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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Domingo L. Uy

not fixed, and they are also temperaturedependent. Thus, there is no point of using a complicated model in this particular design, especiallywhen the accuracy of the transistor parameters are not available. The best that one can hope for is touse the typical values of parameters from the manufacturer data sheets.Thus, it can take a lot more time to design a transistor circuit using the other two models.The re-model makes the design simple and straight forward. Although the voltage gain accuracy isaround 20% to 30% compared to the actual circuit voltage gain. From experience, time is better spent in the laboratory for re-designing and tweaking the values of the resistors, such that the designperformance specifications are met. b) The

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

reserve in the library? Interpret it? Evaluate it?Compare it to another article? Do you want students to conduct laboratory research and comparetheir results to theoretical ones? Purpose can determine length. Short writing assignments workwell for freshmen who have little technical knowledge or engineering background. As studentsmature intellectually and complete advanced courses, they are more ready to tackle larger,longer, and more complex projects. Complexity does not necessarily mean a longer document.Short writing assignments (2-3 pages) can deal with difficult concepts as readily as 20 pagereports.You should also be forthright in offering direction on narrowing a topic. Many students needyour help to define a manageable, focused topic. A

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Soulsby

given a task in the first week to search for a topic/book/article using the search engines and then in the second week they are asked to locate the book in the library. Forcing the students to seek the item that was found on the computer search demystifies the library and is far more useful than a tour of the building.Mentor/Connection with the School of Engineering: Students are introduced to the leaders of thestudent societies and are encouraged to join the professional society in their major. Students arealso toured through facilities associated with each major; in an effort to acquaint them with theschool. The departmental tours provide a look at laboratories, senior projects, sophomore labs,etc. so that the students

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2001.[8]Bellamy, L. e.t al. Teams in Engineering Education, A Report Submitted on Work Completed Under Sponsorship ofthe National Science Foundation, Grant Number USE 9156176, Tempe, Arizona, 1994.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONM. PATRICIA BRACKIN is an Associate Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where she teachesdesign, controls, graphics, and mechanical measurements. Her BS and MS are from the University of Tennessee inNuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology in ME. She has also been an AssociateProfessor at Christian Brothers University. Her industrial experience includes Oak Ridge National Laboratories andChicago Bridge and Iron. She is a registered PE.J

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori Bassman; Patrick Little

.) “wash ashore” and building begins. A three-foot high waterfall is constructed ina laboratory for teams’ use. At this stage, the members of the teaching team interact with teamsindividually, challenging their design decisions, questioning how they plan to calibrate theirdevices, and joining in the victories of successful prototype tests. A task that seemed quitedaunting to many attendees on Monday morning produces an especially rewarding experienceupon completion.Because the participants have walked through the design process themselves, they are able to Page 7.916.7understand the relationship between the timing of introduction of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee; Nirmal Das

the accuracy of their developed hand-solutions. This project also helps thestudents to gain a more in-depth understanding of the structural concepts, since this knowledge isneeded in writing MATLAB script files. By performing the exercises designed for this course, thestudents acquire a better appreciation for the power of computers and their application to solvestructural analysis problems. Included in this paper are examples to illustrate the proceduredescribed.I. IntroductionMATLAB is a powerful computing software which is presently utilized in a number of educationalinstitutions around the country to solve mathematics and engineering-related problems. The name ofthe software MATLAB stands for “Matrix Laboratory” since the built-in

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert B. Stone; Nancy Hubing

product (Otto et al., 1998).As students learn how to design, production of a physical artifact is essential. Unfortunately,undergraduate engineering education has long divided learning activities into lecture and hands-on laboratory courses, with lecture courses greatly outnumbering lab activities. Learningtheories and studies on learning and teaching styles indicate that integrated lecture and laboratoryactivities are better suited for complete learning (Kolb, 1984; Wankat and Oreovicz, 1993; Stice,1987; NSF, 1996; Felder and Silverman, 1988). Many courses have applied these learningtheories to their courses by adding hands-on activities to supplement the theory (Agogino, 1992;Carlson, 1995; Hibbard & Hibbard, 1995, Niku 1995, West et al

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Titus; Guoqing Tang

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationHowever, in these questions, few numbers are given in the question. Therefore, students mustuse a more expert-like approach to solving the problem by considering what principles areneeded, what quantities must be calculated, and what data must be collected. It is akin to anopen-ended laboratory experiment.Consider the problem in Figure 8. Two billiard balls, albeit non-standard billiard balls, approachone another. Their positions and the clock reading are shown in the animation. In part(a),students are asked to find the mass of the red billiard ball. The student must first applyconservation of momentum

