Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland

patientenough after asking questions to students, and answer them without giving the students a chanceto answer. Use a one-minute silent time – after a few of these silent times, students start tobecome involved in the learning process.Instructor’s Promptness and Full Use of Class TimeTeaching is not just about helping students learn technical information; it is also about teachingstudents certain value systems. One of the most important values that are needed in theworkforce is being on time, and new faculty members have a responsibility to demonstrateproper behavior to students.If you are going to be late or absent, plan ahead, and let students know about this. While it mightsound ridiculous, since sickness cannot be predicted, many absences are due

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Chimka; Teri Rhoads

obtained a new Deanof Engineering and, with the new Dean, began constructing a new strategic initiative. Thisinitiative underwent many transformations and continues to evolve. The vision of the College ofEngineering is “to produce engineering graduates sought first by industry and investors forexcelling in a rapidly changing, technology-driven world both as problem-solving engineers andtechnology managers in existing companies and as leaders in starting new, technology-basedcompanies.” The plan to fulfill this vision includes three main areas: enhanced education, relevantresearch, and top students. Also, the plan must determine how it will assess when the vision hasbeen met or how close/far away the vision remains. A discussion of the plan took

Conference Session

Educators on the Frontier

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Burris; Alfredo Soeiro

, Italy in 1998 and in Toronto, Canada in 2001. The 9thWorld Conference will take place on May 16-19 in Tokyo, Japan. The conference is hosted bythe Japanese Society for Engineering Education and Nihon University.Another important activity of IACEE is the support, mainly nominal, for projects related withCEE. Any member may propose a new project. The main contractor of a project should submit aproject description containing the following information: purpose, background, works plan,timetable, schedule, organization, personnel, budget and expected benefits. Preference is given toprojects, which build on successful results of previous work. The first-hand responsibility foreach project is handled by individual member organizations or

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

Page 7.617.1(piping networks). The operation of the system follows the fundamental laws of fluid mechanics.Subjects in undergraduate fluid mechanics, such as fluid properties, hydrostatic effects, variation of fluidpressure in pipes, piping networks, and pump and piping system characteristics, can be related toproblems from the cardiovascular system in human bodies. Moreover, using topics from human body toillustrate principles of fluid mechanics would arouse students’ interest because such topics are directlyrelated to their well-being and own experience.This paper will present a brief report on our effort in developing such an approach. The effort can bedivided into two stages. The first is the planning stage where we identified appropriate

Conference Session

Real-World Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy L. Baskin; M. Sohail Ahmed; Gregory L. Tonkay; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers

time studies by viewing real factory personnel in work settings.In the approach described in this paper, joint university/industry projects serve as a source of data and experiencesthat can be used to support computer-based learning activities. Real-time interactions with factory personnel thatare accomplished through Web-cam technology and interactive meeting software are often used to capture keyobjects needed to create a session. As specific examples of our approach, this paper discusses the development oftwo multimedia learning sessions – one on direct time study and one on the use of simulation. It includes theeducational plan development, techniques used for creating multimedia objects, and concludes with a description ofthe resulting

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Otto Loewer; John Ahlen; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

Session 1654 (2002-2251) Launching an Innovation Incubator in a University Setting Ron Foster, Ken Vickers, Greg Salamo, Otto Loewer, and John Ahlen University of Arkansas/Arkansas Science and Technology AuthorityAbstract:A novel Innovation Incubator has been launched with the goal of enhancing both education andcommercialization of technology. The Incubator supports area clients that have new ideas, butlack the resources to advance towards proof-of-concept. Graduates students are involved with theIncubator in screening clients, and working with clients to improve intellectual property positionand develop initial business plans. Once a

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Boronkay; Janak Dave

Senior Design Project course sequence. At many institutionsthe capstone projects do not include the build and test components.In today’s world, parts and products are designed, manufactured, tested and sold in variouslocations/countries for customers around the world. This means that engineers and engineeringtechnologists must become familiar with global design, manufacturing, testing and distributionmethods and practices.This paper describes a plan to institute an international, team-based Capstone Senior DesignProject sequence. The plan calls for cooperation between foreign academic institutions, multi-national corporations and the University of Cincinnati.Current PracticeAt present, students propose an idea for a project of their own choosing

