Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lesley Hubbard; Peter Mente; Susan Blanchard

manyinstitutions that have benefited from The Whitaker Foundation’s industrial internshipprogram in biomedical engineering. This combination of internship opportunities forstudents offers a rich source of data for assessment of six of the BME program’soutcomes: 1.a, 1.e, 2.a, 2.b, 2.d, and 3.c.The relevant objectives (numbers) and associated outcomes (letters) that can be assessedwith data from student internships are given below. The numbers and letters inparentheses refer to ABET outcomes 3a-3k.1. To educate students to be successful in Biomedical Engineering by emphasizing engineering and biology as related to basic medical sciences and human health. After completing the B. S. in Biomedical Engineering, graduates will be

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

list oftools used to assess the teaching performance of a Civil Engineering faculty member at theUnited States Military Academy (USMA). The list of tools include: 1. Student Ratings 2. Student Performance 3. Course Assessment 4. Time Survey 5. Peer/Mentor Assessment 6. Classroom Assessment Techniques 7. Self-Assessment (Faculty Training)The Civil Engineering Department at the USMA uses an extensive list of tools to assess theteaching performance of a faculty member. Although, I do not believe that many institutions usesuch an extensive list to evaluate faculty. Some use a subset of the tools mentioned above, butmany universities base the instructional assessment on a standardized set of questions. TheOffice of Educational

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

their upper division courses 1. Most importantly, thistype of project can be a persuasive tool to convince freshmen to continue in theengineering technology field 5.In fact, one-hundred percent of the freshman students who have participated in thisproject (as well as other projects) have stayed in the program. Moreover, beforeintegrating these projects, the department would lose between thirty and thirty-fivepercent of its incoming freshman. That number has been decreased to around ten percent.Furthermore, enrollment has actually increased by twenty percent. The Chair of thedepartment assesses that much of this increased enrollment is due to the exposure thedepartment has received from doing so well in competitions involving projects such asthe

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George York

students and makes basic DSP concepts more meaningful. While MATLAB simulations areuseful for teaching the basic theory, many of these concepts are more easily taught toundergraduates if appropriate real-time demonstrations and laboratory experiences are available. The challenge of transitioning from MATLAB to real-time hardware is often the expense and asteep learning curve for the students. This paper describes a real-time DSP educational platformbased around the programming ease of MATLAB and the low-cost Texas Instruments C6711digital signal processing starter kit. Classroom uses of this platform are discussed.1. IntroductionWhile there are many interesting real-time audio DSP applications to choose from, we havefound the relatively simple

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Ellen Haupt; Jessica Gregory

, which begins by defining the desired long term objectives. Given the available inputs, one can then plan the desired shorter term outcomes and the activities that would help meet those goals. Using this organized approach, it is then much easier to determine how to best measure whether the objectives are being met. This approach was highly successful and resulted in an evaluation process that was integrated into the project. 1 Page 9.991.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rodger Dalton; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

students aregetting individual attention and encouragement while the graduate student coordinator is free tomove among the groups to maintain a positive working environment and keep the teams on task.There are four units taught each year with those taught in Techtronics II reinforcing andextending concepts learned in Techtronics I. Units are approximately five weeks in length.Typically, the first 1-2 weeks are an introduction to concepts that are used to complete a hands-on project during the last 3-4 weeks.At the end of the unit, students are invited to the Duke campus for a half-day Saturday field trip. Page 9.1222.2At Duke, students learn

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

significant factor thatinfluences the availability of jobs, but other forces, particularly outsourcing, areimportant as well. Currently, an alarming number of U.S. white-collar jobs, includingengineering and scientific jobs, are moving overseas. These jobs are flowing mostly intodeveloping economies in the Far East, Latin America and Eastern Europe where less-educated workforces, with specific manufacturing skills, accept employment at lowerwages than U.S. engineering graduates.1 In addition, multinational corporations aremoving manufacturing facilities overseas to China, India, Mexico, and other developingcountries. Finally, U.S. engineering graduates also face competition from engineers andscientists based overseas who can market and deliver their

