Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid Siddiqi

and prioritizesdesign-build selection factors from a private owner perspective. The factors considered in thestudy include single point responsibility, reducing cost, shortening duration, reducing claims,large project size, complexity, Constructability, and innovation. A questionnaire wasadministered, followed by actual interviews with private owners to validate findings from thestudy. Results from the study demonstrate the relative importance of factors considered by theprivate sector while choosing design-build for project delivery. This paper is beneficial forprivate sector owners, architect, engineers, and contractors who either are experienced or plan ondoing Design-Build projects in future.IntroductionDesign-Build is by far the fastest

Conference Session

Experiences with the TTL Turbojet Engine

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Horatio Perez-Blanco

wasdelivered carefully and solidly crated. Older equipment had to be removed to accommodate theminilab, and the installation had to be such as to avoid permanent alterations of the buildingexterior. Hence, the installation process demanded more planning and energy than thatforeseen for a normal lab situation. Besides removal of older equipment, the issues to beresolved in the installation where utilities, exhaust routing and noise levels. Organizationalrequirements were such that environmental/health regulations had to be satisfied in removingolder equipment, a process that called for careful planning and execution. Regarding utilities,compressed air was available in the assigned room, and all that was required was the installationof a filter/moisture

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Meade

and receptivity should be considered in determining when to useexperienced-based instruction. EBI can motivate the student by showing relevance of the topicand appealing to the student’s sense of curiosity or adventure. EBI can broaden the topic byaltering the “point-of-view” of the student. And last, EBI can allow the student to get a sense ofwhat is expected from an engineer by his clients, employer, peers, and the public.Deciding how to insert the engineering experience requires planning. Reading assignments,videos, web-based information, personal stories, role-playing exercises, simulations, games, andcarefully crafted problem-solving exercises are tools that play a part in the delivery of EBI.This paper discusses the use of EBI in a

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harvey Lyons

search for information and data thatis essential to ensure a successful project result. We found, however, that seniors typicallyresponded with reports that were rather minimal in effort and which did not reflect theirtechnical maturity. The freshmen, on the other hand, provided reports many of which werewhat one would have expected of the seniors. This paper will discuss the manner in which theteaming skills were introduced to freshmen; the manner in which they responded; the typicalresponse of seniors who were not exposed to an introductory course; and, finally, what isrecommended to extend the freshmen experience throughout the curriculum so that the seniorswould clearly demonstrate they have attained the benefits of a planned curriculum

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Russell Walters, Iowa State University

computer graphics and applications to construction activities suchas planning, designing, and simulation. The proposed course includes three major components: • Part I – Basic Computer Graphics: This review allows students to review the basic theories about computer graphics and learn the potential benefits for construction. • Part II – Applications in Construction: This part focuses on using available software packages based on computer graphics and their applications in construction. These include Computer Aided Design (CAD), animation, simulation, and integration. • Part III – Advanced Technologies: This part introduces new technologies related to computer graphics in

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Bishop; Gary Lewandowski; Joel Fried; Carla Purdy; Anant Kukreti

hires are also invited to participate indiscussions in this seminar.While participating in the seminars, students also create a teaching portfolio, which documentstheir teaching philosophy, seminar activities, and plans for teaching after graduation. An essentialcomponent of the portfolio is the statement of teaching philosophy and goals which willaccompany each student's vita and statement of research goals during the actual job applicationprocess.All students must obtain their research advisor's written permission to enroll in the PFF program.Additional requirements are set by each department. For example, in some departments studentsare allowed to join the program after passing the Ph.D. qualifying examination (typically after oneyear of

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sangsoo Ryu; M.H. Kim; Julian H. Kang; Spyros A. Kinnas

applications on the design of ocean vehicles and offshore structures.His research focuses on the prediction of unsteady sheet and tip vortex cavitation, design of high-speed propulsors,free-surface entry, inflow/propulsor interaction, and wave/body interaction.JULIAN H. KANGJulian H. Kang is an assistant professor of the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University. Hisresearch interests include the utilization of the Internet technology and mobile devices for construction planning andproject information management. For collaborative construction planning, he is interested in using Java 3D andXML for visualizing the construction sequence on the Web browser

