Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Nippert

provides realistic simulations that can be used in a variety ofinstructional ways (e.g. in class demonstrations, homework assignments and projects)that provide students interactive experiences with a variety of control schemes. TheProcess Control Laboratory uses a variety of control schemes to control identicalsimulated processes. Thereby, allowing the students to explore the merits of such controlmethods cascade and feed forward control in an environment that encourages activelearning.The design of user interfaces has been an important consideration in the development ofOWL(4). The user interface of the modules is patterned after those generated withFactory Floor™ software, a commercial software product developed by OPTO22 for usewith their

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Wang

. Effective “hands on” learningexercises can be structured for undergraduate students with strong, visual feedback of results.MTS T-TEQ can extend the usefulness to more advanced undergraduate work and to graduatestudies. The system costs $17,000, and this portable and user-friendly system is a great way toqualitatively investigate the dynamic response of structures to horizontal ground motions, bothharmonic and recorded earthquake time histories. Figure 3. MTS Table-Top Earthquake Simulator A series of multi-story prototype structures will be built for testing. This will be donethrough a senior design project. Various types of test structures will be constructed so that thestudents can compare the behavior of a

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Powers; Judith Sims-Knight

teamingskills was also assessed and the relationship of these various measures to performance wasexamined. Two distinct dimensions of team functioning appear to be measured by the teamprocess check: agency and affiliation. The process checks were positively correlated with facultyratings, and the agency dimension of the scale predicted team project scores in one of the classesevaluated but not in the other two.IntroductionWith the growing prominence of the use of teams in education and business, the need forsystematic, well-validated assessment of team functioning is clear. Previous assessment effortshave ranged from hastily constructed and poorly validated instruments to rigorously developedand empirically tested assessment processes. The difficulty

Conference Session

New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Tennessee.Overcoming Competitive PressuresThe BME Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is currently administered from theDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE). Thisadministrative arrangement is the result of an earlier merger of a Department of Mechanical andAerospace Engineering with an Engineering Science Department (which included the BMEoption programs). The proposal to substantially advance BME has presented new aspects ofcompetition with the other programs of the MABE Department. Foremost among these is thecompetition to fill open faculty positions in the interest areas of current faculty. For a growingBME program, current and projected enrollments may justify adding BME faculty even when anavailable position

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

data acquisition, data analysis, and data presentation. It is used regularly with our A/D acquisition system. · Software for Interactive Musculoskeletal Modeling™ (SIMM) is used to develop models of a musculoskeletal system for the estimation of muscle/ligament forces and joint contact forces. · Autolev™ is an advanced symbolic manipulator for engineering and mathematical analysis. With this tool student who know Kane’s dynamics can develop sophisticated dynamic models of various musculoskeletal systems.Given the equipment and software made available in the laboratory, an ample variety ofexperiments for class projects and undergraduate research are possible. Students only need

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul LaPlume; Michael Ruane

thestations. We currently have students working to make the test stations controllable over theInternet, using free LabVIEW web tools, to increase the availability of the systems.‘Introduction to Engineering’ (Exploring Hidden Worlds) is only one application of the High TechTools and Toys Lab. This facility will eventually support a new elective course in subsurfaceimaging (planned for spring 2003). Senior capstone design projects in subsurface imaging (e.g. anacoustic imaging system for characterizing different piezo acoustic source configurations) alreadyuse HTTTL stations, and this activity is expected to grow. Finally, the HTTTL will be a resourceto graduate students needing to try various imaging hardware and software for their research.We

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Eydgahi

. He hasalso taught at community and technical colleges, and practiced engineering and project management for more thanten years in private industry and consulting. Dr. Eydgahi has published and presented at a number of nationalconferences including American Society for Engineering Education, The Chair Academy, The League forInnovation and others. Page 7.611.6 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Beverly J. Davis

they will not be able to hire theskills they need to successfully operate their businesses. Even marketers have begun torealize the computer culture must become more inviting to girls. Marketers haverecognized girls are attracted to technology when it is social and involves relationshipswith others. One toy consultant remarked that the conventional wisdom is girls don’t likehigh-tech toys but the truth is girls like it but they want it to express who they are (3).Although the ultimate goal of marketers may be financial, the lessons learned are modelswe can all emulate. Designing of programs to engage and interest K-12 girls must centeraround social events. Possibly, team projects would include computers and speciallydesigned creative endeavors

