Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

regional campus of Purdue Universitylocated in northwest Indiana. It is primarily a commuter campus, and serves justover 9,000 students. PUC started a program in Computer Graphics Technology(CGT) in the Fall 2000 semester. The course curriculum development wasinfluenced by existing successful course offerings within the Purdue system, bynationally known universities, and by regional job demands, as well asinternational considerations. Figures 1 and 2 show the growth in credit hours andthe increase in students in the CGT program between 2001 and 2004. In the spaceof a few years, laboratories were built, faculty hired, and many new coursesdeveloped to meet this demand. In the face of all this growth, and the number ofchanges that were occurring

Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yifat Kolikant; Bugrahan Yalvac; Ann McKenna

project different cross-disciplinary teams worked together on specific courses/topics.Members of the entire community met in larger bi-weekly and quarterly meetings to discussissues and share ideas. In the current study we focus on the local interaction between two facultyand two learning scientists during the development of course materials and examine the processof how these diverse practitioners worked together. We interviewed the faculty and learningscientists and asked them to retrospectively describe the process by which they collaborated. Weused a semi-structured interview protocol. Sample questions from the interview protocol aregiven in Figure 1. The interview protocols were slightly different for faculty and learningscientists

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad Pourmovahed

, and endplates (Figures 1 and2). Heating or cooling plates may also be contained in the fuel cell. Hydrogen and oxygen reacton opposite sides of the MEA to produce water, electricity, and heat. In order to accomplish this,the hydrogen and oxygen half reactions are separated by a solid polymer electrolyte (known aseither a proton exchange membrane or a polymer electrolyte membrane). This electrolyteseparates the two reactant gases while providing an ionic connection through which the protonsmay pass. The electrolyte has a catalytic electrode layer on each side to speed the reaction rateand provide electrical contact for the conduction of electrons. The reactant gases flow throughchannels cut into the flow field plates. While the gas flows

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Begolly; Jennifer Gilley

progress has been made in eliminating certain disadvantages that keep girlsfrom entering the science and engineering pipeline, the great divide between girls andengineering remains due to a lack of familiarity with the nature and possibilities of engineeringand engineering technology.IntroductionLow Number of Degrees EarnedBetween 1994 and 2001 the percentage of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded to womengrew from 16% to 20%1. While this growth is encouraging, it is occurring at a painfully slowpace and is partially due to a decrease in the number of men enrolling in engineering programsrather than a substantial increase in female enrollment. The numbers for engineering technologyprograms are even lower. The percentage of associate’s degrees

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

BenefitsArizona continues to rank as one of the leading states in the number of workers employed in thesemiconductor manufacturing industry. To meet these demands, national and localsemiconductor companies have launched an aggressive campaign to attract students intoprograms that prepare them for the future workforce.1 The goal of students in technologyprograms is to be hired by a high-tech employer or to advance to higher pay level if currentlyemployed. Many of the students enrolled in technology programs within the CTAS are currentlyemployed in the local high tech industry. As a result, local semiconductor companies havesought to collaborate with the higher education institutions, such as their neighboring universitiesand community colleges, to

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia White; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

STARs contributeto our overall outcome assessment plan.IntroductionCareer interviews for engineering students are evolving from interrogation sessions to structuredconversations. This evolution is facilitated by the proliferation of information technology thathas automated many of the previously manual tasks such as reviewing resumes and schedulinginterviews. This frees recruiters to spend more time networking and building relationships withjob candidates.1 The real impetus for this evolution is the realization that past behavior is thebest predictor of future performance.2 And after all, future performance is what any intervieweris trying to ascertain.This type of structured conversation, commonly referred to as Behavioral Based Interviewing

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad; Thomas Hilburn

discipline took place at the 1968 NATO Conference on Software Engineering [4].Since that time there have been numerous studies and analysis of software development as anengineering profession [1, 5, 7, 9, 11]. Even though software engineering has made greatprogress and the term “software engineering” is now widely used in industry, it is still not yetwell-defined and its professional content, practices, and certification criteria are not universallyagreed upon. There is confusion and controversy over the relationship between computer scienceand SE, and some would even dispute that SE is engineering. A more generous attitude might bethat the discipline is still new relative to more traditional engineering fields; and, thus, softwareengineering is

