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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Qaissaunee

regional partners working with the National Center forTelecommunications Technologies (NCTT), the project will serve as the focal point for regionaldissemination of this curricula and training to regional business and industry. In addition toNCTT, strategic partnerships have been established to achieve the objectives of this project,which include:• Develop and disseminate a state-of-the-art wireless communications program reflective of regional industry need;• Support NCTT in establishing a nationwide telecommunications education program; • Develop collaborations with regional high school, 2-year and 4-year colleges and business and industry; • Provide professional development for regional collaborating institutions

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New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krohn

laboratoryexperiments/demonstrations, and 8 hours of facility tours.Grading for the course was based on laboratory reports, class participation, development of twoclassroom activity/lesson plans, and a class portfolio which included a daily journal of activities,impressions and reflections on lessons learned.While the primary instructors for the course came from the mechanical engineering faculty,every effort was made to keep the course at a level appropriate for the students, most of whomhad taken college algebra (sometimes several years ago!) as their highest level mathematicscourse. The class lectures were kept as informal as possible with lots of encouragement forquestions and discussions during the class.ContentA copy of the course syllabus/schedule for

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Denise Driscoll ; Klod Kokini; Linda Katehi; Jeff Wright; Carolyn Percifield

more equitable and inclusive. Ipsaro makes the pointthat to discount, attack, exclude and/or attempt to undermine the numerical majority only impedesthe process of changing the climate of the workplace.6 Thus, it was important that we motivateand empower white and male participants to become diversity agents. In this paper, the resultsthat are described reflect the predominance of white (N = 95 out of the 134 surveys) and male (N= 80) participants that attended the forum.Survey AdministeredThe survey instrument used to assess the multicultural forum was developed to assess forumeffectiveness and forum ABC outcomes. If one ensures 1) a high quality experience (i.e.,participants rate the forum high in quality and would recommend the forum) and 2

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Monica Schmidt

concept was to allow the students discover the key factors ingood communication. The rubrics were to provide the students with the context of quality fromthe instructor. The effect of the change of context should be reflected in the changingcommunication skills during the term.III. ResultsThe average grade for the first four presentation was 8 points lower that the following fourpresentations two days later. The presentations scores continued to advance even though thepresenters were continually changing. By the last presentation, all the presentationsdemonstrated: • An introductory slide to establish flow • A summary slide directed to the audience with the purpose in mind

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eswara Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy; Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

instruction2,3.Such an approach has been shown to be particularly useful in engaging a diverse student body,such as exists in the College of Engineering & Science at the University of Detroit Mercy(UDM)4,5. The student body at UDM is nearly sixty percent women, and over forty percentstudents from underrepresented groups. Enrolment in introductory physics courses that are partof various engineering undergraduate programs, broadly reflect this diversity.This paper represents an attempt by the authors to further incorporate a more student-centeredapproach to the subject through the use of in-class exercises that promote critical thinking andcollaborative learning. The paper is written as follows: In the next section, we give a brief

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joao Vinhas; Joao Paiva

the Aristote-lian vision of phenomena, with which mankind lived for more than twenty centuries. Among othersare those related with kinematic concepts, their relation to forces, the concept of force itself, andheat as a fluid. So, it might become important to, using simple situations from day-to-day life andexperimental tasks with working groups, accustom the student’s mind to be able to live with two in-terpretations, hoping that ultimately he will choose the one that suits him better. Results Time was considered to be a major factor. Time to analyse, to reflect and revisit. To letthings settle, as opposed to the habitual instant grasp in today’s world. Regular study and class at-tendance was, gratifyingly for the teacher

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Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ratna Babu Chinnam; Joe Nguyen; Jenny Wang-Chavez; Hemalatha Sathya

, Greenfield Coalition for New Manufacturing Education, a multi-university-industrycoalition housed at Focus: HOPE organization in Detroit, MI, has been working hard to producesuch graduates, called a Renaissance Engineer.Greenfield Coalition education programs focus on instilling real-world experience into the studentpool by embracing “learning factory” techniques and e-learning technologies. The design and Page 8.740.1development of an Operations Management (OM) course reflect this set of beliefs and practice. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003

