Conference Session

Panel on Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Kaderlan; Mary Ann Rankin; John Butler; Steven Nichols

considertechnologies of particular interest to the students. Each of the student teams pursuedtechnologies from laboratories or researchers at UT-Austin. (The graduate students fromengineering and science provided suggestions for topics based on their experiences andknowledge from working in research projects as graduate research assistants. Thispromoted the emphasis on commercialization of technology from universities.) Thestudent technology commercialization teams studied potential markets for their selectedtechnologies, identified market barriers and competitors, and examined price sensitivityfor identified markets. The teams then re-examined the technologies to understand theresearch and development necessary to reach the market of interest and proposed

Conference Session

Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

environmentalengineering emphasis.This project was initiated as an effort to solve the following problems:1. I have found that students do very little of the assigned readings in upper level courses. Perhaps I may perpetuate this problem by supplying the students with all the necessary information in lecture!2. I prefer to use lectures to discuss concepts rather than define vocabulary, explain the intricacies of regulatory rules, list out code requirements, etc. However, I cannot lecture on concepts if students don’t understand these basics.3. Although my lecture skills have been highly rated by students and they appreciate my enthusiasm and the active nature of my lectures, I still note that many students are not

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

accomplished byintroducing the student to a real-world multidisciplinary problem that can be broken into smallertasks or cases. The cases are interrelated by what is called the “Global Challenge.” The globalchallenge and its related cases can be simple for the use at the freshman or high school levels orcan be more complex for higher levels.V. The Case Files Learning CycleA. Case StructureOne highly effective structure for case studies is the “The Case Files Learning Cycle” shownbelow. This template is based on a learning cycle that was developed and piloted at VanderbiltUniversity and subsequently adapted by SEATEC for use in technological education. The modelis based on work done by SEATEC, Vanderbilt’s VANth Project, and from the frameworkdescribed

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

. The cases are interrelated by what is called the “Global Challenge.” The globalchallenge and its related cases can be simple, for applications at the freshman or high schoollevels, or can be more complex for higher levels.A. Case StructureOne highly effective structure for case studies is the “The Case Files Learning Cycle” shownbelow. This template is based on a learning cycle that was developed and piloted at VanderbiltUniversity and subsequently adapted by SEATEC for use in technological education. The modelis based on work done by SEATEC, Vanderbilt’s VANth Project, and from the frameworkdescribed in the National Research Council’s publication “How People Learn: Brain, Mind,Experience, and School4.”Relatively small, problem-based

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell

. Student groups will melt chocolate and coat commercially-availablecookies, then perform several measurements and calculations. This paper details theexperimental set-up and analysis of the module and discusses more advancedexperiments that can be incorporated throughout the curriculum.IntroductionAt Rowan University, Engineering freshmen are introduced to engineering principlesthrough a two-course sequence of known as Freshmen Clinics. These clinics, the first twosemesters in an innovative eight semester multidisciplinary engineering design andpractice, project-oriented course sequence that is a hallmark of the Rowan Engineeringprogram, are common to all engineering majors. The first semester introduces students toall four engineering disciplines

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wood; Mustafa Guvench

the waveform selected. At the moment, the user must use the help file included to learn aboutthe waveforms generated for the wobble and rotary side drive micromotors. Figure 8. Motor Control Algorithm Page 7.92.6 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 9. Interface of Motor Control Software3. Results, Conclusions and RemarksThe system was built as a part of senior electrical engineering capstone project at the

Conference Session

Modeling in Materials Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson

parameters (usually by shadedregions) and output values. Comments can be inserted in the spreadsheet to guide the studentthrough necessary steps in the analysis process. These spreadsheets can be linked through mediapackages like BlackBoard™ so the student can access them at their convenience. BlackBoard™course statistical analysis shows that students spend substantial time on-line at late hours3 whenprofessors and classrooms are not available. This encourages non-linear education to occur,supporting learning objectives that depend on activities outside the classroom4. While notcommitting to the scope of a ‘design project’ that some engineering technology courses entail5,this design laboratory does address some of the same objectives. These

