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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Arjun Makhijani

-being—is growing.IEER is partnering with students, faculty, and their communities in a project to developcurricula for community colleges, colleges, and universities. These curricula will bewidely used to educate students about the engineering and scientific aspects ofinternational security and the environment. As an example, a curriculum that wasdeveloped for use at East Tennessee State University will be discussed.Participating faculty develop curricula for entire courses as well as modules that fit intoexisting courses, such as in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering design,environmental studies, security, peace studies, health, geography, and history. Thesecurricula are geared for freshmen and sophomore college students, and for

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Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

. Page 9.983.3 "Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education and Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"Review TypeThe study used several types of peer review and examined the different perceptions studentshave with regard toward the strategic goals of each. The types were: A. Private one-to-one peer review of student projects. (3-D Peer Review Model: private, known, improvement) B. Public peer review comparing student projects during class presentation. (3-D Peer Review Model: public, known, assessment) C. Blind peer ranking of student projects in journals, shown only to the professor. (3-D Peer

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Technology Transfer and Commercialization

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2004 Annual Conference

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Martha Connolly; Herbert Rabin; Eric Schurr; David Barbe

institutions. MIPS accelerates the commercializationof new technology by jointly funding commercially directed collaborative research anddevelopment projects between USM faculty and company researchers. Faculty,postdoctoral fellows and graduate students have the opportunity to perform research thatdirectly leads to commercialization of new products. Companies are able to access expertuniversity faculty and state of the art facilities to conduct cost effective research anddevelopment. They also benefit from access to a vibrant student labor pool. MIPSprojects have covered a wide range of technologies in engineering, computer, physicaland life sciences. Since 1987, MIPS has provided matching funds for more than 445projects worth a total value of $120

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Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Craig Caulfield; G Kohli; S P Maj

Sociology in Software Engineering Craig Caulfield, Gurpreet Kohli , S. Paul Maj Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western AustraliaIntroductionThe sociology of software project management is an often under-represented component inthe education and professional development of software engineers even though factors suchas team formation, role assignment, motivation, training, hiring, and many other peopleware18practices have been identified many times as at least equally important to the success ofsoftware projects as the technical14,16,18,42,44,45,46. The reasons for this may be two-fold: theseeming arbitrariness of the sociological factors in software development is at odds

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

industrial designers are free to explore.Developing design skills in professional engineering programs allows students to learn viaactive engagement and group project work. Green and Bonollo3 describe designmethodology as a process that includes the “study, principles, practices and procedures ofdesign”, with a focus on the understanding of the design process. It could be argued thatwhat is truly being taught is design methods, design processes and design methodology.Such content is not appropriate for a first year design unit where potential engineers should Page 9.415.1be introduced to generic design that spans disciplines and encourages

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ghanashyam Joshi

andapplications specifically useful to engineering and technical graduates. The main topics in thecourse are planning, forecasting, decision making, project management, time management,quality control, optimization, reliability and risk analysis, and scheduling. The engineeringmanagement course offers students with ample opportunity to demonstrate their mastery ofcourse materials and related ideas through guided class discussions, open ended projects,assignments, research reports, and tests. The main distinction of this course when compared to atraditional management course is less emphasis on non-technical topics such as accounting andbusiness management.The observations and experiences learnt from the development and teaching of the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

format for the class allowed us to successfully addressfour issues: to establish and achieve higher expectations for the teams, to improve eachteam’s understanding of the fundamental engineering and science of its project, toencourage and increase the interactions between the teams, and to help the students tobetter “think through” the writing process which in turn helps them to better understandthe organization of their project.IntroductionThe multidisciplinary capstone design course at the University of Houston, taken by thestudents in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), IndustrialEngineering (IE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME), has been described previously 1.This course is a one semester, three-hour credit course

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenda Scales; Cheryl Peed; Sasima Thongsamak

2004-2399 Leveraging Expertise in Time of Economic Constraints Sasima Thongsamak, Dr. Glenda R. Scales, Cheryl Peed Virginia TechAbstractTo address the need to improve the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (CGEP) atVirginia Tech, the college relied upon the expertise of students completing graduate theses andgroup projects in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department. This arrangement allowedgraduate students to work on real problems as well as conduct applied research projects for anorganization – the College of Engineering. The students benefited from the

