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Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Eliot; Jennifer Turns

How can user-centered design help us think about the challenges of engineering education? Jennifer Turns, Matt Eliot, Steve Lappenbusch, Roxane Neal, Karina Allen, Jessica M. H. Yellin, Beza Getahun, Zhiwei Guan, Yi-min Huang-Cotrille Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education (LUCEE) University of WashingtonAbstractBecause engineering education is a complex endeavor, tools that help educators understandengineering education can be valuable. User-centered design is a conceptual tool that educatorscan use to understand current projects and imagine new opportunities. This paper focuses on theconcept of user-centered design and its application

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cathy Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright À 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session [2]. The student will demonstrate competencies in experimental testing, error analysis, laboratory safety, data acquisition, instrumentation and laboratory report writing. [3]. The student will demonstrate computer competency and an intelligent use of computers as a tool for developing solutions to engineering problems.The objective of each course has to be designed to meet the overall program objective and bemeasurable by criteria (a-s

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weber; Nathan VanderHorn; Rashmi Bahuguna; Arun K. Somani; Mani Mina

microwave, to optical domain. In this class has a laboratory component to allow students start utilizing the requested equipment. The purpose is to teach students the type of equipment that is available and even look at the compare and contrast of some electronics vs. photonics measurements. A strong component of this class is education students with time based and frequency analysis of signals, systems and the related issues with measurement. 2. High speed system characterization: In this class we cover the ideas that are used in high speed system integration, and measurement. It is known that the design and characterization criteria for high speed systems are different than those of DC and low frequencies

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

connected learning experiences. Thissequence of activities was designed to enhance participants’ understanding of the role of IT indoing, teaching, and learning science. These activities build on intense experiences in authenticscientific research environments that participants have with scientists in their laboratories, whichoccur in two three-week periods during two summers. In scientists’ laboratories, participantsengage in day-to-day scientific research experiences using the IT that scientists use to seek Page 10.1173.3answers to scientific questions (Ia). Participants then adapt their authentic research experiences Proceedings of the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Crimaldi; Daniel Knight

. The laboratory treatment was used in addition to atraditional lecture-based treatment of the topic. Assessment methods including a contentknowledge test and attitude surveys were used to examine the impact of the module on studentlearning and interest in engineering. Results revealed that the instructional module had addedvalue over the lecture for increasing students’ content knowledge (+50%). In addition, thevisualization module received a significantly higher rating on the attitude survey than the lecturemethod for level of enjoyment, learning of content, and the development of interest inengineering.Introduction One of the principal challenges of teaching fluid mechanics is the level of abstraction thatcomes with the subject

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Maldonado; Christenson John; Eugene Rutz

in these two programs, to provide a statusreport on their ongoing progress, and to highlight a few of the mechanisms that have led to the successof these graduate school “feeder” programs. Also, this article highlights some details within theseprograms that directly address one or more of the specific areas of interest to this special session andits audience, such as: • Use of distance learning in nuclear engineering, • Utilizing laboratory experiences to facilitate student learning, and • University nuclear engineering program interactions with industry and national laboratories. Page 10.37.1 “Proceedings of

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Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Smith; Ralph Volino

evaluations.BackgroundIn recent years, the U.S. Naval Academy has invested in a number of pieces of “self-contained”educational laboratory equipment. This type of educational laboratory equipment iscommercially available and generally comes completely instrumented. The individual units tendto demonstrate a single concept, and different units are available for a number of subjectsincluding thermal conductivity; free and forced convection; transient heat conduction; boilingand condensation heat transfer, heat exchangers, internal combustion engines, air conditioningsystems and many other topics. This type of equipment can and has been used effectively.Shawn Kim [1] presents an interesting article on getting students involved in thermal design byimproving existing

Conference Session

Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

faculty advisor, the lab instructor and the teaching assistant and withinone week after receiving the project, the project team must develop a detailed project plan. Althoughall projects and project plans are dynamic, it is imperative that a detailed plan is developed initiallyand continually examined to properly execute the project within time and budget constraints. Most of the projects in the EE labs are team projects. Although each team member isassigned specific actions by the team, all team members are equally responsible for successfulcompletion of the project. Team members are measured for their contribution to the team by theiradvisor, lab instructor, lab director's staff and the team itself.2. Laboratory Project Requirements

