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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Kenrow

classroom and laboratory?1) VisualizationVisualization is one of the big advantages of TCAD tools. During the process simulation theevolution of actual cross-sections of the structure can be seen. For example the detailed processof growing oxide can easily be visualized at any point in time. Such detailed and accuratevisualizations can only be obtained with TCAD (see figure 2). Without TCAD the student wouldhave to rely on simple sketches or on STM and TEM micrographs in textbooks (or literature) to Page 9.766.2understand how a certain processing step changes the structure of the device. Also doping Proceedings of the 2004 American Society

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Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

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H. Joel Lenoir

areas. His industrial experience includes positions at Michelin Research and OakRidge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design and manufacturing firms.He can often be found with his four children in his home machine shop building steam engines and repairing jeeps.Address: 1 Big Red Way, Department of Engineering, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101;email: joel.lenoir@wku.edu Page 9.1304.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft; Mike Xie

, environmental and social demands of a problem; Protect safety, health, and welfare.• Problem solving and decision-making – Model engineering problems using a systems approach and appropriate assumptions; Use a range of decision making (evaluation) methodologies; Identify the criteria to be used in decision making (eg sustainability); Use a range of engineering analysis tools and software; Access information from a wide variety of sources, discern value and use; Design and conduct experiments• Technical competence (engineering analysis) – Conceptualise, plan, design, construct and manage civil infrastructure systems; Analyse and interpret field and laboratory data• Teamwork and Leadership – Operate within an engineering organisation; Manage

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsu Tze Chi; Han Bee Shan

technological advantage in the sector and will have apromising future.IV. Results 1 Fuel Cell Scooter A 200W fuel cell shown was purchased and attached to the scooter. After thetesting and analysis procedures were completed, the fuel cell scooter was completedin the laboratory, as shown in Fig.3. Fig.3 Fuel Cell Scooter Students in charge of the scooter business plan conducted a market survey at thesame time. They completed a comprehensive survey including visiting shops withrelated products and interviewing managers about the function, price and marketvalue of the scooters they displayed. When they obtained the needed information fromthe market, they analyzed the cost based on the data provided from the

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

challenges.The most substantial component of the course, the design work itself, takes place outside ofregularly scheduled class times, in open laboratories. Student teams are responsible for settingschedules, maintaining progress, and seeking help when needed. Each team develops a detaileddesign, orders parts (within a strict budget) from a selected list of vendors through theDepartment Shop, and constructs a prototype (using a variety of construction techniques of theirchoosing, ranging from prototyping boards to soldered connections on a fiberglass vector boardto custom-ordered PCBs). Typically, each student team is able to demonstrate that at least someof their subsystems perform as designed, and more than half of all teams are able to demonstratea

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Barker; David Hall

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationrelated to these topics. In these engineering courses, the students do most of their work in teams,including homework problems, laboratory activities, and presentations. The year culminates in adesign competition between the ENGR 122 teams. For example, a recent competition was todesign and construct a device that will climb a rope while carrying a weight in a specified time.The Modified CoursesFunding and approval for the modification and delivery of a single section of the freshmanengineering course sequence was obtained during the Fall quarter. Rather than wait a year, wedecided to

Conference Session

NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

prerequisite coursework, 4) database development for class rosters, attendancerecords and grades, 5) coordinating your lesson plan with external schedules, and 6) coordinationwithin your lesson plan including reading assignments, homework assignments, examinations,laboratory exercises, etc.. Page 9.1296.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Intr oduction“How many students are in my class?”, “Where is the classroom?”, “What is a recitationperiod used for?”, “Where can I find a stapler?”, “What have

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

; Exposition, Nashville, TN, June 2003. 5. Szaroletta, W.K. and K.D. Lutes, “Improving Mechanics Student Satisfaction Through On-Line Data Dissemination and Laboratory Report Submission”, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, June 2003. 6. Goolsby, L.K., “Converting a Traditional Lecture/Lab Programming Course to an Online Course”, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, June 2003. 7. Fidan, I., L.L. Neal and R.J. Clougherty, “Design, Implementation and Assessment of WebCT-based CNC”, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

