Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

element recognized by the university. With this issue resolved,the code could now be broken and faculty provided with direction that should allow forsuccessful applications for tenure and promotion.The steps to breaking the code are: a. Read the promotion and tenure document. This was emphasized by Lahidji 8. b. Regard teaching and service as areas that can be learned or accomplished by good faculty and recruit accordingly. c. Determine what levels of professional development are required by the Campus Status (Promotion and Tenure) Committee. d. Talk to colleagues about the promotion and tenure process. e. Transform internal (ET) promotion guidelines to incorporate current standards. Just because it was done some way

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

Annual Conference & Exposition. Available at <>23. Wilds, D. J. and Wilson, R. (1998). Minorities in Higher Education, 1997-98: Sixteenth Annual Status Report. Washington, D.C.: American Council of Education.24. Wildcat, Daniel. and Necefer, Edward. (1993). "A Native American Model" in Enid B. Jones (ed.) Lessons for the Future: Minorities in Math, Science and Engineering at Community Colleges. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Community Colleges.Roli Varma is an associate professor in the School of Public Administration at the University ofNew Mexico. She also teaches Technology in Society for the School of Engineering. Herresearch and publication include women and minorities in information technology

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

Final Test Construct Test Domain/topic/benchmark A. Science as InquiryNSES · abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry X X X X X X B Physical ScienceNSES · motions and forces X

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

randomly from thegroup of combinations available that satisfied each treatment. The response variable (dependentvariable) was the number of calls by loan number within a thirty day period.The factors (levels) for the experiment consisted of the following:A) Board Date if greater than 180 days = 1 (high), if less than 180 days = -1 (low)B) Time loan originated if greater than 1 year = 1 (high), if less than 1 year = -1 (low)C) Agent Tenure if more than 180 days = 1 (high), if less than 180 days = -1 (low)D) Escrowed Loan if yes = 1 (high), if no = -1 (low)E) Loan Status if more than 30 = 1 (high), if no = -1 (low)The design consisted of 32 treatment combinations since 26-1= 32. The design process consistedof determining which loan numbers satisfied

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jill Lane; Sarah Rzasa; Richard Behr; Christine Masters

of the limitations of computer models as compared to reality? (Objective B)3. Do students have a better physical sense of how things behave – e.g., the effects of forces and moments? (Objective C)4. Do students see that the course content is really related to engineering and do they see the relevance of the statics course content to their future engineering work? (Objective D)5. How does student perspective regarding the relevance of the subject influence motivation to study the course content? (Objective D)In addition to these assessment objectives, the decision to have each student participate in onlyone laboratory experiment prompted another question: Does participation in the laboratoryexercise have a significant effect on

Conference Session

Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kessler

20 b) 6 15 4 10 2 Acceleration(m/s2) 5 0 Thrust (N) 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 Time (sec)Figure 5. Typical results from the experiment (a) Angular displacement and pressure versus time for initial pressure of 80 psi. (b) Acceleration and

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Sappington; Emma Seiler

and use the inch-to-size table. For example, if you are a women and your foot measures 9" long, you will wear a U.S. size 6 shoe. 8. To find your width, measure the marks for the widest part of your foot and use the inch-to- size table. For example, if you are a woman with a U.S. size 8 length and your width measures 3-5/8", you will wear a medium width (B) shoe. 9. If your measurements are between two sizes, or you find one foot's measurement larger than the other, always move up to the larger size [4]. Table 1. Dexter Size Chart. [4] Women's Inch to Size Chart Heel to Medium toe

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

mathematics, high performance parallel and scalable computing, scientific modeling andsimulation, data visualization, and domain areas such as physical science and engineering, lifesciences, agricultural and environmental sciences, technology and business. The aim of thisprogram is to provide students with an opportunity to (a) master high performance computerprogramming tools as well as data acquisition and processing techniques; (b) acquirecomputational modeling, simulation and visualization skills; (c) relate acquired computationalscience and engineering knowledge and skills to specific application fields of science,engineering, technology and business; and (d) learn to develop novel and robust computationaltools and methods to solve scientific

