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Zhongxiang Zhao; Eugene Rutz

Session 2477 Development of a Web-based Course in Radiological Engineering Zhongxiang Zhao, Eugene E. Rutz University of CincinnatiAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to supply a full procedure for designing a web-based course andillustrate the design with a course developed for Radiological Engineering. The simple corporateidentity (CI) design is introduced. The organizational and navigational structures of a web-basedcourse are discussed in detail. A tree with a return-to-home page link, which is a practicalnavigational structure for a web-based instructional design, was

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Tom Noack; Rose Marra; Johnissia Stevenson; Harry Tyrer; Eric Epperson; Jose Castro

Distance Learning between Two Countries: A Rationale for Distance Education Methodology Johnissia Stevenson, Eric Epperson, Rose Marra, José L. Zayas Castro, Tom Noack, Harry Tyrer University of Missouri-Columbia University of Puerto Rico-MayagüezAbstract Systems Modeling, a graduate level course taught as a distance-learning course inthe winter 2001 semester. Students at the University of Missouri-Columbia and studentsat the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez engage in a Web-based course taught over theInternet. The course is primarily asynchronous with several synchronous onlineinteractions between instructor and student

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Ronald Rockland

Session 2793 Enhancing a Graduate Biomedical Engineering course with the Web Dr. Ronald H. Rockland New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe Internet has been used to increase the understanding of various technical topics. In thegraduate biomedical engineering program at New Jersey Institute of Technology, there is acourse that deals with medical instrumentation, including both the theory and applications for awide range of instrumentation. While the textbook, which is one of the standard texts used bymany biomedical programs, covered most of the material adequately, the author merged

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Christine Noble; Karen Schmahl

1339 Enhancing Learning with a Poster Session in Engineering Economy Karen E. Schmahl, Christine D. Noble Miami UniversityAbstractThis paper outlines the process and benefits of using a case analysis poster session in a MiamiUniversity undergraduate engineering economics course. Use of a comprehensive case at theend of an engineering economy course allows students to synthesize their learning whileapplying concepts to a realistic situation. Presentation of analysis and results in a poster session,while developing teamwork and communication skills, provides enhanced

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Allen Estes; Stephen Ressler

Session 2215 ExCEEd Teaching Workshop: Fulfilling a Critical Need Allen C. Estes, Steven J. Ressler United States Military AcademyAbstractIn response to the need to develop Civil Engineering faculty as effective teachers, the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers developed the landmark faculty development initiative ExCEEd(Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) which includes the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop(ETW). The ETW is an intense, hands-on, high quality five-day workshop consisting ofseminars, demonstrations, practice classes, critiques, and social events. Three ETWs have

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W. Bernard Carlson; Rosanne Welker

Session 1661The Whammy Line as a Tool for Fostering Moral Imagination Rosanne L. Welker, W. Bernard Carlson University of VirginiaA central goal of engineering ethics instruction should be to help students develop their moralimaginations. According to Patricia Werhane, moral imagination refers to the ability ofprofessionals to imagine a variety of outcomes for their decisions. Werhane emphasizes that ifone is unable to imagine different scenarios, then one cannot assess the risk or apply a frameworkfor moral reasoning (such as utilitarianism, Kantian duty ethics, Lockean rights ethics, orAristotelian virtue ethics).1 However, we have

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John Darnell

SESSION 1547 What Does an “A” Tell Us About Students Today? John H. Darnell Western Kentucky UniversityWhen employers and professional or graduate schools look at the grades of college studentstoday, they find students with higher grade point averages (GPA) and higher standardizedcollege admission test scores than ever before. Is today’s student smarter or more dedicated tostudying harder to earn higher grades? Or, is this a sign of relaxed standards in colleges anduniversities and on standardized tests for college admission? What does this mean toengineering

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Donald Lenhert; David Soldan; Andrew Rys

Session 2532 Five Years from a Second ABET EC2000 General Review - and Counting David L. Soldan, Donald H. Lenhert, and Andrew Rys Electrical and Computer Engineering Kansas State UniversityAbstractMany engineering programs would still like to operate in the mode of ignoring AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) issues except for the year prior to a visit. Withthe emphasis on continuous quality improvement inherent in Engineering Criteria 20001(EC2000) this is a dangerous mode of operation. Instead of back to

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Roger Ferguson; Lisa Anneberg

Session 2525 FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSE MODULE UTILIZING A 3 D MODELING TOOL Lisa Anneberg Departments of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI Roger Ferguson Department of Computer Science and Information Technology Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MIABSTRACTInstructors of freshman level Introduction to Engineering and Design courses are facedwith numerous objectives, some of which are conflicting:1. interesting projects - from both the professor

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Ronald Sterkenberg; Raymond Thompson

Session 3460 Going Global – A Methodology for Shaping Students for the Global Workplace Raymond E. Thompson, Ronald Sterkenburg Purdue UniversityAbstractMany programs are seeking ways to become ‘global’. What does that really mean? How does aprogram become ‘global’ in nature? The Aviation Technology (AT) department at PurdueUniversity is seeking the answers to those questions. Often, coursework in diversity or foreignlanguage is suggested as a way to become global. The AT department felt that a more basicapproach was needed to understand what it meant to

