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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

lead a design team of a company and grow as technology advances, to express himself/herself in written and oral form, to be able to function as a project engineering immediately upon graduation, or undertake graduate studies in a variety of professional fields.The three primary objectives of the program are: 1. To produce an engineer capable of functioning as a project engineer upon graduation. 2. To develop professional design skills. 3. To produce and engineer capable of professional-level written and oral expression.We recognize that many of our students will not become or remain designers. While theirtraining will allow for this option, and certainly many take this route, many others will pursue adifferent career

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Ninteman; John Natzke

Christian worldview is included when addressing these issues. k. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice to develop responsible technologies—Analysis methods using Excel are taught with direct application to assigned homework and design projects. Students are thoroughly trained in the use of SolidWorks solid modeling software. The computer application MATLAB is used extensively for the analysis and synthesis of a wide variety of engineering problems. Its built-in plotting functions enable the graphical communication of results. The students process data files through their computer programs.An additional program outcome was added to our criteria

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Melnyk; Grant Crawford; David Stringer; Steven Braddom

. in Mechanical Engineering from West Point in 1985,an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994, and a Ph.D. in AerospaceEngineering from the University of Kansas in 2004. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Virginiaand holds FAA ratings in fixed and rotary winged aircraft and military ratings in the UH-1, OH-58A/C/D, and U-21. Page 10.1329.18“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”

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

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2005 Annual Conference

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Nalini Bhushan; Glenn Ellis; Eleanor Ory

Or ganizing a K-12 AI Cur r iculum using Philosophy of the Mind Glenn W. Ellis, Eleanor C. Or y, Nalini Bhushan Smith College, Nor thampton, MAABSTRACTHigh school teams competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition and students of all agesbuilding Lego robots have become increasingly common in K-12 education. Although roboticscan be an excellent means to introduce technology and engineering design into the classroom,the scope of artificial intelligence (AI) is much greater. To help students learn about these topicsin a meaningful way and to see how they fit together, this paper presents a concept map that usesprinciples from philosophy of the mind to organize AI topics. This

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thaddeus Fowler; Suzanne Soled; Laura Koehl; Anant Kukreti

Creating Partnerships between the University and Secondary Schools Laura A. Koehl, Suzanne W. Soled, Anant R. Kukreti and Ted W. Fowler Colleges of Engineering and Education, University Of CincinnatiProject STEP (Science and Technology Enhancement Program) is a joint effort between theColleges of Engineering and Education at the University of Cincinnati to partner with schools inthe Cincinnati Public School system. Project STEP connects engineering graduate students(Fellows) with middle and high school science educators to help bring authentic learningactivities into the classroom. The project is funded through the NSF GK12 program to enhancescience education.The project had two primary goals; 1) to

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Primus Tillman; Keith Johnson

A case study of the evolution of the Engineering Design Graphics Program at East Tennessee State University: from Art to Part Keith V. Johnson, and Primus Tillman East Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a model, case study, and prototypical example of how a major educationalinstitution evolves from splintered, specialized, interdisciplinary fields of study, in which eachmajor area develops independently of other related areas, to a unified, focused, all-encompassingfield of study in which all areas develop as interdependent technologies. This paper will discussthe evolution, challenges, and opportunities for educational institutions that desire to

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Brewer; Johannes Boehme; Glenda Scales; Cheryl Peed

. and Ph.D.degrees in Biomedical Engineering, a joint M.D./Ph.D. through the Wake Forest UniversitySchool of Medicine, and a joint D.V.M./Ph.D. through the Virginia-Maryland Regional Collegeof Veterinary Medicine. Given that students may take face to face classes on either campus orclasses via distance learning while residing on their home campus in either Blacksburg orWinston-Salem, new instructional technology solutions and infrastructure are required to supportthis initiative. A project team, consisting of members from Wake Forest and Virginia Tech, wasestablished to develop this innovative learning environment. A key feature of this learningenvironment is the ability for the professor to easily interact with students using multiple types

