Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abu S.M. Masud; Don E. Malzahn

deficiencies areremedied by revision of the curriculum or course contents, development/reorganization oflaboratory or other facilities, and reallocation of financial resources. The tools used forassessment and their efficacy in assessing the outcomes are discussed in the next section.The main instrument by which the program can ensure the achievement of desiredoutcomes is the curriculum. Appropriate faculty, facilities, and financial resources arethe accessories required to ensure effective impartation of knowledge, skills, andexperience as intended in the curriculum. Inclusion of industry-based projects and planttours in courses and industry-based capstone projects in the curriculum are the means bywhich the ‘Metropolitan Advantage’ of WSU is used to

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clint Kohl, Cedarville University; Keith Shomper, Cedarville University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

concludes with some lessons learned through the Senior Design Capstone experiencefrom which this multi-threaded software was designed, written, debugged, revised and releasedfor experimentation in DLD. CedarLogic's 10,000+ lines of code is written in C++ and utilizesthe wxWidgets GUI library and OpenGL to render the graphics. CedarLogic can be freelydownloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cedarlogic .Background and NeedDigital Logic Design is a foundational course for many engineering and computer sciencestudents. The first author has been teaching a freshman level Digital Logic Design course forover twelve years. The course includes laboratory projects in which students physically wire upTTL gates on a breadboard, use the CedarLogic software

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State University; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

established at the Northwestern University, with apartnership between Northwestern, Purdue University, the University of Michigan, ArgonneNational Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Chicago and Urbana-Champaign, todevelop educators to introduce the nanoscale science and engineering concepts into schools andundergraduate classrooms7,8. All the noted efforts and programs focus on science andengineering education. However, there are only a few projects, which address the challenges intechnological education for nanotechnology. The projects include the "regional center fornanofabrication manufacturing education" created at the Pennsylvania State University with agrant support from the state and NSF. A partnership between the state

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Large Seagrave, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

coursework to use asdocumentation for its upcoming ABET accreditation review.Besides recording the interdisciplinary experience of its students, the deliverables in this courseincreased in competency at an extreme rate over its first four semesters. As the second of anewly implemented (2004) trio of communication-intensive classes, beginning with the freshmanintroductory course, CVEEN 3100 prepares its students for the department’s ProfessionalPractice and Design senior project by developing their competency in researching, writing andpresenting the complex reports required in the capstone experience. The department has seen anincreased competency in its senior students measured by their ability to produce higher qualitydocuments with less

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

be comprised of five main sections. The first section will outline the engineeringand business curricular components designed to meet the stated program objectives. Next, a briefdescription of the capstone group design project and presentation competition will be presented.Subsequently, the college and community resources involved in the program execution will bediscussed. An analysis of the Engineering Summer Program’s successes and shortcomings usingqualitative and quantitative assessment data compiled from participants’ pre and post surveyswill follow. Lastly, a summary of the lessons learned throughout the four years of the program’s Page

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

initiative, 25 engineering faculty members actually implemented S-Linto at least one of their courses during the 04-05 academic year and 34 faculty in 05-06. In2005-06 over the two semesters an average of 700 undergraduate students participated in S-Lprojects in 52 courses, some with required S-L projects and others elective. This wide variety ofcourses included, for example, a first year introduction to engineering with 300 students,kinematics, soil mechanics, heat transfer, engineering ethics, electronics, plastics design, strengthof materials, and a senior EE capstone course on assistive technology with 70 students.Community partners included the Lowell National Historical Park, many local rehabilitationclinics, a local food bank, the City

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, scientists, technical managers, and other experienced professionalsmoving to mid- and senior level positions associated with product and services innovation.Students are selected and fully sponsored by their organizations. RIT chose an executive formatwith classes held all-day on Fridays for two full years.The 60 credit hour program consists of 13 business and engineering courses, including threeelectives, plus a two-quarter Capstone project. Specific electives are offered on Fridaysconsistent with the executive format, but students may select other electives offered at othertimes during the week or via distance delivery. In addition to coursework, students take two

