Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Sullivan; Lawrence Ambs; Julia Sullivan; John Dixon; Janis Terpenny

Session 2139 The Engineering Economics of Energy Use and Capital Investment Janis P. Terpenny, Lawrence L. Ambs, John R. Dixon, Julia L. Sullivan,1 and William G. Sullivan2 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA1/ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA2AbstractA potential capital investment involving energy use or energy conservation is always incompetition with other possible uses of the same available capital. The competition may comefrom other energy related projects, or from proposals for, say new

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rich Fries; Paul King; John Gassert; Joan Walker; Paul Yock; Sean Brophy; Jay Goldberg

courses were discussed. These topics included placement of thecourses in the curriculum, course objectives, solicitation and management of projects, possiblesponsored national or international design contests, and industry sponsorship of project groups. Extensive notes and concept maps were generated for each of the topics discussed as thegroup met as a “committee of the whole.” The essence of the discussions provided a goodgeneral overview of the need by design instructors for mutual sharing of resources and ofindustry input to design courses, both in lecture content and in sponsorship of relevant designchallenges. The group considers that there are several action items that will need to be addressedas time allows, such as: 1. the development

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins

development ofcritical problem-solving skills for open-ended problems, and the practical application oftechniques learned in other courses of the three departmental curriculums. The course is designedto mimic assignments that newly hired petroleum engineers, geologists, or geophysicists mayencounter. Two major projects, each lasting 6-7 weeks, are assigned during this semester-longcourse. For each of the projects, the students are divided into self-directed work teams of 4-6members. Ideally, each team is comprised of a least one GE member and one GP member, withthe remaining members from the PE discipline. Historically, the class contains a majority of PEmajors (60-80%) since it is a required course for this discipline and optional for the GE and

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

QuantitativeApproach as a text. Students were required to implement three projects simulating variousaspects of a microarchitecture (cache, branch predictor, dynamic instruction scheduler). Thenthey engaged in an experimental analysis to find the best configuration in a design space. Theywere encouraged to pair-program, and data were gathered on their experience.1. IntroductionPair programming is one of the twelve practices of Extreme Programming (XP), which is thebest known of the “agile” software-development methodologies that have gained widespreadattention in recent years. Agile methodologies attempt to mitigate some of the up-front designcosts of heavyweight methodologies, which expend a lot of effort on design before code iswritten, and to adapt more

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell

at Austin Austin, TX 78712 christym@mail.utexas.edu1 IntroductionIncreasingly, engineering educators recognize the pedagogical value of student projects.Although exams, class exercises, and homework can effectively measure a student’s mastery offacts and formulas, these sorts of assessment tools do not encourage students to develop theiranalytical capabilities, nor do they measure a student’s ability to understand and apply what heor she has learned. Projects, in contrast, allow educators to emphasize, “the important role thatexperience plays in the learning process” (Kolb1). In an endeavor to foster projects in ourclasses, the Mechanical Engineering Department at UT

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

Session 2003-1393 Teaching Engineering Design – One University’s Program Patrick L. Walter, Ph. D. Engineering Department, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TXabstractThis paper describes the design process as taught at Texas Christian University (TCU). Theintent of the design course is to develop student engineers capable of a seamless transition toindustry. Success in industry is primarily based on three criteria: (1) schedule – did the projectget completed on time, (2) cost – did the project get completed within budget, and (3)performance – did the delivered product(s) satisfy the customer? The

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Jeff Williams; Beth Milligan; Andrew DuBuisson; Robert Drew; Karl Rink; Edwin Odom

Session 2793 Early Development of Capstone Design Teams through Graduate Student Mentoring and Team Building Activities Robert Drew, Andrew DuBuisson, Beth Milligan, Jeff Williams, Steven Beyerlein, Edwin Odom, Karl Rink University of Idaho Mechanical Engineering DepartmentAbstract Capstone design teams at the University of Idaho undertake year-long, industry-sponsoreddesign projects extending from conceptualization through realization of functional prototypes.Team experiences at the U of I have shown that teams that have

