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Gay Canough; Linda M. Head; Ravi Ramachandran

will describe the design process that thestudents persued and describe the results that were obtained by the end of the first semester’swork.Description of the Design Process We began the semester by setting the task schedule that we thought would be required tocomplete the lantern design and construction in a single semester. In retrospect this was overlyambitious, however it did set a high standard for the group. Table 1 shows how we planned toorganize the tasks for the semester. The students were very excited about the project andplanned to see it to completion in the span of the semester. Table 1. Task Planning for Solar Lantern Project TASK JAN FEB MAR APR

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, multimedia course. The course chosen for this project wasTechnology & Civilization, a general education science-technology-society course. This courseis required for Industrial Technology majors in the College of Engineering as well as being apopular Advanced General Education course for other majors at San Jose State.A needs assessment for this course was done, eliciting input from faculty and experts in thefield. An overall framework for the multimedia document was developed that was used as theplanning document for subsequent development. This plan was evaluated for content using theexpertise of many faculty members in addition to evaluation from an instructional perspective.Before any multimedia development work was done, a faculty panel

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discipline and enjoy prestige and authority, comparable to that of international universities. At least 75% of its programs must have attained Level III status for a minimum period of 10 years and must meet additional criteria or guidelines, such as excellent outcomes in research, teaching and learning and community service. There should be evidence of international linkages and consortia and well- developed planning processes, which support quality assurance mechanisms.The

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Sara Washburn; Amy Hossain; Elizabeth A. Parry; Rachel Meyer; Laura Bottomley

to the Fellows include improvedcommunication skills and self-image. Page 5.270.1The ProgramThis paper describes the planning and implementation phases for a NSF sponsored GK-12Teaching Fellows program. Students from North Carolina State University College ofEngineering are placed in elementary schools in Wake County. The activity theme for theprogram has a primary focus on physics, engineering and math. Curriculum development is donewith consideration to various learning styles and to teaching science and math to diversepopulations. The particular diverse populations addressed are children who have been identifiedas “at risk,” hearing-impaired

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James N. Peterson

in this capstone design sequence, normally taken during the fallsemester, introduces students to the design process by first requiring individual students toaccomplish two assigned designs which are sufficiently simple that these two projects can beaccomplished within six weeks time. These initial projects serve to introduce students toseveral aspects of engineering design, including understanding of the project objectives,project planning and time schedule estimates, using available resources - time and devicesand lab equipment - to create a working solution, and written and oral reports.Following these introductory individual design projects, the students are then presented withthe industry-sponsored projects and choose among the half

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Igor M. Verner; Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

breakthroughs will not be made by adults, but by students who are still in college, or in K-12 classes. Building a robot offers Page 5.300.2 a unique educational exercise that provides hands-on experience in physics, mechanics, hardware, software, and teamwork. Students also learn how to overcome failure and how to plan and organize a long-term, multi-faceted project. Fig. 1. Contest MazeThe development of an autonomous fire-fighting mobile robot is a challenging problem forcompetitors at all levels. This design problem is ideally suited to solution by an interdisciplinaryteam, an approach that is

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Kirk H. Schulz; Noel Schulz

seniors or graduate students (Chemical Engineering-11, Electrical and Computer Engineering-7, Environmental Engineering-2, Civil Engineering-4,3 undeclared). Five of the respondents were Ph.D. students, fourteen were M.S. students, threewere seniors that are planning on attending graduate school next year and five were unspecified.Eighteen were U.S. citizens; five were non-US citizens and four undeclared.The survey was designed to get reactions related to when the students decided to go to graduateschool, why they went to graduate school, who or what influenced them to go to graduate school,and what were their impressions of graduate school during their first or second year inundergraduate school.III. Survey ResultsThe tabular results for the

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William Biles; Carroll Hyder; Mark R. Rajai

internationalcompetitiveness1. American companies not only have to compete with their traditional Japaneseand European counterparts, but with a surge of the newly industrialized countries (NICs) such asChina, Korea, Taiwan, and Malaysia. In order to compete effectively, American firms muststrive to produce high-quality products at low cost and with short lead times, while providingoutstanding customer service. They also must be able to deal with shorter product life cycles.As the American manufacturing companies become more aware of their weakness, they aredevoting attention to the process by which they define customer needs and product performance.They plan concurrently for design and manufacturing with full consideration of the entireproduct life cycle, including

