Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Ashok Agrawal

Session 3448 Gateway to Technology Ashok K. Agrawal, Terrence L. Freeman St. Louis Community College at Florissant ValleyAbstract One of the critical challenges in recruiting and retaining students in engineering andengineering technology is overcoming the hurdle of time spent in developmental courses. Many ofthe students who express interest in technological careers find that they must address deficienciesin reading, English, or mathematics before beginning a technological program. During this processmany students are diverted from their original academic goal

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

implies the ability to both produce visual materials and to interpret/usealready produced visuals. To do so, one needs to have the knowledge of both the semantic andsyntactic underpinnings of the graphics in question. 4Given the exceptionally broad application of graphic communication, the type, or genre, ofgraphics needs to be narrowed to more realistic boundaries. A more narrow definition of thegenre of graphics is also needed because a workable definition of technological literacy meansemploying knowledge to reason, understand, or solve problems within a well-defined context 5and only then be able to generalize that knowledge and ability to other contexts. 6 The VisTEproject focuses on the technology of scientific and technical visualizations

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Beheler; Wayne Jones

revising andrefocusing our current curricula. 2) The lab acts as a magnet and attracts current and prospectivestudents and promotes interdisciplinary interaction. 3) The lab is also a viable platform forbusinesses to justify involvement with educational entities in order to form collaborative jointventures.References[1] H. Jonathan Chao. “Next Generation Routers. Proc. IEEE, Special Issue on Internet Technology and Convergence of Communications Services, vol. 90, no. 9, pp. 1518 – 1558, 2002.[2] V. Firoiu, J.Y. Le Boudec, and D. Towsley. “Theories and Models for Internet Quality of Service”. Proc. IEEE, Special Issue on Internet Technology and Convergence of Communications Services, vol. 90, no. 9, pp. 1565 – 1591, 2002.[3

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

this Page 9.737.2paper. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Criteria for Excellence in a Course Design – The Essential RudimentsThere are at least six Quality Parameters in an instructional course design: 1. Relevant Course Description 2. Student/Faculty Interaction & Collaboration 3. Student Support – Making Learning Meaningful 4. Current Technology Usage 5. Technical Currency in the course 6. AssessmentRelevant Course DescriptionIn a recent review of a Physics course by a newly-hired

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Elizabeth McCullough, Kansas State University; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

AC 2003-1257: CHIP CAMP: A HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMElizabeth McCullough, Kansas State UniversityGary Goff,Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College Page 8.295.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2003 Session 3532 Tech 4’s Chip Camp, a Model for Program for High School Teachers Marilyn Barger, Gary Goff, Elizabeth McCullough Hillsborough Community CollegeIntroductionFor nearly 5 years the Tech 4 Educational Consortium, a unit of the Florida High Tech CorridorCouncil, has sponsored “Chip Camps” for high school

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacob Chen; Joseph Chen

onthe list (see Table 1). Teamwork, communication skills, and design for manufacturability(DFM) knowledge and skills were ranked as the top three qualities that manufacturingemployers look for and that entry-level employees lack (Przirembel, 1995).Based on these industry needs, a curriculum was developed as part of a three-yearAdvanced Technical Education (ATE) project granted by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). This curriculum combined DFM, CAD, and teamwork (includingcommunication skills) into one integrated introductory manufacturing design class. As aresult of this combination, students were able to learn CAD knowledge and skills in thecontext of DFM and teamwork

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raul Ordonez; Marianne Cinaglia; Kathryn Hollar; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Kauser Jahan; Mariano Savelski; Linda Head; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh

Session 1351 RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN POLLUTION PREVENTION Kauser Jahan, Jess W. Everett, Joseph Orlins, Robert P. Hesketh, Stephanie Farrell, Linda M. Head, Kathryn Hollar, Mariano Savelski, Raúl Ordóñez and Marianne CinagliaABSTRACTA three-year site for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in the Civil andEnvironmental Engineering Program at Rowan University has been established throughfunding from the National Science Foundation and Rowan University. A common themeunifies the Rowan REU Site activities-Pollution Prevention. Site activities focus

