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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeid Moslehpour

of this projectwas to investigate the use of the Freescale Semiconductor Microcontroller Student Learning Kit(MCUSLK) in combination with National Instruments Educational Laboratory VirtualInstrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS). We used Code Warrior development studio.IntroductionThis paper investigates the Freescale MCUSLK in a distance laboratory setting. The purpose ofthe project was to understand how to use the Freescale kit and the NI ELVIS system over theInternet. This would lead to a virtual lab environment where students could create, upload andtest microcontroller programs remotely.First, we wrote and simulated computer programs using the Code Warrior development studio.Next, we uploaded the program to the microcontroller and ran it. We

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College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

overall number of minorities entering the United States labor force. 2 This means that mostminority students are not pursuing degrees in engineering. Since the VaNTH ERC’s SLC iscomprised of a diverse group of students, however, K-12 minority students will be involved inoutreach projects led by some minority engineering students. Third, engineering outreach allowsVaNTH SLC engineering undergraduate and graduate students to teach K-12 students to applyengineering principles that they themselves are being taught in undergraduate engineeringclasses. 3 This not only reinforces their own education, it also allows SLC students to gainexperience teaching engineering at an undergraduate level with a possibility of pursuing careersin academia

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Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

team of first-yearstudents through seniors completing a 7 week design project in chemical engineering where theteams are constructed to enable situated learning (SL). The multi-level experience is an attemptto create a community of practice in which students can interact academically and socially1. Theimpact on the first-year students in the SL teams was compared to collaborative learning (CL)teams where students in a freshmen-only biomedical engineering course are assigned to 3-4person groups and complete a level-appropriate design problem. The purpose of the comparisonwas to determine if the structure of the team yields differences in learned teaming skills as wellas how they learned. Analysis of a Team Characteristics Survey and student

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Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Suining Ding

An Integrated Approach to Teach 3-D AutoCAD Crossing the Boundary of Architectural History Suining Ding, Assistant Professor Indiana University Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractIt seems there is a boundary line between the disciplines of modern technology and history. Canthese two be interrelated and interact on each other? The answer is yes. Generally speaking, 3-DAutoCAD is taught in a traditional way which means students follow the tutorial text book andlearn the software without any cultural or historical content. The projects and exercises forstudents are focused on learning the commands and technology only. This study is to explore anew integrated

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Hochstein; William Janna

FRESHMAN-SENIOR COLLABORATION IN A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE John I. Hochstein, William S. Janna Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Memphis Memphis TN 38152ABSTRACTAn innovative capstone design course titled “Design of Fluid Thermal Systems,” involves groupsof seniors working on various semester-long design projects. Groups are composed of 3, 4 or 5members that bid competitively on various projects. Once projects are awarded, freshmen enrolledin the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned to work with the senior designteams

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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McDaniel William; Ferguson Chip; Aaron Ball; Phillip Sanger; Wesley Stone

project management,parametric modeling and engineering design, and rapid prototyping and component design. Inthis paper faculty experiences are shared, feedback from industry is provided, lessons learned aredescribed, and techniques that we believe are effective in this area of education are identified andpresented.IntroductionIn the present global economy with stiff competition from abroad, the survival of most U.S.companies relies on the stimulation of innovation and creativity to generate new high margin,high value added products and processes for the marketplace. Short times to market and efficientproduct development processes are key ingredients to success. Concurrent interdisciplinaryprocessing is commonplace. Teams and teamwork skills have

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sudepta Shabhag; Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

Institute (TEMI), or they can participate in the Satelliteprograms developed and run by the Mentor teachers the following year. After the introductoryworkshops, these cohorts of teachers return to their classrooms and implement engineeringdesign projects with their students. One of four participating universities provides faculty andgraduate student support to the Mentor teachers throughout the school year. These teachers thenprovide similar assistance to the participants of the satellite workshop. Thus far, the program hasbeen completed at the high school level, and is in progress at the middle school level. This paperprovides a review of the effectiveness of this workshop model at these first two levels.IntroductionIn Massachusetts, many middle

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Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Knecht; Jennifer Gale

