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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Martha Garcia-Saenz; Madonna Tirtle

2003-1797Women in Engineering and Technology Program at Purdue University North Central Martha Garcia-Saenz and Madonna Tritle Purdue University North CentralAbstract: A mentorship program for Women in Engineering and Technology began in the 2002Spring Semester at Purdue University North Central. The program empowers women in technicalfields. Given the high potential for women in engineering and technology and the low enrollmentthat engineering and technology programs have averaged, it is imperative for educators to addressthis issue and help female students realize and explore their potential

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Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

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Brian West

Session 2475 Utilizing Feedback From Your Tenure and Promotion Committee Brian E. West, P.E. University of Southern IndianaThe tenure and promotion (T & P) process may seem to be a maze of confusion: publishingrequirements, performing research and writing grants, service to the university and to thecommunity, faculty development, advising students, and last, but not least, teaching.There seems to be two main methods of T & P evaluation procedures. In the first procedure, thetenure candidate is evaluated at the end of the third year of employment, and then again in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Bill Ray

Session 1526 Website and CD-ROM Development: Digital Images of Water and Wastewater Processes for Engineering Education Bill T. Ray1, L. R. Chevalier1, J. W. Nicklow2, L. A. Boruszkowski3, and C. D. McCann4 1 Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, MC 6603, Carbondale, IL 62901; Ph: (618) 453-7774; E-mail: ray@engr.siu.edu/ 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois University

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Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gerardine Botte

The Use of Active Learning in Design of Engineering Experiments Gerardine G. Botte Ohio University 183 Stocker Center Athens, OH 45701 This paper discusses the issues and experiences in developing an active learningatmosphere during a Design of Engineering Experiments course. The course coveredthree main topics: introduction to statistics, design of experiments, and statistical processcontrol. Twelve undergraduate students at the sophomore and junior levels participated inthe course. The course was taught at the University of Minnesota Duluth. A highlymotivated classroom environment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Session 1526 Hands-on Experiments in Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, Mariano J. Savelski, and C. Stewart Slater Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan UniversityAbstract Drug Delivery is a burgeoning field that represents one of the major research anddevelopment focus areas of pharmaceutical industry today, with new drug delivery system salesexceeding 10 billion dollars per year [1]. Chemical Engineers play an important and expandingrole in this exciting field, yet

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Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Powers

to their local schoolcommunity. Clarkson students developed curricula for 7th and 8 th grade science and technologyclasses and then worked with the middle school students throughout the year to reduce totransform solid waste into valuable products. The solutions to this problem – food waste tocompost and non-biodegradable waste as aggregates in concrete - provided a vehicle to teachfundamental science and math content as well as the process of doing science and solvingproblems.Placing college science and engineering students in the classroom proved to be a greatmechanism for engaging students in science topics and providing mentoring experiences thatdiffer greatly from those that a practicing professional can provide. It is clear, however

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

teach construction students groupenvironment.Assessment is the process by which evidence for congruence between a program’s stated goalsand objectives and the actual outcomes of its programs and activities is assembled and analyzed inorder to improve teaching and learning 2. Although classroom teachers have been testing studentson their mastery of subject matters for centuries, there is a growing concern that traditionalclassroom tests are frequently used as summative evaluations to only grade students and not aseffective feedback tools. Assessment of students' learning is considered as both a means and anend 3. However, tests are effective ways to bound goals and objectives of the course. Researchsuggests that students concentrate on learning

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Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Carlos Ortiz

Session 2251 Use of Membrane Bioreactor Process for Wastewater Treatment: Case Study Carlos A. Ortiz, Ph.D., Alma Manga Civil Engineering Technology Southern Polytechnic State UniversityAbstractPaulding County in the State of Georgia has experienced approximately a 96% populationincrease in the last decade [1]. As a result of this population growth the need for increasingwastewater treatment capacity and improving effluent quality have become one of the mainpriorities for the Public Works Department (PWD). In an

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Russ Pimmel

Session 1630 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Faculty Workshops Russell L. Pimmel Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, ALAbstractFaculty workshops provide an efficient, economical approach for disseminating the many newideas and approaches created in the engineering education research and development efforts.Usually, workshop leaders use post-workshop surveys in a formative evaluation process todetermine the participants’ likes and dislikes, but data on

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Border

Session 2548 Coursework Focus: Inter-operation of Servers, Workstations, and Network Devices David A. Border Electronics and Computer Technology Program Department of Technology Systems Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403AbstractThe paper details both the coursework and hardware used in a new two-semester sequence ofdata communication courses under development in the Electronics and Computer Technology(ECT) Program at Bowling Green State

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kevin Lansey; Jeff Goldberg

cutbacks.However, knowledge of the fundamental concepts remains critical to engineering education. Theexisting paradigm for teaching engineering science is three credit hour blocks of material. Thisthree-unit course depth may not be necessary, but a basic comprehension of the material is vital.Over the past four years, eight faculty members in the College of Engineering and Mines(COEM) at the University of Arizona have created a web-based course, ENGR 211. The courseconsists of eight 1-credit hour modules on engineering science topics and spans the areastraditionally covered by the Fundamentals of Engineering professional exam (statics, thermo,dynamics, fluids, mechanics, materials, electric circuits, and economics). The modules are nowpart of the

