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ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Healy

economic.In addition to helping meet Criterion Four objectives, the Handbook is designed to servean important integrative role, by showing students how the ABET considerations relate tothe traditional technical components of the curriculum, and at the same time how theyrelate to the liberal education of the engineer.The Handbook is designed to be used throughout the four-year curriculum. Facultyassign a reading from one of the chapters and then give an assignment that follows fromthe reading. By the time the students reaches the senior design project he or she is readyto seriously address the ABET considerations. Moreover, the student has had the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Maggio; Sandra Yost

Session 1692 The Mechatronics Road Show: Building on Success in Mechatronics Curriculum Development Sandra A. Yost, Daniel D. Maggio Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering/ College of Engineering and Science University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MichiganAbstract:This paper describes a progression of successful pre-college programs that have grown from acomprehensive mechatronics curriculum development project sponsored by the National ScienceFoundation’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Adams; Vance Poteat

, using a freewarecompiler and low-cost programming boards. This new sophomore sequence was presented at ameeting of the Advisory Board, which includes representatives from Lucent, Raytheon, andAnalogic Devices among others, and was greeted enthusiastically as being aligned with industryneeds. The first run of the Embedded Controller class was in spring of 2003, and received goodreviews from students. Further advantages of the new sequence include: better preparation forpossible co-op work in the junior year, more options in the Senior Design Project, ability tobetter understand routers and switches presented in Data Networking, and ability to take part inthe measurement/control portion of departmental Power Quality and Energy

Conference Session

A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean Hertzberg

thegraduate students were research assistants on projects with flow visualization equipment whichwere made available to their teammates. For example, one of the students had access to a largeflume and a laser induced fluorescence system in the Civil Engineering department. Anotherstudent was studying flame treatment of plastic films with a large color schlieren system, and athird was interested in the aerodynamics of Olympic ski jumping, as part of a project to designnew hills. Art students made sophisticated photographic equipment available to their teams,although there was still a pressing need for digital cameras and printers. (Digital photographywas favored by the engineering students for the relatively low cost of processing). The course

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Tolan; James Hurny

/administrator. Although each makes a different salary, assuming that an averagesalary using the chart below (Langham, 1994) might be between $50,000 and $75,000 showshow quickly hidden costs add up. At an average salary of $50,000, the cost of a two-hourmeeting is $400. When the average salary climbs to $75,000, a two-hour meeting of four peoplecosts $600.00. So, for 30 weeks of 2-hour meetings the hidden cost ranges from $12,000 to$18,000. Add to this the fact that several faculty received release time to take on the project andit was necessary to hire adjunct faculty for courses, and that many more meetings were held byothers, it is easy to see how the hidden costs can build.Average Annual Salary Hourly Cost of Meeting$75,000 $150 $300

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Byrne

founded upon a projects-based environment with four-year integratedcurricula. The programs in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering are due to producetheir first cohorts in May 2004. Owing to the “youth” of these programs, new approaches indelivering an undergraduate engineering education can be taken. This has been done with theintent of addressing many of the pitfalls often reported in both the open literature and in theacademic grapevine. This paper discusses the materials science and manufacturing componentof the mechanical engineering program. The objective is to highlight the differences inapproaches taken to deliver the educational component while commenting on their effectiveness.How the materials component of the program is

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

is being taught to what is being shown in the course syllabus and theuniversity catalog.In my teaching of the course on Current Topics in Construction at our institution, thissenior level course which is a senior level seminar-cum-capstone course, the descriptionof the course has been given a broad description: “Study of selected topics, such asunderground construction, underpinning, formwork and other project supportrequirements; evaluation and review of current practices in construction. The courseincludes study and research in a specific area that combines major elements fromprevious construction engineering technology courses culminating in an integratingexperience through individual and/or group projects, technical reports and

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Outreach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach; Eileen Cashman

, using the JiTT approach. Airresources lab activities include an air resources allowance-trading auction, the determination ofthe ventilation rate of a student chosen enclosed space using a CO2 meter, and the measurementof CO levels from the campus fleet of vehicles. The curriculum development project is partiallyfunded by a NSF Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Grant Award0127139. The curriculum that is available for download athttp://www.humboldt.edu/~eae1/CCLI02/ includes reading assignments, online quizzes,laboratory activities and selected portions of PowerPoint presentations.Course DescriptionEngineering 115: Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering is a requiredintroductory course for both Environmental

