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Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

specialty based on a study by theNational University Continuing Education Association.2 According to a 1991 National ResearchCouncil study, university curricula, in general, did not reflect the modern design practices used inmost competitive companies.3 The reason behind this is that faculty teaching these courses arerarely aware of the most recent design techniques. Therefore, it becomes a mandate for thepracticing engineer as well as for the engineering technology educator to treat their careers asdynamic entities that require constant updating. So how can this be accomplished? There areseveral options faculty can pursue such as attending conferences and workshops, taking time toconduct research, taking a sabbatical, reading trade magazines, and

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

recently for two years in optical networkingindustry in the Silicon Valley in California. Professor Agrawal is the Founder Advisor to Agni NetworksInc., San Jose, California. His expertise includes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers,optical and WDM interface, SONET and Gigabit Ethern et and analog electronic systems. He is the authorof a Textbook in Power Electronics, published by Prentice-Hall. His professional career is equally dividedin academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences.THEO MARYONOVICH received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology with an option inComputers, Telecommunications and Networking from Purdue University Calumet in 2003. He iscurrently working as

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Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Carter; John Feland

student in the Design Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department of StanfordUniversity. A former IDEO employee, John was also a Captain in the Air Force. His last assignment was as an AssistantProfessor at the Air Force Academy. His current research is developing methods to support cross discipline productdevelopment and Innovation Opportunity Assessment based on field research in real companies and his experience as adesigner.STEPHANIE CARTER works at Doblin as a Project Manager, interpreting user insights and field research and translatingthese into new business concepts and processes. She began her career as a designer for infants' clothing, conducting fieldresearch throughout Europe for a user group notoriously difficult to peg. She

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

Workshop, August 25-26. Page 8.54.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Biographical InformationPaul Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering Technology at OldDominion University. His previous position at ODU was in the Department of EngineeringManagement. Prior to his academic career, he worked in industry where he held positions as PlantManager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in ElectricalEngineering and MENG in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Wilcher

engineering instruction, sophisticatedlaboratory projects in electronics and software programming can be developed. A hands-onapproach to learning digital/analog circuits, microcontrollers, I/O interfacing, and computerlanguage programming are key educational elements needed by the EC engineering student withinthe undergraduate career. The LEGO programmable brick or P-Brick allows the freshman studentto seamlessly learn these key areas in electrical engineering through play. The LEGO P-Brickallows a range of complexity to be design by the EC engineering educator for creating laboratorybased electronics/software projects. This paper will discuss how these engineering laboratoryprojects can be develop using the design methods of Hately/Pirhbai

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

. Page 8.165.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents enrolled in the EE and CpE programsThe main feedback is based on the end-of-semester assessment form used for each course. Also,exit questionnaires are requested from each student during their final semester. The questionnaireincludes such topics as: career preparedness; course syllabi, general facilities, faculty instruction,advising, laboratory facilities, relevance of instruction, quality of instruction, and coursetextbooks. This questionnaire is used for both EE and CpE students and includes questionsapplicable to the individual

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jill Lynn

career toUntil recently, distance education was viewed as a achieve their educational goals.viable option by a small percentage of engineering Page 8.442.1and technology instructors due to the strictThe author shares her knowledge and various through an educational method that makestechniques in distance education for engineering education more accessible to individuals in ourand technology instructors to use in order establish world today.distance education formats for their courses andprograms. It is the goal of the author to encourageengineering and technology instructors and schools

Conference Session

Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kathy Stalcup; Javad Hashemi; Edward Anderson

. Thelaboratory course is used to give students hands-on experience in verifying some of the majortheoretical or physical concepts that they have used throughout their student careers. Theknowledge gained in a laboratory courses usually leaves a lasting impression on students asrelated to experiential learning concepts. However, from a practical point of view, there aremany factors that could hinder the effectiveness of the laboratory experience. Some of thesefactors are i) lack of familiarity of many students with procedure, ii) equipment availability andprocedure, and iii) lack of experience with objectives and the expected outcome of theexperiment. The purpose of this paper is to present the use of an interactive virtual laboratoryexperience

