Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilkat S. Soysal; Oguz Soysal

been offering four-year Electrical Engineeringprogram since 1997 in collaboration with University of Maryland College Park (UMCP).All introductory courses, upper division labs, and project courses are delivered by FSUfaculty in traditional format. Most of the upper level classes are offered by UMCPDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering via Interactive Video Network(IVN). Following the ABET Accreditation Committee visit in fall 2002, the “FrostburgCollaborative Electrical Engineering Program” has been accredited as a separate programof the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering.Students are initially admitted to FSU through the regular admission process. If they areinterested in electrical engineering, they declare

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitch Keil; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

systems used in the productionof cores and molds.The purpose of this project was to develop a process control tool for measuring thermaldistortion in chemically bonded sand systems. The objectives of this study were: 1) to develop athermal distortion tester (TDT) for use with the disc transverse specimen (DTS), and 2) to definethe protocol to follow in order to acquire useful information relating to thermal distortionproperties of chemically bonded sands.BackgroundIn 1966, the British Cast Iron Research Association (BCIRA) developed a Hot Distortion Testerfor Quality Control in Production of Chemically Bonded Sands.3 The heat source for this tester isa gas burner with no direct control over heat input. The open flame interacting with

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Choate

& Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationROBERT CHOATERobert Choate teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering at WKU,including the Sophomore Design, Junior Design and the ME Senior Project Design course sequence. Prior toteaching at WKU, he was a principal engineer for CMAC Design Corporation, designing and verifying thermalmanagement solutions for telecommunication, data communication and information technology equipment. Page 9.116.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

beingawarded a research project. The recent requests have been for more test time, preferred seating,note taking assistants or give your notes to the student, and etc. Even though this is a seriousproblem, the university has not offered any training on how to handle the special needs or heldbrainstorming sessions for possible solutions, but gives orders as to what you must do. This hascreated poor attitudes towards the administration and reinforces concerns about the typicaladministrative approach, which is not to solve the problem but to fix the problem. Universities want to increase tuition revenues, so more efforts are being made on theretention of students. One policy, which now is no longer in effect, was to send a facultymember a notice

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

domains areinterchangeable. In other words an image can be represented in the time and frequency domain.MATLABThis package, Matrices Laboratory, is a versatile package that performs a multitude ofmathematical calculations involving matrices. This software is used in modeling signal processingsystems and control systems and has toolboxes for image processing, neural networks andcommunication applications. This package is structured like C++, and provides functions forevery process. These functions can be called in the program to achieve the end that is expected ofthe process. The main functions that MATLAB provides in the accomplishment of this project areFFT, FFTSHIFT and IFFT. These functions help in transforming an image between the timedomain

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Toledo-Quinones

MS inApplied Physics at the University of Massachusetts in 1989, and his Ph.D. in the Electrical, Computer and SystemsEngineering Department at Boston University in 1995. He joined the University of Puerto Rico in 1998, where he hasbeen teaching undergraduate courses in electronics. He is currently involved in projects in the areas of micro-sensors,machine vision, and digital watermarking. Page 8.1222.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Krause

topic rather than“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”the memorization of facts or routine algorithmic equation solving. FCI results, which are beingused to measure the performance of students in physics classes with different teaching methods,has initiated changes in teaching methodology and stimulated healthy debate on best teachingpractices.In the past three years, a project to develop and test assessment tools for engineering sciencecourses called “Engineering Concept Inventories” has been initiated by Evans4 through the NSF-sponsored Foundation Coalition. Under this program an early version of a Materials

