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Timothy N. Chang; Daphne l. Chang

Session: 2330 Graduate Engineering Student Performance Assessment: How learning pattern affects test scores Timothy Chang, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ and Daphne Chang, Bloomfield College, NJAbstractIn this paper, the findings based on a graduate electrical engineering course titled “Real-Time Control Systems Design” are analyzed and reported. This course comprises of alecture and laboratory component where the students are expected to transform theirtheoretical knowledge into a viable team laboratory design and present the results to theentire class. Upon

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Francis J. Hopcroft

Session 2251 The Use of Portfolios as Assessment Tools in an Engineering Program Francis J. Hopcroft Associate Professor Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MAAbstractPortfolios have long been the pride of other disciplines, including the Architecture and InteriorDesign Programs, at most universities and colleges. Students compile master portfoliosthroughout their education to demonstrate to prospective employers, and accreditors, the depth oftheir skills and the

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Ron Eaglin; Z. Qu; Q. Zhang; P. Wahid; Issa Batarseh

perform on-linesimulation of all type of DC and AC electrical engineering problems and have the option of plottingthe responses graphically. This paper gives only the first development phase of the project. Moreworks is needed to complete the software development of the simulation component of the CircuitMark-Up Language (CirML) module.INTRODUCTIONBecause of the recent advances in technology in terms of technical delivery capabilities and cost, therole of technology in education has never been greater [1]. The Internet has been utilized as the idealmedium to create platforms for students to use for its wide availability. Repeated studies have shownthat often students in engineering core courses find it difficult to grasp the basic concepts

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Kenneth Manning

mathematics with applications in engineering and science. 4. To continue Rensselaer's pioneering efforts in the application of contemporary technology for educational purposes and to encourage the widespread distribution of the results of these efforts. Page 5.506.2Our approach has been to produce instructional modules that exploit the Internet and its attendanttechnologies of the World Wide Web, including the Java programming language. Thesemodules are designed to be used in the studio classroom7, with an instructor present, withsignificant student-to-student interaction, and with many open-ended challenges included.Project Links

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Jennifer Temple; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

Science: A Perspective from Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. . 1988, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc.: San Mateo: CA.9. Turns, J., C.J. Atman, and R. Adams, Concept Maps for Engineering Education: A Cognitively Motivated Tool Supporting Varied Assessment Functions. IEEE Transactions on Education - Special Issue on Assessment, in- press.JENNIFER TURNSJennifer Turns received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1990and the Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1999. She is currently an NSF fellow, working atthe Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching at the University of Washington. Dr. Turns’s research focuses onstudying engineering learning and engineering

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kurt Gramoll

educational benefits,this program helps students become competent on the use of computers and the Internet. It alsoprovides a large sampling of students who are actually involved in web-based learning throughmultimedia modules.This paper discusses the implementation of a course, “Multimedia in Engineering,” that has beentaught for the last three years in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at theCollege of Engineering, University of Oklahoma. Previous to teaching the course at Oklahoma,the second author taught the course at the Georgia Institute of Technology for five years. Themain objective of the course is to teach engineering students to integrate video, animation, audio,text, and graphics into an effective instructional technical

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David R. Haws

Analysis, 6, 599-607.23. Keller, F. S. (1990). “Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904—1990) (A thank-you).” Journal of Applied Behavior Page 5.576.12 Analysis, 23, 404-407.24. Levin, H. M. (1987). “New schools for the disadvantaged.” Teacher Education Quarterly, 14, 60-83.DAVID HAWSDavid has received undergraduate degrees in English from the University of California at Berkeley, and in CivilEngineering from the University of Utah. He has completed master’s and doctorate degrees in Civil Engineering atBrigham Young University, and has completed a master’s degree in Instructional and Performance Technology atBoise State University

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David Harding

Session 2620 Enhancement of a Core Electrical Engineering Course Using WebCT David Harding United States Naval Academy AbstractWebCT was used to enhance an electrical engineering survey course at the United States NavalAcademy. WebCT is a suite of HTML based course tools which can be used to provide Webbased content. It is a commercial product created at the University of British Colombia. Thecourse authoring tools are free to download and use. A modest fee is paid to site license it forstudent

