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2001 Annual Conference

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James Wood; Elaine L. Craft

rate of 50 percent for all openenrollment, associate degree colleges nationwide. The graduation rate of the first "pilot class"students to have been engaged in the SC ATE engineering technology first-year program is anexciting 50 percent, with additional students expected to graduate within the academic year.When the ATE effort was started, the graduation rate for engineering technology rested at about10 percent.The number of SC ATE faculty (full time and adjunct) continues to grow, with 128 facultymembers involved (as of 9/13/00). Industry interest in and support for the program alsocontinues to broaden, as reflected through the development of the SC ATE Scholars initiative.VI. ConclusionAs the technical/community college population

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2000 Annual Conference

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William E. Cole; Walter Buchanan

the write-up to reflect our different equipment andsetup. Hence, the original write-ups were modified and loaded individually on the computer ateach workstation. Modifications to the original write-ups were minor reflecting equipmentchanges only, not a change in objectives or tasks in the experiment. Page 5.22.3The course was required of all our incoming (first quarter) freshman students. We had 92students registered in the course and six sessions of the lab were offered. The course was offeredon a pass-fail basis with the grade based solely on the exit quiz taken by the students at the endof the lab. No preparation was required by the

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2000 Annual Conference

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

classification, salary ranges, and postgraduate education.Also, the surveys communicate the degree of satisfaction of alumni with their preparation forthe business world and recommendations for further improvement. In addition, the resultsenable us to reflect on our objectives, goals, and how they achieve our mission.Standards and BenchmarksThese methods rely on external reviews and comparisons with other, similar, programs.10. Program Reviews - Periodically, the department undergoes three different reviews to assessthe process as well as the outcome characteristics of its graduates. The first review isconducted every six years by Miami University. The review measures program quality,centrality to the mission of the University, and viability. The second

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2000 Annual Conference

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Teresa Larkin-Hein; Dan Budny

learning style strengths improves their achievement, self- esteem, and attitude toward learning.11) Every individual is entitled to counseling and instruction that responds to his/her style of learning.12) A viable learning style model must be grounded in theoretical and applied research, periodically evaluated, and adapted to reflect the developing knowledge base.13) Implementation of learning style practices must adhere to accepted standards of ethics. (p. 1)Assessing an individual’s learning style is vital to the teaching and learning process. Aneffective match between a student’s style and a teacher’s style may lead to improved studentattitudes and higher student achievement. Many different learning style assessment models

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1998 Annual Conference

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John E. McInroy; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

Session 1620 Digital Control-A Setting for a Mixture of Computing Strategies:Numerics, Symbolics and Simulation Raymond G. Jacquot, Jerry C. Hamann and John E. McInroy College of Engineering, University of WyomingAbstractThe authors report on a course that is a blend of classical and modern digital control, and digitalfiltering. Exercises in this course reflect a variety of computing resources and strategies and as aresult low order system problems are no longer assigned. The authors have incorporatedsymbolic computing in several appropriate places where it can increase understanding and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Dongmei Gui; Jens Jorgensen; Joseph A. Heim

case studies, and other resources that will enhance thetimely development and delivery of engineering related materials.A major objective is to ensure that knowledge about development and conduct of electronicforums is broadly available to individuals or groups wishing to establish similar kinds ofcommunications infrastructures. We will use the online mechanisms of the Forum to capture anddocument the issues and dynamics reflecting the evolution of the Forum concept as we movethrough the design, development, deployment and operational stages of the project. All softwaredesigned for the Forum project as well as configuration guidelines for constructing identicalstructures-- what we might call a forum-shell-- will also be provided in an online

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1997 Annual Conference

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Fazil Najafi

presented which reflects the views of the civil engineering faculty at theUniversity of Florida and the view of industry in a curriculum innovation and renewal workshopconducted by Mike Leonard, from Clemson under the Southeastern Universities Cooperation, onengineering education funded by the NSF. The main theme of this workshop is to let faculty andindustry express their opinion about a process for continuing the curriculum renewal. Thefaculty are divided into two groups and are asked to rank issues related to the curriculum renewalprocess. The groups identified many items and finally narrowed them down to these final fiveitems: 1) increased recognition; 2) modern labs; 3) reward good teaching; 4) faculty stress and 5)professional degree. The

