Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Williamson; William Drake

was not repeated the second year. The consequencebeing that it was difficult to coordinate student work on the project. This year, the third in ourseries, the lack of coordination resulted in cancellation of the project. This is probably influencedby the fact that our student body is largely composed of non-traditionals, who for the most parthold full time jobs.The second SMSU buggy project had the significant advantage of more advanced planning,experience and a graduate assistant. The Graduate assistant, Mr. Charles Roop had been SMEstudent chapter chairman the year before. Dr. Drake was drafted to teach the TEC 417 designcourse and integrated part of the project into that course. One of the problems that was noted inthe previous race was

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Willis Marti; Wei Zhao; Steve Liu

Switches Routers Others Servers Infrastructure Infrastructure Devices Figure 2 Structure of Web Access GatewayIn operation, the user (a) accesses the WAG with a browser, (b) is authenticated then (c)allowed to select an exercise from a list constructed depending upon an individual’sprogress and instructor’s plan. Other administrative services

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas A. Scambilis

and businesspartners. Twenty-eight Tech Prep consortiums were formulated and now serve most of Ohio.The Miami Valley Consortium comprised of Sinclair Community College, the University ofDayton, and seven Vocational Education Planning Districts, serves 64 high schools and over 100business partners. In Ohio, the Miami Valley Consortium, which has the highest number ofenrolled students, was named “Best In The Nation - 1996”, by the U.S. Department of Education.High School Enrollments: National statistics on high school enrollment indicate that 50percent of high school students are generally unfocused, 25 percent are preparing for college and25 percent are preparing for vocational training. Furthermore, according to a 1993 study by theU.S

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawna L. Fletcher; Mary Anderson-Rowland

the student and the Program Coordinator. In addition, students wererequired to submit and to adhere to a strategic action plan for the Spring 1999 semester. Eachstudent maintained at least bimonthly contact with the WISE Program Coordinator to help ensurethe achievement of personal goals.Program evaluation included results from the Spring 1999 semester/cumulative GPA comparedto the Fall 1998 semester/cumulative GPA. Academic improvements were determined byassessing individual improvement in semester/cumulative GPA and overall improvement insemester/cumulative GPA. In addition, a log sheet was maintained to track personal contactbetween the student and the Program Coordinator.IV. Program ComponentsStudents were initially interviewed in one

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacek Jarzynski; Sheldon M. Jeter

favored themechanical systems course. In school year 1998-1999, 216 students took the mechanicalsystems course, and only 52 took the thermal/fluids course. This disparity is relateddirectly to the students’ choosing the overall mechanical systems track in preference tothe thermal/fluids track and not directly to a preference of one course over the other. The final lab course was a quarter long two quarter hour experimental engineeringproject planned and implemented by the students. This course and the introductoryinstrumentation and methods course suited the new curriculum without fundamentalrevision. The intermediate courses did not, so a new course was needed.GOALS AND CRITERIA FOR THE NEW COURSE For several reasons our experience

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas H. Baxter

. Figure 11 -Final Beam Shape Page 5.290.11Future WorkFuture work on these examples is planned. The welded beam example could be greatly enhancedby using different solvers. Immediate plans are to implement a simulated annealing solver to showhow this class of solver differs from a gradient solver. Additional IED homework problems couldbe modeled and there are plans to add two new homework assignments next semester. Finally,there may be an opportunity to use the solid modeling software in other courses. Structures,dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and mechatronics should benefit from these types ofexamples. New software will be needed to

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Lin; Sharon Cobb; Floyd Patterson; Carol Davis; Robert Pieri; G. Padmanabhan

the agenda include: proposal goals, projectactivities, size of the college and area high school student body; location; course offerings;instructional needs including teaching staff, materials, equipment and laboratories; possibleprocess/procedures; how to determine priorities; and how the proposed resources would beallocated.The meeting leaders plan an agenda including the following activities: 1. Discussion of the three primary goals; 2. Identify the three most critical activities for each of their colleges, discuss them, and prioritize them; 3. List and discuss the information necessary for each activity; 4. Describe what the activity would need to look like at each site; 5. Identify Summer Programs and develop the concept; 6. Describe

