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1996 Annual Conference

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Paulo S. F. Barbosa; Enno 'Ed' Koehn; J. G. P. Andrade; E. Luvizzoto Jr.

engineers and, hopefblly,environmentalists have learned significant lessons. Of course, the interactions between man-technology-environment should be regarded in all respective measures and activities. More than in other fields ofengineering, responsibility for the natural environment will be ranked highly during professional education The need for the use and analysis of hydrologic data, as well as the need for assessment of the chemistryof waters and of hydro-biological processes makes it clear that scientific foundations related to various naturalsciences are an indispensable component of a fhture-oriented engineering education. Whatever their actual fieldof activity, hydraulic engineers may work at initial planning, feasibility studies

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1996 Annual Conference

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John N. Berry; Dr. David G. Leupp; Capt Steven D. Pinski; Steven Barrett

House”night, when the cars were actually raced in front of other students and faculty, provided additional motivationfor success. The students pushed each other to create designs that were “the best” and not simply “goodenough to get by.” One student’s assessment of the course was that “...it really validated my education. [Thecourse] proved that I actually did learn something after studying EE for five semesters!” The negative student feedback was limited to the concern by some students that the project was tootime consuming. One group of students worked an excessive amount of time on their project. The underlyingcause was over-design. Even in this case, the students acknowledged that they learned the real-world dangerof over-thinking a

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1996 Annual Conference

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Steven M. Click; Jr., John W. Baugh; Joseph E. Hummer; Bhavani P. Konuru

Based Instruction; An Updated Analysis. Computers in Human Behavior. Volume 7, Page 75.3. Roblyer, M.D., W.H. Castine and F.A. King (1988). Assessing the Impact of Computer Based Instruction: A Review of Recent Research. The Hawork Press, New York, NY.4. Konuru, B.P. (1994). The Potential of Computer Based Instruction for a Variety of Engineering Problems. MS. Thesis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.5. Sherwood, J.N. (1989). cT Version 2.0 Reference Manual. Falcon Software, Inc., Wentworth, NH.6. Hummer, J.E., J.W. Baugh, Jr., M. Abraham and B.P. Konuru (1993). Creating Interactive Animated Instructional Programs on a Unix-Based Workstation. Proceedings, Frontiers in Education 23rd Annual Conference

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1996 Annual Conference

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Yolanda Guran

could bring another example. The young man had never worked with networks. In the period with us, he learned Novell and UNIX. In addition he did an excellent job for us, helping the students in both DOS and UNIX environments and managing the labs. He is now a network manager for the Ministry of Justice in Den Haag. A definite professional benefit for our American students interacting with these exchange studentswas assessed as well. The presence of the Dutch students as laboratory monitors is a breeze of fresh air for ourstudents . Some of them have had industry experience in the Netherlands or another European country . Wealways witness animated discussions in the lab, library or the student lounge and notice the camaraderie

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1996 Annual Conference

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Philip J. Morris; Martin L. Brady; Lyle N. Long; Ali Haghighat

, an “early feedback form” to provide theinstructor with information on the effectiveness of their instructional effectiveness early in the semesterwhen small adjustments can be easily made, and a “student survey form” used to determine thestudents evaluation of the new curriculum. The primary evaluation activities will begin by evaluatingthe classes as discrete units, focussing on teaching methods and student teacher adjustment to the newcurriculum. In the second year and beyond the evaluations will assess student outcomes, includinglearning and performance. The results of this evaluation process will be reported in more detail at anappropriate later date.Computer Classroom FacilitiesPenn State and IBM recently developed two new classroom

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1996 Annual Conference

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

encouraged to enroll in SHPE, NSBE and AISES. An overview of the benefits of membership was shared along with encouraging time management, group study, and academic advisement. New students were able to listen to candid assessments about the CEAS. Subjects included access to tutoring, cluster housing for engineering students, scholarships, industry interface, support for conference attendance, professional development workshops, etc.- The most important feature of the program was the immediate development of community. Students have communicated that coming onto the ASU campus was initially intimidating but with the orientation prior to the start of school, the feeling of isolation was instantly dispelled

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1996 Annual Conference

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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

/engineering course. Page 1.187.3 $!%’-’ ) 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..,,Ulyy&: . Effect Of The Courses On The Students This section will describe the course outcomes from a student perspective. Both courses were wellreceived by the students. The courses helped to improve the students’ awareness and appreciation ofengineering and the role of engineering in society. A review of the assessment instruments for ET100 showed that the students enjoyed the coursecontent and the active

