Conference Session

Pedagogical Best Practices

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Guillaume; Crist Khachikian

predictedgrade. They were also asked to give reasons why their assessment may not match their actualearned grade. Surveys varied slightly to match the time of administration; a sample survey (fromthe 10th week of CE 384) is shown in Figure 1.This paper analyzes the numerical data obtained from these surveys that pertain to gradeprediction. Specifically, the expected grades are converted to grade points and compared to theactual grades. For this study, grades of “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D” are worth 4, 3, 2, and 1 gradepoints, respectively. Some students listed mixed grades in which case the equivalent gradepoints were averaged. For example, a student listing an expected grade of “A/B+” received 3.65grade points (i.e., (4+3.3)/2). A second paper is planned in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Segall

thephysics was not used as a basis for their score. This is an important point since the purpose ofthe course is to help teach basic engineering concepts and not to evaluate existing knowledge.Class participation accounted for another 10% of the grade with the remaining 40% of the gradeawarded for a term paper collected during the final class. For this paper, students were expectedto choose a science fiction story (movie or book) not covered in class and analyze the story for[ The course was originally conceived and planned by the author while at Penn State University to be Page 7.993.4delivered as a freshman-engineering seminar. Proceedings of

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John M. Sankovic; Dmitri Kourennyi

of 10% per day. We believe that thesemeasures, although sound severe, actually exert positive influence on students and help in thetiming of the course. First, it allows to keep course within planned timeframes, Second, studentslearn quickly that the full scale report requires substantial efforts to finish, and cannot be done thelast night before the deadline. Third, students are getting a little bit of discipline andorganizational skills.ConclusionEBME 313/314 “Biomedical Engineering Laboratory I/II” course has a complex structure, andrequires a lot of attention from the coordinator, TA, students, and lab instructors. In return,students are getting a diverse body of knowledge and skills. EBME 313/314 is not just a set ofeducational labs

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Abaté; Ramesh Gaonkar

policies all composed inappropriate industry legalese . Trainees are expected to attend classes five days a week,beginning at 8:00 a.m. Trainees are allowed a fixed number of absences for the duration of thetraining session, which must be officially called in; if a trainee exceeds that limit without a validreason, s/he is asked to leave the company (i.e., dropped from the program). Trainee teams areasked to design and/or analyze realistic industry projects in their electronics and computer labsessions, and are expected to present several oral and written proposals or presentations tooutside audiences, as Company representatives. Department managers periodically attend eachothers training sessions, in an atmosphere of department meeting planning

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

laboratory provides teaching and research capabilities in severalscience and engineering areas, including sensor technology, data acquisition, controlsystem design, system modeling, signal processing, image processing, and datavisualization. Future plans include the implementation of Internet-based measurementand experimentation to facilitate offering technical courses online.Bibliography1. Sensors for Measurement and Control, Peter Elgar, Henry Ling Ltd, Prentice Hall, 1998.2. Introduction to Control System Technology, 7th Edition, R. Bateson, Prentice Hall, NY, 2002.3. MATLAB Student Version Release 12, including the Control Systems Toolbox, The MathWorks

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisle Hites; Eric Nauman; Edgar O'Neal; Kay C. Dee; Glen Livesay

] The projects were such that each partners’ work was fairly equal_____12. The sequence of laboratory projects was thoughtfully planned so that later projects built on knowledge and skills developed in earlier projects_____ Page 7.1189.213. Laboratory projects were coordinated well with what was being covered in the class_____ Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2001, American Society for Engineering Education14. The laboratory projects were well prepared (e.g., instructions were clear, needed materials and equipment were at

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

.0460 .0196 Post - C Mean .9224 .9505 -.0281 Std. Dev. .0939 .0770 Std. Error .0161 .0075 Diff. in Means: Pre - Post .5339 .7603 .2264Biographical InformationDR. DONALD N. MERINODonald Merino is a tenured full professor of Engineering and Technology Management and Management at StevensInstitute of Technology and the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair of Economics of Engineering. He teachesEngineering Economics, Decision Analysis, Total Quality Management, and Strategic Planning. He is the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Emery; David Mould; Carey Noland; Brian Manhire

sales of processed steam at the Pécs Power Station in Hun-gary. Yet another was to develop a strategic plan to raise public awareness of environmental issues andfunding for environmental projects in the Czech Republic for the Environmental Partnership for CentralEurope.Students learn in teams by completing a variety of project tasks. Although faculty may prescribe somepro forma tasks such as performing SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats), country,region, market and industry analyses with concomitant presentations and project documentation, otherpertinent tasks may be performed ad hoc as course projects unfold.Some GLC projects are deliberately undertaken cooperatively with foreign universities so that GLCstudent-teams have