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacie Swingle Nunes

has led to published goals and the strong emphasis currently placed byfunding agencies and the retention community on such experiences. At the time we simply feltthat if students could see how science and math were used to solve interesting problems, it wouldbe motivating. The first summer research program was scheduled to meet during the first summer sessionat New Paltz in 1994. At the heart of the program were five faculty initiated research orientedprojects. A request for proposal process that is described below was used to select the facultymentors and projects. Each faculty mentor was asked to guide a team of two or more students asthey worked on his or her project. Based on the summer bridge experience we felt that thestudents

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

Session 3160 Professional and Ethical Implications of Engineering Globalization Ashraf M. Ghaly Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308AbstractAs a result of many years of neglect of their infrastructure, many underdeveloped countries relyon the expertise of international firms in developing solutions to the extremely complicatedproblems they are facing. International aid agencies or foreign governments usually provide thefinancing for the design and construction of these projects. Due to the fact that agencies

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

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Batchelder; Elaine Linde; Dan Dolan; Daniel Dolan

Document 2003-1235 Session 2526 Mechatronics for Multidisciplinary Teaming Elaine Linde, Daniel Dolan, Michael Batchelder South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyAbstractAt the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, students from MechanicalEngineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering all take a Mechatronicscourse during their sophomore or junior year. The course follows the textbookMechatronics by Alciatore and Histand rather closely. For the lab projects, students use asmall computer circuit board containing a PIC microcontroller

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Crahen; Bina Ramamurthy

paper, we present a pedagogy that seamlessly integrates the modernconcepts to the existing conventional methods for teaching distributed systems. Wepropose a set of laboratory experiments that will not only illustrate how to integrate thenewer concepts into existing framework but will also provide the students with hands-onexperience in the application of these concepts. The design and description of threelaboratory projects that cover newer topics in Distributed Systems, namely, (i) location-independence, (ii) active discovery and (iii) interoperability and persistence are shown.These projects will serve as models for development of similar projects illustrating otherconcepts of interest. A major contribution of this paper will be the pedagogy

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel

production operations course thatfocuses on the current issues and techniques that impacts the competitive position ofmanufacturing companies while still providing students with the necessary theoretical backgroundto investigate a variety of production related issues. This paper is divided into two main sections.The first section discusses the background of the Manufacturing Operations emphasis at GrandValley State University that lead to the development of this course. The next section identifies thesequence of topics covered and provides examples of student projects as well as indicating thefuture direction of the course.Program BackgroundThe Master of Science in Engineering degree in Manufacturing Operations at Grand Valley StateUniversity is a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

to enhance the course with introduction of PLM conceptsand the use of specific PLM software obtained from EDS, Inc.The major objectives of this course are instrumentation design techniques, transducer selection,and interfacing control and measurement signals to the system. The use of graphical andstructured programming techniques (LABVIEW) in the design of virtual instrument systemsforms a significant portion of the course. As an enhancement to the course, PLM concepts will beintroduced early in the semester. Students will be introduced to the concepts of product portfolioplanning, understanding the requirements of a product, developing a project plan, schedulingvarious developmental tasks using a task hierarchy concept and finally

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Georg Mauer

develops an autonomous robotic vehicle to perform assignmentssuch as terrain navigation or collection of objects. Students find the robot project highlymotivating and voluntarily spend several afternoons weekly working in the lab. The designcourse ends with a competition among participating teams at the end of the course. Through thedesign project the students gain valuable experience in professional design, engineering practice,and teamwork. Additional course objectives are student recruitment and retention, i.e. we seek toattract a broader range of students, including those from underrepresented minorities, to theMechanical and Aerospace Engineering program.Background and HistoryPrior to the fall 2002 semester, the design project segment of the

