Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yin Chen; John Sharon; Constantin Chassapis; Sven Esche

aseries of design scenarios by which we will implement stochastic methods into EngineeringDesign VI. This course is taken by mechanical engineering students in the junior year.Previously, this course was based on deterministic approaches for integrated product design,spanning the entire process from product conception to product realization, following thesyllabus outlined by Ulrich and Eppinger.1 This paper discusses how the newly developed lecturematerials based on the framework by Hazelrigg2 have been integrated into the existing coursesyllabus. Furthermore, it describes the design scenarios together with appropriate MATLAB andMS Excel analysis modules that were developed for student usage in laboratory exercises. Thepilot course is currently

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The process of identifying and validating the ISU Competencies also confirmed our contentionthat engineering experiential education programs, such as our cooperative education andinternships, present the best place to directly observe and measure students developing anddemonstrating competencies while engaged in the practice of engineering at the professionallevel. For most of the ISU Competencies, stakeholders ranked the engineering workplace as theplace to best develop and demonstrate the Competencies, followed by coop/internships. Theclassroom consistently ranked last. Other settings included laboratories, professional activities

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Johnston; Diane Douglas

departments and a topic well discussedin the 2001 ASEE conference2,3. The curriculum of the course was built around fourpillars: drawing, design, communication and teamwork.The Engineering Design LabThe University of Calgary invested 1.28 million dollars as a start up contribution to thedesign and construction of four technologically advanced laboratories for the first yeardesign course. The four linked labs circle around a central broadcast booth; instructorscan broadcast to all labs simultaneously and are able to monitor lab activities throughfeedback screens. The four labs accommodate 150 students at one time; students work atlab tables in teams of four. Each lab has a document camera, a projection screen, acomputer terminal for every two students

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

theresearch laboratories. Payroll and consumable supply expenses were funded through the TIDESbudget. Target enrollment for any given lab session was two or three freshmen. Composition,duration, and requirements (reports, etc.) for each lab topic were left to the discretion of the labinstructor (with suggestion and input from us).In the first iteration, graduate students submitted ideas for mini-labs which were approved firstby the TIDES instructors and then by the faculty members controlling whatever equipment & labspace was needed. Documentation for each lab included a mini-syllabus and pre-lab documentposted to the website so that students could decide which labs to select

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Chenoweth; Donald Bagert

Engineering Educationdisagree with this assessment, the result is that almost all their computer science students becomesoftware engineers anyway, and without proper grounding. In the survey responses, the authors saw substantial impatience with the slow pace ofcurriculum change. Some people expressed this as seeing a failure to recognize the need, byadministrators who were not in touch with the markets receiving their students. Some very interesting responses were along the lines that, “Faculty think softwareengineering is a subset of computer science, and that computer science people are qualified to besoftware engineers or to teach it.” The fact that only a small part of software engineering work isfirst principles casts some doubt on this

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eduardo Montanez; Andrew Mastronardi

larger system. Since this was the only required MCUcourse in our curriculum, many of my peers justifiably did not see the importance of MCUtechnology in comparison to other digital logic.I know that my MCU experience does not apply to all engineering programs, but through talkingto various professors the majority of introductory courses seem to focus on teaching studentsassembly programming. Strangely, there must have been something about assemblyprogramming that was intriguing to me since I did register to take an elective course titled,Microcontroller Applications. This course along with the next upper division elective titled,Microcontroller Interfacing, led me to a job in the semiconductor industry. It was the hands-onexperience and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar; Michael Urynowicz; Jerry Hamann

The Static Stability Factor – A Dynamic Introduction to Engineering Thomas V. Edgar, Michael A. Urynowicz and Jerry C. Hamann University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 80271AbstractMost students want to become engineers so they can design and build things. An introductorycourse in engineering should pique those interests and provide information and activities whichshow the breadth of the field of engineering. This paper presents a series of laboratory activitiesbased on the Static Stability Factor (SSF), used in vehicle design to determine under whatconditions a vehicle will spinout or rollover.The

