Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Long

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

expected values. Anautomotive torque converter for automatic transmission was used as an application example.The application example demonstrates that the ability to assemble the torque converter isdependent upon the width of the spline root of the stator shaft and the gap at the tip of the innerrace spline. The critical areas are near the minor diameter of the splines on each component.Allowing the surface waviness of the stator shaft to increase would not affect the ability toassemble the components but has previously been shown to increase the failure rate in customerservice.References[1] Nelson, D.H. and Schneider, G., 2001, Applied manufacturing process planning, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.[2] Drake, P.J., 1999, Dimensioning and tolerancing

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

eroded, opted for the later strategy, and in 1968 it decided to produce the Pinto. Page 9.1199.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education.Although production planning for the new model normally takes about 3 1/2 years, Ford decidedto try to move from conception to production in two years; it wanted the Pinto ready for 1971model year. In normal time frame, design changes and quality assurance standards are in placelargely before production line tooling. But tooling requires about a year and a

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

education: A (mini)meta-analysis. Journal of Engineering Education, v.90, no.2, pp. 223-229.10. Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T., & Holubec, E.J. (1986). Circles of learning:Cooperation in the classroom. Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.11. Katzenbach, J.R. & Smith, D.K. (1994). Wisdom of teams. New York:Harperbusiness.12. Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report. Society of ManufacturingEngineers, Dearborn, MI, 1997.13. Meier, D.L.,Williams, M.R., & Humphreys, M.A. (2000). Refocusing our efforts:Assessing non-technical competency gaps. Journal of Engineering Education, v. 89, No.53, pp.377-385.14. National Science Foundation: Scientist and Engineers Statistical Data System.15. Wang, E.L. & Klepe, J.A

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Ibrahim Karaman; Jeff Froyd; Terry Creasy; Winfried Teizer

Creasy (Mechanical Engineering), are team teaching the course. Eachfaculty member will develop lecture materials and laboratory experiments for about one-third ofthe course.Theme 1: Methods and Techniques for Nanostructure FabricationThis theme will cover various methods for direct fabrication of nanostructures. Planned topicsinclude: electron beam lithography, self-assembly, functional nanomolecules, patterned thin-filmdevices and neurons. Initially this class will focus on techniques for fabricating metallicnanostructures, and later will discuss molecular self-assembly techniques. This module willemphasize hands-on experience in a series of laboratory experiments.While bottom-up nanomanufacturing techniques will be discussed, Theme 1 focuses

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Natasha Beretvas; John Pearce, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

display system will connect benignly to the classroomvideo system. In at least one classroom the "Display Your Laptop" input took over the PC andprevented use of ELVIS. The "Auxiliary Video Input" off of the rear video output port is muchto be preferred. In our experience the PC often had difficulty finding the ADC card — thisproblem is easily solved by disconnecting and reconnecting the ADC card (until you hear the"beep"), but caused considerable delay and frustration, on the part of both the students andinstructor. It is imperative to test the system in the actual room in which the class will take placeprior to class starting.Second, the instructor absolutely must have all planned demonstrations worked out in detail inadvance. Due to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rodger Dalton; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

disciplines: civil, mechanical, electrical/computer, and biomedical engineering.The mature program now includes fully developed lesson plans for two sections of students,Techtronics I for 6th grade and Techtronics II for 7th grade, each led by a graduate studentcoordinator and five undergraduate teaching Fellows. Emphasis is placed on learning throughhands-on experience and creating an environment that encourages inquiry. Students first studyapplicable scientific theory and are introduced to instrumentation and software tools that will beneeded later. Each unit then culminates in the construction of a related project such as balsawood bridges, Lego robotics, AM radios, or heart monitors. With a student return rate of over70% for 2003-2004, the

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Charles Winton

automated planning, robotics, andcommunications with automated systems, especially as applied to planetary exploration andassistive technologies. His education interests include robotics for exploring design and as a test-bed for the structuring of engineering teams. The kits used in the OU courses were purchased aspart of a grant from the Department of Education # R215K010122.CHARLES N. WINTONDr. Winton currently is Professor and Graduate Director of Computer andInformation Sciences at the University of North Florida. His researchinterests include AI robotics, cognition modeling and simulation, andmedical systems simulation. He has served as coordinator for theFlorida Region Botball Educational Robotics Program for Middle and HighSchools since

