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Robert S. Thompson

teamwork described in this paper, this perspective maybe inadequate since faculty may observe only a small fraction of the interactions. Peers workingon the teams are afforded a unique view of each other’s behavior and are in a position to providefeedback for improving team performance.The emphasis on teamwork skills stems from the widespread use of teams in industry. Theteams described in this paper are similar to self-directed work teams (SDWT’s). SDWT’s (alsoreferred to as task forces) are characterized by: 1. A limited life, 2. Are usually heterogeneous because of the diverse needs of the project, 3. Have a limited time frame to solve a specific problem, 4. Have members that may not know each other and their

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Robert Lane Davis; Kenneth Martin Ragsdell; John Petrikovitsch; Edward J. Feltrop

discussion of the case study by even the most gifted professor.5.3 Semester ProjectYears of teaching this course and the encouragement of Dr. Genichi Taguchi suggested the need toinclude a semester project as a pivotal part of this course. All students are encouraged to propose anappropriate project early in the course. Students, both on-campus and off-campus, are encouragedto form teams in order to define and execute the project. Off-campus students are encouraged toselect a project closely related to their work assignment. Students or student teams that fail topropose a suitable project in the allotted time are assigned a project. Usually this assigned projectis used throughout the semester as a discussion vehicle to demonstrate the principles

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Matthew M Whiteacre; James L. Wilson

projections and pictorials, not to mention sections, are difficult to comprehend ifone has no true concept of the object to be drawn.One method to aid these students is to construct physical models of objects, thus allowing thevisual learners to see, feel, and touch the models of the objects they are trying to draw. Whilethis is a wonderful aid to learning, it is not feasible to construct models of each and every objectwhich would be used in a freshman level introductory graphics class. This would necessitateabout 50 models being created, just to have one copy of each object depicted in the class. If theplans were to have each student (or maybe each group of 4 students) have a copy of the modelthen the numbers grow rapidly.As an alternative to this

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Massoud S. Tavakoli

effectively teach and practice engineering design, students must develop a “synergistic”design mind-set toward integrating downstream manufacturing constraints with the upstreamdesign specifications. This is difficult to achieve within the present teaching environment wheredesign teaching resources are fragmented. Therefore, a complete design environment called“Total Design Studio” has been created. In this studio, one finds all essential tools needed forcarrying out the teaching, the learning and the practice of engineering design. A schematic layoutfor the Design Studio is presented in Figure 1. PROJECTION SCREEN LITERATURE SEARCH

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Lesley Jolly; David Radcliffe

develop a reflexiveapproach to their work. This has been done in the context of project-based, design courses,involving both individual and group work in the disciplines of mechanical and chemicalengineering. We conclude that student attitudes clearly evidenced the need for engineering staffto model reflective practice and place regular emphasis on its value as a professional learningtool. Exercises in reflective thinking are most effective if integrated into other more ‘traditional’engineering tasks rather than being set as ‘stand alone’ tasks. We argue that the best way tomake expert knowledge accessible to non-experts is through getting the experts to reflect on theirsuccesses and failures.IntroductionEngineers and engineering students have

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Paul F. Hadala; Freddy Roberts; David Hall

Session 3268 Laboratory Exercises for Statics and Mechanics of Materials on a Shoestring David Hall, Paul Hadala, Freddy Roberts Louisiana Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper outlines the design, construction, and fabrication of seven laboratory exercises and adesign project for a sophomore level integrated statics and mechanics of materials course. Theacademic setting in which the course was created is given along with an overview of the coursecontent. Each laboratory and design project is described in detail, including photographs,drawings of the

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Robert J. Hofinger

ofmechanical and electrical structures.In this paper I will describe how a meaningful laboratory sequence for undergraduate students inthe Electrical Engineering Technology program has been laid out. It is intended for use in lowerlevel freshman and sophomore undergraduate courses. These levels of projects are differentfrom the laboratory curriculum for upperclassmen because of the age, maturity and experienceof the students. Page 5.584.1Therefore, these projects and the laboratory curriculum, should also be an introduction toelectrical devices. It should be motivational, as well as instructional. In this beginning stage oftheir educational process

