Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Gerry Galloway, Univ of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers; James O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-224: ASCE POLICY 465 ? THE MEANS FOR REALIZING THEASPIRATIONAL VISIONS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN 2025Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-MadisonGerry Galloway, Univ of MarylandThomas Lenox, American Society of Civil EngineersJames O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers Page 12.257.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007ASCE Policy 465 - the Means for Realizing the Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025Russell, Galloway, Lenox and O’BrienASCE Policy 465 –a Means for Realizing the Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 Jeffrey S. Russell 1, Gerald E. Galloway2

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso

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Mechanical Engineering

sophomoredynamics class was obtained using a series of interventions. These improvementsand the interventions have been described elsewhere.1, 2One component of each intervention is the use of a counter-intuitive (CI) problembased classroom activity. The term “counter-intuitive” refers to a problem thatappears to have an obvious, simple answer yet displays a behavior opposite to“common sense”. The significance of these counter-intuitive activities wasdiscussed in previous publications and the hypothesis proposed to explain theirsignificance is that they produce learning moments by creating a sense of surpriseand excitement in the students.This paper presents a heuristic that can be used to help create new counter-intuitive learning activities. Although the

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Engineering Technology

required course for all BS Industrial Technology, BS Aviation, and BS ComputerEngineering (effective Spring 2007) majors; in addition, it is part of SJSU’s SJSU Studies(Advanced General Education) curriculum and attracts students from all over campus. Thiscourse is delivered in a novel way. It has a hybrid structure and is composed of three units thatare delivered through self-paced multimedia CD, one unit that is delivered through WWWinstruction, and three units that are delivered through a traditional classroom model10. Thiscourse is evaluated each semester under SJSU’s general education program and this continuousassessment and improvement is also unique. The medium and content for each unit is displayedin Table 1. Table 1. Content

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

programs in engineering. PennsylvaniaState University requires that all freshmen complete a one-unit seminar as part of their GErequirements. In four semesters, they offered 51 unique engineering seminars.1 The researchersfound that the students in these seminars reported “moderate or greater progress in several keyareas: teamwork (37%), using computers (41%), and making life decisions (37%)”. Overall,63% of the 1024 students who took these seminars were satisfied. A different approach wastaken by the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University.Portland State has a four year General Education program that includes “freshman andsophomore inquiry sequences, junior level cluster courses that help students focus on

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Villeneuve, University of Maine

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

fabricating an actuallab station and identifying areas for efficiency. Page 12.410.7 Appendix A, Piping and Instrumentation DiagramPage 12.410.8Page 12.410.9 Appendix B, Bill of MaterialComponent Type Equipment Used Qty Reqd.Vessel 4" Schedule 40 PVC Pipe 6 feetVessel Support- 2" Galvanized Pipe 3 feet- 2" Support Flange 1- 6" Pipe Clamps 3 2" Galvanized Split Rings

Conference Session

Potpourri Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

involves attractingconsiderably more women to careers in STEM disciplines. Approximately half the potentialSTEM talent pool consists of women. In the United States, there is still a great deal ofoccupational segregation by sex. Although women constitute 46 percent of the labor force, lessthan a quarter of the scientists and engineers in the country are women.1 Internationalcomparisons of occupational segregation are difficult because nations seldom use comparablecoding systems.2 However, such data as are available indicate not only the existence of such agendered division of labor throughout Western Europe, but also the likelihood of its persistence.For example, while half of all university students in Germany are women, women represent only34

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Mathews, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

self-evaluation questions for a-k on the EBI survey so that these results couldbe directly compared. The resulting survey questions and possible responses are covered in thefollowing section.Survey Instrument Page 12.1540.3Figure 1 shows the list of questions that employers are asked to answer when entering theirassessment. We have kept this survey separate from the one where the individual student’sperformance is assessed. We assure the employers that this particular survey is assessing theengineering program and not the student. We do not tie these assessments to a particularemployee or student in the program and make sure that the employer

Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julio Garcia, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

in attitudinal measures. Students who used both the computersimulations and hardwired experiments reported that that they learned the material better.Students completed a pre-test and posttest of the Concept Inventory test. In addition, studentstook the General Attitudes Toward Computers test, Computer Thoughts Survey and theComputer Anxiety Rating test.IntroductionThe overarching goal of this curriculum improvement project was to use the work of otherresearchers to improve the delivery of electronics lecture and laboratory content in the Electronic& Computer Technology (ECT) area of the BS in Industrial Technology at San Jose StateUniversity, San Jose California, USA. The five objectives for this project were: 1. Revise the lecture

