Conference Session

ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Summers

, experience, and expertise of individualsfrom the private sector. Rapid changes in workplace technology drive the need for increasinglyhigher levels of knowledge and skills. It is essential that the programs and curricula preparestudents for the workplace. An effective IAB can be the bridge from academe to the workplace.“Industry must take a leading role in the structure and administration of future training for thatindustry.” (Introduction to IITAB, 1998, p.2) 4Selection of participants for an IAB is critical. Members should be selected from business,industry, and government and should reflect the variety of business and industry in the localcommunity. The broad functions of an advisory board are reflected in the breadth of itsmembership. “Much of

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Balmer

“Introduction to Engineering” course, integratedmathematics and physics (IMP) courses, and a third year foreign experience requirement. Webegan to embrace the Converging Technologies concept in the spring of 2001 in a continuingeffort to create a unique merger of engineering with the liberal arts. By this time Union was, in many ways, already invested in the Converging Technologiestheme. It was reflected in the theme for the freshman introduction to engineering course, "SmartCars" - a discussion of converging mechanical, electrical, and computer technologies in the Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

. Students’ better comprehension of thesubject matter is reflected in surveys conducted, as well as in students’ performance andsuperior grades. A balanced merging of hand drawing with computer drawing seems togive students the best of both worlds.A recent market survey showed that using Microsoft PowerPoint software capabilities inthis kind of application appears not to have been explored before in that particular way.Discussions with students, publishers, and colleagues in academia provide assertions ofthe potential effectiveness of using this kind of multimedia presentations in deliveringEngineering Graphics courses.Preparing SATALA PowerPoint slides for Engineering Graphics courses is a very timeconsuming process. However, any time and effort

Conference Session

ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gray

Emerging Set of Guiding Principles and Practicesfor the Design and Development of Distance Education (1998) relates primarily to facultyinvolved in distance education. The faculty initiatives were developed to “create new teachingand learning approaches, and empower faculty to become leaders in the effective use of distanceeducation” (p. 2). The faculty initiatives are tempered by the statement by the authors that: It will be evident that this set of guiding principles and practices is not limited to distance education methodologies or technologies. Many of the principles apply to face-to-face interactions as well. They reflect the premise that “good teaching is good teaching” regardless of the media used (IDE, 1998, p. 5

Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Ayre; Julie Mills

interests, a different range of talents…; those who want to work with people rather than machines and numbers, those who care about social relations. Too often it is the female students who are put off.” [p. 173]. Page 7.177.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationLewis [10] remarks that in the engineering curriculum “The research questions, methods, criteria of success, and styles of teaching are male defined, and consequently, the knowledge itself reflects a bias towards a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerson de Oliveira

-utilized as part of the process and of the didactic-pedagogical strategy, the evaluative toolsare frequently used to perpetuate a power structure at reflecting an education concept – andalso a society’s concept. This conception tries to keep the status quo, on preventing, inmany ways, the learner autonomy achievement and her/his transformation as an active partof her/his own learning construction1, 3, 34. It is the confirmation of the teaching asreproduction and of the non-interactive teaching methods. These methods are empty ofcriticism and they cause the learner’s conversion into a domesticated being, seen as asimple passive receiver of contents13, 39.Through this conception to evaluate means, to apply tests that evaluate only the

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationcommunication. In contrast, only half of the papers that included informal oral communicationalso included formal oral communication. These statistics reflect our experience that students aremore often asked to submit formal reports and to work in teams than to write informally and togive formal speeches. Considering only those papers with a major focus on communication gives a slightlydifferent picture in Table 2. The differences in percentages are smaller, with formal and informaldesignations not as distinct within each mode of communication. In addition the focus on formalwritten communication is less

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

neededrevisions. Scheduling peer review sessions on the final day of the course will not allow studentstime to reflect on reviewers’ suggestions and attempt to incorporate them. Students may benefitfrom a second review session to determine how successfully they were able to revise theirdocuments. They may also have follow-up questions for their reviewers that can help clarify aparticular suggestion or revision strategy.Step 7: Evaluate the final documentsFaculty usually dread evaluating documents. Grading can be time-consuming and frustrating forthe instructor, or even detrimental to a student’s development as an effective communicator.Problems at the evaluation stage may be caused by a poor assignment; essentially, because thepurpose, scope, document

