Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Eichinger; Mark Wilson; Anton Kruger; Marian Muste; Tao Xing

student interactionCost effective operation and upgrading Significant initial effort and operation costsNo physical presence for student required Must request queuing and scheduling timeExperiment repetition possible Limited participative (hands-on) learningAcquire and process automatically the data Limited means to enforce independent student workPrepare for the future workplace environmentGiven that the remote experiment described above has not yet been subjected to a rigorousevaluation 12, objective criteria for properly assessing its pedagogical effectiveness are notavailable. The experience gained by the authors during the development of their first remoteexperiment, however, has led to a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

success on a national assessment tool. Comparisons are madebetween incoming freshman data and final graduating student data. Also, a comparison is madebetween the engineering student profile and that of a typical liberal arts incoming freshman.IntroductionHaving a student enter an engineering program and successfully graduate is the desire of everyuniversity. Baylor University is no exception. The engineering program at Baylor is a smallpresence on the campus. Approximately 14,000 graduate and undergraduate students areenrolled during any given year and the Department of Engineering accounts for approximately250 of these students or almost 2%. With so few students, every student that enters the programis important. Thus, the goal of an

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Viva Austin; Bryan Gassaway; Thomas Hannigan

order to be able toproperly assess the differences that appear between theory and practice. There are alsolimitations of equipment that will establish precision of measurements, and factors underthe control of the experimenter that may affect the accuracy of the measurements.Students are never allowed to generalize errors as being merely human factors orimprecise measurements, but rather must make every effort to identify and eliminatesources of potential errors. They must insure, for example, that they are sampling at anappropriate frequency and duration to insure that noise or unsteady measurements may beisolated. They must have a grasp of the associated physics prior to attemptingmeasurement of laboratory phenomena for correlation with

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Czuchry; W. Andrew Clark

ourentrepreneurial students.1 PHILLIPS, R.G., 2002. Technology business incubators: How effective as technology transfer mechanisms? Technology in Society. Vol. 24, pp. 299-316.2 MIAN, S.A. 1996. The university business incubator: a strategy for developing new research/technology-based firms. Journal of Higher Technology Management Research, Vol. 7, pp. 191-208.3 MIAN, S.A. 1997. Assessing and managing the university technology business incubator: an integrative framework. Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 12, pp. 251-285.4 SMILOR, R.W., 1987. Commercialization technology through new business incubators. Research Management. Vol. 30(5), pp. 36-41.5 CLARK, W.A. 2002. Benchmarking risk mitigation procedures at selected business

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kraemer; Bijan Pashaie; David Probst

the project inorder to understand the important issues and to develop viable solutions. By having to do this,they learn to understand the need for and the value of life-long learning.Perhaps not as apparent are the outcomes that are only addressed to some extent. Outcomes fand h are addressed to some extent because issues of how this project affects the natural, social,and political environments are explicitly discussed and assessed as part of the course. Part ofthis discussion would be to consider professional and ethical issues. Outcome j is addressed tosome extent because contemporary issues undoubtedly will surface as part of the discussions justdescribed. Finally, Outcome k is addressed to some extent because students will likely need

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hanson; Julia Williams

University.Julia M. Williams is Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of Technical Communication at Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1996, she developed the campus-wide Program in TechnicalCommunication, which currently assists all engineering students in developing their communication skills in avariety of technical and non-technical courses. Her articles on writing assessment, electronic portfolios, and ABEThave appeared in the Technical Communication Quarterly, Technical Communication: Journal of the Society forTechnical Communication, and The International Journal of Engineering Education. Page

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mathew Hyre; James Squire

. Students should be given the option to expand their presentationinto a paper suitable for publication. This leverages the student’s presentation into a conferenceproceeding.After-Action ReportAnother significant document that needs to be generated after the conference has ended is anafter-action report. This document should contain hard numbers on conference participation andattendance. These numbers should be broken down by discipline, major, student type (freshman,sophomore, junior, senior), etc. This will provide the basis for evaluating and assessing trends inconference growth. Additionally, the after-action report should detail all the problems that wereencountered during the planning and execution of the conference. This document is

