Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ciletti; Gregory Plett

engineering profession requires that its practitioners function in all typesof circumstances, so the goal of the educational process should then be to provide a balance be-tween all of these modalities to reach, reinforce, and challenge all students. Concrete Experience (Sensing/ Feeling) Quadrant 4: What if? Quadrant 1: Why? Reflective Observation (Watching) Active Experimentation (Doing) Open-ended problems/ laboratories

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wang

undergo drastic change, perceptions of individual value, ethics, behavior, andattitudes also change. And as a result, educational institutions must also change in response.Taiwan has recently experienced significant changes in its political structure. Accordingly,Taiwan should embark on programs to transform education in general. Education in architecture is particularly ripe for a transformation so that it reflects the needsof the society it must serve. Unless the industry changes in response to larger changes inTaiwanese society, it is likely to enter a period of decline. Ultimately, such changes mustincorporate the technological advances of the day in order to make its transformationsuccessful. The goal should be a refined and professional

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan

Development, Assessment and Implementation of Program Educational Objectives and Program Outcomes of BSEE Program Satinderpaul Singh Devgan Professor and Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering Tennessee State UniversityAbstractSystematic development of program educational objectives and program outcomes andtheir assessment for continuous improvement in program effectiveness requires relevantconsideration of constituent needs or requirements and program mission. The assessmentcriteria should reflect program aspirations and should be reflected in assessment tools.This paper describes successful development of program educational objectives andprogram outcomes

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Carriere

other teachers through the web, through their own lectures and through guest lectures by the sponsoring PI. • Give science presentations to the broader community/promote life-long learning: e.g. at museums, and libraries, on radio shows and with other venues that reach broad audiences. • Develop, adopt, adapt and implement effective models and pedagogic approaches to science, mathematics, and engineering teaching.Each year, NSF supports researchers, teachers, and students at every educational level andacross all disciplines in science and engineering. Embedded in all NSF programs are efforts tobuild a more inclusive, knowledgeable, and globally engaged workforce that fully reflects thestrength of the nation’s

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter; David Elizandro

offer for hands-on experience, the focus of this lab is on integrated systems inproduction environments. Equipment and furnishings were selected to demonstrate materialprocessing, material handling, assembly, inspection, storage, and safety. In addition, datacollection and information flow are an important feature of the Integrated Systems Laboratory.A list of the physical equipment available is shown in Table 2.In other industrial engineering programs, this laboratory might be referred to as a ManufacturingSystems or a CIM Laboratory. However, it was decided that the name should reflect theimportance of the laboratory in an integrated curriculum. All faculty are encouraged to reinforcecurriculum topics in the laboratory. However, not everyone

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cathy Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

system approach to engineering education. To ensure thequality of the outcome based mechanical engineering program, faculty need to measureoutcomes of each undergraduate engineering course. Linking the traditional Grade Point Average(GPA) grading system to course outcome is very important. Does GPA reflect student learningoutcome correctly? This paper describes the four steps to link GPA to course outcome. Specificdata for ME 360-Fluid Mechanics class is presented.I. BackgroundThe basic criteria for the engineering program’s outcomes and assessment requires that graduatesmust have demonstrated abilities (ABET Criteria 3, a-k), in math, science, engineering, design,teamwork, ethics, communication, and life-long learning. In addition to ABET

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Warren; Abolghasem Shahbazi; Jianzhong Lou; Keith Schimmel

indirectly measures the average molecular weight of the polymer; (2) Molecular Weight Distribution (MWD) by gel-permeation chromatography (GPC), which gives detailed molecular information regarding the degree to which the degradation proceeds; (3) Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), which indicate the characteristics of the low molecular weight degradation products; (4) Tensile stress-strain curve, which reflects physical weakening of the polymer due to degradation.Finally, the degradation kinetics are determined through the use of a respirometer that measuresthe gas-phase oxygen concentration.II. Experimental Materials and MethodsTwo biodegradable polymers were studied

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Feick; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

engineering coursework isintegrated with parallel courses and units that address culture, political, and other societal issues,then the overall experience exceeds what is typically learned on a “land-based” campus. Hence alecture on IP issues in China might be followed by visits to a Japanese firm consideringrelocating certain manufacturing process in that country. Teaching courses that address problemsbeyond engineering require different resources than would a manufacturing course that focusedonly on local companies. Finally, to best reinforce student learning, especially in a course thatfocuses on cross-cultural learning and experiences, it is necessary to have students reflect ontheir experiences. We summarize these reflections and their

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Bertoline; Dennis Depew

say "Now is the time, we conclude, to build bridges across the disciplines, andconnect the campus to the larger world. Society has a stake in how scholarship is defined" (p. 57).We have a major challenge to show our role in institutions that recognize all the elements ofscholarship. This is difficult terrain that requires us to work in the current system but find ways tobe successful in an environment that tends to only reward discovery.3.0 Suggested Tenure and Promotion CriteriaThe current reward systems at universities reflect the value system and mission of universities. Ifthe value system of the university changes to emphasize innovation and entrepreneurship then thereward system must change. This does not have to be an either/or strategy

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Magun-Jackson

classifying the various responses he wasable to create his stage definitions and a scoring system for his theory.10 Kohlberg created threelevels, each of which contains two stages. The levels provide clarity to the stages.Kohlberg’s Level 1, labeled “Preconventional,” is a level of moral thinking at which peoplebehave according to their own desires and needs. In Stage 1 (“Obedience and Punishment”) theindividual strives to avoid punishment by being obedient. In Stage 2 (“Individualism,Instrumentalism, and Exchange”) the individual promotes his/her self-interests by making deals.Level II, labeled “Conventional” is a level that reflects moral thinking generally found in one’ssociety, group, and family. Stage 3 (“Mutual Interpersonal Expectations

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Mecum; Leslie Wilkins

technologies made availableto students include network system administration, computer-aided design, visualizationsoftware, GIS/GPS, programming and design applications.In return for the technology and program infrastructure, EAST schools must comply with anumber of program requirements. Of these, WIT was most impressed with the requirement thatstudent participants reflect the demographics of their school’s student body by age, gender,race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and academic status. This stipulation ensures that allstudents at the school receive equal access to what EAST has to offer, and that EAST Projectresources are allocated equitably to all students. It not only makes school administrators andteachers aware of the need for equality of

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

group would the Hemodynamics curriculum better teach theprincipals of fluid dynamics than traditional AP curriculum?The results of each of the three sections of the tests (pre-test items repeated, application items,and transfer items) are shown in Table 1 below. The p-value shown reflects the results of theANCOVA analysis completed on that section of the post-test using the pre-test as a covariate.Table 1. Hemodynamics Mosaic Test Results Experimental Control Mean Max Points P-value Mean PossiblePre-test Items 4.14+0.25 3.06+0.32 7 <0.02Application Items 9.51+0.87

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Mavriplis

high altitude environment and 3) the pressure-less spaceenvironment. Traditional and reflective homework assignments are used to motivate thestudents to pursue their intended engineering education. Student outcomes includedrenewed enthusiasm for studying engineering, discovery of summer job opportunitiesrelated to field of study, development of student networks, and a deepening technicalsophistication throughout the semester.1. IntroductionTeaching freshmen an introductory course is always difficult. One has to bridge the largedisparities in ability and interest of the students. Engineering freshmen, having typicallybeen the brightest of their high school classes, are blasé about introductory or surveycourses. Many of them think they already

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

Jonassen’s 11 categories: design,diagnostic, decision, troubleshooting, rule, and algorithmic problems. These reflect a continuumof structuredness from ill to well; therefore, the instructional transfer activities should reflect thissame continuum. This reinforces the need to develop an instrument that can quantify real worldtask structuredness and categorize currently developed instructional activities. Jonassen andothers have researched and developed criteria for defining well and ill-structured problems[1].These criteria summarized in Table 2 provide the theoretical basis for the author's structurednessinstrument.Table 2.Structuredness Characteristics of Well and Ill-Structured Problems Well-Structured Problems

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Ismail Orabi; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

skills, and opinionsregarding their ability to succeed in engineering. Because the Pittsburgh Freshman EngineeringAttitude Instrument© was developed specifically to evaluate engineering student attitudes, thequestionnaire needed to be modified to reflect the opinions of non-engineering students takingthe Intro to Engineering course. Questions were added to assess students’ understanding ofengineering.The Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering Attitude Instrument© served as a template for theEngineering Attitude Survey discussed in this paper. Information gathered in the EngineeringAttitude Survey included student number, major, section of Intro to Engineering course, semestercourse taken, gender, age, class rank, student status and ethnicity. Questions

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Allameh; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

Page 10.471.3angle. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationStrain measurements were performed in two ways: Laser interferometry and Vision-Basedlandmark matching. While the first method is more accurate at initial stages of deformation (e.g.elastic deformation), accurate measurement becomes challenging at large strains. The reason isroughening of the reflecting surfaces of the sample due to formation of slip/deformation bands. Itis clear that for large strains; a different method must be employed that is less sensitive to thequality of the sample surface. Vision based landmark mapping may offer a

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

what they were. The scope of this process wasalmost unimaginable. However, after a vast amount of work and a great team effort everything iscoming together. Page 10.1356.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationNew ProgramsPerhaps the most exhilarating experience was the preparation, development, and implementationof new programs for the department. They reflected the changing needs of industry and otherorganizations for graduates with new skills in emerging and fast growing fields. This

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theo Brower; Meredith Knight; Chris Rogers

experiences and do not learn much from each other. Furthermore, a homogeneousteam does not reflect the composition of a team in the real world where projects requireexpertise in a variety of fields. A better system would create a team that emulates realworld conditions2, where there is only one mechanical engineer on a team of engineersfrom all disciplines. Or better yet, the team could consist not only of engineers but also ofliberal arts majors such as seniors from the child development or education departments.This multidisciplinary team grants students exposure to new and different fields of studyand gives them the opportunity to learn from and teach each other. At Tufts University, we started this approach a few years ago with the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Martini

and capacity. Arcade’s limited element library reflects itscurrent early stage of development. The limitation to two dimensions in part reflects the stage ofdevelopment, but also reflects pedagogic objectives of the project. One of the goals is thatinstructors be able to introduce the program into a course without spending significant timeteaching details of its operation. There is a high priority on ease of learning. Supporting threedimensional analysis runs counter to this goal because it would require a significantly morecomplex graphic interface, as well as requiring more data to define element properties andorientation.For the near future, the project development will emphasize an easy-to-learn program whichsupports non-linear, time

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

technologies both incampus-based settings and for distance education. Implementing the use of such mediarequires major changes within pedagogy and the institutional infrastructure. Even well-informed teachers are being challenged by these developments. Further, Fullan (1993)proposes that "Productive educational change roams somewhere between overcontrol andchaos" (p. 190). Smith (1999) uses the ACORN (Action, Communication, Ownership,Reflection, Nurture) model of Hawkins and Winter (1997) to link these operational andstrategic change processes. He summarizes the model's important factors and the authorreported this aspect in a paper he presented at the 2003 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference (Narayanan, 2003). The ACORN

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasoul Saneifard

pinhole camera is a type of image sensor. A proximitydetection sensor was used in the case of the “Tigerbot” to detect and avoid obstacles.After intensive research, the Sharp GP2D15 infrared proximity detector was selected. Theinterface is 3-wire with power, ground, and output voltage that requires a Japan SolderlessTerminal (JST) connector [8, 12].Operation of the GP2D15The GP2D15 sensors (utilize a method referred to as “triangulation”) and a photodiode array(emitter and receiver) all in one package detect the presence of objects in the field of view. Theemitter radiates a pulse of infra-red (IR) light that travels out and either hits an object or not. Ifthe emitted light hits an object, it reflects back to the detector and senses the presence

Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Smith; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

