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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xia Wang, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Michael A Latcha, Oakland University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

US students to make thisprogram successful.References 1. Council on Competitiveness, Competitiveness Index: Where America Stands (February 2007), http://www.compete.org/publications/detail/357/competitiveness-index-where-america-stands. 2. X. Li, Principle of Fuel Cells, Taylor and Francis, 2006. 3. J. Larminie and A. Dicks, Fuel Cell Systems Explained, England: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. 4. R. O’Hayre, S. Cha, W. Colella, and F.B. Prinz, Fuel Cell Fundamentals, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. 5. F. Barbir, PEM Fuel Cells: Theory and Practice, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. 6. W. Vielstich, A. Lamm, H. Gasteiger, Handbook of Fuel Cells: Fundamentals, Technology, Applications, Wiley, 2003 7

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Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aditya Akundi, RIMES, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric D Smith, University of Texas, El Paso

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Systems Engineering

program, with clear lines of accountability and authority. Senior SE personnel should be experienced in the product(s) domain, with strong skills in architecture development, requirements management, analysis, modeling and simulation, affordability analysis, and specialty engineering disciplines (e.g., reliability, maintainability, survivability, system security, and technology maturity management” [AFSB, 2008].GRCSE: Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems EngineeringGRCSE “is a set of recommendations for the development and implementation of asystems-centric (Fabrycky 2010) master’s level graduate program in systems engineering(SE). … GRCSE is designed for worldwide use. As such, it respects and accommodatesthe tremendous

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Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University; David B. Rank, Root Cause Consortium, LLC

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Design in Engineering Education

was supported the LaffertyFamily and Award Number R25EB013070 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imagingand Bioengineering. The authors would like to thank the Lafferty Family and NIBIB for theirsupport of this project. Page 23.52.11References1. Teixeira, M. B., and Bradley, R. Design Controls for the Medical Industry, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2003.2. Pembridge, J., and Paretti, M. “The Current State of Capstone Design Pedagogy”, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Lexington, KY, 2010.3. Howe, S., and Wilbarger, J. “2005 National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design Courses”, presented

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Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Langhoff, San Francisco State University; Sergey Dusheyko, San Francisco State University; McKenzie Suzanne Campagna, San Francisco State University; Ozkan Celik, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

infiniterotation and resilience to failure under heavy laboratory use. The total transmission costs amountto $33. Page 23.65.53. Sensor and Signal ConditioningAngular displacement measurement of the handle is accomplished with a cylindrical permanentmagnet fixed to the handle’s shaft in direct proximity to an inexpensive ($4), dual-axis Halleffect sensor, the EM3242 (AKM Semiconductor, Inc.). This approach avoids rotational frictionand wear and enables a measurement solution for the system’s 360 degree angular range, anoption that was not possible in earlier Haptic Paddle designs. The EM3242’s analog output canalso be fed to an analog differentiator to

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto; Jason Kereluk, University of Toronto

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

," in ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, vol. 1, Boulder, CO, pp. T3E-8-T3E-12, Nov. 2003.[8] L. Gomes, “Current Trends in Remote Laboratories.”, IEEE Trans. Industrial Electornics., vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 4744-4756, 2009.[9] N. Kupp, Y. Makris, “Applying the Model-View-Controller Paradigm to Adaptive Test” IEEE Design&Test of Computers, vol. 29, no. 1, pp 28-35, Feb 2012.[10] Mark W. Sponge, Sethhutchinson and M. Vidyasagar Robot Modeling and Control, Wiley student edition, 2006.[11] J.J. Craig, “Introduction to Robotics – Mechanics and Control”, Third Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.[12] R. Murray, Z. Li, S. Sastry, “A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation”, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1994.[13

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Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

theprogram with the undergraduate degree, offering a non-project option, managing theprogram through continuing education, collaborating with other departments, partneringwith industry, and accommodating students who did not graduate from the Cal PolyARCE undergraduate program. This paper offers a history of this masters program,describes these various issues, presents the current state of the program and makesrecommendations for its future.IntroductionThe Cal Poly Architectural Engineering Department’s masters program was launched infall 2007 due to student demand and ASCE policy 465’s declaration of the mastersdegree as the first professional degree for the practice of civil engineering at theprofessional level1. The mission of this master’s

