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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Wollin; Ronald Bennett; Melanie Steinborn; Al Dombrowski

very energetic andfruitful discussions and very positive comments from speakers and students alike.Two side benefits have resulted. First, the guest speakers say they get some verygood ideas from the students and second, other faculty are beginning to explorethis method for their classes.DBackgroundThe Mission of the School of Engineering is the statement that guides all of ourprograms. It states, “We provide an applied, values-based learning experiencethat produces well-rounded, innovative engineers and technology leaders whohave the technical skills, passion and courage to make a difference.” We strive to Page 10.901.1deliver on this promise, and

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Walker; Hayden Griffin

bandwidth and bring the network to a halt, at leastlocally. It is only a matter of time until this minor problem is resolved. At that point testing bycomputer, with uploaded programs, files, minute papers, and so on will be routine.As before, the software package included Matlab, AutoDesk Inventor, and MS Office. As wasthe case before, the freshman classes continued to be taught by the Division of EngineeringFundamentals (now the Department of Engineering Education) in 32-seat sections. A coursecoordinator provides all instructors a standard set of PowerPoint slides based on a commonsyllabus, with common homework assignments and common, common-time tests and final exam.Matlab and Inventor instruction, which had been taught in a lecture format, were

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Phillip Misna; Erica Liszewski

principles of Boolean algebra. The subject forms a vital part of the technical foundationthat enables our students to contribute to the field of modern digital hardware. Students are oftencalled upon in later courses to apply a key set of digital logic analysis and design skills to theadvanced material being covered. Those who are weak in these skills are at a decideddisadvantage.Experience at NAU indicates that many students who do well in the digital logic course oftenhave trouble applying this material in later courses. Colleagues at other universities haveexpressed similar concerns. This indicates that their knowledge is often rather fragile. There areseveral likely causes: 1) Insufficient student practice with critical skills and concepts

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Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saeid Motavalli; Helen Zong; Farnaz Ganjeizadeh; David Bowen

service industriesto advance their careers by preparing for management positions. Also, professionals inmanagement positions will benefit from this curriculum by obtaining a formal educationin engineering management. The San Francisco Bay Area is a prime location for offeringsuch a degree because of the large concentration of high tech engineering, manufacturingand service industries.This paper details the development of the M.S. Degree program. We discuss the resourceconstraints that had to be overcome by developing a curriculum that pulls resources fromvarious departments on campus. The designed curriculum allows us to offer the programwithout requesting additional faculty positions.Other considerations include issues such as specific needs of

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul Chanley; Michael Pelletier

, Professor Michael Pelletier (Chairperson, Department of ComputerTechnology and Engineering) attended an advisory committee meeting at Middlesex CommunityCollege, a sister institution in Massachusetts, where the Altera CPLD board was being used.Professor Pelletier decided to have Northern Essex Community College join the AlteraUniversity Partners Program. Dr. Paul McCormack (now a lecturer at Tufts University) agreed toserve as a technical consultant for the teaching of digital logic design with the Altera UP2boards.Successfully working with the Altera CPLD board during the summer of 2004 led first to adecision to buy an additional 20 Altera UP2 development systems at a discount available touniversity partners and, finally in late August, to a

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Potter; Brian Knight; Antoine Ataya

marketplace and, byextension, to improve the client base senior design project products.This paper presents the development and implementation of this unique integration with apreliminary assessment of the results.Introduction:During the summer of 2003, discussions were held between the School of Engineering,Computing and Construction Management (SECCM) at Roger Williams University and theRhode Island Center for Performance Excellence (RICPE) regarding the possibility ofengineering students working with regional companies that were involved with the BaldrigeNational Quality Program. The RICPE had previously recruited students from other regionalinstitutions to participate in this program but, heretofore, these students had been undergraduateor

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Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Knecht

complete with a challenge to map boundariesand trails for the National Park, to reduce erosion, or to improve water quality; all critical issuesto the infrastructure of the Island. Contracting by the Department of Environment and Tourism,teams from the International (EPICS) course practice engineering design in a culturally diverseenvironment. The Design (EPICS) program at CSM Technicalintroduces multi-disciplinary teams of first Process Knowledgeand second year engineering students to Knowledge Valuesdesign, technical communications, andteamwork through an open-ended, client- Researchbased project. The program emphasizes an Skills Design

