Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Blair Rowley

in class. Here they learned about team dynamics: forming, storming, norming,performing, and adjourning. The text used in the first quarter provided the students with a goodresource for studying these concepts 1. By the middle of the quarter the seniors were beginning tolearn the design concepts but needed something more practical to practice on than in-classproblems. For this the seniors were coupled with a freshman team.Our freshman engineering and computer science program is a one quarter course offered eachquarter of the freshman year. All freshmen in the college are required to take it. The courseintegrates a lecture and two labs each week. There are also a number of team events which

Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alene Harris; Monica Cox, Purdue University

bioengineering classrooms within the VaNTH (VanderbiltUniversity, Northwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin, and theHarvard/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Science and Technology)Engineering Research Center, the VaNTH Observation System (VOS) is a four-part directobservation instrument that examines faculty and student interactions, students’ academicengagement levels, the lesson content and context of a class, and global ratings of effectiveteaching.1 In addition, the VOS reports information about faculty members’ use of the “HowPeople Learn” (HPL) framework, a framework, that when coupled with traditional teachingtechniques, are expected to optimize student learning. The first part of the VOS, the

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

-start on their engineering courses. Data on persistence and graduation rates of WISE Bridge participants since 2000 will bepresented. Possible explanations for former Bridge participants’ persistence or consequentchanges in major and their graduation/persistence rates after leaving engineering will bediscussed.I. Introduction The interest in engineering as a choice for a major in colleges and universities is at a 30-yearlow. For all students regardless of gender and ethnicity, major issues that impact first-yearretention include difficulty in the transition from high school to college, financial problems, andgeneral misinformation about the engineering curriculum [1]. In addition, first-year engineeringstudents generally have little

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar; Michael Urynowicz; Jerry Hamann

student interest is natural. Many students have been involved in spinouts and even rolloversduring their driving experiences which lead them to be curious about the factors that aresignificant. They can usually guess that the trackwidth and the weight (more correctly, thecenter of gravity) of the vehicle are significant. The SSF is equal to one-half the trackwidth ofthe vehicle divided by the height of the center of gravity. Hence, it is easy to understand andmanipulate. This leads to a simple series of experiments using five similar vehicles with varyingtrackwidths. These are: 1) Determination of rollover angle and calculation of the center of gravity. 2) Measurement of sliding friction leading to rollover. 3) Stability measurement

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

optimization while meeting theinstructional needs of students.Meeting the instructional needs of students to learn the material is the keystone of every effectiveprogram. The tools of educational technology and software hold tremendous potential forimproving both teaching and learning processes. Papers [1-6] reported that those who integratetechnology in the learning process believe it will improve learning and better prepare students toeffectively participate in the 21st century workplace. Today, educators are concerned with howto use technology to enhance and enrich their learning environments rather than asking whetherto use it.One of the educational technology elements is Multimedia. Multimedia which is defined inpaper [7] as “the integration of

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

problems: no specific or clearlydefined objective(s) for the meeting or the participants; no meeting agenda; unpreparedleaders or participants; and the wrong choice of participants. Care should be taken to teach students how to prepare for an effective meeting.An effective meeting will incorporate several principles: 1. Determine the objective of the meeting Why is the meeting going to be held? 2. Determine who should participate Who can influence the fulfillment of the meeting objective? 3. Set an agenda What is the plan of action for the meeting? 4. Prepare for the meeting What is needed in order to provide answers and save time? 5. Run the

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy L. Mahan; Martin J. Gutowski; Brian H. Victor; Mark Deluca; Sarma Pisupati

Impact of Innovative and highly interactive Online Activities on Energy Efficiency Education Sarma V. Pisupati 1, 2, Mark Deluca 3, Marty Gutowski 2, Wendy Mahan 3 and Brian Victor3 1 Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering Department/2 John A. Dutton e-Education Institute/ 3Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Division of Information Technology Services The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA 16802 spisupati@psu.eduAbstract:Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection (EGEE 102) course has been taughtat Penn State since the fall of 2001

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad R. Sarfaraz; Tarek Shraibati

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

Successful K-12 Teacher and Faculty Participation in a STEM Professional Development Program George M. Nickles III,1 Carol L. Stuessy,2 & Jane F. Schielack1 1 Information Technology and Science (ITS) Center for Teaching and Learning, Texas A&M University/2Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe Information Technology in Science (ITS) Center for Teaching and Learning has developedan effective model for the professional development of teachers, the Learning Research Cycle(LRC), that has direct impact on K-12 teachers and their students. This paper describes thegeneral LRC and a

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

1.Adobe Acrobat SoftwareWhen making documents available for students through the course WebCT site, it may be moreadvantageous to convert all these documents to PDF files (Portable Document Format files)using the Adobe Acrobat software. A summary of some of the more attractive features of “PDF”files and the benefits they offer are outlined and briefly discussed below. Page 10.209.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 1. Sample Instructional Material Created Using EXCEL and Word for