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creation of three more time periods. If funding can besecured, these may be added at a future date.While the main distribution of this program has yet to occur, the initial evaluation in the schoolshas convinced the author that this type of technology can be used as an effective outreach tool toinfluence a large number of students and help them develop an interest in engineering orengineering-related careers.VI. AcknowledgementsThis project was funded under the Project for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (PSME)grant from the Eli Lilly Endowment, Inc.Bibliography1. Green, D., Laker, K., and Wiesner, P., "The Sloan Career Cornerstone Project: Multimedia Career Education forUndergraduates in Engineering, Math, and Science," In the Proceedings

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John W. Pierre; Badrul H. Chowdhury; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

andsystems education. Page 5.163.6Badrul H. ChowdhuryBadrul Chowdhury obtained his BSEE degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology inDhaka in 1981. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees also in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1983and 1987 respectively. He is currently Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Universityof Missouri-Rolla. From 1987 to 1998 he was with the University of Wyoming’s Electrical Engineering Departmentwhere he attained the rank of Professor. He has served as the Principal investigator in several education-relatedprojects sponsored by the National

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Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

workshops are offered to all college faculty and recentlyhave addressed such topics as “Grading and Assessment” and “Effective Uses of Technology in Page 5.430.9the Classroom”. Additionally, university-level organizations such as the Center for Excellencein Teaching and Learning and the Schreyer Institute for Innovations in Learning offer ongoingfaculty development activities.Faculty who are just beginning their careers can benefit from faculty development opportunities[6]. In this paper, we have described a model for new faculty development from Penn State’sCollege of Engineering. Our goal is not necessarily for the reader to adopt our model as is

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Louis Cloutier; Jean-Francois Methot; Jean Brousseau; Bernard Larocque

art ofengineering and possess the scientific background to accomplish their tasks. However, it isimportant to stress the significance of design, manufacture, and production so that students learnto analyze and synthesize and develop a creative, inventive, and team spirit. Because, problemsolving, designing, and technological innovation are daily tasks of the engineer, design practicemust be an essential component of the curriculum.While the accreditation criteria24 clearly indicate which components must be included in theteaching program, we are free to arrange them so as to achieve our goals more easily. It is theneed for an engineering program oriented towards creativity and design ability6 which led UQARto include design workshops

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human activity of planning, describing or is someother way formalizing the description of an artifact, activity or process. The design, as a noun, isthe resulting artifact. Engineers have traditionally viewed the process of design as beingobjective and quantitative and involving the application of science and technology. The termdesign is also often associated with another perspective that involves a strong subjective,qualtitative or artistic content. The automobile is a good example. The engineer might see thenew automobile design in terms of performance capabilities such as speed, fuel consumption,weight, etc., all objective measures of the product, where the style designer sees shape, color andvisual appeal, all typically subjective measures

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Robin S. Adams; Cynthia Atman

engineering education: a focus on change, pp. 95-65, 1995.3. American Society of Engineering Education, “Engineering education for a changing world”, Engineering Deans Council and Corporate Roundtable of ASEE October, 1994.4. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, “Engineering Criteria 2000: Criteria for accrediting programs in engineering in the United States (2nd edition)”, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 1998.5. Davies, S.P. & Castell, A.M., “Contextualizing design: Narratives and rationalization in empirical studies of software design”, Design Studies, 13 (4), pp. 379-392, 1992.6. Gero, J.S., “Design prototypes: A knowledge representation

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Doug Jacobson; Barbara L. Licklider

. Through Project SUCCESS, students will begin to internalize a professional identity as acomputer engineer.Another aspect of Project SUCCESS is an effort to help meet the growing demand for students inthe information technology fields. We are using Project Success as a marketing tool to helpincrease the number of students coming to the ISU computer engineering program. By providingan environment where students can succeed and learn we hope to increase the number of womenand minorities entering our program. The recruitment does no good if we can not provide theenvironment where students can do well. The components of Project SUCCESS will help ensurethat students do succeed.Typically, the electrical/computer engineering department has shown a

