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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; G. Lineberry

. TheDepartment of Energy initiated a search for a next-generation replacement plant site in the late Page 8.153.11980’s. Before ultimately canceling the search, DOE informed the Paducah representatives thatthe lack of local engineering education was a negative factor in their consideration for locating thenew plant. Local leaders began to develop a plan to improve continuing education opportunitiesfor engineers employed at the plant and to increase the number of engineers for employment fromthe region. Some employers reported attrition rates of over 25% per year, where engineeringgraduates from major universities in the Midwest would return to their

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Hvid Nielsen

element of the pedagogical concept is study plans, which for each semesterdescribes courses and prescribes a theme for each term. Inside the semester theme eachsupervisor together with a student group can choose a project. The project time is calculatedtheoretically to cover half of each semester except in the final one in which the project coversthe whole term. In praxis the students use more time for their projects. The five-year’seducation for a master degree is disposed in 4 phases for gradual individual choice ofspecialisation. Table 1 shows the phases and the semester themes with examples of semestercourses.The main element of the pedagogical concept is study plans, which for each semesterdescribes courses and prescribes a theme for each

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Bradley Golish; Phil Weilerstein; Harvey Wolfe

, assessment database is being developed for NCIIAparticipants to plan assessments/evaluations and to obtain appropriate instruments/methodologies.When completed, the database can be queried to obtain instruments/methods that best suitindividual assessment needs.This paper describes the first phase of this University of Pittsburgh and NCIIA joint effort. Wepresent the results of the survey of PIs as well as a description of the database being developed.2.0 Survey ResultsInformation was provided by the NCIIA on 291 grants awarded between 1995 - 2002. Each PIwas sent the NCIIA Course/Program Evaluation Survey in the fall 2002 with a request that it becompleted for each award. Since some PIs had received multiple grants, a total of 191

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rebecca E. Burnett

communicating to learn. ß Expert-like behaviors. Students should be developing expert-like behaviors related to communication: attitudes, actions, and performance. Assessment should consider the quantity and quality of students’ expert-like behaviors in communication. ß Rhetorical focus. A well-established body of research indicates that workplace experts attend to rhetorical elements when they plan, draft, and revise; non-experts focus largely on content and may virtually ignore rhetorical elements. Assessment should consider these widely accepted rhetorical elements that typically include content, context, purpose, audience, organization, visuals, document design, usability

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia Apple-Smith; Dave Holger; Shannon Miner

IMPACT team visits: - The number of students participating in an international experience is up 90% since receiving IMPACT funds in fall 2000; nearly doubling student participation. - Five new 6-week summer programs have been developed, with more in the planning process. This is in comparison to having one summer program available to Chemical Engr. students since 1990. - New research collaborations have been initiated in: o Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering o VRAC - Materials Science & Engineering o Industrial & Mfg. Systems Engineering - Chemical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rudolph Eggert

years in which a topic or activity was taught (i.e.freshman, sophomore, junior and or senior). Other questions pertained to highest degree offeredat the institution, the CAD platform most used, and the level of faculty participation in designcurriculum planning, monitoring and coordinating.Discussion of survey resultsWho RespondedIndustry respondents submitted 1006 useable surveys and academic respondents submitted 182useable surveys. The industry surveys were completed by individuals listing job titles including: Page 8.496.3engineer, engineering manager, supervisor, project engineer, Vice President, and President. The Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Schuyler; Kenneth Quinn

each student more marketable to corporateindustry.DiscussionThis partnership between University of Hartford and New Horizons Corporation was initiated in the spring of 2002with New Horizons contacting the Dean of Ward College of Technology. In the summer of 2002 a plan began totake shape and progress was made as we proposed the program to university officials. Concurrently severalindividuals at the college were trying to identify a suitable college or program that could act as a home for thecurriculum and while discussing a variety of pedagogical methodologies suitable to deliver the material. Universityadministrators agreed that program had merit and we were given the blessing to move forward with initial thedevelopment of the program. We

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

access for hands-on experience in the area ofautomation and advanced manufacturing. It has also provided the faculty with an opportunity toincrease their own professional CIM expertise. The lab has been extremely well received by those Page 8.167.4who have visited or used it. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe existing and planned changes have attracted, and will continue to attract students to this newarea. As a side benefit, the CIM lab has made it possible to offer courses to provide

