Conference Session

Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Rizk; Donald Carpenter; James Hanson

teaching responsibilities and occasionally the sessions were co-taught by two facultymembers. In addition to the faculty, undergraduate and graduate civil engineering studentsassisted with the planning and teaching activities. The faculty members were unable to secure asingle assistant for the entire duration of the program; so multiple assistants were used (although,only one assistant was present for a given session).Project Descriptions Over the duration of the Engineering the World Program numerous projects weredeveloped. Sessions were developed to emphasize each of the conventional specializations ofcivil engineering: construction, environmental, geotechnical, hydraulics, structural, surveying,and transportation. Individual sessions

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Jeff Williams; Beth Milligan; Andrew DuBuisson; Robert Drew; Karl Rink; Edwin Odom

Deliverable Week1 Course Orientation Project Bid Week 2-3 Team Formation Meeting Times and Protocols Weeks 4-5 Client Interview Documentation System Week 6-7 Problem Formulation Goal Statement and Work Plan Week 8-10 Conceptual Design Solution Alternatives Week 11-15 Preliminary Design Design Report and Review Table 1: First Semester Capstone Design Timeline Observation of Capstone Design teams at the University of Idaho and a review of thepresent literature on design team formation has indicated that long-term design teams greatlybenefit from a

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

, and planning (Criterion 1, items a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) 6. use oral and written communication skills in a real-world problem solving situation (Criterion g, item g) 7. provide and present the good project proposal, periodic progress reports, project presentation, and project proposal report (Criterion 1, items e, g, k) Figure 2 Capstone Course Outcomes.Students enroll in the course for two consecutive semesters and work on the designprojects on a part-time basis and are expected to follow the guidelines specified in thefollowing two assessment forms: EET 490 Senior Design Phase I - Assessment Form Student Name: Date: Project

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Davis; Wayne Sarasua

with collecting spatial data. Before using spatialdata, several activities must be performed.If we take the example of global positioning systems (GPSs), the objective is to obtain theposition of a point. Figure 2 illustrates a typical process for conducting a GPS survey. First,mission planning is done to determine the best time to conduct the field survey. After setting up aGPS base station at a known point, the rover GPS receiver is set up using a tripod on a point ofinterest. The unit is initialized and allowed to collect data for a period of time during which dataare stored in its internal memory or to an interfaced data logger. Upon returning to the office,collected data from the base station and the rover are transferred to a personal

Conference Session

Graduate Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahram Varzavand; John Fecik; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

Doctor of Industrial Technology is a graduate program at the post-masters level. The focus ofthe Program is to develop selected intellectual and technical competencies to be applied in theindustrial, educational, and governmental fields. The intent of the DIT program is to contribute to theprofessional development of leaders in their respective areas of pursuit. The program consists ofseveral components to satisfy the 64 semester hours of graduate course work. A further dissectionidentifies the major constituents to be a core of industrial foundations, seminars, research andstatistical aspects, internship, and the dissertation. Other requirements involve a publication activity, aprofessional career development plan which includes a portrayal of

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Thompson; Eric Vilar; Beth Davidson; John Brader; Michael Matthews; Elisabeth Alford; Sirena Hargrove-Leak

, Beth Davidson, the English graduate student, connects the corporateconcept of “collective expertise” with the distributed cognition work in the RCS.Learning within the Zone of Proximal Development Though Peer and Near Peer Interaction– Eric VilarEric Vilar, a first year graduate student in electrical engineering, is a graduate researcher in theVirtual Test Bed (VTB) [8], an international. multi-institutional modeling and simulation projectbased at USC. Prior to graduate school, Eric spent 1.5 years in undergraduate research. TheRCS is his first experience as an educator, and while Eric does not have definite career plans yet,he is deeply interested in the teaching and learning process. Eric Vilar’s Perspective At the beginning of the RCS

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

Session 2315 ASCE’s Raise the Bar Initiative: The Body of Knowledge for the Future Stuart G. Walesh Consultant and AuthorAbstractASCE’s Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (TCAP^3) wascharged to develop, organize, and execute a detailed plan for the full implementation of ASCEPolicy 465 (Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice). This paper presentsthe recommendations of TCAP^3’s Body of Knowledge-Curricula Committee and, secondarily,describes the process used to arrive

