Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hanson; Julia Williams

areencouraged to continue using the assignment and even to advocate its adoption by otherinstructors in the civil engineering department. There are areas that still need improvement,however. These include improving the manner in which the assignment is introduced andmodeled for students and reducing the grading load on instructors even further.After reflection on how the assignments were graded during the first two terms, the authors havedeveloped a detailed rubric for future use in the course (Table 2). The rubric will be presented tothe students along with the assignment description at the start of the course.Grading load continues to be a concern for the authors, but further consideration of the issue hasled us to consider new pedagogical strategies

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Nicholson

glazing, while givingthe occupants of the building better quality natural indoor illumination.Roofing ProductsThe biggest recent advance in roofing products technology came with the advent of theradiant barrier. This physical layer in the roofing system acts to reflect sunlight back outof the roofing system before the light can be trapped and converted into heat inside thebuilding envelope. The systems are simple to install, and only add slightly to initialbuilding costs. Research has shown that radiant barriers can reduce air conditioningenergy demands by up to 20 percent. Below is a typical radiant barrier application. Page 9.773.17

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

JoDell Steuver

. I believe the latter to be the actual work of this student based on the first writing sample.A recent study used a variety of criteria to evaluate online messages. Messages were examined for evidence that thestudents had completed readings—another clue to student authenticity. Comments that moved the discussionforward, well elaborated and logical points, and reflective or creative thoughts were scored. The Oriogon and Cookstudy also looked for students who acknowledged the comments of others in the discussion and who wereappropriate in discussion etiquette. The participation and interaction variables were coded and scored andinteraction in the realm of conflict resolution was monitored.13 The researchers found the coding very timeconsuming

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Tracy; Jin Yoo; Jason Immekus; Brian French; Susan Maller; William Oakes

EPICS teamworkscale is partly based on the adaptation of the scale used by Campion et al.6. Some of thesub-domains of interest were not measured. The additional teamwork sub-domains wesought to measure were researched in other literature to form a theoretical base for theitems developed. By adapting pre-existing instruments and incorporating additional sub-domains that matched our goals, we were able to develop a scale that reflects the aspectsof teamwork students are exposed to in EPICS. The use or adaptation of pre-existing measures may not be an option for theassessment of engineering program outcomes for several reasons. For example, a scalemay be published but not available without a fee. In the event that a complete scale needsto

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Carter; Paula Leventman; Katherine Ziemer

, American Society for Engineering EducationThe goals of The Great Orange Squeeze module are to: • involve student interest in an enjoyable and equitable way, • build a connection between engineering careers and helping society, • illustrate as many engineering framework criteria as possible, • illustrate both the differences between Science and Engineering and their interdependence in solving technical problems that benefit society, and • incorporate active learning, experience-oriented tasks and inquiry-based design.These goals reflect the benefits to student learning by incorporating active learning and inquiry-based design into activities.3 They incorporate the findings that female students are likely to beinterested in

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

ScheduleDay one of the workshop focused on curricularcomponents of lesson plans and engineeringcontent. In later workshops, teambuilding andengineering design (with reflection on each) wereadded. Engineering faculty experts helped teachersdelve into the curricular content by leading contentlectures and hands-on activities related to the topic.Workshops also addressed current trends inassessment, both in classroom and in educationalresearch. Late in day one, teachers split into same-grade level pairs to become familiar with the “Up, Up and Away” participant teachers explorecontents of a specific lesson from the curricular drag, thrust and lift as they relate to flight.unit.On day two, teacher pairs team-taught their lesson

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Ward; Richard Howell; Debby Knotts; Deborah Fisher; Jerald Rounds; Jennifer Scott

CAI group in reformatting the classes into a web-based format to be delivered throughout the state, and then marketing the program to fill theclasses.This paper chronicles the evolution of the CAI certificate program from inception to fulloperation. It will start by describing how the program was conceived and how the partnershipcame together. It will then address the initial study and design of the curriculum. Next it willchronicle the development of the program to be fully web-based and the continuing evolution ofthe courses. Finally, conclusions will be drawn about the process and the value of deliveringasynchronous learning opportunities to practicing professionals.A companion paper entitled Reflections on Evaluating Web-based Courses: A