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Barrett; Marion Usselman

mathematics teachers andprovide exposure of the applications of mathematics. For example, Since1991 the Georgia Power Company has placed teachers in more than 100 positions. In the majority of these positions, teachers work in power generation facilities, specifically the water quality laboratory of a fossil fuel plant. A mathematics teacher collected water samples, conducted laboratory tests, and entered data into various databases. She ran a data analysis that proved to be a very useful tool for the laboratory team and one they have continued to utilize. From her needs assessment, she expressed a desire to reduce “….my use of lecture teaching strategy by increasing the use of problem based learning

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

learner’s mental preparedness in the article What goes on in the mind of the learner. (Norman, 1980). Importance of co-operative learning, student’s study habits, laboratory activities, field trips, service learning, cognition and college teaching must be discussed in departmental meetings and appropriate actions must be put in place. (Novak & Govin, 1984, Norman, 1980, Ausubel, 1968).ScholarshipErnest L. Boyer, in his 1990 book, “Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of theProfessorate” suggests that there has been an attempt to redefine the universityteacher-scholar’s role in the academic environment. In his 1990 book, publishedby the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Boyer cites someground breaking studies and

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jeff Jackson

. He is currently an Associate Professor and Interim Department Head ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama. He is a primary developerof the Computer Engineering degree program at the University of Alabama, director of theComputer Architecture Research Laboratory and associate director of the ElectromechanicalSystems Laboratory. Dr. Jackson's teaching experience includes course and laboratory materialcovering logic design, microcomputer software and hardware, high level language programming,digital systems design, image and signal processing, computer networking, computer Page 10.442.5architecture, and senior

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Tracy Van Zandt

foundation courses can too easily become a “blur” to the students—nothing more than a “bunch of words” intermingled with sines, cosines, integrals, Taylor seriesexpansion, etc., with no particular reason or intent.In the UMASS Lowell Mechanical Engineering curriculum, an effort is being made to try torectify this by interweaving some of the fundamental STEM material between multiple coursesso that students obtain a deeper understanding of important concepts. In particular, it is helpfulto integrate the well-defined, theoretical material of foundation classes with the hands-onenvironment of later laboratory classes. Laboratory can be effectively used to reinforce lecturematerial that is presented in related courses [2]. It can also be the perfect

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

principles of physics, engineering andmaterial science is ever present, yet without artificial or forced linkages. The present paper reports a teaching experience in which such device dissectionsin an engineering lab are utilized to enhance the learning objectives and studentsatisfaction in four courses in non-engineering colleges: the Colleges of Humanities andSocial Sciences, Education, and Design. Page 10.374.2Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005 American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Laboratory Description Unfortunately

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holt; Keith Williamson; Paul Kauffmann; Tarek Abdel-Salam

andexploration of research issues related to writing proficiency of DE students in engineering andtechnology. DE writing proficiency is evaluated based on two sets of data: i) Results of a university exit-writing exam for undergraduates. ii) Results of a junior level fluid mechanics laboratory taught as a traditional and as a distance education course.Exit writing examination overviewThe exit writing examination data was gathered at Old Dominion University (ODU), acomprehensive, state – supported institution with over 18,000 students. The university is locatedin the Tidewater region of eastern Virginia, a metropolitan area with a population ofapproximately 1.5 million. ODU is among the early pioneers in distance learning through asatellite

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Tao; W Bao; R Moreno; Marc Zampino; Yiding Cao

projects in order to integrate hands-on experiments in traditionalthermal science lecture courses and to reorient traditional teaching laboratory courses withdesign, build, and test (DBT) activities. In particular, the following principles and methods areadapted: a hands-on experience integrated to abstract concepts discussed in lectures, a clearlinkage to industrial applications, and Design Build and Test (DBT) projects. Specifically, twoDBT course modules are developed: the heat exchanger and scaled building air-conditioningsystem. The project reforms the current thermal science stem curriculum with changes to threerequired lecture courses in such a way that the contents of the stand-alone ME lab course isintegrated with the lectures through the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

curriculum.A recruiting and retention plan is also being developed as part of the new curriculum design. Thedevelopment of this plan is considered to be a crucial and fundamental component of the overallEE program. One of the biggest concerns is the recruitment and retention of underrepresentedgroups in the engineering field.This paper describes the planning and development of the new Electrical Engineering program atEWU including the significance, infrastructure, goals, objectives, laboratory needs, programrequirements, and curriculum.IntroductionThe EE program was conceived on the basis of three factors: industrial demand within the regionand state, the small number of qualified graduates available to enter the workforce, and theincreasing pool of