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1999 Annual Conference

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M. Mavromihales; K. Sherwin

the present project reflects this by allowing a wide range ofgeometries. The type of heat exchanger chosen simulates a car radiator in which hot waterflows through a staggered bank of tubes and is cooled by a cross-flow of air. Even when thetube geometry is fixed the students must still determine: exchanger height exchanger width tube pitch number of rowsThe educational goals are to provide a challenging iterative design analysis which iscombined with a simple form of construction, that can be built in a short space of time andallowing the integration of CAD/CAM into the design project.When the project was originally started, the final year design course

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Wagner; David Finley

, relatively constant,and a direct measure of program objectives. In response to this need, thedepartment developed the TSU ChE curriculum assessment examination orCAE.The CAE consists of sixty multiple-choice questions that reflect thedepartmental curriculum objectives in chemical engineering. Each question onthe CAE has five possible responses, only one of which will be correct. Thetest will be administered to chemical engineering seniors as part of thecapstone design class. The examination was weighted as five percent of theircourse grade. We anticipate that the average score on the examination shouldbe around 50% so that some type of grade adjustment will be done before it is

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1999 Annual Conference

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Charles S. Elliott

professionals, the three universities expect to develop courses that address the enhancement and/or development of skills, knowledge, and understanding that are critical to today’s practicing engineers. These courses will be offered through a variety of distance-delivery methods and in flexible formats. Students enrolled in the program will be able to take advantage of course offerings at any of the three universities. These offerings reflect the diversity of strengths across the state. The Master of Engineering offers the practicing engineer the opportunity to design, in conjunction with an advisory committee, a program of study that can reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of engineering

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1999 Annual Conference

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John C. Duke; Jack Lesko; Flynn L. Auchey; Siegfried M. Holzer

by Kolb 2. "Learning is a process whereby knowledge is created through thetransformation of experience"2. Within this perspective, concrete experience andexperimentation form critical components of the learning process as illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1. Experiential Learning Model 2Furthermore, these components are only part of an integral representation of the learningprocess. This process suggests two opposite modes of grasping, directly through the senses(concrete experience) or indirectly in symbolic form (abstract conceptualization). Similarlythere are two distinct ways of transforming experience, by reflection or action. The completeprocess is a four-stage cycle of four adaptive learning modes. The active

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Mirmiran

in concrete. The apparatus uses a single transducer fortransmitting and receiving, together with signal processing and recording hardware. The radar pulseis directed into the concrete member, and patterns created by the reflected waves are observed. Thespeed of pulse in concrete is about 38 to 64 x10 -9 mm/s, as compared to approximately 305 x10-9mm/s in air. Penetration depth ranges from 0.5 to 30 m depending on antenna frequency andbandwidth. Usually, frequencies of 0.1 to 1 GHz are selected depending on the penetration depth andresolution desired. The most difficult aspect of the inspection with radar imaging techniques is theinterpretation of radar signals. The signature of concrete delamination often assumes the shape ofa depression on

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1998 Annual Conference

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Jule Dee Scarborough

congruence or alignment Page 3.465.1 1 Session 3147between the internal and external be achieved. The internal reflects what is thought and felt andthe external reflects what is said and how it is said. $In order to operate congruently in the world,you need to take into account three general factors: self (the internal world), other (theimmediate external world of people), and context (the larger external world of things, structures,processes, laws, and cultures)# (McLendon & Weinberg, 1996, p.34). This

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

elevated to higherimportance. Since teaching is a primary area of activity, it should have a high level ofachievement. Teaching may be separated into the two components of instructional delivery andinstructional development. If one thinks seriously about the art and science of teaching, it is clearthat these two components have a huge impact on student learning and, in reflection, thecandidate’s achievement. In essence, both of these components are distinct, yet interdependent.Effective delivery depends upon careful planning and development. Course developmentdepends on the commitment of continual improvement of delivery and subject mastery. Themeasurement of teaching effectiveness often takes the form of student evaluations, peerevaluations and

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elsa Head, Tufts University; Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

aboutengineering design, and engineering design pedagogical content knowledge, or a amalgamateknowledge of engineering design, students and how the two interact, was measured using ahands-on think-aloud interview tasks that asked teachers to reflect on a hypothetical studentdesign and observations of a STOMP classroom. To examine self-efficacy, an online engineeringdesign self-efficacy survey was administered to teachers enrolled in STOMP and to teachers notenrolled in STOMP as a comparison group for analysis.With the support of STOMP, it is possible that teachers develop knowledge of engineeringdesign and feel more comfortable using engineering design in the classroom. Preliminaryevaluation of this program shows that teachers feel STOMP helps them learn