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

in the “system” behavior, not only “component” behavior 3. Allow for acquiring analysis and design skills early on 4. Provide for sufficient laboratory and hands-on experience to demonstrate concepts 5. Allow for an early start of individual senior project (design project) in a declared area of competence 6. Provide for some exposure to the practice with emphasis on local experienceTable 4. Activities/Tasks to Impart Desired Qualities in an Engineering GraduateAcademe and Industry:When universities and industry find commo n ground to meet each other’s needs, often with theblessing of the government, the mutual benefits can be substantial. It was a logical progressionfor the colleges of engineering in the Gulf Region to turn towards

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

traction. http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsA-H/bowermanknight.html Presence “Encyclopedia of Inventions” p.54 Figure 4: Examples for the Eight-Dimensional Methodology5b) Laboratory materialLaboratory activities have been developed for hands-on experience by individuals and teams. Weview team building and team work as extremely important, since communication skills, trust,sharing ideas, etc., are crucial in the workplace. In addition to demonstrating the strategies, thelaboratory material is intended to add a fun component to the learning experience, allow for self-paced, semi-guided exploration that improves self-esteem and encourages questioning anddaring. The material and activities are specific with clear

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Osborne; Bill Carroll

teaching and research awards and has served as an IEEE Distinguished Visitor (1993-96)as well as an ACM Lecturer (1993-97).C. D. CANTRELL, PH.D.Dr. Cantrell is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics at UT-Dallas. He is also Director of the PhotonicTechnology and Engineering Center (PhoTEC). Before joining UT-Dallas, Dr. Cantrell was a staff member at LosAlamos National Laboratory. He is an IEEE Fellow and recipient of an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. He isauthor of the textbook Modern Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers.SAIBUN TJUATJA, PH.D.Dr. Tjuatja is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department at UT-Arlington.He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in wireless and data

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Uanny Brens Garcia; Douglas Bodner

., Martinez, R., and Criado, J. “WebTutor, a Self-Evaluation and Student Tracking System,” Proceedings of the North American Web Developers Conference, October 1998.6. Chen, G. D., Liu, C., Ou, K., and Lin, M. “Web Learning Portfolios: A Tool for Supporting Performance Awareness,” Innovations in Education and Training International, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2001.7. Bostock, S. J. “Designing Web-Based Instruction for Active Learning,” in Web-Based Instruction, Khan B. H. (ed.), Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Education Technology Publications, pp. 225-230, 1997.8. Thornton, R. K., and Sokoloff, D. R. “Assessing Student Learning of Newton’s Law: The Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation and the Evaluation of Active Learning Laboratory and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

balloon. his kitchen. His soles gave Victory. Page 6.536.10 running shoes optimal traction. http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsA-H/bowermanknight.html Presence “Encyclopedia of Inventions” p.545b) Laboratory materialLaboratory activities have been developed for hands-on experience by individuals and teams. Weview team building and team work as extremely important, since communication skills, trust,sharing ideas, etc., are crucial in the workplace. In addition to demonstrating the strategies, thelaboratory material is intended to add a fun component to the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Drake; Douglas Walcerz

, composing those instructor intendedoutcomes (word processing software recommended) and pasting outcomes into the Enable software. TheET2K standards were utilized due to availability and the fact that they addressed the learning outcomescritical to any Technology program.Collecting Student DataThe assessment software was presented to students in two different ways. The TEC 110 class, was acombination lab/lecture format, this allowed presentation to students as a laboratory exercise. After the firstmajor test the students were provided a set of instructions that directed them through help menus in theEnableOA software. The students reported that these instructions were easy to follow and after reading theintroductory material several asked if they

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh; Kevin Dahm

Ronald J. Gatehouse, George J. Selembo Jr., and John R. McWhirter, “The Vertical Integration of Design inChemical Engineering,” Session 2213, Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference.17 Shaeiwitz, J. A., “Chemical Engineering Design Projects,”http://www.cemr.wvu.edu/~wwwche/publications/projects/index.html, viewed on 15 March 200118 Felder, R. M., and R. W. Rousseau, “Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes,” 3rd Ed. John Wiley &Sons, Inc., New York, (1999).19 Montgomery, S. “The Multimedia Educational Laboratory,” http://www.engin.umich.edu/labs/mel/.20 Wankat, P. C., “Equilibrium Staged Separtions,” Prentice Hall PTR, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ, 1988.21 J. Richard Elliot and Carl T. Lira, “ Introductory Chemical Engineering

