Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder; David Ollis

if they were followed through to completion. Some of the pairshave in fact continued their conversations and several proposals are expected to emerge.This paper briefly outlines the content of the orientation workshop, describes the structure andoperation of the project formulation exercise, summarizes the proposed projects, and recounts theparticipants’ reactions to the exercise.Introduction: Orienting New Faculty MembersRobert Boice 1 has found that most new faculty members take 4–5 years to become as effective inteaching and productive in research as they are capable of becoming. This result is notsurprising considering how little the higher education community does to orient its initiates to thechallenges that come with their new jobs

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia LaCourse; Barrett Rock

wordprocessing programs, it is no longer necessary or advisable. It’s estimated that the writingprocess (including revisions) takes one third of the total time allocated to obtaining the degree. 15If writing is left until the end, would-be graduates are faced with the overwhelming task ofanalyzing and synthesizing literature and research data, and organizing all into a clear andcoherent package. They also chance missing vital information if their literature search is rushed.Although stipulating the need for initiating the graduate into the thesis process early, a similarcourse should be offered in curriculum with an undergraduate thesis requirement.Course/Seminar New graduate students need orientation to program demands and expectations

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Khan; Wei Sun; Mohamed Attawia; Michele Marcolongo; Frank Ko; Dhirendra Katti; Cato Laurencin

engineers to maintain thefield’s exponential growth. The most appropriate way to ensure the proper training of thesefuture engineers is through a curriculum with the specifics of the field at the core of its design.We have outlined above our vision of this curriculum as well as its potential for expansion andinternational influence. Drexel University is an ideal place for its growth, being in Philadelphiawith its abundance of high-caliber academic institutions, being a city campus well-situated toserve the community in which it resides, and being a well-respected and academically strongengineering research institution. The initial success of the curriculum has paved the way forgrowth both intra- and extramurally, and has provided the grounds for

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Wrate

. · Manage energy efficiency programs that address three additional key areas including market transformation, reliability, and rural economic development.Development of the TeamThe Division of Energy of DOA selected private, non-profit administrators to subcontract withexpert individuals or companies to provide the services required. The Focus on Energy programwas divided into four main areas: major markets, residential, renewable energy, andenvironmental research. The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), along with eightindustrial partners, won the major markets segment of the program. The total, three-year,expenditure on this portion will be $64 million. The initiative will focus on improvement of theenergy usage of Wisconsin’s major

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Madsen

, that the engineering colleges also needed to put emphasis on pedagogical development.· The engineering colleges already had some experimental courses for the new teaching staff, but they also needed to establish a closer relation to pedagogical research at the universities as well as exchange of experiences and resources among all the institutions for engineering education.The objective of the network was decided to be to strengthen the development of the pedagogicaland didactic quality within engineering education by: · initiating and coordinating pedagogical and didactic developmental activities. · providing education within the field for junior lecturers, lecturers and other teaching staff. · collecting and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary John O'Hair; Mark Nanny; Teri Rhoads

ages 5 – 13 will increase by 12%, and 28% for ages 14 – 171.In response to teacher shortages, many communities and states have resorted to hiring educatorsfrom other countries, lowering teaching certification standards, and staffing science andmathematics courses with unqualified teachers who don’t have a major or minor in the field. Thelater two items are most troubling in light of the recent quantitative research by Darling-Hammond2 indicating “that measures of teaching preparation and certification are by far thestrongest correlates of student achievement in reading and mathematics, both before and aftercontrolling for student poverty and language status.”In this context, ATA was developed to educate, nurture, and facilitate science and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Lacey Prouty; Erik Rushton; Brian Gravel

education, and ability to work effectively with teachers andchildren involved with program.Within the graduate academic program, GK-12 graduate fellowships take the place of atraditional research assistant (RA) or teaching assistant (TA) position at the School ofEngineering providing tuition and stipend. Fellows spend 20 hours per week on the project, with16 hours (2 full school days) per week spent in the classroom of their partnering teacher. Theremainder of the time allotted by fellows is spent taking part in seminars relating appropriateeducational pedagogy, discussing classroom strategies for learning, and interacting withundergraduates working to support curricula ideas. Currently, graduate fellows formally partnerwith 10 technology education

