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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. 3.5 3.75 4.0 4.25 4.5 OUTCOME COURSE ASSESSMENT VALUE 4.10 ET 200, “Graphics Communications” 4.03 CET 201, “Plane Surveying” 4.04 CET 242, “Civil Engineering Materials – 3.83 Concrete & Bituminous” ET 323, “Mechanics of Materials Laboratory” 4.31 CET

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

were muchmore clearly understood. Samples of student coursework were compiled, all advising proceduresand transfer policies were updated, and student files were all reviewed for completeness.Compliance with professional component requirements and faculty qualifications were ensured.All laboratory equipment was determined to be functional and up-to-date. Documentation ofadequate facilities and institutional support was updated and made available. It was ensured thatall discipline-specific program criteria were met.Outcome of the EC 2000 Accreditation VisitThe ABET site visit in October 1999 identified two weaknesses: one under Criterion 2 (ProgramEducational Objectives) and one under Criterion 3 (Program Outcomes and Assessment). ABETgranted

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

educational programs that addressethical issues in science and engineering, professional responsibilities, and ethical issues in researchpractice and science more generally. She is a laboratory-trained neuroscientist whose research interestsnow focus on the ethical, legal and social policy implications of scientific research, especially in the area ofneuroscience. Her theoretical and laboratory training have been complemented by work in areas of ethicaland legal philosophy.Dr. Bird has taught in her areas of expertise at M.I.T. including both courses designed to examine variousaspects of the responsible conduct of research, and those that consider the ethical and social policyimplications of technology. Dr. Bird has written numerous articles on

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

laboratory redesign or updating as frequently as yearly. The attendant financialcosts and time invested by the faculty to provide well-designed laboratory experiences canbecome overwhelming. For example, in teaching a class related to modern computer operatingsystems involving, say the Windows and Linux operating systems, it is probable that at least oneof them will go through significant changes as often as once per year, particularly if the varioustools that are used to work with them are also considered. Updating lab configurations to reflectthese changes requires changing lab computer software, and possibly hardware too.In this changing environment it is highly desirable to explore paradigms of thought andmethodologies which enable technology

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; John Hansen; Thomas Hall

from the University of Wyoming and Ph.D. in Engineering (MechanicalEngineering concentration) from North Dakota State University. He holds P.E. registration and worked in industryfor over eight years.THOMAS M. HALL, JR.Tom Hall is Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Technology at Northwestern State University.He holds a BS degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy, an MBA from the University ofUtah, the MSEE and Engineer degrees from Stanford University, and an Ed.D. in educational technology from NSU.He retired as a Colonel from the US Army after serving 26 years. His research interests are in using simulationsoftware in lieu of hardware laboratories in electronics engineering technology laboratory

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lenea Howe; Jr., Elijah Kannatey-Asibu

students and have been instrumental in the success of Center-sponsored events,organizing volunteers, initiating special study sessions and countless other ways that havedrawn our diverse group of students together.All graduate students are housed together in the Student Office Space in the IntegratedManufacturing Systems Laboratory and are assigned desks based on their research ThrustArea affiliation. As a result, students within each Thrust Area consult with their peers ona daily basis and assist each other. This space helped in creating the “ERC spirit” amongstudents and was highly beneficial for team development. In the words of Dr. ShirleyJackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, “it takes a village comprised ofintergenerational

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stoian Petrescu; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

. Each of the other goals from Table 1was addressed chiefly through use of a design project, which was the focus of laboratory work aswell as several supporting class lectures. The specific goals of this project, and their relationshipto the course goals, is given in Table 3. A further characteristic of this project was that, becauseit occurs early in the semester, it should be non-discipline specific and require no more than themath and physics skills the students have developed after 2-3 weeks in those courses.Table 3: Module 1 Project GoalsGoal Teaching Course Goal Assignment medium medium (Table 1)Work on an ill 1 course lecture 4

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brecca Berman; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

