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First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tonya Peeples; Julie Jessop

Introduction to Engineering. Okemos: Great Lakes Press, Inc.4. (2003, December 13). Area’s homeless need our help. Iowa City: Iowa City Press-Citizen.5. Miller, Vanessa (2004, January 27). Churches plan to open for shelter. Iowa City: Iowa City Press-Citizen.6. (2004, March 17). City must move swiftly on shelter. Iowa City: Iowa City Press-Citizen.7. (2004, May 26). City finally finds spot for Shelter House. Iowa City: Iowa City Press-Citizen. Page 10.555.88. Engineering Accreditation Commission (2003). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Baltimore: ABET. Inc. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

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Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

students plan to work (but do not actually work) on their Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsemester projects due soon after the holiday. It is the week of the AIChE AnnualMeeting, when most of their chemical engineering classes will be canceled, no homeworkwill be due, and no exams will be given. Additionally, many of those students will beparticipating in the National Student Conference the weekend before, earning another dayor two reprieve from class responsibilities.Faculty, naturally, see this break as not only unnecessary but as potentially harmful, andoften attempt to rectify the situation by

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Tanuj Oruganti; Peter Schuyler

bi-modal distribution with one cluster of students from 1pm to 5pm and anotherfrom 8pm-12pm. Very few students performed distance labs between 5am and 1pm. This wasvaluable information in ALTE capacity planning. Page 10.1000.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 9. Usage by Time of Day 30 25 20 No. of Lab Sessions

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Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Sekmen

with the TSU students were designed to help foster acollaborative project environment. The results of the TSU student teams efforts were right-on,and enabled the Saturn and EDS team to evaluate several potential solutions to our businessproblem. The CSS experience brought a fresh set of creative ideas to help us solve our businessproblem. We have benefited from our experience with our TSU education partner.”5. ConclusionThis paper describes an elegant way of partnering academic institutions with industries todevelop problem-based projects that improve students’ technical and soft skills for immediateemployment. The DoCS at TSU has successfully completed three (3) such projects and it plansto expand this initiative in future. We plan to expose

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

as one homework assignment.The instructor graded this assignment out of 10 points with 2 points for finding an article, 1 pointfor distributing it, 2 points for their questions, 2 points for the summary and 3 points for leadingthe discussion. Given that there were more weeks in the semester than students in the class, theinstructor initially planned on leading the discussions herself during the remaining weeks. Afterthe students signed up during the first week of class, the extra weeks occurred late in thesemester. As the semester progressed, several students expressed a desire to lead an additional“Fabulous Friday” as a way to earn extra credit for the course or to improve their performanceover their first “Fabulous Friday”. Students were

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Lillie

synthesis, test bench techniques,modelsim simulator, and the Xilinx tool flow for targeting complex programmable logic devices(CPLD’s) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGA’s). The prerequisites are Digital System Designand a formal, structured programming course.To successfully meet the learning objectives of the course, an eight lab sequence which creates a digitaldisplay system in eleven weeks was developed. The students are now excited to come to lab and areworking hard because they enjoy the project. In addition to the design knowledge the student also learnsthe basics of configuration management, team dynamics, communication, and ethics.The plans for the future include the integration of a VGA Camera, the integration of a low cost

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Hill

of the interested parties should get together to try and reachconsensus as to who should receive the offer.Because the interview is so important in the selection process, it deserves more preparation thanis normally put into it. Goodale in his book, The Fine Art of Interviewing, states that, "Mostselection interviews are simply not carefully planned." 3 He goes on to say that the selectioninterview has low reliability and low validity even after all of the years that people have beendoing such interviews.The major problem with most selection interviews is that we start with the candidate's previousbehavior and from that infer a number of character traits. We then try to infer from these traitswhat their job performance will be. Instead

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Crossley; Melanie Thom; James Thom

2 Trait Creative 2 Trait Able to plan 1 Ability Page 10.710.9“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” All skills and Abilities 18 16 14 12Frequency 10 8 6 4

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

the questions are repeated, including theirself-confidence in themselves as engineering students, their plans for the future, their perceptionof problems in the field for women and men, their expectations about jobs; thus, changes in theserespects over the course of the year can be measured. In addition, they are asked to evaluateprogrammatic features such as the engineering clinic, group work, lab work, workload and manyother aspects of the program; the interpersonal climate of faculty-student and peer relations; andtheir satisfaction with the major. In the current research project, to study how the features ofRowan’s engineering program are related to retention, survey responses of students who beganwith a major in engineering but

