Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Homkes; Henry Kraebber; Donna Evanecky

that it can happen, or the individual failures along the way, are connected with ANDgates and OR gates to get to the final event. For example, Figure 2 shows how a system failurecould occur by the failure of either the actuator or the actuator command. While product (andthus software) development focuses on FTA from a projective approach, it could also be usedfrom a historical or diagnostic approach. A recent television show in the Crime SceneInvestigation (CSI) series showed this can be done. In the episode, the investigation of a busaccident found that a tire failure caused by a contaminant being placed in the tire along with abolt failure from a bad part caused the resultant loss of control and crash.Figure 2 - Generic Fault Tree

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelton Houston; Christopher Herrod; Steven Blesse

areasfor these courses were system maintenance, data communications, network components, networkplanning & design, project management, and operating platforms. These courses were createdalong with 13 other courses to complete the four-year curriculum.Collectively, the courses offered a two-course sequence in computer architecture & maintenance,a four-course sequence in local area networking, a four-course sequence in wide area networking,a five-course sequence in Windows client-server networking, a two-course sequence in open Page 10.809.1source client-server networking, and a two-course senior capstone sequence. Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Trabert; Lawrence Carlson

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationactually measure his/her own part to get the correct answer. However, collaboration betweenstudents is encouraged, as it is well known to be an effective learning strategy.Course Overview and ObjectivesComputer-Aided Drawing and Fabrication is a required three credit-hour, first-year course formechanical engineering majors. While traditionally offered in the spring semester, we aremoving the course to the fall semester next year, for several reasons. We find that havingstudents learn CAD modeling early greatly benefits their performance in the required First-YearEngineering Projects course, which is a hands-on

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Frances Stewart; Malgorzata Zywno

Learning Styles of Engineering Students, Online Learning Objects and Achievement Malgorzata S. Zywno and M. F. (Frankie) Stewart Ryerson UniversityAbstractThis paper presents the results of a research project investigating the effectiveness of an onlinelearning object and identifying behavior patterns of engineering students with different learningstyles that may affect their learning. Traditional instruction methods support only a narrow rangeof student learning styles. Instructional technology has a potential to expand the range of teachingstrategies. The authors have been using multimedia in their teaching to enhance active

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

results are shown below.Should your teacher be concerned about theseresults?” After initial brainstorming by thestudents, the mosaic was broken down into threelegacy cycle modules. Challenge 1 focused on howthe heart beats and why. Challenge 2 focused onwhat the normal ECG measures and whatinformation is reflected on the normal ECG.Challenge 3 focused on how the ECG reflectsabnormalities of rhythm and structure. Majortopics of the typical Physics curriculum taught inthis mosaic included electric fields, dipoles, andvector projections. Major topics of the typicalAnatomy & Physiology courses that are includedin this mosaic are the following: cardiac cycle,cardiac anatomy, the heart’s intrinsic conduction system, the cardiac action potential

Conference Session

Vendor Partnerships with Engineering Libraries

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth Wolfish; Rachel Berrington; Andrew Wheeler; Jay Bhatt

Education The partnership between Drexel University and the IEEE formed for several reasons.Drexel had an established reputation for aggressively pursuing curriculum improvements. In1989, Professors Eli Fromm and Robert Quinn won a five-year, $2 million National ScienceFoundation grant to "enhance the educational experience of engineering students".2 The project,referred to as E4 (the Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineering students), was driven bythe belief that there needed to be a radical update of the engineering curriculum.2 The curriculum improvements pioneered in E4 were carried over into the DrexelEngineering Curriculum (tDEC), established in 1994.3 tDEC continues to be used at Drexel forall engineering undergraduate

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lehman; Chung-Ling Huang; Muniyappa Venkatesha; Asad Yousuf

have a socket for a chip that is externally programmed. Some boards have some advanced functionality on the board to help design complex software. For example CCS has a prototyping board with a full 56K modem on board and a TCP/IP stack chip ready to run internet applications such as an email sending program or a mini web server. After a great deal of thoughtful consideration it was decided to acquire the Embedded C Language Development Kit developed by Custom Computer Services (CCS). The flexibility offered by this unit for interfacing provides the students with the opportunity to concentrate on designing/implementing their project with tremendous amount of ease and speed. This unit is accompanied by the following: • CD with

