Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Zietlow

would need to exceed $91,000,electricity costs would need to drop below $.042/kwh, the operating time would need to dropbelow 1500 hours a year, the cooling load would need to drop below 240 tons (840 kW) or thelife of the equipment would need to drop below 6.5 years before the high efficiency equipmentwill not provide an adequate return on investment. Use this case study to introduce your studentsto a powerful economic tool to aid them in helping their employer make decisions that maximizetheir return on investment. This case study was introduced to students as a part of a junior level laboratory class formechancial engineers. The student feedback was favorable. They appreciated the practicalaspects of applying life cycle costs when making

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tonya Emerson

Load Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationbecomes a useful illustration to show that shear does exist on axes inclined from the longitudinalaxis.V. ConclusionPresented herein is a collection of toys developed over a period of four years of teachingmechanics of materials laboratories and lectures. Initial courses were taught with little to novisual aids and I immediately discovered that many of the topics in the course were quitedifficult to explain by words only and even more difficult for students to grasp. By no means doI suggest that this collection is complete or dormant in its evolution.Of

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jacques; Mark Shields; John O'Connell; Matthew Mehalik

hedidn’t know, “learned that big groups aren’t as bad as I thought they would be. I thought Iwouldn’t have much to say in a groups with so many people, but that turned out not to be true.”SR who did not at all want to be there except for the pizza admitted that it “helps people to learnto work in groups so that in their daily jobs they work better together and form a more cohesivewhole. This is somewhat like the real engineering world.”The year 2000 version was also run in 2002 by one of the authors with a class of 36 juniorChemical Engineering students at the beginning of their first unit operations laboratory, whichrequires extensive work by teams of three. None of these students had done the simulationbefore. Though the ultimate rate of

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoffrey Bland; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

University in Calcutta, India with a honors in Mechanical Engineering in1983, thereafter, he worked in a multinational industry for 4 years before joining Tulane University as agraduate student in the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D.degree from Duke University in 1992.GEOFFREY BLANDGeoffrey Bland is a member of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for HydrosphericProcesses, Observational Science Branch, located at the Wallops Flight Facility, VA. Primary researchactivities are focused on the development and utilization of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) andassociated sensors for Earth science related measurements. Previous work includes mission managementand engineering support of sub

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

outlined in the lectures. The demonstrations require that students interact withthe demonstration, after the fashion of a laboratory. The machine shop training occursseparately from the lecture.Lecture material: indicial notation, coordinate systems, strain, stress; material propertiesand isotropic constitutive laws; failure: yield, fatigue, buckling; friction; mechanicalelements: fasteners (screws, rivets, welds), bearing surfaces (bushings, bearings,lubrication), power transmission (pulleys, chains & timing belts, gears), shaft couplings(set screw, key, Woodruff key, spline, couplers); basic operation and mounting of DCmotors; basic operation and mounting of sensors (potentiometer, switch, yaw rate).Advanced students will be given the

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergrad Eng Ed

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Neal

regarding industry practices, procedures, tools, issues, environments, and tasks. The infusion is being accomplished through the use of real world industry examples, case studies, collaborative projects, virtual environments, and guest lecturers, among others. This topic is discussed further in Section 4. · The Web-Net Tech web site consisting of four major parts: Information Center, Course Materials Hosting, Virtual Workplace Laboratory, and Technology Showcase. This web site is being designed and developed to support the program, permit a “hands on” software development experience, provide students with a s howcase for their efforts, and promote the program to potential students and partners. The

Conference Session

Reaching Out to the Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Groff; Paul Greger; Kim Groff; Joseph Orlins

the economic issues, a partnership between the dam owner,state, county, and local governments, and others is currently under development.Initial Discussions: The project started when the lead author contacted the dam owner, inquiringabout the possibility of using the dam and associated lake as a learning laboratory for Civil andEnvironmental Engineering students at Rowan University. Since the dam is located close to theuniversity campus, it was reasoned that the dam could be used to provide unique experiences forstudents to learn about hydraulic structures, flow measurements, water quality, limnology, andaquatic ecosystems.The dam owner was happy to allow access to the dam for educational opportunities. In addition,he indicated that there was