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

An Assessment of the Impact of Exploring Engineering Through An Experiential Learning Course on Student Attraction and Retention Julio Urbina and Hirak Patangia Donaghey College of Information Science & Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock jvurbina@ualr.edu; hcpatangia@ualr.eduAbstractWith funding from National Science Foundation, a project-based experiential course has been introducedat the freshman level to acquaint students with the engineering field, and to attract students intoengineering technology from the general pool of undeclared majors at the university. The course

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gillian Saunders-Smits

Session 3460 The Secret of their Success: What factors determine the career success of an aerospace engineer trained in the Netherlands? Gillian N. Saunders-Smits Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsIntroductionAlthough engineers are educated with a vision that they can become successful, very littleresearch is done into how engineers become successful. What is it exactly that makes oneengineer more successful than another? And what consequence does

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Glover; Frank Claydon; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft; Julie Trenor

GRADE camp participantsthrough their college years.Program Rationale The continuation of the technology explosion into the 21st century necessitates theavailability of a diverse and highly capable, technical workforce. The formation of a diverse Page 10.668.1workforce depends on active recruitment of women and minorities (both historically Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationunderrepresented groups in the field of engineering). Recent statistics show that while womenrepresent more than

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

A. Lambert; D. J. Russomanno; P. Palazolo; S. Ivey

abilities in order to thrive in a world of high-technology and globalization.Unlike traditional engineering programs that have portrayed students as “empty vessels”waiting to be filled with a regimented schedule of discipline-specific courses, 21st centuryengineering programs are predicted to be student-centered programs customized to meetthe needs of a divergent mix of undergraduate engineering students through “enhancedinstructional methodologies”. This paper presents examples of such programs already inprogress in a large, metropolitan institution far in advance of 2020 in hopes that suchexamples will mitigate the hesitancy and resistance for engineering educators morefamiliar with traditional engineering instruction.One such example comes from

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ritsuko Izuhara; Hideo Miyata; Toshiyuki Yamamoto; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

Kanazawa Institute of Technology ISHIKAWA 921-8501 Japan1. Introduction Engineering Design Courses (henceforth, ED Courses), characterized by Project-BasedLearning in Teams, are unique to Kanazawa Institute of Technology (henceforth, KIT). A total of1,700 engineering students from all eight engineering departments must take Engineering DesignCourses I through III before they graduate. In each Engineering Design Course, the studentsmust conduct two hours of in-class instructed learning as well as four hours of outside-classlearning activities in teams per week for ten weeks. KIT has also been a laptop engineeringinstitution since 1994, offering students a 24/7 learning activity lounge and e-Learning system

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno

The Use of Manufacturing Commands and Features in a CAD Interface to Familiarize Engineering Students with Manufacturing Equipment and Processes Capabilities Mario H. Castro-Cedeno Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5603 AbstractManufacturing features and commands such as cut, drill, mill, turn, etc. can be added to theinterface of computer aided CAD software. The commands can be used to design simple tomedium complexity parts by using commands in a way that resemble the creation of

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

UniversityAbstractPenn State University has hosted an NSF-sponsored GK-12 Outreach project for the past fiveyears, and has just begun the second phase of the project. The Penn State project utilizes thetalents of many science and engineering graduate students as teachers, mentors and role modelsfor the K-12 classrooms. The project focuses on developing skills of students in the areas ofscience, technology, engineering and mathematics through the use of Advanced TransportationTechnologies. A new project component was devised and implemented--the interaction of K-12students with college freshman via a website project. The college freshmen were asked to createa website describing a component of "Clean Energy", which was to include an assessment tool toprovide

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Greg Walker; Sean Brophy

Session XXXX Case study of the pedagogical impact of tablet PCs as a presentation medium in large-scale engineering classrooms Sean P. Brophy1 and D. Greg D. Walker2 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2Department of Mechanical Engineering Vanderbilt University, Nashville TNAbstractNew information technologies promise to enhance engineering instruction by facilitatingthe learning process. A preliminary study examines the use of a tablet PC as apresentation platform for problem-solving methodologies used in a fourth yearMechanical Engineering class of 50 students. Typical

