Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

Session 3161 Integrating Service Learning Into Engineering Communications Courses A. Dean Fontenot, Ph. D. and John R. Chandler, Ph. D. College of Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityAbstractAs one of the 840 participants in the National Campus Compact program, Texas TechUniversity (TTU) is adopting service learning as a viable learning tool for students. TheCollege of Engineering (COE) is integrating service learning into the IndustrialEngineering (IE) Communications course, helping students to develop an understandingof civic participation and how that participation augments

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Sinha; Randolph Thomas; John Kulka

technology, we must first recognize that technology isnot value-free, but value-laden.4. CURRICULUM MODEL TO MEET THE OUTCOMEHow can construction ethics be incorporated into an already tight engineering curriculum? Thereare five basic approaches that one may take – (1) required course in engineering ethics [4], (2)required course that integrates engineering ethics (microethics) with the social context ofengineering (macroethics) [6,16], (3) integration of engineering ethics across the curriculum[17], (4) integrated humanities and social science program that addresses all non-technical ABET2000 outcomes (e.g., Illinois Institute of Technology) or (5) integrated engineering relatedcommunity service project and lecture series [5]. Course topics should

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mya Poe; Dennis Freeman

Session 1793 Integrating Technical Writing into a Large Lecture Course Mya Poe* and Dennis M. Freeman+,# *Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies / +Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / #Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAbstractTechnical writing was incorporated as an integral part of a large lecture, undergraduate subject inbiomedical engineering. The writing component was

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Phillips-Lambert; Charles Camp; Paul Palazolo

place of aliberal arts course. This leaves the alternative of trying to integrate leadership/management skillsinto existing course structures using a model similar to that by which communication skills wereadded. Three possible ideas which have been successful at both the University of Memphis andthe University of Memphis are suggested.• Involve collateral departments to work within an existing curriculum by integrating multi- disciplinary opportunities like 3603. Since most programs have some form of communications course, probably taught by another department outside engineering, the model for this type cooperation may already be in place.• Share survey data with other faculty members to encourage greater incorporation of common

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Willcox; Gergana Bounova

mathematics faculty are combined to form animplicit mathematics curriculum, which lists the mathematical skills relevant to core engineeringclasses along with the flow of learning and utilization. Several problematic areas are identified,including the concept of a function, linearization, and vector calculus. Interview results show thatmany engineering faculty have an inadequate knowledge of mathematics class syllabi, and oftendo not know where or how the skills they require are taught, while mathematics instructors oftenhave a limited understanding of how mathematical concepts are applied in downstreamengineering classes. A number of recommendations are made, including increasedcommunication between mathematics and engineering faculty, development

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dawei Wu; Chunyan Wu; Aditya Dikshit; Weizhao Zhao

understanding of aparticular system. We developed a new medical imaging curriculum by associating a series ofcourses with 1) on-site lecturing in research and clinical laboratories and 2) a set of Internetaccessible imaging simulation tutorial programs, and formed an integrated teaching program.This program provides students with medical imaging knowledge in live, effective andinteractive formats.Introduction Biomedical engineering has been emerging as a multi-disciplinary engineering area sincethe end of last century. As a key component in this field, medical imaging education, combiningphysics, mathematics, electrical engineering and computer engineering together, providesstudents with a broad view of information technologies applied to

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Gabriele

the degree requirements for mechanical engineering, and a set ofanalytical skills for understanding society and culture through meeting the degree requirementsfor STS. But the backbone of PDI is the sequence of eight design studios, one every semester,that aim to integrate all three dimensions of the program - the technical, the aesthetic, and thesocial - with an emphasis on creativity and the imaginative application of new technologies andmaterials. The design studios help students to explore and develop their creativity while buildinga portfolio of design experiences continuously throughout all four years.This paper will describe the PDI program, its goals, how it was formulated, and reviewexperiences we have had in offering this innovative

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

address this need throughsignificant enhancements in the undergraduate communications curriculum offered by theElectrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE). The emphasis of these enhancementslies in the integration of hands-on experience in three typically, theory-based telecommunicationcourses and a separate laboratory course having a wireless communications focus. Theenhancements, enabled by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Course, Curriculum andLaboratory Improvement (CCLI) Adaptation and Implementation (A&I) Track award anduniversity support, features infrastructure development in terms of radio frequency (RF) anddigital communications test equipment. This paper describes the new communicationscurriculum at UVM, resources upon

