Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jones; Beth Tieszen; Dennis Schulte; Ann Koopmann

Student Programs staff in the College of Engineering& Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are developing methods to get fromanecdotal information to tangible, measurable outcomes. The process is being guided by: i)ABET program outcomes (A-K)1; ii) the need for “quantitative” information; iii) ease of accessto students in time and place; iv) a goal of having an effective and efficient process for obtainingand interpreting results and; v) the desire to measure outcomes longitudinally.To accomplish this task, several surveys have been developed for completion by studentsthrough various stages of their engineering education. The surveys focus: a) “work”-relatedexperiences; b) international experiences; c) academic advising; d

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

with the university mission. Theuniversity mission in turn impacts the department goals. The program outcomes are derived andjudged based on the ABET criteria [1] and the IEEE department specific criteria as well as ourdepartment specific competencies. With these in mind, each course objective and assessmentmethod is carefully examined for a better coordination among courses and setup in order to reacha complete coverage of the program outcomes that lead to achieving the program goals.The correlation between all required electrical engineering courses begins with the individualcourse’s objectives to the program outcomes. The correlation between program outcomes andprogram objectives will be explained in detail in the next section. Using the

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

relate to a local industry partner, who they are familiarwith, makes both the problem and the solution relevant to their learning experience. A bonusis that linking of assessment methods with learning outcomes throughout the program, toidentify graduate skills allows teaching institutions to market the strengths of their graduates.For example the use of case studies during undergraduate learning could mean that theinstitution could claim something like “our graduates have an understanding of the real needsof industry”.The School of Engineering at the University of Tasmania has links with a number ofindustries and some are indicated in Table 1. This paper provides some details of the teachingand research benefits obtained from the link between

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Blackham; Charles Higby; Michael Bailey

software that registers network computer configurations with the Deployment Server. ¤ SID Generator: Native 32-bit security attribute modification utility used to avoid name sharing conflicts that occur in a network that requires the use of Domain names.(Windows Domains) Figure 1 –Deployment Server System.Advantages/SimilaritiesAltiris and Norton Ghost imaging software each provide similar benefits. Some majoradvantages that Altiris and Norton Ghost imaging software provide include the complete creationand restoration of a computer’s configuration in a minimal time period. For instance, NortonGhost has the ability to create an image file or clone (restore) a system’s hard disk within 5 to 10minutes

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dae-Wook Kim

Session 2563 An Outr each Pr ogr am To Pr omote Manufactur ing Car eer s To Under r epr esented Students D. Kim 1, I. Cossette2 1 School of Mechanical and Mater ials Engineer ing, Washington State Univer sity, Vancouver , WA / 2Edmonds Community College, Edmonds, WAAbstr actThe Puget Sound Consortium for Manufacturing Excellence (PSCME), funded by theNational Science Foundation, and the Mathematics, Engineering, and ScienceAchievement (MESA) Program co-sponsored two student field trips; one to RentonTechnical College, and another to Edmonds Community College and Dillon Works

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

Session Using Case Studies to Teach Engineering Design and Ethics Larry G. Richards, Michael E. Gorman University of VirginiaAbstract:At the University of Virginia, we have developed (researched and written) a set of case studiesfor teaching engineering ethics, engineering design, and environmental issues. These cases havebeen used in a course on Invention and Design, and in other courses offered by our Division ofTechnology, Culture, and Communications (TCC). Many of these cases have been published inbook form 1. Others are available through the course website for

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Odis Griffin

, ventilation, fire sprinklers, and access meetcurrent public and University building codes. The overall layout of the lab is shown in Figure 1. 208'-0" Tool Restrooms, Klages Office Conference Formula Autonomous Rm Hybrid Electric Eye Wash, Machine Room & SAE