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Ellertson; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

incooperative and internship experiences7. Page 8.1246.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Beyond the cooperative and internship environments, we believe that student electronicportfolios (ePortfolios) can demonstrate and help develop at least six of the fourteen ISUCompetencies: General Knowledge, Initiative, Innovation, Planning, Communication andTeamwork. In the first-year composition course for the ABE Learning Community, we hadstudent teams develop ePortfolios in which they would develop and demonstrate

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Candice Stefanou; Karen Marosi; Margot Vigeant

a career panel from which students gain exposure to diverse fieldsof research and where students can hear many views on the various possibilities of academiccareers. Finally, the data suggest that we should encourage our students to enter graduate school,but that we do not have to worry so much whether they are looking to stop at an MS or tocontinue, as the data showed that most professors were not committed to a PhD upon entrance tograduate school.ImplementationTable 5 shows the activities deemed most valuable based upon our survey data, and the activitiesbeing planned or carried out at Bucknell in order to address those findings. The most importantactivity, mentoring, is the most difficult to address. Mentoring appears to be a key

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

. Theresults are assessed with student surveys. The technical aspects went well, but students wouldhave liked to have learned more about their counterparts’ culture. In the Spring of 2003, we arerepeating the course with a planned Spring Break trip to Turkey.Course StructureThe METU seniors in the project had completed EE413, a senior/Masters-level VLSI designcourse taught by Tayfun Akin in Fall 2001. Six of the students chose to continue with the designproject in Spring 2002. Although the initial proposal called for granting credit, the METUbureaucracy could not approve credit in time and the students participated on a purely voluntarybasis.The HMC juniors and seniors were enrolled in E158 (Introduction to CMOS VLSI Design),taught by David Harris in

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Scales

provide students with adegree similar to the one that is being planned. To develop this new specialization, knowledge ofthe characteristics and concerns of the students with an interest in this type of degree isimportant. The students, as the customers of this degree, must be taken into consideration. Aprogram in any institution of higher education must also sell itself to potential customers. Toignore this aspect of creating a degree could doom the degree to failure. To obtain some of thisinformation, a descriptive study was conducted in the form of a survey given to students who arein the TED Non-Teaching Option majoring or minoring in GC. This paper will report on thefindings of this survey as well as discuss their implications for developing

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

required in developing and sustaining high-quality postgraduateprofessional programs center around five primary clusters. They include:• Cluster One: Diverse and Engaged Participants Diverse and Engaged Experienced Faculty Diverse and Engaged Experienced Students Engaged and Experienced Program Leaders• Cluster Two: Participatory Learning Cultures Shared Program Direction Community of Learners Risk-Taking Environment• Cluster Three: Interactive Teaching and Learning Critical Dialogue Integrative Learning Mentoring Cooperative Peer Learning Out-of-Class Activities• Cluster Four: Connected Program Requirements Planned Breadth and Depth Course Work Professional Residency Tangible Product

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario Medina; Louis Thurston

IntegrationCurriculum integration is viewed as a way to de-emphasize engineering discipline boundaries,which normally prevent students from “seeing” beyond a particular set of courses. For example,in typical engineering programs students learn about conservation laws early on. However, thefact that conservation principles are applied in the same manner whether one deals with mass,energy, charge, or angular momentum is not intuitively made. Curriculum integration isintended to develop this intuition in the student near the beginning of their academic training. Asa result, the FC explored and planned the implementation of curriculum integration in thefreshman year and the sophomore year. The universities were left to propose, design, and putinto practice the

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Sharma

of the project, questions were rephrased and rearranged. New and more relevant questionswere added, and ineffective questions were dropped.After completing the interviews a qualitative analysis was performed. The qualitative analysisapproach (and data collection) approximately followed the model of Huberman and Miles12. Thismodel influenced the design and selection of the research questions, sample selection,methodologies, and analysis. A very important aspect of the model is the concept of an ongoingprocess of analysis that occurs during design, planning, and data collection, and continues afterdata collection has been completed, making the process inherently iterative. This provides acharacteristic mechanism of building upon the

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nasir Bilal; Harold Kess; Douglas Adams

laboratory. Experiments in the roving laboratory are to be carriedout in class, in two different on-campus facilities, and in the field. These experiments are usedby the instructor to motivate each and every theoretical discussion in class, to teach students howto plan, conduct and interpret their own experiments, and to expose students to importantemerging areas of experimental mechanics. The unique observational instructional approach ofthe course complements the roving laboratory by reversing the roles of theoretical andexperimental techniques that exist in traditional laboratory oriented classes. Instead of usingexperiments to validate theories, theories are used to validate experiments. The make-up of anindustrial advisory committee, which

