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Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

select a major area of emphasis (i.e. bioengineering, computer, electrical,mechanical, system or industrial engineering) until the end of the freshman year. Themission statement of the freshman-engineering program is to provide incoming studentsthe skills necessary to succeed in engineering. The program has four main thrusts: (a)academic instruction in the two semester introduction to engineering sequence; (b) anevening tutoring effort; (c) an ongoing collaborative review of the freshmen yearexperience with faculty from mathematics and the sciences; and (d) linkage with theBinghamton Success Program, a federally funded effort to support students fromunderrepresented groups in engineering. The present work will provide detailed information and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Ibrahim

cases are easily addressed. The concept of rigid body dynamics will be firstintroduced as the general theory. Particle dynamics is then shown to be a special case of rigidbody dynamics. The suggested approach should be more direct, eliminates needless duplication andcompartmentalization, avoids confusion and the perceptions of nonexistent differences andultimately makes for effective learning and better understanding of the subject. The contents of the dynamics course will be redesigned into a prototype to include four mainsections, or chapters:a) Kinematics,b) Kinetics - Force and Acceleration,c) Kinetics - Work and Energy,d) Kinetics – Impulse and Momentum. This is compared to the current methods that include eight sections

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Linder; Murat Tanyel

) having access to the demonstrations as the professor presented them:“Playing around with the parameters gives a better understanding than just seeing them.” b)better organization c) a tutorial on the simulations.4) Was the design of a simulation helpful? Page 9.215.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe answer to this item was a resounding yes. One student even made connections to the DSPclass they had previously taken: “Doing the project, I did learn quite a bit more about

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Mente; Marian McCord; Elizabeth Loboa; Susan Blanchard

findings as a class and have an interactive analysis of their protocols. At thispoint, they break into their teams again and implement specific tensile strain protocols in the CellMechanics Laboratory that trigger either bone or fibrous tissue formation. Their experiments runfor two weeks and are concluded with a team presentation and a project report in the form of ajournal article discussing their major findings.This project gives students the opportunity to apply mechanical engineering theory to tissueengineering practice (ABET criteria 3.a., 3.b., 3.c.), to work as a team, to present their resultsprofessionally both verbally and in writing (ABET criterion 3.g.), and to make decisions abouthow best to proceed to achieve desired results prior to

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abrar Khan; Shuhui Li

panel by clicking the running icon. Any result in thefront panel can be screen captured as shown in Figure 2 a) or saved to a file by clicking the Savebutton in Figure 2 a). This greatly reduces the time needed to get the results. On the other hand,large amounts of data saved in a file can be analyzed and compared with Mathcad calculation orPSpice simulation results (Figure 2 b) so as to most effectively re-emphasize students’understanding of theories. a) Measured results by screen capture b) Comparison of measured/calculated results Figure 2. Measured and calculated results for transient of a RC circuit3. UNDERSTANDING LABVIEW AND NI ELVIS It is important for students to understand

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Enke; Susan Murray

Document Reproduction Service No. ED 346 846.7. McCarthy, B., 2004, “The 4 MAT System,” Oak Brook, Ill, Excel (http://www.aboutlearning.com).8. Mariola, E., and J. Manley, 2002, “Teaching Finance Concepts in a Distance Learning Environment – A Personal Note,” Journal of Education for Business, Vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 177-180.9. Mielke, D.G., 1992, “Distance Education: A New Paradigm for Physical Education and Health,” American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Conference.10. Musial, G. G., and W. Kampmueller, 1996, “Two-Way Video Distance Education: Ten Misconceptions about Teaching and Learning via Interactive Television,” Action in Teacher Education, Vol. 17, pp. 28-36.11. Paris, J.F

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

“wish they had a course like this when they attended school.” They have all beenvery supportive and help to reinforce the instructional objectives.Bibliography 1. Todd, R.H., et al., “A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 84, no. 2, 1995, pp. 165-174. 2. Bloom, B. S., Krathwohl, D. R. (1984). Taxonomy of educational objectives. Handbook I. Cognitive domain. New York: Addison-Wesley. 3. Grove, A. S., Only the Paranoid Survive (1999). New York: Time Warner Books. 4. Grove, A. S., High Output Management (1995). New York: Random House. 5. Shaeiwitz, J. A., “Observations on Forming Teams and Assessing Teamwork,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilia Alcalde; Stephanie Adams

