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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Beckry Abdel-Magid; Yunsheng Xu

summer. In the first three weeks of thecourse, students learn the research methodology, how to conduct literaturesearch, define a problem and perform an investigation, collect and analyze data,draw conclusions, and present their findings. During the course, studentsdiscuss their topics with the course coordinator who mentors them on theirresearch projects. The course takes place over two semesters and eachstudent is required to submit an abstract, write a two-page paper, and give a 40-minute presentation to students, staff, and faculty on their research topic andfindings. An example of an abstract is shown in Figure 1. The paper and thepresentation are evaluated by all the faculty in the department and theevaluations are given both orally

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Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

-personal conflict when a student finds it easier to put blameelsewhere than to change them self. In this case, dealing with the inner conflict would reduce theinter-personal conflict.This paper describes a model for designing a course that uses the above interpretation of conflict.Student writings and conversations during the course and their feedback four months after the Page 8.1307.2course indicate that while their conflict levels were sometimes high, many of the students valued Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

, solarradiation, refrigeration system, internal combustion engines, flue gas analysis, pump operation,and turbo machinery.At the time of the semester conversion, the University also adopted a policy of implementing amuch stronger version of general education requirements, whose merits and effectiveness [2] weredebated vigorously by the faculty from all segments of the University during the previous twoyears [3]. Recognizing the importance of good communication as an essential part of professionaldevelopment, the new GER required that students take two writing and one oral communicationcourses, along with other traditional GER courses such as mathematics, natural sciences,literature, humanity, and social science courses. In addition to expanded coursework

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Rosa Gomez-Martinez; Joseph Ramos; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras

Session 2793 Developing a learner centered environment to meet the needs of a growing urban commuter student population Lourdes Sánchez-Contreras, Rosa M. Gómez, Joseph Ramos, Benjamin C. Flores, and Helmut Knaust Model Institutions for Excellence Program The University of Texas at El PasoAbstractThe Colleges of Engineering and Science at the University of Texas at El Paso havedeveloped a multi-faceted system based on peer support to address the particular needs ofscience and engineering majors. At the core of this strategy is a strong commitment todevelop

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

a touchstonecase study throughout the academic term. This project was referred to in class, and by thestudents, as the “widget project.” The widget project gave students and faculty members acommon background for discussion, an opportunity to immediately apply new knowledgelearned in the class, and a vehicle for peer to peer education.Daily Topical Coverage The Design Project Management class was conducted in the System DynamicsLaboratory, a studio laboratory with 12 two-student workstations, a dual-headed projectionsystem useful for supporting impromptu design sharing and small group reporting. The DPMclass met two days per week, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Typically, each two hour session was conducted

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REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

their work, (2) develop their ability to discuss those issues effectively with peers andinterested members of the public, and (3) understand the four dimensions of how people learn asthey relate to REU projects and more broadly to successful learning environments. Finally, weurge other REU programs to consider an enriched or integrated approach, arguing that REUprograms offer tremendous opportunities for helping future engineers become better teachers,better communicators, and more responsible members of their profession.The VaNTH REU ProgramVaNTH has been offering an REU program since 2000, with a total of 30 students attendingfrom 23 institutions:Carnegie Mellon - n=1 Case Western University - n=1Duke University

Conference Session

Information Literacy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Smith; Lawrence Whitman

behavior. Pinelli, et. al. Page 8.247.1talk about engineers’ preference for relying on informal sources of information like peers andProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”trade journals over the formal journal literature [10]. Charles Lord explains that this is due, inpart, to economic and time constraints [8]. While these informal sources serve practicingengineer’s needs, they are not sufficient for academic work. Due to the need for more intensivehands-on instruction in writing fundamentals it became necessary to

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

learn how to use the debugger. In the lab, the students will type in an assemblyprogram and assemble and link it and use the debugger to step through the program. There is atutor for the course that sits in the lab to help students with their programming assignments. Thetutor-student relationship benefits the tutor as well. Tutor solidifies his/her knowledge whilehelping their peers. Laboratory programming assignments are given electronically. Assignmentsare submitted and graded electronically. Following a sample project is given:Sample Laboratory Project Page 8.86.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

