Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Masaaki Mizuno

attendants who tried to study VC++ through booksbefore attending the course. Many VC++ books on the market teach VC++ programming bygoing through hands-on exercise problems. Interestingly, their comments can be almostunanimously characterized by the following three points:1. They had difficulties in following C++ solution code in the books.2. By following step-by-step instructions in hands-on exercises, they could develop programs. However, when they tried to develop their own programs even slightly different from the exercise programs, they did not know where to start.3. Even though they managed to create their own programs, they could not debug the programs once they encountered bugs.The last two comments exactly reflect the instructor's own

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott; Robert Knecht

levels of theireducation and from various disciplines on campus have directly participated in the process ofcreating a noise abatement wall from recycled tire bales. As we write this report we summarizethe progress of the various teams and reflect on the value of the project to their overall learningobjectives. Two questions evolve from this project that focus our discussion on the relationshipbetween an authentic engineering design and the mission of the engineering design stem at CSM: Ø How does this project represent an authentic engineering design experience for engineering students? Ø What value does an authentic engineering design experience offer to engineering students and design courses

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchell Neilsen

88 2 NA NAWeb Resources NA NA NA NA NA NA 65 5Students rated course processes using a 5-point scale – 1=Definite weakness 2=More a weakness than a strength, 3=In between, 4=More a strength than a weakness, 5=Definite strength. Percent Positive reflects ratings of 4 or 5; Percent Negative represents ratings of 1 or 2. Percentages may not equal 100 because those responding “in- between” and those omitting the items are not reported.1 Includes ratings of assignments and homework.2 Only evaluated in modules where labs were required.4.2 Student LearningStudents rated their knowledge prior to completing the course (2-6 items), amount

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

once in the curriculum, allow sufficient time for reflection, and be integratedwith technical courses. It is natural to extend these constraints to the teaching of all skills. Page 7.288.1 Proceeding of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents have difficulty transferring skills from stand-alone courses to other areas, e.g.,transferring writing skills from English composition or even technical writing to engineering labcourses. They often cannot apply the skills in other contexts 2. Teaching skills as a

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Reinhard

Vygotsky theorized, thelearner’s interactions with the environment of learning contributes to success, and theexperiences that one brings to learning greatly influence the outcomes of learning4.Consequently, learning is affected by both the individual and the method of instruction. Forinstance, the learning performance of an individual is likely to be affected by the interactionbetween cognitive style and the way the instructional material is structured, the mode ofpresentation, and its type of content 5. Computer supported learning and instruction should alsobe impacted by these variables. That is, the students’ ability to use and learn from technology-supported curriculum modules should reflect the degree of collaborative learning and

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia M. Secola; James A. Middleton; Donovan Evans; Dale R. Baker; Bettie Smiley; Mary Anderson-Rowland

activities that promote theunderstanding of engineering. To the authors’ knowledge, only the state of Massachusetts hasbegun to pursue the development of curricula that are aligned to their own (as opposed to thestandards in Reference 5) “technological” education standards 6, although many foreign countriesare actively working on technological education standards.II. The State/National Science StandardsNearly all states have science content standards that schools must address. Many state standardsderive from and are virtually the same as the national science content standards 7, with someadjustments to reflect local issues. The state/national standards outline what students must knowby grade level, but they do not dictate the curricula that teachers

Conference Session

Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kara Bliley; Emily Mowry; Amy Gray; Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson; Sean Brophy

researcher?” After watching the movie, students were asked to reflect back on their initialthoughts on the three questions from above. They were given prompts, such as “Lookback on what you thought you could teach someone about how to protect a participant ina medical research study. What could you add after seeing the movie? What thoughts did Page 7.262.4you mention that you now think are not quite correct ?” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Next, 4th year biomedical engineering students

