Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Brougham; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger

, were required to AVERAGES work Quiz Exam Course maintain and submit time logs. Participants recorded (out of 100) Average Average Average Average the date, location, hours worked, student's name(s) and on which component of the assignment they worked. Average Pairs 91.26 79.58 79.34 85.05 Table 3 shows that there is no strong pattern for the Average Solo 79.68 80.22 78.11 80.27 difference in time spent on the assignment between solo Average and pair programmers, with no significant time 85.60 80.37 82.14 84.18

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Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Burt Swersey

, especially microprocessors and sensors, in new combinations, to create new artifacts that address the unrecognized opportunities.Engineering design has changed. In the 1960’s young engineers were often hired to workon government defense contracts. If an engineer told his boss that he thought that therewas a better way to design something, the reply was likely, “you may be right but theGovernment accepted our RFP and defined the terms of what they wanted. Give themwhat they contracted for.” Of course there were opportunities to solve unforeseenproblems as they arose, but basically, the problem and objectives were clearly defined andthe engineers worked to fulfill the terms of the contract. Now engineers are expected to“make it better, faster

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Silage

advanced communication simulation softwarein undergraduate and graduate courses and research by providing SystemView to the academiccommunity.1. Kamali, B. Development of an Undergraduate Structured Laboratory to Support Classical and New Base Technology Experiments in Communications. IEEE Trans. Education, 37:1, pp. 97-100 (1994).2. Keene, H. and Parten, S. Advanced Communication Test System. Proc. ASEE Annual Conf., Session 3220 (2001).3. Jennison, B. and Kohne, G. A Coherent Theory/Hardware Course in Communication System Design. Proc. ASEE Annual Conf., Session 2625 (2000).4. Kramer, K. Using MATLAB-based Laboratories to Demonstrate Wireless Communication System Principles. Proc. ASEE Annual Conf

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Peretti; James Spivey; Paula Berardinelli; Naomi Kleid; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard; Dave Kmiec

.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/actionagenda/index.html. Assessmentdata, which will be available in the summer of 2003, will suggest the impact of presenting this material inthis format as opposed to less structured methods. Lang, J.D., S. Cruse, F.D. McVey, and J. McMasters. “Industry expectations of new engineers: A survey to assistcurriculum designers.” Journal of Engineering Education 88.1 (1999): 43-51.2 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. ABET Home. http://www.abet.org. 2002.3 There are numerous examples of this type of course in the literature. One example is:Walker, Kristin. “Using genre theory to teach students engineering lab report writing: A collaborative approach.”IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 42.1

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Annette George; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

, G, Chen, G., Johnson, S., Shillingford, M., Spence, K., Lu, W. 2002Environmental Impact and Economic Assessments of Brownfield Sites in Park Heights Baltimore. Proceedings ofthe 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Canada,June16-19, 2002.2. http://www.morgan.edu/admin/planning/data.asp March 7, 2003. Institutional Research Data3. http://www.asee.org/colleges/Engprofile01.pdf2003 Engineering Education By The Numbers 24pp4. George, A. 2000. 2000 Final Report of the MSU/EPA Summer Internship Program 10pp.5. George, A. 2002. 2002 Annual Report of the MSU/EPA Summer Internship Program 10pp .GBEKELOLUWA B. OGUNTIMEINGbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein is currently an Associate professor in the

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Mason

public evidence thatthe institution is working to stimulate economic development. The advantages ofincubators include such things as low cost space, internet connection, shared services,business advice and proximity to the technology, equipment and personnel of theuniversity. At Rose-Hulman Ventures, two grants from Lilly Endowment for a total of$54.6 million have made it possible to provide all of these services and more and at thesame time provide unique opportunities for faculty and students to work and learn.BACKGROUNDRose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been working to engage students in realisticengineering practice as part of their educational experience for almost two decades. In the1980’s, the school established an Entrepreneur-in

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

Institution’s Response. Journal ofCollege and Student Values, 9.Palmer, P. (1998). The Courage to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Pub.Pfatteicher, S. (2001). Teaching vs. Preaching: EC200 and the Engineering ethics Dilemma. Journal ofEngineering Education, 1, 137-142.Ryan, K., Bohlin, K. (2000). Teacher education’s empty suit. Education Week on the WEB. RetrievedMarch 29, 2000. http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=26ryan.h19Ryan, K. (1996). Character education in the United States: A status report. Journal for a Just and CaringEducation, 2 (1), 75-84.Solomon, D., Watson, M., Battistich, V. (2000). Teaching and school effects on moral/prosocialdevelopment. In Handbook of Research on Teaching, 4th Edition (in press).Texas A&M University (1994

