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John Bourne

Session 2793 An Architecture for Learning: Designing an Initial Curriculum for Olin College John R. Bourne, Ph.D Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringIntroductionThis paper describes the initial process of curriculum design and the study ofimplementation methods at the new Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering inNeedham, MA. Commencing with a broad-gauged discovery process, curriculum designat Olin College sought, from the outset, to incorporate the best ideas in engineeringeducation pedagogy. We hope that our systematic investigation of innovative

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Patricia Harms; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Session 2608 Building Community for First- and Second-Year Students in the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at Iowa State University Steven K. Mickelson, Patricia C. Harms, Thomas J. Brumm Iowa State UniversityAbstractA residence hall living community has provided a new way for our first- and second-yearstudents in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) at Iowa State University to buildcommunity and to become involved members of our department. An optional component of ourABE First-Year Learning Community, the ABE Living

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Thomas Rich

design fromsome engineers who practiced in the 1700’s. Two of these engineers (artists, patriots, etc.),Charles Willson Peale and Thomas Paine, were bridge designers, and another, JohannChristopher Christensen designed and supervised construction of America’s first poweredwaterworks. Engineering student teams at Bucknell have studied these early designs and usedthem as a basis for senior design projects. Based upon their evaluation of the historic designs, theteams produced their own designs of replicas of the early works, and then they built and testedthem. Because of the relative simplicity of the 18th Century designs, students applied engineeringprinciples to them and saw new meaning in the fundamental concepts that they employed. Theyalso

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David Kelso; John D. Enderle; Kristina Ropella

with challenges like circuit board fabrication, software validation,design reviews, functional requirements, specifications, project scheduling, project management,FDA compliance, 510K’s, clinical trials, ethical debate, patient risk, intellectual property,documentation, and a variety of other responsibilities. Having spent four or more years studyingthe theory of p-n doping, free-body diagrams, Laplace transforms, Fourier transforms, Kreb’scycle and Poiseuille’s law, it is no wonder that the recent graduate is frustrated by the seeminglydisconnect between higher education and the “real-world”.Academicians struggle to establish that balance between theory and practice. Many fear that toomuch “real-world” is simply job training. Yet, too little

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Nikolaos Katopodes; Donald D. Carpenter

redesigned course has similar objectives to the original course,however a computer laboratory section was added and the presentation of material was changed.Previously, numerous alternative solution methods were covered in a very deductive matter.Now, fewer solution methods are introduced and the class is taught more inductively with aproblem solution approach. The instructors consider the redesigned course to be a vastimprovement over the old course; however, a more quantitative evaluation of the effectivenesswas desired. The first comparison was of the student evaluations for the two courses. Whilestudent evaluations are not the best indicator of a successful course, they can give an indicationon how the course is being received. The second

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Harold Peddle; Daniel Wong

Session 3432 System Approach for Design and Construction of PLC Training Laboratory Daniel Wong, Harold Peddle College of the North AtlanticAbstractProgrammable Logic Controller (PLC) technology is undergoing rapid technological changesas a result of the advances in control and instrumentation technology, and the associated fieldsof computing and communications. This paper describes the approach used for planning,design and construction of a PLC training laboratory by College of the North Atlantic. Thispaper highlights the importance

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Tony Brune; Elaine Chapman-Moore; Dave Wiese; Hulas King

Session 2525 PREPARING DESIGN ENGINEERS FOR THE FUTURE Laura Bernier, Tony Brune, Elaine Chapman-Moore, Hulas King, and David Wiese Representing Respectively: Sun Microsystems/Sun Microsystems/ General Motors/Unigraphics Solutions/Electronic Data Systems Joined by a panel of PACE Academic Institutional Partner RepresentativesAbstractThe Partnership for the Advancement of CAD/CAM/CAE Education (PACE) is analliance between General Motors, EDS, Unigraphics Solutions, and Sun Microsystems. Itsmission is to integrate math-based, three-dimensional solid modeling

