Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Stewart; David Elrod

engineering graphicscourse serves. In addition, institutions differ in the methods used to assess student learning. Anumber of authors have presented their work in the area of grading criteria and assessment ofstudent work in the freshman engineering graphics course.In the latest revision of the engineering graphics course at Georgia Tech, a backward designapproach was used to identify goals for student understanding, to establish assessments formeasuring student understanding, and to plan instruction. This paper describes the evolution ofthe freshman engineering graphics course at Georgia Tech, in terms of course content andassessment methodology. The paper includes a statement of learning objectives, an assessmentmatrix, and examples of student

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Syed Ali; Marcia Rossi; M. Javed Khan

configured for multiple out-of-the-window views and a synthetic heads down display with joystick, rudder andthrottle controls. While the environment is being utilized to investigate andevaluate various strategies for training novice pilots, students were involved toprovide them with experience in conducting such interdisciplinary research. Onthe inter-disciplinary level these experiences included developing experimentaldesigns and research protocols, consideration of human participant ethicalissues, and planning and executing the research studies. During the planningphase students were apprised of the limitations of the software in its basic formand the enhancements desired to investigate human factors issues. A number ofenhancements to the flight

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

environment” as students in the Gulf Region. The paperdwells on those strategies, believed to be appropriate for the development of a “positiveteaching-learning” environment; and in particular, those activities that are more relevant to theArab Gulf States. Strategies pertaining to:(i) planning courses, (ii) conducting courses, and(iii)developing positive learning environment, in and outside the classroom, are discussed andsupplemented with general advice and suggestions based on the experience of the author. It isalso argued that “reformation” and “active learning” ought to start within the public schoolsystems of the Region, where existing “traditional” teaching methods tend to suppressindependent thinking, and have failed in equipping students

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell; Joseph Cecere

Project (3)(CET 458) Planning and Scheduling (3)(CET 452) Approved Selection (3) Safety (2)(C ENG 454) Approved Selection (3) Senior Project (1)(CET 458) Open Elective(3) Approved Business Selection (3) Page 9.739.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Curriculum Innovation – Evolving the Educational Process SDCET’s success in employing its graduates is not an accident. On the contrary, it iscertainly at least in part tied to the well

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wong; Stephanie Blaisdell; Paula Leventman; Anna Swan; Katherine Ziemer; Rachelle Reisberg

middle schools are integral to team activities by leading engineeringactivities in their classes with the assistance of the other STEM team members. These femaleresource teams will have a significant impact on the gender-related images that all students, bothmale and female, have about engineers. Simply put, STEM Teams composed primarily offemales will demonstrate to girls and boys that women do engineering. Page 9.6.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationYear 1A three year work plan was

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

, the students are told that they have been recruited from college into a new start-up (afictitious, “Florida Tech Ventures, LLC”), and that they have until April of the following year toform teams and conceive, define, design, develop, prototype, build, characterize, validate andprepare to launch a suite of new products, to be displayed at an all-important trade show. Thestudents learn about the new product pipeline, technology roadmapping, business planning, theproduct-to-market cycle, design-for-X, project planning, management, execution and closure,and the whole product concept, including the development of launch collateral and participationin trade show events

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsu Tze Chi; Han Bee Shan

plans and exposes both engineering and businessstudents to the challenge faced by many actual companies. The objective of this paperis aimed to give an overview of the project which intends to design a cross disciplinecurriculum to enhance the knowledge innovation capability of our student under theimpact of knowledge economics. The design of this new curriculum is based on thereview of the educational goal of Yuan Ze University and the characteristics of thestudents we like to cultivate are as belowゑゴ1サcreative problem solvingゴ2サability to practice engineeringゴ3サapply advanced technologyゴ4サfunction multidisciplinary teamsゴ5サcommunicate effectivelyゴ6サunderstand global impact and societal contextゴ7サentrepreneurship This new curriculum

