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Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Helen Grady

Session Number 2158 Teaching Well Online: Part, I, Instructional Design Helen M. Grady, Ed.D. Mercer UniversityTeaching online is not as simple as placing your lecture notes on the web—you must design thewhole educational experience differently. This two-part presentation focuses on the need forinstructional design, and also for interactive teaching and learning. Part I focuses on how toapply the principles of instructional design to online training materials or courses.Systematic instructional design enables a course developer to answer three basic questions:(1) Where

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gary Crossman

programs not covered by naval experience or schools wouldbe obtained through arrangements with other institutions and Old Dominion University wouldprovide most of the upper-division portions and award degrees in certain areas.The following conditions and requirements were established at the outset: (1) Credits would beawarded to sailors based on their rating rank and the successful completion of various Navyschools. (2) All courses would be offered on an asynchronous basis, permitting an ”any time-anyplace" profile.II. General Engineering TechnologyThe General Engineering Technology program, initiated in 1999, provides educationalopportunities to individuals with a wide variety of technical educational and work backgrounds.The curriculum was

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amir Karimi

success since the implementation of recitation sessions. It willcompare the grade distributions for pre and post implementation of recitation hours.I. IntroductionThe University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), founded in 1969, is located in the eighthlargest city (with a population of 1,114,000 1) and 30th largest metropolitan area in the country. Itserves the San Antonio metropolitan area and the broader region of South Texas. UTSA is thethird largest component university in the University of Texas System and has been one of thestate's fastest growing public universities for much of the last decade. In Fall 1982, the studentenrollment was approximately 10,000 and in Fall 2000 that figure reached 19,883 (17,425undergraduate and 2,458

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

sufficient to onlybe technically correct and proficient. You must also show that you are informed on a range ofissues that might have some bearing on topic under consideration. My point is that, to write thistype of paper and to do it well, is hard work.Your first draft should be at least 3 pages long, not including the title page, with 1 ½ line spacingand 11-point font. Your final paper should be a minimum of 2 pages in length, not including thetitle page. It should have 1½ line spacing and 11-point font. References should be as endnotesas per the examples shown in class. References and visual aids should not be included whendetermining the length of your paper.AudienceTo be specific, consider that your audience is comprised of generally well

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Santhosh Thampuran

Session 2793 A New Course in Multimedia Systems for Non-technical Majors Wayne Burleson, Stephen Kelley, Santhosh Thampuran Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts, AmherstAbstractThis paper describes a project which has developed, piloted, evaluated, and is currentlydisseminating, a novel course in Multimedia Systems for non-majors. The course forms part ofthe new Information Technology minor program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.The primary objective of the course is to expose students from non-technical majors to

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

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Masakazu Obata; Leon Sanders; Keiichi Sato; Yuko Hoshino

presented.1 introductionRecently, in technical colleges in Japan, there are many attempts to educate undergraduateand postgraduate students in technical courses in English. The main objective of the coursesis to educate students who are expected to work after their graduation as global engineers tobe the support and driving force of Japan in the English-speaking world of the 21 st century.The global engineer is difficult to define itself, however, he/she will be generally required tohave acquired at least the five abilities: basic engineering knowledge in English,communication ability in English, creativity, management ability, and international sense (1,2).Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) (3), Japan has made to start at its

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

Session 2793 Integrated Use of Bloom and Maslow for Instructional Success in Technical and Scientific Fields Leo F. Denton, Michael V. Doran, Dawn McKinney University of South Alabama School of Computer and Information Sciences Mobile, Alabama 36688AbstractUniversity instructors are faced with many challenges, especially in the science and technologyfields. Often instructors are not formally trained in educational techniques. Course content isdynamically changing and must be the focus of the instructional

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

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Albert Koller

andmarketing; developing a national industry alliance ( e.g., an expanded ATAC); promotingdistance learning options; developing articulation agreements; generating criteria andoperating a national skills certification system; hosting a national professional associationand implementing a national certification program for aerospace technicians.In addition to the many organizations listed in sections 1 and 2, this initiative requiresexpansion to the national level and the inclusion of several other groups: · The National Skills Standards Board (NSSB): This government-chartered and -funded organization oversees the designation of national skills standards for workers in technical/vocational occupations. BCC staff visited the national