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle

spreadsheets + Have used in the past, now I use EZ CASH by Chan Park+ Students are expected to know how to use (or learn) spreadsheets. Homework is assigned to use spreadsheets.Some help is provided in recitation + Utilize CASH soflware included with text “Text has soflware that thestudents use ● EXCEL spreadsheets that they build themselves + EXCEL project provided by the instructorQUESTION: What is Your Assessment of the State-of-The-State of Engineering Economy as a Body of Knowledge?+ Becoming more important + Mature but not widely used in industry except for basic ideas + Good but couldbe better + Ido is basic logic and state-of-the-art, except for computer soflware, is consistent ● Undergradmaterials well developed in terms of tools

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1996 Annual Conference

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William G. Sullivan; W. R. Callen; T. A. Weigel; S. M. Jeter; J. T. Luxhoj; Herman R Leep; Hamid R. Parsaei; Gerald J. Thuesen; C. S. Park; A. Koblasz

) 75ME 4805 Elements of Thermal Energy Sciences& Systems (Modified Course) 30EE 3710 Introduction to Electronics& Electromechanical Systems (Traditional Course) 49EE 3825 Introduction to Electronics & E,lectromechanical Systems (Modified Course) 33 A pretest was designed and administered in the first week of the quarter. The objective of thispretest was to assess the students’ preparation in the subject. Certain information was collected fromall the students participating in this experiment. This information includes the following: 1. Gender 2. Major field of study 3. Class section 4. Level of study 5. Cumulative grade point average 6. Score on the SAT math examination 7. Score on the SAT

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1996 Annual Conference

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III, Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner

the 1st AIAA Aircrafl En~ineerinz, Technology . and O~erationsConilerence, Los Amzeles, CA. Washington American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. CATHERINE E. BRAWNER is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership andProgram Evaluation at NCSU. She has been involved in the evaluation of a number of SUCCEED activities as aresearch assistant on the Qualitative Assessment team. Her research specialty is School-to-Work transitionissues. THOMAS K. MILLER, III is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Assistant Dean forInformation Technology at NCSU. He is the Principal Investigator for the Engineering Entrepreneurs Programproject. His current interests are engineering education and the

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1996 Annual Conference

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Winston F. Erevelles

which deals with the integration of the cell into the overall CIM facility. Three student research projectswere conducted using the FAC environment and this led to the implementation and integration of the hardwarein the cell. The cell was also used for several term projects in undergraduate courses in CIM and Robotics.This paper describes the synthesis between the objectives of the cell and undergraduate education at GMI. Thepaper examines the effectiveness of the learning experiences that were conceived in Phase I of the project.The results of the implementation evaluation - an activity under Phase II that was conducted to assess theeffectiveness of the project - are presented and discussedIntroduction This paper is the second one in a

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1996 Annual Conference

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Ian A. Waitz; Edward C. Barrett

peer review of oral presentations, prior to theirbeing presented for credit in the experimental projects course. This paper describes the unique features of this approach to undergraduate engineering education, andrepresents a progress report following a three-year experimental implementation of the new course model. TheExperimental Projects Lab and the Communications Practicum are described in more detail in Sections 2 and 3,respectively. The objectives of the two courses, overviews of the course formats, and examples of coursematerials are included. In Section 4 the modern information technologies which are used in the practicum arereviewed. An assessment of the effectiveness of the practicum based on student course evaluation

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Schachterle

. prouosed time schedule, indicating planning, implementation, revision and assessment peliods.Indicate “break-even” point on support investment.14. On-~oin~ support -- once the program is begun and the “bridge investment” start-up funding isexhausted, please indicate what resources will be needed to maintain and expand the program, and wherethese resources will come from. For example, indicate what current activities could be reduced to free upresources to support the initiative, and what external sources are reliable for on-going support.15. Plans to monitor success -- please identify appropriate metrics, and indicate at what point and by whatstandards you will reach the decision to continue the program

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald E. Richards

and restructuring undergraduate engineering curricula to create an enduring foundation forstudent development and life-long learning. The framework for this change is provided by examining andreevaluating how faculty and students interact in the classroom, how students can be challenged and helpedto see new links between topics, how technology can be used to improve learning, and how assessment canplay a role in improving the educational process. The members of the Foundation Coalition are committed to developing undergraduate engineeringprograms that will produce graduates who are committed to life-long learning; can work in teams; are de-mographically representative; can communicate effectively, understand and can apply the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Merl Baker

and the macro process must besufficiently flexible to accommodate these promptly and effectively. This particulw ASEE audience is especially interested in graduate education for scientists and engineers, but allPh.D. programs must be assessed in the context of changing world conditions and job markets, and be altered accordingly.The traditional programs have and will continue to be effective in producing Ph.D.s for academe, national laboratories, andbasic research in industry, but the future demands for these traditional graduates will decrease further before a plateau isreached. However, mdirecdon to achieve adequately the objectives of Armsmong, Griffiths, Bloustein, and others is notsimply providing a limited focus on

