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Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

tomotivate and enable them to pursue college education in engineering. The possible pathwaysstudents from high schools may take in the pursuit of their careers are shown in Figure 1.Engineering educators and professionals strive hard to increase the flow of students along thePaths A and C. Many different activities are designed and delivered by engineering educators toattract and recruit high school students to college education in engineering. Activities may takeplace at all the nodes along the pathways facilitating easy movement along Paths A and C.Obviously the pathways need to be strengthened to make them easily negotiable and enduring.As the only 4-year land grant institution in the State, North Dakota State University (NDSU) iskeenly aware of

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Dana Burnett; Michael Warren; Rainer Fink

ofteaching concepts in mixed signal test. [1] This initiative began with the donation of a Teradyne A567automated production (ATE) tester by Texas Instruments, Inc. and Teradyne, Inc., which is currentlybeing used in the advanced mixed signal test course. This is one of two mixed signal test courses that arecurrently offered within the EET program. The introductory and advanced mixed signal courses givestudents a hands-on experience in the field of mixed signal test. By using both the ATE tester and aPC-based lab station, a variety of topics in mixed signal test taught in the classroom can be reinforcedthrough a laboratory experience. One topic that is of particular interest is that of data correlationbetween test platforms.Data correlation refers

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristine Csavina

Page 7.1173.3providing the tools for students to choose the best fit in the diverse arena of colleges and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÓ 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationuniversities—can be easily adopted as a vision for any engineering department that includes adoctoral program.1. Gaff, J.G., Pruitt-Logan, A.S., Weibl, R.A., et al. Building the Faculty We Need: Colleges and Universities Working Together. AAC&U Publications.2. Preparing Future Faculty National Office. (n.d.). Available online [http://www.preparing-faculty.org/].3. Arizona State University Graduate College. (n.d.). Preparing Future Faculty

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

” Course Objectives Course Objectives Major Block Learning Objectives Block #1: Block #2: Block #3: Block #1: Block #2: Block #3: Basic Planning & Network Analysis Directing and Controlling Basic Planning & Network Analysis Directing and Controlling Organizing Principles w/ Systems (CPM, Pert, & the Project; Quality & Organizing Principles w/ Systems (CPM, Pert, & the Project; Quality &

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

Session 1520 To See or not to See: Access Restrictions on Course Web Sites Edward F. Gehringer North Carolina State University efg@ncsu.eduAbstractLast November’s issue of ASEE Prism had a cover story [1] on the MIT Open CoursewareInitiative. MIT attracted widespread attention earlier in 2001 for its decision to make all itscourse Web sites publicly available over the Web. However, not everyone is following suit. Thenumber of courses with access restrictions has surged in the past year, with perhaps the majorityof course sites now

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Argrow

. 2 Seebass and Peterson9 provide a detaileddiscussion of the motivations and decisions made in creating the AE 2000. In particular, theyacknowledge lessons learned from MIT, 3,4 the Universities of Maryland 1 and Cincinnati11, and anindustry perception of desired attributes of engineering graduates. 5 They also discuss theenabling potential of the ITLL. The following discussion is in two major parts. First is a discussion of knowledge andcurriculum that motivated the ProActive Philosophy for Teaching and Learning that forms thecore of the pedagogical reform. This is followed by the second major part, a status report on the Page

Conference Session

Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

an overview of bothgroups including themethodology for enlisting theparticipation of the students inthe program – first, in the highschool and then at Penn State.Further a comparative analysis Figure 1. Student Rendering of the Howe Trussis presented of the design Bridge from the West Point Bridge Designer.results by both groups ofstudents. Page 7.1251.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”II. The Computer-Aided Design Software Program and

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Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sonya Cooper

Page 7.950.5Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education • Exterior and interior plaster work • Parapet and roof repair • Provision of services including an electrical systemWork within each phase is undertaken in a manner that satisfies the following importantconceptual guidelines. Each activity will: 1. Adhere to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation 2. Be preceded by archaeological documentation at those areas adversely impacted by the preservation process 3. Be preceded by architectural documentation (through