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Paul Ross; Gisela Kutzbach

the “virtues” of that type ofclassroom may be somewhat different.1. Classroom goal: Avoid the sense of “isolation” which could result from studentsworking more or less on their own. “People Skills” are an essential part of the hidden agenda for a traditional classroom.Students learn to deal with each other, sometimes cooperatively and sometimescompetitively. Students and teachers interact, in various ways; in advanced classes, therelationship is never simply “superior” to “inferior.” This observation is especially truein dealing with adult learners who are technically highly competent, professionallyambitious, and usually stressed because of their commitment of time and energy to homeand family, job, and degree program.2. Classroom goal

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New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vernon Lewis; Paul Kauffmann

Session: 2247development, the Engineering Technology Department immediately took steps to examineintegration issues.It was clear from the beginning of this work that the target student population was oriented tospecific career areas that did not typically include professional licensure as professionalengineers or surveyors. Consequently, this effort developed a path that was an alternative to theTAC of ABET programs. The result was the Bachelor of Science in General EngineeringTechnology (GET) and was designed primarily to meet the needs students who have an associatein applied science degree in a technical field from a community college and are interested in acareer focus in the world of manufacturing or other high technology area. The diverse

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

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Julia Williams

Session 1399 Instilling a Sense of Civic Responsibility in Engineering Students Through Technical Communication Julia M. Williams, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of Technical Communication Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIn his address to the 23rd Annual American Association for the Advancement of ScienceColloquium on Science and Technology, Neal Lane, assistant for science and technology to thenPresident Bill Clinton and director of the White House Office of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sheldon Jeter

units must be primary. Accompany SI units with conventional units in parentheses when necessary ordesirable as in “.3 m (1 ft)” or “1600 m (ca. 1 mile)” or “26.6 mm ID (1 in. nominal) pipe”. Note the period with “in.” for inch.PREPARING HIGH QUALITY TECHNICAL EXHIBITS General Features of Exhibits. Employ only the highest production qualities in all exhibits such as figures, illustrations,and tables. Cite (i.e., mention) in the text every exhibit and include every exhibit cited. Provide a unique identifying number anddescriptive title. Avoid a perfunctory title such as “Figure 1. Voltage versus Temperature.”. Use consistent capitalization style inall table headings, figure captions, and other exhibit titles. Titles must be centered and

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Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

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Aaron Titus; Guoqing Tang

Session 1657 Increasing Students’ Time on Task in Calculus and General Physics Courses through WebAssign1 Guoqing Tang* and Aaron P. Titus** *Department of Mathematics, **Department of Physics North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411 gtang@ncat.edu, titus@ncat.edu1. IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to present an approach of using WebAssign, a web-based homeworkmanagement and delivery system, as a tool to develop and deliver dynamic active

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Bahr

Session 2356 AN UPPER DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE ON MATERIALS FOR NON-ENGINEERING STUDENTS M. Grant Norton, David F. Bahr School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-2920IntroductionTo increase the awareness of materials among the general student population at WashingtonState University (WSU) we developed a new course, MSE 440 Materials: The Foundations ofSociety and Technology. This course is taught as a Tier III course in the General EducationProgram and was offered for the first time in Fall 2000, and

Conference Session

Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rosalyn Berne

Session Number: 1122 Ethics, Technology and the Future: An Inter-Generational Experience in Engineering Education Rosalyn W. Berne Technology, Culture and Communication University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied SciencesAbstractWhich pedagogical approaches to engineering ethics can adequately and richlyintroduce to young engineers the perplex issues associated with the development of new,futuristic technologies? Nanotechnology, cryonics, cloning, quantum computing, cyber -intelligence and genetic engineering each hold the potential of radically altering thefundamental nature of

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Douglas Schmucker; Charles Camp; Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Susan Magun-Jackson

