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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Piacentine; Tonya Emerson

participating classrooms to introduce the kids to engineering, leadthem through hands-on activities and then introduce the grade specific competitions. At thistime, teachers are provided with the rules for each competition, and when applicable, supplies forthe students. A goal of Minds in Motion is to engage students in problems solving. As such,competition activities typically require the students to start a project from scratch during theactual competition. Teachers and students are encouraged to utilize the two weeks prior to theevent to brainstorm, build, test and redesign their solutions to the competition. If the competitionrequires the students to arrive with a pre-constructed model, e.g. a popsicle bridge, teachers arerequired to insure model

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Serdar Tumkor; Ismail Fidan

The Development of an Online Knowledge Based System to assist the Designers of Forging Process Ismail Fidan1, Serdar Tumkor2 1 Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee, USA 2 Istanbul Technical University, Gumussuyu, Istanbul, TURKIYEAbstractThe objective of this project is to develop an interactive system to help the forgingprocess designers, mechanical/manufacturing/industrial engineering and technologyfaculty, and students by giving them the necessary production information about theforging manufacturing process, and also to lead them with a methodological approach inthe earlier stages of the forging related

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leijun Li; John Pan; Ismail Fidan

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

A Survey of Awards Given by the National Science Foundation for Projects in Multidisciplinary Engineering (1998-2004) Joan Gosink Catherine Skokan Engineering Division Colorado School of MinesAbstractDuring the past six years the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded 528 grants for projectswith multidisciplinary themes. Although most of the engineering-related grants deal with one orseveral of four themes: emerging engineering concepts, engineering science, basic engineering,and humanities/business/engineering combinations, rich information provided through the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Venubabu Vulasa; David Grieve; Chetan Sankar; Bob Bulfin; Paul Swamidass

Succeeding in a Cross-Disciplinary, international, Student Design-Team Project: Auburn University/University of Plymouth Experience Dr. Paul Swamidass, Dr. Bob Bulfin, Dr. David Grieve, Dr. Chetan Sankar, and Venubabu Vulasa Auburn University/Auburn University/University of Plymouth, UK/ Auburn University/Auburn UniversityAbstract Globalization has turned product design upside down. Members of a single design teamin multinational firms may be located in several countries such as the USA, UK, Italy, India andso on. It is a challenge to give engineering and business students a taste of this experience.Auburn University’s Business-Engineering

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Nicola Ferralis; Leanne Avery; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

2005-1410 Closing the Assessment Feedback Loop: The Use of A Qualitative Evaluation Process from the Joint Hybrid-Electric Vehicle/NSF-Penn State Science Education Project Elana Chapman /Pennsylvania State University, Nicola Ferralis /Pennsylvania State University, Robin Tallon /Pennsylvania State University, Leanne Avery /Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Phil Henning /The Henning Group, LLC., William Carlsen /Pennsylvania State University, Daniel Haworth

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Northrup

A Need for Developing Continuous Improvement Plans for Capstone Project Management – Both Students and Faculty will Benefit Steven G. Northrup Western New England College snorthru@wnec.eduAbstractOne of the most important shifts in engineering education, brought about by the adoption of theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology’s (ABET’s ) Engineering Criteria 2000, isthe framework of continuous improvement. Department-level self-evaluation narratives addressusing feedback to monitor and improve the education process and thereby improve the students’learning outcomes

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lennard Lema; Peter Baumann

Session 1793 Culminating Team Design Project Reinforces Multiple Problem-solving Principles and Skill Sets of an Introduction to Engineering Technology Course Peter F. Baumann, Lennard F. Lema Central Connecticut State UniversityAbstractCentral Connecticut State University offers an “Introduction to Engineering Technology” courseaimed at providing an overview of the engineering profession, reviewing basic engineeringfundamentals, and developing problem-solving skills and practices so that these techniques maybe applied to general engineering