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What's New in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Eschenbach; Mike Loose; John Whittaker

of using the marginal cost of equity is that it more closely reflects the currentsources of the firm’s equity financing. The weighted average cost of equity determines the cost ofequity based on the firm’s overall equity composition, which may not be the same as its mostrecent financing composition.Capital Asset Pricing Model. The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) was developed toexplain the variation in yield rates on various types of investments and also to provide insight intothe appropriate rate to use in discounted cash flow analysis (Kellison, p. 350).4 The main benefitis that it shows the relationship between project risk and return.The CAPM identifies two types of risk. The first is unsystematic risk, also known as unique risk.This

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Kieta; Christopher Decock; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

were: 1 4 2 3.9Overall Average 3.3An examination of these results leads to the following conclusions: • The students’ perceived as very good the course as a whole and the student instructors’ interest in their learning. The first result indicates that, overall, the students embraced this approach and were generally pleased with the results. The second result reflects the expected good rapport among a group of students and the seriousness with which the student

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harvey Lyons

search for information and data thatis essential to ensure a successful project result. We found, however, that seniors typicallyresponded with reports that were rather minimal in effort and which did not reflect theirtechnical maturity. The freshmen, on the other hand, provided reports many of which werewhat one would have expected of the seniors. This paper will discuss the manner in which theteaming skills were introduced to freshmen; the manner in which they responded; the typicalresponse of seniors who were not exposed to an introductory course; and, finally, what isrecommended to extend the freshmen experience throughout the curriculum so that the seniorswould clearly demonstrate they have attained the benefits of a planned curriculum

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Srilekha Srinivasan; Robert Palmer; Michael Anderson; Lance Perez; A. John Boye

. Theprimary motivation came from the authors’ experience in trying to establish an undergraduatecommunications laboratory for the senior level course ELEC 462 Communication Systems. Thelaboratory experiments were based on the typical block diagram of a communications system,which the students implemented block by block throughout the semester. Each block was builton a breadboard using a combination of integrated circuits and discrete electrical components.Student evaluations of ELEC 462 with the laboratory component consistently reflected two facts.First, the laboratories significantly reinforced the concepts taught in class and led to greaterunderstanding of the material. Second, the majority of the time and effort spent in the laboratorywas

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz; Stephanie Adams

statistics on demographic variables were calculated in order to define theprofile of the sample. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were run to identify therelationship between variables and identify those variables that could allow for the prediction ofstudents’ attitudes toward teamwork.Results In the sample, 84% of the participants were male and 16% female. This genderbreakdown was expected because of the characteristic sample of engineering students. Thesestatistics reflect that male domination still exists in this field. The majority of the participants(65%) are between 22 and 24 years old and most of them (40%) have spent between four andfive years in college. Forty percent of them have a GPA between 3.0 and 3.5 and only 32

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi; Nick Safai

assessment tables should alsobe developed to reflect the student’s research work progress. From these tables, applicants areable to analyze their work, adjust and make improvements on a regular basis, and report to theiradvisors. Reports can regularly be collected by a student advisor and submitted to the IHE’sFellowship Project Director. The director evaluates the reports, makes necessary comments andreturns to the student’s advisors.Time-Line Chart A table can be prepared showing student name, admission date, semester attended (e.g.,Fall, Spring, Summer). For instance such a table can be compared with another table (workprogress) showing student name, list of activities, person responsible, start date, completion dateand status. These types

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Duley; S P Maj; D Veal

universities provide educational coverage of each of the subject areas through acombination of core and elective units. However, the authors elected to keep to the units agraduate must have taken rather than to speculate on the units a graduate might have taken.Also, unit content, in each case, was judged solely on the Course Description as given at theweb-site (or University Handbook). It is accepted that this might not necessarily reflect thetotality of the subject matter dealt with in the unit but the authors could only operate on theinformation made available to a prospective student. Page 6.292.4 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Morris; Fred Fry

is judged and scored to reflect theengineering details of the car design. A detailed cost report and presentation is scored to reflectthe cost of the prototype and the anticipated cost of the production vehicle. The final static eventis a presentation that is intended to convince a manufacturer that this concept is a profitablebusiness venture. The presentation event provides the opportunity for developing a multi-disciplinary team that includes engineering, marketing, and entrepreneurship students.Mechanical Engineering Senior ProjectsArguably the most important single course in the mechanical engineering curriculum at BradleyUniversity is the capstone senior design project. The project spans both the fall and springsemesters of the senior

