Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Wildman; Kumar Mallikarjunan; Mark Sanders; Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

start with, the group put together a 2-page prospectus outlining the goal and objectives (see Table 1) of a proposal the group wasplanning on submitting to the NSF and sent this prospectus to the BEE program officials at NSF.The group then visited the NSF to discuss their ideas with program officials. The group benefiteda lot from the NSF visit and ended up re-writing goal/objectives of the project in light ofsuggestions made by NSF program officials (see Table 2). It can be seen in tables 1 and 2 thatthe proposal objectives became more focused / meaningful as a result of our discussions at theNSF. Therefore, the authors will strongly suggest new engineering educators to considerdiscussing their proposal ideas with concerned program officials

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Devon

students who thought that they could not draw—many students didnot like it in the engineering curriculum and the drawings took too long to do. So, we returned tobasic sketching. Now we are seeking new methods that are consistent with the RGP.Feature-based representationsThis method comprises traditional sketches where the designer stops after blocking out the mainfeatures and adds additional description by writing a text description of the feature. Theprinciple here is: do not transmit information that the recipient does not need in order to act(make a decision). The first corollary is: always include everything that is necessary to make thedecision either graphically or in text. The second corollary is: the purpose of a feature

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Jones; Karen Berger; Tamara Knott

of desks and the group tried to verbally guide a blindfolded peer through itsafely. At another station the students attempted to instruct a teammate in how to draw a “VT”without the teammate knowing what was being described. The third activity was instructing ateammate in how to build a structure out of Legos. The groups rotated through the stationsduring the activity period. Each station clearly emphasized the importance of precision and aneed to avoid assumptions when writing an algorithm, as well as general concepts of problemsolving and teamwork. Page 10.616.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lenea Howe; Jr., Elijah Kannatey-Asibu

students and have been instrumental in the success of Center-sponsored events,organizing volunteers, initiating special study sessions and countless other ways that havedrawn our diverse group of students together.All graduate students are housed together in the Student Office Space in the IntegratedManufacturing Systems Laboratory and are assigned desks based on their research ThrustArea affiliation. As a result, students within each Thrust Area consult with their peers ona daily basis and assist each other. This space helped in creating the “ERC spirit” amongstudents and was highly beneficial for team development. In the words of Dr. ShirleyJackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, “it takes a village comprised ofintergenerational

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

Behavioral Control Figure 1: Model of the Theory of Planned Behavior10Intention is what one has in mind to do or bring about, and is considered the immediatepredecessor of behavior10. A person must intend to engage in a behavior before they can engagein a behavior. Factors such as their intensity, attitude, subjective norm, and perceived ability mayhave mediating affects on intention. Simply put, if a person believes they are capable ofbehaving in a certain manner, believes that the rewards of behaving in that manner areworthwhile and beneficial, and has the support of their peers, family and friends, they will intendto engage in the behavior.Behavior, then, is the observable response in a given

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Russomanno; Anna Lambert

students to obtain financial aid through scholarships, grants, and loans, and she also meets with each CSEMS student throughout each semester. The Financial Aid Office compiles focus reports listing students by major, GPA, sex, race, etc. who qualify for federal financial aid. Page 10.1347.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education The Educational Psychologist/Researcher is a member of the faculty of the College of Engineering and Director of the Writing Lab Center, and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

/technology ideas into commercializable products and businesses 2. Develop core skills and competencies through a structured, project-management-based product development approach 3. Enable students to experience the process of engineering entrepreneurship by identifying and pursuing business opportunities for a technology / product with a team of motivated peers 4. Facilitate student analysis of the problems encountered in starting up a technology- based venture with very high degrees of technical and market uncertainties 5. Provide a forum for networking with practicing professionals and entrepreneurs to share their experiences, get feedback, and gain valuable insights, practical knowledge

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jared Erickson; J. Ledlie Klosky; Stephen Ressler

