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Nancy A. Shields; Joseph M. Pietroburgo

Session 2586 Comparing the Success of Two-Year College Students and Students With Other Academic Backgrounds in a Non-traditional Engineering Program Nancy Shields and Joseph Pietroburgo UM-St. Louis/Washington University Joint Undergraduate Engineering ProgramIntroduction Historically, there has been considerable interest among educators in factors thatinfluence community college students to transfer to four-year institutions and pursuebaccalaureate degrees (Dworkin, 1966). Naturally, there has also been interest in whatdetermines whether or not these students will be successful (Cantrell, et al., 1966; Keith, 1966

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Sandra Yost

Session 2253 Introducing Mechatronics in a First-Year Intro to Engineering Design Course Sandra A. Yost, CSJ University of Detroit MercyAbstractThis paper describes an effort to integrate principles of mechatronics into the first-yearengineering curriculum at the University of Detroit Mercy. A newly designed introductorycurriculum is aimed at improving the retention of first-year engineering students by providingthem with hands-on, team-oriented, project-based, multidisciplinary instruction in engineeringdesign. The course is taught in four

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Stephen C. Crist

Session 2559 A Laboratory-Based Instrumentation Course for Non-EE Majors Stephen C. Crist Department of Electrical Engineering Western New England CollegeAbstract An instrumentation course that is required of second semester sophomores majoring inmechanical and industrial engineering at Western New England College is described. It isintended that students completing this course can easily learn to use more sophisticatedelectrical and computer-based measuring systems in junior and senior level mechanical andindustrial engineering labs, and if

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Arlene Mueller; Elaine M. Cooney

Session 2332 Logic to Electronics: A Teaching Unit for Elementary Students Elaine M. Cooney, Arlene Mueller Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis / School District of Affton, MissouriRationalToday’s primary age school children feel very comfortable using electronic equipment. Butoften they are not even exposed to simple electric circuits, let alone digital electronic circuits,until much later in their education. Too often, by that time, their natural inquisitiveness hasfaded and fear of difficult challenges is overactive. Because third grade

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Jr., Richard T. O'Brien

Session 2520 Matlab Simulation Projects for a First Course in Linear Control Systems Richard T. O’Brien, Jr. The United States Naval AcademyAbstractComputer simulation is vital part of a first course in linear control systems. At the United StatesNaval Academy, MATLAB simulation projects are used to reinforce the lecture material andpresent “real-world” design projects at an introductory level. In this paper, a series of threeprojects on the design of an automated steering controller are presented. The projects introducethe students to the

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Muniram Budhu

Session: 2793 A ONE CREDIT HOUR WEB-BASED STATICS COURSE Muniram Budhu Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721AbstractIn this paper, a web-based one-credit hour course in Statics is described. The intention of thecourse is to help solve the problem of a shrinking engineering curriculum yet providing a richcourse content for the student to get the desired knowledge. The goal is to use visual mediamaterials that include interactive animation to enhance retention of fundamental concepts inStatics and their use in problem solving. The development and arrangement of topics to provideopportunities for

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Doug Jacobson; Barbara L. Licklider

Session 1453 Project SUCCESS: Sustaining Undergraduate Careers: a Computer Engineering Support System Doug Jacobson, Barb Licklider Iowa State UniversityAbstractLearning Communities, a growing initiative at Iowa State University, aid freshmen in thetransition to college life as students live in the same residence hall and attend a common block ofclasses. By combining learning communities with the concept of student-centered active learning,students will gain control of and adjust more quickly to their new environment, experienceincreased achievement, and persist

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Steven M. Miner; Richard E. Link

Session 2520 A Project-Based Introduction to the Finite Element Method S.M. Miner, R.E. Link United States Naval AcademyAbstractAll mechanical engineering majors at the Naval Academy are required to take a course in Com-puter Aided Design during their senior year. The underlying philosophy of the course is to intro-duce students to computer based solution techniques that are currently used in engineeringpractice. To emphasize the utility of the computer the problems selected for solution are ones thatwould be difficult to solve by hand. In particular, students are introduced to the

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Stephanie G. Adams

Session 3557 Project-Based Learning in a Statistical Quality Control Course Stephanie G. Adams University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractDue to the different ways in which students learn, professors must vary their teaching styles.This variation in teaching styles will aid students in their understanding of course materials andenhance student learning. Richard Felder, a leading scholar in the area of learning styles reports,“Students preferentially take in and process information in different ways: by seeing and hearing,reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and

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Hakan Gurocak

Session 2525 Rope Climbing Machine Competition in a Systems Design Course Hakan Gurocak Manufacturing Engineering Washington State University 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave. Vancouver, WA 98686Abstract: In this paper, the design competition component of a junior level systems designcourse (ME 316) is presented. The course is the first of a sequence of design courses in thecurriculum. The competition involves design of rope climbing machines by

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Bruce Segee; Michael D. Amos

