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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard DeVries; Douglas Stahl

Session 2793 Large Scale Destructive Testing in an Undergraduate Structural Engineering Curriculum Douglas C. Stahl, Richard A. DeVries Milwaukee School of EngineeringBackground and Project Goals Most engineering educators would dismiss as a crackpot one who claimed that computersshould not be used in the practice of structural engineering; most would agree that blind faith inthe computer is an equally indefensible position. Many of us are not quite sure how to respond,however, to the opinion held by some senior engineers that reliance on a slide

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari

a recent curriculum change at Kettering University, three (3) courses, Mechanical Vibrations,Systems, and Controls were combined into two courses, Dynamic Systems I and DynamicSystems II with Lab1. With a decrease of lecture contact hours with the students, from ten hoursto eight, the material from the original three courses were evaluated for redundancies andsyllabus subjects were reduced. Dynamic Systems I within the new curriculum, focuses onmathematical modeling of uni- and multi- discipline systems involving electrical, fluid, andmechanical (linear and angular motion) systems. The subsequent mathematical models(differential equations) are evaluated in the time domain. Since multidiscipline systems areanalyzed, Dynamic Systems I has

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

have been completed, with plans for two or three more.We anticipate that by actively engaging students in applying statistical methods to engineeringproblems, they will be more motivated to learn the material, will see the connections betweentheir courses in science and engineering, and will be better prepared for subsequent courses.These modules will provide faculty with an additional resource aside from the textbook. We alsoanticipate that, given materials and appropriate support (e.g. training), faculty will be moreinclined to adopt changes in their courses. Feedback from students and faculty members will becollected to formally evaluate the effectiveness of each module

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Reuber; Mark Archibald; Blair Allison

calledEngineering Criteria 2000 or EC 2000) requires students to be familiar with experimentalstatistics. This requirement is implied in four places: program outcomes a, b, and k, listed undergeneral criteria, and a specific curriculum requirement listed under the program criteria formechanical engineering programs: General Criteria: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering. Program Criteria specific to mechanical engineering: “The program

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

determine the coefficients correctly. After evaluating the model the nextobvious and needed step is finding the uncertainty of the model.An indirect measurement is a value calculated from more direct measurements. A regressionmodel is obviously an indirect measurement. Within the minimal restrictions that are usuallysatisfied in experimental engineering, the uncertainty of any indirect measurement, y, may bedetermined from the uncertainties of the more direct measurements, the xi. This calculation isdone with the familiar formula from Error Propagation Analysis (EPA), 2 2 2  ∂y   ∂y   ∂y  u y

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Szaroletta

Analysis Software Utilized:Due to the popularity of the Finite Element Method, many FEA software packages are availableto Purdue University undergraduate students including ANSYS, COSMOS/M, COSMOSDesignSTAR, Pro/Mechanica, etc.. All of the solid models in this paper were analyzed usingCOSMOS DesignSTAR™. For this paper, an example of COSMOS DesignSTAR™ 4 FEAanalysis is shown in Figure 18 for the 5 kpsi part shown in Figure 17 above. It is informative tonote the stress level on the top surface is shown in red, which matches the 5 kpsi goal for thisanalysis.Figure 18: COSMOS DesignSTAR™ FEA study showing that Solver™ analysis produced geometry that has 5 kpsi stress level on top surface as expected.Conclusions:The author’s previously

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Liapi

complexity and present more than one functionalconfigurations.An effort has been made to integrate research on deployable structure in general, andtensegrity structures in particular into the curriculum of architectural engineering withoutany significant change in the course offerings. The manner in which this research hasbeen integrated in the curriculum and the educational objectives and benefits in doing thisare described in the following sections.Integration of new research in the curriculumAt the Architectural Engineering program of the University of Texas at Austin, the courseAdvanced CAD Systems is offered as an upper division elective for undergraduatestudents, and as an architectural engineering/construction management graduate course.The