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Sherick

engineering, (2) Help shape the engineering, engineering technology,and computer science workforce by increasing the number of Native American studentsgraduating from the College of Engineering, and (3) Improve access to qualityengineering and technology to rural and underserved populations by returning highlyeducated professionals to these communities.We have made progress toward these goals. For example, autumn 2004 we had 20 newstudents in engineering, more than twice the number we generally have. In this paper, wefocus on our activities related to graduating more Native American students. Wedescribe the details of our retention activities, including (1) our first summer BridgeProgram for new engineering students; (2) the contract we developed to

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Hudson; Laurence Merkle; Joshua Holden; Richard Layton

conference organizers is to create a design problem suitablefor students from a variety of science, math and engineering disciplines. This paper describesthe design competition the authors developed for the 2004 MUPEC conference hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Our goal in designing the competition was to create a day-longdesign problem suitable for undergraduates in engineering, math and science. Our goal inpresenting this work is dissemination: to describe the design problem, apparatus, software andtutorials for others who may be interested in replicating and improving the competition. Detailedplans are available via the Internet. Table 1: MUPEC Member Institutions Cedarville Univ

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs

exposure is criticalto the development of the prototype engineer for the 21st Century. The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology, (ABET), has asserted as much in their newest criteria forengineering programs. Emphasis on a more holistic approach to engineering education hasgained widespread acceptance. A new “premise” is evolving in education, simply stated thisassertion could be phrased “It is much better to learn by doing something, even in a verycontrolled environment, than to learn by simply talking about something or talking about doingsomething, even in a very free and open environment. ” Furthermore, this “postulate” has a

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Johnson; Andrew Jackson

Incorporating the 5S Philosophy into a Modern Engineering Education Program at Texas A&M University-Commerce Andrew E. Jackson, Ph.D., Mary E. Johnson, Ph.D. Industrial Engineering and Technology Department Texas A&M University-CommerceAbstract Professional aviation organizations, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing(NASCAR) teams, Indy Racing League (IRL) Teams, and Championship Auto Racing Teams,Inc. (CART) have known about and practiced the principles of 5S for years. The 5S acronymstands for 1) Sort, 2) Set in Order, 3) Shine, 4) Standardize, and 5) Sustain. Simply stated, itencompasses the philosophy of workplace

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sukesh Aghara; Irvin Osborn-Lee

Engineering Education Annual Conference Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Introduction The nuclear engineering program at PVAMU was established through the DOEOffice of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology Nuclear Engineering UniversityPartnership program. The program involves three universities; Texas A&M University(TAMU), Texas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK), a Hispanic Serving Institution,Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), a Historically Black University, all three beingpart of the Texas A&M system. TAMU, the lead university in the partnership, offersundergraduate as well as graduate degrees in nuclear engineering and is one of the largestnuclear engineering departments in

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sumedha Ariely; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

projector thatuses LED technology to address literacy needs in Mali, a pool table tools for use by children withdevelopmental disabilities, and scaffolding tools for a local Habitat for Humanity organization. Page 10.932.4The LED microfilm projector project developed in the fall 2002 term went on to win a social Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationentrepreneurship competition, and fifty units were recently produced and shipped to Mali. In anice connection, a 2.009 team in the fall 2004

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elias Faraclas; Catherine Koehler

engineering-type applications into existing mathematics,science and technology curriculum. While these modules have been successful in providingexamples of engineering applications, they simultaneously fail to provide students withengineering experiences. This document and project has been created in an attempt to addressthis deficiency. Page 10.1283.1“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The Engineering Experience In attempting to provide a comprehensive engineering experience, it is vital to definewhat is

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Goo; Maura Borrego

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationa second time. If a significant number of students answered incorrectly, the instructor leda discussion of the correct answer, including what was wrong with the incorrect answers.Using a web site set up by university computing technology groups, students registeredthe serial number of their clickers to their student ID numbers. Attendance andparticipation in class, as measured by responses using the PRS clicker, counted toward5% of students’ final grades. Between 2 and 6 questions were posed during almost every50-minute lecture.The receivers are small, relatively mobile devices, so it is possible to store them on