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Clifford Mirman

design, solid modeling, technical drafting,technical drawing, technical sketching and blueprint reading. To a large extent, these variantsreflect individual philosophies and subject matter emphasis much like any other course. Yet, thedifferent variants all have the commonality in that this may be the only 2-3 credit hour coursethat their students complete in the subject area of technical graphics and related computer skills.Stated another way, this may be the only course that serves the student as she progresses throughthe degree program completing other courses such as machine design, manufacturing processes,senior design projects, and industrial internships which demand specific skills and knowledgebase in technical graphics. Further, if the

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad; Thomas Hilburn

softwareengineering as one of the fastest growing professions in this decade [6]. This paper describeshow undergraduate programs in software engineering are being developed and how theycompare to more traditional academic engineering programs. In particular, we discuss howsoftware engineering fits into a college of engineering.The Nature of Software Engineering and Other Engineering DisciplinesOne of the obstacles to the advancement of software engineering is an understanding of how itrelates to more traditional engineering disciplines (such as chemical, civil, electrical andmechanical engineering). The 2001 ACM/IEE-CS SE Curriculum project, “SE 2004” [3] citedthe following characteristics that were common to all engineering disciplines, including

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Haering

tenure-track faculty members in the early or middle stages of thetenure process. Specifically the issues of research funding, graduate students, solo research andpublication, collaborative research and publication, and the difference between pedagogicalresearch and scholarship are discussed. The general findings can be summarized as follows.Obtaining external funding for research projects, a critical concern for faculty at a major researchuniversity, is usually not a concern for faculty in a small campus environment. While thisrelieves the campus faculty of this concern, it means that there will be severe limitationsregarding the type and scope of research that he/she can perform. Furthermore; because of thelack of funding, and more often than

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Graunke; Jeffrey Will; Peter Johnson

advanceshave increased since that time, albeit slowly. Important advances include Christopher Dede’sapplication of visualization hardware to general scientific concepts [5] and the teaching ofelectromagnetics in particular with the well-known MaxwellWorld [6]. Other applicationsinclude education of elementary school students in basic zoological concepts at Georgia Tech [7,8], the NICE project for elementary education at the University of Illinois at Chicago [9]-[11],and engineering education research at East Carolina University [12]. This paper describes work done to study subjects in a statics class taught at ValparaisoUniversity as to the development of their ability to visualize in 3D. Four different media wereexplored, from paper-and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Kicher; Frank Adamo; Dale Flowers

requirements. By making use of summers for both coursework and internships, the degree is completed in one additional year beyond the BS, for a total offive years. Students complete a total of 42 credit hours for the program, with 12 beingcompleted in a summer term, and 15 each in a fall and spring semester.The core courses (with credit hours in parentheses) for the MEM degree include: ProfessionalDevelopment (3); Project Management (3); Accounting, Finance and Engineering Economics(3); Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3); Product and Process Design, Development andDelivery (6); Information Technology and Systems (3); Engineering Entrepreneurship (6); andUnderstanding People and Change in Organizations (3). For the Technology

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Graf; Ann Christy

’ writingskills, to encourage their creativity, and to expand their appreciation for the interconnectednessof all aspects of their college education, especially the arts and humanities. The contest was opento departmental undergraduates, alumni, faculty, staff, and graduate students. Judges wererecruited from OSU’s Department of English based on their poetry credentials and studentrecommendations. All three, including OSU’s Poet Laureate, were very enthusiastic andsupportive of the project. Four categories were awarded: students vs. non-students and technicalsubjects vs. non-technical. Prizes included rosette ribbons and gift certificates. Entries were readaloud at an evening poetry reading gathering in the student lounge which included live music,food

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Dean

cumbersome [1]. The use of an analytic strategy to determine the potential studentresponse/or project outcomes is a useful tool in the development of virtual laboratoryassignments for distance learning. It allows the instructor to the design the assignment forquantitative and qualitative evaluation necessary to understand and make design decisions forvirtual exercises, and it allows the instructor the ability to provide sufficient guidance for thestudent from the outset to aid in the solution when developing a complex system/problemsolution. This paper looks at the three phases, as applied to the development of a virtual lab usingan analytic strategy design: (1) Formulation of the quantitative and qualitative approach to assist in decision

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Glenn Steele; Judith Schneider

