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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Alex Mendlein

course and plans tomajor in Chemical Engineering at either Ohio State University or the University of Cincinnati.ADRIAN J. BRUSH is a junior at Walnut Hills High School. He has volunteered for many projects, including atmuseums, for neighborhood beautification projects, and aiding in the learning of younger children. Mr. Brush alsois actively involved in both the band and many math and science related groups and clubs at school. He is takingIntroduction to Engineering, and plans to major in Engineering in college.ALEXANDRA N. MENDLEIN is a senior at Walnut Hills High School. As a violinist with the Walnut HillsSenior Orchestra, she has played at Carnegie Hall and traveled to Spain, Mexico, and England. She is takingIntroduction to Engineering

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Bell; Scott Fogler

Reality Laboratory Accident ScenariosExplanatory Notes:1. The following Rules are either implemented or planned: • Always Wear Safety Glasses in the Laboratory – A hose breaks loose from an experiment, spraying the user in the face, with more serious consequences when glasses are not worn. • Always Store Chemicals Properly – The user must clean up the lab, storing acids away from bases, flammables in the flammables storage cabinet, etc. properly before disaster strikes. • No Food or Drink Allowed in the Laboratory – A leaky hose drips into a soda can. ( See Below. ) Page 7.886.3

Conference Session

Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Virendra Varma

demonstrated an acceptablelevel of overall competence to practice as a professional engineer. The majority of states haveenacted legislation that virtually prohibits non-licensed engineers from engaging in privatepractice, providing engineering consultation, performing engineering services, entering intocontracts, or submitting original designs, plans, or specifications for approval. 2Licensing is becoming an equally important issue for the construction profession. Since 1970s,management of construction has changed dramatically. These changes have resulted in increasedresponsibilities, and obligations for the constructor. Professional Constructors have readilyaccepted these changes and have responded by developing additional skills and acquiring

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

qualityimprovement necessitates that changes in delivery methods occur simultaneously withmodification of course content. All programs within the department demonstrate plans forcontinuous quality improvement (CQI), in concert with TAC of ABET EngineeringTechnology Criteria 2000 (ET2K) 3. Therefore, demonstration of CQI principles, as theyrelate to the department, is apparent. The First-Year Seminar course goals relate to thedepartment’s goals, and consequently to the TAC of ABET a-k criteria, as demonstrated inTable 1.By incorporating current technology and electronic communication into the course,students are further prepared to demonstrate “an appropriate mastery of the…modern toolsof their disciplines” (Criterion 1a), and “competence in computer

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

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Willie Ofosu

Session 1675 Faculty Internship In The Telecommunications Industry Willie K. Ofosu Telecommunications Dept. Penn State Wilkes-BarreAbstractExcelling in the categories of research, teaching and service in one’s area ofspecialization ultimately results in a new faculty gaining tenure. There are manyapproaches one can take to satisfy the requirements in any one of these categories. Oneapproach is placement in industry. Industrial placement is a component of life-longlearning plan that helps to

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

sources,background loads (BL) for baseline loads occurring in the watershed, and margin of safety(MOS) is explained for the students to use in their analysis of the watershed. A history of theTMDL program’s evolution since the inception of the CWA along with the current legislativedevelopments and EPA guidance of record is presented to the students. The seven component ofthe TMDL program3 are also presented to the students as an “outline” for organizing their plan ofstudy.The lecture series also reviews the fundamental analytical concepts for modeling dissolvedoxygen in a stream that were developed earlier in the 1900’s by Streeter and Phelps. 4 Theexpanded and updated formulation of these ideas are the foundation of the complex waterquality

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Fuja; Stephen Batill; Jay Brockman

disciplines. This paper describes how these new courses weredeveloped and outlines the learning objectives for the courses. It includes details on theimplementation of the courses and the four projects that are central to these two courses. Thepaper details the ongoing assessment activities and the progress toward achieving the variousdesired outcomes set-forth for the courses.I. IntroductionIn 1998, the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame embarked on an intensiveself-study of its undergraduate engineering programs. This was done in response to thechallenges and opportunities resulting from ongoing changes in both engineering education andthe engineering profession. This self-assessment led to a strategic plan that identified those

