Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

degree programs in construction engineering and construction management. Based onour most recent Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the AmericanCouncil for Construction Education (ACCE) accreditation reviews, it was recommended that theCME Division acquire additional space dedicated primarily for construction education, i.e., aconstruction classroom / laboratory (CCL). Based on this recommendation we developed a planto acquire additional space for the dedicated CCL.The contents of this paper describe: 1) the overall conceptual plan of the CCL, 2) the requiredtechnology systems, 3) the phased construction schedule, 4) the funding mechanisms used toconstruct the classroom/laboratory, and 5) student and faculty

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

-mercialization process associated with academic research. Furthermore, the resources requiredspan several disciplines including law, business, and engineering. Only recently have engineeringprograms included entrepreneurial courses covering the basic concepts that are essential for tech-nology business development. At the University of Michigan, such courses include an MBA busi-ness plan development sequence that is elected by an increasing number of engineering graduatestudents, an undergraduate engineering course in business plan development, and a patent lawclass specifically for engineering students. Academic resources such as these significantlyincrease the likelihood of stimulating student entrepreneurial activity and of successful commer

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yichong Zeng; Patrick Kwon; Muhammad Sohail Ahmed; Jenny Wang-Chavez

8.826.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationpart. When the design changes, the operation sequence has to be rearranged and redesigned andnew operations must be added between appropriate operations. This, in some cases, may betrivial. However, the interactions among the operations can be quite complex. The students whohave not planned out the complete sequence of operations are not ready to deal with the processplanning under the changes in design, machine and materials. One way to address suchchallenges is to have students work through the real world problems while they are learning themachining

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Hefley; James Lookadoo; Randy Winzer

challenge implementing these curriculum changes, finding temporary instructorsfor existing courses, and conducting a search for a new permanent faculty member. In addition toall of this, we knew that we were scheduled for an accreditation visit in 2001. At this time, ourgroup was vaguely aware that TAC of ABET was planning a major shift in accreditation style.We were also aware that EAC of ABET had already undergone such change. As all our energieswere focused on our immediate challenges, we were not very attentive to TC2K. However, thatwas about to change.In the summer following this tumultuous year, one of us was accepted as a TAC of ABETprogram evaluator and underwent the requisite training session. As part of that training, thepreliminary TC2K

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

cover a wide range of projects we will encounter. Move into a generic product development (waterfall) format. Close with DesignPlannerTM. 3 An Introduction Defining objectives, goals, tasks, work Professors post the student developed list, to Project breakdown structure. Introduce PERT and from the team exercise, to the web site. Management Gannt for planning projects, discuss Each student downloads a copy of the task estimating completion times, slack, and list for individual use. critical path. Use Plan Do Check Act as a theme for each facet

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julian Kang; Byeong-Cheol Lho

visualization of the construction sequence, and theother group used 3D model of the constructed structure. For the experiment, an Internetinstrument was developed to provide graphical representation of the construction schedule andmeasure the elapsed time for the students to detect logical errors in the schedule. The experimentshowed that students who used 4D visualization detected more logic errors within less time thanthose who used 3D visualization.I. IntroductionConstruction planning requires reading the drawings, visualizing the constructed structures inmind, breaking the structures into identifiable components, and building a logical network amongthese components. Once the duration required for constructing each component is estimated

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Howell; Pat Shamamy; Feierfeil Greg; Chris Reidel; Tarek Rizk; Lisa Anneberg

plan • Develop sound marketing and financial plansThe Entrepreneurial Program StructureThe Entrepreneurship Program is a 3-year experience as can be seen from Table 1. Thecurriculum is two-pronged and consists of:1- Active participation in the operation of a student Engineering Enterprise2- Completion of course material (instructional modules) Page 8.523.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe entrepreneurial program is designed to preserve the technical content of Lawrence

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ventura

four-year engineering degree from an institution with an ABETprogram.The accreditation criteria of EC-2000 of ABET requires a structured plan to measure andevaluate the attainment and evaluation of learning objectives and outcomes, as defined byengineering programs. This article focuses on the application of the ABET EC-2000criteria that requires engineering programs to formulate curriculum based on programoutcomes. It concentrates on three topics: (1) formulating the required learning outcomes,(2) generating a program that enables faculty to achieve the required learning outcomes,and (3) assembling a plan of curriculum development that satisfies accreditation standardsand fulfills the university’s educational goals. This article will propose