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Harrah; Martha Cyr; Brad George

varioustasks that are component to its efficient and timely completion.As the planned tasks mirror the steps of the engineering design process, this exercise alsobecomes a pedagogical tool to review and reinforce this material. In addition, theusefulness of the graphical representation of information is also emphasized. It is ourexperience that students respond well to this exercise and in the periodic charting ofactual progress against initial goals, experience the reinforcement of planning skillswhich are broadly applicable to many types of team based problems.It is the objective of this paper to discuss in detail the motivations, instructional methodsand impacts of implementing engineering timelines into middle schooltechnology/engineering design

Conference Session

TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

survey.The National AGC reviewed and approved the survey and mailed it to selected local chaptersafter considering geographic factors. The initial mailing was in the spring of 2000, with afollow up mailing in the fall of 2000. From the two mailings, 280 questionnaires werereturned that were used. PRESENTATION AND ANALYZING OF DATA Data Analysis was divided into three parts corresponding to the three parts of thequestionnaire: (1) relative importance of various subjects, (2) the comparative significance ofthe seven general/topic subject areas, and (3) background information of the respondents andfirms. The results from the constructors were keyed into a spreadsheet and double-checked

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gretchen Hein; Sheryl Sorby

Engineerswhere she is the past chair of the Committee for Faculty Development. She is a recipient of the Page 7.1312.8Dow Outstanding New Faculty award and the Distinguished Teaching award, both from theNorth Midwest Section of ASEE. Her research interests include spatial visualization, compositesfor the infrastructure, and computer aided design. Page 7.1312.9

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sr., Willyerd Collier; Ken Vickers; Benita Wolff; Greg Salamo

talents thatexist throughout our population, including talents hidden in population segments that have nottraditionally enrolled at this University (or sometimes in any post-secondary institution).In the United States there is a tradition of strong Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs) that provide both a nurturing culture and strong academic preparation to students ofcolor in our society. But many of these institutions do not support a graduate research program,instead developing relationships with graduate research institutions for post-graduateopportunities for their students.As a research institution, the University of Arkansas has the need for strong graduate students tosupport its research initiatives. However, most graduate

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raul Ordonez; Marianne Cinaglia; Kathryn Hollar; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Kauser Jahan; Mariano Savelski; Linda Head; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh

onfundamental and applied multidisciplinary research in pollution prevention. Pollutionprevention is a key element of new EPA initiatives to protect our children's health and topromote environmental justice and urban environmental quality. Selected students fromall over the USA work closely with engineering faculty on funded research projects inengineering that encourage pollution prevention and sustainable development. Thiseight-week program exposes students not only to the values of research experiences buthelps them reinforce and build other important skills such as communication, social andleadership. The ultimate objective is to provide the REU participants with an enrichingresearch experience that will encourage them to pursue graduate

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

Session 2209 UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION-RESEARCH WITH BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES Roger V. Gonzalez, Paul R. Leiffer LeTourneau UniversityAbstractAs part of a larger endeavor to build upon a multi-disciplinary undergraduate engineeringprogram, we have established a biomedical engineering laboratory as part of a distinctivecurriculum for a Biomedical Engineering (BME) concentration. This laboratory is equipped withmodern experimental equipment solely devoted to undergraduate education and research.Complementing this laboratory are exercises and procedures to

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

paid and trained to perform significant mentoring and teaching of undergraduate andincoming first-year women. There are two key points in the career of undergraduate womenwhere positive interventions can significantly impact success: 1) during the transition from highschool to college (which tends to be the initial encounter with the male dominated environment)and 2) during the latter half of their undergraduate education, when career options, includingwhether or not to pursue graduate education, are being considered. Accordingly, two differenttracks are provided: RISE – The First-Year Summer Experience (Track One) and RISE –Summer Research Teams (Track Two). Faculty Mentors and Graduate and UndergraduateFellows participate in both tracks.RISE

Conference Session

Information Guidance/Navigation/Control

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra H. Kajiwara; Lisa Taber; Cecilia Mullen

Session Number____ Engineering Research Web Modules—Designing for Students’ Needs Cecilia P. Mullen, Sandra H. Kajiwara San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192-0028IntroductionElectronic storage and retrieval of information has forever changed the ways in whichresearchers conduct their investigations of the literature. The evolution of electronic storagehas been dramatic and rapid. In just the past ten years information science has moved fromonline systems, to compact disc storage, to web based systems. Search and retrieval withinthese various systems have necessitated relearning databases each time