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Cynthia Mann

contemporary issues. (ABET outcome j) Show competency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. (ABET outcome k) Awareness of OSU Computer Services. (ABET outcome k) Additional activities common in ENGR 1111 Academic Success / Study Skills / Time Management Personality typing using the Myer’s Briggs Type Indicator Career Services Awareness / Resume Writing / Interviewing Strategies Planning of class schedules or a four-year Study PlanBecause of ease and availability, changes in the preliminary stages have been directed at the homedepartment, Chemical Engineering. Before the Fall 2002 semester (in which the project occurred)the idea of adding creativity to specifically the

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Long; Kevin Sutterer; Frederick Berry

newsletter, maintain membership information and lead thefaculty/staff mentoring team administering the program.Educational BenefitsHands-On Learning Models: The students work in teams to complete hands-on projects to learnelementary engineering and science principles. Examples include mousetrap-powered cars,where elements of force, aerodynamics and simplicity of design were crucial to developing asuccessful project; construction of ho t air balloons, where the students' efforts must consider heattransfer, aeronautics and teamwork; and constructing model bridges, where students learnedproject planning, cost effectiveness and computer techniques to build sturdy bridges.Learning That Science and Engineering Are Fun Career Fields: EXPLORE ENGINEERING

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Masi

program and subject assessment concepts and methods to trackingdown and reviewing existing program and subject assessment and evaluation data. Once thisprocess was complete, each program was guided in determining weak points in existing data andmethods and supported in adopting strong program and subject evaluation plans. In some cases, Page 8.265.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationnew assessment or evaluation methods were adopted as supplements. The entire process oftracking existing data

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Serdar Tumkor; Ali Sekmen; Recayi Pecen; Ayhan Zora; Ismail Fidan

Session 4560 Implementation and Assessment of Knowledge Based Systems In Various Engineering Courses Ismail Fidan1, Serdar Tumkor2, Ali Sekmen3, Recayi Pecen4, Ayhan Zora4 1 Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505/2Istanbul Technical University Gumussuyu, Istanbul, Turkey/3Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209/ 4 The University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614AbstractKnowledge-Based Systems (KBS), which mimic human problem solving expertise incomputerized form, have been widely used in many manufacturing processes for planning

Conference Session

Societal Contexts of Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Salim Elwazani

occupy its location. It was originally part of the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry and is situated between the Potomac River and the armory canal, whose original head gates still stand two miles upstream. The first building was a tilt hammer shop, constructed c.1830s, which was replaced by a rolling mill in 1854. Following John Brown's raid in 1859 and subsequent burning of the armory, Thomas Savery constructed a pulp mill on the site in 1888. The Harpers Ferry Paper Co. was powered by water from the armory canal, utilizing seven flume bays. In late 1898 plans were made to place a dynamo in the pulp mill to generate electricity for Harpers Ferry. Savery continued simultaneous operations of the

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Horton

with abstract textures or colors. During the second half of the day campers developedrelationship and teamwork skills through the University’s Maine Bound “Challenge by Choice”Recreation Program. The recreation activities included low and high ropes courses, a climbingwall, and canoeing. At the end of each week campers and their parents were excited by thechallenging technical, physical, and social experiences the camp had offered.A goal of the camp was to reach out to girls who might not otherwise consider technical trainingopportunities, so the camp was planned to appeal equally to girls and boys. Prior to the campsthe directors reached out to prospective campers through schools and clubs, obtained funds toprovide camp scholarships

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Gralinski; Janis Terpenny

Regional High School (ARHS) with faculty atthe University of Massachusetts and Hampshire College in addressing issues impinging thesuccess of engineering and technology curricula. More specifically, this collaboration hasfocused on: reviewing and enhancing high school teacher’s core knowledge of engineeringdesign, the curricular changes made based on this study/research, and research of gender equityissues in engineering and technology curricula. Plans to recruit and retain female students in thetechnology/engineering area at both secondary and university levels are described; including,cross-institutional projects with an emphasis on assistive technologies and universal design, anda variety of outreach activities between institutions. A structure