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mary Jo Cartwright; Allie Knowlton; Donald Falkenburg

FastTrack. These four and seven week programs usecomputer-based learning to build fundamental skills in mathematics and English. When thestudent graduates from FastTrack, they have skills certified at the ninth and tenth grade level inreading and math. This provides the appropriate prerequisite skills for entering the MachinistTraining Institute (MTI). MTI is a thirty-one week program in which students earn certificationin the operation of material processing equipment (machining), metrology, computer-aideddesign, computer numerical control, and the associated math, computer, and communicationskills. Alternatively, students may also choose to pursue a career pathway through Focus:HOPE's Information Technologies Center.Greenfield presents an

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

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Scott Danielson; Scott Almen; Russel Biekert; Norbert Richter; Al Post

past International Director of SME and a Fellow of SME. His areas of interest are manufacturingprocesses, manufacturing management, and laboratory teaching that replicates industry conditions.ALVIN POSTAlvin Post is an assistant professor in the Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department atArizona State University East. Before joining ASU East, Dr. Post taught at McGill University in Canada and hada 19-year career at IBM as a designer. His areas of interest are machine design, applied engineering mathematics, Page 8.835.7and education. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harold Underwood

deepened for me, by learning more aboutNASA’s applications and engaging in on-site collaboration with experienced NASA colleagues.Undergraduate student David Watson learned what working life is like in a research labenvironment while practicing cutting-edge engineering research methods, helping him refine hisown career direction. Other benefits were realized later during the academic year, as I relatedNASA illustrations from my experience to physics students and showed electromagnetics studentshow to simulate high frequency structures using PC-based computer aided design (CAD)software, obtained on educational discount. The SFP at NASA-GSFC, using computationaltools and laboratory equipment unavailable at my home institution, made these

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard K Sase; Julie Wei

challenging.Concluding Remarks. The sediment management project proved to be a highly successful Page 7.1129.6vehicle for preparing seniors for their careers. They had accepted all the challenges andsuccessfully completed a very complex project. In the process, they have gained perspective of a Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationreal world project; and improved their project analysis capability, report writing and publicspeaking skills. Other benefits included providing the agencies with a fresh project

Conference Session

TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

. INTRODUCTIONThe goal of any educational program is to provide each student with the necessaryinformation and skills that allow him or her to perform in a chosen career. This goal mayprove difficult if the curriculum offered by the university is not revised or updated in order tokeep abreast of the changes and advancements being made, especially in the industrial world.Throughout any period of time, techniques, methods and content, which are included in a Page 7.1215.1successful program, become outdated and need revisions.A method often undertaken by universities is a follow-up study of the alumni. This datameasures the success of the program’s graduates and

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

, but the basic goal is the same, to prepare the student for a career in construction, while satisfyingindustries' needs.This paper describes the (SDCET) – construction option capstone course in order to provide an overview of itsapproach and experiences in delivering this course. By sharing this information, it is hoped that it will fostercooperation with construction programs to exchanging ideas thereby improving the construction educational Page 7.278.1process.CAPSTONE COURSE - PHILOSOPHYSenior Project- Construction (CET 458) is the capstone course in the SDCET program at Penn State Harrisburg.The course is taken in the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moiez Tapia

in the discipline of which he/she claims to be a professor.IntroductionNormally, when a person receives a degree in a discipline and embarks on a career in thediscipline, he/she becomes an engineer after some years. Similarly when a person receives thePh.D. degree in a discipline and gets a faculty appointment in the department of the discipline ina university, he/she becomes an [assistant] professor of the discipline even though he/she mighthave had no training for teaching in a college. In both these cases, the question of their beingqualified in their respective disciplines does not arise since both the engineer and the professor,under these normal circumstances, are considered to be qualified to perform their respectiveduties. The paper