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret P. Battin; Gordon B. Mower; Angela R. Harris; JoAnn Lighty

exploration, andmany other topics.Writing assignments also worked to stress the multiple-view ethic-theoretical approach of thecourse. For example, in the final, multi-stepped assignment that lasted over a period of severalweeks and culminated in student presentations. This is discussed in further detail below.Assignments and GradingSeveral different types of assignments were used in the class to enable students to follow theclass concepts closely and utilize those concepts, both immediately, and as a final “design”element.Figure 1 represents the assignment and grading information given students in advance. Figure 2details the grading criteria for the papers. The grading criteria were geared towards helpingengineering students hone their writing and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

products and project.The First Three ETKs:In our initial Senior Design class, six teams undertook projects aimed at developingETKs. Three were ultimately successful; our criterion for success was that the lessonplans were actually used in a middle school classroom. Three other teams achievedacceptable lesson plans, but failed to develop a meaningful Design Challenge. The twodefining attributes of engineering teaching kits are: (1) they realize the guided inquiryapproach to teaching science and math, 6, 7, 8 and (2) they teach the engineering designapproach to problem solving. 5, 9, 10 Page 9.222.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kramer

constituency.According to EC2000, “Each engineering program for which an institution seeks accreditation… must have in place…a process based on the needs of the program's various constituencies inwhich the objectives are determined and periodically evaluated” [1] This requirement that theprocess be based upon the needs of the program’s own constituencies is, effectively, arequirement that each program identify its constituencies and have some means of gettingperiodic input from them on their needs. The constituencies identified by almost all programsinclude: 1) students, 2) industry, and 3) alumni. While programs that are in place certainly haveaccess to students and usually have access to alumni, obtaining input from the industryconstituency can present

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Burchett

plot, and ends with four design methodologies applied to single and twodegree of freedom plants.In ME 406, we emphasize model based design. In particular, we find parametric models of therectilinear plant in one degree of freedom (1 DOF) and two degree of freedom (2 DOF) modes.The quality of control delivered from the ensuing model is directly limited by the quality of themodel. A model of the system is necessary for the initial design of a controller, but the predictedresponse of the system may not match the true system response due to the simplified modelsbeing used.IntroductionAs recipients of an NSF CCLI grant, the mechanical engineering and electrical engineeringfaculty at Rose-Hulman (RHIT) are currently upgrading the system dynamics and

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jonathan P. Mathews; David Morales

comparison to their counterparts who procrastinated much less(7% difference in submissions on the due date), and were not as susceptible to lowerscore(s) on average when they did procrastinate. An e-mail intercession late in thesemester failed to change submission habits.Learning within the online environment is becoming increasingly popular and accessibleto on-campus students. The Penn State University Registrars schedule of courses [1] lists atotal of 33 WEB courses (spring 2005 semester) available to University Park campusstudents. A “WEB” class being defined as all instruction taking place online. Themajority of these classes meet the general education requirements: 21 out of 33 classes.With 9 courses (7 of which are general education) being

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Grash; Andrew Rose

collaborative effort by the authors incorporating a fine arts perspective in twocivil engineering technology courses and a technical perspective in a fine arts course.IntroductionEngineering education focuses on preparing students for careers in technology and theprofessional practice of engineering. Accreditation organizations,1 professional societies,2 aswell as universities3 realize that in today’s diverse world, engineering graduates need to be well-educated in areas beyond the typical technical knowledge necessary for engineering practice. Asa result, exposure to and appreciation of the arts and humanities and the social sciences is a vitalcomponent in preparing engineering graduates who will better serve the needs of society.Although most

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Cochran; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan

discussed.1. OverviewThe dam design competition was created to expose high school students to the cutting-edgetechnology implemented in the finite element computer code TeraScale_Dysac. In addition tocreating excitement in the students toward engineering, the project aided the traditional highschool curriculum by giving team building experience and requiring higher level learning skillsin the students. The web-based nature of TeraScale_Dysac has the potential to bring similar Page 10.689.1experience to remotely located high schools. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Yates; Maura Borrego

-specific content, and students greatly anticipate testing of the finalproducts. However, limitations in class size and learning objectives prevent these coursesfrom addressing perceptions of engineering as an inflexible discipline. In contrast, theinterdisciplinary nature, small class size, and guest speakers of the seminar coursedirectly address attrition due to perceptions of engineering as a rigid and uncreative field.Table 1 below illustrates the different focus of the seminar course with respect to ABETCriterion 3 outcomes. It is clear from this chart that existing introduction to engineeringcourses address many of the technical criteria, while the seminar courses provide studentswith context. An important factor in approval by the curriculum

