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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

, therewas no indication that either method of experimentation had a significantly greater valuefor the students in learning the concepts of system dynamics and control.We plan on continuing this study and will work to make the conclusions quantitative.In terms of deciding which method to use for a class, here are the considerations that wewould highlight. If the instructor has Control Station licenses and is familiar with ControlStation use, it is a powerful stand-alone tool for helping to teach the analysis and designof control systems. Otherwise, the web-connected experiments provide a tool that can beequally powerful. A pro for Control Station is that multiple students can do simulationssimultaneously. A pro for the web-connected experiments is

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski

the students learn about the kit, and then design,construct and test their solutions. A class period is devoted to the competition itself when teamsdemonstrate the success of their work. Figure Seven – Kit of components and assembly.In addition to the competition, the teams must deliver a presentation on their work as well as areport explaining how they applied the design process to their solution. The reports includediscussions on using a decision matrix project planning software as design tools. As to beexpected, the students favor this component of the class and it is hoped they are able to benefitfrom the experience when they apply design fundamentals in future courses

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Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Korinne Resendez; Carryn Bellomo; Rafic Bachnak

and Technology Laboratories,computer laboratories, etc.), demonstrations, hands-on experimentation, and oralpresentations by students. Participants will tour the Science and TechnologyLaboratories, the Library, and other university facilities. The workshops will emphasizecritical thinking and problem solving skills. Students will perform a series of laboratoryexercises and carryout hands-on activities that involve automation systems. Thelaboratory exercises will demonstrate the workings of real devices and their use in realworld applications. Planned daily breaks will allow social opportunities with otherparticipants. Every student receives a free TI-83 Plus graphing calculator, teachingsupplies, a per diem for lunch at the University Center

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Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harmon

, Standards, and Student Testing(CRESST) knowledge/concept mapping system (see Osmundson et al., 1999). Details on the methodsemployed are provided elsewhere (Chung et al., 2001). Briefly, the student survey was used to collect dataon student demographics, experience with complex projects (in school or at work), frequency with whichthey use general problem-solving skills, perceptions about ISIS and impressions about availability of ISISresources. The self-regulation survey targeted information about students’ self-perceived use of their ownself-regulation skills (e.g., planning, self-checking, etc.). The concept mapping was used as a vehicle tomeasure course content understanding. Table 2. Design of the Main ISIS Assessment

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Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

Education, Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan. 1995.2. Crawley, E. F., Greitzer, E.M., Widnall, S.E., Hall, S.R., et. al., “Reform of the Aeronautics and Astronautics Curriculum at MIT”, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 1, pages 47-56, January 1994.3. MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, The Strategic Plan of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 17, 1997.4. Crawley, Edward F., “The CDIO Syllabus: A Statement of Goals for Undergraduate Engineering Education”, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Januar y 2001.Biographical InformationPETER W. YOUNG, Col, USAF (ret.) is a Senior Lecturer and Director of CDIO

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel E Collins; Christopher Foreman; Matthew Ohland

students who heard that the lists were available later in theday, because some tour times would fill up quickly. As a result, students in the earlier classeswould give their friends in later classes advance warning, thus worsening the problem of managingthe flow of students.Furthermore, establishing an accurate forecast of student tour attendance using the paper-and-pencil system required a review of all the pages in all the notebooks. This forecasting is essentialto ensure tour availability for the students and to give planning information to the faculty whodeliver the tours. The burden of manual review prohibits the discovery of a variety of morecomplicated errors in the sign-up sheets: • Students signing up for tours with conflicting

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Mizen; Robert Baldwin; Ronald Miller

the vision embodied in three vital recitals: • Institutional Mission Statement • Profile of the PI Graduate • Institutional Constituencies and StakeholdersNot only will these documents provide the philosophical underpinnings for the PetroleumInstitute, they will also become the cornerstone of the programmatic and institutional assessmentplans that are required to ultimately achieve ABET accreditation for each of the five engineeringdegree programs. Each degree program at the Petroleum Institute will develop its own unique Page 8.408.2and independent assessment plan, but the procedures and

