Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pines, University of Hartford; Brian Gallant, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Page 11.1053.2community of the 21st century2. The element of “taking an active role in the community” hasbeen incorporated into the engineering curriculum through service learning projects that bothsupport the course outcomes and benefit the community. Numerous examples of these type ofresearch and design projects have been described in previous ASEE conference papers andassessment of the service learning projects by community sponsors, faculty, alumni, and studentshas been very positive.3,4,5 However, most of the projects focused on the Greater Hartford areaand do not give the students a perspective of the global challenges they will face throughout theirengineering career.To meet the goal of providing our students with an opportunity to work

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kain Osterholt, Belcan Corp.; Adam Vaccari, Caterpillar Incorporated; Joe Faivre, Caterpillar Incorporated; Gary Dempsey, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

2006-567: VIRTUAL CONTROL WORKSTATION DESIGN USING SIMULINK,SIMMECHANICS, AND THE VIRTUAL REALITY TOOLBOXKain Osterholt, Belcan Corp. Kain Osterholt received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Bradley University in May 2005. He is currently an electrical engineer with Belcan Corporation working on the Caterpillar backhoe-loader research and controls team. His work includes system integration using C++.Adam Vaccari, Caterpillar Incorporated Adam Vaccari received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Bradley University in May 2005. He is currently an electrical engineer in the Electronics Department with Caterpillar Incorporated. His current work includes developing and

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

simulation modelsof actual manufacturing operations. Each student team prepares PowerPoint materials which arepresented to representatives of the company. Recent projects included work with majorautomotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers, along with a major defenseindustry company. This paper and presentation includes examples of simulations and the resultsof the students’ analysis of the operations.The simulation applications used in these industrial projects include robotic workcell processing,ergonomics analysis, and discrete event materials/process flow studies. This curriculum has alsoprovided an opportunity for integration of several technologies and manufacturing managementaspects into application-based environments

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok Verma, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

has been incorporated into the MET curriculum via a seniorelective titled Computer Integrated Manufacturing (MET-445). Approximately 20% ofcourse deals with Lean manufacturing. Lean coverage starts with lecture on Leanprinciples followed by the training program in ship repair and associated simulationactivity. The goal of this course is to provide the students with competency-based, hands-on learning that supports a systems approach about Lean philosophy and itsimplementation. Prerequisites for the course include general knowledge aboutmanufacturing systems and sophomore level course in materials processes andmanufacturing. Student responses have been collected and evaluated via an attitudinalsurvey. Student comments indicate positive

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Engineering management skills are so important and diverse that someuniversities offer accredited degrees that instill these skills in their students throughout theirfour-year undergraduate career. Although these programs vary in their areas of emphasis, all aredesigned to be practical degrees that prepare their graduates to become leaders in engineeringorganizations.6-10Many undergraduate programs integrate engineering management skills into their senior designsequence.11-13 Frequently, this is done in an effort to commercialize the senior projectsthemselves, but it is also done in an effort to instill an entrepreneurial spirit in the engineeringstudents as they are on the verge of graduation. Similar benefits have been observed whenapplying the

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Howard, East Carolina University; Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

process that provides documented results to demonstrate that the program objectives and outcomes are being met… Each program must demonstrate that the results of the assessment of program objectives and outcomes are being used to improve and further develop the program in accordance with a documented process.5Therefore, while course-level and even curriculum-level assessment processes are needed andshould in fact contribute to the achievement of program objectives and outcomes, these measuresare not sufficient to demonstrate that the objectives and outcomes are being met.In an analogy to a manufacturing process, the customer requires only that their specifications aremet. It may be necessary to test or inspect the

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; James H. Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman, Michigan State University; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineers Lifetime Achievement Award in Academia.Chris Brus, University of Iowa Christine Brus is Director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program at the University of Iowa where she develops all program initiatives, supervises the staff and directs the activities of the WISE Advisory Board and Steering Committee. She teaches two undergraduate classes: Gender Issues in Science and Medicine and Nature vs. Nurture:Theory to Practice. She has served as a reviewer for a National Institute for Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) grant review panel evaluating K-12 education proposals for funding under the RFA Using Environmental Health as an Integrating Factor for K-12 Curriculum

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilkat Soysal, Frostburg State University; Oguz Soysal, Frostburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

].The national trend in accreditation of higher education institutions in the USA leads to aninterdisciplinary curriculum to enhance technological literacy and scientific reasoning forall majors. In most of the colleges, the only way to ensure the exposition of liberal artsstudents to the fundamental concepts of science and engineering is the general educationprogram.The accreditation standards of the Middle States Association of Higher Education requirethat an institution’s general education program be designed “so that students acquire anddemonstrate college-level proficiency in general education and essential skills” includingskills in scientific reasoning. The Maryland Higher Education Commission hasconsequently mandated that all higher