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanne Garland; Christine Helfers; Ronald Roedel; Sarah Duerden

exploring the world of professionalengineering. Students write about the cultural literacies engineers face in the professional world.Our third then focuses on one particular literacy for engineers (both students and professionals),that of ethics. Our last paper, a team paper, asks students to explain how their design for anengineering project demonstrates that they have employed ethics. This sequenced approachallows the students to grasp the notion of multiple literacies and the changes they need to maketo succeed as a student and as a professional.Background to the Assignment The first assignment is particularly helpful to students because it allows students toexplore in writing the various demands made of them by their different

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jasper L Steyn; Tobia Steyn

Whether the arithmetic mean values of the scores for the quadrants of the HBDI differ between first year engineering students on a Professional Orientation support course and first year science students on a support course.This part of the study involved 101 students. Of these students, 33 were on the engineeringProfessional Orientation support course, 30 were first year civil engineering students on the FourYear Program and 38 were first year science students on a support course. The data pertaining toHBDI of the latter group was determined during a research project in the Faculty of Scienceduring 1999. [10]The HBDI is an assessment tool comprising a survey of 120 questions that quantifies relativepreference for thinking modes

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. Promod Vohra

) .For all but the largest engineering programs, the prohibitively high numbers of surveyrespondents needed to characterize small differences of means as statistically significant is ameaningful analytical constraint. If the population standard deviations are lower than those usedin the tables, of course, smaller differences of means will be detectable at the same level ofconfidence using the same minimum cell sizes. However, highly favorable conditions are notones that should be counted on whenever student assessment survey projects are in the planningphase because the population standard deviations associated with any survey instrument areimpossible to predict a priori and will vary, sometimes greatly, by question. Moreover, lowerthan expected

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

student enrollment and retention are even more important when there is a projected decline in male high school students. Also the ‘chilly campus climate’ has identified the behavior that causes women to lose confidence, lower their academic goals and limit their career choices. The studies conducted in the US and Canada found similarities. The minority students are also considered as a vital source of graduates needed for engineering workforce. All the Universities and colleges should provide a sincere push to retain the minority students who have decided to pursue an engineering and technology education. It will enhance diversity in the work place as well as competitiveness in an increasingly

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Chandra Thamire

forproviding the students with access to computers. In addition to the above, the Department alsopossesses another 9 UNIX workstations and 8 Pentium computers, for use by the engineeringstudents.In addition to the above, the Department also possesses a machine-shop, equipped with a millingmachine, two drill presses and a precision drilling machine, a lathe, a grinding machine, andseveral other machine tools, power tools, and hand-tools. This workshop primarily serves as thearea where the students can get parts made for their student projects. The department alsoprovides another area with hand-tools to serve as an assembly/fabrication area for the designprojects.Finally, the distance-learning class rooms at FSU comprise interactive television equipment

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Schreiner

design process · Reduce & present data in an engineering manner · Work on a design team · Communicate technical information effectively · Articulate concepts of professional ethics and the social responsibility of engineersAlong the way to achieving these objectives, students learned key computer skills and improvedtheir two-dimensional and three-dimensional visualization skills by studying solid modeling andtraditional engineering graphics techniques (by hand).This course required two major design projects and emphasized hands-on, problem-basedlearning. In a shift from traditional classroom lectures, instructors delivered short lectures andsupervised hands-on activities in two

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth R. Crockett; Matthew Ohland

brieflydescribe the larger project, which will study a variety of approaches to improving the success offreshman engineering students, and specifically report on the catalog and meta-analysis ofsummer bridge programs. The catalog will classify programs by their design options and themeta-analysis will review highlights of assessment results drawing generalizations wherepossible.IntroductionAcross the country, there is an extensive base of experience in the design and implementation ofprograms intended to improve the success of first-year engineering students. Significantresources have been spent to identify best practices in the education of first-year students (ingeneral), including entire organizations and conferences. 1 It is safe to say that every