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education usage and significantly more positive influence on their learning. It is perhaps significant that instructor enthusiasm had little or no effect on student-to-student usage; the students did not need to be reminded that peer-to-peer IM was there, only that student-professor availability existed. • Approximately 50% of Instructor A’s students communicated with him via IM during the semester. This level of IM usage is lower than that of the CE300 students (87%), as reported above. There are two possible reasons for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Dantzler; James Richardson; Tan-Yu Lee; Robert Leland

promoted in four ways2: 1. Mastery experiences, where students demonstratemastery by overcoming obstacles through effort. We promote mastery by using hard problems,and emphasizing explanations. 2. Reinforcement by seeing peers achieve mastery. We usecooperative learning, teamwork, and class presentations to create a learning environment inwhich students see the mastery experiences of peers. 3. Social encouragement. Students wererepeatedly given encouragement that the problems are hard, but can be solved with hard work. 4.Students must learn to manage emotional and physical reactions, such math anxiety, or the knotin the stomach when facing a challenging problem on a test.Transfer requires learning with understanding3. To achieve this we have the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Lucy King; Matthew Sanders; Jacqueline El-Sayed

creativity as a right brain activity, on both an individual andteam level. The key for successful brain storming sessions is to suspend judgment and allowcreative ideas to flow. After brain storming the students prepare a list of potential projects. Fromthe list of projects one is selected based on the following criteria: 1. Originality and creativity 2. Enough work for all the team members 3. The ability to deliver desired results within class time frame.In the second and third weeks lectures included the topics: the design process, project selectionand planning, bill of product, product attributes, project management, proposal writing andpresentation. Additional lectures relating the product attributes to the design criteria andengineering

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Crystal Hoyer; Crystal Eney

of supportive communities are twoof the major reasons women choose not to pursue computer science degrees.1As with most CSE programs across the nation, our institution struggled to increase the number ofwomen pursuing computer science degrees. In an attempt to address this problem we researchedsome of the possible approaches to stop women from opting out of the CSE curriculum. Cohoonstates that the presence of supportive peers can greatly aid in the retention of women in thisfield.2 One step we took to encourage women to pursue computer science was to create a onecredit seminar for women who would simultaneously enroll in introductory programming (CS1).One of the seminar leaders had participated in a Women in Science & Engineering (WISE

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

classeslistening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments and spitting out answers.They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences,and apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn a part of themselves. • I ask students to present their work to the class. • I ask my students to relate outside events or activities to the subjects covered in my courses. • I give my students concrete, real-life situations to analyze.Give Prompt FeedbackKnowing what you know and don’t know focuses learning. Students need appropriatefeedback on performance to benefit from courses. In getting started, students need help inassessing existing knowledge and competence. In classes, students need

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Walker; Hayden Griffin; Tamara Knott; Richard Goff; Vinod Lohani; Jenny Lo

learn and use: events (using keyboard or mouse strokes toinitiate code), sound as part of their programs, and tools to facilitate sharing of code for a team-based Alice project. For the first time, a team-based programming project was part of thesyllabus. Students worked in teams of 3-5 students to generate a computer game that waspresented to and evaluated in part by their peers. Also, unlike previous semesters, instructorswere encouraged to grade programming assignments during class. Alice is a very visualprogramming environment which eases grading. Details of Alice instruction are presented in acompanion paper.9From the viewpoint of the department head, implementation of Alice has been fairly smooth.One of the worries of administrators is

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

professional responsibility is addressed in the College. The committee beganby conducting a curriculum review of courses offered to undergraduate engineeringstudents at the University of Texas and several peer institutions that include topics ofethics, technology and society, professional responsibility, and leadership. The goal ofthat preliminary investigation was to establish a better sense of what pedagogicalmaterials exist in the field and what sorts of material would be helpful. As a result of those explorations, the PRiME Project was conceived. The practicalaim of the project, which is funded by the Chair for Free Enterprise, is to compile anddevelop web-based teaching modules that tackle the complex issues involved in training

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Ben Lawrence; Cynthia Mann

important tasks involved with engineering product andprocess design. This course is also part of a larger effort towards introducing students toentrepreneurship concepts.During the multi-week design project portion of the course, students are given a vaguely wordedopen-ended market-driven design problem, and asked to find a solution. The problem is basedaround food, such as pizza or ice cream, and is designed to be fun. Group dynamics, projectplanning, problem definition, brainstorming, experiment design, and creativity are some of themajor points discussed. The project culminates with the student presenting their solutions totheir peers and demonstrating any prototypes they developed.IntroductionCollege students typically do not see engineering as

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Hladysz; Robert Corey; JASON ASH; Glen Stone; Dale Skillman; Charles Kliche; Larry Stetler; David Dixon; Larry Simonson; Stuart Kellogg