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

, having knowledgebased workers with appropriate skills also enhances the nation’s health, security, andprosperity. According to the US Bureau of Labor, the portion of the U.S. labor force withS&E skills is growing closer to 5 percent per year compared to 1 percent growth in therest of the labor force.1 At the same time that global competition for the S&E workers isincreasing, other countries are making larger investments in S&E education andworkforce than is the United States. “The United States has always depended upon theinventiveness of its people in order to compete in the world marketplace. Now,preparation of the S&E workforce is a vital arena for national competitiveness.”1The second aspect that contributes towards this road

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Jouny

Page 10.594.1assessment tools are prevalent and successful. Program Educational Objectives (PEO) Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationare “statements that describe the expected accomplishments of graduates during the firstseveral years following graduation from the program” according to ABET [1].Furthermore, it is required by ABET that a program maintains “a system of ongoingevaluation that demonstrates achievement of these objectives and uses the results toimprove the effectiveness of the program” [1]. Finally, ABET demands a periodicallyevaluated process in which PEO’s are determined. This paper

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Veronica Dark; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

engineering problem solving ability. We describe the ELPenvironment itself, our experience with implementing the environment in three industrialengineering classes, and how it has impacted engineering problem solving as part of thecurriculum.1. IntroductionEngineers are routinely faced with complex, ill-structured problems that differ dramatically fromtextbook problems routinely assigned in classroom environments. Such problems present manycognitive challenges, and a key element of the problem solving process is making decisions.Many decisions regarding the nature of the problem, the solution approach, and evaluation aremade over the life of a problem scenario. These decisions are based on knowledge, perceptions,cognition, and negotiation. The

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rickie Miller; Elisa Barney Smith

allow.Massachusetts decided that part of the solution was to require that engineering be taught in theK-12 classroom along side reading, math and science. “The Massachusetts Science andTechnology/Engineering Curriculum Framework is one of seven curriculum frameworks thatadvance Massachusetts’s educational reform in learning, teaching, and assessment... Its purposeis to guide teachers and curriculum coordinators about what content should be taught from PreKthrough high school” [1]. In Idaho similar legislation has not been proposed, but a desire toincrease engineering education in the K-12 level exists. An issue that always arises whenlegislating that some additional material be taught in the classroom is that the teachers need to beprepared to properly and

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonid Preiser

Model.Bibliography 1. http://www.ni.com/events/tutorials/campus.htm 2. http://www.globalspec.com 3. http://www.worldwidelearn.com/continuing-education/engineering-cpe.htmLEONID B. PREISERPh.D. in Electrical Engineering, Senior IEEE member, ASEE member. Since July 2002, Professor and Chair,Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, National University (NU), La Jolla, CA. 1999-2002:Professor and Chair, Department of Technology and Information Systems, NU. 1997-1999: Director of the Center forTechnology, NU. 1995-1997: Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science, West Coast University, LosAngeles. 1979-1994: research engineer and consultant, Andrew Corporation, Orland Park, IL

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris

Bloom (1956)6 presents the third level of learning as the “psychomotor.” Theauthor instead, categorized the domain as “skill objectives” with activities such as presenting,writing, etc., which were the outcomes. Critical and creative thinking skills were developed inthis course through: (1) learned activity, (2) inquiry, (3) balancing thinking with theories, (4)focusing on processes, (5) establishing a non-judgmental setting, and (6) problem solving.9IV. The Multimedia Design ProcessIn this study the students were introduced to the multimedia design process. The design process Page 10.47.3was important to learner-centered education because

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Burchett

plot, and ends with four design methodologies applied to single and twodegree of freedom plants.In ME 406, we emphasize model based design. In particular, we find parametric models of therectilinear plant in one degree of freedom (1 DOF) and two degree of freedom (2 DOF) modes.The quality of control delivered from the ensuing model is directly limited by the quality of themodel. A model of the system is necessary for the initial design of a controller, but the predictedresponse of the system may not match the true system response due to the simplified modelsbeing used.IntroductionAs recipients of an NSF CCLI grant, the mechanical engineering and electrical engineeringfaculty at Rose-Hulman (RHIT) are currently upgrading the system dynamics and