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walden Rio

sending of faculty members to MSOE. The College of Engineeringof Central Philippine University, would like to dedicate this paper to Dr. Ted Robles andMilwaukee School of Engineering for the unselfish efforts of helping a third world countryengineering school have its faculty exposed to a modern technology.Bibliographical Information1. Memorandum of Understanding, Central Philippine University and Milwaukee School of Engineering.2. Department of Science and Technology/Engineering and Science Education Project, Report on International Travel, 1998 Page 8.767.6“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,Copyright 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Elizabeth McCullough, Kansas State University; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

industries considering moving to Florida. To support the workforce capacityaspect of this mission, the FHTCC developed the Tech 4 Educational Consortium to focus onworkforce development for these high technology industries. This Consortium is made up ofrepresentatives from the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida,community colleges from across the region, Career Connections Initiatives, the state's Welfare toWork program and area high tech companies. This group meets quarterly at various locationsacross the state. The original “chip camp” and the upcoming “Tech Camps” have been one of theconsortium’s major projects since its inception.Tech 4 also works on the development of degrees and programs designed to train local

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Roe

, it will serveas an introduction to the materials included in the module and will reinforce the lessons andexamples presented there.Module OrganizationFor each module a project manager is chosen to guide the development process and keep theteam focussed on priorities. This leader is responsible for the module organization and compilesthe materials developed by the team members and groups into the module architecture. A key tothe success of the HSTI modules is the module architecture. The module must be user friendlyenough that the educator feels comfortable with it, while at the same time, it must have adelivery method that connects with the students.To accomplish the former goal, the module is compiled on a CD-ROM using standard

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Smerdon

Foundation has analyzed the dynamics of the U.S. Page 8.234.1engineering workforce. This covers all engineers, not just civil engineers. This Engineering Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationWorkforce Project involves four NSF Directorates: (a) Engineering; (b) Social, Behavioral, andEconomic Sciences; (c) Education and Human Resources; and (d) Computer and InformationSciences and Engineering (2). Some interesting facts emerge which suggests that engineering isan activity that may be quite different

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Bernstein

this collection of data is that much more workneeds to be done in order to do any accurate statistical analysis. Some of the questions in thesurvey need to be rewritten to make them more conducive to the collection of pertinent data.Also, the method used for compiling the results needs to be further developed so that more andbetter comparisons can be made.As mentioned in the abstract, the original intention of this project included exit interviews withgraduating seniors and alumni. This was not accomplished at this time and should be looked at aswell. Separate questionnaires will need to be written for both the seniors and the alumni.Bibliography

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure & Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Loveland; Wade Richards; Sue Clark; Steven Reese; Stephen Binney; Kathryn Higley; John Bennion; Edward Morse; James Elliston

also the Administrator of the Western NuclearScience Alliance.WADE J. RICHARDS is Director of the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center at University of California Davis.WALTER D. LOVELAND is Professor of Chemistry at Oregon State University.STEVEN R. REESE is Reactor Administrator of the Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor.KATHRYN A. HIGLEY is Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics at OregonState University.JAMES T. ELLISTON is Project Associate at the Washington State University Nuclear Radiation Center.SUE B. CLARK is Professor of Chemistry at Washington State University.EDWARD C. MORSE is Professor of Nuclear Engineering at University of California Berkeley.JOHN BENNION, is Associate Profession of Nuclear

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

isavailable at the master’s level only and is specifically designed to meet the needs of practicingengineers and technologists who need a theoretical foundation for quantitative decision-makingand modern management techniques. The program requires 32 credits of coursework coveringfour basic areas: management, finance, operations, and quantitative methods. Students areallowed to transfer up to 12 credit hours provided the hours are from an accredited university andare approved by the student’s committee. Program requirements may be satisfied through eithera thesis or an independent project option. The program was converted from engineeringmanagement in 1991 as a response to changing industry requirements and has since become apopular program of study

Conference Session

Integrating Math into Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arlie Donaldson

illustrate comparison for the four cases treated.A major presumption in this approach is that the convective coefficient, the heat capacity, theemissivity and the resistance of the wire do not change substantially during the experiment. Theformer of these presumptions bears further examination on the part of the students; the latter wasstudied in an elective group project and found to be approximately valid, i.e., about 10%variation in electrical resistivity throughout the experiment was found. Consequence of variationin wire emissivity and heat capacity will be discussed later when analytical predictions arecompared to experimental measurements.In order to complete the integration of Eq. (1) for the latter three case, values for both theconvective