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahammad Najafi; George Yang

is inaccordance with projection. Student current employment situations and feedback from localindustries regarding the improvement of the curriculum is presented.IntroductionManufacturing Engineering Technology is the profession in which the understanding of abroadrange of technologies is necessary to apply and control manufacturing processes. It includesmethods of production of industrial commodities and consumer products. The manufacturingprofessional must be able to plan, design and implement the facilities, tools, machines, and thesequence of operations for producing high quality products at competitive prices.Manufacturing Engineering Technology is a highly interdisciplinary field, requiring elementsfrom other areas of engineering

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Haag

attempt toreform engineering education, seven institutions formed the Foundation Coalition (FC) withsupport from the National Science Foundation. One method utilized by the FC member schoolswas to offer integrated freshman programs. Embedded within this curricular reform were studentlearning outcomes that were established in the FC’s strategic plan and were implemented andmeasured across selected subject areas. Student learning outcomes were defined by theFoundation Coalition as “the abilities that we must develop, continuously improve and use inorder to realize the overall mission and vision of the Coalition.”The Foundation Coalition (FC) at Arizona State University (ASU) has incorporated strategiesinto its curriculum to: a) reform engineering

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Armacost; Robert Hoekstra; Michael A. Mullens

from George Washington. He teaches operations research and statistics coursesand is an active researcher in decision analysis, project management, scheduling, and new product development. Heis active in academic planning and assessment activities.Appendix A. Schedule of Project DeliverablesAssignment: Project Proposals Due: 2/2/99Each team will prepare project proposals for two selected concepts. A project proposal may useany format, but must fit on no more than three 8-1/2" x 11" pages. The proposal should identifythe names of the project team members, the designated team leader and a description of theproduct. Your description may include any of the following: documentation

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid

to givereturning students a different experience. Students were given more advanced topics tolook into if they had previously completed the Electronics course. This course has onlyrun one time, so some future plans are included with the module descriptions:(1) Low-level SoftwareLecture:Operating systems, programming, C languageLab:We’ll get on the computers & use Microsoft Visual C++ compiler to write some C Page 5.660.6programs! (We’ll stick with code that will work on any C compiler)The students were given a crash course in computer programming, and given nearlyfunctional code in C to finish and run. They also looked at some confusing

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

order to“communicate effectively.” For others, good communication is defined by thedepartment writing manual and can be assessed by counting up the number ofgrammatical errors in a document. Unfortunately, these two definitions lead students intomisapprehensions regarding what constitutes effective engineering communication, howthey should develop those skills, and how their skills will be assessed. My issue here isthe current state of communication skills development and evaluation that have beeninspired by ABET EC 2000. While the national effort to improve students’ skills (both incommunication and the other objectives areas) are laudable, many engineering programsencounter difficulties with assessment plan development, particularly after

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Gerstenfeld

an interactive qualifying project(IQP). Prior to each one of these projects, there is a full semester preparation course thatfocuses on research methods, the culture of the country where the project is worked on,and the literature review in connection with each project. For example, a year ago whenwe were planning to do projects in Zimbabwe, we gave a preparation course that focusedon the culture of Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, because of political difficulties, we had tocancel the projects in Zimbabwe and those students did their projects in Costa Ricainstead.Typical projects planned for this coming year in Africa include:• Technology transfer opportunities between South Africa and New England businesses• Identification of key industries in

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Steele

. Page 6.221.5Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationV. Background and Overview of CS 398 (Advanced Senior Project)The senior project represents the capstone design course of the Computer and InformationScience (CIS) curriculum. The senior project provides an opportunity for students to apply theknowledge and skills gained in other courses as they synthesize a solution to a significant,realistic problem, plan and manage a software development project and implement the solutionusing state of the art methodologies, techniques and tools. Senior projects are carried out on ateam basis (individual projects are

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

X. Qian; A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Transfer, and MechanicalEngineering Senior design project.Students in the ME312 class were asked to design a Virtual House Hot Water Energy UsageMonitoring System using LabView as part of the required class project. The tasks are (1). Tocreate a three bedroom, two bathrooms, house plan. (2), Create a virtual hot-water system usingLABVIEW, and (3), Calculate the energy losses of the piping system in a 24-hour period.Students entering the Heat and Mass Transfer class have already taken Thermodynamics andFluid mechanics. In those two classes, feasibility studies on energy conservation techniques wereconducted. Table 1 shows one of the literature review results on potential energy lossdistribution. Table 1. Possible energy loss for