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Soulsby

your next free period, read over your notes to fill in gaps. 3. Determine the first main idea; then in the cue column write a question based on the main idea. 4. Block out the note-taking area with a sheet of paper, read the questions in the cue column, recite the fact needed to answer the question; repeat until the idea is mastered if not gotten the first time. 5. At the summary area, write a concise summary of the page of notes; this summary makes studying for exams efficient. 6. Review your notes immediately so that you can end up with a view of the whole rather than isolated facts and ideas. 7. Reflect on the facts and ideas contained in the notes

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori Bassman; Patrick Little

), begins with a hands-on design exercise, and culminateswith the participants preparing and presenting lesson plans to be used at their own schools. Theworkshop utilizes materials from HMC’s first course in engineering, Introduction to EngineeringDesign (known as “E4”) [1], and is taught in a studio mode [2]. This paper presents somebackground material on PEPS, including the program’s goals, the current structure of PEPS, adiscussion of the assessment procedures used, and some reflections on future directions. Page 7.916.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

positions on campus, mentoring and beingmentored, and lifelong learning. Course topics were selected with an eye towards when students would make the best useof the materials. Also, short assignments were selected to encourage the students to reflect uponour discussions and take positive actions in their daily activities. Students are encouraged tocontribute to all discussions and to provide input on other topics they would like to see in thecourse. Approximately 90 students begin the first semester course, with most continuing onthrough the second semester. Students have consistently selected this course as the most usefulcourse from their first year and strongly urge other students to participate in future offerings.I. Introduction

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

EducationStevens Institute of Technology is currently in a phase of dynamic transformations of all itseducational offerings in light of an institute-wide strategic initiative aiming at providingeducation rooted in Technogenesis ®. This term was coined to signify the educational frontierwherein faculty, students, and colleagues in industry jointly nurture the process of conception,design and marketplace realization of new technologies. As part of this restructuring of theeducational programs at Stevens, a new undergraduate engineering curriculum was recentlyimplemented that reflects the latest trend towards innovative pedagogies. The new curriculumincludes an expanded design course sequence. Each semester features one design course to forma design spine

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Orwat; Mark Evans; Joseph Hanus

. Page 7.357.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationB. Effect On Outgoing GPA Compared To Incoming GPAThe incoming and outgoing grade point averages (GPA) averaged for all the students in thecourse provided a before and after glimpse of their academic performance in the course. TheGPA reflects the distribution of letter grades rather than the raw course average. Figures 4 and 5show the average incoming and outgoing GPA of all the students in the course for each of springand fall semesters, respectively. The incoming GPA reflects the students’ average for all theircourses up to EM302 and the

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Morris; David Zietlow

pnts 9) Cost (minimum cost = highest score) 15 pnts Total: 100 pntsBased on our observations of the class behavior, it is clear that the balance of points awarded forthe budget and performance can be adjusted to simulate a variety of industrial environments.This balance could be adjusted to reflect an environment where great emphasis is placed onminimizing cost, like a manufacturer of consumer products. In contrast, the balance could beadjusted to reflect an environment where great emphasis is placed on extremely reliableperformance regardless of cost, for example a company developing a system to land men on themoon or place an expensive satellite in an

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

work and life situations. 2,3,4,5,6Savery and Duffy (1995) 2 outline eight principles of constructivism as follows: 1. Anchor all learning activities to a larger task or problem. 2. Support the learner in developing ownership for the overall problem or task. 3. Design an authentic task. 4. Design the task and the learning environment to reflect the complexity of the environment the learner should be able to function in at the end of the leaning. 5. Give the learner ownership of the process used to develop a solution. 6. Design the learning environment to support and challenge the learner’s thinking. 7. Encourage testing ideas against alternative views and alternative contexts. 8. Provide opportunity for and support of

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Hensley; Marjorie Donovan; Christopher Ibeh; James Otter

