Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Murphy; G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

countries around the world. In Western Australia, vendor-based curricula, such as the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) program, the CiscoCertified Network Professional (CCNP) program and the Microsoft Certified SystemsEngineer (MCSE) program are offered for credit in TAFE Engineering and InformationTechnology (IT) Diplomas and in Bachelor and/or Masters Degrees in three of the fiveuniversities based in the State. In this paper we seek to examine the reasons why studentsenroll in the courses, and what career benefits they believe will accrue as a result of theirstudies. The paper will conclude with an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses ofoffering curriculum over which universities and college have no control of content

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Gatchell; Robert Linsenmeier

Biomedical Engineering with continued growth expected1,2. A concomitantneed that has materialized with this increase is the development of a common curriculum of keyconcepts with which all biomedical engineers (BMEs) should be familiar as well as an “identity”that will aid industry in the hiring of undergraduate biomedical engineers2,3,4. As of now, manyindustrial representatives are hesitant to hire undergraduate BMEs because of uncertainty in abiomedical engineer’s training as well as a perceived lack of expertise in any particular area ofengineering2,4. BMEs also face the daunting task of convincing future employers that they arejust as capable as their peers trained in other more established and “better defined” engineeringdisciplines2,4. These

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

toestablish a student’s learning from basic to mastery levels6. The results of the variousassessment tools will be used to help in the improvement of the materials and also in theaccreditation processes at each partner location.VII. Conclusions and future workThe value of the MLM method lies in the integration of theory and practice, the inclusion of realworld problems, the ability of a student to work at his/her own pace, the elimination of longlectures disconnected from hands on learning, the ability for these modules to be used anywherein the curriculum as supplemental learning aids, and the student’s ability to use various cycles intouchstone manner – i.e. when a student fails to understand or implement an application withinor outside of this

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Manion; Eli Fromm; Jay Bhatt

for an integrated lower-division engineering curriculum. Oneaspect of engineering education proposed in this curriculum was “addressing ethics in thecontext of an engineering issue”. To accomplish this goal, courses were designed withengineering ethics topics embedded within the syllabus.In parallel, the past decade has seen extensive growth in the number of electronic journals suchas those from the IEEE, and electronic books available as subscription based library electronicresources. Along with the web, this has created an information overload that is now a majorsource of confusion among students. This paper discusses an effort to integrate these resourcesinto coursework, as collaborative partnerships among the faculty, the library and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Susannah Howe; Donna Riley

introduced its Criteria 20002, we strove to build ethical considerations into the curriculumfrom the beginning rather than tack them on at a later time. With a small faculty recruited in partbecause we shared this vision for the program, integrating ethics across the curriculum ispossible in ways it might not be at other institutions.Pedagogically, Smith is oriented toward a learner-centered approach.3 The teaching of ethics atSmith is directed toward a spirit of lifelong learning and toward the reflective action (praxis) thatis an outcome of liberative pedagogies.4,5 The goal of teaching ethics at Smith College, then, iswell captured in humanist Algernon Black’s statement of the unifying goal of ethics: “to movepeople from apathy, from an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong Okamoto; Tai-Ran Hsu

significantin the Silicon Valley where San Jose State University is located. This need will only increase asindustries look to these engineers to provide them with innovative cooling mechanisms.Therefore, a laboratory curriculum devoted to the thermal management of electronics that will beused exclusively at the undergraduate level is under development with funding from the NationalScience Foundation. This curriculum will provide students with an understanding of current andemerging cooling technologies and appropriate experimental methods. It will have two mainaspects. First, a laboratory is being developed that will be used in four classes taken bymechanical, electrical, and computer engineering students. Second, a new senior-level electiveopen to

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhilasha Tibrewal; Tarek Sobh

and integral calculus, and probability and statistics. • IV-12 The curriculum must include at least 12 semester hours of science. • IV-13 Course work in science must include the equivalent of a two-semester sequence in a laboratory science for science or engineering majors. • IV-14 Science course work additional to that specified in Standard IV-13 must be in science courses or courses that enhance the student's ability to apply the scientific method.Additional Areas of Study • IV-15 The oral communications skills of the student must be developed and applied in the program. • IV-16 The written communications skills of the student must be developed and applied in