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

and Depar tment of Electr onics and Computer Engineer ing TechnologyAbstr actThe Microelectronics Laboratory Curriculum development, for both associate and bachelordegrees, is a project between Arizona State University East (ASU East), three communitycolleges in the Maricopa Community College District, and Maricopa AdvancedTechnology Education Center (MATEC) and is funded by the National ScienceFoundation. This paper describes a model curriculum development strategy to create user-friendly material for students and the instructor. The development team consists of facultyfrom community colleges, ASU East and industry subject matter experts (SMEs). Tomaximize the efficiency of the development team an Online Authoring Tool is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett

to promote higher-level thinking skills and improve retention. For the project, incoming freshman will be given a plot of undeveloped land that, by the time they graduate, will be turned into a blueprint for certain segments of the city (time constraints prevent the design of an entire city). Design tasks include all facets of the traditional civil engineering program, such as site planning and layout, sewer and water infrastructure, water supply, wastewater treatment, buildings, transportation systems, channel design, floodplain analysis, and geotechnical work. A common, four-year design project unifies the curriculum and allows material learned in early courses to carry forward, unlike

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chenhhsin Liu; Ken Patton

products and services, e-production iscentered on the actual creation of goods and commodities. The availability of differentprototyping systems at each of the three partner schools, all connected via the internet, are givingstudents first hand experience in how technologies can be utilized to speed product developmentand production while providing a contextual learning environment which will facilitate theacquisition of relevant skills.There are three major institutions involved in this project: Saddleback College, San Diego CityCollege, and California State University, Los Angeles. Each school plays an integral part of theproject. Through the leadership of the Principal Investigator Ken Patton, the Dean of BusinessScience, Vocational Education

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

use in industry.Due to changes in the professional practice of civil engineering, updates to what is taught withinthe civil engineering curriculum are needed.2,3 This is in part due to the abilities of computers toconduct computations much more efficiently than in the past.3 Graduates from structuralengineering programs with considerable computer usage4 have an employment advantage overtheir peers since they tend to be more productive in industrial positions immediately aftergraduation. In most civil engineering programs, computer software use is introduced into thecurriculum directly through discipline specific courses. The literature presents numerousexamples of computer usage and software implementation in discipline specific courses.5,6,7

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

CurriculumA critical statement in the IS 2002 emphasizes that an IS curriculum requires an embeddedproblem solving and critical thinking framework in all courses2. Even though many institutionsagree that critical thinking and problem solving are important, their integration in the curriculumhas been limited1,3. Indeed, the problem-solving component is mainly addressed in programmingcourses. Consequently, students associate problem solving concepts with programming and donot think of problem solving outside this context.The proposed model curriculum emphasizes problem solving in all IS courses. Furthermore,critical thinking skills are emphasized in general education courses, which is an ABETrequirement5. In the implementation of the model curriculum

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Maggio; Sandra Yost

particular, this program is modeled on a highly successfulresidential summer camp for high school girls.Mechatronics Curriculum DevelopmentIn 1999, the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) was awarded an NSF-CCLI grant forcomprehensive curriculum development in mechatronics1,2. The project included thedevelopment of a new upper-division undergraduate course that incorporates team-oriented,project-based learning3. The incorporation of mechatronics in some existing courses was also agoal of the project4,5. Finally, the development of a pre-college outreach component wasintended to address future engineering workforce considerations6. The project specificallytargeted women and underrepresented minorities, especially in regards to the pre-collegecomponent

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

refers tocourses connected between different departments. Integration is being developed between manufacturing,industrial and mechanical engineering courses. The main goal is to develop a streamlined process wherestudents move from one course to another, carrying with them the knowledge and skills from upstreamcourses and the ability to visualize what is expected in the downstream classes. This holistic learningapproach forms the foundation of a solid multi-disciplinary education. Therefore, it is extremelyimportant to build continuity among sequences of courses. Students can then move along the thread thatintertwines seamlessly among the courses in the curriculum. This paper presents an integration attempt of an engineering capstone

