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Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lloyd J. Griffiths; Anne J. Marchant; E. Bernard White

undergraduateprogram) in an engineering school might benefit from the lessons that we have learnedearly on. Most notable are changes in preconceived notions widely held by some IT&Efaculty and administrators as to the impact that the BS-IT program would have on thefollowing: student enrollment and their persistence in our existing calculus-intensiveIT&E majors; integrity of existing degree programs in related disciplines such as computerscience and management information systems; relationships with other GMU schools andcolleges offering related IT study options; overall quality, number, and diversity ofstudents who are preparing for careers in the IT profession; availability of resources tosupport both the BS-IT program and existing programs; and IT

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Ford; Denise Jackson

to teach problem-solvingtechniques as if they do. Our graduates need to know not only how to use the tools of ourprofession, but when to use the most appropriate tools for the particular problem they areattempting to solve. IE majors are introduced to these tools in the IE introductory sophomorecourse.Industrial engineering has a broad range of applications, in a variety of industries. This web-basedsystem allows students to interactively control their learning pace across these application areas,and progress through them at their own pace. The modules integrate multimedia technology suchas graphics, animations, and audio to increase the effectiveness of an interactive learningexperience. They do not provide an integrated approach; rather

Conference Session

The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

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2003 Annual Conference

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Carlos Morales

assistant professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. He holds a BAin Telecommunications and an MS Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to working at Purdue University, Carlosworked as a Technical Director. His research interest includes distance learning, animation, and multimediadevelopment. He can be reached at crmorales@tech.purdue.edu Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Page 8.660.10

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fazil Najafi

. The grade distribution of the courses is classified tovarious activities such as midterm exam, final exam, test, homework, term project, presentation,and class participation4.The current curriculum consists of 131 credits made up of 51 credits of math, science andgeneral education course; 11 credits of engineering fundamentals (statics, dynamics, thermo, andstrength); 63 credits of required Civil Engineering courses; and 6 credits of electives5.The primary change in the new curriculum is a reduction in the number of required CivilEngineering credits from 63 to 54. This allows an increase in elective credits, from 6 to 15, whilemaintaining the overall degree requirements at 131 credits5.In making this reduction, the curriculum committee

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Chin; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

Session 1526 LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS UNIFYING CONCEPTS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS, DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (DSP) AND VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION (VLSI) COURSES Ravi P. Ramachandran, Linda M. Head, Shreekanth A. Mandayam, John L. Schmalzel and Steven H. Chin Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028Abstract - The hallmark of the Rowan College of Engineering undergraduate program is toprovide effective laboratory based instruction that illustrates important scientific concepts. Thispaper presents the results of an effort by

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

-effective design-build projects for large-scale first-year engineering programs.II. Conventional Curriculum Research and Development at OSU.Curriculum research has been an integral part of the curriculum development agenda for theFirst-Year Engineering Program.2-5,7,8,11-14 The research and development of new labs has helpedthe program stay novel and appealing for the students as well as the faculty. New ideas fromvarious engineering disciplines have been incorporated in labs to engage students’ backgroundsand interests. Furthermore, the variety in the lab curriculum exposes freshman students todifferent disciplines of engineering thus helps them in understanding and choosing the right fieldof study.Conventional methods of curriculum research

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Sauer; Mark Moore; Amin ul Karim; Ahmed Khan

. Modules cover such broad topics as radiotransmission, switch architecture, transmission and trunking, frequency reuse andplanning, air interface, regulatory standards and conventions, and others. Laboratoryexercises are an important part of the curriculum as well.The POKs characterize the required information and experience content for two-year andfour-year wireless-focused curriculums. An Industry Resource Guide illustrates, for eachPOK, how the various wireless professions (telecommunications engineer, wirelesssystems engineer, cell site technician, wireless switch engineer, etc.) use that knowledgein their work.As the wireless industry evolves, curriculum materials are being updated and expanded.Both currency and relevancy are key factors in

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ronald DeMara; Avelino Gonzalez; Annie Wu; Jose Castro; Ingrid Russell; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi; Marcella Kysilka; Erol Gelenbe; Michael Georgiopoulos

, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. Currently, many undergraduate andfirst-year graduate students in the aforementioned fields do not have exposure to recent researchtrends in Machine Learning. This paper reports on a project in progress, funded by the NationalScience Foundation under the program Combined Research and Curriculum Development(CRCD), whose goal is to remedy this shortcoming. The project involves the development of amodel for the integration of Machine Learning into the undergraduate curriculum of thoseengineering and science disciplines mentioned above. The goal is increased exposure toMachine Learning technology for a wider range of students in science and engineering than iscurrently available. Our approach of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raghavan Sudhakar; Hanqi Zhuang

lab examination conducted at the end of semester, which carries 15%of the grade. The lab reports and the student lab performance account for 30% of the grade.Please refer to Appendix (Machine Vision Syllabus) for more details on the grading policy. A key objective of developing the set of machine vision experiments is to provide studentsan opportunity to learn an integrated approach for solving machine vision application problems.The students examine the options in combining different sub-procedures to achieve the overallgoal. For example, one group of students may choose bar code interpretation as their coreapplication task, but they may opt for different solution strategies during different experiments.After each of the experiments

Conference Session

Publicity Elements of Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Julie Staggers; Lynne Slivovsky

professional writing students into the EngineeringProjects In Community Service (EPICS) curriculum. This program is running on three EPICSteams in conjunction with the Writing For the Computer Industry course in the Englishdepartment at Purdue University. EPICS is a multidisciplinary vertically integrated design class inwhich teams of students work on open-ended technical problems in partnerships with local not-for-profit organizations. They design, build, test and deploy projects into the community that meettheir partners' specific needs. Our model for integrating professional writing students into EPICSteams allows EPICS students to draw on the expertise of professional writings students in humanfactors and information design. It gives professional

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

) machined parts, to CAD 3D models, to physicalclay models that are hand or robot crafted in the automotive and aircraft industries.Rapid prototyping has many other integrated physical and intellectual domains, includingsoftware.This paper introduces our knowledge management and teaching / learning methodology.Furthermore, to some extent we discuss our object / component knowledgedocumentation architecture and offer real-world examples, mostly during the softwaredemonstration part of this paper, of this industry/academia sponsored R&D effort.IntroductionRapid prototyping in engineering, IT, manufacturing, and other fields is an importantarea of science and technology. These should be communicated to everybody who isinvolved in product innovation

Conference Session

Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Joan Gosink; Barbara Moskal

international experience will beinvaluable to their employers. Indeed, many of the major recruiters of CSM engineeringgraduates are international companies specifically searching for engineers withknowledge of international issues. Industrial partners who are interested in these issueswill help us recruit students into the program.Furthermore, this new model of integration between an existing engineering program anda humanitarian component serves as an exemplar on how to inject social andenvironmental responsibility to engineering education and the profession above andbeyond of what is expected by professional codes of ethics and accreditation criteria.The purpose of this paper is to describe the methods that will be used to create the newHumanitarian

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amro Taibah; Mohammed Haque

square foot (PPSQFT)for this analysis to minimize variation within the sample. An initial regression was conductedincluding a variable accounting for the year-sold for each observation. All PPSQFT values werethen transformed to 2000 value.Data Collection: The data, obtained from the Multiple Listing Services (MLS), includes pricedata, structural attributes data, and address information. A local real estate broker provided datastrictly for research purposes. The MLS data was validated and integrated with data from theBrazos County Appraisal District (BCAD). After cleaning, validating, and integration, only datathat have complete records has been deemed suitable for this analysis.Study variables: The variables included in the analysis are defined

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

Session 2109 Design, Implementation, and Assessment of an HPL-inspired Undergraduate Course on Biomechanics Marcus G. Pandy, Anthony J. Petrosino, Ron E. Barr, Laura Tennant, Ajay Seth Department of Biomedical Engineering/Department of Curriculum & Instruction University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712Introduction New developments in learning theory suggest that instructors can improve studentunderstanding by changing their teaching practices. Innovations in instructional design such asproblem-based, case-based, and project-based learning have been designed to combat

Conference Session

Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelia Barnett; Joan Burtner

Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 3630.19. Wankat, P. C., Oreovicz, F. S., & Delgass, W.N., (1998). Integrating soft criteria into the ChE curriculum. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 2613. Page 8.1181.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationSHELIA K. BARNETT is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Department ofMechanical and Industrial Engineering at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. She currently coordinates the workmethods

