Conference Session

Technology for Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

Personalized System of Instruction More than one asynchronous self-paced learning strategy exists. We focus on one of them,the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) or the Keller Plan, because of the extensive researchin its effectiveness in a non-web-based situation. Theoretically, it puts students on a variable ratioschedule. To implement the PSI method,5,6 course material is divided into units, each containing areading assignment, study questions, co-lateral references, study problems, and any necessaryintroductory or explanatory material. The student studies the units sequentially at the rate, time,and place he or she prefers. When he feels that he has completely mastered the material, a proctorgives him or her a readiness test

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

hands-on experience. Page 8.697.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIn the computer assisted manufacturing course, fixed and flexible automation, computer aidedprocess planning, computer control of manufacturing systems, group technology and cellularmanufacturing, CAD/CAM integration, and programming on CNC machining center andnumerically controlled devices are emphasized. They also work on term projects illustratingcomputer aided design and manufacturing concepts.ISE 402 and 403

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tushar Patil; Ofodike Ezekoye; Justin Cone; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

marketplace wouldthey need to begin this workshop? After much discussion, we decided that the audience for thepilot course would be upper-level engineering undergraduate students and graduate students whoare interested in entrepreneurial opportunities. Once the prototype curriculum was created for ourinitial audience, we intend to adapt and modify the curriculum for a broader range of audiences.Next, the team struggled with course objectives. Any good course planning begins with writingcourse objectives: why is this material being taught, and what should students be expected toknow and demonstrate at the end? Course objectives perform three important functions byguiding the instructional process; providing a framework for evaluation and assessment

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Layton

, one student has submitted the final report of his team’s project to a conference onsymbolic computation and a second student is planning to present her team’s project at a studentconference.4. Dymola tutorialsComputer simulation, in this case, the numerical solution of initial-value problems in ODEs andDAEs using DYMOLA, is one of the main course topics. The author wrote elementary tutorials forthe first two lab/project periods to help students gain basic proficiency in using DYMOLA. Theobjective of Lab 1 is to use DYMOLA to create a model, solve the ODE, and plot the results. Theobjective of Lab 2 is to use MATLAB to import and plot results from DYMOLA simulations. Both

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marty Frisbee; Deborah Sharer

theimplementation of an eSI program. Furthermore, there is historical evidence indicating thesuccessfulness of properly implemented SI programs.3, 5 This evidence is based upon severalfactors including comparison of the grades of students who attended SI sessions versus those thatdid not attend, decreasing dropout rates in “high risk” courses, and removing the “high risk” labelfrom those classes that exhibited significant improvement in pass/fail rates. The intervals will belabeled by their associated test (i.e., Test 1 interval, Test 2 interval, and Test 3 interval).Test 1 IntervalDuring the Test 1 interval, the eSI leader and distance education students were engaged heavily inlearning the new software used for this course. The initial plans for the eSI

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery

participation rates leave a lot to be desired and provide incentive to design a betterassessment plan for the second pilot. However, they also tell a story in and of themselves.Students in the experimental class continued attending near the end of the semester, even knowingthey were not required to do so, at a far greater rate than the students in either of the other twogroups.The survey conducted listed eight course objectives (Table 2) and asked the students to rate, on a5-point ordinal scale, their abilities related to the specific objectives.Ignoring the control class, due to the small sample size, requires that these data be taken morelightly than might otherwise have been possible. This is because of the effect of class size on thelearning

Conference Session

Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry; James Farison

primary-type programs responding to the survey allindicated that a holistic, broad-based education, facilitated by the flexibility of a single program,was a key institutional value. (However, two of those schools also indicated plans to movetoward separately accredited discipline-specific programs.)These exceptions aside, the trend supports the hypothesis. The remaining two primary- Page 8.1113.5philosophical schools have an average initial accreditation date of 2000. The remaining 17 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M.L. Meier

, Page 8.1026.1 American Society for Engineering Education”This paper describes an effort to develop a series of tutorial sand support materials that can beused in undergraduate materials science courses. It describes the design criteria, the contents ofeach part of the whole package, three current implementations and plans for trying them out incommunity college and high school classrooms.BackgroundFor the past five years the author’s courses have included carefully chosen assignments thatwould be easy to complete using spreadsheets but tedious if using only a calculator. Moststudents stuck with the techniques they already knew and spent a lot of time punching the keyson their calculator, with little time or

