Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

calculation and a project that deals with resistance applications. Each student worked on a different project that dealt with “novel” resistance applications. The student from section 3 had to present his/her project both orally (using PowerPoint) and in written format. Students from sections 1 and 2 had also to present their case solutions orally and in written format but as team presentations.· For all sections, topics related to calculating the resistance of an object were not required in preparation for the final exam. Furthermore, students were not told to study problems related to resistance calculation nor the pizza case.· There were six transfer questions in all, centered on calculating the resistance of various 3-D

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Goldenberg; Carlos Morales

complexity of projects increases, the need for collaboration tools has increased.Not only do workers need the ability to collaborate on their actual designs, but also on theproject-management issues that accompany any large scale design endeavor. Mostdevelopers of engineering design software have answered this problem by providingsome degree of collaborative tools within their packages. It is not uncommon to find anarray of collaborative tools in today’s major engineering design packages. A quicksurvey of the toolsets available in packages such as CATIA, ProEngineer,SolidEdge/SolidWorks, Autodesk Mechanical Desktop, etc. reveals a wide range offeatures ranging from web-viewer to project-management [1,2,3,4].The major weakness with these

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Abaté; Ramesh Gaonkar

are steadily declining. The project is concerned with preparingunderprepared students for the technical workforce in an environment of globalization, rapidlychanging technology, and the declining of basic skills (communication and mathematics) ofincoming students.Our traditional approach to resolve these issues of underprepared students has been to offerdiscipline-based remedial courses. However, this compartmentalized teaching has notsucceeded in meeting the expectations of these students and reducing the attrition rate which isgenerally higher than 60%.Our project attempts to build a bridge between the skills of incoming students and the skills theymust have to meet the demands of the future workforce. This bridge is being built on a

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cliff Mirman; Radha Balamuralikrishna

Engineering Technology program as themodel example.Significance of a Proactive RelationshipOccena et. al. projected that most school students map out their career paths by the time theyenter their final year in high school2. The increased emphasis on formal education by employerscoupled with the simultaneous drop in demand for unskilled labor in the United States continuesto motivate high school graduates to pursue a college education, two -year or four year. It is truethat things do not always proceed as planned and a large number of students switch career plans,and hence their majors during their college years. However, professional bodies such as theAmerican Society for Engineering Education and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers haveembarked

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

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Treva Fitts; Susan Wynn; Martha Absher; Kristen Ford; Judy Russell; Glenda Kelly; Adefolakemi Oni; Gary Ybarra

of the curriculum withfocus on the life sciences. We strive to show children that math can be fun and exciting, and thatmath is in everything we do. The teachers and students at Lakewood Elementary School havebuilt a greenhouse and outdoor garden in which they grow vegetables and other plants. Allstudents have a hand in the project and take pride in the plants they grow. The garden projectprovides us with fertile ground in which to weave the use of math as the universal language ofquantification. Children make measurements of plant growth rates and make plots of th is data.They learn probability through the law of large numbers by tracking characteristics of parentsand their offspring of common garden peas. These are two of many exercises

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Brophy; Robert Roselli

0 7 MPa 1 2 3 4Figure 4. Difficulties with understanding the sign convention for shear stress. Page 7.549.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education PRS Q1: How many times has your project group met? 1. Haven’t met 2. Once 3

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey-Van Kuren

referencebook or journal article for each person on the team in addition to any web references. The webpage was then updated to include Ø Technical Summary page. This page explains the process including diagrams to clarify concepts. Ø Links to the new pages from the base page and updated references.The students receive feedback on this page to update it prior to project completion. This pagewould be posted later for review by the class as a study guide on the process.The next step of the assignment has students performing more detailed research of the processapplications. Each student was required to summarize an application oriented journal/trademagazine article. Students in the spring 2001 semester section had an additional

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Eugene Audette; Debra Ricci

style of working with others. One of the parents, who is annuclear engineer himself, applauded the department for helping to instill the awareness and skillsof cooperative work habits in the students. Team projects were noted as a concrete example ofhow that “unlearning” was shaped. The parents also noted an overall positive attitude conveyingwhat students can do, rather than what they can’t. Students’ increased self-confidence wasevident in how students explained their work in the labs as well as in their classroompresentations. Several parents commented that college should be the place where young people should learnhow to deal with their own problems, to learn how to learn, and to become more “street smartand people smart.” A concrete

