Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Holling

: Searching for the First Principle in Software Engineering”, The Rational Edge, Dec 2000, http://www.therationaledge.com/content/dec_00/f_craftscience.html K. D. Taylor, W. W. Buchanan, R. B. Englund, T. P. O’Connor, D. W. Yates, “Professional Registration Issues for Engineering Technology Graduates: A Range of Perspectives”, Proc. 1997 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE Cat. 97CH36099, http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie97/papers/1446.pdf “ Mechanical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering Technology: Which Path Will You Take”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), http://www.asme.org/students/whichpath.html W. L. Elden, P.E. (Ret) , PACE Chair IEEE Melbourne Section, “Engineering, Technology, Science and the

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Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alexander Quinn; Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

Session 1630 Contributions of Cognitive Engineering Methods to Engineering Education Alexander B. Quinn, George M. Nickles, and Amy R. Pritchett School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyIntroductionCognitive engineering is the inter-disciplinary study of the design and improvement of socio-technical systems through better training of personnel, through procedures and through theintroduction of technologies to support human performance. This field builds upon insights intohuman performance provided by

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

time and opportunitiesavailable and provides the highest value possible to the student.The intention of this paper a review of a collection of existing approaches to providing practicalexperiences and to provide information of how the Admiral Lewis B. Combs Memorial DesignRetreat was developed, its goals, as well as demonstrate the value of such a practical experience.In doing so the discussion will examine the structure of past retreats and the impacts they havehad on their participants.ReviewAt the undergraduate level practical experiences appear in a variety of activities. Students areexposed to practical experiences through courses, planned events, co-ops, internships, etc.Without question, these practical experiences add significant value

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nghia Le

slot provides asmooth passage for the coins to roll down the slope. A 33mH inductor is mounted on theside of the slot via a through hole. The top of the inductor is flush with the inner wall ofthe slot. Figure 2 – The Coin SlotThe characteristics of the core of the inductor change when a coin passes in front of it.This change results in a decrease of the inductance value. The circuit will exploit thisbehavior of the inductor to detect the different coins passing through the slot. B. The Sine Wave OscillatorThe schematic diagram of the oscillator is in Figure 3 on the next page.If we let C1 = C 2 = C 3 = C and R3 = R 4 = R, the oscillating frequency of the circuit is: 1 1f

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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R. Stephen Dannelly; Carl Steidley

 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationright, etc. However, in practice obstacle avoidance is quite difficult. The first problem to solveis how to avoid obstacles while avoiding an obstacle. A recursive algorithm was the obvioussolution. However, while avoiding object A, if object B is found and is avoided leading to objectC whose avoidance leads back to object A, the algorithm will infinitely recurse. One innovativesolution was to randomly traverse clockwise or counterclockwise when an object wasencountered. A second obstacle avoidance problem is that is very possible to encounter the pointG while traversing an obstacle. Also, traversing clockwise may more likely lead to the goal,while

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Renken; John Reisel

Session 2003-2307 TWO SENIOR CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS ON THE POTENTIAL ENERGY SAVINGS AT THE PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER John R. Reisel, Kevin J. Renken, and B. Andrew Price University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeAbstractThis paper presents the results of two real-world mechanical engineering senior capstone designprojects at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. These projects focused on methods forobtaining potential energy savings at the Pettit National Ice Center (PNIC) in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. The authors were originally requested by the State of Wisconsin's Division of Energy toperform a feasibility

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

Session 1609 Designing an Outreach Project that Trains Both Future Faculty and Future Engineers Suzanne A. Olds1, David E. Kanter1,2, Amanda Knudson 3, Shruti B. Mehta 1 1 Biomedical Engineering Department/ 2School of Education and Social Policy/1Biology Department Northwestern University, Evanston, ILI. BackgroundRecognizing that there are more engineering jobs than there are future engineers in theeducational pipeline, many universities have developed programs to attack this problem at itsroots - in elementary and middle schools

