Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski

volatile components need to be removed and acidity adjusted. Among the processes available for this task are: low temperature stripping and activated carbon adsorption. •= Experiments: an activated-carbon adsorption experiment will be used to introduce fundamental adsorption principles. The height of the carbon bed, column diameter, liquid flowrate, carbon properties and size distribution, and temperature are among the multiple variables that will be analyzed. Students will be able to establish the effect of these variables in the final product properties. Acidity will also be determined to assess its relationship with flavor and aroma.7. Chemical Analysis of Final Product: flavor and aroma measure the quality of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Elizabeth Orwin

Engineering Educationto think on their feet. I think our course could benefit from our raising our expectations, makingit fun, and holding them to it. These things would all help our stated goals of retaining studentsand stimulating excitement for engineering at the freshman level. Page 7.1214.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã2002, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Briller, V. et. al. “An Assessment Study on replacing the Engineering Graphics Course with the Fundamentals of Engineering Design Course.” Proceedings of

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Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Glenn T. Wrate, Northern Michigan University; John Wheeldon; Owe Petersen

lecture was held for assessment purposes, and that week’slab time was used for make-up experiments. The implication in the above is that all 58 studentsand four professors had to have the exact same lecture and lab times in common. This greatlyimpacts the use of lab facilities.Each of the four professors developed and taught two experiments. Each student team (AMPS,etc.) spent two weeks with each professor, performing that professor’s experiments. Studentsworked with their partner at lab stations, although the experiment performance was sometimesindividual (communications, microprocessors). The experiments included: • Instrumentation – all students performed this in week one to familiarize them with the signal generator, multimeter

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob Twiggs

Earth Deep Space 7 Days Later Figure 6 Lunar Flyby and ReturnConclusionSpace in the classroom working with project-based learning has been shown to be a very goodlearning environment. The programs continue to evolve, but the main emphasis in theseprograms is to use as much off-the-shelf commercial components as possible. This keeps thecosts low, uses the latest technology, provides current assistance from the vendors and pushedthe student to do a through assessment to mitigate space environment problems. Page 7.1013.9

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Elkins; Roy Eckart; Catherine Rafter; Eugene Rutz; Cathy Maltbie

analysis was used to assess student learning based on MBTI types and LSI inthe control class and each of the three technology classes. We examined how variouspersonality types and learning styles perform within a specific class, how variouspersonality types and learning styles perform across all four instructional formats; andhow student interest in the class or instructional technology affects his/her grades.The students' learning styles and personality types were measured and compared tostudent performance in the Mechanics I and Basic Strength of Materials classes taughtusing four different instructional technologies: interactive video, originating andreceiving, a web-based class and a streaming video class. A standard lecture class wasused as

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

both formal and extra-curricular, self-assessments of strengths and weaknesses, andlearning style preferences. Analysis of gender differences in background variables has shown that maleand female students entered Rowan with very similar backgrounds, differing little in terms of theiracademic math and science preparation, their SAT scores, their high school extra curricular science andmath activities, the support of their family, friends, and high school staff for their engineering pursuits,or their role models in their immediate family. On almost all variables, female students had as strong orstronger backgrounds than male students.29Attitudes toward engineering as a field of study and as a career, perceptions of difficulties for women

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow

thesponsoring companies. Typical projects in recent years have included work with J.P. Morgan todevelop and evaluate its on-line business presence, with Penn State Geisinger Health Systems toevaluate a new "Urgent Care" patient service, with G.E. Industrial Systems to evaluate and refineon-line sales strategies for the transmission and distribution segment of its utility marketproducts, and with IBM Microelectronics Division to assess the market potential for ThirdGeneration (3G) wireless technologies. To be effective for both students and sponsoringcompanies, these projects require significant corporate involvement, including activeparticipation by corporate liaisons. At the conclusion of the project, company representativesattend the project final

