Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Truax

of expected outcomes and research approach accuracies. A student-centeredapproach to learning requires an approach in which the instructor becomes guide, coach,motivator, facilitator and coordinator of learning resources. This requires a context of learningwhich encourages students to actively engage in the subject matter.5In this environment the student becomes a more active participant having to analyze, question,judge, and combine ideas and information in order to define and solve problems. Learning andteaching activities for a student-centered learning process requires a more complicated designingprocess that enables students to contribute their knowledge to the learning environment. It leadsto group projects that encourage consideration

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Lamb; David Ollis

a “canned’ program for a reasonably simple,but cute shape: a 1” cube containing a large, centered spherical hole, with circular holes cut intoeach face through to the hollow inner spherical hole. In the central spherical “hole” is a secondcube, large enough so that it cannot pass out of the cylindrical holes in the large cube faces. Onfour of the surfaces of the inner cube appear the raised letters “N, C, S, and U”. As a simpleexercise, we asked one lab group to estimate the manufacturing cost, and projected selling price,for 10,000 such cubes as

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

? What will be their nature? What percentage of the grade will depend on exams? How will other indicators (homework, participation, attendance, projects, etc.)be counted towards the grade? It is equally important that the instructor provides periodic assessment of students’ performance during the semester. The intent is: (1) to alert those that have fallen behind, and at the same time, (2) motivate “achievers” to stay the course.4) A “Back up” Plan to Assist Slow Learners and/or Potential Switchers: Many students are in engineering for a variety of reasons. Some are in because of peer pressure, or for other known or unknown reasons. They are not sure of their capabilities, having negative perception of the “class environment” and

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay C. Dee

to find out if material was beingunderstood; appearing interested in teaching and students. Favorable ratings of instructorperformance were also associated with courses that increased interest in the field and whichstudents perceived as increasing their knowledge and competence.Workload and Instructor Performance The largest correlation calculated in this project between the evaluation item regardingthe instructor’s performance and the item regarding the amount of work required for the coursewas only 0.15. The scoring options for the instructor performance ranged from 1.0 (excellent) to5.0 (poor), and the scoring options for the amount of work required ranged from 1.0 (definitelytoo little) to 5.0 (definitely too much). Therefore the

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Eric Wang

Language (LEP) students in grades seven and eight. The nature of science lends itself well to concrete activities that offer students the opportunity to, not only learn English vocabulary, but to gain a better grasp of concepts when associated with inquiry and hands-on learning. We present the results of a project* that used robotics to teach MS physics to LEP students in regular classes, English as a second language (ESL) students and LEP students in a voluntary after-school program sponsored by Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA). The project was in collaboration with engineering, physics, education and the local school district to train middle school (MS) science teachers who teach high minority

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

-dependent problem solving skills learned in one context intodomain-independent skills capable of solving ill-structured problems [1]. Becoming an expertproblem solver within this new environment means adding, "knowing why" to what and howknowledge. The typical instructional solution to enhance the student’s problem solving skills isto add a “messy” end of course project, based on the faculty member’s industrial experience orconsulting work. Depending on the nature of the problem and the student's familiarity with theproject context, student success can be limited. Spiro delineated this condition, stating "cognitiveand instructional neglect of problems related to content complexity and irregularity in patterns ofknowledge use leads to learning

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Pacheco; Renato Carlson; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco

course and is generally assessed through exercises, tests and examinations);• C2- Oral and written communication ability (including arguing capacity, abilities that are considered essential for the twentieth century engineer);• C3- Interpersonal ability (also essential for the new engineer, it facilitates working in groups);• C4- Logic-mathematical reasoning ability (perhaps the most valuable ability for an engineer);• C5- Engineering interest (it is related to motivation, which is part of human emotions and has strong importance on learning);• C6- Contest among classmates (Competition is, up to a certain limit, beneficial and can motivate, but, in excess, can disrupt an educational environment);• C7- Team project

