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Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Riley

;processes solutions, immobilized, non-aqueous non-aqueous solutions enzymologyCell culture immunology, kinetics, bioreactor scale up toxicology, and animal bioreactors cell growthTable I: Topics presented in two biosystems engineering courses highlighting the biological andengineering aspects of each.For each module, course material begins with the chemical and biological fundamentals requiredfor a basic understanding of the system, followed by engineering analysis approaches or tools.These two aspects are brought together in a final capstone project which is either a small

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

. Thenumber of design credit hours required for BSME degree is 20 credits which is approximately28% of the required and technical elective engineering courses. The curriculum exposes studentsto a broad and strong design experience. Emphasis is given to the creativity in design, open-ended problems, design methodology, and the consideration of alternative solutions. Also, thedesign content in the curriculum is of a very practical nature. Furthermore, the design content inthe curriculum is distributed from the freshman year to the capstone design courses sequence inthe senior year. The senior design projects deal with real-life engineering problems [6]. Theprojects are often sponsored by professional societies or local industry. Hence, the design

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Teaching Ceramic, Polymer, and Electric Materials

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brow; Carol Click

Materials Lab I/111 Equipment usage, raw materials Winter Materials Lab II/122 Traditional processing methods, glassesJunior Fall Processing Lab I/231 Processing methods, design of experiments Winter Processing Lab II/242 Microstructure design and characterizationSenior Fall Charcterization/362 Mechanical, electrical, & optical properties Fall Design Lab I/261 Capstone project Winter Design Lab II/262 Capstone projectTable 2. Sophomore laboratory exercises in Ceramic Engineering. Fall Semester Winter

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Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Uriel Cukierman; Jorge Vélez-Arocho; Ciristián Vial; Miguel Torres-Febus; John Spencer; Lueny Morell

Concurrent Engineering WITH INDUSTRYimplemented the courses and integrated Manufacturing Processesthem with existing courses to form minors skills Product Dissectionor options in Products and Processes Graphics & Design freshman yearRealization. In this new curriculum, theInterdisciplinary Capstone Design Course, with “real projects” provided by our industrialpartners, form the final test of the students’ ability to function in an emulated industrialenvironment. Three principal courses were developed as part of the curriculum, which arecomplemented by a capstone design course

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Gary Downey

. [1] This attitude focusesattention on the relative timing and quantitative mix of design and science. For example, somedesign initiatives expand design experiences in the first year, with the hope of introducingstudents to what engineering is all about as early as possible.[2-5] Other initiatives integratedesign throughout the curriculum with the goal of helping students in "making the transitionfrom the `seat-of-the-pants' freshman design approach to the engineering design approachrequired for the capstone experience and engineering practice." [6] Finally, senior designcapstone courses aim at exposing engineering students to the key elements of design --designmethods, project management, teaming, engineering economics, ethics, risks, and

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Knight

,graduating student responses show that the design project is most beneficial in that it enables thestudents to see how their college experience can be used in developing a new product ordesigning a modern experimental testing program. Students taking the mechanical engineeringlab are leaders in their capstone senior design project due to their having the capability to usefundamental engineering analysis tools and develop sophisticated data acquisition, analysis, andpresentation systems.ABET BenefitsThe 1997 ABET visit found major deficiencies in UTC Engineering laboratories, along withother considerations. The renovation-upgrading of the Senior Mechanical Engineering Lab alongwith fluid mechanics, strength of materials, controls, chemical, and

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Cockayne; John Feland; Larry Leifer

the pangineer must begin with the current education of engineers.Traditional engineering education has typically presented content knowledge acrossmultiple disciplines; however, to prepare students for modern challenges, the moderneducation system must now focus on delivering the context across and between the thesecontent areas.Knowledge how, or know-how, has always existed in engineering learning and practice.A common example recalled fondly by today’s practicing engineers are project-based Page 7.1101.1classes, such as capstone design courses for Mechanical Design engineers. Such classes Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