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Maggio; Sandra Yost

Session 1692 The Mechatronics Road Show: Building on Success in Mechatronics Curriculum Development Sandra A. Yost, Daniel D. Maggio Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering/ College of Engineering and Science University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MichiganAbstract:This paper describes a progression of successful pre-college programs that have grown from acomprehensive mechatronics curriculum development project sponsored by the National ScienceFoundation’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Rand; Don Bowie; Donald Peter; Anthony Donaldson

to prepare their business counterparts to make the same kind of presentation on oneof their projects or some technical principle of electrical engineering. These experiences providepowerful ”hands-on” venues in which students from differing disciplines are exposed to thediverse vocabularies and modes of thinking representative of actual professional workingenvironments . This paper provides the basic classroom/workshop/laboratory activities that wereundertaken, an indication of the educational experiences involved, a sampling of student verbalfeedback, and future expansion considerations for this multidisciplinary interaction.Intr oduction: Industr ial InvolvementSince it’s inception in 1985, Seattle Pacific University’s (SPU) Electrical

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Rajappa; Steve Watkins; Ray Luechtefeld

activities are structured with each student having a distinctcontent specialty or interest and having specific assigned roles in accordance with cooperativelearning theory 12. In addition, individual grades to promote accountability and group grades topromote interdependence are combined as per components-of-cooperative learning theory 13.Several exercises and discussions are typically included on the nature and group dynamics ofengineering teams. These initial team homework and laboratory assignments give the studentsconsiderable experience with their teams and interdisciplinary interaction before the finalprojects. The final project is a Problem-based-Learning-type project in which a multifaceted,non-unique technical solution is required and

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Damian Watkins; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

student attitude andacademic performance. Page 9.230.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 1620References 1. Shade, Leslie Regan “Net Gains: Does Access Equal Equality”, Journal of Information Technology Impact, Vol. 1, No 1, 1999. 2. Doulai, Parviz, “Web-based Teaching and Learning Resources in Electrical Engineering Education”, Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

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Philip Parker; Max Anderson

65.5% 75.7% 0.119 Appreciation of the role of engineers in society 80.8% 87.1% 0.233Finding #3: Interestingly, the positive benefits of the course have not translated to higherretention rates.Revisions to the introductory engineering course at other universities have appeared to positivelyimpact retention. For example, in Hoit and Ohland’s4 new laboratory-based introductoryengineering course, 100 of the 198 students were retained as compared to 111 of 321 in the“control” lecture sessions. Although we are dealing with smaller sample sizes, we do not haveany evidence that the type of introductory engineering course (ICEE vs. GE102) has an impact,positive or negative, on freshman retention. 55 of the 84

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

65.5% 75.7% 0.119 Appreciation of the role of engineers in society 80.8% 87.1% 0.233Finding #3: Interestingly, the positive benefits of the course have not translated to higherretention rates.Revisions to the introductory engineering course at other universities have appeared to positivelyimpact retention. For example, in Hoit and Ohland’s4 new laboratory-based introductoryengineering course, 100 of the 198 students were retained as compared to 111 of 321 in the“control” lecture sessions. Although we are dealing with smaller sample sizes, we do not haveany evidence that the type of introductory engineering course (ICEE vs. GE102) has an impact,positive or negative, on freshman retention. 55 of the 84

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

student may understand a concept but not the analysis methods or perhaps the inverse and be able to apply a simple analytic method without understanding the key concepts. Dr. Daniels has had considerable experience with combined analytic and conceptual testing for the Engineering Materials course that he teaches. Here it seems that administering a lengthy concept test and analytic test similar to those used in Engineering Materials at the beginning of the semester is a possible solution. ‚" The conceptual testing should follow a modified Foundation Coalition Force Concept Inventory approach. Perhaps components or the actual full suite of concept inventories under development might be used. While analytic

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Tisa; Greg Garwood; Peter Jansson

1620 Undergraduate Research: Novel Integration of PDAs, GPS and Bar Code Scanner via an Embedded Visual Basic Program for a Utility Asset Management System Peter Mark Jansson, Jeffrey Tisa, Gregory Garwood Rowan UniversityAbstract Undergraduates in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of RowanUniversity have undertaken innovative software research and system integration for the electric utilityclients of its Engineering Clinic Program. In this innovative classroom / laboratory course, theproblem students set out to solve was the development of an integrated