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay C. Dee; Glen Livesay

Page 9.613.1programs undertake initiatives to help first-year students self-identify as engineers in training, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationand to encourage students to stay in engineering school. Because identifying causes of studentattrition is important to developing successful retention efforts, this project sought to identifyreasons cited by students for leaving the School of Engineering at Tulane University. Previousstudies on the learning styles of Tulane engineering students [1], coupled with evidence thatinstructional methods which engage multiple learning styles increased the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Predecki; Albert Rosa; George Edwards

. Energy Module. The Energy module is delivered through traditional lectures three times a week with a supporting two-hour lab that meets weekly. It will cover the concepts and physical definition of energy and how it is used in practice. To show the importance and diversity of energy in each student’s life, a project concerning a current energy problem will be required The syllabus for the Energy module is as follows: 1. Measurements, units and data analysis 2. Introduction to the study of energy 3. Energy mechanics Page 9.1214.6 4. Conservation of energy 5. Home energy conservation Proceedings

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato; Ronald Welch

instructor demonstrated respect for cadets as individuals. A5. My fellow students contributed to my learning in this course. A6. My motivation to learn and to continue learning has increased because of this course. B1. This instructor stimulated my thinking. B2. In this course, my critical thinking ability increased. B3. The homework assignments, papers, and projects in this course could be completed within the USMA time guideline of two hours 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 Average Rating

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Katherine Banks; John Gaunt; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

boards, and/or in faculty research projects); developing a freshman curriculum that embodies some or most of the above features, and Page 9.1000.7 that takes full advantage of modern technology, particularly personal computers, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education multimedia materials, digital libraries, hypertext documents, and access to vast networked resources, including databases and activities on other campuses; improving ancillary skills (communication skills

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

the B.S. and M.S. degrees,respectively, in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY. He is a member of Pi TauSigma and Tau Beta Pi. He worked for the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH, during the summers of2000 and 2001. He is currently a doctoral student at Polytechnic University. His research interests include control ofmechanical and aerospace systems.VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY,where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSFfunded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics that has been featured on WABC-TV and NY1News, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry; James Farison

program are you most proud? very close working/teaching relationship between students and fac. close student-faculty research interaction grounding of student in fundamentals, supportive learning environ integration of faith and learning within a broad technical program spiritual values in teaching, low student-fac ratio, sr. design project students seeing their calling to live, work as servants of the Lord graduates have strong work ethic and strength in fundamentals our graduates work ethic and character

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Johnson; Martin Morris; Arnold Ness; Richard Deller; Julie Reyer

the experiments with their rocket into the program to calculate the rockettrajectory. Under the supervision of the faculty, the campers built their rockets, conducted theexperiments, and recorded the data.Rocket Assembly Each camper was given an Alpha III rocket kit as a basis for assembling his or hercustom rocket. The campers customized the rockets by choosing one of six different nose coneshapes and one of four different fin designs. The shape of the nose cones was changed from theAlpha III shape to increase the frontal projected area and, as a result, drag. All six nose conechoices had the same frontal area, but each design had a unique profile with different dragcharacteristics and weights. The new fin designs increased the fin

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt DeGoede

)?” the students indicated that they feltthat they did make progress (Table 4). Twenty-two of 29 students responded to the onlinesurvey which asked this question. The reasons for this probably include the difficulty of some ofthe problems which may have increased toward the end of the semester, increased loads in thestudents’ major courses with term projects and such quickly approaching deadlines, perhaps theproblem solving was more evenly shared between team members toward the end of the term sothe progress was not evident in the scores, and probably most significantly the fact that I droppedthe three lowest scores meant that the students that had been doing the best work on theseproblems could afford to skip three of the last four. For

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Rütters; Bernardo Wagner; Andreas Böhne

, N., Unland, R., CSCW-Kompendium, Springer, 2001, pp. 251-263BiographyDIPL.-BERUFSPÄD. ANDREAS BÖHNE received his diploma degree in technical education in 2001.He currentlypursues his PHD study at the Learning Lab Lower Saxony (L3S), where he works as a team member of the I-Labs(“Internet Assisted Laboratories”) project. The project develops didactic concepts for online laboratory usage andreusable software and hardware components.PROF. DR. PHIL. KLAUS RÜTTERS is managing director of the Institute for Technical Education and VocationalTraining at the University of Hanover. He is an associated member of the Learning Lab Lower Saxony (L3S). Hisresearch work includes the international comparison of TEVT systems and technical didactics (web

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

, around the world • Customer confidence based on your evidence of qualifications and suitability for the task at hand or project put out for bids.But there are some disadvantages as well: • Certification is not licensure or accreditation • Certification can be offered by different organization, vendor, institution, and school. So there is no single standard • Certification is recognized by one employer and may not be recognized by another employer • Certification has to be updated when technology changes and it is common that Page 9.75.4 the same certification has to be validated every 2 or 3 years

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Reed Stevens; Lorraine Fleming; Cynthia Atman; Sheri Sheppard; Theresa Barker; Ruth Streveler

gatheredduring ethnographic research (e.g. field notes, informal interviews, work products, etc.). Theseforms of data are then analyzed to find patterns that establish how people make sense of andparticipate in particular social settings. Each ethnography participant will be observed forapproximately 30 hours/academic year. Particularly important will be observing students duringactivities that are significant in engineering education culture such as intense project work,examination periods, and while involved in extra-curricular activities. In addition, the Page 9.1133.5observations will aim to document what the typical work-patterns are for each of

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition” Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education.9. Krupczak, J., “Reaching Out Across Campus: Engineers as Champions of Technological Literacy,” in Liberal Education in Twenty-first Century Engineering, (editors: Ollis, D.S., Neeley, K.A., and Luegenbiehl, H.C., Peter Lang Publishers, New York, NY, 2004, pp. 171- 188.10. Krupczak, J., et al., “Hands-On Laboratory Projects for Non-Science Majors: Learning Principles of Physics in the Context of Everyday Technology,” J. Krupczak et al., ASEE Proceeding, June, 2000, St. Louis.11. Byars, N.A., “Technology Literacy Classes: The State of the Art,” J. Engineering Education

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Myat Hla; Samuel Lakeou

. With the server computer and experimental set up located in separate project room,the experiment was tested on a network of computers at a remote electronic laboratory. Inaddition, it was also tested outside the school network, such as in a home setting and at aremote university. Currently, LabVIEW comes with only one license by default. Therefore,only one client computer can monitor and run it at any time. Additional licenses such as 5,20, or 50 can be purchased from National Instruments (the company that developedLabVIEW), which will allow multiple clients to view the experiment simultaneously.II. Brief Theoretical Background The primary purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate to the students that a smallvoltage signal (46mV rms

Conference Session

Library Instruction Forum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Bruce Reid

installed at the library has provento be an important resource. Some faculty members are applying the technology in their courses.New courses are being developed in non-engineering disciplines for students to gain exposure tothe strength and benefits of the technology. A new course in spatial data communications hasbeen developed with the aim of exposing non-engineering students to the technology. Finally, anentirely new program is under development which will incorporate spatial informationtechnology and data analysis to other disciplines such as business management, environmentalscience and transportation management.ReferencesAdler. P. (1995) The ARL GIS Literacy Project, Association of Research Libraries, Washington D.C. (ftp

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Han-Way Huang

Session 1520 EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING THE PIC MICROCONTROLLERS Han-Way Huang, Shu-Jen Chen Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota/ DeVry University, Tinley Park, IllinoisAbstractThis paper reports our experience in teaching the Microchip 8-bit PIC microcontrollers.The 8-bit Motorola 68HC11 microcontroller has been taught extensively in ourintroductory microprocessor courses and used in many student design projects in the lasttwelve years. However, the microcontroller market place has changed considerably in therecent years. Motorola stopped new development for the 68HC11 and introduced the 8-bit 68HC908 and

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Orling; Lisa Christensen; Blair London; Linda Vanasupa; Katherine Chen

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Criteria for accreditation engineering programs, Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 2000.2. William D. Callister, Jr. Materials Science and Engineering An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.3. www.active-learning-site.com/4. Karl A. Smith, Teamwork and Project Management, 2nd ed., McGraw Hill, 2000.5. www.i-zone.com/izone/index.jsp6. Rodney W. Napier and Matti K. Gershenfeld, Groups: Theory and experience, Houghton Miffin, 1973.7. mazur.deas.harvard.edu/education/educationmenu.phpBiographical

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marina Pantazidou; Paul Steif

undergraduates or faculty, in part because they were viewed as having afair ability at modeling, but still sufficiently new at the task that they were likely to be betterable to articulate their thought process.Prior to the interview, we gave the subjects a description of the research project, whichexplained the focus on modeling physical artifacts and phenomena of interest for engineeringapplications and the aim of understanding what is going on during this task. We emphasizedthat the process leading to answers to problems posed was critical; hence, all preliminary,tentative or dead-end ideas and partial solutions were very useful. Apart from the materialsdescribing the problems (a short written description with one or two additional pages withdrawings

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Steif

shown to simplify the display.) Figure 1. Single Screen Graphical User Interface for Web Based FEA Program.Use of Program in ClassThe program is envisioned to have two primary uses: (i) for instructors with access to acomputer and projection equipment in lecture hall to demonstrate ideas through pre-defined example problems, and (ii) for students to do homework assignments thatcomplement typical problems solved in mechanics of materials.Examples of pre-defined problems for demonstration in classIn each of the examples below, we draw the problem on the left and show the deformed Page 9.1358.3mesh as predicted by the finite element program

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pravin Raut; Jonathan Lambright

teaches introductory computer science courses for engineers and scientists as well as Pre-Calculus through Calculus II for Engineers. Dr. Lambright is the Co-Project Director for the Savannah StateUniversity MAGEC-STEM program.PRAVIN RAUTDr. Raut is a Full Professor in the Department of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Savannah StateUniversity. He is the coordinator for the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program (GTREP) at Savannah Stateand teaches courses that include Manufacturing Processes, Robotic Applications, Computer Graphics and FluidMechanics. Page 9.61.9“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

and share withthe academic community and the public at large. Even press releases should be considered ashaving merit of deserving the credit for research scholarship. Other venues that should beconsidered by faculty members and especially the administrators of engineering technologyprograms at the time of defining and setting the parameters of what is acceptable as thescholarship of research and discovery can be the writing of grant proposals, patent applications,projects with consortiums, etc. All these activities are strong representatives of very high qualitywork.The Scholarship of Service and Professional Practice is maybe the area that shows the greaterpotential to increase the schola rship of Engineering Technology faculty members

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Turner Stuart; Cary Fisher; Jason Bartolomei

course wasoffered in spring semester 2004.The sequence concludes with the heart of the systems engineering program, the capstone designexperience. Cadets will be given the opportunity to apply their expertise on interdisciplinaryprojects. Cadets majoring in systems engineering will work alongside other engineering majorsto form true interdisciplinary teams. Existing engineering capstone projects include the Air ForceAcademy’s unmanned aerial vehicle work for the Air Force, the Society of AutomotiveEngineers (SAE) Formula Racecar, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Human Powered Vehicle student competitions as well as the unique small satellite program, toname just a few.The details of the preliminary design were presented to an

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Walters; Albert Lozano

years for research anddevelopment programs coordinated among several federal agencies. According to the bill, tenfederal agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, would award grants to sixnanoscience research centers established by the National Nanotechnology Initiative. It authorizespublic hearings and expert advisory panels, as well as the American NanotechnologyPreparedness Center to study the emerging technology's potential societal and ethical effects.3About 70 percent of the new nanotechnology funding will go to university research efforts,which will help meet the demand for workers with nanoscale science and engineering skills. Theinitiative will also fund the projects of several governmental agencies. Much of the research