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Juneau; Kant Vajpayee; Eyler Coates

environment. Theanalysis of stochastic engineering economic problems has been ignored and the technologicalchanges over the past 15 years have not been fully utilized in the traditional engineeringeconomy courses. Therefore, students are not proficient to do such analyses when working in thebusiness world. This paper demonstrates the ease that engineering economy problems withstochastic input variables and real options can be simulated with simulation software that isreadily available to students on personal computers. The novel application presented in thispaper will greatly enhance both Engineering Economy and Simulation courses.IntroductionIn order to deal with the variability issues of real business projects, risk analysis is necessary.But, the

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven O'Hara; John Phillips

the structuralconcepts to their future design projects, as well as build on their knowledge of structures.Architecture : Shading indicates level of Architectural Engineering Faculty contact/emphasis Page 8.690.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Oklahoma State University’s School of Architecture offers five year professional degrees inArchitecture and Architectural Engineering. The first two years of the five year curriculumconsist of the pre-professional program, in which architecture and architectural

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Schmidt

graduates to receive training in statistics for design of engineeringexperiments and interpretation of data. A key element of this course is an experimental designproject based on applying statistical methods to an existing engineering standard. This projectprovides students with a real-world example of how to apply statistical principles to practicalengineering problems and experiments. Student assignments for this project demonstrate 8 outof 11 outcomes required by ABET 2000 criteria.Design of Experiments CourseThe Design of Experiments course teaches basic statistics skills and introduces the principles ofexperimental design. This is a required course in the junior year of the BME curriculum and isthe only statistics course that BME

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Liapi

projects are included.IntroductionThe invention of new building conceptions is usually driven by specific needs. The urgentneed for shelter that occurs after natural disasters, or the need for rapidly erectedbuilding structures due to extreme or unusual environmental conditions, such as thoseexisting in the outer space, are some examples. Deployable structures recently attractedthe attention of many researchers because of their obvious advantages when speed oftransportation and erection are primary considerations (Escrig 1996; Hanaor 2000). Adeployable structure is one that can be pre-assembled, relocated to a site, erected andused, then disassembled and moved to another site. Possible applications of deployablestructures include emergency

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

Session 3649 Assessing the Impact of the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Competitions on Civil Engineering Technology Students Valerie L. Sirianni, Kerin E. Lee, Matt D. LeFevre, James W. Lindholm Abi Aghayere, Maureen Valentine Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe new accreditation criteria (TC2K) of the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABETrequire an assessment of Program Intended Learning Outcomes. Some of the learning outcomesrequired by the “a” through “k” and the Civil criteria of TC2K include leadership skills,teamwork skills, project

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ralph I. Stephens

ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGSTUDENT MOTIVATION, LEARNING, AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH AUTO RACING INTERESTS INVOLVING MULTIPLE COURSES Ralph I. Stephens PhD, PE Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240 ralph-stephens@uiowa.eduAbstractDue to student interest in auto racing, projects with racing were incorporated into fivemechanical engineering courses involving five faculty members, nine student projects and abouttwenty students. The racing projects provided outstanding student achievements along withhaving fun.IntroductionWhile teaching a senior 58:055 Mechanical Systems Design class

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiannong Meng

Session 1658 Putting Information Retrieval Theory into Practice – A Web Search Engine Project for an Undergraduate Computer Science Elective Course Xiannong Meng Computer Science Department Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 Abstract This paper describes a semester project for an undergraduate computer science senior elective course, CSCI 379 Computer Science Topics – Information Retrieval and Web Search, taught at Bucknell

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

researchtraining program in geophysics at North Carolina A&T State University. Being an extremelybroad and important field of science, geophysics entails the study and exploration of the earthand its atmosphere and waters by means of physical measurements, and requires its practitionersto utilize a combination of mathematics, physics, geology, and computer science to analyze thesemeasurements to infer properties and processes of the complex earth system. By its nature ofinterdisciplinarity, geophysics makes research and development projects ideal for education andresearch training of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students.Education and training have become lifelong pursuits for our workforce, as new jobs requiringnew skills