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard K. Keplar; Eugene F. Smith; Vernon W. Lewis

the course.The results of the computer analyses and the set of manual calculations are included in astructural project “package” In addition, this package must include an appropriate number ofstructural sketches for the homework structure, showing foundation and framing plans,elevations, sections, and details as necessary. The student may use either CAD software ormanual drafting to produce the sketches. Frequently, the package must include an estimate ofthe cost of construction for the homework structure. Each student must turn in all of his/her workin a three-ring binder that will become part of his design portfolio.The Building Structure Design Laboratory Course (CET 455)The Building Structures Design Laboratory is the “capstone” course

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

S. A. Tennyson; R. J. Eggert; D. Bunnell

course work andeventual practice.In preparing its curriculum, as a newly chartered program in Idaho, the Mechanical Engineeringfaculty at Boise State University has incorporated a three credit hour course entitled MechanicalEngineering Design in the sophomore year. Blending considerations of design theory, designmethods, design automation, materials & manufacturing, the faculty team has prepared and hasexecuted the 16 week curriculum during the 1997 spring semester.This paper describes course details including: objectives, topics covered, team teaching ap-proach, weekly class format, prerequisites, activities pursued, student grading, infrastructure,resources, faculty team planning, outcomes assessment techniques and results.1.0 Design

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Richardson

studentsclass averages were almost 0.3 points better than the on-campus students. Only four ofthe 30 site-based distance learning courses showed poorer student performance than theon-campus courses. We suspect that the off-campus students are more mature and morewilling to take the time to study than our on-campus students. Accreditation Review The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association ofCollege and Schools has prepared guidelines to assist the planning, coordination, andmanagement of distance learning programs. 4 This report discusses many aspects ofdistance learning programs. These guidelines state that the evaluation and accreditation ofdistance learning programs will rest on an

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

for the next visit.Defining Program Objectives and OutcomesWithin ECE the process for defining the program objectives and outcomes for use under EC2000began more than a year prior to the visit. This effort began with mission statements, goals, andrelated documents developed earlier as part of the College and Institute strategic planning andassessment effort. Comments and suggestions were solicited from faculty and members of theSchool’s Industrial Advisory Board and an initial draft was developed by the authors andreviewed by the School Chair and selected faculty. The revised draft was distributed to allfaculty for further comments. Separate Program Assessment Guides were developed for theelectrical engineering and computer engineering

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

for the next visit.Defining Program Objectives and OutcomesWithin ECE the process for defining the program objectives and outcomes for use under EC2000began more than a year prior to the visit. This effort began with mission statements, goals, andrelated documents developed earlier as part of the College and Institute strategic planning andassessment effort. Comments and suggestions were solicited from faculty and members of theSchool’s Industrial Advisory Board and an initial draft was developed by the authors andreviewed by the School Chair and selected faculty. The revised draft was distributed to allfaculty for further comments. Separate Program Assessment Guides were developed for theelectrical engineering and computer engineering

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Öner Yurtseven; Patricia L. Fox

shared by all engineering and technology departments.The largest collaborative effort by faculty and students in PSET is our electric race car project.Faculty and students from almost all disciplines within PSET combine their expertise, research,and development experience to create and maintain an electric race car. Students from theDepartments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Technology,and Electrical Engineering Technology have used the race car to develop their senior projects. Inaddition to the collaborative efforts among faculty and students in PSET, industry cooperationand collaboration on this project is an essential component to its success. Due to the success ofthis project, plans for future collaborative

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard M. Felder

assigning exclusively individual homework. They may have heard about some of thealternative instructional approaches that a few of their colleagues have been carrying on about,but they dismiss these approaches as impractical, excessively time-consuming to implement, or“spoon-feeding.” There are a number of reasons for this faculty resistance, most of which have at their basethe inescapable fact that time is generally faculty members’ scarcest and most precious resource:there is never enough of it to do the things we have to do and want to do. First-class research—writing proposals and doing the things necessary to get them funded, supervising graduatestudents, attending and presenting at conferences, writing papers, and actually planning

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott A. Stefanov; Daniel J. Pack

projects including the fire-fighting robot projects.The wall-following robot project also confirmed our belief that creating a controlledsituation, where students are responsible to develop and execute a project plan with anappropriate amount of guidance, is an important educational experience.The first fire-fighting robot project yielded other valuable lessons. The study showed thata two member team is ideal for such a project. The work was evenly divided between thetwo cadets in creating FRED: one of the two students was responsible for the motioncontrol hardware and software, while the other was responsible for sensor relatedhardware and software. Toward the end of the project, the cadets put the two sub-systemstogether and worked on the

