Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Miller

written of these projects. This paper presentsthe details of five courses using this approach in the Naval Architecture and Ocean EngineeringDepartment (NAOE) at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). The first course is themajor’s introductory course for sophomores where after seven weeks each student submits thespecification, calculations, lines plan and construction drawings for a towing tank model. Theseplans are then turned over to another student to build and test. The second course is a junior-levelstructures course focusing on ship structures. The students design a full midship section. Thefinal three courses are at the senior-level and include an elective in marine fabrication methodsand two capstone design courses. In the fabrication

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Stephen Tricamo; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

8.614.3Creating an environment which brings together engagement in professional education and research “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”produces desirable results. New enterprises are created and economic opportunities for all involved in theengagement partnership benefit.Some Questions for TransformationDuring the planning process for this transformation many questions will develop that need to be addressed.The authors of this paper do not presume to know all of the possible questions or answers, which will ariseduring the journey. However, as a beginning point, some of the questions that university

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko

Improvement. The assessor should try to provide a plan for theimprovement rather than just observations. The last part is the assessment is Insights. Theassessor may be able to generalize the something they have seen to a wider range of applications.The use of this format provides a very positive environment, which gives a much strongerprobability for improvement.The results of using the various methods, based on both instructor and student comments, will beprovided.BackgroundThe students in this course had all successfully completed the foundation courses of static,particle dynamics, rigid-body dynamics, strength of materials, and fluid mechanics. The initialset of statics problems revealed that a relatively small percentage could solve the classic

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Beddingfield; A. Wayne Bennett

changeand looking for new opportunities. The strategic planning process began in 1996 with anEngineering Leadership for the 21 st Century initiative. As a part of Leadership 21, with agenerous grant from the Robert Hearin Foundation of Jackson, Mississippi, five enhancementswere developed for undergraduate students: 1) improve communication skills, 2) expand theintegration of computers in the educational process, 3) develop cross-discipline leadership-teamwork skills, 4) improve entrepreneurial thinking and 5) expand global awareness. Four of theprograms have been endowed and special facilities have been created to enhance student accessand opportunities. A number of special programs have been developed to achieve the enhancements

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Davis; Steve Stafford; Elsa Villa

Engineering Day was established, ideas were brainstormed on aneffective implementation plan. From the perspective of the high school student, the followingquestions were developed by the EPO student coordinators to assist them in establishing a plan: • What type of information would be beneficial for us once we’re in college? • What financial aid is available for us? • What do engineers do? • What can I do in high school to prepare for college and engineering? • What opportunities are available for me as a high school student? • Why choose UTEP over another university? • How does engineering compare to other careers? • How does UTEP prepare its engineers? • What could I

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh; Mulchand Rathod

, (2) developing and implementing animation,simulation and visualization components to enhance student learning of electric machine, (3) configuringcourse to cover relevant theory while reducing topics to achieve effectiveness without credit hours ortime change. This paper describes the planning steps and the development procedures of this project.The new course structure and laboratory experiments will be discussed.I. IntroductionThough the traditional “Energy conversion course’ had remained almost unchanged for several decades,a redesigned structure has been proposed by several references over the last decade [1-2]. Types ofmotor drives worthy of addressing in undergraduate curricula are discussed [3]. Recently, LabView hasbeen utilized in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard A. Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

guise of TQM (Total Quality Management), a company based quality plan, or even theInternational Standards Organization standards set forth as ISO 9000 and 14000. Regardless ofthe name that frames the plan, the implementation of a quality management plan transforms thework environment in any organization or facility significantly.These new expectations put additional requirements on manufacturing technicians andtechnologists working in a plant. Not only are technical skills required, but skills that reflectplant worker responsibility for the smooth operation of a manufacturing process as well as thequality of the product and process. Under quality manufacturing plans, plant workers arerequired to keep and report their own quality control data

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Sappington; Rebecca K. Toghiani

Engineering Page 5.537.1began formalizing plans for the K-6 program, familiarity of the authors with the ‘Extended Plus’program provided the solution to logistics questions that arose. Questions such as how topublicize the SEE program, how to identify participants, siting the program, meals, snacks, etc.,were all conveniently solved by the existence of the Extended Plus program. As a result, ourefforts focused on design and implementation of activities that could be used to expose thechildren in the program to engineering. Approximately 120 children participated in the three mornings of engineering activities.The children were divided into 3

