Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lorin P. Maletsky; Charles E. Gabel

1 A Novel Hands-On Project in Computer-Aided Manufacturing Lorin P. Maletsky, Charles E. Gabel Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045AbstractThis paper describes a project that involved designing and fabricating puzzle-type parts to formletters that were machined using a three-axis computerized numerically controlled (CNC) millingstation. The project was part of the Design for Manufacturability course at the University ofKansas. The letters were

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

words, pictures, and sounds, as something that can be built or played as well as read or watched. . . . New genres, such as simulation games, are emerging that challenge the user or player to build some complex creation—a city, species, business, or world—out of some given set of resources, or that put the student into a simulated environment or through a scenario to meet a challenge or learn a skill. The computer thereby turns the passive reader into a participant; it cues the student of a need to do something, but not necessarily what to do. With multimedia the computer draws on more of the senses, and more dimensions of intelligence, enlarging the opportunity to learn for those who

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brandon W. Olson

A Practical Application of Team Based Learning to Undergraduate Engineering Coursework Brandon W. Olson School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of OklahomaAbstract Team based learning is a powerful pedagogical tool that has demonstrated, throughpersonal experience, an ability to simultaneously improve student interaction, conceptualunderstanding, commitment, and cooperative skills. While this technique is organized aroundstudent teams, it is far more than just “group work”. Team based learning, developed in part byDee Fink of OU’s instructional development program, is

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Marrero; Andrew K. Beckett

Freshman Interest Groups: Creating Seamless Learning Communities to Enhance Student Success Thomas R. Marrero, Andrew K. Beckett University of Missouri-ColumbiaIn 1983 the National Commission on Excellence in Education’s A Nation at Risk began a call forreform in secondary and higher education. This report claimed that America’s education was“being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and apeople.”1. Several related reports followed. Namely, the Wingspread Group2 and the KelloggCommission3 both charged higher education to redesign the undergraduate experience to betterprepare America’s citizens for the 21st

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ing-Chang Jong

relevant basic con-cepts needed in learning the virtual work method, (b) utilize just algebra and geometry (rather Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2than differential calculus) as the prerequisite mathematics to compute virtual displacements, (c)present three major steps for implementing the virtual work method, and (d ) propose a guidingstrategy in choosing the virtual displacement for determining the specified unknown.II. Relevant Basic ConceptsIn mechanics, a body receives work from a force or a moment that acts on it if it undergoes adisplacement in the direction of

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert

acknowledge the limitations associated with a small sample due to researchconstraints in both time and funding, attempts to mitigate these issues were undertaken by thecomparison of data from three separate programs of study: Civil Engineering, ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. A mixed-methods approach was used consisting of pre/post semester surveys, distribution and analysis ofKolb’s Learning Styles Inventory, and qualitative individual interviews with a sample of studentswho made the decision to leave engineering. Differences between retained and not retainedstudent scores in one of the combined scores from the Kolb Learning Style Inventory werestatistically significant for students majoring in

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jason Weiss; Farshad Rajabipour; Thomas Schmit; Sebastian Fait

Experience with the Use of Interactive Classroom Technologies for the Implementation of Problem-Based, Peer-Interaction Learning Environment in Civil Engineering Materials Jason Weiss, Farshad Rajabipour, Thomas Schmit, Sebastian Fait Purdue University, School of Civil EngineeringAbstractAre you a faculty member who is curious if the class is following what you are presenting?Have you ever been curious to know what the student in the third row is thinking while you aretalking? Do you spend many sleepless nights wondering how you will increase classparticipation? This paper describes the implementation of an interactive classroom technologythat was designed to

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

F. Edwards; T. Daniel; W. Hale; A. Hanson; E. Richardson

the success of theirproposed pathway.The advent of personal computers, societal changes, and continued evolution toward the efficientbusiness model has fostered the need and acceptance of SDL. For example, fewer life-longcompany employees exist, resulting in large retraining needs in the adult-education area alone.Cross estimated that 70% of adult learning is self-directed. In the past several years SDL hasbeen one of highest interest topics in adult education and education in general.6 Knowles statedthat SDL is not an educational fad, but a ‘basic human competence-the ability to learn on one’sown.”7 So why the interest in SDL and what are the advantages? Piskurich lists severaladvantages, including availability when the training is needed