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jonathan P. Mathews; David Morales

comparison to their counterparts who procrastinated much less(7% difference in submissions on the due date), and were not as susceptible to lowerscore(s) on average when they did procrastinate. An e-mail intercession late in thesemester failed to change submission habits.Learning within the online environment is becoming increasingly popular and accessibleto on-campus students. The Penn State University Registrars schedule of courses [1] lists atotal of 33 WEB courses (spring 2005 semester) available to University Park campusstudents. A “WEB” class being defined as all instruction taking place online. Themajority of these classes meet the general education requirements: 21 out of 33 classes.With 9 courses (7 of which are general education) being

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Grash; Andrew Rose

collaborative effort by the authors incorporating a fine arts perspective in twocivil engineering technology courses and a technical perspective in a fine arts course.IntroductionEngineering education focuses on preparing students for careers in technology and theprofessional practice of engineering. Accreditation organizations,1 professional societies,2 aswell as universities3 realize that in today’s diverse world, engineering graduates need to be well-educated in areas beyond the typical technical knowledge necessary for engineering practice. Asa result, exposure to and appreciation of the arts and humanities and the social sciences is a vitalcomponent in preparing engineering graduates who will better serve the needs of society.Although most

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Cochran; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan

discussed.1. OverviewThe dam design competition was created to expose high school students to the cutting-edgetechnology implemented in the finite element computer code TeraScale_Dysac. In addition tocreating excitement in the students toward engineering, the project aided the traditional highschool curriculum by giving team building experience and requiring higher level learning skillsin the students. The web-based nature of TeraScale_Dysac has the potential to bring similar Page 10.689.1experience to remotely located high schools. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Yates; Maura Borrego

-specific content, and students greatly anticipate testing of the finalproducts. However, limitations in class size and learning objectives prevent these coursesfrom addressing perceptions of engineering as an inflexible discipline. In contrast, theinterdisciplinary nature, small class size, and guest speakers of the seminar coursedirectly address attrition due to perceptions of engineering as a rigid and uncreative field.Table 1 below illustrates the different focus of the seminar course with respect to ABETCriterion 3 outcomes. It is clear from this chart that existing introduction to engineeringcourses address many of the technical criteria, while the seminar courses provide studentswith context. An important factor in approval by the curriculum

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Lambert; Aaron Robinson; Charles Camp; Jeff Marchetta; Laura Lackey; Stephanie Ivey

Learning Styles and Freshman Attrition: What Are The Links? Stephanie Ivey1, Laura Lackey2, Anna Lambert1, Charles Camp1, Jeff Marchetta3, Aaron Robinson4 1 Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Memphis/ 2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Mercer University/ 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Memphis/ 4 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of MemphisAbstractOne of the most urgent issues in engineering education

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hung Tao Shen; Amy Zander

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education"The CurriculumThe curriculum for the proposed program is outlined in Table 1. The program maintains theSchool of Engineering-wide first year courses (Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, Great Ideas, FirstYear Seminar and Introduction to the Use of the Computer) for a strong foundation inengineering principles. In the sophomore year, students will begin exploring the basis for themajor, obtaining background in earth science, microbiology, fluid mechanics, and physicalchemistry as well as continuing mathematics and an introductory course in environmentalengineering. This year contains the one new required course that

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Ben Miller; Judith Norback

skills in order to positionthemselves for upward mobility in the workplace.1 A modest estimate claims that scientists andengineers spend 25% of their professional time writing a variety of technically orienteddocuments (about 15% formal, 10% informal)2,3,9, and the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET)4 has made an unmistakable statement by requiring that oral and writtencommunication skills be included in curricula. We must also recognize that computer scientistsneed to be increasingly versatile in their workforce communication skills. In computer sciencefields, a trend of interdisciplinary teams in the profession is on the rise. The professional field ofcomputing has been described as having shifted to the “information

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Monty Smith; Jerome Davis; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

isonly 670 grams. Control is accomplished by inserting rods made of the same compositionas the core into holes in the reactor core. There are a total of four rods; two safety rodseach worth $0.42 in reactivity; one course control rod of the same reactivity as one of thesafety rods, and one fine control rod with an integral worth of $0.14. The control rodsdrives include magnetic latches that must be engaged before movement and two speedsof drive movement.The reactor is surrounded by a graphite reflector, a lead shield, and a tank of water thatserves as a neutron reflector and additional shielding. Figure 1 shows the control console.The maximum power of the reactor is 5.0 Watts, which indicates that thermal feedbacksneed not be considered. The

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Allameh; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

number ofsubsystems including a drive mechanism for generating load, a load measurement unit, adisplacement measurement subsystem, and their related controls. Fig. 1 shows the schematic ofthe microtensile tester developed after an original design from Johns Hopkins University2 whichwas modified to accommodate measurement for large strains. The load train started with amotorized Velmex (Velmex , Inc., Bloomfield, NY 14469) unislide drive equipped with agearbox of 1500:1 ratio, connected to a linear stage providing strain rates as low as 10-4/s. Aswith nearly all variable speed motors, lower speeds could be achieved, however, load capacitydropped below the desirable levels. An “L” bracket machined and installed on the unislide drivemade it

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

all information regarding hisor her company and enter instructions through the use of menus, and the database is updatedautomatically through the ASP scripts.Table 1 summarizes the pages. All of these pages were constructed using a standardized HTMLtemplate. Most of the pages listed in the tables are single-function pages that the student can useto either view specific information (e.g., see all the raw materials currently stored in his/herwarehouse) or complete a specific task (e.g., purchase a fishing boat.) The “Main” page,pictured in Figure 1, is essentially a menu that allows the student to navigate to these single-function pages, and access to it is password protected. The “Manager” page, which is alsopassword protected, is only

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne DeGroat

10.1209.2in the course is VHDL. The major components of an computer architecture are briefly Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationreviewed and the design of a bit-sliced datapath is undertaken in a series of homeworkprojects. In the next section the projects used are highlighted. They teach the student theuse of the language at various levels of abstraction, from the gate level of modeling toabstract algorithmic modeling.II.A.1. The 1st Assignment. The first assignment is the design of a multiplexer for theimplementation of a functional unit that can perform any of the 16 functions of 2 inputs.This requires a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tristan Utschig

Page 10.388.2serve not only multiple institutions, but also multiple engineering fields within those institutions, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthe nature of the pre-engineering program must be quite broad. Thus, the introductoryengineering course – Engineering Fundamentals, Analysis, and Design – cannot be designed toserve any specific program. It must, by nature, aim to build engineering skills essential for anyflavor of engineering.The course has three main goals: 1) introduce engineering as an overall profession involvingengineering analysis and design along with describing the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw

developed a list of ten guidelines for effectively communicating asinterns: 1. Define very specific goals. 2. When discussing ideas with management, be general in technical descriptions. 3. Be realistic about how long a project will take to accomplish. 4. Keep management informed. 5. Do not overstep your bounds. 6. Document your work. 7. Work hard and be dependable. 8. Be a team player. 9. Be self-motivated. 10. Always look for ways to learn and improve.3.1 Define very specific goals.Every IT project must have a vision. The vision for the Virtual Demonstration Garden was toproduce an online web application that provides resources that help the community create water-efficient landscapes

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Goo; Maura Borrego

comparison to previous semesters without the response systems. Plansto develop a common bank of materials ConcepTests, building on existing conceptinventories will also be discussed. Practical details about the equipment and software willbe shared as well.IntroductionConcept inventories, or multiple-choice exams focusing on 20-30 major concepts of aspecific field, have recently experienced a surge in development as assessmentsindependent of high-stakes testing. In recent years, concept inventories have beendeveloped and tested for reliability in such fields as physics (mechanics)1, statics2, fluidmechanics3, materials4, and chemistry5. In developing these inventories, faculty focus onconcepts and reasoning over computation, using varying degrees of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Lucas; Chul Kim

. Pocket PCs operate on much smaller screens than desktop computers which limitsthe size of page a Pocket PCs can view at once. It is thus desirable to have one question per pageon the PocketPC screen where as Oncourse requires all questions to be on one page. Web Server The Internet Exam Authoring Student Units (Wireless Mobile PCs) Figure 1 System Configuration Page 10.34.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

informationliterate.The outcomes, which are based on those developed by ACRL (2000) for each year of study aredescribed below:By the end of the sophomore year, the students should be able to:1. explore general information sources to increase familiarity with a topic2. identify key concepts and terms that describe the information need3. define a realistic overall plan and timeline to acquire the needed information4. read text, select main ideas, and restate textual concepts in their own words5. identify verbatim material that can then be appropriately quoted6. evaluate a website for authority, reliability, credibility, purpose, viewpoint, and suitability7. reflect on past successes, failures, and alternative strategies by maintaining a log of information