Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Tarek Abdel-Salam; Mohammed Faruqi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, compressors, heat exchangers and piping systems.The semester is covered over a time period of fourteen academic weeks. The lecture isbroken into two parts. The first part deals with the principles and applications of thermalsystems followed by fluid systems. Table 1 provides the details of laboratory componentsalong with the hardware and software used to achieve the objectives.The course is designed to achieve several objectives. Upon completion of this courseeach student should be able to: • Develop a basic understanding of thermodynamics. • Define the thermal efficiency, second law efficiency, and energy availability. • Develop an intuitive understanding of how to apply the first and the second law of thermodynamics to different

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Dianne Dorland, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

method to use in order to spark student passion. While there isno question that reading and certain audio-visual materials can lead to student learning,experiential learning stirs more enthusiasm in students. Once the enthusiasm and desire forlearning a topic is there, the possibilities of learning breakthroughs are limitless. Service-learning (SL) allows students to put their learning into practice. Once the student sees that theservice experience will have a real impact on people’s lives; the “ownership” of the project andthe desire to learn increase dramatically11.The typical retention rate for various teaching styles is shown in Table 1. A study of instructionbetween control group and students with SL experience showed that the students in

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Chandrashekar Subbareddy, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Theoverall conclusion, on the basis of these projects, is that the outcome of this course has beensatisfactory in all aspects. This success is due to appropriate project, sponsor support, students’efforts, faculty performance, departmental support, and the feedback from the panel of experts.1- IntroductionIn recent years, owing to the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements and businessglobalization, a new era of global trade has emerged. Industries today have to compete not onlywith local and regional rivals but also with competitors from all over the world. Globalcompetition has created major challenges and opportunities for industries. On the one hand,many previously unknown and nonexistent companies now offer goods and services ofcompetitive

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

the consortium campuses. The collaborative effort betweencommunity colleges, universities, and employers has resulted in a strong regional consortium.This paper summarizes the objectives and accomplishments of the CREATE Center over the pastyear. Previous years’ accomplishments are described in Reference 1.CREATE Center Objectives and AccomplishmentsThe CREATE Center, which evolved out of Project CREATE’s successes, establishedobjectives, activities, outcomes, and timelines designed to target five chief areas of need or goalsthat the CREATE project identified. These objectives along with the primary accomplishments Page 12.1392.2of the past

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

area.IntroductionThere continues to be considerable interest within engineering education to develop innovativemodes of teaching that will improve student outcomes across a wide range of learningobjectives.1 In order to appropriately assess the efficacy of these techniques a variety ofassessment techniques are needed. For assessment of content knowledge, concept inventoriesprovide a means to assess knowledge in specific content domains. The first concept inventorydeveloped was the Force Concept Inventory, and since then concept inventories have beendeveloped for statics,2 strength of materials,3 engineering mechanics,4 electrical circuits,4 thermaland transport sciences,5 and materials.6,7 As the name implies, concept inventories are designedto test for

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goang-Shin Liaw, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Thomas Johnson, Besam Entrance Solutions; Tom Benson, Pass and Seymour-Legrand; Dean Nestvogel, Pass and Seymour-Legrand

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

scenarios are basedon actual global business challenges a Project Facilitator may encounter with a traditionalbusiness enterprise before the introduction to Lean Supply Chain Management and LeanManufacturing. The paper summarizes the business challenges presented by the casestudy and discusses how the lean business scenarios were analyzed to develop effectivesolutions that deliver significant business benefits. The lean supply chain case study notonly demonstrates that being “lean” requires going beyond the four walls of amanufacturing company, but also presents a good working model for university andindustry integration in an effort to jointly develop qualified lean professionals.1. IntroductionThe word ‘lean production’ was first used by Krafcik8

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; James Steck, Wichita State University; David Koert, Wichita State University; Larry Paarmann, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

developed for the class and the results of theworkshop held in August 2006. The desired outcome of the class is that technologically non-proficient citizens will be better prepared to function in a global, technology-intense world.Introduction/ Motivation “Are we providing students with the intellectual skills and background they will need toappreciate and continue learning about SME&T [Science, Mathematics, Engineering andTechnology] throughout their lives?”1. There is a growing need to build a broad base ofunderstanding and appreciation of engineering principles that lies behind much of our technologytoday. These skills need to be established in those students who would never take an engineeringclass. The new liberal education must include