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

A.K.M. Abdul Quader; Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

chemicalengineering department in developing a Pollution Prevention Program i n its curricula. Thisprogram will contribute to preparing young chemical engineers to tackle environmental issues ofnational interest. These issues represent a “long-term slow emergency” with no magic bulletavailable. Progress will require an open collaborative effort of all interested partners takingaction in various fronts: scientific, technical, administrative, social, and economic.VI. AcknowledgementThis work has been supported by the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation(UNCFSP) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).Bibliography1. Ghosh, G., “General Overview of UNICEF and Its Initiative in Bangladesh and West Bengal

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Xueshu Song; Philip Pilcher; Charles Billman; Radha Balamuralikrishna

Session Number 2793 Internet-Based Training System for Preparing Professionals in Aviation Maintenance Xueshu Song, Radha Balamuralikrishna, Philip Pilcher & Charles Billman Northern Illinois University/Northern Illinois University/Rockford Abilities Center/Rock Valley CollegeAbstractThis paper presents a new integrated media on-line training system designed to train aviationmaintenance professionals. The rationale for this NSF sponsored project is to enable aviationmaintenance instructors and learners derive maximum benefits from state-of-art computertechnologies through the creation of a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Brackin; Julia Williams

Session 2625 Teaching and Assessing Team Skills in a Senior Level Design Course Patricia Brackin, Julia Williams Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyABSTRACTIndustry wants to hire graduates with good teaming skills. As a result, many universities areintroducing projects that require students to work in teams. Unfortunately engineering educatorsfind it difficult to assess a student’s team skills adequately. Requiring students to work in teamsdoes not necessarily improve a student’s ability to be an effective team member. Engineeringeducators must decide what teaming skills students need

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Heydt; George Karady; Daniel Tylavsky; Keith Holbert

Session 2632 PowerZone: Artificial Intelligence Educational Modules for Power Engineering Keith E. Holbert, Gerald T. Heydt, George G. Karady, Daniel J. Tylavsky Arizona State UniversityAbstractPowerZone is an NSF sponsored Combined Research and Curriculum Development projectaimed at improving electric power industry competitiveness. Educational modules centered onartificial intelligence (AI) techniques are introduced into senior-level undergraduate and first-year graduate power engineering courses. Four independent modules are developed including:(1) fuzzy logic

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Bronack; Horace Moo-Young

often required to take corecourses in physics and mathematics. These courses are generally offered by therespective departments and have no affiliation to the engineering departments. Theproblem with this design is that engineering students are not able to connect or integratetheir learning across disciplines. In other words the students can not see how what theyare learning in physics and mathematics apply to their engineering curriculum 6.One solution is to ascertain faculties that work in industry 1. This is to ensure thatstudents are seeing the field from both the textbook ideologies and an experiencedmentor. The most common teaching style for design project is problem based learning(PBL). Problem based learning is a "learn by doing

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory M. Dick

Session 2520 MultiCampus Parcel: A Cooperative Approach To Computer Laboratory Management Gregory M. Dick University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractMaintaining student computing laboratories presents special problems to the laboratory - networkmanager. Tasks associated with managing student accounts and PC disk files consume largeamounts of staff time. At the initiation of this project, commercial automated solutions to theseproblems were not available. Small campuses do not have the resources to develop automatedtools to solve these problems. This paper

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Olufemi Omitaomu; Adedeji Badiru

Session # 2439 Incor por ation of Infor mation Systems Economics into Engineer ing Economic Analysis Cour ses H. Olufemi Omitaomu, Adedeji B. Badir u Depar tment of Industr ial & infor mation Engineer ing Univer sity of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0700Abstr actIn this paper, we propose the inclusion of economics of information systems into EngineeringEconomic Analysis curriculum. Information system projects are unique projects with severaldistinguished characteristics. They are also subject to several conditions of risk. Severalgraduates

