Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, final, etc.)6. Comp Lect Computer lab lecture7. Lab Sh Exe Laboratory hands-on short exercises8. Lab Expm Team Laboratory experimentation – team work9. Forens Indiv Forensic analysis in-class exercises – individual work10. Forens Team Forensic analysis in-class exercises – team work11. Des Sh Exe Indiv Design short exercises in-class – individual work12. Des Sh Exe Team Design short exercises in-class – team work13. Des Proj Indiv Design projects – individual work14. Des Proj Team Design projects – team work15. Des Dev Lab Expm Design and development of new lab experiments16. Concept Gener Concept generation

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Diana Wiant, Centaurus High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

JACQUELYN F. SULLIVAN is founding co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory. She co-led the development of a first-year engineering projects course, and co-teaches Innovation and Invention and a service-learning Engineering Outreach Corps elective. Dr. Sullivan initiated the ITL's extensive K-12 engineering program and leads a multi-institutional NSF-supported initiative that created TeachEngineering.org, a digital library of K-12 engineering curricula. Dr. Sullivan has 14 years of industrial engineering experience and directed an interdisciplinary water resources decision support research center at CU for nine years. She received her PhD in environmental

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgil Cox, Gaston College; Mary Beth Ross, Gaston College; Phyllis EssexFraser, Gaston College

robots, trebuchets, and school team performance on the annual JuniorEngineering and Technology (JETs) exam. The community colleges worked with the highschools in their service areas to provide mentoring and guidance for both the students and theteachers (few of whom knew much about the JETs exam or building robots, etc.). The author andthe author’s school participated in these activities. Page 12.1322.2 During this same time period the author’s school received a Duke Energy Foundationgrant that created a state-of-the-science biotechnology/genetics laboratory. Also, a majorregional interest in creating the infrastructure for the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy; Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. Figure 3: EyasSat3 The complete satellite measures 20x20x25 cm and weighs approximately 2.3 kg, making it easy to transport between the laboratory and the classroom. It was designed to be taken apart and reassembled many times. This has enabled over 1,700 students around the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niall Seery, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Thomas Waldmann, University of Limerick

machine tool training on other machine tools. On completionof the prescribed exercise on the augmented milling machine, each participant within the Page 12.203.5experimental group was requested to complete the evaluation questionnaire. Studentswere allocated fifteen minutes to complete all sections and encouraged to criticallyevaluate their experience.Knowledge transferThree weeks following the original machining exercises, the entire cohort (control andexperimental) participated in a transferability experiment. Each student was randomlycalled to the milling machine from his or her regular laboratory work. A member of thetechnical staff requested the

Conference Session

New Trends in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, University of Northern Iowa; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa; Liping Guo

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electrical Circuit Gear set Gear set and DC Voltage (V) and DC motor Measurement motor Figure 11: The picture of system in our electrical laboratory during tests Page 12.613.11The PMDC motors selected for our experiments are: the FA-130 and RC-260 PMDC23. Theexperimental results are given in table 2. In this experiment, the hydraulic door closer handle ismoved by hand without any stop for 90 degree

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Microsoft Virtual Server. For example, VMware Workstation 5.5 (license required) supports DOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Netware and Solaris; whereas Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 only supports Windows and limited Linux distributions. It was important for us to be able to emulate an environment with diversified platforms.Xen was not considered because it did not support Windows XP as the host operating system.Xen could be only hosted under Linux or NetBSD with a customized kernel. The Mac-basedvirtual machine solution based on Parallels was not considered because the department policyrequires students to purchase PC based machines.2. Laboratory Setup2.1 Preparation of the Virtual Machine for Student UseVMware Workstation 5.5

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Dobrowski, Purdue University-North Central

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

encouragingbonds between Universities and Industry: • Traditional funding for education from the government has decreased, or at best has fluctuated, over the past few years. Because of this, universities are looking for alternative ways to maintain research and development programs, laboratories, and even faculty so that they might attract the best and brightest students and retain the students that they currently have. Also, ways to stretch current budgets without diminishing the quality of the education must be explored. • Industry realizes that the universities are essential for training the workforce that they will someday employ. It is therefore essential that the education that they receive be

Conference Session

Novel Applications of Computers/Software in Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Michael Sexton, Virginia Military Institute; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Andre Benard, Michigan State University; Norbert Mueller, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

