Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg

Chicago, Gary, Hammond, and the Lake Station target area. The goal ofthe introductory aviation course was to interest young people in the aviation industry, which istraditionally underrepresented by minorities. The students were exposed to all three componentsof the Aviation Program: Flight training, maintenance technology and business management.They were introduced to aerodynamics, propulsion, airframe structures and aircraft syst ems. Aqualified pilot taught them the basics of flying a B-727 full motion flight simulator, and theymade a flight in a light aircraft. As a final hands-on project the students built an aluminumwinglet section. Last summer the faculty organized field trips to a major air carrier maintenancefacility and an Air Force

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Radcliffe

different set of learning activities.Students on-site do not have lectures but are supported by access to lecture and other learningresources through a combination of paper-based and web-based delivery. As this is their finalyear, many of their courses are integrative and applied in nature, including an individual thesisproject worth one quarter of the grade for the year.A typical study program for the semester on-site includes thesis, professional development, oneapplied technical course and one other project or technical course. Each engineering disciplinehas a slightly different variant on this pattern. Being on-site has distinct advantages for thelearner, including being able to see how theory-based content from courses in earlier years fits

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Karas; Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

- channel data acquisition system for pressure This paper deals with development of a sensing and pressure drop assessment and a 486special leak and flow test apparatus. This CPU 166 MHz PC unit were used.apparatus would be used to check the reliabilityand performance of an innovative pneumatically Three individual channels were used inoperated injection valve for liquid molding the experimentation. The software used is anapplications. Also included are the results of application generator Windows based programvarious tests. This design is an example of one of called Visual Designer that enabled real-timethe author’s senior project carried out to fulfill BS

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Eugene Simmons; Michael Doran

develop their robotic projects. This paper will outline the goals of thecourse, the approach taken, problems encountered and solutions used along with lessons learned.Introduction: This paper describes a new course developed to provide students with the opportunity toapply knowledge gained in earlier Artificial Intelligence (AI) courses to a more tangible domain. Page 7.1264.1In this new special topics course, students, working in small groups, are required to design and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Balmer

new millennium(see www.olin.edu). Their emphasis will be on providing a rigorous preparation in engineeringscience, team-based design, communications, independent projects and research, and principlesof business management and entrepreneurship*. Finally, in June, 1996, Robert A. Lutz, President and CEO of Chrysler Corporation (currentlyChairman of GM North America), made the following comments to a national engineeringcollege advisory committee5: "Five or six years ago Chrysler Corporation once again found itself in very serious trouble. And the reason had to do with our companies thinking. We weren't taking a holistic approach to how we ran our business. Our functional hierarchies had become ossified-, inter- and intra

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Shamamy

selectengineering materials with certain properties. Students are required to complete all theseassignments and submit a hard copy of their work. These assignments are all begun in class,with the instructor starting the assignment and projecting the work on a screen for all to seewhile the students work on their individual laptops. The assignments are too long to becompleted in class so the students must finish them outside of class. In spite of the increasedcomputer literacy of our students, it has been observed that all of these exercises introducestudents to new computer skills.I. IntroductionThere is heavy demand today for college graduates to possess a high level of computer literacy.Graduates are expected to understand the traditional programs found

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Gil Laware

products. The advertisers use various devices to stimulate, excite, and engendersome form of rapid buying response. Mothers often see and understand this phenomenonwhen they go shopping with their child who asks for something that they saw in a recenttelevision advertisement. At what point does the child become engaged enough tobecome proactively involved and request the item he or she has seen in theadvertisement?Every advertisement presents some form of excitement. The child is able to project foritself from the advertisement. As a result, the advertisement achieves its purpose instimulating the child to anticipate the same excitement when the item is purchased. Thechild develops the excitement (“what”) and learns that playing with the product

Conference Session

International Graduate Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

Proposal Writing” was first developed two years ago as arequired core course for incoming chemical and biochemical engineering (CBE) graduatestudents. The course has been offered in the summer with a CBE faculty member coordinatingcourse content and projects. Various CBE faculty members delivered individual lectures, and ateam of CBE faculty members graded student work.This course does not take the place of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) courses that may berequired by the university after an English proficiency evaluation or a speaking andcomprehension skills test. The ESL courses focus on basic skills associated with everydaycommunication (grammar, pronunciation, conversation, reading, and writing), while this coursefocuses on the art of