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Josianne Basque; Sylvie Doré

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2230In recent years, one hears more and more often of product development or product engineeringas opposed to product design. This change of vocabulary reflects the basic concurrentengineering principle that consideration should be given to downstream activities, such asassembly, manufacturing, maintenance, etc. while designing the product, or in other words, toconsider the whole life cycle of the product right from the start of the project and during all thedesign phase.The term “product” is taken here in its broadest sense, as suggested by

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hartman

. market since 1978. Enron still requires permits and applications from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Florida and the Bahamas, but it hopes to begin construction early in 2002 and start shipping product in the second half of 2004. 80% of the funding is to be financed through capital markets. Long-term contracts with utilities or gas contractors are expected to defray project costs. Specifically, the exam asked the following: The following page contains an article recently printed in The Wall Street Journal concerning a possible investment in a liquefied natural gas facility. As a new hire to the engineering department, you are to determine whether the investment should be made. Your presentation

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Soboyejo

3 1 3 25 32.89% Writing for professional12 journals 3 7 3 1 1 1 1 2 8 2 29 38.16% Moving into supervisory13 positions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 10.53% Research or working on14 design projects with a college or university 2 5 1 1 3 1 7 20 26.32% Attending technical

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Hietpas

Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationexpanding to polyphase motor drive schemes. Details regarding the associated laboratoryexercise can be obtained at the following location: http://learn.sdstate.edu/shietpas/asee/asee02/lab_7.pdfA firm understanding of the PMDC, its equivalent circuit model and the 2-quadrant PMDCmotor drive provides numerous opportunities to students who wish to pursue design projects thatemploy a motor drive within the desired application. Section V describes a simple, yetfascinating design project that combines a prime energy source (PV array), motor drive (2-quadrant), motor (submersible pump), and load (water).V. PV-Operated Submersible Pump SystemAt this point in the course

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Saterbak

universities are designed toillustrate a scientific concept or engineering principle or to teach students basic laboratory skills.In addition, laboratory courses with freshman and sophomore students (e.g. introductory Physics,Chemistry, and Biology laboratory courses) often have high enrollments. Instructors oftendevelop course-specific protocols; many protocols are published on the Web3-5 or in journals(e.g. Journal of Chemical Education, Chemical Engineering Education, and BiochemicalEducation). In BIOE 342 and the “PLLA and PLGA Characterization” segment of the TissueEngineering Module in BIOE 441, detailed protocols are appropriate and are utilized.Open-ended projects are very common in senior capstone design courses across all

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oscar R Gonzalez; James F Leathrum; Amit Kumar H; Vishnu Lakdawala; Stephen Zahorian

-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses." American Journal of Physics (1998): 64-74.4. Saul, Jeffrey M., Deardorff, Duane L., Abbott, David S., Allain, Rhett J., and Beichner, Robert J., Evaluating introductory physics classes in light of ABET criteria : An Example of SCALE-UP Project , Proceedings of the 2000 Annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education.( also visit for related publications http://www.ncsu.edu/PER/articles.htm) Page 7.182.95. Vosniadou, S. (1990). Conceptual development in astronomy. In S. Glynn, R. Yeany, and B. Britton (eds.), The

Conference Session

Design and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gayle Ermer; Steven VanderLeest

covering a narrow topic rather than providing the student with the broad,complex, open-ended design problems of the real world. Focusing on only one topic ordisciplinary area can artificially eliminate conflicting constraints that can lead to ethical dilemmas.By comparison, engineering project courses do not usually fall prey to this problem and are thuspopular candidates for inclusion of ethics instruction.In this paper, we will examine a method of building ethics into a design course in such a way thatit is a truly integral and essential part of the design process. We first examine some of the relatedliterature to determine the nature and goals of engineering ethics instruction. Second, we willexplore the relationship of the student’s own