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ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

hurdles and adopt a capstone project experience, which is industry sponsored,interdisciplinary, and includes both design and build tasks. The following sections describethe administration involved in the course. Interdisciplinary Capstone The most recent change was the institution of a common 2 credit hour, laboratory format, capstone project for all our engineering technology programs. Surprisingly, convincing faculty members that all disciplines should require an open-ended, free- formatted project was not a problem. The largest hurdle was to convince everyone that a single project would technically challenge students from several majors. Many faculty members were not willing to sacrifice

Conference Session

Trends in Biological & Agricultural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Lacey; Ann Kenimer

. Beyond theirmanagement responsibilities, many senior leaders provide mentoring to the freshmen in theirteams. Senior leaders provide freshmen with information about instructors, summer internshipopportunities, departmental laboratory and computer resources, and student clubs, among othertopics. Placement of senior leaders in freshman design teams yields numerous benefits. Seniors getan opportunity to obtain management experience before graduation. Freshmen get an opportunityto meet others in their major and to receive much greater mentoring than can be provided throughtraditional instructor/student contact.This paper describes the process through which senior/freshman teaming is achieved in thesecourses. In addition, the paper explores freshman

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Smith

M.Sc. degrees from The Ohio State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Prior tojoining the University of Wyoming, he was employed with Xerox and IBM. His academic interests are in the areasof Mechanical Component Design, Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery, and Computer Aided Design. Currentresearch activity is focused on web based mechanical component design and computer aided laboratory instruction. Page 8.843.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Zambon; Rachael Shevin; Cynthia Paschal; Stacy Klein-Gardner

possible to purchase for laboratory use small x-ray tubes similar tothose used for x-ray based imaging techniques, but these start at about $2,000 withoutdetection systems. This is too expensive for most educational programs. More critically,exposure to such sources of ionizing radiation is associated with a number of safety risksincluding serious skin burns 13 and increased cancer risks 14. While biomedical imagingequipment abounds in the radiology departments of any major hospital, the availability ofsuch equipment for learning purposes is extremely limited due to the requisite prioritypatient examinations have for the machines.Materials and MethodsThe basic approach of this work is to use a lamp with an incandescent light bulb tosimulate an x

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bugliarello

students, a serious challenge for the industry and for a university interested in fostering technological innovation in the service sector.To respond to the challenge, Polytechnic University has established, with industry support, aCenter for Technology in Supply Chains and Merchandising, which is at various stages ofdevelopment, ranging from undergraduate courses to internships in the retail/supply chainsindustry for high school students interested in pursuing technical careers in that industry, afterthey graduate from Polytechnic, to the creation of an Executive Master's in TechnologyManagement focused on innovation in retailing (MOTIR) which started in September 2002, tothe creation of a Technology Laboratory. In Fall 2002

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Sorby

: Introduction to Engineering GraphicsGN131 was a 2-credit course in the fundamentals of engineering graphics. The course formatincluded 2 two-hour laboratory periods per week. In each lab, the topic for the day was introducedduring the first 20-30 minutes of the period. Students then worked problems on the topic for theremainder of the time. Solutions to the problems were available so that they had immediate feed-back on their level of understanding of the topic. The course was completely sketching based--nodrawing instruments were utilized by the students. The topics included in the course were: points,lines and planes in space (cartesian definition), points, lines and planes in space (descriptivegeometry definition), pictorial sketching, object

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B.K. Hodge

Society for Engineering Educationparadigm shift from conventional grid-based energy to CHP-B can occur only if the architecturaland engineering communities routinely consider CHP-B as a viable option. Routineconsideration CHP-B requires that architects and engineers be familiar with CHP-B concepts,and one place to start building such familiarity is at the undergraduate level. However, whilecurrent textbooks contain elements of CHP-B, these textbooks do not explicitly address either theCHP-B concept or the details. What is needed is an instructor-friendly collection of CHP-Binformation suitable for integration into undergraduate courses using currently-availabletextbooks. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) funded the Department of