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

executing parabolic trajectories.• The settings to be used in flight experiments had to be developed through a detailed program of ground experiments, using sophisticated measurement techniques which the sophomores could not be expected to master in the available time.• Design and fabrication of the experiment chamber, validation of numerical predictions, development of measuring systems and procedures, and other experiment aspects had to be developed concurrently, involving a team of many students.• The experiment had to work first-time, in the flight environment, away from the home laboratory. Page 6.668.10Proceedings of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Applications Inventory (MAI); and the other to gaugestudents' self-efficacy perceptions related to studying engineering and to learning and applyingmathematics, the Engineering and Mathematics Perceptions Survey (EMPS). In this second yearof the project we will use the instruments to detect effects of the workshop innovation. Theproject is funded by the National Science Foundation, Directorate of Education and HumanResources, Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program, Grant # DUE-0837757.This paper reports the results of the full administration of both instruments in Fall 2010 to allfirst-year engineering students at our institution (approximately 820). Slightly less than halfenroll in the first calculus course in the engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

was established in 1992 at Wentworth Institute ofTechnology. Under EAC rules, the electromechanical engineering program had simultaneouslymet the accreditation criteria for electrical engineering and for mechanical engineering. Thegraduates of this program are true interdisciplinary engineers proficient in tacklinginterdisciplinary projects in all their electrical and mechanical complexity. In addition, thegraduates have excellent laboratory and machine shop skills. Recently1,2 a biomedical systemsengineering specialization was established in the form of a concentration within this wellestablished electromechanical engineering program.The addition of the concentration required only limited additional resources. The result is ahigh-quality

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

engineering concepts to solve problems Engr B 3.5 Ability to design an experiment to obtain measurements or gain additional Exp knowledge about a process B 3.6 Ability to analyze and interpret engineering data Data C 3.7 Ability to design a device or process to meet a stated need Design D 3.8 Ability to function effectively in different team roles Team E 3.9 Ability to formulate and solve engineering problems PS K 3.10 Ability to use laboratory procedures and equipment Equip K 3.11 Ability to use software

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington, Tacoma

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

,Adam Barker, and Jake Knapp, without whom I would never have learned so much nor had somuch fun doing so. I extend sincere thanks to the The Helen Riaboff Whiteley Center of theFriday Harbor Laboratories of the University of Washington for providing the peacefulenvironment that enabled me to complete this manuscript. And finally, I am grateful to thestudents in my Software Engineering and Interaction Design courses, whose openness andenthusiasm to learn are ever an inspiration.References Cited 1. Amabile, Theresa. How to Kill Creativity. Harvard Business Review 6(5), 1998. 2. Blumenfeld, Phyllis, Elliot Soloway, Ronald Marx, Joseph Krajcik, Mark Guzdial, and Annemarie Palinscar. Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, evaluated, refined, and Page 22.959.15improved their knowledge of Robotics, and they developed effective skills for using LEGORobotics in the classroom.References1 Carbonaro. M. Rex, M. & Chambers, J. Using Lego Robotics in a Project-Based Learning Environment.2 Papert, S. (1980). Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. NY, NewYork: Basic Books.3 Johnson, J. (2003). Children, Robotics and Education. Artif Life Robotics.,7, 16-214 Verner , I.M. & Ahlgren, D.J. (2004). Robot Contest as a Laboratory for Experiential EngineeringEducation. Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 4(2), 1-155 Nalajala, T.D. (2003

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caleb DeValve, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Department Head of the Department of Engi- neering Education at Virginia Tech. He is the Director of the Multi-University NSF I/UCRC Center for e-Design, the Director of the Frith Freshman Design Laboratory and the Co-Director of the Engineering First-year Program. His research areas are design and design education. Dr. Goff has won numerous University teaching awards for his innovative and interactive teaching. He is passionately committed to bringing research and industry projects into the class room as well as spreading fun and creating engage- ment in all levels of Engineering Education. Page 22.904.1

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

not necessarily true formany students. To partially address this deficiency, few instructors: 1. Draw sketches of components on the board, use textbooks and internet resources to show them the pictures and videos of components either in good condition or those that have failed during normal operations or in service. 2. Bring real components (whether failed or in good condition) as educational aids to the classroom. This is not always possible as some components may be heavy to carry. Page 22.924.6 3. Divide students in small groups and bring each group in to a laboratory that contain machinery (for example pumps

