can occur, thereby removing potential known andunknown security risks that threaten enterprise networks and applications.” [7] Specificinnovative features of CSA include: ‚ Proactive defense

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Ameel; Ian Harvey; Bruce Gale

without an accompanying lab.Course 2, with its emphasis on microfabrication was designed to have a weekly lab that wasdirectly coupled to the lectures. Course 3, with its emphasis on characterization, was designed toinclude lab exercises that demonstrate and provide exposure to fundamental characterizationtechnologies and practices. Certainly another constraint in developing lab activities is thephysical resources of the microsystems laboratory. The lab facility has many of the morecommon processes used in microfabrication and, as a result, lab activities are based around thosecommon processes. Given the nature of the microsystems area, each course was designed to bemultidisciplinary and to be open to students from all areas of engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Tonkay

chairperson of the Industrial and SystemsEngineering Department at Lehigh University. He is also the director of the ISELP and the ElectronicsManufacturing Laboratory. Tonkay has been actively involved in curriculum development for the college’s commonfreshman year and the department’s new Information and Systems Engineering degree program.EMORY W. ZIMMERS, JR, Ph.D. is Professor of Industrial Systems Engineering and Director of the EnterpriseSystems Center at Lehigh University. Zimmers has been responsible for more than 200 funded research andtechnology transfer projects with over 115 industry and academic partners. He has authored or co-authored one textand over 180 technical reports and publications. He is a Fellow of SME and IIE technical

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Ogilvie

Session 3270 Developing an Appreciation for Careers in Research Through the Texas Research Experience Program Andrea M. Ogilvie The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Texas Research Experience (TREX) Program at The University of Texas at Austin hasproduced valuable research opportunities during the academic year for more than 280undergraduate minority engineering students. TREX provides students with a uniqueopportunity to establish strong links with faculty, gain hands-on laboratory experience, anddevelop an appreciation for research careers

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Johnson; Stephen Quint

Engineering. Presently, Dr. Lucas is on sabbatical at the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC.TIMOTHY A. JOHNSON, PH.D. Timothy A. Johnson holds a BS Ed (1972) in education from Illinois State University, an MS (1976) in natural science from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. (1983) in BME from UNC-Chapel Hill. Research interests include cardiovascular electrophysiology, sensors, instrumentation and data acquisition, processing and display. As an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, he teaches linear controls and directs BME laboratory rotations.STEPHEN B. KNISLEY, PH.D. Stephen B. Kindly, graduate of Duke University (BSE 1973) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ph.D. 1988) is currently an

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Azemi

would bethe ability to incorporate more advanced engineering/mathematical assignments as well ashelping students with their future courses that use Matlab. The main disadvantage of such amove is the extra work that is required for putting together the lectures, due to limited resourcesthat focus on using Matlab as a general-purpose programming language. The proposed modifiedcourse will also include several lectures in C++ and “good” programming practices.References[1] T.W. Martin, A. Azemi, D. Hewett, and C.P. Schneider, “PSpice in Electrical Engineering Laboratories,” Proceedings of the 1992 ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 1307-1308.[2] D. Andrews, A. Azemi, S. Charlton, and E. Yaz, “Computer Simulation in Electrical Engineering

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

, Teaching, and Research, 1890-1990, Teachers College Press, Columbia University, New York, 1999.Lewis, Clayton, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, personal communication.Biographical InformationDavid E. Clough is Professor and Associate Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder,CO. He joined the faculty at Colorado in 1975. He served for seven years as Associate Dean for Academic Affairsof Colorado's College of Engineering and Applied Science. He is responsible, in part, for initiation of numerouseducational program and facility innovations at the University of Colorado, including the Integrated Teaching &Learning Laboratory, the Herbst Program of Humanities, and the Women in Engineering Program

