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Conference Session
Innovation in Continuing Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Martin Cala; Jaymin Patel; Ganesh Kudav; Burke Davis
”, November 3, 2003.[2] Babbitt, Beatrice C., "University Curriculum Project - Professors Reflect onImpact",http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/Us_EU/conf/csun_98/csun_98_114.htm, 2003[3] Cala, Martin and Robert A. McCoy, "Corporate Connections: Developing Programs andRelationships", Proceedings of the 2002 Conference for Industry and EducationCollaboration, 2002. [4] Lord, Susan M. "Service-Learning in Introduction to Engineering at the University of SanDiego: First Lessons", Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference,1999. Page 9.730.7Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual
Conference Session
Advances in Civil Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Justine Stiles; Ashly Middelberg; Farhad Reza; Subhi Bazlamit
the rubber tire. It reflects theenergy losses that occur as the rubber is alternately compressed and expanded as it slides overthe irregular pavement surface texture. Deformation of the rubber will occur, and hence thehysteresis component will exist, even if the pavement surface is perfectly lubricated.In the United States, the most common method of performing skid tests is by means of a vehiclepulling a two-wheel trailer whose wheels have been locked in place. The friction force isrecorded and a skid number is calculated and assigned to the pavement section. Skid numbersare normally used by highway agencies to identify pavement sections with low skid resistance, todevelop priorities for rehabilitation, and to evaluate the effectiveness of
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Mustafa Sanver; Li Yang
concurrency control. Consequently, there wouldbe a big gap between CS543 and CS643, which discussed distributed database systems.We have redesigned CS543 and CS643 to reflect modern contents of database systems. CS543has been designed as an application-oriented course where students learn how to use a database.CS643 has been designed as a system-oriented course which covers DBMS implementationtechniques. Student surveys showed that these changes are welcome by students. Many studentsjust need to know how to use database systems rather than how to implement a DBMS whileother students are interested in going further into database implementation and performancetuning.3. Issues and ConcernsThe redesigned CS543 covers topics in Categories 1 and 2. The
Conference Session
Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann
of lab courses that will approximatethe existing lab curriculum within the existing two academic year window, decouple theco-requisite problem, and stop global warming. The proposed structure is reflected inTable 2. Table 2. Core Labs - AY 2003-2004 Semester Lab Prerequisite Core Courses Fall 2nd Year ECE Lab 1 None Spring 2nd Year ECE Lab 2 Intro to Signal Processing Digital systems Fall 3rd Year ECE Lab 3 Circuits Linear Systems Spring 3rd Year ECE Lab 4 Electronics
Conference Session
Technological Literacy I
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Tarek Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz
, 3. It is believed engineering colleges have a vitalrole to develop curriculum which meets the expectations of non-technical students. In order toenhance a curriculum reflecting the expectations of these students, it is necessary to respond toexpectations of non-technical students. A survey was conducted to allow faculty to determinestudents’ expectations and how well they were met by a general education course centered abouta computer aided design software program. Krupczak and Green4 used similar study to determinethe perspective of non-technical students on technical literacy. They found a clear definition oftechnical literacy was stated by their students. This included the ability to interact with technicalsystems and repair them when
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Mario Simoni; Marc Herniter; Bruce Ferguson
%) Diode Circuit Analysis 4 (13%) Single Transistor Circuit Analysis 9 (29%) Device Modeling 7 (23%)One aspect of this exam for which we have received comments is the inclusion and number ofbasic circuit analysis questions. These questions are necessary for two reasons. First, they removesome ambiguity from interpretation of the ECI’s results by helping to identify the reasons forincorrect answers. These questions were carefully chosen to reflect the background knowledgethat is necessary to correctly answer the electronics questions. As such, they can help determine ifa student answered incorrectly because they did not understand the electronics
Conference Session
Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Rajeswari Sundararajan; Bradley Rogers
established time limit of 20minutes for their presentations.Student EvaluationThe success of the course was reflected by the student evaluation ratings. The course instructor evaluation by theundergrad students was 4.76/5, which is very much above the department average. The course rating was 4.69,which again is much above the average. Similar excellent ratings were also given by the graduate students (4.76/5and 4.51/5, respectively). The only other concern expressed by a few was that there was too much material for a 3credit one semester long course.ConclusionThe idea of using an interdisciplinary team to teach the topic of fuel cells has been very successful at ASU. Theexperience has been very rewarding for both students and faculty, and is a
Conference Session
DEED Poster Session
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Ramana Pidaparti
