Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hanna Lee; Sven Bilen; Robert Pangborn

variety of realistic constraints, such as economic factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics, ethics, and social impact; • be a meaningful, major engineering design experience that builds upon the fundamental concepts of mathematics, basic sciences, the humanities and social sciences, engineering topics, and communication skills; • be taught in section sizes that are small enough to allow interaction between teacher and student; • be an experience that must grow with the student’s development; and • focus the student’s attention on professional practice and be drawn from past course work. This paper describes the student-initiated design project and what kinds of steps can betaken to formalize the educational, rather than

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

communicate effectively in 2003-2004 English; exemplary ethical and professional behavior; and involvement with students in extracurricular activities. Faculty members must maintain current knowledge of their field and understanding of the tasks industry expects technicians and technologists to perform. Faculty members normally remain current by active participation in professional societies; reading the literature; continuing education; applied research; consulting and periodic return to industry. The institution should have a well-planned, adequately funded, and effective program for the professional development of its

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

in the software tools.• To design / develop / implement and validate an interactive multimedia presentation (web and /or CD-ROM / DVD-ROM oriented) in a specific area of the case using the opportunities of our open source architecture, the 3DVR and panoramic objects, the time and motion accurate interactive digital videos, and optional active code offered.• To design/ develop some team integration, presentation, communication and knowledge documentation skills of complex engineering systems in a collaborative fashion over the Internet and company intranets.• To understand professional and ethical responsibility and to communicate such research areas and future trends in the field the case covers.• To encourage

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

is playing a moreactive role on private and public projects alike through a more open planning process,environmental regulations, and community standards. To be sure, this involvement from end-users and stakeholders provides valuable input, but it adds an element of complexity to the wayprojects are conceived, designed, and built. The difficulties of managing complexity cancontribute to misapplication and unsafe practice. As the complexity in our society and on ourprojects mounts, the risk to public health, safety and welfare increases.To effectively manage the complexity of the future, to make informed, ethical, and safe decisions Page

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

project management.11. Understanding of the elements of asset management.12. Understanding of the elements of construction.13. Understanding of business fundamentals as applied to private, government, and non-profit sectors.14. Understanding of public policy and administration fundamentals.15. Understanding of and abiding commitment to practice according to the professional and ethical standards of the engineering profession.16. An appreciation for culture, environment, history, and human behavior.17. Knowledge and appreciation of the relationship of engineering to critical contemporary Page 8.922.11 issues.18. Recognition of the

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education inclusion of communication activities in the courses.Fresh. ATL – American Thought and Language EGR 291– Freshmen DesignYear (Tentative) Remembered Events Paper, Proposed Solution Paper, Justified Evaluation Paper, Writing Profile Paper Tools: None EGR 291 – Residential Option for Science and Engineering Students Resumes, email, short engineering focused reports, engineering writing demands, problem solving, speaking, ethics, and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

of the items.This Conveyor Sorter System project improves students’ project management and teamworkskills, and also introduces them to concepts in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,Product Design, Testing and Reusability and Engineering Ethics. Although the project is verychallenging and demanding for the students, the faculty has recognized certain drawbacks in thecourse material. In evaluating the designs of the student teams the instructional staff hasdocumented the effects of redundancy in design and lack of innovation. The challenging aspectof the design is also diminished as students share and discuss ideas between teams acrossquarters. This has led to final designs that are very similar and are completed ahead of

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

efficiency is measured in LoC/workday, where a workday is definedas eight person-hours of effort. Assuming a contract hourly wage of $75/hour, each student deter-mins their development cost in $/LoC. Code quality is measured as number of defects per thou-sand LoC.At several points during the semester, I collect data from each team and compare the productivityof each team at the next lecture. This allows me to (i) give feedback to each student to ensurequality data collection, (ii) identify teams with a poor team dynamic, (iii) promote a friendly com-petition between teams to operate with maximum efficiency and lowest coding defect rate, and(iv) motivate engaging discussion on ethical, economic, and design methodology issues.4. Observations and

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Brumm; Larry F. Hanneman; Brian Steward; Steven Mickelson

work our tail off then there’s no other reasonfor them to spend time with you. That’s the kind of mentality that I had. Being in Milwaukeeand not knowing anybody --- you really don’t have anything else to do but work.Student 2: So I would say the expectations are more than not. If you have the work ethic and thewill to do what you need to do. I haven’t talked to a lot of people that they didn’t say they didn’tdo what they were expected to do nor had a bad experience so.Student 8: I guess for me they really had really high expectations of me coming in and I think Imet those expectations coming in. Some parts that were difficult for me was I was working inFrance and my supervisor was German and it was very hard to adapt to his style and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wook-sung Yoo; Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