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Robert Edwards; Gerald Recktenwald

of core principles. Knowledge and problem solving abilities can get students through a traditional course, butunderstanding of core principles is needed for them to be able to apply their knowledge to uniqueproblems. Two approaches that are currently popular for confronting misperceptions and tryingto develop understanding are project-based learning and inquiry-based learning. 3 Project-based learning involves open ended projects, often with ill defined constraintsdesigned to challenge the students to think and hopefully develop a better understanding of theprinciples involved. Clearly, capstone projects fall into this category

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abulkhair Masoom, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Fahmida Masoom, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

obtained her M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin. She taught at Savannah State University for two years before coming to UW-Platteville. Her research interests are in the areas of Engineering Design Graphics and Digital Design. Page 12.774.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 GE Design Competition - Opportunities and Challenges for Minority Engineering StudentsAbstractIndustries around the country routinely collaborate with engineering and engineering technologyprograms in providing opportunities and challenges for senior design projects. Capstone

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Locketter is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He recieved his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1999. His interests include the physics or polymers and numerical / computational methods in materials science.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 SOPHOMORE YEAR IN CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AT ROWAN UNIVERSITY: INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION, MECHANICS AND DESIGNAbstractEngineering clinics are a sequence of project-based learning (PBL) courses taken everysemester by all engineering students at Rowan University. The purpose of these coursesis to prepare students for aspects of engineering practice, such as

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri; Ashley Rasnic, University of Missouri; William Daughton, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Bridge the Gap Material/Equipment Management Business Operations Management Science Decision MakingTerm Systems Problem Solving Ethics Staffing Controlling Resources Project Management Organizations Planning Marketing Cost/Finance Organizing Communication Leadership

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mohammad Amin

areas should complete some prerequisite courses or equivalent courses beforetaking any graduate level course at National University.The MSWC program consists of 10 required courses and two capstone Master’s researchprojects. Students are encouraged to take these courses in the order of presentation. WCM601and WCM602 are referred to as foundation courses, therefore they must be taken before takingany other graduate level course in the program. The capstone project class is an integratingmechanism to provide realistic experience for the student. It is a two-month project solving a realproblem for a real client against a time deadline using all available tools and resources asstudents work together in teams. This component addresses the need to

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John T. Tester

remained fairly constant,1 though differentdepartments have increased steadily (such as Mechanical Engineering) while others have varied.The “Design4Practice,” or “D4P,” curriculum is a series of innovative undergraduate classes whichinvolve active learning laboratories for the students in each of their freshman, sophomore, junior andsenior years. The program objectives were developed in response to the call by industry forbaccalaureate engineers to possess a broader set of skills beyond their analytical and computer skills.This call was strengthened by the Engineering faculty’s observation of the students’ experiences insenior capstone design during the late 1980’s and 1990’s. These students, who had had no priorexperience with a design process

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin Cook, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

of teaching methods; utilizing acombination of simple strategies, with the goals of re-emphasizing the communicationsaspect of engineering graphics, giving students improved tools and techniques fordrawing, modeling, and analysis, and increasing learning and retention of thosetechniques. The individual methods used in combination include: extending the graphicsexposure throughout the first three years of the curriculum, making the courses designproject centered - with the integrated physical production of the projects as an essentialpart of the learning process, adopting a “corporate work environment” in some portionsof the classes, emphasizing the use of reference materials in the design and drawingprocess so that students will learn to be

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Shumway, Brigham Young University; Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University; Andy Swapp, Milford High School; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Thomas Erekson, Western Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

beextremely engaging. The paper discusses these lessons learned and reports on how the teachersare implementing the content of the professional development in their courses. A model forengineering design using a problem-solving cycle developed at Dartmouth was taught to the 9-12grade teachers to help infuse engineering design content in their courses. Specific examples areprovided in the paper of how one of the teachers has used the problem-solving cycle in his highschool classes.A key-activity during the second-year professional development was the use of a capstone-likeproject. This project was to build an electrically powered vehicle to be used in the ElectrathonAmerica competition. The participants used the problem-solving cycle to help design

