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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

ourdesire for the ePortfolio to aid in program assessment we must likewise develop guidelines,procedures and evaluation rubrics. Presently a team of engineering faculty is working with theassessment coordinator for the University to address these issues. And already, the possibility ofproviding an ePortfolio for each of the 1500 entering freshman engineering students at VirginiaTech fall 2004 is being broached.Bibliography1. Paulson, L., Paulson, P, and Meyer, C, “What Makes a Portfolio a Portfolio?”, Educational Leadership, February 1991, pp. 60-63.2. Cambridge, B. L., Kahn, S., Tompkins, D. P., and Yancey, K. B. (Eds.). Electronic portfolios: Emerging practices in student, faculty, and institutional learning, Washington, DC: American

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Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Robbins; Rajapandian Ayyanar; Paul Imbertson; Ned Mohan; Ben Oni

Successes with NSF CCLI-EMD and CCLI-ND Grants N. Mohan, W. Robbins, P. Imbertson Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 R. Ayyanar Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287 B. Oni Department of Electrical Engineering Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL 36088AbstractThis paper outlines how a

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Trends in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Chenming Zhang

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Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Massarani Marcelo; Jose Siqueira; Celso Furukawa

running a marathon is. Some general idea is given about the program as awhole, but no details. The key data to transmit is that it will be very hard and demanding. It is upto each one of them to give his or her best and get to the end on the third day. This introduction isno longer than 15 minutes.Next, the facilitator tells the participants to engage in a 5-minute conversation with someone inthe room with whom they have never spoken before. The subjects are who they are and what aretheir expectations concerning the EM. After five minutes, each pair in succession stands up andissue a cross introduction (A introduces B and B introduces A). The facilitator writes down on theflipchart all the expectations that keep pouring out. The whole process

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Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

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Naomi Chesler; Leslyn Hall; Mark Chesler

, N.C., Single, P.B., and Mikic, B., 2003, "On Belay: Peer-Mentoring and Adventure Education for Women Faculty in Engineering," Journal of Engineering Educatoin, 92(3):257–262.[7] Halperin, D., 2001, "The Play's the Thing: How Social Group Work and Theater Transformed a Group into a Community," Social Work with Groups, 24(2):27–46.[8] Boal, A., 1995, The Rainbow of Desire: The Boal Method of Theatre and Therapy. 1995, New York, NY: Routledge.[9] Patton, M., 2002, Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. 3rd ed. 2002, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.[10] Miles, M. and Huberman, A., 1984, Qualitative Data Analysis. 1984, Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE Publications.[11] Strauss, A

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Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Leake

that commercially available software can be used to greatadvantage, not only for project work, but also to illustrate core mathematical and businessconcepts underlying the MCAD discipline. Although turnkey CAD/CAM/CAE softwaresolutions are available (e.g., Unigraphics, Pro/ENGINEER, Catia), the GE Department has hadconsiderable success with Autodesk Inventor, not only in a required engineering graphics course,but also in upper level design courses.The decision to build the course software around Autodesk Inventor naturally led to the selectionof other software with close ties to Autodesk. McNeel Rhinoceros was chosen as a non-uniformrational B-spline (NURBS) surface modeler. Rhinoceros was originally developed as anAutoCAD plug-in; its command

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Johnson

selecting these products. The Board ofEducation revision B circuit board was used forall stations. The BOE has a small footprint, itsvoltage regulation system provides two optionsfor power, a 9 volt battery used with the smartpallet and an AC transformer used with theprogramming and assembly workstations. Figure 2: Board Of EducationThe plain Basic Stamp 26 microcontroller selected for the smartpallet executes approximately 4,000 instructions per second, andhas a 2048 byte EEPROM, 26 bytes of usable RAM and 16 portsthat can be dynamically configured for input or output functionsunder program control. Processing requirements for theprototype smart pallet were focused on communications, datastorage and quality control

