Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Bates

2000 ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition.6 Mentoring for Academic Careers in Engineering: Proceedings of the PAESMEM/Stanford School of EngineeringWorkshop, E. Riskin, M. Ostendorf, P. Cosman, M. Effros, J. Li, S. Hemami, R. M. Gray, eds., September 25, 2004,.7 N. C. Chesler & M. A. Chesler, “Mentoring Women Students in Engineering: Lessons Learned from theSociology of Gender,” Proc. of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.8 N. C. Chesler & M. A. Chesler, “Gender-Informed Mentoring Strategies for Women Engineering Scholars: OnEstablishing a Caring Community,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2002.9 C. A. Limbert, “Chrysalis, A Peer Mentoring Group for Faculty and Staff Women,” NWSA Journal, 7(2), 1995,86

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

(1.5% of U.S. population),Native Americans are seldom represented in the assessment of racial disparities in IT. Mostimportantly, once Native Americans’ land stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean andfrom the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America. But, over the years, their lives have beendisrupted and they have been dislocated.20 With the rise of information society, NativeAmericans face another danger of being left behind.Most scholarly work has been on the gender gap in science and engineering (S&E). It isgenerally assumed that many of the reasons that discourage women from S&E education andcareers apply to under-represented minorities. When scholars have studied under-representedminorities in S&E, they have

Conference Session

Labs, Demos and Software in Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Hendricks; L. Glenn Kraige; Don Morris

Session 3568 Unified Lecture Software for Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Deformable Bodies L. Glenn Kraige, Scott L. Hendricks, and Don H. Morris W. S. "Pete" White Chair for Innovation in Engineering Education/ Associate Professor/Professor and Assistant Department Head Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg VA 24061 USAAbstractThe history and current budget-driven challenges of teaching the basic engineering mechanicssequence are

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Que Nguyen; Jennifer Tafoya; Catherine Skokan; Barbara Moskal

workshop 0 3 10 2 1 1 4 1impact theinstruction youprovide in yourclassroom?To what extent didyour students benefitfrom the engineeringknowledge that you 0 4 9 2 0 1 6 0gained by attendingthe summerworkshop(s)?To what extent were More middleyou satisfied with school levelthe types of activities thatengineering 0 1 8 6 0 0 3 4 tie into stateexercises presented

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aura Gimm

, W. C., “Template Synthesis and Magnetic Manipulation of Nickel Nanowires,” J. Chem. Ed. In press. Page 10.1448.72. Optical Transform Kit by George C. Lisensky, Arthur B. Ellis, and Donald R. Neu. Institute for Chemical Education (ICE) Publication 90-002R. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education3. LED Color Strip Kit developed by Jonathan Breitzer, S. Michael Condren, George C.Lisensky, Karen J. Nordell, Cynthia G. Widstrand, and Arthur B. Ellis Institute for Chemical

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

. The last two hours were devotedto a mini project which the students completed under the supervision of the instructor. Thestudent(s) who finished first earned a diecast car. The notes used were an electronic version of apast book aimed at freshmen7 revised from a previous experience8. Figures 2 and 3 depictexamples of student mini projects.Figure 2: The front panel of a signal generator. The students designed this front panel in session 1.Figure 3: Front panel of a sine generator students implemented in session 5. Page 10.695.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Glenn Steele; Judith Schneider

is very appropriate for most engineeringapplications, then the "large sample assumption" [6] applies and the 95% confidence expression for Ur is 2 2 U r = 2 br + s r (2)The systematic standard uncertainty of the result is defined as J J -1 J br = ∑θ i bi + 2 ∑ ∑θθ 2 2 2 i k bik (3

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

A Low Cost Virtual Reality Human Computer Interface for CAD Model Manipulation Abhishek Seth, Shana S. Smith, Mack Shelley, Jiang Qi Iowa State Univeristy Department of Mechanical Engineering/ Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering/ Statistics Department/ Statistics Department Ames, IA 50011Introduction Present CAD systems use 2D computer interfaces, e.g. a standard display monitor, keyboard,and mouse, to generate and interact with CAD models. However, the 2D nature of a standardmonitor, keyboard, and mouse, tend to restrict interaction with complex 3D models

