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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

Session 1625 Selecting a Solid Modeling Software for Integration to Engineering Design Teaching: A Proposed Methodology & Its Application Results Gül E. Okudan School of Engineering Design and Professional Programs The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis study proposes a methodology that would enable design educators and practitioners tooptimally select a design software for varying objectives. Specifically, tasks accomplished topropose the methodology include: (1) reviewing past literature on

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Fry

programs neglectBusiness, Manufacturing, and Industrial Design. Business based programs neglect the needsEngineering and Manufacturing programs.Successful product development teams realize that true success and innovation comes from theoverlapping of the disciplines where they rely on each other for their individual strengths. This isthe overlapping sweet spot - the “Nexus of Product Development.” (Figure 1)However, most of the time, each discipline struggles to put for the argument that: 1. Their discipline carries the biggest burden 2. Their discipline addresses the issues that are most important to the consumerWhat is missing is a larger framework of understanding to show the interdependence of the threedisciplines for success.This paper

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jimmy Smith; Steven Nichols

Projects FilmCompany in New York City, Incident at Morales is a 36-minute dramatic case study cast in aninternational setting which emphasizes the ethical responsibilities of engineers and the resultingbenefit to the public.BackgroundIncident at Morales is the result of efforts of an 8-member team, serving as executive producers,plus several assistants and advisors, and a producer and writer. The executive producersconsisted of engineers, engineering faculty, philosophy faculty, and practicing professionalsfrom industry.Executive Producers 1. Jimmy H. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASEE, Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, Project Director 2. Steven P. Nichols, Ph.D. J.D., P.E., M.ASEE, Mechanical Engineering & Assoc. VP/Research

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Truax

struggling to address increased enrollments, static budgets,and the desire to maintain educational quality.1 Hands-on laboratories are typically expensive todevelop and support. Involving faculty in this activity generally reduces departmentalproductivity as laboratory classes produce fewer credit hours for the amount of contact timerequired.Still, there is little doubt that a laboratory experience can be beneficial to the learning process for Page 9.711.1undergraduate students. The opportunity to relate the textbook and the lecture to observations Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tsung-juang Wang

adaptability in coping with the structuralunemployment resulted from such readjustment (Lee, D & Wang, C, 1997; Stenhouse, 1975). Accordingly, the primary objectives of the study are: 1. Coping with the rapid transition in the social and economic structures, andincorporating the experts from the industry, the government and the academy to carefully predictwhat professional capabilities and techniques required by the architectural world in future. 2. Compromising those requirements of professional capabilities and techniques by thearchitectural industry in the exploration, planning and setting forth the professional capabilitiesand techniques that should be developed in the curricular design of architecture by the collegesof technology

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Pacheco; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco

effects ofeach decision upon the result of such process. He stated that, in reality, this causal analysis isbuilt inside human language itself and it was very difficult to reason completely through othermeans, even though it would be tried. He suggested representing the concepts used by decisionmakers by points (nodes), and the causal links, which make relationships of every concept withone another, by edges (arrows). This results in a representation like an oriented graph. Thus, ifwe give weights (values) to those links, we have a cognitive map, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 – Cognitive Map.Nodes Ci represent concepts. Edges wij represent relationships among those concepts and theirweights or, in other

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nikunja Swain; Mrutyunjaya Swain

laboratory exercises provide verification of the basic theory and reinforcement of theunderlying principles; acquaintance with physical components and equipment; greater attentionto the theoretical limitations; ability to communicate; critical thinking and observations; and theapplication of logical analysis and computer usage to solve real world problems. This is also trueof the Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) programs at the South Carolina State University(SCSU).The EET program curriculum at SCSU requires six (6) one (1) semester hour laboratory coursescovering areas like Circuits, Electronics and Communications, Digital and Microprocessors,Power Systems and Electric Machines, Control and Robotics, and PLC and VirtualInstrumentation and

Conference Session

Diversity: Women and Minorities in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Phillips; Joseph Fuehne

the report,“Ten years ago, more than 40 percent of all jobs in Bartholomew County were in manufacturing.Today that figure is about 35 percent.”1 A related issue is that, although the percentage of theworkforce holding a BS degree has increased from 17 to 22 percent, based on data from the 1990and 2000 censuses, Bartholomew County fell in its ranking with other nearby counties. Thearticles states that “There is a clear link between educational attainment and income. Keeping theBartholomew County workforce competitive in education is important for futureprosperity”1.Clearly, lower skilled jobs are permanently leaving the county and a well-educatedpopulace is critical to the economic well-being of a community.With these issues in mind, a program

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Snellenberger; Donald Keating

