Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Rothaupt

will all require a different skill set. But, all projects mustaddress common areas as defined in the curriculum and must provide opportunities for studentsto demonstrate that they can properly analyze problems, gather information and makeappropriate engineering decisions.Scope of CourseThe capstone experience in the Manufacturing Engineering program at UW-Stout is a two-semester course sequence. The projects are managed by teams of students with input fromindustry contacts and faculty advisors. In the first course, Capstone I, students experience theengineering design process by designing products or machines. The final detailed design is usedin Capstone II, where students design and build an automated manufacturing system to producethe

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

. This strategy in using scenarios emphasizes the designin computer aided design.This paper will also explore the implementation of design scenarios in engineeringgraphics courses, along with highlighting the results, benefits and drawbacks.IntroductionOver the past twenty years, computer aided design has become an irreplaceable tool inthe design of machinery [2]. As the use of this technology has matured, design anddrawing instruction at educational institutions has evolved [3].As CAD was initially being adopted in industry, CAD courses were added to technicalcollege curriculum. These courses were meant to teach the student, who had alreadymastered technical drawing techniques, the procedures and syntax to use CAD software.The CAD courses were

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patti Clayton; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"management. The College of Engineering at NC State is experimenting with the integration ofservice-learning especially at the freshman and senior year. The remainder of this paper willpresent our experience with a two-year service-learning project in a senior design ChemicalEngineering course.Description of Service-learning Projects in CHE Capstone Design CourseSpring 2002 In planning for the Spring 2002 offering of senior design, both instructors (Bullard andPeretti) had recently completed an on-campus Service-learning Faculty Associate trainingprogram and were

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Richards; Daniel Pack; David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

Effective Practices in Robotics Education David J. Ahlgren, Igor M. Verner, Daniel Pack, Steve Richards Department of Engineering, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106 USA/ Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 32000/Department of Electrical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy/Acroname, Inc., Boulder, COAbstractLinked to the authors’ 2004 ASEE Annual Conference CoEd workshop on Educational Robotics,this paper evaluates educational strategies and activities from the perspective of four engineeringeducators who have extensive first-hand experience in integrating robotics in the curriculum—from first year courses through senior

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Nichols; Margaret Pinnell

., A Program for Attracting and Recruiting Underrepresented Students, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, ASEE, (2003). 6 Lyons, J., Brader, J., Ebert, C., GK-12 Enhances Teaching Skills of Engineering Graduate Students, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, ASEE, (2003). 7 Syamal, M., Ybarra, G., Developing and Assessing Integrated Mechanical Engineering curriculum for Middle School Students, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, ASEE, (2003). 8 Thompson, S.L., Metzgar, V., Collins, A., Joeston, M., and Shepard, V., Examining the Influence of a Graduate Teaching Fellows Program on Teachers in Grades 7-12

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Lamb; David Ollis

, commercial relevance36, experimental design37,industrial pracice38, and process dynamics39 and control40. Computers are more available leading to a “virtual unit operations laboratory” as a pre-lab resource41. However, materials and microelectronics are hardly visible, as we find singular mentionof polymer processing 42 and microelectronics43, despite heavy emphasis in research in theseareas. Photonic materials are notable by their absence. Expanding the universe of the undergraduate laboratory The present experiments were introduced in the last several years in order to bring agreater sense of modernity, and relevance to the only hands-on engineering experience in our128 credit hour undergraduate curriculum. The

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

Engineering Design Laboratory,” Proceedings of ASEE 1992 Annual Conference, Toledo, Ohio, June 1992. 9. M. E. Parten, "Design and Research in Project Laboratories,” Proceedings of Engineering Education: Curriculum Innovation and Integration, Engineering Foundation Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, January 1992. 10. M. E. Parten, "Design in the Electrical Engineering Laboratory," 1988 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 17-18, 1988 11. Chad Turner, "Remote Lighting," EE 3332 Final Report, Spring 2003 12. Chad Turner, Jason Bacon, Harley Henninger, Jack Chen, "Remote Lighting," EE 3332 Final Project Presentation, Spring 2003 13. James Gregory, Dedrick Streit and Jordan Chaparro, "Blood

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jule Scarborough; Conard White; Promod Vohra

