Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alene Harris; Monica Cox, Purdue University

/ Department of Teaching and Learning, Peabody College at Vanderbilt University Abstract This paper explores both the significance and the lim itations of the VaNTH Observation System (VOS). The VOS was originally developed for use at the VaNTH Engineering Research Center in bioengineering classrooms at Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Harvard/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Science and Technology. This instrument is designed to capture (1) the number and dura tion of faculty-student interactions in a classroom, (2) the engagement of students

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

aslettering, correct use of instruments, geometric constructions, multiview and pictorial drawing,sectional views, auxiliary views, dimensioning, and manufacturing processes 1. These topics mayhave been successful in the past, but they likely will not prepare students for the current market.The use of geometry orientation and documentation only are no longer sufficient to evaluate howa student will perform with sophisticated CAD tools 2. Students have to be able to do more thanjust create static models and drawings extracted from the models 3. With the current types oftools and software available, industry is looking for individuals who can move data throughoutthe design process, collaborate online with customers, suppliers and coworkers, identify

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Gray; Andrew Miller; Francesco Costanzo; Charles Randow

the traditional class-room setting.4, 12 Mathematica may become central to the course, either by associatingeach lecture or topic with a given notebook10 or even by creating an entire textbook basedon the software package.9 If students are required to become proficient with Mathemat-ica, they would then be able to create their own notebooks and to solve their own prob-lems.1, 11 Similarly to what is being described here, others have written software to createinteractive modules for their students to explore and to better understand various physi-cal systems.5Previous work has been done to encourage the use of computers in the classroom aspart of an overall interactive environment to be used in teaching engineering and sciencecourses.3, 6

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kit Pun; Anesa Hoesin

2003-1588 Development of a Journal Information System for Engineering Research Studies KIT FAI PUN and ANESA HOSEIN Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, WI (email: kfpun@eng.uwi.tt)Abstract: A prototype journal information system (JIS) comprising of a cataloguing sub-systemand an information indexing sub-system was developed to assist researchers and engineeringstudents in their literature review and research studies. The system can provide 1) a fast-searching capability to trace

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Foster; Hoai Le; Li Chen

that instructorscover a minimum amount of the material that concerns Object-Oriented Programming(OOP) and focuses on honing the beginning student on programming skills. We can putthe intensive training of OOP in Advanced Programming in Java, and Object-OrientedDesign in Java with UML. 1. IntroductionUnlike the procedural/traditional programming courses such as Pascal, C, Fortran andCobol, learning Java has two major obstacles: understanding concepts and developingprogramming skills. It does not mean that procedural/traditional programming languagesdo not have such concepts vs. programming issues. What we want to address here is thatJava has more problems than C/C++ [2].What makes Java different is that you

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

degree program is critical.1 By necessity, a plasma technology or plasma-aidedmanufacturing course must be placed near the end of the program of study, allowingstudents sufficient time to lay a foundation in the disciplines of chemistry, physics,electronics, mathematics, vacuum technology, and semiconductor manufacturingprocesses. Figure 1 shows the disciplines that are fundamental to the study of plasma-aided manufacturing. Mathematics Chemistry Physics Plasma-Aided Electronics Manufacturing

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

Session 1455 Growing the National Innovation System: Defining the Characteristics of Innovative Professional Graduate Education at the Master, Doctor, and Fellow Level for Technology Leaders in Industry D. D. Dunlap, 1 S. J. Tricamo, 2 D. H. Sebastian, 2 D. A. Keating, 3 T. G. Stanford 3 Western Carolina University 1 / New Jersey Institute of Technology 2 University of South Carolina 3 AbstractThis is the third paper in the special panel session on reshaping

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Natela Ostrovskaya; Jan Rinehart; Susan Metz

people, foundations, and agencies, the numbersare not increasing. Determining what the factors are that motivate and encourage young peopleto pursue Ph.D.s and then select academic careers, is vital to the economic growth of America.IntroductionThe representation of men of color and women faculty in engineering in the U.S. is extraordinarilylow. The most recent data (1997) indicate that female engineering faculty who have doctoratedegrees employed at four-year colleges is at a level of 6.5% (tenured and non-tenured, tenuretrack). The number of doctoral engineers employed as postsecondary faculty in two and four-yearcolleges is so small for Black, Hispanic and Native Americans that they are go unreported sincethe number is less than 500. 1 The