(IVDS), the Robotics Club, the SAE Walking MachineChallenge as well as several capstone design projects each year. Page 7.417.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliographical Information 1. Crynes, B.L., “Universal Student Computer Access – Requiring Engineering Students to Own Computers,” Journal of Engineering Education, October 1997, pp. 301-304. 2. Murray, W.R., and Garbini, J.L., Embedded Computing in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: A Course

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Duke; Don Morris

of the form used to report a summary of the assessment results and anyrecommendations based on the evaluation of the results. Any particular assessment tool,homework, group project, laboratory reports, quizzes, testing, or combination deemed necessaryby the instructor could be used. The assessment might be used to monitor (M) or summatively Page 7.238.2assess (S) the student achievement. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationFig. 2. Schematic diagram depicting the process for course

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Bernard White

) IT 212 How Computers Work (3) IT 250 Introductory Statistics (3)2. IT Core Courses. All BS IT majors must complete the following core courses. IT 213 Multimedia and Computer Graphics (3) IT 214 Data Base Fundamentals (3) IT 341 Network and Operating System Essential (3) IT 451 IT Resource Planning (3) IT 491 IT Seminar (1) CS 305 Ethics and Law for the Computing Professional (3) MSOM 302 Managing Information (3) MSOM 303 Marketing in a Digital World (3) TCOM 300 Introduction to Telecommunications {derived from TCOM 500} (3)3. IT Capstone Design Project. All BS IT majors must complete a two- semestersequence of

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Petersen; Richard Hughey; David Meek; Alexandra Carey

design. Hence, thiswas subsequently offered as one of several candidate projects to the Fall Quarter session ofCMPE123, one of our upper division capstone engineering design classes.A team of four students chose to collaborate on the project. They first created a timeline anddefined the usual industrial milestones to be met as the course progressed. Taught by Stephen Page 7.228.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationPetersen, the instructor acted as project engineer and mentor with the students

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

semesters of non-credit Mathematics and Science 30 credit hours Engineering Core (Fundamentals) 23 credit hours Departmental (including capstone and project) 65 credit hours Humanities and Social Sciences (including Arabic, English 20 credit hours and Islamic Studies) Total 138 credit hoursTable 2. The Engineering Curriculum at the University of Qatar: Major Components and CreditHoursIt is difficult, in the absence of relevant data, to asses how well have the “status quo” engineeringcurricula in the Region served the interest of graduates, industry and the profession in general.There is a growing

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Klegka; Robert Rabb

engineering design process and reinforce their literacy in technologywhile increasing their critical thinking and communication capability.Secondly, the unity of ratings from the second design course reveals the particular content ofMechanical Design. The mechanical engineering majors receive additional engineering designexperiences through other courses (automotive and aeronautical) and find this part of theircurriculum more relevant to their interests. Many of the mechanical engineering majors arealready conducting work on their capstone design projects when they take the second designcourse. On the other hand, the non-engineering major has not had the broader exposure to otherengineering courses. For many of them, their five engineering courses

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Randell; Marty Bowe; John Feland; Daniel Jensen

to use wire for the frame and RP for the other parts. Figure 5 – Prototype of Baja Car4.1 The USAFA classesThe two courses where we have primarily used the RPT are our sophomore-levelIntroduction to Design course and our Senior-level Intercollegiate Competition Designcourse. The Introduction to Design class exposes students to a suite of design toolsincluding: customer needs analysis, brainstorming techniques, functional modeling, QFD,decision making tools for embodiment options, design for manufacturing, design forassembly, design of experiments and, of course, prototyping). The course includes threedesign projects. The first project is merely a check of cadets’ abilities at prototyping andis assigned at the

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daina Briedis

. Simply including a few of these instudent design projects has not been viewed as effective compliance. Page 7.453.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationLooking for the Easy Way Out—Self-AssessmentMany engineering programs perceive that effective implementation of EC2000, Criterion 3 inparticular, will take a major input of human and financial resources. It is clear that the start-up ofthe processes needed for criteria-compliant assessment of outcomes requires a high initial inputof resources.3

