Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; Steve Hsiung

not,then the communication is treated as a failure5,14. The way the receiver signals this CRC-8 bytemismatch is by not sending an ACK command which causes a time-out condition to occur.Another communication has to be reestablished and everything has to start over again. Thisprotocol implementation has the advantage of providing cleaner communications and eliminatesmost errors, but it also brings a heavy load on software coding and CPU execution time.V. Conclusion Teaching ET students should not be limited to providing them with the fundamentalbuilding blocks for their future career construction. In this ever changing technology era, we aseducators, not only have to trigger students’ interest in learning but also have to bring real

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stoian Petrescu; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

project was avaluable part of the course” scored 3.8/5. This is a significant improvement to the rating giventhe previous project in the 2002-03 school year of 3.5/5.Overall we feel this was an excellent first-year project. It achieved all of our academic goals,and encouraged students to practice a number of skills which will be important to their futureengineering careers. The perceived level of student and faculty enthusiasm about the project wasmuch higher than in the previous year. The project was covered by local newspaper andtelevision reporters, which gave an added boost to student motivation. In addition to the statedacademic goals of the project, a number of other side benefits were also found. Studentsinvolved in this project are much

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

-based project development experience Just getting to do a self-developed lab project was fun Very interesting course……making me lean towards computer-based automation career Organize a brain-storming session for developing project ideas early in the semester Reliance on partner was a problem Allocate more time to the coverage of interface electronics design Include some biomedical measurements applicationSummaryExperience with student-initiated projects within the instrumentation and data acquisition courseis presented. A few students struggled at the beginning of the four-week-long project period indefining the scope of their work, as this was their first experience with project-based learning. Itwas also

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.[33] Kamm, L. J., 1991, “Real-World Engineering – A Guide to Achieving Career Success,” IEEE Press,Piscataway, NJ.[34] Wolfe, M. F., 2000, “Rube Goldberg,” Simon & Schuster, New York, pp. 122 and 138.Appendix – Resource Guide to FountainsExamples of books with “how to” instructions for fountains.Adkins, D., 1999, “Simple Fountains for Indoors and Outdoors – 20 Step-By-Step Projects,” Storey Books.Aurand, C. D., 1986, “Fountains and Pools – Construction Guidelines and Specifications,” PDA PublishersCorporation, Meza, Arizona. Page 9.1410.15Binsacca, R., 1991, “Garden Pools

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

“problem solvers” to being “problem identifiers” or “problem configurators”; engineering emerging as a path to other, broader careers such as business, law, and politics; and engineering emerging as the “liberal education of the 21st century.”Finally, it is Harvey Mudd’s experience that a broad, design-based program successfully, andeven splendidly, addresses many of the commonly-heard concerns about engineering education,including: the content and presentation of the curriculum; the effectiveness of learning by students; the retention of those students in the classroom; and the graduation of appropriately-educated engineering professionals to maintain and enhance America’s

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

ownskills, techniques, compare with and learn from others, and set goals for their future. Sharing Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationlessons learned makes possible the improvement of processes for subsequent investigations. Thisintegral component of the case design allow learners to reflect, summarize and solidify their ownlearning and structure it in a way that is meaningful to them [9].Guy [10] states that “the rich case allows students to gain safe experience in practicingfundamental skills needed in their careers: they need to plan and set up interviews and focusgroups, question

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Cavanaugh; Matt Ellis; Mark Ardis; Richard Layton

Computer Science student at Rose-Hulman, graduating in May of 2005. He plans to pursue aPh.D. in Computer Science upon graduating. His interests include programming languages, compilers, and artificialintelligence.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelveyears in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. He is a member of theTeaching Workshop Group of the ERM Division of ASEE, giving workshops on building student teams.MARK A. ARDISMark Ardis received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1980 and is currently a

