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Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Emanuel

their student-consulting group. The name and logo will appear on the first and subsequent progress reportsand on the final semester document, the proposal. Choosing a logo becomes important because ithelps the students create a professional identity as they seek to be included in the community ofengineers. The selection and design of the logo provides a good starting point to teach thestudents that the quality of their documents also reflects their professional image. The progressreport then becomes the source of the first impression that the students’ clients will form.Students are careful in designing a logo that they think will be appropriate to their professionalimage; likewise they also must learn that their documents are not neutral

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Siripen Larpkiattaworn; Obinna Muogboh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Alejandro Scalise; Dan Budny; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Harvey Wolfe

. In order to estimate theprobability of being placed on first-term probation, we have utilized logistic regression [30].Two logistic regression models were developed to identify students at risk of being placed onfirst term probation. Data from entering freshman classes for 1995-96 through 1999-00 wereused in either fitting these models or served as an independent test set. Subjective and objectivemeasures collected for each student included measures reflecting initial preparedness, ability,attitude and self assessed confidence, and first term performance (e.g. GPA).The first model developed includes SAT, the square root of high school rank and a categoricalvariable that measures students’ self-assessed confidence in their current study

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ruane

, includingFiber Optics and Lasers and Applications. A favorable interdisciplinary environment haddeveloped among physics, chemistry and electrical engineering that encouraged sharing ofstudents and elective courses, and keeping enrollments steady. Once the Photonics Centeropened and an expanded faculty was hired, more courses began to appear. The NSF CRCDsupport allowed the new courses to be coordinated with the new instructional lab facilities, and toinfluence undergraduate coursework through photonics modules5. Experiments with web-basededucation and lab work began at this time. 6,7Over the last five years course offerings have expanded to reflect the research of new faculty andevolving industry needs (Table 1). This energetic environment fostering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Stephen; Jerry Weinberg

of voice. When users are brought into the lab, a partition is placed sothat the user cannot see other members of the design team (See Figure 8). This helps reduceuser’s anxiety. Figure 8: Observation room partitionThe construction cost of the HCI Lab was approximately $20,000 (USD). This includes thecameras and monitoring equipment, cost to split the room, cost of the writing walls, and thecomputers. We have explored a few alternatives to reduce this cost significantly. For example asingle pan camera could be used instead of two cameras. To capture the user’s reactions a mirrorplaced by the monitor would reflect the user’s face into the camera’s image. Some of theactivities can also be accomplished even if a

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

interdisciplinary approach, with critical thinkingand problem solving skills, and who possesses the required communication tools. Page 7.142.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAnother job skill that can be easily implemented through case-based instruction is teamwork.Cases are often assigned as small group work to be completed both in and outside classroom.Groups must share resources and work toward a common goal. This reflects the problem-solvingmethod most often employed in industry

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan ElKishky

Power Engineering EducationResources Subcommittee [5-9]. The drop in the number of faculty members engaged in electricpower education reflects shrinking of electric power programs in those schools.Table 1: Faculty engaged in electric power teaching and research (Carnegie-Melon Research IUniversities, 1994 edition) Faculty Engaged in Electric Year Year Year Year Year Power Teaching 1985- 1987- 1989- 1991- 1993-University 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994Arizona State University 6 5 6 6 5University of Alabama-Birmingham 3 3

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Robinson; Jody Finnegan; Gene Stuffle; D. Subbaram Naidu; Al Wilson; Jay Kunze

that in our curriculum “general” was to reflect a stronginterdisciplinary base, with some specialization through directed option course work.Evolutionary Stage II (1975-1995): In 1975, the University combined the Architecture andEngineering Departments from the College of Liberal Arts to form the School of Engineering.The term “School” was adopted to indicate that we were not large enough to deserve collegestatus, and that professional programs were involved. During this time, a second revision of thecurriculum was undertaken to make the program more interdisciplinary. The engineering corehas courses belonging to traditional disciplines such as Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, andNuclear and thus making it truly interdisciplinary. Six areas were

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Cremin

an Avionics System PerspectiveAs a student in a course on Augmentative Communication1 I had the opportunity to observestudents with severe communications disabilities. Upon reflecting on the various ways that thestudents overcame blindness, and inability or difficulty in vocalizing, I saw their challenges assimilar to problems encountered in voice communications and controlling an aircraft 2, 3. Thestudents were controlling an electronic device that produced vocalization of phrases they choseby means of a variety of switches. One student used a chin switch connected to a computer thatscanned words/phrases vocally. The student hit a switch to select the word/phrase as itsequentially scanned the list of available words/phrases. Another student

Conference Session

Integrating Math and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Vanisko; John Scharf

the AWL website at http://www.awl.com/thomas. Theauthors, together with Brigadier General Chris Arney of the US Military Academy at West Point,wrote 38 technology modules to accompany the calculus text in both of its versions. Themodules are available in either Mathematica or Maple and reflect, in part, the interdisciplinaryand integrated nature of our curriculum. We use other lab modules, which are not included withthe book, that encompass other mathematical topics. These additional modules focus ondifference and differential equations, linear algebra, and probability and statistics.Having been part of our curriculum for each of the past six years, these integrated courses arefairly well developed; however, refinements are made each year. In

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Minnie McGee; Audeen Fentiman

strategies; toformulate and ask questions that facilitate optimum learning; to employ proven strategies tostudy more efficiently and effectively; and to apply techniques learned to improve performanceon homework, mid-terms, and final exams.Hand-outs developed for the Strategies for Academic Success course were made available to thestudents. They were also encouraged to bring their math text books and other “excellent” mathreference texts which they had found to class.The group was too small to make formal statistical conclusions about the effectiveness of theAcademic year bridge program. However, the data does reflect that the students whoparticipated performed better than those who did not attend.Study Session and Counseling ProgramThe Study

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Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Riley

the review, “All groups were unanimous in theirperception that the notes made available on the internet are a great help. The class also agreedthat labs had been a very beneficial part of the course, stating that labs were not only fun, buthelped reinforce material from the lectures.”SummaryThe approaches presented here reflect an attempt to combine biological science with engineeringapplication in a series of modules. These methods will continue to be revised as newdevelopments on the biological and the engineering side come to fruition and as new equipmentbecomes available, permitting inclusion of new experimental techniques in laboratory exercises.AcknowledgementThe author would like to thank Ms. Emily Riley-Saxton for assistance in

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Weinmann; Michele Miller

focusedheavily on quantitative analysis of manufacturing processes. For example, expressions forforging and extrusion forces were derived. Machining forces and chip formation geometry werepresented in detail. The weekly lab reflected the overall philosophy of the course: quantities(such as forces) were measured during various manufacturing processes (extrusion, powdermetallurgy, turning, etc.) and compared to theoretical predictions. During the lab sessions, onlya few students actually operated manufacturing equipment; most students watched and recordeddata. The class provided a good basis for the senior elective courses on metal forming, casting,machining, and plastics. The course did not, however, create a passion for manufacturing in

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Joseph Mook

isachieved by limiting the number of in-coming international students to the actual number of out-going American students, to maintain the balance.The following figures reflect aspects of U.S. students who study abroad through the Global E 3program. Page 7.455.5“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Fig. 2. U.S. Male/Female Distribution 29

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Richard Shiavi

more preferable than a lecture modality for moststudents. The other mode comparable in preference is learning by oneself. For both yearslearning by oneself is strong for the Internet and web page material. The dominant reason wasthat the students had already learned some of this material in high school and felt that they couldwork more efficiently by themselves. For the mathematically complex and code rich topic suchas MATLAB, the students preferred to learn in the laboratory because they could have theirquestions answered immediately. For 3D modeling and Excel, the preferred setting changed fromlaboratory in year 1999 to learning by oneself in year 2000. The year 2000 group being moreintroversion than extraversion, that is more reflective and

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

, and should, perhaps,not be stressed to the same degree in an engineering curriculum.Overall, the findings indicate that practicing engineers generally tend to rate the ABETeducational attributes at a slightly lower level compared with undergraduate students. This mayreflect a natural human resistance to change. However, the data and comments also suggest thatpractitioners do not believe that the attributes, in general, reflect all the skills and knowledgerequired for most engineering positions. Nevertheless, the information indicates that thegraduating seniors believe their coursework has given them a strong background in the 11educational attributes required by ABET.AcknowledgmentThe author wishes to recognize Ms. Linda Dousay for her