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

) ) is described, and althoughsome iteration is foreseen the process is fairly sequential. Within conventional designmany of the other problem solving processes will be called into action (i.e. Decisions,potential problems and even nested new design issues.) The key to this big pictureapproach is therefore to recognize that these processes are not so much sequential, but touse some computer terminology, direct access processes. Each being called upon asrequired to assist in the common goal of converging on an optimal solution. Figure 1. is a schematic of how a big picture analysis would operate.After undertaking a situation appraisal a number of prioritized concerns would beidentified. Many of these will be decisions, potential problems or

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin Cook, Montana State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

of engineering graphics through modification ofmaterial coverage and teaching style.GoalsThe overall goals of the engineering graphics curriculum revision were as follows: 1) Re-emphasize the essential purposes and importance of communication through graphics needed by engineers and design professionals. 2) Give the students improved tools for graphics communications which, in a generalized manner, represent the range of methods and programs used in the industries in which they will likely be employed. 3) Improve the learning and retention of these graphical communication techniques and tools through a revision of the teaching approach, and change of exposure to the subject

Conference Session

Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business / Engineering and Poverty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Engineering Ethics

? According to the most recent estimates, six billion people now exist and Page 12.616.2seven billion are expected by the year 2006, nearly eleven billion by 2045.Over 79 percent of humankind lives in the immense and poor southern hemisphere; onebillion people live in the state of absolute poverty; over three billion do not have enough toeat, sixty million die of hunger every year; and fourteen million young people die each yearas a result of hunger-caused diseases.1 There is practically no consensus view on how todeal with the poverty issue. The United Nations has challenged the world’s wealthycountries to earmark 0.7 percent of each nation’s Gross

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Lynette Osborne, National Academy of Engineering; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

of the program since 2004. Implications aredrawn and specific assessment methods presented for those interested in buildingengineering education research capacity.1. IntroductionFor the past three years, the National Science Foundation has funded “Rigorous Researchin Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice” (DUE-0341127) torespond to recent calls for embracing more rigorous research in engineering education1-5.The goals of this project are to:• Create and present workshops for engineering faculty on conducting rigorous research in engineering education. Five-day workshops are held in Golden, Colorado each summer from 2004 through 2006 to train faculty participants. For more details see the project website6 and

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Lorenzo Smith, Oakland University; Yin-ping (Daniel) Chang, Oakland University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

the authors’ own university. An increase in engineering outreach coursesnationwide could strengthen engineering programs by cost-effectively increasing thenumber of credit hours taught; provide positive public relations for the discipline ofengineering; serve as a much-needed recruiting conduit for engineering schools; andmake a dramatic difference in the technological literacy of humanities and liberal artsstudents in the United States.IntroductionHistorically, engineering students on college campuses have been viewed as boring,dull, and uncreative.1-9 This negative perception of engineers and engineering, infact, is thought to play a role in the difficulty many schools experience in theirattempts to build enrollment.10-13 In part in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rod Hoadley, California Polytechnic State University; Paul Rainey, California Polytechnic State University

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Manufacturing

in a lab setting thatcontains 10 engine lathes, 5 manual/CNC vertical mills, 1 horizontal mill, 4 drill presses, 1 turretdrill press, 1 CNC lathe, and 1 CNC bed mill. Starting with measurements, students are givenlab exercises that illustrate the techniques needed to manufacture a machined part. Followingmeasuring, there is a two-week introduction to the machines, which requires individuals tooperate the lathes and teams of two to operate the mills. Next, the students are given a two-weekproject where they individually make a screwdriver using the available equipment. The finalproject consists of making an air motor in teams of five, where each team is responsible forproducing one-half of the parts of the air motor. During the two projects

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute

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Electrical and Computer

paper is to illustrate both the formativeand summative phases of assessment that have been, and continue to be, used in the Electricaland Computer Engineering Department at this institution. The paper begins with an overview ofthe overall assessment system utilized by this program, including program-level and course-levelassessments and the various feedback loops associated with each. Among the many assessmenttools being utilized by the program is the use of student performance data to enable (1) real-timeformative feedback to the instructor, regarding student achievement at the course-level, as wellas (2) the summative evaluation of outcomes achievement at the program-level, in both short-term and long-term studies. While significant

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rusek, Oakland University; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University