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

theprogramming, operation, maintenance, and repair of manufacturing equipment,interdisciplinary study of pertinent mathematics, science, engineering, business, andgeneral education courses, within an production environment.The undergraduate ET programs at Wayne State University include a required three-credit laboratory-based course in Measurement and Instrumentation (EET3010). TheEET3010 course includes three hours per week of lecture and laboratory to exploremeasurements, instrumentation, and data analysis. The FH curriculum includes twocourses, Measurement Fundamentals and Instrumentation and Control, designed to givethe students a background in measurement, instrumentation and PLC controllers, as wellas error and data analysis. Both are the

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

alsorecognized a need for special training for the teams, in such areas as team building andcommunication. IVCC instructors with specialties in those areas were scheduled into teammeetings to teach those skills, just as consultants would be hired to provide training in abusiness/industrial setting. Since the project was designed to prepare students for the world ofwork and it integrated academic and technical course material, it qualified for Carl D. Perkinsgrant funding.At the conclusion of its first year, MIMIC received an award for innovative integratedcurriculum from the Illinois State Board of Education. Page 11.73.3Within a few years, electronics

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Mueller, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

requirements will be: 1. able to integrate thermal component models and simulate a thermal system. (a,c,e,h,j) 2. able to perform an economic analysis of a thermal system. (a,e,j) 3. able to use the computer to solve thermal system models. (k) 4. able to communicate thermal system designs both orally and in writing. (g) 5. able to apply optimization procedures and design optimized thermal systems. (a,c,e) 6. exposed to the recent developments and practices in energy and thermal systems (h,j)These course outcomes are linked to our department outcomes and to the program outcomesestablished by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). ABETrequires that engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Rousche, University of Illinois-Chicago; Michael Cho, University of Illinois-Chicago; Yang Dai, University of Illinois-Chicago; Hui Lu, University of Illinois-Chicago; J Hetling, University of Illinois-Chicago; jie liang, University of Illinois-Chicago; Susan McCormick, University of Illinois-Chicago; David Schneeweis, University of Illinois-Chicago; Richard Magin, University of Illinois-Chicago

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

measure in lieu of revisingan entrenched undergraduate core engineering curriculum is to provide bioengineeringexposure to 9-12 high school students before they begin undergraduate training. To do thiseffectively also requires increased bioengineering knowledge in high school science teachers.To help foster an increased knowledge and understanding of Bioengineering among thegrades 9-12 student group and their science teachers in a large metropolitan area, wedeveloped a weeklong Bioengineering summer day camp program. The typically intense, but short instructional sequences of the camp provide an idealmeans for the introduction and immersion of 9-12 students and science teachers intobioengineering. Our camp had the following objectives: 1) To

Conference Session

Design of Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; James Johnson, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

position tracking, Fig. 9 Square-wave position tracking, X=20 ms/div, Y=2 rev/div X=100 ms/div, Y=2 rev/divFollowing the design and implementation of the PI controller, the student is introduced to thedual loop controller (proportional position with an inner proportional-integral speed loopcontroller).This controller represents a modification of the PI controller. The dual loop controlleris employed frequently in servo position loops found on numerically controlled machines andhas been chosen for this reason. The Simulink model implementing the dual loop controller isshown in Fig. 10. The students, with no difficulty, modified the values of the controller’s threeparameters-the proportional gain in the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Program Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Waldorf, Cal Poly State University; Sema Alptekin, Cal Poly State University; Robert Bjurman, General Motors Global Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

participants to come up with hundreds of ideas for improvement. Ideas were generatedto address the future of manufacturing education as it relates to: • what new technologies or systems need to be covered in the curriculum, • what changes should be incorporated at both the course and program levels, • how programs should interact with industrial and professional organizations, and • what can be done to improve recruiting of new students into the field.The brainstorming was essentially an open-ended survey that functioned with the advantages of afocus group. The ideas were recorded by the participants and collected from the session. Thispaper discusses the data collection (i.e., brainstorming) method used and then summarizes andcategorizes

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Cleary, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

andcompression, and then advance to analysis and design topics as they are more empiricallypresented in the relevant building codes. The importance of hands-on active learning has longbeen an integral part of education theory. Educational Psychologist Jean Piaget states thatoptimal learning occurs through “active methods” which “require every new truth to berediscovered or at least reconstructed” by the student1. The National Science Foundation2 arguedin 1993 that “Engineering curriculum reform is necessary to meet the objectives of enhancing theacceptability of US industrial products in the international market” and that hands-onexperiences should be an integral part of that reform3. Having students design, fabricate and testreinforced concrete beams

