Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nancy Hubing

Session 2368 Interactive Learning Tools: Animating Statics Nancy Hubing, David B. Oglesby, Timothy A. Philpot, Vikas Yellamraju, Richard H. Hall, Ralph E. Flori University of Missouri-RollaAbstractComputer-based modules for engineering instruction must be concise, flexible, educational andengaging in order to effectively supplement traditional classroom teaching tools. A computerexample that takes more time than a chalkboard presentation is not likely to be useful in today’sengineering classroom. Flexible navigation is necessary so that the instructor

Conference Session

Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Brower

graduates have "an ability todesign and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data," "an ability to functionon multi-disciplinary teams," and "an ability to communicate effectively." All three skills arestrongly emphasized and demonstrated through participation in the NASA project.NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program -The Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program3 (RGSFOP) is sponsored by theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center(JSC), in Houston, Texas. This program provides a "weightless" environment similar to theenvironment of space flight for test and training purposes. It is structured to provide a uniqueacademic experience for undergraduate

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Josianne Basque; Sylvie Doré

Wolfman, A.B. (1993). Winning the Product Development Battle. IEEE Engineers Guide to Business series, B. Coburn, ed. New York : The Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers Inc.2. Romiszowski, A. J. (1992). Designing instructional systems. Decision making in course planning and curriculum design. London/New York : Kogan Page/Nichols Publishing.3. Romiszowski, A. J. (1996). Systems approach to design and development. In T. Plomp and D. P. Ely (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (pp. 37-43). Cambridge, UK : Pergamon.4. Di Vesta, F.J. and Rieber, L.P. (1987). Characteristics of cognitive engineering: The next generation of instructional systems. Educational Communications and Technology Journal, 35(4

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Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Peter Ridilla; James Pocock

Session 1421 Project-Based Construction Education JAMES B. POCOCK and PETER A. RIDILLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United States Air Force AcademyIntroduction This paper describes project-based education as applied in two construction managementcourses at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Both courses are for senior-level civil andenvironmental engineering students. One of the courses is a construction management electiveand the other is a required capstone course for students majoring in both civil and

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Lachance; Ronald Welch

understand their “short-hand” schematics. Thiscaused the Contractors numerous problems during the bid phase. Page 7.775.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education b) Contractor Bid Observations The most interesting observation made during the exercise by the event coordinators was by watching the Contractors, who have taken the very same courses and in many times are good friends with the A-E group, fail to understand the A-E group’s design. In all but one case, the contractors were frustrated

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

correctness Are results N sound ? Post processing Export data for End post processing End (a) (b)Figure1. Comparison of program development process for the classical programmingenvironments (a) and the Matlab environment (b).Matlab is a powerful simulation environment with graphical representation. In mostcases development time in the Matlab environment may be shorter. Easy access to thebuilt-in functions may eliminate the “overhead” associated with developing and or callingrelevant subroutines. Graphical features in that environment may be utilized directly in

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Taggart Smith

) Developing strategy and practices that optimize theknowledge resources of organizations should be the focus of knowledge management activities.References1 Drucker, P. F. (1993). Post-capitalist society. HarperCollins, New York.2 Skyrme, D. J.(2000).Developing a knowledge strategy: From management to leadership. In D. Morey, M. Maybury, & B. Thuraisingham (Eds.), Knowledge management: Classic and contemporary works (pp. 61-83). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.3 Von Krogh, G., Ichijo, K., & Nonaka, I. (2000). Enabling knowledge creation: How to unlock the mystery of tacit knowledge and release the power of innovation. New York: Oxford University Press

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

(no pontoons) 4 Pontoon bridge with either pontoon system $37,400 (P) (P= Polyethylene, B= Boat) and polyethylene floatation $32,300 (B) system over the shore *Not including the cable anchorage system, labor, or fabrication costs.In order to have something physical to show the clients, the students decided to build a full-scaleone-section module with representative elements of all four of the design proposals (Figure 3).The prototype incorporates the aluminum and cedar decking panel between pontoons, thepolyethylene floatation as a pontoon, an aluminum flat-bottom boat as a pontoon, polyethylenefloatation modules as the ramp over the shore, fabricated connections between

