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Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

technology Page 9.1019.4programs. Future goals of the authors include a survey of students to obtain specific information Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationon how the fundamentals courses affected their interest in and understanding of EngineeringTechnology.Bibliography1. Old Dominion University Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Spring Enrollment Tracking Report, Retrieved January 8, 2004, from http://web.odu.edu/ao/upir/FactBook/FTE_SCH/Rxxsch_2.htm2. "Enrollment Records

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Innovation in Continuing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Martin Cala; Jaymin Patel; Ganesh Kudav; Burke Davis

, scholarship, and service. This project has as an objective theidentification of both content and delivery innovations that can be expected to arise fromincreased applied research activities. The infusion of new and emerging knowledge will beparamount. A knowledge management approach that assures an impact on student outcomes willbe supported by collaboration with instructional design experts and validated throughcollaboration with educational assessment experts. Additional impact on student learning outcomes will be provided by a strong industrialpartner aspect of this work. Service-learning has been introduced at the sophomore level of theundergraduate experience through the establishment of the Engineering Student ConsultingClinic (ESCC

Conference Session

Applications in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition ©2004 Copy Right, American Society of Engineering EducationSome Assessment ResultsThe course evaluation for the Dynamics course was completed by the students and theresults indicate that the students enjoyed the “hands-on” experience and considered it amajor part of their dynamics course. More specifically the following point score ratings(on a max. five point scale) were given by the 23 sophomore students who evaluated theclass (it is interested to note that 48% of these students have Grade Point Averages from2.3 to 2.75 and 30 % between 2.76 and 3.25): a. Usefulness of Outside Assignments: 4.4 out of 5 b. Overall rating of the Course: 4.0 out of 5. c

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Muniram Budhu

ENVIRONMENTPedagogy of the learning objects follow those proposed by Gagné [3], Clark [4], Felder andSilverman [5] and includes gaining attention, informing students of the objective, stimulatingrecall of prior knowledge, presenting the stimulus, providing learning guidance, elicitingperformance, providing feedback, assessing performance, enhancing retention and transfer oflearning. Each learning object belongs to a hierarchical class called a theme – a collection oflearning objects that addresses a global topic [6]. To illustrate the hierarchy and the learningenvironment, three learning objects, called modules hereon, will be briefly demonstrated. Thetheme is the effects of water on soils. In the first module,http://www.grow.arizona.edu/geotechnical

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

.Survey assessments from all of the lab courses indicated an overall satisfaction with thelab experiences but a high level of frustration caused by misalignment between the theoryclass and the labs. One student identified a three to four week difference between tasksin the lab and theory presented in the co-requisite lecture despite deliberate efforts toadjust the lab schedule. A further consequence of the co-requisite structure surfacedwhen marginally successful lab students were forced to drop a lab because of difficultiesin the co-requisite courses. It was clear that at least part of the solution must be torealign the lab experiences with respect to the lectures and eliminate the co-requisitestrategy. The design challenge was to create a set

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramana Pidaparti

InformationRamana Pidaparti received his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics & Astronautics from PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette in 1989. Since August 1989 he has been with the Department ofMechanical Engineering at Purdue University campus in Indianapolis (IUPUI) where he iscurrently Professor of Mechanical Engineering and serves as the Director of AcademicPrograms. Dr. Pidaparti has published over 130 technical papers in refereed journals andconference proceedings in the areas of composites, fracture mechanics, biomechanics and finiteelement methods. His current research interests are in engineering design, assessment, advancedcomposites, biomedical engineering, adaptive devices design, and nanotechnology. He is amember of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Gamma Tau, and

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Swan

, the plans to assess the student’s reaction to theproject once the poster presentation is completed.Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank his advisees for the Fall 2003 semester forworking on the project. The authors also thank the University College for Citizenshipand Public Service at Tufts University for supporting this effort.CHRISTOPHER W. SWANDr. Swan is the Chair and an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)department at Tufts University. His current interests are the use of service learning as pedagogy, reuse ofrecovered or recyclable materials, and environmental site remediation