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

facilities; although no specific projects were attemptedusing the hospital’s systems. This paper will outline specific projects at the hospital thatmay be assigned to students to supplement the classroom material. These projects willbe presented to the junior-level Applied Thermodynamics class in the fall of 2004.Quantities such as power, heat flow, energy and efficiency will be explored along withthe various thermodynamic cycles utilized throughout the hospital. Pressure,temperature, and volume data will be recorded and compared, especially between heatexchanger components.Examples of systems to be investigated include the water chiller with its cooling towerand associated air handling capabilities; the boilers, which produce high, medium andlow

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Davis

as well as to improvethe course itself and the program curriculum as a whole. The techniques include ‚ an initial survey of achievement vs. importance of all outcomes, ‚ an individual self-assessment assignment, ‚ a project-specific statement of ABET concerns (health, safety, environmental, ethical, etc.), ‚ student assessment of team functioning, ‚ peer assessment for design reviews, ‚ an assignment to discuss current events related to professionalism and ABET concerns, ‚ a small group assessment (over the entire program curriculum), ‚ an exit survey for achievement of all outcomes, and ‚ peer assessment of project final presentations.Examples of assessment

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Joseph Goodman

Session 1120 OMEN: An Online Grader for Engineering Programming Courses T.D.L. Walker, J.K. Goodman Engineering Fundamentals Division1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractOMEN (Online Materials Education Network) is a system developed within the EngineeringFundamentals (EF) Division at Virginia Tech for the distribution and grading of programmingprojects in courses where programming assignments are made in C++ or Fortran 90. It can beused to distribute and grade programming projects in any language that supports command linecompilation, linking, and

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Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Julie Sharp, Vanderbilt University

AC 2004-7: USING ALUMNI NETWORKING TO TEACH TECHNICALCOMMUNICATIONJulie Sharp, Vanderbilt University Page 9.1367.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 2661 USING ALUMNI NETWORKING TO TEACH TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Julie E. Sharp Vanderbilt UniversityAbstractThis paper reports on a pilot project integrating the Vanderbilt Engineering Alumni Council(EAC) mentoring initiative with the ES 210w Technical Communication course, a technicalcommunication class for

Conference Session

Innovations in Learning by Doing

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Wood; David Hansen; Brian Self

only compoundsthe problem of understanding and correctly applying the learned material. To add studentmotivation and increase interest in the study of kinetics, a course project has been developed atthe United States Air Force Academy using the LEGO® Mindstorms Project kit. The projectinvolves the design and construction of a race car capable of competing in both a maximumspeed as well as a hill climb competition with minimal configuration changes. Followingintroduction of the project, various homework problems were also developed and integrated intothe project to increase the hands-on design, construction, and analysis components.Experimental determination of the mass moment of inertia of wheels and axles, analytical studyof go cart dynamics

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Simo Lehto

cooperation of selected, personally committed people, who possess therequired knowledge and skills, outside information, tools, economic resources, and time.Development work requires continuous learning of new knowledge and skills. The work mustbe done on the different hierarchical levels of the target systems. It must also be done withinphysical, economical, environmental, legal, and ethical constraints.The forms of cooperation include close personal relations, teamwork in small groups (teams),teamwork in larger groups and project organizations, mentoring relationships, and personaland professional networking. The success of development work strongly depends on thepositive feelings of the people involved, such as enthusiasm, faith, joy of learning

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

Session 1793 An Undergraduate Research Experience in New Developments for Aseismic Building Design Anant R. Kukreti University of CincinnatiAbstract This paper describes a two-month research experience for undergraduate engineeringstudents specifically designed to conduct three “pilot” projects investigating new strategies tomitigate earthquake damage. The project was part of a Research for Undergraduates (REU) Sitegrant sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and administered in the Department ofCivil and Environmental

