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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Shahrabi; Feng Huang; Ali Setoodehnia; Hong Li

. Quantum Electro., 28, pp. 908–920, (1992); A. M. Weiner,"Femtosecond Pulse Processing," Optical and Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Ultrafast Optoelectronics, 32, 473-487 (2000).2. J.X. Tull, M.A. Dugan, and W.S. Warren, “High-resolution, ultrafast laser pulse shaping and its application,” Adv. Mag. Opt. Reson., 20, pp. 1-65 (1996); M.A. Dugan, J.X. Tull, and W.S. Warren, “High-resolution, acousto-optic shaping of unamplified and amplified femtosecond laser pulses,” J. Opt. Soc. Am., B, 14, pp. 1-11, (1997); M. E. Fermann, V. da Silva, D. A. Smith, Y. Silberberg, and A. M. Weiner, "Shaping of Ultrashort Optical Pulses by Using an Integrated Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter," Opt. Lett. 18, 1505-1507 (1993).3

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Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Mattei

Figures 1 – 8. Questions A and Bfocus on professional issue questions. It was found that most students knew the differencebetween an EI and a PE on the first day of class. However, most students did not fully understandthe legality of the title “Engineer” at that time. A: I know the difference between an Engineering Intern and a Professional Engineer 20 15 pre A 10 post A 5 0 1 2 3 4 5Figure 1: Comparison of both pre-lecture survey and post-lecture survey results from question A B: When I get my BS

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen; Robert Strangeway

within the engineering team. 4. Be aware of various professional issues facing engineers and engineering technologists.Course layoutIn order to cover the course objectives the course has been split into three areas: A. Aspects of gaining employment, including resources on the Internet for position openings and company profiles, usage of MSOE’s own placement office, guidelines for good resumes and cover letters, and finally techniques for successful interviews. B. Different disciplines and career choices in Electrical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology, advantages and disadvantages. Engineering professional discuss different career choices and present reasons to select a specific

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Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

skills necessary to succeed in engineering/technology education. A few have changed majors and some dropped out because of poor academicpreparations. Although this observation doesn’t help our enrollment, it is good from the students’perspectives in choosing their major and avoiding cost in time and money. Also, our observation hasprompted the mathematics department to evaluate their teaching of the algebra courses. The students, whowent from this course to the next level of ET courses, had a much higher rate of success than those wehad without this course in the past. This is indeed the most positive effect of ECET 1302. Also, it hasprovided the freshmen a pathway to explore engineering as a career choice.References1) J. B. Fraser, J. G

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell; Joseph Cecere

includes pursuing a college degree. Good gradesin core classes are important for college admission but in today’s competitiveenvironment, the relative level of course difficulty also plays a significant role.Consequently, though class rank and GPA continue to be critical for assessing collegepotential, students are probably better off with a B in a College freshman English classthan an A in physical education in high school. Taking college courses while in highschool demonstrates to a college admission board the student’s capability, motivation,and that going to college is more than just his or her “Plan B.” Further, a college coursetaken while in high school can earn credits toward a college degree and simultaneouslyprepare the senior for the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paolo Tamayo; David Florida; Ramakrishna Gottipati; Janos Grantner

of low frequency is generated by aFunction Generator. The signal should be clamped between 0V and approx. +4V because themaximum value of the analog VDD for the Analog-to-Digital (ATD) modules of the ‘DP256microcontroller is about +5V. In order to provide for an analog output signal, students shouldinterface an external D/A converter IC (DAC) to one of the parallel ports of the microcontroller.Students are required to develop a program to execute the tasks as follows: the analog inputsignal is to be sampled and converted to digital by means of an ATD module. Then the programshould perform a scaling of the input signal by calculating the formula y = a·x + b where x is theconverted input signal, and y is a digital value to create an analog