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

designsequence.1The increased use of process simulation has coincided with an increased dependency oncomputers in the lives of students. Students have grown accustomed to using computersfor entertainment as well as engineering, and tend to trust software to give them accurateanswers. With process simulators, this attitude is potentially dangerous. The adage“garbage in, garbage out” applies to process simulation, a fact that may be lost as fewerprograms require computer programming as part of the core curriculum.1 For thepurposes of this paper, process simulation failure is defined as simulations that run asexpected, but yield results inconsistent with the processes they are intended to simulate.MotivationOne of the topics covered during the Spring 2001

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

have described the use of templates in Compaq VisualFORTRAN and Microsoft Visual Basic. This paper describes the development issuesassociated with those templates as well as new ones developed using Visual Basic forApplications running under Microsoft Excel.Use of TemplatesAt the time of writing, templates have been used in courses in stoichiometry and processmodeling. Both have course objectives associated with numerical methods.The process modeling course has used two templates. The first is an exercise inestablishing a value for the machine epsilon, the smallest value that can be distinguishedfrom 1 by a computer. This serves as an introduction to the process of using thesetemplates as well as emphasizing a key point about the limits of

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

(Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite), Figure 1, which integrates bothhardware and software to shrink the electronics lab to only two elements; the experiment LabView Software Generated Panel Experiment Board NI ELVIS DAQ Card InterfaceFigure 1. NI Systeminterface and a computer. All the traditional instruments (DMM, function generator,oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer) are now software. In addition, specialized instruments such as atransistor curve tracer

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Manion; Eli Fromm; Jay Bhatt

curricular committees to the clear need to revisit and strengthen theethics programs in the college. Our students faced challenges in the work place that they feltunequipped to deal with. Students’ employers felt that a host of issues related to professionalbehavior, respect for proprietary information and communication skills, needed to be addressed.The rebuilding of the programs in response to these challenges coincided with the emergence ofthe ABET EAC Criteria.1 The multifaceted approach of the criteria was consistent with our viewthat ethics instruction should be given “in context,” and is closely related to other planned Page

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Hassan

innovation skills, which will enhance their careers.Case studies and examples on how to produce new innovative ideas and patents are given.1. IntroductionThis paper is meant to be a hands-on opportunity for professors and students to experience andpractice the creative problem solving process throughout all undergraduate and graduate coursesin the Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculum. Certainly, the benefit of this paper canbe extended and used in all engineering education disciplines including, but not limited to,mechanical, chemical, and civil engineering.The framework of this paper is also very useful for practicing engineers, project managers, andexecutives. The ideas presented in this paper intend to enhance students’ creativity

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lunt Barry; C. Richard Helps; Joseph Ekstrom

Interfacing [1]. The initial curriculum for Information Technologyat BYU took the approach of including topics from Electronics Engineering Technology,Computer Science and Computer Engineering in a traditional topic-oriented approach.Other IT programs have been following a similar track [1]. During the last three yearswe have observed several problems in attempting to implement IT courses by tailoringcourses from related disciplines to the requirements of an IT curriculum. We reported onthese experiences in our networking course development at ASEE 2002[2]. Wediscussed similar issues for web systems and database courses at CITC III[3] and CIEC2003[4]. At CITC IV[5] we proposed focusing on the interfaces between technologies asan overriding philosophy

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Cottrell

), and the total numberof faculty (1). The U.S. News and World Report, in its annual rankings of graduate programs,considers reputation ranks by academics, engineers and recruiters, the average Graduate RecordExam (GRE) and Standard Aptitude Test (SAT) scores of admitted students, student acceptancerates, the number of Ph.D. students per faculty member, the percent of faculty in the NationalAcademy of Sciences, total research expenditures (total and per faculty member), and thenumber Ph.D.s granted (2). Angus et al. (3) evaluated chemical engineering programs using fourmeasures of quality: the number of publications by department faculty, the number of citations oftheir work, research funding, and faculty honors. This study, in contrast

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ethan Brue

indicated by four of the eleven essential program outcomes that must beadopted and assessed to receive accreditation. These state that “Engineering programs mustdemonstrate that their graduates have:…f) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility g) an ability to communicate effectively h) the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context… j) a knowledgeof contemporary issues”1. Clearly, the new criterion does not add definition to this issue of therole of the humanities in the engineering curriculum. Rather, it has increased the ambiguity. Nolonger is there a specified quota of humanities credits required for engineering accreditation.The implications of these changes