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Electrical and Computer

standing waves and transient processes in transmission lines.[1, 2] Suchtraining is valuable not only because of the importance of the transmission lines in manyengineering applications, but also because a theoretical understanding of such phenomenaprovides a concrete foundation for further studies of concepts related to the generalpropagation of electromagnetic fields and antennas.[3] Keeping Sight of the Real Phenomena in the Theoretical AnalysisWhen sinusoidal signals are considered, transmission lines can be analyzed in severaldifferent ways. For lossless transmission lines, TEM wave equations are solved andbasic transmission line parameters, such as delay and characteristic impedance, can bedetermined. This is supported by solutions

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

offered to all qualified current and previousEDGE students, with the possibility to continue with a Pre-Calculus course offered onSaturdays during the spring 2007 semester.Program DetailsAs in previous years, EDGE students were required to meet the same admission requirements asother college-level students, and paid only a $25 entry fee. And like the previous eight week Page 12.1426.2programs, students attended the two classes in the morning from 9:00 AM to noon, Mondaythrough Friday with afternoon activities consisting of supervised study (SS1) and student success(SS2) sessions from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. This year the program accepted one group of

Conference Session

Two year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

-year programs9 as guidelines would have multipleadvantages.1. It would provide a structured framework for assessment, evaluation, and continuous Page 12.1449.4 improvement of the program. This is especially important with the multitude of programs offered by various community colleges and within community college districts. Objective standards would serve both transferring and receiving institutions when making comparisons among collaborating or between competing programs.2. It would help students and their families choose the most effective programs that would be transferable to four-year institutions and prepare them for lifelong

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College; Alexander Genis, G I I, Inc.; Tony Midora, PMT, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

those seeking knowledge for professional advancement. Two workstations alreadyinstalled consist of the following equipment (Fig. 1): ‚ DAEDAL XYZ S Scanning System (800 mm x 900 mm x 350 mm Travel) ‚ Pulser/Receiver: Panametrics Pulser/Receiver 5073 PR ‚ Three pairs of ultrasonic transducers with different resonant frequencies ‚ Oscilloscope: Tektronics TDS220 Digital with the GPIB board ‚ Pentium PC. Page 12.537.5 Fig. 1. Ultrasound measurements workstationThe experiments described below are presently carried out using the installed equipment:1. Measurements of the sound

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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Computers in Education

students tookownership of their programs. Also, 45% of students added optional features to at least oneprogram over the course of the semester. This paper describes the homework assignments usedin the course, examples of students’ work, and students’ perceptions of the assignments.1. IntroductionWith computer science enrollments declining and the perception that programming is boring,computer science and computer engineering educators are challenged to interest more students inthe discipline12. Having students with and without programming experience in introductorycourses and the “ease” of copying code files for submission also pose challenges for computerscience educators. In many introductory computer science courses, students

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-yin Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Kwok-wai Mui, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Architectural

for granted. In e-learning,learners are not physically present in the classrooms. It is hard to know their responses,emotion, and progress. There is no facial expressions and body language. Nor can we listento the tone of voice or gestures of the learners.Common misunderstandings Converting handouts or slide presentations to web materials are not e-learning. Web [1]viewable format creates another form of pseudo-e-learning . Most teachers think of unitsof learning as formal and conventional courses. It should be well defined, writtencurriculum and all instructions conducted as a scheduled sequence of events. E-learningmay follow in the same way, but not all e-learning

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in undergraduate and graduate programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; Zachry Kraus, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University; Charles Glover, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

point in the curriculum. Adifferent approach is being pursued to develop interlinked curriculum components (ICCs), whichcan be used by students at many different points in the four-year curriculum. As envisionedduring their development, faculty members might use an ICC to introduce students to a set ofconcepts or use an ICC to provide a review of a set of concepts when they will be used in a moreadvanced course. The initial ICC prototype focuses on conservation of mass (CoM). Adescription of the CoM ICC is provided together with preliminary results.IntroductionA chemical engineering department, with NSF support, is renewing its entire four-yearcurriculum to achieve four additional student learning outcomes: 1. Apply fundamental ideas over an

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

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International

REU programs.1. IntroductionThe Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supported by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) is designed to provide academic experiences for undergraduatestudents through participation in research. The program contributes to NSF's goal of developinga diverse, internationally competitive, and globally-engaged science and engineering workforce1.Under this program, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University ofSouth Florida has run a unique NSF REU site -- A Computer Science and Engineering REU Sitefor Florida, Puerto Rico and Latin America2 , for the past two years. Compared to other REUsites, this program is unique in the following ways. First, it is not devoted to a

