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New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

common set of device and processconcepts to classes at different educational levels in an integrated teaching factoryenvironment.This experiment in education delivery has the familiar broad range of parameters –students from diverse backgrounds, several degree levels and the gamut of contenttreatments that constitute technology. We present conclusions from many of the deliverycombinations. Our experience is that we can indeed manage common concepts at manydegree levels in an integrated environment. The biggest obstacles are concerned withstudent communication skills, their management of ambiguity, numerical fluency andtroubleshooting.1. ChallengesThe microelectronics industry has grown to become a major force in the economy. For30 years

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Innovative Curriculum in E/M ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Needler; Kenneth Rennels; Patricia Fox

uses twodrive motors for propulsion. The heavier construction of this design allowed for the requiredadditional weight of the seat and support structure along with space necessary for placement ofthe electronic circuits and the potential of using differential wheel speed to steer the Jeep.Control System ModificationsThe Gaucho Grande Jeep standard electrical controls schematic is shown in figure 1 of theappendix. Originally, the forward/reverse direction of the Jeep was selected by moving a floor-mounted lever to one reverse position or two forward positions. The first forward position placedthe drive motors in series for the lower speed range. The second forward position placed thedrive motors in parallel allowing higher speed. Power was

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oguz Soysal

, career options, and ethics.The outline of the “Introduction to Engineering Design” section taught by the author inFall 2001 is shown in Table 1. Table-1 ENES 100.908 – Fall 2001 course outline Lecture Topics Class activity Introduction (Syllabus, course contents, design topic, etc.) Teamwork skills and attributes of a successful teamIntroduction and Specification of the project topic Team meeting: understanding Background the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alicia Townsend; Renate Fruchter

that divided us from one another and limited our possibilities for interaction, cooperation, and growth.”[1]The global economy of today does provide a wealth of opportunity. Unfortunately, as theopportunities increase and economies become more interconnected, today’s workforce isbeing faced with a multitude of new challenges. Global companies create multinational teams.This means that workers must learn how to work in teams with individuals they may nevermeet in person. They have to build trust [6] share information, juggle time differences, anddevelop a cultural understanding of themselves and those they are working with. In order tosurvive an employee of these multinational corporations will first have to learn about theirown culture

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

results are protected by a school identificationcode. All participants are provided with the results free of charge.It’s important to know the history of national trends in looking at your overall compensationplan. Table 1 illustrates the average salary for administrators by rank for all participating schoolsfrom 1977-78 through 2001-02, a total of twenty-five years. One year, 1993-94, is missing fromthe salary data because the survey was not conducted in that year. Administrator average salariesin Table 1 are for a twelve-month period. Table 1. ET Administrator Average Salary by Rank - All Participating Schools Dean/ Associate Assistant Department Year Director

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Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Terry; W. Vincent Wilding

engineering programs,employers of companies that hire our students, an external advisory board, and a studentadvisory board. The new course treats three topics that are fundamental to responsibleengineering practice. These are ethics, the environment, and safety. Course objectives includethe following: 1. To understand and commit to sound ethical behavior; 2. To understand, commit to, and gain experience in environmentally responsible engineering; 3. To understand, commit to, and gain experience in engineering safety.The material in the new course lays a foundation for design problems interspersed throughoutlater courses in the chemical engineering curriculum.The purposes of this paper are: 1) to demonstrate the interaction and contributions

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Strengthening Liberal Education in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Steneck; Barbara Olds; Kathryn Neeley

the nature of communication and with opportunities to study and to developskills for communicating the content and purpose of engineering over a wide range of audiencesand in different settings. These skills include, but are not limited to, 1. Critical thinking skills • an ability to understand and analyze arguments • an ability to construct logical arguments based on evidence • an ability to present data and draw conclusions accurately and fairly, based on the use of critical reasoning skills 2. Communication strategies • an ability to articulate goals of a particular communication task • an ability to identify the audience of a communication task