: ducationalResearch Association. (ERIC Document Reproduction Services No. EDO-CE-00-220)2. Alexander, M. W., & Stone, S.F. (1997). Student perceptions of teamwork in the classroom: An analysis by gender. “Business Education Forum”, 51(3), 7-10.3. Gordon, J. (1992). Work teams: How far have they come? “Training”, 29(10), 59-65.4. Capelli, P., & Rogosvsky, N. (1994). New work systems and skills requirements. “International Labour Review”, 133(2), 205-220.5. Dow, K. O. & Liedtka, J. (1994). What corporations seek in MBA hires: A survey. The Magazine of Graduate Management Admission Council, 2.6. Adams, S. G., Simon, L., Ruiz, B, Pereira, F. (2002). A pilot study on the performance of student teams in engineering education

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Baraniuk; Ray Wagner; Patrick Frantz; Lee Potter; Hyeokho Choi; Douglas Jones

, CLASS Foundation, and Rice University for supporting thedevelopment, launch, and growth of Connexions. Thanks to Texas Instruments and Motorola forthe DSP hardware and software development tools. And thanks to the dedicated Connexions staff,including Ricky Radelli-Sanchez, Adan Galvan, and Brent Hendricks.References[1] R. G. Baraniuk, C. S. Burrus, B. Hendricks, G. Henry, A. Hero, D. Johnson, D. L. Jones, J. Kusuma, R. Nowak, J. Odegard, L. C. Potter, and K. Ramchandran, “Connexions: DSP education for a networked world,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing – ICASSP’02, Orlando, FL, May 2002.[2] S. Appadwedula et al., “Open-content signal processing laboratories in Connexions,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Darnell Austin

Appendix A Table of Contents from Senior Problem Report Template of the Department of Industrial Technology at California State University, Fresno TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables List of Figures Executive Summary Introduction Project Statement Methodology Recommendations References Cited Appendix A – Gannt Chart Page 9.861.10Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Appendix B

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

, A.Q., Teller, P.T., Bernat, A., Delgado, N., and Della-Piana C.K (1999) Expanding participation n undergraduate research using affinity group model, J. Engg Educ., 88, Oct, 409-414. [2] Farr, J.V., Lee, M.A., Metro, R.A. and Sutton, J.P. (2001) Using a systematic engineering design process to conduct undergraduate engineering management capstone projects, J. Engg Educ., 90, April, 193-197. [3] Porter, J.R., Morgen, J.A. and Zoghi, B. (2002) Integrating project management into the capstone senior design course, Proceedings ASEE Conference and Exposition, Session 2648. [4] Moor, S.S. and Drake, B.D. (2001) Addressing common problems in engineering design projects: a project management approach, J. Engg Educ

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Obadiah Ritchey; John Clark; Jim White; Tim White; David Barnhart; Jerry Sellers

Session 2004-1880 EyasSAT: Transforming the Way Students Experience Space Systems Engineering David J. Barnhart, Obadiah NG Ritchey, Jerry J. Sellers, James J. White, Timothy L. White, John B. Clark US Air Force Academy/Colorado Satellite Services/Northern NEFAbstractThe Department of Astronautics at the United States Air Force Academy has transformed theway spacecraft systems engineering is taught, and more importantly, the way it is experienced bystudents. This new development is called EyasSAT™—a miniaturized, fully functional satellitemodel that is

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

Session 1520 Using Pre-Built Program Templates to Teach Numerical Methods David L. Silverstein University of KentuckyAbstractMost engineering programs require students to learn some form of structuredprogramming early in their curriculum, but in many cases, students do not use their newlyacquired programming skills again. While outside of computer-related majors there maynot be a need to maintain programming skills, programming is still an effective way tomake certain that students understand how a numerical method is arriving at a solution.A method called “template-based

