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Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yifat Kolikant; Bugrahan Yalvac; Ann McKenna

experience as former students, which is certainly not representative of their entireclassroom.Thus, our project created cross-disciplinary teams to develop instructional materials togetherwhere each member brought unique knowledge: (a) Engineering faculty possessed subject matterexpertise and teaching experience, (b) learning scientists (LS) possessed expertise in learningtheory and instructional methods/pedagogy, (c) learning technologists brought knowledge aboutinformation technology, and (d) assessment consultants helped design assessments and analyzeresults. As a result, the process of collaboration was not straightforward and required that certainconditions be fulfilled. First, the collaborative work required the development of a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tristan Utschig

Fundamentals, Analysis, and Design course, care was taken toinclude many current best practices. First, a focus on outcomes was utilized. This practice isconsistent with systematic instructional design principles in the literature, where goal analysis ison of the first steps in the process3. The following outcomes are primary to the course: 1. Awareness of differences in the engineering profession and what type of work is involved in each major field. 2. Ability to work effectively in teams 3. Successful experiences with 2 or more design projects of moderate difficulty and 3 or more simple design projects. 4. Achievement of moderate skill in producing solutions to engineering analysis problems and communicating them

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Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

-view bias25. extend initial synthesis, when possible, at a higher level of abstraction to construct new hypotheses that may require additional information26. draw conclusions based upon information gatheredProject PlanThe major issues facing any educator when developing new instructional modules are when andhow to teach the material and how to assess what has been done. These issues are addressed inthis project plan.Place in CurriculumInformation literacy skills can be taught in a for-credit library course, or through variousassignments integrated throughout the curriculum. The literature supports the latter approach.Dupuis (1997) states that “most librarians agreed that broad information literacy skills are besttaught within the academic

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kemi Ladeji-Osias

Planning and Teaching an Undergraduate Course Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Morgan State University Baltimore, MD 21251AbstractPlanning a course involves many issues including choosing the objectives, scope and content,preparing a syllabus, developing lectures, laboratories, projects and assignments, and evaluationof students. Teaching the course is the implementation of the plan while developing a rapportwith the students and monitoring classroom dynamics. Teaching requires adapting your plan toyour current group of students and to the changing educational

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Guoping Wang

to use these tools in their future work. 2) Xilinx has an excellent university program supporting web site. This site includes lots of laboratory exercises, student projects collections and links as teaching resources. 3) An excellent step-by-step tutorial plus FAQs are available as Xilinx on-line documents8. Extensive collections of FPGA/CPLD application notes are also available on the Xilinx web site. 4) In the CPLD library of Xilinx ISE 5.2, there are lots of 74xx symbols 9. The library includes the popular logic blocks such as 74x138, 74x139, 74x151, 74x163, etc. In the lab

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EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Wolter

and how it helps engineering managers understand the relationships between acquisition Page 10.466.2 planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling of projects.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” 6. Apply information technology solutions to improve the data and information exchange within the acquisition process and identify ways to foster a culture of innovation. 7. Prepare and present the results of an acquisition system analysis in oral and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rassa Rassai; Mensah Patrick; Jean-Pierre Bayard; Valerie Young; Joseph Tront; Edward Perry

theUniversity of Guelph (www.chemical-stoichiometry.net, or search for Chemical Reaction inMERLOT).Example 3: use simulations and virtual tours as the basis for demonstrations, in-class projects,or out-of-class projects. Simulations and virtual tours let your students see and try things thatare too small, too far away, too expensive, or too dangerous to experience physically. However,undergraduates will rarely think deeply about a simulation or virtual tour if they are just sent to“try it”. It is important to decide what you want students to learn from the tour or simulation, Page 10.910.5then guide them to and assess that learning objective by

