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Paul H. Zang; Judson Singer; Dale Eddy

Session 2238 Implementing 3-D Modeling for Engineering Freshmen Paul H. Zang, Dale Eddy, Judson Singer Kettering UniversityAbstractKettering University has begun a process of replacing the existing 2-D CAD software(AutoCAD) and replacing it with an integrated set of CAE (SDRC Master Series) and PDMsoftware. The integration of a single source of data for many CAE operations allows the facultyto teach using a powerful set of tools beginning in the freshman year.Solid modeling techniques, which stress the design intent of the model, enhance the skill set offreshman engineers and excites

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Winfred Phillips

Session 2360 Engineering Education and Accreditation in the Global Economy Winfred M. Phillips University of FloridaWhen confronted with a challenge, engineers have always been able to rely on their technicalproficiency and ingenuity. They have built computers that are small but powerful, reusablespace vehicles, and a tunnel under the English channel – often after skeptics said it could not bedone. Today, however, engineers face a new challenge with no convenient technical solution:globalization. How engineering educators respond will determine to a great extent how good ajob

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Steven E. O'Hara; Suzanne D. Bilbeisi

titled “Introduction to Architecture” to help ease the students’ transition into the designstudio. This beginning studio course was specifically developed to introduce freshman studentsto the basic concepts and ideas involved in the creation of Architecture, and the non-linearproblem solving that is a part of our creative professions.The practice of Architecture is a complex integration of aesthetic and technical systems thattypically requires a team of experts in related fields working together to create a building.Architectural engineers are responsible for the design and analysis of the technical systemsrequired in building design. These systems must not only function in a safe and efficientmanner, but should be integrated with the

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Robert J. Voigt

Session 2632 Introducing Information Technology Fundamentals into the Undergraduate Curriculum Robert J. Voigt United States Naval AcademyAbstractWe have been challenged to introduce our students to “information technology” as part of theirundergraduate education. This is not an exercise in training people how to use a word processor,rather it is teaching the undergraduate student, from any discipline, the underlying fundamentalsof the technology which pervades our daily lives. The genesis of the course is a result from asurvey of senior people at

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Matthew M Whiteacre; James L. Wilson

Session 3538 Using VRML to Assist Student Visualization in Freshman Engineering Classes Matthew Whiteacre, James Wilson Texas A&M University Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial DistributionAbstractAs students enter college, their ability levels vary widely from one student to another. For alarge segment of these students, visualization of 3D objects is, at best, difficult. This difficultyposes a serious obstacle to the students grasping the concepts on engineering graphics. Bothorthographic

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Harry W. Blackwell; Charles N Eastlake

Session 2202 Cost Estimating Software for General Aviation Aircraft Design Charles N. Eastlake, Harry W. Blackwell Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University/Lockheed Martin CorporationAbstractThe widely used DAPCA IV cost model for estimating aircraft acquisition cost is based onDepartment of Defense data and thus, not surprisingly, overpredicts the cost of general aviation(GA) aircraft. These equations were modified by the author for use as a tool for aircraft designclasses at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1986. The first phase of modification wasan intuitive adjustment based upon personal experience with

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Elizabeth Petry

Session 1621 Design Habitat: Putting the Pieces Together Elizabeth Petry, AIA University of HartfordStudents of architecture like many undergraduate students are challenged with "putting thepieces" of various courses together. The development of a new Architectural EngineeringTechnology course at the University of Hartford will help to address these concerns. DesignHabitat attempts to cross over all phases of architectural services and includes a service learningcomponent to undergraduate technology education. The new course promotes critical thinking,problem

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Melvin J. Montgomery; Saleh M. Sbenaty

Session 2249 An Innovative Approach to Curriculum Development for Engineering Technology Programs Saleh M. Sbenaty, Melvin J. Montgomery Middle Tennessee State University/Jackson State Community CollegeAbstractThis paper describes a curriculum development and delivery approach that improves engineeringand technology education and increase student interests in pursuing these programs. This is oneof the goals of the three-year NSF-funded grant ($1.8 million) titled “The South-East AdvancedTechnological Education Consortium, SEATEC.” The consortium is a collaborative effort of fivedifferent teams