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INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Ruth Rodríguez Gallegos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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International

. Kaput (Eds.). Foundations for the future in mathematics education (pp. 367-393). Mahawah, NJ: Erlbaum.13. Sokoloff, D. R. y Thornton, R. K. (1997). Using interactive lecture demonstrations to create an active learning environment, The Physics Teacher 35(6), 340-347.14. Rodríguez, R. (2009). Differential equations as a tool for mathematical modeling in physics and mathematics courses. A study of high school textbooks and the modeling processes of senior high students. En M. Blomhøy y S. Carrera (Eds.), Mathematical applications and modeling in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Mathematical Education, TSG 21, (pp. 19-34). Dinamarca: Universidad de Roskilde

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Implementing Transfer, Exchange, Research Programs and Professional Development; in Asia and Far East

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Binaya K.C., Kathmandu University

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International

, edited by Redish EF and Rigden JS. The American Institute of Physics: Proceedings of ICUPE 399: 981–988, 19979. Brown, S, and Poor, C., Ranking Tasks for Mechanics of Materials, Pearson, 201110. Self, B. and Widmann, J., Dynamics Buzzword Bingo: Active/Collaborative/Inductive Learning, Model Eliciting Activities, and Conceptual Understanding,” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY, June 2010. Page 23.137.10 Appendix 1: Attitudes about Active Learning Survey End of the Course SurveyThe purpose of this survey is to improve the course and

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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne A Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; J.Kevin Taylor; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Sim, J. “Collecting and analyzing qualitative data: issues raised by the focus group,” Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 28, no. 2, 1998, pp. 345-352.8. Patton M. Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods, 3rd edition. Newbury Park: Sage. (2002).9. Pugh, S. (1991) Total Design: Integrated Methods for Successful Product Engineering, Addison-Wesley.10. Slivovsky, L., Widmann, J., Self, B.P., Taylor, J.K. Hey, D. (2012) Why the Human Connections Formed through Service-learning Matter. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.11. Slivovsky, L., Widmann, J., Self, B.P., and Taylor, J.K. (2011) Integrating Adapted Physical Activity Projects into a Computer Engineering Capstone Class

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Mark Chignell, University of Toronto

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First-Year Programs

. 45. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2001.16. Phillips, Betty S. "Lexical diffusion, lexical frequency, and lexical analysis." Typological Studies in Language. 45 (2001): 123-136.17. Roland, Douglas, Frederic Dick, and Jeffrey L. Elman. "Frequency of basic English grammatical structures: A corpus analysis." Journal of Memory and Language 57.3 (2007): 348-379.18. Montemurro, Marcelo A. "Beyond the Zipf–Mandelbrot law in quantitative linguistics." Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 300.3 (2001): 567-578.19. Bellegarda, Jerome R. "Exploiting latent semantic information in statistical language modeling." Proceedings of the IEEE 88.8 (2000): 1279-1296.20. Maynard, Diana, and Sophia Ananiadou. "Trucks: a model

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Software Engineering Pedagogical Approaches

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Feras A. Batarseh, University of Central Florida

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

., "Fundamentals of the New Artificial Intelligence: Neural, Evolutionary, Fuzzy and More (Texts in Computer Science)", Second Edition, February 4, ISBN-10: 184628838X, 2008[3] Book: Haupt, R., and Haupt, S. "Practical Genetic Algorithms", Second Edition, Wiley-InterScience, A John Wiley & Sons, INC., Publication, 2004[4] Book: Shah, M., "Fundementals of Computer Vision", Published at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 1992[5] Sommerville, I. “Software Engineering” 8th edition, Chapter 4, published by Addison Wesley, 2007[6] The Merriam Webster Dictionary, Merriam Webster Incorporated 2009, http://www.merriam- webster.com/.[7] Gonzalez, A.J. and Dankel, D. " The Engineering of Knowledge-Based Systems, Theory and Practice