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Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein; Sheryl Sorby

Session 2793 Implementing a Common First Year Engineering Program at Michigan Tech Sheryl A. Sorby, Amy E. Monte, Gretchen L. Hein Engineering Fundamentals Michigan Technological University Houghton, MichiganAbstractIn the fall of 2000, Michigan Tech made a calendar conversion from quarters to semesters and, inconjunction with this, simultaneously overhauled the engineering curricula. One of the changesthat we adopted was the development of a common first year engineering program

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Macy Reynolds; Joseph Untener

Session 1582 Implementing a Web-Based Tool To Improve Writing Education in Engineering Macy Reynolds, Joe Untener University of DaytonAbstractA new approach to writing education is being implemented in programs in the School ofEngineering at the University of Dayton. This new approach required extensive, currentresources for both students and faculty. The need for these common resources has beenaddressed through the use of the web-based material, developed in-house and available to facultyand students.This

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Barrie Jackson

Session 2793 The Integrated Learning Initiative An Evolution of a Pedagogical Paradigm Barrie W. Jackson Chemical Engineering Department Queen’s UniversityAbstractQueen’s University, Kingston, Ontario has embarked on a new approach to engineeringeducation in the faculty of Applied Science, known as the Integrated Learning Initiative. Thisnew approach is to a large extent a result of two successful undergraduate programs. One courseAPSC100 is a first year engineering initiative, which introduces

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William Edward Howard; Joseph Musto

Session 2793 Integration of Laptop Computers into a Freshman Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Joseph C. Musto, William Edward Howard Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractThe implementation of the Notebook Computer Program at Milwaukee School of Engineering(MSOE), in which all new incoming students are provided with a laptop computer, has had amajor impact on curriculum development in the Mechanical Engineering Program. Theimplementation of this program resulted in a number of curricular changes, including a revision ofthe first course in programming, a

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Brett Hamlin; Gretchen Hein

Session 2453 Integration of Math, Physics and Engineering, A Pilot Study for Success Gretchen L. Hein, Brett H. Hamlin Department of Engineering Fundamentals, Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractThe inherent integration between mathematics, physics, and engineering is obvious to experi-enced engineers and faculty, however, many incoming students find it difficult to see the connec-tions. During the 1999-2000 academic year, a pilot study was conducted at MichiganTechnological University to determine the effect of cohort scheduling students into integrated sec-tions

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Mark Rajai; Mel Mendelson

Session 2793 Inter-University Team Collaboration to Design and Market a New Product Mark Rajai, Mel Mendelson East Tennessee State University/Loyola Marymount UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a joint effort between engineering students from East Tennessee StateUniversity and business students from Loyola Marymount University to design and market asophisticated global monitoring system to monitor location of children, Alzheimer patients andother valuable items. This project was funded by grant from NCIIA and was part of a two-capstone courses developed to introduce engineering students and business

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Bina Ramamurthy; Pratibha Gopalam; Alexander N. Cartwright

Session 3532 Java Enabled Opto-Electronic Learning Tools and A Supporting Framework Pratibha Gopalam, Alexander N. Cartwright, Electrical Engineering Bina Ramamurthy, Computer Science and Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkAbstractThe use of multimedia tools over the World Wide Web is an extremely desirable instructionalmethod. Unintentionally this has created a maze of online tutorials and demonstrations with hugeamounts of information in

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Scott Dennis; Jeff Ball; Martin Bowe; Daniel Jensen

MultiMedia Session 2793 A Student-Developed Teaching Demo of an Automatic Transmission Scott Dennis, Martin Bowe, Jeff Ball, and Dan Jensen Department of Engineering Mechanics US Air Force Academy, COAbstract The core curriculum at the United States Air Force Academy emphasizes the engineeringdisciplines. The capstone of the core curriculum is a unique engineering design course, Engr410—Engineering Systems Design, all cadets take regardless of academic major. In this course,sections of approximately 16-18 senior cadets are randomly grouped resulting in a diverse mix

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William Schonberg; Gary Spring

Session 1864 A Study of Factors Contributing to Low Retention Rates Drs. Gary S. Spring, and William Schonberg University of Missouri-RollaIntroductionUndergraduate engineering programs across the country suffer from declining enrollments duein part to retention problems. College administrators and faculty report that the recruitment andretention of this population has become more difficult1,2,3,4. This is especially critical at thistime because the number of students graduating from American high schools began todramatically decline after reaching a peak in 19794,5

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Deborah van Alphen; Sharlene Katz

Session 2793 A Study of Predictive Factors for Success in Electrical Engineering Deborah K. van Alphen, Sharlene Katz California State University, NorthridgeAbstractMany electrical engineering programs require foundations classes that are a hindrance to studentsattempting to enter the field of engineering. If we could identify the factors that lead to studentsuccess, we would be better able to advise students, or perhaps re-shape the curriculum, in waysthat would promote success and ease the path towards graduation.In this paper we considered numerous candidate predictive factors for