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Athula Kulatunga

officers. Otherutility companies may have dedicated staff to help industrial and commercial customers throughtheir sales department. Your project will have greater success if you can find a partner who has astrong interest in the well-being of area industry and has already allocated some resources forthat cause.Next, find out what the potential partners try to accomplish through their outreach efforts.Determine how you can support your partners’ effort while spending minimum resources.For example, universities already have classrooms, instructional media, and a faculty withexpertise needed by the area industry. Do not discourage yourself if some departments in yourinstitution already provide consulting to area industry. Focus on what you can

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Paul H. Zang; Judson Singer; Dale Eddy

will learn theessentials of solid modeling using the full version of SDRC’s I-DEAS Master Series and will beable to purchase the Student Edition for about $100 from the bookstore. The student edition canexchange part and assembly data through the use of universal files and FTP.Solid modeling techniques such as wireframe, extruding,revolving, sweeping and lofting are essential elements of theproposed course. Course projects (see imbedded pictures) have been developed to reinforce the materials describe during the lecture. The Master Series software also has the ability to

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Phillip R. Rosenkrantz

the other methodologies where it made sense to do so. A QFD teamwas formed and included representatives from IME Department Industrial Advisory Council andthe College of Engineering. The team met regularly for five quarters to work through the QFDprocess and present findings. ABET assessment updates were on the Industrial Advisory CouncilAgenda and discussed at department meetings. QFD practitioners will notice that a modifiedversion of QFD was used to simplify the process. Not all rating and ranking algorithms wereemployed.The project was divided up into phases:Phase I - The Voice of the Customer - The IME Department recognized a number ofconstituencies or “customers” that need to be considered in all curriculum, scheduling, andprogram

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Resit Unal; Derya Jacobs; Charles Keating; Paul Kauffmann; Abel Fernandez

an academic context. Page 5.539.1 Table 1. Program Objectives and Goals Program Objectives Program Goals 1. Provide skills, knowledge and attitudes to manage 1) Develop and Implement projects the technology based, project driven enterprise. 2) System based problem solving 2. Develop ability to choose and apply appropriate 3) Leadership – make a difference approaches to project management problems. 4) Quantitative and analytical skills 3. Foster outstanding technological leadership

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Scott Johnson; Barbara Nepote; Shirley J. Dyke; Juan Caicedo; Euridice Oware

structural control.Although the program described herein was developed by the senior author, all of the studentauthors played a role in making this project a reality. They have been involved in various aspectsof the program including the development and implementation of the experiments used in theundergraduate coursework. Additionally, they have been involved in the equipment installationand operation, system integration, and web page development. Furthermore, some of them areconducting undergraduate research projects using the equipment described herein.The laboratory activities are based on the use of a bench-scale seismic simulator, or shake table.Creative utilization of the equipment has offered numerous opportunities to supplement the

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Rita L. Endt; Eyler Robert Coates

Session 3557 INTEGRATING RISK INTO AN ENGINEERING ECONOMY COURSE WITH SIMULATION SOFTWARE Eyler R. Coates, Rita L. Endt The University of Southern MississippiAbstractEngineering economy problems with all deterministic inputs are actually rare. Some informationrequired for solving engineering economy problems can be defined fairly well, but muchinformation is uncertain, such as the actual cash flows from revenues and costs, the salvagevalue of equipment, the interest rate or even the project life. The use of simulation software withMonte Carlo techniques makes engineering economy

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Aaron C. Cain; Ganesh V. Kudav

course. Thecourse deals with design and application of thermal-fluid systems such as heat exchangers,pumping and piping systems, electronic cooling, and other closely related topics presented bythe faculty – topics that may be related to a continuing research project, or a consultingproblem. One way to get the students involved is to assign the problem as a design anddevelopment project that accounts for 20 to 30% of the course grade, the rest from the tests,final exam, and assignments. This paper discusses one such project that was the outcome ofthe author’s consulting activity. The students were assigned to design and develop arefrigeration recovery unit incorporating the acceptable industry and EPA standards. The EPA is currently

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Hamid Khan

perspective and development and interpretation of workingdrawings.4030 Descriptive Geometry. Principles of projection, including reference system (thegraphical method of solving solid analytic geometry problems).4234 Machine and Tool Design. Study and application of the principles of machine andtool design. Students will be required to complete designs and drawings of machines,tools, fixtures, gauges, automated clamping devices, and piercing and forming dies.4503. Laboratory Problems: Design and Drafting Independent study, which provides theopportunity to gain further expertise in a particular area of design and drafting.4504. Laboratory Problems: Graphic Communication. Independent study of concepts,processes, tools, and materials in the field of

