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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kai Li; Xin Tang

Developing an Efficient Remote Lab Environment for Online IDS Courses1 Xin Tang, Kai Li Department of Technology Systems, East Carolina UniversityAbstract - In this project, a remote lab network environment was developed to support ouronline IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems) courses. We created the lab network with the criteriaof availability, flexibility, reliability, and economy in mind. The designed lab network is shownto be a reliable working environment, and has proven to be flexible for conducting variousindividual as well as collaborative IDS experiments. By minimizing the hardware/softwarerequirement on the

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elton Graves

The Usefulness of Mathematics as Seen by Engineering Seniors By Elton Graves Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractDuring the academic years of 2001-2003 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologyparticipated in a NSF sponsored project to determine The Impact of Calculus Reform onLong-term Student Performance. One component of this project was a questionnairewhich asked senior engineers about their view on mathematics. A second component ofthe study was a series of interviews held with graduating seniors. We obtained theirresponses to their calculus and engineering education. This report will focus on

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G Murphy; G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

models may not be based upon real systems.Simulation of computer networks provides students with the advantages of simulatedobservation of the operation of a network. Barrnet 7 proposes the use of the NetSimsimulator to support both major project assignments and more focused homeworkassignments. Whatever the simulation tool, a prudent technique is to incorporate thetool into supervised lab/project assignments, individual homework assignments, andclassroom demonstrations 7.Although simulated environments have their benefits, real hands-on exercises givestudents a chance to apply the theory they learn from textbooks 9. It has been notedthat practical experience is necessary to fully understand network managementproblems, and that it is desirable

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanchana Jayasuriya; Doreen Thomas

Society for Engineering Education” 6. Demonstrated ability to work co-operatively in a team environment with researchers and postgraduate students from diverse backgrounds. 7. Demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate and postgraduate students. 8. Excellent oral and written communication skills. 9. A commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) principles.Desirable selection criteria: 1. Experience in working on goal-oriented industry funded research projects or in close collaboration with industry. 2. Experience in research staff and postgraduate student supervision. 3. Project management skills. 4. Experience in preparation of grant applications.The outcome of the selection processThe advertisement for the

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Bailey; Andrew Ricke; David Spurlock; Susan Murray

A Matter of Priorities: Effects of Increased Opportunities for Extracurricular and Non-traditional Learning Experiences on Student Time Management and Attitudes David G. Spurlock, Ph.D., Daniel J. Bailey, Susan Murray, Ph.D., and Andrew S. Ricke Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department University of Missouri-Rolla AbstractMany schools are emphasizing non-traditional and extracurricular learning experiences forundergraduate engineering students. These include activities such as incorporating service-learning projects into the classroom

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

and acetic acid to form ethyl acetate.The reaction is carried out in a fixed-bed reactor with Purolite resin 269 acting as acatalyst. Students first examine this esterification reaction in their organic chemistryclass, and the focus is on the esterification reaction mechanism. The packed bedexperiment developed in this project re-examines this reaction from a chemicalengineering perspective. For example, the reaction is reversible and equilibrium-limited,but in the organic chemistry lab, there is no examination of the kinetics. Thecomplementary chemical engineering experiment examines the relationship betweenresidence time and conversion.The second experiment is a competitive system involving these two reactions

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

engineering. CSE is an interdisciplinary program drawing courses,research, faculty and students from two colleges - Arts and Sciences, and Engineering, and threeschools - Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Business and Economics, and Technology.The program will be supported by the current and emerging strengths in the computational areasof science, engineering, and technology, including infrastructure developments in highperformance, scalable computing, and large-scale modeling and simulations. Several faculty andfunded research projects exist in the areas of computational sciences and engineering. These willprovide the research expertise and infrastructure that enhance the computational science andengineering programs. Computational techniques

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Schneider

in solving a problem through the creation of a software program. Theproblems are tackled both with and without going through the software development process tohighlight how the time spent in preparing to write the code does save time and produce cleaner,more efficient code. One key aspect demonstrated to students is that catching and fixingalgorithmic errors is much easier if done prior to the code writing phase. Once the algorithm iscoded it is often difficult to debug the syntax and algorithm independently to determine the rootcause of a problem.A full program development process is required for all homework and project assignments thatresult in a code writing exercise. Providing a consistent emphasis on the program developmentprocess is