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Harper; David Meyer

learning in Sinclair’s Engineering andIndustrial Technologies programs. This award provided nearly $3000 for materials and suppliesto build the launch models. Regrettably, Dr. Russ Jerd passed away near the end of 2002 after aprolonged illness. Dr. Jerd will be missed by his friends at Sinclair Community College.Project Plan Resources from Sinclair's Aviation Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology, andother engineering technologies were utilized to accomplish this project. The leadership team forthe project involved three Sinclair student organizations. These included the Sinclair AviationClub, the newly formed Sinclair chapters of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and theSociety of Plastics Engineers. Collaboration with local

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

development correlated with the skill-sets, knowledge, and experience required beyond entry- level as a “system for lifelong learning” through the professional master’s, doctoral, and fellow levels of professional competency.(4) Identify institutional obstacles and resistances to transformation; develop an innovative strategic plan for effective change; and conceive new organizational structures for professional graduate education where learning, engineering creativity, professional scholarship, innovation, and engagement with industry flourishes to develop and sustain high-quality professionally oriented graduate programs.(5) Implement innovative pilot demonstration model-programs (by building upon already proven successes, best

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Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Smerdon

needed for future professional practice inengineering, particularly civil engineering, the reader is referred to two other papers presented atthis ASEE Annual Conference, June 23-25, 2003, Nashville, TN. These papers are in theproceedings and are: 1. Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional, “ASCE’s Raise the Bar Initiative: Master Plan for Implementation” 2. Walesh, S.W., “ASCE’s Raise the Bar Initiative: The Practice Oriented Body of KnowledgeSummary and ConclusionASCE is working on developing a consensus on what is needed for the practice of civilengineering at the professional level. The individual state boards of licensure will determinewho is qualified for a license to practice civil engineering in each

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Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; Marie Lee; Diane Schuch Miller

perspective (Schuch-Miller & Plonka, 2001) 5. Moreover, follow-up classroom discussions, an integral component ofthe case design, allow learners to reflect, summarize and solidify their own learning and structureit in a way that is meaningful to them (Hidi & Anderson, 1986) 6.Case study documentation and support materials online allow students to obtain backgroundinformation on the situation, research components involved in the case and define the problem forthemselves. They can collect a history of the situation through virtual interviews as well asresearch the processes and machinery involved in the operations. The candidates are providedenough information to initiate a plan and formulate potential solutions. Students are expected tojustify

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watson; Hossein Salehfar; Arnold Johnson

determined that electronic delivery is acceptable. In addition,the level of access that students have with regard to online material was also established. Furthertrials are being planned and it is considered that this method of delivering distance courses hasgreat potential.For an actual demonstration of the method discussed in this paper, the readers are invited to visitthe following Web site: http://power.ee.und.nodak.edu/courses/ee313/spring2002/Lectures/demo/ee313-lectures-demo.htmReferences1. Virtual Link Corporation, “Mimio,” [Online]. Available: http://www.mimio.com/index.shtml.2. TechSmith Corporation, “Camtasia,” [Online]. Available: http://www.techsmith.com.3. RealNetworks, “RealOne Player,” [Online]. Available: http

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Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecil Beeson

make "mask ashift :mask 1]]end Page 8.1264.9Figure 4C – Logo Program to Input Switch Data by Multiplexer and Display on Screen “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”What’s Next?Starting with the Winter quarter, January 2003, the PPP project will be introduced to anintermediate level digital systems course. Projects currently in the planning stages include: • Integrating a PC with counter circuits • Generating various types of waveforms • Interfacing with PLDs

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

system consisted of two pairs of 12 inch pneumatically Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationoperated arms that mimicked the motion of automotive windshield wipers. They were designedto fit under many different containers including the cardboard containers the company used toship items overseas. The company has since manufactured four additional stacker/destackersystems for other assembly lines, and is currently planning the installation of similar systems at itsother U.S. and overseas locations.Other activitiesI completed many additional tasks during the balance of my internship. These tasks related

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker; David Silverstein

mathematics facultyto determine the specific coverage of the calculus courses as taught locally. Engineeringfaculty will then take this information and develop a list of topics to address for thisproject, based on their collective experience of student recall of calculus concepts whenfirst applied in engineering classes. These topics will cover the full range of calculuscourses, from differential and integral single variable calculus, through multivariablecalculus and elementary differential equations. Some studies have already considered theessential topics in certain engineering fields.4The second phase will involve assigning faculty to develop prototypical material toaddress the topics identified in the previous phase, and developing a plan to

