Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kelley

understanding ofmanufacturing enterprises and computer systems. From the mechanical engineering technology(MET) department students are required to take courses in materials, statics, dynamics, strengthof materials, and manufacturing processes. A significant amount of programming isincorporated into the curriculum with courses in C++ and Visual Basic. Students also have theoption of taking two courses in computer graphics programming. An additional course indatabase development is also required.IV. Future Developments Design projects are a significant requirement in several computer graphics technologycourses. Currently, each design project is limited to students within one particular lab section.The plan is to expand the design project in CGT

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

AIAD, I saw how important funding and prior planning are to a project, both of with cannot be as appreciated in the classroom as in real life. The AIAD was an experience that I could apply in both a military and civilian environment. The following comments are from the two USMA students that participated in the US Air Force Academy’s Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory (FERL) program at the USAFA during the summer of 2002. o The FERL program was definitely beneficial to my major. It shows students how much fun civil engineering is when it is put to use. It was mostly a hands-on course with a little classroom instruction. It confirmed that I had chosen the right major for me and it let me

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Brown; Mel Mendelson

. Page 8.701.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”The purpose of this paper is to describe the collaboration between LMU and industry, thecooperation within LMU, and the planning that led to the new program. The benchmarkingof other comparable programs, our proposed curriculum, and the sources and qualificationsof prospective students are discussed.II. Benchmarking Successful ProgramsA number of university graduate programs, integrating engineering and business wereexamined, and their systems engineering content determined. While many universities offersystems engineering graduate studies, only four universities

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lloyd J. Griffiths; Anne J. Marchant; E. Bernard White

Telecommunications (3) IT 341 Network and Operating System Essential (3) IT 443 IT Resource Planning (3) CS 305 Ethics and Law for the Computing Professional (3) MSOM 302 Managing Information (3) MSOM 303 Marketing in a Digital World (3)Students who plan to pursue advanced degrees are encouraged to take IT 208 (follow-onto IT 108) or comparable course in Data Structures. Additional programming andscripting is incorporated in other courses as well, e.g., INFS 311 (which incorporatesVisual Basis) and IT 431 (the advanced web design course that incorporates and evaluatesthe uses of JavaScript, PERL, and CGI). IT 221 (a security course) is a core course, andsecurity will also be a component of all of the upper

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Rothaupt

would be wrong to shelter the students from every failure foreseen by the instructorand essentially quash creativity. The faculty advisor strives to keep the project moving forward,on time, with a solution that will satisfy the client’s needs. Sometimes the faculty advisor ispushing students to complete a project and at other times they are doing their best to hold thestudents in check. It is not unusual for students to want to immediately start building the projectand it is the faculty advisors job to force the students to design and plan the project and thenbuild according to their plan.Capstone ICapstone I course requirements are based on the expectations for industrial projects. Studentsare required to prepare a formal written report about

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

in our Control Lab. Wehave planned to apply NSF funds to expand this multipurpose laboratory into 16 workstations,consisting of eight stations each in Analog Circuit Lab and Control Lab. The development of the laboratory modules is partially due to the results of the WSUfunded Undergraduate Research Projects as listed in the Acknowledgement section. We haveintroduced this project in the Senior Project class (ET4999) each semester and encourage seniorstudents and MSET students to participate in the development. As mentioned above, thedevelopment of this multipurpose laboratory is an on-going project. We will continue to developand modify the planned laboratory modules. In the future, we will extend this multipurposelaboratory for other

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Engineering.The plan was to provide freshmen students with: • An immediate sense of why they were taking lower level required courses • A means by which they could interact with students almost completed with their bachelor of science in mechanical engineering degrees • A means by which they would have access to the years of learning that the senior students possessed • A sense of actual future courses in their majorThe mechanical engineering section of the ROSES class was given such an opportunity.Students as individuals or in two-person groups were teamed with Senior Capstone Designstudents to both shadow and participate in the design activities of the senior capstone designteam. ROSES students were asked to meet with

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

professional development. Rose concludes that, “To fully utilizeconsulting and industrial experiences toward promotion and tenure requirements, scholarlypublications are necessary.”Finally, Yurtseven10 and Aghayere, et al11 address the question of professional developmentacross the broad spectrum of requirements and opportunities. Yurtseven proposes a developmentplan that leads to tenure and promotion and is ET focused. Unfortunately, the professionaldevelopment plan does not touch on consulting as a means to produce scholarly work. Aghayereet al, authors of the results of the ETC task Force on ET Scholarship, mention consultingactivities but do not tie consulting with scholarly endeavors in a tidy fashion.ConsultingTo maximize the benefit of