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Barker

students is the peer- level interaction. For example, the collaboration on homework projects and other assignments is believed to lead to the development of critical thinking skills and a better understanding of the concepts as the students share ideas and information in working these projects together. This teamwork is a required part of the freshman integrated curriculum. It has also been adopted to a certain extent in many of the sophomore engineering courses. So it is likely that by the junior year, those non- integrated students have begun to acquire this particular skill introduced to them in their sophomore year and are using it to their benefit. 3. Are there other factors, such as the maturity of the

Conference Session

Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Albert McHenry; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

Session 2147 Microelectronics Teaching Factory, a Venue for Learning and Building Real World Products By Engineering Technology Students Lakshmi Munukutla, Albert McHenry, John Robertson, and Richard Newman College of Technology and Applied Sciences Arizona State University East Mesa, Arizona, 85212AbstractArizona State University East (ASUE) is leading a project in preparing Engineering Technologystudents majoring in Microelectronics with real world

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Case; Binaya Acharya; Bruce Segee; Isaac Horn

. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”2.The Need The fundamental need for the project is to be able to make a number ofmicroprocessors talk to each other and to the world using minimum possible number ofconnections. This networking has to be cheap and affordable and at the same time veryversatile to be implemented on any system, whether it be measuring temperature usingtemperature sensors or monitoring a home. The external circuitry should be small owingto the design constraint that the system needs to be in an enclosed space as illustrated byFigure 3. Figure 3. An Ideal

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

the freedom of action such that supervisors and managers cannotforce them to violate their conscience. Nevertheless, supervisors and managers have theauthority to guide engineering work but must also respect the moral convictions of engineersworking on projects they supervise.In this regard, it has been claimed that ethics cannot be taught to college students and adults.However, there is evidence that formal/informal presentations are well received and numerousindustrial firms and universities are now stressing the study of engineering ethics andprofessionalism in their organizations. In particular, industry has found that a course inengineering ethics will result in the following 2: 1. An increased awareness of ethical theories, public

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Grant; Semsi Ensari

flood control channels on the coastal waterquality. As part of a class project, 14 undergraduate students, consisting of ChemicalEngineering and Environmental Engineering majors, performed this study during rising (flood)and falling (ebb) tides, and showed the distribution of FIB in flood control channels. While thestudents were exposed to field work and laboratory procedures for the water quality, the resultshave important implications in the design of the diversion systems during dry weather.IntroductionOnce viewed as being a sub-set of civil or chemical engineering, the discipline of environmentalengineering has established a status in its own right worldwide1-3. The industry requires that newgraduates have both increased knowledge in the

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Keating

Mission of the National Collaborative To more broadly shape professionally oriented engineering graduate education in cooperation with industry relevant to the practice of engineering and leadership of technology development for the advancement of engineering, encouragement of innovation and inventiveness, promotion of responsible technology development and engineering leadership, and To implement this unique innovation in curricular design and teaching methods as a national demonstration project in order to advance engineering practice and leadership of technology development in industry and for transfer and sharing of best educational practice across the nation.Ø Strategy for Educational

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Torres

parallel processes have, again, followed thepolitical and economic trends. The Erasmus project in Europe is a good example. More modestefforts also coexist in the American Continent (UPADI, Intertech), hampered by the strongundercurrent of institutional autonomy in the region.In a recent meeting of the American Council on Education [2], the need to intensify institutionalprograms promoting a global outlook was discussed. Donald Gerth, President of CalStateSacramento and the International Association of University Presidents, said that AmericanColleges and Universities "need to be players in International Higher Education."International Exchange Programs and Engineering EducationThe implementation of a solid institutional program of Engineering

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel; Charles Standridge

descriptive statistics laboratory, only the apparatus, procedures,and results and discussion sections are required. The next laboratory requires these sections plusthe conclusions section. This practice is followed until students are writing a completelaboratory report.Detailed writing instructions specific to each laboratory are given. A generic example labora toryreport is provided. Laboratory reports are graded for quality of technical content and of writing.Reports are returned quickly. Thus, students may use instructor feedback concerning theirwriting in developing the next laboratory report.A term project is the laboratory capstone. Students download data concerning flight volume forone control tower from the Internet and use hypothesis testing