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Klegka; Robert Rabb

understanding the engineerthought process, followed closely with a 4.44 for the ability to apply engineering principles.Additionally, exposed to the engineer design process for the first time, the non-engineeringmajors were not so confident with the process although they understood it. In AY99, therelatively high ratings reflect a high degree of acceptance, curiosity, and motivation aboutengineering and design from non-engineering majors. For the mechanical engineering majors,their ratings were slightly higher in each category. See Table 1. Table 1. AY99 ME401 Question AY99-1 AY99-2 Difference Non Eng

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

approaches had become largelyinsufficient. As search for more efficient transfer of engineering knowledge and skills continues,some engineering programs have been almost totally revised to allow room for learning throughdoing, by creating educational environment that closer reflects real-world engineering practice 12 . Such environment accentuates team projects using laboratory experimentation as a mean fordevelopment of skills needed in realization of the projects. Since majority of successfulimprovement undertakings start with setting a goal, engineering activities are not limited to solvinga technical problem; these also encompass explanation of why a particular solution to a problem isthe best and implementation of the solution 13, 14 .2

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Naraghi; Bahman Litkouhi

points are given to the scores and that ball is shown inthe box corresponding to the balls that are in the pockets. Figure 1: GUI of pool game projectThis project involved extensive programming efforts. Each ball is represented by acontrol array. The motion of each ball is shown in real time using an animation schemethat will be described later. Additionally, it introduced students to the concept of friction,impact of two balls and reflection off from the side-wall of the pool table. The frictionfactor that results in slowing the ball is taken to be 0.1. Upon impact, the reflectiondirection follows the impact laws as discussed in the standard dynamics textbook [1]. Thepool table is a picture box with a green

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hutzel

energy collected / radiant energy available = 2849 / 4759). Thiscalculation means that 60% of the total radiant energy striking the collector is converted to usefulthermal energy. Some energy is lost by light waves reflecting off the solar collector’s glasssurface. Unwanted heat transfer through the walls of the collector box also adds to the losses. Figure 5 illustrates some of the factors that complicate the interpretation of solar collectorefficiency. The graph is a two-hour snapshot that summarizes the January 5 data discussed inFigures 3 and 4. At first glance it appears that solar collector efficiencies vary dramatically overthe course of a day. Even more startling, it appears that the efficiency of the perforated platecollector

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Armstrong; Steven Nichols

, American Society for Engineering Education.The Task force also considered the needs of industry as reflected in the membership of theEngineering Foundation Advisory Council and other sources. As an example, the Task forcereferred to Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Century: Trends Impacting the Profession.12The report identified the following "important" skills relevant that EngineeringEntrepreneurship could support:13 Excerpts from Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Centruy Important "Hard" Skills Important "Soft Skills Use of new Materials Effective communication Ability to apply new technology Teamwork Abstract thinking

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter

Program ExercisesThe framework for program design utilizes experiential learning. The research foundation forexperiential learning was provided by Dewey9 in 1938 and refined more recently by Kolb10.Kolb proposed a model for effective experiential learning consisting of concrete experience,reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. In its simplestform, experiential learning consists of active participation in an experience, purposeful reflectionon the experience to understand its implications, and application of the knowledge gained toother areas.Lewis, Aldridge, and Swamidass11 noted that “there is an emerging consensus about how one canpromote effective teaming skills.” First, there must be a focus on teaming

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Noble; Karen Schmahl

aware of the importance of working together as a team and integrating theirseparate contributions.In addition, the opportunity for learning does not stop once the students have completed theirown team’s poster. By requiring students to evaluate other team’s posters, and guiding thisevaluation with directed questions, students were required to compare their own results withothers and to reflect on the importance of the differences they observed. This step helpedstudents to further integrate the knowledge acquired through the poster creation stage. With thetypical oral presentation and written reports, students often are disengaged as they listen to otherteam’s presentation.Students need a variety of learning opportunities to develop teamwork and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kandace K. Martin; Carol Fulton; Barbara L. Licklider