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

awardscoveted by companies all over the world. The main focus here, is to documentsuccess in seven selected areas : leadership, strategic planning, customer’s marketfocus, information analysis, human resources, process management and business results.Following the footsteps of Dr. Deming’s teachings, the author re-visits the learningpyramid and examines Deming’s ‘14 Points for Management’ and their usefulnesswhile discussing an engineering subject matter. The author uses those principles ofTQM to investigating ways to promote good teaching and raises a number of issues aboutsupporting innovative and creative teaching methods in an institution of higher learning.Based on his classroom experiences, he concludes that a culture of creative changes

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg

Session 2003-637 The Continuing Globalization Efforts of the Purdue Aviation Technology Department – The China Experience Ronald Sterkenburg, David L. Stanley, James E. Lampe Purdue UniversityAbstract - A number of universities are seeking ways to increase their study abroad offerings.The Purdue University Aviation Technology Department began this process a few years back,and a plan was established for increasing student participation in various study abroadopportunities. A portion of the plan was to visit peer institutions in Europe, Asia, South Americaand North America

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Dryer; Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

allocation methods and non-cash cost impacts considered? How does the approach include both the capital and expense cost implications of the project? • Project measures: What measures are used to evaluate capital investments? What factors go into these measures (e.g. inflation, taxes, depreciation, etc)? • Cost of capital: How does the expected rate of return relate to the expected market return and the financial performance of the firm? • Integration of strategic and financial plans: How and at what level are the financial and operational plan integrated? Does the issue of capital versus expense cause problems? • Do performance metrics promote results that achieve

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Berry

-widerecruitment initiative.As stated in its Strategic Plan, the College of Engineering’s overall objective is to be, and to berecognized as, the best public engineering college in the nation1. One of the goals of the Collegeof Engineering critical in meeting the strategic objective is to recruit, nurture, and retainoutstanding students. While the number of students pursuing and completing undergraduateengineering degrees has been on the decline since the middle 1980’s nationwide2, enrollment atUT is limited and the College of Engineering is not necessarily striving to increase the number ofstudents to meet the goal. The College is striving to increase the quality of the student body andis recruiting National Merit Finalists and students with high SAT

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure & Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Loveland; Wade Richards; Sue Clark; Steven Reese; Stephen Binney; Kathryn Higley; John Bennion; Edward Morse; James Elliston

beam port shortly after construction of thebeam hall has been completed. Other equipment purchases (i.e., crane control upgrades, facilitypower modifications, reactor control modifications, etc.) will take up the remainder of the fundsbudgeted for reactor equipment this fiscal year. Construction of irradiation facilities for BeamPorts #1 and #2 is planned over the next three years.WNSA funds will also be used to upgrade and refurbish nuclear instrumentation used inundergraduate and graduate teaching laboratories at the OSU Radiation Center. To facilitate thisprocess, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics, Chemistry, and Radiation Center staffhave reviewed the operational status of existing equipment and discussed equipment

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

used primarily for planning and for making critical decisions. It is expected that individuals accomplish the project tasks and present the results for team review. Faculty Consultants: With several comprehensive and diverse projects, the technical ability of a project advisor is not adequate. Therefore, students are encouraged to utilize all engineering technology faculty members as technical consultants. A list of the specific areas of expertise for each faculty member is distributed. Grading Policy The grade in the capstone project course is based on team accomplishments as assessed by the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Scott Fogler; Michael Cutlip; C. Stewart Slater

methods and educational delivery and to providetested educational materials directly to new faculty for use in a variety of courses. Workshops aretypically planned in many areas that receive NSF and EPA research support. During the 2002Summer School, these areas included molecular modeling, bioengineering, green chemicalengineering, safety, effective use of computers, professional ethics, and the latest educationaltechnology. Some of the most fruitful discussions occur informally among participants duringthe Summer School week when they are living together in a university residence hall andparticipating in the many activities that are provided.The recent Summer School was planned during an especially auspicious time, as the interest inteaching

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

gratifying. Sponsorship of an Enterprise takesseveral forms including • designation of professionals within the company to serve as mentors who communicate with students about technical matters • provision of materials relevant to the project • visits to the campus from program planning and evaluation of student reports and presentations • provision of testing and processing facilities not available on campus • $35K per year for a minimum of 3 yearsTo date all but four of the enterprises have full industrial support. We anticipate having 20enterprises involving approximately 500 students in the steady state operation of the program.The technical emphases of the seventeen enterprises