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Warren Lewis

traditional specialized recording equipment is needed. All that is necessary is the videosoftware and whatever tools are needed to create the components desired for inclusion such as adigital camera for still pictures, a digital video camera for video, a microphone for voicerecordings, and/or whatever other means one might want to use. A computer with a fairly largememory is helpful for speed in recording, editing, and publishing. Video technology such as Camtasia is wide and varied in its usages. One can teachspecific procedures, multi-step processes, complicated information, and other scientific work. Itcan be successfully integrated with CAD and CAM programs as student learn design andmanufacturing. One can take his/her own digital still

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Larry N. Bland

engineeringcurriculum at UML so that every student is exposed to service-learning in every semester of theirexperience in every department at UML.” This is a novel approach as they strive to spreadservice-learning as a requirement throughout their mainstream courses.[19] Pilot activities withintheir mechanical and electrical and computer programs have already been completed. Within their proposal, UML cited various studies to support their initiative. Astin et al.,[20] found service to be beneficial in student retention, increased community service post-graduation, improved racial interaction, improved civic responsibility and in development of ameaningful philosophy of life. A separate study by Eyler and Giles [21] found positive impactsof: tolerance

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jason Moore; Mitchell A. Thornton; Ronald W. Skeith

expressions. However,Perl’s greatest strength is its versatility. This versatility allows for students to learn about web-development through Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts, Object Oriented Practices, andregular expressions all in the context of one language. The flexibility of Perl allows students toincorporate for previous individual assignments into a single application. One of the later courseassignments is to parse in different sports teams rosters from their web pages. Once the rostersare parsed in, the program must allow the user to search for different players by name, height,weight, team, or number. Students also learn how to use Perl’s text manipulation to take outputfrom one program and prepare it for input to a different program

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. L. Kolar; K. M. Dresback; E. M. Tromble

Partnership for Teaching Engineering Design,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 1, January 1995, 5-11.15. Knox, R. C., Sabatini, D. A., Hughes, D., Lambert, B. and Ketner, R. “A Practitioner Directed Approach to Teaching Engineering Design: A Case Study using a Municipal Development Project.” In Review, Journal of Engineering Education. submitted October 8, 1996.16. Kolar, R. L., K. K. Muraleetharan, M. A. Mooney, B. E. Vieux, “Sooner City - Design Across the Curriculum,” Journal of Engineering Education, 89(1), 79-87, 2000.17. Kolar, R. L., and Sabatini, D. A., “Coupling Team Learning and Computer technology in Project-Driven Under- graduate Engineering Education,” Proceedings, FIE ‘96, Iskander et al., eds., IEEE (CDROM

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Aravind Kailas; Sandra S. Courter

ECEundergraduate level titled Circuit Analysis (ECE 230) in the spring 2003 semester at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. There were 48 students in my class. All of them hadeither freshmen or sophomores standing in their departments. They were from variousengineering disciplines such as Electrical and Computer Engineering, MechanicalEngineering, Civil Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.For many international TAs, teaching an undergraduate course and being responsible forstudent learning is probably a new experience altogether. I learned how to teach anengineering class by observation in the many engineering classes I took at theundergraduate and graduate levels. Most graduate students may not have taken a classwhich emphasizes how to teach an

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, 2001.3C. Quadrato and R. W. Welch, “Grading Capstone Designs: On Time and On Target,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, 2003.BiographyJULIA L. MORSE, CEI, CMfgE, CEM, is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology at KansasState University’s K-State at Salina campus, teaching primarily in the areas of manufacturing, computer-aideddesign, and automation. Professor Morse has researched course grading systems since 2000. Currentdevelopmental interests include student recruitment and support structure for activity based learning. Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section of the American Society

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Hunter Epperson

” 2 • From circuits, a graphical analysis of resistor voltage and current phase frequency response for a series LRC circuit. • For real world problem analysis and computer simulation, a problem involving dunce hat shaped tanks emptying with flow rates dependent on pressure and time varying viscosity.Note that this listing is not the complete course, nor is every discipline covered. For example,also included from statics are force system resolution and force component problems, two bodyproblems, and even a truss or two.Problems are often chosen to familiarize the student with concepts that college sophomoreengineering students initially find difficult. The course was partially motivated by the discoverythat one of our

