Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

the systems of roadways, water supply, waste disposal, energydistribution (gas and electricity), communication networks (wired and wireless) and myriadsubsystems that are necessary to provide a quality environment. The engineer is an essentialmember of the team of professionals that are responsible for the planning, design, constructionand operation of efficient, effective, safe and secure facilities. The Civil Engineering discipline isthe appropriate professional arena to meet these needs and civil engineering education is theappropriate educational foundation to prepare students to serve as engineers for the UrbanInfrastructure. This paper presents some of the current problems associated with the urbaninfrastructure and suggests the role

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Mechtel, United States Naval Academy; Samara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

are presented optical exercises on topics such a polarization states areplanned. The course topics include antenna theory, an application of electrodynamicseasily supported by SONNET ™ software that allows students to create patch antennas.The first part of this paper is an overview of the initial course offering with samplelaboratory exercises. The second part of the paper describes the expanded laboratoryexercises planned for future course offerings. The discussion and conclusion presentstudent and instructor assessment of the efficacy of the laboratory exercises and theadded laboratory’s influence on formal course evaluations and exam results.Course OverviewThe electrodynamics course is a junior level second semester course. The

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Les Kinsler; Thomas Mertz; Troy Harding

instructor had to take onthe client's role so that the students were not dangerously delayed in their work. The result wasthat the final product was not entirely what the client wanted but it was finished at the end of thesemester.The instructors tried very hard to anticipate and plan for problems in-group dynamics. Thegroups were chosen by the instructors, who tried to match good students with bad ones byselecting for each group a good leader, a good programmer and a student with good verbal andorganization skills. After selecting groups in this manner, students known to be poor weredistributed among them. Grading criteria included a certain percentage devoted to individualwork and peer evaluations so that unproductive students did not

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-michel I. Maarek, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

-class work.Implementation of online content for flipping the “Medical Electronics” course:The implementation plan called for first, designing and developing the online video lessons andposting them on the learning management system “Blackboard”. The online lessons are watchedby the students prior coming to class and include a few sample practice problems for the studentsto practice application of the lesson material to solve circuit analysis exercises. The studentsprepare one or more questions to bring to class. Second, in the classroom the instructor and thestudents address some of the students’ questions. The students then engage in group activitiescentered on circuit analysis and design problems and virtual laboratory exercises using

Conference Session

New Trends in Computing and Information Technology Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ge Jin, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Gerald A. Dekker Jr., Purdue University Calumet; John Moreland, Purdue University Calumet; Barbara Jean Nicolai, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

lack of planning andcoordination on both federal and state levels, the question arose as to the preparedness of localgovernment programs. Indiana Townships are part of state and local government systems which Page 24.749.2supply indigent populations with needed services. Research has shown that, at present, manysystems lack an emergency plan capable of meeting immediate needs such as basic shelter, food,clothing, and medical services for a large number of people in a short amount of time [2-6].Better information and decision support to the manager can provide more accurate focus andpriority to balance the emergency response. Geospatial

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

team has an isolated female or minority studentmember; teams with mixed genders should have at least one female junior or senior. One of thefirst things that the teams must do is develop a team communication plan and resource list. Thisactivity helps the teams to get acquainted with each other and determine their initial strengthsand weaknesses.The problem statement must be written to encourage each student to learn important engineering Page 10.1039.2and other professional skills. The deliverables must therefore allow the teams to reach theirmilestones in the time allotted and include items that the less experienced members of the team

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Mork; Leonard Bohmann

twoapproaches. The first is to list all the electrical loads needed in the residence, their powerrequirements, and the amount of time that they are used. This is a very informative exercise forthe students. It makes them think about the energy they use to maintain their lifestyle. Theresults fall within two extremes, those who plan on a very austere lifestyle and those who plan onenjoying the stereotypical American way of life.The second approach for determining the load is to obtain the data for an existing dwelling. Thisdoes not give the students as much insight into the details of their energy use, but it does give amore accurate accounting. This is of particular help for those who are coming up with apreliminary design for an actual residence, for

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Ken Morrison

) (Rodriguez, 2003). As a result, under GM’s Global 3Manufacturing System structure, the traditional role of the Team Leaders (TL) in GM is alsosignificantly changed, assuming more responsibilities from traditional IE functions. Amongthese new IE flavored duties for Team Leaders are (Holiday, 2004): • Safety – recognition and assurance of a safe work environment for everyone entering the team • Quality – identification, control, and elimination of causes of defects, not allowing them pass to the next process • Production – responding to work environment to meet production scheduleThe increasing use of virtual factory environments allows these GMS principles to beproperly planned. As