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

across the country. These recommendations actually called for asignificantly larger proportion of engineering courses (55 credit hours) in the curriculum at thenew college with a smaller humanities and social sciences component (32 credit hours)12. Clearlythe recommendations were not adopted.EvolutionIt was not until the advent of the first engineering faculty to the new college that the seeds wereplanted from which the truly distinctive philosophy of the Harvey Mudd Engineering programwould emerge. The first sign of a new path is the engineering program entry in the collegecatalog of 196211: “The engineering curriculum offers a fresh and exciting approach to engineering education. The course of study was planned in the belief that

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

ownskills, techniques, compare with and learn from others, and set goals for their future. Sharing Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationlessons learned makes possible the improvement of processes for subsequent investigations. Thisintegral component of the case design allow learners to reflect, summarize and solidify their ownlearning and structure it in a way that is meaningful to them [9].Guy [10] states that “the rich case allows students to gain safe experience in practicingfundamental skills needed in their careers: they need to plan and set up interviews and focusgroups, question

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Simo Lehto

, pride,respect, trust, hope, love, excitement, and humor. The decisive factor in creative work is theinner energy of the people who do it.The demanding recipe described has been used for sending twelve persons to the moon andreturning them safely to Earth. It is the best-known way for succeeding in business, realizingpersonal dreams, and solving social problems.Changes of higher education in industrialized countriesSocial changes during the past decade have directly influenced the higher education includingEE. During the 1990s, the education systems of industrialized countries have undergone greatchanges. The first is the shift from elite to mass education. In Finland, national plans call forover 60% of the annual age group to be educated to the

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suguna Bommaraju

improved throughout the course.Students’ feedback is very important for successful implementation of these writing assignments.The feedback must be taken as the course progresses and not at the end of the semester.Modifying the assignments and accommodating students’ suggestions is extremely useful toimprove the effectiveness of the teaching.There are plans to implement one short writing assignment per week (either web search or mockpresentation), biweekly one minute evaluation, and biweekly questionnaire in freshman and softmore level courses.BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION1. Johnson D. W., Johnson, R. T., and Smith, K. A. Cooperative Learning: Increasing College faculty Instructional productivity, ASHE-ERIC Higher education Report No. 4

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

challenged by applications of technology and rapidly changing working conditions, for example, medicine? • What are the best ways of making the debate heard at policy making levels?ConclusionAll these plans for the future are posited on the belief that engineers are key players in thecontinuing economic, social, and political progress of the world and in the stability and growthof the US economy. If immigration continues to undermine the participation of internationalstudents in US engineering programs, and if there is no foreseeable turn around of the negativeattitude of so many US students toward engineering as a profession, and if the news continues tobe saturated by stories about disappearing and disjointed jobs, with no mitigating steps taken

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aanstoos Theodore; Thomas Krueger; Ronald Barr

Sectioning C. Computer Gr aphics Modeling Applications Digital Analysis Animation and Simulation Presentations Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Design ProjectsBibliogr aphy1. Barr, R. E., “Planning the EDG Curriculum for the 21st Century: A Proposed Team Effort,” Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 63(2):4-12, 1999.2. Meyers, F.D., “First Year Engineering Graphics Curricula in Major Engineering Colleges,” Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 64(2):23-28, 2000.3. Branoff, T.E., Hartman, N.W., and Wiebe, E.N., “Constraint-Based Three Dimensional Solid Modeling in an Introductory Engineering Graphics Course: Re-Examining the Curriculum,” Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 66(1):5-10

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Baillie

conducted theinterviews, and as such a mutual understanding of the issues discussed were possible. Thediscussion lasted between 30 – 60 min and questions were posed aiming at exploring theirunderstanding of the interface and current issues and phenomena of relevance to the field. Theinterviews took place in the laboratories of the interviewees or interviewer, or duringinternational conferences, where the two could meet mid-way between labs. They were semi-structured sessions, with probe questions planned, such as ‘What do you understand by the‘interface’ in composite materials?’. If the interviewee responded ‘ its bonding between fibre andmatrix’, then they were further probed with a question, ‘what , for you, is this ‘bonding’? Often asimple

