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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Johnson Asumadu

graphicalinterface to allow the students to experience the frustrations and hands-on experiences ofa real-world laboratory environment. INTRODUCTION This paper presents the progress work on RwLAB. A prototype of RwLAB wasdemonstrated at ASEE 2001 in Albuquerque, NM [1]. RwLAB consists of a matrixswitching board, Xecom’s [2] AWC86A as the main controller with a Web-based server,and a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device). At the front-end of the AWC86 isa Web server and at the back-end is an AMD 40-MHz AM186ES-based micro controllerwith SRAM and Flash memory. The AWC86A Web server incorporates a multi-taskingoperating system and TCP/IP stacks with 10Base-T Ethernet access. The controllerportion allows the setting

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson

syllabus states the course objectives in the following words: 1. To help you apply classical thermodynamics (in particular, the first and second laws) to medical devices, laboratory systems, and living systems. 2. To enable you to write and solve macroscopic material and energy balances on laboratory devices and living systems. Such a knowledge will be useful in specifying and applying medical instrumentation, in analyzing existing and proposed medical devices such as artificial organs, and in the study of quantitative physiology and transport in BME 210, 251, 252, and later courses. 3. To provide a forum for solving problems and addressing relevant bioengineering issues in groups.Approaches to

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Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Smerage

mathematical software.Use of computers and mathematical software in courses has significantly improvedinstruction and student learning. It has also extended the computer skills of students.This paper discusses, demonstrates, and characterizes the author’s methods for usingmathematical software in undergraduate engineering education.Commercial Mathematical SoftwareSeveral mathematical softwares are available commercially for applications toengineering education; Mathcad 1, Mathematica2, and Matlab3 are just three examples.In selecting a software, an instructor should at least consider capabilities for producingverbal text, passive mathematical text, and active mathematics as well as the range ofmathematical operations provided.A particular mathematical

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Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

particularlyimportant. In addition, graduating seniors in Civil (Construction) engineering believe theircoursework has given them a strong background in the identical two areas. These include: (1) anability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; and (2) an ability toidentify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. In contrast, two attributes received lowerratings from both groups. They include: (1) the broad education necessary to understand theimpact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context; and (2) a knowledge ofcontemporary issues. This suggests that not all ABET educational attributes are considered byCivil (Construction) students and practitioners to have the same level of significance and perhapsshould not be

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Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrzej Filipkowski; Krzysztof Zaremba

years much has been done. At the level that has been reached so far, it is onlyfinancial problems that hinder further successful development.1. HistoryThe Treaty of Jalta of 1945 placed many of CEECs in the Eastern Bloc, dominated politicallyand economically by the Soviet Union. Forty four years of this domination had negativeinfluence on all areas of human life. Engineering education was not an exception - during thisdifficult period it followed, at least officially, the imposed standards. The system of studies, Page 7.737.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Peg Boyle Single; Naomi Chesler; Borjana Mikic

providing affirmative opportunities forexchanging professional advice and support for participants in the short-term. Preliminaryevidence suggests that these new skills and perspectives, as well as post-workshop peer-mentoring, will contribute to longer-term success in academe for the participating women facultymembers in engineering.I. IntroductionIn 1999, women represented approximately 10% of the engineering workforce.1 Therepresentation of women engineers in higher education is even more sobering. Data from 1997show that of employees at four-year colleges and universities with doctorate degrees inengineering, less than 7% were women.2 Of the engineering faculty nationwide in 1991, 7% ofAssistant Professors were women, 3% of Associate Professors

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Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

improvement. Assessment is what facultymembers can do in order to demonstrate to themselves how well their students are learning. It isthe source of in-process feedback. Furthermore, assessment satisfies the demands foraccountability by external agencies. This paper introduces two examples of classroom assessment in engineering technology.These two examples provide engineering technology programs with quantitative and qualitativemeasures that may be incorporated as one component of a plan for assessment of studentacademic achievement.1. Introduction The purpose of assessment of undergraduate education is to help the particular institutiondetermine the extent to which it is fulfilling its mission of educating undergraduate