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Cynthia Villanueva; Amy Strobel

wewill examine these initiatives. We believe in personalizing the requirements for each probationand re-admission at-risk student. We utilize the traditional requirements of having a writtencontract, requiring grade checks, and having an open door policy with “honest” conversations.We solicit faculty assistance in deciding exact requirements for admission or re-admission anddefining specific and measurable goals and objectives for the students. We also request facultyto assess a student’s potential for successful progress. We utilize technology by referringstudents to on-line tutorial services and encouraging constant one-on-one communicationbetween faculty, students, and our office via phone, email, and frequent in person

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William Clark; Lisa Comparini; Anthony Dixon; David DiBiasio

curriculum is problematicsince the traditional assumption is that students must learn disciplinary fundamentals before theycan successfully attack significant open-ended problems. How can students solve difficult open-ended engineering problems before they’ve actually learned some of the engineering they need toknow in order to solve them? The application of deep "learning by doing" practices early in thecurriculum may have limitations.BackgroundOver the past four years we developed, taught, and assessed a new curriculum for our sophomorechemical engineering courses. We taught separate sections of demographically similar cohortswhere one section was taught traditionally and the other was taught using what we called aproject-based, spiral curriculum

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Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson; Jeffrey Froyd

Session 2793 Engineering Curricula Change across the Foundation Coalition: How They Succeeded, What They Learned Prudence Merton, Carolyn Clark, Jim Richardson, Jeffrey Froyd Texas A&M University / Texas A&M University / University of Alabama / Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the engineering education coalitionsprogram to profoundly change the culture of engineering education. The culture ofengineering education encompasses not only the way an engineering curriculum isprepared and shared with students, but also the processes through which

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Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux

Session 2793 Web-Based Technology for Long-Term Program Assessment Heidi Diefes-Dux, Kamyar Haghighi Purdue University, West Lafayette, INAbstractDuring its first round of assessment plan implementation, the Department of Agricultural andBiological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue University collected data utilizing a variety ofassessment tools including ABET-compliant course profiles and constituent surveys. The man-hours involved in the development of program unique assessment tools and data collection andanalysis is astounding, especially when a university adopts a

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R. Williams; F. Edwards; E. Egemen; Adrian Hanson

INTEGRATING THE REAL WORLD INTO THE CAPSTONE EXPERIENCEA. HansonCivil, Agricultural, and Geological Engineering Dept., New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces NM 88003E. EgemenCivil, Agricultural, and Geological Engineering Dept., New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces NM 88003F. EdwardsDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR 72701R. WilliamsDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR 72701AbstractThe capstone design course has traditionally been intended to be an experience that brings together all ofthe design tools that students have learned over the four years of course work. There is a strong incentiveto incorporate more "real world" experiences into the class. This

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Les Kinsler; David Delker

Session 1347 Moving the C Language Course into the Real World David Delker, Les Kinsler Engineering Technology Department, Kansas State University – SalinaAbstractThe Kansas State University-Salina Engineering Technology Department offers a Cprogramming course for non-Computer Science Technology majors. The course is designed toteach the C language syntax, structured programming design and implementation, and to link thelanguage to applications within the students’ areas of specialization. In the Fall 2000 semester, alocal manufacturer requested help in upgrading an existing

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Julia Williams

portfolioadministration, such as portfolio design/format and portfolio set up, and then discussways in which portfolio objectives, including evaluation rubrics, may be developed.Special emphasis is placed on communicating portfolio objectives to students and theefficacy of reflective statements as a way to make the portfolio rating process moreefficient. The end result of portfolio assessment is a clearer picture of students’communication skills and valuable feedback for students and professors.I. IntroductionAt first glance, assessing student learning outcomes in communication effectivenesswould seem an easy task. For some engineering departments, good communication isdistilled in the instruction to students that they must write and speak “clearly” in

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Abi Aghayere

Session 3150 Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Structural Behavior Using Small Scale Models Abi Aghayere Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the use of a computer-aided structural laboratory (the ANEX lab) in astructural analysis class to give students a hands-on method of developing a better understandingof structural behavior by observing the actual deflected shapes of a small scale model structureunder load.The ANEX1 lab, developed at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is a computer-aided structurallaboratory that

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Janet Sharp; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg; Barbara M. Adams; Loren Zachary