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristoffer Findley; Mary Emplaincourt

Real Learning with America’s Tax Dollars Kristoffer S. Findley and Mary C. Emplaincourt Mississippi State University Abstract The Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at Mississippi State University (MSU) iscurrently one of 26 Department of Energy (DOE) funded centers providing no-cost energyassessments to small- and medium-sized manufacturers. The work performed by the MSUIAC is done through the efforts of undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineeringstudents throughout the state of Mississippi and surrounding areas. While the students areproviding opportunities for savings in industry, they are also gaining valuable

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mihalasky; Gina Boesch; Keith Sheppard

labs are shown as boxes within which (in italics) are shown theengineering lecture course(s) to which each design lab is associated. Thus, Design 4 includesexperiments and design projects that link to and provide context for the concurrent lecture courseon Electronics and Instrumentation. The center panel illustrates a range of competencies that aredeveloped primarily through the Design Spine experiences.Project-Based LearningA key pedagogical element of the environment that we are evolving is the permeation of Project-Based Learning (PBL) through the curriculum. This is a means to foster attributes that areneeded for a more entrepreneurial career environment as well as being recognized as a means toimprove learning outcomes. PBL encourages

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Arumala; Ibibia Dabipi

, Hampton,Return to Wallops @ 6 p.m. VA Thursday, August 1 Wallops Student Program Present to Wallops Senior Presentations (PowerPoint) Staff on Project(s) Friday, August 2 Technical Reports Due Reporting Requirement (disc and logbook provided) Monday, August 12 Closing Program at UMES Close outThe Biweekly Meeting Progress Report Format included, Problem Definition and Scope, LiteratureReview Conducted if Any, Problems Encountered, Possible Solutions, Project Status, PercentCompletion, and Project Progress Chart as shown below.Start 2 4 6

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yanfeng Gong; Mike Collum; Noel Schulz

. Figures 3 and 4 show several of the screen shots related to the symmetricalcomponents lab. Page 8.476.3Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1: Connections between ECE Topics and Protection Test Set ECE Topic Related to Protection Set Appropriate Course(s)Circuits - Three phase circuits (show voltages Intro to ECE: Applications and currents Circuits: all - Simple fault analysis (RLC

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Georg Mauer

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Montreal 2002.http://www.asee.org/conferences/caps/document2/2002-1905_Paper.pdf[10] D.C. Davis, K.L. Gentili, M. S. Trevisan, D. E. Calkins “Engineering Design AssessmentProcesses and Scoring Scales for Program Improvement and Accountability,” Journal ofEngineering Education 211- 221, April 2002.[11] Robolab 2.5 The Lego Group, Inc.http://www.lego.com/dacta/products/productsbyproductline.asp, 2002GEORG MAUERGeorg F. Mauer is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Nevada, LasVegas. Dr. Mauer is active in instructional computing, as well as in research on AutomaticControl, Robot Sensors and Control. He graduated as a Diplom-Ingenieur from the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Li; Jiang Li

teaching in engineering.Bibliography1. Gramoll, K. C. (1999). Teaching Statics Online with Only Electronic Media on Laptop Computer, in the Proceedings of the ASEE 1999 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, CD-ROM Session 1668.2. Holzer, S. M. and Andruet, R. H. (1998). Learning Statics with Multimedia and Other Tools, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle Washington, pp. 120-126.3. Li, J. and Lee, M. Y. (2002). Design a Portable DAQ System for Teaching Geomechanics, in the Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, CD-ROM, Session No. 2793, Paper No. 1629.4. Li, J. and Lee, M. Y. (2001a). Online Modeling in Geomechanics via the Web Site, in the Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ford; Denise Jackson

: ImplementationThe first phase began January 2002. It involved us finding solutions to the following questions: 1. What are key elements in concept that must be developed 2. Audience (type, numbers) 3. Platform(s): hardware, software 4. Content: text, still figures, graphics, animation, sound, video... 5. Interface: user interaction 6. Interaction architecture: software vs. hardware capabilitiesWe moved forward with our assigned ITCE graduate student without a definite concept for theoverall system and clear delineation of our roles. Thus, much time was lost in “rethinking” theoverall system. Without a clear system-wide picture, the picture for the individual modulesremained fuzzy.The next two phases involved the design of the major components

