Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

of social, economic, and technological factors are converging to createincreased demand for distance education.1 The rapid growth of access to the Internet anddepth and breadth of information found therein has caused a rethinking of teachingmethodologies within the educational community.2 Synchronous and asynchronousdistance learning methods have become important components of undergraduate andgraduate education.3 Distance education is becoming increasingly important to themission of many institutions of higher education.4 As a result, non-traditional studentsnow have enhanced academic opportunities in many academic fields, includingengineering and engineering technology. Distance learning comes as a powerful tool tobring education to non

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationfollowing non-traditional assessment tools enhances the approach of the assessment process: 1. Cooperative education student evaluation 2. Cooperative education employer evaluation 3. Coordinator report 4. Student forums 5. Nationally normed examinationsEducators prefer classroom assessment because they are comfortable with their systematicapproach. The above tools are not intended to replace the faculty assessment of student learningoutcomes. Rather, they are supplementary methods to enhance the assessment plan. It is notnecessary that we use an analytical approach in which the

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

Research and commissioned by industry.Bibliography 1. http://www.pw.edu.pl access date: 12/26/04 2. http://www.ee.pw.edu.pl access date: 12/26/04BiographySOHAIL ANWARSohail Anwar holds a Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Vocational Education from the Pennsylvania StateUniversity and a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Hecompleted additional graduate coursework in control theory and applied mathematical sciences at theUniversity of Texas at Arlington. He is currently serving as an associate professor of Engineering and theProgram Coordinator of Electrical Engineering Technology at The Pennsylvania State University, AltoonaCollege. Since 1996, he has also served as an invited professor of

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

Integrated Technology Assessment (ITA) ProcessEvery student enrolled in the BS-Electronics Engineering Technology program atExcelsior College is required to participate in the ITA development process by taking asenior-level course labeled ELEC 495.Every student who enrolls in ELEC 495 is assigned a faculty mentor. The entire courseprocess consists of a 15-week timeline. The first four weeks consist of a WebCT self-paced asynchronous portfolio development process resulting in a professional resume andan ITA plan/outline. Weekly assignments for students during the first four weeks are asfollows: • Week 1 – Review course policies and procedures – Develop professional resume • Week 2 – Develop ITA plan/outline • Week 3 – Develop draft

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherra Kerns; Edwin Jones; John Weese

involvement in the trainingand assigning of visitors to engineering and engineering technology programs that do not havetraditional lead society sponsors. This paper describes the on-going developments as well as theopportunities these evolving new relationships may offer to ASEE members to provide valuableprofessional service to engineering and engineering technology education as program evaluators.ASEE & ABET Interactions and InvolvementASEE was almost 40 years old when it and six other professional societies established ABET’spredecessor, the Engineers Council for Professional Development (ECPD) in 1932 [1]. ASEEhas actively interacted with ABET ever since. ABET and ASEE are vitally interested in thequality of educational programs in

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tolga Duman; Cihan Tepedelenlioglu; Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

elective UG course entitled “Introduction to signal processing forcommunications research,” is being developed for Fall 2005. Evaluation and assessment procedures are inplace to evaluate the modules and measure the success of our objectives.* This work is sponsored by the NSF CRCD-EI award 0417604. Page 10.19.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”1. IntroductionTraditional undergraduate (UG) topics in electrical engineering and computer science rely on structuredclasses, laboratories

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Lillie

behavioral, dataflow, and structural modeling of bothcombinatorial and sequential logic, design methodologies, synthesis and optimization. An IEEE-1076standard VHDL development system will be extensively utilized to synthesis VHDL for PLD, CPLDand FPGA applications. The prerequisites are Digital System Design and a formal, structuredprogramming course. Class 3, Lab 2, Credit Page 10.1446.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 1 Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationRationale & Goal Upon success completion of the course

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Stiegler; Ernest McDuffie; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

Session 3155 PATHWAYS TO REVITALIZATION OF THE NAVY RESEARCH ENTERPRISE-- TWO PROMISING EXAMPLES Eugene F. Brown1, Robert A. Kavetsky2, Ernest L. McDuffie3, and Robert L. Stiegler4 1 Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech/ 2Director, S

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

valuable data for the faculty, staff andadministration, as a whole. All can be designed to have a built-in mechanismthat primarily focuses on closing the loop. Modern technology can help inimplementing all the above tools successfully and efficiently in a Universityenvironment.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Page 10.231.7Exposition © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The Twenty Principles : 1. Breakdown all barriers. 2. Create consistency of purpose with a plan. 3. Adopt the new philosophy of quality. 4. Establish high

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leijun Li; John Pan; Ismail Fidan

The Effectiveness Analysis of the Online Tools for Engineering Faculty Needs Ismail Fidan1, Jianbiao Pan2, Leijun Li3 1 Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505/ 2 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407/ 3 Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322AbstractAs the use of Internet is increasing dramatically, many faculty members are using it in theirteaching, research, and services. The Internet also provides faculty easy access to employeebenefits and other information. Many universities are using or

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

of writing iscurrently emphasized in this discipline pedagogically? Two, are there significant writing styledifferences in the discipline that that require faculty in the discipline to guide the student thoughtand writing process? The current emphasis in engineering and engineering technology programsis placed on highly formatted technical and scientific laboratory reports.1 The problem with thistype of technical writing in the discipline is that it doesn't really prepare students to communicate1 It is interesting to note that students have had a difficult time writing the conclusions in their laboratory reports. Page

Conference Session

Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Bankes; Michael Eastman; Anthony Trippe; Jeffrey Lillie; George Zion

assignment: Page 10.1167.1 1. Upper Level students share their co-op knowledge and experience with freshman and sophomore students who have not yet been on a co-op assignment.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education” 2. The faculty gets first-hand exposure to what all levels of students are doing on co- op assignments. 3. The students get to interact with the faculty in a much different atmosphere than they normally do

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

– he builds student expectationfor the future. Relating his own career experiences is one approach to transforming studentthinking.ConclusionAs faculty transition from the ways of old - the authoritarian, dictator, Machiavellian ways ofteaching - they must search within themselves and ask, “How should I act so as to achieve therank of loving professor? Which behaviors, activities and actions will allow me to successfullylead my students and best promote their learning?” The model of the loving professor may bethe answer to these questions. A loving professor seeks to alter and elevate the motives, values and goals of students by 1. accepting responsibility for student success 2. always keeping in

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach; Heather Cooper; Bill Hutzel

justtwo decades the U.S. will need 175 quads (1 quad = 1015 Btu’s) to meet annual energy demands.1That is 75% more energy than is used today and runs counter to expectations for future energyavailability from traditional sources. It is important to recognize that the energy challenge extends beyond the need for newsources. “Sustainability” is a popular term that takes a comprehensive view of energy. Inaddition to energy efficiency, sustainability incorporates renewable sources, life cycle costs, andenvironmental impacts into energy decision making. The resolution of complex issues likeglobal warming or an over-reliance on foreign oil requires a broad sustainable view of energyresources. Commercial buildings are one obvious point of

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael R. Sexton; Mehmet Sozen

chemicalequilibrium assumption. The authors implemented the second law (minimization of Gibbs freeenergy) in two different but equivalent methods: one used chemical equilibrium constants asfunctions of temperature correlated from data tables, and the other computed the equilibriumconstants using the change in Gibbs free energy computed from elementary thermodynamicproperties. The latter method was implemented using MathCad for the solution of the problem.Solutions were obtained for fuel to oxygen ratios covering fuel rich to fuel lean conditions. Thesesolutions were compared with those obtained using a FORTRAN code based on the firstapproach and originally reported by Sözen and Majumdar [1] at the 2004 ASEE AnnualConference. Excellent agreement was found

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Schurmann; C. Stewart Slater

., reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, microfiltration and gaspermeation exist that can also be integrated into the curriculum and are described elsewhere [1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8].Background Pervaporation selectively separates a liquid feed mixture, typically using a nonporouspolymeric membrane. The generally accepted mechanism for pervaporative transport issolution-diffusion [9]. Transport in a pervaporation process is generally considered to followthree steps: 1) Sorption of the liquid mixture on the feed side of the membrane 2) Diffusion through the membrane 3) Desorption on the permeate side of the membrane to the vapor phasePreferential solute permeability, which is based on solubility and diffusivity of the solute in

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Johnson; Jason Lynch; Michael Butkus

Bachelor of Science degree. The divisionbetween cadets majoring in Math, Science, and Engineering (MSE) and Humanities and SocialSciences (HPA) has been relatively even (Figure 1). Regardless of major, every cadet’s corecurriculum includes an MSE thread. Courses in this thread are intended to “provide cadets afoundation of fundamental scientific facts and principles, an understanding of the engineeringprocess by which these principles are applied to serve human purposes, and the capacity to usesound methods for analyzing and dealing with scientific and technical matters.”1 This MSE Page 10.1220.1thread is in part fulfilled by a three course

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Hill

are waysto increase the size of the applicant pool, how to reach minorities and women, how to evaluatethe applications you receive, how to conduct your interviews, and how to do reference checking.Finally, there is an overview of what you should be looking for in the final selection process.IntroductionThere are two very critical times in the employment relationship between a faculty member andhis or her institution, the time of hire and the time of granting tenure. As Gmelch and Miskin putit, "No other decision your department will make will be as important as the selection of afaculty colleague.” 1 Another important point about the hiring process is that "Despitesignificant expenditure of human and economic capital, most academics have

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Fichana; Ann Marie Flynn; Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Jim Henry

Expanding the Frontiers in Green Engineering Education C. Stewart Slater1, Robert P. Hesketh1, Daniel Fichana1, Jim Henry2, Ann Marie Flynn3 (1) Rowan University Department of Chemical Engineering Glassboro, NJ 08028 (2) University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Department of Chemical Engineering Chattanooga, TN 37403 (3) Manhattan College Department of Chemical Engineering Riverdale, NY

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Craig

. Theyrequire a substantial amount of energy and thought to answer, but they are perhaps thesections in which the student is most invested and interested. Page 10.1480.4∗ Professor Stephen Hall, MIT, personal communication, 12-1-04 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education” • The advisor can also prompt the student to prepare the quantitative graphics thatdisplay data but, more specifically, to prepare them separately from textual interpretation.δφ Again, inexperienced writers often struggle

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Balasubramanian Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

hire. Fourteen major gap areas were identified [1].These include shortfalls in Communications Skills, Teamwork, Manufacturing Principles,Reliability Materials, and Quality etc. As a result, SME has directed its educational funding tocurricula that address some or all of the competency gaps, giving rise to many successfulprograms that have been the subject of papers at ASEE conferences.The authors believe that the power of the outcomes-focused techniques of SME have universalapplication in engineering education. Any discipline or curriculum can follow the same modusoperandi to identify competency gaps and then implement local and institutional changes tobridge these gaps. Without buy-in from the entire faculty or from the administration

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Soundararajan; S. Manian Ramkumar; Immanuel Edinbarough

are starting torecognize the vital link that the web provides between the faculty and the students. 1 Themotivation for this work comes from the awareness of the Intern et and its innumerableapplications in the manufacturing industry. There are several applications already developed orunder development, to harness the power of the Internet for manufacturing applications. Onesuch application that we have explored is the use of the Internet to perform basic dimensionalmeasurements on components and do quality checks, from a remote site. This approach toquality control will eliminate the mandatory presence of an operator near the automatedmanufacturing cell, but still be able to monitor the production and quality of the parts

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

particular, the paperaddresses the common theories of teaching and learning, the innovative methodology ofdemonstrating techniques and leading by example by showing proper classroom skills toworkshop participants. Finally, it compares the two programs and their uniquedevelopment of workshop content, selection and presentation of learning theories andpractices, and demonstration classes with associated assessment practices and procedures.This paper further discusses employment of the workshop senior mentors/cadre tofacilitate the accomplishment of the program objectives. Table 1. Two-Dimensional Model of Teaching (Wankat, page 4) Intellectual Interpersonal Rapport Excitement Punishing