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Simulation and Programming

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

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Manufacturing

, Object 2: Differentiate between servo and non-serve control systems Higher Order Thinking Skillsits components question, Object 3: Differentiate between manual and automatic programmingto see differentiate Object 4: Differentiate between robot handling and assemblyinterrelationship contrast ...s and ideasB5: Synthesis Create, design,- to use creativity Object 1: Create and Generate Automatic Path Generation develop, collect,to compose and

Conference Session

Student Enrollment, Attendance, Retention, and Graduation in Engineering Technology Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin B. Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Craig A Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University; Florian Misoc P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Simin Nasseri, Southern Polytechnic State University; Adimathara P. Preethy, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott J. Tippens, Southern Polytechnic State University; Randall A. Emert, Southern Polytechnic State University; Ali Khazaei, MET Department at SPSU

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Engineering Technology

specific courses. The rest will be Engineering Mechanics (3 credits) and a Free TechnicalElective (3/4 credits). The free elective can be any 3xxx or 4xxx level course from ECET, MET,IT, CS or other related discipline.The capstone course is envisioned as either a capstone project in an area of BiomedicalEngineering Technology or as a supervised industrial Internship during which the student willgain a broad experience of some area(s) of Biomedical Engineering Technology. Students willbe required to write a report of their Internship experiences, and will also be provided with a Page 23.180.6grade based on feedback from their industrial supervisor.The

Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi

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Construction

stabilization program (NSP)’s construction site, an interview withproject manager was conducted. The results of interview investigated required information that Page 23.197.10was necessary for converting paper based system to the web-based. Based on interview results, i-Phone as the hardware and Google Drive as software were selected.RecommendationsThe next step will be creating the digital forms in Google Drive and testing in a real environmentto identify weaknesses and enablers.Furthermore, in the next studies, other applications of Google Drive can be considered inimproving management information system in construction.AcknowledgementThe author of

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POTPOURRI

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #6904Application of Wireless Sensor Networks in Health Care SystemDr. Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University Afsaneh Minaie is a professor of Computer Engineering at Utah Valley University. Her research interests include gender issues in the academic sciences and engineering elds, Embedded Systems Design, Mobile Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Databases.Dr. Ali Sanati-Mehrizy Dr. Ali Sanati-Mehrizy is a graduate of the Milton S. Hershey Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies in Biology from the University of Utah. In July 2013, he will begin a

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University; Richard W. Moodey, Gannon University; David Arthur Nordquest, Gannon University; Krishnakishore Pilla P.E., Gannon University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

as Science, a survey of CompetingViewpoints".14. The computer scientist as toolsmith II. Brooks, F. P. Jr. 3, March 1996, Communications ofthe ACM, Vol. 39, pp. 61-68.15. Computing is a Natural Science. Denning, Peter. 7, July 2007, Communications of theACM, Vol. 50, pp. 13-18.16. A New Framework for Computer Science and Engineering. Rosenbloom, Paul. 2004, IEEEComputer, pp. 31-36.17. Colburn, T. R. Philosophy and Computer Science. Armonk, NY : M. E. Sharpe, 2000.18. Kahlil, H. Levy and L. S. The Academic Image of Computer Science. ACM SIGCSEBulliten. 1978, Vol. 10, 2, pp. 31-33.19. Fletcher, P. The role of experiments in computer science. Journal of Systems and Software.1995, Vol. 30, 1-2, pp. 161-163.20. Computer Science: Is It Really the

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Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

students to assign grades. And while all faculty useteaching techniques, whether they know it or not, some faculty go a step further, usingCATs to find out how well those techniques are promoting learning. Page 8.711.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”We hope you have found the above-identified techniques and tips useful and interesting.Please take the time and energy to experiment with these tools and implement them intoyour classes.Bibliographic InformationAlbanese, M.A. & Mitchell, S. (1993). Problem-Based

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

. Based upon the survey referred to before, here is a list of some the effective strategies and tactics being deployed. a. Change the name(s) of the department or programs. Include the term “computer” as many departments have already done. Use focused or specialized names that explain the jobs and program (e.g. wireless, automation and robotics, etc.) This does help attract more students. b. Add more computer-related or computer-assisted courses. Students and graduates can never be too computer/software literate. Include computer simulation with Multisim/Electronic Workbench or similar software. Expand the embedded

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

multiplymatrices.Although mathematical manipulation is important in the study of any engineering or engineeringtechnology subject, the MATLAB Communications Toolbox provides one tool that can relievethe mathematical anxiety of the students, especially engineering technology students. By reducingthe mathematical anxiety, students can concentrate more attentively on the actual nuances ofblock coding, and the instructor can move from the theoretical foundation of block codes to thecircuit implementation of block codes.REFERENCES 1. The MathWorks, Communications Toolbox User’s Guide, v.2. The MathWorks, Inc. Natick, MA. 2000. 2. Roden, Martin S., Analog Digital Communication Systems, 4th Ed., Discovery Press. Los Angeles, CA. 2001. 3. Kieffer, John C

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Engineering Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

all actions are to be judged in terms of their utility in promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number.And again [5]: Utilitarianism: the moral philosophy that says that we should act in such ways as to make the greatest number of people as happy as possible.The formulation, “the greatest good for the greatest number,” is, of course, due to the inventor ofthis ethical system, Bentham (although it is frequently associated with the name, John S. Mills),and often quoted without attribution in books on ethics. It is difficult to explain how strangelythis definition sounds to an engineer. When the engineer hears it, he or she feels as though he orshe has fallen down Alice’s rabbit hole where the very laws of nature were

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones; Jerold Jones; Gary Vliet; Philip Schmidt

Session 1566 A Project-Centered Approach to Teaching of Thermal-Fluid Systems Analysis and Design Philip S. Schmidt, Jerold W. Jones, Gary C. Vliet, and Theresa L. Jones Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at AustinAbstractIn the fall of 1998, the Thermal-Fluid Systems faculty in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at the University of Texas at Austin introduced a new junior-level course, ME343Thermal-Fluid Systems, which replaced a long-standing second course in thermodynamics. Thiscourse caps a three course sequence in

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley; Jeff Randall; Terrence O'Connor; Nghia Le

lines,and 3 control lines which are write only. Pins 18-25 are grounded. The 8 data lines areconnected to the A/D converter’s digital output. Status line 3 is connected to the ADC0804’sinterrupt and write pins to detect when the conversion processes are to complete. Status line 4 isconnected to the 7493 to detect when the trigger to advance the counter has finished its cycle.Control line 3 is connected to the 74221’s input pulse to trigger the one-shot. This line is aninverted pin so that had to be adjusted in the program to get the desired output. Control lines 1and 2 are both connected to the 7408 AND gate. One is used to reset the counter when neededand the other is used to reset the A/D converter upon power up. Control line 1 is also

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

, photography and journalism formany years. In education, a portfolio can be defined as a purposeful, systematic processof collecting and evaluating student products to document progress toward the attainmentof learning targets or show evidence that a learning target has been achieved [2, 3].Published examples of student portfolios for assessment of engineering and technologyeducation outcomes are sparse. Some institutions use portfolios to measure how overallcurricular objectives are being met, but not as a learning tool for individual students.Colorado School of Mines began collecting and assessing student portfolios in the late1980’s as a response to a state mandate for educational outcomes assessment, and thisprocess has been adapted to assessment

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

that time. Experience within the University of Pittsburgh suggests that usingCourseInfo in classes is most successful when it is incorporated from the beginning of thesemester and used consistently throughout the semester. Students are noted to resist use of theon-line system when it is implemented partway through the semester.Although the author chose not to pursue use of Blackboard, Inc.’s CourseInfo software, it can bea useful resource for faculty familiar with its use, or to those with the time and willingness to learnand implement it properly. The author believes that some assignments appropriately designed andcompleted by students online with Blackboard’s quiz/grading system would have reduced theamount of grading necessary upon