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia; Annette Berndt, University of British Columbia; Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Carla S Paterson, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

projects but also for their professionallives.While the majority of science and engineering students favour GS, students are also initiated intoinformation-seeking behaviour specific to their discipline through textbooks and lecture notes6,which in turn reflect epistemological values. Because the study of engineering is directlyinfluenced by industry standards, we look to Anderson et al’s 3 work on the information sourcesused by engineering professionals, specifically those in the aerospace industry, as an example ofthe professional behaviour that both undergirds the information seeking of engineering studentsand may serve as a model for students when they are on coop work-terms or complete theireducation and enter the work force.Information

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

survey questions challenged them to reflect on the system-level effectiveness of these brief project activities. Each project activity lasted about 55minutes. In this short duration, the objective was to have the students observe and relateto the STEM aspects of electrical and computer engineering by directly engaging inproject assembly and validation. The survey consisted of mostly broad questions for thestudents to reflect on the experience in the ECE laboratories and the effectiveness of ECEprojects to relate to or reinforce some of their STEM learning at school.Quantitative sectionThe quantitative section required graded responses (on a scale from 0 to 5) to thefollowing questions. The score of 0 indicates that the student found no evidence

Conference Session

TAC/ABET Related Outcome Based Assessment Methods and Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nripendra N. Sarker, Prairie View A&M University; Mohan Ketkar, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan M. Akujuobi, Alabama State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

outcomes. Each instructor of a course is thenentrusted to measure the mapped outcomes. However, the major hurdle may be in the design ofappropriate assessment rubrics and developing assignments to reflect the specific outcomemeasures. Assessment itself is considered as an extra burden on the shoulders of instructors. Asa result, the instructors may find less time and energy in improving the quality of teaching. Inaddition, a fatigue condition may prevail resulting in obscure documentation which may causedissatisfaction to the evaluators. For easy and successful accreditation, the assessment processmay be designed with two objectives in mind, such that i) it does not exhaust the instructors, andii) the evaluators find the assessment process

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University, Beirut; Mohamad K. Naja, The Lebanese University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

’ demographics and information related to their process of locating a job.Participants were requested to use a 5-point Likert scale to rate five factors that may have helped Page 22.317.3them in the transition process such as an internship, final project, or career centers. Participantswere also asked to rate 10 factors on a 5-point Likert scale reflecting the challenges they mayhave faced when they started their career.Five open-ended questions were included at the end of the survey asking participants to share theparticular aspects that would have facilitated a smoother transition process. For example, theywere asked to describe if their summer school

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

Programs In a review of the development and characteristics of future faculty preparationprograms2, it is pointed out that they can provide a smooth transition between graduate schooland faculty positions. These programs evolved from TA training programs that proliferatedbetween 1960 and 1990. Establishment of the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program in 1993formed a base for a sustained national initiative to transform doctoral education. The PFFprogram has three core features3 of 1) addressing the full scope of faculty roles andresponsibilities, 2) students have multiple mentors and receive reflective feedback and 3) bothare addressed in the context of a cluster of institutions typically involving a doctoral degree-granting institution

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

thought, several aspects ofhuman body function, particularly those relating to physiology can be treated as transportphenomena problems. In fact in the last fifty years chemical engineers have contributedsignificantly to various innovations in physiology such as characterization of vascular fluidtransport, kidney dialysis machines, drug delivery vehicles, and artificial tissue constructs toname a few.Major reasons for applying transport phenomena principles to physiological systems are: (i) Tobetter understand the physiological functions of the human body, (ii) to diagnose pathologicalconditions which are typically reflected by changes in transport processes, and (iii) to developinstrumentation and intervention technologies for therapies. Due to

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kip P. Nygren; Wayne Whiteman

, and documenting their work.3 In the absence of a freshman-level design coursein our curriculum, we find early design experiences in typical engineering sciencecourses indispensable.This paper offers one example of an early design project in vibration engineering withstrong instructional content that enhances the learning environment. The students engagein reflective engineering problem definition and solution procedures, work as part of ateam, communicate their engineering ideas, and achieve high performance. Our targetaudience is students in the second semester of their engineering curriculum. The designis a culminating event for the first half of the course.III. Background of the ProblemThe appliance industry is continually moving toward

