Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce

unittenure and promotion criteria that reflect teaching, professional scholarship, and engagement ofservice in engineering practice. Action 1 ─ To define types of professional scholarly activity or creative performance in professional aspects of engineering as a complement to research Action 2 ─ To define the characteristics of teaching / mentoring that enables growth of working professionals Action 3 ─ To define the characteristics of engagement to society at the advanced professional level in engineering practice Action 4 ─ To define new schemes for financing professional schools (similar to law schools) to sustain advanced professional engineering education

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; David Quick; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

of engineering for purposeful technology development andinnovation mandates reform for a new type of professionally oriented engineering education atthe graduate level to better develop the innovative capacity of the U.S. engineering workforce inindustry for economic competitiveness and national security purposes.The implications of this finding are far reaching. They have direct relevance in how engineers inindustry practice engineering for purposeful technology development and innovation foreconomic competitiveness and for defense purposes and in how universities educate U.S.engineers for innovation. In essence, we cannot retain U.S. preeminence in engineering if thesystem of U.S. engineering graduate education does not reflect the modern

Conference Session

New Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, SUNY Binghamton; Justin Sturek, SUNY Binghamton; Sumit Parimoo, SUNY Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, SUNY Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

11.1153.21elsewhere. Figure 6 – “Clean Slate” Layout5.0 Summary of ExperimentationSimulation modeling is an excellent tool for analyzing workflow modifications. Additionally,using a simulation model that accurately reflects real-life, sensitivity analysis can be conductedto study the impact of any modifications to the system. While mathematical models serve to Page 11.1153.22evaluate solutions for problems, such as workflow modeling and resource allocation, simulationserves as an excellent tool to study the outcomes from various ‘what-if’ scenarios 7.A simulation study was conducted to ascertain the potential benefits that could

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert Kavetsky, Office of Naval Research; Robert L. Stiegler, NSWCDD; Peter N. Squire, NSWCDD; Juanita Jo Matkins, College of William and Mary; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; John A. McLaughlin, McLauglin Associates

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-world challenges and problems, and the utilization of theseproblems to help students understand and appreciate the work which scientists and engineers do.In reality, the NSWCDD mentors play three roles: they serve as exemplary individuals workingin a Navy setting, colleagues working with the teachers in the classroom, and role models andmentors to the students. Since the community as a whole (students, parents, teachers, schoolsystem, and employers) is invested in the program, such mentoring programs are more effectivethan if only a school-based program was implemented. See Nation et al (2005)9.Anecdotal comments, reflecting indirectly on the role of the mentors, support the quantitativeindications (see next section) of the success of the

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

they would liketo see on (added to) the site and how it should work. Once the site was uploaded onto theMcGraw-Hill server, the USMA team began alpha-testing it and providing feedback. Thefeedback loop continues running in an effort to improve the workability of the site for the contentproviders and the administrators. Teamwork was essential throughout the development process,and the finished site reflects extensive cooperation between the publisher (McGraw-Hill), thedevelopers (Hunt and Gather, Inc.) and the content providers/editors (USMA).The procedures currently being used with the USMA will continue once the site is open to all forphysical model submission. If you provide a physical model, you must be willing to serve as areviewer for

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Covington, California State University-Northridge; G. Michael Barnes, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

based on the work students self reported they had donewith respect to course and project assignments. Again, the purpose of the assessment and itsevaluation was to have the student’s reflect upon their time management periodically during thecourse. The six assessment surveys are posted on the web7. The class had two medium-sizedprogramming assignments, a midterm, and a final. Each programming assignment was to becompleted within 6 weeks. All grades were percentages.In study 1 we report results from two analyses. First, we test our hypothesis by examining thecorrelation between all 47 student assessment, exam, and program grades. Second, we examinethe fourth and sixth assessment scores to evaluate the validity of the assessment questions. Wehope

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

classrooms around the country, we expect other studies toreport on the efficacy of using these materials in the classrooms and help instructorsinterested in implementing innovative educational materials choose the appropriatematerials.AcknowledgementsWe thank the Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation forfunding the case study development and dissemination activities under the grants #9752353, 9950514, 0001454, 0089036 and 0442531. In particular, we thank Dr. RussPimmell, program director, NSF for his valuable feedback and comments. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ,Mrs

