Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

Interactive Learning Model] is an advanced learning system that provides an inward look at a learner’s internalized metalearning behaviors, an outward analysis of a learner’s actions, and a vocabulary for communicating the specific learning processes that yield externalized performance. Other measures of personality, multiple intelligences, or learning styles provide information about the learner and then leave the learner informed but unequipped to use the information. . . . [The LCI] not only provides the learner with the means to articulate who s/he is as a learner, but then provides the strategies (metawareness) for the learner to use these learning tactics with intention [18].The LCI survey is composed of 28

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seth Bates; Patricia Backer

success seems likely to grow and spread in influence through the student population itserves. It is exciting, builds student confidence and team working skills, and prepares allstudents for cross-disciplinary work in the real world.Bibliography1. Bronet, P., Eglash, R., Gabriele, G., Hess, D., & Kagan, L. (2003). Product Design and Innovation: Evolution ofan Interdisciplinary Design Curriculum. International Journal of Engineering Education, 19(1), 305-318,2. Carroll, D. R. (1997). Integrating design into the sophomore and junior level mechanics course. Journal ofEngineering Education, 86(3), 227-231.3. Lamancusa, J. S., Jorgensen, J. E., & Zayas-Castro, J. L. (1997). The Learning Factory—A new approach tointegrating design and

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

Atabeyli (ChalmersUniversity of Technology). Page 10.400.12 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBIBLIOGRAPHY1. Malmqvist, J., Young, P.W., Hallström, S., Svensson, T., “Lessons Learned From Design-Build-Test-Based Project Courses”, International Design Conference - Design 2004, Dubrovnik, May 18 - 21, 2004.2. Berggren, K.F., Brodeur, D B., Crawley, E. F., Ingemarsson, I., Litant, W. T. J., Malmqvist, J., Östlund, S. “CDIO: An International Initiative for Reforming Engineering Education

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie A. Forehand; Judith Norback

same audience, can provide valuableinformation to the presenter, if they are available. Surveys or “needs assessments” can also beconducted. For example, interviews or questionnaires may be used to find out what the audienceneed[s] or want[s],or what problems they may have” 23. And, finally, the web or any publicbusiness records can be searched for additional audience information 24. As you can see from thegreat variety of audience characteristics and suggested modes of collecting information aboutthem, “effective speakers spend a great deal of time analyzing their audiences”25.Several of the textbooks describe the different roles audience members may play. For example,Lay & Wahlstrom26 cover the following roles: 1

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Beavis; Mahbub Sardar; Lewis Sircin; George Janack; Daniel Pack; Austin Griffith; Steven Barrett

B at t PS S upp ly Ba tt 1+ Ba tt 2+ Batt1- Batt2

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Biwu Yang; Tijjani Mohammed

. These incidences may sometimes cause thestudents to reconsider their intents for graduate study. Third, moving equipment to some remotelocation(s) is time consuming and carries some degree of risk of loss and/or damage, anddeprives the school of its potential use to teach, learn, or conduct research.Ideally, hands-on, online graduate programs should allow the students to learn the requiredmaterial at their convenience; permit adequate interaction with instructor and among thestudents; conduct hands-on exercises anytime and anywhere; individualize instruction tocapitalize the varied backgrounds and experiences of working professionals; provide adequateand up-to-date equipment for relevant and uninhibited exploration and experimentation; andmuch

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Teri Rhoads; Kurt Gramoll

Mechanics ModulesFor each of the design tasks discussed in Section 4, we identified the fluid mechanics principlesneeded to complete the task, as shown in Table 1 below. These basic principles guideddevelopment of the fluid mechanics IT modules. To the extent possible, the modules areindependent of one another; where some previous knowledge is needed, the student is linked tothe appropriate section(s).Table 1. Fluid mechanics principles needed for projects in water resources engineering. Task Description Fluids Principles 1 Water demand • basic units (Q, V, gallons, liters, etc.) • hydrographs

