Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Lloyd Massengill; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

the results of a questionnaireii given to thestudents to assess their feelings regarding this matter. We also report the result ofpersonal interviews of students with a learning scientist.Results and DiscussionThis section will report on and discuss five main results of the above mentionedquestionnaire (n=60) and will conclude with an overall summary statement based uponthis analysis and that of the learning scientist.1. The students were asked which of the given lectures should be continued (1) oreliminated (0). The summary statistics for this are given in Table 1, next page. Page 9.432.3 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Pfarr

. Does the learner have an opportunity to practice and apply their new knowledge or skill? 5. Does the material provide techniques that encourage and provide opportunities to integrate or transfer the new knowledge or skill?The rubric will assess and report the completeness of the instructional materials when judgedversus these five areas.A geographically dispersed panel of subject matter experts works with the NCME to completethe evaluations of candidate materials. NCME staff members compile their evaluations. Thepanel members have been recruited through personal contacts and referrals from the Society ofManufacturing Engineers, the Manufacturing Division of ASEE, and CIM/HE

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gardner; Patricia Pyke; Amy Moll

freshman college students andthat it carried a stigma similar to “remedial” programs. Based on our early assessments,the following changes were made: • The name of the program was changed to “Active Learning in Mathematics” to better reflect the nature of the program and to eliminate possibly negative language. • The students were encouraged to attend any session that fit their schedule, not just the one run by the facilitator who is attending their session. • Facilitators were permitted to hold additional sessions in any week if students from the class requested a more convenient time. • Advertisements were taken out in the school newspaper to publicize the existence of the program to

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Harder

Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ASEÉ 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationobjective and a general presentation of the necessary theory to be employed, as well as thosemeasurements which needed to be obtained experimentally in order to compare the experimentalresults with the thermal transport phenomena being demonstrated. A brief presentation will bemade for several of the aforementioned student lab designs, including the lab objective, anabbreviated description of the procedure/theory, a diagram of the apparatus and a sample of theresults obtained after conducting the experiment in Appendix 2.Assessment and Student FeedbackStudents were

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Carlson

company.AssessmentWhile there was no formal assessment of the final stereolithography project, it is clear thatstudents enjoy the project, and learn a lot from it as well. For example, more than half of thestudents indicated that this project was one of the most effective aspects of the course on thestandard course questionnaire administered at the end of the course.ConclusionA unique aspect of this project is that while there is a range of quality of the final products,virtually every team feels successful. There is a strong sense of pride among team members, anda healthy sense of competition between teams.AcknowledgementThanks to Tim Nakari of Protogenic for volunteering their stereolithography services for thisproject, and for his guest lecture every semester

Conference Session

Support and Partnership Opportunities

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ochs

phases: Phase 1-Opportunity scanning; Phase 2-Conceptual Design & ProductPlanning; Phase 3-Manufacturing, Product and Marketing Development; and Phase 4-Manufacturing and Market Ramp-up. In our current model, cross-disciplinary teams workon industry projects identified in part by the SBDC and the Ben Franklin center. In Phase1, Opportunity Scanning, the IPD faculty and professional staff work with the sponsors tofind appropriate project. Together we assess the appropriateness of the various projectsbased on our understanding of the technology, the students’ capabilities and the difficultyand scope.Phase 2 and Phase 3 represent the activities of the two-semester undergraduate IPDcapstone courses. In the undergraduate version, Phase 4

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

high schools, and has a staff of over 10,000 employees, including5,388 teachers.11 In 2001 when the College was asked to submit a proposal to the GEFoundation, statistics for the 1999-2000 academic year were available. The picture has improvedin the interim, but at that time six of ten AISD high schools were rated as low-performing by theTexas Education Agency.12 The same year, only 68.4% of economically disadvantaged studentsin AISD passed the mathematics portion of the state mandated Texas Assessment of AcademicSkills (TAAS).13 Participating in the GE Foundation’s Math Excellence initiative provided anopportunity for K-12 outreach that is aligned with the University’s mission of service to thecommunity.AIM for Engineer ingIn December of 2001