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

addition, the first 3 labs have general areas of specialization. The objectives ofthe ECE laboratories, which closely follow some of the ABET suggested “outcomes”10, include theability to: 1. Identify, formulate, and solve practical electrical engineering problems. This includes the planning, specification, design, implementation, and operation of systems, components, and/or processes that meet performance, cost, time, safety, and quality requirements. 2. Communicate effectively through oral presentations and group discussions. 3. Communicate effectively through written reports and other documents. 4. Design and conduct scientific and engineering experiments, and to analyze and interpret the resulting data. 5

Conference Session

Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

N. K. Anand; John Weese

& Exposition, Event 2255, June 24 th, Nashville, TN 5. Objective Review team reviews departmental self-study document and makes evaluations using independent judgements. A well-constructed doctoral program review leads to a careful evaluation by persons with no vested interest in the outcomes. 6. Independent Process remains independent from any other Texas A&M University review process, draws independent conclusions, and directs recommendations to people who have an interest in improving Texas A&M University graduate programs -- the faculty and administrators of Texas A&M University. 7. Results in action Department develops a plan acting on reviewers’ comments and recommendations to implement

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkat Allada; Tony Okafor; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

. Process planning 11. Fabrication and AssemblyIn this course, interdisciplinary teams with students from various engineering andtechnology disciplines worked together to design, manufacture, and assemble real-lifeproducts. UMR senior students in manufacturing options, students with minors inmanufacturing, and FV students in the associate degree program participated in thiscourse. Students in the UMR MS program actively participated in the project as part oftheir practice-oriented credit requirement. The project courses take advantage of themanufacturing options being offered in both the Mechanical Engineering andEngineering Management departments. It is intended to simulate the modern industrialproduct development and manufacturing process in

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

the experience of more traditional classes. In each class,student teams develop a new product concept, prototype it, create a business andmarketing plan, and produce a patent application and a funding proposal.Last semester, I taught C&NPD in distance learning mode with 12 on-grounds students,and 12 off-grounds. The off-grounds students were all engineers working full-time inindustry. The on-grounds students included both undergraduates and grad students. Weassembled teams so that most teams had at least one member at a remote site. One classeach week was delivered in the asynchronous mode (as streaming video on the internet),while the other was conducted in real time (as a live television broadcast with two wayvideo capability

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

teams. Page 8.823.4 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIBE Freshman Workshop course objectivesThe principle objective of the IBE Freshman Workshop course is to introduce how businesses,engineering and design activities create value. The focus is on innovation, technicalentrepreneurship and the business value chain. Student teams design new products and developbusiness plans and start-up funding proposals, and take apart existing products and thecompeting companies that make them. The three

Conference Session

Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Johnson; John Fesler; Kenneth Stier

producing one of theproducts resulting in four unique products each semester. Students are assigned to groupsbased on their choice of product. The project begins with team planning and a discussion of the design. Studentsmust apply problem solving and critical thinking skills as they undertake their project.Preuss21 points out that there are guidelines to help expand a project into a foundationaloutline for project-based learning. Such criteria and constraints parallel those that arefound in industrial practice. Preuss22 cites Steinburg’s23 work in referring to thefollowing qualities of project based activities: authenticity, academic rigor, appliedlearning, active exploration, adult relationships and assessment practices. To help

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato; Ronald Welch

evaluationsystem even the best thought out design problem will not fully realize its potential to culminatean engineering student’s undergraduate experience, and it will fall short of supporting ABET’sfirst criterion. Whereas, the pairing of a well designed capstone problem and a carefully plannedassessment and evaluation system will empower both students and faculty to make the most outof a capstone design experience while achieving all the requirements for accreditation.Capstone Project Development To create a capstone design that supports our program objectives, we base our problemstatement on a structure that is planned to be built in or near the USMA community. Designingfor an actual need gives our students a real-world feel for their design

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Eric Luczaj; Chia Han

, American Society for Engineering Education”When the teacher prepares a thorough and complete lesson as discussed above, all the effortbecomes the documented content for the course. The material, the final goal, as well as the sub-goals that support the final goal, should become explicit and well organized by the end ofpreparation. That is, the lesson plan, the lecture material, and explicit learning outcomes can beeasily represented in a structured fashion - in distinctive modules and hierarchical layers. Thisstructural information about the content can be easily represented in XML (extensible markuplanguage) format and stored in XML-based files, including multimedia content and hyperlinks toexternal reference sources. The modules of documented

