Conference Session

ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Broberg

Session 1647 Lectures for Internet Courses Hal Broberg, Paul Lin ECET Department, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractMany students want an audio/video lecture component with an Internet course andPowerPoint is a good starting point for creating these presentations. Streaming media,using free players, such as RealOneÔ (formerly RealPlayer) provide a method oftransmitting audio/video lectures either live, or recorded. Another method is use ofMacromedia Director to create individual lecture files which can be downloaded from awebsite. Director can also be used to create self

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

Session 2109 Development of Modules and Labs for “Biomedical Engineering Across the Curriculum” Paul R. Leiffer, Roger V. Gonzalez LeTourneau UniversityAbstractWith the present need for medical devices that combine mechanical systems and materials withsophisticated electronic components, there is a concurrent need for engineers who have acombination of both strong traditional and specialized engineering skills. There is also a growingneed for all engineers to have some familiarity with the human/biological aspects of engineering.To produce

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

Session 2257 Successfully Partnering with Industry through the Industrial Engineering Senior Design Project Kim LaScola Needy, Bopaya Bidanda University of PittsburghAbstractThis paper describes a model for successfully partnering with industry through the IndustrialEngineering Senior Design Project. It describes the model for the senior design project at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, the instructor’s role, how projects are assessed, how projects aresolicited, how projects are selected, how project teams are formed, and benefits to thedepartment

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Lane; Jim Harden

Session 1532 Web-Based Tools for Assessment Automation Jim C. Harden, Michael G. Lane Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762AbstractIn this paper we describe a computer-assisted automated system for EC2000 assessment.Calendar scheduling is used in conjunction with web-based assessment instruments using webscripts to funnel data into an SQL database. Though we offer no easy, all-encompassingsolution, this paper does share our experiences in moving toward a maintainable system forsupporting

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

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Philip Snow; George Williams; Karen Williams

Session 1165 Mini-Term Abroad Programs in Brasil and Scotland for Engineering, Science, and Liberal Arts Majors Karen Williams, Associate Research Professor of Biological Sciences, George Williams, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Phillip Snow, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Union College, 807 Union Ave., Schenectady, NY 12308ABSTRACT: Both the General Education Program and the new Engineering curriculumfor undergraduates at Union College require of students either three courses in a foreignculture or an international experience. To provide this experience, we initiated

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Louis Rivest

Multimedia Session 2793 Computer-Aided Design of Aerospace Components Tools and Implementation By Louis Rivest, Professor Department of Automated Production Engineering École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec 1100 Notre-Dame West, Montreal, Canada, H3C 1K3 louis.rivest@etsmtl.ca, Phone: 514-396-8984, Fax: 514-396-8595IntroductionAfter five years spent at selecting, specifying and implementing digital design tools for a largecivil aircraft manufacturer, the author became an engineering professor three

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Hilsen; David Wyrick

Session Number 2739 Using Kolb's Cycle to Round Out Learning David A. Wyrick, P.E., and Linda Hilsen Department of Industrial Engineering/Instructional Development Service University of Minnesota DuluthAbstract. We have assessed the learning styles of industrial engineering students over a ten-yearperiod. Using Kolb’s Cycle of Experiential Learning as a basis, we have identified thatIndustrial Engineering students tend to rely on abstract conceptualization and activeexperimentation as their preferred mode of processing information (or learning). This papersummarizes the findings

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

Education (ATE) program. * The NCE/AME ismanaged through the Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Center (AIM Center), a partnershipbetween Sinclair Community College and the University of Dayton. One major goal of theNCE/AME is to develop novel curriculum materials for the manufacturing engineeringtechnology field that are based on constructivist principles. This paper will describe the basicnature of the instructional materials, curriculum design, and educational services offered.A Novel Modular Curriculum for Manufacturing Engineering TechnologyThe primary product of the NCE/AME is the design of a novel instructional module developmentprocess called The Module ArchitectureÓ1.This process is being used to develop instructional modules for an

Conference Session

Academic Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

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S.Y. Eidgahy

Session 1460 Academic Administration: Leadership vs. Management Saeid Y. Eidgahy San Diego Mesa CollegeAcademic administration in engineering programs is increasingly a highly complex anddifficult task. As front-line administrators, department chairs are responsible fortransforming institutional goals and mission into practice. In today’s dynamic andfinancially restrained atmosphere of most colleges, the chair is also responsible forincreasing enrollment, securing external resources and ensuring the overall economichealth of an

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Pamela Neal; Erlind Royer; Kenneth Soda

Session 2425 Learning Project Implementation and Management Skills in the Culminating Design Experience Pamela J. Neal, Kenneth J. Soda, Erlind G. Royer Department of Electrical Engineering United States Air Force Academy, CO1. IntroductionThe contemporary undergraduate curriculum of an Electrical Engineering program is packedwith required courses, making it a challenge to complete in four years. By necessity, nearly allof this work is theoretical, supported by laboratory work that is too often limited in scope. Themore practical aspects of

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sami Ainane; Chandra Thamire