Session 1615 BUILDING AN ENGINEERING TEAM: PEER ASSESSMENT PROVES A USEFUL INSTRUMENT TO GAUGE PROGRESS Robert Knecht & Jennifer Gale Colorado School of Mines Abstract – Successful team operations rely on several functions that team members assumethroughout the life of a project. The National Training Laboratory in Group Developmentdeveloped a method describing team success based on task and team functions. At the 2004ASEE Conference, we presented findings indicating that undergraduate teams spent the entiresemester developing both a

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

mixed results. Projects were assigned but with only part of theone credit available, it was difficult to find enough time to meet the needs of the community andto accomplish something significant from the students’ viewpoint. These factors createdfrustration on both the students and the community partners. These trials did, however, providevaluable experience to gauge the capabilities of the first year students and allow the instructionalteam to develop materials to support the service-learning projects. These experiences reinforcedthe fact that reflection was imperative to help students process their experiences in thecommunity. These experiences also showed that the seminar format was an excellentenvironment for these reflection discussions

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

Session xxxx Introducing Design Process in Engineering, Engineering Technology Som Chattopadhyay Department of Industry and Technology Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306IntroductionAn innovative set of projects introduced in a regional campus of a state university (withwhich the author was affiliated prior to his current position) forms the basis of this paper.Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is the sixth largest publicuniversity in Indiana with an enrollment of 12,000 students. Typically a commutercampus

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

an opportunity to apply a three-year comprehensive set of “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”skills and concepts learned in the classroom to an industry related project. Academic liaisonswork with Department of Defense (DoD) and industry to develop problem topics of relevance tothe Army and the Academy, while ensuring projects are scoped to capabilities of project teams.Civilian industry organizations qualify to participate if they service the military in one or more ofthe following five domains: 1) Organizing the force, 2) Manning the force, 3) Training the force,4) Equipping the force

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

civilengineering: the ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition and the AISC/ASCE Steel BridgeCompetition. The benefits of these programs are obvious to those who have participated.Involved students have an opportunity to learn many aspects of project management, fromconceptual design through construction. Previous surveys at Lamar University have shown thatstudents who participated in these competitions perceived their knowledge in several core areasto be greatly enhanced. Significant benefits were derived in the areas of Project Managementand Team Building. [2]Promoting student involvement in extracurricular activities is difficult at small engineering andengineering technology schools. Many factors contribute to this opposition. Engineeringstudents tend to focus

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

presented. The CAD projects vary widely, e.g. as characterized by the geometric features present in the parts,assembly structure, number of parts in the assembly, overall complexity, physical scale, industry represented, inaddition to coloring and other presentation and viewing issues. The primary purpose of this effort is to elegantlyshowcase the body of quality work generated in a relatively compact manner to permit an enjoyable perusal andreflection that may be of use to others teaching future CAD courses or others, such as students interested in CADwork in a BSME program. In addition, one can see the natural evolution of the course since it was first taught overthe past 3 ½ years. The projects demonstrate the application of CAD knowledge

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Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

Session 3249 Enhancing the Education of Engineering Technology Students Through an Honors Program Kathleen A.K. Ossman, Ph.D. University of CincinnatiAbstractThis paper describes the Honors Program in the Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology Department at the University of Cincinnati. Included in the paper is a discussion ofthe requirements of the program, the benefits to both the students and the faculty, and adescription of a specific honors project completed by students at the end of their freshman year.IntroductionThe Honors program

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill

, abusiness development team of several MBA students (coached by entrepreneurial faculty) and amultidisciplinary technology development team of 6 undergraduate engineers (coached byengineering faculty). The company is responsible for creating an alpha system prototype andcollateral materials such as a business plan and a presentation for entry in academic businessplan competitions. Three pilot entrepreneurial teams chartered in the initial offering completedtheir projects in spring 2004. Funding for these companies was secured through the EconomicDevelopment Administration, the Lemelson Foundation (via the National Collegiate Inventorsand Innovators Alliance), and the University of Florida. A board of directors was formed tooversee the direction of

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam El-Mansouri; Kevin Buck; Herbert Hess

Session: 2220 Technical Aspects of Creating and Assessing a Learning Environment in Digital Electronics for High School Students Adam S. El-Mansouri, Herbert L. Hess, Kevin M. Buck, Timothy Ewers Microelectronics Research and Communications Institute Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Idaho Moscow, IdahoAbstract To develop an interest and an understanding of digital electronics for high schoolstudents, we have created digital electronic projects using a Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA). The approach is module-based

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Blair Rowley

BME Senior Design and Freshmen Engineering Blair A. Rowley, Ph.D., P.E. College of Engineering & Computer Science Wright State University Dayton, Ohio 45435AbstractThis paper reports the results for a senior-freshman teaming event that took place during the fallquarter 2004. It describes the rational for the event, the design leadership required of the seniors,the structure of the design environment, project reports, student reactions, and the eventevaluations.This is the second year that our biomedical engineering seniors have been coupled with ourengineering and computer science

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thaddeus Fowler; Suzanne Soled; Laura Koehl; Anant Kukreti

Creating Partnerships between the University and Secondary Schools Laura A. Koehl, Suzanne W. Soled, Anant R. Kukreti and Ted W. Fowler Colleges of Engineering and Education, University Of CincinnatiProject STEP (Science and Technology Enhancement Program) is a joint effort between theColleges of Engineering and Education at the University of Cincinnati to partner with schools inthe Cincinnati Public School system. Project STEP connects engineering graduate students(Fellows) with middle and high school science educators to help bring authentic learningactivities into the classroom. The project is funded through the NSF GK12 program to enhancescience education.The project had two primary goals; 1) to

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale

. Group and individual projects areperformed by students not only to familiarize but increase interest in concrete materials. Someprojects are required while others are encouraged. Projects include a high-strength concretecontest, concrete Frisbee contest and certification in concrete testing. The high-strength concretecontest introduces students to High Performance Concrete (HPC) by requiring groups of studentsto work together in designing, batching, and testing their own concrete mixtures. This contestcreates a sense of competitiveness between groups when testing the concrete mixtures. Theconcrete Frisbee competition is an optional project offered to the students. The competition isintended to be a fun way for the students to demonstrate their

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jung; Anthony de Sam Lazaro; Amanie Abdelmessih

An Integrated Concept-to-Prototype Capstone Design Experience Amanie N. Abdelmessih, Ph.D., Anthony de Sam Lazaro, Ph.D., Isaac H. Jung, Ph.D., PE Mechanical Engineering Department Saint Martin’s School of Engineering Lacey, WA 98503-1297AbstractThe objective of the two-semester Capstone/senior design program, at Saint Martin’sMechanical Engineering Department, is to prepare student- engineers for the workforce byhaving them participate fully on a design team to solve an open-ended real-world design problem.Students design, then build/assemble their project. For the senior design project

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

Linköping, Sweden Belfast, UKIntroductionProject courses in which students design, build and test a device on their own are increasinglybeing used in engineering education. The reasons include that such projects do not only trainstudents skills in design and implementation but can also be exploited in order to increasestudent motivation, to give an improved understanding of engineering science knowledge and topractice non-technical skills such as teamwork and communication. However, design-build-test(DBT) experiences may also be costly, time-consuming, require new learning environments anddifferent specialized faculty competence (Malmqvist et al.1). In particular, design-build-test experiences play a

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Teri Rhoads; Kurt Gramoll

Paper 2005-2156 A Pilot Study for a “Course-less” Curriculum R. L. Kolar, R. C. Knox, K. Gramoll, T. R. Rhoads University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractIn 2002, we received an NSF planning grant (NSF EEC 0230681) that builds upon our SoonerCity project, which was funded through the Action Agenda program (NSF EEC 9872505).Briefly, Sooner City is a comprehensive, integrated, infrastructure design project that is threadedthroughout the OU civil engineering curriculum, beginning in the freshman year. For practicalpurposes, the original Sooner City project was implemented in the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Lin; G. Padmanabhan