, component, or process to meet needs √ d) Function on multi-disciplinary teams e) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems √ f) Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g) Ability to communicate effectively h) Broad education necessary to understand impact of engineering solutions I) Recognition of need to engage in lifetime learning j) Knowledge of contemporary issues k) Ability to use techniques, skills and modern tools √ IEEE competencies for ECE department related degree programs: Knowledge of Probability & statistics & applications Knowledge of Discrete Mathematics Knowledge of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Agnew; Ka C Cheok; Jerry Lane; Ernie Hall; David Ahlgren

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data • An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs • An ability to function on a multi-disciplinary team • An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems • An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility • An ability to communicate effectively • The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context • A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, lifelong learning

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

K Muraleetharan; Gerald Miller; Dee Fink; Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; David Sabatini; Baxter Vieux; Michael Mooney; Carolyn Ahern; Kurt Gramoll

-time learning (students gain skills asneeded). Thus, students learn technical material using the latest hardware and software, while atthe same time learning how to communicate (design reports/presentations), how to functioneffectively on a team, how to balance the political/social/ethical aspects of engineering projects,how to teach themselves (researching design solutions/new analysis skills), how to engage inhigher level thinking skills (critical analysis of multiple design alternatives), how to self-assess(learning portfolios9), and how to be effective leaders on projects.Sooner City's web-based nature facilitates distance learning and outside-of-class activities.31Included in the development are content-rich multimedia modules that

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

andCanada participate in 20 regional competitions.3At RIT, the concrete canoe and steel bridge teams exist within the ASCE student club. The mainfocus of the club is on professional development, engineering ethics, hands-on learning, andcommunity service. Both the concrete canoe and the steel bridge are yearlong projects that beginin September and culminate in a regional competition in April, and a national competition inJune. The student design teams at the RIT consist of undergraduate students in their first throughfifth year of study.The new Engineering Technology Criteria of ABET, ET2K, as well the Engineering CriteriaEC2000, now require continuous assessment of all program activities to ensure that the programoutcomes and educational

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Urban; James Collofello; Doris Roman; Faye Navabi; Mary Anderson-Rowland

recognition that the need for computer science education in comprehending theinformation age is analogous to the need for natural science education in understanding thenatural world. The ACM curriculum recommendations take the form of a one-year coursetargeted for students to take in the tenth grade. The curriculum identifies the following sevenareas that are appropriate for secondary school students: 1. algorithms 2. programming languages 3. operating systems and user support 4. computer architecture 5. social, ethical and professional context 6. computer applications 7. additional topics (such as software engineering, artificial intelligence and graphics)More recently, secondary school curriculum guidelines have been

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

ultimately succeed. They get their job done and return home with their prize! Can this story taken from Greek methodology be actually ametaphor for an engineering team’s efforts to complete the project professionally and ethically; to get the job done? CASE STUDY No. 2 Page 8.727.5 WHY ISN’T GOOD DESIGN ENGINEERING ALWAYS ENOUGH TO SUCCEED? Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society of Engineering EducationConsider the following

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Rosenkrantz

software, use of scientific equipment, finding technical information, etc.)? 15 How would you assess the coverage of issues 1.91 2.13 1.93 related to professional behavior and ethics in this (n = 47) (n = 38) (n = 15) course? 16 How would you assess your improvement in 2.15 1.98 2.00 communications skills (either written or oral) from (n = 40) (n = 45) (n = 20) your experience in this course? 17 How would you assess your improvement in 1.95 1.98 2.17 teamwork skills from your experience in this (n = 19) (n = 50) (n = 24) course?Note: * = Chi-Square test

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ettema; James Stoner; Forrest Holly; Wilfrid Nixon

, the AHC3 developed a set of “coreconcepts” for the College. The core concepts include: - design and process-modeling experience Page 8.45.4 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” - open-ended problem solving - teamwork and project management skills - oral, written, and graphical communication skills - contemporary computer usage - multi-disciplinary experience - ethical, professional, social and global awarenessThey are intended

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bret Van Poppel; Blace Albert; Daisie Boettner

courses are developed,the progression of courses must provide more design as the students progress through theprogram. The designs should become more and more unconstrained and address other concernssuch as ethics and social impact. Additionally, choice of textbook is an issue. As mentioned previously, ThermalEngineering now has integrated textbooks on the market. Some may argue that these books donot integrate the topics well enough, but rather pull very separate chapters from already existingtexts without much change. For other tracks within this proposal, appropriate textbooks are notyet available. As an example, there is no combined dynamics, vibrations, and controls textbookcurrently on the market. The Dean’s Policy and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Almstead; Karen Williams; James Hedrick