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang

and manufacturers, End-of-life (EOL) options for discarded products and materials have become emerging areas of engineeringresearch [4]. This necessitates a certain level of partial or complete disassembly depending on the typeand level of demand for used products, components and /or materials [1]. Since disassembly paths andtermination goals are not necessarily fixed, automation of disassembly is extraordinarily difficult.Moreover, the current disassembly systems exhibit a high degree of inflexibility towards variations indemands. Regardless of product condition, a used product is usually completely disassembled through afixed process flow. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an efficient disassembly process plan from asystem perspective

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

fellows, and faculty right after the publicschool year ends. The goals of the workshop are to familiarize the teachers with the nature ofengineering; to form fellow-teacher partnerships that will last for the entire school year; and toprovide the fellows with sufficient direction that they can develop curriculum materials duringthe summer with very little additional input from the teachers. In the workshop, local expertsfacilitate hands-on engineering education activities. Once the fellows and teachers have had achance to interact, a matching process pairs them up, and each pair spends the remainder of theworkshop reviewing the teacher’s existing science curriculum and planning a year-long scheduleof engineering lessons to complement it.After the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Barker; David Hall

begin with ENGR 121 in the Winter quarter, and continue with ENGR 122 in theSpring quarter. This limited course development time, but a foundation of topics and skillsrelated to product development appropriate for freshman was identified. From this foundation,the daily class outlines were developed a few class meetings in advance. This approach allowedeasy modifications based on the results from previous class meetings, while avoiding a one-yearwait. A plan was formulated to introduce these topics and skills to the students in a way thatwould prepare them for a final project in the product development process. It was anticipatedthat starting in ENGR 121 would have some benefits, as the course population would consist ofstudents who had

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

theextrusion. In this case Bui created cylinders on all of the edges of the 3D faces with adiameter that matches the final thickness of the extrusion. This effectively filled in all of Page 9.1043.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationthe “V” shaped voids when all of the extrusions were joined together.Bui presented a paper at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) inspring of 2003. Bui is currently finishing her undergraduate degree at University ofTexas at Austin and plans for graduate

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John-David Yoder; Michael Rider; Juliet Hurtig

the winter of 2001, it was felt that a significantimprovement could be made to the laboratory portion of this course. With the assistance of anONU Faculty Development Grant and colleagues Dr. Hurtig (Assistant Dean and AssistantProfessor of Electrical Engineering) and Dr. Rider (Professor of Mechanical Engineering), Dr.Yoder completely revised the laboratory schedule for the 2002-2003 academic year. The coursechanges and assessment of the results will be discussed, as well as plans for future improvementof the course laboratory experience.Introduction:Controls Systems is a course in which students often feel a disconnect between the mathematicsthey see during analysis and any real application of the theory (course evaluation comments fromthe

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jackie Sullivan; Daniel Knight

specific machine to become available. Many students pointed out howcrowded it became around the few focus machines. And, some students wanted fewer participantsin the workshops. Most of these suggestions for improvement can be met by using a scaled-downstudent project that requires less time at each machine and is easier to assemble. Also, theparticipants will be asked to first develop a more detailed machining plan. Having the plan beforestarting to machine will help participants to better understand the sequence of steps to beaccomplished and lead to less time waiting for instruction.Some women who were invited to participate had schedule conflicts, noting that the times or daysfor the WMW overlapped with courses and other commitments. To meet

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; Kathryn Clifton; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

watershed council currently being developed. The expectation is thatthis data will be used by the community to develop:• A community-based watershed planning process and design of a restoration and managementplan for the Yosemite Slough watershed, informed by the results of the assessment; and• A much-needed watershed management perspective and baseline data to inform on-goingredevelopment plans and water infrastructure investments.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by CALFED grant, contract number 4600001725. Additional fundingwas provided by the Lily Drake Fund for Cancer Research and the University of San FranciscoFaculty Development Fund. The authors wish to thank Ms. Colleen Stevens (USF) for hereditorial comments.Bibliography1. U.S