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

or possibly tooeasy in light of what the student has learned so far in their lessons. Questions also arose as towhat concept to structure each lesson around so as to adequately include all the major concepts ofthe Linux platform in a minimal number of lessons.The lessons start off with a list of objectives that the student should achieve by the end of thelesson. The lesson is then broke up into sections that each focus on a particular concept in greaterdetail.The lessons were structured in such a way as to allow the student to go through the lessons inmore of an experiential fashion instead having us walk them through the lesson. “Focusing onlearner experience rather than content as the fundamental reflection of curriculum places a

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Doreen Lawrence; Broderick Boxley; Chris Kobus; Barbara Oakley

answers, and on-going feedback as an integral part of itsmethodology. The Kumon method uses a sequential curriculum made up of worksheets to move thestudent though a concept in small linear steps. The curriculum has 23 progressive levels,each level of which contains 20 sets, with each set consisting of 10 worksheets. Theearliest levels cover pre-counting skills, while the highest levels move through collegelevel calculus and statistics. The student moves on to the next level as mastery of theprevious level is demonstrated by meeting the timing and accuracy requirements. Kumonencourages the student to develop his or her memory, learn and store computationalprocedures, and be independent learners. After an initial placement test, students

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

, anengineering curriculum that integrates both aspects could therefore be of considerable value.3Also, of the over 200,000 graduates of college engineering and science programs each year, agrowing proportion are finding employment in small businesses and start-up ventures – the type ofenvironment that requires “a new type of engineer, an entrepreneurial engineer, who needs abroad range of skills and knowledge above and beyond a strong science and engineeringbackground.”4 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.64.1 Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Kobus

associated with the Climate Control System could not tolerateleaks that would deplete the vacuum level, pv, in the reservoir from 27 in Hg down to 2.0 Hg inless than 20.0 minutes at standard atmospheric conditions (29.92 in Hg and 59oF). This becomesa quality control specification on the integrity of the vacuum system.Now, the testing must be done at a typical assembly line workstation that is 60 seconds duration.Allowing 20 seconds for hook-ups, system evacuation, and disconnect, the test itself must becompleted in 40 seconds or less.Design SpecificationsDesign and develop a testing scheme that in 40 seconds will tell whether or not the vacuumsystem will meet the engineering quality control specifications stated above. Figure 1

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Zuckerman; Nathaniel Bowe; LaMarr Taylor; Kyle Smith; Dan Moore

our current needs, as well asapplicant experience, the management team will fill a predetermined number of slots withsuccessful applicants. It is an important goal to the initiative that the management team does notdiscriminate towards applicants due to the class year of the applicants. It is true of mostengineering curriculums that upperclassmen will have the most in-depth project experience. Evenif this is true, it is advantageous for us to hire bright, creative individuals who do not possess classbased project experience, yet show the aptitude to learn and acquire new skills. This approachallows Engenius Solutions to organize teams that are fundamentally sound as well as adept atthinking creatively. Students that are in the Direct Hiring

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Keat; Michael Larson

Session 2366 The State of Mechanical Engineering Design Education: Results of a Web-based Survey Michael C. Larson, William D. Keat Tulane University, New Orleans, LA / Union College, Schenectady, NYAbstractA web-based survey of mechanical engineering programs was conducted, with the assistance ofASME, to assess the manner in which design is spread across the curriculum. Forty-six schoolsresponded to the survey, which consisted of 18 questions per design course identified by theschool. Specific emphases were given to defining: (1) the nature of the freshman

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

concept to most stu-dent researchers. In previous years, the idea that one can utilize university resources to commer-cialize technology has been received with utter surprise by many student researchers at Michigan.But even with these resources, students begin to ask themselves, how can a business plan bedeveloped? How can one learn about business development while pursuing an engineeringdegree? How can capital be raised to support an emerging business? Who can help? And quitesimply, where should one start? It is our contention that an engineering curriculum in the UnitedStates should support students along this career path by providing resources, both academic andprofessional, that can help answer these questions so students can pursue their