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Scudder, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Stratton, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Sutherland, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

4.19 belts, pulleys, and sprockets for mechanical design applications. 1 Ethics - understands the importance and consequences of ethical behavior. 4.18 Engineering Graphics - Read, apply, and measure GD & T and size tolerances to meet 2 4.17 design goals and reflect manufacturing process capabilities. Mechanics - Design axially loaded members, beams, bars in torsion and machine parts in 2 4.16 combined loading for both static failure and deflection

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Northrup, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Figure 4. Mechanical solution to trailer release system. Page 11.766.11 Figure 5. Photo of students racing their solar car. Note the crack in the pavement.Figure 6 shows a graph of the motor current data demonstrating the time at which the trailerrelease motor was energized to pull the pin and release the trailer. This is reflected by the dropin current between about 170 and 180 feet in the course. The current to the vehicle drive motordrops because the motor used to pull the trailer release pin is activated and the solar panel is onlycapable of about 2.4 amps. The students measured the current

Conference Session

Installing & Assessing Technology Literacy Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Voss, Smith College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

freshener for a hat. A fly swatter andspatula formed the arms, and a broom and umbrella the legs. A thermometer represented thespinal cord through the center of the body and a clock was used to represent the heart. Woundthroughout the inside of the box was an orange electrical wire symbolizing a person’s veins. Page 11.567.20Hanging from the wire were mirrors, which in addition to the “ribs” of spoons adhered to thesides, allowed a spectator to see themselves and be reflected in technology and art.

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati; Richard Miller, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Heng Wei, University of Cincinnati; Thaddeus Fowler, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

basic approach used in each wasdiscovery through actual construction and experimental testing, field data collection, observingand recording, computer simulations, synthesizing, generalizations, and reflection on classroomintegration. A brief description of the projects follows. “Monitoring Precast-Prestressed Concrete Deck Panels on a Steel Girder Bridge”: Thepurpose of the project was to evaluate methods for reducing the “down time” for bridgeconstruction. Precast concrete elements offer a solution. The problem is that over a long periodof time, the concrete changes shape due to temperature, stress, creep, and shrinkage. These Page

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seth Norberg, U.S. Military Academy; Ozer Arnas, U.S. Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, U.S. Military Academy; Michael Rounds, U.S. Military Academy; Phil Root, U.S. Military Academy; Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics for a variety of reasons. Clemson Universitydeveloped a similar course targeted to second semester sophomore Mechanical Engineeringmajors that sought to address several administration goals: create a curriculum that is morefeasibly completed within four years and one that reflects the faculty’s “sense of correctness”and ABET requirements.5 The administration placed this Foundations of Thermal-FluidSciences course as a prerequisite for the full courses of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.Similarly, when the Mechanical Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)restructured their undergraduate curriculum, they chose to implement an integrated thermal-fluidscience course.6 West Point’s specific

Conference Session

Design of Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Nels Wirkkala, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

definitely helped thestudents to comprehend solutions to problems where clearly defined parameters are not available as isthe case in most real-world situations.AcknowledgementSome of the work presented herein was partially funded by the NSF Engineering Education DivisionGrant EEC-0314875 entitled “Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching Basic Core STEMMaterial Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems”. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation The authors are grateful for the support obtained from NSFto further engineering education.System ConstructionA complete set of drawings, bill of materials

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines; Craig Van Kirk, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

. Retrieved 3/13/2005 from http://www.gopsusports.com/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=7327 Thamel, P. (2005, February 24). Lessons in life. New York Times, p.D1. Retrieved 3/20/2005 Page 11.324.13 from the Proquest Database.Welch, J., & Welch, S. (2005). Winning. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.Wooden, J., & Jamison, S. (1997). Wooden: A lifetime of observations and reflections on and off the court. Chicago: Contemporary Books.Wooden, J., & Jamison, S. (2005). Wooden on Leadership. New York: McGraw-Hill Page 11.324.14