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul Lane; John Farris

so that all students understand the ground rules of theclass. To save class time, the detailed syllabus can be posted on the Blackboard site so studentshave plenty of time to review it before the first class meeting. This allows the professor toquickly cover the syllabus by answering the students’ questions and highlighting the importantparts of the syllabus. Professors can enhance the value of their syllabi by including theirexpectations in the syllabi. Information like how much time students are expected to commit tothe class, the teaching methods employed and the types of class projects required can encouragereluctant students to opt out of the class or at least be prepared.Many professors like to know about their students in order to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Bender; Amy Hoover; OraLynn Manweller

sponsor professionals who go into middle and high schools tointroduce young people to the technical professions. Despite the efforts of these technicalcommunities, enrollment of women in non-traditional professional degree programs has grownby only 4 percent during the 1990's4. This may be due to the lack of direct hands on interactiveexperience for these young women to explore those fields.A workshop format has been selected for this project because it provides an interactive deliveryand has been shown to be an effective methodology to allow participants to make informeddecisions5. A workshop offers the opportunity to have a captive audience doing fun activities togenerate interest in technical career fields. This project synergistically

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

described and the balance voltage derived. Thevalidity of the assumptions will be checked using software simulation. This is preliminary work thatrequires experimental confirmation. Based on the results of the proposed algorithm an experiment may beplanned in which the system will be constructed and the suggested measurement procedure tested.In the Systems Engineering Department at the U.S. Naval Academy, we strongly emphasize capstonedesign projects. The proposed research presents a very good opportunity to teach students the full designcycle. This experiment is well defined using mathematical tools and in that sense it is a straightforward taskto develop a software simulation. The actual construction of the measurement system is rather complex

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Scherr; Bevlee Watford

. A listing of this programwith short descriptions is provided in this section. All of these projects are aligned withWEPAN’s mission to be a catalyst for change to enhance the success of women in theengineering profession. Making the Connection: Funded by the Lucent Technologies Foundation, this tested curriculum which supports university and industry outreach programs brings engineering into the classroom for boys and girls in grades 3-12. Page 10.1464.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

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Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Thompson; Harold Broberg

Society for Engineering Educationfundamental difference between ECE and ECET courses. This same basic differenceexists between ECE and ECET lab exercises. Even though lab exercises in ECE andECET may cover similar subject matter, one must look at individual requirements and thefocus of the exercises to distinguish discipline specific characteristics. The many coursesthat also required students to complete a project were not specifically included in Table 6,although some portions of selected projects are shown as lab exercises. Table 6: ECE & ECET Lab Exercises Lab Exercises ECE ECET I/O All All ADC

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New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis; Hugh Jack

with over a billion people and a laborforce of 472 million people. The car market has grown from 559,522 four wheeledProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.Copyright © 2005 American Society for Engineering Educationvehicles in 1996 to 934,880 in 2003. The annual motorcycle sales are 5.5 million. GMhas invested $260 million in India and its market share has increased from 3,966 vehiclesin 1996 to 15,155 in 2003. The sales for 2004 were projected to reach 23,763. Indiagraduates 275,000 engineers annually, 200,000 are educated in English.In the past, U.S. companies have been unable to hire enough American engineers andhave had to import engineers from other countries to do technical

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

. Ed., Fall 1998.4 Skiliar, Mikhail; Price, Jesse W.; Tyler, Christopher A; “Experimental Projects in Teaching ProcessControl”, Chem. Eng. Ed., Fall 1998.5 Joseph, Babu; Ying, Chao-Ming; Srinivasagupta, Deepak; “A Laboratory to Supplement Courses inProcess Control”, Chem. Eng. Ed., Winter 2002.6 Ang, Siong; Braat, Richard D.; “Experimental Projects for the Process Control Laboratory”, Chem. Eng.Ed., Summer 2002.7 Muske, Kenneth R., “Simulation and Experiment in an Introductory Process Control LaboratoryExperience”, Chem. Eng. Ed., Fall 2003.8 Toghiani, Hossein; Toghiani, R. K.; Hill, Donald O.; Wierenga, Craig, “Enhancement of Instrumentationand Process Control Studies at the Undergraduate Level”, Proceedings of the 2000 American Society

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Morgan; Beverly Davis

engineers rose during the same period from4.1 percent to 4.8 percent.Many engineers work on long-term research and development projects or in otheractivities that continue even during economic slowdowns. In industries such aselectronics and aerospace, however, large cutbacks in defense expenditures andgovernment research and development funds in the past, as well as the trend towardcontracting out engineering work to engineering services firms, both domestic andforeign, have resulted in significant layoffs of engineers. Some would say that engineersare being treated as expendable labor, especially when economic times are bad. Page 10.1038.2In 2002

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ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jefferey Froyd