, manufacturing processesand several other areas of concern.The Department of Labor and the American Society for Training and Developmentresearched the skills employers wanted and published their report, ”Workplace Basics”[4]. In this report, they identified the following as the most common needs: Page 8.537.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright? 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” 1. Learning to learn 2. 3 R’s (reading, writing, computation) 3. Communications (listening and oral)Other needs listed were

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

limited to a few hundred pages in length for economic reasons • the writing level is focused on readers with specific knowledge and interests • books are printed in editions that are released in static forms that don’t change • textbooks are relatively expensive and require marketing and distribution • there is a delay of months or years to release a new editionBy necessity a publisher must develop a book that addresses an identifiable need while control-ling costs. In pragmatic terms a book must not try to be all things to all readers.2.1 PastFrom my own experiences textbooks are very important. In my days as a student I could extractmost of the required information from the textbook, and the course notes. In the

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ross

, undergraduate engineering education should form the basis for a lifetime of learning.And, a little later: Writing can help achieve these goals in unique ways, and we argue that most courses should incorporate writing in some fashion.“Writing” may be too limited a word; “communication” better covers the range of skillswhich can serve engineers well to avoid obsolescence and to maintain a technicalcompetitive edge. Page 8.1059.5Paul L. Ross UW-Madison 5 Teaching Communication Skills OnlineD. The Virtues of the “Classroom” for Engaged ParticipantsThe virtues of the real “classroom” encourage engagement and participation by

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Parent

be too complex for a student to understand andneed to be augmented by faculty. Writing tutorials of this nature is very time intensive;splitting up the work among collaborating faculty can ease this burden.Even though industrial support and collaborative effort greatly facilitate the ability todevelop and maintain VLSI design and fabrication curriculum, many tenure andpromotion processes tend to emphasize scholarly activity in the form of publications andgrant dollars over teaching activities5 (such as lab development).Another problem is some tenure and promotion committees tend to “bean count” firstauthor publications even though some have recognized that this can lead to faculty notcollaborating.6 (Meaning: It is easier to determine if a

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

I & II), Physics, AC-DC Circuit analysis.ResourcesTextbooks and other sources used in the course are listed in the reference section 1-8. Materialsfrom peer-reviewed journals are vital in connecting students to cutting edge information,applications and current trends in energy exploitation.Computer simulation programs are used in the course for modeling and clarifying some conceptsin energy use. MATLAB© 9 functions are used for developing regression models for predictinggrowth (population, energy use, etc.). MATLAB-SimPowerSystems© is used for modeling ACand DC machines, and to demonstrate their performance characteristics.PowerWorld© 10 is used to illustrate computational challenges in a modern power transmissionsystem. The animation

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marty Frisbee; Deborah Sharer

appreciate this crucial component in the study of electrical engineeringtechnology are employed. The approaches taken in the successful delivery of complex conceptsand, most importantly, student mastery of course material are the focus of our discussion in thispaper.IntroductionDifficulties students encounter with distance education (DE), particularly web-based individualaccess (IA) DE, such as lack of instructor access, isolation, and removal of peer interaction arewell recognized as common throughout all disciplines. There are several challenges inherent inwhat is essentially an independent study that must be recognized and addressed for the student tocomplete the course successfully and, what is actually more important, realize the knowledge and

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Blake; kathleen marrs; Jeff Watt; Andrew Gavrin

faculty are aware of students needs and abilities, and reactaccordingly. JiTT also recognizes the fundamental truth that “students learn what students do.” Ifstudents are to learn technical writing, teamwork, and the ability to address large questions, theymust be asked to do these things.MethodsJust-in-Time Teaching relies on a combination of high-tech and low-tech methods. On the high-tech side, the WWW is used as a flexible, high-speed communications tool linking students andfaculty. On the low-tech side, students participate in several classroom activities that stress activelearning and interaction among students and faculty. In the recitation sections, student teamswork on problems under the guidance of faculty and peer mentors. We have also