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Valery Sokolov; Tatiana Burukhina; Michael Dmitriev; Galina Zhukova

at theeducational department of the Society the commission on the organization of the domesticreading developed detailed regular plans and programs on various branches of knowledge,bibliographic indexes, lists of questions for control 9 . Training was conducted bycorrespondence. To the persons who have expressed a desire to be engaged in self-educationunder the direction of the commission, necessary books and brochures were sent, the subjectsof abstracts were offered. About 150 professors and teachers of Moscow University andother educational institutions took part in the work of the commission. The professor ofhistory from Moscow University P.G.Vinogradov headed the commission. In January 1897,the commission had 449 subscribers (73,5% - men

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Irvine; Mary Anne Lesiak; Andrea Prejean; Teresa Larkin-Hein

workshop team.Teachers were given intensive hands-on instruction on educational web design, and createdmaterials and resources to use in the process of integrating this instructional medium into theirteaching of mathematics, science, and language arts. Thus, the afternoon sessions were devotedto allowing teachers considerable amount of time to work together within their teams to plan anddevelop their projects.The focus of the projects that the teachers created were centered around an integrated lesson thatallowed the teachers to build on national standards in his or her own curricular area. The pointof this focus was to have the teachers build a series of activities that would not only give theirstudents the opportunity to construct their own

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Boyd; Alan Insleay; Geza Joos

tolearning of just memorizing a collection of formulas, diagrams and algorithms. Whereaswhat is needed is a well-organized meta-cognitive self-management (planning, andexecution-monitoring)strategy if they are ever to be able to generate deep coherentunderstandings of how specific techniques are derived from basic principles andcontextual constraints(boundary conditions).In addition, teaching in Engineering has come under pressure from the new technologicalenvironment and the new industry demands and constraints:(a) “Just in time, just on topic” instruction is increasingly demanded by students and potential employers.(b) Modularity and adaptability in the selection and organization of course topics are highly desirable.(c) Breadth of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffery M. Saul; Rhett J. Allain; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

note taking, groupwork, project planning, evaluation, presentation, and practical lab skills to the moretypical objectives of an introductory physics course. We have continued to develop“tangibles” and “ponderables” and students seem to be learning substantially more thanin traditional settings, both in terms of conceptual understanding and problem solvingability. During the coming year we plan to develop materials that are especially aimed athelping students with varying learning styles. Other universities continue to be interestedin our materials and we are organizing them for paper and web distribution. Additionalinformation is available at www.ncsu.edu/PER.IV. Acknowledgements We would like to thank the FIPSE program of the U.S

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

that new faculty need tools to help make their teaching activities more fulfilling and successful; this tenet has been critical in our planning and implementation of the new faculty workshop.7. A new faculty workshop cannot possibly address all the concerns that new faculty have regarding their positions. After several iterations, we have adopted a one and a half-day format for our workshop. Even if we scheduled a three or four-day workshop, it seems unlikely that we could adequately address all the concerns raised in the literature regarding Page 5.430.3 new faculty [3, 4, 7]. And of course, even if we tried the faculty would be so

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth D. West; Craig W. Smith

President and the year before a new Academic Dean had been hired.The upheaval in administration created a screen of confusion. Our division chairperson wasinterested in the project and assigned both of us to some of the same courses. Our teachingloads dropped from 15 -18 hrs to12-15 hrs and no one seemed to notice.Getting Our BalanceOur plan called for the two of us to start with the reform of a single course in the Fall of 1997.The course was Physics 241, the first of a two-course calculus-based sequence. Our hope wasthat we could learn enough about the reform process by collaborating on a single course that wecould each take the lead on another course the next semester.We reviewed the work of several researchers in physics education including

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sima Parisay

the sources ofthe materials. Initially, it was planned to replace one of the two-hour sessions each week with avideo lecture that students could watch on their own time. However, there were changes to thisschedule due to instructor’s schedule (being out of country for the first two weeks) and studentsasking for more class sessions by the end of the quarter. The class session following a videolecture started with a simple quiz on the video to ensure that students have watched it. Page 5.462.3Afterwards, the class focused on questions, problems, and extension topics in relation to thatvideo lecture.Students’ learning process was monitored by