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nuno Delfino; Calvin Cutshaw; Brian McGee; R. Mark Nelms

Saddle River, NJ, 2003.2. F. G. Martin, Robotic Explorations: A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River,NJ, 2001. Page 10.349.7 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for engineering Education”3. J. W. Dally and S. J. Reeves, Introduction to Engineering Design, Book 7: Projects, Skills and LEGO Challenges,College House Enterprises, Knoxville, TN, 2001.4. B. S. Heck, N. S. Clements, and A. A. Ferri, “A LEGO Experiment for Embedded Control System Design,” IEEEControl Systems

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Haque; Afsaneh Minaie

method discussed previously 6, we found that to represent a segment, 3×3 matrix issufficient. In order to increase the efficiency rate, we tried to increase the matrix size. We firststarted with a 10×10 matrix, which was found to overflow during training session. So wecontinued with reduced sized matrices. After some continual experiment, we came to theconclusion that 7×5 was the best-fit matrix for our purpose. Here a 1 in the corresponding matrixcomponent represents occurrence of each segment and the rest of the components are representedby 0’s. thus we had to use only 35 neurons in the input layer to represent a sample input. TheKohonen layer is trained in unsupervised training method, which is done by machine-generatednoises involves

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanton Cort; Gary Wnek

for its generous support of TiME.Bibliography1. National Innovation Initiative Final Report (2004): http://www.compete.org/pdf/NII_Final_Report.pdf2. “The Innovation Economy,” Business Week 75th Anniversary Issue, October 11, 2004.3. The Institute for Management and Engineering (TiME): http://www.tiime.case.edu.4. Cooper, R. G., Winning at New Producgts, 3rd ed., Basic Books, New York (2001)5. Ulrich, K. T. and Eppinger, S. D., Product Design and Development, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York (2004)6. Crawford, M. and Di Benedetto, A., New Products Management, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York (2003)7. Koen, P. A., Ajamian, G. M., Boyce, S., Claman, A., Fisher, E., Fountoulakis, S., Johnson,A., Puri, P., and Seibert, R., “Fuzzy

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Ostheimer

data.ECE Score SheetPortfolio 1D#_____________This portfolio meets the following outcomes at the level of competence indicatedPersuasive Cover Letter _/2pts 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Course # Page #s Highly Skillful Competent Minimally Less than Unmet Not Skillful Competent Competent Attempted1. Procedural Document _____ _____ _____ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______2. Problem Statement _____ _____ _____ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______3. Proposal

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

offer attenuation less than 0.2 dB/km.The introduction of optical amplifiers and wavelength-division multiplexing in the 1990’sexpanded the capacity and reach of fiber optic telecommunication systems dramatically. For “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Page 10.627.1 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”example, Lucent Technologies’ Lambda Xtreme transport system can operate at 2.56 Tb/s (2.56trillion bits per second) over a distance of 1000 km or 1.28 Tb/s over a distance of 4000

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai; Akbar Eslami

give them ample opportunities and time to participate in this provenmethod of gaining work experience in their academic education.Bibliography[1] Sovilla, S. E., “Co-op’s 90-Year Odyssey,” ASEE Prism, 1998. pp.18-23.[2] Martinez, R. (2000). Recognizing the accomplishments of the National School-to- Work Opportunities Act(on-line document, http://www.stw.ed.gov/pr/taskforce.htm).[3] Brand, B., Partee, G., Kaufmann, B., and Wills, J., “Looking forward: School to work principles and strategiesfor sustainability”, Washington: American Youth Policy Forum, 2000.[4] Hamilton, M. A. and Hamilton, S. F., “Building strong school to work systems: Illustrations of keycomponents”. Ithaca, N.Y.:Cornell Youth and Work Program, 1998.[5] Hamilton, M. A. and

