Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chu Chen Chen

Session 0953 THE NEXT GENERATION OF HVAC ENGINEERS AND TRAINING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Chu – Chen (C. C.) Chen Southern University and A&M CollegeAbstractProfessionals in the Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) industry have notedconcerns regarding the appropriateness of the coursework offered at universities across the nationto students seeking an education in HVAC systems. At the core of this concern lies the issue ofwhether or not an adequate curriculum is being offered on a regular basis to these students atacademic institutions since 1986

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanette Garr

setof 1 sh to 2 sh courses available to all engineers (and other students), with topics that address theaforementioned issues, meeting the needs of the typical engineering student that enters auniversity program, and meeting the needs likely to be forthcoming upon graduation. Since theseclasses are not currently available, and may be perceived as “radical” by the arts and sciencesfaculty, who have been comfortable for years teaching classes very different (and perhaps evenself-serving to their research or political interests), ASEE or a similar organization may need toserve as a central collection point of individuals willing to develop such specialized courses thataddress these deficits in the current general education course offerings. These

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhukar Vable

Session 2368 Intuition, observations, and generalization in mechanics of materials Madhukar Vable Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractThe introduction of advanced topics as means of modernizing engineering curriculum, the needfor interdisciplinary research and education to meet societies challanges, the time constraint thatengineering students graduate in four years while getting a modern-interdisciplinary-education,are some of the factors driving the evolution of basic engineering courses such as mechanics

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Krantz

been learned in this course. Page 8.920.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 13134 Discussion and RecommendationsMost universities operate on a semester rather than a quarter system, in which case there areadditional topics that might be included in this course. One topic to include might be a graduate-level treatment of the macroscopic balance equations wherein they are derived

Conference Session

Graduate Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahram Varzavand; John Fecik; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

ability “ . . . to provide students with a broad and comprehensiveknowledge of both the liberal arts and science and technology. . . . [and concluded that] The nextcentury will make exceptional demand on educators and educational institutions, and we have aresponsibility to meet those demands.”The sustained proliferations of these reports note many recommendations, advisories, and proposalsto higher education in general and those specific to graduate and/or doctoral programs. In the report,Reshaping the graduate education of scientists and engineers, the committee described the currentstate of graduate education as basic to achieving national goals. First, our universities are responsible for producing the teachers and researchers

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

3Total 14 This proposed graduate curriculum addresses the major areas of the “Four Pillars of Responsibilities” that a Public Works Manager can expect to encounter in the execution of their office. With the added flexibility of the recommended courses and electives, student specific vice school specific courses can be selected to tailor the interests as well as the need of the student in a dynamic environment. As the curriculum matures and becomes more universally recognizable, an increasing cadre of prospective public works managers will seek out the proven educational systems, to satisfy the growing requirements being created by our ever more complex

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Dunfey; Julie Salisbury; Erik Rushton; Brian Gravel

Society for Engineering Education”than you would give members of the engineering team. In the K-8 classroom, it is oftennecessary to use various approaches when explaining a topic to students with distinctive interestsand strengths. Adapting presentation styles based on the recipient is a useful tool for engineersto possess. Thus the graduate experience for a fellow working with grade school scienceclassrooms can nurture the attainment of communication skills crucial in the professional world.Working with K-8 students to communicate a new idea involves the challenge of gaining andkeeping the attention of the class. In these classrooms, attention spans can be limited andkeeping students’ attention is a daunting task. To overcome these issues, the

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hank Javan; Mark Rajai

horn antenna. Figure 6. A basic microwave setup for measuring wavelength, frequency, VSWR, and power Page 8.166.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationCourse AssessmentThe graduate students in engineering master program with concentration in electronic,computer, or manufacturing will benefit most from this new course. This course has beendeveloped in response to the needs of industries, which require graduates students to have moreexposure to advanced instrumentation. The topics selected in this

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel

. Thesecond course in the sequence is providing an engineering solution to the project. The studentcompletes the balance of the 33 credit hours with elective courses. The available elective coursesthat the student can choose from are dependent upon the individual student’s academic background.Development of the Topics for the Production Operations Models CourseThe Production Operations Models course, although developed at the graduate level, is developedfor the student who has no previous exposure to the theoretical models involved in the analyzingproduction operations issues but have understanding of the vital issues in their industries. Thecourse is developed to provide the students with the theoretical background to solve practicalproblems that

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

Session: 3242 A Graduate Case Study – Integration of Capstone Concepts in Engineering Management Paul Kauffmann and Bill Peterson Old Dominion UniversityAssessment and Capstone Case ProjectsMany master in engineering management programs are considering accreditation by ABET,ASEM or similar organizations as a means to demonstrate and assure quality. In manyassessment systems, a capstone project is employed to provide a consistent and controlledopportunity for students to demonstrate proficiency in key learning outcomes. This papercontributes to the literature

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

Education as a Primary Mission of Universities that Augments the Research Mission • Develop financial sustainability of high-quality postgraduate professional education. Because financial support for traditional research-based graduate education in engineering and science has been built largely upon the linear research-driven model of innovation and federally-driven research grants for universities, a new paradigm needs to be developed for financial sustainability of postgraduate professional education to better ensure the growth and development of a strong U.S. engineering workforce in industry (who are the primary generators, developers, and leaders of the nation’s future innovative technology for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert LaFarge; Chaouki Abdallah