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason White; Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner; Vicki Eller

participants.Summary A web seminar can be a cost-effective and efficient means of communicating informationto a geographically and economically diverse audience. The needs of the audience and the localresource requirements must be considered carefully to make the seminar a success. An outline ofhow to give a web seminar was given based on our experience developing a web seminar fromconcept through implementation. This outline should help others to successfully develop anddeliver a web seminar of their own.Acknowledgements This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement program under grant no. DUE-9952540. This work was completed with services provided by the Instructional

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

are faculty from those disciplines. Consequently,there is a limited emphasis on examples and problem solving within the particular discipline ofthe instructor and section. However, the course sections are similar enough that students cancross over sections. This is also important for engineering students who have not declared aspecific major yet.Most believe that a “learn by doing” approach must be an integral part to an introductorycomputing course. The GEEN 1300 course incorporates a lab component, replacing a 1-hourlecture meeting with a 2-hour workshop in a computer laboratory. The workshops are tutorial innature with some open-ended, exploratory content. Lab sections are mentored by upper-classundergraduate students who were successful

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

student objectives or assessment measures,laboratory improvements or advances, grants or other evidence of continuous improvement. Ifno form is turned in, it is assumed the faculty member has coasted in that course that semester.The course update forms produced by an individual are attached to his or her annual report.3. Course Model At the beginning of the semester each faculty member prepares a coursemodel for at least one of their courses that shows program educational objectives, studentlearning objectives in support, assessment measures to evaluate student outcomes andanalysis/further actions. These are also attached to his or her annual report.ConclusionTC2K will require finding a recipe that works for your program. TC2K will drive

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Willis; Duane Dunlap

nineteenth century however, the increasing complexity of technology,markets, and organizations required greater preparation than could be obtained throughthis informal system. “Shop culture” was being replaced by “scho ol culture. 2, 3One of the first of the new professional schools was the Rensselaer School (nowRensselaer Polytechnic Institute) established at Troy, New York in 1824. 4 From thebeginning, emphasis was on practical experience including field and laboratory work(referred to in the curriculum as “scholastic amusements”). 5 Close relations weremaintained with graduates and other practicing engineers. For example, graduates wereexpected to communicate at least once in three years the results of their investigationsand discoveries. 6By

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

Education, June 1996, Washington, DC.9 1999 Critical Competency Gaps Report, SME Report, URL: http://sme.org10 Improving Quality and Reliability. URL: http://www.productdevelopmentprocess.com/improving.htm,viewed on 1/2/200111 Chalos, P., Managing Costs in Today’s Manufacturing Environment, Prentice Hall, 1992.12 Baird, W.E., Borich, G.D., Validity Considerations for Research on Integrated-Science Process Skills and Formal Reasoning Ability, Science Education, vol.71, (1987), pp.259-269.13 Prusak, Z., Laboratory Experiments in Process Design and Optimization, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.14 Lubkin, J.L.(ed.), The Teaching of Elementary Problem-Solving in Engineering and Related

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishna Krishnan; Janet Twomey; Vis Madhavan; Don Malzahn; Lawrence Whitman

, “in addition to imparting general concepts and knowledge, education must alsoprovide students with the overall image of manufacturing systems actually operated inindustries”4. Recent notable increases in co-operative education programs, industrial internships,design laboratories, and industry-based design problems are attempts to bridge this gap. Many ofthese may be viewed as a return to “apprenticeships.” Over 60% of the Industrial andManufacturing Engineering students at Wichita State University have had at least one semesterof co-operative education or equivalent industrial experience. This exposure is valuable in manyrespects but our experience indicates that this does not directly lead to an integration ofengineering knowledge and skills

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Carpenter; Harvey Smith; Murali Krishnamurthi

Session 1526An Integrated Approach to Educating a Diverse Population on Environmental Management Systems Murali Krishnamurthi, Harvey Smith, and Philip Carpenter Northern Illinois University AbstractThis paper describes the interdisciplinary learning modules being developed with the help of aNational Science Foundation CCLI (Curriculum, Course, and Laboratory Improvement) grant toeducate students from diverse disciplines about environmental management systems (EMS). Themodules are intended to enhance student understanding and