has been teaching design courses as part of the ME curriculum at the PurdueSchool of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI (Indiana University - Purdue University atIndianapolis) for more than a decade. The design courses have undergone many changes over theyears to reflect current theory and practice in the field. Engineering design courses are integratedinto the ME curriculum, beginning with a basic introduction to mechanical design examples andbackground during the freshman year to advanced capstone design projects in the senior year.Recently, there is a growing interest in synthesizing innovation and creative processing inengineering curricula through art [9, 10]. Patton and Bannerot [10] discusses nicely the designprinciples and process
Conference Session
International Engineering Education I
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Fazil Najafi
manufacturing sector and does not cater much to the needs of non-manufacturing industrial arena. This certainly is not a true reflection of the completerequirements of the entire industrial setup in Pakistan, which is primarily dominated bythe service industries. When it comes to manufacturing applications, the curriculum atthe IME department specifically includes typical design courses like Computer AidedDesign (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). This makes the NEDcurriculum a little more comprehensive than that of the ISE department at UF. Althoughthe IE department at UF does not offer courses in these specialized areas, yet the studentshave the flexibility to take courses like CAD and CAM, and other similar courses, fromMechanical
Conference Session
ERM Potpourri
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Susan Etheredge; Glenn Ellis; Thomas Gralinski; Domenico Grasso; Baaba Andam
were introduced to the topic through a discussion of the engineering design process as presented in the Massachusetts Framework (see Figure 1). It is our belief that the design process is best learned through application, followed by discussion and reflection, so we made this introduction brief. 2. Students worked in teams, applying the engineering design process to redesign aspirin Page 9.1197.4 bottles that would allow easier access for physically challenged users. Each group began Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Tim Ameel; Ian Harvey; Bruce Gale
rather than group labs, the lab sizes have been limited to 6 students to help optimizethe learning experience in the labs. Unfortunately, this also limits the number of students whocan participate due to the expense of setting up multiple laboratories. Another challenge associated with this course is that, while this course is the second in aseries for students in the NSF IGERT program, the first course is not a prerequisite for thiscourse. Thus, a number of students have a good introduction to microscale phenomena whileothers who enroll have had little or none. This disparity does end up being reflected in grades atthe end of the term, even though the two IGERT classes do not directly overlap. Student evaluation data are available
Conference Session
How We Teach Problem Solving?
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Rich Shiavi; Christopher Rowe
,focusing on computer modeling and simulation techniques for solving engineering and mathproblems. Since technology was just becoming user-friendly, MATLAB was a good choicebecause of its uncommon combination of ease of use and breadth of functionality.MATLAB originated in the late 1970's when Cleve Moler wanted to provide interactive accessto the FORTRAN linear algebra software packages EISPACK and LINPACK, motivated by hisbelief that a person should not have to learn FORTRAN in order to learn numerical computation.MATLAB was initially focused on constructing and manipulating matrices, and applyingalgorithms for eigenanalysis and linear algebra (“MATLAB” stands for “matrix laboratory”,reflecting these origins). In 1984, Cleve Moler and Jack Little
Conference Session
Assessing Teaching & Learning
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Alene Harris; Monica Cox, Purdue University
during the 2003 spring semester, this study will explore the presence or absence ofthe following within observed classrooms: (1) faculty’s signaling with cognitive organizers andusage of content linkages, (2) faculty and student in-class assessment patterns, and (3)professors’ pedagogical patterns. These three areas are reflected in seventeen items that comprisethe GR. Preliminary information about the percentage of observed instances of these Likert scaleitems will be examined, and patterns across traditionally-taught, nonHPL classes and HPL-oriented classes will be explored.Faculty Sample During the fall of 2002 and the spring of 2003, the first author, a trained classroomobserver who has collected classroom data with the VOS for three
Conference Session
Academic Standards and Academic Issues
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Brian Manhire
upon stu- dents. We even think those grades reflect well on us; they show how popular we are with bright students. And so we are quite satisfied with ourselves, too. Page 9.645.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education There is something inappropriate -- almost sick -- in the spectacle of mature adults showering young people with unbelievable praise. We are flattering our students in our eagerness to get their good opinion. That our students are promising makes it worse, for
Conference Session
Minorities in Research
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Andrea Ogilvie
Austin’s College of Engineering that reflects the demographics ofthe college age population within the state of Texas, 35 percent ethnic minorities.IntroductionThe Texas Research Experience (TREX) Program was created at The University of Texas atAustin in 1992 to provide technical learning experiences for African American, Hispanic, andNative American undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Engineering. TREX wasinitiated to address the following challenges: (1) lack of African American, Hispanic, and NativeAmerican students pursuing graduate degrees in engineering; (2) large percentage of AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, and Native American engineering students with limited exposure to and/orinvolvement in research projects on campus; (3
Conference Session
New Ideas in Energy Education
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Peter Idowu
University - Harrisburg. While the new course format reflects some of thecontents that exist in a few programs 1, it adds other components that are not usually included inthe students’ exposure to the subject. It guides students to explore various energy sources,conversion technologies, and highlights economic, environmental, sustainability, ethical, healthand safety, social, and political issues in energy use. This is done through the use of groupprojects and reports that directly focus on policies and politics of energy exploitation and use, Page 8.488.1review of newspaper stories focusing on energy, and by collating and organizing a wealth
Conference Session
Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Autar Kaw
, and in the gradingpolicy. Grading that extends beyond quizzes and tests, to homework assignments, web-basedquizzes, projects, writing assignments, class presentations and participation, reflective writing, andattendance can accommodate different learning styles. Efed meets students outside the classroom in hallways, during cookouts, and by attendingprofessional society meetings. It gives him a chance to learn about the students in an informalsetting. Students are more inclined to ask questions about their career goals and share their lifeoutside of school. Knowing them as a whole person, Efed can give better advice about theircurriculum and career goals.5. Efed gives rapid feedback Efed returns graded assignments and tests in
Conference Session
Best Zone Papers
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
David Clough
engineering faculty at a research-orienteduniversity.We will review in brief how ABET arrived at its current state and present evidence thateducational initiatives must align with the goals and objectives of the research faculty at majoruniversities for those initiatives to have lasting impact there. Frank, anonymous feedback from across-section of engineering faculty will reveal that ABET 2000 is in trouble, lacking thegrassroots faculty support necessary for a stable accreditation system. The claim will be putforward that any such system must derive broad support, from more than a few true believers,and must not reflect a faddish wave of buzzwords.To conclude, we will present a few notions of a revised accreditation process that could be, atonce
Conference Session
Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Sohail Anwar
tower in a limited amount of time using limited quantities ofspaghetti and marshmallows. Following this competition, the design teams are asked to reflect ontheir performance by participating in a classroom discussion. It has been observed by the authorsof this paper that, generally, the most successful teams are the ones who first discuss an action Page 9.783.2plan and then carry it out with effective teamwork. This is the most important point which is “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education
Conference Session
The Fundamentals of Fun
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Joseph Hanus; Stephen Ressler
formallyassess their perceptions of this specific project; however, their responses to our course-endsurvey reflected strong outcomes in the specific areas that this project targeted—motivation tolearn, critical thinking, and the instructor’s use of effective techniques. The results aresummarized in Table 1 below. Student responses were scored on a five-point Likert scale, with 1indicating strong disagreement and 5 indicating strong agreement. Course USMA Survey Question Average Average My motivation to learn increased because of this course. 4.35
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Zac Bunnell; Garett Scott; Sundararajan Madihally
0.4 0.2 0.0 15 20 25 30 35 40 Water Flow Rate (lb/min)Figure 2: HETP values versus water flow rate for air at 12.8 SCFM. (data shows propagationof maximum uncertainty).HETP values were calculated and graphed against liquid mass flux. As shown in Figure 2,HETP values increased as liquid mass flux increased. As liquid mass flux increases, mass-transfer decreases; therefore, HETP values increase to reflect the lower mass-transfer efficiency.The HETP values calculated were found to be reasonably close to the expected values (~0.8 ft
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Graduate Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
David Heaslip
successful leverage of partner universities topresent an academic program highly-valued by both participants and their employers. Itappears to reflect a style of industry-focused post graduate engineering education that has ahigh potential for success in other jurisdictions. Page 9.264.7
Conference Session
Manufacturing Systems Design
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Anthony Hotchkiss; Slade Gellin
Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationabout CNC machining in general and reading and understanding CNC coding in particular. Howwell students learn these concepts is assessed through exams and projects.Recently, the Department of Technology at Buffalo State College has purchased and installednew milling machines each with different capabilities and/or options. The CNC codes requiredfor these machines reflect their individual capabilities. In order to effectively use these machinesin the course, thus giving students a greater variety of CNC machining experience, it wasnecessary to obtain software to