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

Computers in Education, Session 1520 Lear ning the Methods of Engineer ing Analysis Using Case Studies, Excel and VBA - Cour se Design Michael A. Collur a, Bouzid Aliane, Samuel Daniels, J ean Nocito-Gobel School of Engineer ing & Applied Science, Univer sity of New HavenAbstr actMethods of Engineering Analysis, EAS 112, is a first year course in which engineering andapplied science students learn how to apply a variety of computer analysis methods. The courseuses a “problem-driven” approach in which case studies of typical engineering and scienceproblems become the arena in which these analytical methods must be applied. A

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sally Waldron; Rose Robinson; Michael Gregg; Jenny Lo

our 320 students (all 12 sections)was available on the day and time of the common test. This classroom was scheduled and the othersreleased. Students were told before hand of the common-room testing, and upon arrival at the testlocation were allowed to select their own seats. Only one form of the test was generated, with 12multiple choice questions.Administration of the common-room test was a success. One faculty member could administer the testto all 300 plus students, although three faculty were in attendance. For the second test, however, anumber of changes were made. This second test had two forms, A and B, which were the same 19questions in a different order, with the multiple choices for each question also reordered. In addition,seating

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NASA Fellowship Program

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sid Wang; Kenneth Roberts; Joseph Monroe; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai

(cylinders and motors). WM2D then uses its simulation engine to set themechanical system in motion. Video simulation files can be generated from these WM2D files tobe replayed independent of the WM2D program. Figure 3 Photograph of Sojourner Rover Page 9.781.6 6 (a) (b) (d) (c) Figure 4 Working Model schematic of RoverCHEMICAL ENGINEERING MODULES Macromedia software products were used to produce multimedia modules of

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry O'Connor; Dan Dimitriu

interaction between the highschool and college students seemed to have a positive effect on both groups. Table 1: Final Grades posted for Introduction to Engineering A B C D F W total 13 5 2 0 0 0 20 65% 25% 10% 0% 0% 0% EDGE Rates 18 9 3 0 0 0 30 60% 30% 10% 0% 0% 0% Course RatesThree of the seven EDGE students enrolled in College Algebra received productive grades andthree withdrew. Although the

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ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Luegenbiehl; Kathryn Neeley; Jerry Gravander

practice through the curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic; environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; and political. The professional component must include: a.) one year of a combination of college level mathematics and basic sciences (some with experimental experience) appropriate to the discipline. b.) one and one- half years of engineering topics, consisting of engineering sciences and engineering design

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Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Johnson; Jeffrey Will

, American Society for Engineering EducationConclusions The need for students to be able to visualize in three dimensions is essential. Currentlow-cost visualization systems offer great promise for education in that they are cost-feasible andhold promise for new pedagogical methods. The applications described herein have beensuccessfully applied to undergraduate education and form a basis of future work. Systemcapabilities of visualization systems are driven by the application, and it is found that forclassroom instruction, it is necessary to have a tracked wand interface.References[1] P. C. Wankat, F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering. New York: McGraw Hill, 1993.[2] C. Dede, M. Salzman, B. Loftin, and K. Ash, “Using virtual reality

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Math Software Use in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Leslie

. This course does not use most of the advanced Matlab capabilities. The numericalmethods course, ME 329, continues to stress structured programming, while teaching studentsnumerical techniques. Whether advanced Matlab capabilities are used depends on the objectiveof a particular numerical method. An example is the solution of a system of linear equations. If we consider the matrix form Ax ? b , then with Matlab it is a simple matter to find the vector x with the left division operator(\), x ? A \ b . The actual solver used depends on the structure of the matrix A, and is thereforequite sophisticated. When teaching the students methods for solving linear equations they are notallowed to use this capability except as a check. The logic is that in

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Froyd; Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson

describedthe concept of organizational saga in his study of Antioch, Reed and SwarthmoreColleges. He defined it as a “unified set of publicly expressed beliefs about the formal Page 9.298.6group that (a) is rooted in history, (b) claims unique accomplishment, and (c) is held with Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationsentiment by the group” (p. 374). Clark wrote that organizational sagas are initiated underthree kinds of conditions: 1) when an organization is being created, 2) when anorganization is in crisis