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Harper; John Demel; Richard Freuler

the numbers.Currently the mathematics, engineering and physics faculty members do not shareexplicitly a common approach to categorizing problem types and how to solve them.This work in progress is focused on having these faculty members discuss problemsolving, decide on a common approach, and present problem solving as an integratedtopic in each of the three course sequences. This paper will describe the process ofdetermining a consistent approach to problem solving, the planning necessary forimplementation in 2005-06, and an assessment process to compare a pilot group tocontrol group(s). The ultimate goal is to make the learning process more efficient for thestudents and to aid them in seeing more connections between their

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas

S δ L Figure 1: A simply supported beam with symmetric overhang (L - beam length, S - span between the two support points, δ - overhang length) Page 10.171.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationK1 is the so-called transformed fundamental root of the frequency equation and can benumerically calculated through a specific iterative procedure as detailed in [1]. Note thatthe value of K1 depends only on the

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajinder Chauhan; Gukan Rajaram; Devdas Pai

ILLUSTRATING ENGINEERING CONCEPTS WITH A HOUSEHOLD WATER FILTER G. Rajaram, D. M. Pai and R. S. Chauhan Department of Mechanical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University 1601 E Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411AbstractFiltration and other methods of treatment of household drinking water supplies have becomecommon in order to prevent the potential health hazards that can be caused by the untreated tapwater. Filtration is been done at several stages based on the requirements from the governmentbody, using different types of water filters. The most common small scale water filters used

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francisco Aguiniga; Hector Estrada

tensorial transformation laws derived using Figure 1. Theresulting stress transformation is: σ x  C 2 S2 − 2SC  σ L     2 σ y  = S C 2 2SC  σ T  (2) τ xy   SC − SC C − S  τ LT   2 2  where, C = cos θ and S = sin θ. With this result, the constitutive relation in terms of laminate coordinates is2: σ x  Q 11 Q 12 Q 16   ε x

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

Retaining Female and Minority Students with EMC2 Scholars Program S. K. Gupta, E. C. Hensel, A. Savakis, P. Tymann, D. Narayan Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NYAbstractThis paper details our highly successful scholarship and academic support program to retain andgraduate students in four academic departments: Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics,Computer Engineering and Computer Science (EMC2). The EMC2 Scholars Program issupported by a 4-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s CSEMS Program andmatching funds from the Rochester Institute of Technology. The paper describes the processesfor selection of scholars and renewal of scholarship, and includes data on

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Magun-Jackson

, the faculty can create effective group dynamics that, in turn, would stimulate growth.Requiring follow-up discussion among students on-line promotes communication andencourages student-to-student interaction. It is also important that the faculty responds to eachindividual student privately, preferable via email, regarding the posting(s)/discussion. It is herethat the faculty may continue to question the student with more complicated questions that wouldpromote cognitive and moral growth. It is important to note, that in order to be successful, thefaculty must reward the student, even minimally, for participating in the online discussions withthe assignment of points that will be used in the determination of the final course grade. It

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

have developed inour research. This approach involves seeing the big picture first, breaking it into parts(instructional units) and then putting it back together again into a new whole as developedfrom the student’s own research regarding the opportunity (See Figure 1). “ W h o le - P a rt - W h o le ” T e a c h in g W h o le P a rt W h o le D om a in -S p ecific P ro b le m P ro b le m S k ills an d K n ow led g e C o nt ext S o lu t io n

Conference Session

A Century of College Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

ASCE’S Body of Knowledge: Preparing for the Futurea Jeffrey S. Russell, P.E.Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, U. of Wisconsin, Madison and Stuart G. Walesh, P.E. S. G. Walesh Consulting When we build, let it not be for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for. (John Ruskin, English philosopher)BackgroundToday’s world is fundamentally challenging the way

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

, lead an engineering project, and conduct themselves in a professional manner. By Page 10.1161.6obtaining these skills, students within the Experimental Vehicles Program will be betterequipped for future challenges. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Hirsch, P., “Enriching Freshman Design through Collaboration with Professional Designers,” 2002 Proceeding ofthe ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 16-192. Foroudastan, S., “Mechanical