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Lambert; Aaron Robinson; Charles Camp; Jeff Marchetta; Laura Lackey; Stephanie Ivey

Learning Styles and Freshman Attrition: What Are The Links? Stephanie Ivey1, Laura Lackey2, Anna Lambert1, Charles Camp1, Jeff Marchetta3, Aaron Robinson4 1 Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Memphis/ 2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Mercer University/ 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Memphis/ 4 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of MemphisAbstractOne of the most urgent issues in engineering education

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hung Tao Shen; Amy Zander

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education"The CurriculumThe curriculum for the proposed program is outlined in Table 1. The program maintains theSchool of Engineering-wide first year courses (Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, Great Ideas, FirstYear Seminar and Introduction to the Use of the Computer) for a strong foundation inengineering principles. In the sophomore year, students will begin exploring the basis for themajor, obtaining background in earth science, microbiology, fluid mechanics, and physicalchemistry as well as continuing mathematics and an introductory course in environmentalengineering. This year contains the one new required course that

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Ben Miller; Judith Norback

skills in order to positionthemselves for upward mobility in the workplace.1 A modest estimate claims that scientists andengineers spend 25% of their professional time writing a variety of technically orienteddocuments (about 15% formal, 10% informal)2,3,9, and the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET)4 has made an unmistakable statement by requiring that oral and writtencommunication skills be included in curricula. We must also recognize that computer scientistsneed to be increasingly versatile in their workforce communication skills. In computer sciencefields, a trend of interdisciplinary teams in the profession is on the rise. The professional field ofcomputing has been described as having shifted to the “information

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Monty Smith; Jerome Davis; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

isonly 670 grams. Control is accomplished by inserting rods made of the same compositionas the core into holes in the reactor core. There are a total of four rods; two safety rodseach worth $0.42 in reactivity; one course control rod of the same reactivity as one of thesafety rods, and one fine control rod with an integral worth of $0.14. The control rodsdrives include magnetic latches that must be engaged before movement and two speedsof drive movement.The reactor is surrounded by a graphite reflector, a lead shield, and a tank of water thatserves as a neutron reflector and additional shielding. Figure 1 shows the control console.The maximum power of the reactor is 5.0 Watts, which indicates that thermal feedbacksneed not be considered. The

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Allameh; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

number ofsubsystems including a drive mechanism for generating load, a load measurement unit, adisplacement measurement subsystem, and their related controls. Fig. 1 shows the schematic ofthe microtensile tester developed after an original design from Johns Hopkins University2 whichwas modified to accommodate measurement for large strains. The load train started with amotorized Velmex (Velmex , Inc., Bloomfield, NY 14469) unislide drive equipped with agearbox of 1500:1 ratio, connected to a linear stage providing strain rates as low as 10-4/s. Aswith nearly all variable speed motors, lower speeds could be achieved, however, load capacitydropped below the desirable levels. An “L” bracket machined and installed on the unislide drivemade it

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

all information regarding hisor her company and enter instructions through the use of menus, and the database is updatedautomatically through the ASP scripts.Table 1 summarizes the pages. All of these pages were constructed using a standardized HTMLtemplate. Most of the pages listed in the tables are single-function pages that the student can useto either view specific information (e.g., see all the raw materials currently stored in his/herwarehouse) or complete a specific task (e.g., purchase a fishing boat.) The “Main” page,pictured in Figure 1, is essentially a menu that allows the student to navigate to these single-function pages, and access to it is password protected. The “Manager” page, which is alsopassword protected, is only

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne DeGroat

10.1209.2in the course is VHDL. The major components of an computer architecture are briefly Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationreviewed and the design of a bit-sliced datapath is undertaken in a series of homeworkprojects. In the next section the projects used are highlighted. They teach the student theuse of the language at various levels of abstraction, from the gate level of modeling toabstract algorithmic modeling.II.A.1. The 1st Assignment. The first assignment is the design of a multiplexer for theimplementation of a functional unit that can perform any of the 16 functions of 2 inputs.This requires a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tristan Utschig

