Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Larry A. Glasgow

,” Wall StreetJournal, October 6 (2005).2. Finkelstein, N. D. “Context in the Context of Physics and Learning,” nfinkels@ucsd.edu (2001).3. Wankat, P. and F. Oreovicz. “Gaming the Curriculum,” ASEE Prism, 15:48 (2005).4. Glasgow, L. A. “Reconnecting Chemical Engineering Students with the Physical World,” presented at theAnnual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco (2006).5. Grose, T. K. “The Mechanics of a Career,” ASEE Prism, 14:25 (2005).6. Mc Dermott, L. C. and P. S. Shaffer. “Research as a Guide for Curriculum Development: An Example fromIntroductory Electricity, Part 1,” American Journal of Physics, 60:994 (1992).7. Slater, T., Adams, J., and T. Brown. “College Student Success in Completing a Simple Circuit,” submitted toJournal of College Science

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramesh V. Narang

. Bucher, Editor, American Society for Quality, ASQ Press, 2004.RAMESH V. NARANG is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering Technology program in the Departmentof Manufacturing & Construction Engineering Technology and Interior Design at Indiana University-PurdueUniversity Fort Wayne, at Fort Wayne, IN. He has received both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering fromthe University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. His research and teaching interests include: automated feature recognition,lean manufacturing, metrology, ergonomics, cellular manufacturing, and statistical process control. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William M. Baer

Plagiarism: Do They Change Students' Views?” Research in Higher Education 42.1 (February 2001): 103-18.[26] Barnbaum, Cecilia. “Plagiarism: A Student’s Guide to Recognizing It and Avoiding It.” Viewed 3 July 2007 at http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/personal/teaching_MISC/plagiarism.htm.[27] Sterngold, Arthur. "Confronting Plagiarism: How Conventional Teaching Invites Cyber-Cheating." Change 36.3 (May-June 2004): 16-21.[28] Walker, H. M. “Academic Honesty in the Classroom.” In Working Group Reports from ITiCSE on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (Leeds, United Kingdom, June 28 - 30, 2004). ACM Press: New York, 18-19.WILLIAM M. BAER is an associate professor and the Engineering and Physical

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waleed K. Al-Assadi; Mandar V. Joshi; Sagar R. Gosavi; Daryl Beetner

engineering courses.AcknowledgmentWe appreciate the generous hardware and software donations from Altera Corporation.References[1] I. A. Hack and J. Haberly, “ Low cost FPGA Development Systems for Teaching Advanced Digital Circuits ,”ASEE Conference, session 0047, 2001[2] R. Backnak, D. Kar, and H. Shaalan, “Digital Systems Laboratory for Teaching and Research, “ASEEConference, session 1520, 2004.[3] Altera DE-2 FPGA board Manual at www.altera.com/education/univ/materials/boards/DE2_UserManual.pdf[4] Altera Quartus-II Manual at www.altera.com/literature/manual/intro_to_quartus2.pdf[5] D. Sullins, H. Pottinger, D. Beetner, "The WIMP51: A Simple Processor and Visualization Tool to IntroduceUndergraduates to Computer Organization," Computers in

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R.L.A. Jordan

engineering and technology has been developed over the years through “stand and deliver” methods to meet the objectives above. Overhead projectors, written and copied material, chalkboards and whiteboards for sketches and equations, hand written assignments and tests, and physical laboratory experiments, etc. are all easy to use to accomplish the objectives for educating the engineer or technician. With online training, however, different methods must be used to accomplish the educational objectives; some of which have not even been imagined. In this paper, online instruction for technology and engineering courses will be examined. In particular, the experiences of teaching a first synchronous distance education course will be

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Day W. Radebaugh

constantly expanding. Rather than just reducing complexity and uncertainty by scientific research, engineers use all available knowledge to increase complexity (and therefore inevitably uncertainty) in the man-made world. It is therefore wise to develop strategies to manage engineering complexity in the absence of complete knowledge….Managing engineering complexity is not just a cognitive challenge; it is also an ethical issue…Mitchum and Siang2 capture the ethical nature of this concern when they say Forget the debate about utilitarian ethics, deontological ethics, or virtue ethics, we are losing moral agency in our growing collective inability to predict the consequences of complex systems