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian

arepresented. The benefits of combine usage of object-oriented methodologies and designpatterns to facilitate business decisions are investigated. Eliminating tight couplinginherited in functional decompositions and establishing cohesion within an object areemphasized strongly.Acknowledgments Special thanks to my wife Linda Shaykhian for her inspiration and testing example in the development ofthe C++ Bank program listed in appendix section of this paper.Bibliography1. Gamma, A. Helm, R. Johnson, R. Vlissides, J. "Design Patterns, Elements of Reusable Object- Oriented Software," New York: Addison-Wesley, 1995.2. Stroustrup, B. "The C++ Programming Language," New York: Addison-Wesley, 2000.GHOLAM ALI SHAYKHIANGholam Ali Shaykhian is a software

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology for energy technology and related programs [40]. This was anecessary step to grant credibility to the program as well as to allow students the flexibility ofpossible transfer to similar programs in the country. Courses contents and sequences werecreated to follow the rigor and pre-requisite/co-requisite based foundation blocks. The curriculum leading to the BSET degree with energy technology (EGT) concentrationis summarized as follows: (a) Mathematics & Science 29 credit hours (b) Upper Division EGT Technical Courses 42 credit hours (c) Lower Division Technical Courses

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erik Peterson; Ian Papautsky

on the papers by G. Stemme and coworkers, , (a) Explain how viscosity of the fluid effects the pumping flow rate for a given diaphragm frequency. (b) According to the data presented, how does the geometry of the diffuser (length and angle) affect the pump performance? (c) How would the flow rate be affected if the rounded corners at one end (w1) of the diffuser and sharp corners at the other end (w2) were reversed? (d) Why is the diffuser pump design better for pumping cell suspensions than a conventional diaphragm pump with check valves?3. From the guest lecture on pressure sensors for clinical applications, (a) A pressure sensor is characterized by a linear relationship between pressure and voltage where

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John L. Falconer; Janet deGrazia; Al Weimer

choice quizzes, teaching steps in problemsolving, predicting outcomes in demos, and involving the students in the curriculum. This briefarticle describes the relatively-inexpensive technology available for clickers and examples used inour classrooms. Examples used for sophomore, junior and senior level Chemical Engineeringcourses will be presented, and feedback discussed. Finally, a summary of advantages anddisadvantages of the system are presented.Explanation of Clicker Use Learning with transmitters (clickers) works as follows:1. The instructor poses a question and presents possible answers (multiple choice).2. Each student picks an answer by select A,B,C,D,E on the clicker3. The instructor displays at a histogram of answers for the class to

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

. Thus, if team A, B, and C had already been called upon during the cycle, a random student was chosen from team D and team E before starting a new cycle. 5. An individual student would not be called upon a second time until all students had been called upon once. This was not told to the students. As there were 63 students in the course and about 41 class meetings, some students were never called upon. There were five cycles completed during the semester (25 questions).To improve student attendance, the points earned in the Transport Cup competition byindividual students were counted towards the students’ course participation (worth 2% of

Conference Session

Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Somerton

, solution #3 is highly unethical. In Figure 1 the plagiarism policy for mydepartment is shown. This policy is distributed with the course syllabus on the first day of classfor all undergraduate courses offered by the department. It was developed due to continuingproblems associated with academic dishonesty, which sometimes emerged due to studentignorance. The administrator who would implement the third solution is clearly violating pointsA-1 and A-3 below. It is also interesting to note that if the faculty member anticipated a solution#3 then, according to this policy, the faculty member is also guilty of committing plagiarismthrough points B-1 and B-2 in the policy. Another aspect is the issue of intellectual property thatis significantly

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Davis

was chosen as the development boardfor DSD. The textbook in the class was also made optional to further reduce the cost ofthe class. Page 10.420.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” (a) (b) (c) Figure 2. FPGA development boards: a) Altera UP2 b) XESS XSA-100 c) Digilent Pegasus After the hardware was chosen, the next step was to start

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

parties, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), thus, “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”there is no incentive for anyone along the email route to hinder spam. In fact, there is only onesubsection in this entire law dedicated to third parties. Section 6.b. is as follows3: b) Limited Enforcement Against Third Parties- (1) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person (hereinafter referred to as the `third party') that provides goods, products, property, or services to another person that violates subsection