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Session 2109 Optimization of Undergraduate BME Curricula for Students Seeking Careers in Clinical Medicine Richard J. Jendrucko, Jack F. Wasserman University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleBiomedical engineering (BME) academic programs are generally designed to meet the needs ofemployers including biomedical industries, government agencies and clinical service entities(e.g. hospitals). Additionally, undergraduate BME programs are structured to meet all ABETaccreditation requirements which include a plan for continuous program improvement. Based onan overall

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

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

the incentives/disincentives for faculty to teach various courses, to participate in various planning and assessment activities, and to assist the department in meeting its collective responsibilities in certain areas. Consistent with Massy and Wilger 5, most faculty members will not pay sufficient attention to collective responsibilities without some modification in reward structures. Comprehensive reforms involve challenging promotion and tenure criteria, spelling out the relative value of meeting collective obligations. Less radical reforms include giving release time for course preparation and additional conference travel for faculty members involved in educational reforms. In either case, bringing key

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

George Havener

solving, independent learning, teamwork andcommunication, while concurrently introducing basic principles of engineering to a group offreshman cadets. Problem Based Learning (PBL) 1,2 was the pedagogy used to engage the cadetsin a motivational project; design a plan to deploy a manned mission to Mars. Twelve speciallydesigned workshops were used to provide instruction on problem solving skills needed by thecadets to complete the project. A variety of assessment processes were used to evalua te theeffectiveness of the course. Among the findings, the final data show that without follow-on PBLexperiences in the remaining academic program, the problem solving skills initiated in thefreshman course are of little value to the students. Additional data

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn

predicted. By noting the change in natural frequency withand without the model, the inertia of the added body can be determined about the axis of rotation. The inertia measurement has not been implemented at the time of this writing, and is beingdesigned as one of the student projects this semester.Power:We currently offer two power labs and have plans for at least one other. Since spacecraft mustrun various devices at different voltages, the bus voltage must be stepped down or up to therequired voltage. One of the experiments has the students build the circuitry for a pulse widthmodulator, which varies the output voltage. The second lab requires that the student build aboost converter circuit. This lab uses a pulse width modulator to boost the

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Thomas Brady; Helmut Knaust; Connie Kubo Della-Piana; Andrew Swift; Jana Renner Martinez

of ownership.Institutionalization plans for ACES includes a student fee of $5.00 per semester hour with a$75.00 maximum fee per SEM student. The money generated from the fees would be used topay student employee salaries, fund workshops, and maintain and purchase electronic equipmentand software.C. REUAs students progress in their studies and begin to make plans for the future, they are given theopportunity to participate in undergraduate research. Each semester, UTEP’s ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) program offers stipends to qualified students so they canperform research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. These stipends provide UTEPstudents, many of whom must work in order to finance their education, the opportunity to

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Johansen; Jens Riis; Henrik Jorgensen; Claus Balken; James Luxhoj

of the risks and resources associated with implementing the developed manufacturing vision. 5. Application and planning Planning how to proceed by making use of the of the next steps organizational momentum created, the potential strategic contri- bution of the manufacturing vision and critical areas for designing a production systemRiis and Johansen1 elaborate that strategy development is typically executed in a spiralingprocess that includes both sequential and iterative elements, as illustrated in Figure 2

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergrad Eng Ed

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Neal

brokendown into a sequence of smaller well-defined student projects for this course, planned so as t oculminate in a finished web site. Students in the course are working in small teams, each focusedon developing a subsite for a different particular historical attraction. The sequence of projectsincludes, for example, outlining the subsite using storyboards, defining how visitors will interactwith the site, defining the information that is to be included or available on every page and themedia used to present the information, incremental implementation of a prototype of the site,periodic testing with different browsers and platforms, obtaining periodic review feedback from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Iken; Mahima Ashok; J.C. Lu; Alexander Quinn; Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

solving, thinking, and reasoning.Unplanned, localized forms of integration between two naturally converging disciplines (e.g.,biopsychology) as well as fully planned forms of school-wide integration efforts are consideredrelevant to curriculum integration. 4 The use of information technology to establish an integratedcurriculum is proposed as an extension of the interpretation, wherein topic relationships can beemphasized without necessarily altering the basic structure of the courses.The Integrated Curriculum Delivery SystemThe Integrated Curriculum Delivery System is a comprehensive set of web-based tools currentlyunder development that enables the learning behaviors inherent to an integrated curriculum.These tools enhance the educational

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

educational reform without thedevelopment of model curricula. Without proper planning and forethought, changes will be madein apiecemeal manner; lacking any examination of the motivation for change, the factors that haveresisted change, or the unintended consequences of the changes being considered 10.2. Virtual EnterpriseThe NC A&T State University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering VirtualEnterprise (VE) is a full scale manufacturing supply chain, integrated using informationtechnology, and producing actual product. Departmental laboratories are organized as businessdepartments within an information system-integrated enterprise. The VE departments, theirfunction, and conceptual structure can be seen in Figure 1 with the physical

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Greitzer; Diane H. Soderholm; David Darmofal; Doris Brodeur

Concept Questions in Aerospace Engineering at MITIn the sophomore multidisciplinary engineering course, we are developing concept mapsto identify and organize key engineering concepts, and map the relationships of key ideaswithin and between disciplines. The disciplines covered in Unified Engineering includematerials and structures, signals and systems, dynamics, thermodynamics, and fluids. Theconcept map of each discipline provides a means of communication between and amongthe faculty members team-teaching the course, and for the teaching assistants as well. Themaps help faculty members plan class time more efficiently by sequencing conceptscorrectly, building upon the concepts taught by the other faculty members, and avoiding

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Thibault; Noel Boutin

: intrapersonal knowledge,interpersonal knowledge and universal general knowledge on the human cognitive processAccording to Brown 11 , the management of the learner’s cognitive process takes place throughthree possible groups of metacognitive strategies, that is those concerning planning, control andregulation. We present some strategies for each of the three groups (see Table 2 (adapted fromBoulet 2 )). Those related to control and regulation were identified by Kluwe 12 .As part of universal general knowledge on the human cognitive process, we present a separatedocument on the brain and on information processing. Most of the material presented on the brainare adapted from Jensen13 whereas the architectural brain information processing model shownin

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Franck; George Sehi; Surinder Jain

ultimately encourage more students to enterthe profession. The objectives are to: § Identify components of a strong, positive, national image of engineering technology education. § Develop a comprehensive marketing plan to convey this image to prospective students. § Produce appropriate marketing materials to improve the nationwide image of Page 7.623.2 engineering technology careers, especially manufacturing and tooling and machining.IMAGE & M ARKETING OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ASEE CONFERENCE 2002The project is directed and managed by individuals and organizations with

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Stan Napper; Melvin Corley

, was merged with theCollege of Engineering to establish what is now the College of Engineering and Science. The proposedrestructuring plans were discussed several times with the faculty, staff, College advisory board, andseveral department boards, and a new administrative structure was established for implementationin1995. The new structure is dynamic, breaking down traditional barriers to innovation and resourceuse. As such, the essential elements are in multi-disciplinary teams and interactions, rather than a focuson specific organizational lines and boxes. Figure 1 below shows the current administrative structure,indicating the interaction between the academic programs (faculty and students), the Leadership Team,the research centers and

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Osama Abudayyeh

Presentations: Each participant (or team) is required to present to the group a project description and a plan of work at the end of the second week. The presentations are conducted in a conference format. 3. REU Symposium: At the end of the REU program, a symposium is organized to expose the participants to the professional conference environment. Each participant (or team) is required to prepare and present a five-page conference paper according to a set of guidelines. The papers are published in a conference proceedings. 3.2 Professional Development Activities The program is designed to include a host of professional development activities that

Conference Session

Educators on the Frontier

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Hoag

a few engineers new to the profession. One of they key steps inprofessional development is that of succession planning. This involves looking to themajority group of engineers to develop the proficiencies required as the expertpractitioners retire or make career moves.The technical leadership of the department, perhaps working with a training director,must identify the combination of subject matter and proficiencies required of the expertpractitioner. A learning matrix can then be defined for the particular area of expertise.This matrix sets the expectations… In what topics or subjects must the engineer developproficiency? What level of proficiency is expected?The next step in supporting technical development is to provide guidance for the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jenelle Piepmeier; Kenneth Knowles; Bradley Bishop

generation of forward or inverse kinematic function s.Few suggestions are given for laboratory exercises in any of these standard textbooks, primarily dueto the wide variance in laboratory equipment and protocols typical in robotics education. Commonassignments such as the Towers of Hanoi focus on algorithm flow, while other standard labs focuson behavior or path planning. These are all easily implemented using vendor supplied movecommands. A shortcoming in these common laboratory strategies is that they do not build on theintroductory material that is emphasized in the classroom. This paper presents methods for utilizingthe capabilities of MATLAB to quickly engage undergraduate students in an introductory robotics

