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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

conclusions aboutthe relative merits of each approach.The geometry for the case study was originally inspired by designs for Formula-SAE engine inletsystems created by students in the senior capstone course. In these inlets, a converging sectionleads to a throat size mandated by SAE rules, and then a diffuser section leads to a manifold. Forthe pedagogical goals of this assignment, the throat was stretched out into a long constantdiameter section, and dimensions were changed to reflect convenient values. A picture of thegeometry used is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Flow Geometry Used For Analysis Page 10.469.3An

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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

proposedchanges were discussed and approved at both the CET department and college levels.The transportation course has design and problem solving components. It develops students’ability to use mathematical formulas, specifications and guidelines by design agencies,assumptions and finally common sense to recommend solutions for a given transportationproblem.Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) outlines the EngineeringTechnology (ET) and Civil Engineering Technology Program Criteria for accreditation. (1) Theaddition of the lab component was a step to make the course as a whole able to meet the newprogram accreditation requirements as follows:ABET general criterion: An ET program must demonstrate that graduates have: an

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NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Jeff Jackson

the development of nationally competitive grant proposals. Withmany components required for a successful grant proposal, it is important for a potential granteeto develop a set of best practices when undertaking grant proposal writing efforts.The author of this paper has written a successful NSF Adaptation and Implementation grantproposal [1] entitled “An Integrated Internet-Accessible Embedded Systems Laboratory” and asuccessful NSF Department Level Reform grant proposal [2] entitled “Developing a ModernComputer Engineering Curriculum Focusing on Embedded Systems.” The goal of this paper is tosuggest best practices for proposals for people considering writing similar grant proposals.Considerations include properly addressing program

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

useable software for a variety of class students. LabVIEW has the ability to create virtual projects with panels and logic analog and digital control. Refer to figure 1 a sample LabVIEW student project panel view of a motor control project. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @2005 American Society for Engineering Education Page 10.1388.2Figure 1 LabVIEW panel view from a student project for a motor control system System with motors A, B, C, which combine to give the total, set HP. Each motor has a gauge for HP and RPM, and the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chiu Choi

-space modeling of control systems, time-domainresponses of state space models, transformations, diagonalization, BIBO stability, asymptoticand marginal stability, controllability, observability, state feedback and pole placement, full-order observer design, reduced-order observer design, linear-quadratic regulator problem,Kalman filtering, linear-quadratic Gaussian problem, and the numerical solution of algebraicRiccati equations. Many of these topics are discussed in a number of textbooks such as [1], [2], Page 10.198.1[3], and [4]. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci

Laboratory VirtualInstrumentation Suite) workstations seen in Figure.1 to be utilized in both courses for amaximum number of 18-student laboratory sessions. Each workstation has a prototype board,variable power supply, function generator, physical digital multi-meter (DMM) andoscilloscope interface, and communicates with a PC through a data acquisition board (PCIcard). The power supply and function generator can be controlled manually or bycorresponding virtual (software) instruments in PC environment. Other virtual instrumentsavailable include DMM, oscilloscope (shown in Figure.2), Bode analyzer, dynamic signalanalyzer, arbitrary waveform generator, digital bus reader and writer, impedance analyzer,and two- and three-wire current-voltage analyzers

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

solutions will require the attainment of knowledge for the baccalaureate curriculum that iscurrently unavailable, if not undiscovered. Consequently engineers will largely be the creators ofa growing knowledge base to attack future problems.Engineers must shift into the knowledge age in order to survive as professionals.1 Just as the in-formation age eliminated middle managers, engineers may become expendable unless they em-brace new learning concepts. For instance, China produces yearly about three times the numberof engineers than the USA;2 however, these are “information engineers,” not “knowledge engi-neers” which in the future will hopefully allow this nation to overcome such a number discrep-ancy. Thus, this paper is about the early aspects of

