Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Serdar Tumkor, Istanbul Technical University; Karl Haapala, Michigan Technological University; Vishesh Kumar, Michigan Technological University; John Sutherland, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

necessary to create innovative products with acceptable lifecycle costs and environmental impact during and after the product use. To address this needprojects are assigned to students in senior-level course MAK422E Engineering Design atIstanbul Technical University Mechanical Engineering Dept. In this course, the projects areprepared as teams of 7 to 8 students with an objective to redesign a product to reduce itsenvironmental impact, while maintaining functionality and costs. To accomplish this goal,several DfE (Design for Environment) approaches (e.g., design for disassembly, design forreuse/remanufacturing, design for recycling, design for energy efficiency, design for minimummaterial usage, and design for minimum hazardous material) are

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Diaz, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Rosaly, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Michael Figueroa, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Eddalis Batista, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Othoniel Rodriguez-Jimenez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

2006-1487: REDUCING THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR ACTIVE ANDINTERACTIVE LEARNING OBJECTS THROUGH WEB-BASEDCOLLABORATIVE AUTHORINGElliot Diaz, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Elliot Diaz Research Assistant within the eLearning Research Laboratory at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, where he is pursuing a Master in Computer Engineering. Elliot holds a BS in Computer Science.Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Carlos Pacheco is a programmer with the Connect To Learn Project which is developing web-based authoring for the collaborative authoring of learning objects. He completed a BS in Computer Engineering summa cum laude at the Polytechnic University of Puerto

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Larson, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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New Engineering Educators

options. Projects, commonly used in upper-level electivesand senior design courses, permit students to explore a particular topic in great depth. Grading aproject may involve reviewing deliverables such as proposals, design documents, posters,presentations, and final reports. Since team work is an important part of projects, assessmentmay also include factors such as individual effort, team communication, and projectmanagement.In compiling the list of tips presented in this paper, we not only relied on our experience as newfaculty members but also received advice from more experienced faculty. We interviewedseveral faculty members from different disciplines of engineering and computer science on howthey graded various course activities. Our first

Conference Session

Forum on Collaborative Information Literacy Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honora Nerz, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

technology and the ability to retrieve information arethe same skill sets. In fact, they are not.”10 Students’ inflated sense of confidence can evencajole faculty (especially those who aren’t as comfortable with information technologies) intobelieving that they are already experts in this arena. Page 11.1309.4Changing Expectations Historically, the acquisition of information skills has been something that was on theperiphery of the curriculum – for example, a paper or other research project might be assigned inclass, but when it came to actually doing the associated research, students would often beexpected to figure it out on their own. As

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

students to develop the interpersonalcommunication and team building skills required for success in the engineeringwork place5. In the professional engineering world, communication skills arerequired in the three forms of written, oral, and graphic communication6.This article focuses on the restructuring of a class from the traditional “bankingeducation” approach, to include elements of a more progressive active learningapproach. Collaborative formal discussion groups and research projects providedactive learning experiences, which included written, oral, and graphiccommunication.2. History of Class format:CE4506 Environmental Regulation and Pollution Prevention design has beentaught for several years at Michigan Technological University. From

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Pumphrey, University of Cincinnati; Anna Hoessle, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati

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Environmental Engineering

the efficacy of removing Polio LVS, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Clostridium perfringes,and Naegleria fowleri as a model virus, gram negative bacteria, gram positive bacteria, andprotozoa, respectively. Removal efficiencies for these microorganisms in saline buffer are beingcompared to measurements of removal efficiency for culturable fecal coliform bacteria in rawOhio River water and saline buffer dosed with Escherichia coli.Context for the Engineering Design and Build ProjectTo provide a field-based, service learning component to this research project, the MS studentsteamed with the Village Life Outreach Program (VLOP) headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. TheVLOP is a group of professionals including medical personnel who volunteer time, talent

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Michele Follen, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University

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Biomedical

included exposure to clinicalmedicine and the relevant vocabulary, research experiences that emphasize the creation andapplication of new scientific knowledge, and entrepreneurial experience and its attendantvocabulary. The ten-week summer course also emphasizes development of skills in leadership,communication, ethics, and team building.The typical day for the internship students begins with ninety minutes of lectures and exercisesabout ethics, communication skills, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Students attend a full-dayhuman cadaver-based anatomy course for the first two weeks of the course. Lectures, dissection,and special projects comprise this course of instruction in the anatomy, physiology, andpathophysiology of the major organ systems