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gardner; Harold Ackler; Anthony Paris; Amy Moll

dean of engineering formed an ad-hoc committee on thecommon curriculum. While there seemed to be a shared opinion that the current coursewas unsatisfactory, there was no consensus as to the direction in which the course shouldbe taken. The ad-hoc committee commissioned a survey of the engineering faculty whichfocused on three areas: A) What should be the educational objectives of this course, B)What specific course content should be included, and C) How should the college allocateteaching resources to implement this course? The results of this survey were assembled ina report, which was distributed to the faculty. This process facilitated the formation of ashared vision as to the intent and delivery of the course.Due in part to the support by

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brooks Byam

course. Using an SAE student group as an industry sponsor of capstonedesign projects provides a unique experience for SVSU students enhancing their education.Bibliography1 Dutson, A. J., Todd, R. H., Magleby, S. B., Sorenson, C. D., “A Review of the Literature on Teaching EngineeringDesign Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses”, Journal of Engineering Education, January 1997.2 Todd, R. H., Magleby, S. B., Sorenson, C. D., Swan, B. R., & Anthony, D. K., “A Survey Capstone EngineeringCourses in North American”, Journal of Engineering Education, April 1995.Biographical Sketch Brooks P. Byam is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Saginaw Valley State University appointedin 1998. Dr. Byam received a B.S. in Physics from

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ifte Choudhury

generate enough interest to do further research for deriving models forperformance-GPA relationships for other courses.Bibliography1. Seymour, J., Goings, D., & Vincent, A. Factors contributing to success in a microcomputer course. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 79, 1338 (1994).2. Rose, R. J., Hall, C. W., & Bolen, L. M. Locus control and college students' approaches to learning. Psychological Reports, 79, 163-171 (1996).3. Vaidyanathan, R. & Rochford, L. An exploratory investigation of computer simulations, student preference, and performance. Journal of Education for Business, 73, 144-149 (1998).IFTE CHOUDHURYIfte Choudhury is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science. He received a B. Arch.from

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jefferson Lindsey; Frances Harackiewicz; Lizette Chevalier

, “A Fun Hidden Transmitter Hunt Offers an Inexpensive Hands-On Antenna ExperimentRich with Insight”, Session 1332, ASEE 2001 Annual Conference and Exposition, June 25, 2001.4. Chevalier, L.R., Chrisman, B., and Kelsey, M., 2001. “Success Week: A Freshman Orientation Program atSouthern Illinois University Carbondale College of Engineering.” International Conference on EngineeringEducation, Aug. 6-10, 2001, Oslo/Bergen Norway.BiographiesDR. FRANCES J. HARACKIEWICZ received her B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E. and Ph .D. from the University ofMassachusetts at Amherst in 1984, 1986 and 1990 respectively. In 1989, she joined the faculty at Southern IllinoisUniversity Carbondale, and is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Carpick

some comic relief and perhaps motivation by the imagerycontained in the question. The relief is short-lived, though, as the answer can only be obtained ifthe student remembers the formula for the strain energy of a compound axially loaded member, E = å Pi L i 2Ai E i , 2 iand if the student also recognizes from equilibrium that the internal force is only non-zero andequal to P in the left half of the beam, whose length is L/2. If the student only gets as far asremembering the formula itself, wrong answers (a) and (b) can be ruled out as nonsensical sincethey are larger than the strain energy of an entire beam

Conference Session

Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

information on the followinglearning preferences: class format, type of laboratory activities, tendencies to explore additionaltopics independently, and the types of problems to solve. The analysis of survey resultsconsisted primarily of scatter plots and tabulated results of the students’ responses as a functionof their KAI scores. A summary of these results is presented and discussed in Section 5.0. Alltabular results are provided in Appendix B. Page 7.298.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hereford

faculty havedeveloped for its Engineering Physics program, as well as links to other useful sites.A snapshot of the main page is shown in Figure 1. The intent of the main page is (a) to besimple and thus download quickly, (b) provide a search capability, and (c) provide a jump offpoint to the main subsections. Page 7.982.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Copyright © 2002, American Society of Engineering EducationWelcome to the Engineering Physics Resource web page sponsored by Murray State University. Ourgoals are to · provide ideas for

