Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

, and access toa car are requested. The students are also required to identify their skills in writing, graphics,leadership, teamwork, analysis, drafting, planning and research/library, as well as their strengthsand weaknesses. This information is then used to assign the teams15, which consist of 4-6 teammembers. Teams are balanced using the following criteria: major16, background, academicperformance, gender and ethnicity17, and access to transportation off campus to purchasematerials for the construction of the project. The team application also requires the students towrite about themselves: how they became interested in their major, what their long-term career

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs

uncertainty, and the ability to make decisions whendata is incomplete are key features in the make-up of successful engineers. Thus, laboratoryexperiences should hold the same attraction and delight for our students as research andapplications laboratories possess for our graduates. Applied researchers go to the laboratory toentice truth from an impassive natural world. Their aim is to sense, to assess, and, eventually, toadvance. A well planned instructional laboratory enables students to realize these same goals.Laboratories are a necessary interlude during which students discover the value of collectiveexperience and collaboration, and develop skills in sharing and exchanging information.Laboratories, then, create a microcosm of, and a brief segue

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bassem Ramadan; Karim Nasr

andthe instructor as a facilitator. Uncovering fundamental principles and concepts occurs just in timeas students plan, formulate, and solve the problem. Students are not left wondering if what they arestudying has any use, but rather challenged by the excitement and relevancy of solving real-lifeproblems. More than motivation exclusively, a problem-based approach helps developindependence in students, along with promoting creativity, critical thinking, and life-long learning. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 10.722.1 Copyright © 2005

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Amrine; Caroline Kayser; James Swanson

progresses, academia is faced with keeping pace.The benefits of utilizing technology in the classroom have been well-documented and supported.Alexander1 provides an excellent summary of previously documented e-learning experiences andreferences Bates’2 four reasons for including technology in higher education: (1) improving thequality of learning, (2) improving access to education and training, (3) reducing the costs ofeducation, and (4) improving the cost effectiveness of education. Alexander concluded that fore-learning to be successful in higher education, there must be an excellent university supportsystem for teachers, and teachers must plan and strategize to effectively use technology in theclassroom.At the other end of the spectrum are those

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Bilodeau

theknowledge and skills they derived from their MaFEL laboratory experience to solvepractical electromagnetic systems design , interference and shielding problems are discussedand future plans for the continued development of the MaFEL procedure are noted.I. Introduction The ability to visualize the low frequency AC magnetic field distributions thatoccur in the vicinity of 60 Hz AC electric power generation and transmission equipment ,such as transformers, rotational machines, switchgear and cable ; and to understand thephysical factors that determine these fields ; are very important skills for an electricalengineering technician ( EET ) to have. This understanding of AC magnetic field behaviorenables an EET to identify the most probable

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

course. This minor has now beenapproved, and many students are now enrolled through the Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering department. Currently, the topics covered in the course are:• History of Engineering and Industrial Engineering: Development and Scope• Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Planning• Facilities Location and Layout• Material Handling, Distribution and Routing• Work Design and Work Measurement• Quality Control• CAD/CAM. Robotics and Automation• Human Factors• Financial Management and Engineering Economy• Operations Research• Simulation and Queuing Systems• Project Management• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, other current topics…These topics can change, but follow the

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

course. This minor has now beenapproved, and many students are now enrolled through the Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering department. Currently, the topics covered in the course are:• History of Engineering and Industrial Engineering: Development and Scope• Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Planning• Facilities Location and Layout• Material Handling, Distribution and Routing• Work Design and Work Measurement• Quality Control• CAD/CAM. Robotics and Automation• Human Factors• Financial Management and Engineering Economy• Operations Research• Simulation and Queuing Systems• Project Management• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, other current topics…These topics can change, but follow the

Conference Session

Assessing Where We Stand

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Pangborn; Renata Engel

adecade ago by a Task Force on Undergraduate Education charged by the provost in 1991.1 ACommission for Undergraduate Education subsequently developed a plan for assessment in1993, 2 and other reports on curricular coherence and relevance and assessment of educationaloutcomes followed in 1995 and 1996, respectively. 3,4 These initiatives focused, however, onsurveying and encouraging the various motivations and methods for assessment within theindependent disciplines, and the first call for broader application across the entire curriculum wasissued as a key recommendation of the University’s most recent general education reform effortin 1997.5 The Special Committee on General Education emphasized the imperative to“institutionalize a process for

