Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia; Donald Harby, University of Missouri-Columbia; Dong Y. Jang; Wei Zheng, Xiamen Unviersity, China

Tagged Divisions

International

property.*4. Establishing measurable design specifications using QFD method: Quality FunctionDeployment method has become more widely used in the industry and in the engineeringcurriculum. The lecture notes describes how to prepare a QFD with a number of examples.Most important is to practice this technique by preparing a QFD for your capstone designproject. Realistic design constraints that are emphasized by ABET, some of these are non-technical, will be considered here together with the technical and economical constraints that arein traditional QFD charts.*5. Methods and tools for project planning and scheduling.6. Encouraging creativity and producing conceptual designs.*7. Preparing professional quality design drawings (Lecture notes with many

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Stone, Western Carolina University; Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

surgical drapes that areused in the medical industry. The 25-student class, composed of four graduate and 21undergraduate students, was split into multiple teams, each of which tackled a different aspect ofthe logistical challenges of the move with graduate students assuming team leader roles. Theclass spent the semester planning the move of 15 pieces of large manufacturing equipment in twoarduous days. Although the move was very demanding, and quite out of the ordinary forstudents, it was an outstanding exposure point for students to see the challenges faced inindustry.8,9Consolidated Metco: ConMet is a company that uses injection molding to make parts for thelarge truck industry; they have several plants in the western North Carolina region. In

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Yaron Doppelt, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

students electricity concepts in science classes.Design-based learning is intended to engage students in ways that enhance their abilities to solvereal-life problems and to reflect on their learning processes. This style of active learning is anextension of project-based learning, which is argued to enable students to relate problems toscience concepts.10, 15 Design-based learning differs from project based learning in that, inaddition to constructing and building, students engage in a design and planning process thatfollows engineering design.Typically, as was the case in the subject school district, electricity (and science in general) istaught using a guided/scripted inquiry approach to learning. Students are given materials andprocedural

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janos Grantner, Western Michigan University; Ramakrishna Gottipati, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

that graduates are exposed toindustrial design tools and nearly cutting edge technology so they will possess a suitable skilllevel before entering the work force of leading US semiconductor companies.The unstructured (anonymous) segment of the assessment indicates that some students need morehelp to familiarize with the use of the Mentor Graphics tools and they also like to have moreattention by the lab instructor. We are planning to have two well-trained lab instructors in eachlab section. In addition, we will extend the Tutorials to cover for recovery from various situationswhen the user has made some errors and can’t continue the work.The current competition for bonus credits rewards the smallest and fastest circuit designs. Sincethe Mentor

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Murphy; Cecilia Chan, Dublin Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

will be set up in conjunction with WiSER DIT andstaff members. Experienced staff with a track record in research and attracting researchfunding will be trained as mentors for less experienced staff. This programme willestablish groups at three levels; final year undergraduate, postgraduate research andfaculty staff levels. The more senior staff will be active in a coaching and mentoring rolefor less experienced younger female staff and postgraduate students who in turn willmentor the undergraduates. In this way a tiered mentoring support system will ensure thatrelevant information and support is always available to the women researchers to helpthem plan their careers. The presence of such groups within an institution should act as avehicle to

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marty Fitzgerald, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

gather since renders very rarely work out the first time around. Your successive renders can be done without the final gather overhead and bring you back into the 20-40 minutes range for a render. This also demands a bit of planning, however, in that the geometry, camera position and settings cannot change between renders. But shaders, colors, textures, etc. can all change. On a side note, while these settings are producing

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Swamidass, Auburn University; Brian Wright, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

or in a team of business and engineering professionals.An extension of the programAn extension of the program in the near future will be to offer free invention evaluation to thepublic1. In this model, the public will be invited to submit requests for evaluation of theirinventions in a specified application form. A few promising ones will be selected for evaluation.Student teams will be assigned the invention for evaluation. Teams would evaluate the prior art,technical feasibility, market size, potential licensees or development partners, and providerecommendations to the inventor on patentability, contacts for commercializing the product, anda business plan when appropriate. Expected benefits: 1. The program will train Auburn business and

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fani Zlatarova, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

2006-1829: LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION IN DATABASE QUERY DEFINITIONFani Zlatarova, Elizabethtown College Associate Professor of CS, CS Department, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Page 11.890.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Levels of Abstraction in Database Query DefinitionAbstractOne of the most challenging steps in the database design and processing is the definition ofqueries. The planning and analysis of systems development are critical for the entire creationprocess. However, real computer-oriented aspects emerge in the design phase. Building up theoptimum structure of an information system will determine the quality of its

