Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

. Each year, a limited number of multi-disciplinary teams wouldbe formed, typically under the leadership of a strong faculty proponent. During the current academic year, RIT is incorporating lessons learned to institutionalizea multi-disciplinary capstone design experience for all students in the college. This paper willfocus on educating the project managers and its content. A primary observation, based on thepersonal experiences of faculty members teaching design projects, and reflections of otherfaculty in the literature, indicates that most engineering students do not understand how to workcollaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams. Many engineering students have no formal trainingin technical project management. During the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Camp; Laurie Smith King; Keith Miller; Barbara Moskal

highest level, which Kohlbergcalled “post-conventional,” is represented by statements i, iii, viii, and xii.For students, two of the questions that reflected Kohlberg's highest level of moral developmentdisplayed a statistically significant change from pre to post assessment. These were reason i,"The software will improve anti-lock brakes to make them safer", and reason xii, "We should beconcerned about the safety of the people who will drive the pick up trucks." The fact thatstudents scored these two reasons significantly higher after their DOLCE experience is greatlyencouraging. Faculty ratings also increased from pre to post assessment on these reasons. Thesechanges suggest that both faculty and students had an increased awareness of the link

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili

design cycles that progressively increase in complexity. TIDEE curricula buildstudent capabilities in several areas crucial to effective team-based design. Supportingthemes for learning activities include: § Shaping realistic goals § Creating focused problem definitions § Developing detailed plans § Establishing effective timelines § Assigning operational roles and responsibilities § Developing professional capabilities § Using reflection to assess value added through performance reviews § Developing and engaging in effective client interviewsTIDEE curricula are sequenced in a three-step development cycle that can add value atany point in an engineering program. The steps include

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saumitra Mishra; Boris Ramos; Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

associated withdiscovery learning. Case-based learning is the most common and easiest method to apply. In thisactive learning strategy, students learn through stories that illustrate the effective application ofknowledge, skills or principles. Incidental learning is an active learning strategy where coursecontent is tied to game-like activities; here, knowledge is gained indirectly. In learning byexploring methods, students ask a faculty member or other students about a particular topic orskill. The faculty member tries to direct the interaction in a particular conversation or a topic.Learning by reflection is an approach in which students apply higher-level cognitive skills,focusing on deeper levels of comprehension and analysis. In simulation

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Chmielewski

from the world of Agamemnon, the warriorking and of Achilles, the warrior favored by the gods. The cultural shift that takes place is asignificant vector in the reflection which the epic poem examines. The “metis”, the cunning Page 8.895.2intelligence, of Odysseus confronts not just problems, but a new web of values. Homer brings the “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”audience to see a shift from heroism to a responsibility within history. The

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller

andnegative expectations. For the greatest insight, allow the students’ time to take the questionnairehome and reflect on their answers. Regardless of the means of communication the new professorchooses, the manner in which it is presented to the class is critical. The importance of theircomments should be stressed to the class. It is recommended the mentor or senior faculty memberpresent the concept; thereby showing support of the new faculty member and, in general, making Page 8.2.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ferat Sahin; Wayne Walter

students perceiveinformation. Sensory learners favor information through their senses; sights, sounds, andphysical sensations. On the other hand, intuitive learners favor information that arises internallythrough memory, reflection and imagination [3]. The strength of an individual’s preference forsensation or intuition can be with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator [4, 5]. Modality of thesensory information creates visual learners and verbal learners. Visual learner gets moreinformation from visual information such as pictures, diagrams, and schematics. Verbal materialsuch as written and spoken words and mathematical formulas provides more information for averbal learner [6, 7].How students organize information changes on whether there are inductive

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Lemanowski; Ellen Yezierski; Arlisa Labrie; Bettie Smiley; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland

a fun and light-hearted discussion on other examples of miscommunication between men and women. Theparticipants enjoyed this activity and many requested additional information on the comic stripIX. Case StudyThe case study activity was designed to allow teachers to critically examine a classroomsituation, consider issues of gender equity, and reflect upon how this applies to their ownpractice. The participants read Wikel’s 4-page chapter entitled “’Girlspeak’ and Boyspeak’:Gender Differences in Classroom Discussion” from Gender Tales 10 . The case involved a maleteacher who invited a researcher into his classroom to examine the discussion dynamics and theseemingly different way boys and girls participated in his social studies classroom