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

consisted of lectures, laboratory work, and group discussions.Activities in the afternoon session were to complement the work covered in the morning sessionwith emphasis on instructional design, delivery, and evaluation and with special attention to readingin the content areas. Teachers studied the group investigation and other models of teaching forimplementation in their classrooms. Coaching in the models took place in the summer institute andduring the school year.C) Preparatory Work. To make the program more effective, we conducted an initial survey ofparticipants’ needs and interests prior to the workshop. Based on the results of the survey, wefinalized our education plan. The following six areas were emphasized in our curriculum: (a

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

to find an objectplaced in a room by analyzing data from its own internal sensors and instructionstransmitted from a local PC. The local PC is equipped with a user interface programwritten in Borland C++ (Figure 1-1). When an individual accesses the user interface, theywill be asked to enter the appropriate grid pattern for the hexapod to follow. The userwill be provided with a “hexapod path” sheet to plan the path for the robot. Each box onthe path sheet represents 1-foot square on the floor. It is up to the user to “roughly”estimate the distance to the GOAL object. Complete accuracy is unnecessary because therobot’s infrared sensor will take over when it gets within 4-feet of the GOAL. Figure 1: Floor

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; Vincent Capece; John Baker

with abetter understanding of what mechanical engineering is about. This information wouldhelp some of the students who had thought about a career in engineering to make a bettereducated decision when they get to college, while some who may have never thoughtabout engineering as a career might consider it. In planning such a program, one mustkeep in mind that mechanical engineering is too broad, and the various areas of emphasisare too deep, to allow for a highly detailed overview. It is only realistic to provide a briefintroduction, and one must guard against overwhelming the students with detail. Also, itis important to keep all discussions and project work on a level appropriate for highschool students, who have no background in calculus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Keyser; Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

test their own control systems. At the heart of the process is the LEGO® RCXbrick, an inexpensive system that grabs student interest. Using the kits, students are able toconstruct the physical process with quick release fittings and implement the control system insoftware using ROBOLABTM for LabVIEWTM. Inexpensive kits were developed using LEGO components that include a tank, sensors,motorized control valve and a control algorithm. The kits are easy to reproduce. With them,students conduct several level experiments which illustrate concepts of simple draining tankdynamics. The students plan and construct the piping, determine the placement of sensors andcontrol elements and decide the process control parameters. In a single class period

Conference Session

Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gore

in the system, or 365 days divided by turns per year). For exampleToyota's inventory turns per year ranged from 60 to 80 in the 1970's, which meant that inventoryturned every 4.5 to 6 days. Many domestic companies, including Blount International, HarleyDavidson, and General Electric adopted and were successful with JIT about the same time.However, from that time to the present, inventory turns have dropped steadily for many of them.Toyota's turns per year dropped to the 20's in the 1980's to 12.2 in 2001. General Electric had itsleanest year in 1973 and has lost ground since that time. 1 So, some of these companies begancomparing improvement techniques such as "Total Quality Management" (TQM), "EnterpriseResource Planning" (ERP), and "Theory

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Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bowman

, J.C. Kramlich, and J.L. Fridley, “A Design AttributeFramework for Course Planning and Learning Assessment,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 43, No. 2, May2000ROBERT J. BOWMAN received the B.S.E.E. degree from Penn State Univ., the M.S.E.E. degree from San JoseState Univ., and the Ph.D.E.E. degree in 1980 and Ph.D.Bioeng in 1983 from the Univ. of Utah. He has practiced asa design engineer for thirty-two years and has held faculty positions at the Univ. of Utah, Univ. of Vermont, Univ.of Rochester, and is currently Department Head of Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. Page 8.477.9 “Proceedings

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Stephen Ressler

for teaching and for the subject matter.C4. My instructor had a structure or plan for every lesson's learning activities.C5. My instructor helped me to understand the importance and practical significance of thiscourse.C6. My instructor used well-articulated learning objectives to guide my learning.C7. My instructor communicated effectively.C8. My instructor demonstrated that he or she cares about my learning.C9. My instructor demonstrated positive expectations of the cadets in the class.C10. My instructor used visual images (pictures, demonstrations, models, diagrams, simulations,etc.) to enhance my learning.C11. My instructor gave me timely and accurate feedback on my learning progress.C12. In this course, the exams were fair and relevant