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Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Albert McHenry; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

facilities. If a semiconductor fab costs $1.5B, it stands to reason that no realisticdemonstration lab will be inexpensive to build and operate. Even in states with generouseducation resources, costs are making it ever harder to maintain SMT lab capability on multiplecampuses. Arizona is typical in this regard. Three of the state’s community colleges have wellregarded SMT programs, but full-scale demonstration labs have not been affordable. Theabsence of realistic lab training opens a steadily widening gap between the basic science andengineering taught in the academic world and the complex, expensive, and interactivetechnology used in the industry. Company managers report that most new graduates needstronger skills in 1) operating and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Iken; Mahima Ashok; J.C. Lu; Alexander Quinn; Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

more easily explored.The web-based software tools access a database containing the educational materials. Theeducational materials may be in any Internet readable form such as webpages, images,interactive demos, etc. The software tools can be used to create websites for traditional courses,inject specialized online course components, and provide exploration sites for students andrefresher sites for professionals as a means of continuing education (Figure 1). Users can accessthe educational materials in multiple ways, including concept maps, search techniques, and thestandard course structure. The database of references to the material is key in achieving multiplemeans of access to the educational content. Figure 1. Schematic of Integrated

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Web Systems and Web Services

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Denis Gillet

the ELJD any supplementary information about the currentexperimentation (such as experimentation objectives, protocols, theory, etc.).2.2. The Electronic Laboratory Journal DocumentThe ELJD is created by the educators (by using the Electronic Laboratory Journal Editor) andinitially includes information about the lab assignment and its required deliverables (Figure 1).The group members can then start working on this document by composing notes, as they areprogressing with the completion of their lab assignment (see figure 2). The ELJD is accessed bythe group members; also the educators might be given access to some parts of it.The ELJD consists of two parts. The first part includes descriptive information about the labassignment defined by the

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudhir Mehta

UndergraduateEducation: A Blueprint for American’s Research Universities” (Boyer, 1998), provides anacademic bill of rights for students. It includes (1) Providing opportunities to learn throughinquiry rather than simple transmission of knowledge, (2) Training in the skills necessary for oraland written communication, and (3) Preparing students carefully and comprehensively forwhatever may lie beyond graduation.Several other reports (NRC, 1996, 2000; NSF, 1996; Kuwana, 1997) indicate that there is a needfor change in undergraduate education. The educators calling for change bemoan the lack ofrelevancy in many traditional courses and recommend eliminating the “plug–and–chug”cookbook approach to education. In a traditional or content-based approach, the emphasis

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multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi; Ibibia Dabipi

success of the day to day operation of the distanceeducation component. The student’s ability to access their professors and teachingassistants from the remote site is a key component in the process. UMES is at a learningcurve in responding to the challenges that this unique opportunity provides. Thecollaborative program is an economical solution to extend the educational resources of aflagship university to remote areas.Bibliographic 1. Tong, C.T. and Eydgahi, A.; Add a Significant Dot to Education: e-Education, Proceedings of Second IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference, Rochester, MI, June 7-9, 2001. CD- ROM 2. A Nation of Opportunity: Strategies for Building America’s 21st century workforce, Final Report

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Building Bridges in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

, have been meeting face-to-face annually to develop, maintain, and improve variousarticulation tools [1]. The essential articulation tools are: ¨ Course Applicability System (CAS): The CAS provides a clear and secure transfer pathway into the major, for the students who have chosen their major and university. They show exactly what course transfers from a particular community college to spe cific university’s required courses and/or major requirement. ¨ Course Applicability System: The CAS also shows exactly how each community college course will transfer to the three different universities within the State of Arizona. Online publication of CEG is accessible for the students, community colleges and

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International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Ali Satter; John Pumwa

FYEprogram was retained to operate under the supervision of an FYE committee, headed by achairman. Members of the committee were drawn from the four engineering departments andrelevant service departments such as mathematics, language and science. A coordinator,appointed from one of the four engineering departments, was to coordinate the day-to-dayactivities of the FYE program. The coordinator directly reported to the FYE committeechairman.The FYE curriculum comprised of the following subjects [1]: 1. EF140: Concepts of Engineering (6 hrs/wk) 2. EF150: Engineering Mathematics (6 hrs/wk) 3. EF160: Engineering Analysis (6 hrs/wk) 4. EF170: Engineering Drawing and Practice (4 hrs/wk) 5. EF180: Language