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominique M. Durand; Dmitri Kourennyi

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationof fundamental neurophysiological processes illustrated by the computer simulations andmodels.Course structureThe basis of the course is lectures on fundamentals of neuroscience delivered by recognizedspecialists in the topic. Five instructors teach the course in blocks of 3-5 lectures, with thecoordinator (D.E. Kourennyi) present at each lecture and planning the coverage of the topics.The lectures give the students deep understanding of the facts and theories behindneurophysiology of the cell – from molecular to cellular to intercellular level. The material iscovered at both quantitative

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael Leasure

students and I wanted to measure specific parameters their plan of study.and show their values over time. This activity gave us awindow of insight into the effects of changes that were The diagnostic center consists of a rolling stand, PC,introduced into the engines. monitor, keyboard, DAQ (data acquisition) cards in a chassis, and the associated hoses and wiring to connectIntentional modifications, as in a troubleshooting the components to ports on the outside of the stand.exercise, or unintentional changes, such as a component National Instruments Corporation provided all of thefailure, both

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard K Sase; Julie Wei

perspectiveand increasing the visibility of the university in the community.References1. Engineering Science Inc., A Parsons Company. San Gabriel Canyon Sediment Management Plan. California, 1992.2. Karassik, Igor J., William C. Krutzsch, Warren H. Fraser, and Joseph P. Messina. Pump Handbook, 2nd Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1990.3. Morris, Gregory L., and Jiahua, Fan. Reservoir Sediment Handbook, Design and Management of Dams, Reservoir, and Watersheds for Sustained Use. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998.4. Engineering Science Inc., A Parsons Company. San Gabriel Canyon Sediment Management Plan. California, June 1992.5. Engineering Science Inc., A Parsons Company. San Gabriel Canyon Sediment Management

Conference Session

ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Kaminski

bachelor degrees in Engineering Technology (ET), Industrial Technology (IT) orEngineering disciplines. The course offerings are intended to give the graduate student sufficientchoices to fit diverse needs. This paper presents the history, the strategy, the problemsencountered, and the future development plans for the program. However, despite the fact thatthe program is only in its second year of operation, expectations for the program are presentlybeing met.IntroductionBecause the practice of engineering and engineering technology is advancing so rapidly, thepractitioner is required to possess more knowledge than in years past. A master’s degree is aneffective means of acquiring that knowledge in a reasonably short time. CWU has responded tothe

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronaldo Luna

universities to see their version of liquefaction tank. Additionally,faculty members from other universities were contacted to contribute with photographs andexisting plans, if available. Figure 1 shows two photographs of the liquefaction tanks used atother universities. Page 7.817.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education (a) (b) (c) Figure 1 – Liquefaction tanks at other Universities

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kris Dick; Don Petkau; Danny Mann; Myron (Ron) Britton

Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationdesign process. Of these two potential causes, it is likely that engineering students have aninadequate knowledge of the design process.Various models of the design process have been presented in the literature. 1,3,6,8,9 Although themodels are not all identical, the design process is typically considered to cover all of the stepsfrom the initial stage of project planning through to manufacturing of the product (some modelseven include marketing as the final step in the design process). In a previous review of theBiosystems Engineering curriculum at The University of Manitoba, it was determined thatstudents graduating from our program did not experience the entire design process. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Craddock; Lizette Chevalier

” Figure 4. Icons Used Throughout Web Site.Assessment Assessment of this project is being conducted on several levels. Student assessment is oneof the primary tools being used. A survey based on a six point Likert scale is being used with fiveor six questions on the Educational Objectives, the Web Site Quality, the Web Site Content, andthe overall Concept. Additionally, off-site review by faculty and students is being planned. A widerange of institutions has agreed to participate. These include public and private universities, atwo-year community college, an engineering technology program, and institutions in smallmedium, and large cities. This should provide a wide range of input, which will shape the finalproduct.ConclusionsThis project