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

Educational Objective 1 Program Outcomes Graduates Assessment Methods (a-k) 1.1. Students will demonstrate proficiency in mechanical a, b, c, d, f 1. Course Embedded design, materials, manufacturing processes, 2. CMfgT exam mechanics, fluids, and heat and power. results 3. Senior Projects Table 1Note that this outcome not only supports MET Program Educational Objective 1 but italso is linked to five TAC/ABET (a-k) outcomes (a,b,c,d,f) from Criterion 2

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Summers; Julie Phillips; Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

Solving, Creating the Corporate Future, Revitalizing Western Economies,Management in Small Doses, Ackoff’s Fables, The Democratic Corporation, Re-Creating theCorporation and Ackoff’s Best. He has also published more than 250 articles in books and a widevariety of journals. He is currently working on his latest book, Seven Faces of Leadership.SengeDr. Peter Senge (b. 1947) received his Bachelor of Science in engineering from StanfordUniversity, a Master of Science degree in social systems modeling and a Ph.D. in managementfrom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Senge is a senior lecturer at MIT. He is alsothe Chair and Co-Founder of the Society for Organizational Learning (S.O.L.), a globalcommunity of corporations, researchers and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmine Balascio

homework problems from a textbook? b. Do the LON-CAPA problem sets enhance the PBL approach or detract from it? How?3. With the PBL approach, little class time has been used for a traditional lecture presentation during which the topics covered in the course are explained in detail. Instead, students are expected to prepare for class by doing the reading assignments beforehand. Have the reading assignments in this course been adequate? Have you usually been prepared for the class activities? If not, what would motivate you to come to class better prepared (e.g. a brief content quiz at the beginning of each class)?Responses were received from 12 of 16 students. Overall, opinions were split between amajority who seemed to favor the

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dale N. Buechler

minimum requirement without having a good grasp of the subjectmatter. Table 8 gives the degree GPA of students who are only achieving the minimum inspecific mathematics courses. While over 60% of the students never repeated a single class inthe calculus/differential equation series, 15% either repeat multiple classes within the series or asingle class more than once (most likely Calculus I or II since a C or better is required toadvance at UWM). Course Criteria Mean GPA if Mean GPA Criteria (Overall # Students) Criteria met not met (# students)Intermediate algebra Grade of B or 3.017 2.600 (10

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

Page 5In saturation, MX’s drain current is controlled primarily by its gate-source potential,which in turn is controlled via a capacitive voltage divider. Through straightforwardcircuit analysis it can be shown that the static threshold voltage of MX is given by: VthInx = (C1x + C 2 x + CTotal )Vth − CTotal V − C 2x VWx B C1x C1x C1xand the corresponding drain

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

laboratory has been very positive. Comments indicate that studentsare interested in the material and energized by it. The opportunity for genuine discovery, eventhough “engineered” into the laboratory, is considered a strong vehicle to help students developtrue professionalism, even while cloistered in the academic setting.IX. References1. ABET: Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD, November, 2001.2. Bloom, B., 1956 Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook I, Cognitive Domain. New York; Toronto: Longmans, Green.3. D. Walsh, D. Gibbs, A Laboratory Experience with Thermal Gradients, Proceedings of the

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Les Kinsler; Thomas Mertz; Troy Harding

.Bruner’s writings on constructivism7,8 provide the practical framework for using real-worldprojects to improve learning and develop useful professional skills: (a) students have apredisposition toward learning; (b) instruction should be designed to fill in the gaps; and (c) Page 9.279.1instruction should to take advantage of students’ experiences and previous knowledge. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationJonassen, Peck, and Wilson9, described five attributes necessary to create the

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Support and Partnership Opportunities

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ochs

June 2004 ASEE Conference Entrepreneurship Division #54 Lehigh’s Entrepreneurial Network (LEN) of Alumni: Resources for Student Entrepreneurs John B Ochs, Professor and Director of the IPD Program, Lehigh University Todd A Watkins, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Lehigh UniversityAbstractEntrepreneurship education at Lehigh University has been recently enhanced bysubstantial institutional investments in new academic programs, the development of acampus center for student entrepreneurs and several grants from federal, state and privateorganizations. One such grant is from the Kauffman Foundation to build a LehighEntrepreneurial Network (LEN