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Virginia Elkins; Roy Eckart; Catherine Rafter; Ali Houshmand; Eugene E. Rutz

Session 2793 Evaluation of Learning Styles and Instructional Technologies Eugene Rutz, Virginia Elkins, Catherine Rafter, Ali Houshmand, Roy Eckart University of CincinnatiAbstractThe paper describes the initial efforts of a project to evaluate the impact of various instructionaltechnologies on student learning, and to determine if there is a correlation between learningstyles of individual students and the efficacy of specific instructional technologies. The projectwill use basic engineering science courses (Engineering Mechanics and Basic Strength ofMaterials) as a platform for evaluating the technologies

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Ben Humphrey

Session 3226 Using Material Safety Data Sheets to Teach Laboratory Safety Ben Humphrey Parks College of Engineering and Aviation of Saint Louis UniversityModern life thrives on, but is also threatened by, the constant development and use of chemicalconcoctions. Many are benign. Some are very dangerous. A few are deadly. But moredangerous than the chemicals we contact every day is the rampant ignorance of their hazards. Itseems to be a firmly entrenched trait of human nature to ignore the risks involved in substancesto which we are in constant contact, especially if those substances are provided for

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Ray Price; Jonathan R. Dolle

by department, muchof the material in the course covers other areas as well, ranging from campus health services toweb page construction. This paper will first provide an overview of the content and structure ofthe Engineering 100 program from the perspective of a first year student, then from theperspective of a student facilitator, and finally from an administrative point of view. In addition,it is a goal of this paper to convey some of the educational philosophy that has driven thisprogram forward over the last six years and, in our opinion, made it so successful.IntroductionEach fall at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) over 1,100 new engineeringstudents begin their careers as engineers. In their first semester, every

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Ralph Carestia; J. Robert Burger; Doug Lynn

Session 1655 Project-oriented MS Degree in Engineering Technology Emphasizes Educational Depth Ralph A. Carestia, Douglas W. Lynn and J. Robert Burger Graduate Faculty, Computer Systems Engineering Technology Department, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR 97601AbstractEngineering technology at Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) today maintains a hands-on,practical mode that not so long ago characterized much of engineering education. Since 1967,the Technology Accreditation Commission of the ABET has accredited many colleges who nowgrant thousands of baccalaureate

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Douglas M. Mattox; David D. Mattox

Session 3654 Student Experiences with the Financial Basis of Entrepreneurship Douglas M. Mattox, David D. Mattox Ceramic Engineering Dept., University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO/ Swank Motion Pictures, Inc., St. Louis, MOAbstractThe fourth offering of a Junior level course aimed at stimulating engineering student’sentrepreneurial interests in the interplay between engineering decisions and businesseconomics has been completed. In the course, students increasingly experience (1) marketidentification; (2) plant design; (3) staffing, and (4) the generation of basic financialstatements. A novel grading

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Karl Smith

Session 1630 Strategies for Developing Engineering Student’s Teamwork and Project Management Skills Karl A. Smith University of MinnesotaAbstractEngineering students are increasingly expected to work in teams and participate in projects.These expectations are motivated by employer expectations, ABET EC2000 criteria, andresearch on the importance of active and cooperative learning. Seldom is there explicit attentionpaid to helping students develop teamwork and project management skills. This paper outlinesessential teamwork and

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Sam Wanis; Erian Armanios

Session 1602 Acoustic Shaping in Microgravity: 3 years of flight tests S. Wanis, N.M.Komerath, E. Armanios Georgia Institute of Technology, AtlantaAbstractThis paper summarizes 3 years of participation in the NASA Reduced-Gravity FlightOpportunities program. The Acoustic Shaping project was started by a team of AE sophomoresin 1996. Results from the project have demonstrated the feasibility of forming complex anduseful shapes in microgravity from pulverized material using sound waves, and correlated theshapes to mathematical predictions. In this paper, the genesis and evolution of the program

