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Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ward; Robert Martinazzi

to connectand compare the film to its historical setting and to present day situations. The motifsobservation asks students to discuss how the various scenes were enacted to illustrate keypoints in the film. The student teams then prepare a paper on their selected movie. Thispaper details how the graphical portrayal of leadership in the film quickly engenders inthe students a keen sense of skills, attitudes, and traits of an effective leader.Introduction“The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is leadership.”– General Dwight EisenhowerCurrent thoughts on leadership depict it as a skill based subject which can be learned bythose interested in developing it in their personal and professional lives.4 The

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Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Johnson; John Weese

master’s level programs include thosefor the baccalaureate level programs with the addition of one year of study beyond thebaccalaureate level plus a project or research activity culminating in a report demonstratingmastery of the subject at a higher level and with commensurate communication skills. TheCriteria 2001 for associate degree programs restate the eight criteria, reflecting lesserexpectations than for the baccalaureate level programs.Some of the criteria are quite similar to those for EC 2000 and ET2K. For example, Criterion 3for the ASAC baccalaureate programs has items (a) through (k) that are similar to those in EC2000 with the word engineering being replaced with engineering-related.Criterion 4, Professional Component, is less

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

have benefited students in ways notoriginally anticipated. When asked to comment on how they have benefited from the project, theengineering students indicated that they have had to reflect upon their own learning process inorder to devise this teaching unit in their specific field of interest:“There is great satisfaction in knowing that you aided in the educational development of a youngstudents. You also develop yourself in the process. The on-going development of this project notonly allows us to teach kids about the design process but it also allows us to improve the designprocess and learn it in a way that can be applied to BME and our other projects.”Many of the engineering students have found that in order to devise the lesson plan

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Melissa Pickering; Chris Rogers

their project drawings and reflections of project results arerecorded. This log will serve not only to teach the design process, but also provide for a greaterpossibility that the kids will remember the highlighted concepts. Introducing the engineering design process and more specific physics concepts to adynamic young age group can be challenging in itself, aside from the usual inconsistencies thatexist in the classroom. Having the kids work on projects in pairs allows them to overcome theirintimidations of the new material, as well as stimulate their creativity. However, occasionallylack of confidence remains an issue, and in this instance the teacher or STOMP student canprovide a physical example that the group may replicate, gaining

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Joseph Hickey, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

1Manufactur ing Technology, Hillsbor ough Community College, Br andon, FL33619/2Depar tment of Chemical Engineer ing, Univer sity of South Flor ida, Tampa, FL33620/3Depar tment of Electr ical Engineer ing, Univer sity of South Flor ida, Tampa, FL 33620The development of a larger pool of students for post secondary technology and engineeringprograms reflects an issue of national importance. The United States will maintain itsposition as the leader in scientific and technical innovations only if it keeps a vibrant andversatile workforce that will not only develop new technologies but support theirmanufacture. Fundamentally, this workforce must be a homegrown product of our secondaryeducation system. Since the

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Niemi

pp. TBA. Water wave mechanics. Airy’s linear wave theory. Celerity (speed) of shallow, transitional, and deep-water waves. Wave group speed. Water particle motion. Equations for wave shape from different wave theories. Pressure distribution under waves. Brief summary of wave refraction, reflection, diffraction, and interference. Reading: Randall pp. 26-40, 90-100. Reference: Thurman pp. 250-269, CEM pp. TBA. Dimensional analysis and dynamic similarity. Significance of Froude number, Reynolds number, Rossby number, and Weber number. Physical modeling, and criteria for models of rivers, estuaries, submarines

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Krahe; David Loker

box controls to the user interface. The first four controls are for the device number, the channel number, the number of scans to acquire, and the scan rate. Two more controls are used to display the mean and AC RMS values. One additional control is used to display text comments to the user indicating the current state of the program. Change the property and settings for each control to Page 8.1282.8 reflect their function. 3. Add two command buttons to the user interface. One button is used to initiate the "Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

, the analysis gave a list of skills thatare invariant (or at least change slowly) plus a second list that reflects current practiceand finally, identification of missing topics. The next section of this paper describes howthe curriculum has been developed to deliver these skills. Page 8.699.3Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education. Annual Conference&Exposition Copyright@2003, American Society for Engineering Education.Slowly changing knowledge and skills Skills that reflect current practiceBasic science, materials and devices Process, tool and product designHigh level of numeracy (NOT same as