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marijke Kehrhahn; Kelli Vallieres; Alexandra Bell; Nicholas Massa

successful distance learning. Paper presented at EdMedia 2000: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Montreal, Canada.9. Sabry, K. & Baldwin, L. (2003). Web-based learning interaction and learning styles. British Journal of Educational Technology, 34(4), 443-454.10. Cennamo, K. S., Ross, J. D., & Rogers, C. S., (2002). Evolution of a web-based course: Incorporating strategies for self-regulation, Educause Quarterly, 25(1), 28-33..11. Hase, S. & Ellis, A. (2001). Problems with Online Learning are Systemic, Not Technical.” In Stephenson, J. (Ed). Teaching And Learning Online: Pedagogies for New Technologies. Kogan Page: Sterling, VA, pp. 27- 34.12. Massa, N. M

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

for Engineering Education” S t u d e n t fa m ilia r ity w ith fa c u lty 40 35 FY1999 N =34 FY2000 N =26 FY2001 N =28 percent of students 30 A v e ra g e 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 1 2 3 4 >4 n u m b e r o f fa c u ltyFigure 2. Student familiarity with faculty after one year in the AE LC.Increased retention. Retention

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Veronica Dark; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

solving process itself using problem space theory and how to use data miningto help us understand both the states and the transitions in the problem space.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant EEC-0230700.Bibliography[1] Berardi-Coletta, B., Dominowski, R. L., Buyer, L. S., & Rellinger, E. R. (1995). Metacognition and problem solving: A process-oriented approach. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21, 205-223.[2] Bjork, R. A. (1999). Assessing our own competence: Heuristics and illusions. In D. Gopher & A. Koriat (Eds.) Attention and performance XVII, Cognitive regulation of performance: Interaction of theory and

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bertini; Steven Hansen

class, thus transferring the knowledge gained and his experiences to the other students. Inthe future, we expect to see similar experiences among the undergraduate students. It isanticipated that continuing documentation and tracking of student experiences will assist in thedevelopment and expansion of the PORTAL data archiving system. Some of these plans includethe hope to archive transit system and city traffic signal data from transportation agency partnersin the Portland metropolitan region.Bibliography 1. Variaya, P. (1997) How to measure transportation system performance. http://www.path.berleley.edu/~variaya/papers_ps.dir/TSperf.pdf 2. Turner, S. (2001) Guidelines for Developing ITS Data Archiving Systems. Report 2127-3. FHWA

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rahul Kulkarni; Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

for Engineering Educationthis paper describes AMIS and the software that operates and controls its major components.The paper also presents test results that clearly demonstrate the capabilities of the system.System HardwareThe prototype consists of a Sony DCR-PC1 MiniDV handycam. The Sony DCR-PC1 has thefollowing specifications: • Imaging Device: Single ¼” CCD 680k Pixels • Lens: 10x, variable 35mm – 420mm • Shutter Speed: 1/60 – 1/4000 • DV In/Out (IEEE 1394 interface) • S-Video Out • Power Consumption: 3.4 W/4.5W.Our prototype configuration, like the airborne remote sensing system at Ohio State University orthe digital camera system at the University of Calgary, required data to be recorded and post-processed

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozgur Eris; Tori Bailey; Helen L. Chen

all four campuses. The use of questionnaire-driven interviews was advantageous in gaining detailed information on specific issues. Page 10.476.5 Proceeding of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIn order to create the structured interview protocol, each APS research question category wasconnected to its corresponding PIE variable(s). Then, the operationalization of each APSresearch question in the PIE Survey was specified, and used to examine potential gaps in thesurvey’s attempt to answer the research

Conference Session

Topics of Interest-Nuclear Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shripad Revankar

– Miscellaneous Results Prototype Ideal Decay Heat 40 MWt 3.317 kW Core Height 3.83 m 0.302 m GDCS Mass Flow 429.3 kg / s 0.036 kg / s K-factor 13.2 15.1 MSL Area 0.397 m2 1.173 * 10-4 m23. Design and Development3.1 HardwareThe design and development stage of the project is discussed in this section. From the previousfacility two structures have been carried over to the new

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Monty Smith; Jerome Davis; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

giventhe software used to drive the monitor that displayed reactor power or count rates. Page 10.280.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIV. The AGN 201 Training Reactor.The AGN 201 reactors were made in the 50’s and 60’s as a training tool for universitiesto use in preparing the first crops of nuclear engineers. The reactor is unique in manyrespects. It is fueled with 20% enriched U235 in a polyethylene matrix. The coredimensions are roughly 10 inches in diameter and 10 inches high. The total fuel load