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Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Mozrall; Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

communication are keyexperiential components of the program. Supplemental topics in innovation, entrepreneurship,and contemporary issues in product development, are fostered through lectures and workshops.The capstone program is coordinated by a team of faculty representatives from each participatingdepartment. A standard set of assessment tools is employed by the coordinators, faculty teammentors, project sponsors and external reviewers.The design of a state-of-the-art 8,500 sq.ft., multi-disciplinary design workshop is underway. Itwill provide team work spaces as they develop and analyze concepts, and support for assemblyand testing. This facility is made possible by recent gifts from local foundations and industries.At steady state, approximately

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

currently producedwithin the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department includes automatic control,computers, communication, robotics, and environmental systems. These areas are incontrast to the more traditional Systems Engineering topics such as optimization,economics, behavioral science, and decision-making. USNA Systems Engineeringmajors must also complete a significant capstone design project during their senior year.Our senior students choose their own topic for this project and produce a complete design Page 9.1147.1document during the fall semester. They then build, test, and present their project duringthe spring semester. With this mix of

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

Session 3413 A Student-Driven Enterprise in Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuels Jason M. Keith Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931AbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary, research-oriented student project in alternativeenergy at Michigan Technological University (MTU), currently funded by the UnitedStates Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). Students canparticipate in the project as an elective or in pursuit of an “enterprise minor” over aperiod of three

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

able to achieve their personal and their employers’ desired goals andobjectives. These expected characteristics of the graduates are captured in the list of expectedoutcomes in the ABET Guidelines for Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs1.The first level of an Engineering Design Graphics course, as normally taught in many two yearand four year colleges and universities, leads a student through the steps in the development ofan industrial product. These steps range from idea generation to the final product specifications.Along side, and equally important, the students learn the standard methods of interpreting andcreating engineering drawings. Usually, the students work in teams and either pick projects oftheir own choice or one

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Yi Min Huang; Larry McKenzie; Michael Trevisan

Engineering EducationOne aspect of design education now receiving attention is the capstone design experience. Todd etal. in 1995 surveyed capstone engineering courses throughout North America to understand currentpractices in capstone education4. The study found that many engineering programs were usingsenior design/capstone-type courses to help prepare students for engineering practice, and asignificant number of institutions engaged industrial clients to sponsor capstone projects. Inaddition, a number of schools were using undergraduate team based projects, with a few using inter-departmental undergraduate teams from different disciplines. They concluded that this facultyintensive investment was valuable in producing competent engineering

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

-curricularactivities [Stott, N. W., Schultz, W. W., Brei, D., Winton Hoffman, D. M., and Markus, G.]. Purdue University has integrated service learning into a multidisciplinary and verticallyintegrated course structure that is centered on long-term engineering projects through theEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Program. Although no formal evaluationhas yet focused on the experiences of the female students in EPICS, it appears that EPICS isserving as an effective vehicle for encouraging women in engineering and computer science.Over a five-year window, enrollment of women in ECE and ME at Purdue ranged from 10% to12%, while 20% of ECE and ME students in EPICS were women. In Spring 2001, 33% of theCS students in EPICS were women, compared

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

, and disseminating case studies for use incapstone senior chemical engineering design courses. Three web-based case studies developedat North Carolina State University will be presented. The projects involve modifications to (1) avaccine facility, (2) a citric acid/nutriceutical facility, and (3) an ammonia plant. Supportingmaterials have been developed for each case study, including a problem statement, a detailedsolution that is considered to be exemplary by an industrial reviewer and a report by the NCSUfaculty member responsible for the case study of the difficulties and typical errors that might beencountered as the students carry out the design assignment. A web site devoted to the case studies has been established which contains all

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephan Hussmann; Nitish Patel; Julainne Sumich; Bruce MacDonald; Abbas Bigdeli

initiatives in introducing an interdisciplinary environment in a yearthree computer systems design course, as well as how the teaching of design skills is achieved.For the past two years third year computer systems students worked together with a fine artselective group of year two to Masters students, in the final project of a full year design course.The experience gained from both sides is discussed and this new initiative is compared to otherapproaches in other Universities around the world and inside the Faculty of Engineering at theUniversity of Auckland. The history of the design courses in the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering and the School of Fine Arts is reviewed and the current course structureis examined. Results are