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

; it cannot be simply counted. Equity suggestsspecial consideration and treatment to achieve a goal. 8Unlike the Civil Rights Act, there were no provisions within Title IX to examine equality ofeducational opportunity on the basis of sex. A search of the ERIC database for journal articlespublished between 1972 and 1978 reveals a very modest increase in publications. However,these publications continued to reflect an emphasis on compliance with non-discriminatorypractices, that is, an emphasis on equality. While this information is still very useful in terms ofdocumenting the slow pace of progress in eliminating discrimination, it provides littleinformation for programmatic interventions to enhance women’s success in engineering.IV. The Women’s

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Willis; Duane Dunlap

expectations.Changing the faculty reward system will not be an easy task. Faculty rewards are heavilydriven by incentives created across the entire university and are part of a nationwidenetwork. Nevertheless, it is important that rewards reflect the goals of the institution andit is important to begin the conversation now. As each institution establishes its visionand charts new directions, it should ensure that its faculty reward system supports theinstitutional goals.”Thus, a major task in reshaping graduate education will be to begin this task and to definea parallel system of faculty reward for teaching, creative professional scholarship, andprofessional service that compliments the traditional research-based system for teaching,research, and service in

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

mentioned core knowledge and skills of present day engineers 12 - 14 . Someengineering programs have been almost totally revised to allow room for learning through doing,that is by creating educational environment that closer reflects real-world engineering practice 15 . Critical thinking and effective problem solving was described by numerous authors, among themCloete who describes Eight Elements of Reasoning and problem solving heuristic 17 .3. Teaching InventivenessIn technical inventions, the more difficult the task of invention (which in itself is very difficult toassess at the beginning of the process) the more numerous are the initial solutions which have tobe analyzed in order to produce a set of feasible solutions. As described above

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

M. P. Sharma; Matthew Hayes; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

in class and out of class. 2 Students distinguish goodteaching from bad teaching in part by whether they perceive the learning as being deep, engaging,and reflective, versus superficial, passive, and mostly memorization. This latter condition ariseswhen workload is too high. 1 Therefore, the teacher faces a dilemma. On the one hand, he or shemust demand enough of students, 2 but on the other this will only be effective, and be perceived aseffective, if students have sufficient resources to rise to those demands and to fulfill them in adeep fashion. Time is a resource, and an excessive workload can force students to complete taskssuperficially. These general instructional issues apply to much of the contemporary developmentof computer-based

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Carpenter; Harvey Smith; Murali Krishnamurthi

Divergers WHAT IF? WHY? Active Reflective Experimentation Observation (Doing) (Watching) Type 3 Type 2 Convergers Assimilators HOW? WHAT? (Thinking) Abstract Conceptualization Figure 1

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Freeman; Rebecca Kellogg

indicated they were focusing more on the higher levels of BloomsTaxonomy.[2] Specifically, students asked more questions reflecting thinking at the synthesisand evaluation levels, rather than the comprehension level that is more common.[3]The introduction of new delivery technologies also allowed the introduction of some new classcontent. An example is the use of a vending machine to demonstrate how digital devices(controllers) can be embedded into ordinary everyday objects. The demonstration also showedhow Finite State Machines behave in the real world. As part of the course, the instructormodeled a vending machine as a Finite State Machine. The Next State Diagram was developedat the end of a lecture. During the following lecture, a remote session

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Raper

graduating senior survey reflects this sentiment as well. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationSome of the biographical data of interest are as follows. 177 respondents reported advanced degreesto include law, MD, MBA, MA, Ph.D., MS, and other. 32 alumni reported holding the professionalengineering (PE) designation, and 32 report to be EIT qualified. Obviously, o ur department needs tofind a way to encourage passing the EIT and pursuing the PE designation. We also asked alumni toreport how long after graduation until they hold their first supervisory position. Those results are asfollows: Year

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Colin Grant; Brian Dickson

information.” (Tom Peters and Robert Waterman in `In Search of Excellence') [9]• Who are “skilled at creating, acquiring and transferring knowledge and at modifying its behaviour to reflect new knowledge and insights.” (David Garvin in Harvard Business Review) [10] If you are not into this new form of management, then you might just be out!Our conclusion is therefore that “Industry wants graduates who have team based learning skills”and that it might expect its employees to “develop these skills based on a model of lifetime learning.” Page 7.1057.4 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano; Margaret Weeks