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Doherty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shweta Shanbhag, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers in this area. Anattempt to address this demand led to the introduction of the Pre-College Engineering forTeachers (PCET) program by Tufts University with a grant from the National ScienceFoundation [2]. The primary goals of this program are to familiarize the participating teacherswith the engineering design process, to introduce them to an assortment of projects to enhancelearning and to incorporate engineering principles in their curriculum. Starting in 2002, thisprogram has already been implemented at the high school and middle school levels and is now inprogress at the elementary school level. Table 1 shows the progression of the programimplementation and the grade levels of participating teachers.ImplementationHow it works: Each

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Ric Williams; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Geoffrey Dieck, East Carolina University; Steve McLawhorn, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

attractingand retaining engineering talent with a range of specialties in narrowly defined fields. “Instead ofthe traditional engineering disciplines, these operations require engineering generalists with astrong theoretical background, broad knowledge in a range of areas, and specific skills inproblem solving to give them a sound but flexible base for managing and implementingtechnology change and operations.”1 East Carolina University initiated a bachelor’s degreeprogram in general engineering (BSE) to fill this requirement. The BSE curriculum isimplemented “through a concept and program identified as the Integrated CollaborativeEngineering Educational Environment, or ICE3 (pronounced “ice cube”). The ICE3 program…emphasizes a broad but highly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 2004. 3. Falkenburg, D. and Schuch-Miller, D. “Strategies for the Development of Web-Based Engineering Case Studies,” International Conference on Engineering Education, Valencia, Spain, July 21-25, 2003. 4. Fortenberry, N.L. “An Examination of NSF's Programs in Undergraduate Education,” Journal of SMET Education: Innovations and Research, 1(1), pp. 4-15, Jan-April 2000. 5. Fromm, E., “The Changing Engineering Educational Paradigm,” Journal of Engineering Education, 92(2): 113-121, April 2003. 6. Marghitu, D. Sankar, C.S.. and Raju, P.K. “Integrating a Real Life Engineering Case Study into the Syllabus of an Undergraduate Network Programming using HTML and Java Course,” Journal of

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Salame Amr

or other interests that may affect their professionalstatements. Leadership skills is understood and developed in the context of work in theinstitutions of technical education. Its effectiveness plays a major role in developingleadership recognition programs through training for professional growth aspects ofteam-building. Assessment of the developed leadership skills and the application ofquantitative skills through the task of project management provide a signal forachievement. Based on experiences, integrating technology across the curriculummanage an educational learning infrastructure that has influenced the leadershipdevelopment and learning competency. Currently, the use of hands-on deliveryapproaches is increasingly becoming a

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Sherrill, University of Houston; Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

encouraged across an increasinglywide range of disciplines, the approach to teaching entrepreneurship has not been standardized.There are a number of competing perspectives regarding the most effective curriculum forteaching entrepreneurship. To make the matter even more complex, these perspectives differfrom school to school (e.g., from the business school to the engineering school) and also fromstudent level to student level (e.g., from undergraduate student to graduate student).1Business schools were the initial locus for entrepreneurship education, although a fewengineering programs such as the one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can laylegitimate claim to being pioneers of the genre. Still, it is not in dispute that

Conference Session

Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

enhancing with the securitycomponents in the last few years.This paper is organized as follows: section 1 as an introduction to discuss the general securityeducation curriculum, section 2 discusses the different stages of security proficiencies theinstructor can teach the students, section 3 talks about the engineering courses that can havesecurity education components, section 4 gives a detailed treatment of security materials inseveral engineering courses, and section concludes the security education with future efforts.2. Stages of Security Proficiency for the Students Page 11.1109.3Though security education has aroused widespread interests and the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Verne Abe Harris, PhD, CSIT Arizona State UniversityAbstractIndustry professionals from organizations such as Motorola, Intel, Boeing, and Honeywellparticipated in a needs assessment survey through the IDeaLaboratory at Arizona StateUniversity to determine the innovation needs of today’s industrial organizations.1 The model ofthe IDeaLaboratory follows the Polytechnic campus outcomes of Pasteur’s Quadrant –– appliedresearch.2 Students become an integral part of the innovative thinking, discovery, learning, andassessment processes, because they become engaged in the design and technology research andsolutions, just as they would in a corporate or government working environment. TheIDeaLaboratory is