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Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachelle Heller; H. David Snyder; Catherine Mavriplis; Charlene Sorensen

rating of the activities and the entire workshop experience has been verypositive. Several months after the workshop, participants report increased confidence andnetworking, aiding them in their career development.1. IntroductionThe National Science Foundation (NSF)’s ADVANCE program seeks to “increase theparticipation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increasedrepresentation and advancement of women in academic science and engineeringcareers.”1 With this goal in mind, we developed the “FORWARD to Professorship”workshop to address unmet needs of women seeking, interested in or occupying tenure-track assistant professor positions in science, engineering and mathematics (SEM). Thisworkshop was developed from a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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John-David Yoder; Juliet Hurtig

and ME departments enroll in year-long capstone courses. Thesecourses focus on a team-based design and implementation project. Each department offers theirown courses, with faculty acting as advisors for each team. Both departments have multipleprojects from which student teams can pick and choose.In the 2003-2004 academic year, it was decided that several of these projects would be multi-disciplinary, and require students from various majors to work together to complete the project.There are several reasons that this was attempted. Industry projects are increasingly requiringmulti-disciplinary skills, and ABET requires that students must attain “an ability to function onmulti-disciplinary teams.” [1] Also, emerging fields such as robotics

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Pyke; John Gardner; Amy Moll

usedskill. Also, most engineers do not go on to graduate school, where higher level math maybe required. For those who classify themselves as employed engineers in the UnitedStates, 57% list a bachelor’s degree as the highest degree obtained.[1] Again this is notto imply that math is unnecessary. However, an engineer can succeed by nurturing atolerance for math not necessarily a passion for math. Other skills, such as problem Page 10.1331.1solving, creativity, ingenuity, and good communication skills may be just as essential toan engineer’s success as is math. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Anderson; Jeanine Casler; Bugrahan Yalvac; H. David Smith; Gulnur Birol; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

Establishing School-Wide Standards for Engineering Writing: A Data Driven Approach P. Hirsch1, H.D. Smith2, G. Birol3, B. Yalvac4, J. Casler1, J. Anderson1, & J. Troy3 1 WCAS Writing Program/ 2 WCAS Psychology/ 3 Biomedical Engineering Department/ 4 School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, ILBackgroundAs a result of concerns about communication at our engineering school, this study explores thewritten communication standards that engineering faculty and undergraduate students considermost important. Concerns about communication surfaced in several ways. For example,according to several professors in engineering, students sometimes

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Reising

Programmers by Deitel et al.1 Recommended as a referenceis Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model 2nd Edition by Walter Oney2. The MSDNlibrary is available for additional research on specific topics.All projects are assigned to student teams, with individual team members assigned to teams bythe instructor. Students are required to rotate team positions of team leader, recorder, facilitator,and presenter. The team leader organizes the project, assigns work tasks, sets deadlines, and actsas the spokesperson for the team. The recorder keeps records of the team's progress, includingdates and times of meetings, work assignments, and the evolving software design. The facilitatorobtains necessary sources of information for the project and prepares a

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

application) to capture the sound of tapping or handclapping and observing the echo signatures of the recorded signal.4The method described here was used in an instrumentation laboratory class for third-yearelectromechanical engineering technology students at Penn State Berks – Lehigh Valley College.The experiments are based on time of flight measurements and are designed to demonstrate theroll of software in developing a sophisticated system with simple hardware. The signalprocessing techniques are similar to those used in radar and sonar echolocation systems.5 Thesoftware performs all of the measurements with no guesswork left to the user. Figure 1. Setup for Acoustic MeasurementsUsing the computer’s sound card under

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Uwakweh Benjamin; Richard Miller; Bryan Dansberry; Kettil Cedercreutz; Cheryl Cates

. CO-OP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATIThe structure of the UC co-op program is based upon full-time, alternating quarters of study and co-op starting inthe sophomore year and extending over three years. This format makes the realization of a bachelor’s degree at UCa five-year endeavor. Students must complete a minimum of four co-op quarters, although the majority of studentscomplete six co-op quarters. Students are also required to remain with an employer for a minimum of two quartersin order to provide a realistic depth of experience with that particular employer.Figure 1 shows a typical alternating University of Cincinnati co-op curriculum. Every co-op work quarter isevaluated through a three-party assessment process: by the student, by the

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

R. William Graff; Paul Leiffer

; Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering EducationMore assorted general observationsA number of factors contribute to the trends we see in today’s students- generationaltrends (characteristics of Generation Y, Millenials), societal trends, high schoolpreparation, and trends in higher education7. Many of these trends are encouraging.Positive trendsThe authors have found the following positive trends in the entering students. 1. Students have an increased awareness of Engineering and its importance in society. 2. Students show an increased familiarity with the computer and the Internet. 3. Students are more uninhibited than in previous generations. 4. Students are now more used to

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs

challenges associated with nanotechnology.Similar courses developed for non-science and non-engineering majors are intended to broaden thetechnological understanding of these students. Senior capstone design projects (in engineering) and seniorthesis projects (in the sciences) are the basis for interdisciplinary, industry-sponsored projects innanomanufacturing. Implementation of these course activities is expected to begin in the spring semesterof 2005, and outcomes will be reported. The primary evaluation of this activities related to this educationplan will be conducted by the Research and Evaluation Group of the University of Massachusetts,Amherst, Donahue Institute.Introduction: The ProposalThe plan was simple. As shown in Table 1, the three

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

faculty member struggle with the process ofpreparing for tenure. Worse than the frustration is the need to tell a promising young professorthat tenure will not be awarded because of a failure to achieve the minimum standard in the areaof scholarly works. Frequently this happens because they have not focused on the mission of theuniversity, or have neglected to do the hard work of getting research completed and submitted tothe journals and conferences that provide the scholarly outlet.Much has been written about the transition to teaching, having a balanced perspective during thetenure years and general tips about achieving tenure.1-3 Productivity is discussed with regard toclassroom efficiency and dealing with students.4 Leadership and management

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Scott Moor

, group interaction, technical communication,spatial thinking and layout, creative problem solving, etc. It is particularly difficult in the first-year due to the lack of maturity in engineering analysis and in life experience. Variousprograms have taken different strategies to implementing projects in the first year. Someprograms have opted to include laboratory experiences,1,2 reverse engineering,3 or designprojects.4,5,6 In many cases programs will use some mix of these three strategies.For our first-year “Introduction to Design” course I was interested in a design project which wasopen-ended and yet still included some concrete engineering analysis. Particularly I wanted aproject that was:1. accessible to a first-year engineering

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Staszowski

they learned through thebuilding of their project.Results Table 1 indicates the frequencies of specific peer interaction that occurred within theworkshop related to the general categories above. Table 1 - Interaction Frequencies in Weekday Workshops Number of Category Direction of Interaction Occurrences Design One-Way 3 Two-Way 3

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Goedert; E. Terence Foster

Background of Construction EngineeringThe earliest EAC-ABET accredited bachelors degree program in constructionengineering (ConE) was North Carolina State, which received its accreditation in 1958.Since that time, seven other ConE programs have appeared 1. The eight exiting programsare listed as follows, with approximate enrollments and graduates in 2003-2004 2: Page 10.347.1 - Iowa State University, 325 students, 65 graduates Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education - University of New Mexico, 4

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacklyn Wheeler; Carolyn Parker; Julia Ross; Taryn Bayles

design experience. The final segment of the module provides short video segments with thedoctor, a dialysis technician and an engineer each discussing his/her role in theimplementation/design of dialysis procedures. Career information is also provided.IntroductionWhile the National Science Foundation predicts employment for engineering occupations toincrease by an average of 20% between 1998 and 2008, overall enrollments in engineering havedecreased since 1992 1,2. These opposing trends are expected to create a shortage of engineers inthe work force within the next decade3. Further, while the overall U.S. labor force is becomingincreasingly diverse, women comprise only 9% and minorities only 4% of the engineeringworkforce 1, 2. It is therefore

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Glenn Wrate; Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen

diverse backgrounds andviewpoints tends to define what is important in the education of students in the context of theirown interests and experience. While both the interests and experience are of value, they do notinherently answer the question of what is necessary for the student, especially when consideringwhat is needed for future career viability. Hence, it was critical to begin the process ofcurriculum development with some clearly defined guidelines and limits. Course Curriculum Development Guidelines: 1. A 4-year curriculum is simply insufficient for students to learn everything that is desirable for them to know. 2. The curriculum will not attempt to include everything 3. Only the most critical content must be