Session 2660 Collaborative Engineering Programs at Frostburg State University Chandrasekhar Thamire, Sami Ainane Frostburg State University/University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractThis paper describes the engineering programs at Frostburg State University, Maryland,developed jointly by the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), and Frostburg StateUniversity (FSU). The programs were established in 1997 to serve the students from thesurrounding rural areas and thus to serve as a vehicle to enhance the economic development ofthe region. Nearly a three-fourth of courses in the program are taught

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonardo Rivera

Session Number 2793 Designing an Operations Research Course Under Active Learning Strategies Leonardo Rivera C., M.S.I.E. Universidad Icesi, Cali, ColombiaIntroductionIn Figure 1 a general structure of this paper can be observed. There are two important referencepoints: Icesi University as an institution and the context in which this document develops and ourinterpretation of and commitment to Active Learning concepts.From there, we will get to outline activities and resources that we consider useful for an O.R.class in this or another university.Icesi University as an

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul LaPlume; Michael Ruane

Session 1353 Using Imaging to Introduce Engineering to Freshmen Paul Laplume, Michael Ruane Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston UniversityAbstractAn independent 7-week module on imaging systems is being offered in spring 2002 to introducefreshmen engineering students to basic methods of problem solving, image analysis tools, anddesign. It offers several top-down, high-level methodologies for building solutions to interestingchallenges, motivating the students to consider engineering as a problem solving discipline, ratherthan an assemblage of many low-level facts and skills

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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P. Mohana Shankar; Raj Mutharasan

Session 2002-67 Upper Level Interdisciplinary Courses in the Engineering Curricula Raj Mutharasan and P. M. Shankar 1 2 1 Frank A. Fletcher Professor of Chemical Engineering 2 Allen Rothwarf Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104Abstract: A new type of ID courses has been developed that explores the emerging areasof engineering. The goal here is to expose engineering students, regardless of theirdiscipline, to technologies that have not yet

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

in theChemical Engineering Department decided to start the process immediately so that wecould demonstrate full implementation of a EC2000 compatible program by the time ofour next general review.A. The Initial Stages As with many departments our first difficulty lay in trying to decide what to do.We knew, or at least felt, that what we were currently doing resulted in a strong program.But how do you demonstrate this to an ABET visitor? As with many in this situation westarted by trying to decide what our mission, objectives and outcomes were going to be.This resulted in many lengthy faculty meetings involving debates on the meanings ofwords and phrases, interpretations of the same, what items could be inferred in ourstatements, what

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Livingston; James Squire

Session 2793 Robotics in Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute David L. Livingston, James C. Squire Virginia Military InstituteAbstractIncreasingly universities are adopting a robotics-centric approach to teach their freshmenIntroduction to Electrical Engineering: 23% of this year’s top-rated engineering schools with anintroductory course incorporate a significant amount of robotics into their curricula. Besidesteaching concepts from analog, digital, control, and programming courses, students find

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

of projects will be discussed showing theirspecific educational benefits.IntroductionService-learning is receiving increased attention from educators because of theopportunities for helping the community while demonstrating ABET EC 2000 criteria.Service learning projects are typically sponsored by a community partner and givestudents the opportunity to interact with people outside their socio-economic groups anddisciplines, and also include issues other than engineering. At Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology the senior mechanical engineering capstone design courses traditionally haveincluded projects to help the handicapped. These projects are initiated by a variety ofgroups such as local hospitals, schools, physicians, therapists, and

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Myron (Ron) Britton

Session 3425 Impacts of the NSERC Chair in Design Engineering at the University of Manitoba M.G.(Ron) Britton, P.Eng., Associate Dean (Design Education) and NSERC Chair in Design Engineering University of ManitobaOn January 12, 2001, the Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry and Minister responsiblefor NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), announcedfunding for five Chairs in Design Engineering created under a new program developed byNSERC. One of the original five Chairs was located at the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in E/M ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Marvin Needler; Kenneth Rennels; Patricia Fox

Session 3150 Fostering Senior Design Projects that Change Lives Ken Rennels, Marvin Needler, Dr. Chuck Dietzen, M.D., Patricia Fox, Scott Blackwell, Michael Venne, Lisa Hickman-Lause, Paula Jenkins-Williams, Elaine Cooney, Robert Herman Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis/Timmy FoundationA few years ago, an engineering student recovering from leukemia found himself in aconversation with his doctor on how engineering and engineering technology students could usetheir talents to help children with special needs. That conversation started a relationship with theChief of

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawna Fletcher; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

113 of the 880 female undergraduate studentswere actively involved in WISE programs. By the fall of 2001, over 400 female students wereactively involved, an increase of 254%! The drastic improvement in student involvement can bedirectly attributed to a diversity of programming provided for the first time since the WISEprogram’s inception. This vision was actualized by the hard work of a dedicated staff that has agoal of reaching 50% of all the undergraduate wo men in the CEAS at ASU by fall 2002,approximately 470-500 students. In addition, the student SWE organization sponsors activitiesfor its membership.The paper describes programs utilized prior to the fall of 2001 and the new programs added infall 2001 which include: Wise Match, a program

Conference Session

ET ABET Pilot Visits Using TC2K

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Hefley; James Lookadoo; Randy Winzer