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

visualization ability. d 2.3 Project Management Lab Assignment 1 89 Lab Assignment 2 96 Group Project 89 38 50 6 0 6 4.1 g 2.4 Self-Learning 3. To develop an understanding of 2D a 1.1 Technical Proficiency and 3D geometric entities and their b Week 4 Team Week 5 Team application in graphic communication. 87

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Brainard; Sheila Edwards Lange; Elizabeth Litzler

men while over-representing women and under-represented groups compared to the population of graduate students in Science and Engineeringprograms. There were a total of 1224 participants selected for the survey. Of those, 574returned usable surveys, resulting in a response rate of 47%.B. VariablesThe two dependent variables utilized for the regression analyses in this paper are measures ofcareer commitment and degree progress. Degree progress is measured by five separate questionsthat indicate whether someone has completed specific stages in the doctoral degree progress.The stages are: classes and coursework, comprehensive or qualifying exams, master’s degreeearned, advancement to candidacy, and approval of dissertation. If a student said

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

were asked to produce a lab report using power point including: a. A Cause-and-Effect Diagram with Low Park Rating as the problem statement. b. A collection of data recorded from the experiments. c. The three most important causes in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 that lead to a high park rating. d. A discussion of ways to address these causes in the game to maximize park rating.The 8th graders are asked to produce an activity report including: "Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 4

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reed Stevens; Kevin O'Connor; Lari Garrison

than a place to gain important life abilities or experience. For that, she has lookedProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationto her experience in the internship. Engineering education, as she understands it, is not asource of personal fulfillment–nor should it be, as long as it helps her move along a pathtoward her desired goal of employment in the renowned laboratory.BrynBryn views college differently. For her, college should be a place that supports herdevelopment as a person and builds on the abilities that she believes she brings with herto college, like being a “people person.” In Segment B.1, Bryn describes her stance

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Homkes; Henry Kraebber; Donna Evanecky

Applying FMEA to Software Rick Homkes, Donna Evanecky, Henry Kraebber Purdue University College of TechnologyAbstractFailure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is a well-known industry technique for improving thereliability, quality and safety of products and processes. It “can be described as a systematicgroup of activities intended to: (a) recognize and evaluate the potential failure of aproduct/process and the effects of that failure, (b) identify actions that could eliminate or reducethe chance of the potential failure occurring, and (c) document the entire process.”1The focus of FMEA is on the design of products and processes. FMEA provides designers witha

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Glover; Frank Claydon; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft; Julie Trenor

Statements Rating ≥ 4 b Rating a (N=85) 1 I think that both males and females can study engineering. 4.96 85 2 GRADE camp will be interesting, meaningful, and worthwhile. 4.18 65 3 I believe that I can be successful in engineering. 4.25 67 4 I have been successful in my high school math courses. 4.41 66 5 I have enjoyed my high school math

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

Student Engagement and Motivation: From Time-on-Task to Homework, Prtland Oregon, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, October 2000.BiographyAiman S. Kuzmar is an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus. He holds aPh. D. degree from Duke University. He has a Master’s degree from Rice University. His B. S. is from theUniversity of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. All of His degrees are in civil engineering. His industrialexperience includes working as an Engineer for the NCDOT. He is a registered engineer in North Carolina.Appendix A: List of projects in the Steel Construction courseFall 2002 • Structures, Procedures – Design - Plans Presentation • Design and Construction of the New

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Boehm; Brackley Frayer; Joe Aldridge

the project. One emphasis is that the specific problem requirements are not outlined in greatdetail, as this is normally the way commercial projects are initiated. The teams must be involvedin defining what will make an entertaining experience for the clients’ customers, and in this waythey attempt to demonstrate some aspects of creativity.This course is offered yearly. We have had practitioners from as far away as New York Citydonate their services to the class. B) Theatrical TechnologiesSeveral aspects in traditional theatre developed over the years demonstrate a significant technicalbent. Lighting equipment, show control systems, modern lifts, and general electrical designfound in the theatre all require a reasonable level of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Niewoehner

requiring major repair and loss of schedule. III- Moderate- Injuries not involving lost work days. Non-minor repair (multiple shifts) IV- Minor- No personnel injury. Easily reparable damage (<1 shift). Cessation of that day's testing. Likelihood is coded similarly according to a four or five point scale: A- Nearly certain- If the test is repeated multiple times over a lengthy testing campaign, the specified event should be expected to occur at least once. B- Probable C- Possible D- Improbable E- Remote The likelihood is subjectively assigned, unlike the more rigorous values found in systemssafety in which manufacturers quantitatively

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Marrero; Andrew K. Beckett

). “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” 6Table 2: Logistical regression for retention of entering engineering class of 2003 B S.E. Wald Df Sig. Exp(B) Step FIG(1) - .673 .346 3.780 1 .052 .510 1(a) ACTCOMP .168 .038 19.042 1 .000 1.182 HSrank .013 .005 6.777 1 .009 1.013 Constant

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

1000 cycles. High-cycle fatigue is generally greater than103 cycles. Finite life is assumed to be below 107 cycles [5]. A typical S-N diagram is shown infigure 1. Page 10.904.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1 A Typical S-N Diagram. Curve A – Typical behavior of steel alloys in fatigue loading, Curve B – Typical behavior of Aluminum alloys in fatigue loading.Ferrous materials usually show a definite breaking point on the S-N diagram around 106

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suining Ding

scale was used for all survey items except open-end questions.VI. Results and DiscussionThe survey questions and responses were summarized and grouped together to measure each offour learning outcomes. The following bar graphs show the percentage of questions for eachlearning outcome that was measured. Then the mean (average percentage) was calculated foreach group questions. 100 90 No.1-B 80 No.1-A 70 60 No.2-B 50

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Beverlee Kissick; Saeed Khan

. Retrieved April 15, 2005 from http://galenet.galegroup.com3. Castronovo, R. “From Emerson to King: Democracy, race, and the politics of protest.” Modern Language Quarterly v60n1, March 1999. Retrieved August 13, 2005 from http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/ second paragraph.4. Carey, W. B. “Emerson-the importance of adaptability.” Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. V25i5p382(1), October 2004. Retrieved August 13, 2005 from http//web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/ fourth paragraph5. Delbanco, A. “The renewal of literature: Emersonian reflections”, The New Republic, Review of book, “Renewal of literature: Emersonian reflections” by Poirier, Richard, 1987, Retrieved April 15, 2005 from http

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Finlayson

the bridge to fall down, or the reactor to explode.) Creditwas given to those students who (a) attended class and (b) turned in correct assignments of 8 ofthe 10 assignments. In the 2004 and latest, 2005, version of the course, a CoursePak wasprovided with worked examples and discussion2. One philosophy that permeates the course is: learn to check your work! Manyproblems being solved today in industry are intractable with analytical methods. That is due tothe widespread availability of desktop and laptop computers, but even more so due to the Page 10.833.1sophisticated software available today. Thus, engineers will probably be

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rogers; J. Ricky Cox

written down. Thisgroup of students prefers to avoid being distracted by writing notes as they know they candownload the archived notes at a later date. a.) b.) Figure 3: Example of notes given in a Dynamics course. The outline of the notes (a.) can be downloaded by the students before class while the annotated notes (b.) are archived and are made available after each lecture. Note that having the problem statement written before class saves considerable amounts of time Page 10.736.3 especially in classes where many example problems are

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Stuart

will use the data set from the second offering of theFluids Mechanics course, administered in the Fall of 2004 as it is the most complete data set todate. The class consisted of 39 students, two of whom stopped attending after the first midterm.The students were equally divided between the departments of civil and mechanical engineering,with two women and 35 men completing the course. In addition to the two failures, threestudents failed to achieve a grade of “C or better” and the class average grade was a 2.51 on a4.00 scale (B-/C+). A total of 24 quizzes were administered over a 10 week quarter, 11 of whichwere reading quizzes, 12 of which were homework quizzes, and one was a survey of students’response to the daily quiz format. Homework