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yongjian Fu; Daniel Simon; Charles Alexander

solvingprocess with more details. Page 10.44.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Alexander, C. K. and Sadiku, M.N.O., Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 2nd edition, pages 18-21, McGraw-Hill, 2004.2. Djordjevic, J., Milenkovic, A., and Grbanovic, N., “An integrated Environment for Teaching Computer Architecture,” Micro, IEEE, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, 66-74, May/Jun 2000.3. Fricks, R., Hirel, C., Wells, S., and Trivedi, K.S., “The Development of an Integrated Modeling

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Hartley T. Grandin, Hartley T. Grandin,; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

solver, supported by verification of the result. This approachallows the students to focus on the basic fundamental physics of the problem rather than on thealgebraic manipulation required to isolate the required solution variable(s). The paper will first discuss the paper subtitles, Theory, Analysis, Verification andDesign, to emphasize the focus of our approach to teaching mechanics of materials and toindicate how it differs from past and current textbooks. The paper then considers three simplemechanics of materials examples, one of which considers design, to demonstrate our approach.Theory The theory and topic coverage is typical of a traditional one semester introductorymechanics of materials course. Considerable attention is

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Seamus F. Freyne

motivated to prepare for a game of academicbaseball than an exam. Of course, the skills students develop to excel at academic baseballwill also serve them well on most exams.A rigorous assessment of the value of academic baseball has not been accomplished yet.But as evidence of game’s popularity, attendance in a Mechanics of Materials course atOU in the summer of 2004 was roughly 80% on the days of a routine lecture, but nearly100% on game days, though no credit was given to students for attendance in class or awin in the game.Bibliographic Information1 Fink, L. D., Ambrose, S., and Wheeler, D., “Becoming a Professional Engineering Educator: A New Role for a New Era,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, January 2005.2 Smith, K. A

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin

students to focus on the basic fundamental physics of the problem rather than on thealgebraic manipulation required to isolate the required solution variable(s). The paper will first discuss Theory, Analysis, Verification and Design, to emphasize thefocus of our approach to teaching mechanics of materials and to indicate how it differs from pastand current textbooks. The paper then considers three simple mechanics of materials examples,one of which considers design, to demonstrate our approach.Theory The theory and topic coverage is typical of a traditional one semester introductorymechanics of materials course. Considerable attention is focused on concepts and procedureswhich the authors have found to be difficult for the student

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Brannan; Phillip Wankat

93.8% 37.5% 12.5% 62.5% 6.3% 12.5% 12.5%facultyGraduate 56.3% 6.3% 12.5% 0.0% 6.3% 0.0% 0.0%AssistantsUndergraduate 12.5% 25.0% 50.0% 0.0% 6.3% 6.3% 12.5%AssistantsOther persons 12.5% 31.3% 18.8% 6.3% 6.3% 0.0% 0.0%III. Programs directed by a responsible faculty member(s) in addition to regular teaching orresearch dutiesFull-time 52.9% 35.3% 0.0% 58.8% 11.8% 5.9% 29.4%facultyGraduate 23.5% 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 11.8% 0.0% 0.0%AssistantsUndergraduate 5.9

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

product design and manufacturing process planning. This up-frontdesign analyses by engineers in industry, such as using FEA, has also moved from engineerswith Ph.D.’s to engineers at the M.S. or B.S. degree level. However, most manufacturingengineering students are not exposed to FEA as part of their educational process. It is especiallytrue for manufacturing engineering technology curriculum at Wayne State University (WSU).FEA is now considered by many to be a standard tool for many categories of engineers. Thecommercial FEA code is now a very common numerical tool in stress analysis of mechanicalcomponents, and is widely used in other types of engineering analysis, such as vibrations andthermals. Furthermore, the FEA plays an important role in

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

A Gallery of CAD Generated Imagery: Pedagogical Reflections Michael P. Hennessey, Peter S. Rhode, and Allen C. Jaedike School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas 101 O’Shaughnessy Science Hall, 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55105-1079 Email: mphennessey@stthomas.edu Abstract A gallery of imagery generated from many of the recent CAD (computer-aided-design, or graphics) projectsundertaken by St. Thomas undergraduates in mechanical engineering courses (Engineering Graphics in particular)are

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cathcart; Shanti Bhushan; Sandun Fernando