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Kathryne A. Newton; Duane D. Dunlap; Dennis R. Depew

environments. The curriculum combines courses frommanufacturing technology, information technology, and industrial distribution, and requires thecompletion of a “directed project” that is much like a master’s thesis, except that students areexpected to tackle an applied problem from their own work environment.The Weekend Master’s Program does not rely solely on distance media for the delivery ofinstruction, but rather depends on a combination of approximately 55% face-to-face instruction and45% distance delivered instruction. To have real-time intellectual graduate education discussion,stimulation, and physical resource sharing, our graduate education instruction received at a distanceis best complemented and supported with face-to-face interaction

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Melvin J. Montgomery; Saleh M. Sbenaty

across Tennessee. Each team includes multi-disciplinary faculties from two-yeartechnical colleges, industry partners, university partners, and high school tech-prep teachers.The paper documents activities that have brought national attention to the project and providedopportunities for SEATEC team members to exchange ideas with others working in the area ofcase studies.I. IntroductionThe technological revolution that has taken place in recent years, and is continuing today, hascreated a strong impetus for improvements in educational methods. This has led to alternatives tothe traditional classroom lecture method. One alternative is the case study. Case studies are usedextensively in the medical, law, and business fields. However, the use of case

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Russell D. Jamison

Session 2342 An Undergraduate Program in Technology and Management Russell D. Jamison University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignABSTRACTA new program in Technology and Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign brings together undergraduate students from the colleges of engineering and com-merce and business administration to gain knowledge and experience in complementary, cross-disciplinary fields. The program provides custom-designed and mainstream courses in engineer-ing and business subjects as well as interdisciplinary team projects supported by industry spon-sors

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Rahul Bargava; Michael Rosenblatt; Howard M. Choset; Amy Graveline

project.About half the class undertook projects while the remaining students opted for thealternative of writing a series of reports. Of those who decided against the projects, manywere afraid of being overwhelmed because of a lack of project experience prior to thecourse. Those who did undertake the projects gained valuable experience, but what theylearned did not necessarily promote the curricular goal of the course. The main goal was togive a broad introduction to robotics in order to prepare for more advanced course work.Before the semester had ended, we (Howie Choset, the instructor, and students in thecourse) had already begun asking ourselves a number of questions about the design of thecourse. How can we extend this hands-on component to all

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Lisa A. Haston; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

. Reform OpportunitiesEngineering Design Experiences at MSUIn the context of ABET's major engineering design requirement and EC2000 preparation, a newcourse model was developed for the capstone course in computer engineering, ECE 482—Capstone: Computer System Design 9. The learning objectives for the course state that studentswill learn about embedded systems, i.e., electrical systems that contain embedded computers tocontrol processes. At the completion of the course, each student should have actively participatedas a member of an engineering design team and made significant contributions to achieving theteam’s mission. Each design project involves the collaborative development and evaluation of aproduct that contains an embedded computer. Our

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Narayanan Komerath

undergraduate’scurricular experience. Students of aerospace engineering await this opportunity to exercise theirdreams, eagerly, often to the frustration of the teachers charged with ensuring that they learn theother technical subjects which are less glamorous and more difficult to the undergraduate.Professors who as undergraduates have taken Capstone Design courses, cannot help feeling thatsuch a course is a dubious use of scant senior-year time, since the level of the material is not aschallenging as that of the upper-level courses and independent projects in our disciplines. On theother hand, there is no argument about the need for students to have significant designexperiences in the curriculum.At the other end of the curriculum, there is a strong need to give

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Asif M. Shakur; Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

(Salisbury State University) and theUniversity of Maryland College Park(UMCP). The agreement provides a means of bringing anABET accredited engineering degree program from the prestigious Clark School of Engineeringat College Park to the residents of Eastern Shore region of the State of Maryland. Since itsinception in the fall of 1998, the SLOPE program has helped identify and serve specific needs inthe Eastern Shore Community by way of faculty supervised student projects. These studentprojects have been chosen either by the student/student group or assigned by the faculty. In allcases the faculty members involved with the program have ensured compatibility with coursematerial and desired learning objectives. Specific attention has been paid to the

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William L. Call; Saleh M. Sbenaty

. Page 5.186.14. To nationally disseminate information related to SEATEC activities, materials, and results, including outcomes of the use of case studies in field-test setting.II. The Evolution of SEATECThe current SEATEC effort to develop the case study method in technical education began as anoutgrowth of a previous NSF-funded grant titled TEFATE (Tennessee Exemplary Faculty forAdvanced Technological Education). SEATEC, like TEFATE, is a consortium developed by apartnership of five two-year colleges in Tennessee with representatives from four-yearuniversities, secondary schools, business and industry, and government entities in Tennessee,Kentucky, and Alabama. The TEFATE project had several important components:interdisciplinary faculty

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Stanley J. Pisarski

peripheral and a serialcommunications interface in addition to input capture and output compare functions. This year anew member was born and has been added to the ever-expanding list of experiments utilizing themicrocontroller as the main control unit. The UPJ EET MicroMouse is the combination of aminiature land rover vehicle with sonar-type sensors that scurries around on the floor mapping outits surroundings while avoiding obstacles in its path.This paper focuses on the evolution of this course, the newest member of the group (UPJ EETMicroMouse), and links student learning to the use of exciting projects compared with moretraditional mundane cookbook experiments. It will examine the fundamental reasons for learningwhile comparing and contrasting

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John C. Anderson; David Kelso; Charles Yarnoff; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

knowledge to engineering.3-8 In contrast, an integrated approachto communication instruction has the potential to show students that engineers value—and dependon—effective communication, just as team projects give students valuable experience in theteamwork skills they are likely to need in the workplace.But integrating instruction in teamwork and communication into engineering courses isn’t easy,especially when engineering faculty already have overcrowded syllabi and have little idea how toteach teamwork and communication—even if they are convinced of the importance of thesetopics. Moreover, teaching communication usually requires assigning and grading more papers,a burdensome task that many engineering faculty prefer to avoid

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Kenneth Reid

been the most popular course offered throughout the Young Scholarprogram. A Peek Inside the Computer, a class on computer software and hardware ,was developed this past summer for the first time. Both courses were filled to capacity,and generated very positive feedback. Every session involves hands-on activities, withlecture content tailored to the lab. This paper will describe the typical students, thecurriculum and projects, and important points to making this and similar programssuccessful.Introduction:The K-12 students of today are potentially the college students of tomorrow. In manycases, their math and science classes may be weak, and they may have littleunderstanding of engineering and technology. The IEEE has identified one of its

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

Session 2380 Introduction to SCALE-UP : Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics Robert J. Beichner, Jeffery M. Saul, Rhett J. Allain, Duane L. Deardorff, David S. Abbott North Carolina State UniversityAbstractSCALE-UP is an extension of the highly successful IMPEC project (Integrated Math,Physics, Engineering, and Chemistry), one of NC State’s curricular reform effortsundertaken as part of the SUCCEED coalition. Basically, we are utilizing the interactive,collaboratively based instruction that worked so well in smaller class

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Ed Gohmann

Session 3548 Opportunities to Teach Teamwork, Collaboration, and Interpersonal Communications in Mechanical Engineering Technology Courses Ed Gohmann Purdue University School of Technology at New AlbanyEmployers of Engineering Technology graduates look for experience working together in teams,ability to collaborate on projects and the ability to effectively communicate technical matter inboth oral and written forms. Opportunities to expose the students to these areas abound in the sixassociate degree MET courses taught by the author. Three of these courses have labs where

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Albert B. Grubbs; Michael R. Kozak

, indicate a near drasticshortage of Engineering Technology faculty for four-year colleges and universities. As a result,some institutions are "solving" this problem by requiring only a masters degree - knowing thatmost individuals who posses only a masters degree have not completed a thesis - and, in manysituations, are expecting these people to compete in a university’s research-dominatedenvironment. For those graduates that enter or remain in industry, degree requirements that arebased solely on completion of courses without the requirement for the student to conduct andreport on a meaningful applications-oriented project may result in graduates that are notrepresentative of the mission of engineering technology. A possible solution is to require

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Donald N. Merino

to insure the integrity and effectiveness of the engineering curricula on a continuous basis.Distributed grading is a direct quantitative linkage between typical assessment methods (exams,projects, etc.) and the educational objectives. Stevens believes that in conducting assessments it iscrucial for improvements to begin with full utilization of current examinations, projects and otheractivities. Distributed grading distributes current aggregate grades as well as the Grade PointAverage over the curricular objectives and allows for a quantitative expression of the emphasis givento the objectives across the curriculum (DeLancey, 1998, 1999).To make this work at the course level requires a series of problems, exams, projects, etc