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

undergraduates will generate avaluable experience for all involved.BibliographyBarbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.Norbert Elliot et al. “The Assessment of Technical Writing: A Case Study,” Journal of Technical Writingand Communication, VOI,24, No. 1, Winter 1994, p.9.Ronald L. Miller and Barbara Olds, “A Model Curriculum for A Capstone Course in MultidisciplinaryEngineering Design,” Journal of Enxineerin~ Education, VOI.83,N0.4 October 1993, pp. 311-323.Peer commentaw on Peer Review : A Case Studv in Scientific Ch.mlitv Control, New York: CambridgeUniversity Press, 1982CRAIG JAMES GUNNCraig James Gunn is the Director of Communication for the Department of Mechanical Engineering atMichigan State University. He was

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl F. Meyer; Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

mechanism for pacing the class, ensuring thatmaterial is never presented faster than the students can assimilate it and record it in their notebooks, This structured methodology may seem constraining; but in practice it merely provides a framework,within which individual instructors have considerable flexibility to use innovative techniques and newtechnologies, and to express their own personalities.How Does It Work? At the end of every academic year, we administer a comprehensive survey to our graduating seniors. Weallow them to respond anonymous y and ask them to be as honest as possible in their assessment of our coursesand programs. One of the survey questions reads, “Which teaching styles stand out as particularlyeffective?” In

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Zenon Jan Pudlowski; Peter LePoer Darvall

learning processes and assess the effectiveness of teaching programs designed for developing technologies. ● Carry out research on equipment, textbooks, courseware and software utilised in engineering education and encourage further research in these areas. ● Collect information on advances in engineering education and develop modern techniques for the dissemination of this knowledge. ● Promote collaboration in the field of engineering education between institutions in developed and developing countries. ● Provide short courses and seminars on engineering education for academic staff, industrial management and community leaders and organise conferences on the advancement of engineering

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

individual differences. He has been published in the Journalof Psychological Type, the Journal of Personality Assessment, and Psychological Reports. 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Page 1.504.8

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1996 Annual Conference

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Richard E. Pfile

TONE_INPUT constants. The following code illustrates reading theA/D converter and writing the result out the D/A converter. A stereo cassette player can provide asuitable input signal and stereo headphones can be connected to the output. .**** ? ***** ********************************************* ; Data IN and OUT routine ; program skeleton to which later routines are added 9.**** ***** ********************************************* ; Codec assess program supplied by Motorola with the EVM include ‘codec.asm’ ; Program “mist.asm” is documented in this paper include ‘mist.asm

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor

digital counter laboratory resulted in a(college) freshmen design project. In this case, two high school teachers played the role of “customer” inmaking the design specifications. Without performing a longitudinal study assessing the results of this program, is difficult. However,several of the teachers involved have performed pre- and post-testing of the students with positive results.Future Plans We feel the project is well developed after this second successful year. The primary concern iscontinuing to fund VISION. It is anticipated that the Eisenhower grant obtained for VISION 95 will not berenewed since it was previously funded. Current plans are to solicit funds from businesses who do not wish tobe hosts. At present, the plan

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl F. Meyer; Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

students’ understanding of structural behavior and improve their ability to visualizethree-dimensional structural systems.Introduction In general, design of steel structural systems is accomplished by first envisioning every possible failuremode -- or limit state -- for the system and its constituent members; then proportioning the members such thatnone of these limit states can occur under the required loading conditions. Modern steel design codes specifydesign strength equations corresponding to each limit state, thus providing designers with a consistent, rationalbasis for assessing the adequacy of a given member. The typical introductory steel design course is principallyconcerned with teaching these strength equations and their application

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Willard D. Bostwick; Walter Buchanan

community. The article gives a brief history of theETC and looks into what the ETC might do to enhance the position of engineering technology in theengineering spectrum, Introduction In 1970 Winston D. Purvine became the first chair of the Engineering Technology Council. The ETCwas created to assess and recommend policies affecting the overall administration of the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited technical colleges and schools. The ETC can also be usedto provide forums for discussion and an information exchange concerning problems and experiences oftechnical colleges and institutions, to represent and to speak on behalf of member technical colleges, and

