Conference Session

Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students teachingstudents are to have the student learn the material effectively and to promote life-longlearning by cultivating self-learning. Details of how to make it a successful learning andteaching experience for the students are discussed. Topics discussed include: Why is selfleaning important? How is a student teaching assignment organized? How are studentsmotivated? How is the effectiveness of learning-through-teaching assessed? What are thecommon mistakes? Hopefully, the experience from the learning-through-teachingpresented in this paper can provide useful information for others who are interested inthis kind of cooperative learning practice.1. Introduction Life-long learning is the self-directed development and increase in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students. A survey conducted after the completion ofthe project showed the effectiveness of the Six Sigma teaching.1. Introduction The name Six Sigma is a statistics term. Six Sigma1 is a structured, disciplined, data-driven methodology/process where the focus is placed on improving businessperformance using tools with an emphasis on statistical analysis. For any product, it isdesirable to reduce the variation of certain measurements as illustrated in Figure 1. A SixSigma process is one that has 3.4 defects or less per million opportunities. Even thoughstatistics is a major part of the Six Sigma methodology, Six Sigma is more of a designprocess that can improve the bottom line for corporations rather than just a statistical toolused to reduce

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

tocommunicate a desire for the homework to be more meaningful than the book’s fill-in-the-blankproblems, and to suggest vague changes in focus, e.g., “I would like to see more new devices.”III. Results On the informal questionnaires and in regular conversations, the students have beenuniformly supportive of the class, and the formal evaluations were good at 4.7 on a 1-5 scale.Their only quibble is that they tend to ask that the class material more closely fit with their otherclasses. For example, the industrial distribution students want the class to cover the sales ofvarious devices, while the engineering technology students want the class to cover relevantcircuit diagrams. Given the dissimilar backgrounds of the two groups of students, the in

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

traditional theory-basedcurriculum to more team-based learning, problem solving with open-ended solutions, additionalhands-on projects, and team-oriented communications.1 Furthermore, many manufacturing jobsin the tri-state area (PA, NJ, and DE) have been lost to outsourcing, creating a growing need forengineering technologists who can competently maintain and service existing equipment andprovide support to the designers and engineers. Addressing the needs for skilled engineeringworkers is a required competitive and survival strategy for most manufacturers. 2Students’ recruitmentDrexel University is located in West Philadelphia and is surrounded by a large number of publicschools where the majority of students are women, minorities, and

Conference Session

Projects & Laboratories in Mechanical ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

conduction test devices to use for this purpose, but theycan be fairly expensive. At Penn State Behrend the thermal sciences lab has three work stations,so it is ideal to have three separate devices for testing. This can push the overall cost of the equipment to prohibitive levels. A decision was made to have a Mechanical Engineering Technology student design and build a conduction test device as a senior design project. Figure 1 shows the basic design of the device. It consists of a heater section, test section, and cooling block. The details of this design will be discussed later in this paper. Heat is conducted

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

demonstration designed to 1) expose student misperceptions about the topic,and 2) get vjg"uvwfgpvuÓ"kpvgtguved in the topic. The second step is to deliver a traditional lectureon the material where the students can learn the theory and basic problem formulations. Thethird step is a more extensive lab experience with the same equipment that was used for thedemonstration. Questions are posed during the exercise designed force the student to think aboutcore principles instead of just typical problem solving. These lab exercises are not graded. Thistakeu"vjg"rtguuwtg"qhh"vjg"uvwfgpvu"vq"dg"ÐtkijvÑ."cpf"ikxgu"vjgo"oqtg"htggfqo"vq"ngv"{qw"mpqy"what they are really thinking about.This paper describes the guided inquiry approach to learning and gives one

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, hands-on experience, and integrates analytical and designskills acquired in the companion ME courses. The course objectives are (1) designproblem solving, creative thinking, project planning and teamwork through a challengingdesign and build project; (2) to provide experience in fundamental engineering reportingand communication including project plans, design reviews, and project reports. ACapstone Design program has now been developed and has become an integral andimportant component of the mechanical engineering curriculum. This program nowallows the students to address more significant and practical design projects.The ME Capstone Design Program added an Industry Partner Program for the 2005/06student projects. This program was successfully