1 Agricultural Engineering Education in Developing Countries S. Fernando, S. Bhushan and M. Naveen AbstractAgricultural Engineering or Biological (Systems) Engineering is still considered a fairly newprofession not only in developing countries but also in many of the developed countries. Althoughcivil, mechanical, chemical, electrical and industrial engineering are well established asengineering subdivisions, Agricultural and Biological Engineering is still not considered as adirect engineering discipline in many of the 162 developing countries in Asia

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Kurpius; Dale Baker; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

). Technology and design. Bangor,Northern Ireland, DoENI.11. Stein, S.J., McRobbie, C. J., & Ginns, I. S. (2002). Implications of missed opportunities forlearning and assessment in design and technology education. Teaching and Teacher Education,18, 35-49.12. Baker, D., Krause, S., Robinson-Kurpius, S., Roberts, C. & Yasar, S. (2004). BridgingEducation and Engineering: The role of design engineering technology in science education.Paper set presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in ScienceTeaching, Vancouver, Canada.13. Bussey, J., Dormondy, T. & Van Leewen, D. (2000). Some factors predicting the adoption oftechnology education in New Mexico Schools. Journal of Technology Education, 12, 4-17.14. Wright, T

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

Session 1150 Teaching Engineering Fundamentals with a Project-Based Learning Approach B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstract Recruiting and retaining students in the Engineering Technology area has been a majorchallenge to many of us in the Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies (ETIS)Department at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). In the Fall of 2004 the authoroffered ET 1840 – Engineering Fundamentals and teaching this class was a lot of fun. Topicssuch as total quality, engineering design

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi

Girls In Science, Engineering, and Technology (GISET) Rasha Morsi, Ph.D. Norfolk State UniversityAbstractWhile the proportion of women earning bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering (S&E) hasincreased, the proportion remains significantly lower than that of women earning bachelor’sdegrees in non-scientific areas, indicating a critical need for additional retention and recruitingtechniques specifically for minority females. In the last few decades, recruiting of minorityfemales has been a challenge to say the least. At Norfolk State University, the student populationis 88% African American, 64% of this population is female, yet there

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Lefebvre; Stephanie Farrell

anion exchange chromatography using a set ofcolorful proteins have been described. These educational materials will allow instructors tointroduce important biochemical engineering and physical biochemistry principles into thechemical engineering curriculum. The visual appeal and low cost of supplies will make thedemonstrations an effective teaching tool in core courses focused on separation processes. Thevariety of possible behavior will make the full-scale experiments a robust addition to unitoperations laboratories or biochemical engineering electives. Further developments will makethe modules available for dissemination to other universities.AcknowledgementThe authors thank Elizabeth N. DiPaolo, Richard S. Dominiak, and Amanda E. Rohs

Conference Session

New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

company)Week two: Read entire book.Week three: Summarize the book in a single page (three paragraphs), which explain 1. What were the social and technical settings of the time ? 2. What was the particular technical challenge addressed, and why was it important ? 3. What was discovered/found, and how was it received by competitors, professionals (corporate management, etc), family, friends and society ?Week four: In nine-ten pages, respond to the following questions: 1. What technical challenge did s/he address? 2. Why did the investigator(s) undertake the task(s) of

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanislaw Maj; Anuradha Sutharshan; D Veal

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE – BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESS, IT AND UNIVERSITIES A. Sutharshan, S P Maj, D Veal Department of Computer Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia Email: anu.sutharshan@dli.wa.gov.au, s.maj@ecu.edu.auIntroductionAdvancing technologies, emergent software development approaches, and economicconditions influencing corporate budgets are creating new challenges for theApplication Services manager [4]. In one of the studies [10], Enterprise Architecture(EA) was ranked near the top of the list of issues considered important by the chiefinformation officers. Enterprise Architecture is a distinct and developing discipline inthe Information

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lehman; David Stone; Mary Raber

impact in the Program Factors: • Content: The extent to which the program(s) successfully transferred information and skills to students. Variables include: teacher abilities, facilities conducive to learning, difficulty of the curriculum, etc. • Comfort: The extent to which the program provided students with a sense of awareness of, familiarity with, and comfort with college life (e.g., course material, peers, instructors, residential hall life, campus facilities). • Career: The extent to which respondents perceived the program(s) as having an impact on their career choice. • College: The effect of the program(s) on respondents’ decisions to attend college in general and, more