Page 10.388.2serve not only multiple institutions, but also multiple engineering fields within those institutions, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthe nature of the pre-engineering program must be quite broad. Thus, the introductoryengineering course – Engineering Fundamentals, Analysis, and Design – cannot be designed toserve any specific program. It must, by nature, aim to build engineering skills essential for anyflavor of engineering.The course has three main goals: 1) introduce engineering as an overall profession involvingengineering analysis and design along with describing the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw

developed a list of ten guidelines for effectively communicating asinterns: 1. Define very specific goals. 2. When discussing ideas with management, be general in technical descriptions. 3. Be realistic about how long a project will take to accomplish. 4. Keep management informed. 5. Do not overstep your bounds. 6. Document your work. 7. Work hard and be dependable. 8. Be a team player. 9. Be self-motivated. 10. Always look for ways to learn and improve.3.1 Define very specific goals.Every IT project must have a vision. The vision for the Virtual Demonstration Garden was toproduce an online web application that provides resources that help the community create water-efficient landscapes

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Goo; Maura Borrego

comparison to previous semesters without the response systems. Plansto develop a common bank of materials ConcepTests, building on existing conceptinventories will also be discussed. Practical details about the equipment and software willbe shared as well.IntroductionConcept inventories, or multiple-choice exams focusing on 20-30 major concepts of aspecific field, have recently experienced a surge in development as assessmentsindependent of high-stakes testing. In recent years, concept inventories have beendeveloped and tested for reliability in such fields as physics (mechanics)1, statics2, fluidmechanics3, materials4, and chemistry5. In developing these inventories, faculty focus onconcepts and reasoning over computation, using varying degrees of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Lucas; Chul Kim

. Pocket PCs operate on much smaller screens than desktop computers which limitsthe size of page a Pocket PCs can view at once. It is thus desirable to have one question per pageon the PocketPC screen where as Oncourse requires all questions to be on one page. Web Server The Internet Exam Authoring Student Units (Wireless Mobile PCs) Figure 1 System Configuration Page 10.34.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

informationliterate.The outcomes, which are based on those developed by ACRL (2000) for each year of study aredescribed below:By the end of the sophomore year, the students should be able to:1. explore general information sources to increase familiarity with a topic2. identify key concepts and terms that describe the information need3. define a realistic overall plan and timeline to acquire the needed information4. read text, select main ideas, and restate textual concepts in their own words5. identify verbatim material that can then be appropriately quoted6. evaluate a website for authority, reliability, credibility, purpose, viewpoint, and suitability7. reflect on past successes, failures, and alternative strategies by maintaining a log of information

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

Session 2592 Women Engineering Students’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs – The Longitudinal Picture Rose M. Marra, Mieke Schuurman; Cherith Moore Barbara Bogue University of Missouri – Columbia / The Pennsylvania State UniversityIntroductionMany sources and historical data have shown the consistently low representation of women inundergraduate engineering curricula and in the engineering workforce. Specifically, womencomprise approximately only 20% of undergraduate engineering school enrollment nationwideand only about 8.5 % of the United State’s engineers 1. Establishing WIE programs atapproximately 50 colleges

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Goodman; Maurice Aburdene

of five course projects in a random signals and noise course8.Computer communication networks are ubiquitous and have many configurations including localarea networks (LANs), wireless networks, satellite networks, and Internet9-15.We will considernetwork models shown in Figure 1. The probability that a packet is damaged on a computer linkis p. We will consider each of the network models and analyze the performance of the networkbased on the values of p. Specifically, we are interested in the probability of packet losses in thenetwork and the expected number of packet transmissions for a large number of packets.We begin with an e-mail that is broken into K packets and then transmitted over a computer link.The probability of losing a packet is

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Adams; William Manion

curricula. Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory (CIE 111) was the first course to incorporate the new plan. CIE 111 is a 1-credit laboratory component of a basic course in civil engineering materials, incorporating topics in material variability, plastics, metals, wood and concrete. Historically, students produced five full academic lab reports during the semester, with less than satisfactory results for the most part. Recent enrollment growth (to around 100 students) introduced further complication. The new ECP approach replaced the academic lab reports with five case-based memo assignments, which allowed for more specific instructional goals, more meaningful feedback to students and a