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Mack; Yacob Astatke

and prepare for the math placement exams.The online course also gave them a chance to review their math concepts and preparethem for math course they will be enrolled in during the Fall 2000 semester.At the end of the program, the students were given an evaluation form. Theevaluation form was used to assess three things: the Blackboard CourseInfo software,the overall program, and to get comments, and recommendations for the onlinecourse. Here is a summary of the results: 90% felt that the blackboard.com web-siteand the CourseInfo software were easy to access and were very user-friendly. 90% ofthe students felt that the summer program and the foundations of mathematicsonline course were excellent.They felt that the lessons were very thorough

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Haque

many advantages including ease of use, quick access, low cost, available without thelimitations of time or location, computer platform independent, and flexible in allowing studentsto control their learning pace. This paper demonstrates various web-based design conceptvisualization techniques, which are valuable for teaching and learning structural design.II. Visualization TechniquesThe principal element of the proposed approach is to assimilate the students' learning knowledgeand behavior by providing individualized guidance and assessment tool. This includes 1,2 -• Structuring of the reinforced concrete design course material with respect to content.• Presenting, modularizing and tailoring the presentation according to each student's level

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Barrott

. People are working; they have full-time jobs and many are working overtime hours. In theChattanooga MSA, the unemployment rate at the end of 2000 was 3.3%4.With Dupont facing major employee changes and Chattanooga State facing major enrollmentdifficulties, the opportunity to do something different was presented and a new educationalpartnership was formed between Dupont and Chattanooga State. The difference between theChattanooga State-Dupont partnership and other company partnerships is that all classes and labsare taught on-site and on-line using Dupont’s specially built educational facilities. Also, thiseducation partnership provides WorkKeys assessments, non-credit, and credit training for all1800 Dupont employees. The credit programs are

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Stewart; William Lin

7.889.7IV. ConclusionThe development and implementation of the modified AAS-EET program proved to bechallenging and fulfilling. This lone AAS-EET program in the DeVry system provided aunique environment for experimenting with a fast implementation of curriculum changesnecessitated by a quickly changing job market. Feedback for assessing the results wasobtained quickly from employers as well as from faculty and from the studentsthemselves. Based on employer feedback, and on starting-salary data, the curriculum didmeet the objective of enhancing employability of the graduates. Also, the experiencegained by faculty involved with the project was helpful in the subsequent implementationof a BS-EET curriculum.NOTE: Supporting data will be presented

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ranjith Perera; Ali Akber

might take theoperations too lightly when they are on actual equipment.Thus once a certain amount of confidence is achieved the operators should be trained onactual equipment.7. Future developments:Authors intend to incorporate an assessment program to monitor performance of operators onsimulation package to issue “licence” to get training on actual equipment. This feature wouldrecord major and minor faults during the operation and store them in a database.Incorporation of sound clips to simulate more closely actual working atmosphere is alsoconsidered. With new operating systems two or more monitors can be used to open morepanels to simulate exact control panel in the power station is not a hard task. This wouldenable to simulate situations of

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfredo Soeiro

management are both using information on a large scale andthat becomes more evident when the area is construction management. It is an activity where dataabout the construction project and assessment of the implementation are being manipulatedintensively. This is the essence of the material handled in construction management. On theother hand the communication tools are the support for the information retrieval, analysis,filtering and dissemination. That is why ICT developments and possibilities have a major role inthe area of construction management.ICT uses frequently electronic media to allow the access to resources that otherwise could nothave been done at a lower cost and in a shorter period of time. Consequently engineers,technicians

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shad Reed; Donna Dorminey

Whilecalculating the uncertainty in the dependent variable gives an unmistakable measure of thegoodness of a procedure, cadets are also required to make a subjective assessment of the Page 7.383.2feasibility of a procedure that addresses whether or not they can obtain measurement devises that Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationcan deliver the precision that they require. Finally, during the fourth phase, product generation,the cadets performed the procedure that they found to be the best. They refined

