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Lisa Bogaty

Session #3586 Implications for Technology Curriculum – Outcomes of a DACUM study in Tennessee Lisa Bogaty Pellissippi State Technical Community CollegeAbstractThis paper describes the three major outcomes of using the DACUM (Developing aCurriculum) process in developing curricula for the Tennessee Exemplary FacultyAdvanced Technology Education project, an NSF-funded precursor to the currentsoutheastern Advanced Technology Education (SEATEC) project. The project had threemajor goals: Faculty development, curriculum and curriculum support materialsdevelopment and developing

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Robert Vance; Gloria Elliott; Craig W. Somerton

Session 1333 Incorporating the Design of Experiments into a Heat Transfer Laboratory Course Craig W. Somerton, Gloria Elliott, Robert Vance Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityI. IntroductionOne of the recent trends in mechanical engineering curriculum is the move away from aninstrumentation laboratory course towards a just-in-time delivery of instrumentation topics in thespecific technical laboratory courses, such as fluid mechanics lab, vibrations lab, or heat transferlab. This is indeed the case in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan

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Dean R. Johnson

Session 3532AN INTEGRATED WEB SITE FOR A DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN LABORATORY Dean R. Johnson, Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan johnson@wmich.edu (http://www.unix.cc.wmich.edu/~johnson) (616) 387-4061 FAX (616) 387-4024INTRODUCTIONA web site providing on-line materials for a freshman level digital logic design laboratoryin electrical and computer engineering is presented. The web site is designed

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Tom Gasque Smith; Deanna E. Ramey

Session 3261 Integrating Communications Instruction into Engineering Curricula: A Writing Center Approach Tom Gasque Smith, Deanna E. Ramey University of South CarolinaI. IntroductionABET criteria call for improved communications instruction throughout the engineeringcurriculum. What such improvement looks like varies from school to school and, indeed, fromclass to class. Such variation is linked to the histories and cultures of individual schools,departments and professors. At first inspection, this variation seems to present a problem toengineering colleges

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Theodore E. Fahlsing

Session 2326 Introducing Applications Design into a First Year Electronics Devices Course Theodore E. Fahlsing Purdue UniversityAbstract The Electrical Engineering Technology department at Purdue University, West Lafayetteextensively revised its curriculum to make it more effective, efficient and motivating for thestudents. To improve efficiency and motivation topics such as project design were identifiedand incorporated as a thread throughout the curriculum from entry to exit. Each coursecoordinator is strongly encouraged

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Takayuki Sugita

Session 2460 Introducing CAD Instruction at High School Level - A Japanese Experience Takayuki Sugita Sanyo High School at HiroshimaAbstractA drawing test and questionnaire survey on CAD (which is taken in this paper as computer-aideddrafting) proficiency and training were carried out with 250 students of Mechanical Engineeringprogram at Sanyo High School. The performace outcomes of the students were evaluated to under-stand the present status of CAD instruction and to consider the appropriate subsequent learninginstruction. Based

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J. A. Bragg; Stephen P. DeWeerth; Clinton D. Knight

Session 2532 Java Programming for Engineers: Developing Courseware for a Computer-Enhanced Curriculum Julian A. Bragg, Clinton D. Knight, and Stephen P. DeWeerth Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech has embarked on aComputer Enhanced Education (CEE) initiative to augment the core ECE curriculum(courses in signal processing, circuits, digital systems, microelectronics, andelectromagnetics). One of the goals of this initiative is

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Debi Switzer; Siegfried M. Holzer; Richard M. Felder; Douglas E. Hirt

Session 1313 A Model Program for Promoting Effective Teaching in Colleges of Engineering Rebecca Brent, Richard M. Felder Co-Directors, SUCCEED Faculty Development Program North Carolina State University Douglas Hirt, Debi Switzer Clemson University Siegfried Holzer Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversitySUCCEED (Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education) is aNational Science

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R. J. Helgeson; Troy Henson

Session 3225 A Novel Tool for Engineering Curriculum Development, Enhancement, and Evaluation R.J. Helgeson and T.F. Henson School of Engineering, University of Tennessee at Martin IntroductionA new tool has been developed at the University of Tennessee at Martin to aid in thoroughlyexamining the content of the engineering curriculum. The approach incorporates a course mapshowing all required and elective engineering courses, including prerequisite and corequisitecritical paths. Each element in the map details the content of a

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Rudy Wojtecki; Charles P. Wentz

Session 1664 THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: A NEW LOOK AT COOPERATIVE EDUCATION Charles P. Wentz, Rudy Wojtecki Kent State University Trumbull CampusIntroduction $Probably no social partnership holds more potential for both immediate and long-term impact on America s future . . . than the budding cooperation between schools and some businesses . . . #1 $Norman Augustine, Chairman and CEO of Martin Marietta Corporation, !suggested that with the end of the Cold War, engineering education needed a new set of guiding principles and that !engineers now