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Adams; Nick Safai

evaluation ofassociated pass/fail criteria for aircraft seat certification 1-3. One of those tests is a combinedvertical/longitudinal impact condition that measures among others the lumbar-column pelvicload in the Part 572 Subpart B Hybrid II anthropomorphic test dummy (ATD) 4. The maximummeasured lumbar-column pelvic compressive load in the ATD must not exceed the 1500 poundspass/fail criterion. This test,illustrated in Figure 2 and described in Table 1, is intended to evaluate the means by which thelumbar load produced by the combined vertical/longitudinal environment, typical of an aircraftcrash event, is reduced. V y gp

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Krueger; Theodore Aanstoos; Ronald Barr

problems. (a)* 2. Ability to formulate and solve open-ended problems. (e) 3. Ability to design mechanical components, systems, and processes. (c) 4. Ability to set up and conduct experiments, and to present the results in a professional manner. (b) 5. Ability to use modern computer tools in mechanical engineering. (k) 6. Ability to communicate in written, oral and graphical forms. (g) 7. Ability to work in teams and apply interpersonal skills in engineering contexts. (d) 8. Ability and desire to lay a foundation for continued learning beyond the baccalaureate degree. (i) 9. Awareness of professional issues in engineering practice, including ethical responsibility, safety, the creative enterprise, and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh

m 3  0.445 m 3    cat  cat  R  gas  10 L gas mol  1kPa  1.01325 × 105 Pa = 200.5   (25) L gass kPa  1000Pa  atm mol = 20315 gcat s atm17. Leave β blank or place a zero in the cell. Notice that you don’t enter the negative sign with the pre-exponential.18. Now you must regress your equilibrium constant values, with units of atm, using the equation ln (K ) = A + B T + C ln (T ) + DT (26

Conference Session

Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Baratuci; Angela Linse

help usunderstand whether our efforts helped the students learn. In our presentation at the ASEEConference, we will summarize our efforts and present the results of this assessment plan.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank Professor Kevin Hodgson for permitting us to interact with students inhis section of the Introduction to Thermodynamics course in the Spring Quarter of 2003. Thedata gathered was most helpful in assessing the effectiveness of Thermo-CD.Thermo-CD is a product of B-Cubed. The program, workbook, homework problems andinstructors guide were developed by William Baratuci, Jennifer Kilwien, Kory Mills, SusanFisher and Michael Harrison. The price of the workbook and online access to Thermo-CD is$75. Students can purchase a copy of

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Schwesig

G1 ...... G2 Gn product mod. and sim Figure 3 First proposal of a modular structure of the curriculumThis number may be expanded. These modules should focus on aspects that are futureoriented for the manufacturing industry to promote a paradigm shift from traditionalmanufacturing to e-business.The part of the curriculum to be developed in Europe will be focusing the creation of themodules A, B and C. Thus, the GEM project has recognized the significance of digitalbusiness within the education of engineers. Since After having created a draft

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos; Kyongbum Lee; Howard Saltsburg; Gregory Botsaris; David Kaplan

material. Within this framework, we will examine two approaches.The first is a design-based approach in which first year students can be asked to:a. design a specific polymer with chemical and structural characteristics (strength, elasticity, self healing, biodegradable)b. design a “tunable” cell (stem cells)c. design an organ (kidney, heart)d. design a fertilizer plant (e.g., ammonia by chemical and biochemical processes) Page 8.1002.5e. design a production process for some material (Si, Al)Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003 American Society for

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

engineering disciplines • Use of the Internet to learn about engineering • “Hands on” projects to help introduce middle/high school students to engineering • Engineering research pursuits • Success strategies that students might use in their pursuit of an engineering career • Issues and answers for encouraging females and other underrepresented groups to consider a career in engineeringThe primary text for the course will be Studying Engineering A Road Map to a RewardingCareer by Raymond B. Landis. A typical day would involve an alumni panel, hands-on activity,review of after-school programs (such as Future Scientists and Engineers of America (FSEA)and Hands-On Science), success strategies for students, tours of

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

environment is created. The classroom experience is more vibrant and exciting forboth the students and the instructor. Through immediate comparison of the experimental resultswith the theoretical predictions, the students gain a better appreciation of the applicability andlimitations of the theoretical and empirical information presented in the textbook.In conclusion, it is believed that use of the demonstration unit in lecture classes significantlyenhances the educational experience of the students and improves the students’ comprehensionof the lecture material.CHARLES H. FORSBERGCharles H. Forsberg is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Hofstra University, where he teaches courses in thethermal/fluids area. He received a B. S. in Mechanical