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

in the state of Louisiana.Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University BILL ELMORE, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Professor and Hunter Henry Chair, Mississippi State University. His teaching areas include the integrated freshman engineering and courses throughout the chemical engineering curriculum including unit operations laboratories and reactor design. His current research activities include engineering educational reform, enzyme-based catalytic reactions in micro-scale reactor systems, and bioengineering applied to renewable fuels and chemicals.Walter Bradley, Baylor University WALTER BRADLEY is a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He has a B.S

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Drexel University; Shreepud Rauniar, Drexel University; Horacio Sosa, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 11.858.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Laboratory Development for Robotics and Automation Education Using Internet Based TechnologyAbstract This paper describes laboratory and curriculum development integrated withInternet based robotics and automation for engineering technology education. DrexelUniversity’s Applied Engineering Technology Program received a NSF CCLI grant todevelop a series of laboratory courses in the area of internet based robotics andautomation in manufacturing. The development efforts include industrial partnershipwith Yamaha Robotics, restructured and advanced courses in applied engineeringprogram curriculum, and laboratory activities integrated with network technologies

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, Ohio Northern University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

followed by theparticipants as emulation of real-world design activities. This is a novel approach thatwas developed by the authors. The course curriculum encompassed the followingsubjects in the following sequence: • Introduction to Animatronics and Robotics • Introduction to Engineering and Product Design • Project Management • Team Work Basics • Concept Development • Artistic and Industrial Design • Materials and Manufacturing Process Selection Page 11.1178.2 • Mechanism Design and Assembly • Actuators, Sensors, Controls • Controllers and Programming • CostumingAfter welcoming events, students were given an

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Thompson, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Amber Caicedo, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

% No long-term effect 23% Real-world connection 15% Cross-curriculum connection 15% Careers in engineering 8% Awareness of resources 8% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%Figure 5: Long-term Changes in Teaching Due to Program Participation as Reported by TeacherPartnersFour other themes emerged with 15% or more teachers responding similarly. Teacher Partnersreported a new awareness of real-world connections with statements such as, “I try to integrate engineering into my lessons more than before and I tell my students that "an engineer would

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Davol, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Mello, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

- The Benefits and ChallengesAbstractIntercollegiate design competitions are a popular means to engage students in design activitiesthat extend beyond the curriculum. When students gather around a project in their spare timeand use their classroom skills to design, build, and test a product for an intercollegiatecompetition, something amazing happens: They develop a passion for engineering. This paperdiscusses the key benefits to engineering undergraduate students that flow from involvement in ateam design competition. Advisor involvement plays a key role in both project success andstudent learning throughout the process. Different approaches to advising student competitionteams are compared. Specific examples are taken from the authors

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reginald Hobbs, Tufts University; Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

would improve thecurriculum by connecting these various disciplines. In this module we aim to teach high schoolstudents the concepts of pressure, while focusing on how blood flows through the cardio-vascular system. LEGO (model design) and Vernier Probes (simulations) help the teacherfacilitate the learning process by using engineering components to present an alternative methodof teaching science. Our module includes components of the physics curriculum (pressure), thebiology curriculum (cardio-vascular system), and engineering curriculum (design process). Thecurrent version of this module would fit into the anatomy and physiology curriculum during astudy of the cardio-vascular system. Our initial case study was piloted as an after

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Gannod, Arizona State University; Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

(ASUP), we have adopted a highly iterative, immersive approach to teaching softwareengineering. This approach, dubbed “The Software Enterprise”, is a four semester coursesequence taken by juniors and seniors (and in some cases graduate students). The coursesequence leads students through “Tools and Process”, “Construction and Transition”, “Inceptionand Elaboration”, and “Project and Process”. By the conclusion of the Enterprise sequence,students have an appreciation for the role of software process, the challenges of softwaremaintenance, the impact of open source, the pros and cons of off-the-shelf software integration,business considerations in building software, and other practical aspects of softwaredevelopment. Table 1 summarizes the topics

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Zhao, Mercer University; Laurie White, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

integrate knowledge gained from the required core courses offered in afour-year period. According to CC2001 1, this course is supposed to cover software systemdesign, software processes, key activities in software development lifecycle, and software projectmanagement. The traditional approach to teaching a Software Engineering course, as reflected inclassical textbooks 11, 10, usually starts with an introduction to software process models, which isthen followed with discussions on highlevel activities in various phases of a generic softwarelifecycle template that can accommodate all possible programming paradigms. Although updatedmany times since their original editions, those texts are not well adapted to the latest paradigmchanges (such as object