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education § Final report-out session, including “Points of Learning." Participants were asked to reflect on the key things they learned from the workshop. § Summary reports from Huffman participants Thad Baird, Vice President of Operations and Chet Janes, Manager of Quality AssuranceContinuous Improvement in Our Backyard: Practicing What We PreachSo we continue to ask the questions: What are the lessons learned? What do we need to do toimprove TEI? What does our continuous improvement model look like? We want to have asuccessful workshop—but we must be able to measure that success, not simply generate a feel-good

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Lucas; Daphene Koch

and two wayinteraction should be the enticement of field trips, not just a way to get out of teaching that day.This is especially useful for understanding construction because the materials are altered so muchfrom delivery on site to the inclusion in a finished assembly. Construction is a process and as suchit is crucial that students understand it from the unloading of bulk shipments of materials, throughthe cutting and adjustments of the assembly process through to the cleaning and prepping of thefinal product. It is even more important to customize the learning objectives and preparematerials for a field trip that reflect the uniquely obtainable observations available on site.Focusing the learning objectives per each course based on the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Franke

Page 7.592.1States. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of theU. S. Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U. S. government. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. .also offers master's degrees in a number of other programs, including, engineering andenvironmental management, environmental science and engineering, meteorology, aerospace andinformation operations, space operations, and systems engineering. In 1954, the 83 rd Congressauthorized the Commander, Air University to confer degrees upon accreditation by a nationallyrecognized association or authority. This accreditation was achieved in

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Snyder; Mike Toole; Mike Hanyak; Mathew Higgins; Daniel Hyde; Edward Mastascusa; Brian Hoyt; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

7.399.6 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”· The ability to assess that the solution developed adequately addresses the given problem This is analogous to Woods' "evaluation" stage in his formal problem solving methodology. We have found that the evaluation stage provides rich opportunities to have students reflect on both the technical solutions proposed and on the problem solving process itself.Advanced Problem Solving CoursesAdvanced problem solving or P3 courses emphasize problems that require significant elementsof creativity. These might be the types of problems found in senior

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

which the serious students may develop a much deeper appreciation of the subjectmatter as well as the design and development process in a realistic environment. Equally important, itwould enhance their chances for receiving Research/ Teaching Assistantship or Full Scholarships ingraduate engineering programs. The following case studies reflect on the promising nature of thisapproach/model.VI - CASE STUDIES1. Universal Combined Stress Apparatus (UCSA) and an Example of Team WorkWhile most commercially available apparatuses provide data for a single type of load, no sucheducational apparatus for generation of (simultaneous) Combined Stresses existed. Creation ofsuch an apparatus would be a remarkable addition to the engineering laboratories at

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Ledlow

directly from their interview transcripts. All of the full transcripts are available on thewebsite at http://clte.asu.edu/active under the “Participant Profiles” link.curriculum/writing to learn.9 These strategies fall under the general rubric of active learning.While many faculty use the terms active learning and cooperative learning interchangeably,Richard Felder draws an important distinction between the two: Active learning is anything in which students do anything in the classroom but watch me and listen to me—if I am the lecturer. They’re talking to each other. They’re writing things, reflecting, trying to solve problems…. they may be doing it individually, and they may be doing it together…. Cooperative learning is a

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Lamont; John Merrill; Richard Freuler

, there are two. This quarterlyprocess of preparation generally takes about two to three weeks to complete.The second step of the process involves customizing the templates for each individual classwithin each course. Requests have to be made to the local WebCT administration staff to getaccounts activated, development templates prepared, and student access completed. Dependingon the lag time between when a request is made and when it is completed, this process can takefrom one to three days per task. A typical quarter containing two classes can involve requests fortwenty to twenty-five classes, all of which need to be customized to reflect instructional teams,course times, and syllabi.The TELR intern and Information Associate perform weekly