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer

Session 2468 Sophomore-Year Project Design in Mechanics of Materials Kevin G. Sutterer, P.E. Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionCivil Engineering students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (R-HIT) begin to learn open-ended, project-based design in a first year civil engineering design course where groups of 3-5students work for outside clients on a simple civil engineering project. In their Junior year,students participate in a three-course structural engineering sequence (1) where they design aproposed 2 to 3-story campus structure, beginning with design of

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Osama Abudayyeh

developed a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) summer trainingprogram for civil and construction students that focuses on construction engineering andmanagement issues and problems. The program was the first U.S. Construction REU site to befunded by National Science Foundation. The site is located at Western Michigan University(WMU). This paper will describe the structure of the REU program and the types of activitiesundertaken by the REU participants.2.0 Objectives of the REU ProgramExposing undergraduate students to research and professional experiences are among the bestways to encourage them to pursue graduate studies and research. Therefore, the objectives of theREU summer program are to: 1. provide participants with the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yann-Hang Lee; Sethuraman Panchanathan; Gerald Gannod; Forouzan Golshani; David Pheanis; Ben Huey

Abstract The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Arizona State University has deployed a novel infrastructure for a concentration track in embedded systems that combines important aspects of academic content with the latest in research and industrial practices. The concentration track emphasizes fundamental issues such as the balance between hardware and software and the respective trade-offs of building embedded systems. It is realized through the use of formal course work and hands-on experience that is channeled through a capstone project implemented as internships.1 IntroductionRapid proliferation of embedded systems in a wide range of consumer and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

Session 2793 Teaching Engineering Design to First Year Engineering Students: A Case Study Sohail Anwar, Eric Granlund, Stephen Fokuo The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona CollegeIntroductionEngineering design is the communication of a set of rational decisions obtained withcreative problem solving for achieving certain stated objectives within prescribedconstraints. 1 Engineering design is a systematic and cognitive process. 2 The methodsfaculty choose to teach engineering design relate to the skills and competencies they wanttheir students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

June Ferrill

taught through experiential learningtechniques. Organizations such as the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance(NCIIA) often describe and recommend such techniques; however, very little is usually writtento explain why such techniques should work. Rhetorical communication theory and in particulargenre and discourse theory can offer some likely answers.Using Experiential Learning Techniques to Learn Different DiscoursesExperiential learning places the learner “directly in touch with the realities being studied…Itinvolves direct encounter with the phenomenon being studied rather than merely thinking aboutthe encounter or only considering the possibility of doing something with it” 1 . The engineeringstudent both as designer and

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alexa Rihana-Abdallah

gained in this laboratory will enhance thestudent’s understanding of microbiology in a manner not readily gained through lectures ortextbooks. Students will gain appreciation of the intrinsic and external variables impactingmicrobial growth, proliferation, and adaptability to changing environmental systemboundaries.Introduction to Microbial Techniques A series of laboratory exercises was designed to provide the students with basic skills andtechniques needed to study and characterize microbial cultures. These exercises use eitherpure or mixed non-pathogenic cultures. 1. Microbial Culturing and Morphology Microbiological media used in the isolation and cultivation of microorganisms provide

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jimmy Smart

of theseproducts have been observed on market shelves.Motivation. Learning styles of most engineering students can be categorized as visual, sensing,inductive, and active. Most engineering education styles are auditory, intuitive, deductive, andpassive. According to Felder [1], these mismatches in learning versus teaching styles lead topoor student performance and professorial frustration. Students receive information inaccordance with three modalities: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Generally, academicenvironments appeal to these modalities by combining classroom theory supplemented by labexperimentation. In Kolb's four stage learning model [2], he calls this process: reflectiveobservation, abstract conceptualization, active

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Demel

evaluation at different schools.IntroductionIn a paper presented at the 2001 ASEE meeting in Albuquerque we proposed that theEngineering Graphics discipline needed to a nationally normed test to determine skill andknowledge before and after taking graphics courses 1. The Division currently has a test forvisualization called the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotation2. This new test would a testsimilar to the multiple choice test developed by Sorby3 but would contain problems that requiredstudents to demonstrate skill and not just knowledge. The presentation and discussion at the2001 Annual Conference and subsequent discussion indicated that there should be two tests. Thefirst would be a multiple-choice test to be used as a placement test and