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

affective experiences encountered in distance learning courses, American Journal of Distance Education, vol.10, no.3, 1996, pp.37-48. 2. Graham, C., Cagiltay, K., Lim, B., Craner, J., and Duffy, T. M. "Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses." The Technology Source, March/April 2001. 3. Gross, Ronald (1991), Peak Learning, ISBN: 0-87477-610-4, published by G. F. Putnam’s Sons, New York. 4. Carlson, R. (1999, September), Migrating Your Course to the Online Environment, Syllabus, pages 20-24. 5. Betz, M., & Desiderio, M. (unpublished). Educational technology in teacher education: 2001

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

course. b) Most juniors and seniors participate as part of a graduation design project. c) Sophomores, who may have completed a first-year course and who are not yet concerned about defining graduation projects, participate mainly out of personal interest. Table 1. Forms of participation in the 2001 TCFFHRC (%) Forms Fresh Sophomore Junior Senior Part of the course 76 14 33 29 Graduation project 0 0 40 43 Extracurricular activities 33 93 33 20 Hobby 29 43 20

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gaby Hawat

Session 3286 Articulated Pre-Engineering Programs: How Community Colleges can be Effective Partners with Universities to Deliver Engineering Curriculum to Students Dr. Gaby Hawat, Hank Regis Valencia Community CollegeAbstractValencia Community College (VCC) offers, in addition to the standard general educationpre-engineering Associate of Arts degree, a pre-engineering curriculum including thefundamental engineering classes needed for all engineering majors. Engineering studentshave the option of pursuing a general degree in pre-engineering or the more

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Schmidt; Gregory Plett

. The rotor spin torque is provided by a rare earth magnet typedc motor (motor 1) whose angular position is measured by an optical encoder (encoder 1). Thefirst transverse gimbal assembly (body C) is driven by another rare earth motor (motor 2) to effectmotion about axis 2. Another optical encoder provides feedback of the relative position ofbodies C and B.The subsequent gimbal assembly, body B, rotates with respect to body A about axis 3. There is noactive torque applied about this axis. A brake, which is actuated via a toggle switch on thecontroller box, may be used to lock the relative position of A and B and hence reduce the systemdegrees of freedom. The relative angle between A and B is measured by encoder 3. Finally,body A rotates without

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Daryl L. Logan

. The changesresulted in an unreliable and inadequately tested machine at the regional contest. The result was amachine that failed to start up due to a faulty switch that controlled the power to one of themotors used to turn one of the wheels used to toss the balls.REFERENCES[1] 2002 ASME STUDENT DESIGN CONTEST - Design Problem, “Baseball Frenzy”,http://www.asme.org/students/design_contest/Y2002Rules.html.[2] American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002 Student Design Contest, “BaseballFrenzy”, L.Gliniecki, R. LaPlannte, A Timmerman, and J. Zitlow, A report to the Theory ofMachines course, UWP, May, 2002.[3] Baseball Frenzy, T. Anderson, D. Kelnhofer, B. Peterson, and M. Wymore, A report to theTheory of Machines course, UWP, May 2002.[4

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

response. Themaximum score is the number when all students select “Definitely Yes" which has a value offive (5) as their response in favor of the idea (i.e. maximum score = 150 for a class of 30students).Table 1: Students Responses to Section Two (2) of the Questionnaire Response as % of Maximum Score No. Question Eng Highway Engineering Statics Design Economics Average 2-a AAR helped me/us learn the material better 60.0 76.0 63.5 66.5 2-b AAR helped me/us identify any "problem

Conference Session

Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Pearlman; Kimberly Turner

. Page 7.621.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ? 2002, American Society for Engineering Education7. Experiment with the accelerometer and answer the questions below: a. What is the largest angle that the graph will record? b. Does the accelerometer measurement or sensitivity seem different to you in either direction? How? c. Based on what you know about the MEMS accelerometer, is there anything that surprises you about how well it works?The Purple StationYou experience acceleration in 2 dimensions (side to side and forward and back) when you ridein a car. Assume that you are in the passenger seat of a car at a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lyons; Peter Dorato

-Part 2, 1968.6. Challenge for the Future...Professional Schools of Engineering , NSPE, Wash., D.C., 1976.7. Wandmacher, C., "Professional Education", President's Message, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 65, no.6, 1975, p. 447.8. LeBold, W.K, R. Perrucci, J. Singleton, V. Salvo, W. Howland, and G.A. Hawkins, "Educational InstitutionalViews of Undergraduate Goals of Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 56, no. 6, 1966,pp. 213-219.9. Grinter, L.E., "Defining a Professional School of Engineeri ng,” Guest Editorial, Journal of EngineeringEducation, vol. 65, no. 4, 1975, p. 279, pp. 354-355.10. Friedland, B. and P. Dorato, "A Case for the Doctor of Engineering As a First Professional Degree,"Engineering Education

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Gerdin

studentswhen physically attending the laboratory at the academic would not have to purchase LabVIEW to run theseinstitution. programs. These programs (or virtual instruments) would Since most PC computers have a sound card and CD allow the students to download the data to spreadsheetplayer, it was decided to turn these instruments into a files which could be used either in analysis of the data in aAcknowledgment- The author wishes to thank N. report, or to be sent back to the laboratory instructor at theTrombetta, R.A. Jones, B. Barnes, M. Pezzetti and T. host site to help the student trouble-shoot the circuit.Kujawa for making

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

Session 2468 Interactive Learning Tools: Animating Mechanics of Materials Timothy A. Philpot, David B. Oglesby, Ralph E. Flori, Vikas Yellamraju, Nancy Hubing, Richard H. Hall University of Missouri-RollaAbstractComputer-based instructional materials offer great potential for engineering education. A challenge that must beaddressed in the successful use of this medium, however, is overcoming the students’ tendency toward passivelyreceiving the instruction. Particularly in the impersonal domain of a student interacting with a computer,instructional

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

G.T. Lineberry; David Silverstein

) engineering education(University of Louisville, Murray State University, and Western Kentucky University), alongwith the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and selectedindependent colleges (e.g., Kentucky Wesleyan) to develop a collection of offerings of pre-engineering courses at community colleges across the state. The courses have been selected toallow students graduating from two-year programs to then enter four-year programs andcomplete an engineering degree within two additional years.As part of this project, the specific needs of certain courses have been considered in the redesignof distance-learning classrooms in order to provide an effective instructional environment. Oneof the courses to be offered is “Process

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; James Ochoa

exported to a ASCII data file. Next, the LabVIEW-based virtual instrument imports thisdata through the graphical user interface seen in Figure 5b. This interface is flexible in that it allows theuser to select any of the voltages or currents in the simulation file to test. Thus, the user can select anytwo voltages or currents in the circuit to be used as the input and output signals when finding thefrequency response. a) b) Figure 5 – a) Hardware setup of the verification tool used for frequency response testing. b) The tool’s simulation import interface.Once the simulation data is imported, the virtual instrument determines the list of test frequencies

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Johansen; Jens Riis; Henrik Jorgensen; Claus Balken; James Luxhoj

) Education Company Theoretical Focus P r o b l e m -B a s e d (Many to 1 Learning (PBL) and relation) Executive Programs Practical

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Schweitzer; Shad Reed

Integration?” IACIS Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada, October 2001.[7] Khan, B. and Vega, R., “Factors to Consider When Evaluating a Web-based InstructionCourse: A Survey.” In B. Khan (Ed) Web-based Instruction. New Jersey: EducationalTechnologies Publications.[8] Embleton, K., “Online Teaching Tips.” 3 Dec 1999.http://www.fcs.iastate.edu/computer/faq/tips/onlinetechtips.html (10 Jan 02).[9] Girma, D., “Teaching Assistant Portal – A Web-Based Tool for Enhancing Teaching andLearning of Lecture-Based Modules.” North American Web Conference, Fredericton, NewBrunswick, Canada, October 2000.[10] Novak, G. and Patterson, E., “Just-in-Time Teaching: Active Learner Pedagogy withWWW,” IASTED International Conference on Computers and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Steven H. Chin; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

, American Society for Engineering Education” Clinic at Rowan University'', ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, Session 1326, June 28--July 1, 1998.2. A. J. Marchese, J. Newell, B. Sukumaran, R. P. Ramachandran, J. L. Schmalzel and J. Mariappan, ``The Sophomore Engineering Clinic: An Introduction to the Design Process Through a Series of Open Ended Projects'', ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 2225, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 20--23, 1999.3. J. A. Newell, A. J. Marchese, R. P. Ramachandran, B. Sukumaran and R. Harvey, “Multidisciplinary Design and Communication: A Pedagogical Vision'', International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 376-382, 1999.4. R. M. Felder, “Reaching