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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

analysis on the system and find out if the system can withstand contingencies. If there are contingencies that cause flow or voltage violations the teams were asked to tabulate them. The teams were also to discuss if there are any contingencies that are more serious then others, and also if there were any part of the system that is weaker (more affected by different contingencies) then other parts. b. System expansion studies and recommendations for 2012: In this section, teams were expected to come up with a system expansion plan for ATC for the year 2012. This involved doing a contingency analysis on the system and modifying the system so that there are no longer any violations in the target year of 2012

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Nichols; Margaret Pinnell

. Page 9.833.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Student teams were required to maintain team notebooks that included information onboth the service-learning project and the reverse engineering research. The notebooks wererequired to be organized in the following manner: 1. Team Information a. Team roster; b. Team photo 2. Weekly Progress Reports 3. Research a. Bibliography b. Pages printed out from the internet c. Photocopied pages d. Notes 4. Reverse Design Information and work 5

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ronald Meade

Session 2115 Ethics and the Design Process Ronald B. Meade, Ph.D, PE Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering United States Air Force AcademyWhat we owe others is the essence of ethics. Codes of ethics make clear the principles of ethicalconduct, specific obligations and prohibitions. Undergraduate education is the proper place tointroduce engineering students to ethical concepts. Professions like engineering have specificduties to the public, peers, and clients.Engineering educators can cover ethics in a stand alone fashion or

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadezda Berezkina; Ilya Leipunsky; Guido Lopez

not require post-testing cleaning, and b) Permanent records of cracks and other surface discontinuities can be obtained considerably faster (in the order of seconds) than conventional PT methods.In addition, GAIM is capable of detecting and revealing surface discontinuities in a wide varietyof engineering materials including metals, ceramics, and composites, without additionalrequirements. GAIM is indeed extremely versatile and inexpensive PT technique, and can beused in engineering laboratory education, and several areas of industrial inspection and testingincluding aerospace, nuclear and conventional power generation, petrochemical plants,automotive and marine manufacture and maintenance.UNDERLYING PHENOMENA OF GAIM

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Leland

down the equation of a line, y = mx + b, drawing asketch of the two points with a line through them, labeling the data as (x1,y1) = (1,2), (x2,y2) =(2,-3), and restating the problem as determining m and b. The concept being taught is thatunderstanding the problem goes well beyond reading the problem and identifying the goal, butalso includes introducing suitable notation and graphical representations when possible. In thisauthor’s opinion, this is where most of our students have difficulty. Many students coming tooffice hours are asking the question: ‘Can you show me where to start so I can use what I learnedin the course?’ In Polya’s terminology4, this is precisely the step of understanding the problem.A second lecture was devoted to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

realization among educators of theneed to put a greater emphasis on imparting higher-level cognitive skills (e.g., reasoning, criticalthinking, decision making, problem identification, and problem solving). A variety of nationalreports (Bok, 1986; Boyer, 1987, NSF, 1996) have also stressed the importance of teaching suchskills to all levels of students. The learning experience must move from lecture as a dominantmode to include a significant level of active learning approaches. Cooperative learningapproaches and other contextual experiential learning must be integrated into the classroom(Sheila, 1992). The relative neglect of teaching of higher-level cognitive skills is due to two ill-founded assumptions: (a) that these skills cannot be taught and (b

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Kissoff

action items. Attempts will be made to improvethe site access for the student teams for any future trials.Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank Mark Bostleman of ProjectVillage, LLC, the BostlemanCorporation and The University of Toledo Capital Projects department for providing andallowing access to the ProjectVillageTM system for this project. Additional gratitude goes toTech Dynamics, Inc. of Toledo, Ohio for providing the program with a set of plans.Refer ences 1. Sawhney, A., Rotsawatsuk, P., Mund, A., “Enhancing Construction Engineering Education Using Internet based Tools”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June 1999. 2. Sawhney, A., Koczenasz, J., Bashford, B., Mund, A

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene P. Deess; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori

retention/withdrawal and with each other. 2. All items that correlated significantly with retention/withdrawal were entered into a stepwise multiple regression analysis. 3. Items that correlated significantly with items that contributed significantly to the stepwise multiple regression were summarized. b) ResultsThree predictors, cumulative-grade-point-average (CumGPA), Precalculus placement test scoreand commitment, contributed significantly in a 2-step, step-wise multiple regression multiple Rof .30. No other variable contributed significantly to the prediction of retention. This means thatif a student has a good CumGPA and is highly motivated to complete the degree requirements,that student is likely to

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Kaitlyn Conroy; Melissa Pickering; Emily Ryan; Brian Gravel

. G., Sloat, B., F. & Davis, C.-S. G. 61p. (University of Michigan, 1989).11. Clewell, B. C. & Brown, S. V. (2001) "Project talent flow: The non-SEM field choices of Black and Latino undergraduates with the aptitude for science, engineering, and mathematics careers." Research News on Minority Graduate Education, AAAS 1(1).12. Kubanek, A.-M. W. & Waller, M. (1995) "Women's confidence in science: Problematic notions around young women's career and life choices." Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 2: 243-253.Biographical InformationMELISSA PICKERINGMelissa Pickering is a junior at Tufts majoring in mechanical engineering. She has been part of STOMP since itsinception

Conference Session

Integrating Math into Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Davis

Session 1465 Constructing Control Charts with Average Run Length Constraints Robert B. Davis Miami UniversityAbstractIn many statistics courses for engineering majors, students learn how to construct control chartsfor monitoring quality levels of manufacturing processes. However, the students generally justlearn how to use the standard “three-sigma” approach, where control limits are established atthree standard deviations above and below the average value. Often, no details are given as tohow the sample size and control

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Eydgahi; Bob Lahidji

Page 9.844.5 Eidgahy, S. Y. (2002). Academic Administration: Leadership vs. Management. Proceedings of the 2002American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”3 Hecht, I., Higgerson, M. L., Gmelch, W. H., and Turcker, A. (1999). The department chair as academic leader.Phoenix, AZ: The American Council on Education/Oryx Press.4 Covey, S. R. (1992). Principle-Centered Leadership. A Fireside Book, published by Simon & Schuster.5 Burns, J. M. (1978). Leadership, Harper & Row, New York, NY.6 Bass, B. M. (1985

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

addresses thefour major areas required by SME and EAC/ABET: materials and processes; product, tool, and Page 9.1273.2assembly; manufacturing systems; and manufacturing competitiveness. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThere however remained a pressing need to establish a curricular framework that was (a)modularin nature, (b)consistent in its pedagogical approach and (c)had a common look and feel. This issignificant for several reasons. Students articulating from a technology program to

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Timothy Cromley

published information about the invention, or offered it for sale more than one year before the date of application [35 U.S.C. § 102(b)], the patent would be invalid and substantially worthless. • Infringement—Still another factor that can affect the value of a patent is the likelihood that practicing the invention of the patent may infringe another’s patent. The engineer needs to understand that merely owning a patent is no guarantee that practicing the invention will not infringe someone else’s patent. Accordingly, the engineer should ask: How likely is it that a reasonable implementation of the patent will infringe another’s patent?At some point in the process of evaluating a patent

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

of Information Technology in US Higher Education. The Campus Computing Project October 1999. http://www.campuscomputing.net11. Green, K.C., Campus Computing 1998, the Ninth National Survey of Desktop Computing and Information in Higher Education (Encino, Calif. The Campus Computing Project, February 1999).12. Manhire, B., Emery, G.A., Mould, D.H., Noland, C.M. Ohio University’s Global Learning Community. Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24-27, 2001.13. Rovai, A. Building Sense of Community at a Distance. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 3(1), Jun 2002, http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.1

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

grades based on the traditional assignment-based scheme were typically half agrade higher than those under the outcome-based scheme. The difference between the two is dueto the uneven distribution of points assigned to outcomes in assignments and exams. Theassignment-based scheme used 40% of the average homework/inclass assignment score and 60%of the average exam score. Assignment-based Outcome-based Student name score grade score grade Student 1 81.4 B 76.4 B- Student 8 93.4 A 88.9 B+ Student 10

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

). It has students from computer, electrical and mechanicalengineering programs. The outcomes of the course are to: 1. analyze ac circuits using basic laws, analysis techniques and network theorems. 2. analyze ideal transformers and circuits with mutual coupling. 3. Solve for power quantities in ac single and three-phase circuits. 4. use appropriate software tools to analyze ac circuits. 5. design ac circuits and safely conduct laboratory experiments.The course outcomes support and meet the following items of ABET-criterion 3 and listed herefor convenience. (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

9.1399.45. Wankat, P. C., “Integrating the Use of Commercial Simulators into Lecture Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, 91, 1 (2002). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education6. Mackenzie, J.G., Earl, W. B., Allen, R. M. and Gilmour, I. A., “Amoco Computer Simulation in Chemical Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 90, 3 (2001).7. Haile, J. M., “Toward Technical Understanding: Part 1. Brian Structure and Function,” Chemical Engineering Education, 31, 3, (1997).8. Haile, J. M., “Toward Technical Understanding: Part 2. Elementary Levels,” Chemical

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

skills’ werecollapsed into the single term ‘communication skills.’ This process yielded a reduced listof 42 concepts. Iteration between specific concepts and concept categories continueduntil the full list of concepts was reduced to a set of 27 unique biodesign concepts (seeAppendix B). We view this set of concepts and categories as a biodesign taxonomy.Theoretically, densely networked concepts are more well-defined concepts [21]. Usingthis premise to validate our selection of key concepts, the first author identified the mostdensely networked concepts in each of the 8 maps. Concepts with 4 or more linesdirected toward or away from them were identified. Across maps, the most denselynetworked ideas related to the design process itself. For

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Meirong Huang; F.C. Lai; Kurt Gramoll

Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education(b) Diagrams and GraphicsIn addition to animations and movies, diagrams and graphics are excellent tools to help illustratethe technical concepts. Figure 3 shows examples of diagrams and graphics used in the eBook.Examples include, visual definition of convection, solar pond case, and a hydroelectric powerplant. All the diagrams and some of the graphics are constructed using Macromedia Freehand,which is a vector-based drawing tool. In some cases, graphics from clip-art collections [10] wereused and edited with Adobe Photoshop. Figure 3. A collection of diagrams and graphics(c) TablesIn the study of engineering thermodynamics, finding thermodynamic properties from

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Heising; Mary Goodwin

masculinities: Women's experiences of men at work. Organization, 8(November), 587-618.McIlwee, J. S., & Robinson, J. G. (1992). Women in engineering; Gender, power, and workplace culture. Albany: State University of New York.Pierce, C., Wagner, D., & Page, B. (1988). A Male/Female continuum: Paths to colleagueship. Laconia: New Dynamics Publications.Risman, B. J. (1999). Gender as structure. In Gender vertigo: American families in transition. Hartford: Yale University Press.Valian, V. (1998). Why so slow: The advancement of women. Cambridge: The MIT Press.Williams, F. M., & Emerson, C. J. (2002). Becoming Leaders: A handbook for women in science, engineering and technology. New Foundland, Canada: Memorial

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James West; Dennis Miller; Daina Briedis

burgeoning areas of chemicalengineering, and these areas needed to be included in the learning experience of ourundergraduates.The Objectives of Curriculum RedesignAs has been the goal of the Frontiers workshops, our main objective before proceeding withcurriculum redesign was to identify (a) the vital core elements of our curriculum and theirsupport areas—i.e., that which makes chemical engineering unique and cannot be compromised,(b) the secondary and possibly expendable elements and their support areas, and (c) the emergentareas that needed to be incorporated into our curriculum in a solid, integrated way (see depictionbelow

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Kenrow

in maintaining anIC fabrication laboratory.We propose using professional Technology CAD (TCAD) simulation tools [1] as a powerful, yeteconomical aid in teaching undergraduate students about silicon wafer processing,semiconductor device physics, and device operation.Who uses TCAD?TCAD simulation tools are widely used throughout the semiconductor industry to speed up andcut the costs of developing new technologies and devices. Since a decade the R&D departmentsof semiconductor companies have incorporated TCAD in their design process, and recently themanufacturing sector has begun to utilize TCAD as well, e.g., to analyze the impact of ICprocess variation, and to investigate possible IC process optimizations as well as for