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bennion; Jay Kunze; Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar; Michael Lineberry

close relationship with the Nuclear University Consortium that is part of the BEA team.In summary, the opportunities for developing a new paradigm for national laboratory anduniversity interaction and cooperation lies ahead. Successful development of the partnership willlead to effective implementation of the INL mission and of a viable future for nuclear energy inthe nation and the world.--------------------------------------Biographical InformationJay Kunze is the Dean of Engineering and Associate Director of the Idaho Accelerator Center atIdaho State University (ISU). He spent 20 years of his career at the INL predecessor laboratories,then 5 years as president of a geothermal energy company. During that period he was an adjunct(teaching

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Khaled Mansy

, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement-Adaptation and Implementation. This newlaboratory will help integrate the engineering of daylighting systems into the school’scurriculum, with the anticipation that this will nurture the scientific background and design skillsof undergraduate students. The secondary mission of the laboratory is to disseminate the sameknowledge and/or skills between graduate students, faculty, and practicing professionals. Thelaboratory will also be an effective venue to integrate teaching and research.1. Design of Daylighting Systems in BuildingsIntegration between daylighting and electric lighting systems in commercial buildings may resultin a significant reduction in the annual energy consumption and operating cost. Indeed

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Stier

A Competency Gaps Study for a Manufacturing Sequence Curriculum Kenneth W. Stier Department of Technology Illinois State UniversityAbstract This study was built on prior competency gap research conducted by the Society forManufacturing Engineers to provide a foundation for the development of the Department ofTechnology’s new Integrated Manufacturing Systems (IMS) laboratory at Illinois StateUniversity (ISU). The objectives of the study were to: a) investigate to what extent small andmid-sized Illinois manufacturing companies feel it is important for newly hired manufacturingengineering or technology graduates to

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Biwu Yang; Tijjani Mohammed

affordability ofcomputing and networking technologies have made Internet-based teaching and learning of boththeory and lab-based courses and programs very practical1,5,9,13. Advances in Internet accesstechnologies like dial-up, broadband, satellite, and personal wireless communication serviceshave propelled online teaching and learning to unprecedented levels. Additionally, thetremendous processing power and reduced cost of today’s personal computers and networkingequipment have made Internet-based programs much more appealing and practical than othertraditional DE based counterparts. As a result of these and other technological developments,there is a flurry of activity as academic institutions attempt to capitalize on this new wave ofenrollment

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi; Wael Ibrahim

. Development and assessment of synchronous andasynchronous distance learning curricula has gained a large momentum due to the new emergingvirtual universities. It has been argued that the ease of transfer of different disciplines from on-campus teaching to online teaching is discipline dependent. In engineering disciplines, laboratoryexperiments always served as the tool for relating the theoretical world to the real one. Otherdisciplines on the other hand do not necessarily require extensive hands-on labs. Practical orhands-on experiments delivered in traditional laboratory settings are now delivered throughsimulation software. Even though simulation is needed to reinforce concepts, practicalexperiments develop the student’s skills in dealing with

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joe Stanley; Daryl Beetner; Donald Wunsch; Rohit Dua

to the projects are possible. Depending on budget constraints, an attemptwill be made in future semesters to provide a cache of SSI chips and other relevant componentsfor loan to students to help make projects less expensive. If more time is available, a variety ofsimilar projects can be developed, allowing different groups to implement different projects,possibly projects that will all be used together to make a greater whole.References[1] Y.-Y.J. Leung, “The use of computer-aided engineering workstation in digital-circuit design laboratory,” IEEETransactions on Education, 32 (3), pp. 375-377, August 1989.[2] P. Corsini, and L. Rizzo, “SSCSSC: a tool for the teaching of digital circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Education,34 (1), pp. 70-75

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R. L. Kolar; K. M. Dresback; E. M. Tromble

