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Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

3) long-termsustainability of the outreach program.II. Project DescriptionThe engineering outreach programs that are most frequently cited as good models of K-12engineering outreach efforts are those developed by centers dedicated to outreach (ex: the Page 8.386.1Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory at the University of Colorado and the Center for “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Initiatives in Pre-College Education at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute). These centers

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Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Pauline Sexton; Monique Wade; Bevlee Watford

weight in the software’s animation was awarded a certificate.Additional changes included incorporating actual laboratory exercises from the engineeringcurriculum that could be slightly altered for middle school students. This turned out to be verysuccessful; the campers enjoyed these exercises and had a sense of accomplishment knowing thatengineering college students perform the exact same exercises during the school year. The twoexercises introduced into the IMAGINATION schedule were the Engineering Fundamentals’Kodak Take-Apart Lab exercise and the Industrial and Systems Engineering’s Sand CastingManufacturing Lab exercise.Camper DemographicsThe IMAGINATION 2002 campers came primarily from southwest Virginia; this is also true ofthe previous

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationinstruction at MTSU. Sridhara attended workshops3,4 on CourseInfo and learned several toolsand techniques. He developed course sites for several ET courses including Fluid Power, 5CADD,6 Statics, Strength of Materials, and Thermodynamics on CourseInfo. In reference 5,sridhara discussed the advantages and limitations of web-enhanced instruction in EngineeringTechnology citing examples from ET 4850 – Fluid Power which is a lecture/lab course. He hasdiscussed the advantages of adopting CourseInfo for CADD courses which are essentially labcourses. Currently in our department, Statics, Strength of Materials, Thermodynamics, andDynamics are taught as lecture courses without any formal laboratory

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chernik; Josh Lambden; Brent Young; Bill Svrcek

all types of courses, such as ones with group work orthose that require the use of laboratory equipment, it does offer an exciting alternative toelectronic courses. Programming courses, numerical mathematical technique courses, andelectronic simulation courses are all highly suited to be taught in a web-based environment. Astechnology improves and becomes more accessible, the ability to convey courses completelyover the Internet becomes a reality. Page 8.551.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Azemi

would bethe ability to incorporate more advanced engineering/mathematical assignments as well ashelping students with their future courses that use Matlab. The main disadvantage of such amove is the extra work that is required for putting together the lectures, due to limited resourcesthat focus on using Matlab as a general-purpose programming language. The proposed modifiedcourse will also include several lectures in C++ and “good” programming practices.References[1] T.W. Martin, A. Azemi, D. Hewett, and C.P. Schneider, “PSpice in Electrical Engineering Laboratories,” Proceedings of the 1992 ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 1307-1308.[2] D. Andrews, A. Azemi, S. Charlton, and E. Yaz, “Computer Simulation in Electrical Engineering

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

, Teaching, and Research, 1890-1990, Teachers College Press, Columbia University, New York, 1999.Lewis, Clayton, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, personal communication.Biographical InformationDavid E. Clough is Professor and Associate Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder,CO. He joined the faculty at Colorado in 1975. He served for seven years as Associate Dean for Academic Affairsof Colorado's College of Engineering and Applied Science. He is responsible, in part, for initiation of numerouseducational program and facility innovations at the University of Colorado, including the Integrated Teaching &Learning Laboratory, the Herbst Program of Humanities, and the Women in Engineering Program

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand Rathod

, K., "Globalization of Technology and the Economy: Implications for Mechanical Engineers," ASME, June 1994. 16. “2003 SPU Alumni Convention,” http://www.spualumni.org/, December 2003. BIOGRAPHY OF AUTHOR Mulchand S Rathod, PhD, PE, professor of Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, served as the director/chair of the Division during 1987-2003. His prior appointments include State University of New York at Binghamton (1979- 87), Tuskegee University (1976-78), Jackson Engineering Graduate Program (1975-76), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of California Institute of Technology (1980-81), IBM (1981-85), and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gore

meet these intentions with anemphasis on "hands-on, can do" attributes. In addition to better hands-on laboratories and moreindustry collaborations (involving student projects), industry-sought-after certifications are beingconsidered and will be provided "if appropriate" to help achieve these intentions. In particular,the ET Department has decided that a Six-Sigma “Greenbelt” certification would be a goodcandidate to provide the desired attributes if included as part of the existing Industrial QualityTechnology course. This certification is typically part of “Continuing Studies” non-degreeprograms offered by universities outside the ET degree curriculum, which raises the question, “IsSix-Sigma certification appropriate for the college