Experiences in an Undergraduate Laboratory Using Uncertainty Analysis to Validate Engineering Models with Experimental Data W. G. Steele and J. A. Schneider Mississippi State UniversityAbstractTraditionally, the goals of engineering laboratory instruction have been to introduce the students to the use of variousmeasurement devices along with the associated methods to interpret the results in the context of experimentaluncertainties. There is usually an emphasis on the demonstration of fundamental engineering principles inapplications-oriented projects. Often, theoretical engineering models are used to compare predicted outcomes withthe experimental

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Chawla

, problem solving,critical thinking and time management. Team projects (paper design and design & build) are amajor part of the course. In the second course of the introductory sequence, chemical engineeringstudents are exposed to chemical process design from an overall standpoint. Techniques of processsynthesis and analysis are used to develop critical thinking skills for comparative analysis ofpotential alternatives. In addition to teaching elementary principles of various chemical engineeringfundamentals, situations dealing with the importance of safety, ethics, economics and environmentalissues are frequently incorporated in the design process. Current news stories provide a valuableresource as case studies for developing analytical skills

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

. This course deals with discussion and application of the following fundamental concepts: (1) static force analysis of particles, rigid bodies, plane trusses, frames, and machines, (2) first moment of area, and (3) internal forces. Topics covered will be (1) the static force and moment equilibrium of two and three dimensional systems; (2) resultant forces and moments due to the application of concentrated and/or distributed loads (3) couples (4) the center of mass and the area moment of inertia of a rigid body. Several open-ended homework and mini projects will

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Perrin

that the equipment is permanentlyinstalled in their spaces. In most universities, however, large lecture halls are shared by anumber of professors teaching a variety of courses. Leaving laboratory equipment in thesespaces is not practical or feasible. Most modern lecture halls, however, have computerizedaudio-visual projection equipment permanently installed. These sensors are small enough to fitinto a pocket or briefcase making them as easy and convenient to carry into the lecture hall as apiece of chalk.Another reason computer-based sensors have not been widely used during lectures lies in thelearning curve associated with most new software and trying to conduct a meaningful andsuccessful demonstration within the lecture time frame. Clark

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kelly Torres; Aimee Mostella; Alexey L. Sadovski; Carl Steidley

Gulf Coast, from Mexico to Louisiana(Figure1). Primary project sponsors include the Texas General Land Office, Texas WaterDevelopment Board, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and NOAA National Ocean Service.TCOON stations2 measure and archive various measurements such as water levels, wind speedand direction, temperature, salinity, and barometric pressure (Figure 2). TCOON follows U.S.federal standards for the installation of its stations and has a very useful real-time, onlinedatabase.Data sampled at these stations include: precise water levels, wind speed and direction,atmospheric and water temperatures, barometric pressure, and water currents. The measurementscollected at these stations are often used in legal proceedings such as littoral

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam Cavender; Saeed Foroudastan

of discussing environmentaltopics such as this in class as well as creating projects with it outside the classroom willencourage industrial collaboration for viable alternative solutions of increasing problemswith rural growth. Page 10.479.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionNoise is a problem that has bothered human civilization since the beginning of time. Itmay have first been viewed as a problem when a pack of wolves howling in the nightprevented cavemen from getting a good night’s

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Rene Reitsma; Martha Cyr; Nancy Shaw; Michael Mooney; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Paul Klenk

classroomsemploying an inquiry-based approachhave improved attitudes toward bothscience and school as opposed tomore negative attitudes resulting Making and destroying O2 and O3 molecules using gumdropsfrom traditional teaching methods.12, and toothpicks, fifth-grade students conduct an interactive13, 14 Furthermore, Eisenhardt15 ozone depletion model to explore the real-world dynamicsshowed that change in interest results that engineers take into consideration when designing air pollution cleanup methods.in change in achievement.Engineering projects taught in teams provide hands-on, inquiry-based opportunities for learningin a cooperative setting. Baker16

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

application.5.3 Deploy a Windows-based application. • Use setup and deployment projects.5.4 Add assemblies to the Global Assembly Cache. Page 10.1411.85.5 Verify security policies for a deployed application. • Launch a remote application (URL remoting). Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education6. Maintaining and Supporting a Windows-based Application6.1 Optimize the performance of a Windows-based application.6.2 Diagnose and resolve errors and issues.7. Configuring and Securing a Windows