(1999) 517–54220. Baxter Magolda, M.B. (1999) Creating Contexts for Learning and Self-Authorship: Constructive- Developmental Pedagogy, Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press21. Cowan, J. (1998) On Becoming an Innovative University Teacher. Buckingham: Open University PressBiographical InformationJEFF FROYDJeffrey Froyd is a Research Professor in the Center for Teaching Excellence and Director of Academic Developmentat Texas A&M University. He was Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, one of the NSF EngineeringEducation Coalitions and now serves as Project Director for “Changing Faculty through Learning Communities,” aproject sponsored by the NSF Research on Gender in Science and Engineering Program

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

or more computer software packages for technical problem solving appropriate to the electronics engineering technology discipline. Demonstrate technical competency in electronics, circuit analysis, digital electronics, 7 electronic communications, microprocessors, and systems. Integrate knowledge of the functional areas of electronics engineering technology. 8 Demonstrate the ability to analyze, apply design concepts, and implement systems as 9 appropriate to electronics engineering technology. Participate effectively in groups, and apply project management techniques as appropriate to 10

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ameya A. Chandelkar; Deepak G. Bhat

microindentation hardness tester byassembling various mechanical components and electrical systems for operation at hightemperatures in the range of room temperature to about 1000oC. The basic hardware componentswere from a commercial hot-hardness tester which was no longer functional. These componentswere acquired from a commercial cutting tool manufacturer for a student project. In this paper,we describe key aspects of the system operation and illustrate the application using hardness dataobtained on a series of cutting tool materials at different temperatures.The unique aspect of this capability for the University is that it is the only hot-hardness testingsystem available in the state of Arkansas, and provides an excellent opportunity for

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse

,projects, presentations, and other class assignments already being evaluated as part of thestudent’s graded course work. ∗While it is true that this information is already being collected and evaluated, usually studentwork combines several learning outcomes; the overall score provides little information towardassessment. For example, an exam may have only one or two questions that capture student“ability to practice professional ethics and social responsibility,” or this outcome may beembedded within a design problem. In such cases, the overall exam or assignment scores do notrepresent student performance of the one particular outcome in question. Unless the exam wasautomated through a scan form system or submitted electronically, someone must

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Backer

unit Technology and Gender was used in all sections of the Tech 198 coursebeginning in Fall 2003. The department has begun to collect feedback from students andinstructors on this module and the content will be revised in Summer 2005.ConclusionThe development process of multimedia modules for a GE course at SJSU was very long andcomplex and spanned nine years and six separate versions. When first proposed in 1994, theprocess was envisioned as a one-year project. However, there were many twists and turns alongthe way. Because of the nature of multimedia, there is the expectation that changes inmultimedia material will happen frequently. These changes, whether small or large, can be verytime consuming. For example, the relatively small change to

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Shooter; Soundar Kumara; Robert Stone; Timothy Simpson; Janis Terpenny

experience wherestudents from each of the participating institutions worked collaboratively in support of theoverall research project. To enhance the students’ education, they spent several weeks in afocused experience at two of the universities with visits to the others. The intent was to broadentheir perspectives on the operations at different schools and promote interest in graduate schoolwhile learning about product platform planning. We describe the structure of the program alongwith the activities undertaken by the students. We also include an assessment of the program bythe students and plans for improving our future offering of this program.NomenclatureBOM Bill of MaterialsDSM Design Structure MatrixEBOM Enhanced Bill of

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Lavelle; Richard Keltie

theproblem, the approach taken in this project, the resulting data, our lessons learned, and strategiesbeing considered to scale-up the intervention in subsequent semesters to include all first-semesterengineering students.Introduction: The goal of this study was to understand the effects of intervention onengineering students who struggle in their first calculus course. We were mindful in conductingthe study that, as it relates to students, ... “... retention is not then the goal; retention is the result or by-product of improved programs and services in our classrooms and elsewhere on campus that contribute to student success.” 1As such, in understanding factors that influence student success in calculus (and their curricula)we hope to provide the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

better understanding of what is going on in the course,” wrote one junior. “Technicalwriting helps me better understand the project or lab that I am working on.” Finally, anotherjunior explicitly linked the process of writing to the process of solving problems: “If you cannotwrite well, it’s going to be hard for society to understand the solution to the problem [you’reworking on], and hence the problem will not be solved.” These preliminary findings certainlycorroborate Sommers’ recent work (2004, p. 130), which shows that of 422 students surveyed atthe end of their freshman year, 73% saw writing as “important” or “very important” whenunderstanding and applying ideas related to a course.Results of survey of student attitudes toward