). Most of the strain will be on research universities who educate only 19% ofcollege students but account for 42% of the B.S. and 52% of the M.S. degrees in S&E. A keychallenge to undergraduate education will be producing enough qualified K-12 math and scienceteachers to meet the increase in not only student population but in retirement of experiencedteachers. This is a topic that UNM and DP is much concerned about. UNM’s ENLACE Program,through funding by the Kellogg Foundation, has created a Hispanic Teachers Pipeline that seeksto produce more Hispanic teachers by various methods, including mentoring high school andmiddle school students by champion teachers.There is some mixed news in minority engineering graduate education. It increased

Conference Session

Innovations in Web Site Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Van Epps

locations running a Unix or Linux machine generally withApache server software. Both ColdFusion and Zope can be used with a Unix/Linux set up, sothey continue to be options. There is also the possibility of using the free Open Source scriptinglanguage, PHP. With Open Source programs there is always the possibility of finding a ready-made and freely available application that serves your needs in one of the many onlinecollections of programs available from locations like www.sourceforge.net.20 Page 8.455.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sageev Pneena; Kathy Bernard; Carol Romanowski

Session 3430 Recommending and Implementing a General Model for Technical Communication (TC) Instruction in an Engineering Curriculum Pneena Sageev, Carol Romanowski, Kathy Bernard University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New YorkAbstractIn response to pressing industry demands, revolutionary new ABET* requirements,recommendations from professional engineering organizations, and suggestions from recentengineering graduates, we identify a general model for technical communication (TC) instruction.When flexibly implemented in an atmosphere of collaboration among engineering professors

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

(FE) examination. Multiple-choicequestions are utilized to assess the level of student learning from each of the core courses fromthe plan of study. Core courses are those identified by the faculty as being essential to a student’ssuccess after graduation. To emphasis the importance of these core courses, the MET and CIMTplans of study require students to complete the courses with a grade of C- or higher. Studentlearning in general education courses such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, communicationsare not assessed with the graduation examination. The department will rely on the variousgeneral education departments developing the appropriate assessment tools for their courses.Each graduation exam is 120 questions in length. The MET

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott T. Miller; Andrew C. Arvin; Francesco Costanzo

Session 2793 Delivering Lectures in Introductory Graduate-Level Continuum Mechanics Courses using Mathematica Andrew C. Arvin, Scott T. Miller, Francesco Costanzo The Pennsylvania State University AbstractIn the authors’ experience, having been on both the giving and receiving ends of the“lecturing process,” some of the topics covered in introductory (as well as advanced)continuum mechanics courses turn out to be particularly hard to communicate and tograsp. Representative examples might involve subjects such as the polar and the

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

. The VCR and stereo receiver are also useful in showinginstructional videotapes. Ability to switch between the master workstation computer, Elmo orVCR instantly is very useful while teaching topics that require multimedia presentation.II. Web-Enhanced Instruction Web-based and web-enhanced instruction1,2 has become a very powerful tool and manyinstructors and students have embraced it. In the spring of 2000, MTSU obtained license from Page 8.1061.1Blackboard.com and developed a site called CourseInfo for web-based and web-enhanced Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Kenny Fotouhi

opened, cleaned and put together aspart of the laboratory requirement for the course. Since dynamometer was leaking fluid, itneeded service also. Most of the dynamometer service was completed past summer aspart of an “ETME 499-Independent Research in MET” course. Equipment installationsand modifications needed for fuel consumption measurements, and fuel consumptionmeasurements have been completed recently. Page 8.489.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Butt; Sam Ramrattan; Alamgir Choudhury

enhancestudent learning of the subject matter and prepare the program graduates to face the challenge ofthe modern industry even in absence of formal laboratory component in the course. Without suchlearning students may find real world on-line process monitoring systems, open-ended nature ofthe control problems and the uncertainty in the appropriate course of action very challenging. Itis beneficial for students to encounter these kinds of anxieties in a university classroom under thetutelage of an experienced educator rather than on their first job under the direction of anoverbearing supervisor.In this paper we present the methodology being used for wireless data transmission to a process

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jarosz; Ilene Busch-Vishniac

generally are not taught to undergraduates because of thehigh level of math required to understand the topic; however, the electronic textbook does the Page 8.353.8number crunching.24“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”In addition to reducing prerequisites, there are a few studies which have considered reorganizingmaterial in a course sequence in order to enhance the learning experience and reduce critical pathlengths. For instance, Dally, of the University of Maryland College Park, observes that mechanicsis typically

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Roe

directly while looking over the lesson plans. 3) In early summer institutes, eachteacher/graduate student team worked on one unit individually over the duration of the session.In the most recent summer institute, all the teams worked on the same unit synergistically forweek before moving on to the next unit. This approach broadened the materials developed foreach unit.ConclusionsContent generation for the units within a module is a carefully managed process utilizing theresources from all of the development team members. From module topic selection throughcontent development for the units within a module, technology infusion, module organization,and module testing, the process only succeeds through good communication. Our most valuablehuman