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Miller

”. Great enthusiasm is generated during the project and the final trials take on a festiveatmosphere. Figure 3 shows a typical run from the 2002 competition and figure 4 shows oneclass holding up the boats they built. Student evaluations reflected the enthusiasm generated,with virtually universal praise for the project. Figure 3: Balsa model in tank Figure 4: EN246 students with modelsEN358 – Ship Structures This (3-2-4) spring semester course follows a general strength of materials course taught Page 8.948.3to all engineers and introduces the student to designing ships to withstand longitudinal and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim; Sean Clancey

Education Annual Conference & Exposition © 2003 American Society for Engineering Educationobjectives were determined, relating to specific department and ABET-required outcomes: toimprove student understanding of the principles of vapor-liquid equilibria and to acquire“the ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs [outcome (c)].” Itwas decided that the thermodynamics course should be separated into two separate three-creditcourses: Classic Thermodynamics and Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. This revision wascompleted in August of 2000, so the 2002 skills test should reflect improvement in the targetedareas. The skills test results were not promising. The metric for a successful

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachelle Heller; Nathan Campeau

national trend where more than half of allengineering students do not graduate as engineers, with freshmen comprising half of thatnumber.1 For some students, transferring is the best option. Clearly, many students whostart out in engineering find that their calling is elsewhere, and the first two yearsespecially can be seen as a weeding out period as students find their niche. However,there was concern that SEAS was losing students who could be successful and happy intheir curriculum if had received more attention or more information about the field. AColorado study found that students lost to attrition were not academically different thanstudents who remained in the engineering program.2The retention problem reflected a greater problem at SEAS: a

Conference Session

The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gurney; Daniel Bankston; Allen Battles; Edgar Reyes; Carl Steidley

application to web-based data structures.These objects and ideas include the Poincare disk model, distances, midpoints,angles, hyperbolic triangles, reflections about hyperbolic lines, and distance-preserving transformations. With regards to the technology, we will discuss aninteractive applet that interfaces Visual Basic and Mathematica and shows graphicrepresentations of the ideas and objects just mentioned.IntroductionThe subject of hyperbolic geometry has similarities with Euclidean geometry. It thenbecomes natural for students to take questions from Euclidean geometry and ask themin hyperbolic geometry. A few possible questions include “What is a hyperbolicline?”, “What is a hyperbolic triangle?”, “How do you compute hyperbolic distancesand

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

day, chosen many months previously, wasironically the Saturday after the Columbine killings. The seminar group reeled under theenormity of what had taken place and helped cement our mission for the day. We beganwith a moment of silence dedicated to the students, teachers and administrators, familiesand the community of Columbine. The seminar was divided into several blocks of time encompassing different approachesand outcomes. The first block of time focused on reflection and discussion of personalmorals and values. The discussions centered upon the basic values of trustworthiness,responsibility, caring, and respect. Faculty and students discussed how these aredeveloped individually and how they guide their life. Student teams then

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

in instrumentation, especially at the baccalaureatelevel, should reflect emerging trends in digital technology and new applications; theyshould aim to provide broader perspective of measurement principles and instrumentationto benefit a large section of students in engineering and technology. Validity and accuracyof measurements, operating principles of transducers, transducer applications,microprocessor interface, signal analysis, interpretation, and data presentation for easydecision and control are to become the core elements of instruction and training. Thecontents of courses and hands-on learning experiences through laboratory assignments ininstrumentation should appeal to a broad spectrum of engineering and technologystudents.2

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Arumala; Ibibia Dabipi

Facilities. Five of the studentsare electrical engineering majors and one a major in Aviation Sciences. This paper is on the workdone by the electrical engineering students. The students participated in several activities, held bi-weekly meetings to report on their activities, wrote a final report and made a final presentation toNASA staff. There was an exit meeting to access and reflect on the program. One important thingthat emerged was the possibility of students, individually and in groups working on senior designprojects on on-going projects at the Facility with the help of NASA mentors. Having identified thementors and the projects during their summer internship, the students are expected to work on seniordesign projects based on the on-going