Session 1347 Reformatting an EET Program For TAC of ABET TC2K James A. Lookadoo, Steve M. Hefley, Randy Winzer Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KansasAbstractThis paper outlines the changes of an Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) program as itprepared to participate in TAC of ABET’s pilot study for outcomes-based assessment (TC2K).These changes include philosophic, policy, and management adjustments. This paper also notesthe difficulties and unsuccessful

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

Session 2793 Generational Perspectives and the Impact on Engineering Education Tom C. Roberts, P. E., John O. Mingle, Ph.D. Kansas State UniversitySummaryEngineering is governed by linear time; conversely, historical authors view modern cyclic timeas four turning modes repeating about every 90 years. Currently, the nation is just beginning thefourth turning of the Millennial Saeculum. For higher education, a new generation, theMillennial, reached eighteen and began college in the fall of 2000. This new generation ofstudents is the first of some twenty years of overall good, well

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hartman; Louis Plebani

Session 3557 Teaching IE’s About the Web Louis J. Plebani, Joseph C. Hartman Lehigh UniversityOverviewBecause web applications continue to become increasingly more important in industry solutions,its axiomatic that IE graduates have an understanding of how “The Web” works. A difficulty isthat there are numerous, and ever increasing numbers, of technologies that form the componentsof Web applications. However, the up side of it all is that many of the technologies are simplyalternate ways of accomplishing the same thing. This means that if the

Conference Session

Real-World Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nancy L. Baskin; M. Sohail Ahmed; Gregory L. Tonkay; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers

Session 3563 Web-Based Learning Activities in Manufacturing Systems Muhammad Sohail Ahmed, Nancy L. Baskin, Gregory L. Tonkay, Andrea G. Wittchen, Emory W. Zimmers, Jr. Wayne State University/Greenfield Coalition/Lehigh University/ Lehigh University/Lehigh UniversityAbstract – This paper will focus on the design and development of multimedia sessions which are web-basedlearning activities designed to teach engineering concepts within a real-world manufacturing context. Traditionalengineering education methods often result in competency gaps

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Carroll

will determine whether or not handheld computers should be required ofall majors in the College, and, if successful, will establish a new avenue of instruction forstudents in science and engineering programs at UMD.In this experimental program, incoming students are required to buy the iPAQ handheldpersonal computer, manufactured by Compaq. The iPAQs are equipped with wirelesscommunication capability to connect with wireless hubs distributed across campus,giving students access to the Internet and to email services through the handheld devices.The iPAQs are very capable devices, with 32 Megabytes of memory and a 6 x 8 cmtouch-sensitive color graphics screen on which users can enter information using a styluseither through soft buttons, menus

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Wild; Michael Ryan

Session 1653 Retention and Success of Engineering Undergraduates: A Discussion of Retention-related Initiatives at the University at Buffalo William G. Wild, Michael E. Ryan School of Engineering and Applied Sciences University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York 14260AbstractThe retention and success of undergraduate engineering students has received somewhatgreater attention in recent years owing to declining enrollments during the 1990s as aresult of a decreasing number of college-bound high school

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Masaaki Mizuno

Technology, we have been offering a five-day intensive course on VC++ to Hitachi employees for the last 4 years. The prerequisite of the course is reasonably good knowledge and experience with the C language. Based on our experience in teaching the course, we have discovered difficulties that most programmers commonly share in learning VC++ and developed an effective approach to teach VC++. The course evaluation indicates that a majority of the attendants have been satisfied with the course and reported the improvement in their mastery of VC++ after taking the course. In this paper, we discuss the difficulties in learning VC++, report our approach, and conclude with evaluation by the course attendants.1

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Schreuders; Arthur Johnson

Session 2408 The Wizard of BOD Paul D. Schreuders, Arthur Johnson University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractSeveral years ago, the Biological Resources Engineering Department reexamined and updatedthe format of its Capstone Design Project. The revised Capstone Design experience was intendedto give students an opportunity to manage a product while observing resource constraints.Unfortunately, very few course plans survive intact after contact with the students. This casestudy will examine the intended processes, the successes, and the failures of the

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey-Van Kuren

Session 3263 WEB PAGE CREATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE WRITTEN REPORTS IN AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING COURSE Michael Bailey-Van Kuren, Karen E. Schmahl Manufacturing Engineering Department Miami University Oxford, OhioAbstractAs a part of an undergraduate advanced manufacturing processes course, students are required toperform in-depth research into an assigned manufacturing process. Over the past threesemesters, students have presented their results in the form of a web site rather than in wr ittenformat. The assignment gives students the opportunity to gain

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Lachance; Allen Estes

Session 2121 K’NEXERCISE: INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO THE KEY PARTICIPANTS IN THE DESIGN-CONSTRUCTION PROCESS Allen C. Estes, Eric M. Lachance, and Stephen J. Ressler United States Military AcademyABSTRACT The design-construction process is complex and involves key players who mustcommunicate and work together for a project to be successful. The owner, architect, projectmanager, construction contractor, sub-contractors, vendors, and lawyers all have key roles,unique perspectives, individual motivations and vested (but sometimes competing) interests in agiven project. Without first