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen

mechanism, andadditional criteria to be met by faculty, facilities, and institutions. Only Criteria 3 and 4 relatedirectly to the content of the EP curriculum; Criterion 8, which refers to program criteria, is notrelevant here because none exist for Engineering Physics (i.e. criteria that would be developedthrough the American Physical Society or the American Institute of Physics).Criterion 4, “Professional Engineering Component,” places no explicit requirements on coursecontent other than requiring a major design experience, which is of the type usually contained ina capstone “senior design” course. It additionally requires “one year of a combination of collegelevel mathematics and basic sciences… appropriate to the discipline,” “one and one-half

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jennings; Melanie McNeil; Art Diaz

basedon initial scale-up, however class discussion includes full scale-up production aspects. Thelaboratory course includes a capstone design project. This project is highlighted here because ofits importance in demonstrating the final scale-up capability of the students and the fact it will givea significant demonstration on the evolved ability of the cross-disciplinary student teams to utilizetheir skills to produce their design.The semester long assignment will be to produce a suitable industrial-level production plan for a Page 7.522.5product of interest to the team (such as insulin, human growth factor, etc.), as if it was to be

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amyl Ghanem

Session 2555 Learning Circle: New Faculty Guidance for Best Practices in Research Mentoring Amyl Ghanem Faculty of Engineering Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia CanadaIntroductionStudent-conducted research is an active learning experience practiced in capstone projects, in-class research assignments, or laboratory based undergraduate and graduate research. Societydepends on the innovations that stem from research at all levels. The transition from

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mayuree Thespol; J. Clair Batty

15 Free Electives 6 0 Capstone Project 2 5 Additional Required ME Courses 25 Machine Shop, Mechanics of Machinery, IC Engines, Automotive Engineering, Refrigeration, Power Plant Engineering, Fluid Machinery, Automatic Controls Page 7.481.5 Total Credits 150 126 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThere are several

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Amey; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher

and has conducted three program evaluations under EC2000. He also provided college-level, department-level and program-level coordination of activities as MSU sought continued accreditation of its engineering programs during the 1998-99 accreditation cycle under EC2000 8. He has published papers recently on incorporating design in engineering courses 9, 10 , and reforming engineering service courses 11-12 . For the past four years he has served as a PI on the GE Fund Project entitled Reforming the Early Undergraduate Engineering Learning Experience 14.· James S. Fairweather is a Professor of Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education at MSU. He has more than 15 years experience evaluating engineering education programs

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Soda

Simulation Skills and Printed Circuit Board Layout During the 7th academic semester, one new Capture related skill is taught. El Engr 463,Design Project Techniques was created to better arm our students for the hardware realization oftheir capstone design projects3. A key element of this course is instruction in computer aidedprinted circuit board ( PCB ) design. Here we take advantage of the schematic wiring skills ourcadets have developed over the two preceding academic years. Capture schematics can bemodified to carry component footprint as well as interconnection information to the companionCadence printed circuit design tool “Layout”. Layout merges the interconnections andcomponent package types defined through Capture with stored

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Goodwine; Steven Skaar; Robert Nelson; Mihir Sen; James Mason; Stephen Batill

, American Society for Engineering Educationused to help underwrite the initial program costs during a three-year transition period. The NSFgrant includes funding for faculty training as well as for hiring support staff to assist faculty.The transition period promises to be gradual in that the three years of the NSF grant, whichbegan December 2000, follow a period of four years during which the microprocessor hasalready been an integral part of all mechanical-engineering Senior Design projects. The three-year period also follows by one year a coincidental move by the College to introducemicroprocessor programming into a 2-course First-Year sequence for all Engineering intents.Another key element is this program is the integration of industry and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wood; Mustafa Guvench

the waveform selected. At the moment, the user must use the help file included to learn aboutthe waveforms generated for the wobble and rotary side drive micromotors. Figure 8. Motor Control Algorithm Page 7.92.6 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 9. Interface of Motor Control Software3. Results, Conclusions and RemarksThe system was built as a part of senior electrical engineering capstone project at the