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie Ofusu; Austin Asgill

identified as some of the fastest growth areas in the telecommunications industry.Maintaining currency in the program curriculum requires continuous monitoring and input fromindustry. The BSTCET program at SPSU continues to utilize employer and graduate employeesurveys in updating its program content to keep it in step with current industrial practice anddirection. These surveys are conducted on a regular basis as part of the department’s ABET re-accreditation procedures. With the advent of the use of outcomes-based program assessment foraccreditation purposes, these surveys will continue to play an increasing role in measuring thesuccess of the BSTCET program.The Telecommunications Department of Pennsylvania State University (PSU) Wilkes

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chong Chen

Page 9.1036.6 • Written report. Proceedings of the 2004American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2004, American Society for Engineering Education After registering senior project course, a student must do research and find a project that heor she wants to work on. The project must been approved by the instructor for ensuring it is aproper one in the aspects of contents, technical level, time consuming, cost, and equipmentneeded. The research work and project originality are counted for the project assessment. In project topic and challenge area, challenge and difficulty of the project are evaluated. Aharder project gets more points. It is a common sense

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

ribbon.Understanding of crystallization kinetics allows engineers to know the operating temperature of amaterial that loses desirable properties (magnetic or electrical, for example) as it transforms fromthe amorphous state to the crystalline state. Understanding of crystallization kinetics also allowsengineers to control the amount of nanocrystals formed, if the desired material property requiresfor there to be a microstructure in which a fraction of the volume is nanocrystals existing withinan amorphous matrix. Figure 6: Bright field transmission electron image (left) and dark field transmission electron image (right) of Fe88Zr7B4Cu1 ribbon after heating from 25 ºC to 800 ºC1.Discussion of Assessment and ConclusionTo reinforce the concept

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Froyd; Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson

began work on theirfirst-year curricula. RHIT began by forming a local management team, one facultymember assigned for each of the four FC thrusts: 1) active/cooperative learning andteams, 2) technology-enabled learning, 3) curriculum integration, and 4) assessment andevaluation. These four began to work on building faculty interest in the FoundationCoalition. They worked closely with the Dean and VP for Academic Affairs. First theysolicited proposals and ideas from the entire faculty about changes in the sophomoreyear. Then, during the spring quarter, they met weekly on Friday afternoons withinterested faculty to discuss these ideas. After two months of meetings a SummerSophomore Curriculum Development Team (SSCDT) was formed which consisted

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Karim; Ardie Walser

designing this new program both schools worked diligently to make sure that it would meet the Page 9.395.3 Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) 2000 criterion consisting of eleven (11) student learning outcomes and assessment Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College and The City College March 10, 2003 JOINT PROGRAM IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGHostos Credits CreditsFirst Year – Fall

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Newman, Lakshmi V. Munukutla and John Robertson, “Building Bridges with CommunityColleges Partnering for Educational Success”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Montreal, Canada,June 16-19, 2002.3. Joseph S. Mattoon, “Metrics for Assessing Return on Investment from Information Technology”,Proceedings of the 14th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and the 44th AnnualMeeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, San Diego, CA, 2000.Biogr aphical SketchLakshmi Munukutla received her Ph.D. degree in Solid State Physics from Ohio University, Athens, Ohioand M.Sc and B.Sc degrees from Andhra University, India. L.V. Munukutla developed an interest insemiconductor device processing technology and characterization

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Johnson; John Weese

optional for the 2001-2002 accreditation cycle.Like the EAC and the TAC, there are ASAC General Criteria plus Program Criteria. Althoughthe descriptions differ, the title nomenclature for the ASAC General Criteria is identical to theeight EAC EC 2000 criteria, namely: Criterion 1. Students Criterion 2. Program Educational Objectives Criterion 3. Program Outcomes Assessment Criterion 4. Professional Component Criterion 5. Faculty Criterion 6. Facilities Criterion 7. Institutional Support and Financial Resources Criterion 8. Program CriteriaThere are differences for the three levels of programs. The main thrust of the criteria is orientedtowards the baccalaureate programs. The criteria for the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hoskin; Ronald Welch

project should be compatible to the project and thecapabilities of the students. Regardless, the professor and student must communicate most of the Page 8.1001.6expectations. The approach discussed above is just one successful approach. To make the most Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Educationof your and your student’s time during the semester, some dedicated planning, resourceallocation, and assessment of student skill is necessary prior to the start of the semester.JAMES R. HOSKINCaptain