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Miller, North Carolina State University; Stephen Walsh, North Carolina State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

comprised of undergraduates and run these teams asvirtual start-up companies. Underclassmen serve as virtual employees of these E-Teams andparticipate for either 1-credit or 3-credits.Topics covered in the EEP include leadership, management, project planning, marketing, sales,operations, organizational behavior, financials, corporate formation, business planning, andintellectual property. The EEP Portal provides the students a structured, yet flexible, mechanismto manage their teams and the product development process. In addition, the EEP Portal allowsfaculty to observe the E-Team’s progress in real-time and to monitor the program’s pedagogicaleffectiveness.This paper discusses the impetus in developing the EEP Portal, its actual design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

toaddress the needs of industry by producing, as a multi-county consortium, highly skilled andeducated technicians to better meet national and State workforce demands in the fields ofinformation and manufacturing technologies.CREATE was previously funded by two NSF-ATE projects, which met or exceeded all of theirobjectives. The project had four primary goals, which included curriculum development,enrollment and retention, work-based site experiences and professional development. TheCREATE consortium developed programs that began with a common core curriculum in eitherengineering technology or computer networking. The common core curriculum allowed studentsto transfer from a participating college to any college in the consortium to take classes in

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy

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Engineering Management

practice.These outcomes provide the focus for the EM curriculum. The EM program model (Figure 1) offers a mix of engineering management, systemsengineering, an engineering discipline of cadet choice, finance and organizational managementcourses. Methods courses provide the EM major the basic tools and techniques for thediscipline. Cadets choose a specific engineering discipline (civil, mechanical, electrical,environmental or nuclear engineering) in which to develop a foundation in engineeringprinciples. Project courses build on some of the methods courses and provide cadets specificapplications useful for engineering managers. The organization, finance and management topicsgive cadets the multi-disciplinary exposure an engineering manager needs

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Goel, Michigan Technological University; Hyun-Chan Cho, Korea University of Technology and Education

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International

March, 1998 Establishment of HRDI September, Completion of Educational Hall A and Guesthouse 1998 January, 1999 Completion of Educational Hall BDescription of the VLSI Design CourseAt present, the CMOS technology is the most widely used technology for the fabrication ofsilicon-based VLSI circuits and systems. The principal purpose of this course was to familiarizethe participants with the various aspects of the silicon CMOS technology and offer them anopportunity to actually design CMOS logic gates and circuits on a personal computer using thecomputer-aided design tool called L-Edit developed by the Tanner Research Corporation. Thiscourse consisted of a series of lectures, hands-on design projects

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Linda Hutchison, Bristol Community College; Alan Moore, University of Wyoming

employment and advancement will go tothose prepared to deal confidently with quantitative, scientific, and technological issues. TheU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected a 15.2% increase from 2000-2010 in the need foremployees trained in engineering and other technical specialties1. However, the U.S.Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics has predicted a decrease inthe number of high school graduates in Wyoming, and this decrease is also expected to occur inmany of the Rocky Mountain and Midwestern states2. The declining number of college-agestudents, coupled with a declining interest in science and engineering careers, has seriousimplications for the U.S. economy and international competitiveness3. The picture

Conference Session

CPD - Engineering Education K - Life

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Becker, Utah State University

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Continuing Professional Development

2006-2371: SUPPORTING K-12 TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTTHROUGH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONKurt Becker, Utah State University Kurt H. Becker, Ph.D is Interim Department Head in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education, College of Engineering at Utah State University. Areas of research include adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development and technical training. He is the co-project director for the NSF funded "National Center for Engineering and Technology Education" and the PI for the NSF funded "Communities of Effective Practice: A Professional STEM Development Model for Teachers of American Indian Students". He also

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orlando J. Hernandez

programs, to address the chasm that exists in educational tools usage inthose two educational environments. The paper concentrates in describing how to conduct anddevelop electronics projects with the C Stamp™ microcomputer module [2]. C Stamp modulesare very affordable and capable microcomputers (self contained single chip computers) that aredesigned for use in a wide variety of projects. The paper presents hardware aspects of the CStamp, as well as programming, various input/output techniques, and functional commandsavailable to make project development and student experience most rewarding; all withprofessional tools, and with a focus on Digital Control, Signal Processing, and Mechatronicapplications.Each C Stamp comes with a microcontroller