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ming-Sung Koh; Mick Brzoska; William Loendorf

underrepresented students with the potential to be replicated in other technology and engineering programs at other institutions. • The design of a curriculum that bridges software and hardware technologies including: team-based projects, experience-based learning and extensive laboratory hands-on experience. • The formation of an SET Program Advisory Board comprised of actively involved individuals with diverse backgrounds in the development and maintenance of software intensive systems from industry and government. • The development of an SET program Assessment Plan to meet the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC of ABET) criteria

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BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

, American Society for Engineering EducationProgram Advisory BoardBecause the field of Biomedical engineering is so dynamic, it is crucial that our new program beadvised by participants from our corporate partners and our federal partners – as well asacademics from other institutions. These partners will provide curricular guidance, help theprogram to identify potential areas of growth/need, help the program identify resources andparticipate in programmatic assessment. Current charter board members include representativesfrom St. Jude, Guidant, Alcon, Advanced Bionics, Stryker, Medtronic, The U.S. Army SurgicalResearch Institute and Gore.Techniques for Course and for Program AssessmentAssessment and feedback to the program for improvement, are a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Malkin

interviewed over the phone with a similar aim.Midway through the program we gave a second, written evaluation. The second evaluationattempts to judge the students’ satisfaction with the first half of the program, as well as attemptsto assess any shifts in the students’ attitudes towards the foreign half of the program. Finally, asurvey is conducted at the end of the program. For the final survey evaluation, each student isinterviewed personally, interviewed in a focus group, and asked to complete a written form.To date, we do not have a large enough sample to complete a statistical evaluation. However,anecdotal information suggests that students who participate in our program find it to be of veryhigh educational value. Stephanie Patnode from The

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

. Page 8.846.1In the three years since then, the global economy has tanked, political tensions have risenProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationto a cracking point in about 25% of the nations of the world, terrorism has become acommon reality for everyone, and it has never been more important for us all around theworld to step back and take a global assessment of where we are.If you need a reminder of how quickly the US scene has changed, read the following fromthe first Digest: “An article in the 18 April 2000 Wall Street Journal indicates that USdefense companies are having difficulty attracting young

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian West

awards • service awards • letters from students • student evaluations and assessments • research grant awardsThe Teaching Portfolio provides a structured opportunity to reflect on what has been done in thepast, to develop a plan for the future, and to communicate these plans to the T & P committee.The self-analysis required to write a Teaching Portfolio forces one to focus on the desiredoutcomes of ones’ teaching, research, service, and publishing efforts. Developing a TeachingPortfolio also forces one to elucidate current motives, to determine if the current methodologybeing used will elicit the desired outcomes, and to correct any deficiencies. In essence, theTeaching Portfolio will highlight good teaching, as well as

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoff Silcox

, “Engineering online: Assessing Innovative Education,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, Vol. 91, No. 2, 2002, pp. 285-290.(4) Nguyen, J., and C.B. Paschal, “Development of Online Ultrasound Instructional Module andComparison to Traditional Teaching Methods,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 91, No. 3, 2002,pp. 275-283.BiographyGEOF SILCOX is Professor and Associate Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah(geoff@che.utah.edu). He teaches engineering thermodynamics and graduate heat transfer. His researchinterests are broad and include education, process modeling, and preventing and characterizing theemission of pollutants from the combustion of low quality fuels

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

Automated Blood Pressure Monitor – (Freshman Clinic II): Alsocommon to all engineering students, this class introduces engineering devices and mechanismsthrough reverse engineering20. Students will reverse engineer and comparatively assess compet-ing automated blood pressure monitors. They will learn how various components work individu-ally as well as how they are integrated to work together. These components include pressure sen-sor and transducer, liquid crystal display, microprocessor, inflating pump motor, and the solenoidvalve. Engineering topics to be introduced include basic circuit concepts, total cost of ownershipthrough power consumption analysis, pressure sensors, motor efficiency, airflow measurementsand engineering economics. A&P

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bruno; Alistair Greig; Robert Mayer; Jennifer Waters

Session 1478 Comparison of Naval Architecture Programs at U.K. and U.S. Institutions A. Greig, M. Bruno, J. Waters University College London / Stevens Institute of Technology / U.S. Naval AcademyAbstractThis paper compares the educational training requirements of engineers to become professionals.In particular it compares the Naval Architecture courses at University College London andStevens Institute of Technology. It considers the University entry requirements, course content,methods of assessment and the external influences such as Accreditation Board for