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Gu

required to submit their names. This method will improve the communication and enhance outcomes from students—more learning, better grades, and higher overall satisfaction with the course. 11. Think/Pair/share: Students are asked to digest the concept and share his/her thought with his /her neighbor. This method will improve the interaction among the students. 12. One-minute papers: With books and note books closed students summarize the “most important” or “most useful” points they leaned from a particular lecture, reading assignment, laboratory, or discussion” 7. The use of one-minute paper is to help entice student away from passive copying of

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wien Lohachit; Gary Jeffress; Alex Sadovski; cody ross; Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, and Electro Scientific Industriesin Portland, Oregon. Steidley received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.RAY BACHNAKRafic (Ray) Bachnak is a Professor in the Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) at TexasA&M University-Corpus Christi (A&M-CC). He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical andComputer Engineering from Ohio University in 1983, 1984, and 1989, respectively. Dr. Bachnak was previously onthe faculty of Franklin University and Northwestern State University.WIEN LOHACHITWien Lohachit received his B.S. degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering Technology from the Universityof Houston-Downtown in December 2000. Mr. Lohachit is currently a

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman; Alok Verma

Technology Clinic at Old Dominion University- MeetingProfessional Needs. Industry and Higher Education. ., March, 1989.8. Verma, A. K. & Hackworth, J., Design and Construction of an Automated Battery Testing Machine. @ International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 1999.9. Homkes, R. A., Writing and Publishing Your Way to tenure. @Proceedings of the ASEE annual conference, June 1996.10. Fulton, Carol, Licklider, Barbara L., Re-engineering faculty development: lessons LEA/Rned, @Proceedings of theASEE annual conference, Seattle, June 28- July 1, 1998.BiographyALOK K. VERMA Alok K. Verma is Associate Professor and, Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory at OldDominion University. He joined the Engineering

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Ohland

1996.Facilities for 35mm color film finishing and packaging, graphic arts film finishing, and 35mmfilm production were added in 1997. In 1999, Fujifilm began coating data storage media inGreenwood and opened the Greenwood Research Laboratories. Greenwood’s most recentadditions were a medical imaging products facility and a second color film and photographicpaper factory added in 2001.1 The current site, with 8 plants, a research facility, and Fuji’slargest automated distribution center in the world, is an educationally rich environment forengineering students. Fuji Film Greenwood is a participant in Clemson’s Cooperative Education(co-op) program.Clemson and its General Engineering curriculumClemson University is a land-grant institution

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Daughton

in American universities, government laboratories, and industry. Topics include research and development strategies, innovation and creativity concepts, the R&D process, and the management of R&D organizations and personnel.EMEN 5400 Explores the methodology for the management of new Page 9.229.3Principles of Product products from idea inception to product discontinuation. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Brook Zurn; Jeff Frolik

be accomplished without the Tablet PC, butease of creating and updating notes and having a single lecturing platform for all types of contenthave justified its use to the author. The author is presently investigating using Tablet PCs in a laboratory course as aninteractive lab book for student results. One can envision using the Tablet PC to provide theprocedure, run simulations, control test equipment, capture test data and provide a means ofcapturing handwritten comments. In addition, we will investigate using Tablets for students todocument their activities in a senior design course. Rather than submitting formal reports on aregular basis, the Tablet would provide a paperless trail of the design process and enable theinstructor to

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Blackwell

the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 2. Basic block diagram of the 7106 IC.The new course was first taught in the fall semester of 2003 with 14 students and the author aslecture and laboratory instructor, to work out the bugs that always exist in a new course. Of the14 students, 10 had a successfully working project at the end of the semester, 3 had significantPCB design errors that were corrected and resulted in a semi-functioning project, and 1 studenthad several major PCB design flaws that prevented his project from functioning. The authorconsidered this a successful first run

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

environment that meets the needs of allstakeholders – industry, academics and students.1. The changing educational landscapeA long-standing characteristic of good technology education has been its blend ofclassroom and laboratory work. High technology subjects such as microelectronics facemany new pressures to sustain this goal. The weak business conditions since Fall 2000have dramatically affected the semiconductor industry and its workforce while the knock-on effects on the State economy have put severe pressure on University budgets.In spite of weak sales growth, the pace of semiconductor technology development has notslackened. The Technology Roadmap has become more aggressive (1) and globalcompetition has noticeably increased. One of the results