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson

the paper. Software compatibilityissues continued to plague the authors during the development process. Specifically, the textbookselected for the course – Business Logistics Management - Planning, Organizing, andControlling the Supply Chain, 4th Edition. by Ronald H. Ballou 2 – included a CD-ROM withLogistics specific software – LogwareTM – however, the software could not be easily integratedinto the course since deployed officers and enlisted men may not be able to add supplemental “non-approved” software to educational computers, therefore, the software was not included as arequired element of the course. This had an effect on converting materials already created by Dr.Kauffman as well as structuring examinations without the use of course

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norb Delatte

case study “Proof of Concept” project are to: Page 8.400.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education1. Develop a master plan linking civil engineering and engineering mechanics courses, course topics, and case studies.2. Identify published materials (articles, technical papers, books) covering those cases, if any.3. Identify case studies requiring further research and development.4. Develop some of the case studies identified.5. Develop instructor’s notes to accompany each case study.6. Develop a web site for courses, topics

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Jerome Lavelle; Sarah Rajala; Mary Clare Robbins

,Introduction to Engineering and Problem-Solving. It is offered each fall to over 1,100 first yearengineering students. In an effort to continuously improve the course, we put into place a plan toassess the course's learning outcomes. Assessment data collected in fall 2001 and fall 2002through surveys, rubrics, and class assignments were evaluated to determine how well studentsmet learning outcomes related to communication, teamwork, and problem-solving. This paperpresents the assessment methods used in this course and provides examples of how the assessmentfindings were used to modify the course. The assessment procedures developed for this coursecan be modified for use in any course, regardless of its size, and will illustrate how courseassessment

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Non-Technical Majors

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Sokol

June Parsons and Dan Oja7” is the book currently used for IST110.The course is broken into three parts: The first part is an introduction to local area networks and wide area networks and will build on the material lightly covered in IST 110. The second part of the course focuses on the nature of computer security threats and the basic responses to these threats. The second part will also include topics on organization and planning and an overview of the methods for securing networks. The third part of the course focuses on specific interests for the criminal justice students.Selecting A TextbookNo book could be found to cover all three parts of this course. The easiest task was

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Perry Deess; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori; John Carpinelli

sophomores which allowed them moreflexibility in planning activities, monitoring progress, and encouraging the formation of informalEOP peer support groups.The ELA program developed new and strengthened old partnerships with selected universitydepartments in order to successfully integrate ELA participants into the mainstream of NJIT’sacademic co-curricular environment. The new and enhanced partnerships enabled the ELAs tobetter maximize the use of available university resources as they endeavored to help students buildtheir academic confidence and skills required to increase academic performance. ELAparticipants were required in some cases, and strongly encouraged in others, to participate in thefollowing programs: • University Learning Center

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

instructionally meaningful. Learning is not only a one-way transmission of information from teacher to students. Meaningful instruction engagesstudents actively in their learning. Learning to be meaningful and effective it must have clearvisions. Assessment is a key part of this vision. The good teachers constantly assess how theirstudents are performing, gather evidence of the progress and problems, and adjust theirinstructional plans accordingly. The students in the construction courses continuously participatein group assessment, giving the instructor an opportunity to adjust the goals and instructionmethodology. For example, in Construction Methods and Materials course, repeated referencesto lack of adequacy of the textbook promoted the instructor to

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

thefirst ever Mining Engineering course in Pakistan. Its massive expansion and developmentcommenced in 1961 on its transformation into a University. In sixties according to the needs andrequirements of the country, Bachelors degree courses were started in Chemical, Petroleum &Gas, Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture & City and Regional Planning. By 1970's it hadestablished over a score of Master's Degree courses and Ph.D. Degree programs. Due to theincreasing number of students in 1970's Engineering College Taxila and Peshawar were formed toaccommodate them. Later they were given status of Universities, thus establishing a total of threeEngineering Universities, with UET Lahore as the parent University1.In 1961 the University had 36