Conference Session

Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

environmentalengineering emphasis.This project was initiated as an effort to solve the following problems:1. I have found that students do very little of the assigned readings in upper level courses. Perhaps I may perpetuate this problem by supplying the students with all the necessary information in lecture!2. I prefer to use lectures to discuss concepts rather than define vocabulary, explain the intricacies of regulatory rules, list out code requirements, etc. However, I cannot lecture on concepts if students don’t understand these basics.3. Although my lecture skills have been highly rated by students and they appreciate my enthusiasm and the active nature of my lectures, I still note that many students are not

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Reinhard

evaluators are being asked to provide evidence of successfulteaching and learning. The few evaluation efforts to date have focused primarily on documentinglong term outcomes assessed by standard testing methods, however very little effort has beenmade to establish valid ways of improving design and use as it occurs. An additional area ofconcern arises from the use of technology to support curriculum when there is a lack ofknowledge of impact on students’ cognitive schemas. This paper presents the findings of a five-year project, known as Project Links, 1 conducted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, fundedunder the National Science Foundation initiative Mathematics Across the Curriculum. As part ofthis grant, 33 interactive technology-supported

Conference Session

New ET Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

(upper-level only) viainteractive video to a single remote site in Virginia. By 1993 the number of sites had expandedto three and in 1994 ODU’s broad based interactive video TELETECHNET system was initiated,encompassing these as well as several other non-technical programs. Today, TELETECHNEToffers its programs to over 50 sites in Virginia and other states. Several papers have beenpublished regarding distance delivery of these engineering technology programs includinglaboratory components. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Due to the proximity to some of the country's largest Naval facilities, Old Dominion Universityin Norfolk, Virginia, has provided support to the United States Navy in many different ways overthe years and the association has been mutually

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

hardware, the multitude of implementation optionsthat exist, and the role software plays in modern digital circuit design.Initially the service course was strictly in-class lectures, although the design content of thehomework and tests was significant. Surprisingly, the CS and SE students themselvesrecognized the need for hardware and petitioned for a solution. However, having no formallaboratory infrastructure in the new curriculum significantly restricted the possible solutions. Anew pedagogy had to be found that did not compromise the integrity of the course just to includesome hands-on wiring. Seven goals became immediately apparent.1. With no budget for laboratory teaching assistants or facilities, the departmental costs must be kept to a

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

education differs from thetraditional use of the full scope simulator. The full scope simulator emphasizes the control roomenvironment and its representation of plant operation (skill-based behavior). This representationis often not the best suited for building a person's understanding (knowledge-based behavior). Research indicates that more abstract and hierarchical interfaces, which rely less on realworld fidelity and more on psychological styles, supports knowledge based behavior andlearning [1]. At the same time a high level of computational fidelity is required to obtain the Page 7.535.1data powering the interface. From a programming

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Murali Paranandi

learning, teachingpractices, and studio culture [BALFOUR, 2001].Consequences for design educationDorsey & McMilan [1998] note that computers lack the fluidity and flexibility necessaryfor recording and exploring ideas during conceptual stages of design 1. Similarly, Yessios[1986] from a heuristic 2 and Turk [2001] from a phenomenological perspective argue thatwhile computers replaced the drawing boards for design representation, they do not yetsolve conceptual design and most of the hard design problems. The notion that computerdoes not adequately support design without restricting the artist’s creative process hasbeen echoed elsewhere in design research literature [for example: HANNA & BARBER,2001: P 261]. Greg Lynn, an avid proponent of

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia M. Secola; James A. Middleton; Donovan Evans; Dale R. Baker; Bettie Smiley; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, young women in particular, do not get theopportunity to learn that an interest in mathematics and science might lead to an interest inengineering. Indeed, the middle school years have been likened to a “black hole” of education.K-12 mathematics and science curricula rehash the same concepts and skills year after year, withlittle evidence that students either attain or retain that knowledge. 1 To be even more specific,while some students in the United States perform well and even excel in comparison with thebest in the world, the majority of students perform less well than their international peers, 2 andincreasingly, businesses and industries that rely on workers with technical knowledge are