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dawei Wu; Chunyan Wu; Aditya Dikshit; Weizhao Zhao

understanding of aparticular system. We developed a new medical imaging curriculum by associating a series ofcourses with 1) on-site lecturing in research and clinical laboratories and 2) a set of Internetaccessible imaging simulation tutorial programs, and formed an integrated teaching program.This program provides students with medical imaging knowledge in live, effective andinteractive formats.Introduction Biomedical engineering has been emerging as a multi-disciplinary engineering area sincethe end of last century. As a key component in this field, medical imaging education, combiningphysics, mathematics, electrical engineering and computer engineering together, providesstudents with a broad view of information technologies applied to

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

AHAMAD FARHOUD

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmonitoring the output voltage of the sensor. When the store bought sensor was tested,results were very unsatisfactory. The output voltage of the sensor did not identify andreflect a range of different moisture levels. After adding two tablespoons of water, theoutput voltage went from a low level to a high level indicating the soil was wet. Thissensor was not a good reflector of different moisture levels because it monitored only twolevels: dry and wet. It would be better used in applications where it is required to test ifthe soil is dry or wet but not at different degrees of moisture. The sensor test results arepresented in Figure 1. 0.98

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter; Honor Passow; Trevor Harding; Cynthia Finelli

Session 2531 The Influence of Academic Dishonesty on Ethical Decision- Making in the Workplace: A study of engineering students T.S. Harding1, D.D. Carpenter2, C.J. Finelli3, and H.J. Passow3 1 Kettering University, Flint, MI 2 Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI 3 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIAbstractAccording to studies conducted over the past four decades, engineering students self-report highfrequencies of academic

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Harding

environmental burden ateach life stage of the product as shown in Figure 1. This includes material extraction, processingof raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and distribution, use/re-use/maintenance,recycling and disposal. The engineer has an important role in defining the relative impact ofeach of these life stages. For example, designers may specify a virgin material be used thatconsumes tremendous energy in the processing of the ore into raw material, such as aluminum. Page 9.867.2An alternative approach would be to use recycled aluminum. Engineers could also incorporate Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yakov Cherner

Interactive Simulation-Based e-Learning Tools for Engineering Education Yakov E. Cherner*, Doyle V. Davis** *ATeL, LLC, **New Hampshire Community Technical Community CollegeSimulation-based e-learning is rapidly becoming a significant part of most educational processesas an important component of the next generation of e-learning materials [1-4]. As highercommunication bandwidth becomes more accessible, it becomes an effective counterpart of thelearning process.The highly interactive integrative learning system 'Active Learning Suite' (ALSuite) is the nextstep in simulation-based e-learning for STEM education and corporate training. It uses real-lifesituations and

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Alenskis

attention is paid to how the plan itself is executed.Most of the literature in the field simply ignores this aspect of the problem solving. The otherstypically provide little more than “Show all your work.”, as though knowing how to execute theplan mathematically is obvious, elementary or does not significantly relate to problem solvingsuccess. Table 1 shows examples of summarized, mathematical step guidance provided thestudent once the solution plan is developed: Specific guidance in executing solution plan. Author(s) [8]Create and solve mathematical model. KremerCarry out the plan

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci-Kuchler; Jonathan Weaver

Session 2125 Learning How to Identify Customer Requirements: A Key Component of Product Development Courses Karim H. Muci-Küchler1 and Jonathan M. Weaver2 1 Mechanical Engineering Department South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2 Mechanical Engineering Department University of Detroit Mercy Abstract A crucial step in the process to develop a new product is the identification of thecustomer requirements. The

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eldon Larsen

courses beingoffered at universities has been increasing rapidly over the last 10-15 years to help meet the needfor more training. Project Management is one of the core required graduate courses for the Master ofScience in Engineering (MSE) degree at Marshall University.1 Because the majority ofMarshall’s MSE students are employed full-time as working professionals, they want a coursethey can use right now. They don’t want theories that are impractical and interesting tools thatthey will rarely use. They want information that is practical, useful immediately, and that hasbroad applicability to the project management demands of their jobs. This paper presents asummary of the material taught and the techniques used to teach project management