-dimensional steady state conduction solutions for cases where temperatureboundary conditions were prescribed. The present research expands the features of the programto include prescribed heat flux boundary conditions as well as convective boundary conditions.Moreover, the expanded program also handles transient cases so that students can watchtemperature changes in a material on a real-time basis. The addition of these boundaryconditions also now allows one dimensional problems to be solved by specifying a zero heat fluxcondition on opposing sides of the body.The solutions for the original version of the program were generated using a code developed forSandia National Laboratory which was DOS based. The revised program has replaced thiscomputational

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Filsinger, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

better absorb those topics.Second, the initial run of this course proved to be too abstract. Not enough practical applicationwas provided. To the greatest extent possible, theory should be kept to a minimum, with greateremphasis on practical application. Virtually all of the standard classroom problems in AI are“toy problems,” which have little or no connection to what students would consider usefulapplications. Both classroom examples and laboratory experiments should focus on how toapply the techniques to real world problems.Finally, I was surprised that while the mathematics was difficult for the students, it was notactually beyond their reach, at least from a mechanical perspective. Technology students

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Janice McClure, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

component of the course introduces students to principles of engineeringdesign practice while developing design competencies in problem definition, idea generation,evaluation and decision making, implementation of teamwork, and process improvement.Introduction to Engineering Technology (ET 002) is a one credit-hour course which in the pasthas been used to teach basic computer skills to all the first-semester engineering technologystudents at Altoona College of the Pennsylvania State University. Traditionally, this course hasbeen a combined lecture and laboratory course focusing on topics such as microcomputerfundamentals, word processing, electronic spreadsheets, and basics of computer programming.Current state of Engineering Design at the Altoona

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K Krishnamurthy, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG); Keith Stanek, University of Missouri-Rolla; Vittal Rao, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) attract talented undergraduatestudents from traditionally underrepresented groups to conduct research in emerging fields andmotivate them to attend a graduate school of their choice; and iv) provide a unique opportunityfor undergraduate students from schools outside the host institution to carryout research projectsspecially designed for the REU participants in state-of-the-art laboratories and motivate them toexplore opportunities available through graduate studies.The approach taken to accomplish the project objectives was to: i) develop an eight-weeksummer program that emphasized computer-aided design and hands-on laboratory experience;ii) develop team research projects combining electrical, mechanical and microsystem aspects ofmechatronics

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Zafft, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Maria A. Perez, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

deficiencies are in order to improve those characteristicsthat an effective team player should have.Introduction The Effective Teaming Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln developed theTeam Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) in 2001 to measure team effectiveness. It is composedof seven constructs considered to be necessary for effective performance of the team. The TEQhas three parts. The first part is used to collect demographic data and information on individualpreferences regarding teams and previous experience in teams. The second, where scoring is thefocus, is related to the seven constructs. Forty eight questions are asked in relation to theconstructs. The third section asks questions about teaming issues and the level of

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Girouard, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

collectively supportfive four-year ET undergraduate programs:[1] ‚ Architectural Engineering Technology (AET) in the Architecture Department ‚ Audio (AuET), Electronic (EET) and Computer Engineering Technology (CET) in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department ‚ Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) in Mechanical Engineering Department Page 12.417.2The curriculum of each ET program is designed such that students must complete: ‚ One 4-credit lecture/laboratory course in a basic science elective ‚ Two 4-credit lecture/laboratory courses in algebra-based physics ‚ Four 3-credit All University Curriculum (AUC

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo; Thomas Leslie, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

objectivemethods.Collaboration and integration are both powerful buzzwords in design and engineering education,but the two instructors’ experience in practice—during which they worked together on the designof a large medical laboratory—suggested that the typical collaboration between their two fieldsin an academic setting didn’t adequately convey the commitment and interdependence betweenarchitect and engineer that practice demands. Desk crits or short-term consultations don’t offerthe level of shared responsibility or peer critique and learning that a multi-year collaborationdemands. We wanted our students to gain from the depth and rigor that would come from a full-semester project.Such full commitments between disciplines are rare in academic settings. While