Conference Session

Panel on Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Kaderlan; Mary Ann Rankin; John Butler; Steven Nichols

the development and commercialization of technology with anemphasis in commercializing technology from university laboratories. The coursecombines traditional lectures emphasizing the theory of product development and ofproduct (and service) commercialization. The course used numerous outside speakerswho emphasize more pragmatic aspects of product development and commercialization.The course requires students to -Develop a process framework for commercialization of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace within a university context, -Develop an understanding of how to assess technologies for commercialization potential, -Develop an understanding of how to create a commercial venture

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ruane

administrative issues that arose within the department, as a newdegree grew from existing offerings, and within the wider university, as our new degree proposalwas assessed and reviewed. Some of these lessons should help readers considering newspecialized degree programs in their own colleges.IntroductionA typical engineering curriculum is continually evolving. Specific course content may changefrom semester to semester while laboratories evolve more slowly as equipment and facilities areupgraded. Degree program requirements change even more slowly, in response to changes inengineering practice, accreditation guidelines, student interest, and engineering market demands.Slowest of all are changes in actual degree concentrations, which must respond to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

intended for senior/graduate students. All three courses are lecturebased. A special and common feature among these courses is the requirement of a term project.To further enhance the written and oral communication skill, a written report and an oralpresentation is also required. Assessment is based on written evaluations by the students at theend of the semester. A brief description of each of the courses is provided below. Page 7.73.3Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Cellular

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Dennis

foundations course to integration of topicslearned throughout the curriculum. The author ascribes this change to the inclusion ofexperienced students in each group. The experienced individuals have ignited the thoughtprocess of their less experienced peers. In addition to better designs and better design reportsthe average on examinations in the course has risen by about 3 to 5 percent since the shift toexperienced design teams occurred.Course AssessmentStudents complain bitterly about the workload this design problem represents during the entiresemester. However, on the course end assessment they rate it as the most important aspect oftheir education in the geotechnical engineering sub-discipline. They specifically point out thatthe complexity of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ray Bachnak

microcontrollersthrough laboratory experimentation. A set of experiments that involve programming,hardware, interfacing, and applications was developed. The experiments range fromsimple software exercises that illustrate the use of the assembler and instruction set tomore complex and practical applications such as interfacing and controlling externaldevices. This paper briefly describes the course, presents the experiments, and showshow students were exposed to a wide range of concepts and applications. The paper willalso present initial course assessment and future plans.II. Course ObjectivesENTC 4418 Microprocessors and Microcontrollers was developed and offered for thefirst time in fall semester 2000. It is a four-credit hour course with a weekly laboratory

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Rogers; Kelly Burton; Kamisha Hamilton

ofHispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) conferences this year, supported by a collaboration ofcollege and departmental funds. The first class of GERS scholars was surveyed to assess their perception of the program.Initial response from the GERS scholars has been very positive. First semester survey resultsrevealed that these students have received many benefits from their participation in GERS events. As could be expected, funding is the most important motivation for entering the program, with83% citing reliable financial support a factor in considering UW-Madison - but just as importantare the other benefits of the program. All of the students find the social ties from GERS mostbeneficial, with most students commenting on the “family like

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lovegrove; Timothy Owens; Matthew Bronkema

specifications became the driver "API" (Application ProgrammerInterface) specification. A section of the API from the project web site is included in theAppendix.Hardware/Software Co-design.A key feature of this project was the use of hardware/software co-design. With many embeddedsystems projects, it is desirable to start working on the software before functioning hardware isavailable. This particular project was chosen because it allowed for a natural co-design project in astudent environment.To facilitate early software design, the Computer Science team was required to build a softwaresimulation of the robot and its environment. One risk of co-design projects on a student level isthe difficulty in assessing project difficulty ahead of time