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sri Kolla, Bowling Green State University; Joseph Mainoo, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

bit sequence wascorrupted. The two-bit acknowledgment (ACK) field is used by the transmitter to receive anacknowledgment of a valid frame from any receiver. The end of a message frame is signaledthrough a seven-bit end-of-frame (EOF). Further details of CAN such as arbitration and errorhanding can be found in many references [17]. Figure 4. CAN Data Frame.IV. CANoe Simulation SoftwareCANoe, developed by Vector CANtech, is a robust CAN tool that is capable of simulating anentire CAN system [20]. CANoe supports the entire development process for networked systemsfrom planning to implementation. CANoe offers special functions for all phases of thedevelopment process of distributed systems and its Electronic

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiacun Wang, Monmouth University; Daniel Ghiringhelli, Monmouth University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

potential forsome upgrades and modifications. Below is a list of items that have yet to be fully supported,but have limited functionality in its current state: ‚ GUI Validation: Basic task parameters are verified (no negative numbers or characters), but the logical correctness of these values are not validated by the system. It may be desirable to provide the user with a warning message if they select values that are logically incorrect, e.g. a period that is shorter than a task’s duration. ‚ Simulation Pause/Restart Capability: The initial design planned for this capability Page 11.1065.10 however it was not fully implemented in

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Moshe Hartman, Retired

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Department of Sociology.IntroductionSince 2000, the Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology has emphasized as one of its11 program outcomes in Criteria 3 the importance for engineering students to master “an abilityto function on multi-disciplinary teams”1 and hence the need to integrate teambuilding skills intothe undergraduate engineering curriculum. This need has arisen because of changes in theworkplace, which now develops engineers into specializations, and requires collaborationbetween specialists and with non-engineers for product planning, design, and completion.Cutting edge engineering programs integrate teambuilding skills and experience into theircurriculum (see, for example, www.foundationcoalition.org).As Rosser2 notes, there

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hartman, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

to the terminal in the Bahamas, plans were to build a 90-mile pipeline to move product to a location north of Miami. In the first trial, students were presented with one article that had considerable data. In the second trial, additional information such as historical natural gas prices and demand was provided. Key Elements: In a provided article, the president of Enron stated that a price of $3 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas makes this look like “a very attractive business,” thereby defining a very critical parameter. The environmental sensitivity of the area and “hot topic” of LNG investments were also interesting additions to the problem.2. Concorde Retirement: One week before the final exam, British Airways and Air

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-rounded impression of the different aspects of life in an engineering curriculum.As with any research, success is not a foregone conclusion. Some students elect to not continuethe experience for another term or find their interests lie in another field. The logistics ofrunning a laboratory and the unpredictability of research introduce challenges when directinghigh school students with limited availability for work on campus. However, by providing clearguidance during the programmed activities, the experience can be optimized for studentparticipants. We plan more directed activities with somewhat more predictable outcomes forfuture students participating in our research.Objectives and OutcomesThe following objectives are desired for the student

Conference Session

Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

look for. ‚ The portfolio can be thought of like a research paper complete with “a thesis with relevant evidence.”3 ‚ The portfolio should set goals and show how they are achieved.Team TeachingWorking with a colleague in the teaching of a class is a good way to assess and improveteaching. Team teaching has been raised to new levels with the advent of “coordinatedstudies.” In coordinated studies, students take a block of classes rather than registeringfor individual classes. This coordination of classes allows the instructors to better“mesh” the content of the separate courses and improve student learning. The professorsof the coordinated classes can meet together to discuss specific students. Such a systeminvolves much planning

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Koubek, Pennsylvania State University; M. Jeya Chandra, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

. • Manufacturing Systems Engineering • Engineering Service Systems • Engineering Information SystemsIn endorsing the new curriculum, the department Industrial Professional AdvisoryCommittee (IPAC) said: “The IPAC group for the Industrial and ManufacturingEngineering department firmly endorses the curriculum changes being proposed by thedepartment., These changes are a direct result of prior discussions and recommendationsbetween the IPAC group and the faculty of the department, partially as an outcome of theprior strategic planning effort in the department initiated in 2001. The need for thisreform has become more obvious over the past few years, and we feel that it is criticalthat the department institutes these changes

