Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Norton

, and math applications that are utilized throughout their undergraduate experience.They learn about the various computing platforms on campus, learn to use the University’selectronic messaging system, and are introduced to C++ programming.The Introduction to Engineering course is modeled after the College’s Engineering 100 course,which is required for all engineering students. Students are presented with an engineeringproblem, then plan a strategy, gather information, analyze data, and produce a formalpresentation of their team solution. The course places a heavy emphasis on technicalcommunication skills and teamwork skills and teaches students basic project planningtechniques. This paper focuses on a detailed description of one version of

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

curricula and havedeveloped a variety of specialized programs in order to achieve that goal. These educationalopportunities can be classified into several categories: engineering management, systemsengineering, engineering entrepreneurship, and leadership, internship, and other multi-disciplinary programs. Most of these programs are designed to introduce engineers to thebusiness world through courses, project teams, and interaction with business enterprises andbusiness leaders. Most schools also offer minors or individual courses designed to introducestudents of all majors to technology and its impact on business. Overall, schools try to offer avariety of courses and extracurricular activities that allow students to gain a well-roundededucation

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

the class and identify keyassignments that support this course objective 2. For this class, there are 6 projects, 2experiments, and a final project. To satisfy course objective 2, part A of the final project waspicked as the key assignment for judging in meeting the criteria. Justification for picking thisparticular set of assignment is explained in the mapping process and is later documented in theformal syllabus as well. Faculty are free to pick as few or as many key assignments as they wishas long as they are well justified, as this is a key item of review for the syllabus.Step 5: The passing grade in assessing the success in meeting the criteria is a grade of C for thisclass. During the review of this syllabus, the department agreed that

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Lim; James Kokernak; Dean Lewis; Abhijeet Golwelkar; Paul Schoch

fields and that most students will be well served to have some knowledge ofmicrocontrollers. Experience has shown that microcontrollers are effective tools foraccomplishing the first three goals.The course was first offered in 1991 and has continuously evolved1. At present the course usessmall autonomous electric cars as the engaging hands on project, is taught in the studio mode,makes extensive use of undergraduate students as teaching assistants, and uses the web in manyways including interactive tutorials. Few courses use so many innovative techniques with suchlarge enrollments. This paper presents a discussion of how the course is laid out along withsome comments about the staff organization and the financial support. The goal of this paper

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Daubert; Steven Peretti; Paula Berardinelli; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard

first course in the curriculum to requirecollaborative writing and oral presentations, so team management and interpersonal dynamicswithin the team structure are integral parts of the instructional material. The senior capstonedesign course in chemical engineering provides students with a realistic experience of industrialpractice in process design. At NCSU, this often involves industrial sponsorship and mentoringof projects that require a multidisciplinary student team. This presents the students with uniqueteaming, writing and speaking challenges as they attempt to transcend genre-specificcommunication norms to produce coherent and effective documents and presentations. The paperwill report the research findings and assessment results of this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Bliven; Elizabeth Eschenbach

How Things Work: A Physical Science Workshop for K-8th Grade Teachers. Wesley W. Bliven, Elizabeth A. Eschenbach Physics, Environmental Resources Engineering Humboldt State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a physical science workshop for K-8th grade teachers that has been offeredthe past 3 years as part of the Redwood Science Project at Humboldt State University. TheRedwood Science Project is one of 18 sites of the California Science Project. The goals of theHow Things Work workshop are: 1) to increase the level of physical science content knowledgeof K-8th grade teachers, 2) to increase the level of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Ameel; Ian Harvey; Bruce Gale

key fabrication and characterizationequipment such as pattern generators, evaporators, sputterers, chemical vapor depositionsystems, an SEM, and a surface profilometer. The third course, Design and Characterization ofMicrosystems, is project driven and generalizes microsystems design considerations withpractical emphasis on MEMS and IC characterization, and physical analysis. The class teamprojects emphasize ongoing dissertation research, which produces an additional benefit for somestudents of significant progress on their individual projects. In some cases, project final reports Page 9.117.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry O'Connor; Dan Dimitriu

four years (Project META - Math, Engineering, and TechnologyAward). The second grant is an Engineering Education Discretionary Grant (Project ACCESS)which is aimed at curriculum development, high school outreach, articulation agreements withsurrounding area universities, creation of web-based engineering courses, and infusion ofengineering curricula with state-of-the-art technology over a period of three years. Page 9.617.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education After the first year of grant implementation, four elements

