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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Matis; Linda Ann Riley

Session 1526 Teaching Theoretical Stochastic Modeling Courses Using Industrial Partners and Their Applied Problems Timothy I. Matis, Linda Ann Riley New Mexico State University Department of Industrial Engineering P.O. Box 30001 – MSC 4230 Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 This paper describes a pilot project funded by the National Science Foundation’s CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement program that addresses the common learningchallenges of engineering students enrolled in an undergraduate stochastic processes

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

environment. Forexample, a mentoring component provides resources for underrepresented TTU engineeringstudents and organizations (e.g., National Society of Black Engineers, Society of HispanicProfessional Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, etc.) to work with K-12 students andteachers to facilitate project-based curriculum in K-12 classrooms while serving as role models.This paper also discusses the structure and content of various K-12 teacher training workshopsand professional development opportunities the Center has developed, which support verticalalignment of curriculum, provide engaging approaches to teaching mathematics and science, andeducate teachers about engineering practice and education.Overview of Our Current ProgressAs reported at

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International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dyani Saxby; Saeed Foroudastan

decision was made thatthe amount of effort an ESL student puts into the project, such as using additionalresources provided by the professor and the university should be considered whengrading 3. Many of these tips can be useful for engineering professors with internationalstudents who struggle with presentations. In the end, these students will reap manybenefits from the extra effort and thought put in by the professor. These include not onlyshort-term benefits of good grades, but also the long-term benefits such as improvedinterviewing, discussion, and presentation skills. For further details please see referencenumber three.Addressing language issues for non-writing instructorsBecause the focus of most engineering courses is not on writing, it

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Mulvihill

Page 8.927.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2003, American Society for Engineering EducationCourse ActivitiesCourse activities included: • Instructor presentations • Student preparation and presentation of water resource topics • Interaction with professional practitioners • Preliminary work on the design project • Practitioner instruction on the use of H2 ONET software • Design of a water distribution system and preparation of a formal reportInstructor PresentationsDuring the first part of the course, instruction on surface water hydrology, an introduction to thecomponents of water distribution systems and

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Session 2160 The Fortress of Knowledge – Social Dimension in Engineering Education Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Edvaldo Valle, Janete Molnar Supportnet School of TechnologyAbstractThis work is the description of a project that has been implemented in public schools in the cityof São Vicente. It is the initiative of São Vicente City Hall that has decided to implement specialprograms for K12 in public schools in the city. The main goal is to help students to develop thenecessary skills to follow carriers like engineer, which is so necessary for the development of

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Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

students in the Department of Mathematics and ComputerScience at UMES. Twenty middle school students identified from selected schools inAccomack County, VA, in the Eastern Shore of Delmarva peninsula participate in thistwo-week summer activity. Two school teachers accompany, chaperone, design anddirect some of the student activities during the camp. They also try to include some of thescientific and engineering related projects that they get exposed to during the camp to thestudents during the regular school year. The overall objective of the program is togenerate interest among participants and other school students to pursue MSET careers.I. IntroductionIt is imperative to inspire more students to pursue MSET careers to sustain the

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

. This type of “isolated learning” is no longer acceptable asnowadays the industry demands engineers not only with a broad set of technical skills, but also acomprehension of the diverse practical applications of engineering concepts. Engineering andEngineering Technology education must provide integrated experience at the undergraduate levelto fulfill the expectations of the industry1-3. This paper describes an on-going project to develop a multipurpose laboratory that can beused for multiple Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) courses in the Division ofEngineering Technology (DET) at Wayne State University (WSU). The development aims toprovide an integrative experience at the undergraduate level to help students better

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Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang

AbstractThis paper focuses on the project of design and simulation of a disassembly-to-order system that providesa unique “hands-on and minds-on” research experience for undergraduate students. This project iscompleted by a multidisciplinary group of faculty and students from Electrical & Computer Engineeringat Rowan University and Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Pacific Lutheran University(PLU). In such a system, the disassembly of discarded products is processed to satisfy certain demandsfor parts and/or materials, while economic and environmental goals are achieved. Two scenarios in thesystem are analyzed and their performance is compared.1. Introduction Due to the increased awareness of the state of environment by consumers