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Thomas M. Jacobius; Gerard Voland

. Through the IIT Interprofessional Projects [IPRO]Program, the distinctiveness of this learning model has been tested for more than four years via100 pilot projects to-date, involving more than 600 students and 60 faculty. The core of our IPRO Program is the formation of project teams, each with a mix of 5-15students from across the professional disciplines and from multiple levels (sophomore throughgraduate). All undergraduate students are required to complete a minimum of two such semester-long interprofessional team-based learning projects before graduation. Workplace organizations(e.g., corporate, entrepreneurial, non-profit, government) supply multifaceted topics and interactwith the teams in a co-mentoring role, along with a faculty

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R. Mark Worden; Daina Briedis

Session 2613 Training in “Multidisciplinarianism" Mark Worden, Daina Briedis Michigan State UniversityAbstractCross-functional and multidisciplinary teams are increasingly common in business and themarketplace. Industry has migrated from a parochial view of disciplines to a broader view ofteamwork as an effective means of increasing the creative capacity of the organization. As areflection of this industrial need, the ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC 2000) require thatgraduates of our engineering programs must be able to function on multidisciplinary teams(criterion

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Jim Henry

Session 3613 24x7: Lab Experiments Access on the Web All the Time Jim Henry University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaAbstract24 hours a day and 7 days a week, engineering laboratory equipment at UTC is for usersvia the World Wide Web. Users can conduct systems lab experiments from remote sites,anytime day-or-night, any day of the week. Additionally, "local" laboratory users haveexperimental data and response graphs posted for Web access (viewing anddownloading). The hardware consists of distributed desktop computers connected to avariety of engineering laboratory equipment. The software is all

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James C. Sherman

Session 1353 An Experiment in Web-Based Registration for New Students In the College of Engineering and Applied Science James C. Sherman University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractFor the Fall Semester 1999, new freshmen and new transfer students entering the Collegeof Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, wereadvised to register for their courses via a web-based registration system. This registrationwas completed prior to meeting with a faculty or staff advisor, and prior to an on-campusorientation program. Previously, the College utilized a

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William Shepherd; Brian Manhire; Darwin Liang

Session 3460 Changes in Engineering Education in the United Kingdom Darwin Liang*, William Shepherd**, Brian Manhire** *University of Bradford, UK / **Ohio University, USAAbstractThis paper provides an overview of the current status of engineering education in the UnitedKingdom. A comparison of traditional undergraduate and post-graduate engineering pro-grammes offered by universities and technical polytechnics against proposed engineering &technology programs is highlighted in view of recent changes. In addition, current issues in-cluding student enrolment and graduates’ professional development are

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Kenneth Reid

been the most popular course offered throughout the Young Scholarprogram. A Peek Inside the Computer, a class on computer software and hardware ,was developed this past summer for the first time. Both courses were filled to capacity,and generated very positive feedback. Every session involves hands-on activities, withlecture content tailored to the lab. This paper will describe the typical students, thecurriculum and projects, and important points to making this and similar programssuccessful.Introduction:The K-12 students of today are potentially the college students of tomorrow. In manycases, their math and science classes may be weak, and they may have littleunderstanding of engineering and technology. The IEEE has identified one of its

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Winthrop J. Aldrich; M. Catharine Hudspeth

Session 2470 Summer Bridge to Engineering1 M. Catharine Hudspeth, J. Winthrop Aldrich California State Polytechnic University, PomonaIntroduction For the past six years Cal Poly Pomona’s colleges of Engineering and Science havecollaborated to conduct a four-week residential transition program, Quest I, for incomingminority students and selected community college students. This program, funded jointly by thecampus, the National Science Foundation Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) grant, andCalifornia MESA, has served three hundred students. Three threads will be discussed

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Prawit Potsawatsuk; Mohammed Enamul Haque; Amarneethi Vamadevan