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

cutting parametersincluding feed, speed, plunge rate, depth of cut and size of the cutter. The result, which is avisible toolpath, can be verified and checked for accuracy and correctness. This is the CAMprocess, which the geometry is used to create a visible toolpath. Finally the CNC program can Page 13.702.2be created using the appropriate postprocessor for milling machine controller, which is then usedto cut the part.ExampleThe following drawing was created as an example to represent the application of levels inMastercam software. The drawing is divided to six different parts. Each part presents a leveland a toolpath (Figure 1). The combinations

Conference Session

General Topics in Aerospace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bittle, University of North Texas; Mitty Plummer, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

sciences such as philosophy,psychology, and, especially, economics, and thus deals with theories concerning the basic lawsof humans and society. The goals of the Social Engineering Program are to educate advancedresearchers and administers who work in areas related to policy, design and planning in nationalterritory socio-economic systems and to develop the integrated theories and methods of theseareas. It has been designed in a way to satisfy the education law of the country. The design andimplementation of this program comes to add to the efforts of the different sectors of thecommunity to solve the social problems that are perpetuated by decades such as environmentalissues, overpopulation, and the urban problem.1. IntroductionThe Social

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Villeneuve, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

energy levels available at the equipment. The equipment is nowbeing fully utilized by the students. Page 13.217.5References 1. NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace 2. IEEE 1584, Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations 3. OSHA 29 CFR. Part 1910, Regulation for In-Service Maintenance and Electrical Testing of Live-Line Tools 4. www.skm.com 5. http://www2.dupont.com/Nomex/en_US/ Page 13.217.6

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Arnold Weimerskirch, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

for the implementation of qualityimprovement programs, we believe that much can be learned from the work of manufacturingquality experts such as Juran2, Crosby3, and Deming4. The fact that their work has producedclear, measurable results in many diverse industries has motivated our efforts to apply theirmethods to improving the quality of our graduate and undergraduate engineering programs at ouruniversity. In particular, we have adopted a Continual Improvement Process which employs Dr.W. Edwards Deming’s Plan-Do-Check-Act model to encourage systematic quality improvementin multiple ways within our school.The Deming cycle, shown in figure 1 and also known as the Shewart cycle, and the PDCA cycle

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Roller, Purdue University Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

in each area and looks athow the improvements came about. The authors noted many improvements based on theassessment data; however, the most significant changes with the most impact on the studentscame from innovation, not assessment. So, while assessment plays a key role especially inincremental improvements, innovation still plays an enormous role in improving courses.I. IntroductionPrior to the 2000 paradigm shift, ABET accreditation was referred to as a “recipe”1.Unfortunately, the ingredients of the recipe were never mixed. Imagine placing eggs alongsideflour, sugar, butter, and baking soda in a pan next to each other and expecting a cake to result. Aseducators, that was our response to the old ABET criteria. We simply created a course

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest Kim, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

background concerning electrical motors. A simple first-orderelectromechanical model of a motor4, 9 was presented (Figure 1) and Kirchhoff’s voltage lawapplied to the loop: dI a VS = I a Ra + La + ea dt Page 13.192.4Students were reminded that the model parameters, Ra and La, describe the resistance andinductance of the motor armature windings, that the quantity, ea, is the back emf of the motor,and that, under steady-state operation (constant motor speed), the armature inductance can beignored. Ia

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough, The University of Texas at Brownsville; Posinasetti Rao, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

spectrum of introductory information that is essential inunderstanding the principles. Also there is the need to have sufficient access to design,simulation and manufacturing of these MEMS devices to stimulate the interest in the students. Ifthe students get excited at an early stage, then there is a good probability that they would pursuea career in MEMS related programs which will be the need of the century. Page 13.635.2MEMS Vs NEMSMEMS is expected to make a revolution in optical communication field and moving towards anew technology called NEMS, by changing micro to nano 1.Nanotechnology will soon become a household word. It is a cutting-edge

