Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Haering

to understand the actual publication experiences of the author in able to placethis paper in context. First, it should be noted that a final tenure decision has not been made onthe author so it is uncertain whether the perspective presented here will ultimately lead tosuccessfully completing the tenure process. However, the author has successfully completed twoand four-year reviews, and the assessment of research and scholarly work at the four-year reviewwas quite positive. In five and a half years the author has produced seven technical papers thathave been accepted at a nationally and internationally renowned conference. Three of thesepapers have been published in refereed engineering journals and two are currently underconsideration for

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Wolter

! GO! Figure 1: Acquisition Systems Management (ASM) Course Outline They will become familiar with the complete life cycle from the initial stages ofcapabilities assessment to the support, concept exploration and operational use of the system,to the eventual retirement of the system. An overview of this process is in Figure 2. 4 Concept Technology System Development Production & Operations & Refinement Development & Demonstration Deployment Support Design FRP Concept

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Afshin Ghajar; Ronald Delahoussaye

model, and describe the calculation of the thermodynamic properties of air forvarying altitudes. The capabilities and current limitations of the software will be described.Instructor and student assessments of the contribution of this software to the learning processwill be given.Components of a Simple Aircraft Gas Turbine A simple aircraft gas turbine is nothing but an engine used to convert fuel energy to amore useful form of high speed thrust for a jet aircraft. A typical gas turbine consists of adiffuser, compressor, combustion chamber, turbine and nozzle, as shown schematically in Figure11. Diffuser: For a turbojet aircraft engine, the airflow entering the compressor must have alow Mach number, in the range of 0.4 to 0.7, to

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Virgilio Gonzalez; Ahmed Musa; Mehdi Shadaram

economical components is much easier and cost-effective.We have designed different lab assignments. The lab assignments include analog and digitalmodulation techniques, the design of fiber optic links along with studying the correlationbetween the physical characteristics of the link and the transmitted signal, and the design ofdifferent network topologies.To provide an initial assessment, the communication lab assignments have been assigned insenior and graduate level communication systems courses in the University of Texas at El Paso.Students run assignments using computer modeling and simulation, submit individualized labreports, and complete evaluation forms to give a feedback in order to improve and update theassignments for coming semesters

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Nickles

measures of student behavior, web server logs are fully objective andrecord every interaction with the server. Also, electronic logs can capture student behavioroutside the classroom, which is not typically feasible to collect. As Ingram1 states, if we want touse server logs for evaluation "[w]e would do that by gathering performance assessments for thestudents and correlating them with actual Web use" (p. 153).While electronic logs can be useful, they must be considered in the context in which they arecollected. As is known from ecological design, the structure of a system’s environmentsignificantly shapes and constrains behavior.2 For example, students can be expected to exhibitdifferent behavior in a course with weekly homework assignments and

Conference Session

Mathematics Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Grossfield

presented in texts and in the classroom. These definitions were agreedupon only after considerable debate. It is the intelligent arguments of these debates that aremissing in the classroom. Such is the case with functions, limits, derivatives, complex numbers,curve families, differential equations, etc. No wonder so many people are confused by the natureand, in particular, the reality of mathematical concepts.What should We be Doing?Teachers in technological disciplines should be emphasizing the reality of the objects and 4techniques of mathematics and engineering. The definitions of mathematical objects lackreality and need to be assessed. The algebra/calculus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hauser; Robert Spall

science majors to profile engineering research pro-grams. An outline of the topics covered appears below.Day 1. Overview of current Beowulf type cluster computers; capabilities, restrictions, require-ments; Selecting components; microprocessors; motherboards; cases; networking components;current microprocessor architecture, and influence on cluster performance.Day 2. Engineering a Beowulf cluster.Day 3. Install your own cluster using Warewulf.Day 4. Understanding your application. Profiling your application; tuning for the memory hierar-chy; benchmarking a cluster.Day 5. Case studies – tune your own code.3. Initial Assessment ResultsThe initial implementations of parallel computing into our curriculum took place within theNumerical Methods I

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Scherr; Bevlee Watford

programs to attract and retain women studying engineering and science at the undergraduate and graduate levels. National Climate Survey of Engineering Students: Funded by the Engineering Information Foundation, a survey of over 8,000 male and female students at 29 universities was implemented to assess perceptions of the engineering educational climate and to help universities identify actions for improvement.WEPAN has also served as both an incubator and a strategic partner in launching programsaimed at enhancing the success of women in engineering and technology. By providing theinfrastructure and expertise, and by bringing together committed and influential partners,WEPAN has been instrumental in the success of these efforts. The

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

onEarthquake Damage Assessment (Structural) of Vertical Structures. He is a PastPresident of ACI-Missouri, and a Past President of MSPE-NW Missouri Chapter of theNational Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). Page 10.248.8 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

achieve with the instruction?• What skills, attitudes, and knowledge are you trying to develop?• How will content be structured?• What strategies might be used?Briggs10 refers to constructive alignment and asserts that; “...A good teaching system alignsteaching method and assessment to the learning activities stated in the objectives, so that allaspects of this system are in accord in supporting appropriate student learning. The system iscalled constructive alignment, based as it is on the twin principles of constructivism inlearning and alignment in teaching10”.Objectives and SignificanceSimply presenting non-interactive text-based information to online learners may not be thebest way for distance learning to occur in some abstract subject areas

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Miller; Joyce Pittman; Virginia Elkins; Max Rabiee; Eugene Rutz

wasdesigned to supplement the traditional materials / lecture, its use was not mandatory. However,students were encouraged multiple times during the term to take advantage of this resource. Page 10.1249.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 9 Content Presented through Blackboard Course Management SystemEvaluationFor this pilot grant, it was not feasible to quantitatively assess improvement in test or classgrades based on the use of the technology-enabled content. There are a number of assessmentsthat were made however. Table 1 lists the grades for the Flexible Automation

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Baxter

EngineeringEducation: Engineering Design Graphics Division, San Antonio, Texas, January 2001.10. Sorby, Sheryl, Young, Michael “Assessment of a Visualization-Based Placement Exam for a FreshmanGraphics Course”, Proceedings, American Society of Engineering Education: Annual Meeting, Seattle,Washington, June, 1998.DOUGLAS H. BAXTERDouglas H. Baxter is the Director of CAD/CAM/CAE for the School of Engineering at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute. He has been at RPI since 1993 teaching Engineering Graphics and EngineeringDesign. In addition to teaching engineering graphics, he also teaches several design and manufacturingcourses. Prior to working at RPI, he was a mechanical engineer for International Business MachinesCorporation.ANDREW MANDIGOAndrew Mandigo is a

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hackworth; Isaac Flory

distancestudents. Additionally, although it is recognized that many distance learning students have someproject management experience, all students must be required to submit reports showing projectprogress in order to stress the need to keep the project on schedule. Finally, the student isrequired to bring the project to completion by describing the details of the project anddemonstrating its operation in a video presentation.Bibliography1. Karen C. Davis, “Enhancing Communication Skills in Senior Design Capstone Projects,” ASEE 2001 AnnualConference Proceedings.2. J. R. Hackworth and R. L. Jones, "Assessment Methods for Comparison of On-Campus and Distance learningLaboratory Courses In An Engineering Technology Program,” ASEE 2004 Annual Conference

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thanassis Rikakis; Jiping He; Hari Sundaram; Andreas Spanias

AME concentrations. For assessment and evaluation of theimpact and performance of the program we measure: (1) Student outputs – the number ofgraduates, years to graduation and where they are placed; (2) Affective outcomes -Surveys of students at entry, mid-program and as they graduate; (3) Surveys of facultyregarding their perceptions of the success of the processes; (4) Products – Quality andquantity of student projects, publication impacts, presentations etc. and most important,(5) quality and quantity of student research products, and (6) extent and scope of facultycollaborations through AME and their productivity. We also have an AME AdvisoryBoard consists of both internal and external experts on the five PhD disciplines. Thecriteria in

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

when they reinforced lectures and reading? This question was intended to determine whether they preferred the inductivelydesigned labs or deductively designed labs. One-third preferred the inductively designedlabs, while the remaining two-thirds preferred the deductive labs. The learning styles ofthese students were not assessed, so the only conclusion by this instructor is that thestudents were not considering the learning value of the experience, but were focused ontheir comfort level during the lab.4. Which labs would you recommend be kept? Should any be removed from thecourse? Students expressed a distinct preference for the faster experiments, since much ofthe time spend on the slower (thermal) labs was spent idly waiting

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Tanuj Oruganti; Peter Schuyler

. “Remote Control of a Robot Using LabVIEW and the World Wide Web”, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Conference & Exposition, Session 2526.9. Gurocak, H. & Ash, I. & Wiley, J. “Assessment of Effectiveness of an Electronic Book to Deliver Robotics Lab Experience Over the Internet”, ASME 2002 Proceedings of the DETC, Montreal Canada, CIE-34413.10. Gustavsson, Ingvar. “A Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments”, Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec Canada, June 2002.11. Gerdin, G. “Virtual Instruments for Distance Learning”, Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec Canada, June 2002.12. Plummer, Mitty et al. “A Circuits II Laboratory Accessible by Internet

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Hill

Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”This is a critical part of the search process as it is through the paper screen that the finalists forinterviews are selected. My institution uses a rating sheet for this process where the criteria thatcan be assessed from the documents submitted by the candidate are rated. Each criterion is givena weighting that is agreed upon by the committee before reviewing any of the applications. Thenwhen the applications are reviewed, each committee member rates each of the applicantsseparately for each criterion on a scale of one to five, with one being low and five being high.The rating is then multiplied by the weighting for each candidate

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

is deemed desirable. Under new TACoutcome based assessment procedures, there appears to be some possibility for futuresubmission for accreditation. There may also be the possibility of submitting the program foraccreditation by the RAC.IX. SummaryThe Department of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University has created a GeneralEngineering Technology program that can be pursued by a significant number of technicalenlisted personnel in the U. S. Navy. A very important element of the program is that the coursesare offered on an asynchronous basis utilizing CD-ROM technology with both visual and audiocomponents. Courses may be taken by Naval personnel both on land and at sea. Approximatelyhalf of the courses have been developed and others

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

introduce the Chapter 1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”material as circuit designs in class. This approach not only treats the new theory, it also makesthe topics more interesting while honing the student’s design skills.Evaluation InstrumentsTwo instruments are used to assess the success of the proposed methodology. A pre-test wasused to gauge student’s course expectations, interests and preparedness for hardwareconstruction. Results show that course expectations were skew heavily toward theory and awayfrom circuit design/construction. This is reasonable given that less that 10% of the

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

Nuclear Safety Analysis Activities,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 121, 1998.5. Shotkin, L., “Development and Assessment of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commision Thermal-Hydraulic System Computer Codes,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 116, 1996.6. Glasstone S. and Sesonske, A., Nuclear Reactor Engineering, Chapman and Hall, 4 th edition, Vol. 2., 1996.7. Laughton, T., Belblidia, L., Andersen, P., and O’Farrell, D., “THOR ComEd Advanced Model Simulator Upgrade,” Western Multiconference 2000, Society for Computer Simulation, 2000.8. Boire, R., “Fourth Generation Full Scope Simulator on Windows NT,” Western Multiconference 2000, Society for Computer Simulation, 2000.9. Baumont, G., and Montes, G., “Current practices in operator

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

is not widespread at the moment, but will be an increasingproblem as online assessment and testing systems become more commonplace. This paper willexplore the reasons for restricting course materials, the current extent, and the implications ofsuch restrictions.1. IntroductionIn the process of working on our Course Database project [2, 3], we have occasion to visit manycourse Web sites. Recently we have been noticing that many of them are hiding behindpasswords, inaccessible to the public eye. This is a discouraging development, for it seems thatthe relatively open world of academe is becoming more cloistered. In practical terms, it meansthat if I or my students surf the Web for new material related to our fields of study, we are likelyto

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2625. Available CD-ROM. 3. Davis, D.C., R.W. Crain Jr., D.E. Calkins, K.L. Gentili, and M.S. Trevisan. “Competency-Based Engineering Design Projects.” Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1608. Available CD-ROM. 4. Davis, D.C., R.W. Crain, M.S. Trevisan, D.E. Calkins, and K.L. Gentili. “Categories and Levels for Defining Engineering Design Program Outcomes.” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3530. Available CD-ROM. 5. Campbell, S., and C.L. Colbeck. “Teaching and Assessing Engineering Design: A Review of the Research.” Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3530

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leroy Oberto; Sheryl Sorby

according to specifications provided by the instructors. Finally, each stu-dent was directed to develop a teaching unit that integrates some of the concepts of scientificinquiry and application discussed in the course into their 7-12 teaching. This paper describes ourMasters program, provides an outline of the course titled “The Engineering Process,” andpresents results from our first offering of the course.IntroductionThe precollege education system in America is currently under pressure to adopt standards-basedcurricula. Outcome assessment of learning is of paramount importance in this new educationalclimate. Nearly all of the national standards in math, science and technology include standardsrelated to the inclusion of “real-life” applications

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal; Sheryl Duggins

. W., & Tripp, L. (March 26, 1999) A Baseline for a list of Related Disciplines for the Stone Man Version of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, http://www.swebok.org/8. Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - A Straw Man Version - September 1998.9. Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge – A Stone Man Version (Version 0.95) SWEBOK May 2001. http://www.swebok.org/stoneman/version095/10. Naur, P. & Randell, B. (eds.) (1969) Software Engineering: A Report on a Conference Sponsored by the NATO Science Committee, NATO.11. Notkin, D., Gorlick, M., & Shaw, M. (May 2000) An Assessment of Software Engineering Body of Knowledge Efforts. http

Conference Session

Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Fan Lau; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Kauser Jahan; Bernard Pietrucha; Paris von Lockette; Linda Head

fuel cell and robot subteams worked in parallel to develop designs for the fuelcell and robot.The fuel cell subteams were responsible for accomplishing several objectives: - Assess the performance of a prototype fuel cell (discharge across a resistor) - Consult the literature for ways to optimize output of fuel cell (varying fuel cell size, glucose and microbe concentration, glucose feeding schedule, electrode material, etc.) - Propose 3 designs for a microbial fuel cell stack capable of charging 1 to 6 1.2 volt batteries - Select one of proposed designs, construct a fuel cell stack, and charge batteries for robot.Mechanical engineering students contributed to the construction of the fuel cell and Lego

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

Speaker Topic/Title Dr. Carl Haas, Dept. of Civil “Teaching future engineeringSeminar April 12, 1999 Engineering educators.” Dr. Gloria Rogers, Rose- "Outcomes assessment - whatSeminar March 25, 1999 Hulman Institute of is it good for?" Technology Graduate engineering

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie Ross; Denise Jackson

, American Society for Engineering Educationmore trust that when the logo is on the software, the program is deemed reliable andtechnical support will be available if any problems arise with its use.Several programs that are applicable in IE have been identified and evaluated. The evaluationsare based, primarily on literature review of the software. The program technical descriptions andrelevant literature discussions, not personal analysis, were combined to obtain an assessment ofeach shareware program. Thus, a program may or may not have the specified features asdescribed in its description, or the features may not operate as described.The download sites approved by ASP include some of the following: 200 Shareware Links

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

strain reading stabilitythey were not studied further.5. DiscussionInspection of Figure 6 points out two trends. First, the drag is consistently reduced withincreasing fin lengths for all Reynolds numbers. Second, the rate of reduction decreases withincreasing fin length for all Reynolds numbers. In order to assess the significance of these trends adetermination of the level of uncertainty is required.For a function of multiple variables: f (x 1 , x 2 ,K , x n )The uncertainty (U) is given by: 1/ 2 éæ ¶ f ö

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Segall

student retention, traditional 4-years programs have a far greater latitudeto do so. In addition to tracking student success and opinions, it is also recommended that abasic questionnaire be developed and given to the students at the beginning and end of the class. Page 7.993.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe purpose of the questionnaire will be to assess changes in the students understanding of basicengineering principles. When crafting the questions and developing the course, great care mustbe

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John M. Sankovic; Dmitri Kourennyi

outcome and into consequentialism with autilitarian point of view. Regarding moral principles students are introduced to the four groupingspresented by Beauchamp and Childress of nonmaleficence, beneficence, respect for autonomy,and justice. 7 Discussion regarding moral principles are centered on the use of human subjects inexperimentation. Students are provided references to the Nuremberg Code, The Declaration ofHelsinki, and the Belmont Report 8-10. Three key documents which form the basis of currentbioethical opinion on the use of human subjects. The Belmont Report refers to the ethicalprinciples of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice. Applications of the report involveissues of informed consent, risk and benefit assessment