Conference Session

Environmental Justice and Sustainability

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Radhika Kotha

water from the collector is supplied to the wall panels forwarming the house.I am a member of the undergraduate student team working on this project. Its tremendouseducational value may be summarized in the words of A.S. Neil, the founder of Summerhill, analternative school set up in England in the 1940’s: “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I doand I understand”. Having studied thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, structuralmechanics etc. in my courses, this is a wonderful opportunity to put the knowledge immediatelyinto practice and thereby increase it many-fold. By actually doing “real-life” engineering I amfinally able to understand what I have learnt in my courses.My paper describes this exciting and completely novel

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Moujalli Hourani

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Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

a calcium chloride solution. The bead size is 0 .8 0 .7controlled by choice of needle gauge. 0 .6 0 .5 A b s o rb a n c eStarch conversion is measured using spectrophotometric 0 .4 0 .3determination at 620 nm with an iodine indicator. Figure 1 shows the 0 .2color

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

awareness of the ethical implications . . . woven throughout myfield.” Another said that the ethical component “made me think about what I was working on inan entirely different light.” A third said that the ethics project “make[s] you think not only as anengineer but makes you look at the profession from a wider view and . . . see how your workcould affect other people.”Students were also asked to rate the degree to which it was useful for them to learn about the“How People Learn” model, which is unique to the VaNTH summer program compared tosummer programs in traditional labs. Eight students said that it was “very” or “somewhat”useful, with the average answer being 2.9. One said that the “weekly HPL discussion group atMIT . . . [was] particularly

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Nicholas; Ted Stilgenbauer; Anthony Brizendine

between four and seven characters as a numbering convention for reinforcing steel. The numbering convention on the construction plan sheets begins with the first letter of the structural element, e.g. if the rebar is going to be used in an abutment then the first character will be the letter A. Likewise, if the structural element is a pier the first letter will be P. The following list illustrates typical beginning letters: Abutment / Wingwalls = A Pier = P Deck (Slab) = S Diaphragms = D Parapets and End Posts = EP The next character in the reinforcing bar numbering convention is the size of the rebar to be used at that location

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Beaman; Philip Schmidt

Session 2366 PROCEED: A Department-Wide Curriculum Reform Initiative in Project-Centered Education Philip S. Schmidt and Joseph J. Beaman Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin has undertaken amajor curriculum reform effort entitled PROCEED, an acronym for Project-Centered Education.The strategic objectives of PROCEED are: (1) to strengthen our students’ understanding offundamental engineering theory by continuously tying it

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Akinmusuru

with the need to increase production volumes andto make inroads elsewhere. Also, in the mid-1970’s, when the inability of a French or Germanconsumer of British equipment to fit his 13mm nut on a British ½ in. bolt was enough reason toreject British equipment and buy elsewhere, it became clear to the British engineer thatmetrication was the way to go.Another equally important reality of global interdependence is the need for the unfettered butregulated movement of professional expertise across national borders (Ramos1, Van Damme2,Jones3). To accomplish this, there is the need to equip engineering students with the knowledgeof how the profession is practiced in other countries in preparation for their future participation inglobal practice. To

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

william mullett; Gary Mullett

Session 2586 The Verizon Next Step Program: A Look Back and a Look Ahead Gary J. Mullett Next Step New England Curriculum Coordinator – Electronics William S. Mullett Next Step New England Curriculum Coordinator – PhysicsI. OverviewThe innovative Verizon NextStep Program is a unique industry/education collaboration thatprovides Verizon employees with the opportunity to earn an associate in applied science degree(A.A.S.) in telecommunications technology during their regular workweek. Started in the State ofNew York in 1995 by the

Conference Session

Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Sill; Elizabeth Stephan; Matthew Ohland

ready to load within 30 seconds 6. Failure load predicted within 15% or 1 lb 7. Bridge supports two, 12-ounce can of soda 8. A golf ball can traverse the bridge deck 9. Bridge provides minimum warning of 5 s 10. Bridge is visually appealing Summation of Criteria 0.125  Load[lb ]   Bridge[ oz]  { ∑ (crit.) + 3 * ∑ (imp.) + 1 * ∑ Grade = 5 * } (des

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Freeman; Arturo Fuentes; Stephen Crown