Conference Session

Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Cooney

, then delivering a good conclusionshould be a stated objective for the assignment.Example Lab Report Rubrics: Simple, Complete, and Creative Figures 1-4 show rubrics from four high school teachers. The Figure 1 shows a generalscience rubric. Each level has a detailed description of the criteria for performance at this level.Note that there is an even number of “Levels” – this is recommended to prevent too many“middle” responses. Point values are assigned for each level; the final grade is a total of allpoints earned. Figure 2 is a chemistry lab report rubric developed as part of a “Writing Across theCurriculum” project. It examines in detail the content and format of the report, includingrequirements for specific data and font size

Conference Session

TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Grace; Scott Klingenstein; Ron Ulseth; Nick Nicholson; Don Moen; Amy Hendrickson; Aaron Wenger; Kenneth Gentili; Paul Gordy; Jim Richardson

collaborationaimed at moving TYCs to the forefront of engineering education is highly desirable.At Itasca Community College we have been building an engineering program for over a decade. It startedwith the realization that our calculus physics should be taught as an introduction to the necessary analysisof engineering, not as a theory of physics course for one or two physics majors per decade. We customizedthe program further by building into it lab-centered instruction and student-design projects. We created asense of ownership for the program by students and a very real support network via a student LearningCommunity. Our program now stands at the cusp of being the fifth largest in Minnesota through the state-funded construction of an Engineering Center

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Taylor

program; · a core of courses taught by the Weatherhead School of Management, including New Venture Creation and a new course on Technology Entrepreneurship; · a physics master’s thesis involving an entrepreneurially oriented project. This will typically arise from an entrepreneurially oriented internship in a sponsor company, or from a student-designed research project that will be the basis for launching a new venture; · options for elective courses tailored to the needs of each student; · an active seminar program provides continual exposure to scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs who are actively engaged in forming new high-tech ventures

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed McCaul; Alfred Soboyejo; Robert J. Gustafson

courses 186 66.4%C Attending a professional conference 177 63.2%D Earning an advanced degree 119 42.5%E Reading technical books 108 38.6%F Attending corporate training sessions 103 36.8%G Increasing job responsibility 94 33.6%H Research or working on design projects with a college or 93 33.2% universityI Taking college courses for credit

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vipin Kumar; Scott Eberhardt

during our tour as Welliver fellows. We also visit thesimulator labs, manufacturing and flight test.In my flight test course I have included guest lecturers from Boeing and received severalcase studies to use for classroom exercises. The course, which is offered spring quarterto seniors, focuses on many practical engineering problems. Students work in teams withrotating responsibilities. Reports are written following documentation requirementstypical for certification. The students now have to become familiar with the FARs(Federal Air Regulations), as motivation for their data collection.KumarI developed a Sterling Engine fabrication project for "hands-on", quarter long labexperience in ME 3044 (introduction to manufacturing). This was the first

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in E/M ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga

still interested in demand-sidemanagement projects to distribute the demand profile, which prevent the construction of newgenerating facilities. Students may even get funding for developing electronic devices that mayprovide consumers the status of an electrical power grid so that consumers can be educated touse large residential appliances when there is a low power demand in the grid.Outreach EffortsOne of the by-products of using energy audits as hands on activities is that they can be designedto help communities. Instead of conducting on campus projects, students may choose to helpreducing the energy consumption of residences around the campus. Since there is interest inincorporating solar energy to residential users at the federal level

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William M. Pottenger; Soma Roy; Shreeram A. Sahasrabudhe; Qiang Wang; Jeffrey J. Heigl; G. Drew Kessler; David R. Gevry