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

placed on the structure. The teams are judged/scored on their pre-build sketches andschematics, any written instructions or plans, the number of bricks supported, the amount of tapeused, and the number of straws. At the conclusion of the testing, a presentation is given by theinstructor about bridges to show the real-world application. Also the instructor demonstrates theextreme case of supporting 3 bricks with 4 straws (the bricks act as part of the bridge). Figure 5: Building a drinking straw bridge. Page 10.855.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Kathryn Neeley

andpractices acquire what the historian of technology Thomas Hughes (1987) has termed“momentum,” a quality that is “analogous…to inertia of motion.” Williams (2002) argues thattechnological drift usually causes work to get “reconfigured in technological terms.” Once thisreconfiguration happens, the work, in this case the process of planning and deliveringpresentations, tends to be “profoundly shaped by the logic of the supporting technologicalsystem. The rules that govern the technology start to govern everything else.” Eventually, wecome to feel that the technology controls us rather than us controlling it. Choice is theoreticallypossible, but seems practically difficult if not altogether impossible. At a minimum, tools make it easy for us to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Backer

Technology) and Unit 2 (Technology and Work), provides a stronger historicalcontext to this course and subsequent discussions of technology and society.Originally, the plan was for this new unit on the history of technology to also be developed as amultimedia CD. This plan was changed early in the development cycle. The two existing unitsmake extensive use of video clips as an adjunct to the content in the course. However, since thehistory of technology module was designed to focus on the history of technology prior to theIndustrial Revolution, there were fewer video clips available. Therefore, the developmentshifted to a web-based delivery system.The old version of Technology and Civilization course began its historical view of technologyand

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; James A. Davis; Joseph J. Rencis

engineering degree. Primary results from the survey indicated that there are three areas (orobstacles) where the “at high-risk” group differed significantly from those in the “at low-risk”group. Those areas are the students’: 1.) preparation for college while in high school, 2.) studytechniques, and 3.) expectations about the curriculum in which they are starting. Focusingefforts to improve in these areas could lead to increased retention rates. The University ofArkansas Department of Mechanical Engineering plans to continue surveying its freshmanclasses in the effort to learn and monitor its progress in their regard. In addition, theirmentorship program will attempt to assist incoming freshman through the development andencouragement of better study

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes

freely admitted that they really didn't know whatengineers do. Lance described it as, "Designing something or helping with the efficiency ofsomething. Getting planning done" and then paused and said, "I don’t know. Just makingthings work better". Page 10.77.6 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education" Many students like LaShawna said that engineering is "Math and science and applying itto whatever you’re doing". While others had a similar understanding of what engineering was itwas also

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Young; John Fernandez

perspective on how a training program might be set up usingreal-world experiences in HCI. Seffah & Metzker18 discuss why HCI training should becomepart of the core curriculum in computer science; they also suggest that training in both fieldsshould be part of hiring managers’ employment criteria for software engineers.Integrating the Software Development TeamsFor a truly integrated process there needs to be an integration of software engineering and HCIfrom start to finish. For example, the requirements gathering process needs to be accomplishedby team members with expertise from both disciplines, continuing through planning, modeling,coding, testing, and deployment. Those with usability expertise will most likely focus on theuser interface

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Shull

exceeded, by the conversion from the RSLogix500 programming to theRSLogix5000 programming with respect to the die heating process.With the above ideas several sheets were created for the heating zones. These sheets wereidentical except for the zone activated. It was found the length of code was cut down. This willbe a benefit that will aid in troubleshooting if any problems were to occur. The conversion of theheating process code encompasses the major portions of the RSLogix500 code. TheRSLogix5000 function block diagram does not cover every aspect of the original code. Thecomplete programmed code is shown figure 4.Cooling ZonesInitially, it was planned to include the heating and cooling control loops together in one centralcommand FBD program