Conference Session

TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Mullett

• Cuyamaca Community College, El Cajun, CA • Gateway Community College, North Haven, CT • Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC Page 9.1263.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”There are plans to add additional regional partners in 2004 with preliminary discussion alreadyoccurring between NCTT and several potential partner community colleges in “uncovered”regions of the United States.III. NCTT Redefines Its Vision and Mission StatementsWith

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Page 9.622.3Major Design ProjectThe projects were announced two weeks after the start of the course. The student teamswere asked to pick projects from a list provided by the instructor. Once the projects werepicked the teams were required to turn in a proposal, which would define the problem,the possible solutions and their planned activity in terms of a Gantt chart. In additionthe student teams were required to maintain a journal and to turn in weekly progressreports. Table 1 lists the projects picked by the student teams. It was interesting that outof the 11 student teams, there were 4 teams

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul McCright; Joanne Larsen

in practical applications of engineering only through lectures. Engineering facultymembers are being exposed to newer techniques that include active learning and cooperativeproblem solving. Despite some reluctance, they are beginning to apply these newer techniques.1In an effort to make engineering colleges more responsible for assessment of their programs, theNational Science Foundation also has funded educational research and development withconsiderable assessment planning being included in grant proposals. 1 Page 9.343.1“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

academic work such as the type of students we have, the type of institution, campus,program, etc., and also need to be developed in support of the institutional mission.The teaching statement should address how we plan sharing with our colleagues the results of theapproaches and techniques that we have implemented for new and existing courses. Probably, moreimportant than sharing the successful results, it can be to share the experiences that didn’t work asplanned in the classroom as they tend to incite more interest and discussion with our colleagues.Similarly, the teaching statement should include future plans and ideas to develop in the future approachon teaching our courses. In any case, we should address not only the activities undertaken in

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cordelia Brown

all target audiences- GTFs, UGTFs, partner teachers, and students. In high demand by Nashville teachers,the program has implemented on-going professional development for GTFs and teachers.Student achievement test scores have increased, and attitudes toward science haveimproved.The Vanderbilt-Meharry-TSU GK-12 program consists of four major components: (1)Summer Orientation Workshops for GTFs and Partner Teachers, (2) The Academic YearProgram, (3) Weekly GTF Seminar, and (4) Evaluation and Assessment. 1. Summer Orientation Workshops for GTFs and Partner Teachers: GTFs and partner teachers spend four weeks developing their partnering relationships and planning lessons and activities for the upcoming academic year

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell; Joseph Cecere

includes pursuing a college degree. Good gradesin core classes are important for college admission but in today’s competitiveenvironment, the relative level of course difficulty also plays a significant role.Consequently, though class rank and GPA continue to be critical for assessing collegepotential, students are probably better off with a B in a College freshman English classthan an A in physical education in high school. Taking college courses while in highschool demonstrates to a college admission board the student’s capability, motivation,and that going to college is more than just his or her “Plan B.” Further, a college coursetaken while in high school can earn credits toward a college degree and simultaneouslyprepare the senior for the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leotis Parrish; Devdas Pai

physical resources such as classrooms and computing facilities. More importantly,there has been an imperceptible but very definite creeping up of class sizes in the lower-levelcritical core classes – the ones where one-to-one interaction is crucial for students to grasp themore complex and abstract concepts. This latter consideration has a direct and potentiallynegative impact on the retention of students especially in the science, mathematics, engineeringand technology (SMET) areas. The CoE has anticipated these problems in planning for its growth. A SupplementalInstruction (SI) Program has been instituted to enhance retention, particularly of minoritystudents, by providing them with two or three opportunities every week to interact one-to

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

one of the nation’s leading IE education center. Thegraduate and undergraduate ISE programs at UF are ranked in the Top 20 nationally. Thecurriculum at the ISE department at UF offers a great flexibility to students incustomizing their educational goals according to their career plans (3).A bachelor’s degree in and field of Engineering at UF is broken down into two phases:general education/pre-professional and upper division. During the first two years,students take general college and pre-professional courses. Once having completed 64credit hours, students apply to their desired specialized field. The program of study hasbeen accredited and approved by standards set by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) (3).The