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watkins; Joel Esposito; Matthew Feemster

response and compare it to a simulation produced using the same initial conditions. 6. Reflect on the accuracy of your model, and any causes of error. Return to step 1 if the results were not satisfactory.The midshipmen were also provided with a sheet describing how to collect data from the Quanserinterface system. Connection and configuration of the data acquisition equipment and software wasdone in advance of the laboratory period by the instructors in order to keep the focus of the studentson the modeling exercise.Remark #1 Step 1 required significant instructor assistance since there are several ways to modelthe flexible joint system that are not obvious. The instructors recommended that the students modelthe two linear springs

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

will examine use of peer review in the context of first year architectural design. Theimmediate goal is to propose ways to improve the learning process in this course. The broadergoal of this paper is to promote the value of peer review in a creative learning environment.BackgroundPeer Review DefinedAny discussion of peer review must start with a basic definition. A peer is a person who hasequal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age.1 Ideally, a peer group iscomposed of similarly identifiable individuals but within any definable peer group realdifferences exist between individuals. These differences reflect the level of social status,personality, experience or specialized knowledge each individual has within the peer group

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mathew Hyre; James Squire

the goal of the “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”symposium is to educate students (and often advisors) on the process of reporting and presentingscholarly work, presentation cancellations should not be made painless. Both the students andadvisors should be aware that their names will be listed in the conference program, and that afailure to present will reflect badly on everyone. Obviously, there may be some emergencies thatarise which simply make it impossible for a student to present. This can be explained at thesymposium during the affected time slot. However, lack of preparation should

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Pawley

influenced or affected by them cannot pay?With respect to the current content of our engineering classes, we could ask ourselves: • Why have we selected these topics to “cover” and discuss? Is it because they have been traditionally included, and if so, by whom, for whom, and for what purpose? • How has the field changed? • What are now the hot topics in our field, and why? • What is important for our students to leave their university experience knowing, and why?In this spate of questions that I am suggesting for our own and our students' reflection, there is nomention of gender. However, Scott's8 definition of gender flows through each one, as the studyof gender is fundamentally organized around studying relationships of

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emilia Hodge; Chang-Yu Wu; Anne Donnelly

in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Engineering Research Center (ERC) for ParticleScience and Technology at the University of Florida, The National Science Foundation (NSF) (Grant EEC-94-02989), and the Industrial Partners of the ERC for support of this research. Page 9.67.11 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andre Sayles

Understand Differences Accept Differences Figure 1. Leading Diversity Process ModelDiversity has been defined many different ways, ranging from broad to narrow, depending on thecontext. The definition of diversity associated with the LDPM is differences in people that canhave an impact on the effectiveness of an organization. The impact can be either positive ornegative, depending on the organization, the nature of the difference, and how the difference isperceived. Differences come in many forms, are derived from many sources, and are reflected inlanguage, behavior patterns, thought processes, biases, beliefs, preferences, and perceptions. It isimportant to have a means of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chell Roberts

-Rudman Commission), Washington DC, 2001. http://www.nssg.gov/Reports/reports.htm 3. Fujimoto, R., 2000. “Principles for M&S Education,” Simulation and Technology Magazine http://www.sisostds.org/webletter/siso/iss_61/art_299.htm 4. M&SPCC, 2003, The Modeling and Simulation Professional Certification Commission (M&SPCC), URL: http://www.simprofessional.org/ 5. Nance, R.E. and Balci, O., 2001. “Thoughts and Musings on Simulation Education,” Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 1567 – 1570 6. Nance, R.E., 2000. “Simulation Education: Past Reflections and Future Directions,” Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference, J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Bliven; Elizabeth Eschenbach

and magnetism and how basic principles can be used tounderstand the operation of many common devices that have motors or speakers.Electricity and Magnetism is primarily covered in the fourth grade California ScienceStandards2. The Electricity and Magnetism course website6 outlines relevant statescience standards as well as related text readings and websites.The order of presentation, which is typical for modules in the class, is an assignedreading from the text, a series of introductory demonstrations, a brief lecture as a primerto a discussion of the station activities, a review discussion driven by the teachers’questions in their minute papers and finally a reflection in small groups on how teacherscan use this material in their own