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”communication skill reinforcement comes in the form of their reading of the text and telling thewriter what they as simple readers of the text feel about its production. The simple things that Ihave reported in the text above are what they look for and report back to the writers. This is notmeant to be a massive “English” project. The graduate students are predominantly internationalso I am more interested in their role as fellow mechanical engineers who are giving theircomments to colleagues. I have found little problem if any in the evaluation of domestic studentsby internationals. In actuality, part of this work involves learning to

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert McLaughlan

rivers. The Forum activity specifically seeks to promotemultiple perspective-taking on a controversial science and technology public issue anddevelop conflict management skills, critical thinking and collaborative skillsTechnology Integration Report (60%) Task 3: In this component of the subject, studentsaddress issues surrounding the integration of Technology into a particular business or socio-political context. They produce a report which seeks to address the adoption, consultation orevaluation of a technology product, project, plan, policy or programme. The available reporttypes are an Impact Evaluation report, a Stakeholder Engagement Report, Product-ServiceEvaluation report and an Innovation Evaluation report.Structure of the Structured

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi

Page 9.129.9engineering, allowing students to learn more and at their own pace, to understand more deeply Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationthrough the interactive nature of the tool, and to enjoy their learning experience more withminimal frustration.AcknowledgmentsThe Karnaugh Map Evaluator was programmed by a group of four students (Joseph Shaw,Robert Kost, Nayda Caasi, and Jay DeGuzman), under the supervision of the author, as a seniordesign project for their Computer Engineering degree in the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Department at Old Dominion University.Bibliography[1

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Beltz; Marie Dahleh

in the major; some had previously taken Statics but wanted to earn abetter grade, and some were supposed to have taken Statics during an earlier quarter and wantedto get back on track with their peers. Obviously, when comparing the performance of thosetaking Statics in the Fall versus the Summer, one must bear in mind that the makeup of thestudent groups differs in these respects.About half way through the Statics course in Summer, 2003, the students were asked about theeffectiveness of the six-week versus a ten-week format. Although they had not taken Statics onthe 10-week format, they were asked to make this comparison by projecting their experiencewith Statics onto their past experience with other traditional, ten-week technical courses

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Tavares; Anthony Duva; Mansour Zenouzi

Page 9.923.2education. In fact a minimum of 40 percent of a program’s technical contact hours must beProceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationassociated with a combination of laboratory and project work over the entire baccalaureateexperience.During the 1960s the students were taught to operate an industrial power plant, using a three-story Erie City boiler located in the power plant of the main campus. The steam produced wassupplied to a GE turbine located in a thermodynamics laboratory adjacent to the power plantwith an accompanying condenser for the exhaust steam. Vacuum pumps operated the

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

. Professors develop individualcourse assessment plans identifying appropriate techniques for each outcome for eachcourse. Assessment practices are not limited to survey data, however, but may alsoinclude the following: Written or Oral Exams Individual or Group Exercises, Home Work or Projects Performance Appraisals Simulations Targeted Written Surveys and Questionnaires Exit Surveys and Interviews Focus Group Discussions External Examination by Another Member of the Staff and Faculty Behavioral Observations At the program level, program chairmen in consultation with their respective staff andfaculty will complete a comprehensive assessment of the program based on faculty

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Baumann

masteryof subject matter at Baylor University. 30 Although not completely unique, the new program atCCSU joins the small subset that integrates first-year experiences into its problem-solvingintroductory course. Additionally, the culminating team design project which uses several learnedproblem-solving principles and skill sets seemingly makes it special compared to programs in theliterature surveyed.II. First Year Experience Activities IntroducedInstructors for FYE sections of courses at CCSU receive training prior to their course offerings.This training imparts a better understanding of first-year students, provides a specific profile ofthe CCSU student, and reviews the results of surveys given to FYE student populations. Upontraining completion

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; John Uhran; Catherine Pieronek