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Rosenkrantz

8 - Incremental Analysis 19 12 Chapter 9 - Other Analysis Techniques 22 13 Chapter 10 - Depreciation 23 14 Chapter 11 - Income Taxes 22 15 Chapter 12 - Replacement 21 16 Selection of the MARR 9 17 Retirement Planning - Part 1 - Introduction 5 18 Retirement Planning - Part 2 - Retirement Capital Needed 12 19 Retirement Planning - Part 3 - Saving Strategy 13 20 Retirement Planning - Part 4

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Mills; Tonya Emerson

anyway. As a studentnoted, “After a project is completed, you gain a sense of accomplishment knowing you hadsomething to do with the process.” This project could be part of a student design competition,such as a steel bridge or a concrete canoe, or it could be developing and implementing anoutreach activity or planning a chapter’s annual banquet. These types of projects help students todevelop a “can do” attitude while still in the relatively sheltered environment of the university,where faculty assistance is readily available and the consequences of missteps are not severe.An effective university education extends beyond the classroom and encourages cooperativeactivities between students2. Fully 70% of those students who indicated club

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Eric Lachance; Allen Estes

Military Academy (USMA), describe the USMA civilengineering program outcomes, and show how many of the chapter activities support theseprogram outcomes and add value to the Civil Engineering program.The USMA Student ChapterStudent chapter leaders and members are faced with many unique challenges that affect chapteractivities. USMA students have an unusually high level of mandatory requirements outside theclassroom that restrict the time available for extracurricular activities. These requirements,which include physical training classes, mandatory meal attendance, military drill and ceremony,and compulsory intramural sports participation, limit the student chapter’s ability to plan long-duration events. Therefore, student leaders focus their

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

software in the Highway Surveying andDesign course. The course objectives and the design project components are presented anddiscussed. The experience gained from redesigning the course to include computer applications atvarious stages of a semester-long design project provides useful guidance to those consideringways to integrate design software into existing courses.IntroductionAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) outlines Civil EngineeringTechnology Program Criteria for accreditation. (1) One of the requirements of the new criteria isthat programs must demonstrate that graduates are capable of planning and preparing design andconstruction documents including engineering drawings. Other requirements call for graduates tobe

Conference Session

Trends in Civil Engineering Accreditation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Elliott

changes resulted in significant improvement in the quality of the assessment. Mostsignificantly, they helped us establish more specific feedback mechanisms. Components of Our Assessment Plan Student Course Assessments – each semester Ratings on accomplishing course objectives Ratings relative to ABET outcomes Student comments to instructor University-wide course evaluation Senior Exit Interviews – each semester Identification of 3 best courses with factors making them best Identification of 3 courses needing improvement with recommendations Identification of 3 instructors with factors making them best Identification of 3 instructors needing improvement

Conference Session

A Focus on Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tara Gallus; Phil Laplante; Peter Wiesner

8.1279.2implementing strategies, strengthened quality assurance, and ability to take risks with“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”backing of the community. Long term value for developing organizational capabilitiesinclude: ability to execute a strategic plan, authority with clients, increased retention oftalent, capacity for knowledge- development projects, forum for “benchmarking” againstrest of industry, knowledge-based alliances, emergence of unplanned capabilities,capacity to develop new strategic options, ability to foresee technological developments,ability to take advantage of emerging market opportunities.Most of the

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Michael Kilbey; Richard Rice; Scott Husson; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Debi Switzer

effective at planning, monitoring, and regulating their cognitive activities thanthe former. They tend also to participate in a task more often for reasons such as challenge,curiosity, or mastery; and, they express more positive attitudes towards professionaldevelopment.Introduction Previously1, we introduced an approach to integrate a hierarchical cognitive model into anundergraduate engineering curriculum, described teaching and learning strategies to support thatmodel, and presented preliminary assessment results for the implementation of those strategieson student development. Briefly, the hypothesis that drives this work is this: Mental growthconstitutes a progression through a hierarchy of cognition; the critical thinking and