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

degree program.The second challenge in assessing outreach programs is to enumerate expected outcomes that aremeasurable. A goal such as encouraging underrepresented students to consider STEM careerscan be difficult to assess in terms of outcome. A focused longitudinal study of career choicesmade by students who have attended an outreach event at the K-5, or even the 6-12 level, isdifficult. So how can one determine whether an outreach program is having a desired impact?To establish a comprehensive plan for assessing outreach, the College of Engineering outreachoffice at NC State analyzed the goals of their outreach activities. The following table summarizessome of the various types of programs and the outreach goals established for each. Some

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Nava

%1. This low rate of successful completion is due to yearly attrition between20 and 40% of the class. In order to increase this low rate of success, institutions must look fornovel methods to encourage students to persist in their pursuit of a degree. One method thatengages students academically and socially is the undergraduate research experience.Undergraduate research activities are known to promote goal setting and planning beyondgraduation, thus affecting student retention.2The affinity group model, being implemented at the University of Texas at El Paso’s Departmentof Electrical and Computer Engineering, is more far-reaching than the usual research group. TheNeuro-Fuzzy Systems Research Group seeks to engage students, develop them

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Reardon

plan, andsupplementary notes, classwork exercises, and homework assignments. The web page isdesigned so that it can be projected onto a screen in the classroom and can be downloaded by thestudents at home. Although the use of the Internet in teaching has many advantages, one problemis the amount of time required to prepare the web pages. Since the students like to download thenotes, one must also be careful that the web pages print properly. Student reactions to the use ofthe Internet have been uniformly favorable. They say that it is very helpful in helping them tolearn what is generally acknowledged to be a difficult subject.IntroductionThermodynamics is a complex subject. The study of thermodynamics involves grasping newconcepts, learning

Conference Session

Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly B Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

project. Each of these lessons containslesson plans, master notes, and homework assignments. Additionally, MS PowerPoint, MSExcel, and other additional files have been added as the curriculum continues to evolve. Thethree following figures are selected examples of the lesson plans, master notes, and homework Page 23.2.7assignments. Figure 8, Figure 9, and Figure 10 show examples of portions of the Lesson Plans,Master Notes, and Homework assignments respectively. The entire physics curriculum, alongwith curricula covering other subjects, is hosted at www.NICERC.org and is accessible toregistered users. Figure 8

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard P. Coe, Thomas Edison State College

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

institutions, is also transferrable.Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is available for students who have learnedcollege level knowledge outside the traditional classroom.When a potential student applies for nuclear engineering or other technologydegree the credit is automatically applied along with any other college level study.The result is a technical degree plan with the outstanding courses needed tocomplete the program.The entire degree is on-line and more easily achievable than traditional degrees.Most of the students are full time working adults who find that this virtual optionbest fits their busy professional and family schedules. Page 25.324.3

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Lee Gutenson, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

passed, the would-be operator stilldoes not hold the knowledge needed to pass the certification exam. This presents a well-definedproblem when attempting to establish a succession plan for future employment needs, an issuecurrently plaguing the water industry. A resolution of this issue will involve a training programthat seeks to model a mix of educational and experiential components which will produceprofessionals that have attained sufficient academic and operational expertise. This will requirefacilitators on each wavelength, academic and industrial, to cooperate in order to achieve thedesired outcome.One such program that is currently pursuing such a venture is the Water Training Institute(WTI). Created by funds garnered from the Advanced

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin L. Devine, Illinois State University; Corinne Zimmerman, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

completed a briefjournaling activity that asked them to describe what they learned about robots. Page 25.61.2Description of outreach activityThe outreach activity was designed to introduce the elementary school students to industrialrobotics and various topics related to programming industrial robots. As part of the outreachactivity, the research team visited the elementary school on two occasions spaced one weekapart. Before the students were told about the planned visit of the research team, they wereasked to complete their first DART assessment.The initial visit was broken into three 40 minute sessions. During the first session, two classes