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith

Garson, Distance Education: Assessing Costs and Benefits, Thought & Action, Vol. XV, No. 2, Fall 1999, P. 105.R. FRANK SMITHR. Frank Smith received his BSEE from New Mexico State University in 1965,Master in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 1974, andMSEE from California State Polytechnic University in 1993. He worked forMcDonnell Douglas, General Dynamics, and General Motors. He worked forKaiser Steel Corp. for 19 years and has taught at California State PolytechnicUniversity for 16 years. He is the co-author of several books and has patents inthe medical field. His current research interests are in the biomedicalinstrumentation and illumination engineering field. He is director of the Photo-optical, Lighting, and

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob Freeman

of this approach is planned for Fall 2003, along with formal assessment andevaluation.Acknowledgments: This work was supported in part by the CCLI-Educational MaterialsDevelopment Program of the National Science Foundation under Award Number DUE-0089035,the Engineering Research Centers Program of the National Science Foundation under AwardNumber EEC-9876363, and by The University of Texas System TeleCampus. Page 8.183.15

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chu Chen Chen

the HVAC education in three Southern states. The findings from this surveyindicated that two of the seventeen Mechanical Engineering Departments surveyed, offered onlyone technical elective course related to the HVAC courses required for engineers. TheMechanical Engineering Departments assessed in the survey were located in the state of Alabama,Arkansas, and Louisiana. Due to small number of graduate seniors that normally enrolled in thistype of coursework, most Mechanical Engineering Departments are unable to offer the HVACrelated courses. The survey was expanded to investigate universities with larger numbers ofstudents enrolled in Mechanical Engineering Departments. This was accomplished through aninternet search, which proved quite

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Kasra; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

basis, it was decided to "firm-up" this process by establishing anindustrial advisory board which will meet at least annually to provide the needed "outside input" Page 8.822.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationneeded as a part of a recurring program assessment. Clearly, any and all problems known apriori or discovered during preparation for an ABET program evaluation should be remedieddecisively before the ABET team visit to campus.As may be common, in our case following submission

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Engineering Engineers,” Proceedings, Frontiers in Education,Tempe, AZSeymour, E. and Hewitt, N.M. 1997. Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences. Boulder,CO: Westview PressTurns, J., Atman, C., and Adams, R. (2000) “Concept Maps for Engineering Education: A Cognitively MotivatedTool Supporting Varied Assessment Functions,” IEEE Trans. Education. 42:2, 164–173Wagner, A.D., Schacter, D.L., Rotte, M., Koutstaal, W., Maril, A., Dale, A.M.,Rosen, B.R., and Buckner, R.L.(1998) “Building memories: Remembering and Forgetting of Verbal Experiences as Predicted by Brain Activity,”Science, 281, 1188–1191Winkel, B.J. and Rogers. 1993. Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics atRose-Hulman Institute of

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

analyze the fluid flow characteristics of two differentsedimentation basins. Students were primarily interested in how the inlet flow structures(diffusion wall and sluice gates) and outlet flow structures (weir and orifice) affected the desiredplug flow characteristics. Because students already had a basic understanding of Fluent, theywere then able to go one-step further by including a discrete phase model where differentdiameter and density particles were injected into the calculated fluid flow field.Assessment of Including CFD in the Introductory Fluid Mechanics CourseThe tools used to assess the CFD laboratory modules were the Instructor and Course Appraisalquestionnaire given to the students at the end of the semester, informal student

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

quicker assembly time.A discussion of cost relating to time and salary, and overall productivity is introduced. Teamsthen calculate how their increase in production efficiency for a simple task can be related toannual cost savings. Students learn about basic concepts of work measurement, productivity,cost, and quality, which will form the basis of future coursework in Industrial EngineeringTechnology.This module addresses department and ABET TC2K outcomes related to critical thinking,working in interdisciplinary teams, and creativity in design.ResultsIn addition to the standard University of Dayton student assessment, students enrolled in thecourse were asked to complete an anonymous survey relating to their fist-year experience in theDepartment

