Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cindy Finelli; Trevor Harding

authors formed this group in an effort to improve the climate for teaching atKettering. The group gained membership and momentum and, with the support and assistance ofseveral key administrators, proposed that an official center for teaching and learning beestablished at Kettering. In the proposal, the group included a mission statement (“...to supportteaching excellence at Kettering University”) and six supporting goals for the center: a. To promote a learner-centered educational community b. To encourage and support the teaching-related professional development of all educators c. To archive and disseminate teaching and learning resources d. To coordinate activities for improvement of teaching and learning e. To support

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Lee; Rafic Bachnak

files that contain Compiler command lineoptions and arguments. For example, to compile an M-file called test1.m into a Capplication, the following command is entered the MATLAB prompt. mcc -B sgl test1This command invokes the Compiler, using the -B flag to specify the bundle file used tocreate C stand-alone graphics applications, sgl. The first time the Compiler is run tocreate a stand-alone graphics application, it creates a subdirectory, named \bin, in the Page 7.1164.2current working directory. The command for a C++ application is mcc –B sglcpp fname. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sastry Vedula

package HPVEE 5 from Hewlett Packard.The entire setup is split into a number of flexible and inexpensive modules, which can be easilyswapped. The real-time application has been presently tested for simple converter topologies.The aim is to present the undergraduate student with the state-of-the-art in power electronicseducation. The concept can however be expanded to systems that are more complex as well. Abrief explanation of the hardware and software modules developed for the lab is presentedbelow. The power electronic building blocks are developed so as to encompass the followingtypical power electronic applications: a. AC/DC converter – Single phase and three-phase controlled rectifiers, DC motor drive applications b

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Somerton

Page 7.331.9“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Table 3 CLO Ranking Rank HW Exam Lectures Survey 1 Q G N C 2 B C R B 3 A N C A 4 C O E J 5 G R B N 6 E H

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gunter Sharp; Jack Lohmann

tapedlectures do not lend themselves well to discussing ill-structured, real world examples to motivatethe students about the material. There is an increased administrative burden in maintaining thewebsite and bulletin board on daily basis, and in assuring that all documents are available andconsistent.On the other hand, the flexibility of viewing the lectures at any time is convenient for thosestudents with job interview trips or who incur an illness. Students who must schedule otherclasses during the same time period can do so. TABLE III Grades Achieved by Students Before and After Conversion Offering N* A A or B A,B or C D or F I or W* Fall ′98

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kamm

University professors do not have the time nor the inclination to take on tremendouslysophisticated software for media development, b) that ‘bandwidth’ is a serious constraint whentransmitting over the Internet, and c) that the clarity of graphics is an important requirement forengineering and technical education.Introduction:What are the basic elements of a ‘classroom atmosphere’? A common time and a commonspace? The comfort of a ‘group’? A lecture? Dialog and questions? Of these, which ones canbe delivered through distance learning via computer? An argument can be made for each, butthe one that is most difficult to do, over the Internet, is ‘the lecture’. The lecture is that period of the class where the room goes relatively quiet while the

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brent Campbell

Session 1620 “Wireless Laptops in the Classroom: No Strings Attached?” Charles B. Campbell, R. Bruce Floersheim Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996Abstract The search continues for ways to enhance education through the integration of computersin the classroom. A tool that is available to the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineeringat the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point is a mobile wireless network andtwenty-one laptop

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Dardy; William Krantz; Kettil Cedercreutz

Session 3213 Cooperative Engineering Education Program William B. Krantza, Kettil Cedercreutzb, Anthony F. Dardy b a Department of Chemical Engineering b Division of Professional Practice University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-01711 IntroductionEach year the first co-author (WBK) tries to attend the annual meeting of the AmericanAssociation for Engineering Education because it serves to remind him why he really