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

. National Research Council, "National Science Education Standards", National AcademicPress, 1996.2. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, “Curriculum and Evaluation Standards forSchool Mathematics”, 1989.3. National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, “Before It’sToo Late”, 2000.4. Vicky Hendley, “Let Problems Drive The Learning”, ASEE Prism, Oct., 1996.5. Muller, C. B. et al., "Engineering Concepts in the High School Classroom: TheDartmouth/Thayer Problem-Solving Methods", Proc. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education, 1995.BIOGRAPHYLang Wah Lee is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He received his M.S. degree (1972) from California Institute of Technology andPh.D

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

school for several years). The School of Engineering, Technology andComputer Science (ETCS) comprises of five departments, that of Engineering andComputer Science and three Technology departments. All engineering majors arerequired to take an introductory course on engineering design. The course that wasoffered during the fall of 2003 had students that were majoring in mechanical, electricaland computer engineering, and also a few undecided majors. This paper outlines some ofthe novel approaches adopted in this course. Some of the concepts were: (a) use ofstudent teams to study a number of actual case histories at different stages of instructionas well as to perform a number of classroom activities, (b) introduction of a hands-onteam project, (c

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramana Pidaparti

to not jeopardize the safety of the people walkingacross it. To complete the effect, whenever a rhino shakes a bush while marking territory, a bushin the walkway also shakes with small oscillations to keep the exhibit safe, but still attractattention. The rhino’s head design is briefly described below. Page 9.1230.4 Fig. 2. Rhinos Head – (a) Concept (b) Prototype Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationRhinos Head: This station was designed to give people a feel

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Crone

temp. low temp. low strain high strain exothermic FL Stress Mf Ms As Af Temperature Strain (a) (b) Figure 1. Schematic depiction of (a) temperature-induced transformation (and thus elongation) under constant stress, and (b) a typical stress/strain curve showing stress-induced transformation.Shape Memory Alloy ApplicationsShape memory alloys have been employed

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Smith; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

,essential to the engineering enterprise. Second, with a two-year gap, seniors most likely forgetwhat they learned about writing as freshmen. Third, bioengineering students do not learn how toapply the general writing skills they acquired as freshman to their chosen technical discipline.To address these deficiencies, we have been testing team-based writing exercises in a requiredjunior level neural systems physiology course, with support from the Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT (VaNTH) Engineering Research Center.3 This paper reports on that effort,showing how one can indeed integrate team-based writing instruction into a bioengineeringcourse so that it (a) supports the overall course goals and, (b) by targeting specific aspects ofwriting

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aranggan Venkataratnam; Ashok Goel

; ExpositionCopyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 1332 Fig. 1: Schematic diagram of an SET from SIMON [11]In order to determine the effects of temperature and capacitance values on the operationof the transistor, they were altered separately for each test simulation. In the first set ofsimulations, temperature was changed and its effects were observed, while in the secondset of simulations, the effects of changing capacitances at different points (C1, J1 and J2)in the device were observed. For example, simulations of an SET at temperature = 0K,50K and 100K are shown in Figs. 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c), respectively. These results showthat

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Glassinger; John Ristroph

minus the net loss is a. short-term if the short-term net value is larger, or b. long-term if the long-term value is la rger.For example, a net long-term gain of $100 and a net short-term loss of $25 produce a CLCG of$75, since the long-term component is larger.Taxation of Disposals Once the consolidated capital gains and losses are known, then taxes are computed usingthe logic shown in Figure 3. Differences in the taxation of capital gains and losses for corpora-tions and for owners of pass-through entities include: 1. If the taxpayer is a corporation, a CSCG is taxed as OI as shown in Table 4. A CLCGis taxed as OI except for corporations in the 38% bracket with a TI between $15,000,000 and$18,333,333 that use a 35% gain

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

Page 9.379.6 concentration.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringEngineering Program Educational Outcomes—A Survey of Constituencies. The following are program outcomes. As a constituent of the Union University’s Engineering program, please provide your input to further meet your needs or expectations. At time of graduation, each graduate shall have: a. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering b. An ability to design and conduct experiments and to analyze and interpret data c. An ability to design

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Hisham Hegab

similar to super glue but there are other options available toproduce stronger parts or even flexible parts. (a) (b) Figure 1 Z406 3D printer and sample parts “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Page 9.808.3 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Using Rapid Prototyping in a Course for Upper Level Engineering StudentsDuring this past year an optional rapid prototyping course was offered to junior level engineeringstudents. The class

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Herz

, where “data point” includes values of several output valuesat one time during a transient experiment or at the output of a continuous steady state process.(b) Time series of data points in one experiment on a transient or dynamic process conducted to afinal time. (e.g., Fig. 3)(c) Continuous output during a continuous dynamic simulation. (e.g., Fig. 2)(d) Simulations in which results are displayed on the screen but not recorded by the program forsaving to disk. Plots of results are provided in the lab window. (e.g., Fig. 4)In lab types (a)-(c), student can save data to disk in one of several formats. Data saved to diskcan be imported into program of student's choice, such as Excel and Matlab, for plotting andanalysis. A simple plotting function

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Goldowitz

Session 1793 Doing and Understanding: Installing Monitoring Wells to Understand Groundwater Hydraulics Joshua Goldowitz Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management Technology & Safety Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623Abstract “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” EngineeringTechnology educators have always focused on the last phrase of this famous Confucian saying.This paper presents a

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lobaugh

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The engine project guidelines given to the students, in writing, are as follows:Each session group of 2-3 students is to perform the following tasks 1. Design a. Reverse Engineering i. Disassemble the engine unit to base components, remembering how to reassemble. ii. Measure each component to 3 decimal places iii. Identify the material for each component b. Functional Design i. Create a Bill Of Materials (BOM) ii. Create

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tremayne Waller; Bevlee Watford

Analysis Analysis Analysis12:30 PM Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch2:00 PM Engineering. Engineering. Engineering. Engineering. Engineering. Problem Problem Problem Problem Problem Solving Solving Solving Solving Solving4:00 PM (Group A) (Group B) (Group A) (Group B) (A) & (B)7:00 PM Orientation Page 9.218.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

problems wherein they have to acquire and use newknowledge. They learn that design is not done in vacuo, but to meet a client’s needs and tofunction within a specified system.Bibliography1. B. Newberry and J. Farison, “A Look at the Past and Present of General Engineering and Engineering Science Programs,” Journal of Engineering Education, 92 (3), 217–226, 2003.2. L. E. Grinter, “Report on the Evaluation of Engineering Education,” Engineering Education, 46, 25–63, 1956. Page 9.637.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Slack

Session 1793 Using WebCT to Assess ABET ET2K Outcomes Thomas B. Slack The University of MemphisAbstractA characteristic of the new criteria for TAC/ABET accreditation is the assessment requirements.This part of the new criteria seems daunting to many people. However, assessment of theoutcomes of education has always been a part of the university experience through the use ofgrading. The conventional criteria evaluated this assessment by requiring the school to capturegraded student work and create course books with these captured samples in them. By looking

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carsten Ahrens

involved ECEM-partner institutions (ZUST is missing up to now):FHOOW UoW HvG TUoS CVUT TT YMMF ESITC HH EUAT GMIT SUM ECTS ∗ ** 1,0 A 16 10 5 1 5 19,5 / 20,0 6 10,0 100 5 A 1,0 A 15 19,0 5,7 - 5,9 67 5 A 1,3 A 14 9,5 17,0 - 18,5 5,4 - 5,6 9,5/9,0 64 5 B 1,7 B 13 9,0 4,5 16,0 / 16,5 5,1 - 5,3 8,5 61 5 B 2,0 B 12

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson

/.5. Clayton, M. (1997). Delphi: A technique to harness expert opinion for critical decision-making tasks in education, Educational Psychology, 17, pp. 373-386.6. Gray, G., Evans, D., Cornwell, P., Costanzo, F., & Self, B. (2003). Toward a nationwide dynamics concept inventory assessment test. In the Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Conference of the ASEE, Nashville, TN. New York: American Society for Engineering Education. Page 9.834.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering