Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kavetsky

Transformation Roadmap. It will also provide a criticalcomponent of the intellectual capability at the WCs today and tomorrow.The N-STAR Strategic Plan consists of four objectives and supporting strategies and isconsistent with the General Accounting Office (GAO) Model of Strategic Human CapitalManagement. The strategies are to: • Establish the DON Foundation for S&T Revitalization • Develop and Define a Robust and Forward-looking Set of S&T Workforce Requirements • Recruit, develop and Sustain Preeminent S&T Talent • Convey Program Importance via an Integrated Communications Approach The plan and these strategies are grounded on GAO’s four human capital cornerstones ofleadership, strategic human capital planning, acquiring

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Gandolfo; Ken Alford

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationthe Army, specifically. Civilian faculty members also learn military rank insignia, basic Armycommand structure, and how the Military Academy is different from other universities.Teaching programs typically discuss the courses offered in their program, standard teachingloads, job appraisals, vacation policies, additional duties (outside of teaching), scheduledmeetings, and other related topics.The Academy, department, and teaching program information is extremely useful, but themajority of time during the summer teaching workshops is spent on developing and practicingteaching skills. New faculty members learn how to prepare lesson plans, write course objectives,create a course syllabus

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Gasper; Keith Whites; Michael Batchelder

is planning to enter the AerialRobotics Competition that requires transmission of pictures or video of a remote facility.The team is experimenting with an ATV transmitter on the 70 cm ham band.One of the projects in CENG 442, micro-based system design, was to design a PICmicrocontroller system that converts ASCII character data to output as Morse code andconversely accepts Morse code returning the equivalent ASCII characters.The capstone design requirement provides another venue for projects involving amateurradio. For example, the previously mentioned telemetry for the solar car was a seniordesign project [16]. Another example is a project [17] designing a hidden transmittersystem for a “fox hunt” [18] [19]. The competition involves

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Pete Schuyler

access multiple test points on the DUT, we found the Agilent 34970A DataAcquisition Switch Unit/Controller very useful. It is a GPIB-controllable modular chassis withthree slots that can be populated from eight available plug-ins. It also has a built-in 6.5 digitDMM. One plug-in we used was an Agilent 34904A 4x8 Channel Matrix Switch. In anotherinstance, we used an Agilent 34901A 20-Channel Armature Multiplexer to dynamically accessmultiple test points on a DUT. It contains a four-by-eight, two-wire switch that can be re-configured dynamically by a VIPThe system is not limited to the test equipment described above. In the future, we plan toconnect logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers and RF network analyzers to increase the variety ofexperiments

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jones; Beth Tieszen; Dennis Schulte; Ann Koopmann

quantifying anecdotal data on the learning whichmay, or may not, have occurred through internships, co-op and part-time work experiences,international involvement, on-campus organizational activities and so forth. The purposes of thispaper are to share information about the process of acquiring such data, and to illustrate the kindof data that can be developed for assessment purposes. Also, selected preliminary data ispresented and initial interpretation of that data is provided. ProcessDeveloping the SurveysIn 2002, a plan to move from anecdotal to measured outcomes for out-of-classroom experienceswas presented to the Deans of the CoET and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources(AGEN and BSEN

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kramer

theprogram means that the capstone sequence is completed over the spring and then fall semestersor, in some cases, over the spring semester and then the extended summer term. Increasedadvisory board involvement in the capstone was planned beginning in Fall 2002 and affectedsections of EEE 191 and EEE 192 during Spring 2003, Summer 2003, and Fall 2003.The involvement of the EEAB within the capstone sequence included: 1. Continuing to schedule EEAB meetings to coincide with capstone presentations 2. Changes in structure of the projects and the role of design reviews 3. Ideas for project and project mentoring 4. Lectures and activities on professional topicsScheduling of Advisory Board MeetingsEEAB meetings continued to be scheduled to coincide

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Cochran; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan

post-competition surveys were conducted to gather data on students’ knowledge ofengineering computational tools, how earth structures behave during earthquakes, and theirpreference for a career in science and engineering. These surveys revealed that although thecompetition did provide valuable knowledge for the students about engineering computationaltools and the effects of earthquakes on earth structures, it had no significant influence onchanging the students’ career choices. The planning and implementation of this pilot designcompetition is presented and the difficulties encountered during the implementation arediscussed and suggestions for improving a similar competition are provided. Selected surveyresults are also presented and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Troy McBride