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jennings; Melanie McNeil; Art Diaz

basedon initial scale-up, however class discussion includes full scale-up production aspects. Thelaboratory course includes a capstone design project. This project is highlighted here because ofits importance in demonstrating the final scale-up capability of the students and the fact it will givea significant demonstration on the evolved ability of the cross-disciplinary student teams to utilizetheir skills to produce their design.The semester long assignment will be to produce a suitable industrial-level production plan for a Page 7.522.5product of interest to the team (such as insulin, human growth factor, etc.), as if it was to be

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

tomake decisions about students, instruction, curriculum, instructors, and program. Theyshould be feasible for implementation to improve the outcomes as well as the processes.For example, the classroom assessment has two important feedback. One of them is toinform the instructor about students' level of understanding and to indicate the roadblocksin learning process so that appropriate instructional interventions can be planned. Theother one is to inform students, parents, and others about student outcome. In programlevel the results of the assessment can be used as feedback to continuously improve thequality of program.Student Outcome Portfolios Student outcome portfolio is a viable measuring tool for assessment process and itcan be

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

the game. The full simulation included overtwenty distinct investment opportunities so this discussion is confined to illustrative examples.Possible InvestmentsEach student started the game with $10,000. The semester was divided into twenty turns. Thestated goal of the game was to finish turn 20 with as much cash as possible. Thus, all investmentshad a fixed, known planning horizon (and no salvage value unless otherwise stated). Studentswere given the option of placing money in a savings account- with no minimum or maximumbalance and no restrictions on frequency/size of withdrawals- at 5% interest per turn. In addition,students had the option of borrowing an unlimited amount of money at 15% interest,compounded every turn.Most investment

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Specht; Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

into corechemical engineering courses.Rachel Specht is a Junior Chemical Engineering Student at Rowan University. Rachel has an interest in biomedicalengineering and is planning to pursue a masters degree in this field. She has been a member of the Dean’s List atRowan University. She is the current president of the Society of Women Engineers student chapter at RowanUniversity and plays an active role in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Page 7.444.7Proceedings of the 2002American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Madara Ogot

common multi-media tools and have them apply that knowledge in the creation of their multi-mediapresentations. Although the actual software taught will change with market trends, students wereexposed to Adobe Photoshop®, Corel Draw®, Macromedia Flash® and iMovie® during the2001/2002 academic year.2.4 Specific Aim #4: Improvement of Student Communication SkillsStudents receive formal training on making oral presentations and writing technical reports, withparticular emphasis on the use of multimedia technologies. In the spring semester with studentsregistered for Reverse Engineering I/II (refer to Figure 1), the R&D teams hold joint weeklymeetings where team members present progress of the past week for review and plans for nextweek. All CDW

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Nadel; Daniel Walsh

current and future state-of-the-art projects that give an immediacy and relevance toaugment their traditional studies.Progress in education in the 21 st century depends upon access to world-class tools. Clearly,available infrastructures can either expand or inhibit our potential facility potential. We must beever vigilant, an infrastructure system can provide potential in one era, but drag us intoobsolescence in another era. It must be thought of as a perishable entity. This is an importantunderstanding because what was avant-garde yesterday is state-of-the-art today, derigueurtomorrow and passé at the end of the week.III. Vehicle RequirementsThe college has developed a strategic plan to invest in people, the tools they need to accomplishtheir

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid

to convince asomewhat reluctant student that the lab practical exam should be taken seriously.Optional help lab session:This will require a significant time investment on the part of the instructor, but can really benefitstudents. I plan a session around the second week of the semester for students who may be weakin some area of lab. Since we do not typically have classes on Fridays, one of these sessions canbe scheduled for a Friday. This lab session is entirely optional, although some students arestrongly encouraged to attend. I will usually have some basic laboratory exercises ready, andhave students work through these essentially with the instructor as the lab partner. This can serveas a confidence booster for a student, hopefully

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Budwig; Beyerlein Steve; Matthew Cunnington; Levi Westra; Donald Elger