1991 and places onaverage 75 teachers per year in 6-8 week research positions in academic and industry labs. GIFTparticipation by teachers in the four primarily minority STEP high schools since 2001, whenSTEP begin, is shown on the following page in Figure 1. These internships, where teachers Page 10.1135.8form close personal relationships with faculty, graduate students, and other laboratory staffmembers, lead to numerous spillover benefits. Teachers gain new and cutting edge STEM Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Moffitt; Jennifer van Rij; Jeffrey Wolchok

experiences.These classes will involve a diverse set of topics such as scaling issues, micromachining,interfacial phenomena, and thin-film energy transport. The students will participate in formalclassroom and laboratory training, industrial and government laboratory internships, a monthlyinterdisciplinary seminar, and international educational experiences.Throughout the duration of the fellowship students participated in small group (3-4 members)projects that were intended to complement the coursework. Projects were microsystems focusedand designed to encourage the involvement of an interdisciplinary design team. Projectprogression was intended to track with the coursework with the goal of applying class learning toa complex project with no clear solution

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Yang; Andrew Bennett; Steve Warren

Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 39, Aug 1996, pp. 287-296.[9] Lu, Han-Pang Huang and Chiou-Hwa. "Java-Based Distance Learning Environment for Electronic Instruments," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 46, Feb 2003, pp. 88- 94.[10] Titcomb, S.L. "Computer-Based Interactive Tutorials for Electrical Engineering Laboratory Instruction," presented at 27th Annual Conference Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. Proceedings ’Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change’. 1997.[11] Gronhovd, Sudhir Ι. Mehta and Sandy M. "Instrumentation and Communication Modules on CD-ROM’s for Enriching Engineering Education," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 39, Aug. 1996, pp. 304-308.[12

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Nielsen

projects.• A group of 4 – 7 students works on issues of an industrial enterprise, typical 6th, 7th and 8th semester projects. Cases from the specialisation Industrial Technology: • Co-operation with a larger enterprise on 6th semester. The starting point is a manufacturing and quality point of view in connection with two automated TIG welding processes was carried out in the laboratory with the 14 critical parameters on which a profound theoretical examination was afterwards based. An advanced mathematical model was developed together with development and programming of a neural network. • Co-operation with a small enterprise on 7th semester: After profound analyses of the company’s order

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

with new situations in industry.Assessment MethodologyStudent attitudes towards new technology used in a learning environment are an important factorin the assessment of student learning. An extensive survey was developed to assess studentattitudes toward the Tablet and use of the Tablet in the classroom, laboratory, and outside ofclass. Significant research has been conducted to study student attitudes toward the integrationof information technology in the classroom. Many of the survey questions were taken from theseprevious surveys. Doolen, Porter and Hoag used a survey to measure six areas related to PDAusage – anxiety, confidence, liking, usefulness (general), usefulness (course), and enthusiasm3.This PDA study used constructs from a

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

. Anothermathematics related project, Adventure Engineering, uses engineering-based curricula in middlegrade science and mathematics classes.2 The Adventure Engineering project focuses on problemsolving and the engineering design experience. A third project saw engineering graduate studentsassisting high school mathematics teachers in developing hands on approaches for algebra andtrigonometry classes.3 These laboratory activities were incorporated into the normal lesson plan.Both high school students and teachers benefited from using laboratory activities to demonstratespecific principles such as linearity and trigonometric functions.Adding new engineering courses to the curriculum is a luxury that most school systems can notafford. With the addition of so

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. We thank Chet Plank, Chris Davis, Clay Hamblen, Daniel Seaton, Justin Cochran, Nadja Bliedung,Sean Cook, Ven Raju, and Srinivas Kumarasetty who developed the STEM connections to the case study CD-ROMdiscussed in this paper. All these undergraduate and graduate students were part of the LITEE project.Biographical Information Shivram K. Sankar worked as a undergraduate research assistant at the Laboratory for InnovativeTechnology and Engineering Education (LITEE) during Summers 2002 and 2003. He is a senior at the Weinberg

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

Coordinator for the Integrated Teaching andLearning Program’s K-12 Engineering Initiative at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A former middle and highschool math and science teacher, she received her MAT in secondary science from Johns Hopkins University andher MS in civil engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.JACQUELYN F. SULLIVAN is a founding co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory andProgram. She received her Ph.D. in environmental health physics and toxicology from Purdue University. She spentthe first 13 years of her career in leadership positions in the energy and software industries, and served nine years asthe director of a CU water resources engineering simulation and optimization research