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Klegka; Robert Rabb

Page 7.167.3 Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationon designing for fatigue. Case studies provide insight into the ethical responsibilities ofengineers. Projects provide opportunities to experience design and to consider reliability,economics, and judicious use of resources. A semester long design and build project reinforcesthe design process instruction and culminates in a student competition.e. ME402, Mechanical Design, focuses on simulation-based design with special focus onapplication of design methodologies to mechanical elements and assemblies of weapons. Itintegrates principles of multiple disciplines into design efforts involving target effects, projectileflight, gun tubes, recoil devices

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Clough

---- ---- 27 15The deliverables of the course are summarized in the grading policy table below. Points x Weight = Total Pct. Project Assignments [9, 1 double] 100 5 500 36.5 Homeworks [4] 40 2 80 5.8 Pop Quizzes [9] 90 1 90 6.6 Lab Sessions [15] 150 2 300 21.9 Midterm Examinations [2] 200 1 200 14.6 Final Examination 100 2 200 14.6

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

as a tool for organized achievement, visiondevelopment, and the resolution of problems impeding the students’ education. First the chartshould be explained as needed. The students should be provided an opportunity to develop theirreflections, and a period of meaningful class discussion should follow. To fill out the BAMchart, a student begins at the basic level and moves upward toward self-actualization. The basicneeds should be understood as those needs that must be satisfied before significant progress canbe made. Basic needs include the mastery of prerequisite knowledge, access to the requiredtextbooks, the tools necessary to complete projects, course accommodations for personaldisabilities, the management of personal problems, the

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Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kisaalita; Thomas Reeves

are ill-defined questions to which there is on specific “right answer,” but more thanone defensible solution. “Thought problems” require higher order thinking abilities andattitudes and tend to facilitate the exhibition of intellectual curiosity (Reeves and Laffey,1999). Third, it is conducive for crossdisciplinary teams. The purpose of this paper is todescribe how we are implementing the idea in a special international section of the Fall 2002senior design, ENGR 4920. The prerequisite for ENGR 4920 is ENGR 2920 Engineering Design Methodology, inwhich students are introduced to the design process as well as related tools for decision-making.In regular ENGR 4920 sections, students are expected to complete a design project under

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

internalized assumptions in the discourse community withrespect to the context at hand. Although there is no need, from a disciplinary perspective, forevery engineering educator to engage in a sociolinguistic analysis of engineeringcommunication, it is important to realize that such work is possible and is being done, albeitslowly in the context of engineering education. This work can form a foundation for morerigorous work in engineering communication. Within the engineering education community, what do we mean by ‘an ability tocommunicate effectively?’ That is one of the goals of this research project – to analyze the usesand meanings of ‘communication’ within the engineering educational community. In addition,we consider the question of

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Soulsby

, 4] include: · Learn outside of class. The most important and memorable learning experience does not occur inside the classroom. Learning outside of classes, especially in residential settings and extracurricular activities such as the arts, is vital. · Get feedback. Students say they learn significantly more in courses that are highly structured, with relatively many quizzes and short assignments – crucial to this preference is getting quick feedback from the professor. Students are frustrated and disappointed with classes that require only a final paper or project. · Work cooperatively. Challenging or complex homework assignments that force students to work

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee; Nirmal Das

well as indeterminatestructures. The problems designed for this project cover a number of major topics typicallydiscussed in an introductory level structural analysis course such as equilibrium, shear andmoment diagrams, and deflections. By performing the exercises selected for this course, thestudents learn how to utilize MATLAB to perform a variety of tasks related to analyzingstructures. These tasks can involve activities such as determining the reactions in a simplestatically determinate beam using static equilibrium considerations, or analyzing a morecomplicated indeterminate frame using the method of slope-deflection. The procedureimplemented in this project arms the students with a powerful computational tool they couldutilize to verify

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

semesters of non-credit Mathematics and Science 30 credit hours Engineering Core (Fundamentals) 23 credit hours Departmental (including capstone and project) 65 credit hours Humanities and Social Sciences (including Arabic, English 20 credit hours and Islamic Studies) Total 138 credit hoursTable 2. The Engineering Curriculum at the University of Qatar: Major Components and CreditHoursIt is difficult, in the absence of relevant data, to asses how well have the “status quo” engineeringcurricula in the Region served the interest of graduates, industry and the profession in general.There is a growing