Conference Session

CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clara Fang; David Pines, University of Hartford

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Civil Engineering

instructor-led "chalk and talk" byenabling students to explore complex traffic modeling processes in computerized learningenvironments, and the new learning experience enables students to think critically abouttransportation problems and solutions.1. Introduction Technology innovations play an increasingly important role in engineering education asan effective tool for enhancing classroom learning. My experience in both teaching and studyingtransportation engineering has me realize that computer simulation, one of these innovations,complements traditional transportation engineering education methods. Conventionalapproaches to transportation education emphasize rationality and are dominated by analyticaltraining, which tends to

Conference Session

Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

inwhich students design, build, and test a complex project. These programs are increasinglyindustry sponsored 1, and expose students to many of the real constraints engineers face.Capstone courses are the primary mechanism used by many universities for integratingcommunication, and teamwork skills and social, economic, and ethical issues into theengineering curriculum 2. The capstone concept has been extended by other schools such as theDesign4Practice program at Northern Arizona University and the projects program at WorcesterPolytechnic Institute 3-5 in which dedicated design courses are integrated into all four years of theundergraduate curriculum. Improvements in student performance following capstone programshave been observed in several

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jitendra Tate, Texas State University-San Marcos; Vedraman Sriraman, Texas State University-San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Properties and Processing was offered for the first time in the departmentin Spring 2006. In this course rather than assigning team based projects, research paper topicswere assigned on an individual basis. The research project was determined as a major learningtool. The students were systematically prepared for taking up this activity. Independent researchactivity develops research aptitude in early career, prepares students for graduate studies,develops independent thinking, and makes students responsible for their learning.Table 1. Enrollment and number of graduates: Bachelors in Manufacturing Engineering 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000Enrollment 93 75 79 74

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University

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Design in Engineering Education

variety of methods are used toassess the outcomes of the program. The purpose of this paper is to present the use of anindustrial advisory board (IAB) to assess students in the capstone design course.Design SequenceThe Electrical Engineering Program at WKU has a series of four design sequences throughoutthe curriculum. The purpose of these courses is to develop problem solving and project skills inthe students. Also, these courses interspersed throughout the curriculum reinforce the project-based mission of the department. The four design courses are designated as follows: • EE 101: Electrical Engineering Design I, 1 credit hour (2 contact hours), first

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-267: A PRE-CAPSTONE COURSE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE STUDENTPERFORMANCE ON OPEN-ENDED DESIGN PROJECTSChristine Co, Oklahoma State UniversityBear Turner, Oklahoma State UniversityAlan Cheville, Oklahoma State University Page 12.93.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A pre-Capstone Course Designed to Improve Performance on Open-Ended Design ProjectsIntroductionMany engineering programs use capstone courses to expose students to open-ended designprojects and to help achieve ABET outcomes. While single capstone courses are the mostcommon, two course sequences are also used 1. The first course of two capstone sequencestypically

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Eastlake, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Magdy Attia, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

, and peer evaluation of each individual’s productive participationin the project), report format and drawing format. The SOW is supplemented by 16 Worddocuments, each of which defines a deliverable task in greater detail. The 16 tasks are:Task 1 – Conceptual design, by each individual studentTask 2 – Oral presentation of individual conceptual designsTask 3 – Second iteration of the conceptual design selected by each design teamTask 4 – Wing designTask 5 – Fuselage layoutTask 6 – Engine installation and propeller noiseTask 7 – Landing gear layoutTask 8 – Structural conceptTask 9 – Weight and balanceTask 10 – Stability and controlTask 11 – Inboard profile drawingTask 12 – Drag and performance

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Larissa Pchenitchnaia, Texas A&M University; Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University; Nancy Simpson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. For the set of student outcomes, each programmust have processes that demonstrate that (1) program performance with respect to itsoutcomes is being assessed, (2) results of program evaluation are being used to developand improve the program, and (3) results and processes are being documented. As aresult, engineering faculty members must develop methodologies for assessingperformance with respect to outcomes in competency in addition to developing newcurriculum9. Need for these methodologies has created increased interest in developingand identifying relevant assessment instruments10. However, only a handful of tools andmethodologies are publicly available11,12. Meeting ABET Engineering Criteria createdsignificant challenges for almost every