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Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

yet inexpensive recruitment strategy that introduces 1620 high school students to STEM careers, but also aids in the retention of the 270 UMBC undergraduate students who participate. 2. The relative effectiveness of a summer bridge program, a scholarship program, and an internship program on student retention in STEM compared to partial or no intervention. Both academic and economic supports have been shown to be effective in recruitment, enrollment, and retention at universities and colleges. But how much time and resources are needed to provide a strong positive outcome? A pilot project involving 30 CCBC and 30 UMBC students seeks to answer this question.Project Goal and Objectives for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Underwood

. Technicaldetails of the projects will be discussed and broader educational benefits identified, so as torecommend the experience to other engineering faculty, especially those from teachinginstitutions, interested in bringing applications of microstrip antenna and space technology into theclassroom.Application Procedure:In the initial application (now due in mid February), a candidate proposes contribution in an areaof NASA’s current research needs, at a center of interest and includes letters of recommendation. Page 7.456.1Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Craddock; Lizette Chevalier

component of theCivil Engineering undergraduate curriculum, the Introduction to Environmental EngineeringLaboratory. The laboratory manuals for the two classes will have a similar interface and layout.The long-term goal of the project is to use the style and approach developed on this project as atemplate for other civil engineering laboratory courses. Common elements to all of theselaboratories include modules on laboratory safety, report writing, statistics and proper use ofunits. This work is being done as a collaborative NSF-funded project between the Civil Engineeringand the Interactive Multimedia Department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Partialsupport for this work is provided by the National Science Foundation's Course

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Sanver; Li Yang; Eric Gillispie

of user interaction will bereflected immediately in the 3D real world scene and the 2D rendering result. The webwarewas written by using the GL4Java library that provides native OpenGL binding for Java. NateRobin’s well-known demos were implemented. These include translation, projection, lighteffect, texture mapping, and so on. New demos were also developed with pedagogicalconsiderations in mind to emphasize the differences between model transformation and viewtransformation. Although the webware is designed for computer graphics learning themethodology is generic and can easily be applied to other disciplines or courses that requireheavy visual presentation. This webware reflects our long-term efforts to develop web-basedcourse material to

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

teachingmethods such as active/collaborative teaching, use of teams, design projects,interdisciplinary teaching, team teaching, and other methods that actively engage studentsin the learning process are particularly valued over traditional lecture type instruction.Furthermore, activities on the part of the faculty to change their teaching style so it relatesbetter to student learning styles are also highly valued. Incorporation of multimediainstructional materials, development of Web-assisted and Web-based courses, andparticipation in distributed education activities are all valuable efforts.” 4The availability of easy-to-use online tools is another factor that facilitates facultyadoption of educational technology. The FIC supports an online courseware

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Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

. Page 8.343.1The course now covers topics in four categories: Technical skills focus on issues ofproduct specification, concept selection, product architecture, modeling anddocumentation, bill of materials, prototyping (virtual and physical), manufacturing, andproduction planning. Thinking creatively explores how to generate ideas; how toelaborate concepts and alternatives; what psychologists, artists, engineers, and scientistsknow about creativity; and how to develop and foster, or stifle and kill, creativity.Business strategies include assessing customer needs; project scheduling; financialanalysis; protecting your ideas; marketing, advertising, selling; and entrepreneurship.People skills involve team dynamics and roles; negotiating styles

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard DeVries; Douglas Stahl

Session 2793 Large Scale Destructive Testing in an Undergraduate Structural Engineering Curriculum Douglas C. Stahl, Richard A. DeVries Milwaukee School of EngineeringBackground and Project Goals Most engineering educators would dismiss as a crackpot one who claimed that computersshould not be used in the practice of structural engineering; most would agree that blind faith inthe computer is an equally indefensible position. Many of us are not quite sure how to respond,however, to the opinion held by some senior engineers that reliance on a slide