Conference Session

Integrating Math and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Szaroletta

method works very well in that the method is logical and all of the students have a good knowledge of spreadsheets. 3) Spreadsheet Solver Method: This method is typically unknown to all but one or two students coming into the course. After lecture and laboratory introduction, the speed with which optimal solutions can be obtained is welcomed compared with methods 1) and 2) above. 4) Genetic Algorithms Method: This method has both single-criterion and multiple-criteria capability, making it ultimately applicable to a much broader base of mechanics problems.Mechanics Problems Utilizing Optimization:There are many problems in the mechanics world that can utilize optimization methods.Mechanics and optimization

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Iken; Mahima Ashok; J.C. Lu; Alexander Quinn; Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

ASHOKMahima Ashok is a Master's student in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. Shereceived her B.S. in Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech and has experience in the field of Internetapplications and software development. Her interests include human-computer interaction and design of Internet-based tools.MARK IKENDr. Mark Iken is the Director of Information Technology in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at theGeorgia Institute of Technology. Mark received his Ph.D. in atomic and molecular physics from Georgia Tech andwas previously the directory of the Scientific Visualization Laboratory at Georgia Tech. His current areas ofresearch include bio-medical visualization, large-scale distributed molecular

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

turbine and are condensed back to liquid in thecondenser. Although less energy efficient than closed-cycle, the condensed water of this open-cycle process is free of salts and may be used to supplement fresh water supplies.Previous OTEC developments include a 50-kW demonstration plant aboard a Navy-barge in1971. It provided proof-of-concept closed-cycle feasibility by yielding a net 15 kW. TheJapanese later installed closed-cycle plants at Nauru and Tokunoshima that yielded a net 10 kWand 32 kW, respectively. The National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELH) installed anexperimental 200-kW open-cycle facility in 1993 that yielded a net 50 kW. A subsequentexpansion increased the net output to 500 kW, but the facility has since been

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Salama; Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

contents of our three-credit capstone senior design course. Students metonce a week in a formal class setting for lectures and student presentations. Laboratory workwas done in an open-lab format, where students were given access to departmental laboratoriesthroughout the day. Table 1: Classroom Topics and Team ActivitiesWeek Classroom Topics Team Activities Related to the Project1-3 Faculty presentations the projects they are sponsoring, formation of teams, selection of projects.4-5 Library and Internet research, Reading and searching the Internet for information on the transmission of design methods video and related

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Smith

Gateway to the Aerospace Digital Library”. Session 2225, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 200029. Smith, M.J., Komerath, N.M.., “Learning More From Class Time: Technology Enhancement in the Classroom”. Session 3202, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 200030. Smith, M.J., Komerath, N.M., “The Virtual Laboratory: Technology Enhancement for Engineering Education”. Session 2602, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 200131. Komerath, N.M., “ Undergraduate Research Participation in the Experimental Aerodynamics Group”. Session 2526, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 200132. Komerath, N.M., Knowledge Management Techniques in

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Barker

asynchronous learning network (ALN) with traditionalHTML web pages separately providing the usual course information such as syllabus, bulletinboard, tutorials, laboratory guidelines, and homework samples. WebCHARLIE is a tool used todeliver individualized homework and exam exercises, receive students' numerical answers, giveinstantaneous feedback, encourage students to find and fix their errors, discourage homeworkprocrastination, enforce the college's policy of two hours of homework for each hour in class,and record usage log files which permit numerous assessments. Students learn more when theydo homework that is assigned, collected and graded every week. The continuous availability(24/7) of webCHARLIE is a significant feature. WebCHARLIE helps

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Raper

people, systems, and projects.4. Developed in students the ability and desire to grow intellectually and personally, in lightof an increasingly global and multicultural work environment.5. The Engineering Management Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla providedan educational environment to support and encourage students to succeed.6. Provided students with the knowledge of a specific engineering management emphasisarea.Department and Program Concerns:7. My education prepared me for my current position.8. My education matched my current interests.9. My Engineering Management education was of high quality.10. Department faculty were committed to students and their success.11. The Department provided modern classrooms and laboratories.12

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Colin Grant; Brian Dickson

Community - There is measurable payback to sponsoring organisations - It enhances our own university learning - There are opportunities for international sharing of knowledge and experience - Partnership is a successful design approach for CPD coursesAnd these are just some of the companies testing that out:Abbot Laboratories, Aker Oil and Gas, AstraZeneca, BJ Services, BNFL, BP Chemicals, BPExploration, British Sugar, Cabot Carbon, Calcarb, Chemdal, Chirex, Colgate Palmolive, Page 7.1057.10 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of

