Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi; Christopher Herrod, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Blesse, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

constrained by the use of simulationapplications and their inherent functional limitations, or by the use of live equipment on-site with its inherent high cost and limited access to students. This paper describes theimplementation of a remote access internetworking laboratory designed for the purposeof improving student learning outcomes through increased access to internetworkinglaboratory equipment. Technical planning, design, and implementation issues areexamined along with the capabilities and limitations of this implementation. Studentfeedback from a pilot course is presented. Advantages and disadvantages of theimplementation are addressed including scheduling of classes, routine maintenance,management of network topologies, and student

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ciocci, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. This analysisbecomes useful when making changes to existing courses and plans for future ones byidentifying what has worked well and what has not.Sustainable engineeringWhile the definition of sustainable development traces to the Brundtland Commission in 1989, aworking one for sustainable engineering continues to evolve. The Centre for SustainableEngineering defines the term as “Engineering technologies and services which deliver greaterresource productivity or efficiency and fewer emissions of hazardous substances and/oremissions presenting lower hazards.”1 Considering greater productivity and efficiency inresource use is not a new concept to design engineers. However, the increased awareness ofhazardous emissions and their effects is.As the

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University; Marie Dahleh, Harvard University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, July 1995. 6. Rose-Hulman, “Engineering Case Studies”, www.civeng.carlton.ca; 7. Pauley, L., and Brasseur, J., “Mechanical Engineering Case Studies on the Web”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2004. 8. National Academy of Engineering, “Case Studies in Engineering Project”, www.nae.edu. 9. Raju, PK, and Sankar, CS, “Crist Power Plant Case Study: Planning for a Maintenance Outage”, Tavener Publishing, 1996. 10. Stanovich, KE, and Cunningham, AE, “Studying the consequences of literacy within a literate society: The cognitive correlates of print exposure”, Memory & Cognition, 20, 1992. 11. Beeckmans, R, etc., “Examining the yes/no

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Joshua Ruder, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

: exploration of anddecisions about components and subsystems, and their configuration. SLD starts with thesolution approach decided in the conceptual design, and encompasses elements fromembodiment design,2 system architecture,3,4 preliminary design,5 product planning,6 andmodularity.7 These decisions are extremely important to the overall success of a design project.Interestingly, system level design has not been heavily studied. Some information is availablefrom specific experiences of a designer or educator. These authors often state the importance ofsystem level design, but do not supply a method or tool to fill that gap. For example, one designtext states that this intermediate phase requires “a flexible approach with many iterations andchanges

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

was supported through the National Science Foundation through theCAREER program (NSF9984896); the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvementprogram (NSF0088279), and the Department Level Planning Grants for Engineering Education(NSF0230695). LASER CULT case studies are available on-line3, as are portfolios of studentwork8. The author acknowledges generous equipment donations from Melles Griot andThorlabs.Bibliography1 Committee on Optical Science and Engineering, Harnessing light: Optical science and engineering in the 21st century. (National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 1998).2 S. B. Feichtner and E. A. Davis, "Why some groups fail: a survey of students' experiences with learning groups," J. Organ. Behav. Teaching Soc

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; ramin Sadeghi, Power and Water University of Technology (PWUT)

Page 11.486.7correspond to curriculum plans, courses, or geographic locations.Education Infrastructure Solution: The ContentThe use of interactive multimedia in education is in evolution. Development of new digitallibraries presents an opportunity to reorganize and redeploy large amounts of developed contentfor dissemination via an education infrastructure. But, because the way in which content isrepresented and disseminated affects the way in which it would be best organized 5, thiseducation infrastructure would require special preparation of the content.Digital libraries change the representation method from physical documents and analog tapes, forexample, to digital files stored in a computer (atoms to bits) 6. Communications

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, developing and revising a teachingstatement, identifying and annotating teaching artifacts, developing a diversity statement,compiling a complete draft portfolio, and outlining a professional development plan. The ETPPis peer-led and peer-focused. Participants rotate the leadership role for each session andfacilitate the sessions without supervision by faculty or professional staff.Key features of this program include: a) a focus on graduate students, b) a series of activitiesthat collectively help students develop a teaching portfolio, and c) a peer-led structure with astrong peer evaluation component. The program has these elements for three primary reasons.First, we have an interest in helping improve the flow in the engineering educator pipeline