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Eric Lachance; Allen Estes

require students to speak in front of “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 3215their peers and faculty. For example, a student chapter seminar is scheduled for senior studentsto formally describe their AIAD experience to the younger civil engineering majors. The goal isto encourage sophomores and juniors to participate in the AIAD program.Through the ASCE Student Chapter, senior students write an essay on an ethical issue for theannual Daniel Mead Essay Competition. Faculty select the best three

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne Hood; Elizabeth Bahe; Fonda Swimmer; Ingrid St. Omer

• What kept you in engineering? What makes it possible for you to stay? Page 8.1040.3 • What difficulties have you or your peers encountered? Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1430 • How would you describe you faculty/student interactions? • What would you tell a freshman? • What would you say has been a positive experience in the College? • What might/could have made your

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; Marie Lee; Diane Schuch Miller

Session 1363 The Development of Manufacturing Case Studies William L. White, Diane M. Schuch-Miller, Marie D. Lee Lawrence Technological University/Wayne State University/Wayne State University In manufacturing engineering education, there is a need for problem-solving projects that reflect realissues to supplement or replace drill and practice problems. Authentic activities offer an opportunity to apply newknowledge and skills to manufacturing engineering problems, test theorie s, and draw conclusions in a safeenvironment with the help of their peers and mentors. Case studies add relevance and

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

the textbook before coming toclass; active learning; undergraduate lecture teaching assistants; distribution and collection ofmaterials as well as post-lecture review of submitted work; making the environment more friendlythrough music and videos; integration of learning communities; and classroom representatives andteam minute papers to create a manageable student feedback mechanism. This paper will presentthe perspectives of a new faculty member teaching for the first time and of more experiencedinstructors of large classes.Introductory CommentsOne can imagine the worries of a new professor teaching for the first time: How do I write agood test? How do I keep the lectures interesting? Are my expectations of the studentsreasonable? What if

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

time and effort to draw figures and list given information on theblackboard while lecturing or solving problems. Sridhara teaches Dynamics at Middle TennesseeState University (MTSU) and spends a considerable amount of time in the class to solve problemsinteractively. In the last two years, we have been fortunate to get several new master classroomswith a computer and the Internet access at each student station. The versatile overhead projectorElmo at the master workstation has not only replaced the conventional unit but also allowsprojection of opaque and three-dimensional objects on the screen. The need for writing problemstatement and drawing figures and diagrams on the blackboard has been completely eliminatedwith the use of this projector

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rex Ramsier; H Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

for Engineering Education”example, the mentor is the most suitable individual to record satisfactory participation duringteam meetings, faculty gauge the technical merits of the final reports as well as the writtenmemos, and peer evaluations assess overall teaming performance. Details for the grading strategyare shown in the appendix and discussed below.In any grading scheme, the free-rider problem is perhaps the dominant issue for academic teams(Felder, 2001; Joyce, 1999). In our VITDP, students earn 30% of their score from individualcontributions and 70% of their score from team efforts. The individual score is based onparticipation at and preparedness for meetings as well as submission of work logs and journals.The team score is based on

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

throughlectures, class work assignments and homework assignments. Eight lectures cover projectmanagement, meeting skills, technical writing, oral presentations, safety, rational managementprocesses (situational, problem, decision and potential problem analysis), personality self-assessment and conflict resolution. All students complete writing assignments and oralpresentations to practice the professional skill as well as demonstrate technical understanding ofthe unit operation. The instructor, the student and the student’s peers assess each student’s workprocess skills, safety performance and team behaviors.The following professional practices have been incorporated into the Senior Unit OperationsLaboratory. The key mode for delivering the course

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Ellertson; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

majoring in agriculturalengineering or agricultural systems technology: the ABE learning community, which is createdby having students co-enroll for specially selected linked courses, and the ABE living learningcommunity, a reserved portion of a specific residence hall. Other features of the ABE learningcommunity include peer mentors and tutors, faculty-student dinners, and student service learningopportunities. The ABE Learning Community has been described in detail in previouslypublished papers.1, 2, 3We see the ABE Learning Community as key to helping us achieve the intended studentoutcomes of our programs. These outcomes were developed to meet the ABET Criteria 2000.ABET Criterion 3, Program Outcomes and Assessment, states, “Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