Conference Session

Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

responsibility to the public, and how much evidence of technicalmalfunctions should be needed before an organization (in this case, the White House) isobligated to inform other stakeholders.1. IntroductionWhistleblowing is a topic of growing importance to students in all branches of engineering,including computer science and computer engineering. As Bowyer [24] has noted, whistle-blowing is mentioned in all the major codes of ethics relevant to the computing profession, theIEEE code, the ACM code, the AITP Standards of Conduct, and the IEEE-CS/ACM SoftwareEngineering Code of Ethics. However, most well known examples of whistleblowing hail fromother fields, such as civil and mechanical engineering. A notable exception is the case of RuthAldred and

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hartman; Louis Plebani

Conference Session

Reaching Out to the Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Groff; Paul Greger; Kim Groff; Joseph Orlins

promote public safety. Publiclyowned dams are subject to the same provisions as private dams. Figure 1: Dams and dam ownership in New JerseyA problem arises when a dam owner cannot afford to either repair or retire (remove) thestructure. In such cases, funds are sometimes available from the State of New Jersey in the formof grants (for publicly owned dams) or loans (for privately owned dams) to facilitate dam safetyinvestigations and rehabilitation. However, these funds have not been available for severalyears. Private dam owners are thus faced with large expenses for engineering services (either fordam rehabilitation or removal) and construction activities. Alternatively, private dam ownerscan defer maintenance or

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann McKenna

, provides opportunities for students to apply their knowledge, andprepares students for situations they will encounter after graduation1,2. From a practicalperspective, ABET has compelled engineering schools to re-examine their curricula and to makeappropriate changes to align learning outcomes with the new criteria. Two relevant ABETcriteria that have influenced our course revisions are that students should 1) ‘understand theimpact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context’ and 2) have the ‘ability tocommunicate effectively’ 3.The overall mission of the VaNTH ERC has also guided our work. Briefly, our task is to Page 7.230.1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Stephen; Jerry Weinberg

functionality be presented in a mannerconsistent with the user’s understanding. While the software programmer/engineer is concernedwith developing reliable, robust, and maintainable software, the software designer is concernedwith creating products that fit within the user’s overall activities, enhance productivity, andproduce a satisfying experience2, 3. Left to their own devices, computer programmers are apt totake a “systems-centered point of view,” concerned with “how the software works and what partsof it do what” 1, p. 217-218. While it is important for a software product to provide the necessaryfunctionality to perform its intended use, it is also important that this functionality be presentedin a manner consistent with the user’s understanding

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; James Ledlie Klosky

demonstration are presented.Conversion of Force and Stress Objective: To clearly show the relationship between force, area and stress, whilesimultaneously demonstrating a key mechanical concept; the pressurized cylinder and pistonsystem. Equipment: The equipment required for this demonstration is shown in Figure 1. Whilesomewhat more costly and complex than the other systems presented in this paper, the total costfor materials is still less than $250. Some machining is also required. The device consists of a 3ft acrylic tube having an inside diameter of 3 in, capped at each end with a threaded PVC cap.The top cap has a hole for the pushrod, and the bottom cap has an access port to which a 15 psipressure gage and bleeder valve is attached

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Rabbitt; Douglas Christensen

decided to organize the first semester course around approximately 14 important physicaland engineering laws and principles which are pertinent to biomechanics, bioelectricity andinstrumentation. We chose this approach because we believe that the best foundation for furtherstudies in biomedical engineering is formed when students learn and practice basic principleswhich underlie the field.1,2 The laws and principles we selected, and the order in which they arepresented, are given in Table I. Table I Ð Laws and Principles Covered in the Course Units 1. DarcyÕs Law (membranes) 9. KirchhoffÕs Laws (circuit analysis) 2. PoiseuilleÕs Law (flow through tubes) 10. Operational Amplifiers (gain