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven J. Hoffman; Samuel C. Homsy; Kevin M. Morrison; David R. Dowling; Zoran S. Filipi; Dennis N. Assanis

Session 2259 Strain Gage Based Instrumentation for In-Situ Diesel Fuel Injection System Diagnostics Zoran S. Filipi, Samuel C. Homsy, Kevin M. Morrison, Steven J. Hoffman, David R. Dowling, Dennis N. Assanis W. E. Lay Automotive Lab Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2121 ABSTRACT Dynamic start of injection (SOI) is identified as one of the key injection parameters

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Olubunmi Gregory Adekanmbi, Prairie View A&M University

compute them usingPython and leveraging the libraries earlier discussed.3.2 Using TaichiOne distinguishing feature of Taichi is that it provides a new language extension to Python and usesa Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler to optimize the Python code and generate code for specific devices,such as NVIDIA GPUs and APPLE Meta 1. A developer needs to define the memory layout of the 5computing data using the keyword Fields, which is borrowed from Physics. Once the data layout isdefined, the JIT is able to optimize the data access for the specific devices. It allows developers todefine kernels, which are built and run on specific devices.To achieve good

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Nicole L Kamm, The University of Toledo

implying more effort, and brute force meaning a nearlycomplete shutdown of cheating at the expense of significant instructor time. In reading thisdiscussion, keep in mind, that in all cases, academic dishonesty MUST be confronted.Light: At a very minimum, an instructor should put a comment about academic dishonesty inthe syllabus of the course and discuss this information on the first day of class. Taking this astep further, the instructor can devote 15 minutes of one session in the first week to show aPowerPoint slideshow on academic dishonest; what constitutes academic dishonesty, howinstructors recognize it, and the consequences that would be pursued should a student befound guilty. Also at minimum, instructors should proctor their own tests

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside

highsuccess. Those features include: (1) synchronous meetings with instructors projectingvideo/audio and students actively participating via a text chat forum (2) strong learningcontent/tools outside class, (3) simple class structure and assigning many small tasks rather thana few large tasks, and (4) strong instructors. The online section's overall grade performance isnow excellent, and the online section's end-of-quarter evaluations are also competitive with in-person, sometimes stronger, and commonly rate the class in the 80th percentile of all classes oncampus. Students often express surprise at how engaging the online class was, with commentslike "I've never been so engaged in a class; I wish more classes were online." The class hasserved as the

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowman, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

) were made. Betweenobservations, instructors guided the students and answered their questions as they workedthrough the problems. The problems that students were assigned in this study pertained toenergy efficiency. Assignments were graded using a rubric based on formatting (proper header,neatness, etc), appropriate problem-solving strategies, proper use of equations, variables andunits, and correctness. Grades on these assignments were compared for the students working onpaper and on Tablet PCs.A 40-item motivation and attitude survey7 was administered to the students after theexperimental class sessions. This survey measures four aspects of motivation: 1. Value of being an engineering student 2. Value of becoming an engineer 3

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chen, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-learning methods were used with thestudents including collaborative learning exercises,6 conceptual questioning7,8 and skill testingvia clickers,9 and peer instruction.7,10 Page 14.1208.3Fig. 1: A representative page of partially completed notes used in class.Because the Tablet PC was used as the presentation medium, it was relatively straightforward tocapture the entire lecture, including the words spoken by the instructor and synchronized to eachpen stroke. (We emphasize here that each successive pen stroke was displayed in the podcast,not just the completed page of notes.) The difference between a captured lecture and the liveclass session was

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Delfino, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. These documents, along with a variety of information about a 7given corporation, generally appear on a corporation’s web site. A book is availablewhich provides an example of one way to quantify a company’s sustainability activities, 8resulting in an overall value called the “Pacific Sustainability Index.”Determining which, if any, of a corporation’s activities that are listed in a sustainabilityreport or on a website truly represent sustainable initiatives, can be a challenge. In somecases, a company may claim certain activities which, upon closer scrutiny, do not appearto be substantial. Such