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Mayo; Eric Hansberry

examples have been carefullyselected to follow an industrial format and introduce students to naval architectural andmechanical design. Curriculum development reflects educational research to ensure maximumbenefit to students. By incorporating marine design into the curriculum, students gainfundamental engineering skills, an exposure to on-the-job industrial methodology, anunderstanding of interdisciplinary work, improved communication skills, and invaluableknowledge that will aid them in making informed decisions about their future careers.IntroductionA comprehensive introductory graphics course should take regional industries into considerationduring curriculum development. Engineering graphics is a fundamental communication mediumused by

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Strenth

, Internet courseexisted as well as which course would be offered will be reviewed. Further discussion willfocus on the methods of delivery and their technical problems as they related to theimplementation of the course work. With the adoption of Electronic Blackboard at Pittsburg State University in thespring, 2000 semester, a foundation was established upon which to build an Internet-basedcourse. The format of the course material for “Civil Construction” made it possible fortwenty-two students to participate. Lessons learned as well as suggestions forimplementation and improvement will be provided. Although numerous obstacles in thedelivery of such a course occurred, the benefits far outweigh the difficulties. Reflection of theexperiences

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Miller; Stephen Lombardo; Christa Weisbrook; Patrick Tebbe

"physical" activity (active) or byinstrospection (reflective). Understanding can come from putting individual steps togethersequentially or looking at the whole picture globally. Finally organization can be doneinductively or deductively.Studies of engineering students using the Felder learning inventory suggest that the majorityprefer the active form of processing information. Many thermodynamic and fluid mechanicscourses are organized along traditional methods of lecture and note taking, supplemented byproblem solution. Typical courses are therefore organized for a passive reflective learningenvironment. In terms of processing information, engineering students have been shown to relyheavily on visual input. Since most classes are organized along

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas S. Kuhaneck; Frank Noonan

,contextual by working from prototypical representations of the decision-makingproblems that are encountered within the CG’s Marine Safety Offices. From theserepresentations the concepts, methodology and tools for effective risk-based decision-making are introduced. The result is an integration of material from decision/riskanalysis, information technology and stakeholder negotiations. (The views presented inthis paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official view of theUnited States Coast Guard.)1. IntroductionThe C.G. is charged with the stewardship of marine safety and marine environmentalprotection for the United States. Although the nation’s marine transportation systemoperates at a level of safety unparalleled in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Marcy; Marion Hagler; Juan Ramirez; Jose Tamborero

Texas Tech University. This difference reflects theProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition © 2001,American Society for Engineering Educationneed for intensive language study in Spanish by students who begin their studies at Texas TechUniversity so that they will feel more capable of pursuing their studies where the instruction is inSpanish. Indeed, incorporation of such a feature into the program was one of the topicsdiscussed when William M. Marcy, Dean of Engineering at Texas Tech University, visited JoseTamborero, Dean of Engineering at the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico, duringMarch 2000. During this visit, the two engineering deans agreed they wished to continue

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wild; Brian Surgenor; Aaron Dellah

tube. A small cooling fan at the bottom end ofthe tube is used to control the height of the ball. Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) closedloop control is implemented by means of the microprocessor. In the laboratory, the students arerequired to program the microprocessor and conduct experiments in controller tuning. Thispaper describes a mechatronics laboratory that is easy to duplicate and exposes the students tovarious mechatronics issues.I. IntroductionSince its introduction as an elective in 1997, the Mechatronic Systems Design (MECH 452)course offered through the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Queen’s University hasbecome very popular. This is reflected in positive student feedback and with a class size higherthan the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams

Session 3557 Project-Based Learning in a Statistical Quality Control Course Stephanie G. Adams University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractDue to the different ways in which students learn, professors must vary their teaching styles.This variation in teaching styles will aid students in their understanding of course materials andenhance student learning. Richard Felder, a leading scholar in the area of learning styles reports,“Students preferentially take in and process information in different ways: by seeing and hearing,reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McCracken; Wendy Newstetter

dimensions might have been important?Student – Oh, well you can just measure it if you need dimensions.If we place the student’s behavior in the context of misconceptions, it is quite enlightening. Thestudent is exhibiting the characteristics of not understanding what design is and what it is allabout. The dialogue reflects the student's design arrogance and extreme design behavior.Though we could assume that their lack of experience is the issue, we feel it is deeper thanexperience and is the manifestation of these conceptions.With that entree we expose the students to SBF3 models of design and initiate the dialogue thatwill continue through the semester on what designing is. The SBF models allow us tocharacterize the student’s specifications