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

faculty and staff, continuous curriculum revision, periodic review,assessment and replacement of equipment and associated resources, and ongoingevaluation and updating of instructional methodologies and teaching materials. Suchefforts require institutional commitment and support, and must precede hand-in-handwith advances in technology and in the IT workplace. An active industry advisorycouncil, together with ongoing feedback from graduates and employers, provides animportant mechanism to ensure that this occurs. These industry partnerships canprovide many forms of support to the two-year college, including curriculum advice,industry training materials, in-service opportunities for faculty, a source of adjunctfaculty, equipment donations

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and NSF's PFI

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; John Ahlen; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

position is less than full time, the Director fulfills regular teachingassignments. The particular course that is being taught is Operations Seminar, which is adiscussion class with the goal of providing students with exposure to subject matter that istypically not covered in science and engineering curriculum. This teaching assignment hasfortuitously turned out to be highly beneficial to the mission of the Incubator. The class formatresults in the Director (instructor) developing a trusting relationship with a broad cross-section ofgraduate students, and enhances the quality of matching that takes place between entrepreneursand students. This immersion in the graduate program is now recognized as an invaluable wayfor the Director to develop and

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reginald Tomkins; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Joseph Kisutcza; Deran Hanesian; Howard Kimmel

science content areas. However, teachersare inadequately prepared to teach these principles of engineering. In addition, most sciencetextbooks lack activities and problems that use engineering principles.There is an urgent need for in-service training of science teachers that include programs to increasetheir knowledge of engineering principles and to provide these teachers with the means ofintroducing engineering principles and design in their classrooms. The relationship between thesubjects of chemical engineering and chemistry provides a vehicle to readily enhance currentlyavailable curriculum materials, and create connections between the science used in engineeringapplications in the real world and standards-based science. It can also provide

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Henry; James Bandstra

associated equipment necessary to accomplish the program objectives in an atmosphere conducive to learning b. laboratory equipment characteristic of that encountered in the industry and practice served by the program”2Significant planning and funding are required for the implementation of well-designed materialslaboratory courses3. Different schools have developed various integrated courses andlaboratories to meet this need for the materials lab4,5.To provide a fundamental grounding in materials and manufacturing, the MET curriculumoriginally included a single junior level course in Materials and Manufacturing. However, thiscourse consisted primarily of coursework taught from a text, enriched by selected

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

Computer Managed Learning and Assessment Integrated Within a Materials Engineering Program for Non-Majors Aaron S Blicblau Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, AustraliaAbstractThis paper reports on an on-line learning initiative in Engineering Materials for first yearstudents in diverse disciplines of engineering. This initiative was developed for general firstyear engineering students to incorporate an on-line assessment system for the major aspects oflearning and teaching: lectures, tutorials and laboratory work. This teaching approachrequired the availability of a data delivery system (using a proprietary brand of software), forprovision of pedagogical

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

toidentify customer needs and to quickly create products that meet these needs. This necessity,which involves a set of activities beginning with the recognition of an opportunity and ending inthe delivery of a product to the customer, is the rapid product development process. Rapidproduct development has been especially important since the late 80s. There have been vastimprovements in the area, mostly focused on searching ways to shorten the development processduration. Among these, the advancement in design software is very significant, particularly forsolid modeling. Accordingly, when preparing engineering students for similar responsibilities,integrating a solid modeling software to design experience is a must.Integrating a solid modeling

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Lyall; Rachel Shinn

course is afollow on course to a one-semester preliminary design course. Together, they constitute theprogram capstone design component. In detail design the principles of design are taught andapplied to the multiple subsystems and integration required for spacecraft. This requiresconsideration of the practical requirements and constraints typically required for spacecraft. It isimportant to note that the design course employs the entire class as a single team, and that thefinal result of the course is a design and tested prototype of an integrated spacecraft model.The objectives of the Spacecraft Detail Design course are to 1) teach the detailed design process,including analysis leading to configuration managed specification drawings, assembly

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Sandquist; Brian Moretti; Edward Naessens

nuclearphysics provide the foundation for further studies in nuclear engineering. The underlyingprinciples taught in nuclear reactor analysis and the design courses are applicable not only tocadet understanding of nuclear reactor engineering and power plant systems, but also tocoursework in nuclear weapons. Common to the nuclear reactor engineering and the nuclearweapons instruction is the impact of radiation on the environment. Much of the major willinclude instruction on radiation effects on personnel and equipment, radiation detection,shielding, and management of radioactive waste. The cadet experience in the NE program culminates with an integrated design course thatsynthesizes their broad curriculum in the core program, and their study-in