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Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchel Keil; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

analysis involving sequential rotations.1. Introduction A mathematical model for design and analysis of interconnected mechanical bodiesmust deal with both translational and rotational motion. In kinematics, vectors are oftenused to analyze motion when commutativity is applicable to the motion sequence.Sequential finite rotations are encountered in the motion of many bodies such as roboticlinks. Finite rotations are not commutative [1]. Therefore, in treatment of such motion,one has to ensure that the method does not contradict this characteristic of rotationalmotion. In design and analysis involving complex rotational motion of interconnectedmechanical links, students and practicing professionals in the field need to have a

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

described. The curriculum integration of the VE is achievedthrough the ALIVE (Active Learning In the Virtual Enterprise) System. ALIVE is a set of twentyweb-based learning modules based on the VE. It provides a practical and consistent means ofdeveloping systems engineering and information technology skills in engineering students reachinga variety of learning styles. Three learning module prototypes are described and demonstrated.1. BackgroundThe nature of engineering practice has changed significantly over the last three decades. The pace of change, driven by increased competitive pressures, has been particularly intense over the lastdecade. However, engineering education has not changed appreciably over that period. Thegrowing gap between

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Kramer

Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation(KTEC). Its mission is to create and build enterprises through the advancement and utilization ofmanufacturing technologies.3.0 The MLC ModelThe MLC was patterned after the teaching hospital model used in medical schools. The analogyis presented in the Table 1. To enhance the education of engineering students, the MLC providesinternship opportunities for engineering students to work on real engineering projects for clientcompanies. Project teams are formed by AMI on the basis of project needs. Each project team isexpected to work within time and budget constraints. Table 1. Teaching Hospital Analogy Teaching Hospital Teaching Factory

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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Luiz Gargione

reform in the education law in Brazil, established by the new “LDB – Law forBasis and Principles for Education in Brazil” (Law no. 9394 of 1996) creates the possibilityof what is called “Sequential Programs by field of Education”, open to candidates with theminimum of high school degree, where the selection requirements is determined by eachcollege or university criteria. The programs must be organized in high-level education systemand programmed for at least two years degree, with the minimum of 1 ,600 class hours. Theseprograms differ from regular undergraduate bachelor’s degree programs because they areorganized in a specific field of education. This field of education can be organized in aspecific area or discipline determined for example by

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yun Cui; Edward Gehringer

that allfuture mapping assignments will be able to be assigned successfully (i.e., without assigning astudent to review him/herself) The strategy has been extended to second-level reviews—that is,where one student reviews another student’s review, to give students an incentive to do a carefuljob of reviewing It has also been extended to the situation where team projects are reviewed byindividual students This strategy offers great advantages for peer review of student work, andopportunity for extension to other problems like asynchronous review periods, where studentsthemselves negotiate review deadlines.1. IntroductionPeer review in the classroom is a technique that is becoming increasingly popular, with over 100papers published on the topic

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lonnie Welch

implementation phase of software development, which is only one stepin the modern software development processes employed by softw are engineering professionals.Thus, the skills taught in this course involve all the phases of the popular Unified SoftwareDevelopment Process1. Another goal of the course is to provide students with knowledge and experience relevantto (1) working in a software engineering team and (2) interacting with a customer. The coursecovers material about interpersonal communications2, both with members of a team and with acustomer; students apply the material by working in teams to perform software engineering tasksfor a customer. In summary, students who successfully complete the course learn how to § perform all

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Helene Kershner; Debra Burhans; Deborah Walters; Carl Alphonce; Barbara Sherman

Session 3129 Course Management Systems: Expectations and Outcomes Debra T. Burhans1, Carl Alphonce2, Helene Kershner3, Barbara Sherman 4, Deborah Walters5 1 Canisius College/ 2,3,4,5University at Buffalo (SUNY)In the 1999-2000 academic year, an ambitious overhaul of a large, introductory computerliteracy course at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) was initiated with the help of a grant fromthe Pew Learning and Technology Program1. This course enrolls approximately 1200 studentsper year, divided into lecture sections of 200 and laboratory sections of 20-40

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Weinmann; Michele Miller

entireundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum and make revisions. The primary goals of thenew curriculum are making the first year common to all engineering majors, integrating designand manufacturing concepts from the freshman through senior years, and increasing the hands-on component with new lab classes and facilities. An important part of the overall curriculumrevision was to improve the manufacturing component, particularly in the context of improvingdesign capabilities.In the quarter system, all mechanical engineering (ME) students were required to take a 4 creditclass Introduction to Manufacturing Processes. This was a junior level class (often postponeduntil the senior year) consisting of 3 lectures and 1 lab session per week. The course