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon A. Jones; Indira Nair

-based learning means that the teacher has to be somewhat flexible and prepared forcourse corrections along the way. Even though this type of strategy has a degree of fluidity, itnevertheless needs to be planned to ensure the learning goals are achieved. In planning theconduct of the course, we have designed each chapter of the teachers’ text to support the tasksthat lead to environmental literacy. Using the class time in a mix of activities prescribed by thespecific topic at hand can provide a varied, and stimulating structure to class meetings. Theactivities may include lectures/discussion sessions, classes led by students, teamwork, andpresentations. Despite the structure offered here, the best structure is of course, one that evolvesas the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvon Kermarrec; Ian R. Simpson

. (Duration : 4 months). Around 20 students per year currently use this program to register for courses in engineering colleges in Germany and Spain. Plans are being made to develop this program to other partners in Europe and North America, possibly on a « Student Exchange » basis. We are busy looking for potential, new partners !• Final year projects may be performed in companies or research laboratories abroad. (Duration : 6-10 months).In 1998-99, sixty final-year students performed their project abroad in 13 different countries.• A « Sandwich Year » (Jeune Ingénieur) exists between 2nd and 3rd years which enables around 50 students per year to go and work in industry. (Duration : 12 months). Around 20 students per year

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard Goldberg

. Page 5.512.4The convex-envelope proof of optimal capital budgeting rapidly scans the best way of doing eachproject and the best projects to do within a planned range of capital constraints withoutexhaustively evaluating every possible combination. Vector bundles of each project are firstranked in descending order of their steepest-slope vectors which are added geometrically to forman initial convex envelope as shown in the figure below. In the figure below , four separatemutually exclusive projects (A-D) are shown. Project A contains a vector with the highestefficiency, and therefore occupies the base position at the origin, with two alternatives originatingat the same point. Project B has an alternative with the next greatest capital

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jasper L Steyn; Tobia Steyn

Estimates Simultaneous Sequential Organise Explore Planned Kinaesthetic Verification Feeling based Individualised Cooperative Structured Intuitive feeling Linear Global Procedural Interactive learning learningActive

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

the Brigham Young University College ofEngineering and Technology demonstrates that the effort to include ethics instruction wasalready gaining momentum in 1995. Responses from 360 engineering departments in NorthAmerican showed that ethics were taught in more than 40% of all capstone engineering designcourses. Topics taught at higher percentages were as follows: Oral Presentations (61%);Creativity, Concept Generation (48%); Teamwork Essentials (44%); and Project Planning andScheduling (42%). Engineering Economics (40%) and Ethics were tied. 5 Absent from theBrigham Young survey, however, is information regarding the nature of the instruction offeredto students. Survey respondents were not required to assess the quality of instruction in

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. Promod Vohra

multiplesources. Qualitative methodologies such as focus groups, in-depth interviewing, expertappraisals, and feedback from both program faculty and external clients of various types areextremely valuable data resources that should be incorporated in whole or in part into everycomprehensive assessment plan. Equally valuable are assessment data derived from the enteringcharacteristics of students, performance on standardized tests, portfolio assessment, anddemonstration projects. Similarly, aggregate institutional data related to program rankings innational publications, student enrollment, time to degree, and retention and graduation rates havetheir place in every comprehensive assessment plan. By triangulating survey, qualitative, andinstitutional

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Samir Moujaes

matter it becomes a little bit more challenging to present them with a situationthat can be satisfying for them. This paper presents three cases regarding studies oftypical projects that somewhat more experienced students were involved in to satisfy partof their degree requirement. The first one was an actual “consulting job” on campus thatthe student was involved in to perform an indoor air quality study at the Hotel Collegebuilding at UNLV. The second one was a job to perform an independent seniorundergraduate study on the comparison of lifecycle costs of two HVAC systems thatwere of interest to the office of Rehabilitation/ Facilities/Planning department for thelocal County School District. The third case is an ongoing project where UNLV

