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ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mark Clark; Donald McMurchie

2002-872 Integrating Humanities and Engineering Technology Education in the Classroom: A Model Course Dr. Mark Clark , Dr. Donald McMurchie Oregon Institute of TechnologyAbstractHistorically, humanities education in engineering technology curricula has been governed byaccreditation requirements. Students are required to take a certain number of hours of humanitiesand social science classes, which are generally not integrated with the rest of the curriculum.In light of the ABET 2000 accreditation criteria, which focus on outcomes rather than on

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Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

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Alvin Post

Session 2159 An FFT Spectrum Analysis Laboratory for Undergraduate Vibration or Instrumentation Courses Alvin Post Department of Manufacturing and Aerospace Engineering Technology Arizona State University-EastAbstractA complete spectrum analysis laboratory experiment is described. It is intended for mechanicallyoriented, introductory instrumentation classes, and requires students to diagnose mechanicalproblems in a machine with rotating components. Equipment requirements are modest

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Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brahm Verma

Session 2408 Faculty of Engineering at the University of Georgia: A New Kind of Engineering School Brahm Verma, Mark Eiteman 1 Professor, Associate Professor Faculty of Engineering The University of Georgia Athens, GA.IntroductionThe U.S. is leading the rapid evolution of social, industrial and educational institutionsinto a post-industrial, knowledge-based society. This change in culture and technology isas profound as the shift that took

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in CET and MET

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Sprinsky

Session 1449 Integrating Instruction in Geographic Information Systems with a Civil Engineering Technology Curriculum William H. Sprinsky Pennsylvania College of TechnologyAbstractAt the Pennsylvania College of Technology, we feel that the tools of project design andmanagement, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), should be taught along with themore usual subjects in a Civil Engineering Technology curriculum. Such a tool is an applicationof some very basic concepts to design and construction. Students learn the use and constructionof coordinated

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Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

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Philip McCreanor

Session 2159 Design and Construction of In-situ Moisture Sensors For a Solid Waste Landfill Philip T. McCreanor and Debra R. Reinhart Mercer University / University of Central FloridaAbstractUndergraduate students at the Mercer University School of Engineering (MUSE) were employedto work on a cooperative project with graduate students at the University of Central Florida(UCF) to design a moisture sensor which could survive in the landfill environment and producereliable data. Students from the mechanical, industrial, biomedical, and environmentalengineering

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vijay Kanabar; Rumen Stainov; Tanya Zlateva; Eric Braude

Session 2522Integrating Distance Learning with Traditional Delivery in a Graduate Certificate Program for IT Professionals Vijay Kanabar, Tanya Zlateva, Eric Braude, Rumen Stainov Computer Science Department, Metropolitan College, Boston UniversityAbstractIn this paper we compare our experience with two distance education models forteaching professional graduate students. The first is a synchronous video conferencingdelivery model and the second is a blended Web-based and traditional learning model.The former was used for beaming out graduate courses to the Foxboro Company, and thelatter was within the context of a graduate

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Duff

Session 2793 Experiences with a Paced Web-Taught Course in Numerical Methods in Engineering William S. Duff Department of Mechanical Engineering Colorado State UniversityI. Introduction and BackgroundIn the fall semester 2000 we instituted a paced completely Internet taught sophomore level numericalmethods course for engineers. Prior to this, in the fall 1999 and spring 2000 semesters, the course wastaught in a completely traditional manner. The transition to an Internet course was made in a

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Larry Dunn; Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter

Session 2257 Impact of a Fifty-Minute Experiential Team-Building Program On Design Team Performance Kenneth W. Hunter, Sr., Jessica O. Matson, Larry R. Dunn Tennessee Technological UniversityAbstractTeam-building programs that utilize experiential learning have been proven effective and theiruse is becoming widespread in industry. Programs can range in length from several hours toseveral days, and those that incorporate periodic follow-up activities have been shown moreeffective. However, most engineering courses are so packed with technical content that it isdifficult

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

Session 1353 The Rube Goldberg Three-Minute Timer: A Design Based Learning Tool For Engineering Freshman Hazel M. Pierson, Daniel H. Suchora Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555IntroductionRube Goldberg: a man whose name has become synonymous with using convoluted,complicated machines to perform simple tasks. Engineer: among other things, one who designsmachines and systems to make difficult, complicated tasks simple. Although the goal of RubeGoldberg’s machines and the goal of the engineer’s

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Dantzler; Kevin Whitaker; Jim Richardson

Session Number 3530 Carry-Over Effects of a Freshman Engineering Program as Identified by Faculty Ratings John Dantzler, James Richardson, Kevin Whitaker The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487Abstract For seven years, The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering has presentedincoming freshmen with the opportunity to participate in a non-traditional first year programcalled TIDE (Teaming, Integration, and Design in Engineering). Components of TIDE thatdiffer from the traditional first year program are cohort