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Nelson; David Flegel; Brian Johnson; Herbert Hess

transientperformance of a section of the grid. Many utilities own such hardware. Larger TNAs havereplaced smaller ones or, more frequently, advanced digital simulation systems have taken theplace of TNAs. Occasionally, a TNA becomes available for university donation. The questionthen becomes how to install such equipment on limited university resources.In this paper, such a TNA provided an opportunity for undergraduate research and teaching.Through a series of projects, the TNA was installed and outfitted for use in both research andteaching. By combining the enthusiasm and ideas of the capstone design process with a solidlyfunded followup, a working tool became available. This paper begins with a synopsis of TNA’shistory, background, and initial installation

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Badger; Geraldine Peten; Anil Sawhney

© Page 7.907.4 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1.1. Orientation Workshop: The initial task of the REU staff at ASU was to acclimate the out-of-statestudents to Arizona and its hot and dry climate with a cool and refreshing welcome. The first dayof the program was designated as a travel day, whereby students were greeted at the airport, treatedto lunch and given a brief tour of the ASU campus before being escorted to their dorms to unpackand prepare for the first formal days of the REU program orientation. May 30 th and 31 st consistedof two full days of the summer research program orientation, which included all meals. Studentparticipants were

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

more drastic. In Specimen 1, the bent strands were merely pulled out of the diaphragm.However, in Specimen 2, the bents bars actually fractured. Therefore, this type of failure causedgreater structural damage to the connection. As mentioned erilier, tests on specimens with the girders embedded into the diaphragmwere not completed before the end of the REU project. However, preliminary initial stiffnesstests of one of these connections showed that these types of connections are stiffer than theirnon-embedded counterparts. But, the merits and details of this observation still remained to beproven. The group successfully completed the research within the scope identified by them. Theparticipants of the group prepared a 95 page

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Steven Parks; Krisnamurthy Jayaraman; Edward Evans; Siamack Shirazi; Ovadia Shoham; Mei Zhuang; Marilyn Amey; Keith Wisecarver; George Chase; Charles Petty; Andre Benard

multiphase transport phenomenaand particulate processing remains a difficult challenge for most graduates. Therefore, the objective ofthis NSF- Combined Research and Curriculum Development (CRCD) initiative is to bridge the gapbetween traditional training in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer received by most Page 7.890.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationengineers within their individual discipline and the need for additional specialization and training in thearea of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Hopcroft

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Gender emerged as a variable with respect to the development of the research design and increating the procedure for the collection of data. The initial disagreement concerned thesignificance of the gender make-up of the study sample. Whether the percentage of males tofemales in the study group was proportional to the population observed was perceived asirrelevant by the engineer. Additionally, the importance of considering the gender of datacollector was not originally recognized as a significant variable by the engineer. While theseissues overlap the earlier discussion of methodology, the communication impasse immobilizedthe research.In explaining the pattern of gender differences in

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne DeTurris

Document: 2002-2401 Industry, Academia and Government Collaboration on Undergraduate Rocket Research Dianne J. DeTurris Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CAUndergraduate engineering students are interacting with government and industry to pursueapplied research in reusable launch vehicles for cheaper access to space. Cal Poly StateUniversity, San Luis Obispo, is flight testing subscale demonstrators of a reusable glidebackbooster. A highly productive collaboration has been established between NASA LangleyResearch Center, Cal Poly and Starcraft Boosters, Inc. to conduct research in

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

Session 2087 Real Time Mechatronic Design Process for Research and Education Devdas Shetty 1, Jun Kondo 2, Claudio Campana3, Richard A. Kolk 4 1,2,3 - University of Hartford, College of Engineering West Hartford, CT, USA 4 - Carrier Electronics Div., United Technologies Corp., Farmington, CT, USAAbstractThis paper presents the design methodology used in various real time mechatronics projects thatinvolve data acquisition, real time control and embedded processing. As a design philosophy,mechatronics serves as an integrating approach to engineering design. A mechatronicallydesigned product relies heavily on system