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Conrad; Marvin Needler

implementations of the problemswere not. The students dissatisfied because the only way that they could determine if theprogram was working properly was to watch the output lights. As a result of thisdissatisfaction, a search was conducted to determine if miniature models or PLCsimulation software was available that could be implemented in the laboratory. The results of the search resulted in the purchase of two different models and asimulation software package. This paper describes in detail the hardware, the simulationsoftware, and the student evaluation of the updated laboratory experiments. Objective. It is unrealistic to expect an industrial controls lab to be equipped with actualindustrial machines. The cost, space requirements, and

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jessica du Maine; Dorothy McGuffin

Section 2286 Triple Threat Collaboration: Increasing Minority Success in Engineering Jessica J. du Maine, Dorothy McGuffin St. Louis Community College – Florissant ValleyAbstractIncreasing enrollment in engineering programs is attained through creative partnerships. Onesuch partnership is the Emerson Electric Minority Engineering Scholarship. This 13-yearcollaboration between the corporate world (Emerson Electric Co.), a four-year university(University of Missouri – Rolla (UMR)) and a 2-year college (St. Louis Community College(SLCC)) makes it

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

Session 3542 Opportunities in Education at the Confluence of Technology and Management Elise M. Barrella and Keith W. Buffinton Bucknell UniversityAbstractDue to the increasing need for an understanding of technology and engineering for individuals inmanagement positions, a familiarity with both business and engineering principles, as well astheir interdependence, is required. This paper is a study of the academic opportunities offered byselected colleges and universities to prepare students to become business leaders in fields

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Serdar Tumkor; Ali Sekmen; Recayi Pecen; Ayhan Zora; Ismail Fidan

anddecision-making purposes. These “expert systems” help a wide range of students be moreproductive by enabling them to access to the collective experience and proven techniques in theirfield. This paper reports the following developed systems and their implementations:• Hydraulics Circuits Design and Assembly• Soldering Process Design• Machining (i.e.: Turning, Drilling, Milling, Broaching, Shaping, Grinding) Process Design.• Bearing Selection• Hot Forging Design The elements involved in hydraulic system design are the component selectors, power andforce calculator, and flow, pump, motor, and cylinder calculators. Soldering includes lasersoldering and its implementation within a modular software tool created. Knowledge base ofmachining

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Amir Karimi

Session 3159 Automated Laboratory Experience in an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program Amir Karimi, A.C. Rogers, Thomas J. Connolly, and James W. Frazer Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at San AntonioAbstractThe mechanical engineering BS degree program at The University of Texas at San Antonio(UTSA) requires an experimental laboratory sequence that supports both stems of mechanicalengineering (energy and structures/motion). Data acquisition systems are integrated into therequired laboratory sequence. A 5-year laboratory

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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J.W. Bruce

Session 1620 Design Methodology Suitable for Team-based Embedded Systems Education J.W. Bruce Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 jwbruce@ece.msstate.eduAbstractThis paper describes a design methodology useful for team-based (cooperative) and problem-based embedded systems education. The design methodology includes a detailed design conven-tion and formalized hardware and code design reviews where the quantity and nature of

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

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Francis Di Bella

Session 1447 Mechanical Engineering Technology Division: “Integrating Culture as well as Engineering Instruction in Capstone Project and Machine Design Courses” Francis A. Di Bella, PE (617 373 5240; fdibella@coe.neu.edu) Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Technology Northeastern University; Boston, MAC.P. Snow’s famous 1959 Rede Lecture on the clash of the “Two Cultures”: Art andScience continues to reverberate in the halls of science and engineering education. Snow’slecture brought to the surface what seemed apparent to most

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; Albert McHenry; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Mesa, ArizonaAbstractThe embedded laboratory experience associated with engineering technology curricula isan added benefit to the engineering technology students and their preparation toimmediately make an economic contribution upon employment after graduation.However, in the era of web enabled education, a challenge is posed by the need toreplicate live laboratory experiences using electronic media processes. TheMicroelectronics program at Arizona State University East is sincerely attempting todeliver the laboratory courses through distance learning to accommodate compressedwork schedule of students and to reach the students who must be at remote sites. Thepurpose of the paper is to survey the existing distance education formats that are

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

prepare them for industry. With this type of software comes some interesting challengesfor faculty: What classroom topics are no longer necessary or important in a constraint-basedCAD environment?; What classroom topics are critical to cover in a constraint-based CADenvironment?; What types of activities will allow students to realize the full power of thesoftware?; and How should these activities be evaluated? This paper will address howengineering and technical graphics faculty have been coping with the change to constraint-basedprograms by describing changes in curricula and possible classroom activities that can be used totake advantage of the functionality of the software. Grading strategies for constraint-based CADactivities will also be