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

challenges, the initial one being thetechnical issues of equipment, process, and IT integration. Even after successful physicalintegration, curriculum integration presents several challenges. The first challenge is securingfaculty acceptance and participation. All faculty have been involved in the decision process tochange the nature of our laboratories. To further encourage participation, faculty membersassociated with each undergraduate class will be involved in the development of the learningmodule substance. Faculty will be trained to: (a) understand the developed modules in thecontext of the virtual enterprise; (b) develop teaching module substance within the context of thestandard delivery mechanism.In addition to inadequate faculty training

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

. Page 7.755.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education (a) (b) (c) (d)Figure 3: Products: (a) hand-held therapeutic massager, (b) wheelchair lift to be retrofitted into aminivan, (c) arm prosthesis (elbow joint only), (d) stairway lift to be installed in homes of elderlyAssessmentA preliminary assessment of this initial implementation of project -based learning in Mechanicsof Solids course was performed through a survey of the students at the end of the semester

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Steven Parks; Krisnamurthy Jayaraman; Edward Evans; Siamack Shirazi; Ovadia Shoham; Mei Zhuang; Marilyn Amey; Keith Wisecarver; George Chase; Charles Petty; Andre Benard

Industrial Academic Graduate Student UndergraduateTeam Company University Advisor Advisor Mentor Student Christina Berger A Pharmacia MSU Mark Widman Charles Petty YoChan Kim Carl Rose Andy Yoder André Bénard Figan Lacin Dina El-dein B Trane MSU Ray Rite Mei Zhuang Dilip Mandal Nick Lynn

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Edwards

slider bars to set the following values: Disp = 0, Velocity = 0, M = 10, R = 1, k = 90 and a sinusoidal forcing term with a = 20, b = 0 and w = 10. Write down here the differential equation relating to the values.…………………………………………………………· Write down the analytical solution here.…………………………………………………………· You should see a very lightly damp ed system with R 2 << 4Mk so the transient response is almost simple harmonic motion (SHM). Superimposed on these oscillations are the oscillations due to the forcing term.· From the analytical solution determine the frequency in Hz of the natural and forced oscillations.…………………………………………………………· Now press and hold down the arrowhead at the left hand end of the w slider and watch as w reduces from 10 to

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn

key subsystems to tackle in the future, we are on a path to improving the undergraduateexperience of space.REFERENCES: [1] Myre, D. D. and Bruninga, R. E., “United States Naval Academy Space Systems Laboratory Course,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 1999 [2] Hall, C. D., “Laboratory Instruction in Undergraduate Astronautics,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 1999 [3] Chesley, B. C. and Caylor, M. J., “Developing an Integrated Curriculum for Small Satellite Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 1999 [4] Inman, D. J., “Engineering Vibrations, Second Ed.,” Prentice-Hall, 2001 [5] Humble, R., U.S. Air Force Academy, conversations and notes taken on visit to USAFA, Feb. 8, 2002 [6

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Vavreck

and to other fields’content.2 Project management techniques can help enable multidisciplinary group projects, in anorganized way, to enhance the learning experience for students3 Consequently, many facultyhave decided to incorporate project management or multidisciplinary teams to augment design intheir engineering or engineering technology programs.Project Management CoursesIt has been found4 that project managers need to have the following skills, in decreasing order ofimportance: communications, organization, team building, leadership, coping and technologicalexpertise. To help develop these skills, many engineering programs have implemented projectmanagement courses. For instance, a dual-track project management and engineering design

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti; Kellie Scheider; Richard Cassady

service systems.In Industrial Engineering Design, the students have the opportunity to demonstrate most (if notall) outcomes within the context of a real- life industrial engineering project setting. First, eachproject is required to include significant economic analysis, statistical analysis and operationsresearch modeling (outcomes a, b, k, m). Second, each project deals with a current problemfaced by a local industry (outcome j). The domain of the Spring 2001 projects includedmanufacturing, distribution, health care and retail. Third, each design team is required to createtheir own project proposal (outcome e) and develop their own solution approach (outcome l, c).Fourth, each design team is required to submit multiple written reports and