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

A. Lambert; D. J. Russomanno; P. Palazolo; S. Ivey

Visualization Course with anOngoing Community-Based Project ComponentThis project expands the multi-disciplinary leadership team to include additional partnersand a community service component. The project involves an interdisciplinary datavisualization course established in part through a National Science Foundation (NSF)course/curriculum/laboratory improvement (CCLI) grant. The course and accompanyinglab are intended for upper-division biomedical, civil, computer, electrical, andmechanical engineering students, as well as chemistry, computer science, mathematics,and physics majors at The University of Memphis. A service learning component of thecourse introduces undergraduates to civic engagement by having them work with highschool teachers on

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Norman D. Dennis

to improve teaching and learning.38 Few universities have implemented adequate programs for engineering graduate students that39 prepare them for academia. Additionally, reports from many sources, including the NSF40 coalitions6 stressed the need for improvement of faculty teaching skills and pointed out that the41 desire by new faculty for this training appeared to be strong. ASCE's Educational Activities42 Committee (EdAC) tasked the Committee on Faculty Development (CFD) to develop a plan for43 an ASCE-sponsored faculty development program for C.E. faculty. The CFD was expected to44 create a high quality faculty development program to improve the teaching effectiveness of civil45 engineering faculty. Proceedings

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

think the way you are running class now is fun and stimulating (I enjoy the discussions).”2.3 Use of multi-media technologies in teachingIMSE 564 was taught in a technology classroom. The classroom was equipped with a largeprojector screen, an overhead projector, VCR and DVD equipment, and a computer with Internetconnection. To help the teaching process, the professional videotapes - SME Fundamentals onLean Manufacturing Series - were played in line with the course development. These videoshelped the students’ learning, as can be seen from the following comments: • “Movies with oral review questions (keeps my attention on the info. in the movie).” • “Movies - I like to see stuff actually done in companies.” • “Watching

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; Mark L. Kuss; Ernest Heymsfield; Hanna Sheppard

in a college preparation program.1The federally funded program is aimed at preparing students that excel in math and science forcollege upon graduating high school. The program includes a six week summer session as wellas continual involvement during the academic year.The program not only focuses on math and science, but includes classes in English, foreignlanguage, literature, and computers. The primary focus is math and science and is reinforcedthrough faculty involvement with group and individual research projects. The projects examinedin recent years in the civil engineering portion includes evaluating a field asphalt permeabilitydevice, concrete permeability device, and a new innovative testing device to determine the

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Avery Schwer; Donna Dufner; George Morcous

American Society for Engineering Education" 54. ReferencesBenjamin, C., Babcock, D., Yunus, N., & Kincaid, J. (1990). Knowledge-Based Prototype for Improving Scheduling Productivity. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 4(2), 124- 134.Chevallier, N., & Russell, A. (2001). Developing a Draft Schedule Using Templates and Rules. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 127(5), 391-398.Dufner, D., Kwon, O., & Hadidi, R. (1999). Web-CCAT: a Collaborative Learning Environment for Geographically Distributed Information Technology Students and Working Professionals. Communications of the Association

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kamesh Namuduri; Ravi Pendse

Introducing Information Security Courses in the ECE CurriculumKamesh Namuduri, and Ravi PendseECE Department, Wichita State UniversityAbstract Federal organizations such as the National Science Foundation and the NationalSecurity Agency are encouraging universities and community colleges throughout thenation to offer graduate and undergraduate programs in Information Assurance andSecurity. Today, there are more than 100 universities and colleges that offer degreeprograms and courses in information security. At Wichita State University, the Electricaland Computer Engineering (ECE) department took the lead in introducing InformationAssurance and Security related courses in the curriculum. This presentation is aimed atsharing our

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Judith Collins; Alysia Starkey; Beverlee Kissick; Jung Oh

3most basic aspect of IL). The nearly even spread between computer literacy and criticalthinking is an expected result; however, library instruction, lifelong learning, andcommunication were close seconds relative to the far-distant ethics. The Association ofCollege and Research Libraries definition of IL, however, includes A through F. Ourinformal poll illustrates three challenges for faculty/librarian partnerships. (a) Librariansmust educate students and faculty about the full meaning of competent information-seeking. (b) The difference between a Google search result (where there are no controlson search returns) and a library subscription database result (where peer-reviewedjournals can be specified) must be explained, and (c) Plagiarism

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi L. Patton; Daniel W. Crunkleton; John M. Henshaw; Douglas Jussaume; Robert L. Strattan