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emilia Hodge; Chang-Yu Wu; Anne Donnelly

Chemical Engineering, Washington University. He received M.S. from WashingtonUniversity in 2003 and has been nominated as a web page designer for Association of Graduate EngineeringStudents at this University.Dr. PRATIM BISWAS is the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science and Directorof the Environmental Engineering Science Program at the Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory atWashington University in St. Louis. His major research interest focuses on the examination of particle formationand growth dynamics in high temperature environments. He has published extensively in his field and has made

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Jacobson

attacks and countermeasures. Emphasison laboratory experiments.Course Learning Objectives:Upon completing this course a student will: • Understand the ethics of using hacking tools • Be able to describe the TCP/IP network protocols and the effect of an open network protocol on security • Be able to snoop traffic from a network and decode the data • Be able to describe methods to counter traffic attacks like snooping, spoofing, redirection, and flooding. • Understand the importance of passwords and methods to select good passwords • Be able to crack passwords and understand the importance of authentication • Understand the issues of social engineering when used to discover passwords • Be able to describe

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

description is given below: Prerequisite Courses: M 115 (precalculus), a laboratory science course; co-requisite: M 117 (Calculus I). Students will be introduced to typical problems encountered in various branches of engineering and will gain experience using computer tools to solve these problems numerically. This course will require extensive use of a spreadsheet program and the development of programming fundamentals. Topics include simple statistical methods, logical and numerical functions, solving sets of algebraic, differential and difference equations, regression, interpolation, integration, data types, assignment and conditional statements, program flow control, passing parameters, returning

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephan Hussmann; Nitish Patel; Julainne Sumich; Bruce MacDonald; Abbas Bigdeli

the work. Our assessments are made therefore by interviews and demonstrations ofthe work in the laboratory where these skills can be observed and brought out in to the open byoral examination, as well as by examination of written Engineering reports, where the studentsmust express their design process on paper. In addition Engineers usually work in teams so ourprojects are often undertaken in teams, and the interviews and demonstrations are presented bythe Design team, while staff examine group members individually to give a fair assessment.Confidential peer evaluations are used to monitor group dynamics and unequal efforts bystudents.The themes in design projects take students through each phase. The problems given to studentsare not fully

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chia-Jeng Tseng

sometimes significantly simplify the VHDL specification andcombinational logic.4. Illustrative Design ProjectsIn the fall semester of 2003, an “Advanced Digital Design” course was offered to the senior andgraduate classes at Bucknell University. This course consisted of two components, includinglectures and laboratories. The lectures were comprised of three modules. First, logic synthesiswas taught. The issues covered included Quine-McClusky method for two-level logicminimization 11, 13, 14, multiple-level logic optimization 4, technology mapping for FPGA andstandard-cell implementation 10 as well as finite-state-machine synthesis. The second modulecovered the VHDL language 2, 3, 7, including the syntax and semantics of the language as well asthe

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

, judging by student attendance and conduct during computer laboratory help sessions.Students do collaborate, and therefore benefit through the debugging assistance of theircoworkers, but produce individually written scripts for their particular version of eachassignment.Ranking All Previous Entries in the Competition Using the Current Rules A total of 85 bridges have been entered in the contest over the past four semesters. As away of spurring interest in the contest in current and former students, all of these entries areranked on the class web site (Table 1). Each semester the rules are changed so that a particularlygood design cannot be reused from semester to semester. Each semester some of the parametersaffecting the cost and/or the

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tord Dennis; Robert Fulton

fabricated by students. This is just the beginning of an excitingchapter of discovery that will enable us enrich the student experience and shape the engineer of thefuture.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to acknowledge the contribution to this paper of the many faculty and students atGeorgia Tech in the Engineering Information Systems (EIS) Laboratory and the Engineering ComputingServices Department (ECS) Department. Their on going work provides the basis for the thoughtsincluded herein. Thanks also go to the faculty and students at UMD - College Park and University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign for their hard work in making this project possible, and to our associatesat John Deere and PTC for their guidance and support. Special thanks to