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

faculty and staff, continuous curriculum revision, periodic review,assessment and replacement of equipment and associated resources, and ongoingevaluation and updating of instructional methodologies and teaching materials. Suchefforts require institutional commitment and support, and must precede hand-in-handwith advances in technology and in the IT workplace. An active industry advisorycouncil, together with ongoing feedback from graduates and employers, provides animportant mechanism to ensure that this occurs. These industry partnerships canprovide many forms of support to the two-year college, including curriculum advice,industry training materials, in-service opportunities for faculty, a source of adjunctfaculty, equipment donations

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Criswell

considered, design also includespreliminary design and assessment/evaluation of designs. The moment for classical solutionshas not passed, but their proper role has certainly changed. Rather than discarding these classicalmethods, we need to explore what their new role should be, now that they are free from theformer emphasis being their sometimes tedious use to produce numerical solutions.BackgroundEngineering design includes several steps – ranging from the creative conceptual and preliminarydesign stages, detailed analysis and component/member design, evaluation (assessment andrefinement), and then to construction and beyond. It is in the steps of detailed analysis andcomponent/member design that today’s “modern” computer-based methods

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lili Zhao; Chris Brus; Julie Jessop

sent to researchers.The study database then built by merging the results from the PVST:R and retention survey withthe first-year student database made available through the College of Engineering. While allstudents in First-Year Seminar were tested, only those students who were truly first-year collegestudents, entering directly after high school, were included in the study database (n=245: 61females, 184 males). Transfer and non-traditional students were excluded (n=31: 4 females, 27males).The University of Iowa generally receives ACT (American College Testing) scores as part of astudent’s application for admission, although SAT (College Board Scholastic Assessment Test)scores are also accepted. In our study population only 11 participants

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

adhesion testingFigure 2. RET participants measured the bond strength of their materials before and after various environmental exposures. Page 8.311.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationDepending on the material system and environmental exposure evaluated, results varied fromclean separation of the overlay from the wood, to partial or complete wood pullout. The teacherslearned how to apply Student’s t-test to assess the significance of their results so that they

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kauffmann

not fullyappreciate the potential engineering management programs present for significant organizationalchange. Even within the discipline, the focus varies between an emphasis on soft skills andquantitative skills. This paper proposes a research agenda for the engineering managementdivision that targets examination of these issues and long-term definition of the discipline by usingeducational assessment and effectiveness measures and also by study of skills necessary forstudent success in the work place.The IssueThis paper proposes that the primary issue facing engineering management educators and thebroader field of engineering management practice is identification of the case for engineeringmanagement as a defined, identifiable field of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

30 * Assessment includes Final ExamText-Based MaterialsThe material covered in this course is scattered throughout the current literature andfinding one text that covers the diverse topics for the plasma technology course isimpossible.There are a couple dozen technician-level electric circuits texts on the market. Establishedauthors include Boylestad and Floyd.2,3 These textbooks cover the operation of R, L, andC at low frequencies and do not present equivalent circuits of these components that cansupport a study of power delivery to a process chamber.Plasma physics is covered in specialized texts on glow discharge processes and industrialplasma engineering.4,5 The coverage is much broader and has more depth than would berequired in a

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yurtseven Oner; Fox Patricia; Stephen Hundley

informs the institutional environment. Finally, central administration must seek to maintain the overall balance of the institution,and must ensure that each academic unit appropriately funds shared services. While fiscal cross-subsidies are inherently necessary, and likely due to the ebb and flow of demand for certainacademic courses at given points in time, central administrators working under RCM must ensurethat wealthier academic units do not continually subsidize under-performing counterparts.Additionally, where centrally shared services make the most sense, as in the case of the library(and other services), individual academic units should be assessed an appropriate tax to coversuch services