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Trine Kvidal; April Kedrowicz

collaborated to create a series of required engineeringcourses that contain an integrated communication component. Communication isintegrated such that engineering undergraduates speak about and work on projects as theywould in the workplace. Specifically, Mechanical Engineering 1000, An Introduction toDesign, is a project based course in which students work in teams to learn the basics ofdesign, computer programs, and communication fundamentals while competing againstone another to design a device in accordance with various parameters and win thecompetition. As a part of this process, teams formally present their work twicethroughout the semester. These presentations are delivered to the professor and

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Goodwin

Relational Leadership Model; and (4) their leadershipdevelopment action plan for the next two years.Each week different topics were covered and students were asked to read a chapter or two in themain text along with supplemental reading material. The first few weeks of the semester, thestudents covered topics such as differences in personality using the Myers-Briggs model,leadership theories, communication and conflict management. Other topics covered includedcritical thinking, the formation of teams, ethics, and vision. In the students’ reflection papers itwas remarkable to see how these topics affected the students.Personality DifferencesIn regards to how people can have different personalities and ways of approaching projects anddeadlines

Conference Session

Professional Development & Women Faculty

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

F. Carroll Dougherty; Cheryl Schrader

. Dr. Gribb earned M.S. and Ph.D. degreesin Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and is a licensed professionalengineer in Idaho. She began her academic career in 1993 as an assistant professor and firstfemale faculty member ever in the Civil Engineering Department, and only female facultymember in the College of Engineering at the University of South Carolina. In 1999, she wasgranted tenure and promoted to associate professor. She teaches and does research related togroundwater, contaminant transport, and unsaturated soils. Dr. Gribb currently leads amultidisciplinary research project sponsored by the EPA to develop multi-purpose sensors todetect and analyze environmental contaminants, and is involved in another

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

Page 10.587.5required course for all engineering students. Specifically, one formal lecture was delivered on Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationestimation followed by a homework set of six problems and mini-projects, similar to the setdescribed in this paper. One laboratory session was also dedicated to the height estimation,followed by crude measurement, of a tall building on campus. Students actively participated inthese exercises. We are hoping to continue to strengthen our coverage on estimation throughoutthe curricula with the goal of equipping our students for this important

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Pinkham; Cathryne Jordan; Lisa Peterson

Institutional Perspectives. Division of Undergraduate Studies Report No. 1990.1. Pennsylvania State University.7. Morning, C. and J. Fleming. (1994). Project Preserve: A Program to Retain Minorities in Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 83(2), 237-242.8. National Science Board. (2002). Science and Engineering Indicators. Arlington: National Science Foundation.9. National Science Foundation. Science and Engineering State Profiles: 2001-2003. http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05301/start.htm10. Ohland, M.W. and E.R. Crockett. (2002). Creating a Catalog and Meta-Analysis of Freshman Prorams for Engineering Students: Part 1: Summer Bridge Programs. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Ellzey; Ted Aanstoos, The University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

. Two three hour courses will be taught at UCL. The technical course, ME 379M--International Engineering: Practice and Professionalism in the 21st Century, will be taught byTed Aanstoos, while the second, which is provisionally titled Artists, Pirates, and theManagement of Innovation, will be taught by UCL faculty. The ME 379 course will include awide variety of topics in an international setting, using a project-based team approach. Topicswill include international technical standards, international environmental regulation, corporateresponsibility, and multinational business structure. The UCL-taught companion course willaddress the management of innovation in corporations and in society. Various case studies fromhistory and business will be

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Weber

Securing Microsoft Windows® for On-line Testing Dr. Fred Weber Department of Chemical Engineering The University of TennesseeAbstractBeginning in fall of 2002 the Chemical Engineering department at The University of Tennesseerequired all sophomores to bring a laptop computer to class. One use of the computer was on-linetesting in the classroom. This paper focuses on techniques for securing the windows operatingsystem (NT or later) for on-line assessment.Criteria for the project included: • As secure as traditional paper and pencil testing • No additional applications installed on the student’s computer

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Anderson; Lance Perez; Jerald Varner