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suguna Bommaraju

explain relationship between electricity and magnetism. These fundamentalsare very important for individuals pursuing careers in electronics and electrical engineering.Electricity and magnetism concepts were discussed in your Tuesday class. You are invited to give a 3-minute guestspeaker lecture about “how the relay operates” to “Junior High” class at Lakota High School.Your instructor provided the following circuit that you can use to prepare your lecture.Your presentation should contain a brief explanation of the circuit. Page 9.507.14 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

electrical,computer, systems and industrial and mechanical engineering, the engineering disciplinesoffered by the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at the State Universityof New York, Binghamton (SUNY-Binghamton). As required by the guidelines set forthin ABET EC2000, students during their senior year must enroll in and successfullycomplete a capstone design experience. The capstone design experience helps studentsbegin to bridge the gap between their academic and professional careers by exposingthem to the technical demands, potential pitfalls, and professional expectations ofengineers and researchers. Previous to the development of the new multi-disciplinary capstone sequence,each engineering department in the Watson School

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Watts; Theodor Richardson

, is to provide classroom teaching experience, with an emphasis on learner-centeredteaching methods, to future engineering educators.Those engineering graduate students interested in an academic career have limited options whenit comes to preparing to teach the next generation of engineers. These options can includeteaching assistantships (TAs) which can be accompanied with a teaching workshop, teachingseminars, and under rare circumstances a graduate course on engineering education that canincorporates lesson-planning and learning theory1. The GK-12 fellowship program provides Page 9.601.1USC’s engineering graduate students experience

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kishore Kotteri; Joan Carletta; Amy Bell

an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech.She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Bell conducts research in waveletimage compression, embedded systems, and bioinformatics. She is the recipient of a 1999 NSF CAREER awardand a 2002 NSF Information Technology Research award; she has also received two awards for teaching excellence.JOAN E. CARLETTA is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Akron. She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in1995. Her research involves the design of digital hardware for applications that require intensive computation

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

worthwhile* 26. I expect to have little use for Tablet in my daily life* 27. I can’t think of any way that I will use Tablet in my career* 28. Anything that a Tablet can be used for, I can do just as well some other way* 29. Working with Tablet will not be important to me in my life’s work* Usefulness (course) 30. Using Tablet did not have a positive effect on my learning** 31. The Tablet was helpful to me in learning class concepts** 32. Using Tablet during lectures made it easier to understand the material** 33. Using Tablet during lectures made it easier to do my homework assignments** 34. The Tablet should be used more often in this class** 35. Tablet should not be used in this class

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Positive Relationship with Faculty Mentors: Almost all Scholars and Undergraduate Fellows saidthat one of the highlights of their experience was being able to work directly with a femaleprofessor. The Scholars generally found the Mentors were very understanding and helpful.Many Scholars got to know their Mentor on a personal level. Several Mentors invited theScholars into their homes or took them on field trips. The Scholars found they could talk to theirMentors about virtually anything including career goals, graduate plans, and how to balancehome life and work. One Scholar pointed out that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

students interested in an engineering career. A wide variety of factors are available foranalysis using already existing University and Department databases. The first factor thought tomeasure student success is usually cumulative GPA however, that alone is not a sole predictor ofsuccess. Other data, such as SAT verbal and math scores, first semester GPA, high schoolgraduation rank, high school extra curricular activities, concurrent employment, internships,math placement exams, socio-economic factors, gender and minority status, may also beindicators of student success. Preliminary data suggest involvement in student professionalsocieties enhances graduation rates. Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam indicates aminimum level of academic

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

features. This has been attributed to the more developed ability ofexperienced designers to think and visualize in three dimensions as well to the influence ofdesign habits developed over the course of their education and careers which lead them to relymore on 2-dimensional representations [12]. Despite the ubiquitous presence of CAD technology, designers continue to find aspects oftraditional sketch media that contribute to conceptual thinking lacking in CAD interfaces andultimately in the representations produced with CAD, either on screen or in printed form. Asnoted previously, the ineffectiveness of digital media in conceptual design has been attributed tocharacteristics of the markings as well. However, digital media has not been