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Karen C. Chou; W. James Wilde; Saeed Moaveni

expansion. In addition to meeting ABET's major design experiencerequirement, this design experience also achieves the following:• The major design experience is integrated throughout the program with minimal interruption to the more traditional curriculum.• Students can gain a perspective of how different levels of their learning and knowledge contribute to a real-world civil engineering project.• Students develop a good rapport with peers in their class and other classes and foster a mentoring relationship.• The project forges more (perhaps better) interaction and communication among engineers, faculty, and students.As the civil engineering program matures and the class size increases, we plan to require theproject team to

Conference Session

ELD Technical Papers Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers

undergraduate curriculum. Two specific criteria of the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) such as the ability to formulate problems, andknowledge of contemporary issues, rely on a student’s ability to locate and synthesizeinformation in its various formats. Developing information literacy skills will allowstudents to exert more control over the structuring of their own learning within andbeyond the classroom. This discourse begins by examining some of the tangible and marketable benefitsof information literate engineering students. This is followed by an examination of asuccessful collaboration between an engineering faculty and a librarian in the instructionof undergraduate and graduate students in becoming more

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

in 1999 based onfeedback from several stakeholders. Among these were alumni who reported that theywork in a very multidisciplinary environment and need to understand how to work withother engineering disciplines. A pilot study was run during the 2000-2001 academic year,and all seniors in the past two years have completed the integrated program.The primary result of this curriculum change has been a significant increase in the qualityof projects that students complete. The number of commercially sponsored projects hasincreased substantially since the multidisciplinary sequence was introduced, and students inthe course have received national recognition for the quality of their work. Additionalbenefits have included closer working

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Mills; Tonya Emerson

Session 3215 Student Chapters – An Adjunct to Engineering Education Tonya L. Emerson, Russell S. Mills California State University, ChicoAbstractNew engineering graduates are expected to possess an ever-expanding array of skills. Yet,classroom synthesis is not conducive to many of these proficiencies. Student professionalsocieties can help cultivate valuable interpersonal, professional and technical skills through avariety of extracurricular activities.The success of a student chapter can be as valuable as the curriculum in defining the quality ofan engineering department

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robinson; Demetris Geddis; Adam Austin; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

Teachersof Mathematics states “A variety of instructional methods should be used in classrooms in orderto cultivate students’ abilities to investigate, to make sense of, and to construct meanings fromnew situations; to make and provide arguments for conjectures; and to use a flexible set ofstrategies to solve problems from both within and outside mathematics.”[4] Engineering activitiessupport exactly this type of learning.The organization of this paper is as follows. Section 2 discusses other efforts that incorporateengineering into the K-12 curriculum and the need to specifically address mathematics skills.Section 3 provides an overview of the Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP)program at Georgia Tech. Section 4 presents the

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Walker

“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 2109and concepts become more densely networked.12, 13, 14Concept maps have been used as a learning strategy, an instructional strategy, a strategyfor curriculum planning, and a means of student assessment.15 In this study, we usedconcept mapping as: (1) a form of student assessment (i.e., a measure of students’conceptual understanding of the design process); (2) a learning strategy (i.e., studentscreated maps as a study guide for their final exam and summarized course readings inconcept map

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cajetan Akujuobi

). Thesecourses complement the rich curriculum presently offered in the Department of ElectricalEngineering at PVAMU. A new high-speed (broadband) access technologies laboratory has alsobeen developed to support both instruction and research. This helps to create an academicinstructional and research infrastructure for broadband communication systems-based projects,testing and research.1. IntroductionPrairie View A & M University (PVAMU) attaches much importance to the training of studentslike many other universities to meet the needs of future technology trends. As a result of thetechnology growth shown in the area of broadband communications, PVAMU ElectricalEngineering Department has placed much emphasis on trying to develop curriculum and

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole Loock; Joan Dannenhoffer

systems of the college.The integration of these experiences and their effect on retention has been researched extensively.Three well known texts that address these educationally purposeful activities, student success, andstudent retention are Leaving College [4], The Freshman Year Experience [5], and Reworkingthe Student Departure Puzzle [2]. The philosophies and strategies developed in these texts havebeen used in the design of the STSC.Leaving College is the work of Vincent Tinto. His research resulted in a retention model that hasbeen used extensively over the past twenty-five years and remains the dominant model today.Tinto postulates an interactional theory of college student departure that describes the interactionsbetween pre-entry