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuba Bayraktar, Hampton University; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Ilhan Bayraktar, Old Dominion University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Tufts University. He is the Principal Investigator on the GK12 project and has received numerous awards for teaching and research. Dr. Williamson’s current research is focused on University/K12 partnerships and thermo-mechanical processing.Ilhan Bayraktar, Old Dominion University Dr. Ilhan Bayraktar is a Research Scientist at Old Dominion University. He has a doctorate degree in Aerospace Engineering, and he works on wide range of engineering/education related projects. Page 11.351.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Connecting Elementary School Students to Energy

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Tennessee State University

andnodal analysis, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, first-order and second-order circuits andoperational amplifiers.The circuits course cooperative learning teams were required to work together the entiresemester to solve in-class concept questions and circuit analysis problems. The teams were alsorequired to meet outside of class for a minimum of one hour per week to study for quizzes andexams and to complete their homework. Additionally, the teams were required to complete threecomputer projects during the semester. In order to monitor student performance and progress, allteams were required to submit a team charter, meeting minutes and peer evaluations. The teamsall received a lecture on the Tuckman stages of team formation and the five

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Brian Dansberry, University of Cincinnati; Louis Trent, University of Cincinnati

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International

and work in abroad. This combination of work experience and language proficiency hasproven valuable to students and employers. The students enter an international workenvironment feeling confident of their technical abilities. They become employee who can workindependently and take responsibility for their own projects. The language proficiency andcultural understanding enables them to quickly assimilate themselves into a new culture, andbecome productive members of work teams.The most recent addition to the program is the creation of two learning modules, which studentsare expected to complete during their international assignments. The learning modules aredesigned to make students aware of how their newly-acquired language skills enabled

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

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Instrumentation

build bio-mimicked layered composites. Labview™ virtualinstruments (VIs) were developed to guide the robots, to actuate injectors, and to analyzeimages. The implications of this work for the projects assigned at the undergraduate levelas well as students’ capstone project will also be discussed.IntroductionIn the aftermath of the major disasters that claimed human lives and caused extensivefinancial losses, it is necessary to develop materials that resistant to powerful forces ofnature. Most buildings, especially in the third world countries are built from manuallylaid clay bricks (unfired or fired) in layered structures with mud or gypsum mortarinterlayers. In the event of an earthquake or other disasters that exert dynamic shearforces on

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design instructors indicates that most use a collectionof custom-designed, single-purpose assessments that are not well-integrated with one anotherand are largely untested for reliability or validity11. This led participants in the TransferableIntegrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium to shift their focus fromarticulation between 2-year and 4-year programs12,13,14 to capstone course assessment15,16. In2004, TIDEE received a National Science Foundation grant to develop transferable assessmentfor capstone engineering design courses. This research project responds to the need for a deeper,richer, more rigorous definition of the knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes that are important toengineering practice.The assessment framework

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Mark Miles; C.M. Chewar

keypoints.2. Background:One of the authors recently assumed course development responsibilities for an introductorycourse in Computer Engineering, a required course for both Electrical Engineering andComputer Science majors. The course was well designed and roughly followed the course textin how it presented material related to the subject. The plans for class instruction werereinforced through homework assignments and then tested on exams. Two multi-part projects(labs) involved applying various concepts learned in the class in a design fashion. It was atypical introductory course, in that the book presented problems which sometimes requireddesigning and implementing a solution, but which all had a definitive right answer that thestudents could

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University; Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-6: A WEEKEND STEM ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR TRIBAL HIGHSCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTSG. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University G. Padmanabhan Dr. G. Padmanabhan is a Professor of Civil Engineering in North Dakota State University. He also serves as the Director of North Dakota water Resources Research Institute. He served as the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department from 1999 through 2003. Dr. Padmanabhan has more than twenty five years of teaching experience in engineering. He has attended several engineering education conferences. He has served not only as PI or CoPI but also as instructor of several educational outreach projects to motivate women and Native

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Schmidt, Bismarck State College; William Wahlman, Bismarck State College; Zachery Allen, Bismarck State College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

system itself is unique,it is just a piece of a larger project. One of the main focuses of the WebLab project, which isfunded by a National Science Foundation Course Curriculum Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)grant (Award #DUE-0340927), is to help establish remote laboratories as a successful academictool. This challenge is two fold. The first hurdle is to validate that student learning can occurthrough remote means. The second hurdle is to inform the rest of the academic community thatremote laboratories are viable, cost-effective, and genuinely promote student learning.The first hurdle can be addressed through high quality design, not only of the system andlaboratory, but also through the use of a comprehensive system with good instructional