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James West, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) based upon provenpedagogical methods. The two course sequence is named VECTOR (Vitalizing ElectromagneticConcepts To Obtain Relevancy) and adapts existing teaching techniques and laboratories toaddress three inter-related objectives: A) Create an undergraduate curriculum in electromagnetics which is relevant to students and shows the impact of this field on emerging knowledge and technologies. B) Employ modern tools, skills, and techniques to emphasize fundamental concepts rather than teach legacy materials emphasizing rote, analytical solutions. C) Create an effective introductory EM course which will pipeline students into the electromagnetics-photonics curriculum at OSU, including graduate programs.These goals, described in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University; Clifford Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University

ofManufacturing Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, and IndustrialTechnology. The Departmental laboratories are outfitted with modern experimental equipment inthe areas of Manufacturing and Electronics. Through collaboration with high schools and localindustry the Department constantly seeks to provide avenues for future workforce development.These collaborative efforts culminated into the development of a novel educational program withsecondary schools to promote entry into engineering and technology programs, especiallyamongst girls and minorities. Available literature6-11 shows that if students can be engaged in thetools of the trades and provided with information, then they will have a greater desire to applythemselves in the

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Bradley, Indiana University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

-100 for the past week, their scores from previous Page 11.749.3weeks, and an indication of the average score for all students who have done the assessment forthe week. This allows them to measure their academic effort (above or below average) and to seetheir improvement (hopefully) as they develop the concepts taught in the seminar into habits. Figure 1: Weekly Student Self-AssessmentThe seminar can be presented as a 3 hour program the first week of the semester, usually in theevening, and counted as either the laboratory for the first week of class or the homeworkassignment for the first week. It is important that

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

olu Fasesan, Texas Tech University; Segun Ogunsanya, Texas Tech University; Lloyd Heinze, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

cement volumetric yield, thickening time, compressivestrength, free water, rheology, and fluid loss control. Computerized closed-loop control of liquidadditives 1) allow unused, uncontaminated cement to be hauled off location after an operation, 2)promote environmental responsibility by reducing the volume of waste cement hauled to alandfill, and 3) provide better quality control of slurries pumped "on-the-fly" due to betterdistribution of additives in the slurry and tighter computerized tolerances. Students arechallenged to always work towards environmentally friendly processes and use of flow regimeequations to vary viscosity. Laboratory tests are carried out to verify the predictions madethrough the regime equations.Surface slurries utilizing

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Mitchell, Tulane University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Science Foundation; and Mentor for the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation. Material and Energy Balances, Heat Transfer, Materials Science, Unit Operations Laboratory, and Statistics and Probability are some of the courses he has taught. He is also a Senator from Engineering to Tulane’s University Senate. In addition to his current teaching and research duties, his research experiences include an NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University Karlsruhe, a German Academic Exchange Fellowship at the University of Freiberg/Sachsen and the German Federal Materials Laboratory, and an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship at the German Aerospace Agency. He has

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

research lab and get aresearch group started. Keeping abreast of the literature sometimes falls by the wayside in-between preparing for classes, ordering equipment, teaching laboratory procedures to students,grading, scholarly writing, writing proposals, etc. As many of us know, familiarity with currentliterature is crucial to conducting sound research. While the new faculty member may haveperiodic cramming sessions with the literature prior to submitting a proposal or other scholarlywriting, their researchers in the lab can overlook this important component of conducting soundresearch.Regular, organized meetings focused only on reading and discussing articles in the literature canhelp overcome this literature lethargy, strengthen the education of

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

lecturessought to focus student attention to the societal and regulatory issues that will arise asnanotechnology moves from the laboratory to commercial production. Page 11.548.4Technology and regulation (Week 4). Professor William D. Kay, Department of PoliticalScience, offered an overview of why governments historically have intervened in the marketsystem to regulate emerging technologies or their side effects. Based on experiences with othernew technologies, Kay noted that effective regulatory frameworks and institutions can serve topromote the advancement of research and development, promote more timely commercializationof products, protect the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail H Keraga, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tracy N Schierenbeck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Linda McCloskey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

effectiveteams. Coursework consists primarily of skills-based learning designed to foster effectiveteamwork abilities. Skills and topics include: collaboration, effective communication andfeedback, conflict management, team development and ethical decision-making. Courseworkand assignments are designed for students to gain topical knowledge, analyze and apply basicconcepts, and expand written and oral communication skills.Students take and also evaluate the use of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator1. Corporate guestsfrom ExxonMobil and the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory participate in some of the classes toreinforce some of the concepts and applications in industry. PD-1 is integrated into the SecondYear Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) course