. Constructive learning goes beyond learning byreceiving knowledge, to learning by building systems, with immediate, visual feedback.Collaborative learning encourages students to interact with instructors and librarians via livelinks and remote-controlled “show me” sessions and by reviewing multimedia FAQs of recorded“show me” sessions. Inquiry-based learning guides the student into pursuing exploratoryresearch in a community of students and scholars. A text mining and visualization tool enablesstudents to identify and explore emerging technology trends in computer science as part of ourinquiry-based framework. Our project documents, evaluation materials and a prototype areavailable at www.cse.lehigh.edu/~cimel.1.0 IntroductionCIMEL is a multimedia

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Masakazu Obata; Leon Sanders; Keiichi Sato; Yuko Hoshino

Copyright© 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationseries of lectures, by doing some simple homework assignments, by writing a report on theresearch projects they were doing that time, and by giving oral reports on their writtenreports. They were expected to learn how to write engineering reports. It was hoped thatwhat they learned could be applied to writing reports in any language.The technical report writing course followed the schedule below.Week Class content1 introduction of the course preparing a brief memo explaining the student’s project (due Week 2)2 discussing content of a report, title page through reference and bibliography preparing a short outline for

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Otto Loewer; John Ahlen; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

, as a team effort producesthe needed proof-of-principle. Equipment within the appropriate departments that couldbreadboard an idea under consideration is brought to this table. Such a table has been initiallyfocused on physics and electrical engineering to take advantage of the resources available. TheIncubator is prepared to expand into other engineering and science areas as clients express needsand matches to equipment and facilities can be made. These collaborative projects enrich both thelarger community and our own educational mission by integrating students’ research, creativework, classroom learning, and practical projects. They also promote collaboration among differentgenerations of students, teachers, and community partners. The

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonid Preiser

Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Intelligence, and CST 452, Human-Computer Interaction.Bachelor of Science in Information Technologyo Based on both assessment of separate course outcomes and assessment of program outcomes, the BSIT program has undergone extensive renovation during 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 academic years: revised course descriptions for CST 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 437, and 438, enhanced hands-on computer components throughout the program curriculum, and introduction of the two-part capstone project, IS 420A/B.Master of Science in Software Engineeringo The updated MSSE curriculum emphasizes the state-of-the art concepts of SDLC (Software Development

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

support of NSF (which started from spring of 2002) has increased the momentum of theefforts that started in 1998 for creation of the State of the Art Laboratory. Successful implementationof this project will result in several measurable outcomes including:1. Generation of comprehensive blueprints for fabrication of apparatuses necessary for precision experimentation in the areas of Mechanics of Materials and Dynamics of Machinery.2. Creation of detailed laboratory manuals-ready for distribution to students.3. A well thought out and comprehensive plan for putting together an affordable model laboratory that successfully addresses the fundamental requirements of undergraduate laboratories in mechanical and civil engineering as well as

Conference Session

Reaching Out to the Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Gomez

weigh more than an existing containeron the market (+ 4oz). Detailed CAD drawings of the prototype must be supplied with thespecific scale to be determined by the design team. A full-scale model of the prototype will besupplied using materials that accurately depict the materials intended for the design. Instructionsfor the use of the system must be written in technical form and include illustrations and/orpictograms.The teams are also responsible for completing a research report on the use and need for recyclingHDPE oil containers. This includes pictures, graphs, as well as examples and expert testimonyrelevant to the project. An electronic presentation (PowerPoint) is also required. Thepresentation includes the entire process of designing the

Conference Session

Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

obligation to society to advance its standards and toprescribe the conduct of its members."1 Page 7.946.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationPeople often ask," Why the Engineering License is so important?" The goal of the licensingprocess is to ensure that an engineer who is responsible for a given project will not jeopardize thehealth, safety, or well-being of the general public. Therefore, when a state awards a professionallicense to an engineer, it legally acknowledges that the licensee has

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Bichara; Raj Chowdhury

TECH-PREP and Certificate Programs FIGURE 2 Technology Curriculum Model at Kent State UniversityStudent pursuing a Master of Technology (MT) degree must complete a minimum of 32 graduatecredit hours. At least 16 of those hours must be the School of Technology (TECH) courses at the60000 (post-undergraduate) level and above. The students must also satisfy three (3) core courserequirements, which are: -TECH 50000 Quality Standards -TECH 60000 Project Management -TECH 60078 Research in TechnologyThe core courses are designed to provide required competencies in applied research, operationaland quantitative skills in a