Conference Session

CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

participating in this competition?” Sixteen responses were receivedover the course of 3 days; of those 16 responses, 14 universities do allot engineering credit forthe concrete canoe project, while 2 do not. This credit varies from Senior Design/CapstoneEngineering credit to Independent Study credit. The U. S. Naval Academy was one of therespondents and instructors Dr. Jennifer Waters and LCDR David Robinson provided thefollowing information: The course for which they give credit to students participating in theconcrete canoe project is the Capstone Design course, “Ocean Engineering Systems Design II”(3 semester hours). The course description is “The conceptual design of an ocean engineeringsystem is accomplished by midshipmen teams. Projects are

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

courses and their mappings onto the ABET a-kcriteria, will be discussed. These representative bellwether courses are at the sophomore, juniorand senior levels, and are listed below, along with their catalog descriptions.AET 210, Measurements and Testing (3 credits). Measurement systems, components, systemresponse, and the characteristics of experimental data. Prerequisites: Calculus II and Physics II.MET 331, Machine Design I (3 credits). Applies engineering mechanics to the design ofmachine elements and structures. Stress analysis techniques, failure modes, tolerances,cylindrical fits, and shaft design. Prerequisite: Mechanics of Materials.MET 460/461, Capstone Design Project (6 credits – two semester sequence) Group projectdesigning, evaluating

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

homeworkproblems and tests have explicit answers, given the problem statement. Unfortunately most, if notall, engineering problems do not follow this cookbook approach. Students must be allowed toexperience problems that require them to formulate solutions to problems with no specific straight-line structure to the solution – they must learn how to “think outside the box” [7].Laboratory (and the senior capstone project) is the one place where students have the opportunityto “think on their own” and assemble separate pockets of knowledge to solve a complete problem.The biggest advantage is that real-world exercises and experimental approaches clearly show thatthere is not always an “answer at the back of the book”. Students are often frustrated by this

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Shih, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) the FEA results and (2) the handcaculations using the curved-beam theory. A review discussion, focused on the interpretation andcomparison of results and the causes of the discrepancy of the results, is followed after thestudents reports are graded and returned. Page 12.1387.7Student Projects and FEAThe capstone educational experience for OIT Mechanical Engineering Technology andManufacturing Engineering Technology undergraduates is the year-long Senior Design Project.Over the course of three terms, teams of MET/MFG students design, build, and test theirsolutions to selected engineering design problems and present these solutions to a

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

features (force and weight), and then it maps genericinventive principles to specific solutions (the counter weight principle yields the solution ofspoilers.) Obviously, creating more examples will help users understand the mapping processand help them to work on their own problems.TRIZ in Teaching Engineering Design Page 12.483.2There is a definite need to provide students with helpful strategies and guidelines to solve designproblems. The ultimate student design experience in an engineering curriculum is the seniorcapstone design course. Some of our senior capstone projects like SAE Mini Baja and SAE AeroDesign are annual competitions, and

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Isaac Aunkst, General Dynamics Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

solar panel, willvary in two directions. The azimuth angle is the horizontal direction from the observer to thesun4. There is also an altitude angle, representing the vertical direction from the observer to thesun. More effective solar panel trackers are two-axis in nature5,6,7 and have been demonstrated,for example, in the use of a solar oven concentrator8.The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a project whereby an Electrical EngineeringTechnology student developed a one-axis (azimuth) solar panel tracking system to satisfy therequirements for his capstone senior project. The capstone design project covers two semesters.In the first (fall) semester, requirements for the project are identified and long lead materials areordered

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ian Denholm, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Stevens Institute of Technology. He is coordinator of core engineering design courses in Freshman & Sophomore years. Prior to his current position, Blicharz worked for 25 years in project management and systems engineering in the aerospace & telecommunications industries. He has a B.E in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology Bernard Gallois is George Meade Bond Professor of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he was the founding dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering. He received the Diplôme d' Ingénieur Civil des Mines at the École

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Maddren, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

with several unknowns and optimization problems with one ormore independent design variables. Over the years, the laboratory has been used to test othertypes of projects including longer term projects that are more applied, such as the design of asolar domestic hot water system for a dormitory and the design and construction of small thermalsystems, such as a soft drink cooler.This paper presents a survey of how thermal systems design is taught in mechanical engineeringprograms. The paper also outlines the author's personal experiences with teaching thermalsystems design, what has worked and what has not worked.BackgroundA brief investigation into different mechanical engineering programs across the United Statesshows that many programs offer

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Priya Goeser, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. Themain objective of the Computational Modeling course is to study the fundamentals of numericalmethods and to develop computer programs for solving engineering problems using MATLAB.Examples of numerical methods include solving roots of equations, linear algebraic equations,integration and differentiation. Assessment of this effort was accomplished with supplementarycourse evaluation questions given at the end of the semester. This paper will discuss the resultsof the student projects and evaluations, and the authors’ experiences with this intradisciplinaryteaching effort.IntroductionThis paper presents efforts over two semesters to integrate course materials between twosophomore level engineering courses. The two courses, Statics (ENGR 2001

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

service-learningcourse must nevertheless be focused on career preparation of the college studentsas well. (Narayanan, 2004 e; Honnet & Poulsen, 1989). Furthermore it must be clearlyacceptable to the appropriate accreditation agencies. The Senior Design Project Class,which is a two semester-long course, with a total of four credit hours, can be viewed as aservice learning class, depending upon the project chosen by the select student group. Itcontains a substantial amount of education about ethics, ergonomics, economics,sociology and liberal education principles, in addition to rigorous engineering subjectmatter. The student groups are encouraged to appreciate the realities of the socio-economic impact of their chosen project. In many cases

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Peterson, Arizona State University; Jane Humble, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

(management oftechnical organizations, organizational behavior) at the forefront of EM. This is closely followedby the other classical management, note management – not engineering management, areas ofstrategy and marketing and our industrial engineering roots (OR/simulation, production planningand control).Several additional items were gleamed from this study; 1. Eight of the 28 programs had an experience requirement. This requirement was almost Page 12.647.6 uniformly distributed at 2, 3, and 5 years. 2. Only one program seemed to require a thesis – the ABET accredited one. 3. Capstone projects were common but not universal for

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Robb Larson, Montana State University; Keith Fisher, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

MET Graduates • MET Capstone Project Reviews • ABET Reviews • Facilities Review • MET Course / Curriculum Reviews • Faculty Professional Development Plan ReviewsMost of these tools are utilized yearly and the resulting data reviewed yearly as well. Theanalysis, feedback, and any subsequent changes made to the MET program are summarized in aset of “Assessment and Informational Notebooks” which are updated yearly and reside in theMET Program Coordinators office.Mechanical Engineering Technology Areas of ExpertiseCurricular assessment data and curriculum organization needs to balance the requirements of allconstituents involved. The requirements related to ABET accreditation9 needed to be reviewedand understood. Employer and

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; John Matusik, The Engineering Groupe

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

design required course. In this way the entire faculty has been involved inimproving student performance on the capstone design project.Finally, the jury results provide quantitative evidence that the students are achieving the programoutcomes. There is no result that points to weak performance on any of the outcomes.The civil engineering senior design course at George Mason will be undergoing some changes inthe near future, motivated by a significant increase in program enrollment (170 percent over thepast five years). Some of the methods presently in use do not scale very well to class sizes of 50or more. In the coming year some of the changes include modifying how teams are formed andtheir specific roles in the project, and the introduction

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Maccariella, Urban Engineers, Inc. / Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, inspection, and design projects. He is an adjunct instructor for both Rowan University and Norwich University, teaching Senior Design I, Senior Design II, Civil Engineering Practice, and Advanced Structural Analysis II. He is active in the American Society of Civil Engineers (serves on the Bridge Security Committee), and the American Society of Highway Engineers (serves on the Southern New Jersey Board of Directors). Page 12.1459.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Role of Adjuncts In Teaching ASCE’s Body of KnowledgeAbstractThe National Research Council (NRC

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Brett Blackman, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

skills learnedin previous modules. The autonomy that the students experience in executing this four-week“mini-Capstone” project provides invaluable experience in experimental design and criticalthinking and analysis. We feel that this final project is really the most important module in theentire course sequence because it exemplifies the active learning methodology recognized to beoptimal for best teaching students BME content and competencies within a laboratory setting.7Description of Specific Lab ModulesThe IDEAS lab consists of 13 modules which span two semesters. Most modules are one or twoweeks in duration and culminate in a written module report by the student teams. The modulesthat we have developed for the IDEAS course sequence are