A Middle School Program to Attract Native American Students to STEM Higher Education Wei Lin1, Luther Olson2, G. Padmanabhan1, and Carol Davis2 1 North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA 2 Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt, North Dakota, USA ABSTRACTA 3-year collaborative project between the Turtle Mountain Community College, NorthDakota and the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, North Dakota StateUniversity, “A Reservation Collaboration Initiative for Pre-college Excellence inScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (RECIPE)” funded by NASAcompleted two years and is in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Boyer; Taryn Bayles

Grumman selects at least 10 Baltimore inner-city high school students forthe program who are entering their sophomore or junior years, based on their interest in pursuinga technical or business degree, academic performance, leadership skills and communityinvolvement. The students work with two Northrop Grumman mentors during the school yearon selected projects tailored to their business interests and technical level. Northrop Grummancollaborates with the University of Maryland Baltimore County to provide a six week summerprogram for the high school students focused on developing technical, business and leadershipskills. Upon graduation from high school, qualified students receive multi-year partialscholarships, in addition the students can return

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

Development of Simulation Models for Power Converters – Undergraduate Research Experience Peter Idowu Penn State University – Harrisburg, Middletown, PAAbstract – The value of early exposure of engineering undergraduates to research has drawnmuch attention over the past decade, and a wide array of creative options have been explored.This paper discusses the process and challenges of guiding a group of engineeringundergraduate seniors through a research project that holds the potential of exposure torealistic engineering problems, and a motivation for students to pursue advanced studies.Index Terms – Undergraduate research, power

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New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Jiusto; David DiBiasio

Nontraditional Learning Environments: Do They Prepare Our Students for Life-Long Learning? D. DiBiasio, Department of Chemical Engineering and S. Jiusto, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractRecent research indicates that traditional academic structures may not promote learningconsistent with self-directed learning.1,2 This work investigated whether Worcester PolytechnicInstitute’s (WPI) nontraditional interdisciplinary projects program increased readiness for life-long learning (LLL) and self-directed learning (SDL) using three methods: a calibrated, validatedinstrument called the Self

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

to design anentire system.2,8,15 This means that students must learn the team building and communicationskills to work with others outside of their own discipline. The Accreditation Board for Engineer-ing Technology (ABET) recognizes the importance of these abilities in its Criteria for Accredit-ing Engineering Programs: “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates havean ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams”.1,5 The study of robotics provides an excellentinstrument for teaching and learning about working in multidisciplinary teams.The overall goal of this project is the development of a comprehensive undergraduate course inrobotics that emphasizes multidisciplinary teamwork by encompassing many of the diverse

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tze-Chi Hsu; N. Yu

system in Taiwan and manyprograms in education reform have been conducted recently. Among these reforms, the international cooperation hasreceived extensive attention from the academia and the government. There are many ways to conduct internationalcooperation such as personnel exchanges, participating in conferences, holding seminars and working on jointresearch projects. The people involved in these activities could range from undergraduate students, graduate students Page 10.1300.2to faculty members. Among all these activities, personnel exchange is probably the easiest and most popularprogram to implement. For most

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

allows students topursue various areas of interest and undertake multidisciplinary projects, must be balancedagainst a rigorous foundation. Emphasis on project work, applications and professional practicemust be balanced against developing strong theoretical and analytical skills.This paper describes the new curriculum, the principles underlying it and the plan for itsdeployment. Although in many respects the Cooper Union is a unique institution, it is hoped thatour approach can provide a roadmap for curricular innovations in other engineering schools.An Overview of Electrical Engineering at The Cooper Union.The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is a small school located in lowerManhattan, with total enrollment in the range

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Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

belong to A but not to B [11]. (Figure 1.) In addition to Constructive Solid Geometry, 3D CAD applications include the ability tocreate complex solid-based geometry by sweeping two-dimensional shapes and projections [12].These extrusions and swept solids, such as a revolution or linear sweep of a planar face, can alsobe used in Boolean operations. Constructive solid geometry (CSG) uses trees (CSG Trees) totrack the operations on the building block primitives. Conceptually, objects that compose theCSG tree are represented with the root of the tree defining the object, the terminal branches or Page 10.228.2“Proceedings of the