Conference Session

New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Yelton

experienced a slight decline in enrollment overthe past few years. This also precipitated the discussion and eventual changes to the program.Changes were made in the curriculum, course content, and even the name of the program tobetter reflect what was actually being taught in the course of study.Our StudyThe “Biomedical Electronics Engineering Technology” program is now entitled: ”BiomedicalEquipment and Information Systems Technology”. This name change did not occur overnight.It involved industry advisory committee meetings, meetings with cooperative education (coop)employers, and meetings with student groups. The groups really didn’t feel that the namechange was a pivotal factor except the students. They felt in talking to their friends, that the

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

ask questions which require deeper research into a topic.These regular journals of online discussion assist me to assess student learning. Studentsearn participation credit for their submissions as part of every module. Participationaccounts for about 30% of the total course grade.Faculty Training Topics – Performance FeedbackAsynchronous distance learning exchanges can be better than face-to-face exchangesbecause the faculty member has time to reflect on the answer. Also, the answer, onceposted, is available to everyone in the class not just to the student who asks the question.I answer student questions with less than a 24-hour turnaround. In addition, I respond toselected student’s participation messages in order to set the direction of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

different trafficconditions and topologies. Some of these packages (such as MIL 3's IT Decision Guru) letstudents tailor a simulation to reflect a real network by profiling the exact behavior of anapplication by capturing packet traces, adding background traffic levels and then investigating“what-if” scenarios. However, we wanted to use additional laboratory materials that enable our studentsto capture packets off the “live” network and analyze them. Since these kinds of equipmentare very expensive, we have started experimenting with free network analyzer programs thatwe can currently download from the Internet instead of buying the actual hardware/software.These freeware networking programs have different purposes and capabilities. For

Conference Session

New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

competing faculty.Enhancing Program Visibility and Student EnthusiasmParticularly in the case of the establishment of a new academic program, students have relativelyhigh expectations for their satisfaction in gaining a meaningful educational experience. In theface of this high level of expectation is the reality of starting or advancing programs withsignificantly limited resources. Thus, the pressure to advance research funding may preclude theexpenditure of faculty time needed to assure that new BME courses are optimally designed anddelivered. It is important to realize that students’ reflections on their academic experience isshared with their peers and occasionally with program administrators. Clearly, such feedbackcan positively or negatively

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Torres

education, to name the top ten Universities outside your own Country. The list that is likely to be produced rarely reflects accurate standards of academic quality (as defined within academia!.)4. Outreach opportunities for its Faculty. Building an academic reputation at the personal level is a process that mirrors the institution-level process discussed in the previous point. An international component is always a positive addition to a curriculum vitae. Opportunities for international travel would be the icing on the cake.All the benefits mentioned previously can be attractive to an Institution of Higher Educationoperating anywhere in the World. However, particular national circumstances also provide for adifferent set of benefits

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

achievement 3, 4 , observed in 1999 and in2000. Relatively large standard deviations for Test 1 and Test 2 reflect a single event nature of theexperiment, as opposed to the comprehensive measures, such as in PAA, where the standarddeviation was much smaller (Table 1). However, the standard deviation of Test 3 was reduced,particularly on items corresponding to the simpler Test 1, reflecting an average improvement incomprehension.While care was taken to choose topics where comparable instructional media would be used inboth presentations, due to the logistics of the course schedule the topics were not of comparabledifficulty. The first lecture covered concepts of polar plots and phase and gain margins. Thesecond lecture covered a much more challenging

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

declared budget meant measurementof the following variables was undertaken; fuel flow-rate, engine/pump speed, in-cylindercombustion pressure, hydraulic pump outlet pressure, and hydraulic reservoir temperature.Components to accomplish this included a fuel rotometer (10 to 120 ccm range), an optical(reflective) engine tachometer with digital display, an analog hydraulic pressure gage (2000 psi),a PCB brand in-cylinder pressure probe (model P112A05) with an in-line signal conditioner andamplifier, and a traditional reservoir temperature indicator. The addition of real-time, in-cylinderpressure measurement was pursued after careful examination of both the cylinder head and thepressure transducer specification sheet revealed a single suitable port

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jihad Albayyari; Bob Lahidji