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Orlich, Washington State University; William Thomson, Washington State University; Richard Zollars, Washington State University

authors met shortly after this deadline to select the teachers to participate for the followingsummer. While not selecting for either a math or science specialization, we did aim to have eightin-service and four pre-service teachers as participants. Teachers selected for participation werenotified by March 1 and had to reconfirm their intention to participate no later than April 15.This latter action was found necessary in order to insure that we had our full compliment of 12teachers during the summer. At the same time that the teachers were being recruited, so too were the engineeringfaculty who would serve as the mentors for the teachers. Unlike our prior program for which nofocus was planned, this program seeks to use biologically

Conference Session

New Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Workman-Germann, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Heather Woodward-Hagg, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

andthat the instructor was working on projects within hospitals to bring these tools into thehealthcare profession. Extremely interested, meetings were set-up, proposals were written, and anew Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare program was initiated.Structure of the ProgramProfessor Hagg developed a program, utilizing IUPUI faculty expertise, for the entire SSFHShospital system to progressively train Six Sigma Green Belts and Black Belts and then assistthem through initial rounds of project planning and implementation based on a model created byGE.1,2 While the Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) and Black Belt (CSSBB) Body ofKnowledge is encompassed within the training, IUPUI does not certify individuals as GreenBelts or Black Belts. Participants

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Sanjay Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Dinesh Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

lighting appropriately, vary the sound as required andproduce a professional product. The material to be presented was carefully planned and storyboards were developed.Actual production of the videos involved some shots in the lab but mostly filming in the studio.It was important to create a spontaneous and natural feel to the videos and thus the skills of thepresenter were critical[2]. Two cameras were used to enable shots from different angles to betaken.Post production involved editing and packaging the videos. Editing was undertaken usingPinnacle Studio[3].Student/Laboratory Instructor FeedbackA total of six lab videos were produced but due to a shortage of time between the videoproduction and the actual lab sessions, only five were

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Lane, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

when the product finally hits the market. Another way in which generations ofProceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2006, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents may be involved would be the development of a product idea by a theater student. Thedevelopment process might take the following path; product development by an engineeringclass, market testing by a business class, return to the engineering school to refine and develop ofthe product, a return to the business school for more market research, an interdisciplinary team todevelop the business plan and so on until the product reaches the market. A third way in whichgenerations of

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin Wilhelm, University of Virginia; Benjamin Kidd, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

2Technical Lectures 4Lack of in-class planning/meeting time 2Group dynamics 8Time constraints/requirements 8Dymm and Little 4Failed special effects during final performance 2Grading 1 Number of students thatSuccesses

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi; Christopher Herrod, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Blesse, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

constrained by the use of simulationapplications and their inherent functional limitations, or by the use of live equipment on-site with its inherent high cost and limited access to students. This paper describes theimplementation of a remote access internetworking laboratory designed for the purposeof improving student learning outcomes through increased access to internetworkinglaboratory equipment. Technical planning, design, and implementation issues areexamined along with the capabilities and limitations of this implementation. Studentfeedback from a pilot course is presented. Advantages and disadvantages of theimplementation are addressed including scheduling of classes, routine maintenance,management of network topologies, and student

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ciocci, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. This analysisbecomes useful when making changes to existing courses and plans for future ones byidentifying what has worked well and what has not.Sustainable engineeringWhile the definition of sustainable development traces to the Brundtland Commission in 1989, aworking one for sustainable engineering continues to evolve. The Centre for SustainableEngineering defines the term as “Engineering technologies and services which deliver greaterresource productivity or efficiency and fewer emissions of hazardous substances and/oremissions presenting lower hazards.”1 Considering greater productivity and efficiency inresource use is not a new concept to design engineers. However, the increased awareness ofhazardous emissions and their effects is.As the

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University; Marie Dahleh, Harvard University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, July 1995. 6. Rose-Hulman, “Engineering Case Studies”, www.civeng.carlton.ca; 7. Pauley, L., and Brasseur, J., “Mechanical Engineering Case Studies on the Web”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2004. 8. National Academy of Engineering, “Case Studies in Engineering Project”, www.nae.edu. 9. Raju, PK, and Sankar, CS, “Crist Power Plant Case Study: Planning for a Maintenance Outage”, Tavener Publishing, 1996. 10. Stanovich, KE, and Cunningham, AE, “Studying the consequences of literacy within a literate society: The cognitive correlates of print exposure”, Memory & Cognition, 20, 1992. 11. Beeckmans, R, etc., “Examining the yes/no