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, East Carolina University; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Colleges and Universities issued areport that identifies four essential learning outcomes that graduates should possess: 1) a broadbase of knowledge across multiple disciplines; intellectual and practical skills such as teamworkand problem-solving; a sense of personal and social responsibility, including ethical reasoning;and experience applying what they learn to real-world problems. [4] Teaching Six Sigma with a Page 12.906.2project experience can help students gain the teamwork and problem-solving skills, andexperience applying what they learn to real-world problems. Focusing the projects oncommunity-based organizations can provide a sense of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Eswara Venugopal

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

InstrumentDIRECT was designed to evaluate student understanding of direct current circuits. It is a 29question multiple-choice examination that has been given to hundreds of students nationwide.Versions 1.0 and 1.1 are discussed in detail in reference 8. We obtained version 1.2 from theauthors of the study and subsequently administered that version. It is our understanding that thedifferences between versions 1.1 and 1.2 are minor. Below we reproduce the learning objectivesidentified by the authors of the DIRECT test: 1. Identify and explain a short circuit (more current follows the path of lesser resistance) 2. Understand the functional two-endedness of circuit elements (elements have two possible points with which to make a connection) 3

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Hriso, East Tennessee State University; W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

animation or $35.00 (US) per independent or professional animation. o Deadline: Entries must be received by May 1. o Submissions: Must be completely animated. No demo reels or work in progress.All of the entries are exhibited at the annual community festival in various downtown galleries.Animated programs created specifically for children are exhibited at the regional Hands-OnChildren’s Museum. Winning entries are selected by notable representatives from the animationindustry. The local community is further engaged by having children participate as jurors for aspecial “Children’s Choice” award. Winners receive cash prizes in specific categories.Participation in the competition requires an entry fee. As the festival grows, these fees will

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Falkowski, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technology disciplines. Also the business aspect would be developed as wellas how government regulations influence automotive design. This paper will describe theprocess of developing this class as well as some of the details and how it relates to a multi-disciplinary engineering technology program.IntroductionAlan Greenspan in September of 2000 talked about the skills needed in automotive jobs. Thisemphasized the importance of the automotive industry in the United States.1 Mercedes-Benz Page 12.1524.2has invested money into automotive education at the high school level.2 Tennessee is investingon a state level a large amount of money in developing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Xueshu Song, Northern Illinois University

attend a laboratory class located withintheir academic institution. Considering the mixed ability level of students, the allocated time isoften not enough for all students to complete their tasks satisfactorily and also gain sufficientexperience through the process 1, 2. To address these issues, there are a number of initiatives that have been made to provideexperimentation facilities over the Internet 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. None of these facilities are designed todeliver a laboratory course that is a part of a regular educational program. In addition to these,all suffer from one or more of the three main drawbacks. These are: a) complexity indevelopment, b) higher cost, and c) single server can provide access to only one experiment at

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Kim Shollenberger, California Polytechnic State University; Jane Kennedy, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Investor's Free Internet". Page 12.1319.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Student use of Author’s Textbook Solution Manuals: Effect on Student Learning of Mechanics FundamentalsAbstractEvidence indicates 90% of engineering students have used author’s textbook solutions manuals,and up to 75% of these students regularly use the manuals when working graded homeworkassignments.1 Many faculty intuitively believe that the use of these manuals by students is notonly a form of academic dishonesty, but has negative effects on student learning; however theeffect on learning is not well documented

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Osman Tokhi, University of Sheffield, UK.

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

foreign nationals were granted lawful permanent residence to the US during2005 1. In 2001, the lead author migrated from the United Kingdom (UK) with a facultyposition at a US University. He has completed his BSc and MSc from Bangladesh andobtained his PhD (control and systems engineering) from the University of Sheffield (UK).He lived in the UK for around thirteen years and was involved with educational andresearch activities. The co-author obtained his BSc from Kabul University (Afghanistan)and PhD from Heriot-Watt University (UK) in 1988. He worked at various academic andindustrial establishments since graduation in 1978 and is currently employed as a Reader inthe Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, The University

