Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Duggan

requires anunderstanding of many factors including the physical and chemical properties of thebiosolid, risks posed to potential receptors and applicable regulatory requirements. Theseoptions continue to evolve due to new technologies and changes in regulatoryrequirements. Many “new” options for biosolid reuse and recycling have met regulatoryacceptance due to pressures from limited landfill space and advances in risk assessment.This paper is a presentation of how current research in biosolid characterization andbiosolid management are being integrated into selected courses in Wentworth’sundergraduate environmental engineering program.With participation from the Biosolids industry, lecture material, laboratory studies and aCapstone Design project

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Steven Barrett

decided early on that there would be no pride in authorship. Each co-author was encouraged to critically assess the other’s writing. They both understood itwas for the overall good of the final product. Aside from a similar philosophy, it ishelpful to choose a co-author with a similar work ethic.In Pack and Barrett’s situation, it was a natural choice to work together as co-authors.Pack and Barrett had worked together on a number of projects before the book. Theirwork relationship was founded on friendship, a deep mutual respect for each otherscapabilities, and a similar work ethic. Furthermore, they decided early on that theywould provide a detailed plan to complete the book and that they would be mutuallyaccountable to one another to meet

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Teodora Rutar; Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Lawrence McKenzie; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili; Patricia Daniels; Michael Trevisan

AND APPROPRIATE TARGETSSoon after TIDEE received initial NSF funding for developing its mid-program assessmentinstrument, a faculty task force was convened to identify key competencies associated withdesign activities and to establish consensus on appropriate mid-program proficiency insupporting knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Figure 2 illustrates seven key attributes of qualitydesign teams in each of three areas: effective design process, effective teamwork, and effectivecommunication. These design attributes are consistent with the creative problem-solving modeldescribed by Lumsdaine13 and the project based introduction to design by Dym and Little 14. Theteamwork attributes are consistent with the cooperative learning model by Johnson

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano; Margaret Weeks

of the United States in international trade." 1 In response to thisCongressional mandate, the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education(ATE) program was created. Since 1993, the ATE program has funded projects and centers thatfocus on the improvement of technician education and, thus, on producing a technologicallyprepared workforce. 2 Page 7.136.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationShortly after SATA was passed, NSF convened a workshop to address critical issues in

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

textbooks. Related topics such as safety, correct hand-tool applications, and ICS device applications are among the information examined. This will help round out the student’s knowledge of the ICS environment.21) Organizational skills are important as students are required to prepare a paper “preliminary” design of their weekly projects prior to inputting programming data into a computer for download to the PLC or PC based ICS system. This helps develop a sense of predictability in the expected result. Students are taught to not rush by designing directly on the computer, but rather “do it on paper first” so that their time spent on a design is used efficiently and results can be

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Livingston; James Squire

their team’s robot. This emphasis on designencourages the deep understanding that comes with making and debugging mistakes, and confersthe pride associated with creating a unique product. Larger teams of 6-8 students are typicallyused with this method, which fosters teamwork and development of project managementcompetence 8 in addition to core engineering skills. The larger teams are required to preventonerous time requirements, but this division of labor discourages all members from learningequally. Unskilled project managers increase the likelihood that less-capable teams fall seriouslybehind. Also, time spent developing the mechanical base takes time away from electricalengineering topics, although some universities have mitigated this by

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

T. Michael Baseheart; Richard Miller; Mark Bowers; James Swanson; Anastasios Ioannides; Roy Eckart

Session 2522 Teaching Strength of Materials Using Web-Based, Streaming Video, and Interactive Video Technologies T. Michael Baseheart, Richard Miller, Mark Bowers, Anastasios Ioannides, James Swanson, and Roy Eckart University of CincinnatiAbstractThis presentation examines the results obtained during the second year of a three-year projectfunded by a General Electric Fund grant, on the effectiveness of new instructional technologiesin the teaching of basic engineering courses. During the first year of the project only the staticscourses were taught

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Nestor

Session 2220 Animation of VLSI CAD Algorithms – A Case Study John A. Nestor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette CollegeAbstractThe design of modern VLSI chips requires the extensive use of Computer-Aided Design(CAD) tools. Undergraduate VLSI Design courses typically teach the use of these toolsto create designs, but provide little or no information about how the tools work, whichmakes it difficult to use them effectively. The goal of the CADAPPLETS project is toprovide a set of Java animations which will aid students in visualizing the