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Kangas

conventional technological options and thinking. The new designs from ecological engineering are generally less expensive or have lower energy intensity than traditional approaches and they often result in more environmentally sound systems or decisions. These qualities of ecological engineering designs (less economic cost and greater environmental value) are bringing more attention to the discipline from decision makers, who seek to implement the designs, and from educators, who must decide how to incorporate the information into university curricula. In this paper the efforts at the University of Maryland towards developing an ecological engineering curriculum are described. There are two purposes of the paper: 1) we

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Heim; Gary M. Erickson

Session 2642 Integrated Product Development: Linking Business and Engineering Disciplines in the Classroom Joseph A. Heim, Gary M. Erickson University of Washington Shorter product life cycles, increasing product variety, and customer demand for low cost and higherquality is driving manufacturing organizations to integrate the production process with upstream design activitiesand downstream marketing functions. Furthermore, there is a strong relationship between the time taken by acompany to introduce new products to the marketplace, and the financial

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John E. Shea; Thomas M. West

Session 3257 An Integration Approach to Industrial Engineering Curriculum Design John E. Shea, Tom M. West Oregon State University INTRODUCTION Engineering curricula at most major research universities are driven, in part, by research and technology.Research directions are often defined by funding agencies and major corporations. Faculty learn, develop, andapply the technologies necessary to obtain external funding. This knowledge, combined with individual interests,eventually impacts the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg; Bruce A. Muller

Session 1463 Interdisciplinary Automated Manufacturing Laboratory James A. Rehg, Bruce A. Muller Penn State University - Altoona Abstract There is a need in industry for technology graduates who can use a combination of electrical andmechanical concepts in the design, installation, and service of products and production systems. PreparingAssociate Degree graduates for this role is difficult because four semesters is too short for extensiveeducation in both disciplines. Penn State Altoona Campus

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael E. German; Matthew M. Mehalik

Session 1661 Putting Environmental Ethics at the Center of Design: A Case-Study Approach Michael E. German, Matthew M. Mehalik University of Virginia The case-study approach is being used increasingly to teach engineering design. 1 ~ 2 and also engineering 4ethics.3 Experts use case-based reasoning in making decisions; therefore, it makes sense to teach students theway experts learn. Most of the cases that combine ethics and design are post-hoc analyses of failures like the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

Session 1615 A Structured Assessment System for an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program Stephen J. Ressler, Thomas A. Lenox United States Military AcademyINTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to describe a comprehensive assessment system, currently in use in the civilengineering program at the United States Military Academy. The system consists of two principal components:(1) a set of eight program objectives; and (2) a wide array of assessment tools, used to routinely

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed B. Niku

Session 1253 Teaching Mechatronics To First-Year Engineering Students Saeed B. Niku California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAbstract: A number of experiments have been prepared consistent with the knowledge level of freshmanengineering students to familiarize them with the concepts of mechatronics. The experiments are based on bothdissection of products as well as experimentation with components which comprise mechatronic devices. Mechatronic devices are thought to be products with mechanical components which perform

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch

Session 1426 The Use of Analysis Packages to Reinforce Engineering Concepts Dr. Henry L. Welch, P.E. Milwaukee School of Engineering Abstract A common problem often noted in students is that even though they can successfully manipulate the equations inherent in an engineering system they still fail to see the full significance of their work. This problem is often mitigated by appropriately designed laboratory experiments, but some concepts are often difficult to demonstrate in the laboratory and, even

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler; Colonel Kip P. Nygren; C. Conley

Session 2525 Building Bridges: Computer-Aided Design as a Vehicle for Outreach to High School Students Stephen J. Ressler, Kip P. Nygren, Christopher H. Conley United States Military AcademyThis paper describes the use of a specially developed computer-aided design (CAD) softwarepackage as a vehicle for outreach to high school students. The CAD package was conceived anddeveloped for future use in a nationwide engineering design contest, to be administered as part ofthe West Point bicentennial commemoration in the year 2002. In preparation for that event, thesoftware has been