Experiments,” The Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 7-9. 10. Phillips, A., Palazolo, P. and C.V. Camp. “Team Teaching Technical Topics: An Innovative Approach to an Introductory Civil Engineering Course,” Proceedings, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 2000, Session 473. 11. Engineering Criteria 2000, 3rd edition. Engineering Accreditation Commission. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD Pub. No. 98- AB-7a, 1998. 12. Schmucker, Douglas G. Structures Demonstration Laboratory. http://diamond.gem.valpo.edu/~harvey/models/strdemo.html 13. Schmucker, Douglas G. Manila File Folder Project. http://diamond.gem.valpo.edu/~harvey/classes/ce202/project.html

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Carlos Sun

Session 1615 Transportation Course Transformation through the Use of Instructional Technology Carlos Sun University of Missouri-ColumbiaAbstractThis paper documents the transformation of the Transportation Systems EngineeringCourse through the use of instructional technology. The course described is ajunior/senior level Civil Engineering course that is required for all undergraduate CivilEngineering students at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The goal in the use ofinstructional technology is to enhance both the teaching infrastructure and

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Petry

Session 2306 Architecture Education: Issues in Assessment Elizabeth Petry, AIA Assistant Professor and Assessment Coordinator University of HartfordAbstractArchitectural education has always been a complicated issue. "To prepare students to meet thecomplex demands of the profession, the degree focus and structure as well as the curriculummust facilitate the relationship between general education and specialized study." In 1996,Thomas Fisher, dean of the University of Minnesota, noted, architects must "assimilate largeamounts of

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Bilbeisi; John Phillips

Session 2306 “Integrating Design Throughout the Curriculum for Architectural Engineering Students” Suzanne Bilbeisi, RA , John J. Phillips, PE Oklahoma State UniversityThe study of Architectural Engineering at Oklahoma State University is an integr ated mix ofliberal studies, design, and technical education. Established in 1909, the ArchitecturalEngineering program has long enjoyed a focus on the integration of design and design-relatedissues into the five-year curriculum. The primary objective of the program is to prepare studentsfor success and

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Haque

Bresler equation as stated earlier from the values of Pnx, Pny, and Po. The values of Pnx,Pny, and Po were obtained from the ANN model-2. In general, all the cases, the ANN modelsproduced pretty good results in determining column sizes with varying steel ratio. Table 3 Column size prediction using ANN Model-1 Column Pu Mux Muy ρg h Selected h Type (Kips) (ft-kips) (ft-kips) (in) (in) 1 640 330 0 0.03 19.55 20 1 600 140 0 0.03 15.60

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Roger Wallace; David Adams

Session 2793 Small Steps and Big Strides: a Department-Based Plan for Integrating Technical Communication into an Engineering Curriculum David Adams, Roger Wallace Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Michigan State University (MSU)AbstractProviding technical communication instruction within existing courses can challenge thehuman and financial resources of a department. Such a challenge becomes even moredaunting in the absence of university or college funded programs. The Department ofCivil & Environmental Engineering at MSU has undertaken a three-year plan to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Bernhardt; Paul Imhoff; Michael Pearlman; Diane Kukich; Darren O'Neill; Michael Chajes

choose one of two majors, civil engineering or environmentalengineering. Students in both majors have traditionally taken three courses that focused onwriting or at least incorporated elements of writing: (1) a first-year general English course oncritical reading and writing (required for all majors at UD); (2) a technical writing course,usually taken by engineering students in the fourth year; and (3) a fourth-year engineeringcapstone course that includes a heavy writing component. A major drawback of this program isthat it not only offers the students limited opportunities for writing but also clusters theseopportunities into the first and fourth years, with virtually no activity in the intervening twoyears. In addition, because the students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sukhvarsh Jerath

includedphilosophy, logic, languages, natural philosophy and science, music, etc. There was a strongdesire to found institutions of higher learning among the first European settlers of America toadvance learning. In October of 1636 the general court of Massachusetts established HarvardCollege, the first institution of higher learning in America. Harvard’s charter of 1650 referred toits purpose as “the advancement of all good literature, arts and sciences” and to “the education ofthe English and Indian Youth of this Country in knowledge: and godliness 1.” Other collegesfounded prior to the American Revolution shared the same broad sense of dual purpose as thatenunciated by Harvard, namely, educating civic leaders and preparing a learned clergy. From1636