%- >200% 199%As can be seen from the chart above, six classes experienced a gain in achievement of over 200%during the course of the instruction. In addition, 25% of the classes at least doubled theirachievement, while over half experienced a gain that exceeded 50%.In order to summarize the findings of the project, one must examine the 1997 – 1998 yearseparately from the others. A fundamental change in research design took place after that year.The major thrust of year one was to attempt to determine if the use of teacher teams inconjunction with an integrated curriculum could demonstrate an increase in student achievementwhen compared with a traditional, separate curriculum approach

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Smith; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

groups of four or five. As they develop their understanding of specific topics inneural systems, they also learn that many puzzles are unsolved and that scientists and engineersare engaged in active research and debate related to neural systems. The paper topics areintegrally related to the biomedical engineering course content but also to the activity ofprofessional engineers. Moreover, the papers are graded by the engineering instructor, whosecomments show that writing proficiency is an important and integral part of biomedicalengineering.The writing assignments are a good example of “writing across the curriculum,” the WACmovement in composition instruction that emphasizes the importance of learning how to writewithin specific contexts and

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch

(COT) is a seamless pathway program in technology andengineering between all 12 Community Colleges and six four-year institutions. Students cancomplete either an A.S. degree in Technological Studies or an A.S. in engineering science. Theinfrastructure of the program allows flexibility of the curriculum such that the programs canrespond to industry needs with specific options and implement the new curriculum within 3months. In addition, there is a statewide COT site coordinators council that includes faculty andadministrative representative from all of the institutions of higher education, secondary partnersand business and industry liaisons. This COT Council has been instrumental for the systemic

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

Session 2140 Implementing the Required Ethics Component in Engineering Classrooms Dr. June Marshall, Dr. John Marshall St. Joseph’s College/ University of Southern MaineAbstractThis document focuses on how ethics education, more globally referred to as charactereducation, is being implemented into an undergraduate college program. Very successfultechniques are discussed that have been proven useful in providing instruction to futureprofessionals in national character education curriculums involving morals, values andethics. Suggestions for

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wong; Stephanie Blaisdell; Paula Leventman; Anna Swan; Katherine Ziemer; Rachelle Reisberg

-stepengineering design process to create and test an orange juice concentration process. KateZiemer, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, developed this unit where students arechallenged to provide good-tasting orange juice to Boston Schools for $0.15 a glass. This unit isdesigned to be flexible enough to fit into any teacher’s current curriculum and is divided intoactivities that can be run independently of the entire unit. The entire unit takes approximatelyfour weeks to run from start to finish and each kit costs approximately $100.The goals of The Great Orange Squeeze unit are to: - Involve student interest in an enjoyable and equitable way - Build a connection between engineering careers and helping society - Illustrate as

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

used in both middle and highschool algebra classes; (2) provide a summer workshop for in-service mathematics teachers andundergraduate engineering Teaching Fellows; (3) develop an undergraduate engineeringTeaching Fellows program to provide hands on instructional classroom support for middle andhigh school algebra teachers to help them integrate the CD curricula into their courses; (4)maintain student interest in engineering at schools through the development andinstitutionalization of an after-school engineering program that culminates in a series ofcollaborative and competitive activities; and (5) increase the involvement of females and otherunderrepresented groups in engineering by providing female and minority engineering rolemodels in the

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Humann

. Additionally, the increased development andusage of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) has created a need for engineers to havesome knowledge of such devices. Since PLM has been successful in other industries there is noreason that the same success cannot be anticipated in the MEMS industry. Currently PLMsoftware has no specific tools for MEMS simulation, but the design and management tools canbe used in conjunction with specific MEMS analysis software.In a university setting with an integrated PLM curriculum, the addition of some basic MEMSexamples would expose students to MEMS devices and practices. Specialized MEMS softwarewould not be necessary as the MEMS device models could be scaled so that analysis is possibleusing tools within the PLM

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Vance; Michael Cornachione; Harriet Cornachione

benefits do, however, far outweigh these costs, in the achievement of thefollowing: Strengthened program in civil engineering Met objectives for an ABET capstone sequence Provided a multi-disciplinary experience for students Enhanced team-skills experience for students Initiated technical communication in an experiential setting Challenged professorial development In summary, after three years of continued assessment in this capstone designsequence for civil engineering students, it has become an integral part of the curriculumand forms a strong bridge for students to cross into the real workplace. With continuedassessment, this capstone curriculum will continue to evolve into an enriched seniorexperience