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lyons; Peter Dorato

Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationwas a research oriented program, providing the preparation for further (doctoral) studies.Typically the M.Eng. required a design project, while the M.S. required a research oriented thesis.At most institutions that offered the M.Eng. degree, M.S. degrees were also available.II. The PastThe February 1969 issue of the Journal on Engineering Education5, reported 9 M.Eng. degreeprograms in the USA, out of a total 186 institutions granting graduate degrees. This does notinclude other "practice oriented" degree programs that were listed as "professional" degreeprograms. Typically the M.Eng. programs were 30 semester hours, and did not require

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Delores Etter; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

point in the receiverdevelopment, the envelope may now be expressed as envelope of sAM (t) = I 2 (t) + Q2 (t) (4)which means the envelope can be extracted using DSP techniques. The square root operationin Equation 4 may be directly implemented (for example using the floating point sqrtfcommand available via the DSK’s C compiler) or by using a less computationally intensiveapproximation technique. As our teaching model suggests, the student first learns the theorywith the aid of interactive demos, then develops a working solution off-line in Matlab, theneventually moves to the DSK and implements a fully functional real-time DSP solution.Example plots from a student project are shown in

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Dardy; William Krantz; Kettil Cedercreutz

experience gainedfrom co-op. Interviews and site visits are taken to a whole new level, as I can both ask andanswer serious technical questions with confidence.¼I recall one experience in which I was thefirst interviewee with co-op experience that the company representative had every interviewed.She asked “tell me about a time when you had to work effectively in a group to accomplish agoal,” and was astonished when I recalled the occasion when I was part of a five-member groupresponsible for a 1.5 million dollar de-bottlenecking project. She later confided in me that shewas at a loss for words, as she had been expecting an example related to a school projec t orgroup.” Shaun Howard

Conference Session

Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

SangHa Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

complex problem-solving literature and Alexander’s model. Questionsbased on the complex problem solving literature were: - Is the student’s conception of the process linear or iterative? - Does the student discuss the need to define the problem? - Does the student recognize that multiple solutions exist? And the need to generate alternative solutions? - Does the student discuss the need to make assumptions/approximations to proceed toward a solution? - Does the student discuss the need to go beyond textbooks as part of their solution strategy? - Does the student discuss trade-offs among conflicting goals for the project or design? - Does the student consider cost/profit, time to completion, safety

Conference Session

Moral Theories and Engineering Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Stan Napper; Bill Elmore

of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Educationwould endorse, probably as the prime duty of the engineer. If engineers have any duty to society as awhole, and the authors would argue that we do, then protecting them by our decisions should be one ofour prime duties. A problem could develop when a project might hurt a few people, but help manymore. An example might be a major dam project in the southwestern United States. Is our prime dutyto the few who might be displaced, or the many who might be helped by readily available water andcheaper electricity?A utilitarian approach might approve of this policy as being

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason White; Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner; Vicki Eller

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 1: Suggested development timeline for a web seminar. There are many options available for advertising a seminar, depending on the fundingavailable for the project. Announcements can be made for free at conferences and meetings orthrough list-serves (i.e. newsgroups) that serve relevant areas if interest. On occasion, there arevarious web pages that may advertise your seminar for you. Advertisements can also bepurchased in trade magazines or conference bulletins. If funding is high enough, lists of namesand addresses may be purchased from trade magazines

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Marvin Harris; Kevin Dahm

sets the stage fordeveloping a culture in which lab safety is observed at all times. At Rowan, throughout thecourses for which this activity was designed, Junior/Senior Clinic (a research project course forundergraduates) and Unit Operations Laboratory, safe practices are tied to the students’ grades.In addition to requiring students to prepare HazOp reports for each laboratory experiment orproject, random safety checks are performed throughout the semester. This paper provides detailsfor delivering this introductory exercise, as well as student responses.IntroductionTraining students to practice safe behavior in the laboratory is essential to producing competentengineers. Creating students who instinctively and thoughtfully incorporate an

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Rogers; Ferdinand Walbaum

. 2Most Fachhochschulen have included a practical placement program in their courses, which meansone semester of [practical training in a company. Mostly during the main study program, studentsare expected to practice what they have learned with tasks and problems they will face duringtheir future, everyday professional experience. A degree thesis or final project covering a concreteprofessional problem to be completed in the last semester is often being developed in cooperationwith a company through this type of practical training. Small and medium-sized businesses areoften involved in these contacts with students, who frequently get their first career opportunitythrough their practical placement and degree thesis.The normal duration of studies