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

patentedinventions are not conceived by trained engineers? In Canadian French there is even a specialword for such person, “patenteux” 9. Patenteux stands for: creator, innovative problem solver,inventor and artist 9, 8. Based on 10 years of unpublished surveys of engineering technologystudents at sophomore through senior level engineering technology courses at CentralConnecticut State University (CCSU), the students express strong preference for repetitivelearning based on practical examples. That fact alone clearly indicates a preference for multiplesmall projects rather than one complex and time consuming project. The flow of teachingactivities described in this paper reflects experiences gathered in teaching Design forManufacturing senior level course

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Greta Zenner; Amy Payne; Aura Gimm; Wendy Crone

, present andreceive feedback on their ideas, conduct experiments, build hands-on models, and createinstructional materials to explain nanotechnology and related science concepts. Duringprofessional development, interns learn about creating classroom activities, techniques forpresenting to non-technical audiences, and strategies for assessing their materials; and work ontheir skills in teamwork, project design, leadership, and science communication. In addition tovisiting middle-school classrooms, interns participate in on- and off-campus informal scienceeducation events where they present to wider audiences ranging from science teachers, tomembers of the adult lay public, to groups of middle-school-age children. In this paper, wediscuss the

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

Session 1330 Piaget and Engineering Education Lawrence J. Genalo, Denise A. Schmidt, Melanie Schiltz Iowa State UniversityAbstractThomas Edison was a noted engineer while Jean Piaget made his fame in children’s educationalpsychology. Piaget’s “cognitive constructivism” has been adopted in many early childhoodprograms, but it also applies to engineering education and its “hands-on” approach, especially inlaboratories and project-based courses. The direction of education dramatically shifted whenJean Piaget developed a child-centered developmental learning theory. According to his

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Christy

inventions as well as his paintings. Many engineering students think thatany time spent on non-technical subjects is not beneficial to their future careers. Over two years,the author assigned essays specifically inviting students to reflect on these attitudes. Fewer thanhalf expressed an appreciation for the value of their general education courses, especially in artsand humanities. This goal of this project was to explore Renaissance learning within a biologicaland agricultural engineering (BAE) program. The primary methods included weekly essayassignments and an annual departmental poetry contest. As a component of regularly assignedhomework, weekly essays were assigned to BAE seniors to give students the opportunity toreflect on various

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Visser; Carrie Steinlicht; Teresa Hall

prototyping(RP) laboratory and service bureau at SDSU and through educational courses, seminars andconsortium member meetings.8Since its inception, the GPRPC has served the members through product prototype constructionand modification, technical seminars and specialized in-plant training, and industrial design anddevelopment projects by MNET students and staff. The six primary objectives of the GPRPCproject are: 1. Provide access to and hands on training for students and partners in rapid prototyping equipment both on-site and via the Internet. 2. Provide a venue whereby students and educators can cooperate with industry leaders and potential employers in the design process. 3. Provide a venue whereby partners can

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Manion; Eli Fromm; Jay Bhatt

Session 3441 Engineering Ethics and the Drexel University Library: A Collaborative Teaching Partnership Jay Bhatt, Mark Manion, & Eli Fromm Drexel UniversityAbstractAt Drexel University, the present undergraduate engineering curriculum has evolved from theEnhanced Educational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project and the GatewayEngineering Education Coalition, both National Science Foundation (NSF) funded initiatives tore-engineer undergraduate engineering education. Since its institutionalization in 1994, thecurriculum has served as a model

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Baaba Andam

learn to develop and trainANNs through small projects and activities that lead up to an independent research project.Examples of student projects are presented including the application of ANNs for modeling theozone disinfection of water, the price of real estate as determined by housing features in a localmarket, and admission into an independent boarding school based upon admissions applicationdata.INTRODUCTIONThe field of robotics has becoming increasingly accessible to students of all ages. For example,Lego robotics kits are now commonly used to teach robotics in K-12 classrooms. However,other branches of artificial intelligence (AI) still remain inaccessible to pre-college students inspite of their educational potential.In this paper we