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hur Koser; Dennis Freeman; Alexander Aranyosi; Aleem Siddiqui

lab module is based on video microscopic observation of microfluidic channels. Thehardware provides the infrastructure to run a variety of labs by using different microfluidicchannel designs. In the lab presented in this paper, used for the quantitative physiology course,we designed a chamber to make observations of diffusion. The channels are microfabricatedusing soft lithography techniques (see [1] for review), and are relatively easy to make. Typicallya mold is made from hard material (e.g. SU-8), and channels are cast in polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS). After the PDMS hardens it is bonded to a glass slide, and inlet and outlet reservoirs areconnected. The resulting chamber (figure 1) can be observed using transmitted-lightmicroscopy.* The lab

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Lynch

good1.Professions are characterized by the confluence of two essential ingredients: 1. The cultivation of specialized, theoretical knowledge; and, 2. The direction of that knowledge toward the common good.This dual character distinguishes groups of occupational specialists from professions. Theformer lack the second characteristic; the latter profess it.Today there is remarkable convergence among scholars ( e.g Krause, May, Abbot, Friedson,Perkin) that we are losing sight of the professional ideal; that our professionals are increasinglyare increasingly functioning as specialized corporate employees; and that we lack professionalinstitutional structures to rectify this. At the same time, non-progress toward elementary humanrights in the

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shashi Nambisan

include undergraduate students inresearch efforts [1, 2]. Thus, the trend to involve undergraduate students in research inengineering programs is relatively recent – perhaps, over the last decade or so. While suchinitiatives have helped include undergraduate students in research activities, including highschool students in research programs has been extremely limited. The remainder of this paper summarizes efforts, experiences, and initiatives over the last sixyears at the UNLV Transportation Research Center to include undergraduate and high schoolstudents in research projects, and lessons learned from the same. The paper also will addressinnovative strategies and opportunities to fund high school students participating in researchactivities

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Will; Wesley Stone

toaccommodate student wishes, while preserving balance on each team. Each project is carried Page 9.968.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationfrom concept to completion by team members, going through various stage s from brainstormingall the way to a physical prototype that is tested, then presented in various capacities.Course Improvements Following the collection of student and faculty inputs, curriculum improvement effortswere focused on two main areas: (1) developing a new administrative

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

& Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education be reviewed. The file contained the learning style information, the module use, and the results of the pre- and post- exams.Results Student learning StylesGPA Active – Reflective Sensory – Intuitive Visual –Verbal Sequent globalRange 11 to -11 11 to -11 11 to -11 11 to -11 3.6 -3 11 5 3 3.0 5 -9 5 -1 3.0 -3 9 5

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

instructor and the students to successfully manage student projects.Bibliography1. Mott, R., Neff, G., Stratton, M., and Summers, D. “Future Directions for Mechanical,Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineering Technology Programs, Journal of EngineeringTechnology, Spring 2002, Vol. 19, No. 1, pages 8-15.2. Summers, D. “An Industrial Engineering Technology Curriculum for theMillennium”, ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3248, 20003. Summers, D. “Practical Methods for Keeping Project Courses on Track”, ASEEAnnual Conference, Session 1475, 2001.4. Summers, D. and Edmonson, C. “A Structure for an Interactive Project ManagementCourse”, ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2549, 2003.BiographyCharlie P. Edmonson is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mya Poe; Dennis Freeman

feedback, and in so doing, learn animportant professional development tool.IntroductionSince the 1980's there has been substantial research on the ways writing can improve learning inscience and engineering.1 “Writing-to-learn” research has been guided by the theory thatlanguage does not merely reflect knowledge, rather knowledge is constructed through language.Perhaps because of this theoretical orientation, writing-to-learn research has focused on informalor expressive modes of communication to promote learning. However, research on the effects ofteaching scientific genres of communication has been less well documented.2 In our work, weattempt to understand how learning to write scientific genres of communication can improve theacquisition of