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marlee Walton

Skills Page 8.1147.1 § Communication Skills Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education § Project Management § Agreements and Contracts § Continuous Quality Improvement § Business Management § Professional EthicsImplementation of this new curriculum began in the spring of 2001. The planning, design, andimplementation of this integrated curriculum will be discussed in the paper.Initial Action:The need to enhance the professional practice skills of students in engineering has

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdolmajid Lababpour

related sectors is much lower than the numberset within the targets of the 5 Year Plan [1] This national plan as prepared by the Iranian government, isthe Third Five-Year Socio-Economic and Cultural Development Plan, and was put in action in 2000. Inthis paper, the present situation of biotechnology education especially in K-12 grades is surveyed andsome guiding points are presented for developing human resources related to biotechnology througheducation in secondary schools in Iran. Biotechnology uses living organisms or parts of organisms to produce or modify products, toimprove plants or animals, to develop microorganisms for scientific use, to identify targets for smallmolecule pharmaceutical development and to transfer biological

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Schmidt

. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 2. Criteria for Evaluation of Oral Proposals • Purpose of the project is clearly stated. • Project is related to team’s topic. • Selected standard is appropriate to topic. • Background information justifies the project. • Team understands technical aspects of this proposed project, and is able to explain them clearly. • Justification is provided to support the work. Why is this important enough to be approved? • Problem is stated clearly, in technical terms. • Problem is stated clearly, in statistical terms. • Experimental plan is

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wierman; Marybeth Camerer

entrepreneurship,information technology management, intellectual property protection, organizationaldevelopment, negotiation and conflict management, internet law, and internet marketing.Experiential learning opportunities include internships for credit, a business plan competition, astudent-managed investment portfolio, a student business society, a Wall Street trip (includingresume critiques and mock interviews), and an intersession course with alumni entrepreneurspeakers. Currently in its sixth year, the program has had many successes and encounteredsubstantial obstacles and setbacks. This article describes the difficulties of starting anentrepreneurship program in a mathematics department at a university which does not have abusiness school, and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Nicholas; Ted Stilgenbauer; Anthony Brizendine

3, MicroStation® Applications for Highway Design; Ineach module, students are required to complete exercises based on example projects created bythe authors. The examples utilized in the modules are actual transportation projects, which havebeen constructed and are in use. The utilization of built projects allows the students to gainadditional experience with proven construction plans followed by visits to the actual sites to seethe constructed product illustrated in the plans. Final projects are employed to bring togetherlearning activities from each of the modules. This summative final project approach serves toreinforce the “real world” experience.IntroductionIn recent years, Fairmont State College has been teaching AutoCAD® as the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

issues involved in the production of a design such as timeestimation, components availability, the design difficulty, and the problem solving skills.IntroductionThroughout their undergraduate curriculum, engineering technology students will plan, develop,and present semester-long projects in their field of engineering technology. Working on theseprojects, students gain knowledge and skills in project handling, technical writing, problem-solving skills, evaluation process, and oral presentation techniques. Many times the projects arenot completed on time because of lack of estimating the difficulty of the design, or the timeinterval required to gather components and assemble the given design. Most problem solversskip the step of estimating the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

havestudents achieve competency in business practices equivalent to the proficiencies realized inengineering subject areas. One method for achieving this is to ask students to respond to"Request for Proposal" (RFPs) in which inter- and multi-discipline design teams "compete" withalternate solutions. Corporate representatives provide realistic scenarios through activeparticipation in such courses. These "clients" require the students to use realistic projectmanagement tools and reinforce planning and economic aspects of a design without neglectingthe technical aspects of the project. While such approaches have proven successful, they neglectan important element of leadership development - the "entrepreneurial" aspect. To this end, wedescribe an

