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Lean Manufacturing Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
James Hughes; Alok Verma
2663 SessionEnhancing Instruction in Lean Manufacturing through Development of Simulation Activities in Shipbuilding Operations Alok K. Verma Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University James Hughes Scott Christman Apprentice School Apprentice School Northrop Grumman Newport News Northrop Grumman Newport NewsAbstract Lean Manufacturing is a powerful philosophy that advocates minimization ofwaste within an organization. The
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Robbie Goins; Kiel Locklear; Gregory Watkins; Chad Spivey
aircraft flies multiple parabolic loops that simulate zero gravity for periods up to25 seconds. Students and their reduced gravity experiments fly in the aircraft s cargoarea.In December 2002, a team of seven students from two North Carolina universities wasselected to conduct reduced gravity aqueous diffusion experiments aboard the KC-135A.The students, from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the University ofNorth Carolina at Pembroke, worked together on the project, collaborating viavideoconferencing, email, and occasional face-to-face meetings. They successfullyovercame the obstacle of the 120 mile distance between the institutions, and executedtheir experiments during multiple flights in April 2003.As part of the project, the
Conference Session
Portable/Embedded Computing I
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
J. Brook Zurn; Jeff Frolik
Session 1620Evaluation of Tablet PCs for engineering content development and instruction Jeff Frolik and J. Brooks Zurn University of VermontIntroduction Over the past decade, there has been a great deal of activity across disciplines attemptingto incorporate computing into the classroom environment. The now near ubiquitous nature ofmultimedia enhanced classrooms is indicative of the perceived benefits of this technology. Interms of instruction, these enhanced classrooms have enabled faculty to replace or augmentchalk/whiteboard lectures with a variety of new pedagogy
Collection
2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference
Authors
Charles McIntyre; Hung Nguyen
of posting information electronically, the logicaldecision would be to require students to mimic the industry practices. The contents of this paper,1.) documents the traditional and revised course delivery system for CME 430 - LandDevelopment, 2.) provides an overview of the mechanisms for evaluation and assessment, 3.)explains some of the tools and techniques that have been developed at NDSU to assist studentswith web page development, 4.) provides student outcome data for a 3-year period, 5.) offers ananalysis of the data, and 6.) formulates some recommendations and conclusions.Course OverviewCME 430 - Land Development is a 16-week, fall semester, 3-credit, senior-level engineering andmanagement course consisting of 40 - 50 students
Conference Session
BME Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Semahat Siddika Demir
Peer-Mentoring among Female Biomedical Engineering Students can be Extended to Other Engineering Disciplines Semahat S. DemirJoint Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Memphis & University of Tennessee 330 Engineering Technology Building, Memphis TN, 38152-3210, USA Adjunct Faculty of Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey Email: sdemir@memphis.edu Abstract— Mentoring is significant personal and professional assistance given by a moreexperienced person to a less experienced person during a time of transition. Transitions fromhigh school to
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Sven Nielsen
degree of know-how problems which involve a great partof theories and knowledge acquired from lectures. In the problem-oriented project work thestudents deal with know-why unsolved problems in science and profession. The new masterprogramme in Architecture and Design will be used as a case example with its unique use ofproblem-based learning methods. The programme started in 1997 and admits 110 studentsevery year, it consists of a 2-semester basic programme, 3- semester common ground study-programme and a 5-semester specialisation programme. In the specialisation the studentschoose one of the following four specialisations: Architecture, Urban design, Digital designor Industrial design. The benefit of the problem-based learning method is given
Conference Session
Professional Graduate Education & Industry
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Jay Snellenberger; Donald Keating
Session 1455 Enabling the U.S. Engineering Workforce to Perform: Recognizing the Importance of Industrial Engagement In Professional Graduate Engineering Education J. M. Snellenberger,1 D. H. Quick,1 I. T. Davis,2 J. P. Tidwell,3 J. O’Brien,4 R. M. Haynes,5 D. R. Depew,6 D.D. Dunlap,7 D. A. Keating,8 T. G. Stanford 8 Rolls-Royce Corporation 1 / Raytheon Missiles 2/ The Boeing Company 3 Hewlett-Packard Company 4/ Northrop Grumman Space Technology 5 Purdue University 6/ Western Carolina University7
Conference Session
Topics in Civil ET
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Maher Murad
toaddress diversity. The idea of course transformation was initiated in a two-week facultydiversity seminar sponsored by the office of the Provost at the University of Pittsburgh. Themission of the seminar was to provide an experience that will assist faculty in making theircourses more inclusive in terms of diversity both in content and pedagogy.This paper describes the pedagogical aspects of developing and teaching a course intransportation to reflect aspects of diversity and diverse perspectives. The paper discusses effortsby UPJ to address diversity issues and the mission of the recently organized faculty diversityseminar. The focus of the paper is on course transformation and implementation. Courseoutcomes, syllabus and sample assignments are
Conference Session
Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence
outreach efforts have not prompted increased enrollments in the courseworkrequired to pursue an IT career, most notably the mathematically rigorous computer sciencecurriculum. In 2002, the Advanced Placement (AP) assessment for computer science recordedthe lowest female participation rate of any AP discipline, with girls accounting for only 10% ofthe test takers for the advanced exam.6 “In secondary schools across the nation, a repeatedpattern plays out: a further increase in boys confidence, status, and expertise in computing and adecline in the interest and confidence of girls.”7 The multiple applications of technology thatattract girls to their use do not seem to have the same effect on their interest in developing anddesigning technology as it
Conference Session
Computers in Education Poster Session
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
George York
Session 1520 Teaching Real-time DSP applications (Voice Removal) with the C6711 DSK and MATLAB George W.P. York, Christopher M. Rondeau, Dane F. Fuller U.S. Air Force Academy, COAbstractThis paper describes our efforts to teach real-time DSP applications at the undergraduate level.In particular this paper focuses on the voice removal DSP application, removing the lead singerfrom an audio recording. We find using a real-time DSP application that the students can relateto, like voice removal and other audio special effects, as a course final project highly motivatesthe
Conference Session
Design for Community
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
J. Darrell Gibson
Session 2625 Service-Learning in Capstone Design Projects: Emphasizing Reflection Patricia Brackin, J. