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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Horch; Douglas Christensen

An Accelerated Dual-Degree BS/MS Program – Experience with the First Three Years Douglas A. Christensen, Kenneth W. Horch Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UTAbstract – We have initiated a pilot program that accelerates the studies of a small group of highlyqualified students early in their college careers and allows them to earn both a bachelor's degreeand a master's degree in about four years after starting college. It does this by introducing themearly to research, taking advantage of their considerable high school AP credit, enrolling them ina closely monitored cohort environment, and asking them to take at least two summers

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Provocative Presentations & Lunch

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Kleppe

Session “Developing Collaborative Relationships for Education Relating to Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship” John A. Kleppe Electrical Engineering Department University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 89557-0153 kleppe@ee.unr.eduAbstractThe Electrical Engineering Department (EE) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has since1986 been teaching a special senior level Capstone class. This multidisciplinary class involvesstudents from electrical and mechanical engineering, and students from

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

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Brandon Rogers; Joseph Ekstrom

Performance Testing and Analysis of Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Databases Brandon Rogers, Joseph J. Ekstrom Brigham Young UniversityAbstractThe Internet revolution has focused scaling and redundancy research on systems, such asapplication servers using clusters, redundant Internet connections, and other redundant hardware.Conversely, back-end services, such as databases, have largely remained undistributed, un-clustered, and housed in large, dedicated SMP machines. However, a new turn in databasemanagement recently was introduced with the proposal of a RAIDb (Redundant Array ofInexpensive Databases) standard.Various studies have

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

messiness. Faculty must have these skills first as well asfresh experience of using them. This paper discusses the synergies to be experienced betweenteaching, consulting, research, and in-company training. These abilities then need to be passedon to the students. Technique training provides an important tool-kit, but the key skills have to beacquired through guided experimental learning, with the learning loop closed by guidedreflection-fostered activity and aided by mentors.IntroductionThe question “What makes for good CONSTRUCTION or AEC education?” is ultimately linkedwith the questions of “what is a good contractor/architect/engineer?” and “what is construction?”This article explores the issue “What makes for good AEC education?” with specific

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhanmin Zhang; Susan Tighe; Gerardo Flintsch; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

earned only a D+ in a recent American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE)survey2. This ASCE report also estimates that the investment needs to bring the condition ofthese deteriorated systems to an “acceptable level” is estimated at more than 1.6 trillion dollars.Consequently, we must emphasize the maintenance and renewal of our infrastructure by usingsound infrastructure management principles.The term “infrastructure management” has been used since the 1980s to describe the activitiesinvolved in maintaining and rehabilitating civil infrastructure systems, such as transportation,water, and wastewater. Transportation infrastructure management has typically focused onsystems of bridges or pavements. More recently, the term “asset management” has

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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

technology (IT) skills from industry and government is puttingan enormous pressure on academic institutions to produce graduates that have an understandingof a broad range of technologies and have the necessary skills to be productive as they join theworkforce. The Information Systems (IS) discipline is becoming an essential part of businessand government organizations, which require professionals from diverse backgrounds. Academicinstitutions in the US and worldwide are constantly refining their curricula in an attempt toaddress the needs of industry and government. However, these curricula are not developed basedon world wide recognized standards and at times lack critical components.The objective of this paper is to propose a comprehensive model

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Norma Velasquez-Bryant; Gokhan Pekhan; Ahmad Itani; Pamela Cantrell

2004-3130 Nevada Teachers Integrating Engineering into Science Pamela Cantrell, Norma Velasquez-Bryant, Gokhan Pekcan, Ahmad Itani University of Nevada, RenoIntroductionThe Teachers Integrating Engineering into Science (TIES) Program is a collaborative projectamong faculty from the College of Education and the College of Engineering at the University ofNevada, Reno and teachers and administrators from four Nevada school districts. The TIESpartnership presents opportunities for both university professors and middle school scienceteachers to work collaboratively for the development and implementation of best practices inscience and mathematics education. This paper describes our project

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Denton; Heather Cooper

Session 2547 Machine Diagnostics Revisited Nancy L. Denton, Heather L. Cooper Purdue UniversityAbstractFor more than a decade, the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department at PurdueUniversity has taught an elective course in machinery diagnostics. The course is designed toprovide the knowledge and expertise needed in the field of condition monitoring, also known asreliability centered or predictive maintenance. Condition monitoring is increasingly widespreadin industry, but is rarely incorporated into undergraduate curricula. This machine

Conference Session

Sustainability and the Environment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leirad Carrasco; Charles Turner

Paper ID #2004-1972 Weaving Green Engineering into Campus Construction A Professor’s and a Student’s Perspective Charles D. Turner, Leirad Carrasco Department of Civil Engineering University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas 79968AbstractStudents and faculty rarely have the opportunity to work together on the design of a majorfacility that both are going to use. Funds were appropriated to design and build an engineeringannex at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). A Green Engineering

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberta Harvey

both limited and limiting. Theyare often personality based, and personality is known to change over time or in response tovariations in context. These approaches also result in narrow characterizations of students aslearners, usually identifying them as somewhere on a continuum between two binary definitions.Moreover, they offer students and teachers few options or strategies for situations whereparticular styles or talents cannot be accommodated. This paper discusses the expandedunderstanding of the learner available via the Interactive Learning Model™. The richerunderstanding available from this approach is explained, and applications of these insights tostudent learning in engineering courses are outlined. In particular, the paper focuses

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoff Silcox

employed, there is not a statisticallysignificant difference in the effectiveness of the two approaches. The two groups werenot randomly chosen.The students taking the online and conventional sections have a mean grades of 3.16(four-point scale) and 3.08 in their subsequent thermodynamics courses. The statisticallyinsignificant difference between the means is 0.075± 0.832 (95% confidence level).Two sections were given identical finals. The mean (200-point basis) for the onlinesection was 144 while that for the conventional was 145. Twenty-one students were inthe online section and 59 were in the traditional section.In making a comparison based on grades in the introductory course, the focus was limitedto those ChE and ME students who took

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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. Nicklow1, L. A. Boruszkowski2, and Scott Simmons3 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 Associate Professor, Department of Cinema and Photography, Southern Illinois University at

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

, money now is more important than a future Page 9.1200.1later. Nevertheless, there are industries that go above and beyond to ensure that the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationenvironment is not harmed as well as ensure that the resources they consume now can beavailable to later generations. For example, just last year, IBM was given an award fromthe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their contribution to environmentallysafe commuting practices 1. The Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tord Dennis; Robert Fulton

testing.Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) enables manufacturers to directly utilize information generatedby designers to manufacture parts. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) ties all of these innovationstogether tracking mountains of data, enabling distributed multidisciplinary teams to share information inreal-time over the Internet. In 2002 Georgia Tech and PTC of Needham, MA founded the PLMCenter of Excellence at Georgia Tech to explore the concepts of fostering and teaching multidisciplinaryDistributed Collaborative Product Development (DCPD) in an academic curriculum. With several pilotprograms securely under our belts, we embarked upon a “Grand Experiment” involving students frommultiple schools and many disciplines collaborating virtually to

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Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

Session 3138 VisTE: Visualization for Technology Education; An Outreach Program for Engineering Graphics Education Eric N. Wiebe, Aaron C. Clark, Julie Petlick and Miriam Ferzli NC State University, Raleigh, NCAbstractVisualization in Technology Education (VisTE) is a standards-based initiative designed topromote the use of graphic visualization tools among students in grades 8-12. By using simpleand complex visualization tools, students can conduct research, analyze phenomena, problemsolve and communicate major topics identified in the Standards for Technology Literacy (STL)as well as topics

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

Session 3661 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN DO THEY MIX? Robert Knecht Colorado School of MinesAbstract – This presentation relates the cultural of St. Kitts to the engineering design projectsimplemented by second-year students as part of their Design (EPICS) experience. Imagine anopportunity to practice engineering skills on a culturally diverse island as part of yourundergraduate experience. St Kitts/Nevis is a Caribbean island inhabited mostly by descendantsof

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Fitzhugh; Robert Goodrich; Ronald Lessard; Jacques Beneat

Session 2220 Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Security Experience R. Lessard, R. Goodrich, J. Beneat, S. Fitzhugh Norwich UniversityAbstractSupervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are deployed in power andcommunication utility, transportation, and financial infrastructures. These infrastructures arepotential targets of cyber-terrorism and protecting critical infrastructures against terrorist attacksis a national and international priority. Norwich University’s first year “Professional Projects”course sequence is designed to give computer and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

An institutional Diversity Model By Dr. Fazil T. Najafi Professor Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering University of Florida P.O. Box 116580 Gainesville, FL 32611-6580 Phone: (352) 392-9537 Ext 1493 Fax: (352) 392-3394 Email: fnaja@ce.ufl.eduAbstract An important element of a University mission should be to include diversitywithin its student’s population. The United States population is very

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Joseph Goodman

Session 1120 OMEN: An Online Grader for Engineering Programming Courses T.D.L. Walker, J.K. Goodman Engineering Fundamentals Division1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractOMEN (Online Materials Education Network) is a system developed within the EngineeringFundamentals (EF) Division at Virginia Tech for the distribution and grading of programmingprojects in courses where programming assignments are made in C++ or Fortran 90. It can beused to distribute and grade programming projects in any language that supports command linecompilation, linking, and

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Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Philip Rufe; Tracy Tillman; Bob Lahidji

Session 2463 Manufacturing Engineering Technology Capstone Sequence Mr. Philip Rufe, Dr. Tracy Tillman, Dr. Bob Lahidji Eastern Michigan UniversityAbstractA hallmark of engineering technology education is the "hands on" learning styleintegrated with close industrial involvement. In following with that excellent tradition,the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program and Manufacturing Technologyprograms at Eastern Michigan University require a "hands on" capstone course sequencein cooperation with industrial sponsors."Hands on" learning and industrial integration are not new concepts. Most people agreethat working with industry while in college

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alan Scaroni; David DiBiase; Jonathan Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

2433 An Assessment of Active and Project Based Learning in Energy Conservation Education for Non-Technical Students Sarma V. Pisupati, Jonathan P. Mathews, David DiBiase, and Alan W. Scaroni Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering Department and John A. Dutton e-Education Institute College of Earth & Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802AbstractA 3-credit general education course on “Energy Conservation and EnvironmentalProtection” was developed for mostly non-science/engineering students

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Breznik

Session number :2004-1577 Hands-on learning system for Wireless laboratory courses Alfred Breznik, Carlo Manfredini Emona InstrumentsChallenge to be addressed:The challenge for the teaching of Telecommunications in the undergraduate laboratoryhas always been how to cover the ever expanding field of important new topics whilstmaintaining a solid grounding in the fundamentals, as well as how to do this without theneed for excessive and ever increasing laboratory equipment.Ideally the equipment needs to operate at a logical level which facilitates learning butwithout the need for lengthy setup time and without being too much of a ready

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

succeedacademically. To meet this objective, the program provides first year students with:• Undergraduate and graduate mentors• Seminars with Engineering Faculty where various aspects of engineering career options are presented• Career development workshops to develop interviewing skills, resumés and cover letters• Academic scholarships to help with tuition expenses (Undergraduate scholars receive an annual scholarship of $2,500 for two years; graduate scholars are awarded a $3,125 scholarship.)In the Fall, the first year students are placed in teams with a second year student and a Mastersstudent. The sophomore mentor is a person who participated in the GUIDE program the previousyear and successfully completed their first year of engineering

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

-dependent problem solving skills learned in one context intodomain-independent skills capable of solving ill-structured problems [1]. Becoming an expertproblem solver within this new environment means adding, "knowing why" to what and howknowledge. The typical instructional solution to enhance the student’s problem solving skills isto add a “messy” end of course project, based on the faculty member’s industrial experience orconsulting work. Depending on the nature of the problem and the student's familiarity with theproject context, student success can be limited. Spiro delineated this condition, stating "cognitiveand instructional neglect of problems related to content complexity and irregularity in patterns ofknowledge use leads to learning

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Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Mozrall; Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

Session 1387 Multidisciplinary Engineering Senior Design at RIT Paul H. Stiebitz, Dr. Edward C. Hensel, P.E., Dr. Jacqueline R. Mozrall, CPE Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE) at the Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT) has implemented a college-wide initiative to emphasize multidisciplinary design in thesenior capstone experience. The mission of this three-quarter sequence is to develop engineerswho have an end-to-end life cycle prospective of product realization. Problem solving,teamwork, market-oriented product development, and technical

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Pinnell; Leon Chuck

environmentalimpact of engineering. Inclusion of these soft skills into an already packed engineeringcurriculum can be difficult. One approach that appears to be effective at helping students developthe soft skills without compromising the acquisition of technical knowledge is service-learning.Service-learning is a form of project based experiential learning where the students are engagedin an activity that meets the specific needs of a community or nonprofit organization. Whencorrectly implemented, both the service and educational objectives are met. Service-learning hasbeen incorporated with varying degrees of success into many courses and/or curriculum in manyuniversities across the United States since the late 1980’s .1-3 However, only a small fraction

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Greg Spaulding

Creating an Entrepreneurial UniversityInspiring entrepreneurship within a student body doesn’t require monumental, elaboratechanges in a program or institution. Converting a traditional education to anentrepreneurial education doesn’t require complicated, sweeping changes in the facultyand the classroom. A significant transformation can come from something as modest andlow key as the collaboration of two faculty members, with the resulting creation of apartnership that allows its members to draw on the others’ diverse backgrounds anddistinct strengths to change the direction of a program and to excite an entire studentbody. That’s exactly what is happening in the College of Technology and Aviation atKansas State

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Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

@nsula.eduAbstractIt has become essential for the engineering and technology students to be an effective leader inthe context of a complex, fast changing, highly competitive global economy. In thisinterconnected economy it will be rewarding to develop a technically literate work force withinternational exposure in order to maintain the technological leadership of the United States. Thispaper contributes to the perception of the future engineers and technologists and the competenceneeded. We must do more to encourage our students to achieve international flavor in theirstudies as only a few percent of them go abroad as part of their education experience. At thesame time the United States is attracting more and more of world’s smartest people. As a resulttwenty

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Kulonda; Thomas O'Neal

, short of enrolling in Accounting 101, appears to be difficult atbest. Fortunately, there are materials which can convey the concepts required tounderstanding accounting principles, processes and underlying concepts at a level thatwill enable engineers to work productively with the bankers, investors and accountantswho will play a huge role in any new venture. These materials can accomplish that in afinite numbers of class sessions through the use of case materials. Cases based upon anentrepreneurial scenario both motivate and energize class discussions. This paper willreview the materials available to develop financial literacy and explain their use in athree-session module which could be included in an entrepreneurship course or a seniordesign

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nigel Middleton; Barbara Olds; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

Session Number 2630 Change Remains Constant: Faculty Mini-Grants Facilitate Undergraduate-Curricular Reform at Colorado School of Mines Heidi G. Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines/ Ruth A. Streveler, Colorado School of Mines/ Barbara M. Olds, National Science Foundation/ Nigel T. Middleton, Colorado School of MinesabstractEducational institutions resist change, including those in engineering and