-Year EngineeringStudents,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002.2. The College Board, “Guidelines on the Uses of College Board Test Scores and Related Data,” College EntranceExamination Board, 2002.3. Pieronek, C., McWilliams, L.H, Silliman, S.E., “Initial Observations on Student Retention and CourseSatisfaction Based on First-Year Engineering Student Surveys and Interviews,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2003.CATHERINE PIERONEKCatherine Pieronek, J.D., has served as director the Women’s Engineering Program at the University of Notre Damesince 2002. She has worked as a senior systems engineer on NASA spacecraft projects at TRW Space & DefenseSector, and as

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Stirewalt

identifies distinctphases that are performed sequentially (Figure 1). Briefly, analysis produces a systemspecification; system design produces a system architecture that allocates responsibilitiesto major hardware and software components; detailed design develops (or reuses)interfaces for individual software modules; and implementation implements thesemodules.Each phase produces a tangible artifact; however the only executable artifact is the finalimplementation, and in real projects, software development may proceed for severalyears before a fully developed executable appears. Thus, much of the software-engineering body of knowledge includes principles, notations, and heuristic methods thatsupport these early phases and (to some extent) the

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

Telecommunications Classrooms with an Emphasis on Soft Skills, www.nctt.org/experientiallearning 4. Workman, J. Siurek, A. Smith G., Development of a Multimedia Laboratory Supplement for an Introduction to Materials Course: A Computer Graphics Technology Senior Design Project, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, June 2002Biographical Information Page 9.891.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

-based instruction,” Computers & Education, 40, pp183-191, 2003.[3] R. A. Bartsch & K. M. Cobern, “Effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations in lectures,” Computer & Education, 41, pp 77-86, 2003.[4] S. M. Butzin, “Using instructional technology in transformed learning environments: An evaluation of project child,” Journal of Research in Computing Education, 33(4), pp 367-384, 2000.[5] M. H. Hopson, R. L. Simms & G. A. Knezek, “Using a technologically enriched environment to improve higher-order thinking skills,” Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 34(2), pp 109-119, 2002.[6] S. T. Marina, “Facing the challenges, getting the right way with distance learning,” Ed at a Distance, 15

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watson; Hossein Salehfar; Arnold Johnson

,for the video taped lectures to reach off-campus students. As a result, students enrolled in theDEDP program are at times more than three weeks behind their on-campus peers in submittingthe required assignments, projects, and tests. This delay also generates additional load for facultyin terms of grading and advising on-campus and distance students at different points in thecourse. In general, faculty members consider that under these circumstances a distance studentrequires 50% more time and attention than an on-campus student. To shorten the delay in lecturedelivery times, the authors have tested and examined various ways to utilize the power of theWeb to synchronize and to better integrate the DEDP student activities with their on

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krohn

computer is utilized as a tool in the performance of some lab experiments and in the preparation of lab reports and lesson plans.Laboratory Projects: 1. Hydro Laboratory Experiment 2. Solar Energy Laboratory Experiment 3. Fossil Fuels Laboratory Experiment - Determination of the higher heating value for coal 4. Fuel Cells Laboratory Experiment 5. Radiation Detection Laboratory Experiment Page 8.485.8

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Barrett; Steve Kuennen

;eventually the success of the design is in the construction of the project” (Kuennen & Pocock2002).The response from students has also been remarkably positive. The department has recentlysolicited feedback from students as they were completing their degrees. Through focus groupsand feedback sessions targeting, respectively, 20% and 65% of our civil engineering majors,students have consistently identified hands-on experiences, field trips, and our civil engineeringpractices-field engineering course as positive aspects of the two programs. Page 8.318.10 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Graham; Ronald Bieniek

, NFTS participants overwhelmingly showed that faculty are willing to try classroomtechniques that have been shown to improve student learning when given the information on thetheory behind the techniques and ways to implement them. Table 7. Beneficial Aspects of the New Faculty Teaching Scholars Program. Activity BenefitNetworking w/ colleagues from other campuses Teaching and research projects Administrative support of teaching activities Well-rounded faculty, faculty morale Implementation of improved teaching methods Improved student learning and retentionSummary and Current ActivitiesThe New Faculty Teaching