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iem H. Heng, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, presented a study which indicates that students learn well inteams, in project based activities, and in collaborative environments3. The hands-on projectbased activities will also strengthen students’ skills in critical thinking, communication,collaboration, and creativity/innovation. These skills have been identified by top U.S. companiesas priorities for employee development, talent management and succession planning. It is onlynatural for STEM education to incorporate hands-on practical applications at every stage of astudent’s education. This connection should be made earlier during a student’s high school yearsand be reinforced every semester during student’s college years so as to allow the student toreach a level of maturity expected by

Conference Session

Panel Session: Case Study Teaching in Computing Curricula

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, anddevelop problem solving skills. Although the use of case studies in education has shown success in theabove mentioned disciplines, it is yet to be adopted in any significant way in the computing education.Although many computing and engineering textbooks provide case studies to illustrate concepts andtechniques, and there are various case study websites (e.g., http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/,http://www.afit.edu/cse/cases.cfm), they often lack the following:• Realistic artifacts (often space or intellectual property concerns do not allow one to provide a complete engineering artifact such as a design document or a project plan)• Completeness (most are focused on some part of engineering practice, or on a single course)• Ability to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Lewandowski; Carla Purdy

techniques, and cultural differences which could affect learning. Aweb site was constructed for maintaining the teaching manual and sharing other information6.In the third quarter of the first year, students were matched with teaching mentors and madeindividual plans for their second year activities. These plans included not only teachingopportunities but also attendance at faculty and committee meetings and arrangements formentoring an undergraduate working on a research or senior project, if possible.Participants have also attended several local and national meetings where academic careers andteaching are discussed. These include the annual SIGCSE Technical Symposium and an annualPFF conference held each June. In addition, speakers on topics such

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William J. Daughton

theBaldrige assessment methodology are shown in Table 1. Table 1. Baldrige National Quality Award Performance Categories and Their Weightings Baldrige Categories Relative Weighting Leadership 12.5% Strategic Planning 8.5% Customer and Market Focus 8.5% Information and Analysis 8.5% Human Resource Focus 8.5% Process Management 8.5% Business Results 45.0% 100.0%The first sessions of the course are devoted to a course introduction

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Hart; Ronald Welch

% 65% IPR 100% Functional & Finalized functional Review progress Finalized drawings Aesthetic and aesthetic rom 35% toward including site, floor, requirements requirements 00%. and elevations, floor Architectural Finalized floor, site, Expect about half of framing, roof Adjacencies drawing and elevation esign work to be framing, and lateral drawings ompleted load systems. Floor plans Written structural Desk side brief with Site drainage plan scheme with eview of calculations with watershed

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Hill

defined as pay for performance above and beyond those rewardsthat are commonly referred to as across-the-board raises or cost-of-living raises (COLA). Meritraises are also separate from raises given on some campuses for the purposes of reducinginequities such as those due to gender or discipline. Merit pay raises are usually given formeritorious performance as a way to reward people whose performance during the latest reviewperiod was exceptional. In some instances, it is believed that such raises may instead be a wayto motivate people to improve their performance.There are actually several different kinds of merit pay plans in existence. One is a pure meritsystem where any increases in one’s salary are based entirely upon meritorious performance

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Masud Salimian

developing the mold for the injection molding processwere identified and plans for developing necessary skills were devised. An experienced moldmaker from Black and Decker held several sessions with the students to provide them with basicelements of mold design. The faculty held theoretical discussions separately. Additional trainingwas provided on the operation of the Haas VF-2 CNC machining center. Using Mastercam, theappropriate design was developed for the two halves of the mold. The molds were then machinedon the CNC machine; mold then was assembled and installed on a Cincinnati Milacron SX-85injection-molding machine, which successfully produced the key chains. During the developmentphase, Black and Decker provided expertise in all aspect of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Whitaker

tocontinue.University construction related programs exist on many campuses with over 20 accreditedbaccalaureate programs nationwide. The Construction Engineering Technology (CET) programat Murray State University (MSU) has existed since 1970. After several unsuccessful years ofrecruiting freshmen into the program using traditional methods such as: written correspondence,telephone calls, and high school visits the CET faculty at MSU needed to try a new approach.During the spring of 1999 in cooperation with the education committee of the local AssociatedGeneral Contractors a joint recruiting plan was developed. An innovative marketing effort thatincluded contractors and MSU faculty was taken to the largest high schools in the region. Largeincreases in freshman