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design or design-relatedcourse every semester9 with the four courses in the freshman and sophomore years (EngineeringDesign 1 thru 4) being of particular importance to the early development of various “soft skill”threads, including teaming. These first four design courses are core engineering curriculumcourses; later design courses in the sequence are disciplinary, culminating in the two-semester Page 13.399.3capstone design project. In the first four courses the students are assigned by the instructor toteams rather than allowed to choose their team-mates. This produces diversity of interests andskills and as such is reflective of the reality

Conference Session

Been There/Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Laura Genik, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

professional members to serve in that capacity without afaculty requirement.Many parent organizations of student organizations have useful advisor manuals. Twogood examples are the SWE Faculty Advisor Brochure [1] and the ASME StudentSection Operations Manual [2]. Also, most universities provide some guidance to facultyadvisors through their student services office. Common themes emerge from theseguides about the faculty advisor’s role. We represent these themes as follows: • Serve as the link between the student organization and the university • Guide the organization in its efforts to achieve its goals and mission • Enthusiastically support the organization’s activities • By example set a standard of professional behavior for the

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Curtis, Microchip Technology Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

paper—to teach a designmethodology that will allow new engineers to create complex, solid code quickly.How can junior engineers quickly develop complex, solid code? Let us start by defining thespecific goals: 1. The methodology must produce code that is capable of multitasking. Today’s electronics do not perform just one task, so engineers must be able to produce code that can accomplish more than one thing at a time. Additionally, being able to replace hardware with software is always a prime consideration in cutting production costs In order to do this, the code must be able to multitask and execute the soft peripherals with other main software functions. 2. The methodology must produce code that is capable

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 13.326.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Connecting the Dots in Assessment: From Course Student Learning Objectives to Educational Program Outcomes to ABET AssessmentI. IntroductionThe success of any institution of learning depends greatly on the students’ engagement in theirown education. Increased learning can be easily linked with increased engagement [1].Increased engagement can be achieved in various ways, such as by associating students’ interestsand goals to class delivery, by encouraging students to work together, or by enhancing thestudent-professor relationship. Methods like these abound in the literature [2, 3, 4]. Onemethod for verifying whether student learning has increased is monitoring the

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

discussed,1, 2, 3 practically understanding team-based pedagogies thatreliably initiate excellent team performance is very valuable.This study applied a well-tested team-center pedagogy, Team Based Learning (TBL),4 to anintermediate design class. TBL, developed by L. K. Michaelsen, integrates pre-class reading,short individual and team assessment quizzes, and challenging in-class team tasks. The design ofTBL in-class tasks is fundamental to stimulating teamwork and learning. The tasks must drawthe students together collaboratively for learning. If the tasks fail to do this, teamwork andlearning both suffer.Creating in-class tasks that truly engage teams can be difficult. Some tasks that initially appeargood do not initiate collaboration

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Garrett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas Walker, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the other languages, these exact same questionswere used, except that “Alice” was replaced with the name of the other languages. Research Question: Survey Questions:I. “Do these students believe that their use of 1. Using the Alice programming languagegraphical programming languages increased helped increase my self-confidence in the areatheir self-confidence in computer programming of computer programming.more or less than their use of text-based Page 13.1105.5languages?” (1) Strongly disagree (2) Disagree

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

Tagged Divisions

International

, economical and social aspects of the country and theglobe. This awareness helps to develop and implement new programs in order to form theengineer for tomorrow. Although it is not an easy task it is the way to assure the future ofengineering as well as the development of science and technology. COPEC as an organizationthat works for the future of education has established some guide lines to be applied on thedesign of engineering programs. The guide lines are the result of researches as well experiencedesigning and implementing engineering programs.1. IntroductionThe discussions about Globalization in general show a bad scenario and the future isunpredictable once it is not possible to foreseen the big players’ next movement in such hugebusiness

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rasoul Saneifard, Texas Southern University; Clifford Oluoch, Texas Southern University; Jose Guerrero

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

develop more innovative systems assoftware, hardware, and manufacturing technologies advance. For instance, cellular telephonesare readily available to and popular with consumers, as they have been integrated with otherdevices such as MP3 players, web browsers, calculators, calendars, digital cameras, voicerecorders, and alarm clocks. Therefore, they are ideal to be utilized as part of a wireless alarmmonitor for vehicles so that owners/operators have continual real time access to the status oftheir automobile’s security.Finally, the principal differences among the latest vehicle alarm systems are how the sensors areused and how the different devices are connected into the brain5. The main parts of an alarmsystem are shown in Figure 1