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Wanke; Stephen Williams; Michael Scheuerell; Glenn Wrate

Session 2433 Energy Savings in Injection-Molded Plastic Manufacturing Stephen Williams, Glenn Wrate, Thomas Wanke, Michael Scheuerell Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI 53202AbstractThe results of a joint project between the Wisconsin Focus on Energy program, the MilwaukeeSchool of Engineering (MSOE), and Plastic Molded Concepts, Incorporated to improve theinjection-molded plastic manufacturing process are described.Medium range (10 - 100 HP) motors are used to pump hydraulic fluid in injection-molded plasticprocesses. Hydraulic power required during one cycle of

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Fernandez

include a definition of HCI design: designinginteractive products to support people in their everyday and working lives.Software engineering textbooks are readily available at any level of depth and complexity. Themost popular books appear to be the ones by Pressman8, Sommerville11, and Humphrey3. Someprojects are well suited for the traditional software engineering approach, but most are not.McBreen5 states that software engineering was invented to tackle the problems of really largeNATO systems projects. These projects pushed the state of the art in both computer hardware and software development for new hardware in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968, a NATO conference identified a software crisis and suggested that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar; Joel Farber

the end of the semester, they learn that everyone can bring valueto a team. A far worse problem is the nonproductive team members that commonly createproblems in teams. At the end of the semester, everyone is given a team review sheet in whichthey estimate the percentage of time each person contributed to the project and can makecomments about how the team worked together. Projects are normally selected at one of several local sites that have the potential for adam to be built on them. Alternatively, sometimes a knowledgeable owner will have the classinspect an existing dam and provide recommendations for modifications to improve stability,storage capacity and/or safety. A knowledgeable owner is one who understands the complexity

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

internationalization. This is vital to maintain “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”leadership of the United States in this interdependent global economy. The goal is to develop andpromote peaceful and fruitful cooperation and collaboration within and across boarders1. Today’sengineers and technologists are expected to be an integral part of a much boarder society. Alsounderstanding of teamwork in terms of inter-human relations when executing projects isnecessary. Only 4% of all engineering and technology students participated in a study abroadexperience during 2000-2001 as a part of internationalization of

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri

develop test cases from it.Concepts of manual vs. automated testing and status reporting are also covered briefly.The concepts introduced in the lecture are reinforced using lab projects. In the first offering of hecourse, the students worked on three lab projects throughout the quarter. The first project focusedon using CPPUnit to test various classes that students had written. This provided the students anopportunity to apply some of the unit testing strategies that were discussed in class. The secondproject focused on using client requirements to develop a test outline and test cases and thenusing those test cases to determine the quality of a project. Initially, the students were onlyprovided the requirements and had to come up with a testing

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

commitments from as many teachers as we couldadequately handle (20 teachers and 10 mentors). During April information on available research projects was obtained from the mentorsand distributed to the teachers. In early May a meeting was held on the WSU campus where theteachers met all of the WSU faculty who were involved with the project, as well as being able totour the campus and laboratories. All of the teachers, whether they were able to visit the campusor not, then were asked to return a listing of the top three projects on which they would like towork. By the end of May all teachers had been assigned projects, with two teachers assigned toeach project. This allowed time for the teachers to communicate with their mentor, and with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Matis; Linda Ann Riley

Session 1526 Teaching Theoretical Stochastic Modeling Courses Using Industrial Partners and Their Applied Problems Timothy I. Matis, Linda Ann Riley New Mexico State University Department of Industrial Engineering P.O. Box 30001 – MSC 4230 Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 This paper describes a pilot project funded by the National Science Foundation’s CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement program that addresses the common learningchallenges of engineering students enrolled in an undergraduate stochastic processes