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

liability • Risk assessment • Hazard analysis and mitigation • Needs analysis/specifications • Feasibility studies • Patents • Decision making • Project planning/scheduling/tracking • Product testing • Ergonomics • Memo and report writing • Engineering presentationsThe junior students work largely in teams of 4-5. Recent assignments have been as diverse asdeveloping a fault-tree analysis for a fiber telemetry link, performing hazard-analyses andsubsequently developing safe-operating-procedures for handling steel gas pressure cylinders,performing feasibility studies to neutralize a well-defended, hardened, deeply-buried facilitywithin an unfriendly country, performing a work-breakdown

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Tuana; John Wisw; John Christman; Andy Lau; Thomas Litzinger

as theyformulated plans for integrating ethics into their curricula, e.g., IIT 1, Towson State2 and OregonInstitute of Technology.3) It became clear that if departments were to be successful in integratingethics into engineering courses, some form of development would be required for most facultymembers.Shortly after the need for a faculty development activity became clear, the College of Engineeringand the College of the Liberal Arts received a gift from an Alumnus to start joint activitiesinvolving engineering and ethics. This gift explicitly linked the Douglas and Julie Rock EthicsInstitute in Liberal Arts and the Leonhard Center. When the Directors of the Institute and Centermet to discuss possible joint projects, they quickly decided

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthis project but also to build relationships for other opportunities for collaboration to benefitstudents. The faculty will determine during the curriculum planning phase when it is appropriateto combine two-year and four-year students for learning and when it is best to provide separateclasses. Faculty will be encouraged to break out of the traditional lecture mode and findinnovative, applications-based learning opportunities for students using high-tech labs andemerging technologies. This will allow for an enrichment experience for the entire faculty andan appreciation

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Sauer; Mark Moore; Amin ul Karim; Ahmed Khan

Module Title Acronym1 RT-RFT Radio RF Theory Transmission2 RT-RFTT Radio RF Troubleshooting Techniques Transmission3 RT-RFA Radio RF Antenna Transmission4 RT-RFP Radio RF Propagation Transmission5 RT-RFSP Radio RF System Planning Transmission6 S-BDC Switch Basic Data Communications7 S-BSS1 Switch Basic Switching Systems 18 S-BSS2 Switch Basic Switching Systems 2 – Digital Switching9

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jo Cartwright; Allie Knowlton; Donald Falkenburg

magnetic forces and fields, inductance, capacitance, superposition and power transfer. Transient circuits and sinusoidal steady state analysis are also examined. (Estimated to be available by 04/30/03) Entrepreneurship This course covers the knowledge set and skills for learners to become effective entrepreneurs. Furthermore, principles of creativity, innovation and personal leadership styles will be applied. Issues of business planning, resource identification and organization building will be addressed. (Estimated to be available by 04/30/03) Facilities Design This course provides an introduction to plant location theory and analysis of models of facilities design, determining plant size and time

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Natela Ostrovskaya; Jan Rinehart; Susan Metz

) writing down a formal plan for studentresearch; and 5) giving students at least one teaching experience (strategies 4 and 5 were also tiedin the ranking)., “Why these experiences are so important,” respondents particularly put importance on technicalconferences by reporting: “Technical conferences let students practice skills, with some guidance and some backup,before they are expected to do them on their own. Prospective faculty members must be able toprovide their own motivation and feedback. Gives insight into academia.” “Technical conferences are the heart and soul of research in academia. An understandingof how they work, what is expected, the networking experience is invaluable.” “Students must understand expectations. Students

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilson Barnes; Gouranga Banik

or program matters (Oglesby, 1990).The construction project, itself, has its own set of complexities. It involves the entire life cycle ofa physical facility beginning with a 'gleam in the eye' of an owner who is exploring the need forthe facility to its completion. The normal steps in the project life cycle are: conception,planning, authorization and financing, design, procurement, construction, start -up, operation/maintenance and dismantling. Each has a peculiar set of problems, and each needs anappropriate strategy/management to move from one step to the next step.Challenges in Construction’s FutureThe most profound recent developments in construction are seen as: the increasing complexity ofmany of its projects and organizations, the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

students inthe class since they were able to plan their days and weeks according to the master schedule. Itwas particularly useful because the students could work ahead on the homework on weeks whenthey had many exams15. Because it was so useful to the students, it is advocated by this authorfor all syllabi. For an example of a complete syllabi, the website at:http://www.che.arizona.edu/Directory/Faculty/Blowers/chee_201.htm has more information.IV. Students and the Syllabus We've already seen how a complete syllabus can reduce student complaints anduncertainties throughout the semester. Students often review the syllabus to make sure theyunderstand the course guidelines and how they are being assessed on their assignments. Becausethe