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Beheshti; Edwin Dado

for computational mechanics), DUFLOW (i.e. a program for water resourcesmodeling), PLAXIS (i.e. a finite element program for the analysis of deformation andstability in geotechnical engineering projects) and many others. The real problem lies in thefact that: (1) none of the above fits the definition of Construction IT, (2) this way of learningabout discrete, unconnected software tools only widens the “sea” between the “islands ofautomation2” and (3) these programs do not educate students in an area where the potential ofIT in Construction is the largest – in integrating this fragmented industry and thus providing aholistic perspective of the profession [14].Based on the observations made above, a proposal for a European Master in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

). In addition, it currentlyincludes a required internship experience and professional workshops with externalcollaborators.CurriculumThe engineering curriculum at LeTourneau University consists of four elements: (1) a university- Page 9.426.1wide humanities-general education core, (2) an engineering core, (3) upper-level concentration Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcourses, and (4) a capstone design experience. The BS in Engineering with a BME concentrationparallels the four other

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; David McDonald

seniordesign experience including the courses, projects and student teams. The School is expandingthe research options available to students by committing university funding to perform internalprojects and securing external funding. A prior NSF – ILI program (NSF-DUE-9751372) thatdeveloped a $130,000 multi-purpose Integrated Systems Engineering Laboratory7,8 was largelyimplemented by Senior Project teams over two years. The students, under the direction of thegrant’s principle investigator, were involved in the lab layout, selection of equipment, andassisting in preliminary curriculum development.Students have been extensively involved in the development of the new energy conversionlaboratory. Two student design teams and an undergraduate research

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

-specific. Gathering this information from people executing orsupervising the engineering tasks enables the development of instruction with “high functionalcontext.” 4 Using this process, the context of the workplace is integrated into the engineeringcommunication course. As a result, students are much more capable of applying the workplacecommunication skills, learned in the classroom, to their job. 4Although across-the-curriculum applications have met with much success, it is widely noted that“what constitutes an effective communication differs from discipline to discipline and fromprofession to profession.”17 Discipline-relevant content is believed to motivate learners andprovide the contextual use of discipline-specific vocabulary.18 This

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Staver; Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

* Abstract Rapid advances in embedded systems present significant opportunities for fundamental change in education, at all levels, with a greater focus on active, collaborative learning. These advances can be exploited by integrating them into the elementary and middle school curriculums and by having students work in teams to develop innovative new solutions to embedded design problems in science and engineering. Such hands-on activities provide concrete experiences for abstract lessons in math and science and motivate students to learn more complex abstract concepts. A collaborative research experience

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pravin Raut; Jonathan Lambright

, M.A., Tanyel, M., and Quinn,R.; “Mathematical and Scientific Foundations for Integrative Engineering Curriculum”; Journalof Engineering Education; April 1995, pp. 137 – 150.3.Goulet, J.; “An Outcomes Oriented Approach to Calculus Instruction”; Journal of EngineeringEducation; April 2001; pp. 203 – 206.4.Hildreth, E.; “Advising and Counseling Minority Students in Engineering Technology”;Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference; Atlanta, GA. 1985.5.Hundhausen, J.R., and Yeatts, R.; “ An Experiment in Integration: Calculus and Physics forFreshman”; Journal of Engineering Education; October 1995; pp. 369 – 374.6.Hermond, D.; “Measuring The Retention Strategies of a Minority Engineering Program”;Journal of Engineering Education; v. 84; no. 4; 1995

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

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

balance between a number of opposingforces. A minimum of fundamentals in science and math are required to prepare students fortheir sophomore engineering coursework, and exposure to the nature of engineering and itsopportunities is needed to enable students to identify an appropriate career path. However, theacademic rigor of the first year in engineering is overly challenging and even shocking for manystudents. Still, calls for engineering education reform speak of educating students in areas ofcommunication, ethics and professionalism, design, working in teams, leadership,entrepreneurship, and global understanding (to name a few), all of which vie for curriculum time.As we seek to transform the first year we also need to keep an eye to current

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramana Pidaparti

learningexperiences for students.Introduction The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology’s (ABET) EC-2000 criteriaemphasizes the need for design rich curriculum providing contemporary and real-worldapplications [1]. Over the years, engineering educators have been modifying and enhancing thedesign curriculum through a variety of means including advanced thinking skills, creative andinventive process and multidisciplinary projects and experience [2-5]. National organizations,like American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) [6], National Science Foundation(NSF) [7], American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) [8], and others have identified"Multidisciplinary Design" as an important topic in the mechanical engineering curriculum

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Silage

supervisoryorganization for a variety of Amateur Radio technical projects.Some of these projects include the integration of the AX.25 packet radio data protocol and theGlobal Positioning System (GPS) for radiolocation, a decade before the inclusion of thistechnology in fifth-generation cellular telephony, and the software-defined radio. AmateurRadio projects are, by definition, non-commercial and open-source and are thus eligible for aninnovative contribution even by undergraduate students in an ECE capstone design course.Amateur Radio technical resources for the capstone design project include reference texts,websites, and conferences. The ARRL and TAPR also publish a wide variety of technicalpublications, which are valuable resources for an ECE capstone design

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hughes; Alok Verma

adoption of Lean Manufacturing philosophy by majormanufacturers has created a demand for qualified personnel in this area. A trainingprogram in Lean Enterprise was developed by Old Dominion University for theApprentice School at Northrop Grumman Newport News. Physical simulation activitiesare an integral part of this training program. Simulation activities related to shipbuildingoperations have been incorporated in the Lean training course. These activities have beenused in the Business Operations course for three semesters. Results show increasedstudent participation and better understanding of lean concepts. The paper discusses the structure of the simulation activities and their effect onlearning of Lean concepts. The paper also

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Tonkay

to understand the basicconcepts involved in measuring signals, converting them to a different form and controlling asimple system. Most of the activities developed are accessible from the Internet so studentsanywhere can have concepts reinforced through computer-based activities. The activities varyfrom viewing animations to interacting with programs, to working with interactive Excelspreadsheets. The activities are meant to supplement actual laboratory experiences that normallyoccur in engineering curricula.Greenfield Coalition Curriculum ApproachTo implement the concepts of experiential learning and allow students to more easily acquirecore competencies, Greenfield Coalition developed a unique approach to design coursematerials. An

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

to commence their degree program with explicit knowledge of the school’sexpectations for group work and laboratory practice and the experience to be able to achievethese expectations.Bibliography1. Dodd, D and Stoner, H. “Integrating design into an alternative engineering curriculum”. Proceedings of 14th Annual AAEE Conference, 29 Sept.-1 Oct. 2003. Page 9.415.92. Green, L.W. “Evaluating graduate engineers in industrial design”. Proceedings of 3rd UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education, 9-12 Feb. 2000. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Ibrahim Karaman; Jeff Froyd; Terry Creasy; Winfried Teizer

project has twooverarching goals: 1) to give students the knowledge and understanding they will need to workwith nanotechnology in the future, and 2) to recruit and retain students in science andengineering by using nanotechnology as an example of the excitement and importance ofscientific and engineering innovations.Engineering designers are using and will increasingly continue to use options made available bynanotechnology. Therefore, engineering undergraduates must be able to integrate concepts andprinciples of nanotechnology into their knowledge bases as soon as possible. The proposedproject will introduce elements of nanotechnology throughout the undergraduate curriculum. Thelevel of detail and sophistication of the material taught will

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Cheng

optimized system designs.In response to the NASA Research Announcement (2002), California State PolytechnicUniversity, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) submitted a proposal for the “Partnership Awardsfor the Integration of Research into Undergraduate Education” (PAIR) program. Thepurpose of our proposal was to integrate the Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) deep spaceexploration rover technology research into the undergraduate curriculum of theengineering, technology and computer science departments at Cal Poly Pomona. CalPoly Pomona’s proposal, “Deep Space Exploration using Smart Robotic Rovers”, wasselected for funding and began in September 2002. Implementing the California Polytechnic Pomona Rover Robot 2003/4

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alene Harris; Stacy Klein-Gardner

teachers to use the modules in theirown classrooms the following year. Future outreach goals include further national disseminationthrough awareness sessions at conferences, the training of teachers at workshops, and thetraining of trainers to allow concurrent workshops in a variety of sites. Working from this RET grant, a Northwestern professor of learning science with abackground in bioengineering began with a pilot study involving two teachers and expanded towith nineteen Chicago area teachers to involve them in all phases of an educational researchproject to improve the teaching of science, engineering, technology, and math. The project alsoprovided SLC students with experience in science curriculum design and testing, as well as in