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Bollick; Ajit Kelkar

joints such as the ones shown in Figure 1 1 . Figure 1. Various Types of JointsWhen constructing joints, the type of fastener used must be considered. Some of the basicconsiderations used in riveted joints are the following: Page 7.759.1 · The fasteners must completely fill in the connecting holes.Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education · The applied load is carried equally by each of the fasteners. · The stresses are distributed evenly over

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Smith

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Migri Prucz

, thatencompasses all the three key elements of the ABET 2000 criteria – 1) educationalobjectives, 2) metrics of quality and effectiveness, 3) formal process for outcomeassessments and continuous improvement. A powerful synergy exists between thecontent of information presented to prospective students and their families through therecruitment process on one hand, and the basic ABET accreditation criteria, on the otherhand. It spans over a broad range of issues, concerning the quality of students and faculty,the program objectives, the professional component and outcomes, supporting facilitiesand institutional resources. Such synergy provides the rationale for systematic, measuredtransition of appropriate concepts from the process of ABET evaluations to

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

; professional growth throughout a career as anofficer in the United States Army; and a lifetime of selfless service to the nation.”1 In order toaccomplish this mission, USMA puts their cadets through a 47-month program that includeseight academic semesters. Upon graduation, the cadets receive a Bachelor of Science degree andare commissioned as officers in the United States Army. A very unique aspect of the academic program at USMA is that each cadet is required to takea minimum of five engineering classes regardless of their major or field of study. This meansthat about 500 cadets will have taken the one-semester course in thermodynamics. Thethermodynamics course taught at USMA is different from others throughout the country. Withinevery class

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke

beginning with the unit cell structures,and then proceeding to mechanical properties, changes in properties and structure through theapplication of heat, and production of the metallic shapes. Laboratory experience includes theanalysis of tensile testing and hardness testing. These topics are treated more extensively in latermaterials courses.Foundry practice: The basic foundry methods are discussed including sand casting,investment casting, and permanent mold casting, both gravity and die casting. Two laboratoriesreinforce these topics as the students first ram up and pour a green sand casting in the form ofsquare blocks from a match plate (Figure 1), and then fabricate their own design in expandedpolystyrene patterns and pour lost foam

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Taylor; Randal Goldberg; Oleg Gerovichev; Ian Donn; Anand Viswanathan

BackgroundModern medical practice relies on innovation and technology to provide better solutions in theoperating room. Doctors, scientists and engineers work together to improve current surgical careby designing tools and machines to overcome human limitations, namely precision, control,reliability, patience and memory. Computers and robots do not have these restrictions.Computers have had such an impact on surgery that many current procedures would beimpossible or significantly more difficult without them. Computers aid surgeons by displayingimages of internal organs through computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) or exposing brain function through electroencephalographic analysis. Robots can functionas surgical assistants [1] or

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Olakunle Harrison

to reinforce the student’s knowledge of engineeringprinciples and their applications. These elements include: (1) Problems as a Vehicle for theDevelopment of Problem-Solving Skills; (2) Learning That Is Student Centered, and; (3) SmallLearning Groups2. By using a variety of learning activities including tear-down exercises,observation of actual automotive parts, reverse engineering, and simulations obtained from theWorld Wide Web, the instructor is able to devote much more time during the class meeting todiscussing key issues and answering questions than possible in the traditional lecture methodalone3.This course is a Special Topics course with goals that include exposing students to material theywould otherwise miss in the standard

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Aller; Andrew Kline

. Herrington, Anne. “Writing in Academic Settings: A Study of the Contexts for Writing in Two College Chemical Engineering Courses.” Research in the Teaching of English 19:4 (1985), 331-359.5. Geisler, Cheryl. “The Relationship Between Language and Design in Mechanical Engineering: Some Preliminary Observations.” Technical Communication 40:1 (1993), 173-176.6. Barabas, Christine. Technical Writing in a Corporate Culture: A Study in the Nature of Information. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1990.7. Harrison, Teresa. “Frameworks for the Study of Writing in Organizational Contexts.” Written Communication 4:1 (1987), 3-23.8. Paradis, James, David Dobrin, and Richard Miller. “Writing at Exxon ITD: Notes on the Writing Environment