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Wunderlich

participants were ABET accreditors. A comparison of ABET evaluation standardsas they have changed from the prescribed requirements of the past to the more self-determinedmeasurements of the newer ABET standards yields much insight into the accreditation process. Aplan for organizing required documentation, resources, and people is included. The degree to whichan engineering program has matured to an “ABET-ready” status must be established to spare adepartment and college from the financial and emotional costs of planning, funding, and facilitatingan ABET accreditation review before a program is ready. Such specifics as having clear objectives,verifiable outcomes, and a fully developed comprehensive curriculum are also discussed. Principlessuch as self

Conference Session

Activities for the Materials Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Goddard

chromium-molybdenum steel and when compared to AISI-SAEcompositions2, it is seen to match up closely with 4140, being only slightly looser (mostlyricher) in carbon, manganese, and chromium as shown in Table 1. As such, its properties areclose enough to 4140 to be instructive as to the nature of that common designation of alloy.Specimen PreparationAlthough the rod is a high strengthmaterial, it still has reasonablemachinability with common “carbide”tools. The threads are strong enough tobe gripped directly on the thread in alathe chuck without damaging thethreads while turning the tensilespecimens.The Experimental Plan – MaterialProcessing PhaseThe scenario of laboratory experimentsbased on A 193 Grade B7 is as follows:• From threaded rod stock

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

& Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Goals of an Undergraduate Course on Construction ManagementI have taught a course on construction management course a few times over the last severalyears. With the advent of outcomes-based criteria as per the ABET (Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology) accreditation guidelines, it has become important to clearly definethe goals and objectives of the course, to assess student performance, to incorporate theoutcomes into a continuous improvement plan, and demonstrate implementation of thecontinuous improvement plan. How a single course is integrated in the overall curriculum of theprogram is just as important as the course

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nolan Van Gaalen; Kristin Wood; Carl Erikson; Frank Duda; Matthew Green; Steven VanderLeest

monthsbefore the class began in May, 2002 to discuss cooperation on a project. EMI had already madea preliminary investigation of the proposed location and worked with a local contact onpreliminary specifications. The Calvin team then joined the effort in September, agreeing toproduce structural, water, and wastewater design plans. Project deliverables were a projectmanual (detailed design specifications including a complete set of design drawings), a costestimate, and design notebooks (providing design calculations). The team visited the site inOctober, 2002 for one week. The cost of the trip was covered by fund-raising the team carriedout over the previous summer. During the trip, the team surveyed the site, tested soil samples,met with local

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

of cost pressure has been asubstantial reduction in the internal training capacity of most US companies.Arizona has a large semiconductor industry with Intel, Motorola, STM, Microchip, TI,Medtronic, ON Semiconductor and ASML as the leaders. Total employment exceeds25,000 and more than half have some level of technical qualification. However, with anew technology generation every 2 years, there is a need for continuous skills upgradingand the majority of students taking technology courses in ASU (or the CommunityColleges) are already working in the industry. Students are seeking courses that willprepare them for the technology of the future and the skills to map out the knowledge andcredentials their future career plans require.(*) Motorola

Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Murphy

responsibilities required of your newposition. You have invested hours in the preparation of your class. Your lesson plan is completeto the smallest detail. • Will your delivery be effective? At a minimum, your initial meeting should exhibit self-confidence a good working knowledge of the subject. • Will students listen? Ground rules for the class should be explained up front. An explanation of your expectations could prove helpful. • Will they participate? Emphasize the importance of class interaction. Explain that differing opinions are encouraged. • Are you assured that your efforts will culminate in an interesting and informative class? You

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Toby Boulet; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Richard Bennett; Arnold Lumsdaine

2003-1508The Use of Asynchronous Web Modules for Review and Just-in-time Learning of Mechanics Jack Wasserman, Richard Bennett, Toby Boulet, Joe Iannelli, Richard Jendrucko, Arnold Lumsdaine, Doug Logsdon University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleIntroductionThis paper presents the concepts and plans for developing a set of asynchronous web modulesthat are designed to provide an effective way for a student to review, discover misconceptions,and extends his/her understanding of mechanics to a more realistic level. The process wasdeveloped using examples from an Interactive