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel; Charles Standridge

descriptive statistics laboratory, only the apparatus, procedures,and results and discussion sections are required. The next laboratory requires these sections plusthe conclusions section. This practice is followed until students are writing a completelaboratory report.Detailed writing instructions specific to each laboratory are given. A generic example labora toryreport is provided. Laboratory reports are graded for quality of technical content and of writing.Reports are returned quickly. Thus, students may use instructor feedback concerning theirwriting in developing the next laboratory report.A term project is the laboratory capstone. Students download data concerning flight volume forone control tower from the Internet and use hypothesis testing

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Delores Etter; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

DSK.Audio special effects have been particularly popular as capstone senior design projects, wherethe student designs and builds a unit which typically contains a C6711 DSK, power supply,interface buffers/amplifiers for microphones and/or electric guitars, and various user controls. Page 7.1069.12 Figure 11: The winDSK6 program running the Audio Effects application. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe unit produces whatever real-time audio special effect is created by the student’s software,such

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Zarrugh

problem solving.Curricular breadth is provided through study in Strategic Sectors that reflect national criticaltechnologies; these include Biotechnology, Energy, Engineering and Manufacturing,Environment, Information and Knowledge Management, Health Systems, andTelecommunications. Depth is provided through studies in an area of concentration and througha capstone senior project. Permeating the entire curriculum are information technology, thesystems approach and laboratory experiences. The course sequence blends theory with hands-onpractice in such areas as electron microscopy, computer-integrated manufacturing, multimediaproduction, lasers and optics, and environmental field studies.The structure of the program is shown on Figure 1. The ISAT

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Olakunle Harrison

subject of greatinterest to many mechanical engineering students, the author uses many automotive relatedexamples in discussions, assignments, and projects to great advantage in securing andmaintaining students’ interest.A senior-level automotive systems design course as well as other synergistic activities have beendeveloped at Tuskegee University to harness student interest in automobiles. The main goal ofthe course is to introduce engineering concepts, principles of operation, and designconsiderations in a framework with which students are familiar and have above average interest.This situation-approach to engineering education means that the learning process is at the outsetgiven a setting of reality1. Lindeman1 states that the resource of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Argrow

7.938.1* For a “virtual tour” of the ITLL visit http://itll.colorado.edu. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAE 2000, midway through year five. The sophomore course ASEN 2002 Introduction toThermodynamics and Aerodynamics is discussed in detail to illustrate horizontal integration,hands-on experiments, design projects, and implementation of the proactive philosophy. Finally,challenges and compromises in maintaining the AE 2000 are discussed.Engineering Knowledge, Curriculum, and a ProActive Philosophy Engineering curricula are continuously revised and updated in the United States

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Whitmal

with design experience that supports thegoals of ABET Engineering Criteria 2000, (iii) to prepare students for further work in DSP,particularly in their “Major Qualifying Project (MQP),” a one-year capstone design experienceproviding credit equivalent to three courses. EE 3703 has two features that distinguish it fromprevious real-time DSP courses: its use of the interactive “studio” format, and its use of softwareengineering principles.Assessment data for the course was derived from student grades, lab reports, identical pre/post-course assessment exams, and MQP reports. The pre/post -course exams focused on topicscovered in both the present and prerequisite courses, and were used to gauge the preparation andprogress of each student. The data

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Magin; Christopher Comer; J Hetling

Engineering.The objective of this paper is to describe the Neural Engineering curriculum and its core coursesat the University of Illinois at Chicago. Largely defined during the last four years, an importantaspect of the curriculum is the adaptation of research-level approaches to cutting edge,interdisciplinary problems in bioengineering to the undergraduate teaching environment. Keyfeatures of the curriculum are pointed out, and course evaluations from pilot offerings aredescribed. One particular course, Bioengineering / Biological Sciences 474 (BioE/BioS 474),Neural Engineering I, which serves as the capstone for the undergraduate track and the startingpoint for the graduate track, is described in detail. Development of BioE/BioS 474 is