. Course FlowThe Introduction to Engineering Spring semester course covers several topics starting withstudents first studying sketching and graphics concurrently with computer-based solid modeling(Solid Edge by EDS). Within the second week of classes, the major project is introduced anddesign teams of three to four students are formed. Teams are formed by the professor based onstudents self ranking of their abilities in the areas of: 1) Design / Sketching, 2) Creativity / Ideas,3) Organization / Planning Skills, and 4) Oral and Written Communication Skills. Further, theprofessor uses information on their intended majors and performance in previous coursework.Additionally, students are afforded a line on the questionnaire to anonymously request to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Taylor; Robert Green

banquet at the end of the program. We had two options from which tochoose for subsistence: a pre-paid food plan in which purchases were subtracted and norefunds were given for remaining balances; or a charge card which required us to pay forwhat we used at the end of the summer. As a demonstration of trust to the students, and toprevent from over-paying for food, we opted to use the charge card. These cards werevalid in any on-campus dining facility, including the library, and were rated highly by theQuest students. With the exception of one or two students, everyone was very responsiblein using the cards and parents had the assurance that their children would not go hungry.Several cards were lost but detailed record keeping allowed the lost

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

IMPROVE CONTROL• Brainstorming • Multi-voting • Cause & Effect • Cost/benefit • SPC• Nominal Group • Process flow • Cost/benefit analysis • One-piece flow Technique charts analysis • Improvement • Kanban and• Process charter • Benchmarking • Waste plans visual control• Work plan • Check sheets identification • Standardized • Continuous• Responsibilities • Surveys • Standardization procedures improvement matrix • Interviewing of • Training, pull, and Kaizen

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales; Stephen Renshaw

curriculum. There is also an economical advantage to school systems planning to facilitate astudents ability to perform computing applications well. If the computing applicationsare not effective at a specified learning level it would preclude the notion to extendcomputing services until such time as they are both proficiently acquired andacademically involved with study skills.Delimitations Most data measures include a certain amount of statistical variance; even if allfactors that can be controlled are held constant. It was assumed that the variance withinassessment measures used for data collection will not affect the overall analysis.Subsequent reruns of computing applications employing just-in-time compilationmethods will also have

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

complexity. Students were usually confined to a single role in a project team, if projectroles were adhered to at all. It was also difficult to teach process-related material, such asrequirements gathering and management techniques, while facilitating a single semester project.To address these issues, DCST has redesigned the single semester factory course into a four-semester sequence dubbed the Software Enterprise. The curriculum plan calls for two one-yearprojects that a student participates in serially. This sequence is shown in Table 1.Semester Fall SpringYear Course Focus Course FocusYear 1 CST315 Tools & Process CST316

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Piechota; Shashi Nambisan

(Spring/Summer 2004)Project Green (Green Valley Ecology, Environment, and Nature) is a habitat restoration and Page 10.808.2protection project in the City of Henderson, Nevada with an overall goal of restoration of the Proceeding of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering EducationPittman Wash as a valuable resource to the entire community (See Figure 1). Planning for thisproject is coordinated between a citizens group (Project Green Steering Committee), the City ofHenderson Public Works Department, and Harris and

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Tackett; Cheng-Hsin Liu; Ken Patton

-traditional manufacturing sectors of industries and the Artstudents who will be employed in these companies, it is necessary to tailor a special set of RapidPrototyping curriculum to meet their requirements.A valid process manufacturing plan can greatly shorten time-to-market and therefore acquisitionof the funding necessary to go into production. Speeding this product development process evenmore is the ability to send such design code anywhere in the world via high speed Internetconnections. Once a product is proofed and deemed ready for manufacture, the machine code toproduce the final object can also be sent anywhere in the world for its actual production. Whilee-commerce is focused on the buying and selling of products and services, e-production