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard P. Long; Kandace Einbeck

chooses his or her own topics.Teaching such a course involves contacting the speakers prior to the semester, making surenecessary video equipment is available and functioning, reconfirming dates, and maintaining acontingency plan in case the guest speaker's busy schedule suddenly forces the cancellation of atalk. One needs to provide speakers with information about who the audience is and what theirlevel of language ability is, how long the talk should be (beginning language learners are unableto maintain the level of concentration necessary to listen to much more than 20-30 minutes ofsustained speech in the target language), and should be encouraged to bring visuals which canprovide the extra-linguistic information needed to make their

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sema E. Alptekin

Cal Poly in February 7-9, 1997 (Kadlecek et al.). A web page(http://www.calpoly.edu/~ime400p1/mech/studentproj/ime416/ibmcell.html) documenting thedetails of the project was also prepared. The Q-Basic program controls the relays that are part ofthe IBM robot's interface panel. The user-interface allows the user to input the process plan. Thisprocess plan shows the sequence of stations that will be visited by the AGV system. Example: 3-1-2 will send the AGV to station 3 first, then to 1, and finally to station 2. This then will be sentto Mini Board II via a serial cable. The Mini Board II will then interpret the information from theQ-Basic program and decide which relay to turn on. Figure 5: Flexible

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Marin; James E. Armstrong

assessing interactions among the Hows usually leads to theidentification of more criteria. Thus, we feel one student in a project group should not be saddledwith the task of filling-in the House. Rather, we encourage students to view this as abrainstorming session. After students identify the key criteria that have the largest impact on the system, the studentsdevelop a plan to model these criteria in regards to existing systems and competing alternatives.A beneficial side-effect of the analysis is the identification of those key areas of the project thathave the potential to add the most value. Thus, the House of Quality assists students in designingalternative systems to meet the needs of the stakeholders

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheela N. Yadav-Olney; Jill M. Clough

provide a stimulating engineering exercise to high school students aroundthe nation. High school students partner with universities and/or corporations to build a "robo-gladiator," from a kit of parts and limited other supplies, which competes against those fromother teams with diverse backgrounds. The competition brings the spirit of professional sportsto engineering, science and technology. Teams have a tight time frame in which to build therobot and prepare it for shipping; and much preparation goes into the planning, designing, andstrategizing. The high school students enjoy working on the university campus with collegestudents and get an opportunity to experience engineering design and construction first-hand. Inaddition, AutoDesk 3-D Studio

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Aldaco

students from these groups. As noted earlier, the reality is that we also servedisadvantaged students from all races. The program has simply sought to be responsive to theencouragement received from the State of California and its industry partners to focus onstudents from those groups who have eligibility rates for higher education that are substantiallybelow the rate called for by California’s Master Plan for Higher Education.This Master Plan directs the University of California to calibrate its admissions criteria so thatonly the top 12.5% of public high school graduates in the state is eligible for admission. Thelatest eligibility study conducted by the State of California notes the following rates for full UCeligibility: men 11.6%, women 13.3

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahador Ghahramani

. Page 2.234.1 • Sophisticated business decisions and complex managerial planning significantly rely on information processes such as operations, finance, sales, production, and the quality of the results. • As the number of information users increases, along with speed and volume of data, system environments will become more complex and sophisticated.BACKGROUND Corporate decisions are increasingly based on data stored in databases. High level termplans, mergers, reorganizations, and vital initiatives are decided through aggregation anddisaggregation of vital information. In corporate America, databases are regularly used togenerate reports, and to make numerous vital decisions. How accurate

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard A. Young

(or a similar software environment) in the context of an introductory physicslaboratory. After funding, we became aware of a similar effort (on a much larger scale and withmuch larger personnel resources) at Purdue University15.Our approach differs somewhat from Purdue's in that we have attempted to introduce students toelements of data flow programming in the context of conducting their physics experiments. TheLabVIEW data flow paradigm encourages the programmer to think about the entire flow of data,from initial acquisition, to preliminary and then final analysis. Since a central element of ourlaboratory experience is the planning of the experiment, we wanted to leverage LabVIEW'senvironment to support these planning activities