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

to be carried to the awaiting customers, one expressed hisdesperation in the following manner: “water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink!”3. The Company President had planned for the anticipated announcement of the Company’s most recent engineering trump. Someticulously was the planning that the President even chooses the music that would precipitate, at just the correct moment, the unveiling ofthe engineering marvel. As the curtains lifted to reveal the gleaming, culmination of two years of painstaking work, the orchestra wasinstructed to play the last 2 minutes of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony as a suitable tribute to the engineers who worked on the project.4. The United States Department of Defense needs to name the programming

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicolae Dragulanescu; Carmen Boje

InformationSociety and the important economic and social changes it implied23. That led the following year toa report on "Europe and the global information Society". This report stressed that InformationSociety is affecting every economic sector and could be compared to the industrial revolution. In1995, a high-level expert group (European Commission 1997) was formed to analyze the socialaspect of the Information Society. It took time to get a concrete plan from the Commission on theInformation Society and not until December 1999 was an initiative presented by M. Prodi called"eEurope - An Information Society for All" (European Union, 1999). The impact of the IS oneconomy and employment had forced the Commission by June 2002 to consider "eEurope 2002an

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Bill Elmore

detail in thelaboratory section of this paper.During the development of the course considerable care was used in the planning of instruction,use of instructional materials, and evaluation of practices suitable for teaching elementary andsecondary school students. Methods for teaching science, mathematics and engineering contentto elementary and secondary students were evaluated for appropriateness. Strengths andlimitations of a variety of teaching methods were considered. These methods and practices werethen modeled and assessed through the conduct of the course in classroom, laboratory, and in-service experiences. Methodologies included lecture, small group activities, whole group

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Staci Provezis; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Siripen Larpkiattaworn; Obinna Muogboh; Dan Budny; Harvey Wolfe

department 95.9 2.5 1.6Advice of Private Counselor 94.6 4.9 0.5As a class, half have ambitions of obtaining advanced degrees - 45.6% plan on getting a MS and24.3% plan on getting a doctorate; 3.6% are interested in medical school and 1.2% are interestedin law. However, not all are completely committed to engineering - 4.6% entered with a verygood chance of changing major field and 34.3 % with some chance of switching, suggesting thatretention may remain a problem. Likewise, 7.9% indicated there was a very good chance ofchanging their career choice and 39.5% felt there was some chance of a career change.Almost a fourth (22.4%) indicated there was a very good chance that

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Pavlic; Prabal Dutta; Michael Hoffmann; Jeffrey Radigan; James Beams; Erik Justen; John Demel; Richard Freuler

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe last course in the FEH sequence is the Engineering Fundamentals and Laboratory 3, nowcalled Engineering H193 (or ENG H193). Prior to taking this course, the students will also havecompleted as a part of the FEH program two math courses and two physics courses, all of whichare coordinated with the engineering courses. The physics courses cover particle motion andelectricity and magnetism. As a culminating course for first-year engineering honors students,the ENG H193 course focuses primarily on the planning, execution, management,documentation, and presentation of an engineering design

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mounir Ben Ghalia

system; (2) An interactive GUI for control system configuration andimplementation with numerical simulation, data visualization and object animationcapabilities. Work is underway to enhance and further develop the different sections andfeatures of the module. The testing of the module in a formal class setting is planned inthe near future. Evaluation and assessment methodology along with the qualitative andquantitative test results will be reported in the near future.BIBLIOGRAPHY1. Dorf, R.C. and R.H. Bishop, Modern Control Systems. Ninth ed. 2001, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.2. Kuo, B.C. and M.F. Golnaraghi, Automatic Control Systems. Eighth ed. 2003, New York: John Wiley & Sons.3

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Hallacher

ManufacturingEducation in Nanofabrication”, Proceedings of the 2002 Conference of the American Society forEngineering Education, June 2002National Science and Technology Council, “Natonal Nanotechnology Initiative: Leading to the NextIndustrial Revolution,” A Report by the Interagency Working Group on Nanoscience, Engineering, andTechnology, Committee on Technology, February, 2000).National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Technology, Subcommittee on NanoxcaleScience, Engineering, and Technology, “National Nanotechnology Initiative: The Initiative and ItsImplementation Plan,” (July, 2000).Pennsylvania State University, Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education: A Report andRecommendations Based Upon a Workshop Held On September 11-12, 2002 at the