Conference Session

Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Nippert

Session 3513 Simple Models That Illustrate Dynamic Matrix Control Charles R. Nippert Widener UniveristyAbstractDynamic Matrix Control (DMC) is one of the most popular methods of model predictivecontrol. It is especially powerful for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) controlsystems. A way to have students explore the nature of DMC control is to use it on asimulated process. This paper details a series of online instructional modules that allowstudents to compare the performance of DMC controllers to conventional controlschemes using PID control. Examples of the Behavior of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Argrow

Session 2793 PROACTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE AEROSPACE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM 2000 Brian M. Argrow Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80303-0429Abstract The inception of the Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Aerospace Engineering Curriculum2000 provided a unique opportunity to introduce the ProActive Philosophy for Teaching andLearning. The curriculum was reformed both in content and teaching

Conference Session

Rethinking Culture and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Diana Dabby

Session 1656 Leonardo as Artist, Scientist, Engineer Diana Dabby Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringAbstractStudents find Leonardo’s complex persona and the richness of his artistic and scientific inquiryvital for understanding Leonardo, ingegnere (the engineer). Taking his life and work as itsdomain, Leonardo as Artist, Scientist, Engineer develops the following skills in its range:discovery, discussion, identifying a monograph’s major points, building a scaffold of knowledge,individual research, and creative conveyance of information. It further addresses the time-honored

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Nauhaus; Susan Lord

Education Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1996.SUSAN M. LORDSusan M. Lord received a B. S. in Electrical Engineering & Materials Science from Cornell University and the M.S.and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Dr. Lord taught at Bucknell University from 1993-97and is presently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching andresearch interests include electronics, circuit, optoelectronics, materials science, and first year engineering courses.IAN M. NAUHAUSIan M. Nauhaus is a senior at the University of San Diego. He will graduate in May 2002 with a B.A. and a B.S. inelectrical engineering. He plans on getting a graduate degree in biomedical engineering with an

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John M. Sankovic; Dmitri Kourennyi

engineering course work”In the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory course we tried to integrate some of the importantissues that are recognized by the educational community and in particular, are outlined in theABET Criteria1 and Objectives2. The CWRU BME Department established specific goals basedon the ABET objectives in engineering education. In this course we intended to satisfy thefollowing expanded ABET objectives: a) to develop in students the ability to o measure physical phenomena relevant to medicine and biology using state of the art instrumentation o write effectively in a technical style o speak effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences o work effectively in a team setting b) also, to make

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

contributions as lower than theirteammates’, although they usually do not rank themselves as low as their peers do. In addition,the instructors contribute their own evaluation of each individual’s performance.Faculty Course Questionnaire — An assessment tool routinely administered at CU is theFaculty Course Questionnaire (FCQ), an end-of-semester survey of student perceptions. For thiscourse, the standard FCQ format is augmented with questions that address how well the course Page 7.550.6learning goals were achieved. Students rate this course overall as a “B+,” with the biggest Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Murali Paranandi

new forms of architecture, but also new teaching methodsand enhanced design capabilities”. In a recent thoughtful and informative article, Balfour[2001: p268], Topaz Laureate, notes how computer changes the studio culture and calls3 As implied in his statement, “at this point, I would have to say it is the software making the calls”.4 He sees solids (B-Rep), surfaces (polynomial), blobs (isomorphic polysurfaces) as three softerials (materials) that have begun to transform the way weimagine, define and build our world. Page 7.180.25 In answer, when Le Corbusier asked Einstein to judge Le

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

problem solving, b) apply basic physical and mathematical concepts tointroductory engineering problems, and c) translate “word” problems into the mathematicalstatements that describe the physical situations presented; i.e., read, or listen to, problems andunderstand them. The objectives of the collaborative active learning opportunities support theselearning objectives. Giving students physical problems to solve with little instruction, in additionto augmenting written or oral problems, creates a situation where students must invent the path tothe solution. 10In addition to organized collaborative hands-on exercises, brief active group work interspersedwith each lecture works well to reconnect the students with the material and give them