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Karl Smith

Session 1630 Strategies for Developing Engineering Student’s Teamwork and Project Management Skills Karl A. Smith University of MinnesotaAbstractEngineering students are increasingly expected to work in teams and participate in projects.These expectations are motivated by employer expectations, ABET EC2000 criteria, andresearch on the importance of active and cooperative learning. Seldom is there explicit attentionpaid to helping students develop teamwork and project management skills. This paper outlinesessential teamwork and

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modules, however, it is unlikely that they will reach their full potential. Theauthors plan to seek additional support from NSF’s Division of Undergraduate Education, andare interested in discussing the potential for collaboration with educators at other institutions.The Structural Engineering Workshop could become a means for students at several institutionsto obtain a mix of real and virtual lab experiences illustrating in a wide range of structuralbehaviors and concepts.Bibliography1. Ferguson, E. S. 1993. “How Engineers Lose Touch,” Invention and Technology winter 1993. pp. 16-21.2. Petroski, H. 1985. To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design. St. Martin’s Press, New York.3. Backman, L. 1993. “Computer-aided liability

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teaching of introductory or core courses in electrical engineering or technology, laboratoryexperience by the students is a necessity. In teaching basic signal analysis and/or introductorycommunications theory and the use of basic instrumentation, it has been found that provision ofknown signals to the various student laboratory stations both increases the efficiency of theinstructor’s time and enhances the student’s learning. For over thirty years, the ElectricalEngineering Department at the U. S. Naval Academy has used a central signal distribution systemin its laboratories. The system was installed in 1968 and has been used to the present. The EElaboratory complex was in fact constructed around that facility, and the majority of the EE labshave

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Session 2608 Retention of Freshman Agricultural Engineering Students Through an Experiential Lab Course Steven K. Mickelson Iowa State UniversityAbstractRetention of freshman agricultural engineering (AE) students has been a struggle at Iowa StateUniversity (ISU) in past years. This has been attributed to the lack of interaction of the freshmenstudents with faculty, upperclassmen in AE, and meaningful exposure to the field of AE duringtheir first two semesters. A laboratory-based, team orientated, and hands-on course wasdeveloped to help address

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John S. Klegka; Robert Rabb

UKWheel Systems Technology and Capabilities USARDS Group / Chertsey UKStudiesPower Plant Project Engineer Enron Engineering / Houston, TXForeign Military Equipment Eng. Data USAF / Wright-Patterson AFB, OHExploitationAutomotive Testing U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground / Aberdeen, MD Page 5.261.13Appendix D: AIAD Sponsor Questionnaire AIAD Feedback Summary 1999Based on your knowledge of mechanical engineering and your experience and knowledgeregarding the needs of the United States Military Academy and

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Nathan Stott; Gregory B. Markus; Diann Brei; Deanna M. Winton Hoffman; William W. Schultz

preferred. • Innovative: The course emphasizes creativity. Projects should ideally allow for the generation of multiple solution ideas. Project Sponsors should avoid imposing a solution on the students (but should provide all available information, including previous solutions, patent data, etc.) • Unique: Students do well on new products or mature products where new technologies may make possible a breakthrough. However, they do not have the specialized knowledge to do well on a project where they are in effect competing with large, highly expert teams of engineers. • Decomposable: The best projects can be divided into pieces; therefore, a design consisting of a single complex part may not be a

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Domingo L. Uy

-Hill Book Co., NewYork, 1978, pp. 173-182.2) Hurley, R. B., Decision Tables in Software Engineering,, Van Nostrand Reinhold Data Co., New York, 1983.3) Ertas, A. & Jones, J., The Engineering Design Process,, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993, pp. 75-79.4) Wilcox, A.D., Engineering Design Project Guidelines,, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1987.5) Boylestad, R and Nashelsky, L., Electronics Devices,, 7th ed., Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jew Jersey, 1999, Chapter 11.6) Gottfried, B. S., & Weisman, J., Introduction to Optimization Theory, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1973.DOMINGO L. UYDomingo Uy is currently an Assistant Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Fort Valley

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Robert Engelken

the fields of electrodeposition and chemical precipitation deposition ofsuch, with a major emphasis on undergraduate instruction and utilization of undergraduate research assistants in thefield. He has had numerous research projects sponsored by agencies such as NASA, the National ScienceFoundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority. He also hasplayed an active, senior role in the development of the relatively young electrical engineering program at ASU andhas been active in the field of engineering education, including several presentations and papers at ASEE/IEEEFrontiers in Education and ASEE annual conferences. He has been active in ASEE, IEEE (including serving asFaculty Counselor to the

