Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

, communication problems,scheduling difficulties, and minor “turf wars” can limit the effectiveness of such teams. A seriesof curriculum “tools” have been initiated to insure that students will have a measure of success inproject teamwork. These methods include (1) multiple and varied opportunities for projects inteams, (2) early involvement in senior project teams, (3) specific training for teamwork, (4)coursework in and application of project management techniques, and (5) the use of multipleitems of feedback to determine the contribution of each team member.IntroductionInterdisciplinary engineering teams have become a standard expectation in industry and arequirement in education. The following paper presents a number of ideas for enhancingteamwork in

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Frances Stewart; Malgorzata Zywno

repositories. Canadian Co-operativeLearning Object Exchange (CLOE)1 is an example of such an initiative. The online interactiveControl Systems Tutorial Module developed by the investigators over the past year incollaboration with the in-house Digital Media Projects Office2 was partly sponsored by CLOE.The Module, intended as an additional learning resource tool for undergraduate engineeringstudents, provides an interactive introduction to Control Systems with a mix of text and graphics,interactive animations and streaming video of real-world control systems (e.g. water tank levelcontrol, helicopter and inverted pendulum position control), followed by a self-scoring quiz totest the student comprehension of the reviewed concepts3

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Claydon; Betty Barr; David Shattuck; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft; Julie Trenor

pose a financial hardship, we offer a scholarship (currently $150) to active participantswho complete the camp. A typical schedule is shown in Figure 1. Page 10.318.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 9:00-9:30 Breakfast --- --- --- 9:30- Discuss Evening

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wes Hines; Mary Kocak; Kurt Gramoll

, education than traditional delivery methods. Insummary, the online class students performed better on the exams by over a half-grade level.IntroductionThere has been a tremendous interest and need in using technology and computer networks toenhance engineering education and to provide learning opportunities to students at a distance. Ithas been assumed that technology has the potential through 3D animation, simulations, userinteraction, user tracking, video, and audio to increase both the learning efficiency (learn fasteror learn more) of the student and the teaching efficiency of the instructor (teach faster or teachmore). However, it is also known that technology has not had a great track record inimplementation [1]. This could be due to a large

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Glover; Frank Claydon; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft; Julie Trenor

Reaching and Demonstrating Excellence (GRADE)Camps. Our program focuses on recruitment of females into the STEM areas, particularlyengineering. Furthermore, the diversity of our community and campus allows us to reach anumber of historically underrepresented ethnic groups. The program goals of GRADE camps are 1) to help female students make an informedchoice about pursuing an engineering or other STEM career field and 2) to help increase thenumber of female and minority students in engineering careers. The program has grown fromtwo one-week camps in June of 2003 to four camps held in June of 2004. GRADE camps aretargeted towards entering ninth through twelfth grade girls (25 to 30 per camp) with appropriatemath and science background for their

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Vallino; Michael Lutz

. SWITCH = (on -> off -> SWITCH). LAMP = (on -> ONEON), ONEON = (off -> LAMP | on -> ON), ON = (off -> ONEON). Figure 1 – Finite State Process (FSP) ExamplesFSP models can also be shown graphically. The figures below are graphical representations ofthe two FSP models defined in Figure 1 above. Standard finite state diagramming is used. Thered state node represents the current state of the FSP. All models start in state 0. on on SWITCH on LAMP 0 1 0 1

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benson Tongue

was (at leastpotentially) an interactive forum, must perforce become a purely lecture based recital. Thequestion to be addressed is “Can such an alteration be avoided?” Can an indisputably largeclass be approached in such a way as to preserve the feel of a smaller class without drivingthe professor insane at the same time? This question is not a new one [1], [2] and it is hopedthat the current paper may add a bit to the existing knowledge base.A widely adopted strategy to large enrollments is to embrace technology as an aid in the ed-ucational mission. Electronic learning at a distance (separate classes or individual terminalsthat receive a video feed) allows a potentially unlimited number of students to “attend” asmaller class. Assuming

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cuneyt Sert

, integration, and solving ordinarydifferential equations. The user can run typical numerical methods problems and get detailednumerical and visual output of the solution. The software has a graphical user interface for userinteraction. It is an active software that allows to run problems that are designed by the user,instead of running pre-solved problems.1. IntroductionNumerical methods are used to solve algebraic representations of physical problems. They arebased on simple, well-defined algorithms, but contain rigorous algebraic operations, suitable forcomputer implementation. Based on this fact, one can idetify two typical properties of anundergraduate level numerical methods course: 1. Their underlying mathematics is usuallystraightforward. 2