Conference Session

Value Added Collection Management

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Baldwin

A Study of Interdisciplinary Research Needs: Results from Input ofFaculty in Six Engineering Departments in Prioritizing Serial Subscriptions Virginia Baldwin Associate Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln INTRODUCTION The issue of journal cancellations has been a subject of much discussion andcontroversy, research, conference presentations, and publication in the literature of library andinformation science, especially in the 1990's. Burgard & Easton (1999) highlight a selectionof 14 library Web sites that describe their own cancellation projects. University faculty,particularly in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Dally; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

process. The productdevelopment project is conducted by student teams of five or six. The typical product chosen,like many engineering products is synthesized from components and engineering principles thatcover a spectrum of topics. Compartmentalization of knowledge within subject boundaries isavoided allowing the instructor to introduce material from several courses the students willundertake in subsequent years. During the product realization process the instructor has anopportunity to emphasize communication skills, teamwork, design process, computer aideddesign and drafting, software applications for document preparation, spreadsheet andpresentation development. While developing the course at University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES)1 the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Resit Unal; Derya Jacobs; Charles Keating; Paul Kauffmann; Abel Fernandez

an academic context. Page 5.539.1 Table 1. Program Objectives and Goals Program Objectives Program Goals 1. Provide skills, knowledge and attitudes to manage 1) Develop and Implement projects the technology based, project driven enterprise. 2) System based problem solving 2. Develop ability to choose and apply appropriate 3) Leadership – make a difference approaches to project management problems. 4) Quantitative and analytical skills 3. Foster outstanding technological leadership

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

started as research underthe Research Experience for Undergraduates in Solid Freeform Fabrication program at MSOE.This is a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Projects have ranged fromreplication of historical decorative plaster details and writing code to translate drawing files intoa form that can be read by the RP machines to modeling a building designed for MilwaukeeSchool of Engineering by Santiago Calatrava. A side benefit of this program has been realizedin our Senior Design course, AE450, where student teams design a building for a real client.Models of these designs, which used to take at least three weeks to fabricate, are now completedsometimes in as little time as five days. This has proven to be a definite benefit

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; Thomas Korman

used to trainstudents to function in interdisciplinary work groups that are required to successfully completeDesign-Build Projects. This paper uses Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP)Coordination for building systems as an example case. The case example begins by firstaddressing the students’ prior knowledge of the building systems. Second, the case explainshow students are introduced to the appropriate background knowledge required to work together(without becoming an expert in each building system). Third, classroom exercises are designedto encourage group work (specifically coordination of building systems). The paper concludesby addressing the results of the classroom effort and need for improved design of lessons andexercises for

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alim

variousorganizations. A few of them are currently attending Graduate programs elsewhere. Theenrollment is consistently increasing, and gradually the VLSI and Microelectronics option isbecoming both popular and familiar for professional growth of the prospective students. TheCity of Huntsville in Alabama is projected to be one of the Microelectronics cities in thenation by 2008. Therefore, this program is anticipated with sustained flowing students andthereby expected continued growth.At present there is no VLSI and Microelectronics laboratory available on campus for hands-ontraining of the students. However, in this option the first batch comprising of five studentsgraduated in May 2001. Each of these students is employed and pursuing career growth. Inthe

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betit; William Swart; Sushil Chaturvedi; Gary Crossman

cluster, the GEIW cluster had to meet all the requirements that have beendescribed in a previous section and will not be repeated here. However, it must be emphasizedthat according to University rules a cluster must have a multi-disciplinary theme uniting variouscourses in the cluster. The second guiding factor relates directly to the thematic nature of thecluster. In order to develop the global engineering theme, the taskforce found it necessary todevelop a definition of global engineering. Although this definition may vary depending onindividual perspective, for present considerations global engineering has been defined as theconduct of engineering by project management teams in global and multicultural environments,characterized by differing