Conference Session

Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

. Higher education institutions are also workingwith intergenerational learning. One such example is the Intergenerational ServiceLearning Project at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University, which received a mini-grant to convert an existing Psychology of Aging course into an intergenerational service-learning course. Ten senior citizens receive scholarships and enroll in the course with theprimary stated objective being “that by interacting and working together for an entiresemester, both younger and older students will develop a more realistic view of eachother and create a more positive intergenerational environment in our community.” 1Another example of intergenerational learning in higher education is the Institute of1 http

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Adolphson; Rujin Cheng; Kurt Gramoll

teach engineering students about computer aided engineering design andanalysis tools, which was developed at the University of Oklahoma. This asynchronous learningenvironment is a branch-site of a three-year project began in January 2000, which is named“Electronic Media Education for Teachers” or EMET. EMET is supported by a grant from theHitachi Foundation, and is a joint collaboration between the College of Engineering and theCollege of Education at the University of Oklahoma.EMET, as its name denotes, was built to facilitate teaching educators how to use multimediaelements and multimedia development tools to create interactive content for use in their courses.The EMET multimedia site is based, in part, on the successful multimedia course for

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Bernard White

within the context of two carefullycrafted IT concentration areas. The BS IT program will fill a niche that hasresulted from the rapidly expanding body of knowledge that lies between existingdisciplines such as CS and DMIS.IV.1. BS IT CurriculumThe BS IT curriculum reflects the latest advances in the IT field, includinginterdisciplinary and global approaches where appropriate. An acceptable level ofcompetency in IT can be achieved within the constraints of the 120 semestercredit hours of class work and projects. This number of credits meets GeorgeMason University requirements as well as the existing Commonwealth of Virginiaguidelines for undergraduate degrees. Table 1 below provides the semester-by-semester curriculum for the BS IT major

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

and Program Coordinators will be better able to track current equipment and software to be compared against technology goals established by the School, Department and Programs. The projections used in the 3 and 5 year plans will be more credible and focused on goal attainment. Page 7.1123.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Assessment Tool # 4 Curriculum DocumentsDataWhat data is needed 1) Listing of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

Through NSF,Congress also directed funds toward encouraging educators and employers to “maximize thepotential contribution and advancement of women in scientific, professional, and technicalcareers.” 11 WEEA was legislated under the Special Projects Act, which initially was to befunded at $200 million a year. However, due to political maneuvering in Congress, WEEA wasfunded for only $6.3 million its first year. 12 Those funds were used primarily to provide modestsupport and technical assistance for the design and implementation of programs to reduce sexdiscrimination in educational settings. Full-blown support of gender equity research waswithdrawn.Gender equity research was dealt another severe blow by the Reagan administration in 1982.Political

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Ratnajeevan Hoole; Dushyanthi Hoole

, giving a minute after asking aquestion in class before accepting answers so that women would have a chance to orgnanise theiranswers in their minds and so on. For the first time, final year projects were introduced and, asexpected, the female students who are comfortable in informal sessions, participate comfortablyand interact with their teachers better as suggested by NECUSE.As a result, from the first computer sciences batch of 20 with no female, we have now gone tothe third batch of 30 with 4 women.ConclusionsA combination of web-based teaching, practical home-kits for redesigned experiments and on-line examiners can be effectively used to push distance education as an effective alternative toconventional education with diminished dependence

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hartono Sumali

problems, grades, etc. Electronic slides from the web pages are used to Page 7.183.2communicate concepts to the students quickly and efficiently. Even though all of the slides and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationlecture notes are available on the web pages, most of the mathematics is explained on thechalkboard. The reasons for not using projected slides for mathematical explanation are: 1. Toallow students to take notes to reinforce the information they receive visually, and 2. To