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay Raman

services, such as Personal Communications Services(PCS—3G, 4G and beyond), wireless data networks and Internet access, position location,navigation, roadway informatics, and wireless sensor networks. The necessity for low-costand high-efficiency system implementations for these untethered communications capabilitieshas generated an explosion in the development of Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits(RFICs) [1]. These RFICs have generally been packaged together with VLSI digital signalprocessing (DSP) and microprocessor control chips on printed circuit boards (PCBs), or inadvanced multichip modules (MCMs). However, on the immediate horizon are mixed-signalintegrated circuits combining RF, analog, and digital functions on the same chip

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

Session 1657 An Integrated Approach to Evaluation of Program Educational Objectives and Assessment of Program Outcomes Using ABET Criteria for Accreditation of Engineering Programs Michael S. Leonard and Eleanor W. Nault Clemson UniversityI. AbstractFor many engineering education programs, the process for evaluating program educationalobjectives is interpretive; that is, achievement of program educational objectives is inferred fromachievement of program outcomes. What is lacking in current practice is a systematic way toexamine the success of a program

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Information Systems (IS) field is witnessing a rapid change due to the continuousadvances in technology. Consequently, academic institutions need to frequently update the IScurriculum to remain current. An important yet unpopular part of the curriculum is problemsolving and programming. As students encounter difficulties in understanding the concepts ofprogramming, a number of colleges attempt to solve the issue by introducing differentprogramming languages. Currently, Java is the programming language of choice for industry andacademic institutions. However, Java is not easy to learn even for non-novice programmers. Inthis paper, we propose a sequence of IS courses that emphasizes the problem solving componentprior to introducing the syntax and

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Stout; Ken Bosworth; Brian Williams; Habib Sadid; Mike Ellis

Math Usage by Practicing Engineers: What does it mean to Curriculum Planners? Mike Ellis, Brian Williams, Habib Sadid, Ken W. Bosworth, and Larry Stout Idaho State UniversityAbstractEngineering programs are constantly assessing the material required to earn an engineeringdegree. This assessment leads to squeezing in additional courses, often at the expense ofrequiring additional credits beyond that for a typical Bachelors degree. The common practice ofincluding new material while not changing what already exists is pushing the number of requiredcredits for an engineering degree in excess of what should be expected. A fundamental questionnot typically

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Law; Brian Johnson; Herbert Hess

Session 2533 New Three-Level Undergraduate Curriculum for Teaching Electrical Energy Subjects Herbert L. Hess, Joseph D. Law, Brian K. Johnson University of IdahoAbstractA new approach to an electric power and energy curriculum is presented. Student interestsappear in three categories: those who take only one introductory course for breadth, those whowant the greatest available depth of study in power and energy topics, and those who will studyanother area of electrical engineering in depth but find understanding power and energy topicshelpful to their anticipated

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Coffin; Catherine Almquist; Amit Shukla; Michael Bailey-Van Kuren; James Kiper; Christine Noble

-year experience by incorporating hands-on, team-based, inquiry-centered learning in an environment utilizing modern computing tools andmethods; and 3) create an interdisciplinary community to build an enhanced intellectual climateby providing avenues for collaboration amongst all majors in engineering and computing inSEAS at Miami. This will contribute to the university’s goal of enhancing intellectual climate foreffective learning and will provide a benchmark for educating engineers of the twenty-firstcentury. An integrated curriculum will be created within SEAS at Miami University byincorporating threads of learning throughout the four years and by enhancing the academic1 Assistant Professor (Corresponding Author), Department of

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

engineering application is unsatisfactory, and that a more integratedapproach is required. Such integration has typically been achieved by injecting engineeringapplication into the freshman calculus sequence, sometimes in concert with a freshmanengineering course. While integrating engineering application into the freshman calculus sequence is a stepin the right direction, it is proposed herein that a more radical approach is required, involving alarge-scale restructuring of the engineering curriculum. The WSU model begins with the development of a freshman-level engineeringmathematics course (EGR 101). Taught by engineering faculty, the course will include lecture,laboratory and recitation components. Using an application-oriented