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mausumi Syamal; Gary Ybarra

needed: Write down all relevant equations. 3. Determine what has been given: Which quantities have been given? Substitute them into the equation(s). 4. Solve for what is unknown: Perform the necessary calculations using the given values and the equations selected to arrive at desired quantity. Page 8.399.7Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationActivities: A handout with a distance-time plot and the corresponding velocity-time plot isprovided. Students work in partners to answer questions and perform

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What's New in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Olufemi Omitaomu; Adedeji Badiru

Express Little,” Orlando Sentinel Newspaper, Sports Page, August 10, 1984. 4. Hartman, J. C., "Engineering economy: suggestions to update a stagnant course curriculum," ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, ASEE, p. 6, 1998. 5. Lavelle, J. P., "Reader's forum: enhancing engineering economy concepts with computer spreadsheets," Engineering Economist, No. 4, Vol. 41, pp. 381-386, 1996. 6. Lavelle, J. P., Kim L. Needy, and Heather N. Umphred, "Engineering economy – a follow-up analysis of current teaching practices," ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, ASEE, p. 11, 1997. 7. Park, C. S., Contemporary Engineering Economics, 2/e, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1997. 8. Sullivan, W. G., "Paradigm shift in

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Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

, Hartman NW, Wiebe EN. Constraint-based, three-dimensional solid modeling in an introductory engineering graphics course: Re-examining the curriculum. Engineering Design Graphics Journal 2002;66(1):5- 10.2. Barr RE, Juricic D. A new look at the engineering design graphics process based on geometric modeling. Engineering Design Graphics Journal 1992;56(3):18-26.3. Ault H. Principles of parametrics - New concepts for the EDG curriculum. In: Sorby S, editor. ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid-Year Meeting; 1997; Madison, WI; 1997. p. 187-192.4. Baxter DH. Expanding the use of solid modeling throughout the engineering curriculum. Engineering Design Graphics Journal 2001;65(1):6-13.5. Cumberland RR, Miller CL. The

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

next step would be to havemultiple academic programs become involved in acompetition. If appropriate, there could be a “bestof the best” showdown that could include a GrandPrix style race that is conducted at one location with Figure 3. MPIII Construction by Student.the drivers actually controlling their platforms from some other – remote – site.Including narrow S curves, darkened tunnels, and long straight-aways would truly test theteam’s ability to monitor and control their platform. A “fair” competition could bereadily created by mandating the frame size and materials, the motors, and the H-bridgesthat have to be used. Almost all other component selection could be left to the

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bales; Thomas Consi

Police, and the Athletics Department. AnalogDevices, Maxim, Microchip, Xicor, and Motorola all donated ICs for the course. Additionally,Microchip (through S-J New England, Inc.) provided PIC programmers and data books. Finally,we would like to thank our students in the subject, whose interest and dedication wereinspirational and who were just a lot of fun to be around!Bibliographic Information1. “Smart Rockets: Data Acquisition in Model Rocketry,” Tom Consi and Jim Bales, Circuit Cellar INK, Issue 98,pp. 12–23, 1998, Circuit Cellar Inc., Vernon, CT2. National Association of Rocketry, Altoona, Wisconsin, http://www.nar.org/SandT/NARenglist.shtmlBiographical InformationJAMES W. BALESDr. Bales is the Assistant Director of the MIT Edgerton Center

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Ragsdell; Halvard Nystrom

situation and create team consensus and decisions. It ischallenging to have a synchronous distance activity in which simulations are used inunstructured collaborative team environments.The student responses do vary depending on their personality types. The Myers-BriggsPersonality Types are based on the four dimensions: Extroverted (E) vs. Introverted (I); Intuitive(N) vs. Sensing (S); Feeling (F) vs., Thinking (T); and Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P). Since eachstudent can be categorized as having a preference in each of the four dimensions, the studentevaluations regarding the Palmtop simulation can be compared for each of these dimensions ascan be seen in Table 2. The data that is presented is the difference between the mean score forthe group of