Session 1426 JAVA Simulation based Soil Mechanics Laboratory Course Studio Mohammed E. Haque, Amarneethi Vamadevan, Prawit Rotsawatsuk Western Michigan University, Michigan 49008AbstractIn the field of civil/geotechnical engineering, students conduct a variety of soil tests to fulfillundergraduate soil mechanics course requirement. There is a range of problems in soil laboratoryinstruction, such as, some students not getting hands on experience of conducting tests becauseof inadequate number of apparatus, time constraints and inability in exciting students to seriouslyconduct the experiments. However when these laboratory

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Hugh Jack

Session 1566 Teaching Controls With PLCs by Hugh Jack Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State UniversityAbstract:In industrial practice it is much more common to control a process using logical control for dis-crete on/off states. As a result most industrial equipment designs use Programmable Logic Con-trollers (PLCs). These controllers support multiple control schemes such as Boolean logicalcontrol, sequential logic control, structured programming, linear controls, graphical interfaces,fuzzy logic, etc.A majority of

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Christine D. Noble; Beth M. Myers; Karen E. Schmahl

engineeringapplications within the chapters that are typically covered in a one-semester course. End ofchapter problems are categorized according to the level of and type of engineering content.Summary information from the study should be helpful in determining the appropriate balance ofengineering and finance coverage to meet curricular objectives.IntroductionSuccessful teaching of engineering economy requires that, upon completion of the course,students are able to apply time value of money concepts in making engineering decisions. Inorder for students to reach a minimum level of competence, they must master the basics oftechniques such as present worth, equivalency, and rate of return on an after-tax basis. Theymust also be able to apply correctly the

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto

recent years [2-3]. Faculty members are beginning to buy into the idea that retention ratesand graduation rates must be improved in order to bring public accountability to the table incurriculum planning. Developing courses that are motivating and exciting will certainly helpthis cause. This is in contrast to the prior faculty beliefs that (1) it is not their responsibility tomotivate and excite students, (2) students should be motivated by what the future will bringwhen they earn their degrees, and (3) should be excited by the course materials under theassumption that they chose their major based on interest.Anderson-Rowland [4] reported that a students’s reaction to first-year engineering courses is akey to retention, and Tinto [5] reported

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Sharyn L. Switzer; Chris S Ray

Session _____ Improving Written Communication Skills in University Engineering / Technology Programs: The Grading Nightmare Christopher S. Ray, Sharyn L. Switzer Purdue UniversityIntroductionThe necessity of communicating in engineering and technology careers is of the utmostimportance. Companies’ and employees’ success, in many instances, depends on their ability tocommunicate in a clear, complete, concise, and accurate manner. A significant number ofuniversity programs require various language skills ranging from basic English to

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Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto

Session #3432 Applications of Computer-Based Power Electronics to Electric Vehicle Technology, An Interdisciplinary Senior Course. Maher E. Rizkalla, Charles F. Yokomoto, Richard Pfile, A. S.C. Sinha, Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Sergy Lyshevski, and Ahmed Al-Antably* School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 723W Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 *Allison Transmission, GM Corporation P.O

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Enno Koehn

Session 2793 Assessment of First Professional Degree Criteria By Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractRecently, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) approved the concept of the Master’sdegree as the First Professional Degree for the practice of engineering. The American Societyfor Engineering Education (ASEE) and the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)are also discussing this idea.The present investigation suggests that undergraduate and graduate students approve thisconcept. In fact, undergraduates during a six-month period have sharply

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Gregory E. Maksi

Session 2563 Bridging the Technical Competency Gap: An Innovative Approach to High-Tech Education for the New Millennium Dr. Greg E. Maksi State Technical Institute at MemphisAbstractThe traditional public high school is not satisfying the industrial high-tech needs demanded bythe highly competitive global marketplace. A “technical competency gap” exists betweenindustry and public high school education. The Mechanical/Industrial Engineering TechnologyDivision of State Technical Institute at Memphis has developed an innovative approach to help“bridge” this technical