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

particular task. The topics tobe discussed are set by suggestions from the faculty and the Advisory Board members. Because the Advisory Board meeting includes representatives from a broad rangeof constituencies (faculty, alumni, industry, academia, and the citizens of the statethrough the student participation) it is used to address the broadest scope of assessmentactivities. These would include changes to the program’s mission, objectives, andoutcomes, planning the future direction of the department, and curricular changes. Whileall of the assessment tools may provide information on these topics those proving to be ofparticular value are: the Advisory Board meeting itself, the alumni and employer survey,and the focus group discussions. The

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Barron; Anita Todd; Robert Pangborn

conducted their own exitinterviews of graduating seniors to solicit input on their experiences in the majors. Several yearsago, a more formal “Commencement” survey was developed to get more uniform information onstudents’ post-graduation plans, administered as they arrived for the graduation ceremonies.Surveys of recent alumni have also been carried out for over fifteen years to provide information,in retrospect, from former students on impressions of their education and to track their earlypost-graduate education, professional development and work activities.Recently, however, the College has moved to develop a more comprehensive and systematicapproach to acquiring this information. The reasons for this initiative are many: While thedepartment

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

transition in the first course andare currently in the process of switching the controller in the second course. We plan to presentthe feedback from the second course along with the ones from the first course at the upcomingconference. In addition, we will also receive feedback from faculty and cadets in two otherspring 2002 electrical engineering major courses: Senior Design (EE 464) and Introduction toRobotic Systems (EE 387). Our focus of this paper is based on our experience in the firstmicrocontroller/ microprocessor course. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In thenext section, we show the process of implementation followed by the outcomes of theimplementation. We present lessons we learned as we administered the change. A

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shan Barkataki; Bolton Tom

successful approach, providing a win-wingame plan for all parties involved. Students are excited by the prospect of working on “realprojects,” with “real engineers.” This type of work merits as professional experience in theresume. The industry partner is pleased to have a channel to influence the training andeducation of its potential employees and have the opportunity to recruit “job ready” graduates. Itworks for the university, because such collaboration aligns well with two of its goals—providing students with professional experience, and serving the local industrial community.Finally, faculty benefits by being able to interact with their industrial colleagues and from theopportunities for professional development.Fair Compensation for Students

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ratna Babu Chinnam; Joe Nguyen; Jenny Wang-Chavez; Hemalatha Sathya

, American Society for Engineering EducationThe OM course primarily focuses on the production and operations management functions thatinvolve the planning, coordination, and execution of activities directly related to production ofgoods and services. This paper will use the development of this OM course as an example todemonstrate the efforts made by Greenfield Coalition (GC) to meet the needs of the current globalmarketplace. The paper will detail the steps taken to develop the course, the instructionalstrategies and activities used to engage students in the active problem-solving process, and theefforts made by the team to ensure the practical value of the course.Greenfield Coalition Course StructureGreenfield Coalition courses are structured into

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadine Macauley; Edward Golovatch; Annita Alting; Ardie Walser

both quantitative and qualitative approaches. As an urban institutionof higher learning, one of the School’s missions is to provide education to a highly diversestudent body, including traditionally underrepresented minorities, women, workingadults, and immigrants in the greater New York metropolitan area. The first objective ofimplementing a plan to meet ABET 2000 criteria is to gather accurate and reliableinformation, both in scope and in depth, about the School’s present situation and itsstudents’ unique needs. One method being used is a manual requisite check by theSchool’s Accreditation Advisors of the College’s automated registration system. Themanual requisite check was first performed to identify and correct possible errors in

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marty Frisbee; Deborah Sharer

additional planning and effort required in communicatingquestions, problems or concerns must be recognized and addressed to allow the IADE student tosuccessfully complete course requirements. In spite of these obstacles, distance education is avaluable tool that allows students, who would not otherwise be able to avail themselves of theopportunity, to attend classes and receive an accredited degree.Additional difficulties arise for technically oriented courses, particularly in the engineeringdisciplines. Engineering courses are often computationally intensive and require the ability togenerate graphic representations at various levels of problem abstraction. These courses, whichare considered difficult for traditional, on-campus instruction, must