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Alice Scales; Aaron Clark

categories, four of which were included on theoriginal instrument developed in 1998. The categories on the survey were course offerings,student populations, professional development, technical/engineering graphics education, andfuture research plans (Clark & Scales, 2000). The research category was added to the currentsurvey at the request of members in the profession. The course offerings category askedquestions about the type of courses offered at participant’s institutions. It also examinedwhether certain topics were taught as separate courses or were integrated with other types ofcourse materials. The instrument also inquired if institutions offer the topics of manualdrawing, three-dimensional modeling, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hur Koser; Dennis Freeman; Alexander Aranyosi; Aleem Siddiqui

. In addition to the quantitative physiologycourse, it has been used in a microfabrication course and an introductory chemical engineeringcourse, both at MIT. The lab module is planned to be used this spring in a bioMEMS fabricationcourse at Yale, a course in molecular and cellular sciences in the Harvard-MIT Division ofHealth Sciences and Technology, and courses in bio-instrumentation, chemical transport, andsilicon biology at MIT.Design ObjectivesIn creating the lab module we first established several design objectives to guide development, todirect design choices, and to use as criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the lab. Theseobjectives are listed below.Reinforce Lecture Material. The lab should allow students to get hands-on

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl Caswell; Clifton Johnston

of the design trinity in order to build a convincing story or argument around thedevelopment of their design. The introduction of the design trinity is structured to allow thestudents to focus on one component at a time, while maintaining the importance of theirinterdependence, before allowing them to apply these concepts concurrently to severalprojects.Familiarization is introduced through a two-week project focused on sustainable design in thedeveloping world. The latest project asked the students to develop a plan for implementingwater, sewer, electricity or heating in a small village in southern India. This type of projectrequired the students to spend a significant amount of time familiarizing themselves withgeography, resources

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ellen Ford; Keith Levien; Ellen Momsen; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

Engineering Education”graduates and a limited number of ethnic minority students who plan to enter the OSU College ofScience the following fall term. The purpose of STARS is to help these students make asuccessful transition to OSU. STARS students live on campus and take regular college classesduring the summer.OSU KidSpirit Summer Day CampGrades: K-8thEleven One-Week Sessions June 14-August 27Coordinators: Karen Swanger/Katie Ekstamkidspirit@oregonstate.eduhttp://kidspirit.oregonstate.edu/KidSpirit, sponsored by the College of Health and Human Sciences, is an innovative youthsummer day camp program Monday-Friday for children grades K-8. Children may attendmorning, afternoon, or all day. Programs are based on grade level. All activities

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Fisher; Anthony Ellertson; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

and related Key Actions is now in use for all engineering students in cooperativeand internship experiences [6].Table 1. Iowa State University ABET-aligned Competencies Engineering Knowledge General Knowledge Continuous Learning Quality Orientation Initiative Innovation Cultural Adaptability Analysis and Judgment Planning Communication Teamwork Integrity Professional Impact Customer FocusThe mapping of the fourteen ISU Competencies to the eleven Criterion 3 Outcomes (a-k) isprovided in Figure 1 [7]. The concept of ability-based outcomes being multidimensional isimmediately

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

and Future Plans The Rowan initiatives have been assessed in several ways. We have used courseevaluations with specific questions, student focus groups (drawn across the four years), seniorexit interviews, alumni surveys, employer/internship surveys and student portfolio reviews. Ourbroad goals are program assessment (for ABET) and assessment for specific curriculuminitiatives and projects like this one. We have had very positive responses from students relatedto green engineering curriculum initiatives. For example, a student focus group indicated thatenvironmental issues were being covered very well in our engineering clinics, but they wouldlike to see more in other courses. This helped confirm our more thorough course

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nigel Middleton; Barbara Olds; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

director of theWriting Program developed a series of faculty workshops. These workshops wereprincipally funded by the Faculty Mini-Grant program, and were delivered in August andJanuary. The Writing Program requested and received funding for four of the five yearsof the Faculty Mini-Grant program. Largely, this funding provided stipends for facultyparticipants to attend workshops to plan strategies and develop methods for incorporatingwriting assignments into courses in their disciplines.The workshops were enthusiastically received. As one reviewer in 1998 noted, fundingthis project is “an essential investment in implementing the WAC program.” From 1998through the Mini-Grant’s final year in 2001, forty faculty members participated inworkshops. In