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jason Bartolomei

MECH MADNESS: A FUN WAY TO ASSESS STUDENT COMPREHENSION AND EVALUATE HOMEWORK Captain Jason Bartolomei Department of Engineering Mechanics United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, ColoradoINTRODUCTIONAre you tired of collecting homework? Are you grading the same problems over andover again, year after year, and still not convinced the students are getting it? If so youmight consider holding a Mech Madness session for your class. Mech Madness is an in-class, 20- minute ladder tournament, where students compete against each other, testingcourse and homework knowledge for a grade.Mech Madness is effective for

Conference Session

Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Randall Timi; Dannie Hutchinson; William Strenth; James Otter

Session 2147 A "REAL WORLD" APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: PHASE II - SENIOR CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE James L. Otter, William Strenth, Randall Timi, Dannie Hutchinson Pittsburg State UniversityINTRODUCTIONWhat happens when successful professional construction design/build activities are integratedinto an established four-year construction engineering technology and construction managementprogram? Hopefully, the result will be a highly skilled and educated construction professionalprepared to respond to the ever-changing fast-paced world of

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Scott; Robert Knecht

Session XXXX RECYCLED TIRE BALES FOR WALL CONSTRUCTION: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION Dr. Robert Knecht, Dr. Suzanne Scott Colorado School of MinesIntroduction The Design Engineering Practices Introductory Course Sequence (EPICS) program is a twosemester, six credit-hour sequence that is required of all first and second-year students at theColorado School of Mines (CSM). During the Design (EPICS) sequence, students working inteams are guided through a hands-on experience of basic, sound engineering practices thatincorporate

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bonnie McCormick; Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

Session 3642 ABET Program Accreditation Criteria Applied in a School of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering David Elizandro, Jessica Matson, William Thomann, Bonnie McCormick Tennessee Technological University / University of the Incarnate WordAbstractDegree programs in mathematics and the natural sciences have similar characteristics ofengineering programs. Many of the program differences can be explained by differences in therequirements of governing professional societies and the research emphasis of the program.Typically, engineering programs have more emphasis on applied science and

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

Session Number 2532 Student Evaluation of Instructional Modules on EC 2000 Criteria 3 (a) – (k) Skills Russell Pimmel, Robert Leland, and Harold Stern Electrical and Computer Engineering University of AlabamaAbstractA team of engineering faculty members has developed a set of fifteen instructional modules forteaching several skills identified in EC 2000 Criteria 3 (a)-(k). Module developers designedthem for a week of classes in upper-level engineering courses and incorporatedactive/cooperative learning and web-based resources. In addition to

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Linda Madsen

How to initiate and maintain a continuing pedagogical staff development inengineering educationPaperThis paper deals with the experiences, challenges and future perspectives of an organisation like theIPN in Denmark.The Pedagogical Network for Engineering Education in Denmark, the IPNOle Vinther, associate professor, ov@ihk.dkLinda Madsen, assistant professor, pedagogical consultant, lim@ihk.dkWhat is the IPN?Six years ago the institutions for engineering education in Denmark created a unique partnershipwithin staff development – a network called the IPN. The network deals with pedagogicaldevelopment of academic engineering teaching staff and embraces all 8 universities and colleges inDenmark offering engineering education.The IPN was

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shad Reed; Donna Dorminey

Session 1566 Designing Experimental Procedures: A Low Cost, Hands On Project that Students Actually Enjoy Capt Shad Reed, MAJ Donna Dorminey United States Military Academy, West PointAbstract Because many students are unfamiliar with the development of experimental procedures,a project was sought that would allow students to use the design process to generate an optimalexperimental procedure. An experiment that required students to determine the coefficient ofdrag for a small, dollar-store parachute figurine was selected. After a brief introduction to thepertinent theory

Conference Session

New MET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Slade Gellin

Session 3448 DEVELOPMENT OF A COURSE IN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST Slade Gellin, Ph.D. Department of Technology Buffalo State College Buffalo, NY 14222AbstractAn elective, senior level course in finite element analysis is developed for incorporation into amechanical engineering technology program. The curriculum for the course is developed withthe varied roles of the mechanical engineering technologist in

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mandeep Thukral; Kurt Gramoll

Session 2368 Web Portal for Basic Engineering Courses with a Problem Database and Integrated Communication Mandeep Thukral and Kurt Gramoll Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of OklahomaAbstractThis paper presents the use of a web-based teaching and learning environment for both dynamicsand statics courses. The web portal or system incorporates communication, electronic media,problem database, course content, animations, simulations, collaboration tools, security andtesting features to enhance its usefulness for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lee Tuttle; Charles White; Gwan-Ywan Lai; Trevor Harding

Session 1526 Integrating Manufacturing, Design and Teamwork into a Materials and Process Selection Course T.S. Harding, G.-Y. Lai, B.L. Tuttle and C.V. White Kettering UniversityIntroductionDuring the 2000 – 2001 academic year, the Manufacturing Engineering program at KetteringUniversity underwent a significant curriculum reform in preparation for ABET accreditation.Traditionally, the program offered an introductory manufacturing processes course at thefreshmen level followed by an introductory engineering materials course at the sophomore/juniorlevel. These courses were the