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

profile is determined bythe strengths of their preferences and avoidances, scored as “avoid,” “use as needed,” and“use first.” Some learners lead with one or two patterns, some avoid certain patterns,some are able to use a number of patterns on an as-needed basis, and still others exhibitstrong preferences for a number of patterns. Each pattern is distinguished by a number offeatures. A few hallmarks are listed below: Sequential learners prefer order and consistency. They want step-by-step instructions, and time to plan, organize, and complete tasks. Precise learners thrive on detailed and accurate information. They take copious notes and seek specific answers. Technical learners like to work alone on hands-on

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Adams; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

indicated earlier this is an ongoing project. The authors realize that some test implemen-tation can be further refined to improve the effectiveness of teaching. This project will continueas a senior design project in the spring semester of 2005, and is expected to be complete inApril of 2005. Further results will be reported at the conference. Major areas for improvementsinclude more robust system design, improved system performance, and measurement methodsfor small-scale fading. The assessment plan for this teaching approach is also an important part of this project. Takinginto account that this course is offered once a year, and most students taking this course do nothave previous RF measurement experience, more time is needed to collect data

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kedmon Hungwe; Seyed Zekavat; Sheryl Sorby

An Optimized Approach for Teaching the Interdisciplinary Course Electrical Engineering for Non Majors1 Seyed A. (Reza) Zekavat+, Kedmon Hungwe++ and Sheryl Sorby† + Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI 49931, E-mail: rezaz@mtu.edu ++ Dept. of Education, Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI 49931, E-mail: khungwe@mtu.edu † Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI 49931, E-mail: sheryl@mtu.edu AbstractThis paper introduces plans for an optimized curriculum and teaching approach for

Conference Session

Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Turpin; Donald Richter; William Loendorf

areaand regional competitions. The top two or three teams from each of these events would then beinvited to Eastern Washington University for the overall HPPV finals. This would further expandthe competition while keeping costs low allowing additional colleges and universities to fieldteams and compete close to home.From the very beginning, the faculty members from the competing colleges and universities haveenjoyed working with and watching their student’s compete. The sense of camaraderie and hopethat develops is truly a wonder and joy to experience. Eastern Washington University plans tocontinue this tradition by hosting the competition for many years to come. New colleges anduniversities are strongly encouraged and invited to participate in

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

, pp. 30-34.23. Rogers G. M., Sando J. K.: Stepping Ahead-An Assessment Plan Development Guide; Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology with Support of the Foundation Coalition (National Science Foundation Grant EEC-9529401) ©1996. Page 10.849.11 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright . 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”24. Palmer M. A., Riffe W. J: Course Level Assessment - Keeping it Simple and Comprehensive; TMS Fall 2002 Annual MeetingBiographic InformationMark A. Palmer Ph.D., P.E. is

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tadeusz Majewski; Hector Cervantes; K. V. Sudhakar

Session # INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING FRACTURE MECHANICS K.V. Sudhakar, Tadeusz Majewski, Hector Cervantes Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Santa Catarina Martir, Puebla 72820, MexicoAbstractAn elective course on fracture mechanics is planned to be introduced for the undergraduatestudents of mechanical engineering. At the present time, some of the topics on fracturemechanics are covered in a course on selection of materials. The present paper discusses specificteaching methods and relevant experimental

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zack Bowles; Philippe E. Tissot; Jeremy Flores; G. Beate Zimmer; Alexey L. Sadovski; Carl Steidley

picture of research, rather than just being exposed to the idiosyncrasies of oneadvisor. Being able to tap into the expertise of a group of researchers helps the student in seekingout information and in receiving more balanced feedback. It is impressive to see how quickly astudent can become a valuable member of a research group. Applied Mathematics is a veryappealing and accessible subject for such student projects.Bibliography:[1] NSF in a Changing World: The National Science Foundation’s Strategic Plan, Document nsf9525, available atwww.nsf.gov.[2] J.A. Colucci-Ríos, J. Briano, “Sloan Foundation Scholarship Program: Mentoring Undergraduates towardsDoctoral Degrees”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 09, no. 3, July 2001, pp. 295-298.[3] K