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timokleia Togkalidou; Rudiyanto Gunawan; Mitsuko Fujiwara; Jr., J. Carl Pirkle; Eric Hukkanen; Richard Braatz

andquantity of their participation during lecture/discussion and lab. The quizzes, lab reports, andparticipation were worth 65%, 25%, and 10% of their course grade, respectively.The quality of the course and teaching was assessed using standard course evaluation formsused across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Nearly all of the students filledout the evaluation forms given near the end of the semester. The evaluation form consisted of17 questions that are rated on a scale from 1 to 5, and 5 questions in which students weregiven space for writing comments. The 17 rated questions included the instructor’s overalleffectiveness, instructor preparedness, the quality of the oral delivery, effectiveness of the useof instructional materials

Conference Session

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Connolly; Herbert Rabin; Eric Schurr; David Barbe

allocation from the University ofMaryland’s budget for technology and economic development. Over the next sixteenyears, the MIPS program evolved to be a major factor in the development of productsresulting from academic-industrial linkages.Program DescriptionThe MIPS program subsidizes technology commercialization by jointly fundinginnovative, collaborative R&D projects between Maryland companies and UniversitySystem of Maryland faculty. Both MIPS and company funds go towards universityproject costs. Those projects which are competitively assessed to be of high technicalmerit and of commercial relevance are conducted by USM faculty in conjunction withcompany researchers. Companies leverage their R&D funding and gain access to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chell Roberts

9.398.10 17. SES 2002, The Statewide Economic Study, “Long Term Economic Forecasts for Arizona,” Arizona Department of Commerce, 2002. http://www.commerce.state.az.us/prop/ses.htm “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” 18. SES 2001 The Statewide Economic Study, “Arizona at the Crossroads: Strategic Assessment (ASPED),” Arizona Department of Commerce, 2000, http://www.commerce.state.az.us/Economic/default.asp. 19. Weinstein, E. 2003, “ How and Why Government, Universities, and Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists and High-Tech Workers,” (Working Draft

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patti Clayton; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONLISA G. BULLARDLisa G. Bullard received her BS in ChE from NC State and her Ph.D. in ChE from Carnegie Mellon. She served inengineering and management positions within Eastman Chemical Co. from 1991-2000. At N.C. State, she iscurrently the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Chemical Engineering.PATTI CLAYTONPatti Clayton is Coordinator of the NC State Service-Learning Program. She has an M.S. (1992) and Ph.D. (1995)from UNC – Chapel Hill. Co-developer of the Program's reflection framework, assessment strategy, and

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Wyrick

found it invaluable to have a person on staff who has been through the processof teaching a course in Luleå, been through their process of course assessment and improvement,and understands the expectations of the host department. It also provides a single contact pointwho can serve as a coordinator.Take advantage of the work that others have done in blazing trails. Developing contacts throughnetworks is a traditional IE technique, and study abroad programs are no exception fornetworking.Consider a variety of models. This paper has emphasized a formal year-long exchange. Adifferent approach is to develop a course that meets overseas; for example, the University ofMinnesota Twin Cities has a course in Mechatronics that meets in Lucerne

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Joseph Morgan

positively or negatively? ‚ Does the availability of remote live lectures decrease direct participation in the classroom? ‚ Is the live lecture system seamless, or does it interfere substantially with the normal lecturing environment? Once this assessment is complete, the LIVE system will be refined and a final systemdefined. This system will then be deployed in up to six classrooms and two laboratories withinthe Engineering Technology Department. Also, the LIVE webpage7 will be updated todisseminate information on the results of testing and on the construction of the system. Finally,through publications such as this one, the authors hope to encourage interested faculty toparticipate in using the LIVE system in

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti

Page 8.979.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationExample 1A component part for a jet aircraft engine is manufactured by an investment casting process. The vaneopening on this casting is an important functional parameter of the part. This example illustrates the useof X and R control charts to assess the statistical stability of this process. Table 1 presents 20 samples(m = 20) of five parts each (n = 5).The table represents the last three digits of the dimensions.The formula for the overall mean, X , and the average of the sample ranges, R , are given below: 1 m

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorena Basilio; Frank Claydon; Betty Barr; David Shattuck; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft

improve the pass rate in these courseswould be too long for this paper, suffice it to say that many things have been tried to improve thesuccess of the students, without substantial change. The pass rate has generally hovered in the50% to 60% range for a number of years. One of the reasons we felt confident in approaching new techniques, and assessing theeffects of these new techniques, in these courses is that the courses do not assign grades using thestatistical performance of the students that semester. Course-average to letter-grade conversionsare not set in stone, but they are not based on the performance of the students in that semester.Generally, the grades are adjusted slightly for the difficulty of the exams in that semester. Still

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

development, three specific courses will be introduced and their learning objectivesstated. The course will be discussed in more detail subsequently.ISE 3014 Work Measurement and Methods Engineering is a survey of methods for assessing andimproving performance of individuals and groups in organizations. It is taught as a first semesterjunior course and includes basic industrial engineering tools, such as: work analysis, dataacquisition and analysis, performance evaluation and appraisal, and work measurementprocedures. As conceived, the course was to have two lectures and a three-hour laboratory eachweek of the term. According to the syllabus of record, the course learning objectives are asfollows: Having successfully completed this course, the

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Ansari

Engineering Education”5. CENGEL, Y., Heat Transfer: A Practical Approach, McGraw-Hill, N.Y. (1998)6. WATSON,D. & LABS,K., Climatic Design – Energy Efficient Building Principles and Practices, McGraw Hill, N.Y. (1983)7. KRISHAN, A., ibid. (Chapter 8)8. PARSONS, R.J., et.al. “The Engage Program: Implementing and Assessing a New First Year Experience at the University of Tennessee, J. of Engineering Education, Vol.91, No.4 pp.441-446.“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Page 8.6.14 © 2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Adams; Nick Safai

& Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationconstruction. There is no accepted procedure, short of full-scale seat dynamic tests, that could beused to assess these typical scenarios.There have been several research programs initiated to develop a simple seat cushionreplacement procedure. Most are directed toward the development of a subcomponent test thatcould evaluate the seat cushion physical properties that affect the lumbar-column pelvic load.The Wichita State University (WSU) has previously conducted research with the FAATCdirected towards the identification of the seat cushion physical properties that affect the lumbar-column load. A methodology was used in this research program

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thompson; Terri Fiez; Larry Flick; Edith Gummer

science and engineering education during the last threedecades are common. Yet, undergraduate education looks very much the same today as it didprior to reform agendas. This is not to say that change is non-existent. The published literaturedescribes new instructional techniques or assessment adopted by individual faculty, a small team,or even a multiple institution consortium. Entire courses or degree programs are frequentlydeveloped to accommodate proposed reform. However, even when backed by NSF funding,these reforms have proven difficult to institutionalize and disseminate beyond pilot projects.1At issue with reform and its dissemination is a tension between the complexity of an educational

Conference Session

Design and Manufacturing Experiences II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Richie; Timothy Lawrence; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

micro-satellites. FS-1 Page 9.1128.2flew the DoD-supported Charging Hazards and Wake Studies—Long Duration(CHAWS-LD) experiment which was designed to measure electric potential created by a “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright À2004, American Society for Engineering Education”spacecraft’s wake to examine how charging varies throughout an orbit. The CHAWS-LDsensor was designed to assess the hazards for spacecraft operations in the wake of largerbodies. Unfortunately, a power system problem became apparent soon after

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

property agreements,budgets and payment schedules. Rigid policies in any of these areas would be an impediment tothe collaboration.A set of surveys has been developed to gather assessment data from the Engineering Clinicconstituencies. Industrial liaisons, faculty, students, and alumni will be surveyed in order togather information about the value and benefits of the industrial Engineering Clinic projects.AcknowledgementsThe support of our Clinic Affiliates, Johnson Matthey, General Mills, and Campbell SoupCompany, is very gratefully acknowledged. These companies have demonstrated a tremendouscommitment to the Rowan Engineering Program and to undergraduate engineering education.References[1] J. A. Newell, A. J. Marchese, R. P. Ramachandran, B

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tord Dennis; Robert Fulton

Friday to assess the project's progress anddecide on future work. Collaboration using ProductView, a lightweight viewer component ofProjectLink, would also be done as appropriate. The division of responsibilities can be seen in Figure 4. Figure 4. Division of laborThat was regarded as a great platform for developing the engineering education of the future. Throughthis project we could: • Facilitate real time sharing of pertinent design information • Address barriers to effective teamwork and communication • Understand prime-supplier relationship in product development • Incorporate more IT in undergraduate and graduate courses • Deploy latest CAx/PxM technology at universities

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

pass a high school assessment in algebra/data analysis inorder to graduate. Our Introducing Engineering Through Mathematics project, funded by theNational Science Foundation (EEC - 212101), introduces entry level algebra students to simpleyet valuable engineering problems and applications which can be solved using algebra.The development of the curriculum is a collaboration among UMBC faculty and students, localmiddle-school and high-school teachers, UMBC’s Center for Women and InformationTechnology and the Maryland State Department of Education. Many students fail to recognizethe importance of algebra in their lives when only exposed to simple applications of algebra (twotrains traveling in opposite directions, the eastbound train travels at

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Orr; Richard Vaz

.[3] Harrisberger, Lee, “Restructuring Undergraduate Science Education, A Summative Assessment by the NSF- WPI Project Advisory Committee,” Project Report prepared for the NSF, Grant Number GY-9353, 1975.[4] ABET Board of Directors, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Effective for Evaluations During the 2004-2005 Accreditation Cycle,” available at: http://www.abet.org/criteria.html, Nov. 1, 2003.[5] Vaz, Richard F., J. A. Orr, "ECE as a pre-Professional Undergraduate Program," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 46, No. 4, November, 2003, pp. 429-433.[6] Soldan, David, Chair CCCE Task Force, “Computing Curricula 2001 Computer Engineering”, Iron Man Draft, Oct. 3, 2003, available at: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/ece

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Needler; Ken Jr. Jannotta; William Lin; Richard Pfile

objective related to the usage of data communication techniques and theirapplications in the industrial environment. On the other hand, although these lecturespresented themselves as a series of seminars to students in the lower-level class, theirresponses were positive and confident that inspired their anticipation for the comingcomputer networking course. As course objectives of related courses in these two areasare continuously being refined to reflect the integration trend, more assessment data canbe collected and reported in the future.In the following section, we illustrate the principles of selecting lecture topics andlaboratory exercises in this two-week period in an attempt to assimilating these twodifferent kinds of network. The detailed

Conference Session

A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Calvert; Michael Shannon

questions.9 Finally, the instructors fade from the picture, let the cadetstake charge of the learning through student chosen exercises, and assess the student learningthrough in class instructor and course wide exams. Examples of how the departmentincorporates military relevance into this instruction method and the program as a whole will be Page 9.987.4explained in the remainder of this paper. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education It is well known that in order to improve the

Conference Session

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

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Koichi Iwasaki; Kazuo Morita; Chi Thai

architecture suitable for teachinginteractively local and remote students simultaneously. 2) Implement a software approach that supports interaction and collaboration features inthe lecture delivery task, between teacher and students, as well as between students (local andremote sites). 3) Develop an Instructional Design framework so as to provide an effective environmentfor learning and assessment in the area of machine vision technology suitable for distanceeducation delivery. Page 9.445.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wagner; Daniel Cavanagh

Engineering EducationIntroductionWith the implementation of a new major in biomedical engineering at Bucknell University,faculty from the biomedical engineering program have become an integral part of theintroductory engineering course required of all first-year engineers. This course, ENGR 100Exploring Engineering, is designed to provide the students with an introduction to Bucknell’s sixengineering disciplines as well as overarching concepts such as engineering design, ethics andteamwork. This is accomplished by dividing the course into 4 components includinga group design project assessing wheelchair accessibility on campus, two student-chosen topicalseminars and the reading and analysis of engineering related books. As the topical seminars

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Grommes

building technologies, including: strawbale construction, passive solarstrategies, water recycling, and wind power. Part II (summer) follows with a two-week “blitz-build” on location in Montana, where Penn State students and faculty, joined by University ofWashington students and faculty, collaborate with tribal members in the design and constructionof a green building. Part III (fall) concludes the course, providing students and faculty anopportunity for assessment and critical reflection of the experience, and to makerecommendations for the continuous improvement of the course and the initiative (Riley andWorkman 2003).AMERICAN INDIAN HOUSING INITIATIVE HISTORYThe foundation for AIHI was initiated in 1998 at the University of Washington. It has

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Harris

. • Assess student performance without using paper, pens, and pencils. • Keep students apprised of their grades without intruding on class time and faculty office time. • Systematically and efficiently accumulate evidence of student performance.Students and faculty, alike, benefit from more productive uses of their time and are increasinglycomputer literate.Computers have capabilities that can enhance the teaching and learning process in many ways,and, they can free users of many necessary but often more mundane and less satisfying aspects ofstudent and faculty work.So, by marrying human capabilities, needs, and desires with computer technology, students andfaculty can accomplish more with less, i.e., more effective and satisfying