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ahlgren

, Page 10.961.82001.[12] D. J. Ahlgren, “Meeting Educational Objective and Outcomes Through RoboticsEducation.” Robotics, Automation, Control, and Manufacturing: Trends, Principles, andApplications, Vol. 14, TSI Press, 2002, pp. 395-404.[13] URL http://www.igvc.org/deploy/. Last visited 1/2/05.[14] M. Bovard, M. Gillette, T. de Lanerolle, B. Marinkovic, N. Trinh, P. Votto, D.Ahlgren, K. Nepal, A. Tamrakar. “Design Evolution of the Trinity College IGVC RobotALVIN.” J. Robotic Systems, 21(9), 2004, 461-469.BiographyDavid J. Ahlgren is Karl W. Hallden Professor of Engineering at Trinity College and isDirector and Host of the Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest. ProfessorAhlgren has been a faculty member at Trinity College since 1973

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganapathy Narayanan

with two force inputvalues is shown in Figure 1. The intermediate prints and plots are not available today.Resolution of a Force into Two Directional Forces ProgramThis Visual Basic .Net program is an extension of the previous mini-program with anoption to resolve a force into two given directions. The student must give two directionsfor a given force to be resolved in these directions. The student must reset the screen sothat he is not confused with previous computed values. The student inputs ‘Force R’ anddirections of ‘Force A’ and ‘Force B’. This program, shown in Figure 1, will bedemonstrated at the conference, and it is difficult to show the interactive usefulness ofthis program on a technical paper. Figure 1

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis; Hugh Jack

University Advanced Manufacturing Document.[8] Audi, T., "Contractors: Engineers do critical tasks for U.S. Products", Detroit FreePress, December 21, 2004.[9] Audi, T., "Indian Market: Great Potential, huge hurdles await GM", Detroit FreePress, December 21, 2004.[10] "Keeping America Competitive; How a Talent Shortage Threatens U.S.Manufacturing", a National Association of Manufacturers White Paper,http://www.nam.org, 2003.[11] "Manufacturing Education Plan; Phase III: 2001-2002 Critical Competency Gaps",the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation,http://www.sme.org/downloads/foundation/Competency_Gap.pdf, 2001.[12] Halford, B., "Pursuing New Paths", ASEE Prism, http://www.prism-magazine.org/nov03/pursuing_paths.cfm, Nov., 2003.[13

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

Current Status of Elderly Drivers and Concurrent Statistics in the United States of America Fazil T. Najafi, Ph.D. Professor Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering University of Florida 345 Weil Hall P.O. Box 116580 Gainesville, FL 32611-6580 Telephone #: (352) 392-1033 Fax #: (352) 392-9531 E-mail: fnaja@ce.ufl.edu Dima Haddad1, Philip B. Hollis1, Lourdes R

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tapas Das; Project Fellows; Louis Martin-Vega; Liz Hunnicutt; Grisslle Centeno; Geoffery Okogbaa; Cheriese Edwards; Ashok Kumar; Rajesh Ganesan

school performancereport from the School District of Hillsborough County (SDHC)3, which showsthat 30% of the schools are below C grade and 45% are below B grade. Now threedecades old; it is time that the nation heeded it - before it is too late.” A recentstudy among K-5 teachers in the Hillsborough County, Florida (location of theSTARS project) showed that 64% of the teachers did not feel prepared in sciencecontent and 49% did not feel prepared in mathematics. We firmly believe thatenough warning has been provided and it is now time for action, that is, toprovide professional development and content materials to the teachers in orderfor them to enrich the learning opportunities for K-5 students in science andmathematics. The NSF GK-12 program4

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Wildman; Kumar Mallikarjunan; Mark Sanders; Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

, G.T., Wildman, T.M., 2004. “Bridges forEngineering Education: Exploring ePortfolios in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech,” American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference and Proceedings, Salt Lake City, June 20-23, 2004.5. Knott, T.W., Lohani, V.K., Loganathan, G.V., Adel, G.T., Wolfe, M.L., Mallikarjunan, K., Wildman, T.M.,Muffo, J., Paretti, M., and Griffin, O.H. 2005. “Using Electronic Portfolios in a Large Engineering Program,”Abstract accepted for 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, June 12-15, 2005, Portland, Oregon.6. Moskal, B., Dann, W., and Cooper, S., 2004. Surveys on Student Background, Computer Attitudes, and AliceConcept Examination, Contact person: Wanda Dann, Ithaca College, New York.7. Snook, J, Lohani, V.K., Lo, J