Project-Based Learning Incorporating Design and Teaming Larry D. Stetler, Stuart D. Kellogg, David J. Dixon, Glen A. Stone, Larry A. Simonson, Zbigniew J. Hladysz, Charles Kliche, Robert Corey, Dale Skillman, Jason T. Ash South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701Abstract:Projects that provide inquisitive design and analysis are utilized in a 1st-year engineering andscience curriculum at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to introduce students toexperimentation, data collection, analysis, technical report writing, and presentation. Projectsallow for construction of numerical models, development of predictions, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Orono; Stephen Ekwaro-Osire

does one think is inside the appliance andhow does what is inside it work together to allow the appliance to operate in the way it does?Prior familiarity with the device is not necessary. The second meeting is held a week to two weeks later and introduces the first step of anongoing assessment. At this time each group will submit a report on their progress. Studentshave a chance to discuss with the instructor any challenges they are facing, including teammember contributions to the project and documentation activities including Pro/Engineer. Thethird meeting is held two weeks after the second meeting. At this time each group will provide a10 – 15 minute PowerPoint presentation to their peers on their results, assemble the unitfollowing

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Harris; M. Bramhall; Ian Robinson; David Hick

tohave at least 4 members of staff present to supervise and assess the students. Even using thisresource, assessment proved to be a very difficult task. Staff used checklists whilst observingstudents. The number of tasks observed was around 12, with groups of students being mixed forseveral tasks. This meant that staff were formulating opinions on all 50 students. Students werealso asked to peer review their colleagues and fill in the checklists. It was therefore difficult tocome to a clear judgement for each student as there were several hundred checklists filled in!This last year it was decided to take more staff and allocated 10 students per member of staff toact as facilitators of their learning and development. No summative assessment of

Conference Session

Accreditation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Painter

solidand hazardous waste facilities after other public officials have already made decisionsregarding the facilities. Even when engineers are involved in the early stages of thedecision making process, engineering concerns may not prevail. In this context when baddecisions are made inexperienced environmental engineers often make the mistake ofsuccumbing to peer pressure and trying to make the best of a bad situation. This canresult in an ethical failure if engineers continue to participate in the design of a facilitythat is not protective of human health and the environment. This is not to suggest thatengineers are ultimately responsible for environmental injustices. Environmentalinjustice is a failure of government and policy makers to enact and

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Omnia El-Hakim

Colorado’sinstitutions of higher education to address the needs of women and underrepresented students,and she plans to continue to expand the Colorado diversity programs, providing newopportunities for tomorrow’s leaders. Dr. El-Hakim also serves as co-principal investigator at the Colorado State Universitysite as director of the Colorado Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP).She is principal investigator for the Fast Track to Work Graduate Scholarship Program, CSEMSUndergraduate Scholarship Program, and the Technology Transfer and Training Center Program,as well, and has directed peer advising, training, and enrichment programs for Hispanic andNative American youth in the Four Corners Region. She continues to write and be

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris; Judy Birchman; Mary Sadowski

sources for other supportmaterials. Activities focus on lectures, debates, reports and presentations. Students analyze,interpret and report on topics.Abstract RandomThe abstract/random learner is people-oriented, not product-oriented, and can be characterizedas lively and spontaneous (Gregorc, 1982). They can be described as imaginative, perceptive andspontaneous. Individuals in this category prefer to focus on themes, ideas, feelings and activitiesthat allow for group interaction and communication (Butler, 1987).“Abstract random teachers write global objectives. Outcomes show the students’ understanding,appreciation, and interpretation of the subject matter as well as of themselves” (Butler, 1987).Their classes provide students many ways to

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ana Kennedy; David Ollis

theirreading, speaking, and writing skills in Spanish. In particular, we survey how the lab component contributes to achievement offour of the six student learning objectives, namely that students will: 1. Learn vocabulary commonly used in engineering and technology context, 2. Develop the ability to comprehend and use Spanish in settings invariably encountered in our technological society 3. Interact in a more formal setting such as the presentation of a technological/culture project to class and guests, and 4. Explain in the target language the workings of a technological device. We conclude with lessons learned and plans for a final version