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

vital skill because the “engineering practice takes place in an intenselyoral culture and while formal presentations are important to practicing engineers, daily work ischaracterized more by interpersonal and small group experiences” 5.Bibliography1. Foroudastan, S., “Connecting Industry and the Community to Engineering Student’s Vehicle Projects at MiddleTennessee State University” ASEE Southeast Section Conference, 2005.2. Foroudastan, S., “Mechanical Engineering Education: Not Just about the Math" 2004 Proceeding of IMECEInternational Mechanical Engineering Congress, Anaheim, California, November 13-19.3. Vavreck, A. N., “Project Management Applied to Student Design Projects”, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Montreal, Quebec

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Harby; Yuyi Lin

collaboration.Broader or More Specific KnowledgeWith the shift from a "planned economy" to a market economy, more graduating studentengineers in China will not be guaranteed a job and assigned to a post. Chinese engineeringschools need to offer more broad based programs to produce more versatile engineers because ofthe jobs available are more varied. Faculty members trained in Russia in late 40’s and throughout 50’s are now retired and replaced by faculty trained in the western world, especially theUnited States. It seems changes in Chinese engineering schools can be done most easily bysimply copying from the best undergraduate curriculum offered in the US. However, aftercareful examination of the current practices in a few US and Chinese engineering schools

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Using BME to Teach High School Fluid Dynamics Stacy S. Klein1, 2, 3,4, Robert D. Sherwood, 41 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN / 2UniversitySchool, Nashville, TN / 3Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, TN / 4Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TNAbstractIn the VaNTH ERC, high school curriculum modules based in biomedical engineering (BME)have been developed. As part of this work a module on Hemodynamics has been developedbased upon design principles growing out of cognitive science research. Accompanied by afigure and an audio file, the module begins with a grand challenge

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodor Richardson; Jed Lyons

Developing Effective K-5 Mathematics Educational Software Theodor D Richardson, Jed S Lyons University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 richa268@cse.sc.eduAbstractThis paper presents a software engineering pilot study on the construction and use of educationalsoftware for the K-5 classroom environment. The goal of this study is to use the softwareengineering life cycle to guide the development of mathematics skills practice software with theintent to produce (1) a reusable template for producing meaningful and effective educationalsoftware as well as (2) a retrospective analysis tool to help

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Wilson

Using Western Kentucky University SWE Members in the Recruitment of Middle School Girls Stacy S. Wilson, Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt Western Kentucky UniversityAbstract For the past three years, the Ogden College of Science and Engineering has hosted a Girlsin Science Day. This program is a day long event in which middle school girls are invited oncampus to participate in a variety of hands-on engineering and science activities. Typically, theclasses are taught by WKU faculty using WKU students as assistants. This past year the WKUSWE members taught two different engineering classes for the middle school students. Thispaper will describe the

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Sterian; Bruce Dunne; Andrew Blauch

of the computer engineering courses that incorporate programming. EGR474 Page 10.1265.2is a manufacturing engineering course available to computer and electrical engineering studentsas an elective. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1: Pr ogr amming Incor por ated into Engineer ing Cour ses for All DisciplinesCour se Pr ogr amming Language(s)EGR101: Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Regina Halpin; R. Mark Nelms

on an LCD projector or PC monitor. Composite video and stereo audio outputs arelocated on the back of the video presenter. In addition, the S-video output terminal on the backof the device allows images to be sent directly to a television or VCR. The pick-up device is a1/2” 1.5 million pixel CCD yielding effective pixels of 1360 (horizontal) x 1024 (vertical) and aframe rate of 7.5 frames per second. All circuit diagrams and problem statements were prepared on plain white paper and weregenerated using a computer or handwritten. Step-by-step solutions for all problems were thenworked under the camera on the Samsung SVP-6000. Only the instructor’s hand was visibleduring the step-by-step solution. The Samsung SVP-6000 converted the step-by