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

corporate business model as experienced by the lead author during his industrialengineering career. This model provides a good learning environment for students as theyreceive exposure to a traditional business model they may experience in a company upongraduation.The management structure developed is directly taken from business where the PrincipalInvestigator (PI) is the CEO, and the following positions are assigned to students: ProjectManager (PM), Engineering Leads (EL), and Individual Contributors (IC). Figure 1 shows thestructure used for the 2003-04 academic year in our Intelligent Prosthetic Arm project. This is atypical organizational chart and is determined within the first week of the fall semester by the PIwith input from the incoming

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Czuchry; W. Andrew Clark

Technology or aMasters of Business Administration (MBA) can select coursework with an emphasis inentrepreneurial business practices and concepts. Faculty members from both the technology andbusiness colleges form an interdisciplinary team to help coordinate offerings for students. Tohelp facilitate cross-pollination between diverse fields of study many of these courses are duallisted in both the MBA and Technology curriculums. In addition to the master degree programs,an Entrepreneurial Leadership Graduate Certificate Program has been implemented to providenon-traditional students an opportunity to learn entrepreneurial business concepts that can beapplied directly to their careers. Coursework offered at ETSU to facilitate innovativeentrepreneurship

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

. Overall, the results show the need for further development of case study materials thatshow how learning STEM concepts is essential in solving real-world problems. A collection ofsuch materials need to be made available to instructors and students using the national digitallibrary initiative. Widespread use of such materials has the potential to get young studentsexcited about pursuing careers in science and engineering. ReferencesAldridge, M.D. (1994). “Professional Practice: A Topic for Engineering Research and Instruction,” Journal ofEngineering Education, 83(3): July 1994, pp. 231-236.Bok, D. Higher Learning, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986.Boyer, E. College; The Undergraduate

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

Session 2004-1819 The Manufacturing Learning Model – An Innovative Method for Manufacturing Education Winston F. Erevelles – Robert Morris University Pearley Cunningham – Community College of Allegheny County Sunday Faseyitan – Butler County Community College Robert Myers – Westmoreland County Community CollegeI. IntroductionThe Partnership for Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) is an industry-driven, academic system delivering innovative manufacturing education and career developmentin southwestern Pennsylvania. The coalition brings

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

the work processesof civil engineers, the allocation of work, educational requirements and career paths, andbusiness opportunities for civil engineering firms are also changing. These changes are leadingto new paradigms for intelligent transportation, smart buildings, SCADA, monitoring andcontrol, disaster management, and intelligent construction.Most observations and conclusions of the IT study will have applicability for civil engineeringprograms in general, even though some specific plans for implementation within our curriculumwill center on the core courses. IT certainly has many applications outside of the core courses,including in simulations, virtual labs, formulation and analysis of design options, demonstrationsand illustrations of

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

. Page 9.981.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationUniversities and K12 institutions share the burden of adequate preparation for students who maychoose technical careers. Indeed, universities “have a crucial role to play in the important stridesbeing made to transform K12 science and math education.”1 Weaknesses in the preparation ofK12 students in science and mathematics are well recognized. The academic performance ofU.S. students in mathematics and science slips from near the top of the list of 48 countries at theelementary level to near the bottom during the high school years

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

and encourage their successful students withspecific aptitudes to enter Technology Education careers, and this acts like a form of institutionalinbreeding. This is significant because these students fit a profile, with an inclination andorientation toward practical hands-on, non-traditional academic work.Creative Crane Competition as a ModelThere were two main reasons for developing the Creative Crane Competition.15 The first reasonwas marketing in nature; promoting interest, rewarding excellence, inspiring students, etc.Although this is not central to the theme of this paper, it provides a justifiably pragmatic reasonfor the College, technology educators, and corporate sponsors to support the effort. The secondreason was pedagogical in