Session 1455 Enabling the U.S. Engineering Workforce to Perform: Recognizing the Importance of Industrial Engagement In Professional Graduate Engineering Education J. M. Snellenberger,1 D. H. Quick,1 I. T. Davis,2 J. P. Tidwell,3 J. O’Brien,4 R. M. Haynes,5 D. R. Depew,6 D.D. Dunlap,7 D. A. Keating,8 T. G. Stanford 8 Rolls-Royce Corporation 1 / Raytheon Missiles 2/ The Boeing Company 3 Hewlett-Packard Company 4/ Northrop Grumman Space Technology 5 Purdue University 6/ Western Carolina University7

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pierre Larochelle; John Engblom; Hector Gutierrez

Σεσσιον #1153 Στατε οφ τηε Αρτ ιν Φρεσηµαν Προγραµσ Α ΧΟΡΝΕΡΣΤΟΝΕ ΦΡΕΣΗΜΑΝ ΔΕΣΙΓΝ ΕΞΠΕΡΙΕΝΧΕ Πιερρε Λαροχηελλε, ϑοην Ενγβλοµ, Ηεχτορ Γυτιερρεζ Φλοριδα Ινστιτυτε οφ Τεχηνολογψ Δεπαρτµεντ οφ Μεχηανιχαλ & Αεροσπαχε Ενγινεερινγ 150 Ωεστ Υνιϖερσιτψ Βλϖδ. Μελβουρνε, ΦΛ 32901ΑβστραχτΙν 1997 α µαϕορ οϖερηαυλ οφ τηε ιντροδυχτορψ εξπεριενχε το Μεχηανιχαλ Ενγινεερινγ ατΦλοριδα Τεχη ωασ ινιτιατεδ. Τηε πυρποσε οφ τηισ οϖερηαυλ ωασ το δεϖελοπ αν εξπεριενχετηατ ωουλδ σερϖε το: (1) πρεπαρε στυδεντσ φορ τηε ΜΕ χυρριχυλυµ, (2) µοτιϖατε στυδεντσ τοχοµπλετε τηειρ στυδιεσ, (3) προϖιδε στυδεντσ

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Glassinger; John Ristroph

strategy motivates students to learn something that they canuse, and it exposes them to realities of interpreting and implementing regulations. This paper reviews current legislation insofar as it impacts the taxation of engineeringprojects. Its objective is to keep professors up-to-date and to provide optional reading for stu-dents (via http://engrecon.home.att.net), rather than to present a more comprehensive treatmentof taxes available elsewhere [1, 2, 3]. The paper’s coverage includes major modifications to thetax code, such as those involving the depreciation of business use assets under the Modified Ac-celerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) and expensing the cost of business use assets underInternal Revenue Code Section 179, as well

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

The Global Engineering College: Lessons Learned in Exploring a New Model for International Engineering Education Eckehard Doerry1, Karl Doerry2, Bridget Bero3 1 Dept. of Computer Science / 2Dept. of Modern Languages / 3Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011AbstractThe increasing globalization of corporate economies has changed the face of engineeringpractice. In addition to core engineering skills, modern engineers must possess cross-culturalcommunication skills, team management skills, and the ability to perform on

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Kulonda

cash accounting and accrual accounting and are led to theneed for statements of cash flow as the third major accounting report.Developing the Cash Flow UnderstandingUnderstanding the difference between accrual and cash accounting is the first step inunderstanding the importance and value of cash flow statements. Once this is accomplished,much headway can be made by having students read the outstanding tutorial article, Solving thePuzzle of the Cash Flow Statement6. This article provides a short description of the format andconstruction of cash flow statements on both a direct and indirect basis. It also outlines a four-step process for analyzing the statements: 1. Scanning the Big Picture… What are the trends in profitability, growth

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Spinelli

Copyright © American Society for Engineering Education Session 2661, Spinelli, 1/71. Introduction In 1998, the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Union Collegebegan to offer an elective on the History of Electrical Engineering, motivated by bothstudent and faculty desires to provide a wider range of ways for students to develop non-technical abilities that are essential to an engineering education. Union’s engineeringprograms, benefiting from their presence within a liberal arts college, have traditionallyrequired significant study of literature, civilization, and other cultures. The college’sgeneral education program also has an extensive writing

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

thelaboratory part of the EDTE 341 course. Servicing of the engine-dynamometer system wascompleted as an ETME 499 project. Instrumentation for the fuel consumption measurementswere added and the measurements were carried out. The results indicate that, at constant load, asthe engine speed was increased the fuel consumption increased. The same trend was seen atconstant speed; the fuel consumption increased as the load was increased. Simulated fueleconomy (miles/gal) graph indicate that the engine economy was about flat at higher loads, but,was decreasing slightly at low loads when the engine speed was increased beyond about 1500rpm.IntroductionThe two engine-dynamometer systems, one with a gasoline engine (Fig.1) and the other one witha diesel engine