Conference Session

Teaching Styles and Peer Review

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

Session 1122 A PROGRAM FOR FACULTY PEER REVIEW OF TEACHING AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Charles McIntyre, Sudhir Mehta, Tim Sellnow North Dakota State UniversityIntroductionNorth Dakota State University has recently created the Peer Review of Teaching (PRT) Programwhich seeks to promote student-centered learning through the use of cooperative peer review teams topromote enhanced teaching methods, techniques, and strategies. The PRT project is a faculty-driveninitiative intended to offer individual faculty added feedback related to instruction. Faculty memberswork

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Powers

Session ???? (paper – 2003-369) Preparing College Students to Teach an Environmental Problem Solving Curriculum to Middle School Students Susan E. Powers, Ph.D., P.E. Center for the Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam NY 13699-5715 PN: 315-268-6542; FN: 315-268-7985; sep@clarkson.eduAbstractAn NSF-funded project-based program was implemented by Clarkson University in 2000 toincrease the interest and knowledge of middle school students in science, math and technologythrough the solution of an environmental problem that is relevant

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Salvatore Morgera; Hanqi Zhuang

AN UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY FOR WEB-BASED INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL Hanqi Zhuang and Sal Morgera Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 Session Number: 1526 Summary The objectives of this project are to demonstrate that (a) it is practical and feasible tooffer engineering undergraduate students a course on Web-based Instrumentation andControl (WIC) that involves recent technological innovations; (b) the proposed coursecan be effectively conducted with two integrated components

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linards Stradins; Richard Rothaupt

; in fact it is an old idea.The capstone experience in the Manufacturing Engineering program at UW-Stout is a two-semester course sequence. In the first course students experience the engineering design processby designing realistic products for manufacture. Design projects are managed by teams ofstudents, industry contacts and faculty advisors. The final detailed design is used in the secondcourse, where an automated manufacturing system is developed to produce the product.IntroductionUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout was founded on the educational principle that people learn best bydoing. In 1891 James H. Stout, a wealthy lumber baron, established the Stout Manual TrainingSchool to provide training and education “through which young people of

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

and organizational issues (Vaughn, D, 1996).In addition to crisis cases, where the AEC student is backed into a dilemma late in the designprocess that involves whistle-blowing and resignation as possible options, there is a need for casesinvolving preventive measures early in the design and construction process. The advancedtechnology has created enormous environmental, social, and cultural stresses, and enormousopportunities for improving the quality of projects. Often AECs fail to see their part in this bigpicture. But then who designs energy systems that can be efficient and environmentally sensitive,manage the project with safety and quality or use up valuable natural resources and producepollution? Ethical choices in construction are

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Trioloa; Charles Garnett; Barry Mohle; Alfred Wicks; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

growing number of Federal agencies which is expressingconcern about its ability to meet its future workforce needs. A variety of strategies has beenproposed that address this situation. One of the approaches being considered is the establishmentof collaborative research connection with universities in areas of mutual interest. Two suchprojects involving Virginia Tech and the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia, aredescribed in detail including a discussion of benefits from both the points of view of the Universityand the Center. These projects as well as others which are more briefly described representexamples of ways in which university research connections could be used as a part of ananticipated nation-wide Navy R&D Center

Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

?”), workshop simulations (e.g.,“How do we decide when to ship a product?”), journaling, and some unusual activities (e.g.,“Draw a picture of your team”). To gauge student progress we also used weekly reflectivewriting assignments as well as reflective questions on the take-home final exam. All of thesetechniques were well received by the students, as evidenced by anonymous, detailed end-of-course evaluations, as well as by feedback many students voluntarily provided four months afterthe course. Many have continued using several of the techniques after the course. Theexperience of applying reflective practices appears to have influenced a number of the studentsinto viewing their project, careers, social interactions, and life choices in a different