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

who are outside their major departments. • A positive relationship has been established with industrial sponsors as they appreciate the grading schema and its strict enforcement. • Many of the issues raised in ABET’s EC2000 Criterion 4 such as the impacts of engineering on the environment, society and globally have been addressed • Students writing skills have been identified as extremely weak and concrete steps have been taken to address the weaknesses including the offering of a separate technical communications two-course sequence in the freshman year. In addition, plans are underway to include more opportunities for students to write in both the sophomore and junior years. Many

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Meredith Knight; Christine Cunningham

picture containedboth tools and a hard hat, each code was counted once, counting for 2 occurrences of“images of building” in the overall sample. Table 7: Frequency of Images of Engineering Grouped by Themes Occurrence Thematic Grouping Images Included in Group of Image Tools, Hard Hat, Workbench, Safety Images of Building/Fixing 133 Glasses, Heavy Machinery Desk, Plans or Blueprints, Pen/ Images of Designing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Eichinger; Mark Wilson; Anton Kruger; Marian Muste; Tao Xing

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationgreatly reduces the cost of setting up laboratories and makes remote individualized laboratoriesavailable where none existed before. Coordination of developmental efforts is suggested toinaugurate an outstanding instructional resource in fluid mechanics centralizing the bestexpertise and facilities available worldwide. The final set of experiments can be shared throughinter-departmental, inter-institutional, and international cooperation for curriculum upgrading,faculty professional development, external evaluation, and planning future developments.AcknowledgementsThe development of the

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Ziegler

approximately 2.5 feet high, 2.5feet wide, and 5 feet long. The K’NEX kit consists of many small plastic parts that snap togetheras beams, trusses, and columns to form structures of any shape or size. A flexible track isincluded that connects to the structure to form the track for the roller coaster vehicle.To begin the project, the students were divided into four teams ranging from 5 to 8 members.Each team was provided with the construction plans, and the necessary parts to build a K’NEXroller coaster. The teams were allowed to deviate from the basic K’NEX design in any mannerthey chose, to create a roller coaster of their own design.For example, to achieve a higher track speed, some teams attempted to build their coaster suchthat the downward slopes

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David McStravick; Marcia O'Malley

students as “stand alones” via the course web pages • VL’s can provide a significant learning enhancement tool for all students • VL ‘s can be used productively as pre-labs for traditional “wet” labs.Future PlansBased on the initial successes of the Wave Tank II Virtual Lab and the XY Plotter Virtual Lab,the authors are planning further development, such as: • Both of the VL’s tested were very specific and related to a given experiment. The VL’s being developed now are not addressing a specific experiment and are more general in scope e.g. a second order differential equation for a mass-spring system with damping. Five more VL’s are to be completed to finish the Brown Grant project. This effort is

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

freehand drawing toolsand that students preferred to use the geometric drawing tools instead. The students utilizedthese tools diagrammatically rather than as a means to attempt to develop representationsresembling plans and often used multiple colors and variations in line thickness (Figure 3). Thisindicated that the drawing tools were used at least to some extent for conceptualization. Whileno clear conclusions can be drawn from these observations, it is possible that the limited use ofdigital sketching could be attributed to the student’s general lack of sketching experience. It alsopossible that the use of a mouse as an input device was more conducive to using geometry ratherthan freehand line work. Second, nearly all students appeared to move

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Morris; Dawn Conniff; J. Ledlie Klosky

exposed to music before class rated it 7.5 out of 10 for “making the classmemorable and different from other classes”. Secondly, the students found a common bond inlistening to the music. They began to form sub groups in the class and planned to be together Page 9.868.8outside of class time. This resulted in educational benefits; students were encouraged to work Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationtogether in groups and the more time they spent together the better they worked together onfuture

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2004 Annual Conference

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Keith Koenig; Viva Austin; Bryan Gassaway; Thomas Hannigan

vanes. The outer diameter tapers through a six-feet (2 meter) long convergent section of 10:1 ratio, to the octagonal Page 9.924.2 Figure 1: Wind Tunnel Plan View and Test Section “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”test section which