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Burleson; Theodore Djaferis; Paul Dobosh; Orin Hoffman

focus on promoting the systems perspective allowed us to expand thetechnology used in the end of the course as students were more prepared to handle thesystem issues that the more sophisticated technology presented. For example, weincluded a communication module that culminated in the students writing robustprotocols for bi-directional wireless communication that would provide the basic Page 10.948.6functionality of the student’s final design project: to build a tele-operated search and“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition” Copyright  2005, American society for

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Bryant; Paul Biney

-step comprehensive process for developing and assessing program objectives andprogram outcomes. The eight-step process is in accord with the requirements of the new ABET2000 criteria for accrediting Engineering and Technology programs. The process involves 1. Program objectives definition. 2. Primary assessment of Program objectives every two to three years. 3. Program outcomes definition and their relationship with program objectives. 4. Mapping program outcomes into the curriculum (courses). 5. Implementation of outcome competencies in courses and direct outcome assessment at course level each semester using direct measurement of student performance in each outcome measured in the course. 6. Direct semester program

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Rosenstein; Jeffery Donnell; Christina Bourgeois

Technology. This paper will discuss the rational behindthe integration methods adopted in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, theSchool of Mechanical Engineering, and in the joint program between the Schools of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.It is important to note that there were three common motivating factors that led each School todevelop an in-house program. These common factors were the following: • EAC/ABET’s requirement that competence in written and oral communication must be demonstrated by each engineering graduate (Section I.C.3.g.); • Growing awareness within the Schools of the need for engineers to be able to clearly and directly communicate with their

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Frehill

The NSF-ADVANCE Program and the Recruitment and Retention of Women Engineering Faculty at New Mexico State University Lisa M. Frehill, Ph. D. New Mexico State UniversityRecruitment and retention of women engineering faculty has become an increasingly importantissue as baby boomers hired in the 1970s and early 1980s have begun to retire. In general,higher education has difficulty competing with the lucrative salaries, benefits, and workingconditions offered by industry, which is especially the case with engineering. Concern for theprofessorate has led to a number of programmatic efforts at the National Science Foundation(NSF) to improve access to the

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Snellenberger; Donald Keating

Systems 4 Arizona State University East 5 / Western Carolina University 6 / Morgan State University 7 California Polytechnic State University 8 / Rochester Institute of Technology 9 New Jersey Institute of Technology 10 / Purdue University 11 University of South Carolina 12 AbstractThis is the fourth of four papers prepared for a special panel session of the National Collaborative TaskForce on Engineering Graduate Education Reform focusing on new educational approaches and processesthat better meet the development needs of the U.S. engineering workforce in industry to enhance globalcompetitiveness. Further graduate development of the U.S

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; R.N. Olson; R.E. Morrison; P.Y. Lee; L.M. Coulson; K. Gonzalez-Landis; J.P. Tidwell; J. O'Brien; Isadore Davis; H.J. Palmer; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; D.H. Quick; Albert McHenry; Jay Snellenberger; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

University 2 / Arizona State University East 3 Morgan State University 4 / California Polytechnic State University 5 / Purdue University 6 New Jersey Institute of Technology 7 / Rochester Institute of Technology 8 Raytheon Missile Systems 9 / Lockheed-Martin Company 19 Boeing Company 11 / Engineering Partnership-Arizona12 Hewlett-Packard 13/ Rolls-Royce Corporation 14 AbstractThis is the third of four papers prepared for a special panel session of the National Collaborative TaskForce on Engineering Graduate Education Reform. The paper formulates a very creative approach andframework for postgraduate professional education

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams; Lance C. Perez

Recruiting and Retaining Students from Underrepresented Groups for Graduate School at the University of Nebraska Stephanie G. Adams Assistant Dean of Research College of Engineering and Technology Associate Professor Department of Industrial and Management Science Engineering University of Nebraska, Lincoln Lance C. Pérez Director of Graduate Studies College of Engineering and Technology Associate Professor and Associate Chairman Department of