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

ased L earn in g C a m p u s, W ired O u tco m es C lassroom s Z U A ca d em ic P rog ram M od el A ssessm en t & F eed b ack - E lectro n ic P o rtfolio Fig.1. Components Supporting the ZU Academic Program ModelThe readiness program is a prerequisite for students to be admitted to general education.Students must satisfy competency in English, basic mathematics and Information Technology.Students spend two years in the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Krahe

for the success of their work, to refrain from belly-aching, to solve ameaningful problem, and to reduce or eliminate errors.BackgroundTo set the stage for using standards, and to justify in the students' minds the added worknecessary to implement the standards, the following ideas are presented: 1. The need for standards: a. When there is a failure of safety related software such as that used in medical devices and transportation vehicles and systems, then the results can be catastrophic in terms of human injury, death, or damage to equipment. b. When there is any significant product failure, wherein the product fails to meet the customer needs or expectations, then the customer is

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill; Willie Ofosu

Session 2247 DEVELOPING COST-EFFECTIVE LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS 1 Austin B. Asgill, 2Willie K. Ofosu Southern Polytechnic State University1 / Penn State Wilkes-Barre2AbstractTelecommunications equipment that are commonly utilized in industry are generally expensiveand it is becoming increasingly more difficult for universities to afford even some of the mostbasic of these equipment for their laboratories. As a result, Engineering Technology programshave had to resort to alternative means of providing the requisite laboratory training for

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Marvin Abrams; Ian Lewin

thequestionnaires were tallied using a commercial programmed scanner.Table 1. Questionnaire. Questionnaire Yellow Light White Light A B C D E* ABCDE 1 It would be safe here to walk alone at night 2 The lighting is comfortable 3 I think this is a good example of security lighting 4 The lighting is too dark 5 The lighting is too bright 6 The lighting is uneven (patchy) 7 The lighting is glaring (uncomfortable to look at) 8 The lighting is matched to the site 9 It is hard to distinguish the difference in color of objects10 The lighting is too limited in areas11 Overall I prefer this lighting12 It would feel safe to walk

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sherman

1999). pp. 60-81. Pascarella, Ernest T. and Terenzini, Patrick T. (1991) How College Affects Students. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1991. pp. 484-485. Strange, Amy A. and Brandt, Tamara S. (1999) “Authorative parenting and college students’ academic adjustment and success.” Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol. 91, No. 1 (March 1999). Pp. 146- 156.9. Marano, Hara Estrorr. (2004) “A Nation of Wimps.” Psychology Today. Vol. 37, No. 6 (November/ December 2004). Pp. 58-70, 103.10. Daniel, Bonnie V. and Scott, B. Ross. (2001) “Understanding Family Involvement in the College Experience today.” op. cit. pp. 3-13. Horn, Laura and Bobbitt, Larry. (2000) Mapping the Road to College: First-Generation

Conference Session

Security

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kaplan

] ContentWire.com, “INTERNET SECURITY: 11 Predictions for 2113,” accessed May 2113, http://www.content-wire.com/securitychannel/securitychannel.cfm?ccs=132&cs=2534.[9] Copyright Office, United States Library of Congress, http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/, 2113.[10] A. Cox, “The Risks of Closed Source Computing,” accessed May 2113, http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/AlanCox/AlanCox1.html.[11] A. Cox, “Doesn't closed source help protect against crack attacks?,” accessed May 2113, http://www.opensource.org/advocacy/faq.php.[12] J.V. DeLong, "Open Agnosticism," Center for the Study of Digital Property, Progress & Freedom Foundation, Washington, DC, Dec. 11, 2112.[13] B. Gelman, “U.S. Fears Al Qaeda Cyber Attacks

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Vendor Partnerships with Engineering Libraries

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Paulsen; Amy Van Epps; Lisa Dunn; Jay Bhatt

Session 2541 Vendor Partnerships With Engineering Libraries Partnering with Knovel: Case Studies in Information Outreach Jay Bhatt, W. Charles Paulsen, Lisa G. Dunn, Amy S. Van Epps Drexel University/Knovel Corporation/Colorado School of Mines/ Purdue UniversityAbstractThe engineering library plays a critical role in initiating and maintaining the conduit betweenvendors of engineering information and the users of that information—faculty, students, andresearchers. Likewise, vendors play a key role in supporting library and faculty efforts topromote engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Matthews; Perry Heedley

general assistance with CAD tool use and for designing a voltage reference. Thanksare also due to Professor Warren Smith of CSUS for advising the biomedical design team. Page 10.159.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), "Criteria for accrediting Engineering programs," ABET:MD, 20022 B. C. Ruiz Ulloa, S. Adams, "A conceptual framework for designing team training in engineering classrooms," Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

hard to adjust the next perceptive and catch lesson. lesson, but I can see idiosyncrasies that I do that the students not know exist. benefited from it.III. B. Hints – PreparationThere are only a set number of lessons during each semester for professors to properly cultivatelearning within their students. When a professor walks into class, opens up the course folder tothe sticky note marking the spot the previous lesson stopped, and begins at that point to try anddetermine what to discuss in class, precious student contact time is wasted.18 The lesson canquickly disintegrate into a stream of consciousness with an occasional concept being placed inany empty space