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

coursematerial or other issues. During exams, which were given simultaneously to resident anddistance students, the instructor traveled to the distance location while an instructor fromThe University of Dayton monitored the exams at the resident classroom. The linkbetween the two classrooms was maintained in case either group had questions. Theinstructors also traveled to the distance site when oral presentations were being given bythe distance students. This was possible due to the relatively short distance. Future plansare in place to have a technician available at the distance location to proctor exams and tofacilitate laboratory exercises.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Braddom; Charles Campbell; Shad Reed; Robert Floersheim

. Intermediate websites supplement and reinforce concepts learned inthe classroom, while advanced websites promote increased active learning in the classroom.4Poindexter, Heck, and Ferrarini divide website features into communication supplements (email,chat, bulletin boards, etc.), course management aids (administrative information), and coursecontent supplements (interactive tutorials, simulations, virtual laboratories, etc.). 5 Page 8.332.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education In examining which

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jo Cartwright; Allie Knowlton; Donald Falkenburg

importantly it becomes a real-world laboratory to support their learning. Focus: HOPE Mission Statement Recognizing the dignity and beauty of every person, we pledge intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty and injustice. And to build a metropolitan community where all people may live in freedom, harmony, trust and affection. Black and white, yellow, brown and red, from Detroit and its suburbs of every economic status, national origin and religious Persuasion. We join in this covenant. (Adopted March 8, 1968)Greenfield’s Instructional Design StrategyThe design strategy of the Greenfield Coalition is predicated on the set of beliefs about teachingand learning. In order to

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Traig Born; Joel Glidden; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

; Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2003-1604The FIRST competition starts in January, shortly before the beginning of the Springsemester. Due to the short time frame and the pre-semester start, it is not possible toteach skills and then have the students practice them. Therefore, the design course hasbeen split across two semesters. The first semester is lecture and training, and the secondsemester is the design competition and is structured like a laboratory. The two coursesequence is named FIRST in Engineering I (three academic credits) and FIRST inEngineering II (one academic credit).The sequence provides an

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

duringhuman gait; (b) to be able to describe how individual joint movements contribute to sagittal-plane movements of the center of mass and the head during gait; and (c) to be able to describemethods commonly used to record kinematic data in a gait laboratory. There are two challenges,with one week of classroom instruction allocated to each challenge (2 lecture periods plus timespent outside class); thus, the VBL module accounts for two weeks of the entire course syllabus.Challenge 1 is “How does the center of mass of your body move when you walk?”, whileChallenge 2 is “What pattern of force do you exert on the ground when you walk?”. Eachchallenge focuses on a specific method used to measure biomechanical performance of walking;specifically, high

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

more realistic about the rate of development of the project, providenetwork environment for communication of CAD and manufacturing information, and design acomprehensive assessment system.AcknowledgmentThe authors wish to thank the IMEB Department chair, David Poock for his support of thecollaboration, and ME Department chair, Joel Berry, for adjusting the MECH-312 class schedule.References1. Drake, R. L., Driver, M. A., and Welch, E. B., 2002, “A Low-cost, Interdisciplinary, Engineering Instrumentation Laboratory Course”, Proc. Of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 20022. Goff, R.M., Vernon, M. R., 2001, “Using LEGO RCX Bricks as the Platform for Interdisciplinary Design Projects

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

list.Although there is use of mathematics, computers, and a laboratory experience, the centralpedagogy of this course is reading, writing and discussion.Students are expected to write, edit and revise essays in response to their readings. The iterativecycle of writing is essential to improving one’s clear expression of ideas. The writing iscollected in a portfolio format so that students are able to have an appreciation of the breadth oftopics covered and their progress throughout the course. A visit to the writing tutor (“The WritePlace”) to enhance the editing and revision process will be required. Students also share theirwriting in class or in smaller groups.Students both singly and in teams make oral presentations during class. They also share