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lashun King, Tennessee State University; Thomas Byl, U.S. Geological Survey; Roger Painter, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice).The assessment technique based on the performance of students in presenting the results of theirresearch was planned into the program for this purpose. The results of the assessment alsoprovide evidence of student outcomes with regard to ABET2000 criterion: (d) (an ability tofunction on multi-disciplinary teams) and (g) (an ability to communicate effectively).Graduate students have presented the results of their research at State and local competitions.The research presented by TSU students at the annual Tennessee American Water ResourceAssociation (TAWRA) poster competition have won first or second place during the last fiveyears. Undergraduate

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

leaders. Students, upon entering the corporate world, will be activeand effective contributors to the evolving industry of computer science.A&M-CC is using some of these tools, and planning to use others, for graduate and undergraduatesoftware engineering courses, as well as senior capstone courses. The SSI Hub website15, as well asother sources1,3 provide excellent examples of realistic experiences for students. Several institutionshave become members of the SSI project and are using SSI tools to enhance graduate and undergraduatesoftware engineering and associated courses. Information about the individual university programs canbe found on the website

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Materials

enrolled in the course. Formative assessment activities, including instructorfeedback, typically occupied at least one-half to two-thirds of each class period, with theremainder typically spent on “mini-lectures.” Students were asked to prepare for class by readingthe textbook and lecture notes and then taking a “preparation assessment” via BlackboardTM. Theopen-ended questions in these assessments were intended to reveal student misconceptions at aformative stage in the learning process. Fifty-minute class periods were then planned to bringthese misconceptions to the forefront. A feedback/voting technology called ClassroomPerformance SystemTM (CPS) was used to pose questions and problems to students and providethem with immediate feedback on

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University; Clifford Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University

be noted that although the priority of the project was totarget minorities, the school districts that participated had very low enrollments of minoritystudents (27.7% in Dekalb, 9.8% in Sycamore and 27.6% in Belvidere). In phase two of theproject (Summer 2006) the plan is to expand into Rockford and Aurora East school districts.These two districts have the highest populations of minorities the state, after the Chicago schooldistrict.Because the students developed products that they will took home and showed friends and familywith pride, their levels of enthusiasm and excitement were very high. Many students were askedwhether they would consider engineering as a career before and after attending the modules. Themajority of those who had

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Miller, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

script iscomposed of a series of steps, with each step containing a set of program actions (optional) andassociated HTML display text. One can either embed HTML directly as shown in the second Page 11.196.4step, or simply refer to HTML files as shown in the first step—in either case, the HTML can becomposed using any HTML editing tool. Currently the program commands must be composedmanually: in the long run the plan is to make a higher-level tool for this task. Figure 1: The combined modeling/presentation environmentUsing this command/display framework, one can combine the familiar and generic presentationcapabilities of

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Steve Liu, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

people management such asproposal writing, project planning, scheduling, basic financial management, and team building.Upon the assignment of the problems, the student teams, consisting of four to five students perteam, make their own decisions on work hours and job assignments. If a project involvesimplementing the students’ design, a budget normally is available from the project sponsor, andthe student team is given the responsibility to manage the budget. To strengthen students’communication skill, the project teams are required to submit written proposals and progress andfinal reports. The entire class meets once a week in the scheduled lecture hours so that the teamscan give a short presentation of their progress. In this way, the students

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fitra Khan, University of Texas-Brownsville; Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

into the curricula. This hasallowed educators to keep on developing new laboratory modules for enriching their courses. Inaddition to currently implemented modules in areas like networking, databases and operatingsystems, new modules in areas such as encryption, autonomous intelligent systems, and webdesign and programming are planned to be developed, for example.After being supported originally by NSF, the CNL project has reached maturity and it is nowinstitutionalized. This paper details the rationale, scope and achievements of the project. The Page 11.418.21 This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

a challenging project that involves the planning and manufacturing tasks found inintroducing a new product to the consumer industrial market. Each team’s goal is to design andbuild a prototype of a rugged, single seat, off-road recreational vehicle intended for sale to theweekend off-road enthusiast. The vehicle must be designed to be safe, easily transported andmaintained. It should be fun to drive and be able to negotiate rough terrain in all types ofweather without damage. An example of a Baja vehicle in action is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. The Kettering University Entry into the 2004 SAE Baja Competition.Baja vehicles are judged in two different categories: static events (which include a salespresentation, an engineering