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Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

. Introduction“Using the power of information technology, engineering education activities will becomeincreasingly global. Engineering education must become more encompassing, with an eye to themany new industries that will be served by engineers. To accommodate these changes, we mustbroaden the base of our education to keep the doors open to opportunities that cannot possiblyvisualized now”. This is what Ernest T. Smerdon, the ASEE President, urged all of us to considerand do, in a 1999 letter to engineering educators1.Now, in the first year of a new century and millenium, we should pause for a moment andconsider the meaning of his words. We should ask ourselves what kind of engineers our societywill need in the next twenty to thirty years. What will

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Dr. Phil Kazemersky; Dr. Neslihan Alp

engineeringmanagement such as quality, reliability, product design, human resources, cost analysis,technology, and strategy. The program has a high demand from engineers who arecurrently working in the Chattanooga and surrounding areas. However, increasing workdemands, necessity for travel, and/or relocation and job changes prevalent in the businessenvironment make participation more and more difficult for individuals. Therefore, theEM program wants to offer an alternate and innovative learning environment for thoseindividuals who want to enroll in this program.I. IntroductionThe Engineering Management (EM) Program is a very challenging Master of Scienceprogram in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. It is not limited tomanaging engineers but

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Richard Gilbert; Wayne E. Wells; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

broader, more meaningful context that includesemphasis on language. It goes without saying that it is easier to learn and comprehend newmaterial when it is associated with something that has meaning to the students. Although thisappears to put an extra time burden on both students and faculty, the long-term result is that thestudent not only learns the skill better but also understands why it is important to his engineeringstudies and why it will be important to his engineering career. Additionally, the related learninginformation in the modules will further reinforce the underlying language theme of thesemodules.The Use of Technology component of the MISP modules for pre-engineering courses willcontain some straight-forward tools to aid the

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Willam G. Curley; Sohail Anwar

Session 3222 Partnering with Industry to Provide Continuing and Distance Education Programs in Engineering & Technology: A Case Study Sohail Anwar, William G. Curley Penn State AltoonaAbstractThis paper provides a description of continuing education programs developed and implementedby Penn State Altoona Office of Continuing & Distance Education for engineers and techniciansin the Central Pennsylvania region. These programs are offered in the areas of process control,CAD, project management, information technology, and quality management. The paper alsolists assessment

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Natalie A. Mello

engineers in the 21st century is also addressed by theNational Science Foundation’s Restructuring Engineering Education: A Focus on Change 2.There an integrated systems approach is highly regarded as the way to accomplish the changesneeded in the curriculum today. Page 5.331.1As the call for new pedagogical thinking and curriculum planning is heeded, reforms in theaccreditation process by ABET have been initiated. ABET’s Criteria 2000 3 has instituted manyof the same ideals as outlined by NSF and ASEE in their recent reports. To satisfy ABET’s newcriteria engineering and technological institutions must show evidence that graduating seniorspossess

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Nicole L. Hoekstra

Section Number 3563 Tool Design and Concurrent Engineering using Rapid Tooling Construction Methods Nicole Hoekstra Engineering Technology Department Western Washington UniversityAbstractPrior to rapid prototyping (RP), the depth to which students could analyze a design, product orprocess was limited due to the length of the academic quarter. Now, the ManufacturingEngineering Technology curriculum is able to further incorporate design, production, and testingin concurrent engineering and student projects. This paper discusses new

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Hajrudin Pasic; Gregory G. Kremer; Bhavin V. Mehta

engineering courses for motivationalpurposes and to focus attention on the development of problem solving skills applicable to real-world problems. Also, because of the continuing trend towards the use of technology for solvingalmost all engineering problems in industry (and the fact that businesses are beginning todemand web-savvy employees), we believe it makes sense to have students learn problemsolving skills in the mode that they will be using those skills, i.e. on a networked computer. Page 5.75.2 Table 3: Goals and ObjectivesPrimary goal: to improve the overall quality of our engineering graduates by identifying