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

evaporation, the pressure and temperature of a liquid-gas mixture remain constant as all the heat input to the system is used to change the phase of the oxygen from liquid to gas. As an example, in Figure 2 the difference between the enthalpies between state A and state B represents the heat required to convert all of the liquid oxygen to gas at 125 psia pressure and -235 °F. Under the vapor dome, the pressure and Page 9.1220.3 temperature are not independent, meaning that a change in pressure will produce Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Veronica Dark; Mary Huba; Kevin Saunders; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

enable monitoring and development of those skills.Following the above motivation, we have identified several elements that we believe areimportant in an IT-based learning environment and we have incorporated these elements into thedevelopment of a new learning environment for industrial engineering. In particular, we believethat the learning environment should: (a) Make connections between the course material andreal-world problems by presenting realistic problem scenarios; (b) Emphasize relationshipsbetween previously isolated parts of the curriculum; (c) Help develop both students’ cognitiveability to structure schemas in industrial engineering knowledge domains and theirmetacognition; (d) Increase active learning and collaborative

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

have: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems (g) an ability to communicate effectively (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; Steve Hsiung

some, and often many, of the curriculum fieldsthey have learned in school. This article proposes to implement a course(s) aimed at integratingdifferent fields of interest into a useful project oriented course(s). This addition to the curriculawill assist students in their future project implementations and/or employment skills. Page 9.190.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education This integration has three major elements: (a) software programming, (b) hardwarecircuit, (c) and

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

combined Bachelor’s Degree plus 30 credits (B + 30) programincludes professional practice and management topics3. The ASCE BOK Committee added thefollowing four outcomes to the eleven “a through k” ABET outcomes4 as their way to address“what should be taught and learned” in the combined BS + MS program: (12) an ability to applyknowledge in a specialized area related to civil engineering, (13) an understanding of theelements of project management, construction, and asset management, (14) an understanding ofbusiness and public policy and administration fundamentals, and (15) an understanding of therole of the leader and leadership principles and attitudes. Although these do not specificallyaddress IT, it is very evident from their report that IT is

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert McLaughlan

perceptions of the learning that resulted. The data used in this evaluation isbased on the three concurrent Forums (A, B, C) which occurred between August andSeptember 2003. Student responses were captured using an online student survey. In thesurvey, items 2, 3, 4 and 6 used a 5 point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1)through disagree, neutral, agree to strongly agree (5). Item 8 used a 7 point Likert scaleranging from very poor (1) through poor, not quite satisfactory, satisfactory, good, very goodto excellent (7). The level of student agreement to a survey item was derived from thepercentage of students who responded that the activity was rated as agree or strongly agree(Items 2, 3, 4, 6) or satisfactory to excellent (Item 8

Conference Session

Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Cecil

understanding ofa given VE’s product(s) and customers, (b) identification of the potential VE partners andformation of the product development team, (c) development of an Information OrientedEnterprise Model (IOEM) of the VE’s collaborative activities and tasks, (d) design andImplementation of an Internet-based distributed software system, (e) identification ofmetrics to evaluate functioning of VE, initiation of a pilot initiative, and (f) identificationand adoption of necessary changes.Various reports including [INT EN 03, NIIIP ] have highlighted the importance ofeducating students in topics related to virtual enterprises. As part of a new course titled‘Distributed Manufacturing’, engineering students form virtual enterprises and plan,design and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports; Carolyn Fausnaugh; Muzaffar Shaikh; Carmo D'Cruz

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFlorida Tech over $50,000 in Course and Program grants for Senior Design Commercializationand Entrepreneurship. Finally, Florida TechStart has been established by the university as abusiness accelerator to support these and other activities leading to new high technologybusinesses and the employment and innovations they create.Bibliographic Information1. Fred L. Fry, Entrepreneurship: A Planning Approach (NY: West Publishing Co., 1993)2. Edward B. Roberts, Entrepreneurs in High Technology: Lessons from MIT and Beyond (New York, Oxford:Oxford University Press, 1991)3. Henry R. Feeser and Kathleen Watson Dugan