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Milo Koretsky

Statistics,” Chem. Eng. Ed. p. 170 spring 2002.8. Dorland, Dianne and K. Karen Yin, “Teaching Statistics to ChE Students,” Chem. Eng. Ed. 170 summer 1997.9 Young, V.L., 2003, “Designing a Statistics Course for Chemical Engineers, ” Proc. ASEE, Session 3513 (2003).10 Koretsky, Milo D., “Getting Students to Account for Variation in their Analysis of Real ChE Processes,” Proc. ASEE, Session 3515 (2003).11. Czitrom, Veronica and Karen Horrell, “SEMATECH Qualification Plan” in Statistical Case Studies for Industrial Process Improvement, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA; American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA (1997).12. NIST/SEMATECH “e-Handbook of Statistical Methods,” http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Askew; Cari-Sue Wilmot; Colley Hodges; Richard Bannerot

, both aiding in the planning and execution of the design andessential to its final presentation to the project administrator or, in their case, the courseprofessor.The previous workshops having addressed the purpose and audience of each type of report, thesection-specific workshops (Abstracts, Introductions, and Context in Engineering Reports andResults, Discussion, and Recommendations Sections of Technical Reports) were designed tofamiliarize students with the most important sections of each type of report and providestrategies for writing these sections. The workshops specified that each section of a report has aspecific purpose and provides the reader with particular information for an explicit purposewithin the report as a whole. The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

among other applications the use of Total Quality Management techniques to better organize hospitals.12 Williams, op. cit., note 1.JOHN O. MINGLE, Ph.D., J.D.Emeritus Professor of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityFirst started teaching chemical engineering in the late 1950’s and experienced significant changes in engineeringeducation during the 1960 - 70’s. Obtained J.D. in the 80’s, retired from teaching nuclear engineering in the early90’s and continues to practice patent law. Served as professor and advisor for co-author Roberts in the 60’s-70’s.TOM C. ROBERTS, P.E., CMCAssistant Dean, Recruitment and Leadership Development, College of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityTom has more than 30 years experience in planning, organizational

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchell Neilsen

Educationsoftware designs. An important aspect was the discussion that ensued after each team presentedtheir results. This year, we plan to use a more iterative approach to let teams receive morefeedback after each design phase.Students were not required to use any particular operating system or programming language.Most of the designs were completed using C and BrickOS (a C-based RTOS), or Java and LeJOS(a Java-based RTOS). A few of the teams chose to use no RTOS; e.g., NQC. The mostsuccessful designs incorporated an operating system. Figure 7. Robotics competition at KSU Open House.4 ConclusionsWith the rapid advances in technology, it is now possible to embed computing capabilities invirtually all manufactured devices. To realize

Conference Session

Security

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G Murphy; G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

. Bruno, A.A., CCIE Routing and Switching. Indianapolis IN: Cisco Press. (2003).28. Maj, S.P., G. Kohli, and T. Fetherston. A Pedagogical evaluation of new state model diagram for teaching internetworking technologies. in 28th Australasian Computer Science Conference. Newcastle, Australia: Australian Computer Society. (2005).GUPREET KOHLIGurpreet is a PhD student at Edith Cowan University with three years of experience in Lecturing and DevelopingNetwork and Data Communication units at Edith Cowan University. Gurpreet is currently investigating web servicesand capacity planning of e-business sites as part of his research at ECU.PAUL MAJAssociate Professor S. P. MAJ is a recognized authority in the field of industrial and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefani A. Bjorklund; Norman Fortenberry

take charge and are self-regulated. They define learning goals and problems that are meaningful to them; have a big picture of how specific activities relate to those goals; develop standards of excellence; and evaluate how well they have achieved their goals. They have alternative routes or strategies for attaining goals--and some strategies for correcting errors and redirecting themselves when their plans do not work. They know their own strengths and weaknesses and know how to deal with them productively and constructively. Engaged learners are also able to shape and manage change. [36, p. 8]In a study of engineering students working in teams, Colbeck et al. found that students helddiffering

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Jiusto; David DiBiasio

taxonomy.The outcome elements include a range of abilities such as: basic communication skills,developing learning plans, dealing with information including evaluating integrated information,critical thinking, and analysis of one’s ability to reflect on their own understanding and thinking.As educators our interests involve what we do with our students for four years and how thatprepares them professionally, intellectually and emotionally for post-graduation life. Because ofits many dimensions it is important to understand LLL, or students’ preparedness for LLL, andits connection to the curriculum. Few studies have really probed this connection. AlvernoCollege pioneered work in this area related to liberal arts education. However, theirmethodologies