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Ninteman; John Natzke

process, providing the students with opportunity to perform some limited analysis concerning the design’s functionality. • Electronics Measurement and Testing — This aspect of the freshmen experience will be implemented for the first time in Spring 2005. The current plan is to introduce the students to basic measurement techniques for voltage, current, and resistance using digital multimeters and digital oscilloscopes. The training for breadboarding will enable them to construct simple circuits and test for continuity and operation. An exciting project will be included for which the students will learn to solder components to a circuit board, such as a small microprocessor controlled

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Land

. Page 10.867.3 Excerpt from Analog Electronics Standard Course Outline Program Outcome #31: Students should be able to plan and conduct experimental measurements, use modern test and data acquisition equipment, and be able to analyze and interpret the results. (Outcome 31) Course Course Outcome Statement Outcomes Students will be able to assemble and demonstrate2 the correct operation4 of standard-design op-amp circuits and, using standard laboratory test 3a equipment3 (i.e., oscilloscope, DMM, etc.), measure their DC

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

thirteen years and has recentlybecome involved in the teaching of the College of Engineering’s capstone design coursewhich is taken by the seniors in three departments (Electrical and Computer, Industrial,and Mechanical Engineering). Both courses are project courses in which students workin teams of four. The students have always (22 years for the sophomore course and atleast 35 years for the senior course) self-selected to form their teams. There are optionsto allowing teams to self-select, but, as noted above, the literature provides little help.Thus this project to identify the characteristics of good and poor team players is the firststep before addressing the more important issue of determining the makeup of a goodteam.MethodologyThe plan was

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Jerri Drakes

to compare, classify and abstract information about players,teams, locations, transportation routes and statistics once they are back in the classroom. Theactivity in the Fantasy Team module initiates these inquiries, as visitors use the informationthey’ve encountered to select players to build their own teams. Images of players are insertedinto an individualized team photo that can be printed and saved as a souvenir of the trip to themuseum. Back in the classroom, students actually modify what they already know; even whatthey know is accurate.Use Knowledge Meaningfully: Making sure that students have the opportunity to use knowledgemeaningfully is one of the most important parts of planning a unit of instruction. Tasks thatrequire decision

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

Copyright ©2004, American Society of Engineering Education” About Lab PreparationLaboratory problems are generally open ended by nature. There are discoveries and observationsto make. You are expected to apply concepts learned from a variety of engineering courses to theexperiment being conducted. The knowledge confirmed from the laboratory must be integratedwith information from other classes to gain maximum benefit from the activities. Preparation forexperiments is of essential importance for a successful laboratory since time is limited. Youshould read the laboratory handouts and introductory reference material, if required, carefully andcome prepared with a “game-plan” to complete the assigned work. This

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Katherine Banks; John Gaunt; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

engineeringeducation research, and to those issues touching on matters of diversity and social responsibility.This paper will share the struggle and the insight gained by its authors in transforming a high-quality first year program into one seeking recognition as "preeminent." Planning activities,reactions to opportunities and threats, overcoming resource constraints, showcasing andexploiting of strengths, shoring up of weaknesses, and the overall process of transforming thefirst-year program will be discussed.BackgroundTo successfully compete and to be leaders in the future work place, our graduates must have aworld-class engineering education, be equipped with the latest technical knowledge and tools

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Hancock; John Norton

It gave me specific strategies to improve my teaching/course The atmosphere in my class improved as a result of the service It gave me more confidence in my teaching It made me aware of resources and programs relevant to my teaching Students appreciated the process Other: 4. Did you make any changes in your course/teaching this term as a result of this service? Please Explain. Yes No 5. Do you plan to make changes in future terms as a result of the service? Please Explain. Yes No 6. Would you recommend use of this service for colleagues in your

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberto Montoya

fiveyears to obtain the degree. Engineering schools are part of universities in which the GermanHumboldt influence has consolidated over the years. In courses for engineering major, thescientific rigor of the Napoleonic tradition has proven to produce engineers with solidknowledge. The particular situation of Latin American countries requires engineers that quicklyjoin the workforce, which is why the universities there have much likeness to the great Europeanpolytechnic institutes.The Bologna Declaration and its impact on the models for engineer trainingThe Bologna Declaration in 1999 is in fact an actual strategic plan for achieving the integrationof all the higher education systems in the European Union by the end of the year 2010. That’swhat has