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold F. Johnson

mentors other students while they conductthe experiment. The lead-group may also introduce the laboratory activity to the other studentsduring the lecture class or at the beginning of the lab period, if supplemental information isnecessary. In addition, the lead-group is responsible for grading the lab. At the conclusion ofthe lead-groups’ activities, they present their experiences during a debriefing session with theinstructor. The latter activity enhances the degree to which students reflect on learning, anothermechanism whereby learning becomes active via deeper cognitive processing.Rotation of Lab PartnersAnother variation in the format of this course is that lab partners are exchanged; each person hasa different partner for each experiment

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric N. Wiebe; Theodore Branoff

bemanipulated to reflect the virtual condition/inner boundary of the machined holes. Studentscan then manipulate the size and location dimensions on the holes to examine acceptablevariations in hole sizes and positions. The part with the pins becomes a functional gage fortesting maximum allowable variations in size and location. By zooming in on the feature,students will be able to see that violating the tolerance zone will mean an overlap between ahole and the virtual condition pin; not allowed in the real parts. Because this virtualcondition/inner boundary is defined as a cylinder, manipulation of both the vertical andhorizontal location constraints on the hole will show that the value with which theseconstraints can change depends on the vector

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

EE programs to besupplanted just as the ‘electronics’ based EE degree has supplanted the EE power engineeringdegree.II. Professional Demographics.Recent career and professional trends in the United States reflect technological changes thathave taken place over the past decade. 2,3 The U.S. Department of Labor projects the need forover 350,000 Computer Engineers and Scientists over the next decade. While EE has replacedMechanical Engineering as the predominant (engineering) field, computer (hardware/software)engineering is growing rapidly. (In government surveys, 11 percent of all engineers reportsoftware engineering as their primary field .2 This discipline was not even reported in 1972.). Arecent survey of mid- and large-size companies

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ingrid H. Soudek

andseparate private life.# It does not take long to convince them that someone who lies habitually tohis family and friends will eventually do the same to his colleagues at work, or that a person whoonly thinks of herself will do so at work as well. These are more extreme examples to convincethem that personal and professional behavior are integrated and that to make a commitment to liveby moral values means both in our private and professional life. I believe that most engineering students aspire to be first rate professionals, and when theyaccept that adhering to moral principles is a part of the image of professional engineers, they aremore open to discussion of such principles and how these principles are reflected in their actions.We

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Y. S. Teplitsky; V. A. Borodulya; A. F. Hassoun; Mulchand S. Rathod; Vladimir Sheyman

]. that the values of h4 are significantly larger (up to 2.5 times) than those of the laminar flow ofThe dimensionless correlations built on this air around the cylinder [8] which is given asbasis have a common essential fault; they usethe heat transfer coefficient hfb which does not Nut = 0.24 Ret0.6 {3}completely reflect the physical phenomenon ofthe process. The increase of h4 is the result of the gas carrier turbulization by the solid particles and bubbles In such a complex situation, the leaving the bed as well as of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob Lahidji

new production systems has created the need to update the competencies which employersseek in graduates of manufacturing engineering technology programs. Today’s engineers arebecoming an integrator, and a coordinator of information, technology, and people. Teamworkand people skills play an important role in the work of the future manufacturing engineers. Thisprinciple of integrating the environment must be reflected in manufacturing education. Forgraduates of manufacturing engineering technology programs to succeed in the manufacturingenterprise, they must possess the competencies that the employer desires.PurposeThe purpose of this presentation is to report the findings of a survey based on competencies thatemployers identified to be

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

William H. Sprinsky

degrees are ABET accredited.We recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Curriculum (ILI) grant. Themajor thrust of implementation reflects the revolution caused by technology in civilengineering and survey. We give each student not only the theory but also actualexperience with the projects and equipment that are the "bread and butter" of civilengineering practice. Laboratories in cartography, photogrammetry, surveying and civilengineering are designed to integrate experiences in this new technology.In the area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the merger of information fromdifferent sources, often in different formats, is the norm in civil engineering technologypractice, using GIS-based systems. We must recognize and keep up

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

W.M. Spurgeon

definition.(2) Notethat the revision reflects the increasing complexity of engineers' work.A manager is defined as a person who has more to do than he can do by himself, and whotherefore gets things done through other people. This is the classical definition. A more up-to-date version is that a manager is a person who gets the right things done, efficiently and timely,through other people who may or may not report to him.Managers have devised many ways of organizing work in manufacturing companies. A commonway of organizing a medium-sized company or an operating division of a large company isoutlined below, in terms of functions: • Engineering* • Research* Current • Legal* Advance