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

the assignmenthad been a confidence booster and another wrote that it had affirmed his interest in a career thatinvolved using thermodynamics. As part of an end of the semester course evaluation thestudents were asked whether the course project had improved their ability to locate informationand use it to learn on their own. Approximately 50% of the students agreed or strongly agreedwith this statement, and only 10% disagreed or strongly disagreed; the remaining 40% indicateda “neutral” response. Thus, the assignment appeared to be successful for many of the students.In the two semesters that this assignment has been used the classes wrote a total of 25 papers.Within their papers the students were required to identify the lead author of each

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Hess

are required and what systems ofproduction are used leading up to the finished commercial product(s). In the Manufacturing Processes course, by way of the hands-on teaching approach, the solidmodeling and reverse engineering elements provide the stimulus for student learning. Solidmodeling manufacturing and the reverse engineering projects provide the learning adhesive thatunifies all of the course concepts and are the course centerpieces. They provide the transfer oflearning from course topic to topic. The following pages outline how the ManufacturingProcesses course is organized using the hands-on approaches of solid modeling and reverseengineering.II. FacilityTwo large materials manufacturing laboratories, one small solid object processing

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Hubing

(UMR)have had an ongoing interest in the development and use of technology in the classroom [5,6,7].Several years ago BEST (Basic Engineering Software for Teaching) Dynamics was developed asa multimedia collection of kinematics and kinetics problems that enable the user to vary inputs totest a wide variety of configurations and behavior [5]. This was followed by BEST Statics andOn Call Instruction (OCI) for Statics, which were subsequently combined to create Statics On-Line [6], an interactive multimedia collection of problems and lessons which forms an integralpart of the statics course currently taught at UMR. The current work on multimedia modules forstatics instruction is part of a larger project involving dynamics and mechanics of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Duarte; Brian Butz

, 11, and as a dynamic textbook 12. Recently, interactive multimedia have beenintegrated with expert system technology producing intelligent tutoring systems for engineeringstudents 13-16 . These intelligent tutoring systems "learn" about the individual student and cantailor the material to meet the needs and the learning styles appropriate to the individual student.The goal of the Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System (IMITS) is to develop anintelligent tutor for an introductory sequence in electrical circuits and systems. The frameworkdeveloped for this system is to be transferable to and used by any discipline, not onlyengineering. The project has as its major goals to:1) Develop and integrate the components necessary to form

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Myron (Ron) Britton

a new preliminary year curriculum was introduced. It featured two requiredcourses structured to address the distinct, but linked, questions of professional and designeducation. Introduction to Engineering, a one credit course, explores the Engineering professionfrom legal, philosophical and practical perspectives. The objective of this course is to provide anunderstanding of the nature of the profession our graduates will eventually enter. This isfollowed by Engineering Design, a four credit course that is split between instruction incomputer aided drawing and team-based design projects. Lectures in the design component ofthis course cover the design process, safety, interaction with marketing, and designresponsibility. Laboratories involve

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Young

(ChE 190) Chemical Thermodynamics (ChE151) th 4 Year Advanced Thin Film Processes Microel. Manufacturing Methods (MatE/ChE 166) (MatE/EE 167) Senior Design Project (E198A) Senior Design Project (E198B) Reactor Design/Kinetics (ChE158) Solid St. Transformations (MatE152) Technical Elective Technical Elective Advanced General Ed. Advanced General Ed. Table 1: Course Requirements for the µProE ProgramProgram DesignThe design of this program features three new courses developed specifically for

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

used at course level as well as program level as shown in Figure 1. In courselevel, the outcome assessment of course-portfolio provides a feedback for animprovement of the quality of a course. A course-portfolio may include but not limitedto course outline with course objectives and outcomes, syllabus, grading scale, course-policy, homework, quizzes, tests, design exercise (or project reports), computerassignments, and any other evaluation or assessment materials. The portfolio can beevaluated to verify for satisfying the course objectives and any other program outcomesthat would be appropriate for the course. A matrix of objectives versus outcomes can begenerated to facilitate the assessment. Any weakness or deficiency or concern observedin