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

developed, coordinated and taught a summer workshop,“Introduction to Engineering for High School Teachers and Counselors.”CLAUDIA MORRELL, Director of Planning and Grants for the Center for Women and Information Technology atUMBC, joined the University in August of 2001. In both this and her previous position at CCBC, she becamefamiliar with and has worked to address the issues related to the lack of participation of girls and women in STEMprograms. Her skills as a collaborator have been instrumental in building bridges between the two institutions. Page 9.538.10 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

,” ASCE, July 1999.4. National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI), Seattle, WA, ASEE, June 25-27, 1998.5. Brown, R.W., “Autorating: Getting individual marks from team marks and enhancing teamwork,” Proc. Frontiers in Education Conference. IEEE/ASEE, Pittsburgh, November (1995).6. Rogers, G.M., and Sando, J.K., “Stepping Ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide,” Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Office of Publications, 1996.7. Barry, J., Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America, Simon & Schuster Trade, 1998.8. Amazon.com, Editorial Reviews of Rising Tide, accessed 13 January 2004.9. Fredrich, A, (ed) Sons of Martha: Civil Engineering Readings in Modern Literature, ASCE

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kraemer; Bijan Pashaie; David Probst

, and reporting of the biosensor, which will be capable ofmicro-molar detection, constitute deliverables by the end of the Spring 2004 semester atSoutheast. This project is being directed by the faculty of the Departments of Physics andEngineering Physics, Environmental Science, and Computer Science. The applications of such adevice are by no means limited to the detection of organophosphate insecticides in ground-wateras demonstrated at the SENSORS EXPO / CONFERENCE 2003, Anaheim Convention Centerheld on September 22nd-25th of 2003. As a result, the construction of an EIS using laser assistedplasma chemical vapor deposition is being planned by a different group. Students in UI450 willbe kept up to date with this parallel project.VI

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Carter; Paula Leventman; Katherine Ziemer

the WPI STEM team who tried Activity 3 in their classroom. The authorsalso thank Tropicana® for sharing information about their orange juice concentration process,which aided the development of the module.Bibliography1. Brush, L. Cognitive and affective determinants of course preferences and plans. In S.F. Chipman, L.R. Brush & D.M. Wilson (Eds.), Women and mathematics Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,123-150 (1985).2. Eccles, J.S., Wigfield, A., Harold, R.D. & Blumenfeld, P., Age and Gender Differences in Children's Self- and Task-Perceptions During Elementary School, Child Development, 64, 830 (1993).3. National Research Council, National Science Education Standards. National Research Council: Washington D.C., p. 28

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Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

= 1; more reviewers = 1; review was great = 1;tape recorder = 1; current plan works well = 1; great the way it is = 1; process is working find = 1 Page 9.983.10 "Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education and Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"Procedure - similar to last time SURVEY DATA - 2Prior to the start of class:I took the Design III students out of the room and spent about five minutes with them to review theconcept and theory behind the Design I project. I also briefly

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor; David Blekhman

asthey are being emphasized more and more in industy. Each poster receives a multiplier of 0.9 –1.1. A 1.1 required a better than expected poster quality: all information was displayed very welland the team went above the project requirements to communicate effectively. A grade of 1.0was received for meeting the project requirements with a neat, professional poster. Grades of lessthan 1.0 were assigned to those posters that either did not meet the project requirements or werenot professional in appearance.Failure modesIn planning their rod, students had to take into account the possible modes of failure summarizedabove as well as shown in Figure 1 with their respective location on the rod. Figure 2 shows thedimensions to be used in the

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Daubert; Steven Peretti; Paula Berardinelli; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard

genre norms for each discipline involved iswarranted.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONCHRIS M. ANSONChris M. Anson received his Ph.D. from Indiana University and is Professor of English and Director of the CampusWriting and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University, where he teaches graduate and undergraduatecourses in language, composition, and literacy and works with faculty in nine colleges to reform undergraduateeducation in the areas of writing and speaking. He has published widely.PAULA BERARDINELLIPaula Berardinelli received her Doctorate of Education in Training and Development from North Carolina StateUniversity and a Master's in Health Education and a Bachelor's in Health Planning and Administration, both fromThe Pennsylvania State