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

mostly cover circuits with resistive elements. A few examples of circuitsinvolving capacitors and non-resistive elements (e.g. integrators and differentiators) are alsogiven as examples of signal shaping circuits.In the laboratory, operational amplifiers are used to amplify signals in two practical applications.In the first experiment, students amplify the signals from an ultrasonic emitter/receive pair. Theobjective of the experiment is to measure the speed of sound by measuring the time delaybetween the original and reflected signals. In the second experiment, an operational amplifier isused to amplify the signal from an infrared emitter/detector pair used to measure the speed of avariable speed DC motor. Both the motor and the emitter

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Catherine Bale, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

network hardware andoperating system software in good repair and up to date.As shown in the rightmost two columns of Table 4, time spent by contest administrators may bedivided into routine and task-oriented work that may be scheduled or unscheduled. Routine Page 11.547.14work occurs each week from the start of the qualifying round through the completion of finals.Scheduled tasks are generally aimed at preparation for the next contest round. Exceptions are thetasks of the webmaster and software authors, which reflect the effort of initial development.Unscheduled tasks result from unpredictable events such as software bugs and misbehaviors

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K-Y Daisy Fan, Cornell University; Clare van den Blink, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

five or six handsraised.”The faculty also used the PRS to promote student learning through reflection and peerdiscussion. When many students registered a common wrong answer, the faculty wouldeliminate the wrong answer and have the students discuss the question with theirneighbors: “I can see that they’ve all got it wrong … I would really encourage them to talk to a neighbor to discuss it and then answer again. So, that was new and I actually Page 11.24.12 really liked that; I like that buzz in the room when they realize, ‘oh, we were wrong,’ and they talk to their neighbors and try to figure out what the real answer

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

International

by 43% in Taiwan.To be sure, the drop could simply reflect a reduction in the number of students who want to pursue graduate work inthe United States. Indeed, Payne says the volume also dropped by 37% in India, where the exam procedures werenot changed. But several university graduate deans believe that the more rigorous security might have scared offstudents less confident of their academic abilities. If so, that drop in applications may have come disproportionatelyfrom the lower end of the spectrum.”Concluding SummaryThis paper discusses data and observations from published literature and a case study involvinginterviews and discussions to find an insight into the cause of the phenomena of declininggraduate student applications and

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College; Ronald DeMara, University of Central Florida; Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, University of Central Florida; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Ingrid Russell; Jimmy Secretan, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

machinelearning approaches. The approach taken here for Machine Learning I is to have a course that isenthusiastically taught by the principal investigators (since it will always be relevant to theirmachine learning research), reflects the ever changing research interests of the machine learningcommunity (the topics in this class will frequently change), and is a welcome alternative toundergraduate students (students are normally exposed to knowledge that is at least a few yearsold). The approach taken in Machine Learning II is to build on the fundamentals that the studentshave been exposed to in Machine Learning I in order to embrace the research aspects of agraspable Machine Learning project. In Machine Learning II the students have the opportunity

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

International

manyopportunities to decrease our dependence on nonrenewable resources. Bio-based industries arepoised to contribute substantially to the supply of energy, transportation fuels, industrialchemicals, and manufactured products in coming years. These trends are reflected in manyfederal initiatives within both the Department of Energy (www.doe.gov) and the Department ofAgriculture (www.usda.gov). Prominent topics currently include ethanol, biodiesel, novelprocessing technologies, including enzymatic and microbial conversions, gasification ofbiomass, lignocellulose (e.g., corn stover, switchgrass, and woody crop) production,transportation, storage, and processing technologies, and even hydrogen production frombiomass. Some of these topics will be discussed more

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Soda, U.S. Air Force Academy; Gregory Toussaint, U.S. Air Force Academy; Albert Batten, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

numbers. However, thedifference in performance as averaged over the observations of a dozen different facultymembers is hard to deny.Challenges and Impressions Upon reflection, the greatest challenge in the creation of student engineer-management teams was to overcome the inertia of current practice. Clearlyaccommodations needed to be made by many of our engineering division departments toaccept SE and SEM students into their design teams. There were issues of course creditto be settled and details of scheduling to be worked through. The initial process forassigning cadets to teams took cooperation and thoughtful planning. In truth, it was thecommitment of department chairs to complete this enterprise, and the effort of a few keyfaculty

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

ramin Sadeghi, Power and Water University of Technology (PWUT); Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

education will be more that 7 billion dollars that reflects a 98% growthfrom 1997 to 2002. This shows the size and the extents of market growth at the present.Electronic education will soon replace the other methods of education, thanks to its rate ofgrowth.Development Factors of the Electronic EducationTechnology has revolutionized the businesses and now, the realm of education should berevolutionized. Information and knowledge are the armaments of today's competitive world, andcan create monumental changes in it. The traditional methods of education are no moresufficient, because the cycles of production, industrial information and organizational strategiesrevolve much faster than was expected and the employees should be re-educated in

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxanne Toto, Pennsylvania State University; Mark Wharton, Pennsylvania State University; John Cimbala, Pennsylvania State University; John Wise, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

implementation and use of theTablet PC in an Electrical Engineering (EE) course. Each professor was asked to provide awritten reflection on his experience, listing the hardware and software used.An online survey tool with eighteen questions was created to gather data from students related toattitudes and preferences regarding the Tablet PC use, how the Tablet impacted their learning,and how the tool was implemented and used in the classroom. The question format affordedstudents the ability to indicate or select choices and then explain that choice further. Examplesare provided in Figure 1. Q1. Please select the statement you most agree with - (1) It was better when the instructor used the blackboard in class

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

placement of formerly sophomore-level engineering courses within thefreshman year. The WSU model concludes with the development of a revised engineeringmathematics sequence, to be taught by the math department later in the curriculum. The resulthas shifted the traditional emphasis on math prerequisite requirements to an emphasis onengineering motivation for math, with a just-in-time placement of the new math sequence. Thecurrent paper summarizes the motivation, goals and development to date of the WSU model,which is currently in its first year of implementation. The paper reflects modifications since theapproach was first reported one year ago, and includes a preliminary assessment of studentperformance and perception during the first run of EGR

Conference Session

Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Wendy Mahen, PennSylvania State University; Mark Deluca, Pennsylvania State University; Martin Gutowski, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

exams.Comments like “Quizzes didn't always seem to reflect the "important" material presentedin the lessons”, “Quizzes every week. Sometimes the quizzes were completely differentfrom the self assessment”, “the quizzes every week, because they were really difficult,they are more difficult than the exam, which is odd” show that concern.However, the practice questions were changed to multiple choice format midway throughthe semester and a study guide was provided highlighting the important concepts thatstudents need to concentrate on. Comments like – “the tests. I felt a study guide wouldhave helped out and a little later in the course we were provided with one” indicated thatthey like straight forward questions and study guides.Another difference in this

Conference Session

Engineering Practice for a Moral World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Texas there are sevenunregistered ones.10 Unregistered engineers are presumably not only less likely to know orunderstand their ethical obligations as engineers, but are less likely to see them as obligationsthan are registered engineers.11The legal profession has developed over the years a wealth of doctrines, curricula, cases, andrules pertaining to attorneys’ ethical conduct. Ethical conduct, however, is not necessarily moralconduct. Ethics involves principles of conduct that reflect a profession’s choices amongpotentially conflicting moral or value considerations. Certain ethical conduct on the part oflawyers might strike some outside the profession as immoral. The same could be said of otherprofessions’ conduct, including engineering. A

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

mechanicscourse represents a good candidate for such transformation because it is a mandatory coursefor several engineering programs. The fluid mechanics course under consideration in thepresent work is a 4-credit, 6-contact hours course and enrolls about 150 students in 5 sectionsper semester.The course was redesigned and delivered during the last semester for one section only inorder to compare results and evaluate the experience with respect to the other four sectionshaving classical lectures but using data shows and power point presentations. The new coursedesign reflected the 5 pillars of active learning, namely; positive interdependence, individualaccountability, face to face interaction, social cooperative skills, and group processing. Inorder to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven

outside class reported by the students is considerably higher for Page 11.74.11EAS211 than for the other courses. However, the comparison is to first year courses that involvesignificant in-class project work, so the nature of the courses makes the comparison difficult tointerpret. In general the lower rating is probably an accurate reflection of the student’s opinions.They found the course challenging and were not accustomed to seeing the variety of topics in asingle course that they found in EAS211. It was also the first heavy dose of engineeringmathematics for most of the students. Finally, as it was the first time offered, there were

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

LeeRoy Bronner; Olusola Laniyi