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Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Lugowski

technology available today. This technology refers to electronic control offluid power systems, computer simulation, data acquisition, programmable logic control, andremote control of the stands over internet.Proposed Objectives for the Motion Control LaboratoryDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Technology offers several courses in fluid power. Therewas an urgent need to upgrade the equipment for all of the courses, due to significant changesand technical advances, which have taken place in the fluid power industry in recent years. Thisproposal was limited to the hydraulic motion control area. However, the proposed equipment,and procedures developed based on it, was to be used in all other fluid power courses. Theequipment was expected to give our

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Wilkins

diverse and inclusive skilled technical workforce.In 2001, WIT approached the U.S. Air Force on Maui to allow student access to its classifiedasset the Maui Space Surveillance Complex and to partner in an educational outreach programdesigned to engage native Hawaiian middle school girls in STEM education and careers onMaui. The partnership also involved Kamehameha Schools, a private school funded by theEstate of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop to fulfill her desire to create educational opportunitiesin perpetuity to improve the capability and well being of people of Hawaiian ancestry.Kamehameha Schools provided some seed funding for the project, WIT led the programdevelopment including gender equity principles and minority outreach, and the U.S

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kukulka

academic programs. The Mechanical Program uses theABET's Technology Accreditation Commission's (TAC) criteria to help assess student learningin our courses. TAC/ABET learning objectives help students understand what general skills andknowledge they are expected to have demonstrated upon completion of the course. Prior toentering the senior design course at BSC, students will demonstrate their basic mechanicalengineering technology skills by presenting a portfolio of work and passing a comprehensivetest. This paper examines the process for students in the energy areas.Once in the course, students use their skills to propose an applied thermal sciences project to aboard consisting of their professor, industry sponsor and student representatives

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Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

at the University of New Haven. Through this course, a key componentof the Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral, seeks to promote higherretention rates, increase student motivation and begin a confidence-building transition toprofessional practice.Project management concepts are integrated for application by students to projectactivities. Thus students develop the project and self-management skills required tosuccessfully plan and implement selected projects within budgetary and time constraintsusing Microsoft Project. Projects use LabVIEW programming1 for data acquisition andcontrol and CAD tools for technical communication of design information. Students gainproficiency in each of these areas as they are applied to a series of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Newstetter; Paul Benkeser

, which is a natural extension of the PBL experience. In additionto illustrating how we have incorporated PBL experiences in our curriculum, this paper willinclude examples of problems, tools, and assessment techniques designed to promote thelearning of these soft skills.IntroductionIn order to achieve ABET accreditation, engineering programs must demonstrate achievement ofa minimum set of program outcomes, as described in ABET’s Criterion 3. These outcomes arestatements that describe skills that “students are expected to know or be able to do by the time ofgraduation from the program.”1 A closer examination of these skills suggests that they can bedivided into two sets as illustrated in Table 1. The first set, one which engineering educators

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Beth Lakin; Gary Crossman

with related military experience andtraining benefit from ACE assessment when entering degree programs such as engineeringtechnology Since Old Dominion’s Experiential Learning has been in effect, programs in engineeringtechnology have assessed experiential learning for technical course credit, through the options oftraining evaluation, departmental examination and portfolio development. Returning adultstudents, with extensive work experience and engineering responsibilities, requested that theirrelated workplace knowledge and skills be assessed for possible academic credit for the seniorcapstone project course. Many of these students already had job titles of project engineer or

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Adams; Erick Jones

Session 3642 A Mathematical Model for White-Collar and Student Cognitive Turnover Erick C. Jones, Ph.D., and Stephanie G. Adams, Ph.D. University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstract This paper and subsequent presentation present a framework for measuring CognitiveTurnover. Cognitive turnover (CT) is a combination of the turnover thought process and theresults of burnout. In essence it occurs when key employees show up for work and seem to gothrough the motions. In the educational arena it occurs when students show up for classes and gothrough the

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

disciplines.Faced with these pitfalls and challenges, the design experience described in this paper wasestablished specifically to satisfy the need for a meaningful design course in the freshman year.This course eliminates the student confusion engendered by a conflict between what they are toldengineering should be - stressing intellectual integration and curricular synthesis - and what they Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Page 9.40.1 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationperceive each day in their own educational experience. In designing