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Goeres; Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

Session No. _____ An International Industrial Outreach Program in Engineering Education: The Cultural Impact Elisabeth Sanchez1, Ernest Goeres2, Victor H. Mucino3/ Alejandro Lozano4 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV/ CONCyTEQ, Queretaro, Mexico ABSTRACTThere is more to engineering education than science and technology; there is more that is beyondthe textbooks, the classrooms and the laboratories; there is more that relates to the cultures of theprofessional worlds in which graduates aim to work. It relates to the gap between the competitiveprofessional world and

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

effectively during the regular school year.• Reports from the teachers of the middle school NOAA summer camp participants indicate that a large number of them are likely to pursue careers in MSET fields. The teachers have also reported improvements in grades of some low performing students who participated in the camp.• The schools involved in the camp have invested in setting up Lego based Robotics Laboratory and Science Workshops for the middle school students.IX. ConclusionIt seems intervention at the middle school level with enrichment programs such as theone reported here is highly effective in terms of positively impacting the students’ careerchoices. Some of the electives the students pursue during school helps

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski

-making, engineeringethics, and solid modeling. In addition to these topics, experience is gained in working in teamsand using common shop tools and equipment. The course consists of two hours of lecture andthree hours of laboratory work each week. The typical class size is 24 students with lab sectionsof 12 students. Page 8.1051.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThree major activities are used as lab projects associated with this course. Solid modeling andan introduction to

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Hugh Rogers, University of Central Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

different levels for the spectrum of workers, and themediocre level of social respectability for these professions, work against any marketing effortsto attract students into these professions. A variety of innovative strategies have been devisedand implement to lure more students into science, engineering, technology, and math as well asapplied technology career paths over the last twenty years. Of course, there have been somelocalized success stories. But the general trend of decreasing numbers of graduates in thesedegree programs continues.One strategy has been to revitalize marketing of the A.A. to B.S. programs with increased focusat the community college on teaching and learning, taking advantage of smaller class sizes, anddevelopmental

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; John Hackworth

.2. J. R. Hackworth, "A Video-Taped Laboratory in Electrical Power and Machinery. ASEE 2001 AnnualConference Proceedings.JOHN R HACKWORTHJohn R. Hackworth is Program Director for the Electrical Engineering Technology program at Old DominionUniversity. He holds a B. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and a Master of Science Degree inElectrical Engineering, both from Old Dominion University. Prior to joining the Old Dominion University faculty,John had approximately 20 years of industrial experience in test engineering and plant automation.RICHARD L. JONESRichard Jones has been teaching at ODU since 1994. He is a retired United States Navy Submarine Service Lt.Commander with sub-specialties in Ballistic Missile, Torpedo, Sonar, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Greta Zenner; Amy Payne; Aura Gimm; Wendy Crone

Session 1793 Internships in Public Science Education: A model for informal science education J. Aura Gimm, Amy C. Payne, Greta M. Zenner, and Wendy C. Crone Materials Research Science and Engineering Center/Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706AbstractThe NSF-funded Internships in Public Science Education (IPSE) program at the University ofWisconsin-Madison (UW) provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate and graduatestudents with diverse academic backgrounds to experience learning and teaching science -specifically in the field of nanotechnology - to the general public and middle

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

; Page 9.1304.8 Exposition, Nashville, TN, June 22-25, 2003 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education7. ASME student web page, www.asme.org/students/8. “Machine Tools”, video from www.historychannel.com9. Warren, E. W., Home Made Steam Engines Volume 1: The Wobblers, Camelback Books, St. Cloud, MN, 1998.10. Modeltec web site, www.4w.com/modeltec/lucy.htm11. Oscillating engine model, www.keveney.com/oscillatingSteam.htmlAuthor BiographyH. JOEL LENOIRH. Joel Lenoir is the Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamicsystems and instrumentation

