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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Long; Donald Leone

, Virginia, for whom our mentorworked, was responsible for designing the bridge. They provided site drawings, copies ofspecifications, and other design materials. Under the guidance of the mentor, the studentsdesigned an interior beam and the roadway slab, using AASHTO’s (American Association ofState Highway and Transportation Officials) 16 th Edition of the Standard Specifications forHighway Bridges, and VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) modifications toAASHTO’s standard specifications.The results of a course assessment questionnaire indicate that engineering, communication andcomputer skills were enhanced while management skills were not.1. IntroductionThe focus of a recent NSF grant awarded the University of Hartford’s College of

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Chaya

assessment survey, students were asked to comment about the advantages anddisadvantages of the OOPic. The response was overwhelmingly positive. Students appreciatedthe ease of programming, the portability and the cost effectiveness. They were appreciative ofthe opportunity to apply their programming skills with hands-on interfacing projects. Page 7.170.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Only a few disadvantages were noted. Some students found that the small memory size was

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International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Pierre Trotignon; Ian Simpson

into the course and which are assessed by the academic body and the industrial supervisor. Regular visits to the Production and R&D facilities of industrial partners also becomes possible· industrial sponsorship is another possibility. For example, a French company wishing to invest and develop its activities in China could “sponsor” a Chinese student throughout his/her studies in France and then hire the student full-time at the end, once the student has assimilated the French way of doing business and obtained a French “Master’s” degree.France itself· France is located at the crossroads of Europe and provides any student with the opportunity to establish long-term contacts with industrial and academic partners in other

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Boronkay; Janak Dave

Identification of Needs Analysis of Needs Measurable Objectives Project Deliverables Project Resources Estimated Budget Time Schedule References Appendices Annotated Bibliography Summary of Survey QFD OtherDesignThe students must take the initiative in making all the design and manufact uring decisions for theproject. It is their responsibility to make sure they are on schedule and will finish the projectwith minimal supervision. All the design activities are documented in two different forms:Weekly reports, describing the activities and results obtained during that week as well as plansfor the following week and the student’s own assessment of the progress toward completion ofthe project

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Lent; Janet Schmidt; Gary Pertmer; Linda Schmidt

include career decision makingfactors and career theory. He is a member of the BESTEAMS group studying retentionissues in engineering and sciences at the University of Maryland.DR. LINDA SCHMIDT, is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park. Linda has been involved in engineering educationalissues as a founding member of BESTEAMS and is the Principle Investigator on the NSFgrant supporting the research reported here.DR. JANET SCHMIDT, Director of Engineering Student Research, is a psychologistspecializing in assessment issues, learning effectiveness, and promoting effective teamworkin the engineering classroom. She is also a member of BESTEAMS at the University ofMaryland, College Park.DR. GARY

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Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonid Preiser

Owings Mills, Md., and Everypath Inc. in San Jose dothe coding for their customers.Based on assessment of several prospective providers of application development software, itseems reasonable to suggest utilization of the Visual Drag-and-Drop Interface conceptualizedand designed by the iConverse Corporation in Waltham, Mass 3. The interface lets developersvisualize applications by dragging enterprise data onto their screens and then seeing how theresults will appear for different types of wireless devices. A developer can customize theresulting screens and use the iConverse parallel publishing tools to automatically build anapplication for each wireless device targeted.One of the important iConverse features allows providing a browser client

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Xue; Robin Qiu

practices”, Docent competencymanagement ensures that individual trainees have the right skill knowledge, and competencies toachieve critical organizational goals. Through tracking individual data associate with knowledge,skills, and competencies, Docent performance management addresses the complete individualperformance management life cycle (e.g., alignment of business goals and individual objectives,assessment of knowledge and skill gaps, personalization of “skill gap focused” learning, “On theJob” performance support, and performance evaluation and reward).3. myCareer – an e-Education System for ProfessionalsThe myCareer web-based system, developed by GL AgilityTech, Inc., is an e-education systemfor professionals with the focus on the promise

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Cremin

in a cockpit emergency.One way to see how a Communication Disorders perspective can apply to design problemsencountered in Avionics or Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) is to examine the coursesand course material in Communication Disorders. Table 2 lists Communication Disorderscourses and course material and the application of the course material to Avionics/EET designareas.Communication Disorders Relevant Course Material Potential Avionics/EETCourses ApplicationsIntroduction to Survey of speech and hearing System level impact onCommunication Disorders 11 impairments and assessment impairments as they