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Gad-el-hak; Judy Richardson; John Speich; James McLeskey

are available commercially in kit form, they nonetheless represent thestate-of-the-art in Energy Conversion Systems and both are the subject of ongoing research5, 6.An evaluation of the impact of these modules on student learning was conducted using pre andpost self-assessments and the results of these self-tests are presented. In addition, focus groupinterviews were conducted to gather qualitative expressions of student satisfaction andperceptions of learning.Stirling EngineThe Stirling engine module (see Fig. 1) was based on a model available in kit form from FisherScientific7. The model uses a test tube and marbles as the transfer cylinder and piston and arubber stopper and balloon as the power cylinder and piston. The module was assigned

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Kulonda; Thomas O'Neal

mustlearn. It does however eliminate the need for extensive drills that really are teachingbookkeeping rather than accounting concepts. That difference in focus provides theavenue for developing a set of specific learning objectives that can be met in a fraction ofa semester.A Survey Based On the AUC ModelIn order to develop a solid understanding of the topics and the attendant learningobjectives appropriate for budding entrepreneurs, a survey of qualified professionals wasdeveloped and reported in a prior paper.2 This survey was based on the AUC model andasked respondents to indicate, on a scale of 1-5, the depth of understanding needed for anew entrepreneur for each topic in a set of accounting related topics. It also asked each

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Fry

virtual “pin-up” board for the students. Students would post scans of their ideas andconcepts, as well as photographs of mock-ups, in a linear fashion. These images could then beviewed remotely by the sponsor. Phone conferences would be held at least monthly, andsometimes as often as once a week. During these conferences, both parties would have the web-pages up on either a computer, or being projected in a conference room.For reference, a project index can be found at: http://www.et.byu.edu/id.Case study 1: Mercury Marine/Baja BoatFall 2000 semester.Sponsor Location: Fon du Lac, WisconsonThis was the first attempt at a web-based project. The sponsor had used this format tosuccessfully communicate with clients who were at a distance. They had a

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

. Servicing of the engine-dynamometer system wascompleted as an ETME 499 project. Instrumentation for the fuel consumption measurementswere added and the measurements were carried out. The results indicate that, at constant load, asthe engine speed was increased the fuel consumption increased. The same trend was seen atconstant speed; the fuel consumption increased as the load was increased. Simulated fueleconomy (miles/gal) graph indicate that the engine economy was about flat at higher loads, but,was decreasing slightly at low loads when the engine speed was increased beyond about 1500rpm.IntroductionThe two engine-dynamometer systems, one with a gasoline engine (Fig.1) and the other one witha diesel engine came with the new building when the

Conference Session

Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa Lin

, applications, and information. The four distinct forms of integration and examplesreported in [1] include a) Portals integration - the shallowest form of integration, which brings potentially dissimilar applications together in a single Web-based portal entry point. b) Business-process integration - a form of integration that coordinates business processes across applications and around enterprise boundaries. One good example is a supply chain management system. It is observed that Web services [3] using XML-based protocols such SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) [4], WSDL (Web Service Definition Language) [5], and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) [6] and their derivatives are becoming

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

projects as used intheir Senior Design class. The course was a (1-3-2) class which means the students had 1hour of class and 3 hours of on-line lab in a 2 credit course. Thus, for the EngineeringEconomic Design course, students were only required to attend 7 lectures and meet with theirTA twice. Grading was based mainly on their Midterm and Final Presentations with somepoints assigned for three direct participations on-line. Some teams participated more, someless and some the required amount. The course presentations for the Midterm and Final wereto be completed as a team during their “lab” time. The on-line lab component was considereda supplement to their overall team lab time.The three-time, on-line lab participation required of the students

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Farid Tranjan; Catherine Blat; Patricia Tolley; Deborah Sharer

students and faculty of bothinstitutions. Program objectives are being accomplished by offering a variety of academic andprofessional experiences, described below, that challenge students to learn and grow in amentored community. According to Astin3, peer communities have the significant impact onwhether or not college students are retained. Thus, it was important to the success of SFS toestablish an integrated peer community of underrepresented minority student researchers fromboth institutions.Year 1 of SFSInitial program activities primarily focused on identifying qualified undergraduate students whohad already expressed an interest in graduate school or who had the potential to succeed ingraduate school based on their cumulative GPA. Students