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

Session 1455Framework for Integrating Project-Based Learning, Experience and Practice in Professional Graduate Education for Engineers in Industry Leading to the Professional Master of Engineering D. D. Dunlap, 1 D. A. Keating, 2 T. G. Stanford, 2 A. L. McHenry, 3 E. M. DeLoatch, 4 P. Y. Lee, 5 D. R. Depew, 6 G. R. Bertoline, 6 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 6 S. J. Tricamo, 7 H. J. Palmer 8 I.T. Davis, 9 R.E. Morrison, 10 J. P. Tidwell, 11 K. Gonzalez-Landis, 12 J. O’Brien 13 J. M. Snellenberger,14 D. H. Quick,14 R. N. Olson,14 L. M. Coulson14 Western Carolina University 1 / University of South Carolina 2

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Leanne Avery; Angela Lueking; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

2005-2051 Penn State University NSF GK-12 Project: Using Web-based Education and Interaction with K-12 and College Freshman to Promote Science and Engineering Elana Chapman /Pennsylvania State University, Angela Lueking /Pennsylvania State University, Robin Tallon /Pennsylvania State University, Leanne Avery /Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Phil Henning /Henning Group, LLC., William Carlsen /Pennsylvania State University, Daniel Haworth /Pennsylvania State

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gregory Davis; Craig Hoff

2005-2130 The Integration of Hands-on Team Projects into an Engineering Course to Help Students Make the Transition from Student to Professional Engineer Craig J. Hoff, and Gregory W. Davis, Kettering UniversityThere is considerable concern that current engineering education practices do notadequately prepare students for the practice of engineering. This statement goes farbeyond the often stated requirements that to be successful in their careers engineeringgraduates must have good communication skills, must be able to work inmultidisciplinary teams, etc. There

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

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Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

Session 1668 Research in Statics Education – Do Active, Collaborative, and Project-Based Learning Methods Enhance Student Engagement, Understanding, and Passing Rate? Sudhir Mehta, Zhifeng Kou North Dakota State UniveristyAbstractStudies involving the effect of interactive engagement teaching methods on student performancein the field of physics education research show a significant difference in the understanding ofmain concepts between a group of non-traditionally taught students and a group of traditionallytaught students. However, no such

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger

Get with the Program: Integrated Project Instead of a Comprehensive Final Exam in a First Programming Course Beverly K. Jaeger, Richard Whalen, Susan F. Freeman College of Engineering, Northeastern UniversityAbstractPart of our responsibilities as engineering educators is to continually revise and update ourcurriculum, including assessment methodologies and procedures. We need to ensure that ourselected evaluation methods are not only fair and challenging to the students, but also relevant tothe requirements of their future employers and to the demands of technological advances inengineering. In this paper, we describe the motivation and set out the strategies for changing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Tao; W Bao; R Moreno; Marc Zampino; Yiding Cao

Session 1526 Using Design, Build and Test Projects for Improving the Design of Fluid-Thermal Systems and HVAC Design Y.-X. Tao, M. Zampino, Y. Cao, W. Bao, R. Moreno, G. Calderon, M. Rivera, M. Vargas, and D. Chavez Florida International University Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Miami, Florida 33199 taoy@fiu.eduAbstract The goals of the newly-awarded project by NSF are to adapt and implement provenconcepts from previous NSF

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

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T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; R.N. Olson; R.E. Morrison; P.Y. Lee; L.M. Coulson; K. Gonzalez-Landis; J.P. Tidwell; J. O'Brien; Isadore Davis; H.J. Palmer; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; D.H. Quick; Albert McHenry; Jay Snellenberger; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

Session 1455Framework for Integrating Project-Based Learning, Experience and Practice in Professional Graduate Education for Engineering Leaders in Industry Leading to the Professional Engineering Doctorate and Fellow Levels D. A. Keating, 1 T. G. Stanford, 1 D. D. Dunlap, 2 A. L. McHenry, 3 E. M. DeLoatch, 4 P. Y. Lee, 5 D. R. Depew, 6 G. R. Bertoline, 6 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 6 S. J. Tricamo, 7 H. J. Palmer 8 I.T. Davis, 9 R.E. Morrison, 10 J. P. Tidwell, 11 K. Gonzalez-Landis, 12 J. O’Brien 13 J. M. Snellenberger,14 D. H. Quick,14 R. N. Olson,14 L. M. Coulson14 University of South Carolina 1/ Western Carolina

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Snellenberger; Donald Keating