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

11.740.4Strategies for Implementing Design across the CurriculumThe courses throughout the MET curriculum in which the elements of design are to beintroduced are indicated in Table 1. Some of the courses already have significantelements of design in them, while in others the levels are low and some cases the designelement is non-existent. The objective is to have a fair to heavy emphasis of design in allof the courses in the curriculum.A. Freshman Year Courses:The freshman year courses within the program currently are Introduction toManufacturing Industries and Technical Design Graphics.We will integrate elements of design through the introductory course, presently calledIntroduction to Manufacturing Industries. The laboratory experience in this course at

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest McDuffie; Elaine R. Milliam; Robert Kavetsky; Ronald Bennett; Eugene Brown

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

on a leadership role in their respective communities.The paper will conclude with a discussion of the results of anevaluation of the program which was used to gather both studentand teacher/mentor input at the symposium, a listing of lessonslearned, and plans for the future development and extension of theprogram. Page 11.959.1IntroductionNavy’s civilian science and technology (S&T) workforce numbersome 22,000 strong. Of those some 4,000 charge 50% or more oftheir time to actual S&T projects and are considered to be the corepractitioners of S&T for the Navy. Almost half of those 4,000 holdPh.D.s1 with about half working at the Naval Research Laboratory(NRL) and

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Robert Lawrence, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 11.1372.7III. Use of Rubrics for the Senior Project Course SequenceThe senior project is a two-semester course sequence in which the students synthesizeknowledge and skills learnt in the previous courses. In the first course (EET-400, Projectmanagement) students research, plan and develop a project proposal. And in the secondcourse (EET-410L, Senior Project Laboratory) students implement the project plan bybuilding and testing a prototype. The project involves a solution to a software/hardware-based engineering problem.In both course rubrics are used to evaluate students’ accomplishments of various tasks ofproject design, planning and implementation phases.The senior project course sequence also presents an excellent opportunityto

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Texas A&M University-Commerce; E. Delbert Horton; Mary Johnson, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

! 3) Collect institutional information early in the process. Be sure to identify sources of requisite information and build a rapport with those who must query the necessary databases for information that will change during the process. 3) Request long-lead items very early in the assessment process. Examples include: a) the audit/internal assessment to determine the appropriate library holdings and circulation information, b) institutional data such as: enrollment statistics, program funding, laboratory and support equipment inventories, classroom, office, and laboratory space allocations, and c) survey results from previous stakeholder

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Gannod, Arizona State University; Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

experience covering the full range ofsoftware process activities. The Software Enterprise shares the multi-semester approach with anemphasis on soft-skill development with the Studio. The Enterprise, however, introduces thesoftware phases in reverse order, and emphasizes soft-skills development through multi-yearstructured student collaborations. The Enterprise also introduces the sequence in theundergraduate, not graduate, program. Reverse ordering of the process phases is also introducedby the Software Development Laboratory at MSOE. Sebern acknowledges the difficulty newerstudents have grasping process and soft-skills concepts, and therefore students are led from“grave to cradle” through process phases. Unfortunately a further description of the

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jitendra Tate, Texas State University-San Marcos; Vedraman Sriraman, Texas State University-San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

assigning team based projects, research paper topics were assigned on an individualbasis. Thirty percent weight was given to this research activity.Students were systematically prepared for taking up the research paper activity. Demonstrationswere organized in the research laboratories in the Chemistry department pertaining to basicpolymer characterization techniques. These techniques include GPC, TGA, and DMA. Threeindustrial visits were organized to expose students to injection molding, extrusion, and carbon-composite manufacturing processes. Students also viewed videos prepared by the ‘Society ofManufacturing Engineers’ in the areas of processing.The instructor suggested a few important research topics. These topics included

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Dana Johnson, Michigan Technological University; Kris Mattila, Michigan Technological University; John Sutherland, Michigan Technological University

these characteristics, a workshop wasconvened at Michigan Tech in August 2006 to define a Service Systems Engineering curriculum.Workshop participants consisted of faculty from several universities as well as industry leadersinterested in engineering for the service sector. An additional grant from NSF’s CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program was recently awarded for theimplementation of this curriculum.IntroductionWe are living in a service economy and our educational system has failed to keep pace toprovide employers with graduates meeting the demands of the service sector. Over 80% of theeconomic activity in the United States is within the service sector1 with similar high rates inother developed countries.2 This sector