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu-Hur Chou; Shang-Hsieh Hsieh

testingprogression. A level manager is used to calculate the difficulty level of a problem and theachievement level of a student. An algorithm by “skills” to assign the initial difficulty levelof a problem is proposed in this paper. The functions of AWRC also include test delivery,scoring, and record keeping. AWRC can help teachers to generate, score and assess anexamination. Students may login AWRC to practice examples and to check the designprocedures of RC structures in 24 hours.The testing system is made on the NT platform, written by ASP (IIS), Visual Basic and usesSQL Server as a database system. The major advantage of this testing system is fullyautomatic and adaptive.Keywords: on line test, adaptive testing system, reinforced concrete design, fault

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

ideas related to the non-destructive evaluation of civil Page 8.620.2engineering structures. Their experiences introduce ideas like the mapping of rebar locations, the “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 2793identification of corrosion, the profiling of chloride ion penetration, assessment of ionpermeability, ultrasonic inspection, and health monitoring through acoustic emissions analysis. Ina similar

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Thompson

knowledge beyond what is availablesolely in each individual department.Universities are placing an increased emphasis on collaboration and interdisciplinary initiatives.At Purdue, bring AAE and AOT together has been a highly successful demonstration of the valueof such activities. Everyone is truly a winner when appropriate and considered collaborationtakes place.RAYMOND E. THOMPSONRaymond E. Thompson is Associate Professor of Aviation Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette.Prof. Thompson founded the AOT Advanced Composite Laboratory and coordinates student services within thedepartment. His current research includes assessment, technology in the classroom, distance education, andaviation human factors

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

effective. Although it is not known towhat degree they enhance learning, student comments on end of course evaluations indicate thatstudents enjoy the demonstrations. End of course assessment shows that they have learned theconcepts illustrated in the demonstrations.AcknowledgmentsThe support of the National Science Foundation through the CCLI Program Grants Nos.9980982 and 0196464 is gratefully acknowledged.Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliographic Information1. Palmer M. A., Pearson R. E., Wynne K. J.: Applied Materials Science - A Fundamental Course for Engineers; ASEE 2002

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Belle Upadhyaya

course material in maintenanceengineering. The paper presents the details of the various features that could beincorporated into both web-based and synchronous instruction material and itseffectiveness in distance education. The continuing work in this area includes expandingthe features of the course to other instructional modules in maintenance engineering.Student assessment and feedback about this multi-media delivery is not currently available.AcknowledgmentsThe project has been funded in part by the University of Tennessee College of EngineeringTechnology Enhanced Course Material Preparation grant during 2002.The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. Ed Counts of the College of Education and Dr. WesHines of the College of Engineering for their

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

for information resources in anyfield of inquiry.’ [3] The study looks at both lower order skills such as locating information andhigher level skills such as assessment and evaluation and application of the new information.Over the years of study the researchers have found that year after year the students overestimatetheir knowledge of libraries and resources. When tested on the range of skills and resources theyfail by a large margin, even those that thought they were very good or excellent library users.According to this article, studies at other institutions confirm these results. They note that ‘themost fundamental conclusion … is that students think they know more about accessinginformation and conducting library research than they are

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Beatrice Isaacs; Donald Leone

themesincluded: cost/quality conflicts; loopholes in design criteria – letter vs. spirit of the law; cost vs.safety; how is “safety” defined; government intervention/support of emerging technology; long-term effect of technology. It would be the responsibility of the engineering students to applythese themes to their individual projects, using the professional mentors as a source, and theInternet for background material3. As part of the evaluation process, students entering the “Ethicsof the Professions” course will take an ethics acuity test, followed by a similar exit test. Thepurpose of the tests is to assess whether the students have developed an aptitude for identifyingand solving potential ethical problems.3. SummaryThe tendency in undergraduate

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

approach to curricular integration includes pre-college outreach, freshmanprojects, curricula support, capstone projects and graduate projects. The educationalenvironment includes a Campus Center for Entrepreneurial projects; an entire building designedto support students project teams. This paper will discuss the design and implementation ofthese programs, our assessment and evaluation methods, lessons learned and future plans forimproving this environment.1. IntroductionThe engineer as inventor is certainly not new. Many innovative products that we enjoy todaywere invented and created by engineers, but what about the engineer as entrepreneur? Textbookauthors write and students study engineering design, concurrent engineering and design in abroad