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malur Srinivasan

processes available for making the product using this material may then beconsidered and the best process chosen based on the technological and economic feasibilities ofthe process. Unfortunately this exercise is seldom simple on account of the enormous progress inthe development of materials and processes in recent times [1]. Fortunately, the monumentalwork done by Ashby and his associates [2] has paved the way for not only making these taskssimpler, but provide unambiguous guidelines for completing these tasks. A course with exampleshighlighting these aspects would be of great benefit to mechanical engineering students inlearning how to apply the knowledge in their profession. This paper was written as a preamblefor this goal.In this paper the

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

workfrantically to make sure everything was in order for the visit. The program, now, is muchmore organized, predictable, and simpler to make arrangements for. Session dates arenow set during the summer for the entire academic school year – one Friday per monthwith the same time for all sessions. Therefore, when schools call in, they can set theirtrip schedule based on date and session availability. Timing for the sessions has alsobecome more consistent and organized. The general format for a visit is as follows: Arrival 8:45 - 9:00am Session 1 9:00 – 10:00am Short break/Switch sessions 10:00 – 10:15am Session 2 10

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

into four or six rectangular panels, each ofwhich represents a segment of chalkboard approximately three feet wide. In general, each panelcorresponds to one topic from the lesson outline.Figure 1 shows one page of board notes for a Statics lesson on dry friction (Ressler et.al. 2004).The page represents exactly what the instructor intends to write on six boards during a classroompresentation. The size of each panel in the notes is calibrated to correspond to what thatinstructor can reasonably fit onto a board in the classroom. The instructor is therefore notfumbling to squeeze an inordinate amount of material onto a single board and does not have toinadvertently break a topic at an illogical point. The entire classroom presentation has

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

, and previously T4E,uses the six-week instructor-training model from the Department of Civil and MechanicalEngineering (C&ME) at USMA as its foundation3.First, the ETW organization is provided to establish a baseline for the workshop experience thatled to the bulk of the paper – the teaching hints. It is followed by participant assessment of theirexperience not only during the workshop, but after their first semester using the skills learned atthe workshop that then sets the stage for discussion of the benefits of attending a teachingworkshop like the ETW.II. ETW OrganizationHow is ETW organized? ETW is a one-week short course (Figure 1) providing seminars on thebasics of excellent teaching (using Lowman4 and Wankat and Oreovicz5 as

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch

learning.Assessment will be provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of these pedagogical basics on thestudent learning and professor’s classroom performance.I. IntroductionSo how do you like to learn a new concept? Read a textbook and/or journal article on thesubject? Maybe throw in some type of experiment with technology to simulate the theory? Felderpoints out that in most areas we as faculty learn differently than how students learn best.1 Ourmission is to assist students with varying learning styles to learn new concepts. So how dostudents like to learn? How do they learn best? Considering the 1990 Seymour and Hewitt2 studythat shows 40 percent of engineering undergrads switch from science, mathematics, andengineering disciplines due primarily to poor

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Perry Deess; Judy Valyo; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori; John Carpinelli

experience has helped NJIT increase student performance and rates of on-time progression to the sophomore year. This paper examines the effects of the freshman designexperience on student performance in an introductory sophomore circuits course taken bystudents majoring in either electrical or computer engineering. Students who took the freshmandesign experience performed significantly better in the circuits course than those who did not.Students who took the electrical and computer engineering module in the freshman designexperience performed slightly better in the circuits course than students who took a differentmodule.1. IntroductionSince the early- to mid-1990’s, incorporating a design experience into the freshman year ofengineering curricula

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

at the same year-level within the same department based on financial needand academic performance. Table 1 summarizes the departmental distribution for each of theacademic years (AY): Table 1: Distribution of Scholars in the Four Participating Departments Academic Departments Total Year Mechanical Computer Computer Mathematics # (AY) Engineering Engineering Science 2002-3 31 19 9 3 62 2003-4 46 28 13 4 91 2004-5 62 39 16 8 125The data in the table above shows