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt; Greg Wilkins; Clay Gloster; Robert Lent; Linda Schmidt

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering"confidence in their ability to cope with a variety of barriers, or problems, that engineeringstudents could potentially experience (e.g., "cope with a lack of support from professorsor your advisor").The outcome expectations measure listed positive outcomes that could result from earninga BS degree in engineering (e.g., “earn an attractive salary”). Interests were measured byasking participants to indicate their degree of interest in performing engineering-relatedactivities (e.g., "solving complicated technical problems"). To assess social supports andbarriers, participants were asked to indicate how

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; Marie Lee; Diane Schuch Miller

satisfy the first three levels. However, analysis,synthesis, and evaluation are the crux of what engineers, technologists, and technicians do; yetevidence suggests it is the weakest portion of engineering educational programming. Studentsneed authentic activities which offer an opportunity to apply new knowledge and skills tomanufacturing engineering problems, test theories, and draw conclusions in a safe environmentwith the help of their peers and mentors. Some schools of engineering collaborate with localindustry to provide just this sort of reality-based examples as a context for learning. Others haveextensive cooperative education programs that give the student exposure to manufacturingproblems in a technical setting.The reality-based

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2004 Annual Conference

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Raymond Tavares; Anthony Duva; Mansour Zenouzi

cell experiments.The following paper is being submitted to document, detail and describe some of the laboratoryenhancements. Page 9.923.1Proceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroduction:Modern mechanical systems in manufacturing, power plants, and consumer products are makingan increased use of digital controls, and sensors to monitor the controlled variables. This hasincreased the need for mechanical engineering students to have a thorough knowledge ofelectronic sensors and data

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Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsu Tze Chi; Han Bee Shan

2004_1612Coupling Engineering and Entrepreneurship Education through Fuel Cell Product Development Tze-Chi, Hsu and Bee-Shan, Han Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C. metchsu@saturn.yzu.edu.twAbstractThis paper presents an overview of the entrepreneurship curriculum at Yuan Ze University. In thiscurriculum, thirteen courses are identified as required courses for students that intend to apply fuel cellas the key component for starting a new company. The thirteen courses include fuel cell

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Burbach

sought to involve industry in the educational process. This is especiallyappropriate in the scientific, technical, and engineering disciplines where students need morethan classroom learning to prepare them to enter the industry workforce. Industry has a vestedinterest in the educational process to insure a good influx of young scientists, engineers, andtechnicians who have the skills and experience to contribute productively to their employer’sbottom line. It is also important to the future of scientific, technical, and engineering fields that awell-rounded and diversified workforce includes currently underrepresented segments of thepopulation. Unfortunately, the benefits to industry of investments in academia are oftenperceived as long term

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Craddock; Lizette Chevalier

Session 1526 Mechanics of Materials Interactive Multimedia Labware James N. Craddock, Lizette R. Chevalier, Kudzai Musumhi Department of Civil Engineering Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL 62901-6603 PH: 618-453-6648 FAX: 618-453-3044 e-mail: craddock@ce.siu.edu, cheval@engr.siu.eduIntroduction This paper concerns the development of a website and CD-ROM based laboratory manual fora Strength of Materials Laboratory. Similar work has been done for another

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

driver’s code for correctness of design and implementation. Studies have shownthat pair programming is very effective. Two programmers can finish a task in little over half theelapsed time that a single programmer takes. And the quality of the code—measured in terms ofabsence of defects—is much higher.In the past few years, pair programming has made inroads into industry and into programmingcourses. However, it has not typically been used in courses that teach subjects other thanprogramming or software engineering, nor has it been used in the analysis of experimentalresults. This paper reports on an experiment in a combined senior/masters level computerarchitecture class, using Hennessy & Patterson’s Computer Architecture: A