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gurdip Singh

importance of material covered in the course, and the impact of this course on theoverall curriculum. We will report our experience in teaching this course and the feedback ob-tained from the students. The impact of having students from many engineering disciplines takingthis course will be discussed.1 IntroductionThe number of embedded electronic systems used in automobiles, tractors, and other control sys-tems continues to increase dramatically. Microprocessors currently used in embedded systemsare as powerful as the large processors used only a few years ago. Development systems havealso improved dramatically in the last decade, and use of high level languages in implementing This work was supported in part by NSF grant 9980321 and DARPA PCES

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Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rainer Jonas; Peter Winter; Peter Eichelmann; Paul King; Jeannie Scriven; Hunter Lauten; Hans-Jorg Jacobsen; Claudia Berger; Bernhard Huchzermeyer; Angelika Appenzeller; Jerry Collins; Todd Giorgio; Jean Alley

2227 A GERMAN-US FACULTY/INTERN EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN BIOTECHNOLOGY J. Collins1, T. Giorgio1, P. King1, J. Alley1, H. Lauten 1,4, P. Winter2, A. Appenzeller2, J. Scriven 3, R. Jonas3, C. Berger4, P. Eichelmann4, H-J. Jacobsen5, B. Huchzermeyer5 1 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN/2Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany/ 3National Research Centre for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany/ 4Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Hannover, Germany/5University of Hannover, Hannover, GermanyABSTRACTA

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

, industrypartners, university partners, and high school tech-prep teachers. The SEATEC goals are:1. To provide national leadership for the development and implementation of case-based instruction in technology and engineering education.2. To provide opportunities for continuous and appropriate professional development of participating faculty.3. To assess the effectiveness of the case study approach in teaching technology-related Page 7.142.1 curriculum. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education4. To

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner

introductionto computer architecture.To resolve these problems a replacement processor based on the 8051 was designed. Called theWIMP51, it is a simple binary-compatible subset of the 8051, lacking internal memory,interrupts, peripherals, and many of the 8051 instructions. The WIMP51 was implemented insynthesizable VHDL and an interactive graphical simulator was developed for use in lab.II. WIMP51 DesignThe WIMP51 is a classic von Neumann processor. Every instruction lasts three clock cycles,one clock cycle for each phase: Fetch, Decode, and Execute. All WIMP51 instructions areassembly language and machine language compatible with the Intel 8051. Table 1 shows t heWIMP51 instruction set

Conference Session

Achieving Diversity in the CE Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Mattei

be filled by a shrinking pool of potential students?An Under-tapped Potential Source of Future EngineersWhen you look at the makeup of the general population of the U.S. and compare it to the makeupof the undergraduate engineering enrollment, there is a well documented contrast. Table 1 showsthe contrast in gender and racial/ethnic background in the population of the United States (U.S.Census 1990, U. S. Census 2000) and the population of the undergraduate student enrollment inengineering for 1987 and 1997 (NSF, 2000). Please note that the data in the second column ofTable 1 for the Hispanic population in the U.S. is included in the other ethnic groups. Theundergraduate engineering population has become more diverse between 1987 and 1997

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason White; Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner; Vicki Eller

pausesbetween verbal questions and answers. In our opinion, the audience should only be able tocommunicate with one another or with the speaker in written form. The speaker may thenmonitor written questions and answer them verbally if they wish. Table 1: Goals and priorities for the web seminar. Once goals were set, methods of broadcasting the seminar were explored. Broadcastoptions were compared to the goals to determine which would best satisfy the needs of theseminar. Four broadcast options were investigated in depth: Blackboard, RealMedia, WindowsMedia, Microsoft NetMeeting, and RealPresenter. Blackboard is an effective tool for web-based delivery of course material. The material isdelivered through Netscape or

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Sven Bilen; Richard Devon

and thequestion “What is design?” is being addressed more and more successfully. One can now see apartial consensus around a new set of ideas that are closely related to the process of productdesign and development employed by industry. This allows us to employ a pedagogicalconstruct that is standard in other areas of the engineering curriculum: cumulative knowledge.Our students follow curricular paths that are full of necessary prerequisites, but generally notwith respect to the design curriculum. We need to identify a cumulative learning process indesign from the first course to the first job. The ABET definition of engineering design is “the process of devising a system,component, or process to meet desired needs.”1 The design