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Hines; Belle Upadhyaya

course for both certificate programs.This course, along with three others, were developed under an NSF-CRCD grant. The course istaught for seniors and first-year graduate students in engineering, and is designed in a modularfashion with each module describing a specific topic in maintenance engineering. The courseactivities include team projects, and cyber-linked student projects2 with student teams in Franceand Brazil. This independent study component provides experience in team-based activity andcoordinating and carrying out project goals when the teams are separated by large distances.In order to compliment the classroom activities, a Maintenance Engineering Laboratory wasdeveloped under the NSF-CRCD grant. This self-contained teaching

Conference Session

New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Yelton

Students into the courses allowedsome relatively low enrollment courses to fill. This is a win-win situation for everyone involved.This also enables us to have collaborative projects between technologies. These courses are nowpopulated with Information Technology and Engineering Technology students who collaborate Page 7.693.4on projects. This provides additional real world experience from which all students can really Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationbenefit. The biomedical

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

. Page 7.425.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society of Engineering Education Session 2109In 1994, a paper was presented for ASEE giving a survey of bioengineering problems forstandard chemical engineering classes1. This article outlined a study in which individualproblems were incorporated into chemical engineering courses. In the “biomedical engineeringacross the curriculum” project, we have established stand-alone modules with homeworkproblems across a broad range of electrical and mechanical courses. For every core course

Conference Session

New MET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Coe; Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

This paper is based on a senior machine is located right on the top of thedesign project. It is an example of a floor. There is no additional adjustmentcomplete work from conception and design tooling that would come up from the bottomto implementation in the industry. This of the vehicle.project also shows how the industry benefitsfrom supporting curriculum based projects. The design of the wheel stop mechanism has been drawn in Mechanical In design process of any device, Desktop V4 – 3D CAD system. Importantthere exists a magnitude of considerations calculations and tests were also made toand a challenge for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Atashbar

thinking, identifying the best solution to the problem, preparing reports, plans,specifications, and scheduling, etc.Team work was emphasized throughout the course. In order to facilitate effective team work,students were taught how to work as a teams and specific protocols were established forresolving problems within students groups. Also as in [7], homework and lab assignments arecompleted within the student teams. Students also maintain a laboratory notebook and the needfor planning their project is stressed in order to ensure completion.In the lecture the instructor addressed questions and introduced concepts needed for the currentexperiment. This has avoided the passive style of learning, which tends to inhibit learning by allbut the most

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

instructional media had a strong effect on student achievement, while the effectof instructor differences was negligible. Selection bias, novelty factor, differences in instructionaldesign and social threats to the internal validity of the study were also rejected as a possibleexplanation for the observed differences in achievement.I. IntroductionBackgroundThe study was situated in the sixth semester Control Systems course (ELE639) in anundergraduate program in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto,Canada. Hypermedia (text, graphics, video and sounds, linked in a non-linear, associative manner)have been introduced into the course to support experiential learning 1, 2 . A pilot project 3 withclassroom hypermedia

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Philip J. Parker; Christina Curras; Michael R. Penn

grades into Blackboard.The time needed to manage the class via Blackboard was small, as it only takes a minute or twoto post an assignment or file. However, the impact on student learning is also small, with theprimary benefits being the availability of data. Blackboard was beneficial to the instructor in thesense that students could no longer say “I lost the assignment, can I have another copy?” and hadno excuse for not knowing the reading and homework assignments.4.3 CE 433: Solid and Hazardous Waste EngineeringCE 433 is a senior-level environmental engineering course with typical enrollments between 10and 20. This elective course consists of eight modules, with each module culminating in adesign or research project. Half of the module

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

faculty, providing seed money for research, and buying equipment. Manyengineering programs seek national funding through a government organization such as theNational Science Foundation or the Department of Education. To show that the money and timewill be well spent on any particular project, an assessment plan is needed. During the projectand at the end of a project, a report is usually required to show that the program was successful,that a change was made, or a result was obtained. User-friendly guidebooks have beendeveloped that describe both formative and summative assessment. 1 Page 7.1018.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American