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

D.J. Marshall

twenty-one yet still old enough to join the army.These are but a few of the perspective shifts that a student can undergo when exposed to Romefor longer than a two-day tourist blitz, and is what I consider to be the most valuable educationthat a sophomore from Indiana can be lucky enough to receive.ConclusionThe effects on students can be immense. One student described how he felt upon returning toIndiana as like “ having received an honor, something I will be proud of for the rest of my life”.Another student reflected that it was the “first time in her life that she had to consider why herway of thinking might not be just the only way, but maybe not even the best way”.These students would probably have had a successful life even if they didn’t

Conference Session

Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Wicks

location of the used receiver. The author assigns studentsto develop a solution for this problem of intersecting spheres in a graduate levelEngineering Analysis course.5. Air Navigation and Traffic Control and Pilotless Aircraft Radio based radio navigation system have evolved from homing on a single beacon totriangulation with multiple beacons to LORAN which was a ground based ranging systemwith limited coverage to the satellite based GPS with continuous worldwide coverage. Airtraffic control has been radar based starting with passive reflection to active transpondersthat respond to a radar signal with a signal of identification and altitude. The GPS has made all prior navigation systems obsolete. It should also make air trafficcontrol

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

schooling.Hispanics are more likely to be unemployed, to earn less, and to live below the poverty line.3Some of this achievement gap reflects low levels of education among many Hispanic immigrantsbut that is by no means the entire problem. The U.S. born Hispanic males average only 12.0 yearsof schooling.4 Why do the immigrating Hispanic and the U.S. born Hispanic hesitate beyond ahigh school degree? One possible answer may be the Hispanic belief which assumes financialfamily support from their children once they are sixteen. A common response to a Hispanicdeclining scholarships for higher education is the lost of income that Hispanic brings to the familybudget.Hispanic students drop out of the “educational pipeline” at a relatively high rate, both

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek A. Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

: 88 116 142 218science to non-science based majors. Data are intentionally divided into Fall and Spring semesterto reflect a campus wide trend in general education enrollments. Lower division courses typicallyhave higher enrollments in the Fall semester and lower enrollments in the subsequent Springsemester. Total Fall and Spring enrollments have consistently increased each year indicating ageneral enthusiasm among the non-major student population for a technology-based course. Onecan observe that the majors taking the course are retained in subsequent semester. For exampleRadio, T.V. & Film students make up a consistently strong percentage of the course enrollmentevery semester. Student

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Reel; Christine Allard; Deborah Kaminski; Linda McCloskey

Challenger (a questioning, risk-taking person).Students are given the option to complete a survey to identify the role they play on theirdesign team. The results are compiled and discussed in small groups. The theory is tiedto behaviors that students have witnessed on their own teams. This exercise stimulates Page 8.687.9self-reflection and helps students to see themselves and team member in a different andmore positive light. Finally, the results of discussion are shared in the large group. Tuckman’s stages of team development [7] (Forming, Storming, Norming andPerforming) are described in detail. As a forming exercise, students are asked tocomplete

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian West

awards • service awards • letters from students • student evaluations and assessments • research grant awardsThe Teaching Portfolio provides a structured opportunity to reflect on what has been done in thepast, to develop a plan for the future, and to communicate these plans to the T & P committee.The self-analysis required to write a Teaching Portfolio forces one to focus on the desiredoutcomes of ones’ teaching, research, service, and publishing efforts. Developing a TeachingPortfolio also forces one to elucidate current motives, to determine if the current methodologybeing used will elicit the desired outcomes, and to correct any deficiencies. In essence, theTeaching Portfolio will highlight good teaching, as well as

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Laws

interviewed, about half (8-10) are selected for the programs, reflecting a 6-8%selection rate for applicants. (See Appendix 1.) It is notable that students come from awide range of schools across the country. (See Appendix 2.) The schools include a mixof public as well as private and minority serving colleges and universities.Awards by field of study are shown in Table 1. Sixty percent of the awards went toEngineering majors, 40% in Electrical Engineering. Physics was the next largest group.The distribution of awards according to discipline reflects the research interest areaswithin Bell Labs during the1972-1995 timeframe. Physics Chemistry Math Eng CS Other CRFP 36