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Joshua Ruder, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

: exploration of anddecisions about components and subsystems, and their configuration. SLD starts with thesolution approach decided in the conceptual design, and encompasses elements fromembodiment design,2 system architecture,3,4 preliminary design,5 product planning,6 andmodularity.7 These decisions are extremely important to the overall success of a design project.Interestingly, system level design has not been heavily studied. Some information is availablefrom specific experiences of a designer or educator. These authors often state the importance ofsystem level design, but do not supply a method or tool to fill that gap. For example, one designtext states that this intermediate phase requires “a flexible approach with many iterations andchanges

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

was supported through the National Science Foundation through theCAREER program (NSF9984896); the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvementprogram (NSF0088279), and the Department Level Planning Grants for Engineering Education(NSF0230695). LASER CULT case studies are available on-line3, as are portfolios of studentwork8. The author acknowledges generous equipment donations from Melles Griot andThorlabs.Bibliography1 Committee on Optical Science and Engineering, Harnessing light: Optical science and engineering in the 21st century. (National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 1998).2 S. B. Feichtner and E. A. Davis, "Why some groups fail: a survey of students' experiences with learning groups," J. Organ. Behav. Teaching Soc

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; ramin Sadeghi, Power and Water University of Technology (PWUT)

Page 11.486.7correspond to curriculum plans, courses, or geographic locations.Education Infrastructure Solution: The ContentThe use of interactive multimedia in education is in evolution. Development of new digitallibraries presents an opportunity to reorganize and redeploy large amounts of developed contentfor dissemination via an education infrastructure. But, because the way in which content isrepresented and disseminated affects the way in which it would be best organized 5, thiseducation infrastructure would require special preparation of the content.Digital libraries change the representation method from physical documents and analog tapes, forexample, to digital files stored in a computer (atoms to bits) 6. Communications

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, developing and revising a teachingstatement, identifying and annotating teaching artifacts, developing a diversity statement,compiling a complete draft portfolio, and outlining a professional development plan. The ETPPis peer-led and peer-focused. Participants rotate the leadership role for each session andfacilitate the sessions without supervision by faculty or professional staff.Key features of this program include: a) a focus on graduate students, b) a series of activitiesthat collectively help students develop a teaching portfolio, and c) a peer-led structure with astrong peer evaluation component. The program has these elements for three primary reasons.First, we have an interest in helping improve the flow in the engineering educator pipeline

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lashun King, Tennessee State University; Thomas Byl, U.S. Geological Survey; Roger Painter, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice).The assessment technique based on the performance of students in presenting the results of theirresearch was planned into the program for this purpose. The results of the assessment alsoprovide evidence of student outcomes with regard to ABET2000 criterion: (d) (an ability tofunction on multi-disciplinary teams) and (g) (an ability to communicate effectively).Graduate students have presented the results of their research at State and local competitions.The research presented by TSU students at the annual Tennessee American Water ResourceAssociation (TAWRA) poster competition have won first or second place during the last fiveyears. Undergraduate

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

leaders. Students, upon entering the corporate world, will be activeand effective contributors to the evolving industry of computer science.A&M-CC is using some of these tools, and planning to use others, for graduate and undergraduatesoftware engineering courses, as well as senior capstone courses. The SSI Hub website15, as well asother sources1,3 provide excellent examples of realistic experiences for students. Several institutionshave become members of the SSI project and are using SSI tools to enhance graduate and undergraduatesoftware engineering and associated courses. Information about the individual university programs canbe found on the website

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Materials

enrolled in the course. Formative assessment activities, including instructorfeedback, typically occupied at least one-half to two-thirds of each class period, with theremainder typically spent on “mini-lectures.” Students were asked to prepare for class by readingthe textbook and lecture notes and then taking a “preparation assessment” via BlackboardTM. Theopen-ended questions in these assessments were intended to reveal student misconceptions at aformative stage in the learning process. Fifty-minute class periods were then planned to bringthese misconceptions to the forefront. A feedback/voting technology called ClassroomPerformance SystemTM (CPS) was used to pose questions and problems to students and providethem with immediate feedback on