CoP model to expand their own communities.IntroductionCalls for embracing more rigorous research in engineering education are emerging withincreasing frequency. For example, the Journal of Engineering Education is repositioning itselfas an archival journal for scholarly research in engineering education [1]. The journal nowprovides a forum for reporting on research that meets criteria such as those set forth by Diamondand Adam [2] and updated by Diamond [3]: 1. Requires a high level of discipline-related expertise 2. Is conducted in a scholarly manner with clear goals, adequate preparation, and appropriate methodology 3. Is appropriately and effectively documented and includes a reflective critique that addresses the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Glenn Wrate; Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen

verysatisfactory.II. Looking ForwardThe questions that we believed needed to be answered in reforming our curriculum is whatshould the traits, characteristics, knowledge base, and skills be for our graduates when theyinitiate their career and what will serve them as an underpinning for long term success? Thesequestions must specifically be answered in the context of long-term international events andtrends, such as globalization1, 2, 3, and be answered taking into account fundamental trends intechnology4, such as nanotechnology5, and MEMS.The answers we provided are that graduates still need technical skills that reflect the current stateof technology, but looking forward, looking towards what is coming, not at what is fading away.However, graduates also

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Vollaro

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”III. Assessment of “Annual Materials Science Poster Session” on student learning These qualitative results were tabulated from student surveys aimed to assess the student’sperspective and opinion on the “Annual Materials Science Poster Session.” Several questionswere posed (highlighted in bold below) and representative / typical student responses are quoted. 1. Take a moment to reflect on your experiences during our poster session. Please comment on you learning experience. “The experience that resulted from the poster contest was quite positive. I learned so many interesting

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Pinkham; Cathryne Jordan; Lisa Peterson

oral presentation abouttheir summer work, either using Powerpoint or a printed poster as a resource. The audience atthese presentations include all of the ALVA staff, teachers, and corporate/campus mentors,students’ families, and the local corporate or campus community. Reflecting on their summerexperience and explaining to those outside the field gives students the opportunity to internallyincorporate their experience at a deeper level. Katz et al.5 have found that students who learn ina reflective manner outperform their peers, and have more efficient learning processes. Studentsreceive training and practice prior to their closing talks, so they have ample opportunity toengage in these reflective processes. Follow-up. After ALVA

Conference Session

Astronautics and Space Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Gruntman; Joseph Kunc; Dan Erwin

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education NUMBER OF STUDENTS 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 94-95 96-97 98-99 00-01 02-03 04-05 ACADEMIC YEAR Figure 1. Graduate student enrollment in astronautics classes since 1994. The dashed line shows the enrollment trend and does not exhibit saturation yet. An enrollment spike in the 1998-1999 academic year reflects

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Rossler; Martin High

engineering education in that it demonstrates the practical and economicimportance of applying sound technical skills. More important, it provides business withtechnologists who recognize the economic value of responsible design practices. Society, inturn, benefits from better, safer products and processes, and from legal systems and processesthat better reflect the unique challenges of technology practice.IntroductionStarting in the mid-to-late 1970s, and continuing to present day, legal issues have intruded uponengineering and technology practice. Despite the increased probability that an engineer willencounter a legal issue in daily practice, (almost) all engineering curricula do not reflect this,choosing instead to emphasize technical skills in

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russ Pimmel

subject matter in depth and provideexamples, help students develop self-monitoring and reflection skills, and integrate thesepractices into the curriculum in a variety of subjects. In addition, the NRC report,Scientific Research in Education, 12 recommends that educational research projects posesignificant questions that can be investigated using direct empirical techniques, allow Page 10.542.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”replication and generalization across educational settings, and present

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

learningstyles12. This model categorizes people into four learning styles that relate to how they deal withideas and daily situations. While industry tends to desire a more balanced learning preferencecurve that is typically found in engineering freshmen (Figure 1.a.), the traditional engineeringcurriculum often tends to support students with a stronger preference for active experimentation(Figure 1.b.). As a result, students with a stronger preference for reflective observation tend tobe discouraged from continuing in an engineering curriculum. (a) For Engineering Freshmen (b) For Graduating Seniors Figure 1. Average Learning Preference Curves for Engineering Freshmen and

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson; Carlos Oncina

), wasdeveloped to quantify student performance. The acronym RADD reflects the traditional designprocess of proceeding from a function statement with requirements, to an analysis that in turnresults in some design parameter that is then developed and documented in the form of a drawingof a device. Our experience showed that the student’s proposals lacked some parts of this designprocess. The traditional metrics of grades and post-graduation employment were insufficient inassessing the MET program objectives and did not point to specific actions required to improvestudent performance.The intention of creating and applying this metric is two-fold. First, it was used as a metric inour assessment process, reflecting our program and course outcomes. Second