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari; Betsy Homsher; Laura Sullivan

to the learning process. In some areas,students present project posters at the end of the two-week period. Overall, the studentsparticipate in an interactive curriculum that shows them firsthand how they can applybioengineering to societal concerns.Benefits to the high school students are both perceived and measured. The students have achance to interact with female professors who are balancing family and work, therefore showingfirst hand that women can achieve professional and personal aspirations. The undergraduateswho serve as LITE mentors demonstrate collegiate success. Both faculty and coeds are positiverole models for the high school women. A post-program assessment of the LITE participantsindicates that after attending the two-week

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gore

Session 3247 Is Six-Sigma Certification Appropriate for the Classroom? David W. Gore, P.E. Middle Tennessee State UniversityIntroductionAs part of a Malcolm Baldrige self assessment of the Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) Engineering Technology (ET) program, it became clear that there was a lack ofconsensus among the faculty on the definition of ET itself. A more focused direction wasneeded for the department. Subsequently, the department chair developed a proposal to "defineour product and market." Part of this proposal involved the roles and definitions of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Joseph Hickey, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

therepetitive nature of the learning experience as well as address different student learningstyles. The Worksheet component of the module allows the instructor to direct homeworkactivity toward the topics and concepts presented in the three previous leaning media.Finally, the Quiz section provides assessment opportunities with answer keys provided foreach quiz.HSTI Modules AccessThe impression that high school science and mathematics educators do not have the materialsor skills to accomplish their objective is for the most part a misconception. If anything, thehigh school science and mathematics professionals within our school systems have more thanenough material and more than enough people telling them what has to be taught. Thedevelopment of

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Crago; Dale Flowers

the MEM program.The first students enrolled in the biomedical track of this program will graduate in May 2004, sowe do not yet have final data on important outcomes such as placement (these should beavailable at the conference). However, the first set of graduates (who all completed theTechnology Entrepreneurship track) provides a basis for feedback and assessment of the generalconcept of integrating business and engineering in this unique program. We have no reason toexpect that the feedback from the biomedical track will differ sharply from the technology track.In addition, we have feedback from all the biomedical track components that have beencompleted by the first group of students in that track.Our feedback process includes extensive

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ivan Maldonado; Henry Spitz; John Christenson; Eugene Rutz

, engineering and educational research, and teaching.HENRY SPITZ is the Health Physics Program Director and the Graduate Studies Director for Mechanical, Industrial andNuclear Engineering Department. At UC, Dr. Spitz has established the Laboratory for Radiological Assessment andMeasurement which emphasizes development of applied techniques for measurement and calibration of radiation detectionequipment, in vivo measurements, and measuring the effects of the natural radiation environment. Page 9.917.6 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Ohland

as a semester project in Fall 2003. Students wereinstructed to outfit a Fuji QuickSnap camera so that it would be coin operated. The goals of theproject were to design a build a device that activates the camera 20 seconds after one dollar incoins is deposited. The device is to give a visual or audible warning 2-5 seconds before thepicture is taken. While full credit required that the device reset so that a wound camera wouldactivate if it was triggered again, bonus points were assessed to devices that fully reset includingwinding the camera. A bonus was also given to devices that could recognize a “gold” dollar coinand activate immediately. Additional project specifications restrict the cost of the design ($20),the number of trials without

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Rider

prompted ONU to offer a technicalelective in PLCs (ME-429) in the spring quarter of 1999. ME-429 was a new four credit-hourcourse consisting of three 50-minute lectures and a two-hour laboratory period. With the help ofa grant from Marathon Oil Company, four additional PLCs with digital input and output modulesand handheld programmers were purchased. In addition, analog input and output modules, andPID modules were purchased for all PLCs. IBM compatible software, called DirectSOFT, waspurchased so students could design ladder logic programs on a computer, and then downloadtheir code into the PLC through its RS-232 interface. At the end of this course assessments bythe students were very positive.In the spring of 2000 Ethernet modules were

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

to teach for the entire semester wherein he or she wouldteach the general problem-solving module for the first 7 weeks. Each instructor would then teachthe discipline specific module of his or her design consecutively for the two 4-week periods totwo different cohorts of students. To allow for these logistics, all 10 sections of the course weretaught simultaneously at the same time slot to facilitate this switching around of sections midwaythrough the semester.Various assessment activities were performed in order to gauge success in fulfilling the learningobjectives defined. In addition to the course modules, a series of discipline-specific paneldiscussions were developed to provide exposure to various perspectives of each major. Thepanels