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Vallone

organizations, process is a dirty word, the dreaded ‘P’ word, and mostsoftware engineers view it as the stereotypical Dilbert style waste of time. To get complianceand participation, true believers and Software Quality Assurance teams (the process police),frequently resort to the threat of ISO and/or TL 9000 non-compliances. In most cases,compliance obtained in this way amounts to lip service. The net result is that the processesprovide little value and the poor results only serve to reinforce the impression that this “stuff” isuseless and detracts from the real objective, writing code. From my background on various Page 10.1045.1industry projects, I

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny

topics such as teaming, project management, communication and writing, Page 10.406.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationtheories of student learning and appropriate pedagogical approaches to teaching an open-endedsubject such as engineering design. By the end of the course the students design and develop adesign course in their own discipline, including their personal approach and philosophy ofteaching design, along with learning objectives and outcomes with accompanying syllabus,assignments

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Eliot; Jennifer Turns

all participants, a focus group of allparticipants once the program ended, and final surveys from all participants. In our dataanalysis, we used a coding process to derive emergent themes from our data sources. Theresulting findings allowed us to better understand the usability and effectiveness of the program.In terms of iteration, we used the results of our empirical study to understand how to revise theprogram for the second offering. As a result, the second offering of the TC3P during winter2005 showcased a number of changes including the construction of wireframe portfolios near thebeginning of the course, more structured peer evaluations, guest speakers from industry, and ameeting space with better computer access.Since the goals of our

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jean Russo; Joseph Hartman

’, ‘moderately’, or ‘very much’) and also provide their qualitative feedback. We alsowill ask a number of questions to compare the quizzes: • Which type of problem were you more prepared to answer? • Which type of problem did you find more challenging? • Which type of problem did you find more interesting? • Which type of problem did you prefer?The students were able to rank their preference according to ‘strongly prefer’, ‘prefer’, or ‘nopreference’ for the last question and ‘strongly’, ‘slightly’, or ‘no difference’ for the others.5. Interpreting the ResultsEach quiz will be systematically graded, including partial credit. For example, a cash flowdiagram will be worth a certain amount of points as will be writing down the correct time

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roya Javadpour

essentialfor the effective implementation of projects. In addition they learn the appropriate use ofcomputers in planning and controlling projects, and monitoring progress (actual vs.planned and earned value). The importance of conflict management is emphasized alongwith techniques to manage conflict. The course also offers students with the followingpersonnel development opportunities: • Analytical, Writing, and Presentation Skills - research a specific topic, analyze a problem, think creatively, suggest a solution, and prepare a written or oral presentation of the solution. Page 10.371.2 “Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelton Houston; Christopher Herrod; Steven Blesse

their applicability to address theusers’ needs(f) Analyze the impact of information technology on individuals, organizations and society, includingethical, legal and policy issues(g) Demonstrate an understanding of best practices and standards and their application(h) Demonstrate independent critical thinking and problem solving skills(i) Collaborate in teams to accomplish a common goal by integrating personal initiative and groupcooperation(j) Communicate effectively and efficiently with clients, users and peers both verbally and in writing,using appropriate terminology(k) Recognize the need for continued learning throughout their careerTable 7 illustrates enrollment and graduation trends in the Information Technology program atSouthern Miss

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

students, staffmembers and engineering professionals involved in organizations. These activities encouragenetworking by introducing students to their peers and providing information on professional andstudent organizations. In addition to student Society of Women Engineers (SWE) members,members from all engineering minority societies; Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers(SHPE), National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE), and American Indian Science andEngineering Society (AISES) are invited to attend networking activities to get to know Bridgeparticipants and inform them about their organizations.Industry Mentoring: To date, Motorola and other local industry have provided 35 mentors to beindividually matched to WISE Summer Bridge

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen; Faruk Taban; Ayhan Zora

real engine is that thecombustion module is replaced by a simple volume. In order to energize the turbine in thiscircuit, some heat (needed for CAC Circuit) should be applied to the volume.Figure 5 demonstrates the input and output energies for a diesel engine on a simplified schematicof piston-cylinder mechanism. From conservation of energy by taking the volume cylinder andpiston encloses as a control volume, we can write: QFuel = QCAC-Circuit + QGas-to-metal + QBrake (1)where, QFuel is the rate of fuel energy, QCAC-Circuit is the rate of energy dissipated from the CACCircuit, QGas-to-metal is the rate of energy from gas-to-metal, and QBrake is the rate of themechanical energy obtained from the