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv; Rosalyn Berne

Session 2330 Eight-Dimensional Methodology for Innovative Thinking About the Case and Ethics of the Mount Graham, Large Binocular Telescope Project Submitted by:Rosalyn W. Berne, Division of Technology, Culture and Communication,University of Virginia, 351 McCormick Road, Thornton Road, Charlottesville, Va. 22904.434-924-6098. rwb@virginia.eduAnd,Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University, Electrical Engineering Department, FloridaAtlantic University, Boca Raton Florida, 33431. 561-297-2773. ravivd@fau.eduAbstract Case analysis is a common method for

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M.L. Meier

richer and their use in the laboratory courses would be invaluable. The author is developing a series of tutorials that address a wide range of materials science topics. The spreadsheet exercises in each tutorial start with simple calculations and progress to project-level calculations such as modeling ionic bonding or processing data from experiments. Spreadsheet skills developed include performing simple and complex calculations, importing and exporting data, graphing data, using the numerical tools, and producing attractive, presentable and reusable spreadsheet applications. With spreadsheets already on practically every home and school personal computer implementation of these tutorials can be done

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NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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George Bebis; Dwight Egbert; Dave Williams

Session _______ Computer Vision Research Teaching Modules for Community College Computer Science and Engineering Courses Dwight Egbert, George Bebis, and Dave Williams University of Nevada, Reno and Western Nevada Community CollegeAbstractThis paper describes computer vision teaching modules we have developed for use in severalcourses at the University of Nevada as part of a Combined Research and CurriculumDevelopment (CRCD) project, sponsored by NSF. Modules developed to date includeprogramming projects for CS1 and/or CS2 courses, an image compression module for anintroductory logic course, a digital

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dana Knox

Session 2793 Advisors and Mentors: Their Role in the Retention and Success of Chemical Engineering Students Dana E. Knox Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102AbstractThis paper will discuss a variety of changes that have been implemented in the way students havebeen advised and mentored over the last several years in the chemical engineering department atNJIT. These changes have included: use of a single person to advise all

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jeanette Garr

Session 2793 Critical and Unconventional Analysis of General Education Requirements for Engineering Students Jeanette M. Garr, PhD Chemical Engineering Program, Youngstown State UniversityAbstractEngineers are deemed “logical problem-solvers”, a trait that attracts students to the field.However, the students’confidence-building skills in their ability to solve generalized “flow orbalance” problems, requiring “follow-through” and “logical set-up” are being ignored throughouttheir college years. Outside of the realm of end-of-the chapter problems, ABET sets protocol

Conference Session

Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Gore

Session 2163 Lean versus Six-Sigma -- Friends or Foes? David W. Gore, PE Middle Tennessee State UniversityBackground"Lean Manufacturing" was introduced by Toyota about 50 years ago, and "Six-Sigma" wasintroduced by Motorola just over 21 years ago. At first glance, it would appear that leanmanufacturing is a method to reduce waste, or "fat," in the manufacturing process, which resultsin both a reduction in product manufacturing time-to-market and work-in-process (WIP)inventories; whereas, six-sigma addresses reduction in process variability such that the

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wilmorat Ratchukool; Arnold Lumsdaine

students to play “what if?” games in order to gain greater insight into thediagrams and into the bending stress produced by the bending moment. Lecture notes (createdusing Microsoft PowerPoint) are made available to students online. Streaming video lectures(created using SmartBoard technology and video editing software) allow students to accesslecture material and examples at any time. These asynchronous instructional tools allow thematerial to be covered in a number of different ways, appealing to diverse learning styles, so thatthe material may be covered more comprehensively using less class time than in a traditionallecture format. These instructional tools will ultimately be placed in the context of larger instructionalmodules in mechanics

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson

Session ____ Distance Delivery Squared (DD2) Andrew E. Jackson, Ph.D., Sherion H. Jackson, Ed.D. Texas A&M University-CommerceAbstract “Old Dominion University (ODU) has assumed a responsibility to serve the members ofthe armed services and their families with high quality programming that meets the unique needsof military men and women.” (NCPACE Web Site, 2002)1 ODU is one of sixteen college anduniversity partners that provide academic instruction to United States Navy personnel through theNavy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE), part of the Navy

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yeu-Sheng Shiue

machining tools, CNC programming, and welding in their sophomore year. In order tomaintain students’ manufacturing skills through interaction and hands-on experiences, anindustry or community-related class project must be carefully selected. Applying classroomknowledge to a day-to-day product is the best way to make students realize the importance of thesubject. In the junior level Kinematics class, instead of building traditional simple four-barlinkages or slider-crank mechanisms, a project is selected to apply four-bar linkage, gear andgear train, relative motions to a day-to-day product. The current project is to design andmanufacture an automatic feeding device for children who have disabilities. The main focus ofthis project is on the

Conference Session

Value Added Collection Management

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Grigg

Session 2541The Evolution of the Patent and Trademark Depository Library and the Role of the Patent and Trademark Librarian in the Digital Age Karen S. Grigg North Carolina State University LibrariesAbstractThis paper discusses effective methods of delivering patent and trademark referenceassistance that support the university and library’s mission of time- and location-independent service. The North Carolina State University Libraries is the sole Patent andTrademark Depository Library (PTDL) in the state of North Carolina and, as such,supports a diverse and geographically scattered clientele