Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

activities, andexamine overall retention rates for students participating since 2000. During this four day residential program, students participate in academic reviews to preparefor their first year engineering curriculum including Calculus I & II, Physics I – Mechanics,Chemistry, and Introduction to Engineering courses. The WISE Summer Bridge Program alsointroduces students to MAPLE and Excel programming sessions, student engineeringorganizations, and provides evening activities geared toward students networking with WISEstaff, other engineering students, and industry. The WISE Summer Bridge Program occurs eachsummer prior to the beginning of the Fall Semester and has evolved over the previous sevenprograms to provide students with a head

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Yates; Maura Borrego

-specific content, and students greatly anticipate testing of the finalproducts. However, limitations in class size and learning objectives prevent these coursesfrom addressing perceptions of engineering as an inflexible discipline. In contrast, theinterdisciplinary nature, small class size, and guest speakers of the seminar coursedirectly address attrition due to perceptions of engineering as a rigid and uncreative field.Table 1 below illustrates the different focus of the seminar course with respect to ABETCriterion 3 outcomes. It is clear from this chart that existing introduction to engineeringcourses address many of the technical criteria, while the seminar courses provide studentswith context. An important factor in approval by the curriculum

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilary Lackritz, Purdue University; Laura Demsetz, College of San Mateo; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University

1 Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University/ 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida/ 3Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno/ 4College of San Mateo/ 5Mechanical Engineering, Boise State UniversityAbstractThis paper will discuss the progress of curriculum development under an NSF, CCLI-EMDsponsored work, “Development of Project-Based Introductory to Materials EngineeringModules” (DUE # #0341633). A multi-university team of faculty are developing six lecture andthree laboratory modules for use in Introductory to Materials courses. This course is required bymost engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

, J. Page 10.1398.10 Mahoney, Editor. 1996, Community College Press: Washington D.C. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”5. Coe, B. and T. Polsinelli, Manufacturing Engineering Technology: Sinclair Community College, National Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing Education, in The Learning Edge, J. Mahoney and L. Barnett, Editors. 2000, Community College Press: Washington, DC. p. 41-50.6. Mott, R. Curriculum Design for an Associate

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

review, yet manyfaculty view assessment as merely an additional time-consuming task piled on top of the manythings they already have to do. Enthusiasm for outcomes assessment can be in short supply. TheAgricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) Department at Iowa State has its ABET reviewin 2006. We have been working for the past two years to engage our faculty in outcomesassessment, with a fair degree of success. This paper discusses the activities we’ve used to helpfellow faculty members become active participants in learning and outcomes assessment, andhow we’ve addressed impediments to their involvement. We’ll discuss the ABE LearningCircle, faculty workshops, curriculum development, and one-on-one assistance provided tofaculty to

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTo achieve success, other elements have also contributed. One component is an assigned pair ofCourse Coordinators from the Gateway Faculty who are responsible for conducting biweeklymeetings of all instructors and for managing any issues that arise concerning course curriculum,teaching media, physical facilities, and scheduling. In addition, there are now 5 faculty dedicatedto teaching freshmen who understand and enjoy the challenges of teaching these students intransition. All of the Gateway Faculty have attended teaching workshops and have won variousteaching awards. Their commitment to teaching and

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Eric Davishahl; Denny Davis; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

suited to assess meta-cognitive processes and efficacy (self-worth as a learner) like thosethat are found in communication, teamwork, and design process skills1,2.The survey was administered twice during each half of an introductory engineering designcourse to measure students’ perception of the “Class Emphasis” and their “Personal Growth” inthe class. Elements in the survey include teamwork and communication skills, and the fivefundamental and inclusive elements of the Transferable Integrated Design EngineeringEducation (TIDEE) engineering design process. Process elements are information gathering,problem definition, idea generation, evaluation and decision-making, and implementation.This survey uses methodologies that were previously developed

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Marrero; Andrew K. Beckett

as arising out of a longitudinal process of interactions between an individual with given attributes, skills, financial resources, prior educational experiences, and dispositions (intentions and commitments) and other members of the academic and social systems of the institution. The individual’s experience in those systems, as indicated by his/her intellectual (academic) and social (personal) integration, continually modifies his or her intentions and commitments.”10Tinto suggests that pre-college entering academic achievements directly impact persistence.More importantly, each affects departure indirectly through its effect upon “the continuingformulation of individual intentions and commitments regarding