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Brougham; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger

groups on exam scores.Williams (2000) surveyed professional programmers onthis practice, finding that 100% agreed that they had Objective Outcomesmore confidence in their solutions when engaging in As noted, quantifiable outcomes that could arise frompair programming than when programming alone and pair programming which are potentially beneficial to96% agreed that they enjoy their job more when the team are: (1) earn better grades on programs and inprogramming in pairs. As reported by Beck (2000) and the course overall, with a possible carry-over effect toWikki (1999), many attribute their professional coding quizzes and exams, depending upon their progra mmingsuccess to the teamwork approach

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yurtseven Oner; Fox Patricia; Stephen Hundley

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russ Pimmel

the FutureConference (1), provide evidence of this new emphasis. In addition, many individual institutionsare now organizing workshops to introduce their faculty to these ideas. Although the short-duration workshop has become a standard approach for dissemination, there are no data on theeffectiveness of them in changing attitudes and behavior.Most workshop leaders conduct some form of post workshop evaluation, but these are usuallyformative, intending to provide information for improving the workshop. They address questionslike: “How the workshop could be improved to better meet the participants’ goals (or needs)?”,"What the participants liked (or disliked)?”, and so on. Usually, there is little attempt to evaluatethe effect of the workshop

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lan; Karlene Hoo; Jason Williams; Harry Parker; Charles Smith; Theodore Wiesner

maintaining expensive physical laboratoryequipment and supplies.To address this adaptation, we are developing a virtual unit operations laboratory. Thepedagogical format includes the following.(1)The partial replacement of selected lab-scale physical unit operations experiments withcomputer visualization of data from full-scale, industrial chemical processes. Using the processsimulator, CHEMCAD™, which contains both steady state and dynamic unit operations models,we demonstrate the separation of mixture of organic acids using multiple distillation columns inseries. The module simulates an actual separation train at the Celanese plant in Pampa, TX. Weobtain excellent agreement with the archival data donated by Celanese. We also explore

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

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Traig Born; Joel Glidden; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

, 13, 14.The majority of the challenges involve mechanical design. However, recent changes in thecontest incorporate more sensor and software challenges. The contest is becoming aproving ground for mechatronics design.The ideal FIRST team consists of partners from local high schools, a university, and anindustry partner. Wilczynski, et al., provide an excellent overview of the benefits to thehigh school beneficiaries and to society for supporting a FIRST team.8 Although there aremany benefits for either the University or Industry partners, each entity must determinehow this service can fit into its mission.How does a University fit FIRST into its mission and structure? The challenges are: 1. Faculty resources are limited. Few Universities

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Huba; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

to formulatethe problem, devise a plan of action, and derive a final solution using the domain knowledgeacquired in class. In addition to improving understanding of the course material, the module isalso designed to improve more general cognitive skills and specifically to enhance themetacognitive ability of the participating students. A prototype of the module is currently beingused in a classroom setting and we report on our initial experiences and student outcomes. Wealso discuss how this will be extended to an active learning environment that uses informationtechnology across the curriculum to integrate all required undergraduate courses.1. IntroductionUsing information technology (IT) to improve engineering education offers much

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; G. Lineberry

degree programs in Mechanical Engineering and inChemical Engineering. Murray State University and Paducah Community College collaboratewith UK in offering curricula that culminate in B.S. engineering degrees awarded by theUniversity of Kentucky. The preparations and events surrounding the initial accreditation visit willbe discussed, with a focus on three particular areas: 1) the unique collaborative arrangementbetween the three distinct institutions and its impact on the accreditation process; 2) the necessityto appropriately distinguish a program under ABET criteria when it is at a location far from themain university campus, but shares a curriculum and an academic administrative structure with themain campus; and 3) issues encountered in