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Knott; Iraj Omidwar; Mani Mina

. And his theory of education, which emphasizes a broad liberal education butthrough goal-oriented, hands-on, practical, and game-like activities of students is particularlyrelevant to engineering education.4. John Dewey’s PhilosophyIn presenting an overview of Dewey’s philosophy of education and theory of inquiry3-8, we seean answer to this question: “What would John Dewey observe, criticize, and suggest regardingthe current engineering programs?” We will keep our focus on the connections betweenDewey’s ideas on critical or reflective thinking and the problem-solving skills that engineeringstudents are expected to learn. Page 8.817.4

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Abushagur; Harvey J. Palmer

equipped with state of the art CMOS,microelectromechanical systems and microsystems fabrication and testing equipment.IV. ConclusionRochester Institute of Technology is introducing a novel program in the education offuture engineers in the critical area of nanotechnology and microsystems. There is criticalnational need for future engineers and researchers in vital new technology. Thecurriculum reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the program. RIT builds on itsexperience in multidisciplinary program such as its Ph.D. in Image Sciences. Page 8.875.4“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

effective. Although it is not known towhat degree they enhance learning, student comments on end of course evaluations indicate thatstudents enjoy the demonstrations. End of course assessment shows that they have learned theconcepts illustrated in the demonstrations.AcknowledgmentsThe support of the National Science Foundation through the CCLI Program Grants Nos.9980982 and 0196464 is gratefully acknowledged.Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliographic Information1. Palmer M. A., Pearson R. E., Wynne K. J.: Applied Materials Science - A Fundamental Course for Engineers; ASEE 2002

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey

fundamentals and basic principles in the design and operation of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems….. MECHENG 411 handoutbut often resulted in perceptions of student learning reflecting an instrumentalist or surfacelearning approach, “go for grades”, “find the answer”, rather than understanding or extension ofknowledge: They won’t do it if it doesn’t count for a grade Jstaff3 Sometimes we did not have the time to learn, just to hand in the assignments on the date they were due

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Parent

, faculty should get letters from thecompany stating the award and the review process to win an award. The positions of thepersonnel of the review committee, at the company should be clearly indicated. Ifpossible, it should be stated if the industrial personnel on the review board havecredentials, that faculty would recognize. For example, electrical engineering facultywould recognize IEEE senior members or fellows as having the qualifications to be on agrant review board. In reality, this part might prove difficult because there could besensitive information about company management members. If you find that the processused does not reflect the peer review process, it might be better not to include thisinformation in the dossier and just include

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Jay Martin

the last eight years, the course has evolved through a series of refinementsand improvements based on systematic evaluation and reflection. The basic concept andstructure of the course remains the same; however, activities and assignments for thestudents have seen fundamental changes. For example, when the course was established, inaddition to the weekly lab, there were two 1-hour lectures per week that involved all ~200students. The educational objective of the lectures was to provide an introduction for thestudents to many different aspects of engineering and design ranging from discussions ofengineering ethics and engineering and society to introduction to strength of materials andelementary electronics. As a result of observation of

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

David A. Rogers; Orven F. Swenson

sections which each last for four hours.The students begin by doing some basic experimental work to study reflection and refraction oflight. They then prepare a fiber to do the audio transmission experiment. The lab goes quitewell if the students are given appropriate guidance in the setup of the equipment andcomponents.Conclusions and Future WorkThe use of the undergraduate optics lab for the optical signal transmission course significantlyimproved student learning. It breathed new life into a course that was already well establishedin the curriculum. Future possibilities for new experiments include, for example, the use ofwavelength-division multiplexing and study of optical fibers with different index of refractionprofiles.The NSF-funded lab

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mrudula Ghone; John Wagner

digital components and technologies. Thefocus of the exercises may be readily adjusted to reflect questions and/or discussions from theclassroom to further emphasize key concepts. For this paper, two assignments will be discussed:photo-electric sensor with attached filter, and digital-to-analog converter (DAC).The learning objectives for these laboratory exercises include:• Understanding the operation of operational amplifiers, LEDs, and photo-resistor devices• Developing an ability to design and analyze electrical circuits Page 8.76.2• Assembling components on a breadboard; probe test points using bench tools to validate