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary McDonald; Charles Knight

curriculum content while the mechanicalsystems experiments cover content that is related to the design of machinery. ABETCriteria 8 requires that all mechanical engineering graduates have a generalunderstanding of both mechanical and thermal system areas.The content of each of the lab areas was established to stress the basic fundamentalstaught in the mechanical engineering curriculum while demonstrating the uniquepotential of experimental measurements using computer data acquisition [3]. Theseconsiderations provide the opportunity for integration of many forms of instrumentationinto a single experiment. As may be noted above, more topics related to thermal sciencesthan machinery are included in the laboratory systems operated in the laboratory. But

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

, an international journalthat explores ethical issues of direct concern to scientists and engineers related to both the practice andapplication of science and technology. In its tenth year of publication, the journal is widely abstracted andindexed and was recently cited by the National Academy of Sciences as a leading resource for scholarlyarticles on research integrity. Recent special issues of Science and Engineering Ethics have focused onvarious topics including "Whistleblowing and the Scientific Community", "Scientific Misconduct", and"Communicating Science".Dr Bird is former Special Assistant to the Provost and the Vice President for Research at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT) where she worked on the development of

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

education.In an effort to understand better the importance of functional roles in engineering student teams,we conducted a pilot study using a qualitative methodology funded under the NSF ASA GrantAward Number DUE-0243265. These data provided evidence of students’ tendency to performsimilar functions across team experiences throughout the curriculum. Indeed, by the senior year,students are skilled at assembling teams with a range of functional skills covering all thespecialties needed to complete the assigned project15. Some students recognized this division oflabor compromised overall learning. However, students justified the approach as necessary toensure the creation of an outstanding product within a limited timeframe.To understand better this

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs

. National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, http://www.nclt.us/ Last Accessed March 1, 2005.19. Engineering Prof Receives $100,000 Grant from NSF to Develop Nanosciences Classes, Press Release Nov 2004, http://www.csulb.edu/misc/inside/archives/vol_56_no_14/awards_grants/grant2.shtml Last Accessed March 1, 2005.20. NUE Abstract: Development and Dissemination of a Sophomore Course in Nano-Science, Engineering and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, NY http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0407281 Last Accessed March 1, 2005.21. NUE: Integration of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology into the Undergraduate Curriculum at

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shuhui Li

students’ capability to recognize widecontrol applications of electric machines in the modern ECE field and the integrativecharacteristics of electric machines with many other ECE courses. In 2003, the lecture part of the Electric Machinery course was restructured at TAMUK byusing an integrative teaching approach which presents students a complete view of controllableenergy conversion or electric drive systems with topics covering electric machines, powerelectronics, feedback controls, power supply systems, and mechanical loads. The reformation hasresulted in great positive feedbacks from students. In the restructured course, a diverse set oftopics are covered in a rapid succession so that it is important to have corresponding hardware

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

Session 2166 Senior ME Capstone Laboratory Course Kevin Schmaltz, Chris Byrne, Robert Choate, Joel Lenoir Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering faculty at Western Kentucky University have developed andimplemented a Design of Experiments Plan to assure that graduates of the program haveacquired the skills necessary to design and conduct experiments and analyze experimentalresults. Instruction is integrated throughout the ME curriculum, with students finallydemonstrating the ability to both define and analyze experimental problems in a capstone class.In its

Conference Session

Mathematics Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruno Osorno

2005-63 Innovative Way of Teaching Magnetic Circuits with Minimum Vector Algebra Bruno Osorno California Sate University Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St Northridge CA 91330 Email: bruno@ecs.csun.edu Phone: (818)677-3956Abstract- In schools of electrical consequently these courses becameengineering around the nation and prerequisites for electric energy conversion.abroad, some curriculums offer a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Johnston; Christopher Greene; Jeff Jalkio

non-engineering clients to define the technicalrequirements of their projects. In parallel, individuals from other disciplines can benefit fromexposure to engineering problem solving techniques. In this paper the authors present the resultsof an ongoing effort to integrate the benefits of both student-faculty collaborations and real-world design by incorporating undergraduate engineering students into physics research projects.Over the course of several years, engineering students at the University of St. Thomas have beenincorporated into physics department research laboratories, working side by side with physicsstudents and faculty. These students design, build and test instrumentation and other equipmentused in all aspects of the physics

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brij Agrawal

Reconnaissance office (NRO), Navy, and SpaceIndustry and military faculty including astronauts. In the SSE, the emphasis is on requirements, science and technology/research anddevelopment and acquisition in an operational context. The students get adequate knowledge inall space subsystems/systems integration and hands-on experience in spacecraft design andtesting in order to work as a space system engineer in DoD space program offices. The studentstake at least one course in each spacecraft sub-system and three spacecraft design and integrationcourses. The course matrix is shown in Figure 2 for the Space Systems Engineering. The coursematrix consists of two parts. One part is core courses to meet ESR requirements. The secondpart consists of

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Nation; Leah Jamieson; Jill Heinzen; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes; Joy Krueger

pollutants through the soil and into the groundwater wellheads along with the water cycle on the surface. Water and pollution movements are shown with LED’s. Mixer – density is demonstrated with an interactive exhibit that allows children to mix colored tanks of water and oil and observe their mixing and separation in a settling tank.The EPICS teams have continued to be integrated into the operation of IS which also serves as ascience resource for area schools. Many schools use facilities like IS to insure they meet statescience standards. These standards and the use of the exhibits to meet these standards becomepart of the design constraints. An example of this is the Wellhead Protection/Water Cycleproject. Initially, it was

Conference Session

Documenting Success

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia White; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

-graduation.Integrating STARs into the CurriculumSTARs are integrated into the ABE undergraduate curriculum during the first semester in both ofour Agricultural Engineering (AE) and Agricultural Systems Technology (AST) programs. Bothprograms have a first semester orientation class (Engr 101 and AST 110) that meets for one houreach week for fifteen weeks. Both orientation classes have integrated two periods on BBI andSTARs.During the first period students are introduced to fourteen ISU Competencies that are used to inour learning outcomes assessment process. Students are asked to read and reflect on thedescriptions of the seven of these core workplace competencies: Engineering Knowledge,General Knowledge, Analysis and Judgment, Communication, Continuous Learning

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Olsson; Lars Håkansson; Johan Zackrisson; Ingvar Gustavsson; Henrik Åkesson

emerge. Experiments can, for example, easily be integrated intolectures. It is widely recognized that experiments constitute an excellent teaching method andmore effective and exciting methods may contribute to increased numbers of students inelectrical engineering education. The laboratory is open to guest users when it is not in use inregular courses. The address of the laboratory web site is: http://distanslabserver.its.bth.se/.Bibliography1. Schmid, C., Eikaas, T.I.,Foss, B., Gillet, D., ”A REMOTE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTATIONNETWORK”, Proceedings of the 1st IFAC Conference on Telematics Applications in Automation and Robotics,Weingarten, Germany, July 24 - 26, 2001.2. Berry, F.C., DiPiazza, P.S., Sauer, S.L., "The Future of Electrical and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bassem Ramadan; Karim Nasr

application of just-in-time-learning and design-integrated instruction in a second course on Applied Thermodynamics[17], theauthors found this approach to reinforce concepts and that their objectives were successfully met,despite a handful of students’ comments citing an overwhelming workload. In a capstone designcourse in environmental engineering focusing on simulation and a PBL design project, the authorsreported that students developed a much deeper understanding of course material, suggesting thatthe simulation activities outperformed their expectations.[18] At MIT, PBL has been implemented through a curriculum change based on the real-worldengineering context of a product's complete life cycle. Students reported on the program beingmore

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Vallone

measurement program but the course hassince diverged from this approach and now follows the measurement strategy outlined inPractical Software Measurement (McGarry, et.al. 2002). Practical Software Measurement(PSM) is an excellent framework for creating measurement and data collection plans andimplementations. In contrast to the one-size fits all approach of the TSPi, the PSM guidespractitioners to be selective about the data collected / measures tracked and to tailor themeasurement plan to the specific project risks and objectives.Interpersonal experiences and lessons are integral to the course and DeMarco & Lister’sPeopleware is a natural companion to the more technical texts. The authors cover topics such astrust, teams, quality, hiring and

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Waffle; Donald Martel; Peggie Weeks

Educationteacher/leaders and college experts from each of the five regions) participated in a two-dayplanning meeting. The secondary school teachers are NYSTEA association leaders, and thecollege faculty have content expertise in the areas of materials/manufacturing and informationtechnologies. In the summer of 2003, the project management team and additional consultantsconducted an intensive, seven-day workshop at Fulton-Montgomery Community College for thePDC leadership teams. NSF-developed instructional materials were used to ensure thatexemplary, pedagogically sound curriculum is at the core of instruction. Classroom-testedmaterials in materials/manufacturing and information technologies, developed as part of apreviously funded NSF project, New York