Machine Element s & Senior Design Page 8.249.5 Table 1. Course outline for Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines coursemechanical devices including gears, cams, and differentials, and continue on to general 1DOF co-planar mechanism modeling and analysis using a “dyad” based approach. The point being thatthere is barely enough classroom time to cover the desired technical content, much less time toteach the use of appropriate math and engineering software.The approach taken in this course to deal with the lack of classroom time incorporates the use of“screen capture with audio” AVI tutorials, along with a variety of interactive

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

2 50.0 20.534 90 178.0 88.314 67.78 4 U 0 283.0 14 2 103.5 31.112 430 251.4 98.899 67.79 3 J 0 236.9 24 1 96.4 29.566 180 211.6 95.913 66.35 8 S 0 250.0 32 1 98.4 31.061 404 238.2 98.292 67.23 6 I 0 283.6 24 2 103.6 32.143 100 268.2 99.372 67.23 7 AA 0 419.2 10 2 124.4 37.936 571 600.0 100.000 62.06 11 Z 0 151.7 24 2 83.3 25.147 200 175.5 87.416 62.27 10 L 79.5 59.5

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Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Nelson; Osama Abudayyeh; Edmund Tsang; Molly Williams

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education5. Gerbec, D.E., D.N. Skillman, and S. Conrad (1994) “The Implementation of Design Projects in a Freshman ‘Introduction to Engineering’ Course,” Proceedings 1994 American Society for Engineering Education, Edmonton, Canada, page 2325.6. MSNBC (1997) ”The Site,” Comments made by invited guest and commentator on 2 July 1997.7. Nelson, James K., David H. Reilly, and Russell H. Brown (1998) “Teaching Engineering to Cyber Children,” Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, American Society for Engineering Education, Orlando, FL.8. Kaha, C. W. (1990) “Learning Environments for the Twenty-First Century. Educational Horizons, Fall Ed., pp. 45-49.9. Embretson, S

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

the uncertainty.Recap of Error Propagation Analysis. The basic idea in error propagation analysis (EPA) is therecognition of direct and indirect measurements. An indirect measurement is calculated from adirect measurement. Assume that m independent direct measurements, the set of wi s below,contribute to an indirect measurement, z. The measurement formula is then merely the functionused to calculate the z, z = z (w1 , w2 ,⋅ ⋅ ⋅ wm ) (10)The operational concepts of EPA are incorporated in two equations. The first addresses how theuncertainty in the indirect measurement z (i. e., the dependent variable) is caused by theuncertainty in some more directly measured variable, w (i. e., an

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Meyer

applications of Gibbs energy are included in the course. An overall goal is for the students tohave a preliminary working knowledge of Gibbs free energy and chemical potential. In fact, accordingto course pre-requisites, they have already been introduced to Gibbs in their introductory chemistrycourses. Gibbs energy combines the two state properties, enthalpy (H) and entropy (S), and thus is theapplication of all that has been learned in the course to this point. One might chose chapter 3 in Atkins 13 to introduce Gibbs energy. The level of coverage hasnot been completely agreed on, but it cannot go as far as Atkins. A key challenge for the syllabusdevelopment is to choose a set of example problems, which illustrate the application of Gibbs

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

, analysis of data, final results, and your comments or group discussionsand observations. The analysis may include diagrams, assumptions, and the applications offundamental principles. Follow the “Laboratory Report Writing” guidelines. The formal reportmust be typed on a word processor. Microsoft Word is preferred along with Excel. Computersand the software are available in the Engineering Computer Rooms. Informal reports emphasizethe results and require a less stringent format and neatness. They can be hand-written in pencil.Written reports are due one week from the date that the experiment was performed. All reportsmust contain the data sheet(s) with the instructor’s initials to receive credit. Since the experimentrequires a group effort and the

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Thompson

2003, American Society for Engineering Education"is significant and, in this case, increased by the necessity of responding to a wide variety ofresearch initiatives.Bibliographic Information1. Campbell, D. T., "Administrative Experimentation, Institutional Records, and Nonreactive Measures," in Improving Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis, J. C. Stanley and S. M. Elam, Eds., Chicago, Rand McNally, 1967, pp. 257-291.2. Catalano, G. D. , and Karen Catalano, " Transformation: From Teacher-Centered to Student-Centered Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 88, No. 1, January 1999, pp.59-64.3. Narayanan, R. M., "Use of Objective-Based Undergraduate Research Project Experience as a Graduate Student