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xinyu Wang; Manohar Konchady; Joshua Mason; Jagannathan Sankar; Sergey Yarmolenko; Balasubramanian Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

and environmental conditions especially for thin coatings.Generating mechanical property profiles as a function of depth and performing varyingload tests provide additional insight in characterizing adhesion as well as wear resistanceof thin coatings. The Nano Indenter is a specialized piece of mechanical characterizationequipment well suited for this purpose. In the present experiment, thin and thick coatingsproduced on low carbon steel using dip-impregnation technique are characterized by bothtribometer and Nano Indenter.In our case, the friction test procedures are demonstrated on two types of materials listedbelow. The test materials are not a limiting factor, as any pair of untreated and treatedspecimens can be used. 1. SAE 1018

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

of small team work; one Fellow works with 1-3teachers--the Fellow serves as a technical resource for the teacher and classroom and the teacherserves as an expert about pedagogy and classroom teaching. The Fellow helps to designengineering activities that align with science and math curriculum frameworks for all grades. TheFellow spends a majority of his/her time co-teaching each class and is therefore exposed firsthand to the challenges and intricacies of public education.Evaluation data collected throughout both Tufts GK-12 projects have suggested an apparenttrend in how the Fellows’ understanding of teaching and schools changes over the course of theirFellowship. Furthermore, many of the Fellows report improvement in their communication

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Georgios Anagnostopoulos

conferences and/or journalspertaining to education, ML or related areas.As we mentioned earlier, SDPs are reminiscent of senior design projects for engineering studentsand capstone projects for computer sciences students (equivalent for two 3-credit hour courses,normally offered in the Fall and Spring of the student’s senior year), which are well establishededucational vehicles and have become an integral part of engineering and computer sciencecurricula. Owing to the proven educational effectiveness and value of these course projects,EMD-MLR’s concept of SDP teams has been modeled after them. Community college studentsparticipating in these SDP teams are awarded two 1-credit hour coursework from the hostUniversity (FIT or UCF) that will be

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

has increased my knowledge of 4.06 engineering careers.16 Participating in the NACME program has helped me write my resume. 4.3317 Participating in the NACME program helped me improve my presentation 4.00 skills.18 Participating in the NACME program has helped me make friends in 4.44 engineering.19 I am confident in my overall communication skills. 4.50Table II. Average Benefits Ranking of NACME Program.Key: 1= Strongly Disagree, 2=Disagree, 3=Neutral, 4=Agree, 5=Strongly AgreeIn general, the students agreed with the benefits of the NACME program given in Questions 8-19. It

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janice Duy; Scott Dunning

The ProblemEnergy use and energy efficiency have become hot topics in recent years asenvironmental awareness and concern grow. The industrial sector in particular has beentargeted, since its energy use comprises roughly 1/4 of the national energy consumption[1], and that figure has been growing, according to the latest statistics from the EnergyInformation Administration (EIA) [2]. Figure 1 shows the rising trend of industrialenergy consumption from data taken from the EIA’s Manufacturing Energy ConsumptionSurvey (MECS), for report years 1991, 1994, and 1998; as of the writing of this paper,the 2002 survey had just been mailed out. 26.5 26 25.5

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Teri Rhoads; Kurt Gramoll

context of the traditional"course-dictated" curriculum. While this strategy promotes faculty buy-in and minimizesinstitutional cost, we believe that desired outcomes may be more fully realized if the curriculumwere more flexible, viz, provide basic engineering science skills and tools to the students on anas-needed basis to complete the project. Thus, the objective of the planning grant is to pilot aproject-driven, "course-less" curriculum. In this setting, “course-less” does not refer to “nocourses.” Rather, there would be “less” of them because traditional courses that teach basicconcepts would be replaced with self-paced IT modules. The pilot study consists of four phases:1) develop electronic modules to deliver content from fluid mechanics on

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Yang; Andrew Bennett; Steve Warren

curriculum, and long-term retention can be more of a factor forsome students than for others. This makes aggregate assessments of mathematics knowledgeretention difficult. This situation is exacerbated by the fact that student learning in LinearSystems is not simply a result of how much mathematical knowledge students retain: it alsodepends on the interpersonal dynamics between students and faculty and the resultant learningenvironment that these foster.To understand semester-to-semester retention of mathematics knowledge, improvements areneeded in two areas: (1) tracking systems for both homework and exams that offer bettergranularity than current systems and (2) formalized, consensus-based plans for how these datawill be acquired and stored so

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Mike Collura; Dave Harding

forteaching basic feedback control without the obligatory system modeling and analysis. Forfreshman, the intent is to provide an extremely motivational hands-on experience with feedbackcontrol as a first layer of the spiral curriculum.Basic open and closed loop control is easily accomplished with a standard “while” loop inLabVIEW and a “shift register” which carries values from one iteration step to the next.Figure 1 shows a sample proportional control loop. A sensor is read from an analog input Page 10.828.2subroutine or VI(virtual instrument) is then compared to a set point value. The difference is “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; P.K. Imbrie

