Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

as emphasized above making their way into our construction materials, systems and construction operations classes so that we cover composite materials, CFRP laminates, etc.• We have enough use of the software that has proved to be of essential for construction graduates to build upon further in their respective careers in the future.Is what we are doing an adequate response to the expectations? Probably not, but given theinherent resistance to change and comfort associated with the traditional, it is to be expectedthat the pace of change will be slow. To name a few items, we are still lacking adequatecoverage for: Environmental issues and basic environmental engineering concepts

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Barbara Gannod

“real world” as is possible in an academicenvironment.This paper describes experiences in a “Software Factory” class that is the culminatingexperience for majors in Computing Studies at Arizona State University (ASU) East. Inorder to provide experiences that prepare students for careers as software engineers, webelieve the following aspects of the course are vital: ‚ Students should work on real projects with real customers. ‚ Students should follow real processes to develop and/or maintain software artifacts.Traditional academic software projects, even team projects, often do not provide arealistic software development experience. Typically, their results are not exercised byreal customers, and the resulting code is never enhanced

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; Steve Hsiung

not,then the communication is treated as a failure5,14. The way the receiver signals this CRC-8 bytemismatch is by not sending an ACK command which causes a time-out condition to occur.Another communication has to be reestablished and everything has to start over again. Thisprotocol implementation has the advantage of providing cleaner communications and eliminatesmost errors, but it also brings a heavy load on software coding and CPU execution time.V. Conclusion Teaching ET students should not be limited to providing them with the fundamentalbuilding blocks for their future career construction. In this ever changing technology era, we aseducators, not only have to trigger students’ interest in learning but also have to bring real

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stoian Petrescu; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

project was avaluable part of the course” scored 3.8/5. This is a significant improvement to the rating giventhe previous project in the 2002-03 school year of 3.5/5.Overall we feel this was an excellent first-year project. It achieved all of our academic goals,and encouraged students to practice a number of skills which will be important to their futureengineering careers. The perceived level of student and faculty enthusiasm about the project wasmuch higher than in the previous year. The project was covered by local newspaper andtelevision reporters, which gave an added boost to student motivation. In addition to the statedacademic goals of the project, a number of other side benefits were also found. Studentsinvolved in this project are much

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

-based project development experience Just getting to do a self-developed lab project was fun Very interesting course……making me lean towards computer-based automation career Organize a brain-storming session for developing project ideas early in the semester Reliance on partner was a problem Allocate more time to the coverage of interface electronics design Include some biomedical measurements applicationSummaryExperience with student-initiated projects within the instrumentation and data acquisition courseis presented. A few students struggled at the beginning of the four-week-long project period indefining the scope of their work, as this was their first experience with project-based learning. Itwas also

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.[33] Kamm, L. J., 1991, “Real-World Engineering – A Guide to Achieving Career Success,” IEEE Press,Piscataway, NJ.[34] Wolfe, M. F., 2000, “Rube Goldberg,” Simon & Schuster, New York, pp. 122 and 138.Appendix – Resource Guide to FountainsExamples of books with “how to” instructions for fountains.Adkins, D., 1999, “Simple Fountains for Indoors and Outdoors – 20 Step-By-Step Projects,” Storey Books.Aurand, C. D., 1986, “Fountains and Pools – Construction Guidelines and Specifications,” PDA PublishersCorporation, Meza, Arizona. Page 9.1410.15Binsacca, R., 1991, “Garden Pools

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

“problem solvers” to being “problem identifiers” or “problem configurators”; engineering emerging as a path to other, broader careers such as business, law, and politics; and engineering emerging as the “liberal education of the 21st century.”Finally, it is Harvey Mudd’s experience that a broad, design-based program successfully, andeven splendidly, addresses many of the commonly-heard concerns about engineering education,including: the content and presentation of the curriculum; the effectiveness of learning by students; the retention of those students in the classroom; and the graduation of appropriately-educated engineering professionals to maintain and enhance America’s

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

ownskills, techniques, compare with and learn from others, and set goals for their future. Sharing Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationlessons learned makes possible the improvement of processes for subsequent investigations. Thisintegral component of the case design allow learners to reflect, summarize and solidify their ownlearning and structure it in a way that is meaningful to them [9].Guy [10] states that “the rich case allows students to gain safe experience in practicingfundamental skills needed in their careers: they need to plan and set up interviews and focusgroups, question

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Cavanaugh; Matt Ellis; Mark Ardis; Richard Layton

Computer Science student at Rose-Hulman, graduating in May of 2005. He plans to pursue aPh.D. in Computer Science upon graduating. His interests include programming languages, compilers, and artificialintelligence.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelveyears in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. He is a member of theTeaching Workshop Group of the ERM Division of ASEE, giving workshops on building student teams.MARK A. ARDISMark Ardis received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1980 and is currently a

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Mark Gunty; Leo McWilliams; Carrie Graf; John Uhran; Catherine Pieronek

Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education (1) Important people in my life expect me to study engineering; (2) Engineering will make the best use of my skills, interest and abilities; (3) Engineering will lead to a high-status career; (4) Engineering will best enable me to serve my community and help others; and (5) Entering college as an engineer leaves my future study options open.Overall, 54 percent of all women selected (2) as their first choice, and 26 percent selected (4) fortheir second choice. But looking at female EG and nonEG admits, as well as at female leaversand stayers, points out

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

that the students have actually become more “sophisticated,” and are moredemanding in their expectations of the program performance as noted by the general declinefrom 2003 to 2004.Figure 5 shows that the students have a generally high level of satisfaction in the career choicethey have made. Page 10.493.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Table 3. Assessment Schedule Method Persons Being Responsible Evaluation Review and

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Graduate Education in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Biwu Yang; Tijjani Mohammed

been the launching pad to my career in the Information Security Field. Thanks again you are a credit to the field and to the university.” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education • “I would like to let everyone know that I was just selected to fill the position of Wireless Systems Engineer for the telecom that employs me. The selection is a direct result of completing the MSIT program …, I will be working with the rollout of a 2.5G/3G network, and research, development, & implementation of applications (project management

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Moffitt; Jennifer van Rij; Jeffrey Wolchok

“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Introduction:IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientistsand engineers with the multidisciplinary backgrounds and the technical, professional, andpersonal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze acultural change in graduate education by establishing new, innovative models for graduateeducation and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcendstraditional disciplinary boundaries.The Utah Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

participate in MIMIC are enrolled in a capstone course, IntegratedBusiness Operations, required in their Associate in Applied Science degree programs. Theyare from a variety of career fields, including marketing, accounting, management, computersystems and information systems, which allows the makeup of the "companies" to berepresentative of an industry. Integrating students from various disciplines not only fulfillsthe technical needs of the student teams but also provides valuable interaction andcommunication opportunities. Acting on the advice of the advisory committees for theircareer programs and utilizing a list of essential workplace skills1 endorsed by the area TechPrep consortium, the instructors who organize the project make the development

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

proceedings on CD-ROM, paper 436, 9 pages (indexed by the ERIC database with accession number ED452047).[26] Agresti, A. (1996) An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.[27] Adelman, Clifford. (1998) Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Careers. U.S. Department of Education, PLLI-98-8055. Available at http://www.erc-assoc.org/nsf/engrg_paths/[28] Dunn, David W., Joan K. Austin, Jaroslaw Harezlak, and Walter T. Ambrosius (2003), “ADHD and epilepsy in childhood,” Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 45, 50–54. Page 10.658.11

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Warren; Jason Yao

also motivatethese capable students to pursue careers in an expanding biomedical industry.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to acknowledge Jerry T. Love, Sandia National Laboratories (retired), for theoriginal design of the light feedback circuit. Portions of this material are based upon worksupported by the National Science Foundation under grant BES–0093916. Opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the NSF. All studies addressed in this paper that involve humansubjects have been approved by the Human Studies Board at Kansas State University underprotocol #2211

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suguna Bommaraju

explain relationship between electricity and magnetism. These fundamentalsare very important for individuals pursuing careers in electronics and electrical engineering.Electricity and magnetism concepts were discussed in your Tuesday class. You are invited to give a 3-minute guestspeaker lecture about “how the relay operates” to “Junior High” class at Lakota High School.Your instructor provided the following circuit that you can use to prepare your lecture.Your presentation should contain a brief explanation of the circuit. Page 9.507.14 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

electrical,computer, systems and industrial and mechanical engineering, the engineering disciplinesoffered by the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at the State Universityof New York, Binghamton (SUNY-Binghamton). As required by the guidelines set forthin ABET EC2000, students during their senior year must enroll in and successfullycomplete a capstone design experience. The capstone design experience helps studentsbegin to bridge the gap between their academic and professional careers by exposingthem to the technical demands, potential pitfalls, and professional expectations ofengineers and researchers. Previous to the development of the new multi-disciplinary capstone sequence,each engineering department in the Watson School

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Watts; Theodor Richardson

, is to provide classroom teaching experience, with an emphasis on learner-centeredteaching methods, to future engineering educators.Those engineering graduate students interested in an academic career have limited options whenit comes to preparing to teach the next generation of engineers. These options can includeteaching assistantships (TAs) which can be accompanied with a teaching workshop, teachingseminars, and under rare circumstances a graduate course on engineering education that canincorporates lesson-planning and learning theory1. The GK-12 fellowship program provides Page 9.601.1USC’s engineering graduate students experience

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ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kishore Kotteri; Joan Carletta; Amy Bell

an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech.She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Bell conducts research in waveletimage compression, embedded systems, and bioinformatics. She is the recipient of a 1999 NSF CAREER awardand a 2002 NSF Information Technology Research award; she has also received two awards for teaching excellence.JOAN E. CARLETTA is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Akron. She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in1995. Her research involves the design of digital hardware for applications that require intensive computation