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Riley

engineering have not placed sufficient emphasis on pedagogy orcurriculum as avenues for reform, despite repeated calls to do so. Davis and Rosser1 note thatwhen institutions undertake curricular reform, they rarely consider the gender impacts of theirefforts, let alone fully integrate curricular reform with strategies to establish gender equity. Thecurrent mindset is that improving engineering education in mainstream ways, without consideringgender or race, will help all students – “the rising tide raises all boats.” Thus, reforms - such asestablishing relevance of course material - are often done only from a white male perspective, andmay or may not have relevance for white women and people of color. Rosser 2 notes that whenreforms are implemented

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

, S. B., Jobe, J. M., 2001. Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis. Duxbury, Thomson Learning.3. Standridge, C. R. and Marvel, J. H., 2002. Engineering Statistics as a Laboratory Course. Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Canada.4. Gupta, S. K. and Marchetti, C. E., 2003. Materials Science Experiments and Engineering Statistics. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN.CAROL E. MARCHETTICarol E. Marchetti is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, and the winner of the 1998 Provost’sAward for Excellence in Teaching. She teaches introductory and upper-division statistics courses, and is a memberof the Institute Effective Teaching

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

conflict.This can be helped by (a) creating an environment where students feel safe enough to do this, (b)directing their attention to this issue, (c) welcoming discussions about conflict, and (d) providingthem with tools to identify and resolve conflict.Note that we are not saying that all learning is necessarily preceded by conflict, nor that conflictis the only key to learning. Once a student is ready for learning, they may proceed with little ifany conflict. They may be more open to making subsequent changes too. A few people maynever enter conflict, though we expect those to be very few indeed. Furthermore, effectivelearning requires many other elements, such as sources of new models to try, situations in whichto practice, and communities for

Conference Session

Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Goulet

and a proof test to compare actual launch distance to thepredicted. The predicted performance of the launcher and supporting design analysis was requiredprior to construction of the catapult. The analysis included: 1) Estimate striker velocity as afunction of spring displacement by applying the principle of work & energy; 2) Estimate the initialvelocity of projectile as a function of striker momentum by applying the principle of impulse &momentum and; 3) Estimate the projectile launch distance as a function of launch angle and initialvelocity by applying particle kinematics. Little emphasis was placed on grading in this first versionof the EPBL insertion. An A was assigned to members of the winning team and a B to all othersexcept for

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Forbes; Mary Emplaincourt

). The hazards are still identified as those that may,could, or will cause moderate to serious injury (or death) if not avoided. The safety alertsymbol format (triangle with exclamation point) is shown in Figures 3 a, b, c. Thestandard recommends that the word message “should be concise and readily understood.”The word message obviously should not include mundane features such as generaloperating instructions for the machine. The “pictorial should be readily understood andshould effectively communicate the message.” Pictorials currently in use include suchthings as bloody amputated fingers, legs caught in screw conveyors, arms, and fingers Page

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Scott Almen; Russel Biekert; Norbert Richter; Al Post

specification analysis is completed. b) Product is re-designed to fit MECO capabilities while still maintaining OmniMount functionality. c) CAD drawings are created and approved. d) CAD drawings are distributed to students in Casting and Forming class. e) A two-year plan is created for the product (Gantt Chart). f) Process plans (methods, operations, and tooling) are created. g) Manufacturing cell designs are created. h) Manufacturing cells are simulated by senior students in the Simulation class (MET 415). i) Complete cost analysis of the product cycle (manufacture and assembly) is created.In MET 344, Casting and Forming, the following functions are completed by multiple studentteams and reviewed by a team of industry

Conference Session

Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Hergert; Ron Earley; Suguna Bommaraju

-I, Appendix B).Typically, a student registered at Miami University would fulfill 28% Foundation requirement, 9%Focus requirement, and 63% in the field requirement as shown in the pie chart (Figure-1). Page 8.688.3Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Foundation (28%) Focus (9%) Field (63