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Vennes; Phillip Smith

with what we havecalled field theory software in a separate paper.II. A Brief History of Computer Aided Design at NMSUComputer aided design in the Mechanical Engineering Department at NMSU has its roots in themid-1970's when the department received a gift of an Applicon computer drafting system fromSandia Laboratories. The Applicon was integrated into the freshman level drafting courses, butby the early 1980's it was replaced by more economic PC's using such software as AUTOCADand CADKEY. Students were urged, but not required, to use these systems in ongoing designcourses. In the 1990's it became evident that there needed to be more integration between thecomputational drafting and computational design calculations and the department began

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

Session 1793 Integration of Engineering Principles in High School Algebra Courses Taryn Melkus Bayles Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Anne M. Spence Department of Mechanical Engineering Claudia Morrell Center for Women and Information Technology University of Maryland Baltimore CountyAbstractIn 2003 the state of Maryland implemented an education initiative which requires all Marylandstudents to enroll in algebra classes and

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Crago; Dale Flowers

members to attend virtually every class. One of them is the classleader for the day, but the other actively participates in the discussion and delivery as well.Students have expressed a clear preference for the second model, but without being critical of thefirst. Finally, elements of the curriculum that are essentially 100% engineering or 100% businesswere designed by one professor from the appropriate discipline and are taught by that oneprofessor, since an integrated learning experience was unnecessary.The program accepted its first group of students in the summer of 2001, and offered only onetrack entitled Technology Entrepreneurship. It was open to all engineering disciplines, and 30 ofthe 42 credits required were of the integrated type

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Tavares; Anthony Duva; Mansour Zenouzi

 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcontrol. A cooperative development of an Automation, Data Acquisition and Control Laboratorywith National Instruments is being initiated to augment the efforts in the Thermodynamics lab.With this effort, WIT faculty hope to spread the technology throughout the lab curriculum andintroduce a new state of the art Laboratory. Table 1. Approximate costs of the Equipment. Equipment Approximate Costs Minilab - Turbo Jet Engine $35,000 Rankine Cycler $24,000 Exhaust System $35,000 10 Computers For Simulations

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers; Jeff Goldberg

centered on technical strategies for transferring informationliteracy skills by impacting the course syllabi. In this discourse, we show more examples of howto integrate IL into engineering courses while also reporting more assessment data. We alsoprovide an in depth argument about how IL skills contribute to lifelong learning skills. We attempt to create a parallel learning process by infusing information literacy withregular course work. This particular teaching methodology teaches information literacy skillsusing the class content in a way that makes the literacy point with out appearing contrived. Page 9.761.1Research studies

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; H. Michael Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

44325IntroductionIn this paper we present a novel freshman design experience and the resulting enhancement ofthe first year experience. For the last five years, the Department of Chemical Engineering at TheUniversity of Akron has implemented a Vertically Integrated Team Design Project (VITDP)involving our entire undergraduate student population. VITDP is an engineering designcurricular and instructional pilot project for the National Science Foundation-funded DepartmentLevel Curriculum Reform (DLCR) at The University of Akron. Teams consisting of freshmanthrough seniors come together with an industrial or faculty mentor to solve an open-ended designproblem over a five-week period during the Fall semester. Teams are typically asked to decidewhether a proposed

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Veronica Dark; Mary Huba; Kevin Saunders; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

that are needed to be asuccessful engineering problem solver. We describe the status of this project, which has beenimplemented in two courses: an engineering economy course and a manufacturing systemsengineering course. One of the objectives of this new environment is integration of thecurriculum, and we discuss how links were created between these two courses to highlightconnections between the course contents, and how this results in rethinking and improvements ofthe existing curriculum. We also show how the environment encourages development ofengineering problem solving skills, as well as the basic cognitive skills needed. Finally, wediscuss our assessment of the new learning environment, how it has been received by students,and how it is

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Russ

, American Society for Engineering Education3. Damrosch, David. We Scholars: Changing the Culture of the University. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995.4. Maimoulides, Jim. “The Eversharp CA: The pen that killed Eversharp.” Available at http://www.penhero.com, 2003.5. McKeage, K., D. Skinner, R. Seymour, D. Donahue, and T. Christensen. “Implementing an interdisciplinary Marketing/Engineering course project: Project format, preliminary evaluation, and critical factor review.” Journal of Marketing Education 21 (3), pp. 217-231, 1999.6. Morreale, S., P. Shockley-Zalabak, and P.Whitney. “The Center for Excellence in Oral Communication: Integrating communication across the curriculum.” Communication Education 42, pp. 10