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

Your Engineering Education Research Project,” accessible fromhttp://www.succeed.ufl.edu/pubs/papers/evaluation_primer/index.html: SUCCEED Engineering EducationCoalition, (1997).3. F. Stevens, F. Lawrenz, and L. Sharp, “User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation: Science,Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education,” accessible fromhttp://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/RED/EVAL/handbook/handbook.htm: National Science Foundation Division ofResearch, Evaluation, and Communications, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, (1993).4. G. Nickles, A. Pritchett, and L. Trotti, “Methods of Measuring Teaching Effectiveness in the Classroomand on the Internet: A Survey of Engineering Instructors,” presentation at American Society of

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Ali Satter; John Pumwa

interest in the affairs and well being of Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationhis/her students. He must project a positive, caring and concerned attitude to the class in thefirst few weeks of teaching. As for developing self-esteem, Sari suggests the use of positivereinforcements; democratization in the classroom approaches, treating students’ opinionsconfidently and respectfully.Attributes of Engineering GraduatesAs mentioned earlier, comments from industry indicate that engineering graduates tend tolack relevant attributes. It is important to define what should be the relevant attributes

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

requirements, however, the cadets in theabove mentioned engineering majors complete a design project for an additional half credit-hour.The scenario for this design is that the cogeneration facility at West Point has burned down.Cadets design a new cogeneration plant providing some electricity for peak shaving and processheat for showers, cooking, and building heat in the cadet area. Cadets begin by designing a basicvapor power cycle. They calculate temperature, pressure, enthalpy, and entropy for each statepoint in the cycle. The design is optimized so that only the minimum required electricity andprocess heat is produced. Cost analysis is also done for the design. Cadets then design animproved cogeneration cycle which allows them to make comparisons

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Greitzer; Diane H. Soderholm; David Darmofal; Doris Brodeur

7.505.11 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education31. Danielson, S., and S. Mehta, "Statics Concept Questions for Enhancing Learning", Proceedings of the 2000 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition , 2000. Available at http://www.asee.org/conferencessearch.32. Harmon, T. C., G. A. Burks, G. Chung, and E. Baker, "Evaluation of a Simulation and Problem - Based Learning Design Project Using Constructed Knowledge Mapping", Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2001. Available at http://www.asee.org

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Raper

people, systems, and projects.4. Developed in students the ability and desire to grow intellectually and personally, in lightof an increasingly global and multicultural work environment.5. The Engineering Management Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla providedan educational environment to support and encourage students to succeed.6. Provided students with the knowledge of a specific engineering management emphasisarea.Department and Program Concerns:7. My education prepared me for my current position.8. My education matched my current interests.9. My Engineering Management education was of high quality.10. Department faculty were committed to students and their success.11. The Department provided modern classrooms and laboratories.12

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kamm

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”of graphic items and use them in a variety of slide shows on related topics. For example, thisauthor recently did a series of presentations on Fluid Power. Because it was going to involve agreat deal of circuitry, a great deal of time was spent looking around for a template ofcomponents (clip art) for fluid power. Little was found and that was very expensive. As analternative then, the project began by creating a PowerPoint slide show of components-only andstudents were used to create the components individually on the slides of that file, using thePowerPoint graphics package. Incidentally this

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lyle Feisel; George Peterson

severalmore steps to follow, however, if we are to put what was learned at the colloquy into action. Thefollowing is a list of near- and medium-term action items compiled by colloquy participants: Develop a full report on the colloquy, its findings, and its implications. Validate the above final list of learning objectives both internally to the colloquy participants and externally to other institutions, and note any new issues or challenges related to achieving them. Develop a collection of distance education projects being conducted among the practice- oriented professions, and encourage the development of such projects. Develop quality assurance mechanisms for assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Schweitzer; Shad Reed

of course documents such as policy letters, syllabi, and worksheets isone aspect of supplying valuable course information, other information can also be published ona website. Homework assignments and design project handouts can also be more effectivelyplaced on a website. For instance, on several occasions cadets failed to copy down routinehomework assignments in the Fluid Mechanics course even though the assignments were clearlyand predictably posted on a side chalkboard in the classroom. The Computer Aided Designcourse assigned all homework and projects via the website and students never questionedwhether or not an assignment was due; they just logged on, clicked the assignments link andknew exactly what was due. Therefore, this data