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Camilla Saviz; Kurt Schulz

Session _____ Learning Design in Lab Camilla M. Saviz and Kurt C. Schulz School of Engineering and Computer Science University of the Pacific, Stockton, CAAbstractLaboratory curricula in two core undergraduate-level engineering courses, FluidMechanics and Materials Science, have been enhanced through implementation oflaboratory design experiences. In addition to performing established experiments,students work in teams to develop a laboratory experiment investigating a course-related topic which they are required to research and formally report

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Ebel; Roobik Gharabagi

The Senior Design Project: From Concept to Reality Roobik Gharabagi, William J. Ebel Department of Electrical Engineering Saint Louis University 3450 Lindell Blvd St. Louis, MO 63103 gharabr@slu.edu, ebelwj@slu.eduAbstractThe senior design experience at the Department of Electrical Engineering of St. LouisUniversity is a two semester course sequence with sixteen weeks per semester. The totalof thirty two weeks for the senior design courses is divided into three major sections oftwelve-twelve-eight weeks. The end result of each major

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weber; Bernard Lwakabamba; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Conference, Toronto, Canada, June, 2002.[2] B. Graubard, F. Chen, Z. Min, R.J. Weber, D. Rover, and J.A. Dickerson, “Lessons Learned: Installing a Wireless System in the C6 Virtual Reality Environment,” IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 7th Annual Immersive Projection Technology (IPT) Symposium, Orlando, March 2002.[3] J. A. Dickerson, W. C. Black, C. Cruz-Neira, R. Weber, “CRCD: Wireless Multimedia Communications for Virtual Environments,” Invited Paper at the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June, 2001.[4] R. Stuart, Design of Virtual Environments: Barricade Books, 2001.[5] Allen Bierbaum, VR

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krohn

Dr. Robert Maruca, Associate Professor of ChemistryTextbook: Energy and the Environment; R. A Ristinen and J. J. Kraushaar, J. Wiley and Sons Publishing Co., 1999.References: N/ASupplies: Calculator, Paper, Pencil, EraserGrading: Lesson Plans 100 points Lab Reports 50 points each Notebook 50 pointsGrades: 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 70% C

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

b/c I enjoy learning or take my deep knowledge in the mission field.)The average workweek lasted 43.1 hrs. The maximum number of hours worked per weekwas 65 and the median workweek was 40 hours. When asked “what do you like leastabout your job,” seven women mentioned the long hours required, and one specificallymentioned the uncertainty of the number of hours that might be required on any given day.One woman stated the following: My company encourages involvement in civic organizations as well as professional ones. Often times there are city/town/county board meetings related to our projects we must attend during the evenings. Engineering is not simply a 9 to 5 job. This, in combination with the stress of the

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

Associates, Publishers, Mahwah, New Jersey.7. Rosson, M. B., J. M. Carroll. (2002) Usability Engineering. Scenario-Based Development of Human- Computer Interaction. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, California.8. Shneiderman, B. (1998). Designing the User Interface. Strategies For Effective Human-Computer Interaction. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts.Biographical InformationBARBARA BERNAL THOMASThomas is a full professor in the School of Computing and Software Engineering at Southern Polytechnic StateUniversity for the last seventeen years. The areas of Software Engineering, User-Centered Design and ComputerGraphics & Multimedia are the focus endeavors. She is a co-founder of the SPSU Usability Research Lab and

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

material to the students is instruction withexperiential learning. 1. Writing a. Formal technical reports following the technical journal format (One individual and two team reports) b. Safety report for supervisor and peers (One individual) Page 8.753.12 c. Operations Manual for a non-technical audience (One individual)Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1313

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ventura

publication by ABET that identifies the learning outcomes necessary to maintainABET accreditation [2]. In this publication, ABET defines the following learning outcomes thatmust be demonstrated in an accredited engineering program: (a) ability to apply knowledgeacquired, (b) ability to design and conduct experiments, (c) ability to design systems, (d) abilityto function on multi-disciplinary teams, (e) ability to formulate and solve problems,(f) understanding professional responsibility, (g) ability to communicate, (h) understanding theimpact of engineering solutions in a global context, (i) recognition of need for life-long learning,(j) knowledge of contemporary issues, and (k) ability to analyze and interpret data.At Christian Brothers University