, Professor Mike Anderson, Dec. 2000.2. Elger, D.F., S.W. Beyerlein, and R. S. Budwig, Using Design, Build and Test Projects to Teach Engineering, Proceedings of the 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 2000.3. Foss, J. F., Basic Elements in a Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Experience: An Engineering Science Approach, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol 110, Mar 1988, p 9-15.4. Lasher, William C., Jack H. Young, and Richard C. Progelhof, A Plan for Integrating CFD into an Undergraduate Curriculum, Final report submitted to the National Science Foundation, Grant # DUE-9651218, www.pserie.psu.edu/cfd/index.html, Jan 4, 2002.5. Novak, J.D., Gowin, D.B., Learning How to Learn, Cambridge: New York, p. xi

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Cockayne; John Feland; Larry Leifer

· implementation · planning · usability testing · writingOne hundred and ten personal skills are first super-classed into ten areas – Intelligence,Interpersonal, Communications, Maturity, Energy, Financial, Entrepreneurial Sales,Management, Other, and Non-Design Pursuits – with ratings of Yes, No, Sometimes, orOften. Examples of personal skills are: · flexible · team player · articulate · cooperative · vigor · set budgets · builds relationships · prioritizes clearly · publishesWhile the IDSA tool is a valuable start, it lacks much of the rigor that can be

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Glavinich; Patricia Brown

; Exposition Copyright ã2002, American Society for Engineering Education Many members of the AE community have expressed displeasure with the no-choiceformat of the AE examination. The reason for this is that most AE graduates practice in one ofthe four areas. In order to move to a breadth and depth format, the number of test takers must beconsistently at a level to assure that each module will have a statistical integrity.Lessons Learned Development of the AE examination was a learning process for AEI. Groups consideringthe development of a PE examination for their specific discipline may want to consider thefollowing five lessons during their planning process: · Lesson #1: Developing An Examination

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lane; Jim Harden

shared calendar fortriggering time-critical events.This web-based system for managing assessment data is an ongoing project. Further efforts willfocus on reporting, integration, and improving user interfaces. This will include the use of Excelfor integrated reports, simultaneously drawing from a number assessment instruments andperiods. We also plan to extend our efforts to generalize both the Perl and PHP scripts forautomating reporting for new or changing instruments. Other reporting tools with graphicalcapabilities will be investigated such as Crystal Reports. Another area of interest is incorporatingadditional assessment activities into the database. This includes the importing of externallygenerated data such as Co-op evaluation data and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chiang Shih

chart. Laboratory work ØLaboratory work: learning everything about the lab, running the experiment, collection of all necessary Planning and coordination data. ØPlanning and coordination: understand theory, finish calculation, Review organize data into presentable form. Not yet

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; Jennifer Kadlowec

theinstruction, figure a plan, and distribute the work evenly within the group. Meanwhile,they would measure the size and count the numbers of the teeth of the gears to be used,calculate the gear ratios between motors and axles of legs, and draw an illustration of thepower train. In a typical four-person group, two students would work on the left and rightparts of the body, which is symmetric, another one would build the control box, and thefourth would finish the drawing of the gear train. When the robots wer e finished, thestudents should conduct several experiments such as determining the maximum speed ofthe robot, and more interestingly, playing a robot soccer game at the end of the session. During the second week, we introduced the students to

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

planning 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 System software 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 Extinguishing device 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.95. Advancement in theoretical and practical knowledge. Students were asked to rate theiradvancement in the 15 subject areas. Table 5 lists results for the ENGR 120 studentswho entered the 2001 TCFFHRC entrants. Table 5. Students Advancing in Subjects Due to ENGR 120 (%) Theory Practice Subjects 100 100 Electronics, computer communication, motors and gears, mechanical design, control, sensors 90 100 Systems design 90

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Walter

they seem to enjoy it!ConclusionsWe plan to continue the transition of our Robotics course and lab into a Studio LaboratoryEducation and Research Environment consisting of 12 workstations that will serve the courseand provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate research projects. Although the Stampmicrocontroller is too basic a device to be used in industry, it is very user friendly and exposesME students with little formal programming experience to most microcontroller principles. Weplan to introduce more sophisticated microcontrollers including the PIC and Intel 8051 into thecourse this year to augment the Stamp experience. Both require C++ language, which our MEstudents do not previously get, so this may be a challenge. Our vision