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Martin; Shailendra Mehta; Ronald Steuterman; Leah Jamieson; Donald Blewett; William Oakes; Edward Coyle

process of commercializing of new technologies.DONALD A. BLEWETT is the Associate Director of the Burton D Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship andDirector of the New Ventures Laboratory within the BDM Center for Entrepreneurship. The Center is challengedto provide learning opportunities in th e field of entrepreneurship for students and faculty of Purdue Universitythrough seminars, speaker presentations, workshops and experiential based coursework. His background spans 30years in private industry in a variety of marketing and management positions including founder, President andCEO of Precision Cutoff of Toledo.MARIE C. THURSBY is a Professor of Strategic Management and Hal and John Smith Chair in Entrepreneurshipat the Dupree College of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Roy; Karim Nasr; K. Joel Berry

specified speed. Thispaper provides the authors’ personal experiences in teaching project-based thermodynamics toKettering University junior students for six quarters and documents the results showing promisethat encourages design integration and project-based learning in the energy systems curriculum.Effects of this teaching method on students’ learning are also documented.2. CURRENT STATUSAt present, Kettering University offers the Energy Systems Thread (EST) that spans over three4-credit hour courses and one laboratory course. A thread is defined as a sequence of courseswith an identifiable set of objectives and outcomes, tying a number of courses to each other andis consistent with the program’s educational objectives. The courses belonging to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Underwood

deepened for me, by learning more aboutNASA’s applications and engaging in on-site collaboration with experienced NASA colleagues.Undergraduate student David Watson learned what working life is like in a research labenvironment while practicing cutting-edge engineering research methods, helping him refine hisown career direction. Other benefits were realized later during the academic year, as I relatedNASA illustrations from my experience to physics students and showed electromagnetics studentshow to simulate high frequency structures using PC-based computer aided design (CAD)software, obtained on educational discount. The SFP at NASA-GSFC, using computationaltools and laboratory equipment unavailable at my home institution, made these

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

A.K.M. Abdul Quader; Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

,” IUCN – The Word Conservation Union, 2000.7. IUCN Bangladesh 2000, “Red Book of Threatened Birds of Bangladesh,” IUCN – The Word Conservation Union, 2000.8. Quader, A.K.M.A., Design and Building of Process Plants – some practical guidelines, World University Service Press, Dhaka (1992), ISBN 984-30-0018-8.9. Quader, A.K.M.A., Pilot plant – a forward step to technological break-through for Bangladesh, Proceedings of the seminar on ‘Problems of Transfer of Laboratory Research to Industrial Application’, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka vol. 1,265(1976).10. Quader, A.K.M.A., Considerations in the design of an ammonia-urea synthesis plant, Proceedings of

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Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Headley; Sanjiv Sarin

.Author BiographiesSANJIV SARINSanjiv Sarin is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at NorthCarolina A&T State University. He received a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute ofTechnology, New Delhi and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York, Buffalo. He is amember of ASEE and IIE, and a registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina.DONALD B. HEADLEYDonald Headley is a Visiting Professor at North Carolina A&T State University. He is a Human Factors ResearchPsychologist with the Army Research Laboratory – Human Research and Engineering Directorate, Aberdeen ProvingGround, Maryland. He received a B.S. in Research Psychology

Conference Session

ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Kaminski

WashingtonUniversity in Ellensburg, Washington. Professor Kaminski graduated with a BSME from the University of Detroit, anMSME from the Univeristy of Michigan and a PhD from the University of Florida. Dr Kaminski has worked forprograms. He was a Senior Research Scientist at the United Technologies Research Center from 1979 to 1987developing CO2 lasers and manager of an optical phased array laboratory. Page 7.1137.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack McGourty

Transactions on Education, 43(2), 125-131. Page 7.1305.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session # 2557 10. Hmieleski, K. (2000). Barriers to online evaluation: Surveying the nation’s top 200 most wired colleges. Report prepared by the Interactive and Distance Education Assessment Laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. 11. Hmieleski, K. (2000). Ibid.Jack McGourtyJack McGourty is

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Edwards

Page 7.844.5 solution. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAlthough students may use the applets initially in the university’s computer laboratory in aformal tutorial, the work may be finished in the student’s own time on the Internet fromhome since the applet / worksheet combination is self-contained. Some students have eveninitiated the use of other applets themselves as they become more engaged with theMathinSite culture. The overall effect here is of empowerment – students become the ownersof their own learning process.Why use MathinSite?Why should this material be developed? Surely