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Kevin Craig; Pamela Theroux

shows what engineering is and what engineers do; students need to see, hear, and do. Courses need to foster curiosity and professionalism in the students.• Responsibility of Students and Faculty Students need to share in the responsibility for their own education and meet well-defined standards and goals. They need to come to class prepared, ready to learn and dynamically interact. Faculty need to mentor students, not spoon feed them. Active, integrative, project- based learning needs to replace passive, lecture-based instruction. There must be an emphasis on inquiry-based learning and preparation for life-long learning.• Fundamental Body of Knowledge There is a common fundamental body of knowledge essential for

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Marie Flynn

class when it was presented to them atthe beginning of the semester. The discussion began with an explanation of the concept of“Green Engineering”. The students were told that they would be part of a semester long study todetermine whether or not the green engineering concepts so enthusiastically embraced byacademics could be successfully transferred to students and internalized by students so that theseconcepts might actually have an impact on industry upon graduation of the students. Thestudents were told how important the concept of green engineering was viewed by suchinfluential agencies as the EPA and about the large number of funded projects that addressed thesingle issue of green engineering. In spite of all this bravado, the predominant

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Ward; Robert Busch; Abhaya Datye; David Kauffman

great deal of team learning. Major portions of the specialty area could be covered through project-based learning involving teams made up of students from several different class levels. Care would have to be taken, however, to ensure that all students do meaningful work. Seniors can’t just be bosses who make all the decisions; first-year students can’t be just “gophers.” And there is often a small portion of freeloaders. Overall, however, we believe that any disadvantages are more than outweighed by the advantage of having students work together on projects in which they are highly interested. • Textbooks: The textbooks that most of us use are based on a traditional chemical

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Denny Davis

9Future Oriented 8.3 10A second generation profile was produced by the project leadership team, based on input fromthe first survey and a desire for more observable attributes that can aid communication of desiredperformances to students, faculty, supervisors of engineers, and the engineers themselves. In thesecond draft profile development, some regrouping and expansion was done to addresssuggestions of the focus group. The resulting profile contained eleven attributes: motivation,technical competence, judgment/decision making, innovation, client/quality focus, businessorientation, product development, professional/ethical, teamwork, change management, andcommunication. Each of these was further delineated by

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dean Burton; Ashbjorn Osland

incubators.A fifth incubator existed for three years under the name “Incubator Without Walls” (Dean, Burstein, Woodsmall, &Mathews, 2000). It was fully funded for three years by a HUD grant. Faculty-student teams engaged in servicelearning in projects designed to serve the needs of the 26 existing businesses and 67 potential businesses in theneighborhood surrounding the university. Business owners expressed satisfaction with the process. The incubatorceased operations when funding stopped.We will conclude with our findings regarding the critical role of industry clusters, access to resources,organizational learning, social networks within the incubation industry, and the pivotal role of mentoring/coaching.Literature ReviewBusiness incubators

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

academic achievements as males.Studies of why students migrate out of engineering have identified several factors at work. Theyinclude both “push” factors out of engineering (including poor academic performance,inadequate preparation, unwillingness to work) and “pull” factors attracting students into anothermajor (summarized in Seymour & Hewitt21). However, of more relevance to the present project,some of the reasons for switching out of engineering pertain to the very pedagogy with whichengineering is traditionally taught: hard “weeding out” classes rather than a nurturingenvironment; a lack of social and ethical context surrounding the academic work; a strongemphasis on individual competition; lack of warm and close interpersonal

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Mayes; John Bennett

questions to senior design projects), complemented by data gathered throughsenior surveys.Measurement of the softer criteria (team work, communications, life-long learning, ethics, etc.)has nearly everyone concerned, as these criteria do not as readily lend themselves tomeasurement and because they are subjects that are taught in multiple places in the curriculum,sometimes outside of the direct control of the college.Use of FE exam data is spotty, used primarily in civil and mechanical engineering programs.Portfolios are not widely used, deemed by most to be unmanageable due to the large volume ofdata that must be collected and the possible turnover of students. Those programs usingportfolios tend either to be small, or in fields where having

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Crystal Hoyer; Crystal Eney

Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WICSE)seminar. The syllabus was shaped by the instructors’ personal experiences, and research studieson gender disparity in computer science and engineering. Throughout the quarter we brought inguest speakers, visited research projects, and held discussions. Our activities concentrated onfostering a sense of community, encouraging a wider and more accurate view of computerengineering, and offering a safe environment for discussion and debate. At the end of eachquarter we surveyed the students and found that they had uniformly positive reactions to theseminar. The women felt more comfortable in their programming course and became excitedabout the field of computing. Our paper will outline what we