Conference Session
Design for Community
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Rex Ramsier; H Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar
period, each team is required to hold aformal meeting with either an industrial or faculty mentor who provides feedback on the team’sprogress and teamwork dynamics. Each meeting must have a leader, scribe and facilitator wherethese roles rotate among members. The mentor may impart some technical advice but their role isprimarily as an observer of effective interaction and judge of how well team members areparticipating during the meeting. Meeting minutes and a progress memo are submitted each weekby the teams. Students are asked to submit individual work logs describing their activities as wellas reflective journals. A final design report and a 15-20 minute oral presentation are graded by theproject instructors.The Tools for Chemical Engineering
Conference Session
Pre-College and ECE Education
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Thomas Johnson
bachelor degree programs complete anengineering degree. Compare this with several other countries: Mexico at 8.2 percent, SouthKorea at 7 percent and Japan at 4.3 percent. There must be an increase in the pool of women andminorities majoring in engineering to increase the number of engineers. The lack of home-grownengineers is reflected in the number of H-1b visas rising from 65,000 in 1998 to 195,000 in 2001,and Congressman Vernon Ehlers, Chair of the House Science Committee’s Subcommittee onEnvironment, Technology and Standards, has expressed concern about the American economybecoming increasingly reliant on imported high-tech workers. It is significant to note that the percentage of women earning bachelor degrees in computerscience has
Conference Session
ASEE Multimedia Session
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Jennifer Brougham; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger
completed time logs, whichthe first year engineering program at Northeastern reflected the time spent on each programming project inUniversity. This module of the curriculum possesses a and out of class. Teams responded to questionnairesdual emphasis on learning a programming language and and surveys about their exp eriences.solving and analyzing real-world problems through the Data Collectedformulation of computer code. Periodic qualitative and quantitative assessment toolsProcedures were used to evaluate the students' progress and satisfaction, as well as
Conference Session
Mobile Robotics in Education
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Darcy Schein; Cathryne Stein
year as well. Teams indicated that they wanted Page 8.1150.4more practice time in addition to sessions. We also changed the conference name to the National Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 5Conference on Educational Robotics to be more inclusive, but still reflect the broad scope ofusing robotics in the service of education.Collegiate Botball – Reinforcing the pipeline to undergraduate
Conference Session
Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Richard Jendrucko
important point. ii. A short-term and long-term plan to achieve the improvement in at least two areas with information on why the improvement is needed. iii. Insights gained from this reflective process. The steps require the student to provide a higher level of knowledge and a greater acceptance of external assessment. d. Self-Assessment The course self-assessments were also done using the SII method. The additional areas included the students affective mood so they could see the relationship between mood and performance. At the end of the course, the students were asked to assess their self-assessments to
Conference Session
ASEE Multimedia Session
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
William Craver; Darrell Schoder; Charles Turner; Anthony Tarquin
students and four or five students from the otherdisciplines have not graduated because of FE exam passage requirement.ConclusionsRequiring passage of the FE exam for graduation has changed the attitude of students taking theexam. Previously, many students had a very relaxed attitude towards the FE exam and theirpassing rate reflected this attitude. Now, all students take the exam seriously and most haveaccepted the requirement with little objection. This qualitative assessment is based on specificquestions asked by department chairs during exit interviews with graduating seniors. Acceptancehas been widespread because of (1) efforts made by the departments to inform the students of thereasons for the FE passage requirement, (2) provision of review
Conference Session
Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Rafael Rodriguez-Solis; Rafael Medina; Jose Colom
willlearn the basic concepts in wave propagation, polarization and wave reflection. For thisexperiment, a network analyzer was configured as a two antennas scatterometer. Using thetime domain option of the analyzer a target (metal sphere) can be easily observed andparameters such as range and received power can be easily measured. Figure 3, shows a basicblock diagram of the scatterometer configuration. The standard gain horns can be rotated tochange the polarization and the student can observe in the network analyzer the effect on thereceived power. The configuration is also used to propagate the signal through differentmediums (dry –to-wet sand) and how the signal is attenuated for the different cases. Page 8.783.4 Proceedings