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Jeffrey A. Jalkio

course evaluations it also had theeffect of integrating a number of modeling and controls concepts in the students’ minds.Included in the presentations are feedback from students and plans for futuremodifications to the laboratory experience. Page 5.350.11. BackgroundThe University of St. Thomas mechanical engineering program seeks to combine theadvantages of a liberal arts school with a rigorous introduction to engineering. As part ofthis, we try to show students interconnections between fields and encourage thedevelopment of “soft skills” such as communication and teamwork which are muchprized by employers. Among other tools for accomplishing these

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Farrukh Alvi; Chiang Shih

class covers all aspects ofengineering design, including problem formulation, conceptualization, design planning,optimization, reporting and implementation, etc. The class emphasizes “In-Practice” learning bygoing through the entire design cycle on specific projects. A team-based project is assigned to agroup of students at the beginning of the first semester. A complete hands-on implementation ofthe design process will be achieved at the second semester. It is our belief that through this two-semester design program, students can finally integrate their engineering knowledge, skills andcreativity gained throughout the years into the realization of a final design product

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William N. Smyer

whilemaintaining an incentive for students to attend class to complete their notes. As Paterson1 saysin his paper, "… partial notes allowed students to remain engaged during class." This "fill in theblank" plan was adopted for the spring 1999 semester, with the partially completed notes denoted"Lecture Outlines." An arbitrary target of 80% complete was adopted for the lecture outlines.That is, the student would need to attend the lectures to obtain the remaining 20% or so of lecturematerial.Two methods of lecture outline distribution were considered: hard copy and web. The web wasselected and that decision proved to be popular with the students, as will be seen later in theresults of a survey

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Bethany S. Oberst; Russel C. Jones

. engineering degree programs; and a five year,two-degree program in which B.S. engineering students acquire in-depth knowledge of aforeign language and culture and complete a semester-long capstone experience workingabroad as an engineer during their fifth year. A unique feature of the Lafayette programsis the use of two-way video conferencing to offer necessary technical courses to studentsabroad.In 1983, the University of the Pacific started sending its students to Japan for their Co-opplacements. Based on the experience and a similar program in Germany, a structuredprogram for preparing students for such international Co-op experiences has beeninstituted. Martin (11) describes how the University has made available a plan wherebystudents can take

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J. Nazalewicz; H. Hadim; D. Donskoy; B. Gallois; Keith Sheppard

students on the integration of theDesign laboratory with engineering mechanics course as well as the diversified skills that werecovered in the laboratory. A more comprehensive assessment based on carefully defined sets ofcourse performance criteria and assessment performance criteria are planned. This will beconducted through a variety of means, including web-based assessment surveys of the students,as we implement within the next year the Stevens Assessment Plan to meet ABET Criteria 2000requirements.VI. ConclusionsUsing an integrated approach, the new mechanics lecture and laboratory design courses atStevens Institute of Technology are developed to allow the students to understand more clearlythe role of mechanics in the design of engineering

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Ashraf M. Ghaly

surface Footing (substructure) Elevation of footing Shape of soil deformation Stiff box Column Footing Plan of footing and shape of soil deformation Figure 4. Elevation and Plan of footing in Project GeoChallenge.Project BeamBang: This project was a required component in the Reinforced Concrete Designcourse in which the design of reinforced concrete beams is covered in detail. The

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Zachary R. Kaufmann; Nickolas S. Jovanovic; Lance W. Laettner

speed. Figure 1 compares the price-to-performance ratios ofAthlon and Pentium III processors, and shows the large advantage of the Athlon for this metric.We used the SPECfp95 benchmark2 for estimating performance, and the Computer Shopper website3 and various other sources for estimating prices. Prices from many sources were averaged. Page 5.679.2One disadvantage of the Athlon processor is a lack of software that has been optimizedspecifically for the Athlon instruction set. In our case, we plan to develop our own software, sothe only things we really lack are C and Fortran compilers that can optimize for Athlon. So far,the Athlon processor has

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Margarita Takach; Yiyuan J. Zhao; Reza Langari; Ray Taghavi; Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad; Luigi Martinelli; Linda Ann Riley; K. Krishnamurthy; Janet M. Twomey; Degang Chen; David Radcliffe