), Impact Statement & Significance of Study*, Scope, etc.3. Literature Review---- Briefing of 3 or 4 of the most relevant previous projects;---- Summary of the major schools of thought---- Summary of problem and significance of problem*---- Author’s projected contribution(s) to this field of work4. Main Body under an appropriate heading and sub-headings.---- Heading will reflect and complement title of study---- Subheadings will reflect and follow SCOPE directions of introduction section.---- Theories, Concepts, Fundamentals, Rationale, Principles & Techniques that elucidate and guide study.5. Methodology---- Equipment Used---- Materials Used---- Procedure6. Results/Evidence---- Data Generated -à Tables & Graphs---- Narrative

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko

important point. ii. A short-term and long-term plan to achieve the improvement in at least two areas with information on why the improvement is needed. iii. Insights gained from this reflective process. The steps require the student to provide a higher level of knowledge and a greater acceptance of external assessment. d. Self-Assessment The course self-assessments were also done using the SII method. The additional areas included the students affective mood so they could see the relationship between mood and performance. At the end of the course, the students were asked to assess their self-assessments to

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Turk; David Gattie

for us all: ‘So many technical problems are now alsosocial problems – or ethical, or political, or international problems – that some ability to dealwith them as such is just part of the essential professional equipment of engineers.’”One approach to impressing students with this ethical responsibility is through service-learning,which is a method by which students learn and develop through thoughtfully-organized servicethat is conducted in and meets the needs of a community and is coordinated with an institution ofhigher education, and with the community, helps foster civic responsibility; is integrated into andenhances the academic curriclum of the students enrolled; and includes structured time forstudents to reflect on the service

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven LeBlanc

this.OutcomesAnother very important piece of the EC2000 process is the Program Outcomes. These should becustomized for your particular program and not consist merely of the well-known "(a) through(k)". The outcomes must fully incorporate "(a) through (k)", but should also reflect the uniquenature of your particular program. In addition, the Program Outcomes should (must) be mapped Page 7.452.2to specific courses and Course Objectives throughout the curriculum, so that t he evaluator (and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Hallacher

in 1998. Reflecting industry priorities, the primary focus of the NMT Partnership is onmeeting the need for associate degree level nanofabrication technicians. Traditionally,community and technical colleges meet the needs of industry for trained associate degreelevel technicians. However, while Pennsylvania’s 14 community colleges specialize inassociate degree level education, they possess no nanofabrication facilities or expertise.Penn State, a leading national research university, does not specialize in associate degreelevel education, but Penn State houses the NNUN site and possesses the expertise neededfor training nanofabrication workers. Thus the NMT Partnership was born. In 1998, the nation’s first associate degree

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jagannathan Sankar; Juri Filatovs; Devdas Pai

of cleavage was not observed. This is a reflection ofthe ductile nature of the alloy under consideration and aluminum in general. The materialscharacterization course instructor provided the aluminum class to some topics relevant to themechanical properties of aluminum.Figure 1 Fracture surface of miniature tension fatigue specimen (Al 7075 alloy)Summary ObservationsEnhanced materials and processes coverage was provided to students of an aluminum productdesign class in response to industry desire for heightened materials awareness among its designengineers in light of the emerging popularity of ‘designer’ materials. Collaboration between asenior-graduate aluminum design class and a graduate materials characterization class led to

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Taylor

Entrepreneurship Program is thus a close partnership with the EntrepreneurshipDivision, a relationship formally reflected by the Physics Department appointing Prof.Hisrich as Associate Director of the Physics Entrepreneurship Program. This closecooperation is absolutely essential for the success of the program.When the outlines of the program fell into place in the fall of 1999, we decided toimplement the program as quickly as possible. Several factors allowed us to move veryrapidly. First, since the Physics Department was already authorized to grant a Master ofScience in Physics, we only needed approval for a new track for this existing degree.This was obtained in February 2000. Second, Robert Stieglitz, who had beeninstrumental both in helping to

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

online discussion assist me to assess student learning. Studentsearn participation credit for their submissions as part of every module. Participationaccounts for about 30% of the total course grade.Faculty Training Topics – Performance FeedbackAsynchronous distance learning exchanges can be better than face-to-face exchangesbecause the faculty member has time to reflect on the answer. Also, the answer, onceposted, is available to everyone in the class not just to the student who asks the question.I answer student questions with less than a 24-hour turnaround. In addition, I respond toselected student’s participation messages in order to set the direction of the discussions.Sometimes I respond just to let the class know I am monitoring their