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

. These include: 1) active project-based learning inside and outside of the classroom, 2) increased student-teacher dialog, 3) horizontal and vertical integration of subject matter, 4) introduction of mathematical and scientific concepts in the context of engineering, and 5) the broad use of information technology.The causes of and proposed solutions to the dissatisfaction with the exposure to chemistry andother scientific disciplines for engineering students, without assigning blame, requires anexamination of the differences between a scientist and an engineer. A scientist is one whodiscovers new principles of nature through a systematic system of observation, experimentation,and study. An engineer puts the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Iken; Mahima Ashok; J.C. Lu; Alexander Quinn; Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

Engineering and, ultimately, distributed to the engineering educationcommunity at large.A related objective of this project is to lay the foundation for an integrated curriculum ininformation technology and E-business. As companies redefine their objectives and restructuretheir operations to compete more effectively in the E-business marketplace, there will beconsiderable demands for well-trained "knowledge engineers" that understand how to dobusiness electronically ("E-business") and how to synthesize large volumes of data into usefuldecision-making knowledge. Although there is a compelling need for education in informationtechnology and E-business, at present engineering programs are not commonly involved indeveloping courses or curriculum that

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Hudson

address the move from the instructor and students’ use of computers for acourse, to the instructor’s use of the computer in the classroom, to the “hands on” use bythe students in the classroom. The discussion on the evolution of the laptop use willinvolve issues such as software, websites, quizzes, participation, group projects,minimizing distractions, and setting policies on the laptop use. Information has beencollected on these subjects from various professors, informal class surveys, and a formalclass computer usage survey. The paper will address pros and cons of various techniquesas well as lessons learned.Computer Initiative BackgroundWith the cost of personal computers going down and performance going up, the trend hasbeen toward requiring

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Johnson Asumadu

ralph.tanner@wmich.edu ABSTRACT In this project, a new architecture called "Remote Wiring and MeasurementLaboratory (RwmLAB)" acts as a local multi-circuit board on a common distributed panelon the Internet. Matrix switching, data acquisition, data processing and analysis, andgraphical unit interface enabled device characterize the RwmLAB. Students are physicallyable to wire up electrical and electronics circuits at the host lab site using the Internetaccess and by means of a conventional circuit board. The data acquisition interfaceallows students to make measurements at the nodes. The data collected at the nodes aremade available on Web. The RwmLAB interface is greatly simplified by using a

Conference Session

Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Navratil

(such as properties, structure andbonding, reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics), coordination and solution chemistry,behavior and speciation in the environment, separation and purification, chemistry of thenuclear fuel cycle and waste treatment and related topics. The lectures incorporatedmodern accelerated learning techniques, and class participation and special projects wereemphasized to enhance student comprehension and learning of the subject. This paperwill summarize these techniques and provide illustrations used in the class.INTRODUCTIONI believe that the process of learning and thinking is a complex combination of colors,pictures, scenarios, sounds and words. Multisensory ways of learning are effective sinceone stores auditory, visual

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Newland; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

avoided. In indus-trial reactors unwanted byproduct formation is a serious problem. In addition, considering by-product formation presents the engineer with an opportunity to employ the field of green chemis-try. With the advent of easy to use analytical instrumentation we believe that experiments in re-action engineering should now progress to examining systems with multiple reaction products.In this manner we will integrate new technology into reaction engineering experiments.Goals and ObjectivesThe goal of this project is to create reaction engineering experiments that are similar to industrialreactors in that they contain multiple chemical reactions. The instructional objectives for stu-dents completing these laboratories are listed below

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Franke

large permanent space facilities.” 4 The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics currently has three graduate programsrelated to space: Astronautical Engineering, Space Operations, and Aerospace and InformationOperations. Broadly speaking, the goal of the space programs offered at AFIT is to providestudents with the technical knowledge necessary to conduct, develop and manage spaceprograms that increase the United States Air Force’s effectiveness in waging war. Aftergraduation, the assignments of AFIT graduates and the projects and programs they manage mighttypically include research on new concepts, development of program requirements, acquisitionof space systems, and operation of existing space systems. AFIT’s graduate education