. As aresult of analysis of this effort, the instructors determined that a group of practicing classroomteachers would better appreciate and adapt the engineering content for 8-12 classrooms. The newversion of the course is integrated with a Curriculum and Instruction course, entitled PedagogicalApplications of Engineering Concepts in the K-12 Classroom. Each course carries one-credit.Students in the education college can use both courses for graduate credit.The combined courses will emphasize the engineering mechanics of stiffness and deformation,stress and strain, equilibrium, buckling, bending, and material properties. A design thread isused. The information is put together in a tight package that leads to the design of pinned trusses

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Linda Fontenot-Simmons; Chu-Chen (C.C.) Chen

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT and EDUCATION COOPERATION EXPERIENCE WITH ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY in EGYPT Chu-Chen (C.C.) Chen and Linda Fontenot Simmons Southern University - Baton Rouge, LAABSTRACTIn October 1998, the Foreign Relations Coordination Unit of the Supreme Council ofUniversities in Egypt awarded a three (3) year University Linkage Grant, No. 93/02.19,to Southern University in the Arab Republic of Egypt.Through this collaborative effort, these two Universities have explored opportunities fororganizing technical workshops and seminars in the United States and

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Thomas Hare; Roger Russell; Miriam Ferzli; Michael Carter; Yusef Fahmy; Eric Wiebe

Session 1526 Supporting Lab Report Writing in an Introductory Materials Engineering Lab Eric N. Wiebe, Thomas M. Hare, Michael Carter, Yusef Fahmy, Roger Russell, Miriam Ferzli NC State UniversityAbstract This paper will describe the development and implementation of a web-based support site for helping students write and reflect on lab reports in an undergraduate Materials Science lab. This project, part of a larger NSF project to support undergraduate lab report writing, details the specific challenges of implementing

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Steven Schweitzer; John Klegka

instructing the use of a particular software package to exercise theseconcepts. In many settings more time is spent learning how to use the solid modeling softwarethan understanding the conceptual techniques of visualizing 3-D solid objects. The use of mid-level Computer Aided Design (CAD) packages with built in tutorials can greatly reduce theamount of time spent learning how to use the software and allow the instructor to focus onconceptual understanding.Most mid-level CAD packages do not offer the power or functionality of the larger, more robustsoftware used by industry, but their ease of use makes them a great first step in educating astudent in 3-D solid modeling. Several mid-level CAD packages are made or supported byproducers of large

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

Session 2255 Re-Engineering Higher Education for Responsive Engineering and Technology Leadership D. D. Dunlap, 1 M. J. Aherne, 2 D. A. Keating, 3 T. G. Stanford, 3 M. I. Mendelson 4 Purdue University 1/ University of Alberta 2 / University of South Carolina 3 Loyola Marymount University 4AbstractToday, global economic competitiveness and public policy responsiveness are primary drivingforces for continuous technological development and innovation in engineering and technologyprofessional practice. A new model of purposeful, systematic technology innovation has evolvedand

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William Smyer; L. R. Johnson

Session 2525 IE Capstone Design Course with IE and ME Team Collaboration W. N. Smyer, E. W. Jones, and L. R. Johnson Mississippi State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an overview of the capstone design course in Industrial Engineering atMississippi State University, a required course for the Bachelor of Science degree in IndustrialEngineering. In the course, students are formed into project teams, each of which selects onemanufactured product to analyze as part of a comprehensive venture analysis.The unusual aspect of this course, and the focus of this paper, is the

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Carol Flynn; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

2213Engineering Experiments Utilizing an Automated Breadmaker By Robert P. Hesketh, C. Stewart Slater, and Carol Rea Flynn, Chemical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro NJ 08028-1701 Prepared for 2001 ASEE Annual Conference Session 2213, June 26, 2001Breadmaking is a technology with a long history, starting with the Egyptians bakingloaves of bread over 6000 years ago. Since then, the process of bread making hasbecome fully automated through the use of bulk transportation of ingredients, largemechanical mixers, conveyors, environmentally controlled proofing chambers

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Earl Owen

assignmentsand/or laboratory experiments are outlined for the students, and tests are scheduled to verify thateach topic has been learned as prescribed. All students are required to learn the same topics, atthe same rate, and in the same way, under the false assumption that all students will share theteacher’s orientation, pace, and learning style. In a student-motivated approach, on the otherhand, students take primary responsibility for their own learning. They decide, within theconstraints allowed, what they will learn, in what order and manner. In the classroom sessions,the instructor outlines and contextualizes a body of knowledge; flags ideas, theories, andproblems for students to consider; suggests activities and experiments to aid learning