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Elizabeth Coles

Session 2451 Sustainable Design in Engineering and Technology Education: A Multidisciplinary Model Elizabeth Coles Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN 46202AbstractThe current paper describes a model for integrating a sustainable design course that can be open toall students within an Engineering and Technology curriculum. It identifies the rationale for sucha course, topics covered in an introductory review of sustainable design issues, methods andlearning strategies useful in teaching in a multidisciplinary venue and associated criterion

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Macy Reynolds; Joseph Untener

Session 1574 A Systemic Approach to Integrating Technical Writing in the Curriculum Joseph Untener, Macy Reynolds University of DaytonAbstractThis paper presents an approach to writing education recently implemented in the EngineeringTechnology Department at the University of Dayton. The approach began with an overallcurricular review. One of the department’s concerns was employers’ reports that many graduateslacked sufficient technical writing expertise. The department generally agreed that requiring aseparate technical writing course and then

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Hubert Smith

Session 3202 Teaching Flight Test Engineering with a PC-Based Simulator Hubert C. Smith The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the process of establishing flight test laboratory experiments by use of aPC-based flight simulator, and the details of conducting such experiments. It was determined thatit was feasible to perform airspeed calibration, and tests to determine stall speed, power required,rate of climb, cruise speed and range. While some of these tests yielded data that were a little onthe optimistic side, the results were consistent, and

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Ronald Rockland

Session 1648 Teaching Problem Solving Techniques in a Circuits Analysis Course Dr. Ronald H. Rockland New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe ECET program at New Jersey Institute of Technology is an upper division program,accepting students from a variety of community colleges. One of the first courses these studentstake is ECET 303, which is a circuits measurements course. While the course covers standardmeasurement techniques and circuit theory, the author found that student skills in areas such asproblem solving needed to be enhanced.Rather than create problems that students could

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Ty Newell; Timothy Shedd

Asession2266@A Team-Oriented, Project-Based Approach for Undergraduate Heat Transfer Instruction Ty Newell, Timothy Shedd University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignIntroductionThis is an exciting time in engineering education. Engineering classrooms are changing with therapid development of new technologies and analysis tools, the desire for team-based activities byindustry, and recognition by engineering educators of the value of cooperative and activelearning methods.The purpose of this paper is to describe a classroom “experiment” with the goal of converting

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Geoffrey Bland; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session Number 2793 UMES-AIR: A NASA-UMES Collaborative Experiential Learning Project Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, Geoffrey Bland University of Maryland Eastern Shore /NASA Wallops Flight FacilityParticipating students: Brian Vetter, Robert Fries, Joseph Ford, James Taylor, Jeremy Rodgers, Olatunde Alade,Amy Davis, Sushil Milak, Vinod Yadav, Guntupalli Rajasekhar, Tony Baldwin, Gregory Waters, Gregory Smith,Robert C. Washington, Jason Tilghman, Carlton Snow, Matthew Watson, Jerry Reynolds, Ani Panoti, Levy Lovell,Towanda Sample, Calvin King, Rebecca Howe,Eddie Daubert, Anthony Ross, Jamison White, James Watts, CoryCurtis

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Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

AC 2001-1092: USING DESIGN AS THE BACKBONE OF A BME CURRICULUMWillis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison Page 6.1104.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2001 Session 2209 Using Design as the Backbone of a BME Curriculum Willis J. Tompkins Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstractIn this paper, I summarize my experiences as an advisor supervising biomedical engineeringdesign projects in three different programs: 1) first-year

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Steven O'Hara; Suzanne D. Bilbeisi

Session 1606 Utilizing A Capstone Design Project for EC 2000 Assessment Suzanne D. Bilbeisi, Steven E. O’Hara Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractArchitects and architectural engineers should have the ability to coordinate and integrate themany issues involved in the creation of architecture. This requires them to have a basic workingknowledge of and sensitivity to several disciplines, as well as expertise in their individual field.One measure of this ability is through a comprehensive capstone design experience.Architecture, as a profession, requires the teamwork of professionals

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Sanjeev Khanna; Christopher Jenkins

Session 2325 Linking Mechanics and Materials in Engineering Design: A new Approach Sanjeev K. Khanna Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department University of Missouri – Columbia Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A. C. H. Jenkins Mechanical Engineering Department South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD 57701, U.S.A.ABSTRACTEducating

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Phillip J. Cornwell; Charles Farrar

Session 3268 The Los Alamos National Laboratory Dynamics Summer School – A Mechanics Motivator Phillip J. Cornwell, Charles R. Farrar Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology/Los Alamos National LaboratoryAbstractA unique summer educational program focusing on engineering dynamics has been developedand implemented at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The purpose of this summer school is toexpose a select group of students to the broad field of engineering dynamics with the hopes thatthey will be motivated to pursue this area of research in their graduate studies. The summerschool activities