“standard” engineering curriculum. In particular, it requires a comprehensive view of engineeringeducation and an understanding of the skills and attributes that must form the core competenciesof future engineers. These skills are, at least partially cited in a number of references and can besummarized as follows.1 Engineers must:• Possess a solid foundation in the applied sciences and be able to apply this knowledge inpractice;• Have a creative outlook while maintaining a critical attitude in the problem solving setting;• Possess good communication skills;• Understand the significance of organizational, scheduling, planning, and decision-making skillsand are able to apply these skills in practice;• Possess functional knowledge of business concepts

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Bruce A. DeVantier; John W. Nicklow

; • Student-teacher interaction is reduced in an off-campus program, but can be maximized through effective use of the Internet and electronic mail; • Instructors must plan to allocate additional time and effort for planning and preparing courses, as well as for commuting to the classroom location. Page 5.582.6Bibliography1. Lewis, V.W. Jr. (1997). “Expectations of On-Campus and Remote Students in a Course in Civil Engineering Technology.” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18.2. Lowman, J. (1995). Mastering the Techniques of Teaching. Jossey-Bass

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Sam Wanis; Erian Armanios

elective/ Graduate students; advisorProcessing to get Graduatesound spectraPresentations Senior Presentations to School Advisory Board, K-12 visitorsBusiness trip Senior Trip planning, from graduate studentsParticle drag Junior Calculation of drag of particles withestimation various sizesFlow visualization Junior/senior Using video; from grad. StudentsComparing Graduate Mode shape prediction vs. measuredtheoretical model frequencies of highest amplitude

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Linda M. Head; Zenaida O. Keil; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan

college Page 5.121.1planned to major in engineering and only 1 percent planned to enter technical fields (comparedto 11.8 and 5.4 percent of men, respectively) (National research Council, 1994). Some writershave begun to argue that science today is so antagonistic to women that it must be radicallychanged before women can comfortably participate in it [3].Most studies suggest that environmental and social influences are responsible for thisunderrepresentation of women. Environmental factors including masculinity and femininity,education, self-efficacy, female role models, and perceptions of engineering are considered to bethe major factors.A two

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Steven Brown; Sarah Mouring; Patricia F. Mead; Marjorieanne Natishan; James Greenberg; Corinna Lathan; David Bigio; Indranil Goswami; Linda Schmidt

styleperspectives. Students complete a Kolb learning style inventory and discovering their own style,and that of their teammates. The exercise can continue to include demonstrations of the value ofworking on teams with diverse learning styles.3. BESTEAMS Focus Group General Results Found Institution-Based DifferencesDuring 1998 and 1999 we have tested the EPTTS on over 400 students at BESTEAMS Partnerinstitutions. A description of the EPTTS Training is available in a companion paper by theBESTEAMS project, titled “Engineering Project Team Training System (EPTTS) for EffectiveEngineering Team Management.”4Our assessment plan for the EPTTS system includes conducting focus groups on engineeringstudents at partner institutions. We have developed a protocol

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Aaron C. Cain; Ganesh V. Kudav

Much was learned from the design and the construction of the heat exchanger. For example, project management cannot be stressed enough. Goals should be established early on in the design phase. Roadblocks can occur at any time; for instance, unavailability of materials can cause delays. Also, one must plan their work schedule with the resident technician. Plans are worthless if there is no time to proceed through with the construction. The heat exchanger is very compact and can be mounted in various positions, as the surrounding environment requires. It is also considered simple in that it could be easily mass-produced because of the use of standard copper

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Dick D. Desautel

“promises” each course makes in terms of expectedcontributions to the Outcome to evidence of Outcome achievement (student work sampled fromthe various supporting courses, surveys, and the other Outcomes assessment methods). Inessence, the Champion’s results and recommendations are reported “up the line”, i.e., to thewhole faculty, for discussion and decisions for enhancement, and “down the line”, i.e., to theCourse Instructors for required changes and enhancements.The whole process involves all Program faculty, with each individual contributing in more thanone role. It also requires a plan and schedule for periodic cycles of assessment and enhancementat all three levels (Course, Outcome, and Program) – see Table 9. And an overall factor ofcentral

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William C. Beston; Sharon B. Fellows; Richard Culver

specialists are formed to analyze complex problems, allocate resources, plan actions, allocatetasks, and reach decisions. The work of the freshmen students is based on this model whichnicely adapts to solving open-ended problems. For students not accustomed to working in teams,early team experiences often seem very awkward, vague, and confusing. In fact, some activitieshave made students so uncomfortable that, at first, they try to avoid team experiences. Duringthe second design project - creation of a multimedia program to describe a scientific concept tofourth graders 11- students are put in new teams and experience the teaming process with thestudent maintaining responsibility for learning while sharing control with the teacher.Once students learn