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nabil Ibrahim

Session Number 1566 PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Nabil A. Ibrahim Ph.D. AVP Graduate Studies & Research, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0025ABSTRACTThis paper deals with the value of corporate partnership in the development of a programin Manufacturing Information Engineering at San Jose State University (SJSU), known as2+2+2. The program has been developed in partnership with several high schools, threecommunity colleges and six high-tech industrial companies in Silicon Valley. Thecurriculum has been carefully articulated to enable students to move seamlessly

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jolly Lesley; David Radcliffe

broad education - of graduate students. Some have suggested that there is acrisis in doctoral education20 as it comes to terms with being more than simply a mechanism forreproduction for the academy. The wider adoption of the professional doctorate is another signof fundamental change in the form and nature of advanced study in engineering and technology.These are topics that remain at the fringes of research and scholarship in the engineeringeducation community.Beyond Self-sufficiencyThere is a growing recognition in the engineering education community that research methodsfrom the social sciences have a crucial part to play in our research agenda. Both quantitative andqualitative methods are seen as essential in the effective assessment of

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

premise was that the mostreliable way to anticipate the future is by understanding the present.This paper looks at recent and current events in engineering education at the internationalscale, as reported over the past three years in the International Engineering EducationDigest, and attempts to connect them in ways that reveal megatrends in engineeringeducation. From the rush of universities to get into for-profit distance education ventures,to the worldwide drive toward harmonization of degrees and their quality assurancemechanisms, to downturns in engineering enrollments due to student disenchantment withthe profession, the topics repeated in the monthly issues of the Digest provide a patternthat helps to illuminate current megatrends, and to

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Thompson; Eric Vilar; Beth Davidson; John Brader; Michael Matthews; Elisabeth Alford; Sirena Hargrove-Leak

contemporary engineering education. Thus, gaining background in theory andpractice of constructive learning uniquely prepares engineering graduate students who planacademic careers. This presentation describes a novel approach in which engineering graduatestudents learned about learning theory through study, discussion, and practice in a constructivistenvironment.The approach was developed as a training program for engineering graduate studentsparticipating in the NSF-funded Research Communications Studio (RCS) Project at the Universityof South Carolina. These graduate students mentor small groups of engineering undergraduateresearchers who meet in weekly Studio sessions to develop their research and communicationsabilities. The graduate student

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Bishop; Gary Lewandowski; Joel Fried; Carla Purdy; Anant Kukreti

introduction toteaching for engineering and computer science. Topics include presentation skills, classroommanagement5, student assessment, Kolb learning styles6, and managing diversity in the classroom.Advanced Teaching Techniques, offered in the Spring Quarter, builds on the material in the firstseminar. This seminar focuses on discussion and practice of effective pedagogical techniques7,with emphasis on teaching of technical subjects.The Academic Profession, offered in the following Fall Quarter, focuses on preparation for the Page 8.73.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

, boundaries, and work plan). The bulk of the time and energy in a mentoring relationshipare spent in the nurturing phase in which the faculty adviser provides support, offers challenges,and supplies a vision to the graduate student. Finally, the mentoring relationship should come toclosure in the season of reaping: the graduation and gainful employment of the student within thescientific community.In the Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Department at the University of Iowa, the mentor’srole as skills consultant is facilitated through a graduate core course entitled “Introduction toLiterature Review & Proposal Writing.” 4,5 The course covers a wide variety of topics that thestudents will find necessary in their graduate education (and beyond

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

Paul King Vanderbilt UniversityBiomaterials Fred Schoen HSTBiomechanics/Rehab Engin Marcus Pandy University of Texas, AustinBioengineering Ethics Stephanie Bird HSTBiology Rob Linsenmeier Northwestern UniversityInterdisciplinary teams do research in each domain and therefore the REU program in VaNTH isa rich and complex experience for participants. Each domain team consists of a domain leader,peers within VaNTH who are experts in the field, and one or more industrial representativeswithin the field. Projects within the domain also include an educational assessment expert, alearning scientist, and graduate and

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Thomas Salem

. Integralto the success of the U.S. economy is cost-effective and reliable power generation andtransmission. Electrical brown-out or black-out events result in a loss of production capability ornecessitate expensive backup generation equipment; soaring utility costs mean less capital forboth product development and workforce expansion.This paper begins with an overview of the U.S. economic trends that have influenced theemployment demand for power and power electronic engineers. The demand for new talent willthen be evaluated in the context of the demand for more-capable and cost-effective militaryplatforms. In particular, the technological requirements of an “Electric Warship” will underscorethe need for engineering graduates, both civilian and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Tackett; Greg Walker

8.168.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Education The published course description provides a general direction and broad topics that werecovered in the classes. The fundamentals of high-performance computing will be introduced including design, development and deployment. Important language constructs such as garbage collection, parallelization (MPI/PVM), and computational libraries (La- Pack/BLAS) will be discussed. Further, the effects of network architectures and nature of computational tasks on program design will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on reusability and