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; Frank DeRego; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

outcomes ofthe EPICS courses. An ongoing practice by all EPICS students is to keep a notebook which they are encouraged toinclude reflections and reactions to their meetings and the work that is being done over the semester andwhen meeting with their community partners. The design notebooks have become the primary means todocument and collect written reflections. Students also compose individual reflection statements to beincluded in the end-of-the-semester final report. Reflections activities have been integrated with the evaluation process as well with students settingpersonal goals for their experience in the third week of the semester. At the middle and end of thesemester, students are required to complete a self-assessment where they

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 1793 Innovative Strategies for Teaching Graphics Communications – Designing Residential and Commercial Properties in an Introductory Course David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroductionThis paper describes the integration of design projects during the Fall Semester, 2003,into the curriculum of an introductory graphics communications course at Penn StateUniversity at Harrisburg. These projects served a double purpose of reinforcing topicstaught in the classroom as well as introducing students to the engineering design processwith their

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

on committees, in taskforces, and inemployment where knowledge of Safety and Health (S&H) practice and law is needed, hence thiscould be regarded as a generic requirement. The authors therefore proposed that S&H practiceand law be included as an integral part of national computing societies’ core curricula for theeducation of computing science professionals. This could be additional to topics currently listedsuch as software legalities & safety and ergonomics 10. On the CIM unit S&H is addressed via:• CIM Workshop and Workplace Safety.• Legal Issues.• Hazard Awareness.2. CIM Workshop and Workplace SafetyThe hands-on components of the CIM unit are delivered via thirteen two-hour weekly workshopsand each of these

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

thedesign of this course module will cover the first two dimensions. We want to curb the fear, andpromote healthy attitudes, and perceptions that freshman engineering students have abouttechnology and the engineering curriculum over the long term. As the students completeassignments, conduct research, and collaborate in teams, integrating and applying the acquiredknowledge is desired.There three objectives that were common to all activities that involved the use of mobiletechnology: ‚ Foster an environment that will allow the student to judge the strengths and weaknesses of computer ownership and how ownership may impact performance. ‚ The student will appraise advantages and disadvantages of various mobile platforms in a

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Leake

Session 2438 Development of an Advanced Course in Computer-Aided Design, Analysis and Prototyping James M. Leake University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignIntroductionThe increasing power of CAD has had a significant impact on the product development process,allowing improved quality, reduced cost products to get to market faster. Mechanical CAD(MCAD) software is rapidly evolving into what might be better described as productdevelopment, or perhaps virtual prototyping software. MCAD is increasingly integrated withanalysis and simulation tools; upfront

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Javad Hashemi

procedural steps and required significant guidance from the instructor.ConclusionInteractive software is an excellent tool to prepare the students of laboratory courses forthe actual experimentation period. Our results show that the students can learn theobjectives and the procedure of the experiment in a more meaningful manner whenexposed to such software. The software can be accessed by the student at theirconvenience and can be viewed as many times as the student requires.AcknowledgementThe support of Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC) is gratefullyacknowledged. Also, two of the authors (JH and EEA) gratefully acknowledge thepartial support by the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and LaboratoryImprovement Program

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

. 1, pp.55 – 62.12) Pitman, A.J.; Gosper, M; Rich, D.C. (1999). “Internet Based Teaching in Geography at MacquarieUniversity: An Analysis of Student Use”, Australian Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 15, No. 2, p. 167– 187.13) Ramsden, P. (1992). “Learning to Teach in Higher Education”, Routledge Publishing, London, pg. 269.14) Rich, David C; Pitman, Andrew J.;’ Gosper, Maree V. (Mar 2000). “Integrated IT based Geography Teachingand Learning: A Macquarie University Case Study”, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Vol. 24, No.1,p. 109 – 115.15) Wallace, David R. and Mutooni, Philip. (July 1997). “A Comparative Evaluation of World Wide Web-Basedand Classroom Teaching”, Journal of Engineering Education, p.211-219

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

integration into the undergraduate curriculum at our university. Participation inthis Engineering Clinic program is required of all Engineering undergraduate students for all foursemesters of their junior and senior years.Students work in multidisciplinary teams on semester-long or year-long projects that aresupported by external sponsors. In addition to providing a mechanism to introduce emergingtechnologies relevant to regional industries, the clinics provide the students with exposure toindustrial projects with real deadlines and deliverables, and an opportunity to develop theirproject management, teamwork and oral and written communication skills.This program offers the industrial sponsor a cost-effective approach to problem solving withpotential