as developers, helpfaculty learn about learning and reflect on their beliefs about teaching. We accomplish this goal bydesigning activities to help them develop an understanding of how people learn.We use this approach for specific reasons. First, this method is an effective one for accomplishing ourpurpose: that of linking student learning to faculty development. Second, it sends a message to professorsthat we believe they need to hear: their efforts to improve student learning are valued.In the remainder of this paper we describe: 1) the approach we use (background, mission,implementation) and 2) specific examples of how faculty have used their experience in our program topromote improved student learning opportunities in the College of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William H. Sprinsky

area, helping both the engineer and the client understand relationships between aproposed project and the land it effects.At Penn College, we teach Photogrammetry in both our Surveying associate’s (SUT) and CivilEngineering Technology bachelor’s (BCT) programs. We have divided the photogrammetrictechniques into analog and analytical photogrammetry. In analog photogrammetry, as the nameimplies, the position and attitude of the camera at the moment of exposure are recreated. At theinstant of exposure, light rays reflected from all objects enter the lens of the taking camera andcreate the image. In analog stereo-photogrammetry, projectors supply the light rays that gothrough the image. Once the attitudes of the taking cameras have been recreated

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Simms; Jane M. Fraser

very hard going. Even the book we came to rely on9 is not an easy read.A shining exception to the rule of difficult reading is Qualitative Interviewing22 and werecommend it highly.The method of qualitative interviews builds on ordinary conversation, but differs in thatthe conversation is a tool of research, that it is usually between strangers, and that theresearcher guides the conversation. The researcher “intentionally introduces a limitednumber of questions and requests the interviewee to explore these questions in depth.The researcher encourages the interviewees to reflect, in detail, on events they haveexperienced.”22Qualitative interviewing is most appropriate for “topics that require in-depthunderstanding that is best communicated

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Smith

failed teamdynamics.”Strategy OneAcknowledge that not all teamwork is successful by showing group performance curve (Figure1). This typically resonates with some of their experiences. Ask students to reflect onsuccessful and effective team experiences, share them with one another in small groups, and tolist common characteristics. Develop a joint list of characteristics of effective groups.Comment on the different types of groups and their characteristics, and compare students’ listwith Katzenbach and Smith’s (1993): A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.Types of Teams

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Temple; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

. Page 5.566.4In presenting the results of the coding, we focus on the coded results of five subjects. These fivesubjects were selected to represent a range in terms of number of items listed in the wordassociation task. By focusing most of our attention on just these five subjects, we were able toexplore individual students’ conceptions of civil engineering.ResultsAcross the group of thirty subjects, thesubjects generated a mean of 51 items, with a 7standard deviation of 5.2 items. The median 6number of items generated, 42, reflects the Number of Subjects

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Maarij M. Syed; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley

relative strength of the magnetic field inside and outside thecoils. They also test the same idea with tightly wound coils of different length to diameterratio, and understand the concept of an ideal solenoid. With some simple exercises withdifferent shapes made with pieces of paper they can grasp the idea of electric or magnetic fluxmore easily.The optics activities are very popular with the students. The concepts of Law of Malus,polarization by reflection and refraction, total internal reflection, and many such concepts aremore clearly understood with the help of the various related activities. These topics are notgenerally covered in the laboratory part of the traditional course. In particular, whiledemonstrating the Law of Malus, the students

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Harrah; Martha Cyr; Brad George

Session Number 2530 Timelines and Student Project Planning in Middle School Technology /Engineering Education Exercises Timothy Harrah1, Bradford George2 and Martha Cyr1 1 Tufts University Center for Engineering Education Outreach Tufts University, Medford, MA 02460 / 2 Hale Middle School Nashoba Regional School District, Stow, MA 01775AbstractIn the practice of professional engineering design, nearly all work is ultimatelycompleted in a team format and under a deadline. It is therefore relevant to reflect, onsome level, the demands of these real world

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Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

artificialhearts to rocket propulsion. Based upon these essays, student teams were formed aroundcommon interests, which set the general area of their papers. The selection of themes based uponstudents’ interests was aimed at increasing the students’ motivation to engage in the task, and theuse of teams was intended to provide a supportive environment for undertaking the self-directedlearning. The teams were charged with selecting a paper topic and writing a single term paperbased upon independent research. Three class periods were dedicated to this assignment: one forthe initial team meeting and selection of a topic, one for peer review and editing, and one forfinalizing their papers.Upon completion of the paper, the students were asked to reflect on