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1997 Annual Conference

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Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

of Chemical Processes, Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1998. JOSEPH A. SHAEIWITZ received his B.S. degree from the University of Delaware and his M.S. andPh.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests are in design and design education. Ofparticular interest is the use of performance problems to complement design problems, the integration of designexperiences throughout the curriculum, and assessment of learning outcomes. RICHARD TURTON received a B.Sc. from the University of Nottingham and an M.S. from Oregon StateUniversity. He then worked for 4 years in the engineering and construction industry prior to obtaining his Ph.D.from Oregon State University. His current research interests are

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

educational attributes have and/or should be incorporated into the civil engineeringprogram at a reasonably high level. The attributes chosen are those that are listed in the “ABETEngineering Criteria 2000” report. They include the proposed criteria that, if adopted, allstudents from accredited engineering programs must satisfy in order to be awarded anengineering degree.References1. “ABET Engineering Criteria 2000”. (1995). Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Baltimore, MD.2. A Framework for the Assessment of Engineering Education. (1996). ASEE, Washington, DC.3. Engineering Education for a changing world. (1994). American Society for Engineering Education

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Authors

Brian Armstrong

independently, starting with the simplest plant and control model, and a relatively structuredidentification experiment, controller design and performance assessment. The student moves toself-designed system identification and controller design. The cap stone of the course is acompetitive controls application which challenges the students command of the theoretical toolsas well as thoroughness and accuracy of experimental technique.1. Introduction The education literature provides many examples of high quality laboratory instructionprograms in controls engineering (e.g. [l, 2, 4]). One challenge to designing any laboratoryprogram is to involve the student in discovery learning, as opposed to closely directed verificationof physical principles. The

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

the practice of engineering or its teaching for innovation. As a long-term consequence, U.S. research-oriented graduate engineering education has become world preeminent and is excellent for the graduate education of future academic scientists for basic research. But a ‘disconnect’ exists in professional graduate engineering education for the creative practice of engineering at too many of the nation’s universities ─ contributing to the long-term underdevelopment of the nation’s graduate engineers and sequential decline of U.S. engineering for innovation. As Eric Walker, pointed out years ago: “Teaching research isn’t teaching engineering.”16 The National Collaborative Task Force reaffirms Christopher Hill’s assessment

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cliff Davidson, Carnegie Mellon University; Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon University; Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Bridges, Carnegie Mellon University; David Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Cynthia Murphy, University of Texas, Austin; Braden Allenby, Arizona State University; Yongsheng Chen, Arizona State University; Eric Williams, Arizona State University; John Crittenden, Georgia Tech; Sharon Austin, EPA

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Environmental Engineering

objectives, and based on suggestions made in the breakout group discussions.Day 2 begins with brief presentations of learning objectives completed overnight from twomembers of each group with particularly effective learning objectives, a total of eightpresentations, followed by open discussion. These presentations are followed by discussion onwhat made these learning objectives effective, and suggestions on what all participants can do todevelop outstanding learning objectives.The workshop then turns its attention to tools used by engineers in practicing SE, such asmaterial and energy flows and balances, carbon calculators, and life cycle assessments (LCA). Asession briefly introduces these tools and focuses on different methods of conducting LCA

Conference Session

Student Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley; Pamela Vercellone-Smith, Penn State Great Valley; Sally Sue Richmond, Penn State Great Valley

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Educational Research and Methods

mental capacity, bothpotential (e.g., intelligence, aptitude, talent) and manifest (e.g., extant knowledge, skill,experience); the latter can be measured in terms of both type (i.e., domain – discipline, area ofstudy) and degree (i.e., amount – novice, expert) 19,23. Cognitive style is defined as a “strategic,stable characteristic – the preferred way in which people respond to and seek to bring aboutchange” (including the solution of problems) 19. As such, cognitive style is a bipolar constructthat is independent from level; it also has multiple dimensions, including Adaption-Innovation(A-I) and Introversion-Extraversion, among others. Here, we will focus on A-I cognitive styleand its assessment using KAI® (the Kirton Adaption-Innovation

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

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Two Year College Division

determine the recharging timeunder various conditions. Page 14.746.6Figure 5: Photovoltaic Battery Charger Tested Indoors with a Compact Fluorescent Light.Students are able to keep the battery charger. In either outdoor testing with the sun or indoortesting with a 200 W (equivalent) compact fluorescent light, the unit is able to recharge the twoAA batteries to a usable level in 30 to 60 minutes. Complete recharging takes much longer, butthe 30 minute charging time allows the project to be completed in the amount of time availablefor a typical laboratory session.EvaluationIn addition to assessment of topic-specific content knowledge, several scales