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand Rathod

, K., "Globalization of Technology and the Economy: Implications for Mechanical Engineers," ASME, June 1994. 16. “2003 SPU Alumni Convention,” http://www.spualumni.org/, December 2003. BIOGRAPHY OF AUTHOR Mulchand S Rathod, PhD, PE, professor of Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, served as the director/chair of the Division during 1987-2003. His prior appointments include State University of New York at Binghamton (1979- 87), Tuskegee University (1976-78), Jackson Engineering Graduate Program (1975-76), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of California Institute of Technology (1980-81), IBM (1981-85), and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gore

meet these intentions with anemphasis on "hands-on, can do" attributes. In addition to better hands-on laboratories and moreindustry collaborations (involving student projects), industry-sought-after certifications are beingconsidered and will be provided "if appropriate" to help achieve these intentions. In particular,the ET Department has decided that a Six-Sigma “Greenbelt” certification would be a goodcandidate to provide the desired attributes if included as part of the existing Industrial QualityTechnology course. This certification is typically part of “Continuing Studies” non-degreeprograms offered by universities outside the ET degree curriculum, which raises the question, “IsSix-Sigma certification appropriate for the college

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Gu

required to submit their names. This method will improve the communication and enhance outcomes from students—more learning, better grades, and higher overall satisfaction with the course. 11. Think/Pair/share: Students are asked to digest the concept and share his/her thought with his /her neighbor. This method will improve the interaction among the students. 12. One-minute papers: With books and note books closed students summarize the “most important” or “most useful” points they leaned from a particular lecture, reading assignment, laboratory, or discussion” 7. The use of one-minute paper is to help entice student away from passive copying of

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wien Lohachit; Gary Jeffress; Alex Sadovski; cody ross; Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, and Electro Scientific Industriesin Portland, Oregon. Steidley received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.RAY BACHNAKRafic (Ray) Bachnak is a Professor in the Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) at TexasA&M University-Corpus Christi (A&M-CC). He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical andComputer Engineering from Ohio University in 1983, 1984, and 1989, respectively. Dr. Bachnak was previously onthe faculty of Franklin University and Northwestern State University.WIEN LOHACHITWien Lohachit received his B.S. degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering Technology from the Universityof Houston-Downtown in December 2000. Mr. Lohachit is currently a

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman; Alok Verma

Technology Clinic at Old Dominion University- MeetingProfessional Needs. Industry and Higher Education. ., March, 1989.8. Verma, A. K. & Hackworth, J., Design and Construction of an Automated Battery Testing Machine. @ International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 1999.9. Homkes, R. A., Writing and Publishing Your Way to tenure. @Proceedings of the ASEE annual conference, June 1996.10. Fulton, Carol, Licklider, Barbara L., Re-engineering faculty development: lessons LEA/Rned, @Proceedings of theASEE annual conference, Seattle, June 28- July 1, 1998.BiographyALOK K. VERMA Alok K. Verma is Associate Professor and, Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory at OldDominion University. He joined the Engineering

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Ohland

1996.Facilities for 35mm color film finishing and packaging, graphic arts film finishing, and 35mmfilm production were added in 1997. In 1999, Fujifilm began coating data storage media inGreenwood and opened the Greenwood Research Laboratories. Greenwood’s most recentadditions were a medical imaging products facility and a second color film and photographicpaper factory added in 2001.1 The current site, with 8 plants, a research facility, and Fuji’slargest automated distribution center in the world, is an educationally rich environment forengineering students. Fuji Film Greenwood is a participant in Clemson’s Cooperative Education(co-op) program.Clemson and its General Engineering curriculumClemson University is a land-grant institution

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Daughton

in American universities, government laboratories, and industry. Topics include research and development strategies, innovation and creativity concepts, the R&D process, and the management of R&D organizations and personnel.EMEN 5400 Explores the methodology for the management of new Page 9.229.3Principles of Product products from idea inception to product discontinuation. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Brook Zurn; Jeff Frolik

be accomplished without the Tablet PC, butease of creating and updating notes and having a single lecturing platform for all types of contenthave justified its use to the author. The author is presently investigating using Tablet PCs in a laboratory course as aninteractive lab book for student results. One can envision using the Tablet PC to provide theprocedure, run simulations, control test equipment, capture test data and provide a means ofcapturing handwritten comments. In addition, we will investigate using Tablets for students todocument their activities in a senior design course. Rather than submitting formal reports on aregular basis, the Tablet would provide a paperless trail of the design process and enable theinstructor to