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben Garbers, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Kasi Periyasamy, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

process and is error-prone. This paper describes an interactive tooldeveloped at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse that assists students preparing an SRSdocument based on the IEEE standard 83019981. The tool provides an easy-to-use interface andthe ability to create, edit, load and save SRS documents. In addition, it evaluates therequirements document based on criteria published by the Software Metrics program at theSoftware Assurance Technology Center, NASA2. A function-point metrics analyzer is also builtinto the tool so that the efforts required to complete the project specified in the document can beevaluated.IntroductionA project-oriented course in Software Engineering generally requires the students to analyze therequirements for the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Myszka, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

their ownabilities. In most cases, success appeared to please the students and provide the internalmotivation to achieve a correct solution.Example ProjectsA few example projects are given below. The description given to the students alwaysincludes the same format, which includes background, underlying theory and the actualassignment. Also given below is a sample submission for each assignment. I. Slider-Crank Mechanism A. Description Given to the Students Background: Many machines, most notably compressors, operate by imposing movement on a piston, in a linear manner, by rotating a crank. This common machine element is called a slider-crank mechanism and shown in figure 1. Mechanical design engineers often

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

years, our facultyhas been adding the criteria of societal and environmental considerations with the projects. Evenwith very little lecturing on sustainability principles, students are easily able to incorporate theABET design criteria into their project. While the treatment may be only on the surface, the factthat future engineers have enough awareness to give consideration to environmental and societalfactors is tremendous. Deeper levels of analysis are required for the higher level materialsengineering courses. For instance, senior projects require the analysis of environmental impactsdue to their project design or topic.ACTION: doing engineering through a freshmen service learning projectAn excellent technique to create motivation for the

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassouneh Al-Matar, Oklahoma State University; Afshin Ghajar, Oklahoma State University; Ronald Delahoussaye, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

been particularly important in appreciating thepower of numerical methods in solving engineering heat transfer problems. The softwaredescribed in this paper is based on the finite difference method and can handle three types ofboundary conditions (constant temperature, specified heat flux, and convection) and two types ofnumerical schemes (implicit and explicit). The user has access to a built in material propertieslibrary for selection of realistic material properties. The program provides tabular output,graphical output, and shaded and animated temperature plots for steady and transient cases. Theprimary goal of this project was to develop MS Windows based software that is effective forteaching; easy to use, maintain and update; and freely

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salim Haidar, Grand Valley State University; Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University

only free vibrations and avoids the complex conjugateeigenvalues involved. On the other hand, Meirovitch presents a forced vibration formulation ofthe suspension model, however, avoids the solution part all together. None of these textbooksmentioned above, present derivation and formulation for base excitation of the suspension Page 11.213.2system as it is presented in our paper. That is a 2-degree of freedom model. Besides, in derivingthe equations of motion for their problems, all textbook authors mentioned above use Newtonianmechanics, whereas in our classroom project we introduced our students to analytical approachof Lagrange’s equations

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Brophy, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

selected by the interviewer. An advantage of this technique is thatthe interviewer is also familiar with the context of the interview. Another advantage of thistechnique is that the case study activates parts of the interviewee’s memory that might notnormally be accessible. Because the interviewer provides the case study, the data from allinterviewees is limited to the same context: a single project. Therefore, valuable data might bemissed because it does not pertain to the project. Another risk is that the interviewer provides acase study that is not sufficiently realistic. If that happens, the interviewee might not be able toproduce data, or the data might be invalid (Cordingley, 1989, p. 119).The critical incident technique was developed by

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine Polito, Valparaiso University; Braden Katterheinrich, Valparaiso University

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International

had experience in recent years in drilling water wells in a remotevillage in northern Kenya using a simple drilling system. This work was done as part ofan on-going project of the Engineers Without Borders chapter at Valparaiso University.While their experiences have been limited to Sub-Saharan Africa, the problems that theyencountered and the solutions they developed are typical of this sort of endeavorregardless of location.This paper will first briefly outline the need for drilling wells in developing nations andthen discuss the basics of well drilling. Next the work performed during the authors’project is outlined. A list of recommendations for similar endeavors will be presented.Finally, the educational impact experienced by students

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Stuart, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

methods, goals and accomplishments that have beenachieved through liaison work between industry and engineering education at the OregonInstitute of Technology. This project shows clearly the role of industry and how mutual benefitscan be continually achieved for both the industries involved and the engineering educationalcommunity. The project highlights include: • Discussions on the OIT satellite campus at Boeing • The many positive benefits of an Industry Advisory Board • Discussions of how to develop industrial connections and relationships • Illustrations of how to integrate and streamline the process of articulation work at the community colleges and making connections with local industries • Examples of how to achieve