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Elizabeth Orwin

working in teams led to varied results andstudents did not want to work outside of class. Page 7.1214.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã2002, American Society for Engineering EducationStudent Evaluations Our feelings about the course were reflected in the student evaluations at the end of thesemester. The question “Considering everything, how would you rate this course?” received anaverage score of 2.65 out of 5 (n=34), while the question “Considering everything, how wouldyou rate this instructor?” received an average score of 3.20

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Darnell

lumped into the “A”category. Grades should reflect the ability of the student, the standing of the student in the class,the student’s mastery of the material, and the ability of the instructor to teach the material.Grades should reflect differences between students and individual student efforts. At Harvard,82 percent of undergraduate students receive honor grades.15 Is this really a distinction ofstudents, or is this an attempt to assure that a higher percent of the graduates is accepted intograduate or professional programs? One weakness of grade inflation is that above averagestudents are lumped together and there is less distinction among those students than among theones that do make Cs and below. Employers are generally more interested in

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Summers

separated intoparagraph form. Key ideas should be stated in clear, concise, succinct and focusedsentences. Readers can easily lose track of key ideas in a maze of confusing orconvoluted sentences. Supporting information which provides details, interpretations andinterrelationships should be presented in an organized and logical manner in order toenable learning.Keep the writing succinct. Be ruthless when editing to maintain your focus on theessential ideas. Good texts simplify the presentation of the material without a loss ofmeaning.Proper pace is critical. New material must not flow at the reader in such a rate that thereis no time for reflection or review. Authors need to help readers make connections byendeavoring to write explanations that

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Callen; Steven Usselman

since its inception over a century ago. Changing technology, ofcourse, has provided much of the impetus for reform. But so, too, has the continually evolving context in whichengineers operate. The realms of business and government have simply refused to stand still. Those responsible fortraining engineers, if they wished to put their graduates in position to do meaningful work in the world, have had torevisit the curriculum from time to time with an eye toward preparing students to function in novel workingarrangements that reflect both changing economic circumstances and evolving social values. Perhaps never has this been so true than at present. Today’s engineering graduates enter a work environment fardifferent from the one their

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Beatrice Isaacs; Donald Leone; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; David Pines

institutions have actually incorporated GIS in theircurriculum. A survey of the department heads through the ASCE dhc (department head council)server showed that only about 10 percent of the responding departments had a required course intheir civil engineering curriculum.The CEE Department at the University of Hartford embarked upon a major revision of itscurriculum, known as the CE 2000, in the late 90s. The Department early on recognized thatGIS was rapidly expanding into most areas of Civil Engineering and that it was necessary torevise the Civil Engineering program to reflect the impact of the new GIS technology on theprofession. This led to CE 2000, our extensively revised curriculum tailored to meets the needsof graduating engineers in the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Hal Nystrom

participated in integrated teams.The ResultsThe students were asked, "If you were designing this class, based on your experience,would you control the teams regarding integration, or let them choose to form as theydesire?" "Control" was given a value of "0" and "choice" was "1". The scores displayedin Table 1 are the mean scores that also reflect the percentage of the students thatrecommended "choice". For example, the score for all students was 0.65, and it meansthat 65% of the students recommended that they be given the choice. These scores areprovided for students grouped based on their characteristics such as location, sex andlevel of satisfaction. The satisfaction grouping is based on the response of anotherquestion in the questionnaire that

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

. These may include nationallynormed and standardized objective measures, locally developed objective and essay exams, exitinterviews, oral exams, portfolios, senior projects, capstone courses, student satisfaction surveys,employer questionnaires, and alumni surveys. The assessment of academic achievement involvesmany different units within the university community but must be consistent in purpose anddesign. It reflects the freedom of academic departments to conduct assessment in a manner whichis most appropriate for their specific program. It also reflects a high-degree of interdepartmental Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition