Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

The wireless project has will address the demonstrated need through the development andimplementation of AAS and credit certificate programs with multiple entry and exit points toprepare technicians for the wireless communications industry. The project components includecurriculum development and adaptation, program development, professional development forhigh school and community college faculty, and development of a 2+2+2 articulation, in wirelesscommunications. The following objectives and supporting activities ensure attainment of thisgoal.Objective 1: Create education and training programs in wireless communications leadingstudents to AAS degrees, certificates, and occupational competencies through curriculumdevelopment and adaptation

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Wicklein; David Gattie

Curricular Value and Instructional Needs for Infusing Engineering Design into K-12 Technology Education 1 David K. Gattie, 2Robert C. Wicklein 1,2 University of Georgia, Faculty of Engineering/1Driftmier Engineering Center, Athens, GA. 30602-4435 USA/2College of Education, Dept. of Workforce Education, 223 River’s Crossing Bldg., Athens, GA 30606Abstract: An overarching objective of Technology Education in the U.S. is to improvetechnological literacy among K-12 students.1,2,3,4,5. Traditionally, this has been addressed byfocusing on end product technology and the use and importance of various

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller; Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi; Andrew Rose

understanding peers during the first fewyears are invaluable for new faculty members and, who better to provide guidance andlead the new faculty than someone just a few steps ahead in the process.People define leadership in many different ways. According to Kathy Klock, EducationProgram Officer of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, “Leadership is the ability toimagine the possibilities and make them happen. It is stepping forward and encouragingand coaching others to higher levels. It is listening, communicating, collaborating, andbuilding a common focus, it is creating a magical organization where everyone is valuedand all talents are used to their fullest.”1 This definition of leadership best describes theessence of leadership used in “The

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Mayes; John Bennett

andinstitutions were reached and agreed to participate in the interview. The Director promised toshare outcomes with all participants, which may have been part of the reason for therespondents’ willingness to participate. Nearly every respondent indicated that they couldbenefit from knowing more about what other institutions were doing with respect to ABET. TheDirector was also impressed by the extraordinary candor and insights offered by the respondents,all of whom seemed genuinely concerned about assessment.The following caveats are noted with respect to results obtained: 1) Not every question was asked in every interview. While the goal was to do so, in a couple of cases, the interview was cut short by the interviewee. 2) While most

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

activelearning opportunities, promote efficient use of instructional time, and add an element of fun tothe classroom. Examples based on the movie Starman, Shakespeare’s play Henry V, and thesong The Wreck of the Old 97 are included.IntroductionABET criteria require engineering programs to demonstrate that their graduates have, amongother things, “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions ina global and societal context” and “a knowledge of contemporary issues.”1 These outcomes areusually addressed with curriculum requirements for courses in the humanities and socialsciences. However, without additional mechanisms for making a connection between thesecourses and the engineering profession, it is doubtful that most

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz; Charlie Edmonson

the Web to Enhance Classroom Learning,Computers in Education Journal, 20033. Buchanan, E. A. (1999). Assessment Measures: Pre-tests for Successful Distance Teaching andLearning, On-line Journal of Distance Learning Administration (2)3. Retrieved fromhttp://www.westga.edu/~distance/buchanan24.html.4. Lockee, B., Moore, M., and Burton, J., “Measuring Success: Evaluation Strategies for DistanceEducation”, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, No. 1, 2002, 20-265. Callahan, A., Givens, P.E., and Russell, G.B., “Distance Education Moves into the 21st Century: AComparison of Delivery Methods”, ASEE Proceedings, 1998, Session 25426. Samples, J.W., “Distance Learning – Don’t Forget the Pedagogy”, ASEE Proceedings, 2001, Session27937. Nilson, L., Teaching at Its Best

Conference Session

Security

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Lunsford; Evan Wright

. Forexample, for a web browser running on a client computer to access a web page, a datagram withthe destination of port 80 is sent to the server. The association of well known services to portnumbers is maintained by IANA1. Each of the well known ports can be though of as a door,behind which a certain service resides. The two IP addresses and the two port numbers alltogether identify a socket, or an end-to-end logical communication link between two devices.TCP sockets are established with a 3-way handshake as shown in figure 1. The client initiatesthe connection with a synchronize (SYN) packet. The server responds with a SYN-ACK packetthat requests synchronization with the client, and also acknowledges (ACK) the initial SYNpacket. The final part of

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roya Javadpour

Creative Approach to Teaching Project Management Service Learning Roya Javadpour California Polytechnic State UniversityIntroductionA project is a complex, non-routine, one-time effort limited by time, budget, resources,and performance specifications designed to meet customer needs[1]. Therefore, theyrequire a unique approach to management and administration. A creative approach istaken in designing and teaching the graduate level Technological Project Managementcourse offered as part of the Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering department’sprogram at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. The coursecovers the basic

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

Culture Shock: Acclimating as a New Faculty Member Adrienne R. Minerick1, Jason M. Keith2 1 Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39672 / 2 Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931AbstractNobody said that the first year of teaching engineering and mentoring graduate studentsat a college or university was going to be easy. With the

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Leanne Avery; Angela Lueking; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

scientists andengineers, as well as their opinion of the webpage project’s application to their learning of thesubject matter. The data collected involved pre-project surveys and post-project surveys, as wellas a minute paper asking the students to describe what they believed the K-12 audience shouldlearn from their web site.ObjectivesThe project had several objectives which are listed below: 1. Provide an opportunity for K-12 students to learn a about clean energy 2. Provide an opportunity for College Students to communicate about a clean energy topic to a young and friendly audience, and in an inquiring manner 3. Provide an opportunity for College Students to use active learning and inquiry based learning 4. Provide an

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker

at the ANSYS command prompt.The macros must be in the user’s ANSYS working directory. To generate a 3D model ofa rectangular cross-section beam, the format of the command, which must be entered atthe ANSYS command line, is simply: rbeam,B,H,L,F,M,E,νWhere the dimension parameters B,H, and L, and the force, F, and moment, M, aredefined in Figure 1. E is Young’s Modulus, and ν is Poisson’s ratio.Therefore, to analyze a steel beam with a rectangular cross-section of 1” x 2”, a length of40 inches, a lateral end force of F=200 pounds, the student could input the followingcommand at the ANSYS command prompt: rbeam,1,2,40,200,0,30E6,0.30The model is automatically created, and a plot with two separate

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Biwu Yang; Tijjani Mohammed

Mouse Computer Computer Computer Computer Computer Power Management Page 10.844.4 Figure 1. Block diagram of one of the ECU MSIT online lab implementations. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationWhen planning online laboratories, one of the issues that need to be addressed include ensuringthat the lab are optimized to provide opportunities for exploration and

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek

Engineering, University of Michigan, shows persistinggap (Table 1) between the professional need and preparation.Table 1: UM Alumni Survey 2003-4 − How Well Did We Prepare You For These Skills? Outcome Importance Preparation Difference Teamwork 4.6 4.0 0.6 Oral Communication 4.5 3.3 1.2 Eng. Problem Solving 4.5 4.3 0.2 Written Communication 4.4 3.7 0.6 Math, science, engineering 4.1 4.3 -0.2 Professional ethics 4.1 3.5 0.6 Life-long learning

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Moffitt; Jennifer van Rij; Jeffrey Wolchok

Vibrational Energy Scavenging: An Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Project By: Jeff Wolchok1 Jessica Moffitt2 Jennifer van Rij2 1 Department of Bioengineering 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Page 10.1447.1

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

research has proven that a rich learning environmentcontributes tremendously toward improvement in learning achievements and also attitudes toward studies Page 10.154.1[1]. Such an environment is provided through project based learning [2]. It has been further noted that Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005 American Society for Engineering Educationfostering of thinking should be integrated in the learning of a specific context [3]. Project based learninghelps develop both lateral and vertical thinking[4,5]. Seeking alternative

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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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

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Constantin Chassapis; Hamid Hadim; Kishore Pochiraju; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard; David Vaccari

results from the various program-level assessment tools todetermine an overall rating for the program for each outcome and guidelines for taking correctiveaction for continuous improvement.1. IntroductionIn recent years, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) introduced arevised set of Engineering Criteria (EC 2000) that are required for accreditation1. These criteriaare based on assessment of program educational objectives (PEOs) and program outcomes (POs)for continuous improvement (CI). An important part of these requirements is ‘to close the loop’,i.e. programs are required to use the results of the assessment process to identify and implementchanges for program improvement. As a result, most schools have now gone

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

Session 1166 A Combined Vibrations and Controls Course for Mechanical Engineering Joel Lenoir Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractA combined mechanical vibrations and controls course has been developed and implemented atWestern Kentucky University. This 3-hour course in the senior year serves as a compromise tostand-alone courses in vibrations and controls. In addition, an integrated 1-hour laboratorysection is added to support the lecture sessions. These two topics are ideal candidates for courseconsolidation since many of the modeling techniques are similar and the

Conference Session

Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

Session 2068 Instrumentation and Control of an Ecological Life Support System in a Laboratory Project Micheal Parten Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas Tech University1. Project Laboratories The laboratory structure in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) atTexas Tech University is somewhat different than most university laboratories.1-10 There are 5, threehour credit required laboratory classes. Although all of the laboratories have pre-requisites, they arenot

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Rosenstein; Jeffery Donnell; Christina Bourgeois

-/senior-level Instrumentation and Circuits and Microelectronics labs (ECE 3041 and 3042).ECE 2031: Sophomore Digital Design LabStudents enrolled in ECE 2031 (approximately 150 students per semester—fall and spring; 75students in the summer; 18 students per lab section) attend a one-hour-a-week lecture and athree-hour lab. Technical communications instruction is delivered during lecture by UPCPfaculty. One-third of the lectures are dedicated to writing and oral communication instruction.Table 1 describes the types of technical communications assignments required in the sophomore Page 10.701.4 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Robert Choate

Mechanical Engineering degree at WKU.To achieve these professional outcomes, of which experimental design is an essential outcome, itis necessary to provide students with the opportunity to acquire tools and skills, as well as Page 10.413.1technical competency 1, 2. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”To provide students with the opportunity to expand their development in the area of thermalfluids experimental design, Mechanical Engineering students at Western Kentucky Universityare required to

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozlem Arisoy; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

social phenomena with which theyare constantly coming into contact during the semester and to highlight both commonalities anddifferences from one society to another. Global Perspectives equips participants withobservational and analytical skills for encountering societies different from their own, and Page 10.124.2different from each other, a key factor in facilitating the integration of class work and field work “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”for all courses. Objectives: 1) To provide

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tan-Yu Lee; John Dantzler; Robert Leland; Jim Richardson

Teaching Freshman Engineering Students to Solve Hard Problems Robert Leland1, James Richardson2, Tan-Yu Lee3, John Dantzler4 1 Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. /2Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept./3Mathematics Department, University of Alabama/4Censeo Research, Inc.1. IntroductionThe typical freshman engineering student encounters subject matter that is more complex and delivered ata faster rate than what they experienced in high school. Combined with weak problem solving skills andinadequate study habits, this can be a recipe for disaster. “Judgment day” for many students occurs whenthe first round of midterms are handed back

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas

transverse vibration of a simply supported beam (Figure 1) has been thoroughlystudied in a number of literatures, such as in [1] and [2] as well as the references includedtherein. The vibration study of a flexible beam highlights the relationship between thebeam dynamic characteristics and its material properties. The fundamental frequency ofthe beam is given in [1] as EI (1) f1 = K 1 L4 ρAwhere E = beam modulus of elasticity I = beam moment of inertia ρ = beam mass density, and A = beam cross-sectional area δ