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Nowak; Laurence Gould; Hisham Alnajjar; Diego Bernardete; David Pines

presentation of problem solutions and be able to defend the procedures and solutions.(3) Utilize technology for problem solving and understand basic principles behind problem solving with current technology.Not all outcomes were common to each course. For example, the following were specificoutcomes of the Principles of Design course:(1) Learn to utilize engineering methodology to solve problems throughout their engineering career.(2) Work effectively as a member of a team.(3) Obtain a basic understanding of the ethics required of an engineer in society.(4) Write a technical report and make an oral presentation.Joint projects were selected as the activity to integrate the three courses. There were a number ofcriteria that had to be met for a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daphne Chang

), performance criteria (sensitivity, steady accuracy, transient response),and compensation (lag, lead). Although it may be argued that the course contents possesseducational values, it is generally agreed that significant revision is necessary to reflect the changein technologies and modern engineering career challenges. In particular, computer-aided analysis,state space methods, and nonlinear systems are introduced into the curriculum, replacing lag, leadcompensation, Nichols chart, and parts of the performance criteria. That is, the emphasis of the Page 7.508.2course is on analysis rather than control design which is relegated to a second course

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Puttiphong Jaroonsrisphan

), and compensation (lag, lead).Although it may be argued that the course contents possess educational values, it isgenerally agreed that significant revision is necessary to reflect the change intechnologies and modern engineering career challenges. In particular, computer-aidedanalysis, state space methods, and nonlinear systems are introduced into the curriculum,replacing lag, lead compensation, Nichols chart, and parts of the performance criteria.That is, the emphasis of the course is on analysis rather than control design which isrelegated to a second course “EE486 Control Systems Electives”. An outline of thelecture is shown below: · Introduction to Systems, Review of LaPlace Transform · Transfer Functions, Signal Flow Graphs

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Livingston; James Squire

course it is still too early in the students’ academic careers todetermine whether this preference translates into increased subject mastery. The previous year’sclass has shown a slight average improvement in their performance in Circuits I, however theimprovement did not reach statistical significance, and by Circuits II their performance wasindistinguishable from previous years’ classes. If the early difference is real it will becomestatistically significant with greater numbers of students, and we plan to report these findings inthe future.IV. Future plans for courseAs with any course, EE 101 is continuously evolving. One major goal is to strengthen it as thebase of a spiral curriculum. To accomplish this, upper-class ECE courses will

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina

CDROM)2. Skvarenina, T.L. and DeWitt, W.E. (2001). Electrical Power and Controls. Prentice Hall,Biographical InformationTim Skvarenina was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 27, 1947. He received the BSEE and MSEE degreesfrom the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1969 and 1970 and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from PurdueUniversity in 1979. During his college career he worked four summers at U.S. Steel South Works as an assistantelectrician, rewinding motors and installing electrical equipment. He then served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force,including six years designing, constructing, and inspecting electric power distribution projects for a variety offacilities. He spent five years teaching and researching pulsed power systems

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Craddock; Lizette Chevalier

. LIZETTE CHEVALIER received her B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University, and herM.S. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. She joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale in1995. Her main interest is environmental engineering with an emphasis on soil remediation involving nonaqueous phaseliquids. In addition she is active in engineering education using modern technology. MR. KUDZAI MUSUMHI is an International Graduate student from Zimbabwe at SIUC in the InteractiveMultimedia Program. Upon graduation, he plans on pursuing a career in Multimedia. He plans to get into full timeChristian Ministry and to use Multimedia as a means of communicating the message of the gospel. “Proceedings of

Conference Session

Real-World Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Falkenburg; Tina Harkin

(MTI). Alternatively, students may also choose to pursue a career pathwaythrough Focus: HOPE's Information Technologies Center.MTI is a thirty-one week program in which students earn certification in the operation ofmaterial processing equipment (machining), metrology, computer-aided design, computernumerical control, and the associated math, computer, and communication skills . Focus:HOPE Mission Statement Recognizing the dignity and beauty of every person, we pledge intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty and injustice. And to build a metropolitan community where all people may live in freedom, harmony, trust and affection. Black and white, yellow, brown and red, from Detroit