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Vaughen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

help them ensure their safety whenworking in their new and potentially hazardous environment.1. IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to describe a series of process hazards and risk analysis check sheetsthat were incorporated into a section of an undergraduate chemical engineering laboratorycourse. These new laboratory check sheets provide the students with an approach and tool foranalyzing and documenting risks to ensure that they will safely handle hazardous materials andmanage hazardous processes. The check sheets were developed from work that is required forhigh-risk industrial hazardous processes regulated under the OSHA Process Safety Management(PSM) standard 1910.119.1 They capture and document the qualitative elements of the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Christopher, Rice University; Adam Parks, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; Vipul Sharma, Air Force Institute of Technology; Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

function worksheets which, when referenced by other Mathcad programs, canautomatically perform these property lookups; his paper provides some simpleapplications of these function worksheets. Dr. McClain was kind enough to provide theexisting functions for use at the Air Force Academy; these included tables for water, R22,R134a, propane, ammonia, and a variety of gases (air and 12 ideal gases). In the fall termof the 2006-7 academic year, the first three authors embarked on an independent study Page 13.987.3project to represent a combined cycle cogeneration plant within Mathcad (Figure 1)(since teaching assistants are not routinely provided at the Academy

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Alex Fang, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. The student team installed a FusedDeposition Modeling (FDM) rapid prototyping machine and designed and produced FDM partsfor demonstrations. To assess student learning, surveys on students’ knowledge and skill inadhesive technology and rapid prototyping were conducted at the beginning and the end of thesemester. The paper summarizes the survey results and discusses the students’ self learningexperience.1. IntroductionPreparing students to become lifelong learners is one of the most important functions of collegeeducation. Lifelong learners are more likely to succeed as they can quickly acquire newknowledge and skills to perform well in their jobs. Therefore, one of the ABET programoutcomes requires students to recognize the need for, and an

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University; Pallab Dasgupta, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

gameengine are explained in the following steps with the flowchart (Fig.1):‚ First step was to design a residential building.‚ The next step was to develop a 2D architectural drawing that includes floor plan (Fig. 1), elevation and furniture lay out using AutoCAD 2006.‚ After the development of 2D drawings a basic 3D model was developed in unreal editor by subtracting the world space and then adding as few large blocks which were then carried out to form rooms, doors, windows, and others.‚ Generate a terrain in the Unreal Ed.‚ Textures were resized or created in Photoshop 7, and then saved in .dds, .bmp and .tga formats.‚ Textures imported in to the unreal texture browser, and applied to the geometry created in unreal

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kazem Abhary, University of South Australia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

= inertia force of link i = / mi a iE Page 13.101.2F = input-/output- (external) forceEFi = normal constraint-force applied on link i by the foundationEF ij = normal force applied on link j by link iEF i¦ = frictional force applied on link (slider) i by the foundation (link 1)EF ij¦ = frictional force applied on link j by link iJ i = polar moment-of-inertia of link i about its centroid Gimi = mass of link iM = momentn = total number of links including the foundation (link 1)qi = inertia torque of link i = / J i c in2 = rpm of link 2 (+ve if ccw, and Îve if cw) EQ i = external force on link i, if anyRi = length of link i ERi

Conference Session

Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Morehead State University; Sam Mason, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

’s, IET faculty numbers dropped nearly 50% and the list of 30 AAS degrees hadbeen reduced to only nine (9) and the Bachelor of Science degree involved three degrees:Industrial Education, Industrial Technology and Mining and Reclamation Energy Studies.Modification of program curriculum again was a direct result of a sharp decline inunemployment rate and an eight (8) year span between recessions as seen in the figure belowfrom the U.S. Department of Labor. Courtesy of U.S. Depatment of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Figure 1: Unemployment rateThose of enrollment eligibility within and outside the MSU IET service region of EasternKentucky may have followed Dortch’s analysis that would