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Mooney

Session 3453The Development and Operation of Adventure Engineering,A K-12 Curriculum Development ProgramM.A. Mooney, T. Laubach, S. NicholasUniversity of Oklahoma, 202 W. Boyd, Rm 334, Norman OK 73019IntroductionThe need for effective K-12 engineering outreach is apparent. The burgeoning demandfor a technical workforce far outpaces the supply currently graduated. According to theNational Science Foundation, U.S. colleges awarded 37 percent fewer degrees incomputer science, 24 percent fewer in math, 16 percent fewer in engineering and 2percent fewer in physical sciences in 1998 compared to 1988. Enrollment in engineeringschools has also steadily decreased

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Reza S. Abhari; Friederike Mund; Anestis I. Kalfas

Session 1625 Integration of Software Tools into a Multi-disciplinary Undergraduate Student Design Project Friederike C. Mund, Anestis I. Kalfas, Reza S. Abhari Turbomachinery Laboratory Institute of Energy Technology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology 8092 Zurich, SwitzerlandAbstract This paper presents a pilot scheme for the integration of modern state-of-the-artturbomachinery design tools into project-based education of undergraduate students. This efforthas been part of a

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Session 2230 Developing a Dynamic Classroom with "ExCEEd" Teaching Workshops: Separate but Equal in New York and Arkansas David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgI. IntroductionFor the second year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has sponsoredworkshops to answer a call for formal educational training for engineering facultymembers. Conducted both at the United States Military Academy at West Point and atthe University of Arkansas, these “Excellence in Civil Engineering Education” (ExCEEd)workshops provided an effective venue to foster and improve

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Rabbitt; Douglas Christensen

Session 2793 Using the Cardiovascular System to Illustrate Fundamental Laws and Principles in a Freshman Course Douglas Christensen, Richard Rabbitt Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UtahAbstract Ð Our Fundamentals of Bioengineering I course is organized around key physical andengineering laws and principles. A semester-long Major Project is assigned which integratesmany of these principles by modeling the human systemic cardiovascular system, using bothMatlab computer analysis and assembly of an analogous electrical circuit.Background Ð The new

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner

Session ____ The WIMP51: A Simple Processor and Visualization Tool to Introduce Undergraduates to Computer Organization David Sullins, Hardy Pottinger, Daryl Beetner University of Missouri – RollaI. IntroductionThe University of Missouri – Rolla offers a Junior-level lecture and laboratory course inhardware/software co-design1. The course focuses on the 8051 family of microcontrollers.Many students who take this course have no prior experience with processor architecture, so ashort introduction to some basic concepts of computer organization is given in the first fewweeks

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

Session: 1547 Design of a Rain-Based Speed Controller for Automobile Windshield Wiper Motor Mohammad Fotouhi, Ali Eydgahi, Tom Malaby University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractThis paper describes the details of an undergraduate design project in our DesignTechnology course and the experience gain by the student involved. The intent of thecourse is to expose students to real world design projects. Students are expected to becreative and innovative in their design projects and utilize a multitude of engineeringdisciplines that

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

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Maya Place; Markus Flury; Jennifer Shaltanis; Geoff Puzon; Brent M. Peyton; James Petersen; Candis Claiborn

Session 2251 Thinking Outside the Box: A Novel Interdisciplinary Research and Education Program in Environmental Engineering and Science Maya Place,1,5 Geoffrey J. Puzon,2,5 Jennifer Shaltanis,3,5 Candis Claiborn,3,5 Markus Flury,4,5 Brent M. Peyton,1,5 and James N. Petersen5 1 Chemical Engineering Department/ 2School of Molecular Biosciences/ 3 Civil and Environmental Engineering Department/ 4Department of Crop and Soil Sciences/ 5Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, P.O. Box 642719, Washington State University

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hassan ElKishky

Session High Voltage Engineering: A Supplemental Component for an Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Curriculum Hassan El-Kishky, MIEEE Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd. Tyler, TX 75799AbstractInadequate preparation of electrical engineering graduates in the area of electric power and highvoltage engineering is a major concern of the power industry. This paper highlights the problemand

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jason Sole; Carlos Morales

Session 1520 Trial Results from a Personalized Wireless On-Site Reference Distance Learning Solution Carlos R. Morales, Jason Sole Purdue UniversityAbstractThis paper provides results from an implementation trial of a mobile, wireless, streaming-video instructional-delivery system developed by the authors. Specifically, the authorspresent their findings from their experiment to determine the effectiveness of usingwireless PDA’s for on-site instructional delivery. The authors have subjects attempt toperform a procedural task that is foreign to them. They measure

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Kiefer

Session 1566 Using a Mechatronics Independent Study Course to Develop New Course Materials and Train Students for Research Scott Kiefer University of Puerto Rico at MayaguezAbstractIt can be very difficulty for today’s young faculty members to find the time required to developnew courses and establish a research program while continuing to dedicate the time necessary forstudents in their regular teaching load. One way to maximize the benefit of time spent is to teachsmall independent study courses that evaluate course material to be used later in new