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

numerous works cited above, the use of ePortfolios in education, especially inengineering education, is still in its infancy. In a seminar delivered at the Virginia Tech campuson October 17, 2003, Yancey14 discussed various models, definitions, and promising directionsrelated to electronic portfolios. She raised thought provoking questions related to portfoliodevelopment including ‘Where will students do this work, and why?’, ‘What effects willportfolios exert?’, ‘Is there a relationship between electronic linking and cognitive linking?’These questions and others are among those beginning to be studied through a pilot ePortfolioprogram at Virginia Tech.3. Pilot ePortfolio Project at Virginia TechVTeP, the new university wide Virginia Tech

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Srinivas Chakravarthy

linear algebra and elementary matrix operations is given at thebeginning. The course includes the following topics: Operations Research (the need and thehistory), introduce linear programming, sensitivity analysis, transportation problems, assignmentproblems, transshipment problems, network models, and integer programming. The primarysoftware is LINDO/LINGO and students are encouraged to use Excel. The course basically comprised of weekly activity reports, in-class activity reports, in-class group homework assignments, quizzes, homework sets, miniprojects, in-class projects,midterm exam, a term project, and final exam. Blackboard was used extensively as a medium ofcommunication and the students were encouraged to send the assignments

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

programming” was developed to enable use of high-level computer languages in courses where programming is not explicitly part of thecourse objectives. In this method, a student is given a fully functioning program, ortemplate, that only lacks the functional code for a numerical method to solve a particulartype of problem. Since the work of developing the interface and other portions of theprogram has been completed for the student, all they need to concentrate on are theaspects of the programming project that contribute toward the course objectives.Examples of how this approach has been used in numerous chemical engineering courseswill be presented, including templates developed in Compaq Visual FORTRAN,Microsoft Visual Studio.NET, and Microsoft

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

the technological level of theirbusinesses to offset the loss of low skill level manufacturing work to foreign competition. As themanufacturing environment evolves, the level of education of the workforce will increase. To pre-pare for this change in the Grand Rapids area a new initiative was begun to increase the number ofstudents pursuing manufacturing education.The Articulation and Integration of Manufacturing Education (AIME) project [2] is focused onincreasing the number of students pursuing manufacturing education by streamlining the educa-tional process. The first goal of the project is to expand the number of high school graduateschoosing manufacturing careers. This begins in the middle schools when students are starting toform

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

CAD are usually the first phase inpreparing students for careers in mechanical design. After surveying on-line materialsfrom several institutions, the objectives for an introductory course are strikingly similar.The courses outlines all contain statements about introducing the student to establishedstandards of design documentation through technical drawings. Additionally, manycourses include a phrase about familiarizing the student with machine components.The topics presented in virtually every introductory technical drawing and CAD courseincludes: • Geometric constructions: ability to use graphical methods to solve analytical geometry problems. • Orthographic projection: ability to draw an object at 900 intervals to

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ligia Carvallo; David Mikolaitis; Norman Fitz-Coy; Raluca Rosca

funded a seven university consortium led by Old DominionUniversity’s Center for Advanced Engineering Environments to develop the HierarchicalLearning Network as one of the initiatives searching for remedies for the projected loss ofengineering expertise due to aging of present workforce and a continuous decrease in the numberof graduating engineers. This learning and research network will provide a prototype for linkingdiverse, geographically dispersed teams and facilities, combining their expertise to create a newgeneration of skilled scientists and engineers who can work across traditional disciplines andperform in rapidly changing environments1.The consortium proposed to capitalize on the faculty expertise and research facilities at

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

Session 1649Reverse engineering as a means to understand complex tool design John Robertson1, Brian Wales2 and Jon Weihmeir3 1. Arizona State University East, ECET Department, Mesa, AZ85212, 2. Intel Corp, Chandler Blvd, Chandler AZ. 3. Motorola SPS, 1300 N. Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ 85224AbstractThe tools used in semiconductor processing are superb examples of advanced design fortechnology. They push the envelope of our process understanding and control in terms ofphysics, chemistry and mechanical precision and are self-contained microcosms of multi-disciplinary design. This paper describes a project to

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ivan Maldonado; Henry Spitz; John Christenson; Eugene Rutz