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Meckl

Session 1532 Integrating Ethics into an Undergraduate Control Systems Course Peter H. Meckl School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088AbstractAn approach to inserting an ethics component into a control systems course is described. Sincethe technical content is rather complex, only limited time is available to focus on ethical issues.However, even limited discussions provide an opportunity to reinforce the importance of ethicsin a professional career

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

will not be able to cope with this.One particular innovative suggestion was that the Introduction to Civil Engineering course betaught on a full-time basis during the first two weeks of the Freshman year. This would helpeach new Freshman confirm that his or her curriculum (and later professional) choice werecorrect early in their academic career. (This has worked successfully at several other Dutchuniversities, by the way.) Unfortunately, the adminstration involved with the required specialscheduling of other courses in the semester apparently prevented the implementation of thisidea in Delft.The curriculum design team made an extraordinary effort to maintain widespread and open,two-way communications. For example, the task for each expert in

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fabio Carrera; David DiBiasio; Natalie Mello

Session 2160 Undergraduate Engineers Get Credit for Saving Venice Fabio Carrera1, David DiBiasio2, and Natalie A. Mello1 1 Interdiscipilinary and Global Studies Division 2 Department of Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609IntroductionEngineering students, like their peers in other areas of study, enter college today with an openmind. They have hopes and dreams, fears and priorities . . . and when students begin theiruniversity career, their goals include

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack McGourty

and integration of competency-based attributes to ensure that future engineers have the requisite skills to develop and build uponthe steady stream of advanced technological breakthroughs. There are several reasons for thisnew focus in the engineering classroom. A key factor is the dynamic nature of technology inboth the workplace and society. While fundamental scientific and technical knowledge remainsimportant and necessary, many of the tools and technologies learned in today’s classroombecome obsolete within the early years of an engineering career. One common statement madeby today’s engineering alumni is the need to acquire certain professional skills in order to beeffective in this dynamic workplace. These include functioning on

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

• sound understanding of non-technical forces that affect engineering decisions • awareness of global markets and competition • demonstrated management skills and a strong business senseMany of these skills and expertise are not easily taught within a traditional classroom setting. Infact most, if not all, of these abilities are best developed in practice. The engineering programs atMTU took a 'giant leap of faith' and liberated some of the credits typically assignedtechnical/approved electives and created a new and different experience designed to educate andprepare graduating engineers for more productive and successful careers. This paper describesthe curricular structure of the Enterprise Program and our experience thus far

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Weinstein

gave students theopportunity to develop these skills in a real world environment. Students needed to learnhow to communicate with one another and to work effectively with other team memberswith whom they have little in common. Students learned that attention to detail isparamount when developing a product. Students became aware of the economic andfinancial side of building a product for a business. Students who participated in this classexperienced first hand the internal intricacies of the software industry and its inherentproblems. These students will be better equipped to compete for the best jobs and start ona path to a successful career upon graduation.BibliographyTQM for Computer Software-2nd Edition, Robert H. Dunn and Richard S. Ullman

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Design in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Turton; Joseph Shaeiwitz

taught in class.The exact topics students must learn are a function of the project. It is less important what theylearn year to year. The goal is to make students realize that they will have to continue learning Page 8.825.1new material throughout their careers and that they have the ability to do so. Table 1 lists some Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1: Some Recent Large-group Projects Project

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Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sindee Simon; Theodore Wiesner; Lloyd Heinze

enable them to adapt to a rapidly changing technical environment. Page 8.946.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Program Objective 2: Produce graduates who will be productive throughout their careers in a wide range of industrial and professional environments. Program Objective 3: Develop graduates with a strong sense of ethics and professionalism and the ability to succeed as both