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Bichara

the EngineeringTechnology center to become a presentation room showcasing the best illustration of studentcreativity. The decision was aimed to provide high school students, teachers, guidancecounselors, and the community at large an opportunity to experience the creative ability of ETstudents in conceiving, designing, and producing quality useful industrial as well as consumeroriented devices and products.A plan was formulated which involved using an Engineering Technology Project course (TECH36095) to engage students in the design and prototyping of working projects that would betargeted to depict one of the six associate of applied science degree programs offered. Thesedegrees are in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Plastics

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Meyers; Donald Kirk

engineers. Design, in the engineering sense, is the creation of acommodity for the benefit of mankind. In more complex terms, engineering design is theprocess by which ideas, tastes, prejudices, basic scientific principles and availableresources are weighted and combined (synthesized) into a well defined plan(specification) for the eventual construction of an object, process, or a system. This goaladdresses engineering design with emphasis on the design process. The starting point isthe identification of a need (e.g., an automobile is very noisy), followed by thespecification of design requirements, constraints and criteria, research, brainstorming,analysis of potential solutions, development and testing of models, and finally selectingthe best

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi; Ibibia Dabipi

successfulcompletion of the Electrical Engineering discipline, the student will receive a Bachelor ofScience in Electrical Engineering from College Park. In addition, other engineeringprograms may be pursued through the five-year UMCP plan for cooperative engineeringeducation which combines classroom theory with career-related work experience.Collaborative Distance Education ProgramThis unique program is founded on the premise of sharing resources among thecollaborating institutions and builds on the strengths of UMES, SU, and UMCP. Themodel combines the advantages of distance education and the conventional teachingenvironment and provides a unique means of offering quality engineering education toremote locations in the eastern shore of the state of Maryland

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jenkins; John Kramlich

faculty and industryadvisors use to rate the ability of their students as shown by senior design projects.Materials Science and Engineering noted that their senior project tells them a lot about thestudents, whether they can learn on their own, develop a work plan, carry it out and report theresults in written and oral formats.Summary/ConclusionsThe various department/programs of the COE at UW employed a variety of methods to satisfythe assessment requirements of ABET EC2000. Assessment methods common to most programsincluded surveys, feedback/evaluations/interviews, and grades. Overall, the degree of success ofthese common methods varied from department to department but in general, the commonality ofthe methods indicated familiarity and

Conference Session

International Graduate Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne Lax

directive, asopposed to the types of facilitative comments favored in the humanities6. Another usefulsupplemental commenting strategy is for the teaching assistant to note patterns of errors, ratherthan remarking on individual instances10.ConclusionHopefully, this paper will heighten awareness of this important, and neglected, issue inengineering education. Supervisors need to take into account the special rhetorical and culturalneeds of their international teaching assistants in planning orientation and mentoring sessions fornew teaching assistants who will be responsible for evaluating undergraduate lab reports.Increased multidisciplinary research involving such fields as engineering education, technical orprofessional writing, and English for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Tragesser; Gregory Agnes

). Figure 3. Ground StationWithin the power subsystem, there are four main components--power bus, batteries,undervoltage alarm, and the power interface for the experimental payload. The power busincludes the wiring and equipment necessary to provide a 12 VDC, 24 VDC, and 36 VDC powersupply from the batteries to the vehicle. The batteries are the voltage source. The undervoltagealarm informs experimenters when the batteries are running low. Finally, a special powerinterface allows the user to attach the experimental payloads to the existing power system.SIMSAT’s Educational RoleSIMSAT is currently integrated into the lesson plans of both the Introduction to SpacecraftDynamics and Intermediate Spacecraft Dynamics courses. These graduate-level courses

Conference Session

Rethinking Culture and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Mehalik

an isolated incident. Perhaps it was something that occurred whilethe client was handling the product. Or, perhaps Rohner had been shipping contaminatedproducts to many customers. Kälin did not know at the conclusion of the phone call with hisclient, but he knew he had to find out more about the situation.He immediately called upon his quality management staff and the EPEA for a plan to discoverthe source of the problem. The EPEA pointed out that the discovery of permethrin could not beexplained in terms of the design, because the EPEA had certified that all of the source materials,dyes, and finishing chemicals were free of pesticides, and all of the suppliers in the supply chaindid not use any pesticides in any parts of their operations