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Swaminathan Balachandran

Improvement, Ranjit K. Roy, John Wiley & Sons, January 2001.The Qualitek-4 (QT4) software for Taguchi Method from Nutek Inc., is made available free ofcost to students. Lessons 1 - 3 review basic statistical concepts and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Inaddition, practical aspects of planning engineering experiments, checking model validity, andestimating sample size are discussed. Students begin to use the software Design-Ease (Minitaband DesignExpert are alternative software) for most of the statistical and graphical analysis.Lessons 4 - 6 cover the randomized complete block design (RCBD), Latin squares, and factorialdesigns. At this stage, students begin a course project. The course project may be performedindividually or in teams of up

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

been well spent.This paper describes basic statistical concepts that should be considered when assessing aprogram or activity. Examples are given to illustrate both good and poor program assessment.Warnings are given for data that may turn out to be useless and suggestions presented on ways toenhance data presentation. What it takes for data to be “significant” will also be discussed, aswell as the problem of sample size.Without the proper planning of assessments and data collection, it may be very difficult to showthat the program has made a difference. If a program director does not have a good statisticalbackground, they would be well advised to have an assessment person on their team to help planassessment strategy, to analyze the data

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

Page 7.690.1“Is it legal?” as opposed to “Is it ethical?” Instead of confronting the ethical dilemmas directly, “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”today’s engineer, with an expanded role in the corporate organization, now looks implicitly toother disciplines (management, finance, law) for guidance and, at times, to convince oneself thatthere are "acceptable" reasons for giving less than full consideration to potential ethical concernswhen planning projects, managing human resources, and specifying products.This paper describes an approach to integrating ethics into a Project

Conference Session

Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sonya Cooper

, rehabilitation, restoration, andreconstruction. Primavera Project PlannerÒ is used to plan and manage the adobe SocorroMission Preservation Project currently underway in Socorro, Texas. Constructed in 1843, thisremarkable National Register of Historic Places site exhibits Native American, Spanish Colonial,and European influences. The introduction of cement-based products in the mid 1920s hastenedstructural deterioration through moisture entrapment. The return to traditional materials andtechniques, including on-site brick making, and the application of lime plastering, presentsunique scheduling and training challenges. This paper details the benefits of using PrimaveraProject PlannerÒ as a powerful project delivery tool for this historic structure

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Clancey; Anton Pintar; Jason Keith

thesucceeding six years. Three of the tools, the department skills test and the senior exit surveys andinterviews, were implemented for the first time in 1999. This paper will discuss the results of ourassessments, focusing on 1999-2001, and how the department is using those results to improveinstruction.The eight tools of the MTU Chemical Engineering Assessment Program are the following: skills test,analysis of design reports, senior exit interview, alumni survey, writing portfolio, oral presentationskills, safety program, and performance on fundamentals of engineering exam.Tool #1–Skills TestTool #1 in the department’s assessment plan is “department designed skills test to be given to thestudents in the Spring Quarter in the Unit Operations

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Sullivan; Harpreet Singh; Kimberly Sward; Janis Terpenny

curriculum, leading to greater student proficiencywith course material and the fundamental concepts of Engineering Economy as applied to thereal world. Conclusions and future plans are also provided.1. IntroductionThe inclusion of real-world industry provided problems in undergraduate education reinforcesconcepts and improves learning in ways not available through traditional methods of lecture orpredefined case problems. Students develop problem solving skills, project management skills,communication and teaming skills, and a sense of professionalism through such experiences. ForEngineering Economy in particular, real-world problems convey the difficulties of datagathering, assumption making, problem formulation and the importance of economic

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Bailey; Ozer Arnas

team members must be involved in every IPR and the presentation.§ Assess presentation, focusing on strengths, areas of improvements, and insights gained.Project Milestone: Deliverables are graded events that are required NLT the datesspecified. 24 September Deliverables: Proposal Memorandum (10 Points) Memo must demonstrate completion of the following: Phase I (Identify the Need) , Phase II (Plan the Process) Phase III (Develop the Engineering Specs), Phase IV (Develop Concept) 50% complete.4 October Deliverables: In Progress Review #1 (15 Points) Phase IV (Develop Concept) 100% complete , Phase V (Develop