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

processing.This paper describes each module and includes an outline of the relevant measurements,calculations, and engineering principles.Introduction This project is an integrated effort by the Faculty of Engineering to develop effectivemethods for teaching engineering from an applied, multidisciplinary point of view. The basis ofthe project is the fact that the human body is an exquisite combination of interacting systemswhich can be analyzed using multidisciplinary engineering principles. We have developed aseries of hands-on modules that introduce chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineeringprinciples through application to the human body. Students will be engaged in the scientificdiscovery process as they explore the engineering systems

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Zarrugh

informationtechnology as a tool for increasing labor productivity and enhancing competitiveness.Successfully blending engineering, business, science and information technology, the coursesprovide a balanced contemporary treatment of manufacturing resource management, design andmanufacturing systems, and materials and manufacturing processes. Several laboratory modulesand group projects offered throughout the sequence provide opportunities for experientiallearning, hand-on experience and teamwork. The sequence addresses many of the criticalcompetency gaps in manufacturing engineering education reported in recent national surveys ofmanufacturing managers and practitioners.I. IntroductionEngineering education throughout its history has emphasized preparation for

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Olakunle Harrison

subject of greatinterest to many mechanical engineering students, the author uses many automotive relatedexamples in discussions, assignments, and projects to great advantage in securing andmaintaining students’ interest.A senior-level automotive systems design course as well as other synergistic activities have beendeveloped at Tuskegee University to harness student interest in automobiles. The main goal ofthe course is to introduce engineering concepts, principles of operation, and designconsiderations in a framework with which students are familiar and have above average interest.This situation-approach to engineering education means that the learning process is at the outsetgiven a setting of reality1. Lindeman1 states that the resource of

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vamsy Chodavarapu; Bill Kirkey; Alexander Cartwright; Pratibha Gopalam

conventionally taught exclusively as theorybased lecture style courses elsewhere. The undergraduate course taught for seniors“Lasers and Photonics (EE 492)” expects the student to design a laser resonator based ona given gain medium’s specifications as their final course project. During the course, thestudents are given assignments to design simple optical systems such as a multi- andsingle lens systems and optical fiber systems by using the design tools provided in thecourse web-site [6]. A few example questions are given below in Figure 1 and anexample final solution for Problem 1 is shown in Figure 2. "Use the Form Based Optical System Design v2.0 applet located at http://www.ee- eng.buffalo.edu/~anc/photonics/photonics/OpticalDesignVer2

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Ledlie Klosky; Allen Estes

plan for a specific construction project. A QualityControl plan is a series of tests (usually following prescribed ASTM standards) thatverify that the materials and methods are satisfactory and that the project will meet therequired specifications. These tests require a comprehensive background in experimentalprocedure, conduct of physical measurements, documentation of strengths anddeficiencies, critical analysis of data, and data interpretation as demonstrated byconclusions. Selecting the appropriate tests and their frequency is designing anexperiment – probably the most realistic example of how a civil engineer designsexperiments in the real world of professional practice.Background. The Construction Management course (CE490) provides in

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Eisner

necessary toestablish such programs that were clearly responsive to their needs, and also congruentwith the charter and offerings of the Department. Without a great deal of study or fanfare,it appeared that the field of “systems engineering” (SE) was one for which both industryand government had a substantial need. This was reinforced through several face-to-facemeetings that confirmed the fact that systems engineering represented a core competencythat was (and still is) essential to carrying out large and even small scale systemsintegration (SI) projects. Indeed, it became clear that many of our largest companiesoperating in the Washington metropolitan area viewed systems integration as their main-line business and that a deep understanding of

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena

engineers as creators and carriers of technicalknowledge within these expert systems and their trust for each other, their knowledges, andproblem-solving methods in spite of differences in their local, national, and corporate contexts.However, some historical and contemporary accounts of engineering work show that engineers,even within the same corporation or working in the same transnational project, do not trust eachother because of tensions, for example, between manufacturing and design (Leslie 1979), anddifferent national origins (Sabbagh 1996). In a survey distributed among engineers in Germany,Spain, France and England in one division of TRW, Grandin and Dehmel (1997) found out thatthe majority of engineers surveyed felt being judged by their