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hansberry; Guido Lopez

practice, in particular, thoseassociated with time and money constrains. This teaching technique blends the perspectives oftheoretical discussions in regular lectures and the subtleties encountered in the practice ofengineering design. It seeks to develop proficiency through practice guided by concurrentknowledge and the recognizable dimensions and challenges of the engineering productdevelopment process. Using this educational approach, class assessment guided by theTechnology Criteria 2000 (TC2K) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), effectively reflects satisfactory mastery of knowledge, and the desirable abilities studentsare expected to demonstrate, as established by TC2K.Introduction.It is known to practicing

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamyar Mahboub

, something that can be taught, theeducational objectives include the practice of these skills. Not only may individual perceptions of creativity differ, but also differences existamong disciplinary cultures. Sternberg (1985) found, for example, that art professorsemphasize originality, imagination, and experimentation while those in physics focused onfinding order in chaos and the ability to challenge basic principles. MacKinnon (1962)also distinguished between artistic creativity that reflects externally defined needs andgoals existing outside the individual (such as established principles). Such variations havepedagogical implications. Two very different disciplines at University of Kentucky were selected for thisstudy. The Civil

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Howard Liljestrand; Lynn Katz

becauseenvironmental engineers are always dependent on data that has been obtained by others, andexperience with laboratory techniques is rare after students leave an academic setting.Nevertheless, the class was in obvious need of updating. The choice of exercises reflected anarrow, outdated view of the field, as indicated above. Some of the current measurements wereof diminished importance in the field, whereas others not performed are now much moreimportant. The class, in short, was an excellent class for 1975, but not an excellent class for 2003.The Revised CourseThe updated course in environmental sampling and analysis contains several new elements, whilemaintaining the basic structure of the class. The course was revised in accordance with the

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

agree/high; 3.0=agree/average; 2.0=neither agree nor disagree/unsure; 1=disagree/lowIt is noteworthy that according to the above listing some practitioners believe that industry is in abetter position than an educational institution to teach certain concepts in engineering.V. Benchmarking DataTables 1-4 include data involving students enrolled at Lamar University in addition topractitioners who have graduated from the Civil (Construction) engineering program at theinstitution. It reflects, in part, the education and exposure to the profession that the students havereceived while studying for their degree.In order to obtain a larger data base for comparison purposes, information from EBI EngineeringEducation e News

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. Maria Kreppel; Max Rabiee

disciplines.One example of this reflective practice may be seen in a variety of “laboratory” projects. Studentsin Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) and Mechanical EngineeringTechnology (MET) often design and build prototypes for actual laboratory apparatus that is fullyinstrumented and used by faculty in subsequent years. These “Senior Design” products resultfrom students evaluating their own laboratory learning experiences, identifying gaps in thelearning sequence, and using their capstone projects to address current student needs and developfuture learning opportunities.1Many direct learning measures characterize the CAS capstone curriculum. The faculty advisorsgive ongoing, portfolio-style assessment of students’ work as it evolves

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt

differences influences member-to-member and team-to-member interactions. § Understanding of style differences influences faculty-student and faculty-class interactions. § Learning styles reflect a relevant aspect of diversity present in many engineering teams.The Introductory Personal module provides faculty and TFs with guidelines in how to use theLSI in an engineering team context. Moreover, the training materials provide suggestions forhow to continue to integrate the notion of learning styles and individual differences throughoutthe semester through classroom exercises, homework and examination questions.Interpersonal Effectiveness: This module addresses several key aspects of interpersonalfunctioning within student

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

worksheet.Indications of the success attained through using the SATALA approach PowerPointpresentations are monitored through the students’ overwhelming positive response toexploratory presentations adopting this mode of delivery. Of course, this wouldeventually be reflected also in enrollment and retention statistics.Discussion Page 8.1013.3The ability to visualize objects and situations in one’s mind and to manipulate those Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationimages is a cognitive skill vital to many career fields