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vladimir Goncharoff; Patrick Troy; John Bell; Dale Reed; Cathleen Theys; Ann Ford; Susan Montgomery

]. Page 7.808.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American society for Engineering EducationWhen my wife completed her post-doc we again went on the job market, looking for two suitableacademic positions within the same geographic area. In the end I had to choose between twogood offers – a lecturer position in computer science at the University of Illinois Chicago( UIC ), or an assistant professor position at a different university. The two positions involvedsimilar salaries, teaching duties, and opportunities for research. As a lecturer at UIC I amallowed to direct undergraduate and MS research projects, but not Ph.D. projects

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Miller; Mara Wasburn

address this issue and to assist in the recruitment and retention of women students,the School created Women in Technology as a student organization in December 1998. Its statedpurpose was “promoting the leadership of women in technology through networking,encouragement, mentoring, and outreach” (Women in Technology Constitution). Seventy-fivewomen from the School of Technology joined the new organization. Four months later, thewoman who was then faculty advisor applied for funds to support Women in TechnologyAssertiveness Training. The grant applications stated that “based upon her research, women andmen in team projects need to be more assertive. Women tend to think their behavior is alreadyassertive while their peers would disagree and label

Conference Session

Design and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Patton; Richard Bannerot

the curriculum.In 1828, the Institution of Civil Engineers defined engineering as “the art of directinggreat sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.” 1 By 1956, thisdefinition expanded beyond harnessing physical phenomena to include “application ofknowledge” and “design and production.” 2 What remained consistent however, was theidea that engineering is artfully disposed. This suggests a level of care and understandingthat conjoins thought and feeling. If the transformation of science and technology intoproducts and systems requires empathy or “emotional union,” 3 (i.e., the projection of selfinto objects) then the education and training of engineers should include an understandingof intuitive processing.Engineers must

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Voon; F.C. Lai; Chean Chin Ngo

actually touching it. The two-component LDV (3-WattArgon-ion laser) used in the demonstration is capable of measuring two velocity componentssimultaneously.The opening page of this special project has a format that is consistent with those of the regularlab assignments. Immediately followed the objectives of the experiment , the apparatus (the laserand its accessories) are introduced through a series of still photos (Figure 6). They are alsointroduced later in a video clip which shows a complete view of the laser and optical table. Theschematics for the experimental setup are also available for reference 2. To learn how to operatethe argon-ion laser in the experiment, a series of demonstrations are provided through videoclips. For this particular

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachelle Heller; Nathan Campeau

, so thatstudents can interact with them on an informal basis. Student leaders of the variousengineering organizations and student projects attend, as well, and are integral toproviding a fun and exciting atmosphere.The typical schedule consists of an introductory meeting and ice-breaking session, astudent-groups fair, an informational session with faculty from each department, a ropescourse, team building sessions, a campfire, and free time to use the camp’s recreationalfacilities. The main activities of the weekend are team-building exercises that allowstudents to get to know one another and build bonds of trust that will be essential duringtheir undergraduate studies.The first retreat in 1999 was very successful. Ninety-three percent of the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Gates; Mary Lamont; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

response to a national concern in the early 1990s about poor retention of students inengineering combined with a real, or some would say critical, need for more engineers, The OhioState University (OSU) worked with nine other schools to form the Gateway EngineeringEducation Coalition. This need for engineers was and currently is driven by society's ever-increasing consumption of technology. The Coalition, led by Drexel University, was establishedas a result of the creation of an Engineering Education Coalitions program by the NationalScience Foundation. These schools agreed to adopt or adapt Drexel's E4 program1-2 forfreshmen and sophomores which put engineering "up-front" and specifically included hands-onlabs and incorporated design projects

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ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

members in all disciplines with the ideas and tools necessary to develop clear writing assignments, to assess student papers effectively, and to help students improve their writing skills. A workshop which helps faculty members understand and utilize the power of critical thinking in any educational process. A workshop that introduces the faculty to the basics of student performance evaluation, grading and feedback. A workshop which highlights the philosophy and purpose of team projects through discussion of the nature of group interaction processes. Other faculty training courses might address topics such as copyright infringement, strategies for dealing with difficult students, web