Conference Session

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

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Award for Innovation in En gineering Education for her work on the EPICSProgram. Her research interests are in the areas of speech recognition and parallel algorithms. She is a Fellow ofthe IEEE.WILLIAM C. OAKES is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Freshman Engineering at Purdue University,where he is a Co-Director of the EPICS Program. He is an active member of ASEE serving as an adviser to thePurdue Student chapter and on the board of the Freshman Programs Division. He was a recipient of 1993 ASMEGraduate Teaching Fellowship and the 1997 ERM Apprentice Faculty Grant. He is the recipient of the 1999 BestTeacher Award for the Department Freshman Engineering and is an Indiana Campus Compact Faculty Fellow.STEPHEN MARTIN is a Professor

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alok Verma

Conditioning Analysis and Design”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2000. 2. T. Anderson, J. Atkins & A. Meacham, “Air Filtration Detection Devices.”, Senior Design Project, December, 2001. 3. G. Morris, “Validation of the ODU Filter-Sensing Device”, Senior Project Report, November, 2002. 4. User’s Manual, “Hand-Held Particle Concentration Meter/Particle Counter”, Terra Universal, January, 2003. 5. User’s Manual, “Photoelectric Emitters, Receivers, and the Light Spectrum.” Banner Engineering Corp., January, 2003.BiographyCHENG Y LIN⋅ Cheng Y Lin is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. Dr.Lin is a registered Professional Engineer of Virginia. He teaches Machine Design

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Burt; Krishna Athreya; K-Y. Daisy Fan

complexproject involving social and economic issues related to engineering in six two-hour sessions wasa significant challenge. Table 1 shows the ambitious project schedule. Table 1. Project schedule Day Activity or Task 1 Introduction to water quality management Walk along Cascadilla Creek—how to model a real waterway in one dimension 2 Mock town hall meeting—gather information on river system 3 Water quality analysis in the environmental engineering laboratory Water quality modeling—introduction to software DESERT 4 Water quality modeling—design and evaluate policies 5 Water quality modeling—design and evaluate policies

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Larson; Melanie Landry; Donal Collins

offering an introduction tomanufacturing processes. The laboratory attempts to simulate a "real world" engineeringenvironment that presents its students with a product specification and requires them toprepare a preliminary proposal, form a project team and develop and construct a suitabledesign subject to performance and economic constraints. Beginning with the conceptdevelopment process and continuing on through competitive benchmarking, patentsearches and concluding with the product development, students are given a full designand manufacturing experience with an entrepreneurial bent. This experience, conductedin the relative security of an academic setting, is invaluable for budding professionalengineers.The class primarily consists of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Noble; Karen Schmahl

, several computer laboratory sessions with excelspreadsheets were used to reinforce text content and perform sensitivity analyses. Several mini-cases were used in the course to reinforce the engineering applications of engineering economy.In order to actually demonstrate understanding and application of engineering economy theoryand concepts, a comprehensive case is assigned to the class towards the end of the semester.Effective application of engineering economic principles within an industrial setting requires notonly understanding and application of the subject matter, but effective communication andteamwork skills. To simulate this aspect, teams perform the final case analysis and presentfindings and recommendations in a poster session

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph J. Delfino

. Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 2nd Ed.Belmont Cal.: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning (2000).JOSEPH J. DELFINOJoseph J. Delfino is Professor and Past Chairman of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the Universityof Florida, Gainesville, Florida. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with aspecialty in Water Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to joining the faculty at theUniversity of Florida, he was Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University ofWisconsin-Madison, where he was also Head of Environmental Sciences for the State Laboratory ofHygiene and Associate Director of the Water Resources Center. He teaches courses and conducts researchin water chemistry and water quality

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Adams; Monica Bruning; Lawrence Genalo

., Wright K. B., Collier, C. L., “Toying with Technology: Mobile Robots and High School Interns,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, on CD - Session # 1692, June 1997.3. Genalo, L.J., Athreya, K.A., Dieterich, A.K., “Internet Explorers: An NSF Sponsored Internship,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, on CD - Session # 1692, June 1998.4. Genalo, L. J., Collier, C., Sandberg, J., and Roberts, M., "Creating Web explorations in science and engineering," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, on CD - Session # 2392, June 1996.5. Tanner, L. N. (1997). Dewey’s Laboratory School: Lessons For Today. New York: Teachers College Press6. National Research Council. (1996). National Science Standards. Washington DC: National