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Integrating Math and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Vanisko; John Scharf

1755It should be noted that this program in every way meets the criteria set forth in the NationalCouncil of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards for preparation of secondarymathematics teachers, and our first-year course is currently being taught for college credit atthree local high schools.The Mathematics Curriculum Supports Satisfaction of EC2000The Carroll College Department of Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science hasfocused on ways in which our mathematics program supports satisfaction of the ABETEngineering Criteria 2000, Criterion 3, Program Outcomes a-k. The table on the page thatfollows shows how our two-year mathematics program addresses the ABET Engineering Criteria2000 regarding Program Outcomes and Assessment

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ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

plans, with the labinstructor and staff, for improvement. The written plans will be used later in the semesterto assess improvement.D) Read assigned materialEach student should read the assigned material, be prepared to discuss the material in class andtake a test over the material.E) Maintain a lab notebook to record day-to-day lab activities.Each project team member must keep a project notebook. This notebook must be turned in at thecompletion of the project. All notebooks, for continuing projects, will be retained by the ElectricalEngineering Department for future use in the laboratory. It should be a loose-leaf, three ringbinder. All project related written work should be kept in this notebook as far as practical.F) Update Gantt Chart and

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Lisa Abrams

engineering students and descriptions of engineering majors.The Director of the Women in Engineering program visits Ohio high schools and is typicallyaccompanied by current engineering students and alumni working in the area. Depending on therequests of the school, the format is either a 30 minute presentation followed by 15 minutes ofquestions and answers given to a large group of male and females or a luncheon involving 10-20female high school students and their teachers with informal conversations with the engineersand students. Targeting the feeder high schools is different approach to recruiting students intoengineering. Since it is new program, there is no qualitative assessment at this time but 11 of thehigh schools have been visited so

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Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Minnie McGee; Audeen Fentiman

Session 1470 Components of a Year-Long Bridge Program for Minority Engineering Students Minnie M. McGee, Audeen W. Fentiman The Ohio State UniversityAbstractHistorical data gathered and assessed as part of the Gateway Engineering Education Coalitio nprogram at The Ohio State University indicated that only about 1 in 10 minority engineeringstudents with math placement below college algebra completed a degree in engineering. Asignificant fraction of incoming minority engineering students, some with excellent high schoolgrades, do not perform well

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Miers; Carl Anderson; Paula Zenner

snowmobile.GradingEvaluation of individual team members is accomplished through multiple instruments. Twice asemester, product design reviews (PDR’s) are conducted in which each team member participates.During the PDR, the student presents their project in detail, the progress they have made to date,their specific Gantt chart, and future work to be completed. The entire team is present during thePDR’s and each member evaluates the presenter using a MTU Mechanical Engineering -Engineering Mechanics Department (ME-EM) assessment instrument.Throughout the program each team member is also required to build a portfolio of their best workon the project. The portfolio is organized by educational objectives. The specific objectives thatwere considered pertinent to this

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Bichara; Raj Chowdhury

, industry and manufacturing sectors covering a large geographical area in northeastOhio. A recent assessment needs survey indicated a strong demand for a flexible “ practitionerbased” graduate degree program designed primarily to impact “life-long” learning of theworkforce involved in the areas of manufacturing, quality assurance, electronics, automation andcomputer systems.This paper describes the methodology used in the development, implementation and delivery of aMaster of Technology (MT) degree via “Distance Learning (DL)” mode using a combination ofWeb based, compressed video teleconferencing and web enhanced tools for course delivery. Thetechniques used to accommodate learners from a variety of background and academicpreparation through the

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Hines; Belle Upadhyaya

. Theacoustic pulse travels through the specimen until it is reflected from either the back surface orsome other discontinuity. The reflected waves are detected by the same transducer and theinformation is processed to determine the location of flaws. Applications of ultrasonic testinginclude thickness measurement, flaw detection and sizing, erosion-corrosion damage assessment,examination of piping, welding, bolting, turbine rotors, and plant structural components. Passiveultrasonic testing is used for leak detection.The ultrasonic test module consists of an ultrasonic pulser/receiver board, A/D converter for PCdata acquisition, a 5-MHz pulse-echo probe, and Plexiglas test samples. Both the location andthe size of the defect may be measured with this