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marc Garland; Abdel Bayoumi; Travis Knight

internet. Asshown in Figure 1, the major instruments in the laboratory include high purity germanium(HPGe), sodium iodide (NaI), low energy germanium (LEGe) and alpha particle detectors, andPCs and control software interconnected via a laboratory network. This network is connected tothe USC LAN which enables access via the internet. Alpha Gamma Gamma Gamma Spec PC Spec PC Spec PC Spec PC Lab LAN USC LAN DSP DSP DSP DSP Alpha

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Gender Equitable Curricula in High School Science and Engineering Stacy S. Klein1, 2, 3,4, Robert D. Sherwood, 4 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN / 2University School, Nashville, TN / 3Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN / 4Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNAbstractAs part of a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) supplement to the VaNTH EngineeringResearch Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies (www.vanth.org), aninterdisciplinary group of secondary teachers and college faculty have

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Throne

compare these estimates to check for consistency.BackgroundEleven ECP-210a spring/mass/damper rectilinear systems were purchased through an NSF CCLIgrant obtained by investigators from both the Electrical and Computer Engineering andMechanical Engineering departments at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. These systemsallow for easy implementation of different standard controller types and are easilyreconfigurable. Figure 1 shows one of the “carts” of the system, connected with two springs. Theposition encoder is shown toward the back of the system. The carts are moved via a motor with arack and pinion mechanism.Faculty from both the Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineeringdepartments have developed weekly 3 hour labs

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patric McElwain; James Helbling; Angela Beck

. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 This programmatic modification was threefold: 1. Instructors of the Technical Report Writing courses at ERAU developed a unified syllabus, set of lesson plans, and assignments that would target the genre-specific language and organizational elements of a technical lab report. 2. These writing instructors entered into various team-teaching ventures with the engineering instructors so that engineering students would have access to supplementary writing instruction in their engineering courses. 3. Both writing and engineering instructors collaborated on the development of a style manual that would provide further supplementary instruction and models of lab reports and technical writing

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brett Hamlin; Gretchen Hein

Engineering EducationIntroductionWomen and men face different challenges when they enter engineering school. In general, mostmen are more likely to succeed in engineering due to many factors. First, the traditionalstereotype that men are good at math and science, while women are perceived to have lessability.1 To help women succeed, researchers have suggested that students work in teams, receiveencouragement, and learn via various instructional methods.1,2 Because men are expected toexcel in math and science prior to college, this expectation follows them into the universitywhere they have more confidence that engineering is the right career choice for them thanwomen. 3 Women have a tendency to doubt their abilities and frequently question their

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Hladysz; Robert Corey; JASON ASH; Glen Stone; Dale Skillman; Charles Kliche; Larry Stetler; David Dixon; Larry Simonson; Stuart Kellogg

-directed teams is provided through these projects adding value to student learning in the firstyear.Trends in First Year Engineering Programs:With calls for greater accountability in Higher Education and changes in accreditation standards,the engineering education community has proven to be a highly innovative source for curricularreform and improvement. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in innovations in first yearengineering programs. Many engineering programs have found substantial gains can be made byreorganizing and integrating curricular components in math, science, and engineering [1-5].Although the Coalitions programs provided rich resource of materials for integrating curricula,such a dramatic reorganization requires a substantial

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Thom; James Thom; Dennis Depew

oftechnology programs, which are better suited for talented individuals with an applied aptitudeand interest. Clearly our economy and society will need high quality engineering and technologyprograms working together at universities to educate future generations and providing solutionsfor some of the greatest technological problems facing our world today.1 Mann, C.R. (1918). A study of engineering education, Bulletin number 11. NY: The Carnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching.2 Grinter, (1955). Report of the committee on evaluation of engineering education (A.K.A. The Grinter report).Journal of Engineering Education, pp 25-60. Accessed September 21, 2004 from www.asee.org.3 Taylor, K.D., Buchanan, W.W., Englund, R.B., O’Connor, T.P., &

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; Jorge Tito-Izquierdo; George Pincus

properties such as unitweight, specific gravity, fineness modulus of the sand, and moisture1. This methodology ispresented to the students using examples where they must follow the numerical procedurescomparing the results with a spreadsheet called “ACI-Method,” developed in-house using theACI method. Figure 1 shows the spreadsheet prepared for this purpose. The spreadsheet wasdesigned to include any modification of the theoretical relationships, such as the f′c vs. w/c ratio,admixtures used, and real proportion per cubic-yard after modifications during mixing. Thespreadsheet also computes the cost of the materials per cubic-yard of concrete, which is useful incomparing price versus quality of concrete.The principal admixture used is a super

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sivand Lakmazaheri

interpreting evidence todetermine how well performance matches established learning expectations [1]. In engineering,learning-outcome assessment usually occurs during the course of teaching, with studentperformance on homework assignments, examinations, and projects providing evidence of thelevel of learning. The instructor interprets this evidence to judge a student’s learning progressand then assigns a course grade that reflects this judgment. Although this assessment processcould act as an incentive for learning, its primary purpose is to measure the level of a student’slearning, not reinforce learning. Page 10.507.1 “Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Marvin Abrams; Ian Lewin

equipment and its integrationinto our 63 laboratory suites is key to producing top graduates. Industrial leaders consistentlyapplaud our hands-on education as a most significant strength. Our graduates can immediatelyenter the workforce and solve problems, making the College’s 18,000 alumni highly sought-afterby major local, national, and international employers. To meet our objectives the College ofEngineering has established relationships with our local industry and alumni as shown in Figure1.Figure 1. Cal Poly Pomona University’s Industrial and Alumni Support Program. Page 10.897.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benson Tongue

- not engineering.The problem our department faces is a different one from traditional retention ([1], [2]), inthat, rather than trying to retain students who have already declared mechanical engineeringas their major, we are trying to steer interested students to mechanical engineering insteadof moving into a different branch of engineering. As a way of addressing this issue in a smallway, I’ve turned to the freshman seminar and have offered one each semester for the past sixyears. Far from being a personal invention, the seminar program at Berkeley was createdas a cross-campus offering to help ease first year students into the Berkeley experience andgive them a relatively low-stress course within their schedules.When I first began I gave no

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

models developed by Ned Herrmann [1]. Thisfour-quadrant model of the brain shows most technical and analytical functions reside inquadrant A – the left cerebral side of the brain. Based on data generated by HerrmannInternational, most engineering and technology educators map strongly in that quadrant. Hence,most engineers, technologists, and educators in those areas prefer to work alone in search of asingle, correct answer. However, the new ABET guidelines include such items as teamwork,appreciation for diversity, communication, understanding of the need for lifelong learning, andother “soft” topics that fit in the right side of the brain

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Amuso; Surendra Gupta; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson; Robert Merrill

departments who personally visit community collegesin the Northeastern United States each year to recruit transfer students. RIT is successfulrecruiting transfer students as almost one-third of our undergraduate students have began theircollegiate studies elsewhere before transferring to RIT and about 75 percent of our total transferpopulation come from two-year schools. RIT’s success in recruiting transfer students to ourengineering and engineering technology programs has declined in recent year.Table 1 below shows freshman and upper-division fall quarter transfer enrollments for the sevencolleges, and also the subset for MEET departments collaborating on this project. It shows thatwhile RIT’s enrollments have been stable (or mildly increasing), the

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

ortechnology degree.A brief look at the literatureWith a history that can be traced to an experimental educational program in the 1920s(the Meiklejohn Experimental College at the University of Washington), learningcommunities can now be found at four to five hundred colleges and universities acrossthe nation.1 According to Smith, “Learning communities are a broad structural innovationthat can address a variety of issues from student retention to curriculum coherence, fromfaculty vitality to building a greater sense of community within our colleges.” Learningcommunities usually involve purposive groupings of students and coordinatedscheduling. In addition, they may involve coordinated approaches to learning and anemphasis on connecting material across

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhukar Vable

homogenousmaterials. By automation of stress analysis it is implied that the user will not need to know themethodology used in the computer program and will not need to know how to create the meshneeded to solve the problem. The user would only describe the boundary value problem, whichwill be facilitated by a user friendly interface and all analysis decision will be made inside theprogram. Development of e-handbooks on stress concentration factors and stress intensity factorswill further reduce the demands on the user in describing the boundary value problems thus shift-ing the focus from analysis to use of analysis results in design.1. IntroductionThe importance of fracture mechanics, interface mechanics, and stress raisers in homogenous andcomposite