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ottis Hoskins; Joni Spurlin; Jerome Lavelle; Sarah Rajala

objective is mapped to eachprogram objective using three questions: · “The objective is explicitly stated as being a learning objective for this course.” · “Students are asked to demonstrate their competence on this objective through homework, projects, test, etc.” · “Students are given formal feedback on their performance on this objective.” 10 Links to Curriculum Student Portfolios Program Outcomes Sample Assignment Sample Tests Course Syllabi: course outcomes

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

development in courses within the engineering major, not just in one specified course in technical communication. 5This empirical evidence is also supported by recent research in composition studies. Not only dosuch experiences help engineering students see the value of communication for their futurecareers, but writing in the engineering classroom also introduces students to the modes ofcommunication that are appropriate to the field of engineering. When the engineering professorassigns lab reports, project proposals, and design reports, students learn to communicate from apractitioner of engineering communication, that is, the engineering faculty member. 6

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendell King

the environment as a national security interest. Thediscussion of environmental security will be used to emphasize the first theme of broaderapproaches to engineering education. Consider an illustration, working engineers recognize the importance of conductingdesign integration pulling together the individual pieces of a design into one coherent package.They have learned that bringing the mechanical, electrical, civil, etc., together to assemble theindividual pieces into an efficient and workable design is an essential part of any completeengineering project. There is, however, a level above the engineering design integration step.This is where the social, political, economic, and technological components are integrated. Thehypothesis

Conference Session

Technology for Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Cooper; Wayne Burleson; Ken Watts; Santhosh Thampuran

Session 3430 An Empirical Study of Student Interaction with CD-based Multimedia Courseware W. Burleson, W. Cooper, J. Kurose, S. Thampuran, K. Watts Department of Computer Science / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts AmherstAbstractThe CD-MANIC project is developing a multimedia courseware system that combines the use ofCDs for bandwidth-intensive content with periodic Internet connections for updates, logging,assessment and access to Internet resources. Class materials distributed by CD include asemester's worth of lectures (recorded

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lonnie Welch

classrooms for an additional reason.Much of the workplace, including the workplace for software engineers, has become a teamenvironment. Team experiences in the classroom become additional training and preparation forsuccessful transitions to the workplace. Team building skills are a natural outgrowth of CL inthe classroom and students thus enter the work force with the ability to contribute successfully ina number of different work settings. The word “functional” appears in connection with “cooperative team” in the literatureexploring this pedagogical strategy and remains the key to successful applications of CL in theclassroom. The extensive reliance on group work and projects in some disciplines has led tostudent dissatisfaction because a

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marny Lawton; Donald Wroblewski

change. The field of distance education has alsogrown rapidly incorporating substantial improvements in the use of media, pedagogies, andrelated technologies.The advent of new accreditation criteria in EC 2000 provided the stimulus for engineeringeducators to reevaluate programs and curriculum, an exercise that also led many to reconsiderteaching methods and learning styles. Coincident with this movement was the emergence of newtechnologies offering the potential to permanently alter the traditional classroom experience.The challenge has been to exploit these technologies in a way that enhances the learningexperience without overly burdening faculty or compromising their role in the education process.The primary objective of this project was to

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Uriel Cukierman; Jorge Vélez-Arocho; Ciristián Vial; Miguel Torres-Febus; John Spencer; Lueny Morell

Page 7.736.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Learning Factory is a new practice-based curriculum and physical facilities for productrealization developed by the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP) [1].MEEP is a partnership between Penn State University, University of Washington, University ofPuerto Rico at Mayagüez and Sandia National Laboratories. Funding was provided by theTechnology Reinvestment Program, TRP Project # 3018, NSF Award #DMI-9413880. Themajor goal of this curriculum is to provide an improved educational experience that emphasizesthe interdependency

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn

spacecraft.Our class consists of a lab experiment for most of the subsystems on a spacecraft: structure,attitude dynamics and control, mass properties, power, thermal, communications, propulsion,manufacturing, and orbits. In addition to the labs, the students are required to do a final project inwhich they build equipment that either illustrates a concept used in spacecraft design, or that canbe used by future generations for testing purposes.This course is offered in conjunction with, but not necessarily simultaneous to a course in spacesystems. In the space systems course, the students are introduced to the theory of each subsystemand are introduced to the design drivers for each subsystem. The lab complements most of thesesubsystems by giving the