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonardo Rivera

Session Number 2793 Designing an Operations Research Course Under Active Learning Strategies Leonardo Rivera C., M.S.I.E. Universidad Icesi, Cali, ColombiaIntroductionIn Figure 1 a general structure of this paper can be observed. There are two important referencepoints: Icesi University as an institution and the context in which this document develops and ourinterpretation of and commitment to Active Learning concepts.From there, we will get to outline activities and resources that we consider useful for an O.R.class in this or another university.Icesi University as an

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

defined the direction and scope ofsubsequent education policy and research in terms of gender equity. In 1964, Congress passedthe Civil Rights Act, which, among other things, prohibited racial discrimination in education.As a part of this Act, Congress also commissioned a national study to determine the extent ofracial inequality in terms of access to educational opportunity. With the passage of Title IX, in1972, discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions and programs was alsoprohibited, but, unlike the 1964 Civil Rights Act, no research to examine sex discrimination wasincluded in the legislation. In the early 1980’s, national concern about the growing shortage ofscientists and engineers gave rise to policy initiatives

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jasper L Steyn; Tobia Steyn

"learning by doing" and co-operativelearning in a "buddy assessment" system. Initial indications are that active learning and action research arecomplementary and beneficial to both students and faculty and can contribute to continual improvement ofpractice.Background: Five Year ProgramThe standard university engineering program in South Africa requires four years of full time studyas regulated by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). In 1994 the Five Year StudyProgram was introduced in the School of Engineering at the University of Pretoria. This programincreases the duration of the standard engineering study from four years to five years. This is

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Ramers

class and had the enthusiasm, initiative, and maturity to work on a realengineering project. Over the next nine months they learned about fuel cell technology and manytechnical aspects of engineering work. They also learned about working in a businessenvironment on a marginally planned and undirected research and development project.A fuel cell is a device that produces electrical energy from an electrochemical reaction betweenexternally supplied fuels and oxidizers. Grove1 first reported a successful fuel cell in 1839.Since then, researchers have investigated different types of electrodes, electrolytes, fuels andoxidants, and reaction kinetics affecting fuel cell performance. They have discovered thatproblems in thermo-fluids, material

Conference Session

ET Web Based Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hall

software for the conduct of electronics lab courses on line is givenas background information and used as a backdrop for the on-line laboratory pedagogy.Subsequently, the development of laboratory courses in DC circuits and AC circuits is discussed.Course content, course pedagogy, and course management are included. Successes andweaknesses from our initial attempts and information gleaned from continuing research arepresented. Finally, there are suggestions for others who are developing, or contemplating, on-line EET laboratory courses.I. IntroductionNorthwestern State University of Louisiana is taking steps to increase access to education byusing several technologically oriented methods in distance education. At the same time, theuniversity has

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maya Place; Markus Flury; Jennifer Shaltanis; Geoff Puzon; Brent M. Peyton; James Petersen; Candis Claiborn

Table 2: Initial subject plan for the first required course,research standpoint, multiphase Fundamentals of Multiphase Environmental Researchenvironmental research problems. No. of weeks Subject 1 Introduction to the Center for MultiphaseThey gain an appreciation of each Environmental Research at WSUof the components in this process, 3 Conservation principlesand they begin to understand why - Conservation of mass and the control volumeresearchers in each discipline view - Conservation of energy; the first law ofsimilar problems in different ways

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

Session 2793 An Undergraduate Research Project: Experimental Investigation of Drag Reduction for a Cylinder with an Attached Fin William Cook and Said Shakerin1 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories / University of the Pacific Livermore, CA / Stockton, CA wcook@llnl.gov / sshakerin@uop.eduKey words: drag reduction, wind tunnel, load cell, fin, undergraduate researchAbstractAn example of an undergraduate research project carried out in the area of fluid mechanics isreported in this paper. This project can also be used as a

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Heydt; Keith Holbert; Khaled Nigim

tasks.Although the emphasis in the initial summer was one of hands-on, in subsequent summersstudents spent more time compiling a report of their activities. In the second summer studentswere encouraged to prepare a web page about their experience and the results of their project.Some of these reports are available at the project website at http://ceaspub.eas.asu.edu/nsfreu/.This option seems to be more attractive to the students than the preparation of traditional writtenreports. One further advantage of this approach is that future participants of the REU can easilyaccess material describing the program.Besides the direct research experience, the weekly activities of the students included attendingseminars and field trips to local industry sites. Once