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timokleia Togkalidou; Rudiyanto Gunawan; Mitsuko Fujiwara; Jr., J. Carl Pirkle; Eric Hukkanen; Richard Braatz

learn theory applied to a real-world situation.”These comments suggest that they seemed to realize the importance of the skills they learnedin the class and how they are related to their career goals. Exceptionally Exceptionally High LowRate the instructor’s overall teaching 35% 59% 6% 0% 0%effectiveness Excellent Very poorHow would you characterize the 47% 47% 6%instructor’s ability to explain

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Pawley

may have studied much of our Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationadult lives, which we have been questioned and challenged on through our undergraduate,graduate and professional careers, and which has taken up so much of our time, money, energy,and other personal resources, is potentially damaging to the social position of women in theworld can be a shock. At least, it was for me, at the beginning of my studies in feminist theoriesof science. After all, I had been learning that the ultimate aim of my work in engineering was tostay objective in my relationship to my subject of study (itself

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andre Sayles

Session 3470 Diversity: An Engineering Process Andre H. Sayles United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996AbstractEngineers often prefer to work with processes, particularly those that allow for assumptions,inputs, and outputs. Unfortunately, engineers seldom pursue diversity management as perhaps asecondary career field. In this paper, organizational diversity is represented by an engineering-like process having three primary phases and a supporting phase. The Leading Diversity ProcessModel (LDPM) is

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patti Clayton; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"Appendix CSyllabus for Service-learning ModuleDEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYDraft SyllabusCHE 451P, Chemical Engineering Design II – Spring 2003M 1:30-3:20, Riddick 242Instructor: Dr. Steven Peretti (peretti@eos.ncsu.edu) 221 Riddick Labs, 515-6397 Dr. Lisa Bullard (lisa_bullard@ncsu.edu) 206 Riddick Labs, 515-7455Contact: Jennifer King (jlking2@unity.ncsu.edu) 835-4368Objectives: • To assist in providing an understanding of engineering in a broader, community-based context • To discuss issues of diversity and the implications upon the career of engineers • To define and assist in understanding

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Wyrick

foreign companies to sell their goods and products in theUnited States, just as it makes it easier for American companies to sell their goods and productsin foreign markets. Manufacturing facilities are increasingly relocated overseas to takeadvantage of lower production costs, access to raw materials, less stringent regulations, ortaxation considerations.IE students should have an opportunity to understand how their professional careers may leadthem to many different assignments around the globe. In the case of the University of MinnesotaDuluth, many students come from rural settings and have not traveled extensively, especiallyoverseas, and a good appreciation of international opportunities and challenges can be difficult todevelop. This

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

, web site, changecontrol, prototyping, and final presentations. Each activity includes a team goal, individual roles,uses interpersonal skills, and team-student accountability.Assessment data indicate the students feel the course is valuable but one that requires asignificant time commitment. Also, students do not like to follow a process or write technicaldocuments. But these are skills that must be mastered for a successful career in professionalpractice. Likewise, faculty advisors report that the course demands a fair amount of their timewith possibly little to no reward or recognition. They report improvement in student writing,presentation, interpersonal, professional, and higher-level thinking skills. Finally, the industryrepresentatives

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

, high-performance Organizational competency management teams developed Team-based practices Team building Mentoring 3 – Defined Competency-based workforce Participatory culture practices Competency-based practices Career development Competency development Workforce planning Knowledge and skills analysis 2 – Repeatable Management takes

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong Okamoto; Tai-Ran Hsu

different lab groups willsupplement different sets of information. If the lab experiments are increasing studentunderstanding of heat transfer on the topics they cover, a statistical difference should be clear. AT-test will be performed to analyze both the pre- and post-test results and the exam scores todetermine statistical significance.Also in the third year, similar pre- and post-tests will be developed for the new elective todetermine the effect that the class has on likeliness to pursue a career in thermal management ofelectronics and knowledge of basic electronics cooling subjects. The syllabus for the course willbe sent to members of industry for their review and suggestions. All results for both ME 114 andthe elective will be used to