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

worthwhile* 26. I expect to have little use for Tablet in my daily life* 27. I can’t think of any way that I will use Tablet in my career* 28. Anything that a Tablet can be used for, I can do just as well some other way* 29. Working with Tablet will not be important to me in my life’s work* Usefulness (course) 30. Using Tablet did not have a positive effect on my learning** 31. The Tablet was helpful to me in learning class concepts** 32. Using Tablet during lectures made it easier to understand the material** 33. Using Tablet during lectures made it easier to do my homework assignments** 34. The Tablet should be used more often in this class** 35. Tablet should not be used in this class

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Positive Relationship with Faculty Mentors: Almost all Scholars and Undergraduate Fellows saidthat one of the highlights of their experience was being able to work directly with a femaleprofessor. The Scholars generally found the Mentors were very understanding and helpful.Many Scholars got to know their Mentor on a personal level. Several Mentors invited theScholars into their homes or took them on field trips. The Scholars found they could talk to theirMentors about virtually anything including career goals, graduate plans, and how to balancehome life and work. One Scholar pointed out that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

students interested in an engineering career. A wide variety of factors are available foranalysis using already existing University and Department databases. The first factor thought tomeasure student success is usually cumulative GPA however, that alone is not a sole predictor ofsuccess. Other data, such as SAT verbal and math scores, first semester GPA, high schoolgraduation rank, high school extra curricular activities, concurrent employment, internships,math placement exams, socio-economic factors, gender and minority status, may also beindicators of student success. Preliminary data suggest involvement in student professionalsocieties enhances graduation rates. Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam indicates aminimum level of academic

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

features. This has been attributed to the more developed ability ofexperienced designers to think and visualize in three dimensions as well to the influence ofdesign habits developed over the course of their education and careers which lead them to relymore on 2-dimensional representations [12]. Despite the ubiquitous presence of CAD technology, designers continue to find aspects oftraditional sketch media that contribute to conceptual thinking lacking in CAD interfaces andultimately in the representations produced with CAD, either on screen or in printed form. Asnoted previously, the ineffectiveness of digital media in conceptual design has been attributed tocharacteristics of the markings as well. However, digital media has not been

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

corporate business model as experienced by the lead author during his industrialengineering career. This model provides a good learning environment for students as theyreceive exposure to a traditional business model they may experience in a company upongraduation.The management structure developed is directly taken from business where the PrincipalInvestigator (PI) is the CEO, and the following positions are assigned to students: ProjectManager (PM), Engineering Leads (EL), and Individual Contributors (IC). Figure 1 shows thestructure used for the 2003-04 academic year in our Intelligent Prosthetic Arm project. This is atypical organizational chart and is determined within the first week of the fall semester by the PIwith input from the incoming

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Czuchry; W. Andrew Clark

Technology or aMasters of Business Administration (MBA) can select coursework with an emphasis inentrepreneurial business practices and concepts. Faculty members from both the technology andbusiness colleges form an interdisciplinary team to help coordinate offerings for students. Tohelp facilitate cross-pollination between diverse fields of study many of these courses are duallisted in both the MBA and Technology curriculums. In addition to the master degree programs,an Entrepreneurial Leadership Graduate Certificate Program has been implemented to providenon-traditional students an opportunity to learn entrepreneurial business concepts that can beapplied directly to their careers. Coursework offered at ETSU to facilitate innovativeentrepreneurship

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

. Overall, the results show the need for further development of case study materials thatshow how learning STEM concepts is essential in solving real-world problems. A collection ofsuch materials need to be made available to instructors and students using the national digitallibrary initiative. Widespread use of such materials has the potential to get young studentsexcited about pursuing careers in science and engineering. ReferencesAldridge, M.D. (1994). “Professional Practice: A Topic for Engineering Research and Instruction,” Journal ofEngineering Education, 83(3): July 1994, pp. 231-236.Bok, D. Higher Learning, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986.Boyer, E. College; The Undergraduate

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

Session 2004-1819 The Manufacturing Learning Model – An Innovative Method for Manufacturing Education Winston F. Erevelles – Robert Morris University Pearley Cunningham – Community College of Allegheny County Sunday Faseyitan – Butler County Community College Robert Myers – Westmoreland County Community CollegeI. IntroductionThe Partnership for Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) is an industry-driven, academic system delivering innovative manufacturing education and career developmentin southwestern Pennsylvania. The coalition brings

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

the work processesof civil engineers, the allocation of work, educational requirements and career paths, andbusiness opportunities for civil engineering firms are also changing. These changes are leadingto new paradigms for intelligent transportation, smart buildings, SCADA, monitoring andcontrol, disaster management, and intelligent construction.Most observations and conclusions of the IT study will have applicability for civil engineeringprograms in general, even though some specific plans for implementation within our curriculumwill center on the core courses. IT certainly has many applications outside of the core courses,including in simulations, virtual labs, formulation and analysis of design options, demonstrationsand illustrations of

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

. Page 9.981.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationUniversities and K12 institutions share the burden of adequate preparation for students who maychoose technical careers. Indeed, universities “have a crucial role to play in the important stridesbeing made to transform K12 science and math education.”1 Weaknesses in the preparation ofK12 students in science and mathematics are well recognized. The academic performance ofU.S. students in mathematics and science slips from near the top of the list of 48 countries at theelementary level to near the bottom during the high school years