Session 2663 Enterprise-wide Data Gathering and Reporting System Michael Amos, Dr. Bruce Segee University of Maine Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Instrumentation Research LaboratoryAbstractModern manufacturing methods require that products be assembled in the most cost efficientmethod available. In many cases, this includes separating the manufacturing process acrossseveral locations. Even though manufacturing takes place in several locations connections, it isnecessary to provide a method to track work in process (WIP) and provide these reports toappropriate

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Scott Danielson; Sudhir I. Mehta

Session 1375 The Scholarship of Teaching: Building a Foundation before Reaching the Pinnacle Sudhir Mehta, Scott Danielson North Dakota State University / Arizona State University EastAbstractTeaching and learning have received significant attention and have been the focus of voluminousresearch in the last few decades. In spite of this research, engineering educators, especially newones, often wonder what they can do to improve student learning. To help answer this question,over eight hundred people--engineering students, alumni, and engineering faculty--weresurveyed and

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Sohail Anwar

Session 2530 A Contemporary Science and Engineering Program for Middle School Girls Sohail Anwar Penn State AltoonaAbstractVarious research literature shows that women face numerous workplace related problemsranging from sexual discrimination and inadequate work skills to balancing work and family life.Although women are working hard to meet the workplace demands and challenges, they stillface the need to acquire workplace “survival” skills. Basic educational skills are sufficient onlyfor a limited number of jobs in the future workplace

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Yi-Xian Qin; Partap Khalsa; Michael Hadjiargyrou; Mark W. Otter; Kenneth J. McLeod; Danny Bluestein

Session 2609 Contextual Learning Modules - A New Approach to Bioengineering Education Mark W. Otter, Kenneth J. McLeod, Partap Khalsa, Yi-Xian Qin, Michael Hadjiargyrou, and Danny Bluestein Program in Bioengineering State University of New York Stony Brook, NY 11794-8181AbstractA sequence of Bioengineering courses are under development at the State University of NewYork at Stony Brook, to be used as part of a minor program to introduce students in the Collegeof Arts and

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Slobodanka Nestorovic; Sarra Elhassan; Hayder A. Rasheed

Session 2793 Designing a Self-Instructed, Project-Based Multimedia Course in Engineering Education Hayder A. Rasheed, Slobodanka Nestorovic, Sarra Elhassan Bradley UniversityAbstract:Multimedia applications are finding their way into every engineering discipline aspowerful tools to facilitate more effective learning via visualization and multi-dimensional comprehension. However, the high cost to develop such applications isrecognized. A proposed economical solution to this issue is to utilize the senior ormaster’s level engineering student projects in this endeavor. This solution requires

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Belle R. Upadhyaya

Session 2559 Development of a Senior-Level Course on Maintenance and Reliability Engineering Belle R. Upadhyaya Nuclear Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleAbstractThe development and delivery of a new course on Maintenance and ReliabilityEngineering (MRE), for seniors and first-year graduate students in engineering, is thefocus of this paper. The objective of this course is to present the fundamentals of MREand maintenance management. Students learn the principles of various maintenancetechnologies as they are currently practiced by U.S. industry. The course

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Kathryne A. Newton; Duane D. Dunlap; Dennis R. Depew

A Different Model in Graduate Education For Full-Time Professionals Dennis R. Depew, Duane D. Dunlap and Kathryne Newton Purdue UniversityThe School of Technology at Purdue University in 1998 began delivering a Weekend Master’sDegree Program in Technology aimed at serving working professionals who live all over theMidwest. This program is designed to meet the growing demand for advanced education intechnology by taking advantage of the readily accessible technology that now makes distanceeducation possible. The program is a unique interdisciplinary curriculum designed for professionalsin a wide variety of industrial and business

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Kevin LaFerriere; John M. Spinelli

Session 2532 A Discovery Based Systems Laboratory using LabVIEW and MATLAB John M. Spinelli, Kevin LaFerriere Union CollegeAbstractThe development of a discovery based learning laboratory for Systems is described.Sophomore Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering students are introduced toconcepts such as linearity, time invariance, frequency response, transient response, delay,and filtering by analyzing "black boxes" containing unknown electrical systems.LabVIEW is used to control programmable function generators which provide inputs tothe systems and to

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Donald D. Carpenter

Session 2686 Employing Graduate Students at Two-year Colleges: A Missed Opportunity? Donald D. Carpenter University of Michigan/Jackson Community CollegeAbstractA good opportunity that is rarely exploited exists for both graduate students and two- yearcolleges. Supplemental faculty play an important role at many two-year colleges, yet for avariety of reasons, schools often have trouble finding enough people to meet their needs. Thisauthor feels that engineering graduate students can play a fundamental role in filling the void.Many graduate students have a strong