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Components

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

efforts must define strategies forreleasing new versions of the system, how those versions will be deployed, and how runningsystems will be upgraded. As with concurrent development, component-based designs provideassistance by partitioning the system. But system engineering must formulate a plan for thesystem’s lifecycle.3 Curriculum modificationThis section defines course modification made to an existing embedded devices course offeredeach spring in the Division of Computing Studies at Arizona State University’s PolytechnicCampus. The first offering began in spring 2002 and the modifications were implemented inspring 2004 and 2005. Those modifications drove several faculty discussions involving thehardware and embedded program offerings

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

olu Fasesan, Texas Tech University; Segun Ogunsanya, Texas Tech University; Lloyd Heinze, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

200 100 6 3 RPM II. Thickening Time: Slurry thickening time must correlate to actual planned pumping time, and must fall within reasonable industry standards. It impacts both cost and cement quality. Thickening times less that 2 hours are generally too short, and can significantly increase the risk of premature cement setting prior to proper placement; while thickening times greater that 6 hours are generally to long, leading to extended compressive strength development and/or formation fluid migration problems.III. Free water: This is both common to both the TRRC and operational constraints. Under the TRRC requirements

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to be a low-cost, highly flexibleapproach to offering a digital communications laboratory. Students are enthusiastic about usingthis platform to learn about digital communications, and it has uses in several other courses aswell. The major drawback to its use is the steep learning curve, although this is somewhatmitigated with training, documentation and community support. Finally, several enhancementsand improvements are planned for the labs. Page 11.497.9 Figure 4. Constellation Experiment DisplayBibliography1. Internet URL http://www.ti.com/2. F.K. Tuffner, J.W. Pierre and R.F. Kubichek, “Innovative

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Ibrahim, ECPI College of Technology; Rasha Morsi, Norfolk State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Sciences - Physics, Chemistry, etc. 6-18 Management - Total Quality Management, Quality Control, Production Planning and Control, Industrial Supervision, Industrial Finance and Accounting, Industrial Safety Management, Facilities Layout and Materials Handling, Industrial Ergonomics and Time 12-24 Study, Industrial Communications, Business Law, Marketing, Leadership, Project Management, International Business, and Teaming, etc. Technical - Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Computer Aided Design, Electronics, Materials Testing, Computer Technology, Packaging, Construction, Manufacturing 24-36 Processes, etc. Electives

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

NNI Strategic Plan (2004).Recommendation #9 was that the National Science and Technology Council, Committee onTechnology Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) “shoulddevelop a new funding strategy to ensure that the societal implications of nanoscale science andtechnology become an integral part of the NNI.” Much has been done to meet this goal. Indeed,supported by the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (PL 108-153:2003), the NSF primarily, but other agencies as well (e.g., EPA, the National Institute forOccupational Health and Safety), have committed substantial funding toward understanding thesocial and environmental implications of the nanoscale revolution.The intention for the course

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Jan Jewett, Washington State University-Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

product, learn about intergenerational designneeds, work with customers from with a different perspective (non-engineers), andexperience/witness the efficacy of their contributions on site.2. Collaborative Class Project Planning The two authors met to discuss the possibility of a joint project, including designparameters, timelines, structures, and resources available. Collaboration began at thisphase of the project. The MfgE program would benefit from this collaboration by givingstudents the opportunity to design and fabricate real world products that can be used indaily life. The CDP staff would benefit from this project by extending their“demonstration site” mission to another university department and through the promise ofobtaining

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail H Keraga, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tracy N Schierenbeck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Linda McCloskey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

, instructors converse almost on a daily basis, if only for a few minutes, todiscuss particular issues that arise that could impact the success of that particular week’scurriculum. Example for PD-3: During Fall 2004, a weekly analysis meeting allowed instructors to put in place a plan to ensure the maximum effectiveness of a new redesign effort from the previous summer. PD-3 courses are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To assess the effectiveness of any new content, sequencing of content and/or new instructional methods, the instructors that taught Tuesday sections would return and report on the success of student comprehension of material, the effectiveness of the sequence or flow of the content, and the overall evaluation of student