+ skilled new workers in the nuclear industry projected in the next decade.2. General FeaturesMNE-ACCEND students have five, one quarter Co-op sections – one less than in the standardUC engineering curriculum. Limiting the number of Co-op quarters to five, allows oneadditional on-campus academic quarter before MNE-ACCEND students receive their BSMEdegree. While co-oping, MNE-ACCEND students take one UC class each quarter usingdistance-learning techniques with support before and after the co-op quarter from UCNREProgram Faculty.Except for one class, MNE-ACCEND students take all of their “name-specified” ME courses inthe sequence specified in the standard undergraduate ME curriculum and receive their BSMEdegrees with ME classmates in June of

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeorg Mossbrucker; Dudley Outcalt

inorder to satisfy requirements of future projects:- Energy consumption should be considerably less.- A positive return on investment should be in the foreseeable future.- The new system should be relatively easy to install (i.e. no new major conduits etc.).- Light levels should not be reduced.- Power quality should be enhanced. Page 9.531.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDesign considerationsTo satisfy all goals, two major design decisions had to be made:- Selection between a fully-automatic and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Said

students. When students appreciatethe value of what they learn, they are more likely to succeed.The PLC sponsors two main activities. The first is a series of seminars delivered byfaculty members and representatives from the industry. This seminar series introducestudents to different aspects of computer programming and its application in industry.The second activity is a walk-in learning center, where students can receive assistance intheir class projects or have an opportunity to discuss and learn about different concepts ofcomputer programming. The learning center is staffed by junior or senior students whoare proficient in computer programming. Faculty members also spend some time in thelearning center.The PLC was one of the recipients of a

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Z. Carpenter; J. C. Diaz; G. R. Kane

rovers were integrated into theintroductory computer science class for engineers to involve students with practicalapplications of physics and math. The curriculum and projects were designed to provide ahands-on technical problem solving experience in a programming class in order toincrease the retention of the concepts taught. This paper provides an overview of therovers and our experiences when they are deployed in the classroom.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section ConferenceIntroduction:At the time that NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers walked around the surface ofMars, TU engineering students were programming the Tulsa rovers learning theintricacies of autonomous robotics.A fleet of rovers

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Steve Menhart

editor, and integrated build and download features.)A free, usable, cross-compiler for the 68HC12 could not be found. The C cross-compilerselected and purchased is produced by ImageCraft, and lists for $199 for the standard version.This compiler was chosen for the following reasons: it is relatively inexpensive compared toother products on the market; it is supported in the course text; it is intuitive and easy to learnhow to use.When the ImageCraft program is started the user sees a graphical user interface, and severalwindows. The main window is the editor window, in which C-code is written and saved as afile. This file can be added to a newly created project. The target device (in this case the 9S12)is specified using the project options

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Reilly; Surya Mallapragada; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz; Balaji Narasimhan

characterization.The plant protein recovery module allowed for exploration of alternative separation sequencesfor recovery of a recombinant protein from transgenic corn. The research aspect was enlivenedby the result being sent to a company planning to commercialize the process. The resultingstudent-selected experimental effort included selective extraction, precipitation, ultrafiltration,ion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography for purification of the protein productfrom the corn extract. The project provides opportunities to consider both process (columnoperation) and product development (resin selection) questions. Students in this course will beable to collect and store samples, prepare and standardize solutions, be able to perform

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education clockFigure 15 – (left) “Timetable” designed by Maya Lin, (right) close up of clock hands. Photos by Mahnaz Saremi and the author.Pye has designed water features and fountains for corporate and private clients29. Water is themedium of artistic expression for him. His works have appeared in large building projects suchas the British Pavilion at the 1992 World Fair in Seville, Spain and Mercury House in London,UK30. His recent projects have incorporated large-scale vortex motion.Shakerin designed a small-scale, decorative fountain that can produce letters of

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

development”. For this paper, sustainable development will be defined as,“The acting out of cultural and economic programs that would allow the currentpopulation to live off of the resource interest provided by environmental, economic, andsocial plans, concepts, projects, and innovations without lowering the value of resourcesfor the following generations.”It is obvious that the clear goal of business is to make money, but responsibility should bespread among international and national businesses that are contributing to the problemof pollution and anti-sustainability. Too many penalties for pollution are less than thecost for cleaning the problem, so often that the option of paying penalties is chosen overfixing the problem. For some companies