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Washington State University; Jerman Rose, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

recognize that learningassociated with these courses is different than occurs in many other engineering classes, butmany disagree on appropriate learning outcomes for the course. Critical questions are: (1) What should and have students learned and demonstrated through their capstone design courses? (2) Do these abilities match the public’s expectations for graduates who will be leading technical and business innovation for our nation in coming years?As demonstrated by these questions, capstone design course instructors must give properattention to defining, accomplishing, and measuring achievements of targeted student learningoutcomes. ABET accreditation requirements reinforce the importance of these measures3.GoalThe goal of this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mireille Battikha, Consultant

constructionknowledge by integrating several concepts in the course, which will help prepare engineers tosolve real construction situations. The benefits are drawn from an enhanced flexibility inmanipulating the knowledge to evaluate alternatives using real visual sections of videos toeffectively convey the integrated processes among disciplines. Example tasks include theselection from several compiled choices, viewing, composing, and decomposing cases. Thisflexible user-technology interaction furnishes direct visual understanding and integration ofseveral engineering concepts in the processes. Use of the case-based system will allow (1)integrated teaching with other educators; (2) enhanced students understanding and visualizationof the concepts involved; and

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, Ohio Northern University; Adam Stienecker, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

how empirical values are gathered and placed in documents for use. This activitywould cause students to gain a level of comfort in using empirical data documented in varioushandbooks. Material behavior is critical to any engineering design because it provides the basisof material selection that will provide the performance needed to make a product safe andfunctional repeatedly. The Universal Testing machine was selected because of ease of use andreadily available materials that could be made into specimens. Aluminum specimens of ¼” x 1”x 12” were cut off from a ASTM-B-221 Kaiser 6061-T6511 stock. These specimens were thenplaced carefully in the Tinus Olsen 60,000 Lb Universal Testing Machine (UTM) grippers fortensile testing as shown in

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M-Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M-Florida State University; James Sturges, Lockheed Martin; David Bogle, Lockheed Martin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

industrial panelists had a closed-door session(half day) to discuss the items on the agenda and exchange ideas as to what could be the bestpractice way to incorporate SE to the curriculum, and more specifically to the capstone seniordesign course. The discussion was freewheeling but structured around the following questionsand topics: Sub-session I: What is systems engineering? Topic 1: Based on the definition of “systems engineering” commonly used in industry, is this a skill that undergraduate students should have prior to their first work experience? Topic 2: How can we best encourage students to think “system” when engaging in the design activities of the capstone project course? Topic 3: What are the skills that

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

employed the use of a prototyping system developmentmethodology. This system facilitates a model for symbiotic partnership that enables asustainable approach to technology transfer, ensuring relevancy in the university whileserving the community.Background: Theory and MethodologyThe development of the KSS follows the information ladder, a theoretical model thatdescribes the stages of learning through five stages: data, information, knowledge,understanding, and wisdom 1 . Currently the Capstone program enables participatingstudents to apply the information and knowledge learned from their classes. Forexample, students design and build equipment to automate a production process for abusiness. This experience provides the opportunity to elevate their

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bodde, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

ethical decision-making into the engineering curriculum, weeducators can better prepare our students to serve as “public citizens.” In particular, Isuggest that three perspectives can serve as a framework for moral reasoning in decisionsregarding design or technology: • a rule-based reasoning process, termed deontological; • an outcomes based process, termed consequentialist; and, • an aspirational frame, where ethical judgment springs from the kind of human being the decision maker seeks to become.These have been proposed for other professions,1 both to teach moral reasoning and forcareer-long application. They could serve engineers equally well.Ethical Values in EngineeringiThe engineering profession has done well in

Conference Session

New Approaches to the Development of Online Learning and International Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda Scales; Rebecca Gunter; Cheryl Peed

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

international friendship program to matchstudents to local residents.Another university-level resource is the Center for European Studies and Architecture (CESA)in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland. In the early 1990s, Virginia Tech purchased an approximately250 year old villa in this town located in the Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino. A variety ofsemester- and summer-long study abroad programs are held at or based out of CESA.1 Duringthe summer of 2002, this included an opportunity for incoming engineering freshmen tocomplete two required first-year courses through the combination of two weeks of classes oncampus in the U.S. with two weeks of learning in Europe. Not only did this give a group ofadvanced students the chance to get an early start on their

Conference Session

Radiation and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Sean O'Kelly, University of Texas-Austin; Larry Welch, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

been created and may be accessed via remote desktop withWindows XP. As a result, the reactor instrumentation outputs may be displayed real-timein a classroom on the main campus via the classroom computer.The first remote experiment was conducted on December 7, 2006 for the ME 337C“Introduction to Nuclear Power Systems” course. It received excellent reviews from thestudents in attendance. The entire experiment was digitally recorded and was alsoviewed by distance learning students in the course. Data and procedures presented beloware from this initial experiment.ProcedureThe laboratory starts with the reactor at 1 kW. This is a low power where fueltemperature is still in equilibrium with the reactor pool temperature (~ 23 °C). At thispoint, the