. These latter goals are related to team involvement as defined by Turner (2002)when he points to the role of integration and collaboration in global engineering.Taking risks in solving complex problems: Women typically choose disciplines inwhich they believe they will do well. Discussions about the leadership qualitiesnecessary for successful women indicate that the ability to take risks is key (Mills,undated, Howell, 1993, Based on Brown University website). Moreover, they oftenperceive their abilities in science, engineering and mathematics to be less that those oftheir male peers. They, as well as other students who do not typically pursue science,engineering or mathematics, would benefit from increasing exposure to more real-lifelearning

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Ashok Agrawal

§ Audience analysis § Edit and revise documents § Outline in standard formats § Work/write/edit/revise in groups/teams § Peer review and evaluation § Basic standard grammar, spelling, mechanics, and appropriate vocabulary § WWW sites research & evaluation § Basic library research skills § Note taking techniques Page 8.592.4 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education” § Simple documentation

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Krogmeier; Mustafa Kamasak; Maribel Figuera; Luis Torres; Jan Allebach; George Chiu; Edward Delp; Charles Bouman; Catherine Rosenberg; Lynne Slivovsky

website. Communications II INDIVIDUAL: Deadline for having a design notebook. 5 Wireless Systems I INDIVIDUAL: Review of design notebooks. 6 Printing in a Wireless World 7 Wireless Systems II 8 Physical Layer Communications I INDIVIDUAL: Self assessment and peer evaluation. 9 Physical Layer Communications II TEAM: Progress report. INDIVIDUAL: Review of design notebooks. Midterm 10 Midterm Project Reviews presentation. 11 Multimedia Applications for Wireless 12 Cellular Technology 13 Multimedia

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Wheeler

development.At the time of this writing, SPIRIT II is ready to launch. We are hopeful that a launchopportunity will be offered in early April. We present preliminary conclusions about the outcomeof that project and lessons learned from the manifold differences between these two efforts. Weresist the temptation to ascribe value judgments such as “success/failure”. Work on a programevaluation is ongoing. Rather, our purpose is to compare the two very different outcomes ofSPIRIT I and SPIRIT II. In addition, we present the current evolution of the characteristics andgoals of this unique program.Characteristics of a “SPIRIT Project”The SPIRIT projects are designed to provide a supportive environment1,2 for students todemonstrate newly acquired skills and to

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Enos Charles Inniss

the exercise was good from the experiential learningstandpoint, it was not properly exploited for all the information it could provide to both theindividual student and the class in general. Students should get more practice with the variousaspects of technical communication (both oral and written)1 and more feedback from theinstructor and from their peers on the success of those efforts. To this end, students were assignedthe task of producing fact sheets during various sections of the revised course. The firstassignment called for students to work in groups, to prepare both the fact sheet and the moreformal presentation of their findings on air pollution detection and/or control. A secondassignment called for them to individually produce a

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole Loock; Joan Dannenhoffer

attributes, the college institutional experiences, and success or departuredecisions. In Tinto’s model, the student’s individual pre-entry attributes (such as familybackground, skill and ability, and prior schooling) are translated into forming individual goalsabout education and commitment to successful completion of one’s college education. Theseindividual goals and commitments interact over time with institutional experiences. This includesacademic and social systems, both formal and informal, such as academic performance,faculty/staff interactions, extra curricular activities, and peer group interactions. The extent towhich the individual becomes academically and socially integrated into the academic and socialsystems effects one’s departure

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Karen C. Chou; W. James Wilde; Saeed Moaveni

expansion. In addition to meeting ABET's major design experiencerequirement, this design experience also achieves the following:• The major design experience is integrated throughout the program with minimal interruption to the more traditional curriculum.• Students can gain a perspective of how different levels of their learning and knowledge contribute to a real-world civil engineering project.• Students develop a good rapport with peers in their class and other classes and foster a mentoring relationship.• The project forges more (perhaps better) interaction and communication among engineers, faculty, and students.As the civil engineering program matures and the class size increases, we plan to require theproject team to