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole LaRocque; Terri Lynch-Caris

Integrating Physical Fitness Research into the Ergonomics Classroom Terri Lynch-Caris, Nicole LaRocque Kettering UniversityAbstractThe intent of this paper is to describe the integration of a research project into theergonomics classroom. The class evaluated a personal strength assistant device that ismeant to increase core and upper body strength. The entire ergonomics class of 19students worked on the group research project and final write-up. The experimentalgroup in the research project was comprised of members of the ergonomics class while acontrol group was assembled consisting of students outside the class. A strengthimprovement device was used for a maximum of five

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen McClain

functions for many otherfluids). However, the appearance of EES programs is similar to the appearance of C orFORTRAN programs, and some users find the unit conversion procedures awkward in EES.MathCAD was chosen for this project because of its mathematical report appearance, because ofits ability to perform calculations with automatic unit handling and conversion, and because ofits wide use in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama atBirmingham.This effort started in an ME 448/548 Internal Combustion Engines course. Since combustion isan important topic in a senior/graduate level internal combustion (IC) engines course, the initialintent was to take some of the effort and distraction away from working combustion

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Rosalind Hale; Renee Akbar; Ramona Travis; John Fulwiler

opportunitiesfor participants. Additionally, they were to develop expertise in the basic factors that need to beconsidered when selecting and utilizing software and websites to enhance/expand learningopportunities of children with particular emphasis on those children from culturally and raciallydiverse communities.In order to accomplish this, the participants engaged in workshop-type activities in aninstructional lab environment that enhanced their understanding of their own personal andprofessional interests in technology. To pull all of this together, a group project, called*WebQuest, was used. It became a concentrated, hands-on task that developed their skills ofresearching and utilizing resources of the Internet and the World Wide Web around a

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachelle Heller; H. David Snyder; Catherine Mavriplis; Charlene Sorensen

of New Haven Press, 2001.11. Sandler, B. R., The Campus Climate Revisited: Chilly for Women Faculty, Administrators and Graduate Students, Washington: Association of American Colleges, 1992.12. Fitzgerald, L., Shullman, S., Bailey, N., Richards, M., Swecker, J., Gold, Y., Ormerod, M., & Weitzman, L., The incidence and dimensions of sexual harassment in academia and the workplace. Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 32, 152-175, 1988.13. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Gender Differences in the Careers of Academic Scientists and Engineers: A Literature Review, NSF 03-322, Project Director, Alan I. Rapoport (Arlington, VA 2003), also available at http://www.nsf.gov

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Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in1998. Professor Klingbeil is currently leading NSF supported research projects in the areas of manufacturingscience and engineering curriculum reform. He is the recipient of several awards for his work in engineeringeducation, including the ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teacher Award (2004), and both the CECSExcellence in Teaching (2002) and Excellence in Professional Service (2004) awards at Wright State University.RICHARD E. MERCER is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright StateUniversity. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Washington in 1980. Professor Mercer isactive in curriculum reform

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Bryant; Paul Biney

x 4093 Finite Element x x x x M10 x X x M M45 4123 Energy System x x x x X M20 M15 x M15 M40 x x 4473 Senior Project I x x x x X x M20 M45 X M70 M15 x X x x 4483 Senior Project II x x x x X x M20 M45 X x M15 x M50 x x 3031 Manuf. Processes Lab x x x x M10 M10 CVEG 2043 Engr Mechanics I x x M10 M5 CVEG 2053 Engr Mechanics II x x

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs

conditioning of a material at higher temperatures. This paper describes theconception and execution of a laboratory to improve undergraduate students understanding ofcomplex material behaviors. In addition it includes portions which enable the student to quantifyphenomena often discussed only in a qualitative fashion. Laboratory procedure for theexperiment is described in detail. The laboratory presents theory and application in naturalfashion, linked and mutually supportive. The paper discusses the exceptionally positive impactthat this immediacy has on student learning.IntroductionThere is renewed emphasis on laboratory experience and project based learning in undergraduateengineering education, coupled with widespread belief that interdisciplinary