Session 1455 Economic Impact for Integrating Constructivism, Project-Based Learning and Practice into High Quality Professional Graduate Education for Engineers in Industry to Enhance Corporate Advantage and U.S. Competitiveness in the Global Economy J. M. Snellenberger, 1 D. H. Quick, 1 J. P. Tidwell, 2 J. O’Brien, 3 I. T. Davis, 4 A. L. McHenry, 5 J. W. Bardo, 6 D. D. Dunlap, 6 E. M. DeLoatch, 7 P. Y. Lee, 8 H. J. Palmer, 9 S. J. Tricamo, 10 D. R. Depew, 11 G. R. Bertoline, 11 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 11 D. A. Keating, 11 T.G. Stanford 11 Rolls-Royce Corporation 1/ Boeing Company 2 /Hewlett-Packard 3/ Raytheon Missile

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sara Tracy; Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; William Oakes

Evaluating the Outcomes of a Service-Learning Based Course in an Engineering Education Program: Preliminary Results of the Assessment of the Engineering Projects in Community Service - EPICS. Jason C. Immekus, Susan J. Maller, Sara Tracy, & William C. Oakes Purdue UniversityAbstract Design courses embedded in service-learning are rapidly emerging within the curricula ofmany engineering programs. The learning outcomes service-learning courses seek to promote arewell aligned with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology criteria 2000 (EC2000)1. The Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Dudevoir; Carl Fossa

Teaching Engineering Design – The Evolution of a Senior Design Course in Electrical Engineering Carl E. Fossa, Jr. and Glen P. Dudevoir Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996 Carl.Fossa@usma.edu Glen.Dudevoir@usma.eduAbstract Engineering students typically take a core set of courses that include both laboratoryexercises and semester design projects. These courses provide the students with practicallaboratory and experimental skills, as well as teaching them to apply these skills to a well-defined design project. However, the core engineering courses do

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terri Hahn; Nancy Wynn; James Fuller; David Pines

projects have been an integral part ofthe course work in each of these disciplines, but outcomes of these discipline specific projectswere not coordinated to solve the larger problems facing the communities. Also, students did notgain any experience working with other disciplines and learning how to communicate with bothtechnical and non-technical team members. One successful project that was recently completedby the CID was for the town of Bloomfield, Connecticut. The goal of this project was to provideshort and long-term recommendations for enhancing the center of town. The project consisted ofthree phases. In phase one, students from engineering, architecture, and art worked togetherduring the summer as paid interns. They reviewed town records

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Carolyne Garcia; John Crone; Jim Gattis; Otto Loewer

Re-Design in West Memphis: Engaging Engineering Students in Multi-Disciplinary TeamsCarolyne Garcia, John Crone, Jim Gattis, and Otto LoewerUniversity of ArkansasAbstractA multi-disciplinary team comprising landscape architecture, civil engineering andart students developed 20 design alternatives for visually enhancing the entranceto the City of West Memphis. The project was directed by landscape architectureprofessor John Crone, in partnership with the West Memphis Chamber ofCommerce and the U of A Economic Development Institute. Its success hasresulted in funded research that will involve more engineering, architecture, andcommunication students in a multi-disciplinary project.

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Pezeshki

Session 2566 Managing a Capstone Design Clinic—Strategies for Pedagogic and Financial Success Dr. Charles Pezeshki School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2920 pezeshki@wsu.eduMany ABET-certified programs in mechanical engineering have a team-orientedpracticum involving projects generated by outside industrial sponsors that are supportersof the university. A smaller subset of these programs are financially successful, andgenerate

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt DeGoede

engineers analyzed “real” dynamicsystems. It seems my sense was not unique, as recently as 6 years ago an in-depth study of 12engineering programs found “computers are usually not used effectively in undergraduateengineering science courses. Often, they are not used at all” [1].In order to open up an introductory dynamics course to less idealized analysis than is typical inthe text books, I have included several problems requiring numerical differentiation and othernumerical analysis assignments culminating in a multi-body simulation project. These activitieswere designed with several goals: • Introduce students to the types of tools used in practice. • Allow students to work on more realistic problems of particular interest to them

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Scott C. Smith

Group Selection in a Senior/Graduate Level Digital Circuit Design Course Scott C. Smith University of Missouri – Rolla Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 133 Emerson Electric Co. Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409 Phone: (573) 341-4232, Fax: (573) 341-4532, E-mail: smithsco@umr.edu Website: www.ece.umr.edu/~smithscoAbstractIt is always a difficult task to decide how to select the members for group projects. There aremany different approaches to this problem, including selecting the members to diversify theirskill sets

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Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jerome McCoy; Leslie Keiser; Michael Kessler; William Potter; Peter LoPresti; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

Enhancing Interdisciplinary Interactions in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences: Year I Shirley Pomeranz, Peter LoPresti, Michael Kessler, William Potter, Jerry McCoy, Leslie Keiser, Donna Farrior The University of TulsaIntroductionA team of faculty members in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at The Universityof Tulsa (TU) has begun work on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Project (Proposal # 0410653). This projectuses Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects (ILAPs)1 as a vehicle for strengtheningconnections among the science, engineering, and mathematics

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson

) [1] has developed a quantitive survey instrument tomeasure the technical and professional competency of newly hired manufacturing engineers and ratehow well these new engineers met expectations. If the survey respondent rated a competency of a newengineer as “below” or “well below” expectations, they were asked to rate how important thiscompetency was to the success of their company.Using the results of this survey SME ranked the competencies in order by their importance toorganizations and the frequency they were cited as falling short of expectations. The competencies arelisted below in order. 1. Business knowledge/ skill 2. Project management 3. Written communications 4. Supply chain management 5. Specific

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stuart Bernstein

ENGAGING ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING Stuart Bernstein University of Nebraska, Lincoln at OmahaAbstractIn the Personnel & Supervisory Methods class (CET 4200) the students start off by writing apaper describing what they expect to get from the class. I received comments such as, “nothing,I think this is going to be a big waste of my time” , and “I’ve spent the past six months as anassistant project engineer and already know how to manage people.” That kind of negativeattitude can be difficult to overcome, but each year I have tried new exercises in an effort tomake this an important and enjoyable class.Due to the

Conference Session

Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

Session 2068 Instrumentation and Control of an Ecological Life Support System in a Laboratory Project Micheal Parten Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas Tech University1. Project Laboratories The laboratory structure in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) atTexas Tech University is somewhat different than most university laboratories.1-10 There are 5, threehour credit required laboratory classes. Although all of the laboratories have pre-requisites, they arenot

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Sanju Patro

alreadybegun to change the way engineers work. In the automotive industry, these challenges havebeen most severe in the areas of supply chain integration, organizational culture shift, andcommunication. More and more newly hired engineers in the automotive/manufacturingindustry are required to work in global team projects. In addition to the basics of engineering,the engineer of the future will need to have a thorough understanding of the extended network ofentities that form the supply chain, need to be adept in dealing with individuals from diversecultural backgrounds, and will need to stay abreast of the latest collaborative technologyavailable. In this paper, we present a model for teaching engineering courses through whichstudents experience

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. C. York; Tamara Knott

Supporting a Meaningful Design-Build Challenge for Freshman Engineering Students S. C. York and T. W. Knott Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)The second semester Introduction to Engineering course taught by the Department ofEngineering Education (EngE) at Virginia Tech contains a semester-long, design-build, team-based project that constitutes a significant portion of each student’s grade in the course. For thepast three years, EngE has directed students toward the ASEE Engineering Design GraphicsDivision (EDGD) freshman design challenge as the required design project and EngE hasutilized the ASEE project as a vehicle

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

Five Curriculum Tools to Enhance Interdisciplinary Teamwork Paul R. Leiffer, R. William Graff, and Roger V. Gonzalez LeTourneau UniversityAbstractAn ability to function well in a multidisciplinary team has become an expectation of modernindustry and a major goal for engineering students. Since LeTourneau University offers a generalengineering degree with five concentrations, multi-disciplinary design projects naturally arise atall levels of the curriculum. Current capstone projects involve student teams from up to threeengineering disciplines, plus computer science, design technology, and marketing. Obstacles tomulti-disciplinary teamwork, including disciplinary competition