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Dessert; Subramaniam Ganesan

computing and real time operating system ( task scheduling etc). A real timeengineer has to design the RT system to meet the execution time restriction under varyingconditions.A list of books and web references used in this course are given in the reference.The course topics are listed below and the time spent on these topics. 1) Introduction and Basic concepts (1 hr) 2) Characterization of Real time systems and Tasks (2hr) 3) Task Assignments and Scheduling (3 hr) Page 7.367.1 4) Programming Languages and tools Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Conference and Exposition

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Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Steven Barrett

longer than you ever anticipate. This makes the financial return on writing a book about 1 penny an hour spent writing!· Despite your best efforts, errors will be printed either committed by the author or the publisher. I have a website for the “Introduction to Biomedical Engineering” book that posts an errata sheet; this makes it easier to live with the mistakes.· I have another book that I started in 1985 with two other co-authors (Applied Page 7.1120.9 Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineers). We made great Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Boyle

range of angles of the driving crank, and plots ofoutput angular features versus input angle are provided.This work describes an alternative approach to vector 3-D kinematics, providing students withanother perspective in linkage analysis. The author makes no claim that pseudographics issuperior to an entirely vectorial solution, but rather tries to emphasize the utility of making amethodological option available. This concept of "option" is the rationale for the paper.In closing, the paper summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of pseudographics incomparison to current textbook approaches to 3-D mechanism kinematics. Computer codes areappended.Introduction.Previous work 1-5 by the author on planar mechanism analysis and linkage

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

colleagues said she had taken the semester off. One semesterstretched into two and then three. She did not return. Neither did the male colleague who hadhelped me with my dissertation data. Someone thought he had transferred, or perhaps not. Hecould not be certain. That colleague never returned either.Since the 1960s, the attrition rate of doctoral students has consistently been estimated at 50%nationwide 1, 2, 3. The attrition rate for women students, especially those in engineering, science,and technology whose problems are exacerbated by their minority status, is estimated to be muchhigher, as they experience what is termed a “leaky pipeline” at every phase of their education 1, 4,5, 6 . The costs are measured not only in terms of the toll

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

and teamwork-based with assessment embeddedat every stage. The module development process has been called the Module ArchitectureÓ, aterm that is in the process of being registered by the AIM Center.The Module Architecture Ó has been initially applied to the design of a novel curriculum for acomplete associate degree program in manufacturing engineering technology. 1 Because thecontent of the manufacturing engineering field is highly interdisciplinary, application of theresults of this project can easily be introduced in either manufacturing, mechanical, or industrialengineering technologies. For the purposes of this paper the following abbreviations for thesethree programs are used, MfgET, MET, and IET

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Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Sullivan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

Education · Adaptation and implementation of elements of the curriculum design and Module ArchitectureÓ by many faculty members in several institutions · Outreach programs for community college faculty and secondary school teachers and students that focused on direct contact with manufacturing industries, school-to-work, and teacher pre-service sessionsNCE/AME Products and ServicesThe National Center Of Excellence For Advanced Manufacturing Education offers a variety ofproducts and services to assist academic faculty members and industrial training professionals inimplementing the Module ArchitectureÓ within their own instructional environments.Available are: 1. The set of completed instructional

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

the business owner to assure that herobjectives were met. Students consulted with her to choose the layout plan that she felt was mostfeasible for her to implement. The optimum layout plan is illustrated in Figure 1. Uponcompletion of the project, students developed a report and copies to the MSEM department, thebusiness owner and the SBDC. The report included study results, the three alternative plansconsidered, and the final recommendation for process improvement.It is anticipated that future projects for the facilities planning class will be identified by workingthrough the VEDC. Faculty from the engineering college will meet with VEDC personnelregularly to identify businesses with appropriate facilities planning needs for incorporation in

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie Ofosu

maintain and expand technological skills 1. Through industrialplacement, one can maintain currency in one’s field. Also, the opportunity of researchcomes up either on a new piece of equipment, or an idea that can be brought to realitythat will contribute to the body of knowledge. Gaining expertise in current technologycan translate to confidence of the faculty in the classroom, as well as confidence of thestudents in the faculty member.This paper examines how internship in industry can facilitate activities in the threecategories and how these activities will benefit new faculty members. It also discusses theneed for new faculty members to get involved in internship early on in their teachingcareers.IntroductionOne of the aims of all tenure-track