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Stroud Rossmann; Clive Dym

fluids.” “The idea of the tensor has expanded my view of the physical world and the way we describe it.” “The most useful things I take out of [this class] are the ways to think about problems. From considering the internal reactions of structures, to design considerations in choosing materials/dimensions, I have learned a great deal about how the world around me is planned and constructed. This is everything I hoped I would learn in this class.”ConclusionsWe feel that our approach has made the complex and challenging subject of continuummechanics accessible to students early in their studies, allowing them to develop a method ofanalysis that will serve them well in future endeavors. The development of continuum mechanicsfrom

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

the faculty membera class to teach. He asks who taught it last time and discovers that the professor is either onsabbatical, just left the university, or can only provide sketchy and maybe inconsistentinformation because he is too busy or doesn’t care. Next, the new hire asks the department headfor historical information on the class and there is essentially nothing in existence but a coursetitle and catalog description. So, this is the beginning point for the experienced, new faculty: notmuch to draw upon, and no one to help him.He creates a set of objectives based on what he thinks is important to the students, orders a textbook, takes a guess at how much material can be covered in a semester, puts together a schedule,then starts planning

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cullinane; Baris Yanmaz; Ronald Perry

Session Number 2558 Strategies to Attract Information Technology Students: An Extrapolation of Worker Experiences Thomas P. Cullinane, Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ronald F. Perry, Director, Graduate Information Systems Program Baris Yanmaz, Graduate Student Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts Abstract The predicted dramatic increase in demand for IT workers in the next decade suggests anopportunity for IT educators to establish plans to ramp up to meet these needs. The purpose ofthis paper is to

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers

information on schools,parents and students often rely on school rankings as they contemplate which institutions to applyto. One study revealed that up to sixty percent of some student populations cited a school'sratings as being an important selection criteria.25 Graduating high school students from uppermiddle and upper class families tend to rely more heavily on these types of rankings in selectingwhere they will apply16, 26 and which schools they will visit. In addition, researchers have foundthat the number of applications to a school increases when a school moves up in a ranking,showing that parents and students are affected by the rankings.27 Some claim that the proliferation of “early-decision plans” whereby students must indicatetheir

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

light of the constraints and requirements of the FE program. Finally, theimprovements from the second quarter trials are further explained. This paper will provide clearexamples of the project’s various cycles, discussion of the planned implementation process, andexamples of the final roller coaster design.The collaboration model is reviewed, with experiences gained and future plans presented.I. IntroductionThe Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) course sequence is part of the First-Year EngineeringProgram at OSU, and is mandatory for all students not enrolled in the Honors equivalent. The FEsequence consists of two courses (ENG 181 and ENG 183), in which students are exposed toEngineering drawing, MATLAB, Excel, hands-on labs, and a quarter-long

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

2002). “Australia has slammed its door to the ‘less civilized,’ the U.S.border with Mexico has been strengthened, Britain plans to increase requirements forimmigration, and Germany is grappling with integration of immigrants. Some of theincreased barriers to immigration are the result of 9/11 concerns, while others areeconomically motivated” (Digest 8 April 2002).We should note that mobility to some is brain drain to others. Students and engineeringfaculty have proven to be particularly adept at following the best the world has to offer,regardless of national borders. US engineering educators have been provided with largequantities of statistics describing fluctuations in the national origins of their students(Digest 22 October 2002). Figures

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Brumm; Larry F. Hanneman; Brian Steward; Steven Mickelson

, are made available to the department curriculum committees aftereach work period for evaluation. The Agricultural Engineering Curriculum Committee at ISU hasused this feedback to develop curriculum plans and changes. Feedback from co-op/intern studentfocus groups has been used to clarify the competency data received from the Engineering CareerServices office. This feedback, along with other sources of feedback, has been very helpful to thecurriculum committee in assessing our current program.Mentkowski et al. (2000)4 addresses this type of initiative for a curriculum group. “ Forcurriculum designers – any faculty or staff group who designs learning for students – theessential question is, “What elements of a curriculum could make a difference