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Val Stamboltsian; Robert Dennis; Khy Huang

examined knowledge maps and concluded that different mapping techniquesprovided different pictures of students' knowledge. Ruiz-Primo and colleagues found thatapproaches that require students to construct maps as contrasted with formats that onlyasked students to complete partially constructed maps, “… provide students with moreopportunities to reflect their actual conceptual understanding…” and also better reflectsthe differences in student knowledge [22]. Evidence of the validity and reliability ofknowledge maps as assessments have been reported in many content areas and atdifferent grade levels [2, 3, 6, 8, 11-14, 16, 20, 22]. Page 7.1165.2

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Jeruzal; Brenda Henderson; Ahmad Pourmovahed

and worked outproblems. The exam format was chosen for two reasons: worked out problems more effectivelymeasure learning in the synthesis and evaluation cognitive learning domains, and forced-choiceproblems better reflect the testing environment encountered on the FE/EIT exam. Althoughpreparation for the FE/EIT exam was not a specific objective of the course, students in the courseare preparing for this exam and the course serves as a review for questions related to energysystems. Report development is one of the most effective methods for allowing students to participatein the entire engineering process, thus allowing for synthesis and evaluation including theacquisition of data, the analysis of data, the formulation of results, the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahadur Khan Khpolwak; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz

funds to improve the Faculty can be includedin this category. Mentoring of younger teachers is another aspect that can be counted as service.Scholarly work can be assessed based on the teachers’ own effort in his/her professionaldevelopment in the form of consulting and publications. Given the wealth of data that have beengenerated by all the domestic and international NGOs in the past fifteen years and in the future, itis not very difficult to come up with short research papers reflecting the compilation andinterpretation of those data. As an example, by compiling and interpreting the data from all theshallow and deep wells that are installed in various parts of the country, one can write a paper onthe status of groundwater in different

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

knowledge, and integrating an array of diversecompetencies into the curriculum. One potentially useful tool for achieving these goals,across all engineering fields, is concept mapping.Invented during the 1970s by Novak and his colleagues at Cornell University, a conceptmap looks like a flow chart. However, instead of “mapping the linear or logical structureof knowledge, concept maps reflect the psychological structure of knowledge." 2Theoretically, knowledge functions as a semantic network.3 Thus, learning is not only theacquisition and understanding of concepts but also the construction of meaningful linksamong concepts.4 Consistent with these theoretical perspectives, concept maps arecomposed of interrelated elements: nodes, lines and labels

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch; Stephen Ressler

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Argrow

assigned.Obtaining Student Respect, Cooperation, and Participation We often discuss pedagogy in terms of curriculum reform, teaching and learning styles, etc.without addressing the classroom environment in a social context. Petroski8 reflects on thedeteriorating behavior of students in classrooms. An engaging learning environment must first Page 7.938.4have mutual respect between the teacher, students, and student assistants. The author has been Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationapproached on numerous

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Solarte; Denise Jackson

environment that facilitates intelligent information exchange 1.Another interesting approach to service quality is Quality Function Deployment (QDF). QDFcan be used to identify performance measurements that reflect customers’ requirements, and toensure that these performance measurements are used and quantified in redesigned processes 2 .QFD originated in Japan in 1970 as a systematic technique for identifying the product featuresthat contribute the most to the product quality and customer satisfaction 2. It is based on a matrixapproach that maps the customer requirements with the means to achieve them. A series of chartsare developed for mapping relationships between the customer requirements and processes 2 ,similar to the way in which Entity

Conference Session

Ethics across the Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William J. Frey; Halley D. Sánchez; Jose Cruz-Cruz

ordinary technical classes, for example, by rewriting homework exercises toinclude questions that reflect on their ethical implications. 4 Moreover, engineering concepts canbe integrated into ethics cases by thinking carefully about how engineering skill and knowledgecan be utilized to design and implement ethical solutions. Ethics cases, when properly written,provide real world contexts in which abstract engineering and mathematical concepts come alive.Another example shows how mathematical concepts used in engineering can be taught throughethics cases. The NSF/Bovay workshop (August 1995) developed numerical problemsassociated with ethics cases to show how ethical considerations can be integrated intomathematical and engineering problems. 5 UPRM