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Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ted Thiede; James Hereford

the 2002 Annual ASEE Conference and Exhibition, June, 2002.3. S. H. Cobb, J. Crofton, S. R. Hickman, W. E. Maddox, and T. D. Thiede, “Design Considerations in Engineering Physics: Integrating Design Across the Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2000 Annual ASEE Conference and Exhibition, June, 2000.4. “Engineering Education by the Numbers”, ASEE Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges, 2001 Edition (See www.asee.org)5. W. D. St. John, “A Laboratory Course in Sensors”, Proceedings of the 2001 Annual ASEE Conference and Exhibition, June, 2001. Page 8.322.146. H. Sumali, “An Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Course

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkat Allada; Tony Okafor; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

model can also be adapted at other institutions that have limited manufacturingprocess facilities.I. IntroductionAn innovative product-oriented manufacturing curriculum is being implemented at theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) and St. Louis Community College at FlorissantValley (FV)1. This project has significantly impacted UMR’s two BS degree optionprograms in manufacturing and MS degree programs in manufacturing, and FV’smanufacturing engineering and technology programs. We have established an integrative Page 8.205.1and collaborative manufacturing program to reinforce and sharpen critical competencies “Proceedings of the 2003 American

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fred Vondra; Ali Sekmen; Ismail Fidan

, students’ assessments were an important factorto measure the success of the course. The feedback received from the students provedthat such an integrated design and manufacturing course was a great plus for anygraduating senior student. Students clearly mentioned that they improved their pastpractices, computer skills, presentation and writing skills. Then, starting Fall 2002 thisnew development became one of the elective senior courses in the department2.ConclusionAs a result, implementation of this senior level integrated design and manufacturingcourse was a great success. Students had a chance to practice their past learnings e.g.CAD, CAM, CNC and Casting via this new course right before their job hunting. Thegraduating students made many

Conference Session

Models for Integrating Writing II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Pinkus

Engineering school environment, both students and staff working in writingcenters and WAC are faced with writing/reading about difficult technical concepts. Thereis a challenge faced with writing in the engineering field, and yet as difficult as sometechnical topics may be to discuss in writing, students benefit from going through theprocess of doing so. Writing Center and WAC staff and staff also have a challenge in thissituation, and that is dealing with the vast and complex content knowledge that studentsacross an engineering curriculum cover; where their counterparts in liberal arts andhumanities have relatively easy access to content, writing specialists in the engineeringfield must deal with material that is often quite conceptually difficult

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Meckl

Session 1532 Integrating Ethics into an Undergraduate Control Systems Course Peter H. Meckl School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088AbstractAn approach to inserting an ethics component into a control systems course is described. Sincethe technical content is rather complex, only limited time is available to focus on ethical issues.However, even limited discussions provide an opportunity to reinforce the importance of ethicsin a professional career

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Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Ochoa

fundamentals, range from design of low-level processor architectural elements upto system-level integration issues unique to the embedded world. The figure below illustrates therelationship of the three courses in terms of hardware and software emphasis.The purpose of this paper is to provide a general overview of the three courses and to discusschanges that are currently being considered. The paper will present a brief history of theevolution of these courses as well as factors that have led to their change. As an example, in anapplied design environment, a strong collection of support tools is crucial. The particular toolsets previously used in the three courses will be described and various considerations associatedwith their selection, acquisition

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Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

designed and constructed a catapult. A designcompetition was held at the conclusion of the workshop.B) The Second Summer Session. The curriculum material of the second session was related toenergy. The study was built on the foundation of knowledge covered in the previous summersession. Topics included the concepts of work and energy, and the application of these concepts tothe study of renewable energy and energy balance in human bodies. These topics were chosen fortwo reasons. First, they are multidisciplinary involving an integrative knowledge of mathematicsand various branches of science. Second, the scope of study was very broad and flexible to allowteachers to tailor the materials to meet their own needs.Six experiments from the TIMS program

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jones

students to solve theseproblems may provide a useful assessment tool in the future.Recommendations for ImprovementAfter using the workstation for the first semester, several improvements were identifiedby the students and the instructor. Although the thread spools served as effective pulleys,friction became substantial as loads were increased. Better pulleys, with integral ballbearings, would provide results that are easier to verify analytically.Slight misalignment of the front and rear pegboards resulted in the shafts being non-perpendicular to the vertical mounting surface. When making the next version of theworkstation, an improved assembly procedure is recommended. First, screw the frontpegboard into the frame, and then place the rear