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mancine; Scott Harper; Ryan Scott; Hassan Rajaei

with good understanding of theunderlying mechanism of a simulation engine. Each group of 2-3 students was assigned to oneproject. SimPlus is the result if one group. Over the course of the project, SimPlus gainednumerous advanced features such as a global static kernel implementing the Singleton designpattern, and callback-method automated event processing.1. IntroductionSimulation tools aims at facilitating the tasks of analysts or engineers. Without such tools,writing a simulation program often becomes difficult and requires reinvention of the wheel at thebeginning of each project. As a result, simulation tools have become very popular for industrial,defense, and educational applications.For educational purposes, the final class project of

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Gasper; Keith Whites; Michael Batchelder

” to those who buildtheir own equipment.Amateur bands range from 1.8 MHz to above 300 GHz with sub-bands assigned toparticular frequencies depending on the modes used and the license held [1].The three amateur license levels are: • Technician class with VHF and above privileges that requires passing a 35 question multiple choice test, • General class with additional privileges in the HF bands that requires passing another 35 question multiple choice test and a five words per minute Morse code test, • Extra class with full privileges on all amateur bands that requires passing an additional 50 question multiple choice test.The original communication mode used “spark” transmitters sending Morse code viadamped

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Goldowitz

. Students make a field map using asurveyors tape and brunton compass as well as a GPS unit. The visual/manual soil descriptionsand depths of strata change are recorded and used to produce a soil borehole log (see Fig. 1). Well Installation Wells are Groundinstalled next. This is Surfaceone of the most Cenjoyable portions of othe process, because the n 1 Stiff, mottled orange and grey,students create c CLAY, trace sand, moistsomething tangible that rthey

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

very concerned about declining enrollmentin engineering at YSU. Low retention of engineering freshmen was quickly identified as apotential problem area and research into a solution began. A Freshman Engineering Task Forcewas formed and work began to review the current program and make recommendations for animproved freshman engineering program. Student exit interviews were reviewed andapproximately 60 current engineering students met with task force members for input. The workby Ray Landis 1 and others on novel freshmen engineering programs was also reviewed and theimproved retention rates shown were the driving force to modify the existing programs.The first decision was to require the freshman engineering program courses to be taken by

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Josephson; Nader Vahdat; K.C. Kwon

current situation: virtually allchemical engineering students have access to personal computers connected to a universitynetwork. They’re also likely to have a programmable calculator that is capable of many of thesimple computing tasks of 25 years ago. Among the computing resources potentially available tothem are 1) high level programming languages such as C++, 2) mathematical toolkits/problemsolvers such as MATLAB®, TK Solver and Mathematica® and 3) chemical engineeringsimulation packages such as Aspen Plus® and CHEMCAD. The simulation packages may befull-scale facility simulators such as Aspen Plus® or be more narrow in scope as with ControlStation® (used for process control analysis).Present day ABET requirements are non-specific with

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Liv Brakewood

engineering. Itis also recognized that civil engineering students should have closer contact with real-worldconstruction, and in many cases this has been accomplished with bringing construction siteaspects into the classroom, but may also be accomplished by bringing the classroom to theconstruction site 1. In addition, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) system, which is used for accreditation of most of the collegiate engineering programsin the United States 2 lists one of the outcomes that must be demonstrated is that the graduates ofthese programs have the ability to communicate effectively 3,4. One of the areas important forengineers in land development is being able to communicate field information effectively. Addedto

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Turns Jennifer; Atman Cindy; Angela Linse; Karl Smith

Session 1630 Engineering Change Karl A. Smith1, Angela Linse2, Jennifer Turns2, Cindy Atman2 1 University of Minnesota, 2University of WashingtonAbstract: Calls for change abound in engineering education. The community is responding withinnovations at many different levels. The effectiveness and long-term "staying power" of anynew development is likely to increase if the innovators are explicit about the model of changethey are adopting. Many such models are relevant for the engineering education community. Inthis paper we present a

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

sequential logic. Both of these courses typically are discrete components centric(TTL or CMOS). The paper provides a totally fresh look at Electrical EngineeringTechnology curriculum from the perspective of System Design. It examines the subjectareas that prepares the student to pursue the discipline of System Design from at leastfour different perspectives; via: 1) PLD/FPGA centric system design, 2) Microcontrollerbased Embedded System Design, 3) PC based Network-oriented Distributed SystemDesign and 4) DSP based Real-time Processing based System Design.The paper discusses a set of courses in the area of hardware, software, firmware,networking and DSP, which provides a road map in the form of curriculum that utilizesthe same tools which industry is