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David Harding

Session 2620 Enhancement of a Core Electrical Engineering Course Using WebCT David Harding United States Naval Academy AbstractWebCT was used to enhance an electrical engineering survey course at the United States NavalAcademy. WebCT is a suite of HTML based course tools which can be used to provide Webbased content. It is a commercial product created at the University of British Colombia. Thecourse authoring tools are free to download and use. A modest fee is paid to site license it forstudent

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Richard R. Johnston

Session 3432 Equipping a Process Control Lab via Department Sponsored Senior Projects Richard R. Johnston Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. of Lawrence Technological UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses the equipping of a Process Control Lab with realistic process simulators byhaving the ECE department sponsor student teams to build the apparatus as their capstonedesign project. This sponsorship involves having the department specify the behavior of theapparatus, specify the Input / Output connections between the apparatus and the ProgrammableLogic Controller (PLC I/O

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Christine L. Corum

Session 2548 Evolution of Assessment Within a Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Christine L. Corum Purdue UniversityAbstractWith a successful ABET accreditation recently behind us and a regional accreditation almostupon us; the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department of the School of Technology atPurdue University has experienced maturation of its assessment and continuous improvementactivities. Namely, with our short history of what works versus what does not and with valuableinput from other School of Technology departments, a

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Igor M. Verner; Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

Session 2332 Fire-Fighting Robot Competitions and Learning Outcomes: A Quantitative Assessment Igor M. Verner, David J. Ahlgren, Jacob E. Mendelssohn Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology/ Trinity College, HartfordAbstractThis paper presents a quantitative assessment of the Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home RobotContest, the largest robot contest open to designers of any age, affiliation and experience [1,2].Our assessment develops a profile of the participants, and it evaluates factors that motivate theparticipants, including interest in designing robots, interest in science and technology

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Marian S. Stachowicz; Christopher R Carroll

Session 2520 Fuzzy Logic on the MC68HC12 Microcontroller: A Student Design Workshop Christopher R. Carroll, Marian S. Stachowicz Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota DuluthAbstractFuzzy Logic is a practical alternative for challenging control applications that provides aconvenient method for constructing nonlinear controllers via the use of heuristicinformation from human designers. Such heuristic information is recorded in rulesdescribing how to control the process. Fuzzy Logic emulates the human decision-makingprocess, and provides a user

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Francis W. Derby; Willie Ofosu

Session # 3549 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AS A COMPLEMENT TO THE INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Francis W. Derby, Ph.D., Willie Ofosu, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University P. O. Box PSU Lehman, PA 18627AbstractCurrent technological advances are emphasizing the need for cross-disciplinary training andexpertise. The technology for managing information is transforming the manner in whichinformation is captured, processed, stored, and disseminated. A catalyst to

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William J. Daughton

Session 2342 A Graduate Option in Engineering Management for Non-Engineers William J. Daughton University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractWe have found a number of employees in high technology companies who are interested ingraduate education in engineering management but do not meet the admission requirement ofhaving an undergraduate degree in engineering or a closely related field. Often these individualsmanage technical contributors or work closely with engineering functions in the company, and asa result, would like to improve their management success probability in the high

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Wallace S. Venable

Session 1630 Helen L. Plants and Charles E. Wales, A Retrospective Wallace S. Venable West Virginia UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the approach to the design of engineering education used by Helen Plantsand Charles Wales at West Virginia University. Techniques used included behavioral objectives,generating correct responses, regular assessment, feedback and positive reinforcement, andprogrammed instruction, combined with regular class meetings. This method was shown to givemeasurable improvements in student achievement.IntroductionThe summer of 1999 brought the

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Richard Felder

Session 3630 Helping New Faculty Get Off to a Good Start Rebecca Brent, Richard M. Felder North Carolina State UniversityCollege teaching may be the only skilled profession that does not routinely provide training to itsnovice practitioners. New faculty members at most universities have traditionally had to learnby themselves how to plan research projects, identify and cultivate funding sources, writeproposals and get them funded, attract and supervise graduate students, and present their researchresults in an effective manner. They have also had to teach themselves how to

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David S. Cottrell

Session 2793 Integrating Construction Engineering Planning Into a Structural Civil Engineering Program David S. Cottrell, P.E., Ph. D. United States Army Corps of EngineersAbstract This paper describes the planning, design, and teaching of a new course in entitled“Construction Engineering Planning,” developed to augment the civil engineering curriculumat the US Military Academy with related topics in construction. This course effectivelyblended construction management principles – planning, organizing, staffing, directing, andcontrolling – with project engineering

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Andrew Sterian

6HVVLRQ A Unified Vector Space Approach to Teaching the Fourier Transform Andrew Sterian Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractThis paper is concerned with the approach to teaching an introductory course on Fourier theoryfor engineers. Commonly called Signals and Systems (or some variation), this course generallyintroduces four transforms: the Fourier Transform, the Fourier Series, the Discrete-Time FourierTransform (DTFT), and the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT). Our concern is that the methodand order of topic presentation (as