Conference Session

Environmental Justice and Sustainability

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Weber; Deborah Ross; Angela Lueking

departments andthe ConsEnSus Program Office. Working with departments to identify existing classes that wereenvironmentally relevant was essential to the structuring of a flexible program. Each departmentdesiring to participate in ConsEnSus was required to submit their individual degree plans andrequirements through regular departmental and College-wide channels. The motivation for thedepartments to participate in the program include the popularity of the program, the enhancedcompetitiveness of graduates, and potential affiliations with industrial partners.Currently, the program is administered by the home department, with guidance as desired andrequested by that department from the ConsEnSus Program Office, which serves to co-audit theConsEnSus

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Smith; Angela Quick

obvious was thecommon research project theme. Discussions led to the decision for both schools to hostresearch projects jointly executed by teams consisting of both US and French students. This wasformalized in early 2002 with plans to experiment initially during the 2002-3 academic year byidentifying and empowering pairs of (French-US) students through visits and internet resources.The initial goal is to pair French and US students to perform research projects with hopes ofsubmitting the results in open fora for public and competitive evaluation. To suit introducingFrench students to the competitive fora, the US partner students visited Lycom in November2002 to present their research projects to prospective French partner students. French and

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationneeds and goals. Once the needs are identified and goals are defined, designers rarely look back.Instead, they tend to move through planning, design, and development phases in lock-step order.This has been necessary because of the enormous cost of cycling back to previously "completed"phases. Designers, sensitive in the first place to criticisms of cost, have been loath to truly applythe iterative cycles of review and revision prescribed by CD theory. The application of CD isfurther weakened when tasks are compartmentalized and team members isolated from the rest ofthe system and each other as is the case when members of

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Wunderlich

participants were ABET accreditors. A comparison of ABET evaluation standardsas they have changed from the prescribed requirements of the past to the more self-determinedmeasurements of the newer ABET standards yields much insight into the accreditation process. Aplan for organizing required documentation, resources, and people is included. The degree to whichan engineering program has matured to an “ABET-ready” status must be established to spare adepartment and college from the financial and emotional costs of planning, funding, and facilitatingan ABET accreditation review before a program is ready. Such specifics as having clear objectives,verifiable outcomes, and a fully developed comprehensive curriculum are also discussed. Principlessuch as self

Conference Session

Activities for the Materials Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Goddard

chromium-molybdenum steel and when compared to AISI-SAEcompositions2, it is seen to match up closely with 4140, being only slightly looser (mostlyricher) in carbon, manganese, and chromium as shown in Table 1. As such, its properties areclose enough to 4140 to be instructive as to the nature of that common designation of alloy.Specimen PreparationAlthough the rod is a high strengthmaterial, it still has reasonablemachinability with common “carbide”tools. The threads are strong enough tobe gripped directly on the thread in alathe chuck without damaging thethreads while turning the tensilespecimens.The Experimental Plan – MaterialProcessing PhaseThe scenario of laboratory experimentsbased on A 193 Grade B7 is as follows:• From threaded rod stock

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

& Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Goals of an Undergraduate Course on Construction ManagementI have taught a course on construction management course a few times over the last severalyears. With the advent of outcomes-based criteria as per the ABET (Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology) accreditation guidelines, it has become important to clearly definethe goals and objectives of the course, to assess student performance, to incorporate theoutcomes into a continuous improvement plan, and demonstrate implementation of thecontinuous improvement plan. How a single course is integrated in the overall curriculum of theprogram is just as important as the course

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

of cost pressure has been asubstantial reduction in the internal training capacity of most US companies.Arizona has a large semiconductor industry with Intel, Motorola, STM, Microchip, TI,Medtronic, ON Semiconductor and ASML as the leaders. Total employment exceeds25,000 and more than half have some level of technical qualification. However, with anew technology generation every 2 years, there is a need for continuous skills upgradingand the majority of students taking technology courses in ASU (or the CommunityColleges) are already working in the industry. Students are seeking courses that willprepare them for the technology of the future and the skills to map out the knowledge andcredentials their future career plans require.(*) Motorola

Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Murphy

responsibilities required of your newposition. You have invested hours in the preparation of your class. Your lesson plan is completeto the smallest detail. • Will your delivery be effective? At a minimum, your initial meeting should exhibit self-confidence a good working knowledge of the subject. • Will students listen? Ground rules for the class should be explained up front. An explanation of your expectations could prove helpful. • Will they participate? Emphasize the importance of class interaction. Explain that differing opinions are encouraged. • Are you assured that your efforts will culminate in an interesting and informative class? You