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

school for several years). The School of Engineering, Technology andComputer Science (ETCS) comprises of five departments, that of Engineering andComputer Science and three Technology departments. All engineering majors arerequired to take an introductory course on engineering design. The course that wasoffered during the fall of 2003 had students that were majoring in mechanical, electricaland computer engineering, and also a few undecided majors. This paper outlines some ofthe novel approaches adopted in this course. Some of the concepts were: (a) use ofstudent teams to study a number of actual case histories at different stages of instructionas well as to perform a number of classroom activities, (b) introduction of a hands-onteam project, (c

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

programs in engineering offered at LeTourneau, with a basic commoncore and at least 35 hours for the concentration. The engineering core, taken by students in allconcentrations, consists of the Calculus sequence, Chemistry, Physics, Graphics, FreshmanDesign, Manufacturing Processes, Computer Science, Statics, Dynamics, Circuits, DigitalElectronics, Instrumentation Lab, Mechatronics, Thermodynamics, and Project Management.One advantage of having the freshman and sophomore years essentially common for allengineering students was that it gave us two years of lead time to develop the labs and upper-level courses.Twenty-four semester hours of specialized courses have been developed. Concentration courseshave been prepared in Biomechanics

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

AC 2004-298: NOT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS: TEACHING PROBABILITY ANDSTATISTICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERINGDoug Schmucker, Trine University Page 9.949.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 1793 Not as bad as it seems: Teaching Probability and Statistics in Civil Engineering Douglas G. Schmucker Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractMost engineering students dread the day they take probability and statistics. This paperdocuments a project-based, learn-by-doing approach that provides the vehicle

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Rider

simple ON/OFF ladder logic programs that are entered through ahandheld programmer. For the remaining seven weekly projects they purchase a Dell laptop andthe appropriate PLC software, DirectSOFT32, from the storeroom. Each group is responsible forinstalling the PLC software on their laptop, then going to the manufacturer’s website anddownloading the latest software updates. Ladder logic programs are designed and downloadedthrough the Internet to their PLC. The projects include digital logic, timers, counters, integermath, real math, PID control, and table look-ups. PLC modules used include digital I/O, analogI/O, high-speed counter, thermocouple, remote I/O, and PID control of a DC motor/tachometerarrangement. Their final weeklong project

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

courses leading to a minor in mathematics. Communication, Interpersonal, and Leadership Skills – Special attention is given to the development of students’ communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. Writing and presentations skills are practiced and developed in many courses, as are discussion, speaking, and teamwork skills. Undergraduate Research – Engineering students have the opportunity to participate in undergraduate research projects supervised by individual faculty members. Life Long Learning – Engineering graduates are educated to become self-learners, life long learners, critical and creative thinkers, creative problem solvers, effective communicators and wise

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Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

Collaborative Efforts in Engineering and Technology Education R. Sterkenburg, D.L. Stanley & J. Lampe Purdue UniversityAbstract - Over the last two years, Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Aviation Technology (AT)students at Purdue University have been collaborating and competing in several aviation relateddesign-build projects. This paper will describe three such projects: The Personal lifting vehicle(PLV), the lighter than air vehicle (Blimp), and the Hovercraft. Elements of collaboration,competition, and design-build strategies were utilized in an effort to increase student motivation.In the first project students of ME and AT worked together to design and

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Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

Making Industry Meaningful in College Dorene Perez, Jim Gibson, Rose Marie Lynch Illinois Valley Community CollegeMaking Industry Meaningful in College (MIMIC) is an innovative, multidisciplinarycurriculum project that places students from engineering design, electronics, and business intoentrepreneurial teams to select, design, prototype, manufacture, and market a product. Itspurpose is to provide students with opportunities to implement and sharpen their technical andother critical workplace skills in a simulated industrial setting. Pioneered at a comprehensivecommunity college, MIMIC is adaptable to a variety of disciplines and to a variety of schoolsettings from