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

around the College, the following math topics wereslated for inclusion in EGR 101: Basic Algebraic Manipulations; Trigonometry; 2-D Vectors;Complex Numbers; Sinusoids and Harmonic Signals; Systems of Equations and Matrices; Basicsof Differentiation; Basics of Integration; Linear Differential Equations with ConstantCoefficients. The course structure is 5 credit hours (4 hours lecture, 1 hour lab), plus mandatoryrecitation sections. The course is taught by engineering faculty, with all mathematical topicsmotivated by their direct application in the core engineering courses. Moreover, course materialis emphasized by physical experiments in the classroom and laboratory, and is thoroughlyintegrated with the engineering analysis software MATLAB

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Kadlowec; Dexter Whittinghill; John Chen

select from the possible solutions. The majordifferences between the two feedback methods are that the PDA/software-based method allowsfor (1) quantitative and permanent recording of the student responses for future review and (2) adisplay of the tallied student responses, which is projected up on the screen nearlyinstantaneously after the students respond.Data analysisThis project is comprised of three major components: The development of a suite of conceptquestions and skills quizzes for the course, the use of rapid feedback and peer-assisted learningin the classroom, and, for the current year of study, a comparison between the two methods ofproviding rapid feedback to students. The third component required the bulk of the statisticalanalysis

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam El-Mansouri; Kevin Buck; Herbert Hess

Figure 1, ready for programming. User-designed peripherals, in this case apiezoelectric buzzer, wired onto a breadboard, are shown on the right in Figure 1.Software As mentioned in the previous section, the user generates appropriate programs in asoftware development environment. These programs are automatically coded for downloadinginto the FPGA. The software development environment that we chose is the Xilinx® ISEWebpack package [1]. This package has a user-friendly interface and three methods of enteringthe information to specify a circuit. These methods lend themselves nicely to a logical approachto learning digital electronic circuitry, software, and methods. The software provides three methods of constructing a circuit

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Bradley Jenkins; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

background knowledge, FL-ATE’s three founding institutions,Hillsborough Community College, St. Petersburg College, and the College of Engineering at theUniversity of South Florida began in the fall of 2001, Center planning efforts by defining a set ofGuiding Principles for FL-ATE. Table 1 summarizes the precepts developed by the planning team. These guidelines were theresult of several planning teammeetings over a year’s time period Table 1. FL-ATE Guiding Principlesand at many different locations I. Foster and facilitate technical and professional advancementwithin the region. Team members for manufacturing and related technology faculty.included representatives of the

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erwin D'Souza; Mehmet Ozturk

An Introductory Virtual Laboratory for Electrical Engineering Erwin D’Souza1 and Mehmet C. Öztürk2 North Carolina State University 1 Department of Computer Science 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Raleigh, NC 27695Introduction Educational Java applets are gaining popularity as the number of applets available on theWorld Wide Web continues to grow. An important advantage of applets is that they can be runon Java enabled internet browsers without the need for storing the actual program in the user’scomputer. Hence, in

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannie Brown Leonard; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

well as measures of Page 10.1481.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationconfidence in math and science and general attitudes and expectations for the seminar series.Students completed pretest surveys on the first night of the series and posttest surveys on the lastnight. Twenty-two students completed both sets of surveys, 39 completed pretest surveys onlyand 15 completed posttest surveys only. Shown below, Table 1 is a break down of the YESSsurvey respondents by sex. Since pretest and

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Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

: │ Predicted Time Aloft │ or │ Actual Time Aloft │ │ Actual Time Aloft │ │ Predicted Time Aloft│ Page 10.1032.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationWooden Cube Transport Device11The next design project was to design, construct, model, predict the performance, test andevaluate a device that would transport a 1-¾ inch wooden cube through a large a horizontaldisplacement as possible using only the energy of a sealed 2-liter bottle, and the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Boyer; Taryn Bayles

Page 10.111.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationGrumman’s Electronic Systems sector employees with Baltimore inner-city high school studentsto help them achieve their dreams of pursuing technical and business careers. “WORTHY is aninvestment in our future” says Iorizzo, “while the students gain valuable one-on-one experiencein a real work environment, our employees are playing a critical role in developing the future ofour workforce.”1 Each year, Northrop Grumman selects at least 10 Baltimore inner-city highschool students for the program who are entering into their sophomore or junior years