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Zilouchian

tosubstantially improve the instructional capability of undergraduate instruction in intelligentsystems analysis and design. The project addresses simple, robust, and effective implementationof soft computing techniques for several industrial applications including Servo Systems, HeatTrainers, and Visual Component Inspection Stations. The development is carried out through theadaptation of innovative industrial design techniques, incorporation of real-time sensoryinterfacing and other applicable industrial advances, which have been already utilized in severalmanufacturing industries such as Motorola Inc. The implementation of an undergraduateintelligent system laboratory can serve as a model for other institution in the nation.I. IntroductionDuring the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Liapi

exploration through 3D digital visualizationcontributes to the development of students 3D perception. The CAD software used in thisclass supports parametric solid modeling and dimension driven design.An example of the structure of this unit in lecture/discussion sessions and assignmentsfollows: Discussion 3D working space and view organization. Introduction to solid and surface modeling: Primary solids and surfaces, surfaces and solids of projection and revolution Page 6.591.4 Boolean operations, surface/line intersection, surface/surface intersection

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia C. Tempel; Hisham Alnajjar; Beth Richards; Andrea Brick Ader; Ronald Adrezin

support unique outcomes (for example, exploring professionalengineering activities or completing a basic engineering design project) without endangering theshared curriculum.From the above list of shared outcomes, the three faculty teams developed a worksheet,consisting of a four-column table: week of the semester, RLC 110 syllabus/agenda and requiredactivities, ES 141 syllabus/agenda, with a blank column in the middle. As we listed our usualcourse content, we discussed what the activities and objectives had in common. Then we beganfilling in the middle column: Content Overlap and Possible Shared Assignments.At this point we were still brainstorming, but we tried to think of overlap from every possibleangle. From this list, we began narrowing our

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno; Radha Balamuralikrishna; Clifford Mirman

has recently revised its curriculum and embarked on several laboratoryenhancement projects. In redesigning the curriculum, the department emphasized integration ofsubject matter and computer skills across courses. It is this strategy that we wish to exploit inorder to achieve a unique status among similar programs across the region and the nation. Toreflect industry needs, the department has redesigned courses in numerical control,programmable logic controllers, and computer integrated manufacturing. The department is alsoin the process of developing an automation course and related laboratory experience that willintegrate several areas within this complex field. In the automation course, the students will lookat integration of motion, vision

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet; Nick L. Wilson, Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

system integrators, 2 are OEM products manufacturers,and 1 is the publisher of the largest trade journal for the industry. Representatives from these Page 22.864.4industries serve on the mechatronics program advisory board, the advisory board for theknowledge and resource center for packaging industry at the School of Technology, and promotethe program at the regional, national, and international levels. These industries provide internshipto our students, and sponsor funded design/development projects. They also provided state-of-theart industry standard equipment for laboratories and significant technical help through their full-time technical

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Out-of-School and Informal Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Honda Foundation, Loyola MarymountUniversity’s College of Science and Engineering developed a community outreachprogram with the goal of increasing the pipeline of girls and underrepresented minoritiesstudying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the college level.To accomplish this goal, we started the Science and Engineering Community OutreachProgram (SECOP). SECOP is a two-week residential pre-college summer schoolprogram with a focus on science and engineering. Engineering and mathematics facultyprovide a similar curriculum taught in Engineering 101 and Pre-calculus College courses.The afternoon classes are project-oriented. Students design mousetrap cars usingSolidWorks, and build their cars in the Mechanical

Conference Session

Current Issues in Construction Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Tiss AIC, CPC, State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Construction

AC 2012-4801: DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT EDU-CATORS: IS INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND EVAL-UATION THE KEY?Mr. Kenneth J. Tiss AIC, CPC, State University of New York Mr. Kenneth J. Tiss, AIC, CPC is an instructor in the Department of Sustainable Construction Manage- ment at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. His research areas are in undergraduate and graduate education, curriculum, construction project management, construction safety, planning and scheduling, and equipment and methods. Page 25.426.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012

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Topics Related to Electrical Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University; Daryl Hunter White, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

currently it has 200 majors. All MET students are required to takeVibration along with several other senior level courses. Vibration is designed as a lecture/labcourse however there has been limited lab experience provided to students. Three years ago theauthor developed the Helmholtz resonator project in which student teams are required to design,build and test a Helmholtz resonator. The purpose of this project was to further develop the labportion of the MET program. Several vibration instruments were donated to the Universityincluding a sound and vibration analyzer, a digital sound level meter, a microphone preamp, twomicrophones, an accelerometer, and cables and connectors for use in our Vibration course. Inconsultation with the author, the co