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Wei Zhang

)Midterm I 76.3 82.5Midterm II 75.8 81.6Final 65.6 85.56. Comparison to other pedagogical approachesProceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 9There have been several related proposes [7, 8, 9, 10] to teach computer architecturecourses in the literature. Patt and Patel [7] proposed to teach low-level hardwarecomponent with C programming. Bryant and O’Hallaron [8] advocated an approach toteaching architectural concepts from the software programmers’ perspective

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brandon W. Olson

A Composite Approach to Designing In-Class Team-Based Exercises Brandon W. Olson School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of OklahomaAbstract Composite team-based exercises are a concerted effort to present key engineeringconcepts in a manner that is physically intuitive, mathematically tractable, andexperimentally observable; all in a seamless progression of learning activities that span 1to 3 class periods. Composite team-based exercises have been developed in response to aseeming disconnect between mathematically top-heavy engineering lectures andunderlying physical mechanisms. When connections

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kevin R. Lewelling; Kevin S. Woolverton; Michael C. Reynolds

systems built prices given to Programming so Logistics they can assign channels Figure 2: Timeline for the Electrical Portion of the Project.4.2 Teaching the engineering processThe engineering process was taught through a real-world need-to-know environment. Eachgroup had deadlines to meet with many unanswered questions. This provided numerousopportunities for self study and for teaching engineering principles in both one-on-one situationsand large groups. Additionally, each group was tasked with researching and informing the othergroups about their portion of the project; this fostered a sense of self reliance and ownership ofthe project.Proceedings of the 2007

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Behnam Bahr; Kurt Soschinske; George Gray

space limitations for equipment and cost of equipment acquisition andmaintenance. The focus of engineering education in the U.S. in many cases is centered onteaching theoretical and research-related aspects of engineering science and design, rather thanalso including teaching practical aspects of product development and construction throughhands-on experiences. The need for practical manufacturing skill training as a component of acomprehensive engineering science and design curriculum is recognized by other competitors inthe world economy such as China2. Although successful understanding of design methods andconcepts is a desirable outcome, success or failure in development of a constructed and testedprototype which meets or exceeds the safety

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; S. Hossein Cheraghi; Janet Twomey

Shockerphant Aerospace: Towards a sustainable model for teaching production system concepts Lawrence Whitman, S. Hossein Cheraghi, Janet Twomey Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Wichita State UniversityAbstractUnderstanding cause-and-effect relationships is key to evaluating and designing aproduction system. Traditional instruction methods including textbook study andlectures introduce students to concepts, theories, and formulas involved inmanufacturing systems. Developments in simulation technology have enablededucators to give students a "real-world" model to apply the theories andtechniques learned in the classroom. Simulation has proven to be effective

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Walter O. Craig

. “Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 5BiographyWalter O. Craig, III is an Assistant Professor in the Electronics Engineering Technology Department at SouthernUniversity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He currently teaches basic electronics courses to freshmen and sophomoreElectronic Engineering Technology students. He also teaches Semiconductor Device processing which he iscurrently doing his research. “Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kimberly H. Henthorn

: How to Enhance Science Teaching using Classroom Response Systems” San Francisco: Pearson Education.6. Caldwell, J. (2007) “Clickers in the Large Classroom: Current Research and Best-Practice Tips” Life Sciences Education, 6(1):9-20.Biographical InformationKIMBERLY H. HENTHORN is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University ofMissouri-Rolla. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and herPh.D. in chemical engineering with Jennifer Sinclair Curtis and Kinam Park at Purdue University. Her researchinterests include particle characterization and transport, microfluidics, and computational fluid dynamics. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ing-Chang Jong

, Mechanics Division, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, HI, June 24-28, 2007.Biographical InformationIng-Chang Jong serves as Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He received a BSCEin 1961 from the National Taiwan University, an MSCE in 1963 from South Dakota School of Mines and Technol-ogy, and a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 1965 from Northwestern University. He was Chair of theMechanics Division, ASEE, in 1996-97. His research interests are in mechanics and engineering education. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

Teaching Aids and Laboratory Experiments to Enhance Materials Learning Stephan A. Durham1, W. Micah Hale2, Seamus Freyne3 1 University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center / 2University of Arkansas / 3Manhattan CollegeAbstractMost civil engineering programs across the country require one course in materials and materialstesting. Many times these courses are structured to provide students the basic understanding ofthe production, properties, and behavior of common structural materials. Emphasis is oftenplaced on concrete, steel, and wood. This paper presents teaching aids and laboratoryexperiments that can be used