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Price

following constraints: • Community college attendance greater than 25 percent • AFDC recipients less than 20 percent • Stanford 9 (2002 math/reading scores) greater than 57/47 percent with the percentile ranking reflecting the typical student’s performance at the school or district compared to students in a 1995 norming groupThese variables were selected based on quantitative analysis of each variable. For example, the20 percent AFDC factor was selected since it was determined that high school graduation ratesfor districts with AFDC recipients greater than 20 percent were substantially lower (e.g., 82% vs.92%) than for districts with AFDC recipients less than 20 percent. For the Stanford 9 math andreading scores, an average

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Hagigat

courses necessary to complete the program,or clearly notifies students of requirements not included in the electronic offering. Hybridprograms or courses, and mixing online and campus elements are designed to assure that allstudents have access to appropriate services.6V.B.3: The importance of appropriate interaction (synchronous or asynchronous) betweeninstructor and students and among students is reflected in the design of the program and itscourse, and in the technical facilities and services provided.6The following items V.B.4 through V.B.6, are steps taken at The University of Toledo to addressthe criteria listed in items V.B.1 through V.B.3.V.B.4: In response to item V.B.1, each distance learning course must be approved in writing bythe

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Petro Gogolyuk; Ilya Grinberg

energy losses, to name afew, depend on the accuracy of demand calculations. If calculated demand is less than actual,additional energy losses, aging of insulation, and premature failure of PDS’s elements will result.On the other hand, inflated demand results in unjustified expenses and inefficient utilization ofelectrical equipment and wiring system1,2 . Obviously, engineering education should reflect bestand innovative engineering practices as well as traditional ones. Implementation of themethodology discussed in this paper provides such a venue as well as gives students more insightinto energy conservation issues right at the beginning of the design process.2. Basic DefinitionsTotal Connected Load - the sum of the continuous ratings of the

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

achievement titles.Currently, we have six undergraduate students and one graduate student working with ourgeophysical research workgroup. The program is expected to grow.As implied by its name, our research training program includes two components: training ofundergraduate researchers and production of quality research. The training part of the program ishandled through topical seminars and workshops. Students participating receive training in thetheory and practice of reflection and refraction seismology, wave propagation and derivation ofacoustic and elastic wave equations, finite difference method and numerical solutions of waveequations, Fortran and Maple programming through a series of workshops or seminars. In theworkshops, students will walk

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Al Hashimi; Colm Mealy; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

Physicscurriculum, instruction tends to be didactic and expository with very little time devoted topractical experimentation and the exploration of concepts on a deeper level. The paucity ofpractical courses and experimentation in the secondary curriculum reflects cultural expectationswhere administrative and managerial type jobs are more highly rated compared to vocational typework. Indeed much “practical” work, from gardening to maintenance of buildings and oilfields, iscarried out by workers from the Indian subcontinent and other Arab countries. The higherpercentage scores of the CSM freshmen on the FCI could be due to the more experiential andlaboratory based background of US students and a more Socratic enquiry-centered curriculum.ConclusionsAlthough

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Reid; Charles Tiltrum

administrative personnel.This allows them to keep open lines of communication to help generate external supportto promote chapter activities as well as obtain financial support. Successful leaders havean interest in service. Service may be defined as surface to profession, community, andcampus. When one observes the activities of a professional organization, it is evident thatthey are service organizations. Successful leaders clearly believe this and develop aprogram that reflects this attitude. Finally, as one might expect, successful student leadersdo not try to do everything themselves. They are able to work with their fellow officersand students and allow them to take the lead on significant elements of the chapteractivities. Conversely, some

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jesse Pappas; Eric Pappas

."Reflection: An Hour of Silence," and "Intentional Change: Three Day Assignment," helpstudents learn introspection skills and discover the negative effects that the barrage ofoutside stimulation (radio, stereo, television, surfing the net) have on their thinking skills.In addition, students learn "writing and drawing as thinking skills," structured andunstructured brainstorming methods, and listening and speaking skills through assignmentsthat relate to their professional and personal lives. Students also explore the barriers to creativity created by their attitudes towardsdiversity, including sex, race, ethnicity, gender, lifestyle, personal philosophy, andgeographic origin. As a tools for overcoming such barriers, students practice non