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Callen; Steven Usselman

fundamentals, they can better assess how individuals such as Thomas Edison and teams oftechnicians went about the work of design and refinement. To aid them in this effort, we have steadily incorporatedreadings from sources such as The American Heritage Magazine of Invention and Technology, which offer detailedbut readable accounts of the inventive activities of principal figures in the history of electrical engineering. In addition to restructuring the material considered in class, we have altered the group project assignment insubtle but significant ways. Instead of tying the projects to a particular unit, we have encouraged students to seekout topics on their own. Ideally, they should focus upon a current technology or technological project

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Lee; Tamer Ceylan

the system is in power generating mode. During peak power demandperiod, the compressed air is released from the cavern, throttled to 40 bars, and preheated beforeentering the two-stage gas turbine. The temperatures and pressures at both the inlet and outlet ofthe two-stage gas turbine, its isentropic efficiency and its power rating were known.In the preliminary design stage, students were to assess the proposed design and explore whetherthey can improve the system through modifications. Through a brainstorming process studentsidentified several ideas to make the system more efficient. These ideas were: (i) using anexpansion turbine to replace the throttling valve and reduce the destruction of availability; (ii)installing a heat recovery

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Alok Verma

Session 2149 Innovative Student Research Projects Alok K. Verma Old Dominion UniversityI. IntroductionSenior or Capstone project courses are part of majority of the Engineering TechnologyCurriculum. This is partly because of the faculty’s desire to assess student’s ability to apply theknowledge acquired and, partly because of the mandate by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). A number of papers have been published on the topic ofsenior projects and the necessity for providing realistic engineering experience 1,2,3

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Mandeville

each other. A private student portfolio is also available for the return of work comments and grades. In addition, a fifth area is available for assessment and instructor grades. • PowerPoint Presentation Provides for the deliver of: ! An outline of the content covered in the lecture. ! Details of the definitions, the methods and the rules related to the content. ! Excel slides, inserted as operable objects. Page 6.594.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brett Hamlin; Gretchen Hein

help demonstrate the integration between science, math, and engineeringOur goals for this program were threefold: 1) to learn how to integrate these three subjects suchthat students would recognize the importance of math and physics to engineering, 2) to applyactive, collaborative learning/teaching and develop methods which would be incorporated into thecommon first year engineering program, 3) to assess the learning outcome effects of course inte-gration and cohort scheduling. Page 6.631.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Hal Nystrom

asked them to assess their overall satisfaction with theintegrated project team design. There were five choices and students were characterizedas "high satisfaction" if they selected "very satisfied" or "satisfied". All the otherstudents were characterized as "low satisfaction" and they selected "neutral","dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied". The index on the right column of Table 1 highlightshow the responses from each of these groups compares to the average class response. Forexample, the mean response for the campus students was 0.73, which was 12% higherthan the class mean [(0.73-0.65)/0.65 = 0.12].The responses to this question show that campus students felt stronger about the need tochoose, compared to the average student, and this is

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Taylor; Emilia Mironovova

held.Certificates will be awarded at this conference and participants will evaluate the collaboration.OutcomesAt this writing, the second phase of the collaboration is still in progress and assessment of theproject is anecdotal. As mentioned earlier, we will survey the participants at the end of theproject to determine if it is indeed effective. One goal was to provide an international experiencewhile avoiding the expenses and time required for travel. While this was achieved using limitedtravel, we believe that that more involvement is necessary. A second goal was to improve bothoral and written communication in English. By their involvement in the project, the MtF students

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

. Awareness of current tools for analysis, simulation, visualization, Ability to locate, catalogue and Appreciation of the accuracy and Use of utilize relevant information, Ability to assess the accuracy, Ability to produce clear diagrams Fluency in current computer-based synthesis and design, and limitations of such tools and the

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University; Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

6 5 4 3 2 1 0 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 Student Ratings Figure 6. Course Survey ResultsFrom a perspective of assessment, assignment grades are used. Figure 7 shows the grades forAssignments 2 and 3. Unfortunately, due to a communication problem