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

facilities including significant analysis, CAD, rapid prototyping,machining, and engineering laboratories. Capstone student teams take real-life design projectsfrom concept generation and modeling to a working prototype including documentation.Companies that sponsor Capstone projects provide BYU an educational grant of $20,000 whichprovides an initial budget for each team of $1,500. Approved costs that exceed the initial budgetare the responsibility of the sponsoring company. All documentation, drawings, and prototypescreated by the student teams are provided to the sponsoring company. In addition, BYU grantsall intellectual property that may be developed by the team to the sponsoring company. Thispractice is similar to what occurs in industry as

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor Mejia, California State University, Los Angeles; Jessica Alvarenga, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Israel Hernandez, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang; Phanit Pollavith; Adriana Trejo, Roosevelt High School; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and fault detection. In the NASA University Research Center (URC) Structures, Propulsion and ControlEngineering (SPACE) Laboratory, research is being conducted on a testbed version of theJWST.9 This fellow’s research explores using control algorithms, such as an H-infinitycontroller, to perform control of the mirror shape, adjust for disturbances, and allow for precisionpointing of the telescope at a simulated source target.4. Background Mathematical Concepts The hands-on activities and demonstrations presented in this paper reinforce some Page 22.1613.5abstract mathematical concepts covered in Algebra II and Pre-Calculus

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University; Donald P. Visco, University of Akron; Evangelynn Thurber, Cookeville High School; Ryan Thomas Pavlovsky

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of ideas – considering how to address the challenge and possible approaches 3. Multiple perspectives – obtaining input from various sources; literature, others, etc. 4. Research and revise – conducting an experiment, doing some calculations 5. Test your mettle – testing your findings by some means 6. Go public – telling others what you foundA series of three applets and associated lesson plans were developed: (1) Linear Relationships; Page 22.1655.4(2) Mass and Volume and (3) Structure Property Relationships. During the Fall of 2010, theapplets and lessons were beta tested in five individual classrooms/laboratories with 150

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, 1907–39," Social Studies of Science, vol. 19, pp. 387-420, 1989.15. K. Henderson, "Flexible Sketches and Inflexible Data Bases: Visual Communication, Conscription Devices, and Boundary Objects in Design Engineering," Science, Technology, and Human Values, vol. 16, pp. 448-473, 1991.16. K. Henderson, On Line and On Paper: Visual Representations, Visual Culture, and Computer Graphics in Design Engineering. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.17. B. Latour and S. Woolgar, Laboratory Life. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986.18. E. Duncker, "Symbolic Communication in Multidisciplinary Cooperations," Science, Technology, and Human Values, vol. 26, pp. 349-386, 2001.19. J. Gainsburg, et al., "A “Knowledge

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

synchronousengagement between the learner and live content. A semester long course devoted to a singlereal-time dramatic event that has broad impacts in engineering. Educators may identifysignificant events as the Kansas City Hyatt walkway and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses.Although these became very valuable learning moments in engineering education, theirdiscussions or laboratory reenactments exhibit synchronicity between the instructor and thelearners and not the learners and the events. The students are learning about the eventasynchronously supported by a longer thread of scholarship performed and interpreted by severalothers. All of the relevant conclusions from academia and practice are available in the publicdomain. Therefore, the students may be

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

solving in statics. Journal of EngineeringEducation, 99(4), 337-353.[20] Forbus, K. D., Whalley, P. B., Overett, J. O., Ureel, L., Brokowski, M., Baher, J., & Kuehne, S. E. (1999).CyclePad: An articulate virtual laboratory for engineering thermodynamics. Artificial Intelligence, 114, 297-347.[21] Taraban, R., Craig, C., & Anderson, E. E. (in press). Using paper-and-pencil solutions to assess problemsolving skill. Journal of Engineering Education.[22] Reif, F., & Heller, J. I. (1982). Knowledge structures and problem solving in physics. EducationalPsychologist, 17(2), 102-127.[23] Daw, N. D., Niv, Y., & Dayan, P. (2005). Uncertainty-based competition between prefrontal and dorsolateralstriatal systems fro behavioral control. Nature

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trian M. Georgeou, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Chell A. Roberts, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Figure 9. Lower End Master Bill of MaterialManufacturing Processes. The students investigated options of casting and CNC-machiningbillet for the lower-end design prototype. Due to budget and time constraints, the team decidedto manufacture the lower-unit from billet aluminum. Using the capabilities of the EngineeringTechnology Department’s manufacturing laboratories; the students decided that they werecapable of manufacturing all of the prototype parts in-house. Rather than go into detail of everystep in manufacturing every part, the following touches on some key points of interest. Thestudent team created manufacturing routings for every part. These routing helped the studentsplan steps taken to create the part and provide an overall