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Weinmann; Michele Miller

first offering, the machining lab exercises required the students to spend a lot oftime learning M&G code. Our intention, however, is for students to learn the capabilities ofmachine tools rather than become programmers. In subsequent semesters we have relied moreon canned part programs and detailed step-by-step tutorial notes to lessen time spent learningmachine code.To improve the course, we plan to better integrate design concepts. Also, in the lab we plan togive students more opportunities to develop the solid modeling skills they learn in the freshmanyear. Finally, this course will further evolve as we assess student performance in the juniordesign classes and senior capstone design class

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Parviz Daneshgari

. Objectives,” and lead the product development. 4. Managers sequence the learning based on risk.Other enablers, such as: 5. Manufacturing variation is part of the early risk 1. Creation of “Knowledge Bins” assessment. 2. Content reduction 6. Product technical specifications are simplified 3. De-coupled technology development

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edwin Zivi; Jenelle Piepmeier

the previousdedicated classrooms and laboratories. The primary disadvantage of the lab-classroom is therequirement to schedule the ensemble as one unit. An integrated, easy to use multimediacapability is much more effective than the previous patchwork of independent monitors anddisplays. The “classroom-of-the-future” experiment was very useful at assessing candidatemedia technologies. In particular, it was determined that large, flat panel displays were not yetcost effective and had too narrow a viewing range for effective use. The renovated teachingcapabilities certainly outweigh the considerable burden of planning and executing the renovation.Our students enjoy the flexibility of the new lab-classrooms and the mobility of chairs withcasters

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Richard Shiavi

Page 7.1033.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”offered in both modalities so that we could assess the influence of the modality on learningpreference and the perception of engineering.Method The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was administered to all students at thebeginning of the semester 2. The MBTI provides a measure of psychological type and ofpreferred modes of learning new information. The course was organized with two different modalities of instruction. One was thecombined structure in which 40 students meet with their instructor in a classroom twice

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yonael Teklu; Saifur Rahman; Peter Wiesner

to DLNET, it isunbundled into its components, i.e., the resource folder and the metadata, which are then storedin their respective repositories. Prior to publishing the LO, however, the Content-Managementengine will initiate a peer-review process in which the resource is assessed for its quality,pedagogical effectiveness, and ease of use by designated reviewers. Once published, userfeedback will be solicited to rate the LO’s quality and usefulness.One of the main tasks of the Content-Management sub-system will be handling the search andbrowse queries from the user interface. The current search engine in DLNET will operatemainly upon the metadata repository to locate LOs in the collection. A more powerful searchengine being developed for the

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Butera

current- voltage plots.Assessment. This material was taught to students using the PDF modules along with the text by Plonsey andBarr. A survey regarding this approach was administered to the class 2 weeks after the studentswere tested on course material regarding the Hodgkin-Huxley equations. On a scale of 1 (not at all)to 5 (very much so), the students were asked to assess to what degree the course textbook and thesupplemental PDF modules contributed to their understanding of two groups of material: Units,basic biophysics, and linear conductance models (group A), and nonlinear membrane dynamicsand the HH model (group B). Data was quantified using a two-tailed paired T-test (n=28). The nullhypothesis for both groups is that the textbook

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Nowak; Adrezin Ronald; Donald Leone

year under the direction of the Biomedical Engineering faculty.program outcomes:While it is difficult to assess the outcome of this style of curriculum in comparison to programsteaching biomedical engineering courses first, there are anecdotal outcomes to report. Externalsupervisors of our senior students (during capstone off-campus research) have noted that thestudents had backgrounds comparable to Mechanical Engineering students working in the samelaboratories. Other supervisors who also work with graduate students in biomedical engineeringhave noted the strong background of our students.The feedback from our alumni have noted the strong level of their general engineeringbackground as compared to their peers in biomedical engineering and

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New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

has been established for ready access to BME program information. § A faculty mentor oversees a BME student society that sponsors professional activities (e.g. seminar speakers) and social events (e.g. picnics). Society activities build student comradeship and foster BME professionalism.Since most students are "grade conscious" there is much attention to course quality and outcomeassessment by students. Thus, it is imperative to commit adequate attention to maintainingrelevant course content and effective delivery to maintain student interest and satisfaction withthe BME academic program. Fortunately, new ABET program accreditation requirements forcontinuous improvement aid in promoting the regular assessment of