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Melnyk; Grant Crawford; David Stringer; Steven Braddom

Page 10.1329.1on practical application remains a hallmark of the Aeronautics curriculum at West Point to this “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”day. Since 1970, the department has used available military aircraft to supplement thecurriculum with Flight Laboratories. There are five main goals of the Flight LaboratoryProgram. 1. To provide students with quality, hands-on instruction one-on-one with their instructor in an actual aircraft. 2. To build technical understanding of the aerodynamics and performance of airplanes and helicopters for both students and instructors. 3

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

systems engineering concepts through experiential learning opportunities. • Provide multidisciplinary design opportunities in interesting and challenging areas. • Design, build, and test subsystems that are integrated into a larger project. • Ensure that the EAC/ABET EC2000 design, multidisciplinary teamwork, and communication outcomes are satisfied.This paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the large-scale systems engineeringprojects either completed or still under development at the University of North Dakota, utilizinga student labor force comprised primarily of electrical and mechanical engineering students.Seven brief case studies are presented in Section 2, with an analysis of their sustainability andscalability

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

using the Microsoft Excel computing environment as its primary programming“language” for more than a decade. The familiar capabilities of the worksheetenvironment, coupled with the ability to perform complex calculations with Visual Basicfor Applications (VBA), provide an effective platform for analyzing, designing, andoptimizing engineering systems.Since 2000, the Department has been using SolidWorks and the associated COSMOSanalysis packages as the tool for designing and analyzing parts and assemblies. Thecontinuing development of the Visual Basic language, and its ability to communicatewith the SolidWorks “design suite” via the Applications Programmer Interface (API), hasopened up new possibilities for creating an integrated computing

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Auzenne; Jeanne Garland; J. Phillip King; Ricardo Jacquez

, theexperience of preparing curriculum and teaching in the Bridge program with university faculty isan excellent professional development opportunity that provides instructors fresh pedagogicalmethods and approaches for teaching their regular classes, an experience that just might reducethe risk of burnout at the community college. Thus, enlisting support of the administration pavesthe way for more faculty involvement.Challenge of Industry CommitmentWe enlisted the support of five regional civil engineering firms. These firms agreed to help withprovision of book scholarships, consulting and advising with curriculum development, summerand part-time internships, company site visits and other experiences, and presentations, staffservice on the META program

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Cummings; John McMasters

, and grow them into ways toimprove engineering education.References 1 Encyclopædia Britannica, 2004, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 17 Nov. 2004, http://search.eb.com/eb/article?tocId=9038409. 2 Wenger, E., Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. 3 Cummings, R.M. and D.W. Hall, “Aircraft Design for Second-Year Undergraduate Students,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2005. 4 Cummings, R.M. and H.J.A. Freeman, “Integrating Multidisciplinary Design in an Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum,” SAE Transactions , Vol. 106, No.1, 1997, pp. 1665-1670.BiographiesRUSSELL M. CUMMINGSDr. Cummings graduated from

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Nickles

-Machine Systems, J. Flach, P. Hancock, J. Caird, and K. J. Vicente, Eds. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995, pp. 68-120.3. G. M. Nickles, "Identifying measures of student behavior from interaction with a course management system," Journal of Educational Technology Systems, submitted.4. A. Pritchett, A. Quinn, G. Nickles, M. Ashok, M. Iken, and J. C. Lu, "Internet Based Curriculum Innovation in Information Engineering and E-Business: The Integrated Curriculum Delivery System.," in the Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada, 2002.5. S. St. Clair and N. C. Baker, "Faculty use and impressions of courseware management tools: A national survey," Journal

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

manufacturing-related programs by providinginstitutions, companies, and students a way to work together both onsite and online in a cost-effective, practical way. The distributed-hybrid instructional delivery method uses face-to-facemodular activity-based instructional materials, developed under previous NSF-ATE grantsincluding most recently the Completing the Curriculum: Modular Manufacturing EducationModel for Advanced Manufacturing Education DUE 0071079. The Completing theCurriculum grant focused on the development and testing of the curriculum for an AAS degreein Manufacturing Engineering Technology in nine subject matter clusters[1]. What is the urgentneed for this new approach to delivery? The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has