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Stiegler; Ernest McDuffie; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationresults of this briefing were very encouraging. Dr. Bement had indicated that budget pressureshad caused him to cut a number of programs around NSF that were near the same level offunding as NNCS. However, because NSF believes so strongly in the goals of NNCS and thepartnership with ONR, the NNCS program would not be cut. In fact, both organizations agreedto fund the $3M Phase II effort as planned and to continue efforts to find additional funding. Thenew Dear Colleague Letter is in its final stages of NSF clearance and will be sent out in earlyMarch. Also, as a result of this

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

three of the five sites. The project started with one tribal site in the firstyear and increased one tribal site a year. At the end of the fifth year we hope to have all of thefive sites participating in the activities. The activities include a series of one-day weekendacademic sessions, one per month through the academic year, and a two-week summer camp ateach tribal site. The topics were selected, and lesson plans developed, and presentedcollaboratively by NDSU faculty, TCCC faculty, and Reservation high school teachers. Thestudents were presented practical day-to-day problems involving simple math, physics,chemistry, biology and engineering in an informal and friendly atmosphere requiring them tothink, analyze and seek solutions. Each

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daina Briedis

Page 7.453.1evaluative materials for the program evaluators (PEVs) and answer directly to the criteria and theself-study guidelines suggested by ABET. Other institutions do not follow the guidelines, butattempt to “write” themselves into compliance with the criteria, seemingly ignoring suchCriterion 3 phrases as “must demonstrate,” “documented results,” “evidence must be given,” and“are being measured.”In this context, Criterion 3-centered issues that are typically identified as shortcomings includethe following: • No measurement of outcomes at all—only opinions and self-assessment results; • Assessment results presented for the PEV to evaluate and analyze; • An assessment plan in place with little or no implementation

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne DeTurris

before being launched on anAeroTech L-1120W motor4. The launch occurred at a monthly Tripoli Rocketry Associationsponsored event in Fresno, CA. Although the students were concerned because the rocket weighed more than estimated, the launch proceeded as planned with a stable climb during motor burn. Unfortunately, the motor was not powerful enough to push the rocket to the altitude necessary for a reasonable

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cathryne Stein

students came from a startling diversity of socio -economicbackgrounds; they came from inner city and rural schools, private schools, science andtechnology magnet schools, alternative or continuation schools, as well as your averageeveryday suburban public school. Some even came from home school situations,community computer clubhouses, or other types of organizations. The most noticeablething they had in common was how enthusiastic, motivated and focused they seemed tobe.These students now have various degrees of experience with planning, defining problemsand solutions, the design process, scheduling, mechanical engineering, programming,demonstrating, reporting results, and creating websites. In addition, some of the bestteams’ programming

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Vollaro

discussions. In an effort have the entire class at the same experiencelevel; the trips must be well planned and coordinated with the topics being presented in theManufacturing Processes class.The industrial field trips also work to accommodate all students and support their differentlearning styles. The trips provide an educational experience that incorporates the visual andkinesthetic sensory modalities used for learning information. [1] To support the observations ofthe instructor and to gain insight into the needs of today’s students, the VARK (Visual / Aural /Read-Write / Kinesthetic) survey[1,2] administered to students in IE314 in Spring 2001. Theresults of the survey shows most students prefer to utilize a kinesthetic and/or visual

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Heidi Newell; Kevin Dahm

all students must be stated in terms that are measurable and demonstrable · A comprehensive plan must be developed to ensure that basic competencies are learned and reinforced throughout the time the students are enrolle d in the institution · Each discipline must specify learning outcomes congruent with the required competenciesLike many institutions (3), the Rowan University Chemical Engineering Departmentchose to use items that address multiple constituencies including alumni, industry, andthe students themselves. Assessment data from these groups were obtained throughalumni surveys, student peer-reviews, and employer surveys. These instruments werefairly straightforward to

Conference Session

New EET Course Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani; Abul Azad

theory to practice and be able to connect and see how the various concepts fit together.This way, course material can be covered at a faster pace since students have enough time toperform all the planned experiments and thus accumulate well-rounded skills required to succeedin this field of study.Based on this concept, five modular units of instruction were developed to cover a modernelectric machine course. The lesson plans listed in the Appendix are used to guide students andthe instructor through weekly class and lab activities based on reference materials 4,5. Page 7.1070.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Steidley; Stephen Dannelly

plans to use the Real-Time Lab as an important part of tours given toprospective students. A model railroad component was selected for five reasons. First, both discrete-state(modeled by state machines or Petri nets) and continuous-state (described by transfer functions)control problems can be modeled. Second, a sensor-instrumented model railroad is versatile andwill enable students to work on a large variety of potential projects ranging from simple tocomplex. Third, it is not difficult to obtain the necessary equipment; model railroads are easilyavailable in our community and many other locations. Fourth, it is virtually impossible to thinkof a more inexpensive option with the same capabilities. Finally, we believe that the