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Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kisaalita; Thomas Reeves

milking Transportation to cooling plant Receiving at the cooling plant Laboratory testing Loading into cooling tank Cooling Loading into transportation truck Transportation Receiving at processing plant Page 7.279.12 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society of Engineering EducationExhibit 7. Final Grade Criteria Points Activity for which points are awarded 10 Bi-weekly memos and meetings - critical thinking (individual) 10 Contribution to online globalization discussion (individual) 10

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Franke

Information Operations Estimation Operations Research Mechanics and Control of Space Structures Operational Modeling Reliability Project Management Rocket Propulsion Signal Processing Space Facilities Simulation Structural Analysis Space Environment Structural Materials Space Systems Vibration Damping and Control Systems Analysis and Design A primary follow-on assignment for graduates from the Astronuatical Engineering programis the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The mission of this organization “is to discover

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Keith B. Lodge

that were held in the classroom was reduced.K.B. Lodge, ASEE 2002, Madison Page 2 of 10Class WorkThe class work fell naturally in two parts. The first part was devoted to formal training; the syllabus forthis is shown in the Table that follows. The early classes were held in a University-run computer lab.About half way through the semester, we moved into a regular laboratory, because water was required.Because of its very nature, it is possible to make progress within a 50-min session in programming amicrocontroller; this is a rare advantage for practical work and makes this an ideal exercise for“hands-on” learning. The aim of the first part was

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

communicationwithin engineering classrooms and laboratories. The traditional methods of research inengineering education include quasi-experimental and experimental approaches usingquantitative data, Likert scales, and course evaluations. However, these methods do not lendthemselves to studying the detailed communication patterns and other complex humaninteractions among students. Therefore, the engineering education community needs to includeadditional researchers with the knowledge and skills required and/or needs to begin learningadditional research methods to further our collective understanding.Visual Communication A qualitative analysis of references to visual communication leads to several observationsand recommendations. First, all of the

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato

to thecourse. Finally, and perhaps the most convenient way to add realism to a course, is to do somehands-on laboratory work. At fist this conjures up visions of high-tech lab equipment with allthe associated support staff and knowledge to run the lab. While we used such facilities andprofessional help in our course, there are also opportunities to turn any classroom into alaboratory. In-class demonstrations mentioned earlier could be turned into in-class labs if somemethod of predicting the demonstrated behavior can be shown. There are also computersimulations that can be used as the demonstration. Predicting behavior resulting from asimulation can at least verify to a student that in-class methods are supported by the creators

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sastry Vedula

development of the state of the art powerelectronics laboratory at Iowa State University .S. S. VenkataHe received the Ph.D. degree form the University of South Carolina in 1971. He held various teaching positions atWest Virginia University as well as at University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Presently, he is a Professor &Chair of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, at Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. He isFellow of IEEE, USA and the co- author of a book entitled: Introduction to Electric Energy Devices . Page 7.565.16 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Educat ion Annual

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Val Stamboltsian; Robert Dennis; Khy Huang

. ix, 265.6. Markham, K.M., J.J. Mintzes, and M.G. Jones, The concept map as a research and evaluation tool: Further evidence of validity. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994. 31(1): p. 91-101.7. Markow, P.G. and R.A. Lonning, Usefulness of concept maps in college chemistry laboratories: Students' perceptions and effects on achievement. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998. 35(9): p. 1015-1029.8. Novak, J.D., Concept mapping: A strategy for organizing knowledge, in Learning science in the schools: Research reforming practice., S.M. Glynn and R. Duit, Editors. 1995, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc: Hillsdale, NJ, US. p. 229-245.9. Novak, J.D., Learning, creating, and using knowledge

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

reserve in the library? Interpret it? Evaluate it?Compare it to another article? Do you want students to conduct laboratory research and comparetheir results to theoretical ones? Purpose can determine length. Short writing assignments workwell for freshmen who have little technical knowledge or engineering background. As studentsmature intellectually and complete advanced courses, they are more ready to tackle larger,longer, and more complex projects. Complexity does not necessarily mean a longer document.Short writing assignments (2-3 pages) can deal with difficult concepts as readily as 20 pagereports.You should also be forthright in offering direction on narrowing a topic. Many students needyour help to define a manageable, focused topic. A