Session 3548 Assessing the competencies in the Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs Bob Lahidji, Ph.D., CMfgE, Jihad Albayyari, Ph.D. Industrial Technology Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI. 48197IntroductionThe rapid advancement in all aspects of technology and globalization of competitiondictates a need for a knowledgeable and technically competent work force. Engineeringeducation programs should reflect the needs of industry and prepare young engineers tomeet the challenges of the

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Tanner

intention of this series of experiments was to find out thelimitations of the processor with the existing sensors. A brief explanation of the follow programis necessary. The follow program uses the infrared system to actively find an object that crossesit sensor path. When the object reflects infrared light back to the sensor, the robot follows wherethe side with most strength. The modification involved incrementally adding a bias or multiplierto the section of code that controlled the amount of power applied to the robot’s motors.Eventually the bias level increased to a level that caused a processor error. After recording thenumber, the target moved at a slower pace to see if the robot would stabilize. Likewise, the targetmoved at a faster pace

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jasper L Steyn; Tobia Steyn

includes aspects relating to the social, physical and experience environment.· Information processing reflects on general and specific learning, summarizing and reading strategies, critical thinking and understanding strategies like the optimal use of sketches, tables and diagrams.In Table 5 the results of a step-wise regression analysis taking the fields of the SOM asindependent variables and the performance in the first semester calculus course as dependentvariable are given for the 2000 and 2001 groups respectively. Page 7.144.10 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Confere nce & Exposition

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Wild; Michael Ryan

thestudent’s “Introduction to Engineering” course grade. The first meeting is integrated intothe Opening Day program (described above) ensuring that contact is initiated. Studentsprepare a brief reflective writing exercise for this meeting that focuses on how they cameto be in engineering, and on their images of engineering. These responses provide aspringboard for conversation and provide mentors with an initial sense of how deeplycommitted and well informed each of their mentees is regarding the pursuit ofengineering. The second meeting takes place about one month into the semester. Thefocus at this time is to identify arising issues and help connect students to appropriatesupport resources as needed. The third meeting is near the end of the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip McCreanor

Page 7.363.2industry. In a TDR measurement, a rapid rise voltage spike is applied to the sensor. The “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”measurement instrumentation then analyzes the reflection of the voltage wave. The shape andcharacteristics of the reflected voltage wave can be used to determine a variety of materialproperties including moisture content. In a TDT measurement, a rapid rise voltage spike isapplied to one end of the sensor. The measurement instrumentation then evaluates the timerequired for the voltage spike to arrive at the other end of the sensor. This arrival time

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Klegka; Robert Rabb

scale of 1-5,the lowest rating was 4.00 in AY99 for increasing the abilities to communicate orally and inwriting. The non-engineering students in the survey are the humanities or science students whotake a significant number of writing and reasoning courses. On the other hand, the non-engineering students recorded a high rating of 4.46 in AY99 for understanding the engineeringthought process, followed closely with a 4.44 for the ability to apply engineering principles.Additionally, exposed to the engineering design process for the first time, the non-engineeringmajors were not so confident with the process although they understood it. In AY99, therelatively high ratings reflect a high degree of acceptance, curiosity, and motivation

Conference Session

Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Markham; Russell Thomas; Roger Debo; Angus Kingon

businessfor themselves; students seeking to join an entrepreneurial venture; students who wish to get intothe venture capital field; and students likely to become involved in technology management in alarge corporation.” These variants are typically reflected within the elective offerings. The electiveofferings, and in fact the entire flavor of the entrepreneurship program in a school, can also beinfluenced by the culture within the business school. For example, in some schools,entrepreneurship is strongly linked to the field of strategy, with a resultant strong emphasis on‘intrapreneurship.’A further point to note with respect to the teaching of entrepreneurship within business schools, isthe ease with which ancillary topics/skills can be included

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Feland

Thinking Styles 8The Johnson Conflict Survey assesses how students cope with conflict in teaming situations. Itprovides students with an assessment of their typical response to conflict in five paramountareas, Accommodation, Collaboration, Compromise, Avoid/Withdraw, and Force. Examiningthe balance of these factors, students can anticipate how their team and they themselves willreact to the inevitable conflicts that arise.The students aggregated their results into a one-page summary. This was done before the resultswere explained in an effort to limit the "gaming" of the assessments. In class the threeassessments were explained and the students were encouraged to share their results with teammembers. Then, as a reflective exercise, the students