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Gopal Mohan; J. Michael Jacob

Session 3147 PSpice - A Critical Thread in Vertical and Horizontal Curriculum Integration Gopal Mohan, J. Michael Jacob Purdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaIntroductionThe Electrical Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University uses PSpice for circuitsimulation. PSpice is a commercial package derived from the public domain SPICE, from theUniversity of California, at Berkeley. PSpice until recently was a registered trademark ofMicroSim™ Corporation. The evaluation version, PSpice 8.1EV, is available in the labs forstudents’ use. It is also

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John T. Welch; John Durkin; James E. Grover; Douglas Smith

Session 2532 Building A New Computer Engineering Program At The University of Akron Douglas Smith, John Welch, James Grover, John Durkin Department of Electrical Engineering The University of AkronAbstractThe new computer engineering degree program at The University of Akron has doubled ourdepartment enrollment in just two years. The program was developed in response to the needsof both students and their future employers. It combines a year of science and mathematics anda half year of humanities and social studies with over two years of

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Arnold F. Johnson

Session 2326 Students Designing, Mentoring, and Learning in a Laboratory Environment Arnold F. Johnson University of North DakotaAbstractAn innovative approach for conducting laboratory courses in an electronics sequence ispresented. This approach, which relies heavily on student involvement, is not only interesting,current, and meaningful to the students, but also efficient and effective from an instructionalviewpoint. Students take a very proactive part in this laboratory experience, which providesthem with many opportunities for

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James Stice

Session 2230 Thirty Years of Educational Innovation-And a Peek at the Future James E. Stice University of Texas at Austin (Emeritus) This session is a sort of continuation of Session 2230 at the ASEE meeting in Seattle inJune 1998. Attendance and interest at that session were high, and ERM decided to repeat it thisyear. The session last year was entirely inadequate to discuss all the educational innovationsthat have rippled through engineering education during the past thirty years. Not only was timea factor, but availability of the prime movers

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Melissa S. Tooley; Kevin Hall

Session 1625 Using a Capstone Design Course to Facilitate ABET 2000 Program Outcomes Melissa S. Tooley, Kevin D. Hall University of ArkansasAbstractABET 2000 challenges colleges of engineering to produce graduates with professional as well astechnical skills. Specifically, ABET Criterion 3 (Program Outcomes and Assessment) outlinesthe desired attributes for graduate engineers. Capstone design courses are one of the mosteffective ways for engineering departments to facilitate the outcomes described by ABETCriterion 3.This paper discusses how the civil

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Tom Mase

Session 1358 A Virtual Golf Ball Design Project Using LS-DYNA Tom Mase Kettering UniversityAbstractStudent groups design a golf ball by specifying cover and core properties as well as geometry.To have a starting point for the material properties, experimental force deflection curves areprovided (posted on the internet) for Surlyn® and polybutadiene rubber. From these curves thestudent groups must analyze the data to get baseline material properties. Sample two piece ballsare cut up so the students can get reasonable cover thickness values. Each group conducts

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Shahen Akelyan; Rupa Purasinghe; Javed Alam

Session 2520 Virtual Learning Community Model for a Freshman Engineering Design Project Course Rupa Purasinghe1, Shahen Akelyan3 Department of Civil Engineering California State University at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90032 Javed Alam2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555AbstractThis paper

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T. T. Maxwell; J. C. Jones; D. L. Vines; M. E. Parten

Session 1432 A Combined Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Laboratory M. E. Parten and D. L. Vines T. T. Maxwell and J. C. Jones Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409AbstractThis paper describes a multidisciplinary capstone design laboratory course offered in theElectrical and Mechanical Engineering Departments at Texas Tech University. The courseuses projects from industry, research efforts and other faculty initiatives.The projects for the course come from industry, research

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John Eby; David Vader; Carl A. Erikson

Session 1360 Cross-Cultural Service Learning for Responsible Engineering Graduates David Vader, Carl A. Erikson, John W. Eby Messiah College, Grantham, PAEngineering programs everywhere are developing mission statements and outcome assessmentplans. Messiah College aims to graduate engineers who are “technically competent and broadlyeducated, prepared for interdisciplinary work in the global workplace.” Moreover, we want toinfluence our students so that their professional character and conduct are “consistent withChristian faith commitments.” The familiar

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Phylis Katz; Howard A. Canistraro; Ann Lankford; Joan Dannenhoffer; Janice Girouard

Session #3247 A New Approach to the Introduction to Technology Course at a Four Year College of Engineering Technology Howard A. Canistraro, Phylis Katz, Janice Girouard, Ann Lankford, Joan Dannenhoffer The Ward College of Technology The University of HartfordAbstract:As part of a National Science Foundation Institution Wide Curriculum reform grant, several freshmencourses in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) from across the University ofHartford were completely revised with the specific goals of improving the students

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Matt C. Smith; David K. Gattie