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

sector each year. Teamsinvented sporting goods in 2003, toys in 2002 and hand power tools in 2001. In retrospect thislast was a poor choice. Students lacked the real energy and interest they showed the next year inthe toy projects.Textbook, lab notebook and project budgetOur textbook is Ulrich & Eppinger, Product Design & Development, 2nd edition, Irwin-McGrawHill, 2000. We also require students to keep bound laboratory notebooks. Like industry labnotebooks, the project notebook is a record for all planning (including plans not carried out), allanalytical work, sketches, comments or questions that pop up during conversations, all records ofcustomer interviews, competitive analysis, experimental work or financial estimates, referencesto

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Stefanone; Jae-Shin Lee; Geraldine Gay; Barry Davidson; Anthony Ingraffea; Alan Zehnder; Scott Jones; John Dannenhoffer

only Cornell students worked on detail design of thermal protection systems,incorporating thermal and structural finite element analyses and laboratory tests of prototypesystems. In the second half, mixed teams consisting of Cornell and Syracuse students designedadhesively bonded and bolted joints for the proposed RLV. Teams were required to verify theirdesigns by physical tests. Tests of the bonded joints took place at Cornell and of the boltedjoints at Syracuse. Figure 1, Proposed 2nd generation reusable launch vehicle. Students developed preliminary designs for thermal-structural systems at critical locations on the vehicle body.Course Technology Communication in the course included synchronous lectures given using distance

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

the education process within ITE should be part of thesubject matter teacher preparation program, and that “Instructional or Educational Technology isnot Industrial and Technology Education.”Implementation The proposed program uses existing resources found in the Computer Engineering andComputer Science (CECS) Department and other College of Engineering (COE) departments.This allows access to fully equipped laboratory facilities, support staff, and many highly trainedfaculty to teach courses in this option. There are among the faculty and full-time lecturers severalcredentialed secondary school teachers. By design, all but one of the ENGR courses are presentlylisted in the catalog and are taught by experienced faculty. The Technology

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Webb; Julie Spader; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

project’s objective was to develop an asynchronous data transmission for controlling a motorvia the Internet. This method is equally applicable for controlling a motor driven instrument or aprocess from a remote location, monitoring and control of multiple motors/processes from acentralized remote location through the Internet or local area networks. Another application isdistance learning classes with virtual laboratory in the design, testing and trouble-shooting inmany electrical areas.This project incorporates (a) A stepper motor, (b) LabVIEW[3], a software residing in acomputer at the primary site for data acquisition and control, (c) A server to store data and thecontrolling software (d) A remote site computer with programs written in visual

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Darcy Schein; Cathryne Stein

from NASA, Naval Research Laboratory and University of Oklahoma wereinvited to give students interaction with professionals in robotics. Speakers discussed roboticexploration, project management, artificial intelligence and learning, and then tied those topics tothe concepts the students were learning in Botball. Our goal was for students to envisionthemselves in careers and higher education in STEM areas by hearing about each presenter's areasof research, personal stories, and experiences in the field.Break-out sessionsWhile the plenary sessions gave participants the opportunity to hear about cutting edgedevelopments in robotics, the break-out sessions allowed participants to share their owndiscoveries about using robots in science

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

, circuitdesign, computer programming, laboratory set-up, and data measurement and analysis.a. Development of Calibration Test Bench for Electronic Components This is an industrial based project co-sponsored by the local automotive industry. Theobjective of this project is to build a calibration test stand whose foremost feature is thecalibration check of electronic components that interface with data acquisition devices. Thepurpose is to test expensive automobile components, such as pressure transducers, for re-use.Figure 1 shows a test stand used in this project. Figure 1: A pressure transducer calibration test stand In the development, a Druck DPI-610 pressure transducer calibrator was used as the maincomponent for