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Adams; Nick Safai

5 4.0 3.7 DAX-47 DAX foam build-up 6 4.0 3.7 DAX-70 DAX foam build-up 7 4.0 3.7 DAX-90 DAX foam build-up 8 4.0 3.7 Table 2. Load relaxation test matrixA new foam build-up will be developed and the load-deflection test will be repeated until a finalbuild-up pattern is obtained. The test specimens consist of flexible open-celled foam. Eachspecimen is cylindrically shaped and has a diameter of 7.50 ± 0.1 inches, shown in Figure 5. Thespecimen reflects the seat cushion build-up at the bottom

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

contains the integrationof each team member’s weeklies over the past month. Some of the question and answer sectionsbecome quite lively. The monthly granularity provides the team an opportunity to both reflect onthe past and plan for the future. The student presenter receives a critique from the instructorusing an evaluation form from the Speech Department.Each team creates, publishes, and maintains a project web site. The instructor provides a“starter” web that uses a standard theme and page hierarchy. Teams are encouraged not tocustomize the web, a time sink, or use it for other purposes. It contains a home parent-page andchild-pages for documents, meeting minutes, presentations, schedule, and other information.Each team can only publish their

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Per Andersson

- Page 9.1223.4sider when discussing possible activities for the hi-tech employees of tomorrow. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright À 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationWhat are the possible methods and activities at hand when it comes to bringing Engineeringand Technology into the K-6 classrooms? The activities should give the pupils an under-standing that reflects what it means to work in engineering and with technology. From theindustries point of view it is important to present opportunities for the pupils to discover theirlatent abilities in this line of work, and experiences that may be eye openers into engineeringas a future

Conference Session

Design and Manufacturing Experiences II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Richie; Timothy Lawrence; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

participants and give every cadet, “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright À2004, American Society for Engineering Education”regardless of their major, an opportunity to contribute to the program. This approachbetter reflects how technical programs in the Air Force are conducted, involvingengineers, scientists, managers, technical writers and other experts from a variety offields. Teaming scientists with a keen interest in designing space experiments withengineers who want to build missions, provided great synergy to the program. TheCHAWS-LD experiment flown on FS-1 was conceived and built by faculty and studentsfrom

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

has always included computerprogramming is a reflection of the value attributed to the instruction by the faculty. Even thoughthe faculty recognize that few Civil Engineers go on to careers in programming, they nonethelessbelieve that teaching programming provides tangible benefits in improving the students’ logicalreasoning and problem solving skills. Up until recently the programming language taught wasFortran, but since the beginning of the 2001-2002 academic year we have taught Civil Engineersprogramming as part of instruction in the MATLAB5 modeling language. Adoption ofMATLAB as a high-level language for teaching programming has occurred at a number ofschools lately6,7. In each case MATLAB is valued for its ease of use, its powerful set

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

individualpattern. A pattern sequence may include changes such as: enlargements, contractions, reflections,rotations, and pattern inversions. This may be a further aid to recognition of diagrams viacharacter representations with multiple pattern representations. Such a representation is possiblewith the DPS system although this entails using sequences of characters to simulate such effects.7. Diagram Recognition by the Blind or Partially SightedIn addition to the textual presentation problem there is also the problem of interpretation ofdiagrams by the partially sighted. Mereu and Kazman have used sounds to indicate position in a3D environment for use by visually impaired users. This was achieved by using different types ofsound to indicate the x, y and z

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

staff involved in the CIM unit need to be proactive in respect tohazard awareness. Veal and Maj note that:“Unlike traditional, standard computer science tutors, laboratory CIM workshop tutors mustalso be aware of potential safety hazards and legal requirements. They need to pay particularattention to other potential safety hazards elsewhere in the laboratory even though they may beengaged in dealing with the problems of a particular student” 11.Bell uses virtual reality to simulate potential accidents: “not so much to teach new information orto test students’ knowledge, but rather to stimulate reflective thoughts and discussion” 1. Butrejdraws on case studies of accidents to enhance safety awareness 3.It might be thought that a 5V line inside a

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Winzer

Industrial Advisory Committee5.0 EET shall maintain an industrial advisory committee to serve as program advisors and torepresent industry constituent input to the management process. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.225.7 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education5.1 The EET Industrial Advisory Committee shall maintain its own charter and procedures.5.2 The Advisory Committee membership shall reflect the regional industrial constituentsthat hire program graduates. Committee size shall not be reduced below ten members