304 lab or understandings that were reinforced through multipleexperiences such as the lab, the homework assignments, or the lectures. However, of theseventeen students interviewed from ELEC 462 and ELEC 464 all were able to generallyidentify concepts that were reinforced in earlier lab experiences. Here is another student responseto a direct question about concept retention and the TIMS laboratory experience. I think so. To be honest, I hadn’t done anything in the lab really for outside of senior design project, I hadn’t done anything in a lab course since I took 307 so it was nice to have that experience again, because you lose sight of that, you know, it eventually comes

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Kowalski; Luke Campagnola; Frank Kowalski

Society for Engineering Education http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie98/papers/1359.pdf.12.Griffiths, D.J. (1989). "Introduction to electrodynamics," second edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. See discussion, pp-348-349.Biographical InformationFRANK V. KOWALSKI (Ph.D., Stanford University) is a professor of physics at CSM. As a strong proponent ofusing technology to improve engineering physics instruction, he uses both classroom communicators and applets ona regular basis in the courses he teaches. He encourages other teachers to explore the possibilities this technologyfacilitates.SUSAN E. KOWALSKI (M.B.S., University of Colorado, Boulder) has been project coordinator for CSM’sClassroom Communicator Project since its inception three

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

sessions offer expert advice on ASU resources, departmental policies, where togo for advising, time management, and how to study.ECE 100: Introduces students to engineering design projects and the Integrated ManufacturingEngineering Laboratory (IMEL) where semester projects are housed. All students taking ECE100 are required to work with team members to solve problems for real-life situations.Team Training: A team training session is offered on the first evening to ensure proper trainingto work in groups. Students are given information developed by Fulton faculty as well as expertadvice from program counselors.Time Management: Information for proper time management and suggestions are made to helpstudents realize the importance of balancing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar; Michael Urynowicz; Jerry Hamann

device and are limited to a cost of $15.00 to$20.00 or less. The students have indicated that the Design Challenge has been the mostinteresting aspect of the course.A second consequence of the university requirement relaxation has been to give more time forprofessors to present topics which they believe the students would find useful and interesting inengineering. Currently there are about five 30 minute blocks of time available throughout thesemester during which topics such as design process, team building, creativity and the designchallenge are discussed. This paper is focused on a project which relates to several areas ofengineering, deals with experimental design and errors and provides an opportunity to discussthe nature of decision making

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pete Jankovsky; Matt Valerio; Jack Skinner; Khalid Al-Olimat

impedance, complex power of combined line impedances,complex power of combined load impedances, total complex power, complex power supplied bysource, power factor angle of the load, power factor of the load, and the value of the reactiveelement to correct the power factor to a desired value. The choice for the “Show Steps” was setto “No”, so the output shown in Table 1 is without showing any intermediate steps. Table 1 Program output without calculation steps Project 2 – Three Phase Circuits ECCS-336 Power SystemsSource reference voltage: (110.000 @ +0.000 deg) V (Y Connection)Line Impedance: (5.000 , -2.000) ohmLoad Impedance: (10.000 , 8.000) ohm (Y

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Bates

academicinstitution. In larger universities, knowing about administration differences may help innegotiations for compensation or release time. Coming into contact with people from otherdepartments will also contribute to the atmosphere of ideas that stimulate any researcher and mayinspire interdisciplinary research projects. One known benefit of having a mentor is help in Page 10.345.3integrating into the academic community.5 When viewed at multiple levels, integration into a Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

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Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Warren; Diana Mellar

5-15-04.doc2. ABET Technology Accreditation Commission Team Chair Report, form TC14, 5/15/04, http://www.abet.org/documents/tac/TC014 Evaluation of Administration 5-15-04.doc3. Cornesky, Robert A., "Six Steps to Quality: How to Plan and Implement a Continuous Quality Improvement Program for Colleges and Universities," Cornesky & Associates, Inc., Anderson, SC, 19964. U.S. Census Bureau, "Projections of the Population, By Age and Sex, of States: 1995 to 2025," http://www.census.gov/population/projections/state/stpjage.txt5. Thomas, Michael K., "Migration Patterns among New England’s College Freshmen," Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, Summer 2003 http://www.nebhe.org/pdfs/Connection