, which we have hosted over the summer for the lasteight years; and students hired to work on single-investigator projects. Mentoring requires a muchdifferent skill set than teaching, so carrying out this activity in conjunction with their major pro-fessor is excellent preparation for academic life.Instructional Activity Sequence - Year 4. In the fourth year, GAANN Fellows serve as one of thefollowing: 1) primary instructor for a team-taught course; 2) sole instructor for a laboratory orrecitation section; or 3) team leader for one CEES’s K-12 programs (see above). Also, GAANNFellows will take the second of the two required education courses (EDAH 5123).Year 4 educational tasks culminate with GAANN Fellows submitting their completed

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Miceli; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball

product. A call for proposalsaddressing the transfer of energy conservation and efficiency technologies into a workableprototype was issued by the Department of Energy. The ultimate goal is to stimulate regionaleconomical development and promote job growth. Resulting from an awarded contract, a uniquepartnership was formed among Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Western Carolina University,Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, and American Carolina StampingCompany to develop a marketable energy efficient hybrid water heating and dehumidifyingproduct. This partnership was made possible by securing funding from the Department ofEnergy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy through a competitive request forproposals. Benefits

Conference Session

New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

, D.F., “Freshman Laboratory for Product and Process Engineering,” Innovator (SUCCEED engineering education consortium).2. Beaudoin, D. and D. F. Ollis, “Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for First Year Engineering Students,” 1995 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). J. Eng’g. Education.3. Brown, A. and D.F. Ollis, “Team Teaching: A Freshman Rhetoric and Laboratory Experience,” ASEE, Page 10.1252.8 Washington, DC, June, 1996. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005 American Society of Engineering Education4

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

, D.F., “Freshman Laboratory for Product and Process Engineering,” Innovator (SUCCEED engineering education consortium).2. Beaudoin, D. and D. F. Ollis, “Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for First Year Engineering Students,” 1995 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). J. Eng’g. Education.3. Brown, A. and D.F. Ollis, “Team Teaching: A Freshman Rhetoric and Laboratory Experience,” ASEE, Page 10.1251.8 Washington, DC, June, 1996. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2005 American Society of Engineering Education4

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Fischer; Richard Jerz

where students attempt to calculate the cost of chocolate-chipcookies illustrates some important lessons in determining product cost. This assignmentemphasizes material cost, equipment utilization, and time considerations. Figure 3 shows anexample of the cost analysis results in Excel (both input data and graph.) Figure 3. Cost Analysis ModelSeveral assignments relate to inspection technologies and techniques. A laboratory exercisechallenges students to learn to use and read a micrometer and digital calipers.A similar approach is used to teach rapid prototyping (RP) technologies. Students have readingsand assignments, but they also have a lab where they design a part in Pro/E, create an STL file,and transfer

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ana Kennedy; David Ollis

Cross-College Collaboration to Enhance Spanish Instruction and Learning Ana Kennedy, Foreign Languages and Literatures, NCSU, Raleigh, NC David Ollis, Chemical Engineering, NCSU, Raleigh, NC Rebecca Brent, Education Design, Inc, Cary, NC. We report our pilot collaborative results for enhancing foreign languageinstruction and student learning by incorporation of an engineering laboratory componentinvolving use, dissection, and discussion, in Spanish, of four modern consumer devices:compact disc player/burner, electric and acoustic guitar, internal combustion engine, andbicycle. Our original lecture course, “Spanish: Language, Culture

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Laffitte; David Ollis

product models are often madequickly, cut out of various types of foam, or modeled from wood or fiberboard. Buildingthese ‘sketch models’ throughout the design process provides several benefits, such asimparting a sense of scale, or the ability to investigate how a product fits in the hand.Later models that are highly finished can be produced either in the shop or by means ofcomputer modeling. As the design students moved into the concept development phase, it was decidedthat the teaching assistants from engineering would come into the design studio, insteadof only being on duty in the product laboratory, which is located in the College ofEngineering. It was through this somewhat unexpected development that the coursebegan to take on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilary Lackritz, Purdue University; Laura Demsetz, College of San Mateo; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University

principles of materials science and engineering through modern technologies • Develop three laboratory modules that use open ended projects to emphasize the roles of materials engineers in industry • Solicit feedback on the modules from formal partnerships with industry and community college representatives • Beta test the modules at varied institutions including community colleges, undergraduate teaching colleges, and research universities • Assess the modules for their impact on student learning as well as their ease of adaptability by other institutionsTwo types of modules will be developed, each will teach the fundamentals of materials scienceand engineering in an