Conference Session

Materials Curricula: Modeling & Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

the term, the information that is collected through theevaluation process will be processed and used to evaluate the effectiveness of the modules.Status of the ProjectCurrently, the three modules described above are ready for use in the spring quarter. Additionalinformation about these modules can be found in another paper5 in the proceedings of thisconference. Modules using particles size analysis and surface roughness are in the developmentstage. We plan to have five (or possibly six) modules in total. At the end of the spring quarter,an overall evaluation of the project will take place.Conclusions Page 8.838.8 Proceedings of the 2003

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jitendra Tate; Ronnie Bolick; Ajit Kelkar

. This new experiment generated lot of interest in undergraduate students to perform theresearch in the general area of manufacturing of composites. This laboratory experiment has yetto be assessed. It is planned to assess this laboratory experiment upon class completion this year.Bibliography 1. Daniel I. M.; Ishai Ori; 1994, “Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials”, Oxford University Press 2. Strong A. B.; 1989, “Fundamentals of Composite Manufacturing: Materials, Methods, and Applications”, Society of Manufacturing Engineers 3. BGF Industries, Inc.; “http://www.bgf.com/cchart.htm 4. Hexcel Corporation, Inc.; “http://www.hexcelfibers.com/Markets/Products/Continuous /_Productlist.htm” 5. The Dow Chemical

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

of Introduction to Engineering were taught at Walnut Hills. While studentsundoubtedly talked to each other about their projects, the students in one class did not have anopportunity to see the sorter systems constructed by teams in the other class. After collecting thefinal drafts of reports from all teams in both sections, the instructors made copies of the reportsand gave a copy of each team’s report to a team in the other section. Teams receiving the reporthad one day to read it and plan their approach to reconstructing the sorter system described inthat report. The next day, they presented to the instructors a list of the materials they would needto build the sorter. They had the remainder of that day and one more to build the sorter and

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilfred Roudebush

life cycle phases and does not account for inputs ofenvironment, goods, and services. Page 8.529.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Decisions based on an environmental impact analysis may rely on an EnvironmentalImpact Statement. An Environmental Impact Statement is an inventory, analysis, and evaluationof the effect of a planned built environment project on surrounding environmental quality asstipulated by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)6. Decisions based on anEnvironmental Impact Statement

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raj Mutharasan

most difficulty. Homework problems and class discussion of how to go about genemanipulations were used to help overcome these problems. A short text on genetic engineeringwas used during the second offering of the course to provide students with an immediatelyavailable reference source. Instructors made use of assigned problem sets to give the studentsexperience in the practical issues that arise in planning gene cloning, scale-up of fermentations,drug distribution in the body and biosensor operation. Thus, students were able to make theconnection between such things as rate equations used in biological systems and thoseencountered previously in their engineering courses. Another useful approach was to brieflysummarize previous class materials

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilmorat Ratchukool; Arnold Lumsdaine

required than is anticipated. It was only possible to developthese tutorials because a graduate student in instructional technology was assigned to do most ofthe “grunt work” of development. Also, as in many areas of course development, planning wellis the key to success, more than the number of hours devoted to development. Many hours arewasted if clear paths for development, along with storyboards, are not created early on in thedevelopment process.VIDEO TUTORIALSDescription Students were introduced to the MDSolids software package, which has features to assist inunderstanding many aspects of solid mechanics [3], including Shear Force and Bending Momentdiagrams. There would seem to be little to be gained pedagogically by encouraging students

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

established. • Advising for computer engineering students has been streamlined. Computer engineering students are now advised in the ECE department.New relationships have been built with local industry. For example, Alabama Power provided$500,000 in endowment funds to provide scholarships for ECE students; negotiations areunderway with Ferson Optics and Radiance Technologies for hiring ECE Co-op students; andFerson Optics is planning to commercialize a provisional patent on a beam splitter developed bythe ECE faculty.ConclusionThe ABET 2000 accreditation process was a constructive learning experience. It is the intent ofABET that engineering education be shaped by the consumers of electrical and computerengineering graduates in addition

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Best Zone Papers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

has developed a three-semester plan to implement adistance learning laboratory for this course. Currently, the development effort has justentered its second semester. Page 8.143.3Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 1. Network-based Architecture for Mobile Platform.Phase I – Platform And Monitoring/Control Methodology DevelopmentThe distance learning laboratory development project began during the Fall 2001semester. The overall goal of the first phase was to assess the learning motivation