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Goldberg

occupational orientation of the engineering programs on the one hand, and the variety of course selection in the liberal arts curriculum on the other, have strong appeal. This program is designed for civil and environmental engineering students to secure the advantages of both under the combined five-year program. http://ase.tufts.edu/cee/undergraduate/combined.asp • Rice University - Bachelor of Arts in Electrical . The Bachelor of Arts degree provides a basic foundation in electrical and computer engineering and a large number of free electives so that students can easily participate in another major to create an interdisciplinary program. This may be particularly appropriate for students planning

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

needs of engineering students, we are developing a specialized accelerated language program that will, within a single year of study, provide engineering students with linguistic competence sufficient to attend engineering courses and/or serve an engineering internship in the target language. 4. Curriculum Modifications. Not only are many important engineering firms international; many of the problems that these companies work on transcend national borders. Thus, we are working to integrate curricular material on these problems into current courses; we are also creating several new courses that specifically have international engineering as a theme.In the first phase of the implementation

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

Carolina State University and North Carolinapublic schools. The primary goal has been the integration of science, technology and engineeringtropics with math, reading and writing. A similar type of program has already assessed 15,000students in Canada and suggested the same results6. A technology literacy course titled ‘Toys withTechnology’ has been developed as an undergraduate course to be offered to elementary andsecondary education majors. It has been an effective collaborative effort between engineeringfaculty and teacher education faculty that has brought fruitful results at the Iowa State University. Page 8.564.3 “Proceedings of the

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Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit; Richard M. Felder; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

content, structure, delivery, and management. A key Page 8.718.1change element in the curriculum content and structure was subject integration (knowledge Session 2630structure and information processing) that included early introduction to the engineering thoughtprocess and explicit success skill development. An examination of freshmen retention data acrossthe curriculum suggested that integration of the first year would provide the most impact.Furthermore, it was believed that integration of the freshmen year might be easily implementedgiven the common subject

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wieslaw Grebski; Rajeshwar Amireddy; Lori Singer; Judith O'Donnell

linked two plus twodesign is very attractive to manufacturing companies for this reason. Secondly, as mentionedearlier, engineers could become very successful sales and marketing people for an organizationdue to their detailed knowledge of products and/or services.In the 1999/2000 academic year, an agreement was reached between the engineering technologyprogram and the business administration program. This agreement created an individualizedoption in the baccalaureate BSB program. This new individualized option allows ET graduates toenter into the BSB program at the junior level. This agreement created a very valuable andattractive option for associate degree ET graduates.The curriculum developed for those individual options is shown in Table 1

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Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

avisible validation for their sometimes-secretive writing activities.The particulars of the poetry contest, assessment by writers and readers of the submitted works,and an overview of why poetry contests should be instituted in all colleges and schools ofengineering is detailed in the paper. Since the contest now attracts entries from students (bothcollege and high/middle school), faculty, staff, and alumni it is clear that this one simple genre canbe used as a means to get students, especially engineering students, to write with enjoyment as thefocus.'Variety's the spice of life, that gives it its flavor." These lines in "The Task, I" by WilliamCowper (English poet 1731-1800) reflect an attitude that must he fostered in the minds ofengineers. No

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arunsi Chuku

September of 2001, we had received report from the various preliminary designgroups. In order to enrich the architectural design, the college of Engineering,Architecture and Physical Sciences decided to have an architectural design competition,open to all students in the Department of Architecture with awards for the winning firstthree designs. Some of the design objectives for the competition included: • Strong, suitable, appropriate building materials • Balance between solidity and portability • Integration of special, enclosure, structural and mechanical and electrical systems • Sense of entry and legible path • Clear zoning between public/private areas and between served/service spaces • Comfortable fit between spaces and