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Prathivadi Ravikumar

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe degree is tailored for those seeking a cross-disciplinary terminal degree. No campus visitsare necessary. Students must maintain at least 3.00 GPA. At least 50 % of the credits must beearned from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville.BACKGROUND OF DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY (DFM)In the current global competitive environment, it is essential that manufacturing be performed atpeak efficiency. To do so requires the understanding, planning, implementing, monitoring, andcontrolling of many functions that affect manufacturing. One important function that influencesmanufacturing greatly is design. As well known

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Education”drawings and floor plans and completed comparative assessments for each of the finaldesigns. The second design project involved the application of a computer-aided design(CAD) software package that guides the user through the design of a truss-type highwaybridge, based on a specified design scenario; design submittals included isometric andelevation drawings for this unique commercial engineering application. Finally, students’end-of-course assessments are used to validate the effectiveness of the projects. Due tospace limitations, examples of student solutions are not included; however, the author canprovide copies of student solutions to interested educators upon request.Project #1: Residential DesignThis initial project buildson

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Barbara Gannod

design document, a test plan, asoftware release, and a user’s manual are given specific due dates. For an example, seethe capstone course offered at Southwestern University.5 This common organizationfollows a very traditional (“waterfall”-like) approach to software development. In termsof software processes, described in the next section, a one or two semester approximationof a heavyweight process is used almost exclusively in software engineering capstonecourses.2.2 Software ProcessesEngineering disciplines recognize that in order to build quality products, qualityprocesses must be followed. This was the motivation for the Capability Maturity Model(CMM) defined by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).6 In general, a softwareprocess

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

integrated sequence of eight core courses in which manytopics to be developed “across the curriculum” are emphasized, an ongoing planning to integrateIT topics into a combination of new or reorganized required and elective courses, and a recently-implemented practice-oriented Masters of Engineering program.IntroductionThe work of the civil engineer will change dramatically as we move beyond the first few years ofthe 21st Century. The challenges of world’s expanding population and societal expectations, thechanging global marketplace, and the growing environmental concerns, when coupled with therapidly growing Information Technology (IT) resources, lead to the conclusion that civilengineering will grow as a vibrant, needed, and rewarding profession

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Cottrell

ASEE: Session 2004-782 Transportation Education at Colleges and Universities in the Mountain States Wayne D. Cottrell, Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 122 South Central Campus Drive, Room 104 University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0561 (801) 587-9015 (phone); (801) 585-5477 (fax) wcottrel@eng.utah.eduAbstractThis study investigates transportation engineering and planning education

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Potter; Brian Knight; Antoine Ataya

: leadership, strategic planning, customer and marketfocus, information, analysis and knowledge management, human resource focus, processmanagement, and business results.Congress established the award program in 1987 to recognize U.S. organizations for theirachievements in quality and performance and to raise awareness about the importance of qualityand performance excellence as a competitive edge. A report, Building on Baldrige: AmericanQuality for the 21st Century, by the private Council on Competitiveness, said, “More than anyother program, the Baldrige Quality Award is responsible for making quality a national priorityand disseminating best practices across the United States”For 16 years, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria have been used

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Enke; Susan Murray

communities will also benefit.There are many definitions and forms of distance education. Students can receivematerial as text, graphics, audio, video, or combinations of these. Faculty may receivefeedback ranging from none to real time streaming video connections. Traditional on-campus students may or may not be present. It is imperative to understand the variousfactors that will influence the learning experience of the students in this hybridenvironment so that faculty can customize their teaching and lesson plans. This paper isfirst in a series of papers that will discuss on-going research activities in the EngineeringManagement department at University of Missouri – Rolla aimed at understanding anddeveloping novel methods for hybrid classrooms

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas O'Neal; Thomas Jacobius; Joseph Steig; Arnold Heggestad; Abigail Barrow; Phil Weilerstein; David Barbe

Ventures, a regional technology economicdevelopment organization, and the highly successful Technology Startup Boot Camp, conductedfor several years at the University of Maryland. The series was further developed by the NationalCollegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) in collaboration with regional partners andconsulting firm Grayhead Associates. Invention to Venture provides an opportunity forparticipants around the country to learn technology entrepreneurship basics, build their networks,and develop plans for moving their ideas forward. The NCIIA and its member institutions intendto make Invention to Venture an effective extracurricular outreach vehicle based at select collegecampuses across the country. This paper describes the