Cronbach’s coefficient alpha, were: .96, .92,.96, and .94 for Interdependency, Learning, Potency, and Goal-Setting, respectively. Cronbach’scoefficient alpha for the entire scale was .98.Backgr ound The NAE National Research Council Board on Engineering Education, NSF EngineeringEducation Coalition Program, and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [1]Engineering Criteria 2000 ushered in a movement to reshape the engineering curricula. To buildon these pioneering initiatives, new educational pedagogies must be used to develop graduates assuccessful professional contributors and lifelong learners in global, multi-disciplinary markets;be flexible to support diverse career aspirations; be agile to rapidly transform in response

Conference Session

Issues of Building Diversity

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Isadore Davis; Eugene DeLoatch; Sherra Kerns; Carla Purdy; Lueny Morell

level. The paper includes a “holistic diversity model” that applies to both educationand industry. The model consists of four primary elements: 1) Diversity of Representation; 2)Valuing Diversity; 3) Managing Diversity and; 4) Marketplace Diversity.IntroductionOn May 17, 2004, America observed the 50th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of EducationTopeka U.S. Supreme Court decision. The Brown decision opened the doors of K-12 and highereducation for people of color to pursue educational opportunities in previously segregatedschools, colleges and universities across America, particularly in the South.Ten years later, the 1964 Civil Rights Act-Title VII and President Johnson’s Executive Order12246 served as two of the catalysts to provide racial

Conference Session

Exploring Trends in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Zoghi

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabe Garcia; Ian Leslie

problems each week. ME 260covers the following topics: 1. Engineering Problem Solving 2. MATLAB Environment 3. MATHCAD Environment 4. MATLAB Functions 5. Linear Algebra and Matrices 6. Solutions to Systems of Linear Equations 7. Interpolation and Curve Fitting 8. Ordinary Differential Equations 9. Symbolic Mathematics using MATHCAD 10. Integration and Differentiation using MATHCAD 11. Special TopicsAlthough traditional programming topics such as functions, control structures, arrays,input/output, etc. are not listed in the above topics they are still covered in the course. Theemphasis of the course is problem solving and in the process of solving engineering problemsstudents learn much of the material taught in a

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci; Jonathan Weaver

Session 1125 Using Industry-Like Product Development Projects in Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Courses Karim H. Muci-Küchler1 and Jonathan M. Weaver2 1 Mechanical Engineering Department South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2 Mechanical Engineering Department University of Detroit Mercy Abstract A good engineering education involves more than preparing students that have soundtechnical knowledge in a

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi; Zbigniew Pasek

wish to offer CIM courses are: (1) thecost of the appropriate equipment, and (2) the relative complexity of a functional and meaningfulCIM environment. It is clear that creating educational systems that emulate the complexity ofindustrial systems for studying CIM concepts for assembly in particular is not a trivial task.This paper describes a general CIM system concept which can be used to design and fabricateproducts built from Lego blocks. Such products are conceptualized and designed within a LegoCAD System from a subset of the available Lego building blocks. Assembly sequences forbuilding these products are carried out by means of robotic devices. Process planning andtrajectory planning software are used to determine the build sequence and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dick Blandford

can be two levels (fetch/execute) or three levels (fetch/decode/execute).Figure 1 shows the opening screen of the simulator program. The three-level pipeline mode isshown.III. Operation of the simulatorIn operation a user creates an application and loads it into memory. This machine resets allregisters to zero so zero is a convenient address of the first machine instruction. The applicationprogram appears in program memory as a sequence of bytes with a machine instructionconsisting of one or more bytes. On start up, the microprogram counter is reset to zero and themicroprogram sequence stored at that location is typically the machine instruction fetch. Thisfetch delivers the machine instruction to the instruction register (IR) where it is

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. C. York; Tamara Knott

contest is an excitinghonor and likely more important to them that placing in the ASEE final competition.Student ResponsesTo evaluate the success of the evening design workshops students were surveyed aboutworkshop usefulness, weaknesses and asked for general comments. The number of signedwaivers collected was used to determine usage of the workshop facility. To evaluate student andsatisfaction with the workshops and to make future improvements, student responses werecollected to the following survey questions: 1. Did your group use the Frith Lab? 2. Did your group have regular access to tools and workspace outside of the Frith Lab? Answer 3, 4, and 5 only if your group used the Frith Lab 3. Were the supervisor and the TAs in the Frith

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Stockman

restructuring along ITlines and have designed new majors and curriculum. Two cases of special note are Indiana [1]and RPI [2], both of which have made IT or “informatics” pervasive in their curricula. Welldeveloped program proposals for Information Technology and Information Systems majors werepresented at ASEE2004[3].In order to meet demands of students and employers, Michigan State University introduced an ITSpecialization for students from three of its Colleges [4]: the Specialization is a set of coursesdesigned to supplement the programs of students enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs in theEli Broad College of Business, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and theCollege of Engineering. Students completing the specialization should

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kari Clase