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

engineering skills and can be used to replace lecture coverage of certaintopics. Overall the exercises were found more favorable to students than traditional lectures,promoted teamwork skills, and sponsored creative thinking. Student interest in energy relatedtopics was also encouraged. In this paper several active learning exercises used in theThermal/Fluid Systems Design and Thermodynamics courses will be presented. Exampleproblem descriptions and exercise references are provided along with student and instructorobservations. Lessons which the instructor has learned regarding exercise formation and use willbe presented to aid others in formulating similar activities.1. IntroductionDuring the Fall 2004 semester the author taught the Thermal/Fluid

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

bioengineers.” 1 To helpaccomplish VaNTH’s goals, students across VaNTH institutions established an outreachcomponent for the ERC, the Student Leadership Council.The Need for a Student Leadership Council VaNTH SLC engineering outreach to K-12 students is needed for several reasons. First,many K-12 teachers have not studied engineering principles, and therefore do not teach theseprinciples in their classrooms. 2 This means that most K-12 students are not exposed toengineering concepts until they enter undergraduate engineering programs. Outreach projectsinitiated by SLC students, however, can expose students to the field of bioengineering early.Second, the number of minorities graduating with engineering degrees is a small percentage ofthe

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Farrell

Session 1526 Drug Delivery Experiments in the ChE Curriculum Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, Mariano J. Savelski, and C. Stewart Slater Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan UniversityAbstract Drug Delivery is a burgeoning field that represents one of the major research anddevelopment focus areas of pharmaceutical industry today, with new drug delivery system salesexceeding 10 billion dollars per year [ 1]. Chemical Engineers play an important and expandingrole in this exciting field, yet

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramakanth Mandalika; Enno Koehn

averages. Tables 1-4 show the grades for eachsubject (e.g Chemistry, Computers, Dynamics, Electrical Circuits, Fluid Mechanics, Ethics, Staticsetc.) for both the morning and the afternoon general examination sessions. Comparing the databetween Tables 1 & 2, and that of Tables 3 & 4, it can be seen that Lamar University results tendto be above the national average for many subject areas. For example, in the 2003 morning exam,shown in Tables 1&2, Lamar students performed above the national average in these subjects:Chemistry (82.0% / 63.5%), Electrical Circuits (50.0% / 39.5%), Ethics (86.7% / 68.5%), FluidMechanics (54.7% / 53.0%), Mathematics (76.3% / 64.0%) and Thermodynamics (48.3% /44.5%).In order to reduce the volume of data and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alvin Lester; Bruce Mutter

applications. Testing opportunities will bedevised through models similarly employed by Sylvan Learning Centers and National Council ofArchitectural Registration Boards (NCARB) allowing online vignettes and projects. Theresearch will help determine the extent and volume that portfolio materials will be allowed to beused as submissions for program requirements.The research will analyze the hardware needs required by the institution for customers. Costanalysis will relate to delivery of the program, individual courses, and impacts on facultyresources. Research will examine development of marketing strategies and propose marketpricing for tuition and fees required by the program.1. INTRODUCTIONThe CART Course Management System (CMS) was developed by

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Weber

as they finish the exam, but with a properly designed assessment, they also have feedbackon what they did wrong on a given problem. Although it requires more time to develop an on-line assessment, the instructor does not need to grade it.Current on-line assessment systems only allow for multiple-choice, true/false, fill in the blank,and similar types of questions. Many engineering educators argue that these types of questionsare not appropriate for engineering education since they are unable to grade a numerical answerto an acceptable range. One application where existing tools are adequate is assessing studentmastery of a concept.1 For this type of assessment, the instructor and students get immediatefeedback on whether or not the material