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Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; Frank DeRego; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

Session 3161 An Analysis of the Reflection Component in the EPICS Model of Service Learning Lynne A. Slivovsky, Frank R. DeRego Jr., Carla B. Zoltowski, Leah H. Jamieson, and William C. Oakes California Polytechnic State University/Purdue UniversityAbstract – Service learning is a pedagogy providing a structured environment for students to linkservice with course learning objectives. Key to the service learning experience is critical reflection.This gives students the opportunity to examine their coursework in the context

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Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

Partnership with Industry: A Win-Win Situation,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 3248. 4. Turley, R. S., “The Transition from Industry to the Academy,” American Physical Society, Forum on Education, Summer 2002, http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2002/turley.html 5. Barber, B. H., “Academic vs. Private Sector Research: Surviving the Transition?”, Business of Science Symposium 2003, http://www.gov.mb.ca/est/rit/bos/index.html 6. Brent, R., Felder, R. M., Rajala, S. A., Gilligan, J. G., and Lee, G., “New Faculty 101: An Orientation to the Profession.” 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 7. Cutlip, M. B., Fogler, H. S., and Slater, C. S., “The

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

available time-slot groups were then chosenfor their interest level for the student. Detailed information (Appendix A) was given to thefreshmen on how to contact the senior design groups, what their purpose was in interacting withthe seniors, and the importance of utilizing older students for their expertise in the educationalsystem. A pre-survey was also administered (Appendix B) to discover the current attitudes of thefreshmen toward such a project, teamwork, and communication. Of the 17 student respondents,the majority of answers fell in the Strongly Agree to Agree categories. The students felt that theexperience would be valuable and useful in their education.The senior engineering students were also provided with the same information as the

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Chris Papadopoulos; Adeeb Rahman; Josh Bostwick

Table 3. Textbook Assessment Results.Table 3 summarizes the results of the textbook evaluations. The texts that were selected werethose that were readily available to us. Appendix B contains images of various selections thatwe examined, with further commentary.According to our assessment, most textbooks put forth free body diagrams that exclude someforces, particularly in problems concerning energy methods in which some forces may not enterinto the calculations (see Appendix B, Figures B1 and B3). Including all forces is imperative.Even forces that do no work, or that otherwise may not enter into a calculation, impose real,physical effects, such as enforcing constraints. In some engineering situations, the examinationof such forces is crucial

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

document) \w="50%" Add a horizontal line in the middle half of the screen. \B Bold the text \m="name.png" Insert a graphic (filename: “name.png”) Table 1. Sample PalmReader Text Format CodesPalmReader, Adobe Acrobat, MobiPocket, and a variety of similar programs can be used tocreate functional and extremely useful course-related documents and electronic books forhandheld computers.Calendar ToolsThe ability of handheld computers to hot synch with calendar and other information located onpersonal computers makes calendar and schedule applications a natural target for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.653.11 Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education8. Slocum, J., and Botermans, J., Puzzles Old and New, Plenary Publications, 4th Edition, 1994.9. The Hermann Group, “Diversity Game”, Applied Creativity, Inc., 1992.10. Oviatt, B., “Mousetrap for catching mice live”, US Patent 5,502,918, 1996.BiographyDr. Daniel Raviv received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1987, and M.Sc. and B.Sc. degreesfrom the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1982 and 1980, respectively. He is currently a professor

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Teerasak Asvahem; Campana Claudio; Devdas Shetty

a motion trajectory based upon the inertial, frictional forces, motor dynamics andother mechanical limitations in motion systems.Types of Profiles Available Description • Simple point-to-point move • Target Position, Velocity, Acceleration • Vector point-to-point move • Target Position (X, Y, Z), Vector Velocity, Vector Acceleration • Blended motion • Target Position A, Target Position B, blend factor • Contouring/Arbitrary paths • [Buffer of