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon G. Davis; Carol S. Gattis; Edgar C. Clausen

students entering the engineeringdiscipline.1 Most 6th, 7th and 8th grade students do not know what engineering is, and do notrecognize engineering as a viable career option. Furthermore, research tells us that women andminority students are drastically underrepresented in the engineering fields.2 To more effectivelyprepare students in their pursuit of an engineering degree, students should be encouraged to takethe appropriate math and science sequences that now typically begin in middle school or juniorhigh, so that ultimately they will have the math, chemistry, calculus and physics that preparesthem for an engineering major.In 2005, the College of Engineering and the College of Education and Health Professions at theUniversity of Arkansas formed

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Saeed M. Khan; Gregory Spaulding; Deanna Livengood; Paul Benjamin; Justin Schemm; Kenton Dreilling; Chase Maxton; Fred Kreiman

Computer Engineering Technologyprogram at Kansas State University at Salina. Dr. Khan received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in ElectricalEngineering from the University of Connecticut, in 1989 and 1994 respectively and his B.S. in ElectricalEngineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1984.Khan, who joined KSU in 1998, teaches courses in telecommunications and digital systems. His researchinterests and areas of expertise include antennas and propagation, novel materials for microwaveapplication, and electromagnetic scattering.GREG SPAULDING in an associate professor of mechanical engineering technology joined Kansas StateUniversity at Salina in 1996. Spaulding, a licensed professional engineer, also is

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph J. Rencis; Sachin Terdalkar

teaching industrial finite element short courses. The plate andshell elements are also commonly used element in practice. However, these elementswere not addressed since stress concentrations and static failure are more complex thenthe elements considered in this paper. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 16References 1. Knight, C.E., The Finite Element Method in Mechanical Design, PWS-KENT Publishing Company, Boston, MA, 1993, p. 59. 2. Moaveni, S., Finite Element Analysis: Theory and Application with ANSYS, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999, p. 117. 3

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

W. Roy Penney; Rachel M. Lee; Meagan E. Magie; Edgar C. Clausen

Society for Engineering Education” 2fully details the design work. All of the required equipment was selected and specified frommanufacturer’s literature.This paper describes the students’ work in rating a Jeep Grand Cherokee cooling system radiatorrelative to the duty required to cool the engine. Photographs and dimensions of the radiator arepresented, along with the model development and results from the analysis. Exercises such asthis are effective in urging the students to apply the principles of heat transfer to actual physicalsystems, and thus to better visualize physical applications of classroom

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

J. Collins

(The primacyof Google and its relatives as the research tool of first choice among undergraduatestudents has been extensively documented over the last two decades. The lack ofinstruction in Information Literacy, especially in the choices and responsibilities ofcontemporary information users is also well-documented). Our students were to: Provide an example of the application of chromatography in their community of practice (engineering technology, professional pilot, airframe and powerplant maintenance, or technology management). Compose a ten-to-twenty minute team PowerPoint presentation conveying this information to an audience of peers and the course faculty Document (through minutes or notes) the group process

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Leroy R. Cox; Katie Grantham Lough

Manufacturing Engineers.10. Silberman, M. (1996). Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject. Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon.About the AuthorsLEROY R. COX is an Assistant Professor and coordinator of the Bachelor of Applied Science Program in theCollege of Applied Science and Lifelong Learning at the University of Arkansas – Ft Smith. He holds Bachelorsdegrees in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management, a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, and aPhD in Engineering Management all from UMR. His research interests include organizational behavior, virtualteams, engineering education, and managing people in organizationsKATIE A. GRANTHAM LOUGH is an Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Engineering

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Steven Skinner

, Ozgur; Frey, Daniel, D.; Leifer, Larry, J.;, Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching, and Learning. Journal of Engineering Education, 2005. 94(1): p. 103-119.6. Zydney, A.L.J.S.B.A.S.K.W.B., Impact of Undergraduate Research Experience in Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 2002. 91(2): p. 151-157.7. Zydney, A.L.B., J. S.; Shahid, A.; K. W. Bauer, Faculty Perspectives on the Undergraduate Research Experience in Science and Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 2002. 91(3): p. 291-297.8. Akins, T., A Brief Summary of Cooperative Education: History, Philosophy, and Current Status, in Educating the Engineer of 2020. 2005, National Academies Press.Proceedings of the