& Computer Sciences, MechanicalEngineering, Petroleum Engineering, and Physics & Engineering Physics.Undergraduate enrollment in the college was 854 for Fall 2004 with 363 of those inengineering majors.Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility is a three-year advanced vehicle designcompetition sponsored by General Motors and the Department of Energy1. TheUniversity of Tulsa is one of the seventeen university teams in the engineeringcompetition. The challenge of the event is for participating teams to reduce the fuelconsumption and emissions of a crossover sport utility vehicle without compromising itsperformance or utility characteristics. The competition is managed by the Department ofEnergy’s Center for Transportation Research

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dale E. Schinstock

above focuses on the control systems area, it is common in many advanced topics inengineering. By integrating the learning of advanced mathematics, engineering science, andengineering application into a single course earlier in the curriculum the actual amount ofmaterial learned is increased. This does however require the reduction of specific topicalcoverage in any one of the single areas.The course described here is a first course dealing with feedback control systems, which isfrequently a required course in mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering programs. It istypically taken in the senior year of such programs. In our program, the course is a requiredlecture/laboratory scheduled to be taken in the junior year of the Mechanical

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Beverlee Kissick; Saeed Khan

competencies shown in Fig. 2. The listed “Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 3diversity competencies have been derived from ABET student learning outcomes and theKansas State University’s list of diversity competencies (Tilford Competencies9).Our model of growth can be used to explain to technical educators and students alike, theneed for some additional non-technical training to prepare students to succeed in theglobal community. Fig. 1. Model for Growth (Background from Electric Prisms, 1914, Sonia Delaunay) Fig. 2. Skills and

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Theodore W. Manikas; Douglas E. Jussaume; Gerald R. Kane

Developing Laboratory Courses in a Resource-Constrained Environment Theodore W. Manikas, Douglas E. Jussaume, and Gerald R. Kane Department of Electrical Engineering The University of TulsaAbstractLaboratory courses are an essential part of most engineering programs. The practicalapplications of engineering theory motivate student interest and enhance student learning of thesubject matter. However, many laboratory courses have special requirements that can exceed theresources of small departments.At the University of Tulsa, the Electrical Engineering department contains a laboratory that hasspace and equipment for

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Scott C. Smith

Group Selection in a Senior/Graduate Level Digital Circuit Design Course Scott C. Smith University of Missouri – Rolla Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 133 Emerson Electric Co. Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409 Phone: (573) 341-4232, Fax: (573) 341-4532, E-mail: smithsco@umr.edu Website: www.ece.umr.edu/~smithscoAbstractIt is always a difficult task to decide how to select the members for group projects. There aremany different approaches to this problem, including selecting the members to diversify theirskill sets

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kellie Schneider; C. Richard Cassady

invite a guestspeaker from the university’s Enhanced Learning Center (ELC). All services offered by the ELCare free of charge to currently-enrolled students. These services include tutoring, supplementalinstruction, and workshops for academic success. For the remainder of the semester, other topicscovered by guest speakers include intramurals, campus safety, co-op and internships, stressrelief, public speaking, resumes, and job placement after graduation. As an incentive for studentsto become involved, we offer bonus points for students attending any university-sanctioned eventlasting at least 90 minutes. These events include, but are not limited to, departmental events,athletic events, student union events, student organization activities, ELC

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams; Jeffrey W. Rieske

, interactive 2activities, high-performance computing hardware and software workshops and support, amongother things. Undergraduate research experiences also promote interaction among students andamong students and professors. Professor-student interaction increases the persistence ofstudents [4, 5] especially if students begin their research work early in their career. The global economy demands that engineers are able to successfully understand andnavigate within different cultures. Culture shapes the way we perceive the world. Differences inculture are more than just differences in language, food, clothing, and art. They reflect thediverse and

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William W. Ryan; Tiffany Wiederstein; Danny King; Malcolm Fowler

year requires smaller universities to “thinkoutside the box”.Oklahoma Christian University (OC) is a small Christian (Church of Christ) liberal artsinstitution. In the mid -1980s a need was seen to develop an engineering program in ourinstitutional arena and so OC launched its engineering program 17 years ago. The programoriginally offered two degree choices: Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Bothdegrees are accredited by ABET. Over the past few years, the university has seen a need toexpand its degree options, and Computer Engineering (ABET accreditation expected bySeptember, 2005) has been added. These three programs currently sustain approximately 160students from freshman to senior levels. More information about OC’s