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad; Jerry Samples

requires time management and effortsincluding a solid long-term plan that starts during the visiting position as well as an effectivementoring program. This paper attempts to address issues related to both visiting and tenurepositions including ways a visiting position can best serve a faculty in transition and theimportance of a successful mentoring program in ensuring a smooth transition from visiting totenure and ultimately gaining tenure. The paper also provides suggestions and advice for successto new faculty joining either visiting or tenure track positions.IntroductionThis paper addresses issues related to visiting and tenure track positions in primarilyundergraduate institutions that put excellence in teaching first. In particular, the

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

and I be friends? • Tell me about your career plans. What do you want to be doing five years from now? Ten years from now? • What are your expectations with respect to this mentoring relationship? What do you expect from me? What do you think I expect from you? • Do you prefer to work and plan as we go, or have the plan worked out in detail before we begin?Based on this interview, I can develop a mentoring plan that is tailored to each student. If thestudent wishes to pursue a career in industry, I can begin looking for an appropriate summerinternship; if the student wishes to pursue an academic position, I can send them to teachingworkshops. This is also the time to let the student know my mentoring

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Adams

project such that itcould be successfully accomplished with the resources that were available to the student team.Year 1999-2000: “Optimization of a Helicopter Engine Exhaust System”The team was comprised of four Leeds students and two ASU students with one of the Leedsstudents in residence at ASU. The objective of this project was to optimize an existing helicopterengine exhaust system. Goals included reducing the weight of the exhaust system by 10%, a 2%reduction in fuel burn, and a reduction in the cost of ownership by at least 10%.A multitask plan was developed by the team in order to accomplish the goals of the project. Thefollowing task breakdown is presented to show how broad the scope of the project was:• Phase 1 1. Characterization of

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Kline

Confusing Scattered Mechanical Solid DirectsTrack & revise plan Disjointed Passive Supports Implement Change AssessesDocument Progress Incoherent Perfunctory Methodical Complete ComprehensiveIterate & Assess:Frequency Sporadic Methodical Consistent Continuous Parallel ProcessingReview previous cycles Seldom Most Recent Tries to extend Captures most Integrates allAssess design process Only moves forward After big st eps

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Goll; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers; Gregory Tonkay

systems, the design of a business plan,instruction in process mapping, concepts of engineering economy and ROI, and how to conduct adesign review. Teamwork and communication of project results using multimedia techniquescontribute to leadership skill development. The Enterprise Systems Center Collaboratory is usedto bring industry partners into the classroom via remote electronic links to provide projectfeedback.The paper also describes the relationship of the IE/I&SE module to the entire Engineering 95course, the methods that make using the module transferable to other IE faculty members withvarious areas of specialization, and an early look at the effectiveness of the module in defining theIE role and conveying understanding to freshmen of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Martin; Shailendra Mehta; Ronald Steuterman; Leah Jamieson; Donald Blewett; William Oakes; Edward Coyle

; namely, participation in the series of 10 workshops on all aspects of starting a businessthat has been organized by Dr. Shailendra Mehta, the Director of the Burton MorganEntrepreneurship Competition (BMEC). The EPICS/MBA or EPICS/IRL partnerships that reachthis stage may elect to submit a business mini-plan to the BMEC.STAGE 3 -- Early Spring of Each Academic Year: The EPICS/MBA or EPICS/IRL teams thatsubmitted business mini-plans that are selected for further development in the first round of theBMEC will decide whether to develop a full business plan for the final competition in March. Ifthey choose to do so, the teams will prepare a full business plan and begin the design of acommercial-grade prototype of the EPICS project. EPICS teams

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard DeVries; Douglas Stahl

the “real world,” removing a layer of abstraction that ispresent with scaled specimens and allowing specimens to be designed to illustrate a full range offailure modes. Second, students in lower-division construction methods and materials coursesparticipate in the fabrication of test specimens, so the activity is leveraged to provide a new focusfor continuity in the academic program. Finally, the “wow factor” is significant and helps motivatestudents to understand related course material. This paper describes the kinds of experiments wehave done, plans to increase our repertoire, and how we integrate this activity into thearchitectural engineering program. The concept of the Structural Engineering Workshop is at the heart of the