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

showed a higher engagement in higher-level classes and also thoseclasses with fewer students. In addition, the level of engagement was typically higher in thoseclassrooms with more Problem-Based Learning (PBL). This paper is a followup study ofAhlfeldt et al’s research and reports the whole university student engagement level in classroomsin five consecutive semesters from spring 2001 to spring 2003.Research context and methodParticipants and ProcedureThis study is a campus-wide project to survey the student engagement at a class level. Fromspring 2001 to spring 2003, there are five semesters in total covered in the survey. At the end ofeach semester, the students were asked to fill out an engagement survey, which is describedbelow. In total

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Amuso; Surendra Gupta; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson; Robert Merrill

departments who personally visit community collegesin the Northeastern United States each year to recruit transfer students. RIT is successfulrecruiting transfer students as almost one-third of our undergraduate students have began theircollegiate studies elsewhere before transferring to RIT and about 75 percent of our total transferpopulation come from two-year schools. RIT’s success in recruiting transfer students to ourengineering and engineering technology programs has declined in recent year.Table 1 below shows freshman and upper-division fall quarter transfer enrollments for the sevencolleges, and also the subset for MEET departments collaborating on this project. It shows thatwhile RIT’s enrollments have been stable (or mildly increasing), the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne Lax; Amy Van Epps

following summer, 23 students from 13 schools participated in the eight-weekSURI program. The 2003 students represented five different majors; in 2004, there were eightmajors. Information on the projects in which the students participated is on the SURI website 9.Similar to many other REUs, the goals of the SURI program are to expose undergraduates to theprofessional lives of graduate students and research scientists. During their time on campus, theSURIs spend more than 40 hours per week attending professional development and researchseminars; short courses and workshops; and working on their research projects.Technical Communication SeminarRecognizing the importance of communication skills for engineers, the SURI organizers decidedto devote a

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gustavo Molina

details. The approach showed useful to help students’ understanding andinsight of deterministic engineering algorithms.IntroductionTeaching students how to solve problems is a growing concern of Engineering and Technologyeducation. Problem solving in the Engineering/Technology practice is usually directed to thedesign of products or processes, and this connection makes the teaching of engineering problemsolving a natural part of design classes. In recent years new undergraduate courses have beenimplemented that expand creative thinking in engineering design by including solving problemand project based-learning [1]. A number of innovative teaching techniques can be employed forsuch purpose, being the “studio” methods particularly successful to

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

who comprise a taskforce to better define the Engineer of the Americas and start a pilot project involving afew schools of engineering and interested industries. Some mechanisms to facilitate theestablishment of the Engineer of the Americas are also presented. They are analyzedwithin the framework of regional accords that facilitate grass root, bottom-up, actions likea pilot project, but also lobby for political declarations, like the Bologna Declaration andothers in Europe, where top down measures are discussed based on ministerial decisions.The authors advocate a blend of bottom-up and top-down actions that take intoconsideration the reality represented by the economic asymmetry within the Hemisphereof the Americas, its very early and

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Primus Tillman; Keith Johnson

FederalCommunications Commission established a mandatory schedule for implementing commercial Page 10.14.7“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Explosition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”digital TV, and soon high definition TV will become the only available television technology.For online games that use Xbox and PS2, the video gaming industry requires digital interactiontalents and skills. For science and industry, problem-solving, digital visualization, and modelingskills are required. ETSU employs project- and process- based learning

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

Product Research/DevelOperate Maintenance Tech. Sales Operations Development .Construct Routine Maintenance Testing/Evaluation Theoret. Analysis AnalysisElectrician Engineering Aide Systems Analysts Design Engineer Research ScientistFactory Assembler Service Technical Sales/Service Systems Engineer Research EngineerTester Technician Project Manager Product Development

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Reising

, severalsimple projects involving repeated trials of an experiment are used in a course in probability orrandom signals. MATLAB programs simulating the same experiment are assigned as part ofeach project.This paper describes several such experiments and the associated MATLAB simulations.Students working in groups of three or four compare their experimental results with theMATLAB simulations and to the results of other groups in the class.By comparing the actual and simulated results, students may develop some confidence in the useof computational software to simulate experiments for larger numbers of trials than they canrealistically perform in practice.IntroductionRandom variables are a key concept in the study of probability and random processes