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Dautenhahn

smaller unit requires moreoptimization. Usually the students need to model the process equipment and then look at varyingdifferent parameters to see their effects on the model. In some of the projects, they then need todo an economic analysis to evaluate these effects. It is not necessary for all students to be doingthe same thing in each project, since the purpose of the class is to use simulation to solve open-ended problems and suggest the importance of life-long learning.The projects usually involve more modeling than design and students, to their surprise, find thatmodeling is not as easy as they think. For most of the projects, the modeling is the most difficultpart. It involves having confidence in the thermodynamic package being used in

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong Okamoto

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education • A Comprehensive Plan to Improve Mineral Science Instruction Using Project-Based Learning and XRD Analysis • Collaborative Research: Adapting and Evaluating Online Materials for Undergraduate Statistics Using LON-CAPA Technology • Developing a Research-Rich Introductory Biology Curriculum • Towards an Integrated Polymer Education: Development of Biodegradable Polymer Laboratory Unit • Adaptive Online Laboratory in Computer Science Education • Bug Power: Fueling our Future with Microorganisms • Remotely Accessed Energy Laboratory

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Niyazov; Mahmoud Ardebili

Equivalent Force System, Equilibrium of a Particle and Rigid Body, Structural Mechanics, and Friction has been developed. Laboratory equipment required for these exercises have been designed and fabricated. The reformed class was given for the first time in Spring 2004. The changes in the course are part of ongoing integration of various modes of learning in the Engineering Science curriculum at Borough of Manhattan Community College. Introduction Undergraduate engineering programs across the U.S. are modifying their curricula to incorporate active learning components. These modifications involve introducing lab components and computerized modeling and simulation into the syllabi. Other approaches incorporate

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Gad-el-hak; Judy Richardson; John Speich; James McLeskey

constraints ofthe typical mechanical engineering curriculum. In order to meet this challenge, the VCUMechanical Engineering Department has begun development of an NSF-sponsored “ExperientialEngineering Library” that will provide an easily accessible environment for hands-on learningexperiences beyond the traditional Mechanical Engineering curriculum. The library will fostercritical thinking by encouraging students to apply fundamental mechanical engineeringprinciples to interdisciplinary research in emerging fields such as microelectromechanicalsystems (MEMS), bioengineering, and nanotechnology. The present article describes the libraryconcept, elaborates on its contents, and describes its impact on student interest and performancein a pilot course

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Everly

Session 3447 An RF Communications Laboratory Capstone Electronic Design Experience James O. Everly, P.E. University of CincinnatiAbstractA direct conversion short wave receiver is used as a laboratory capstone electronic designexperience in the Topics of Electronic Communication Laboratory offered to ElectricalEngineering Technology students at the University of Cincinnati. The direct conversion receiveris used to illustrate the reception of continuous wave (CW) and single-sideband (SSB) signals inthe 40-41 meter (7.0-7.3 MHz) short wave bands. The receiver is implemented

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Simo Lehto

and subjects. The curriculum is partitioned into separate courses and the learningis controlled by means of individual written tests. This has led to a fragmentation of thecontent, the work of people involved, and their use of time.Most of the content presented is based on the model world e.g. textbooks and theories. Thisseparates the learning from the real world (e.g. work of the engineer). The emphasis of thepresent EE is on quantity, aiming at including and presenting everything an EE student needsduring his/her career. This way of doing things has led to overloading and incoherence andthe lack of the ability to combine knowledge into functioning wholes in the real world5.It is important to realize that the situation is not due to the

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephan Hussmann; Nitish Patel; Julainne Sumich; Bruce MacDonald; Abbas Bigdeli

both areas. By introducing both kinds of student to each other the aim was to develop a greater awareness of design amongst them all. For example, Fine Arts students understand how components in any media through their interaction can assemble into a design greater than the sum of its parts. During the collaboration they gained appreciation of the practical problem-solving Engineering students in Computer Design face in real-world situations: fast turn-around deadlines, parameters of memory storage capacity, constraints on robotic behavior capabilities. In turn, students from Engineering & Computer Systems came to realize that art design is an integrative process that increases the appeal of the product in the