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2001 Annual Conference

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Abraham Michelen

Session 1520 Designing Interactive GUI with MATLAB® Abraham Michelen Hudson Valley Community College Troy, New York 12180 micheabr@hvcc.eduAbstractIn this paper we introduce a tutorial on the use of the Guide facility of MATLAB.Guide is a development platform composed of several interrelated tools withinMATLAB that allows the user to build complex graphical user interfaces that can beused as teaching tools or as automated programs. Several examples related toengineering disciplines are presented.I. IntroductionMATLAB is a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Mason; Arthur Western

is abundant evidence that producing the technically bestproduct is no guarantee of commercial success, and the timing, cost, manufacturability,distribution and other factors related to an innovation may be more important than itsfunctionality. This means that lots of disciplines must be brought to bear on design andimplementation. Yet, engineering students must already absorb large volumes oftechnical information in crowded curricula, and the real need is for effective cross-functional integration. Therefore, there is a need to give engineers awareness of theseother aspects of the product and increase their ability to effectively communicate with theother professionals with whom they must work. Moreover, this must be done within arealistic

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2001 Annual Conference

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Vladimir Nikulin; Victor Skormin

Session 1526 Engineering Laboratory Accessible via the Internet Victor Skormin, Vladimir Nikulin Binghamton University, State University of New YorkAbstractThis paper presents a system facilitating remote multiple-user access to advanced laboratoryinstrumentation via the Internet. The technique itself, and its potential for the enhancement ofengineering laboratory courses and, consequently, engineering programs nationwide andinternationally is discussed.1. IntroductionThe on-going revolution in information technology results in noticeable advancements inuniversity education. These

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen C. Crist

two simpleports. The paper includes details on the experiments, a description of the student reportingrequirements, and feedback from students and engineering faculty on the course. Page 5.30.1I. Introduction and context Western New England College (WNEC) is a small private institution in Springfield,Massachusetts. The engineering school offers four programs: Biomedical, Electrical, Industrial,and Mechanical Engineering. The overall full-time enrollment in engineering is approximately270 students. The primary objective of the engineering school is to offer quality undergraduateprograms that lead to successful engineering

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Jacobson; Barbara L. Licklider

. Page 5.508.1During the 1998/1999 academic year, the computer engineering program at Iowa State Universityimplemented its first learning communities. An additional component of the computer engineeringlearning community is the requirement that the students involved meet twice each week for anexperimental class. Class time is used to develop social skills, teamwork skills, as well as developtheir interest in the field of computer engineering. A typical computer engineering student that isnot involved in a learning community is not introduced computer engineering concepts until thesophomore year.This paper will outline Project SUCCESS and will provide insight into how both technicalmaterial and student support can be combined to enhance a

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

which are essential 13.The distribution of the courses has been modified because it is part of the flexibility of theprogram; changes are made so the students can get a better performance. Development ofProjects for example, in according to them, it works better if it is only in the last year 14.The goal is to improve the Engineering Education, modifying those aspects that make the courseso much and only technical. And it has to be made without overload the just heavy and tightschedule of most Engineering Courses 15.VIII. First Numbers of the ProgramThe numbers mentioned bellow refers to the first year of the implemented program. As it is aspecial kind of education it is interesting to have these informations so that in the future it ispossible

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Asif M. Shakur; Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

embraced "Service-Learning"2-5. Integration of"Service-Learning" within academic disciplines that emphasize on "technical" and "scientific"skills such as Engineering and Physics are rare. References 6-8 are among the very few reportedendeavors. The emerging trends in "outcome" based engineering education facilitated byEngineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000) developed by the Accreditation Board of Engineering andTechnology (ABET) demands a holistic blend of "soft" and "technical" skills. It also calls for asynchronized effort among faculty, staff and administration to incorporate a continuousimprovement cycle in academia. Figure 1 shows the " Continuous Improvement Cycle in EC2000 ". As illustrated in the figure, EC2000 consists of two loops. The first

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Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

approached the author to serve as faculty advisor for a non -academic studentorganization. This resulted from the author’s discussion of outside interests in the sample memohanded out to students.Another way for faculty to get to know students better is to arrange field trips and involve themin professional society meetings. The author currently serves an assistant program chair for alocal ASCE technical group. Approximately five meetings per year are held and students areallowed to attend free of charge. The author has invited students to attend and arrangedtransportation. In addition, field trips have been arranged to coincide with the trips to the ASCEmeetings. Students attending these meetings have had more opportunities to interact sociallywith