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Robert Baum; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

Session 3454 Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities David F. Barbe, J. Robert Baum, Karen S. Thornton University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractThis paper discusses a new and unique undergraduate entrepreneurship program at the Universityof Maryland. - The Hinman Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities (CEOs) Program. TheCEOs Program was initiated in the fall semester of 2000 for students interested in startingentrepreneurial ventures when they graduate. The University and its corporate partners providemany resources, activities, courses, technologies and services to assist the

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Gary Lewandowski; Carla Purdy

and Computer Science (ECECS) Department at the University of Cincinnati, forexample, between 1993/94 and 1998-99, 75 students graduated with a Ph.D., but only threechose to pursue an academic career. To encourage and prepare potential future faculty, we havedeveloped a "Preparing Future Faculty" program in our department. We discuss the outcomes ofthis program, its potential for impacting projected faculty shortages, options for sustaining theprogram, benefits to graduate students, faculty, and undergraduates, and whether it should bemandatory in a high-quality Ph.D. program.1. IntroductionThe Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program in the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering and Computer Science (ECECS) at the University of

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Xian Zhao; Matthew Lee; Jiang Li

Session 2793 APPLICATIONS OF COLDFUSION TO INTERACTIVE TEACHING IN ENGINEERING COURSES J. Li, X. Zhao and M. Y. Lee Morgan State University/SaLute Inc./Amherst CollegeAbstractThe present paper is written to demonstrate applications developed with CFML(ColdFusion Markup Language) for online interactive teaching in engineering coursesthrough the World Wide Web. How to design such online interactivity with CFML forteaching engineering courses utilizing a web site is discussed. The interactivecomponents including online assignments such as online homework, tests, quizzes,projects, etc. are designed for both

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Jack Lesko; Eric Pappas

Session 1161 The Communications-centered Senior Design Class at Virginia Tech Eric Pappas, Jack Lesko Virginia TechI. Introduction In "Engineering and Art," our 2000 ASEE presentation in St. Louis, we noted that thenon-technical Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) 2000 "a-k" requirements appeared to describe more than the typical technical skills necessary forstudents to become competent engineering professionals. We suggested that these requirementsdescribed many of the characteristics of a well-balanced, productive, and creative individual,rather

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Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; Linda Head

),Electrical and Computer (ECE), and Chemical Engineering (ChE) are participating in the project.The purpose of this paper is to introduce the initiative and describe two projects: • A weather station designed and built by a Clinic team of ECE, Mechanical Engineering, and CEE majors; and • Soil sampling and measurement procedures developed by a team of CEE majors.INTRODUCTIONField methods are an important part of engineering often ignored in the undergraduatecurriculum. Using funds from the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum, andLaboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, plus matching funds, the College of Engineering atRowan University is incorporating field methods, both sampling and measurement, across itsengineering

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Edward Gehringer

in PG, our Web-based application for peer review and peer grading.Usually, students are assigned randomly to review other students’ work. Often, students work inteams, with each member of the team reviewing the other members. Or, students or teams maychoose from a list of topics to work on. In this case, it is helpful to assign students to reviewothers who have chosen the same topic. To encourage students to provide adequate feedback totheir reviewees, several approaches can be taken. Students can be denied credit for theassignment unless they do the required reviews. Or, they can be prevented from seeing feedbackon their work until they provide feedback to others. Multiple review periods may be employed,with students required to give some

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John D. Cremin

applications which are described is a portable, digitalstorage, battery operated, 100 MHz, two channel, Fluke Scopemeter1 . The functiongenerator used is a digital synthesized, arbitrary waveform generator, the HewlettPackard HP33120A2 . Both instruments have digital processing and RS232 interfacesfor communication with software hosted on a Personal Computer (PC). It is thiscombination of analog and digital processing and easy interface with a PC that opens upthe ability to use these instruments for acquiring data and later, transferring and using thatdata for simulation in a laboratory environment. There is another feature of these twoproducts that enhances the ability to easily perform laboratory simulations for designprojects or for laboratory