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

thevariables of a problem are visually exposed, any conceivable what-if scenario can be pursuedwith the click of a button without a single line of programming.The usage of TEST is growing steadily. It has been installed in 175 different universities aroundthe world and mirrored in nine different countries. More than 10,000 educators, professionalsand students have registered although no registration or fee is necessary to use the site. TEST canbe freely accessed from any of its mirror sites, which are linked from www.prenhall.com/thermo.Introduction: In the last decade a number of software for thermodynamic analysis have beendeveloped. The ASME provides a comprehensive database for thermodynamics analysis [1

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

biomechanics.We then describe the experimental design on which the assessment and evaluation of the courseis based, and finally present some results obtained from our classroom assessment studies.The How People Learn (HPL) Model There is some evidence to suggest that learning with understanding is enhanced wheninstruction is designed with four types of learning environments in mind1: (1) learner-centeredenvironments focus on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that students bring to the learningsituation; (2) knowledge-centered environments focus on content that is organized around bigideas or core concepts; (3) assessment-centered environments help students’ thinking to becomemore visible so that both they and their teachers may assess and

Conference Session

Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Rizk; Donald Carpenter; James Hanson

children at that agewith fun, interactive, and interesting activities that improve the learning process. An outreachprogram was conducted with middle school students that emphasized civil engineering activitiesand concepts. The activities were developed to provide exposure to each of the conventionaldisciplines of civil engineering. Many of the activities were suitable for conducting competitionsbetween individuals or teams of students. A summary of the original 8-module session ispresented in Table 1. The middle school at which the program was held was an inner-city school in Detroit,Michigan. Students in the program were enrolled in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Enrollingin the after school program required qualification of good

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Stephen Tricamo; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

Session 1455 Growing the National Innovation System: Leading Change at Universities for Innovative Graduate Education D. R. Depew, 1 S. J. Tricamo, 2 D. H. Sebastian, 2 S. K. Fenster, 2 R. J. Bennett, 3 D.D. Dunlap, 4 G. S. Jakubowski, 5 M. I. Mendelson, 5 T. G. Stanford, 6 D. A. Keating, 6 J. M. Snellenberger 7 Purdue University 1/ New Jersey Institute of Technology 2/ St Thomas University 3 Western Carolina University 4 / Loyola Marymount University 5 University of South Carolina 6 / Rolls-Royce Corporation 7

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

ideally wanted (not reality). A revelation discovered later is that students nowhave algebra II in their sophomore year of high school so it is no wonder their algebra skills needto be re-tooled when starting the program. The mathematics sequence was revised from algebra-trig, calculus I, and calculus II over three semesters to algebra, trigonometry, calculus I, andcalculus II over four semesters. In conjunction, the standard circuits-electronics curriculum wasthen revised into the analog electronics curriculum bolstered by the new mathematics sequence (ajust-in-time tools approach). Table 1 and Figure 1 demonstrate this transformation. The first twocourses in the analog electronics sequence are algebra based. The third course in Advanced

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

application of fundamental math andscience relationships to solving real-world engineering problems. Programs are needed in the K-12 experience that deliver hands-on, project-based curricula providing the opportunity for K-12students to experience the wonders and opportunities of education and careers in engineering andtechnology 1.K-12 teachers typically have not majored in the science field of the courses they teach. Also, inthe United States students are less likely than students in other countries to be taught science byteachers with a major area of study in science 3. Generally, across all countries, only 20% ofstudents are taught science by teachers who believe that they are well prepared. The US teachersgenerally report higher levels of

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Cutright; Helen Qammar

Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Figure 1 contains an overview used for assessing learning outcomes. It is not simply anillustration of a generic assessment process but a way to categorize faculty needs, which in turnare mapped to faculty effort. Identifying the needs of each group (individual faculty, department,college, etc.) prior to starting assessment minimizes faculty time as well as the duplication ofeffort. As shown, there are four principle areas: measurement, validation, output and actionitems, and guiding principles. The measurement component is the aspect that is readily believedby faculty. It is targeted to the needs of individual faculty and is comprised of quantitative datathat

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Darcy Schein; Cathryne Stein

tournament only or tournament plusconference, 82.4% indicated that they preferred the tournament and conference combination. Ofthe 17.6% who preferred a tournament only, 84.6% were students.Typical written feedback included comments such as: "I liked the breakout sessions because you got to learn stuff and maybe get to do something as cool as the talkers." – DC Student "The conference part makes the event so much more educational, especially to school administration." – Southern California Teacher " 1) great facility; 2) healthy food; 3) excellent spectrum of talks; 4) good networking chances; 5) great technical set up. Everything was smooth." – Indiana college professor (and HS parent)We had some areas to work on for the following