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Camilla Saviz; Kurt Schulz

on prior to pursuingdevelopment of the experiment. Students indicate their preferences from a general listof suggested topic areas or develop a topic in consultation with the course instructor.Over the course of the semester, each team researches, designs, develops, tests, andreports on the laboratory experiment developed for the selected topic. In addition togaining hands-on experience in solving an open-ended problem and resolving design,development, and implementation issues, students develop their communication,teamwork, and management skills. Following team formation, each team begins byresearching the topic and developing a formal project plan which includes a timeline.Laboratory experiment ideas are then proposed and discussed with

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Grimm

poster byeach team. Page 8.57.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionMichigan Technological University changed from a quarter based system to semesterseffective the fall of 2000. Prior to making the change a considerable amount of workwent into planning and developing curricula in the different colleges and departmentsacross campus. During this period in the late twentieth century, 1998 and 1999, theMechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (ME-EM) Department reviewed themechanical engineering programs at more than

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

wherespecific topics might be considered as appropriate for integration at a number of different pointswithin the curriculum. A plan for the creation of an Academic Thread will be discussed. Thepaper will then show how the thread can be woven into the learning objectives for specificcourses. A discussion of some of the strengths and weaknesses of this approach will then bepresented. An extension of the idea of academic threads into more technical areas will also bepresented.Learning ObjectivesIn the literature, learning objectives have been labeled many different ways. Such terms as,“educational objectives,” “instructional objectives,” “behavioral objectives,” and “performancegoals,” have been used to express the basic idea presented here as learning

Conference Session

Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Darin Ridgway; Valerie Young; Michael Prudich

placed on the use of the senior-level unit operations laboratory experience as acapstone statistics usage and assessment tool. This course provides the students with anopportunity to break out of the “chapter box” which is often characteristic of stand-alonestatistical methods courses. The courses also emphasize the point that experimental planningand design includes not only the selection of the experimental parameters to be studied, but alsothe planning of the data analysis and statistical treatments to be utilized in the interpretation ofthe experimental data that is acquired. The proper assessment of statistics-related performancein the senior-level laboratory courses provides end-of-program assessment data on studentstatistical skills and

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Mullett

, business, and government. The important policy changein the ATE program was that the grantee institution would be either a two-year college, or otherassociate degree granting institutions, or a consortium of two-year colleges along with thepreviously mentioned partners. Thus, two-year colleges or associate degree offering institutionswere specifically targeted by the ATE program and, as a further consequence, community collegefaculty were being afforded greater opportunities for grant funding and the actual planning andadministration of the grant [1].The focus of ATE projects would be on curriculum development, faculty or teacher development,instructional materials development, or instrumentation and laboratory improvement. Also,considered for

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Leonard

baccalaureate-level industrial engineering curriculum sharedby most American universities since the dissemination of the Roy Report and initialimplementations based on its findings.This paper describes the work of a project team from the Department of Industrial Engineering atClemson University, sponsored by NSF. The team has been working since September 2002 todevelop a new scalable and deployable industrial engineering baccalaureate-degree model. Thismodel is designed to permit scaling up from an information technology kernel of coursework to afully integrated industrial engineering undergraduate curriculum. Three aspects of the newcurriculum plan are described in this paper.OverviewDuring the mid 1960s, a study group sponsored by NSF and ASEE

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tohru Kitamura; Masashi Tani; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

of the course by three pedagogicalconcepts: the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle, hands-on exercises, and cooperative learning.This paper discusses the experience of the pre-college engineering course, which the studentsattended at KIT in March 2001, and results of student feedback.IntroductionThere is a growing tendency in Japan for students to lose interest in science and engineering.Therefore, the importance of stimulating young students’ interest in science and engineering hasbeen strongly emphasized.1, 2 In order to stimulate young students’ interest in science andengineering, a collaboration project started in 2000 between KIT and WSHS. KIT has been giving atwo-day pre-college introductory engineering course to forty students from WSHS since

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

Session 2253 TTU College of Engineering Pre-College Engineering Academy© Estacado High School Pilot Program John R. Chandler, Ph.D., and A. Dean Fontenot, Ph.D. College of Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper reports on progress to-date in the planning, design, and initial implementations in a K-12 Pre-College engineering program being developed collaboratively by Texas Tech University(TTU) and Lubbock Independent School District (LISD). The Pre-College EngineeringAcademy© is a multidisciplinary, project-based curriculum that presents high school students withrealistic