Conference Session

A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Calvert; Michael Shannon

develop courses that are relevant, challenging, rigorous, and pedagogically sound. This paper discusses the manner in which physics concepts are presented in theclassroom. Specifically, how we motivate the cadets, by bringing the military relevance ofphysics into the classroom and the laboratory. We place a heavy emphasis on the focusedpresentation of theoretical concepts coupled with innovative and interactive demonstrations andexercises centered around actual military hardware. A selective curriculum of physics topics,tailored to meet our program goals of educating future officers, has been developed andimplemented. This paper will highlight the techniques that provide a positive driving force tocadet learning and result in an Army

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gearold Johnson; Thomas Siller

in teams rather than independently and including cooperative learning,especially in the earlier undergraduate years; increased use of modern educational technology,with computer-based methods of delivering courses increasingly taking the place of traditionallectures; and integration of engineering with other disciplines, such as mathematics, physics andchemistry, writing courses, and social sciences and humanities more generally. Many of thecourses resulted in increased interactions with industry, with firms sponsoring courses andproviding equipment, supplies, and guest teachers. One enhancement was `just-in-time'teaching, where concurrent lecture and laboratory courses are sequenced so that lecture topics arecovered just as they become

Conference Session

Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • Gain limited experience with sheet metal forming, hand tool operation, and manual assembly of mechanically fastened structures. • Become better familiar with laboratory testing as means of design validation. • Improve teamwork and communication skills. Table 2. ABET 2000 Criterion 3 - Program Outcomes and Assessment • an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. • an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. • an ability to design a system

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

and study. In commuterinstitutions they have little connection with campus life whereas CS and CE demands studentsspend most of their time on campus namely in labs. Such factors are beyond the realm ofinfluence of institutions of higher education. However, colleges and universities can initiateseveral policies that will improve retention of minority students in core IT fields.This paper reports the findings from a case study conducted at the University of New Mexico(UNM), a Doctoral Extensive and a Minority/Hispanic-Serving Institution. UNM grantsundergraduate degrees in both core IT fields—CS and CE. Due to its proximity to nationallaboratories (e.g. Sandia & Los Alamos laboratories), private industry (e.g. Intel), and stategovernment

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

circuits, single phase and three phase circuits. Computer aided analysis of circuits is used. 257 Power and RF Electronics Class 3, lab. 3, cr. 4. Prerequisite: EET 207 and MA 221 (calculus I) This course is a study of the application of circuit analysis techniques to amplifiers used in power and RF electronics, including bipolar junction transistors, power MOSFETs, thyristors, RF amplifiers, phase lock loops, switching power supplies, and appropriate applications. Computer aided analysis of circuits is used.Circuits and Electronics IntegrationOver time the Purdue faculty developed textbooks and laboratory procedures to match this newcurricular approach

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Amey; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher

Development (CRCD) proposal is submitted to NSF andfunded. The principal investigators use NSF and institutional funds to develop a new course,which includes a major laboratory experience. The course is placed in the university catalog. Atthe end of the funding period, the course is dropped and the faculty members involved moveonto other scholarly interests.In this case the faculty were rewarded for writing the proposal, receiving the NSF award,developing the course, and publishing papers related to the project. There were no tangiblerewards for continuing to teach the course or to integrate lessons learned into the curriculum. Page 7.451.4

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Instructional Technology in CE 2

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kemeny

community. Topic Subtopic Community K-12 Under- Graduate/ graduate Professional Virtual - Water Content X X X Geotechnical - Grain size X X X Laboratory - Index tests X - Consolidation X X - Direct shear X X - Triaxial X X - Simple shear X

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Curricular Issues in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hart; Mike Williams; George Grandle; Alvin Womac

, laboratory-type exercises, and possibly with videos or technical process Page 8.427.6animations. It is believed that hands-on videos may be used to record and display relevantdemonstrations and eventually simulated animations may be used to create laboratory-typeactivities for the student on the course website. Length is to be twelve modules for afifteen-week course.Web-Course Platform Selection and Implementation As a result of the myriad of complex and competing concerns addressed underMethods, the selection and development of an independent web-site skeleton at URLhttp://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/spraydrift has begun using Macromedia Dreamweaver