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Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

, the functions ss2tf and tf2ss are introduced as tools for switchingbetween the two types of system models for single-input-single-output (SISO) systems.As an example, one of the systems explored in lab is the two-mass system shown in Figure 1. y1(t) y 2(t) f(t) Spring, K Applied Force Rolling Friction = B (constant) Figure 1: Two-mass System Page 7.1094.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gaby Hawat

strength ofFlorida’s 2+2 system). With more than 37,000 credit students, Valencia is bigger thanneighboring four-year university, UCF. The college has more than 11,000 ContinuingProfessional Education students.The principal advantages offered to the pre-engineering student include:a) Lower tuition costs than a four-year university.b) High availability of faculty for student assistance with tutoring/mentoring.c) “Customer-oriented” smaller class sizes (more flexibility offered with day and evening classes).Two pre-engineering programs are currently offered:1) A standard AA in pre-engineering with the required calculus and calculus-based physics courses.2) A specialized AA in pre-engineering designed for students who will transfer to the

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New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Yelton

the qualities mentioned above, the Biomedical EquipmentTechnician (BMET) has also been called upon to demonstrate expertise in the area ofInformation Technology. This paper will discuss the method used at Cincinnati State Technicaland Community College (Cincinnati State) to accomplish this goal.BackgroundWe made a commitment to Information Technology education at Cincinnati State, which is inline with the Information technology initiative in the State of Ohio entitled “Itworks.Ohio”. [1]“Itworks.Ohio” is a collaboration of business, industry, and educational institutions to providetraining in information technology. This commitment made it much easier to provide theinformation technology training required in the Biomedical program. We were

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Schmidt; Gregory Plett

laboratory and its use with an introductory feedback-control-systemscourse has been described by Plett and Schmidt.1 In this present paper, we build on the previouswork and outline how the lab is being used to augment digital control systems courses at thesenior undergraduate level and graduate levels. Experiments and advanced student researchprojects (illustrating effects particular to digital control systems) with a magnetic levitation deviceand a control moment gyroscope are described.We have found the labs to be very helpful in aiding student understanding of control-systemsconcepts. Student comments indicate that real learning has taken place by using a hands-on labexperience that would have been missed if a purely theoretical approach had been

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Willits

includedmass, energy, and momentum balances, development of Navier-Stokes, convection andconduction, and diffusive mass transfer, using the text by Welty, Wicks, Wilson and Rorrer 1, 2.These topics were covered using the “horizontal approach”1 to allow all of the above topics to beintroduced in a one semester course. The objectives of the first course were: (i) to prepare thestudents for more advanced topics in Transport Phenomena by solving problems at thefundamental level, (ii) to relate the topics discussed in class to biomedical problems, and (iii) toimprove their written communication skills on topics related to transport.Although the first objective can be accomplished with the help of the text, few biomedicalproblems or concepts are available

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Greitzer; Diane H. Soderholm; David Darmofal; Doris Brodeur

Session 1330 Enhancing Conceptual Understanding With Concept Maps and Concept Questions David L. Darmofal, Diane H. Soderholm, Doris R. Brodeur Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAbstractConceptual understanding is the ability to apply knowledge across a variety of instances orcircumstances. It differs from declarative knowledge learning in that declarativeknowledge involves a memorization of an association between two or more entities.Conceptual understanding involves the ability to apply knowledge across a variety ofpreviously unencountered instances. 1 Conceptual understanding is

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid El Gaidi; Diane H. Soderholm; Doris Brodeur; Dava Newman

technology, considering theenterprise strategy and regulations, developing the concept, architecture, and businesscase. The second stage, Design, focuses on creating the design, i.e., the plans, drawings,and algorithms that describe what will be implemented. Implement refers to thetransformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, test andvalidation. The final stage, Operate, uses the implemented product to deliver the intendedvalue, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.Curriculum reform efforts centered on a set of 16 key learning outcomes deemed essentialfor new engineers. (See Table 1) These outcomes, categorized as technical, personal,interpersonal, and CDIO system skills, were validated in surveys

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga; Bill Hutzel

energy sources, energy shortages, and environmental concernsare beginning to bring alternative energy issues to the forefront. The paper describes the designof a small photovoltaic power system that demonstrates renewable energy topics in a variety ofMET and EET undergraduate courses.Energy Use in the United States Figure 1 illustrates several well-known trends regarding overall energy consumption andproduction in the United States. 1 Prior to 1950, energy production and consumption wereroughly equal. The U.S. met its domestic energy requirements without foreign sources. By theearly 1960’s, consumption began surpassing production. In recent decades, increased use ofautomobiles, higher levels of industrial production, and greater amounts

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg

populations. The Region has a large high school drop out rate, up to 50% in someareas, and a high unemployment rate among the minority groups. The number of people with afour-year college degree in the region is well below the state and national average. Thirteen highschools participate in the program, and Upward Bound is funded to serve 120 first generationlow-income students. Of this number, 1/3 of the students are either low income or firstgeneration, while 2/3 are both low income and first-generation students. At the present time 73students are enrolled, and it is anticipated that the goal of 120 students will be reached at thebeginning of the summer of 2002.Primary goals of the program are: High school academic success, effective preparation

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Reischman; Eugene Brown

those who wish to develop a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved.A final comment about references—the most comprehensive current reference on the topic ofengineering degrees awarded and data related to the general area of research and education in thesciences and engineering is Science and Engineering Indicators 2000, published by the NationalScience Foundation (SEI1).Graduate Engineering Degrees AwardedFigure 1 comes from the American Association of Engineering Societies (EDH1). This data andmuch more, including detailed data by discipline and institution can be found in their yearlypublication entitled Engineering & Technology Enrollments. Similar data, including institution-specific information is available from the

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Salama; Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

senior students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are required totake a three-credit hour, senior capstone design course. Although students have always workedin teams in this course, projects were not always structured in such as way that multi-disciplinaryteamwork as “defined” at IEEE sponsored EC2000 training workshops could be assessed. Inorder to facilitate the assessment of multi-disciplinary teamwork, the projects were restructured.III.1 Criterion for Projects Sponsored by the Faculty In order to satisfy the multi-disciplinary dimension of the assessment of teamwork for EC2000 and to provide students with authentic learning experiences, the projects proposed byfaculty had to meet the following criteria:1. The

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Heydt; Keith Holbert; Khaled Nigim

,especially environmental friendly energy utilization, in remote regions appeared be of specialinterest to Native American students. Over the past two summers, the research topics have beenbroadened to appeal to the individual interests of the participating students.1. IntroductionFor the past three summers the National Science Foundation (NSF) has sponsored an eight-weekresearch experience for undergraduates (REU) program at Arizona State University (ASU). Animportant objective of the ASU REU program is to encourage retention of American Indianstudents in the sciences and engineering disciplines. Data indicate that only the 43% of theAmerican Indian students attending higher education institutions are enrolled full time; thegraduation rate is 25

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Building Bridges in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Gadalla

to be considered and resolved in the curriculum design will be highlighted anddiscussed.1. IntroductionThe National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT) defines Industrial Technology as afield of study designed to prepare technical and or management oriented professionals foremployment in business, industry, education, and government. Industrial Technology comparedwith Engineering and Engineering Technology is primarily involved with the management,operation, and maintenance of complex technological systems while Engineering andEngineering Technology are primarily involved with the design and installation of these systems.[1].Historically, Industrial Technology programs grew out of colleges and universities, to preparesecondary school

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Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell

’ intuition aboutmachine design while escaping the tedium that traditionally plagues this class. In the remainderof this paper, we will discuss the learning philosophy used in this project, followed by athorough description of the tasks that students perform. Then, we will show some past examplesalong with an assessment of the effectiveness of the project.2 Learning BasisThe various instructors of machine elements course at the University of Texas at Austin have,over the years, established a set of objectives that they would like to see students learn from theclass. These are: 1. an understanding of how various mechanical behaviors are achieved 2. an understanding of the various types of mechanical components 3. an understanding of how