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

that was learned during the semester and design a device that eitherworks according to, incorporates, or demonstrates that result. Students also had the option ofdesigning an experiment that would illustrate or demonstrate a concept, or a result, that is integralor directly related to the course. A third option was for students to redesign an existingexperiment for the purpose of improving it. In the latter case, they needed to identify the existingflaws that needed to be fixed, discuss how they were planning to fix them and actually carry outtheir plan. All projects required a preliminary report that discussed the choice that had been made,the preliminary work that led them to believe that their project was feasible and a detailed plan

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Liv Ramstad; Ferd Schneider; Audeen Fentiman; Artemus Herzog; John Merrill

prepared by the Walnut Hills High School teachers and OSU faculty and staffdirectly involved in preparation and presentation of the course. It outlines the courseobjectives, content, structure, and management. Details on establishing a university/highschool/ industry team to support development and implementation of the course are provided.Finally, the authors describe the assessment plan and the lessons learned during the first year.IntroductionMany students with the talent and skills to become engineers are not aware that engineering isa career option for them and do not consider it as a college major. As a result, those studentslose an opportunity to pursue a rewarding and challenging career, and society does not benefitfrom the contributions

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Paul Giolma; Kevin Nickels

designgroup. Each group advisor defines the specific content of the phases as well as the features ofdeliverables throughout the academic year. The six phases are shown in Table 1. Table 1: The Phases of a DesignPhase Report PresentationGeneration of design specifications Memo Report (~1page) Public PresentationConsideration of alternative Summary Report (1pg/alternative)solutionsDesign and construction of a Formal Report (~10 pages) Technicalprototype solution PresentationDesign and execution of a test plan

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Lessard

thatpaper surface was replaced by painting the gray scale directly on the plywood surface.Figure 1. RoboCup Jr Soccer Field “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrig ht  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Page 7.56.2The ball and special sensors to supplement the Lego Mindstorms kit are available fromWiltronics4. The construction plans for an example soccer-playing robot (robcon1.ppt,robcon2.ppt) as well as some example RoboLab graphical programming software(Programming.doc) are available from the Australian Web site. The

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Anthony Madonna; Karen Miu

, automotive companies, architectural engineering firms, ship builders, pharmaceuticals, etc., are increasingly concerned with their energy systems and hire engineers for the planning and operation of lower power, lower voltage (<115kV) distribution systems. As such, the topic of power distribution systems has been addressed at several universities in terms of classes and software laboratories, with a smaller number of universities addressing hardware laboratories. Some existing laboratories are now discussed. Software laboratories explicitly for distribution system planning can be found in [1]. At the University of Florida, a hardware laboratory was established for power quality and energy studies [2]. In Taiwan, a distribution automation

Conference Session

Building Bridges in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

at the Williams campus has providednumerous opportunities to bring this partnership to a new dimension. In a short five years it hasmoved well beyond the conventional articulation, described above. Joint curriculumdevelopment, infrastructure planning, academic scheduling and sharing institutional data havemarked the uniqueness of the partnership between these two institutions. The specialcollaboration extends to housing and academic/student support services as well. The primaryfocus of this paper is to illustrate the innovative educational partnership and its benefits to thestudents attending ASU East, CGCC and other Maricopa Community Colleges.BackgroundASU East is a new campus of Arizona State University located in the city of Mesa

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Kramer

of the technical skills gaps identified by SME in theManufacturing Education Plan: 1999 Critical Competency Gaps document. The primarymechanism for achieving these results is to assign students to multiple projects (sequentially) Page 7.835.3that provide direct, mentored, hands-on experience with real product and production system Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationprojects. On average, each intern will work on as many as three or four projects before leavingthe program. Contrary to some