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Mills

completed the entire course. This accounts forthe slight discrepancies in class average marks between Tables 1 and 2.Table 2: Class average assessment for technical and generic skills Examination Design project Overall Poss. Class Poss. Class Poss. Class Marks Ave. Marks Ave. Marks Ave. of 100 (%) of 100 (%) of 100 (%) Generic skills Apply basic fundamentals 100 64.8 Communicate effectively 9 79.7

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Loker

Session 2559 DTMF Encoder and Decoder using LabVIEW David R. Loker, P.E. Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractIn this paper, a laboratory experiment is presented for a senior technical elective course intelecommunications in the Electrical Engineering Technology Baccalaureate program at Penn StateErie, The Behrend College. For this experiment, students use LabVIEW and a PC-based dataacquisition (DAQ) system to design a dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) encoder and decoder. Theuser input for the encoder is from a 12-pushbutton external keypad used to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Valarie Arms; Aly Valentine; J. Richard Weggel

points of view. Translatesacademic theory into practical applications using appropriate technical techniques, processes, andtools.” The responses are summarized in Table 1.The rankings (for all assessment forms) are defined: 1 = “not at all,” 2 = “to a limited extent,” 3=“to a moderate extent,” 4 = “to a great extent,” and 5 = “to a very great extent.”Advisor evaluations of team analytical skills are shown in Table 1 for the Proposal, OralPresentation and Final Report. Generally, team analytical skills appear to have improved as theclass moved from Proposal to Oral Presentation to the Final Report. The most frequent ranking Page 7.446.2for the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Roberta Madison; Gloria Melara; Robert Lingard

Session 2793 Assessing the Effectiveness of Computer Literacy Courses Robert Lingard, Roberta Madison, Gloria Melara California State University, NorthridgeAbstractComputer literacy is growing in importance for all university students and is especially importantfor students pursuing technical and engineering courses of study. While an increasing number oftoday's students enter the university with an adequate level of computer knowledge and skill,there are many who do not. Large numbers of students, especially from economicallydisadvantaged communities, lack the computer skills necessary

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin L. Sill; Elizabeth R. Crockett; Matthew Ohland

Session 2793 Thinking about the Scheduling of the Introduction to Engineering Syllabus: Using a Just-in-Time Approach Matthew W. Ohland, Benjamin L. Sill, Elizabeth R. Crockett General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractThe Introduction to Engineering course at Clemson (1 semester hour) has undergone significantchange in the past year to become Introduction to Engineering and Science. This paper describeshow this significant change was managed in terms of the course schedule. The timing of variouscourse components was carefully planned for maximum effectiveness. A

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

average area confidence scores for the four skill areas defined in Table 1.These data show that our students reported larger improvements in their confidence to do tasksassociated with professional and ethical-societal skills with differences between pre- and post-module values of 0.53 and 0.62, respectively, and a smaller improvement in their confidence todo tasks associated with technical and communication skills where the differences were 0.42 and0.34, respectively. These finding may suggest that the students believed that the existingcurriculum provided a better preparation in the technical and communication skills than in theprofessional and ethical-societal skills.Figure 3 shows the confidence scores for the computational module. In general

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

Session 2559 Preparing a Virtual Engineering Environment Laboratory Instructional Package Thomas E. Hulbert, Robert B. Angus Northeastern University; Boston, MA 02115IntroductionThis paper will describe the development of a process and techniques for students and technicalpersonnel to learn and apply test and measurement systems. The courses, outlines, lessons,projects, and instructional materials were developed by two faculty members. The two of us havea combined background of more than seventy-five years of teaching and industrial experience.During the