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Taras Grechyn; Petro Gogolyuk; Ilya Grinberg

curriculumdevelopment approaches. Theoretical instructions, laboratory exercises, and projects shouldinclude emerging issues and be common to several disciplines across the curriculum.One of the topics of such integration is identifying and linking related issues in electricalengineering/electrical engineering technology and thermodynamics courses.An example of such a topic is sizing conductors based on their current carrying capacity as wellas fault current calculations.Power distribution systems for industrial facilities with voltages less than 1 kV are decisive interms of systems’ reliability, voltage quality, energy savings, and electromagnetic compatibilityamong others.In such systems only fuses or automatic (molded case) circuit breakers are used to

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wood

from Clemson University and a Ph. D. from theUniversity of Virginia in physics. He has seven years of research experience in laboratories for American Cynamidand TRW. He has 25 years of teaching experience in physics and engineering technology at Tri-County TechnicalCollege. Since 1984, he has been Division Chair of the Industrial and Engineering Technology Division at Tri -County Technical College in Pendleton, S.C. He has been co-principal investigator of the SC ATE Center ofExcellence since 1995. Page 7.1269.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Burt Swersey

book, Working with Emotional Intelligence6, explains “new ideas Page 8.1069.3are fragile and all too easily killed by criticism.” Goleman tells about the efforts oneProceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationcompany made to prevent criticism that comes too early. He quotes Paul Robinson,director of Sandia National Laboratories, “We have a standing rule that wheneversomeone offers a creative idea, the people who speak up about it first have to be angel’sadvocates, people who support and defend it, only then can we

Conference Session

Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zia Razzaq

EET II. Two courses each of 2 credithours were found to be necessary as opposed to a single one since each department generally hastwo specialty areas, for example, civil and environmental, electrical and computer engineering.Thus, a civil project can be covered in EET I and an environmental one in EET II. Each course isdivided into three five-week modules or sessions. In a given week, there are two class/laboratoryperiods each of a 75-minute duration, and one recitation period of 50-minute duration.Typically, the first class period is used by the instructor to introduce the related engineering ortechnology area related to a laboratory project. In addition, the instructor briefly explains aboutthe type of professional opportunities available

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Moeness Amin; Athina Petropulu; Ahmad Hoorfar; William Jemison; Robert Caverly

lecture or demonstration on a specific subtopic and focused toward the learning outcome associated with that subtopic. Each concept module (indicated as Module A-1, etc.) will have a varying number of these 15 to 20 minute subtopics (between five and nine). • A mechanism for reinforcing the learning objectives presented in the 15 to 20 minute subtopics. These mechanisms may take the form of generated simulation models for use in design-oriented laboratories/practicums and will be put in such a form as they can be imported into readily available software such as MATLAB or microwave and RF CAD tools (Sonnet, Serenade, ADS or Microwave Office, SPICE). Other

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Forbes; Mary Emplaincourt

” Conclusions Parsons et al. (1999) presents an excellent summary of warnings research thatreviews and summarizes data from more than 150 laboratory and field studies publishedduring the last 15 years. One interesting observation presented in this paper is that“laypersons may not recognize that a warning is poor until they see a good one.” Anexcellent start toward producing a “good” warning can be assured by ensuring that itcomplies with standards which have been available for a more than 50 years. Wheninvestigating an accident scene or equipment, where accident prevention signs were (orshould have been) utilized, it is important to document whether the signs conform to theaccepted standards published more than 50 years ago. Just as the general

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gardner; Freddie Frazier; Kelvin Kirby

eachcourse. In addition, the team will develop an evaluation process designed to ensure thestudent has mastered the course content. The outcome of the activities will produce amodel for each mathematics course. In conjunction with the classroom and supportactivities, the project will establish a computer laboratory with instructional andevaluation tools used within the mathematics community. The judicious integration ofexperienced teaching and available technology will develop the infrastructure needed toenhance teaching and student performance in mathematics at Prairie View A&MUniversity. A preliminary study revealed that introductory courses in mathematics(algebra and trigonometry) experience a failure rate of almost fifty percent each

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Needler; Anna Shiver; Elaine Cooney

LabVIEW software for control and data acquisition.Background EET 371 Automation, Instrumentation and Process Control is a junior-senior level coursein the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, IUPUI. The purpose ofthe course is to introduce ECET majors to automation concepts and control and instrumentationequipment and software. Emphasis of the course is on integration of hardware and software systems. It focuses ona major laboratory project to implement a model automated-assembly-line-style test system foran FM circuit board. (Figure 1) To update the course to provide for more experience with state-of-the-art technology,machine vision has been added and control of a Rhino Selective Compliance Assembly