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

environment. Forexample, a mentoring component provides resources for underrepresented TTU engineeringstudents and organizations (e.g., National Society of Black Engineers, Society of HispanicProfessional Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, etc.) to work with K-12 students andteachers to facilitate project-based curriculum in K-12 classrooms while serving as role models.This paper also discusses the structure and content of various K-12 teacher training workshopsand professional development opportunities the Center has developed, which support verticalalignment of curriculum, provide engaging approaches to teaching mathematics and science, andeducate teachers about engineering practice and education.Overview of Our Current ProgressAs reported at

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dyani Saxby; Saeed Foroudastan

decision was made thatthe amount of effort an ESL student puts into the project, such as using additionalresources provided by the professor and the university should be considered whengrading 3. Many of these tips can be useful for engineering professors with internationalstudents who struggle with presentations. In the end, these students will reap manybenefits from the extra effort and thought put in by the professor. These include not onlyshort-term benefits of good grades, but also the long-term benefits such as improvedinterviewing, discussion, and presentation skills. For further details please see referencenumber three.Addressing language issues for non-writing instructorsBecause the focus of most engineering courses is not on writing, it

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

. This type of “isolated learning” is no longer acceptable asnowadays the industry demands engineers not only with a broad set of technical skills, but also acomprehension of the diverse practical applications of engineering concepts. Engineering andEngineering Technology education must provide integrated experience at the undergraduate levelto fulfill the expectations of the industry1-3. This paper describes an on-going project to develop a multipurpose laboratory that can beused for multiple Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) courses in the Division ofEngineering Technology (DET) at Wayne State University (WSU). The development aims toprovide an integrative experience at the undergraduate level to help students better

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang

AbstractThis paper focuses on the project of design and simulation of a disassembly-to-order system that providesa unique “hands-on and minds-on” research experience for undergraduate students. This project iscompleted by a multidisciplinary group of faculty and students from Electrical & Computer Engineeringat Rowan University and Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Pacific Lutheran University(PLU). In such a system, the disassembly of discarded products is processed to satisfy certain demandsfor parts and/or materials, while economic and environmental goals are achieved. Two scenarios in thesystem are analyzed and their performance is compared.1. Introduction Due to the increased awareness of the state of environment by consumers

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kun-jung Hsu

and different availability of resources in the community. Therefore, the interests that have to be represented at any given meeting, varies. When a conflict of opinions occurs between different user groups, the head of the Li is responsible for ensuring all opinions are heard, and directing the discussion to a well-rounded compromise. Another problem is that the implementation of participatory design tends to result in budget overruns and time delays. For example, the amount of time a designer involved in a participatory design project can afford to station in the local community is limited by time and budget constraints. Also, the process of participatory design is much more complicated than that of traditional non

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Ferry; Andrew Otieno

manufacturing in the US hasdeclined slightly, partly due to lower labor costs in international markets and the shift in the early90’s to the information technology sector. One way of addressing these shortfalls is to providemanufacturing engineering education aggressively at all levels of education and to as manyschools as possible. However many states cannot achieve this because of limited resources andlack of access to expensive facilities required to provide such curriculums.The demand for qualified engineers and technologists continues to increase in the U.S. despitethe fact that the rate of graduation of students in these areas has been declining since 19901 - 3.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the projected demand for skilled

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Farid Tranjan; Catherine Blat; Patricia Tolley; Deborah Sharer

of underrepresented minority students who successfully pursue graduate degrees inengineering by: • Integrating the two campuses culturally and academically. • Providing research opportunities and the support infrastructure necessary to ensure minority student success – academically and professionally. • Stimulating inter-institutional projects dedicated to improving the scientific expertise and interest of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. • Facilitating an easy transition of these students to graduate school.ECE and JCSU offer complimentary undergraduate engineering programs, thus providing thefoundation for a strong, productive relationship between the

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gumaer

functional digital input/output system. The next three exercises added thecapability of analog signal acquisition. The last two exercises developed the ability to generatean analog signal from a digital input value. Throughout the exercises, data acquisition, signalconditioning, and control system concepts were discussed and applied where appropriate.The first application involved using digital output to flash one or more LEDs connected to theparallel port as specified by the user. The purpose of this exercise was to enable the students tobecome familiar with using the hardware and software together to provide low-level access to theparallel port. The next project involved using the Visual Basic timer and a solid-state relayconnected to the parallel

