Conference Session

Pedagogy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benson Tongue

should ask the studentsto discuss it with the person(s) in the immediate vicinity and try to determine “the truth”through discussion. They’ll stare blankly at first but once the instructor says “No, I’mserious - discuss it with each other,” they’ll get the message. One might suppose that theresult of such a request would be some desultory and quiet discussions which would quicklydie down. How wrong such a presumption would be. Every time I’ve initiated such a processthe noise level ratchets up at an amazing rate. Students truly get into it - arguing forciblyfor one view or another. The energy level generated is simply astounding.After a couple of minutes the instructor should call time and again ask for a show of hands.Depending on the point

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tia Sharpe; Robert Maher; James Peterson; James Becker; Bradford Towle

Montana, and to disseminate the kit designs and lab experiments to other Page 10.447.15interested engineering programs for possible adoption. We would welcome contact from any ofour colleagues around the country. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography 1. Tobias, S. (1990), “They’re Not Dumb, They’re Different: Stalking the Second Tier,” Tucson: Research Corporation. 2. Besterfield-Sacre, M. E., and C. J. Atman (1994), “Survey Design Methodology: Measuring Freshman

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Carlson

In the midst of hardship, Tesla mustered the energy to file in March 1886 a patentapplication for a thermo-magnetic motor--a novel device powered by heating and coolingmagnets.23 Discussions about his invention with the foreman at his ditch-digging job led to anintroduction to Charles F. Peck. Intrigued by the thermo-magnetic motor concept, Peckoffered to underwrite Tesla’s research. Because Peck was no technical expert, he invitedAlfred S. Brown, a superintendent at Western Union, to join him in supporting Tesla. Topermit Tesla to concentrate on inventing, Peck and Brown organized the Tesla ElectricCompany, rented a laboratory for him in Manhattan's financial district, and brought Szigetifrom Europe to assist him. With support from Peck and

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes

– for example, a community service agency, museum or school, orgovernment agency and a faculty or industry advisor. A pool of graduate teaching assistantsfrom seven departments provides technical guidance and administrative assistance.Each EPICS team is vertically integrated, consisting of a mix of freshmen, sophomores, juniors,and senior and is constituted for several years, from initial project definition through finaldeployment. Once the initial project(s) is completed and deployed, new projects are identifiedby the team and community partner allowing the team to continue to work with the samecommunity partner for many years. Each undergraduate student may earn academic credit forseveral semesters, registering for the course for 1 or 2

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Tonya Emerson

time.ReflectionsThe problem of retention of engineering students has been the focus of discussion since the1980’s. However, it was not until the landmark study of Seymour and Hewitt that many of usdeveloped any understanding why students were leaving. Unfortunately, too few faculty areaware of this report or have the time to devote to reading it. Sitting in on most departmentmeetings will reinforce that the apparent mismatch between student and faculty perceptions oncourse difficulty and course instruction, which was reported in Carter and Brickhouse’s [5] studyin 1986, can still be found today. As a result, this paper attempts to provide an overview of thosefactors negatively effecting student retention. In addition, a review of a number of curricular

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Melnyk; Grant Crawford; David Stringer; Steven Braddom

© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The third flight lab focuses on the stability characteristics of the airplane. The objectives ofFlight Lab Three are: 1. To determine the effect of center of gravity (CG) location on aircraft stability. 2. To predict the neutral point of the aircraft. 3. To determine the aircraft’s longitudinal dynamic stability response (phugoid). 4. To demonstrate some of the C-182’s static stability characteristics.The beginning of Flight Lab Three is devoted to demonstrating some of the directional andlateral stability characteristics to include Dutch Roll, Adverse Aileron Yaw, and Proverse Roll.These demonstrations truly showcase the benefit of the flight lab program. All of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

Conference Session

Exploring Trends in CPD

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Llewellyn Mann; David Radcliffe

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

were a review of the patent literature, an estimate of thecredit(s) to be used in the economic analysis, a market forecast for MMA demand, an assessmentof the process safety, health, and environmental implications of the new technology, and a reporton the potential public relations and financial impact of the ‘green’ nature of the proposedtechnology. This problem involved extensive information searches along with a conventionalchemical engineering process design as well as critical decision points on economic,environmental and safety issues. The technical aspects were well within the grasp of senior andadvanced junior students but these upper-level students relied on sophomores and freshmen tosupply needed information for the critical

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

to Technical Innovation, Trans. L. Shulyak and S. Rodman, Technical InnovationCenter, Worcester MA, 1997.4. de Bono, E., The Use of Lateral Thinking, Penguin Books, 1990.5. Wycoff, J., Mind Mapping: Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity and Problem Solving, BerkeleyPublishing Group, 1991.6. Raviv, D., “Eight Dimensional Methodology for Innovative Thinking,” Cutting Ed (formerly, Creativity,Innovation, and Design (CID) Report), November 2003.7. ---, “Do We Teach Them How to Think?,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference and Exposition, Montrel, CA, June 2002.8. de Bono, E., Lateral and Parallel Thinking, 30 Dec. 2004 (http://www.edwdebono.com/debono/lateral.htm).9. Raviv, D., “Eight

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Tillison; David Hand

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor; Jean Kampe

materials for agiven exercise, as long as all materials are reusable from section to section. We also provide aset of classroom extras at the instructor’s table for quick replacement of items that have worn outor disappeared. When consumables are involved in an exercise (e.g., Exercise # 1: Take Apart –Pull-back Car), we generally furnish each instructor with enough of the consumable item(s) forhis/her sections. Dedicated classrooms are nice, but they are not necessary as long as thematerials required for the hands-on exercises are easily transported to the classroom in use.During some semesters, we have needed classrooms other than our usual four, and we thenprovided dedicated wheeled carts that were stocked with hands-on sets and could be taken

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leo Benegas; Rick Covington

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Andrew Clark

the 2002 NBIA conference in Toronto, Canada2 noted a similar trend in WesternEurope with over 900 business incubators reported, a significant increase since the first reportedincubator in the late 1970’s. Evidence that the business incubator movement is gaininginternational importance was further demonstrated at the NBIA 17th International Conference inJune 20031. Attendees from 35 nations traveled to the Conference and non-US attendeescomprised 37 percent of the conference attendance. During the conference, representatives of 17national incubation associations convened and adopted an international definition of a “businessincubator program”:“A business incubator program is an economic and social development process designed toadvise

Conference Session

The Citizen Engineer

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Isadore Davis; barbara waugh; Charles Pezeshki; Lueny Morell; Tom Roberts

S-M B3 R1 B1 1. Performance-based promotion Risk Unfamiliar B7 2. Promotion of existing companiesfearsome jurisdictions: G7 M-L

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Yellin; Jennifer Turns