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Picker; Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan; Christina Weigand; Amy Chen

consists of alternating hot andcold water streams and baths.Stage 3 (Spring-Summer, 2000): This represents the final stage for the development of theexperiment.The tasks set for the undergraduate student (A. Chen) are as follows:1. Identify, prepare and perform analytical methods to measure cell, glucose and ethanol concentrations.2. On selected yeasts, propose an experimental plan to evaluate the effect of yeast type, substrate concentration and initial cell concentration on the ethanol and CO2 production, cell growth and kinetic parameters. 3,4,5,6,73. Perform the experimental plan developed in (2) above.4. Analyze and interpret the data.5. Develop the final report in the form of a laboratory manual.Tasks 1 and 2 have been

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert A. Merrill; Elizabeth A. Scholle

andengineering were spread between several buildings. In addition, the Gleason Building, whichwas constructed in 1968, lacked the infrastructure to support the complex and changing needs forthe programs it supported.In 1994, a joint task force of engineering technology and engineering faculty, staff and Page 5.310.1administrators was formed to plan the renovation of the Gleason Building. This group metnumerous times from 1994 to September of 1998 in an attempt to plan the renovation of theGleason Building to satisfy the needs of all the occupants. The problem was made even moredifficult because the renovation was to occur while the building was still at

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Hisham Alnajjar

disciplines.The University’s Strategic Plan (1996) identifies the improvement of the First-YearExperience as one of the institution’s four highest priority items. As part of the effort bythe University of Hartford to improve the freshman experience across campus, facultyfrom the COE as well as those from four other collegiate units participated in a two-yearinitiative sponsored by a NSF Institutional Reform grant. The goal was to improve Page 5.316.1students’ learning in the first-year courses across the university through the use oftechnology, collaborative learning, and peer coaching[1]. The COE faculty worked onrevising the first-year courses to include team

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Yosef Gavriel; Robert Broadwater

conceptsintroduced in the lecture. An example of such a question isWhen you write code, one way you communicate with other programmers is to embed___________ in the code.By picking on the hot spotted blank in the above statement, the student would see the word“comments” appear in a popup window. All together, over 400 hot spotted questions weredeveloped for the course.IV. Software development practices and principlesThroughout the course, emphasis was placed on nine software development practices andprinciples [1,2]: • Experiment in small programs • Step through the code line-by-line • Programming is first of all communication • Analyze and plan before you act • Clearly understand your program

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Osama Ettouney; James Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl; James Moller; Christine Noble

through a process of continuous improvement. The key to this process isassessment. The primary purpose of assessment is to provide information that will be used toimprove our program. Since a variety of components are involved in a complete description ofstudent outcomes at various stages in the academic program, it is essential that multiplemeasures of quality be employed.As part of our assessment plan, we developed and implemented twelve assessment methods toassess the degree to which our graduates have achieved the discipline-oriented outcomecharacteristics enumerated in the ABET 2000 criteria. The methods were developed throughinputs of all Manufacturing Engineering faculty, staff, student representatives and the dean’soffice. The twelve

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy C. Morse

each phase of the project 2. Planning • Agree on tasks. • Clarify responsibility within the group and identify leaders for the tasks. • Create a plan for the kind of technology that will be using within and without the group. 3. Managing/Action Phase • Review your process and create a model for the control of the various tasks. • Review technological tools, and organizational system.Added to these elements the complexity of e-teams is increased by the number of differentchoices for team interaction. Traditional teams typically interact face to face, at least some of thetime. E-team interactions are almost always mediated by electronic communication andcollaboration technology. E-team interaction in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Eschenbach

highest priority. They may question your priorities when you focus onteaching, but they appreciate having better prepared students in their courses.Your ExpectationsTo quote from a Cat Stevens song, “You can’t please everybody, so you have to pleaseyourself.” If you are here at ASEE, you have demonstrated a higher than average commitment toteaching. Most engineering colleges contain senior and junior faculty who care intensely aboutteaching. You just have to become part of that network. ASEE is a very efficient way tobecome a better teacher.You have to achieve a dynamic balance of your personal life and of the professional triad –teaching, research, and service. I recommend an annual plan with specific measures or goals foreach area. Life as a