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicolae Dragulanescu; Carmen Boje

Session 2560We collected data from a wide variety of sources that provided both a historical and comparativeviewpoint. Then we analyzed the data and presented some basic facts regarding the digital dividethat exists in the world today along with the negative effects that it has upon nations and thepeople groups who are the most impacted by the resulting informational and economic poverty.We present former and current actual factors of the West-East and East-East digital divide. Wealso discuss and point out the valiant efforts that some are making for the tearing down of thewall of economic isolation and silence that currently divides the “haves” from the “have-nots”.1. Digital Divide in the WorldThe 2001 U. S. Internet Council’s (USIC) report

Conference Session

Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sushil Chaturvedi

sessions, virtual-collaborative learning environments, e-campus, and virtual labs havebecome the buzzwords of academia. These emerging learning tools have provided a wide array of Page 8.925.1 2opportunities to distance learning students who may have otherwise not pursued higher education[1-5]. From the early seventies to the mid-nineties, synchronous transmission of televised courseswas the primary mode of transmission for distance learning courses and programs [6-7]. Easyaccess to the internet during the nineties has made web-based courses a viable, and

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv; Rosalyn Berne

Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 1 To demonstrate the effectiveness of the Eight Dimensional Methodology as ananalytical tool for thinking about ethical challenges to engineering, the paper presents thecase of the construction of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount Graham inArizona. The LBT project pools resources from an international partnership ofuniversities and research institutes for the construction and maintenance of a highlysophisticated, powerful new telescope. The LBT project will soon mark the erection of theworlds’ largest and most powerful optical telescope, designed to see fine detail otherwisevisible only

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

member are presented. The impact of undergraduateresearch on ET education and future challenges are discussed.1. Introduction Research experience for undergraduates is of great importance not only for conductingresearch on a topic that has impact on a current research activity, but also as a tool to enhanceundergraduate education1-3. For the engineering technology students, research experiences allowthem to carry out in-depth study of engineering concepts, while emphasizing hands-onexperiences and practical applications. Participating in funded research projects strengthens thestudent’s resume, and fulfills the requirements of present day employers, who demand soundengineering skills in their employees. At Wayne State

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edwin Rezaei; Sri Kolla

) program’sprocess control courses at the Bowling Green State University (BGSU).I. IntroductionIn the academic and industrial communities, remote real-time control of processes is receivingconsiderable attention. Various technologies are developed to perform the remote real-timecontrol using Internet-based technology. LabVIEW is one of the well-known software packagesused in process control applications [1]. LabVIEW uses various protocols such as TCP/IP,DataSocket, etc. that allow remote control using Internet. This paper describes real-timeON/OFF control [2] of a temperature-control experiment remotely using the DataSocketcommunication protocol in LabVIEW for a distance education laboratory.Several universities have developed Internet-based process control

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwith math, physics, communication or graphic arts [Pearson, 1999] 3 [Wood et. al., 2001] 5 [Goffet. al. 2001]2. Other approaches entail consecutive classes where one class of students utilize thereports of a previous class’ work or team taught labs with instructors from different disciplines[Drake et. al., 2002]1.At Kettering University, collaborative efforts have been tested involving a selected number ofstudents in two non-concurrent courses or utilizing reports from previous course work to developa project in another class [Scheller, 2000]4. There has not been any attempt in conducting a trulyinterdisciplinary

Conference Session

Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkata Ramana Ajjarapu; Shashank Krishnamurty; Sastry Vedula

Session Number 3432 An Innovative Rapid Prototyping Tool for Power Electronic Circuits S.Krishnamurthy1, V.V.Sastry2, V.Ajjarapu1 1 Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 2 United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT 06108AbstractDigital signal processors (DSPs) are being extensively used in various power electronic circuitsand systems to handle the growing complexity of the controllers and the trigger signal generationschemes. In this paper we present a DSP library based on the Modelica language and a fixed-point code generator that generates code for TI’s C2000 DSPs for