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Johannes Strobel

Compound Problem Solving: Workplace Lessons for Engineering Education Johannes Strobel Engineering Education Purdue University, IN AbstractFor practitioners and researchers who incorporate real-world problems into their teaching, it isessential to understand real-world problem solving and the nature of problems for better designof the instruction. Several models exist that address the categorization of problems. DavidJonassen’s design theory of problem solving describes eleven different problem-types mappedon a four-dimensional scale. Real world

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yahong Rosa Zheng; Sarat K. Chitneni; Daryl G. Beetner

2008. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 9Further development of lab materials may be made in areas of parallel processing with DSP,video signal acquisition, image processing techniques, and communications applications.Besides the designs on DE2 board, we are also exploiting the possibilities of using Stratix IIboard for our teaching and research in the DSP area. DSP education with the help of FPGAsprovides invaluable information to students apart from their ease of programming. Once thecurriculum is strengthened by developing more laboratory exercises its inclusion into

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford

. FORDDr. Ford is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Tulsa. She earnedchemical engineering degrees from Oklahoma State University (B.S.) and the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign (M.S. and Ph.D.). Her research is in dry etching of metals and metal alloys. She isinvolved in outreach activities and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kamesh Namuduri

are either currently offering or planning to offer Associate (2-year)degrees in the Information Assurance (IA) discipline in the near future. The mission of this consortium is“to promote security awareness within the region through collaboration with local communities,community colleges, private industry, and law enforcement agencies and to pursue education, training,and research activities in information assurance and security disciplines". The partnerships range fromsharing IA teaching materials and laboratory resources, to forming state-wide working groups andorganizing state-wide education and training workshops. This paper provides the details of the activitiesbeing pursued by Wichita State University to bring cybersecurity awareness in

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ana Goulart; Charles Watkins; Robert Hegedus

to new technologies through network simulation.1 – IntroductionIn the design of new systems, modeling and simulation allow us to verify new architecturesbefore their actual implementation. In the analysis of existing networks, modeling and simulationallow us to identify bottlenecks and evaluate the impact of new users, applications or changes tothe network infrastructure. Using OpnetTM as a software tool to simulate and model computernetworks, our course on Communication Networks Modeling, Simulation and Testing, in theTelecommunications Engineering Technology program at Texas A&M, teaches our students toevaluate and identify limitations in network architectures and protocols.Moreover, one of our goals is to teach them to integrate new

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William A. Kline; Thomas Mason

Inc., the program has been an incubator/technology center engaging students and technology-based companies in project work thatprovides students employment with the challenges and excitement of real professional practice.Over 1500 internship positions have been offered to 575 students working on a range of design,prototyping, and testing projects for over 84 client companies.The challenges of educating the 21st century engineer call for innovative approaches in bothcurricular and co-curricular programs. The global economy and highly competitive workplace oftoday are creating needs for a solid technical education combined with professional practiceexperiences in the undergraduate curriculum. Many programs focusing on industrialpartnerships

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

quizzes that cover material from the previouslecture. These videos can be used to review the previous lecture prior to the quiz. It is alsonoteworthy to state that a similar web-based system is used in another course at the UCDHSCthat does not include weekly quizzes and the class attendance has not been affected. With theuse of digital videos and the other teaching resources mentioned in this paper, a course could betaught totally on-line. “Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 4 Figure 2. Lectures Organized by Date and

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

J. Oh; B. Kissick

female group, in a male dominated engineering technologyinstitution, encouraged us toward a co-mentor to each other “a friend with whom oneshares mutual assistance.” Our group engaged in a series of interactions to discussvarious aspects of teaching/scholarship/service and professional development inacademe. We shared our individual and interdependent teaching goals/materials,observed each other’s classroom activities for peer review, inspired each other withscholarship and creative endeavors, and consulted each other for constructive critiqueduring their major academe career advancements.How did we build a community of learners? Our group shared knowledge, ideas, andpractices involving common issues about teaching and student learning