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Nancy L. Johnson; Edward S. Pierson

GROUP B 8:30 am Plans for day 8:40 am Math Science 10:00 am Science Math 11:10 am Lunch (staggered) & group activity 12:40 pm Laboratory Computers 2:00 pm Computers Laboratory 3:10 pm Daily journals Page 5.49.3 3:30 pm Depart for home Visits to local industrial firms where participants observe engineers/ scientists at work, and see the application of the ideas learned, will replace some sessions. Some sessions are double length to allow the time needed for

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Robert Engelken

and, indirectly, for theuniversity, community, and profession. It builds a contact network that can be invaluable forother purposes, such as research, public relations, fund raising, and outside expertise. It providesthe new faculty member a “real world” vs. “ivory tower” perspective of the profession. Itprovides ongoing continuing education through having to learn, often quickly, new knowledgeand skills for nearly every new and often unique consulting opportunity; this can be valuable inthe pursuit or maintaining of professional engineering (PE) registration. It provides experiencein planning, budgeting, record keeping, billing, collection, human relations, and communicationsthat often is quite different from that provided through standard

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Rhett J. Allain; Jeff Saul; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

small number of students in the first semester SCALE-UP and lecture classes participated inproblem solving interviews. From a preliminary analysis of the interviews, all but one of theregular lecture students used a “plug-and-chug”, “find-the-formula-in-the-book” approach. Thestudents had difficulty evaluating their answers and if their approach did not work, the studentswere at a loss for what to do next. They displayed typical characteristics of novice problemsolvers.11 Although the SCALE-UP students did not formally use the GOAL strategy to solveproblems, they did display some characteristics of expert-problem solving behavior. Thesecharacteristics included identifying the main physics principle at work in the problem, coming upwith a plan

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Thomas Litzinger

provide the meaningful tasks. It was also hopedthat the problem-based learning would motivate the students to learn meaningfully, and the taskswere designed so that rote learning would not be sufficient to accomplish them. Teams were anintegral part of the approach used not only to provide an opportunity to allow students to developtheir team skills, but also to provide a vehicle for discussion and “constructing” of knowledge,consistent with the constructivist approach to learning.8Key skills and prior knowledge incorporated into the course included elements ofthermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, electrical engineering, mechanical design,instrumentation, technical writing, and oral communication. The original course plan includedthe

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finish the calculus sequence.Many incoming freshmen also have not had the opportunity to tinker around with electroniccomponents, and so have no “feel” for the basics that students 15 to 20 years ago seemed tohave. Somehow they have missed knowing what a short circuit is and the damage it can cause.Much of this practical experience is no longer present in our incoming freshmen. At thecapstone level, it has been noted that students don’t really know what they need to do. They lackinsight and experience into design and planning a substantial project.This freshman level circuits class has been designed to give this hands on experience that hasbeen found lacking. Students who complete this class will have had exposure to simple design

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Stephen G Ritchie; Carlos C. Sun

schedules of trafficengineering professionals. There are several possibilities for improving coordination. First, moreeffort can be expended on planning the course and the development of a course packet instead ofusing separate handouts for each sub-topic. Another possibility is to make such topics moreindependent so that they could be re-scheduled based on professional work schedules.AcknowledgementThe authors want to thank Mr. Brian Gallagher and ATSAC staff from the City of Los Angeles,Mr. John Thai, and Mr. Yochan Baba and the Anaheim TMC. The authors also thank Dr. WilfredRecker for his contributions to the course.References1. Lipinski, M.E., and Wilson, E.M. Undergraduate Transportation Education - Who Is Responsible. ITE Journal

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Richard D. Wilk; George H. Williams

later, a team of students is working on a senior capstone design project that isconcerned with the weather conditions and possible ice damage on the nearby Mohawk River.Some of the team members had worked on the original weather station and suggested that it beincorporated into the current project. Their portfolio documentation on the original project willbe helpful in reviewing and planning this new use of the original project. Page 5.494.3Portfolios as a Record of AchievementOne of the student projects in the First-Year Design Course was to design and build a woodenpedestrian bridge to improve a nature trail in a local city park [Wolfe, 1999