“Session 1608" A Multi-disciplinary Fifth-Year Certification Program in Water Resources for Biological and Agricultural Engineering Students With a Capstone Interdisciplinary Project Course Matt C. Smith, David K. Gattie Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering University of GeorgiaAbstractThe Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Georgia is movingtoward a fifth-year certification program in water resources designed to broaden engineeringstudents’ basic science backgrounds and foster the

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W. J. Wiseman; S. M. Scoggins; R. D. Michelli; J. A. Janet; A. L. Walker

Session 2220 Component Oriented Development of Autonomous Mobile Robots Facilitates Interdisciplinary Design R.D. Michelli, S.M. Scoggins, W.J. Wiseman, J.A. Janet, A.L. Walker TMI Robotics, Inc.AbstractOur experience developing mobile robots with groups of undergraduates has shown thatwhile many teams consider their design to be interdisciplinary in nature, the design is infact fragmented across engineering disciplines. The end result is a project thataggregates various engineering disciplines instead of integrating them into a truemultidisciplinary design.We propose a component-oriented design approach

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Alok Verma

Session 2647 Design and Construction of a Mobile Laboratory for Distance Learning in Engineering Technology Alok K. Verma Old Dominion UniversityIntroductionLast ten years have seen a explosion in the number distance learning programs offered byeducational institutions . Distance learning programs of various types are available throughmore than 1,000 educational institutions in the United States. [1] Estimates are that by the year2007 almost 50 percent of all learners enrolled in postsecondary education courses will takesome of their courses through distance

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Peter J. Shull; Joseph C. Hartman; Jerome P. Lavelle; Robert Martinazzi

Session 1339 Developing an Introductory Course in Engineering Economy: A Resource for IEs and Non-IEs Joseph Hartman / Peter Shull / Robert Martinazzi / Jerome Lavelle Lehigh University / Penn State Altoona / University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown / Kansas State UniversityAbstractFaculty teaching Engineering Economics come from a variety of educational and professionalbackgrounds. The spectrum of expertise ranges from faculty possessing a doctorate in IndustrialEngineering to those with no formal course work or industrial experience in this vital area.Members of the

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Ronald E. Barr

Session 3538 Developing the EDG Curriculum for the 21st Century: A Team Effort Ronald E. Barr The University of Texas at AustinABSTRACTA Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Instruction (CCLI) proposal was submitted to the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) in November 1998. The title of the proposal was “Engineering Design Graphics Summer School1999: Planning the Engineering Design Graphics Curriculum for the 21st Century.” The project proposes toestablish a team of highly-motivated Engineering Design Graphics faculty who

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Philip Doepker

Session 1625 The Development and Implementation of an Assessment Plan For Engineering Programs: A Model for Continuous Improvement Philip E. Doepker University of DaytonAbstract The development and implementation of an assessment plan requires input and activeparticipation by faculty and staff at all levels. This paper examines: 1) How an assessmentinfrastructure can be established to provide leadership to all units of the university; 2) The role offaculty in the development program assessment plans; and 3) how continuous

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W. D. Jemison; W. A. Hornfeck; J. F. Greco; I. I. Jouny

Session 2532 The Development of a Combined Electrical and Computer Engineering (BSECE) Degree Program at Lafayette College W. D. Jemison, J. F. Greco, W. A. Hornfeck, I. I. Jouny Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lafayette CollegeAbstractLafayette College has recently developed and approved a four year combined Bachelor ofScience Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BSECE). This new degree, thefirst of its kind at a small institution, will replace the College’s Bachelor of Science inElectrical Engineering (BSEE) degree beginning with the class of 2003. This newBSECE degree program addresses the strong demand

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Willie Ofosu

Session 2520 Application of the Ansoft Serenade 7.0 PC Software in a Wireless Course Willie K. Ofosu Telecommunications Department Penn State Wilkes-BarreAbstractWireless applications have experienced rapid growth in recent years, resulting in the need fordesign and analytical tools for practicing engineers that are fast and reliable. This is reflected inthe university academic programs where courses in wireless form part of the telecommunicationsprogram. The Ansoft Serenade 7.0 PC

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Ernest M. Kim

Session 3661 An Engineering Course Which Fulfills a Non-Major General Physical Science Requirement Ernest M. Kim University of San DiegoAbstractIn recognition of the increasing utilization of technology in our society, an Engineering coursewhich fulfills the general science requirement as a physical science has been taught over the lastsix years at the University of San Diego. The course is taught by full-time engineering faculty tonon-engineering majors.Engineering 2: Introduction to Electro-Technology, is an introduction for non

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William Durfee

Session 3266 A Hands-On “Introduction to Engineering” Course For Large Numbers of Students William K. Durfee Department of Mechanical Engineering University of MinnesotaAbstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota has developed a newengineering design curriculum to meet the pedagogical needs of undergraduate mechanicalengineering students and which could also serve as a model for design education at large stateuniversities. The major outcome was the creation of a core lower division course