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Steven Schreiner, Western New England College; Diane Testa, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

weekends. In a similar vein, a mechanical model involvingcompliance and resistance of rubber tubing has also been used to demonstrate the physicalsignificance of first order systems.5 The mechanical model uses inexpensive tubing and pressuregauges that are supplied to each student for the assignment. These assignments serve to integrateconcepts from differential equations, basic circuit analysis, engineering mechanics, and systems.There are plans to introduce physical homework into other required biomedical engineeringclasses in the future.Studio-like EnvironmentsStudio learning is effective in improving student learning during class time, especially withconcepts that are normally difficult for students. Studio experiences are also important

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Gene Gloeckner, Colorado State University; George Morgan, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

senior (90% or more) perceive that the mostimportant factors that contributed to their learning and success are: coordinating lab withthe lecture, organization and reparation of class and lab activities, and professors’lectures. Page 11.1170.8In the domains of engineering technology, to narrow the gap between the state-of-curricula and state-of- technology in the industry, faculty are required to revise curriculafrequently and maintain their technical currency. To improve student learning/successthey are also required to learn the pedagogy. This endeavor is very challenging, andrequires institutional vision, planning, and allocation of appropriate

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marc Christensen, Southern Methodist University; David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

where course content and requirements are unique for each specific major. • It does not impose a common interdisciplinary “introduction to engineering” course, in which all students participate in the same lectures and laboratories5-8, thus maintaining the diversity of each department’s teaching and scheduling resources. • It involves course content change only; thus, there is no impediment to implementation caused by administrative changes to degree plans, graduation requirements, and the like. • It provides a balance between the conflicting needs of (a) offering enough technical content to allow a student to evaluate her or his choice of major and (b) showing the student what the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Anderson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

discuss the architecture of the Xen Worldsprototype and the assignments that were given to the students using this prototype. It will alsopresent the new architecture and interface that has been adopted, and the motivations behindthese changes. Once the architecture has been presented, we will examine how Xen Worldsaddresses the requirements and phases of the assignment life-cycle and analyze the performanceof the system. This paper will close with a discussion of the future development plans for theXen Worlds project.Xen Prototype: Architecture and AssignmentsThe potential of the Xen Worlds project was demonstrated with the implementation of aprototype server that hosted VMs for 30 students for an entire semester. The hardwarerequirement for

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simeon Komisar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

design specifications for their project, performed competitivebenchmarking and generated alternative system concepts. In order to evaluate the best systemconcept, the team used a decision analysis matrix. From these steps, each team emerged with aclear system design concept to pursue. At this point, each team performed a cost analysis,prepared a project plan. Each team prepared a 20-minute oral presentation of their project planand submitted a written report (Milestone 2). The next step was to develop a scale model or prototype to evaluate the system concept.Teams conducted design reviews to evaluate the safety, environmental impacts, reliability, lifecycle issues, maintainability, durability, manufacturability and cost of their design

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

towards the study and education of pre-college and collegeengineering. In a small population study taken during the second year of the program’simplementation, 65% of all students who completed the Infinity Project pre-collegecurriculum plan to pursue engineering in college. Only about 2% of all students whograduate from high school are interested in pursuing such degrees1. Teachers whocomplete a one-week-long training seminar designed to prepare them for teaching theyear-long course have also given positive comments towards the program – some of thesecomments include “Best training I have ever seen” and “My state needs this curriculumnow.” Additional details regarding the structure and outcomes of the Infinity Project canbe found in several

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experiments on various systems level concepts such as amplification,analog filtering and modulation. Detailed information about the course and the hardwarelaboratory can be found in the proceedings of this conference in another paper by the first authorof this paper.To assess our success in several key areas, carefully planned student surveys were conducted andspecific assessment questions were included in the exams. First and foremost, these studiesindicated that spending three hours in the laboratory every week is not sufficient for thebeginning students to master the modern bench-top measurement instruments. We saw thatstudents' struggles with the instruments (especially during the first half of the semester) couldresult in frustration in the

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; JEFFREY DONNERBERG, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to the state legislature that if they would fund thebuilding that the university would find funding to equip the building. The legislature ultimatelyagreed. Eastern was then faced with coming up with grants to equip the building. The Society ofManufacturing Engineer’s Manufacturing Education Plan (MEP) grant program met both ofEastern Washington University’s curricular revision needs and funding needs to help with thepurchase of some of the equipment needed for the new laboratories. After review of the MEPgrant guidelines, it was determined that in order to develop a grant proposal that would befavorably looked upon industrial partnerships would need to be formed. The SME, like manyother funding agencies, was looking for ways to leverage the