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Falkowski, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

graduate data yet. This will be interesting for a future project. Theadvisory board for the department also expressed its approval of using the handbook in teachingstudents how to deal with real problems and case studies. Page 12.1530.7In Table 1 the student evaluations are listed. Semester 1 was taken before implementing theMachinery’s Handbook. Semester 2 was taken after implementing. The value of the textbook tothe students went up in score. A scale of 0-4 was used with 4 being strongly agreed with thestatement.Table 1 - Student EvaluationsQuestion Score Semester 1 Score Semester 2

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Carroll, University of Minnesota-Duluth

, 2007 A Turing Machine for the 21st Century Christopher R. Carroll Director of Undergraduate Engineering Associate Professor and Assistant Head Electrical and Computer Engineering, 271 MWAH University of Minnesota Duluth 55812-3009AbstractThe Turing Machine, originally proposed in 1936, is a primitive model which neverthelessembodies concepts that form foundations for modern computer design.1 Described in this paperis an implementation of a Turing Machine core that is useful as a vehicle for teaching finite statemachines. It is adaptable to many levels of state machine design, from

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sasima Thongsamak, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Peed, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

)program. This paper reviews development, implementation, and maintenance phases ofthe balance scorecard. Guidelines and lessons learned throughout these processes arepresented. The process of selecting a software program to help maintain the balancescorecard is discussed.IntroductionBalanced scorecard was first introduced in the early 1990s by Dr. Robert Kaplan ofHarvard Business School and Dr. David Norton, a president of a Massachusetts consultingfirm. Balanced scorecard is a tool that “translates an organization's mission and strategyinto a comprehensive set of performance measures that provides the framework for astrategic measurement and management system”.1 The balanced scorecard has replacedthe traditional performance measurements that

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitat Berlin; Thomas Richter, Technische Universitat Berlin; Harald Scheel, Technische Universitat Berlin; Christian Thomsen

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

macroscopic ef-fects. A rigorous proof of this model was given by Onsager many years later.6III. Magnetism in Virtual LaboratoriesThe Virtual Laboratory VideoEasel developed at the TU Berlin focuses on the field of statisticalphysics and statistical mechanics7,8. Implementing a freely programmable cellular automaton9,VideoEasel is capable of simulating various models of statistical mechanics and related fields.Figure 1. The Ising Model in the virtual Figure 2. Hysteresis loop of the Ising modellaboratory VideoEasel for low temperatureMeasurements are performed by tools freely plugged into the experiment by the user, allowing toobserve magnetization, entropy, free energy or other measuring quantities. When

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

designconstraints engineers face. Capstone courses are, in a majority of programs 1, done byteams of students. Since many capstone courses are industry sponsored, students are ableto learn project constraints and budgeting. For these reasons capstone courses are theprimary mechanism used by many universities to meet ABET criteria 2, particularly foroutcomes that aren’t met in more traditional course formats. Since capstone courses tendto focus on projects which are specific and unique there is no widely accepted model ortextbook on which capstone courses are based 3. The outcomes that can be easilyintegrated into capstone courses drawn from the a-k outcomes include: (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (f) an understanding of

Conference Session

The Critical First Year in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Lindsley, Arizona State University; Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

research tool, based on the book, “How to Model It,” byStarfield, Smith and Bleloch.1 With this online system, students are able to read only a portionof the text, and then must complete one or more tasks related to the modeling problem, thensubmit a response to the system. Their responses are captured and available for their review(but cannot be changed). Once their response is submitted, they can then proceed to readsubsequent text where they might, for example, compare their responses with ‘expert’ designmethods for that problem. Through this approach, students are forced to begin practicing theengineering design process, rather than simply reading about someone else’s solution to theproblem. This format allows engineering design instructors to

Conference Session

An International Perspective

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hasmik Gharibyan, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

student surveys were carried out at Yerevan State University (YSU), the oldestuniversity in the country (founded in 1919). The choice of YSU as the site of research was basedon the following facts:1. YSU is one of the two largest universities in the country by the number of students (the other one is the State Engineering University of Armenia).2. YSU is by far the most “versatile” university in Armenia with the largest number and variety of fields that students can major in; it has 18 departments covering fields from Math and Sciences to History and Business, each of which has several programs (called “chairs”). Page 12.778.33. The CS