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Chimka; Teri Rhoads

financial goal of funding might be measured with respect togovernment and private funds and funds arising from intellectual property rights.Innovation, learning, improvement and growth may be simplified with the question: Can wecontinue to improve and create value? Continuous improvement well suits goals regardingDropout/Matriculation Rates. Related measures are retention/graduation rates with specialattention paid to transfers out of schools and the college in good/bad standing.Internal business and management processes are identified with a final question: What must weexcel at? The general component of the fact-based system, academic strengths and weaknesses,reflects performance in the other sets of measures presented here. Supposed functions of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Burger

taken from the web.Computer engineering is sufficient for this illustration, although a similar table could be createdfor electrical engineering (EAC combines computer and electrical engineering). Interestedreaders are strongly encouraged to read the criteria themselves so that no one is misled by thesummary below11. Table 1— Baccalaureate Criteria Reflecting Differences in Goals EAC (IEEE) TAC (Conventional)1 Must Go Beyond Calculus Must Apply Calculus2 Analyze&Design Complex Fundamentals of Software/Hardware Software/Hardware3 Basic Science Required

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Azemi

computer screen and the ability of adding their own commentsto the notes. They also very much like the idea of running the example programs, and observingthe effect of different programming codes during the classroom lectures. Overall, this approachhas made the learning more fun and enjoyable for students.V. Instructor's ReactionThe instructor has observed higher learning curves, more student participation, and more fruitfulclass discussions. Moreover, since the students do not need to constantly take notes, they arepaying more attention to the class lectures. The only negative comment is that it takes more timeto compose lectures and the product may not necessarily reflect the effort that has been put intoit.VI. The Next StepThe approach

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo

is reflective of theindustry/academe/government partnership. The greatest contributors to this support are thefederal government, state and local governments, industry, and the institutions themselves(Source: National Science Foundation, 1999). The total expenditures from all sources comparedto that supplied by industry alone for the last two ten year periods for which data is available aregiven as follows: Industry Year Total Support* Industry Support* Percentage of Total 1979 5,366,105 193,214 3.6 1989

Conference Session

Panel on Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Kaderlan; Mary Ann Rankin; John Butler; Steven Nichols

was notdesigned to lead to direct commercialization of technology from universities, but thisparticular project reflects well on the concept of cross-disciplinary development ofcommercialization activities.References and Bibliographic Informationi Auster, Bruce, "Open for Business," Prism, Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2002ii Nichols, Steven P., and Armstrong, Neal E., Engineering Entrepreneurship: Does Entrepreneurship Havea Role in Engineering Education?", 2001 ASEE Conference Proceedings, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June2001.iii Wang, Eric, and Kleppe, John H., "Teaching Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship inEngineering", Journal of Engineering Education, V. 90, No. 4, October 2001, p. 565.iv Sullivan, Jacquelyn F., Carlson

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jones

grading policy reflected these changes, as shown inthe Table 1. These changes were implemented to emphasize active learning during class. Lessemphasis was placed on the passive learning techniques of lecturing followed by homework andtests. Table 1. Portion of Grade (%) Item Spring 1999 Spring 2000 Spring 2001 Assignments, Projects, and Quizzes 30 40 60 Mid-term Exam 30 30 20 Final Exam 40 30 20 Total 100 100 100Each semester, design-and-build

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Guvench

circuit yielded good slew rates (1V/s).The Spice simulation of the operational amplifier were done on both a PC running Microsim'sversion 8 and also on a Sun station running Cadence suite, namely Analog Artist v.4.4.3. It wasdetermined that the differences in the results were insignificant. After this thorough designverification of the opamp and also the peripheral circuits designed for biasing it, layout designswere generated using Fairchild's CS80C process parametrized component library and Cadence Page 7.317.3suite. The resulting experimental chip whose name "OpAmp1" reflects the fact that it is a Proceedings of the 2002 American