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

four Countries that are part of it. It isimportant to see the present status and the perspectives for the future of the Economical Bloc andthe targets to make it work for the welfare of future generations.It is also important to discuss is the lately efforts of Universities from Iberia Peninsula Countriesto promote cooperation programs between them and Universities from Latin America Countriesthrough the Engineering Organizations of what is called Iberian America. The Iberian-AmericanAssociation of Engineering Education Institutions (ASIBEI) and the “Rio de JaneiroDeclaration” as a first step for an integration of Engineering Programs curriculum and theimprovement of projects development in joint venture. The relevance of this analysis is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cameron; Rosalyn Hobson; Gary Huvard

diversity and collaboration, there was an initial optimism that theopportunity to build new programs from scratch in chemical, electrical and mechanicalengineering would allow great efficiency by integrating courses with similar content in differentdisciplines. Initial efforts at jointly teaching thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transferbetween chemical and mechanical engineering failed. Faculty in the two disciplines felt that thesubject matter needed to be directed toward the primary applications in their own disciplines, andstudents complained that they could not understand the material presented in the other discipline,or that the material was irrelevant. The one successful collaboration, now in its fourth year, isthe effort to unify as

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Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Masoud Rais-Rohani; Thomas Hannigan

chosendiscipline, the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University began amajor overhaul of its undergraduate curriculum in fall 1994 which, among many changes, led tothe creation of three freshman/sophomore "Intro-to-ASE" courses. While providing an overviewof the curriculum and activities conducted in each course, this paper discusses students' andinstructor's assessments of effectiveness of these courses and highlights apparent successes andremaining challenges.I. Introduction and BackgroundAlthough many factors influence a student's selection of a particular major in college, experienceseems to indicate that most entering freshmen have very limited knowledge or a skewedunderstanding of what their chosen disciplines entail

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Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Hergert; Ron Earley; Suguna Bommaraju

thecurriculum) to integrate ethics into technical classes. OIT provides an opportunity to participate inEAC seminars to increase their expertise for integrating ethics in technical courses.3 The FirstNational survey of seminars/capstone courses (707 institutions across the United States Page 8.688.1participated) reveals the following:Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education o 50.9% uses the capstone course/seminar to foster integration and synthesis within the academic major, o 22.1% uses it to either promote

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Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

subject degree option, a BS in Engineering,Option in Technology and Engineering Education, which prepares middle school and high schoolteachers to integrate technology into the current California curriculum of mathematics andscience. The goal is to develop a credentialed teacher who understands the engineering disciplineand its reliance on and development of technology and can convey the utility and rewards of acareer choice in the field of engineering to the college-bound student.Introduction Many K-12 educators do not know what engineers do and probably have not met an engineer.So far there has been a sort of band-aid approach to the problem of role models for K-12students. Outreach programs exist including those from public and private

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wigal

Session 2793 A Systems Approach to Integrating Technical Communications Instruction with the Engineering Curriculum Cecelia M. Wigal, Ph.D., P.E. The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaAbstractPracticing engineers, industry representatives, and ABET recognize the need for technicalcommunication instruction in the engineering curricula. There are various means for introducingand exposing students to technical communication. In 2000, the faculty at the University ofTennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) initiated an integration of the technical communicationsinstruction (ITC

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Davis; Wayne Sarasua

Session 2037 Including Geomatics as an Essential Element of the Civil Engineering Curriculum Wayne Sarasua1, William J. Davis2 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 2 Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The Citadel, Charleston, SCAbstractMany civil engineering programs at major Universities are struggling with how to accommodatesurveying in an already crowded undergraduate curriculum. Some schools continue to require anintroductory surveying class. Others have decided to abandon a surveying

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sageev Pneena; Kathy Bernard; Carol Romanowski

,technical communication specialists, industry advisors, university administrators, alumni, andother stakeholders, this robust model can consistently produce engineering graduates who haverelevant, defined TC competencies. Further, the model does not stress an already overcrowdedengineering curriculum. In fact, engineering professors who have integrated the model elementsinto engineering classes report a variety of benefits that include better organized lab reports,improved engineering solutions to case study problems, and more time to help students masterengineering theory and practice.*ABET: Accreditation Board for Engineering and TechnologyThis article will cover the following six sections: 1. A Message from Recent Engineering Graduates in the