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

, and assessment must befocused on the needs and abilities of the students. Instead of the teacher being the solesource of information, the teacher shares control of the classroom and students areallowed to explore, experiment, and discover on their own. The students are not justmemorizing information, but they are allowed to work with and use the information aloneor with peers. Their diverse thoughts and perspectives are a necessary input to everyclass. The students are given choices and are included in the decision-making processesof the classroom. To implement such a method, students can be asked to create their own casestudies. In addition, they are capable of leading the class in the discussion and analysis ofthe case. These

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marek Balazinski; Aleksander Przybylo

behind a phenomena. They present the process without usingmathematical equations. This characteristic might be particularly important for continuingeducation and industry training.In order to assess the impacts of the animations on the understanding of the presented problems,a quick survey with the 27 students following the lecture has been made. The survey questionwas stated as follows: “In what degree from 1 (not helpful at all) to 5 (very helpful), theanimations did help in the understanding of the theory”. The average result obtained was 4.6,which indicates that the animations are very helpful in the understanding of the technologicalproblems

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul LaPlume; Michael Ruane

. Preliminary assessment results will begiven at the presentation of this paper.The module begins with the presentation of basic digital imaging methods and issues, using PChardware and web cameras available in the department electronics lab. As student proficiencygrows, they advance in teams to the High Tech Tools and Toys Laboratory, which supports fivededicated imaging stations. At each station, the students face a particular imaging problem, whichthey solve using a variety of hardware and software tools. Solutions are structured to make surethe students can be reasonably successful with their novice level of understanding. The ‘Toolsand Toys’ include different cameras, frame grabbers and digital channels, and imaging softwareranging from MATLAB to

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2022 CIEC

Authors

N. Athula Kulatunga; Niaz Latif; Jesus De La Cruz

delivery, and program management.Skill modules introduce entry-level skills identified by the steering committee during the CSA.Each module consists of objectives, online resources, step-by-step instructions leading tocompletion of a simple part or a circuit, and evaluation criteria for each activity, accompanied bya feedback form. At the end of each activity, students know the mastery level, assessed by theinstructor. Students may repeat the activity until a predetermine mastery is reached. Theinstructor demonstrates the correct execution of an activity, followed by a short lecture. Bydesign, the final parts of several skill modules are assembled to create a device, such as a benchvise, an electric circuit, or a traffic light controller. Students

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2022 CIEC

Authors

Mauricio Torres; Ying Shang; Zakariya Al Hamouz

understanding on applications of contemporary machining processes,including hands-on activities. Also, implications on mechanical design aspects will be addressedto broaden students’ perspectives on processes and optimization.1. IntroductionMany manufacturing companies are hosted by the Northeast Indiana region, and they produce avariety of high value-added products; they are companies such as General Motors, ZimmerBiomet, Steel Dynamics BAE Systems, BF Goodrich, and others mainly dedicated to mechanicalmanufacturing and auto-parts.The region’s industry requirements for engineering graduates were assessed by surveysconducted by Indiana Tech and distributed to manufacturers and other businesses in the region,as well as to graduating students with a

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University; Arun Srivats Mohan, Pennsylvania State University; Frank Christopher Barber

micro-credential and trialing it with students to assess its efficacy. In suitablefuture projects, further exploration of co-creation approaches should be explored to identify ifmore amenable approaches are available. An early hypothesis, however, is that co-creation modelpartialities are likely to vary widely with individual projects and participants’ personalities andpreferences.ReferencesABET. (2021.) Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, 2021-2022. https://www.abet.org/ accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2021- 2022/Bovill, C. (2020). Co-creation in learning and teaching: The case for a whole-class approach in higher education. Higher Education, 79, 1023-1037. https

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Prathyaj Bharadwaj Mantha, The George Washington University; Janet Mosby

sanitationcreating a health hazard.Our work so far Under the CDC Foundation CBO strengthening grant, our organization, PEERConsultants P.C. prepared and mailed a SWOT survey to BBUWP vendors, septic systemrecipients, other related CBOs, trusted local residents, politicians, members of professional andacademic organizations and others who have knowledge of the BBUWP in some manner. Thesurvey consisted of questions that were meant to assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunitiesand threats that BBUWP faces from the unique perspectives of the different individuals. Theinitial survey was followed by detailed interviews of select candidates to get more in-depth data.The results of the SWOT analysis laid the groundwork for restructuring the organization