General Electric. One goal of this programcomponent was to launch a mentoring program matching female engineers with girls interestedin particular engineering fields.D. On-Campus Presentations by Guest Speakers: Students had the opportunity to hearpresentations by therapists who work with children at Northwoods, a philosophy professorwhose specialty is biomedical ethics, a chemistry professor who had suffered a traumatic brain Page 8.128.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationinjury, and a

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Pavlic; Prabal Dutta; Michael Hoffmann; Jeffrey Radigan; James Beams; Erik Justen; John Demel; Richard Freuler

important, you are encouraged to HAVE FUN. Be creative, and use your ingenuity. Use the rules to your advantage; after all, this is business. However, remember that you are engineers and work within a set of ethics defined by the profession.3.2 The Project SpecificationsProbable success for the students is directly affected by the specifications. An overly specific setof constraints will block creativity and interest, while an under-specified situation will lead todecision-making problems and frustration.3.2.1 Development of SpecificationsSpecifications are developed using a team approach, with the team being composed of facultymembers and TAs. Due mainly to their direct experience, the input of these TAs is veryimportant to the definition

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Malicky

workforce depends on attractinggreater numbers of scientists and engineers: the current workforce is aging at the same time thatjob skills are becoming increasingly technical3. The shortfall of women in SME fields has at leasttwo implications for this productivity. First, they represent an untapped reservoir of potentialemployees, and second, they may bring new perspectives and ideas to meeting new challenges4-6.Beyond the economic and productivity implications are social and ethical motivations. Scientificliteracy is increasingly important to health and environmental issues. But the understanding ofSME fundamentals by most Americans—particularly women due to their under-representation inSME—is inadequate to fully participate in these issues7

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

the packet. This is a created page, which conforms with all of the rules of evaluationbut is a planted page with false information. Web evaluation is complex and vitally important. Itis a fun example that usually generates some discussion while making an important point.The assignment requires the team to look for a Web page, a newsgroup, and a list service on thetopic selected in assignment two and for a more general engineering topic such as internships,scholarships, engineering ethics, etc. They perform each of the two searches twice. The firstsearch is with a search engine of their choice, for example Google or Dogpile. The second isthrough an evaluated search guide like the Evaluated Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL). A listof evaluated

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Heist; Ann Marie Flynn

semesters, students with MSAT scores below 500 wereretained at a rate of approximately 50% while the retention rate increased to approximately 75%for students with MSAT scores above 750.Retention of Minority Students: As discussed earlier, Table 5 shows that non-Caucasian students(predominantly Hispanic) are retained at a consistently higher rate than Caucasian students in theSOE. Even though their average MSAT score is lower than that of the Caucasian students(average MSAT for non-Caucasian 565, average MSAT for Caucasian 601), it is proposed thatsince many of these minority students are familiar with hardship and struggle in their home life,they succeed due to a relatively strong work ethic and relentless determination.Retention of Female

Conference Session

Improving Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Donald Elger

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit; Richard M. Felder; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

eight prominent and diverse southeastern colleges ofengineering with a shared vision of creating sustainable engineering education reform havingnational impact. This vision was articulated through the definition of a curriculum model based onthe desired attributes of engineering graduates. It was desired that the graduates of thiscurriculum be technically competent, critical and creative thinkers, life-long learners, effectivecommunicators, team players, and globally aware. They should understand process and systemsdesign and integration, display high ethical standards, and appreciate the social context ofengineering and industry business practices. The curriculum model was designed to develop thesequalities through changes in the curriculum

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Middleton; Cheryl Gengler; Antonio Garciq; D. L. Evans; Sharon Robinson Kurpius; Peter Crouch; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

design process,” or the process of DET, can provide aframework for teaching activities, while providing excellent opportunities for developingstudents’ appreciation for societal, economic, and ethical issues important for civilization. Fig. 1 The Technological Design Process will be used as a Tool for Identifying Curricular Development Opportunities across the National Science StandardsThere is evidence that DET expansion in the curriculum works. The Materials TechnologyInstitute (MTI), an NSF-sponsored project at the University of Washington and EdmundsCommunity College 8 begun in 1997, trains high school teachers to teach the subject of MaterialsScience and Technology. The goal is to provide the teachers with the background

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson; Jeffrey Froyd

needed.There was already a system in place that had been used to staff the courses in the first-yearcurriculum, and it provided a mechanism to address this issue with the new curriculum. Known asthe barter system, it involved a complex calculation, made in the associate dean’s office, of howmany faculty each department would provide to teach the sophomore courses, as well as otherservice courses, like engineering ethics. Once the determination was made, the department headsproposed specific faculty and the associate dean makes the final selection (the so-called right offirst refusal). The downside, however, is that there is less control over who exactly teaches thesecourses.In the pilot phase, at least early on, an apprenticeship model was used to