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Kroll

; Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationnightmare.Three different course types have been taught as web-based by the author. The first is asenior/grad seminar/writing course dealing with basic research in production planning andmanagement. The second is an engineering economy course for sophomores. The third type is anhonors seminar either covering engineering ethics or the relationship of engineering andtechnology to society. (These seminars are 1 hour credit courses that provide a sidebar to variousparts of the students’ education.) Any level undergraduate may be in the course. Each of thesecourses provided a different set of challenges to be considered.With each of these courses different types administrative

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yanfeng Gong; Mike Collum; Noel Schulz

electricalengineering. Two developed laboratories will be discussed and future plans for otherdemonstrations and laboratories will be outlined.Goals of the CollaborationThe decline in university support for power engineering programs across the U.S. has caused adecrease in available engineers with training on basic principles in power engineering.Additionally many entering engineers perceive power engineering as a mature field that does notrelate to new topics such as computer engineering, digital signal processing, and fiber opticscommunications.While electric utilities have had lower levels of hiring over the last ten years, support industriesfor electric utilities are becoming more prevelant on campus. Companies need students with astrong background in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Gwaltney; Mark Valenzuela

of County Commission • Brad Mills, Area Plan Commission • Pat Keepes, Evansville City Engineer • Mike Feltz, Chairperson of Transportation Committee of the Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of CommerceIn addition, students had time for organizing ASCE activities, attending public hearings for amajor interstate project, and also planning for the Spring semester.By having exposure to what the different agencies do, students could choose a specific agency to Page 8.1104.3follow during the Spring semester. Several of these boards meet either just every month or every “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bunnell; Bill Knowlton; Amy Moll

basis and with only the four courses mentionedabove, the topics covered in each have to be carefully selected to cover the field of MaterialsScience & Engineering. We used a well defined system4 of instructional planning for each ofthe courses so that each of the important topics are presented to the students. We used a formalapproach for instructional design that included: Determining the instructional goals, Analyzingthe goals, Writing performance objectives and Developing assessment instruments.ABET 2000 requires an assessment of what the students have learned rather than merely a list ofthe topics that has been covered. The use of written learning objectives focuses5 both theteacher and the student on what should be learned and how it

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jonathan Barnett; Holly Ault

describes our experiences in developing and building the project program toinclude senior capstone projects. Our experiences with identifying sponsoring agencies orcompanies, preparing students for international project work, and remote advising of studentprojects will be discussed. We will also describe some of the benefits for the students, theuniversity and the sponsors that have been derived from these projects.BackgroundIn 1970, Worcester Polytechnic Institute implemented the WPI Plan, an innovative, project-basedundergraduate program unlike any other engineering program in the world. The objectives of thePlan were to provide a flexible, challenging program to help students “learn how to learn”2, asopposed to the rigidly prescribed curricula

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmed Elsawy; Ismail Fidan

Engineering and Technology, 3rd Edition, Addison Wesley, 1995.4. Nanfara, F., Uccello, T., Murphy, D., The CNC Workshop-A Multimedia Introduction to ComputerNumerical Control, Addison Wesley, 1999.5. Seethaler, R. J., “Integrated Planning Monitoring, and Control of Milling Operations,” PhD Thesis,University of British Columbia, 1997.6. Radwan, A., “Computer-Aided Turning Machines Selection Systems,” Advances in Materials andProcessing Technologies, pp. 831-839, 1995.7. Yellowley, I., Seethaler, R. J., Yeung, F. W., “The Integration of Process Planning, Monitoring andControl in a Machine Tool Environment,” Proceeding of the SPIE Conference on Sensors and Controls forIntelligent Machining, v. 3832, pp. 38-47, 1999.8. Yellowley, I., Oldknow, K

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Schreiner; John Burns

synergy between engineeringexperts and pre-college educators – the overarching philosophy of workshop was that bothgroups need to come together as equal partners to successfully bring biomedical engineeringconcepts into the pre-college students’ curriculum. Time was spent each day on activity called“putting it into practice” in which the pre-college teachers presented ideas of how to fit the topicpresented the previous day into their own teaching plan. Essentially, this became an outline for afull lesson plan. At the end of the workshop the teachers developed at least one full lesson tobring back to their classroom. The teachers reconvened in the Fall of 2000 to discuss how wellthe new lessons worked. The workshop was a success with many teachers