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Harper

Page 9.1290.4because restoration projects on this scale have seldom been undertaken, “[i]n the face of …uncertainties and surprises, the ability of the [Everglades] restoration plan to achieve its stated Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationrestoration goals depends on fully incorporating and maintaining scientific research throughoutthe restoration program”6 (emphasis added). This is critical because “[s]cience has the potentialto inform ongoing restoration policy and management decisions to the extent that restorationtargets and measures actually capture and measure progress toward society’s goals

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

conflicts or inconsistencies in expectations between course instructors, as well asbetween students and instructors. In many cases there appears to be no ‘systematic’ way forarriving at project ideas. Students are sometimes offered a list of potential topics, or asked tobrainstorm and submit topics for approval. This non-methodical approach has resulted in acatalogue of poorly-conceived products showing a dearth of creativity and poverty ofinnovations. This paper discusses a pre-capstone course to guide students through the process ofidea-production, selection of a title for a creative product or system, and a plan for development.Index Terms – Capstone design, creative design, sustainable design.IntroductionMany programs use the capstone design

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Williams

ofbroadly educating engineers in several aspects of computing without sacrificing the developmentof intuition and design judgment. Clearly, the use of computers needed to enhance rather thanreplace existing problem-solving approaches. Janicki et al4 offered a number of suggestions fordeveloping a plan for computer-enhanced instruction, based on their reviews of basic learningand instructional design theories. They stress the importance of incorporating a number ofdifferent learning styles in such a plan, including: lectures, which tell or describe facts andprocesses; demonstrations, which show the students how the facts or processes are used; andexercises, which require the students to do the processes themselves. The traditional means ofteaching

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rhonda Lee-Desautels

program, we concluded a different venue wasnecessary to assure a good audience. We also realized that the panel format was better suited for“older” girls, grades 9-12, who made up a very small percentage of Engineering Day attendees.Many of the topics mentioned by the panel were not applicable to a young crowd, such as familyplanning issues, dealing with male coworkers, and college courses. These were issues the oldergirls were now considering in their career decisions. We realized the need to tailor our programto the audience, and develop something new for the younger girls.The Planning ProcessThe majority of the planning process took place during the summer months, with a total of threeface-to-face meetings held, and numerous email discussions

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Olds

Session 2530Currently, the module’s lessons are divided into units. These units are categorized into twogroups (Figure 1). The first group consists of components we have deemed critical in meetingthe main instructional objectives, and are therefore required for module implementation. Thesecond group consists of optional components based in language arts, social sciences, and simplemathematics. These options allow teachers to complement the main engineering lessons andcustomize the module to fit their schedules.Figure 1 – A schematic of the constituent units of the PPHH lesson plans. The units acrossthe top are required to achieve the overall objectives of the module. The units below thearrow represent optional units teachers can use to complement

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Ogilvie

membersand graduate students. Through these relationships, TREX participants learn about opportunitiesthat may be available to them during and after a graduate education. This experience builds theirconfidence and convinces them that pursuing a graduate degree is both valuable and feasible.TREX participants receive a $2,600 research stipend ($1,300 per semester) and are required tospend an average of 10-14 hours per week on his/her research project during the academic year.In addition, TREX participants are required to develop a research proposal plan at the beginningof the program that clearly defines the project and ensures that the student, faculty andcoordinator expectations are met. Finally, TREX participants are expected to: attend

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Stratton

states. This was a majorchange from the previous arrangement of vertically integrated electric utilities, withimplementation frequently not well planned or executed. This is a classic example of competitionby mandate, and not market driven competition. Page 9.1240.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education”The result of deregulation is a five tier system of electric power supply. The power is nowgenerated mostly by a group of independent power producers, trying to maximize the return ontheir investments. The power is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Wo; Pei-Fen Chang

Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education (1). Helping team members and cooperating in a group; (2). Helping to plan; (3). Pacing and scheduling projects; (4). Getting peer and teacher feedback on work; and (5). Teaching classmates. The shift from the traditional system of education to cooperative learning may redefinewhat a good student does, thus threatening and raising the anxiety of traditionally goodstudents. The highly competitive nature of most problem solvers also hinders teamworkability. College students receive little training on how to work as a team, and since they haveonly been in a simulated environment, they will not realize that most of the

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

toidentify “design” as a vital component of the curriculum. In fact, Criterion 3.c requires that “…programs must demonstrate that their graduates have an ability to design a system, component,or process to meet desired needs” and Criterion 4 requires a “… curriculum culminating in amajor design experience …”. Such a capstone experience is a major component of the Design ofThermal Fluid Systems course (MECH 4314), required of every student, in the MechanicalEngineering program at The University of Memphis. Continuous improvement processesconducted by the faculty of that program have identified a need to improve the ability of itsgraduates to effectively plan and execute an engineering project of significant scope to beconducted by a multi

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Moody

necessarily provoke higher level thinking. Since engineers need to beable to design and evaluate, higher level tasks need to be worked into the curriculum of everyengineering course. Bloom’s taxonomy with example action verbs is listed below: Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives3 • Evaluation: assess, contrast, critique, justify, validate • Synthesis: classify, create, design, explain, plan, simplify • Analysis: contrast, derive, differentiate, generate, infer, model • Application: apply, calculate, demonstrate, operate, predict, solve • Comprehension: demonstrate, estimate, explain, rephrase, summarize • Knowledge: list, name, recite

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Meade

proposal was treated as a bid. I informed the studentsthat some jurisdictions forbid licensed engineers to submit bids for work.I described the design process and we, as a class, did backward planning to prepare our proposal.That is, we visualized our design process working backwards in time from our final product, thefoundation recommendations, through analysis, field/laboratory testing to site investigation. Thestudents struggled with the preparation of a boring and sampling plan, one of our initial tasks.The preparation of a boring and sampling plan is never routine. The plan details depend on fourfactors: project characteristics, geological setting of the site, the subsurface information availableabout the site and the experience of the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Can Saygin

introduced the so-called ManufacturingEducation Plan5 building on a platform of performance activities that supports manufacturingeducation. In their report, it is stated that the attendees strongly indicated a need for hands-onexperience as an important aspect of the education of the manufacturing engineers. Among thegaps identified in current curricula, the lack of exposure to manufacturing principles placed inthe top five areas. The Manufacturing Education Plan highlights the importance of teachingthese principles through both experience and formal lecturing.The desired educational curriculum resulting from the research described in this proposal can bebriefly outlined in connection with the four keywords1 in the “vision” stated by the

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

agencies.Most academic institutions also have internal plans and evaluation requirements directed atassuring quality of programs and services. Evaluation data can make a case with decision makersfor increased support for under-resourced areas.While evaluation is then imposed on faculty by various authorities, it is also a matter ofprofessional integrity. Faculty members want to deliver good programs that enable their studentsto gain secure, stimulating and satisfactorily remunerative employment, as well as ensureemployers of the competence and potential of program graduates. Evaluating programs allowsfaculty to reflect, to better understand how a program is working, and where it is headed. Itenables faculty to catch potential problems related to

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Pat Ackerman; Kathy Brockway; Raju Dandu; Pedro Leite; Jimmy Splichal

. Students thenlearned how to write a computer program to operate their robots.Weekly activities are noted below. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conference • Created a journal to record their projects’ planning, development, programming, and testing. • Created a set of PowerPoint slides containing their groups’ information and details about their project. This activity involved designing the presentation as well as editing text and adding digital pictures. • Introduced to the LEGO Mindstorms set. This introduction was intended to give students exposure to simple machines and the RCX programming language

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Frame

thewar, most of the industrial capability of the Axis (Japan, Italy, and Germany) wasdestroyed. After the armistice, the Allies (the US, Great Britain, and France) rebuilt theindustrial base in the defeated nations so that both their local economies and the overallworld economy would grow and flourish. The facilities built were brand new and state-of-the art, so the newest methodologies were implemented during plant design andbusiness planning. Page 9.764.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringTable 1: List of