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Cheney; Heather Brown

the research and laboratory need for undergraduates atall levels. In order to make this experience fruitful to all parties involved (students,faculty and industry), many entities and resources were sought out. This report outlinesthe many ways a research and laboratory experience can be gained by a student throughmultiple collaborative efforts, curriculum additions, and industry certifications.Industry Collaboration Local and regional industries have research needs that can not always beperformed in house. This avenue is common for universities to step in and assist industrywith research for the development of faculty and students. The projects can range fromroutine quality control to specialized research with specific instrumentation

Conference Session

Rethinking Collection Development

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Clay

accessibleto the Stanford community. As a first step towards this goal, the Engineering Library hasbegun a project to identify, characterize, and organize these materials. We want to learnwhat is out there, where it is being stored, and how much of it we already have in theLibrary.Documents were identified by systematically searching Stanford School of Engineeringweb space, and by contacting each of the School of Engineering Labs and Centersindividually and asking them if they could send us an inventory of their research output.For every item found with substantive informational content, descriptive information wasgathered and input into a bibliographic database. The database was created usingRefworks, an internet based bibliographic management

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Will Kim; Jeffrey Tisa; Peter Jansson

thecampus1 revealed that the University compares poorly with peer institutions of comparable sizein terms of energy efficiency because of very high electricity usage. University officials soughtto sub-meter buildings with no electricity data available and found that metering equipment andinstallation costs were quite prohibitive. Students of the engineering department's SustainableDesign course undertook a project to develop a low cost, small, portable, easily installed solutionto the problem so that the efficiency of each building could be estimated cost-effectively. Thelow-cost power monitoring device they designed and manufactured can store several electricalline parameters over time that will collect important energy and power characteristics of

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jonathan Wickert; Jack Beuth

tutorials are a useful means for balancing traditional content and training on CAE software(in particular, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, ANSYS, Solidworks, Adams, and Matlab). In thispaper, we discuss web-based modules for a variety of mechanical engineering courses. Theintention of the effort is for students’ use of the software packages to be transparently overlaidonto a traditional lecture-based curriculum. In the following sections, we discuss their usage in arequired introductory course at the freshmen level and in required and elective courses offered tosophomores, juniors and seniors.CAE Projects in a Freshmen-Level Mechanical Engineering CourseIn 1991, Carnegie Mellon instituted major changes in its curriculum for first-year students in thecollege

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

process bench as project work in these courses.The Brazosport Community College1, Lake Jackson, Texas and Victoria College2, Victoria,Texas have many similar process benches. Each process bench at these locations highlights onespecific process encountered in chemical plants. The main purpose of these process benches isto educate and train new hires in plant operations. The TAMU-CC Process Bench is mainlydesigned for demonstrations and conducting experiments. It incorporates the essential featuresof two or three benches at these Colleges in one single unit. It also differs from the benches at theother two facilities in that it does not contain any hazardous chemical e.g. ethylene glycol, acidsor alkali in the process circuit. Yet, it is a very

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Horch; Douglas Christensen

discouraging path (up to six years or more) toprofessional preparation for many students. To speed up and facilitate the path to a master's degree for a select group of students, wehave initiated a pilot project at the University of Utah that chooses a small number of highlyqualified students and introduces them to research early in their undergraduate careers. Alongwith cohort support, some tailored academic advising, and a couple of extra summers of study,this early research start allows them to complete the requirements for a both a bachelor's degreeand a master's degree in about four years from the beginning of their university studies. Thisprogram, named the Accelerated Dual-Degree (ADD) program, began four years ago in fall2000, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zac Bunnell; Garett Scott; Sundararajan Madihally

industrial environment. One of the UOL courses is offered in the Fall of the senior year, where students work inteams of three, on three projects. Each project covers a 5-6-week period. It includes a week ofplanning, three 6-hr laboratory sessions, and two weeks of oral and written presentations. Toensure that students include all issues, and properly analyze the data, instructors actively observeand coache the teams as they work. Prior to this course, “Rate Operations I” is introduced in thefall semester of the junior year, and “Rate Operations II” is taught in the spring of the junioryear. In Rate Operations I, they are introduced to the importance of pressure drop across variousflow regimes. The Rate Operations II course introduces