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Wulf; Hazem Said

initially assumed. This was an important finding with major implicationsfor our efforts to recruit students to the field of IT. Given that it is a relatively new field,especially for a college degree program, efforts need to be made to make prospectivestudents more familiar with it.The behavior of the participants was a major concern especially as it was their first timeon a college campus. However, considerable effort was put into the planning process tocreate a comfortable and safe environment where participants would feel comfortable andappreciated. The daily, informal, one-hour session that gathered all the participantstogether with the faculty members and the college student facilitators had a major impact

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Oerther

teaching materials developed in SA1 in response to the student evaluations collected in SA3. Page 8.880.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education 5. We plant to utilize the modified course content and teaching materials developed in SA4 to teach an updated Proof-of-concept Course II in the Spring of 2003 with a mixture of undergraduate students in Civil Engineering and graduate students in Environmental Engineering and Science. 6. We plan to evaluate the success of Proof

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J Hines; Fred Weber; John Prados; Kurt Gramoll

experience using the on-line materials and prompted severalimprovements.A pilot program is planned for the Spring 2003 semester at PSTCC. Students enrolled in theirStatics class will be divided into two groups. One group will complete the conventional course Page 8.1204.3with the other group taking the DE format course. During this pilot program, a PSTCC facultymember will be available to assist the students, proctor tests, and provide feedback for courseProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Davin Swanson; Christopher Lynch

students.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThere are currently three labs (out of thirteen) that do not have completed WebLab materials.One of these three is actually a continuation of a previous lab and a separate WebLab is notplanned. The remaining two are planned to be implemented by the end of the current school year.Although there is convincing evidence for the efficacy of the WebLab, it is anecdotal. In thecoming semesters a survey will be given to students to better evaluate their assessment of theWebLab.Bibliography[1] ME3056 Course Webpage. http://www.me.gatech.edu/me3056/[2] ME3056 Course Description/Syllabus. http

Conference Session

Materials Curricula: Modeling & Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Chen

the past couple years ofits existence. The design of the lab actually originated from students interested in NiTi, and hasgrown in complexity. The Ni- Ti equilibrium phase diagram, TTT diagram, and knowledge aboutkinetic processes (e.g., diffusion, precipitation, phase transformations) are all invoked for theanalysis. Students enjoy the ability to plan parts of the experiment and witnessing the connectionbetween theory and experiment.Bibliography1. http://www.sma -inc.com/2. http://www.nitinol.com/3. Phase Diagrams for Binary Alloys, ASM International, 2000.4. M. Nishida, C.M. Wayman, and T. Honma, Met Trans 17A, 1505, 1986.5. A.R. Pelton, J. DiCello and S. Miyazaki, Min Invas Ther & Allied Technol 2000: 9(1) 107.6. J. Sheriff

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Carr

thetopics of courses in our then-existing basic courses. All-faculty approval was thengarnered. A multi-year phase-in plan was implemented. Resources were acquiredprogressively. Ample communication with students, parents, University administration,and faculty was a priority. Continuous improvement was based on feedback fromstudents, instructors, grades, enrollments, and employers, and this continuous Page 8.1.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education.improvement will, by definition, remain the by-word for its success.What is Engineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Cruz-Pol

of the Industrial Engineering Department and Directorof EXITE! Camp at UPRM. She obtained her PhD in Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania StateUniversity. Dr. Bartolomei-Suárez is an active consultant to manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico, andspecializes in facility planning and simulation. At UPRM, she works with the pre-college programs tointroduce engineering to junior and high school students. Page 8.188.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationSandra

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

F. Lee Grismore; Dr. Juliet Hurtig; Dr. Barry Farbrother

therefore suggest the following problem definition: The problem is to find the coefficients that most easily cause a change in No, and then develop an external action plan which carries out specified tasks directed to changing the appropriate coefficients. As that plan is executed, use the model to verify that the desired changes are being affected in the educational system and, if required, make adjustments to the plan. Incorporate the model into the “evaluation” phase of the plan to accurately quantify results.In order to evaluate the relative steady state sensitivity of the output to changes in systemcoefficients, a simple “what-if” analysis is performed. Holding inputs constant