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oscar R Gonzalez; James F Leathrum; Amit Kumar H; Vishnu Lakdawala; Stephen Zahorian

number of data points obtained thus far. The mean values did trend in the right direction, in terms of more advanced students generally scoring somewhat higher.7. Conclusions and Future WorkThis paper presents the preliminary results of an alpha version of a concept diagnostics test forassessing student understanding of the fundamental concepts for an introductory course in circuittheory in an electrical and computer engineering program. Preliminary results obtained indicatethat our students are not improving by a significant amount in grasping the importantfundamental concepts in circuit theory as they progress through the program. This is of obviousconcern. Further work is planned to continue to administer the test to additional

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Otto Rompelman; Maarten Uijt De Haag; Jos Uyt de Haag; Brian Manhire

within the university, variations may exist. The first or propadeuse yearconsists of two components; in-class lectures and a laboratory. The topics of study aremathematics, electronics, computer and digital systems, and various areas of physics. The secondand third year are referred to as the ‘Kandidaats’ (Candidate doctoraal) program [12]. Again, thisprogram consists of a laboratory component and a class component in the areas oftelecommunications, computer systems, electromagnetics, physics, and electronics. The fourthand fifth year are referred to as the ‘Eind-doctoraal’ or Final doctoraal program. At this stage, thestudent must make a choice between three directions; 1) research, 2) design, 3) and product-systems (the planning, organization

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Scott; J. Elaine Seat; J. Roger Parsons

with lifestyle orientation. This preference has perhaps theleast descriptive names, because it has nothing to do with being judgmental or perceptive.Judgers are scheduled. They prefer life to be planned and orderly. They don’t like change, andare anxious to get things executed and finished. Perceivers are spontaneous, flexible andadaptable. In fact, they won’t make a decision until the very last minute so that they can gatherall their options and make the best decision. Page 7.1235.2 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Expositi on” Copyright © 2002, American

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Newstetter; Paul Benkeser

because we are all piloting theproblems. After we have stabilized the problems, we plan to focus on reliable and fair ways toscore the maps. Whether this is the best instrument for assessing the topography of learning isyet to be determined. An example of a section of a student concept map is provided below. non-human Mad Cow Disease form aka BSE human form is cause of TSE CJD Prion a type of

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve York

in action. Whenenabled, the students can be quite creative, not all designs are variations on a singletheme and extra points are awarded for thinking outside of the box.Student Response to the MacGyver programStudents were asked to write a brief paper describing what they had learned aboutworking in teams during the semester. Overwhelmingly, students were glad to haveparticipated in the MacGyver projects. More importantly, students recognized the valueof contributions made by fellow teammates and the importance of team skills. Numerousstudents added that they had become friends with people with whom they might neverhave interacted, but for the projects. Many students also stated that they had forgedalliances that they plan to continue in the

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Chandra Thamire

was conceived eight years ago. Thedriving force behind the idea was to provide the regional students with an opportunity to receivean engineering degree from a nationally recognized engineering program while remaining in thesmall-university environment (about 150 miles away from the engineering university), and in acost-effective manner for the universities. A second major purpose of the program was to serveas a vehicle to enhance the economic development of the region. Based on the inputs from localrepresentatives and industry, only mechanical and electrical engineering options wereconsidered.After elaborate planning and procuring of the laboratory facilities, the programs began in the fallsemester of 1997, with an enrollment of 39 students

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoffrey Bland; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

been successfully transmitted via transmitters mounted onthe gondola and subsequently received on the ground using a receiver antenna anddisplayed and recorded on the TV-VCR Combo unit on the ground. The captured imagesare currently being analyzed using Multispec1 an image analysis package developed atPurdue University. ERDAS2 , a commercially available software package, will also beused for image analysis in the future. Future plans of the project includeexperiments/applications in the infrared region. The scientific objectives of the projectinclude generating information concerning vegetation data for precision farmingapplications, shoreline erosion, changing land use patterns and wildlife management.Initial tests and software analysis have

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Krueger

. 1). The overall learning experience, the instructors hoped, would teach studentsresearch methods, make a practical contribution to public life in the region, and have a uniquelearning experience. Service learning is adaptable to many types of course offerings and thus does not lend itselfto a rigid performance model. Some common threads in service learning are notable, however.Hepburn et al. (2000) remarks that: [s]ervice learning in college is structured into the curriculum to relate specifically to course objectives. Experiences are planned to enhance reading, lectures, and classroom discussion. It involves students in reflection on their service experiences, either in writing or in discussions or both