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett

to design civil engineering facilities. A significant amount ofcontent has been developed at OU, with additional development under way at OU and RU,especially regarding the method used to provide students with design data. Additional contentwill be developed by future adopters. OU and RU intend to develop a web site where city userscan trade content.Management and CustomizationThe city is a collection of dynamic and static web pages that allow an administrator without anyknowledge of web development to: (a) manage a large amount of data, including accounts, photos, documents, and executable files; and (b) customize the city by giving it an institution specific name, selecting the web pages of local interest, and adding

Conference Session

Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Markham; Russell Thomas; Roger Debo; Angus Kingon

Research, Academy of Management Review, 25 [1] 217-228 (2000). (See also the subsequent comments, and responses, including S Shane and S Venkataraman, Entrepreneurship as a field of research: A response to Zahra and Dess, Singh and Erickson, Acadamy of Management Review 26 [1] 13-16 (2001)).15) H H Stevenson and D E Gumpert, The Heart of Entrepreneurship, Harvard Business Review 63 [2] 85-94 (1985).16) JA Schempeter, The Theory of Economic Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (1934).17) W D Bygrave and C W Hofer Theorizing about Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 16 [2] 1991.18) B Johannisson, University Training for Entrepreneurship: A Swedish Approach, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 3 [1

Conference Session

Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bill Tollner

annotated version of the agenda is given below.1. (1 pm to 1:15) Welcome and Introduction a. “Shaping the Future” report (the report of the graduate committee pre-retreat) b. Overall plan and desired outcome i. Define graduate program excellence in BAE ii. How we will enhance our graduate program iii. Develop a strategic plan for graduate program in BAE c. Logistics2. (1:15 to 2:15) Strategic Vision presentations and panel discussion a. Faculty of Engineering Development -- Departmental Implications (Department head) b. University growth management strategy – Implications for Graduate Programs (Assoc. Dean of Graduate School) c. Graduate Programs and their

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alain Desrochers

ofsketch based approaches for the generation of 3D geometry, the construction of productspecification trees and the use of familiar Windows® based interface, toolbars and contextdependent menus.However, at the same time, the application spectrum of CAD systems and digital mock up iswidening, with the number of specialized functions increasing accordingly. Therefore, thelearning challenge for the novice user is now to know what function, application or module touse rather than how to use them.Unfortunately, traditional CAD training material are still highly structured as guided tutorial,focusing on sequences of interaction required to achieve a given result and providing greatdetails on how to fill out dialog boxes in very specific instances.The

Conference Session

Building Bridges in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Dunning

that are rigorous and are also necessaryprerequisites to required graduate courses. Students who earn a B or better in all four courses areadmitted to the Masters degree program. As with any pilot program, success is determined over time. At this point, the agreementhas proven to be a success. While only a few EET graduates have pursued their Masters degree,they have been successful in their efforts. We believe the small numbers point more to thefundamental differences between engineering technology and straight engineering students ratherthan educational capabilities of either group. We value the fact that we have removed a barrierfor those few engineering technology students that wished to pursue a Masters degree inElectrical

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosana Miskulin; Mauro Miskulin; Geraldo Gonçalves Jr.; Dilermando Piva; Charlotte Gunawardena

the large quantity of interaction needed between professor and student . Whencontemplating the teacher's basic functions in the on-line classes, they can be describedas: a) to motivate the students; b) to answer questions; c) to assess learning; and d) toredirect students to the available content. In general, the learning content made available in the on-line courses arepresented in a static way. Usually, such content is divided into several modules, with1 Professor Arnaldo Niskier, in his book “Distance Education: the technology of hope, São Paulo: Loyola, 1999”, named the Page 7.163.3Distantce Education as

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Scott Moor

. help students understand that chemical engineering is about processes for making a wide variety of products, 2. introduce students to some key concerns of the chemical engineer, particularly: a. process flow b. process environmental health and safety impacts c. product use d. product economics, 3. encourage engineering students to develop a habit of using the library.In addition, it was necessary to design this assignment so that it: 1.) would be completed quickly, Page 7.942.12.) would be within a first year student’s capabilities and 3.) would be enjoyable