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenda Kelly; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

teachers either now or later in life and others aremotivated to continue to contribute to education from positions in industry. These positiveimpacts suggest that Engineering Teaching Fellows programs are useful augmentations to theundergraduate engineering curriculum.Bibliography[1] E. Parry and L. J. Bottomley, "K-12 Redux: Sending College Students Back (In) to Schools," presented at American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2002.[2] J. L. DeGrazia, J. F. Sullivan, L. E. Carlson, and D. W. Carlson, "A K-12/University Partnership: Creating Tomorrow's Engineers," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, pp. 557-563, 2001.[3] E. Rushton, M. Cyr, B. Gravel, and L. Prouty, "Infusing Engineering into Public

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Allameh; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

Fig- 7. Chemical composition of Al foam strutsThe microfatigue testing system used for LIGA Ni samples were slightly modified to test Alfoam struts. The fatigue tests were conducted under load control using the feedback signal of aload cell and the actuator position data from the position monitor of the piezoelectric actuator.Samples were mounted on the same special grips (Fig. 6) used for microtensile loading of foamstruts. A series of images taken from a foam strut during deformation are shown in Fig. 8. It isinteresting to note that deformation starts at lower half of the strut Fig. 8(a-b); nevertheless, themain fracture gets initiated (Fig. 8-c) and proceeds in the upper half of the strut (Fig. 8d-f). Theresults of fatigue testing of

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Atanas Serbezov

tobe offered at the same time. Challenge 4 is currently most directly addressed during the finaldesign project for those groups that choose to pursue a project related to green engineering orsustainable development.References1. E.L. Cussler & G.D. Moggridge, Chemical Product Design, Cambridge University Press, 2001.2. G. Stephanopoulos, Invention and Innovation in a Product-Centered Chemical Industry, A webcast lecture sponsored by CAST division of AIChE, October 26, 2004.3. W.D. Seider, J.D. Seader, D.R. Lewin, “PSE and Business Decision-Making in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum”, In Process Systems Engineering 2003 (Proceeding of 8th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering, KunMing, China) B. Chen and A.W

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

16IV.1.b. Upper division ME curriculumThe upper division faculty completed extensive literature search to complete abenchmarking study to revise the curriculum. In light of this study, the rapidly emergingnew technologies, national [1 - 4] and global trends, input from regional industry anddesire to educate future engineers who are ready for the 21st century technologies, thefaculty recently finalized significant revisions to the mechanical engineering upperdivision curriculum. The program emphasizes fundamentals and provides flexibility inselecting a course of study through four technical electives. Students can either take anyfour elective courses, provided they meet the prerequisites, or they can choose to take aset of three related

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

Making Student Conference Trips an Assessable Learning Opportunity David L. Silverstein University of KentuckyAbstractThere never seems to be enough class time in any course. Student participation inconferences, particularly when combined with faculty absences, causes strain on analready tight course schedule. Since students are already attending a conference forreasons that are ostensibly educational in nature, why not utilize the opportunity toprovide for an assessable contribution towards course and program learning objectives?In addition to course specific objectives, this project contributes towards ABET EC2000expected outcomes in

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

of grades on student evaluationsmay be overstated.16 Other research showed that students rated courses with high workloadshigher than courses with low workloads.7 A more generalized approach is to look at grades viagrade point average rather than grade in the course. Several studies show little or no relationshipbetween grade point average and student ratings.7,8,10,11 At the same time, other studies yieldedlow but positive correlations (0.10 to 0.30) between ratings and expected grades.4,7,10,12,17In examining the relationship between average SSTE scores and self-reported GPA, the UHresults showed no significant influence of GPA on SSTE rankings. See Table 1 in Appendix B

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lennard Lema; Peter Baumann

., “Emphasizing Student Development in the Introduction to Engineering Sequence,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001).24. Williams, S. M. and B. P. Newberry, “First-year Experiences Implementing Minimum Self-paced Mastery in a Freshman Engineering Problem-Solving Course,” Proceedings, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 1998).25. Wilson, S. S., “Introducing Freshman to Engineering at Western Kentucky University,” Proceedings, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2000).26. Yokomoto, C. F., et al., “Developing a Motivational Freshman Course in Using the Principle