Conference Session

ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Clark; Donald McMurchie

technology, with a particularfocus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Dr. McMurchie's background and teaching experience is inmanufacturing engineering technology, with a particular focus on materials science. We hadknown each other for four years when we began planning the course, and had taught one classtogether before. Given our interests, we decided that a course that focused on the impact ofchanges in materials on society over time would allow both of us to play to our strengths.Since our target audience was students already enrolled in the Mechanical EngineeringTechnology and Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs, we decided to use existingcourses as the basis for the combined course. This allowed us to avoid the complicated processof

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ofodike Ezekoye; John Doggett; J. Nolen; John Butler; Steven Nichols

of their work, they in general rarely contribute to marketingreports. Half of the supervisors frequently write plans and proposals as compared to only 25% ofthe non-supervisors. Nearly all respondents believe that management skills can be taught.Nearly all respondents believe that spoken communication skills are more important foradvancement than written communication skills. A somewhat strange response betweensupervisors and non-supervisors is the importance of statistics in their performing their duties atFord. Nearly 67% managers felt that their statistics background was inadequate for performingtheir duties while only 6% of the non-supervisors indicated that their statistics training wasinadequate for performing their duties. Behavioral

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

probably should be, but curricular time is at premium and the studentssometimes complain of the workload.On the other hand, because of its renewed importance we now see that design should be taught inorder to establish competencies for the next design course rather than just a motivational tool orfor professional orientation. Thus, looking ahead we can identify many needs. Some of theseneeds are relevant to engineering management (project scheduling, staffing, budget and riskmanagement, development processes and organizational structures, application of codes andstandards, and product planning.) The following section summarizes the embedment of severalengineering management topics to design curriculum over the course of three semesters.III

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

Session 1606 A CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Daniel Davis University of HartfordAbstractAt the University of Hartford, we have developed a “Capstone Design Experience” in an effort toimprove our Architectural Engineering Technology curriculum. By increasing the awareness ofthe interrelationships between different areas of study, we are attempting to strike a new balance.We have integrated the following into a single yearlong design project: research, programming,planning, history and theory

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Waters

planning is probably apoor investment' flies in the face of sound, proven management theory employed throughout theconstruction industry for the last half century." I was for several years involved in corporateplanning at TRW; I know that those results were a waste of money. However, I am unsure thatthe reviewer and I are discussing the same thing. I would agree that the successful prosecution ofany largescale endeavor requires extensive formal planning and coordination, but it also requireson-going adaptation to changing circumstances, as any project manager would testify. The pointhere is the farther in the future one attempts to determine events, the less likely the desiredresults

Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Elizabeth McCullough; Kimberly Rogers; Joseph Hickey; Andrew Hoff; Eric Roe; Marilyn Barger

teachers with multimedia-based modular materials that may be used toeffectively teach problem solving skills to students in 9th grade through community collegeeducation levels. This integrated approach uses modular materials jointly developed withsecondary and community college faculty to provide a framework that may be used as needed toreplace or augment existing course curricula focused on problem solving issues. The availablematerials in the Problem Solving Module are divided into seven primary sections. Each sectionprovides sample lesson plans and suggestions to teachers on use tactics, lecture material, studentworksheets, assessment tools, high technology examples, and video examples using computer-based animations. The materials are at

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

improvement. Assessment is what facultymembers can do in order to demonstrate to themselves how well their students are learning. It isthe source of in-process feedback. Furthermore, assessment satisfies the demands foraccountability by external agencies. This paper introduces two examples of classroom assessment in engineering technology.These two examples provide engineering technology programs with quantitative and qualitativemeasures that may be incorporated as one component of a plan for assessment of studentacademic achievement.1. Introduction The purpose of assessment of undergraduate education is to help the particular institutiondetermine the extent to which it is fulfilling its mission of educating undergraduate

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid El Gaidi; Diane H. Soderholm; Doris Brodeur; Dava Newman

skills, or program outcomes, are also thecornerstone of the program's self-study report for ABET accreditation.) This paperaddresses the planning and development of portfolios for assessing students' achievementat the end of their programs in aerospace engineering at MIT.BackgroundIn its strategic plan of 1998, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) committed to major reform of itscurriculum, teaching and learning methods, and laboratory environments. To achieve itsgoals, the department framed its curriculum to model a product system life cycle. Thefour phases in the curriculum are referred to as Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate(CDIO). The Conceive stage includes defining the need and

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Farr

allowed us to hire four new faculty in2000-2001. We plan to hire two more faculty in 2002. We have also received institutionalfunding for research laboratory facilities.Other Lessons LearnedBelow is a summary of other lessons learned during the last 1½ years in creating a newdepartment. • The promotion and tenure system does not support activities typical of the traditional EM faculty. Funding and refereed papers are still the performance paradigm for most (all?) universities. Because most SE/EM research grants do not need laboratory equipment, the funding is often significantly less than the traditional engineering programs. Also, since most SE/EM problems are applied in nature (all of our current funding at Stevens has

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kisaalita; Thomas Reeves

as evaluators. Page 7.279.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society of Engineering Education Exhibit 2. Schedule for ENGR 4920 International Section Spring 2002 Offering Week Day Activity/Milestone 01 M Section assignments/Administer all pre testing/Choose team manager W Team mtg/Intercultural communication 1st lecture 02 M 1st Progress & plans memo to all/Intercultural communication 2nd lecture W Individual mtgs - grade for

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gumaer

effective examination is to determine the test plan and objectives.The next step is to create the questions. These questions should be reviewed. During and after theexam, observation and feedback should be used to improve future examinations. Examples andtips will be presented throughout this process to illustrate the concepts. Finally, the application ofthis process to an engineering technology course is discussed.Test PlanThe foundation of an effective examination is a test plan containing test objectives organized in ahierarchical manner. Each test objective should have a clear relationship with mastering aparticular topic2. Test objectives may be drawn from course objectives or outcomes. A testobjective should be measurable or observable. The

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran

joined together toendorse a Sustainability Greenhouse Gas Action Plan for New Jersey. In signing this“sustainability covenant,” Rowan University has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gasemissions to 3.5% below 1990 levels by 2005. We have used this agreement as the basisfor a novel collaboration between the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership forSustainability (NJHEPS) and the College of Engineering at Rowan University.We have developed a course project in which sophomore students from all engineeringdisciplines calculate CO2 emissions for the university and propose methods for furtherreducing our greenhouse gas emissions. This project has been developed for SophomoreClinic II, the 4th course in an innovative eight semester multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Gorham

educators, studentsages 10-18, and the general public to enhance their understanding of the principles ofelectrical and information sciences and technologies within a historical context. Itexplores the global social impact of technology and demonstrates the relevance ofengineering and engineers to society.IEEE is planning a future two-day conference titled: LEADERSHIP FORTECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY: Collaborations in Science, Mathematics,Engineering, and Technology Education (SMET). The central themes of theconference are leadership, technological literacy, and collaborations among mathematics,science, and technology educators.The primary attendees at the conference will be pre-college educators from all over theworld. However, engineers, scientists and

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Mullenax

Session 2455 If I’m going to work in industry, why join ASEE??? Carol Mullenax Tulane UniversityAbstract:One challenge to sustaining ASEE student chapters is finding enough interested parties toparticipate. There are many thoughts on how to increase potential membership, including cateringto undergraduate and graduate students planning to pursue industry positions. This paper serves asa sort of business case for students not specifically planning an academic career to participate inASEE and become better educators. Based on nine years of industry

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anders Nelsson

laboratory every day (and night) for theproject work. Two teams share a workplace, which is equipped with PC (MS Windows98),oscilloscope, power supply and DSP emulator. Each team receives a mobile robot, rechargeablebatteries, battery charger, tools, manuals and a locker for keeping the equipment. The cost ofcomponents per team is limited to $50. Each team makes purchases of their own to the electroniccomponent distributor. During the first two weeks, the students begin by writing a specificationrequirements, which describes what to do in the project. They also draw up a project plan whereall resources are allotted. This plan describes the project organization, distribution of work,estimation of costs, phase and time schedule and document

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko

Improvement. The assessor should try to provide a plan for theimprovement rather than just observations. The last part is the assessment is Insights. Theassessor may be able to generalize the something they have seen to a wider range of applications.The use of this format provides a very positive environment, which gives a much strongerprobability for improvement.The results of using the various methods, based on both instructor and student comments, will beprovided.BackgroundThe students in this course had all successfully completed the foundation courses of static,particle dynamics, rigid-body dynamics, strength of materials, and fluid mechanics. The initialset of statics problems revealed that a relatively small percentage could solve the classic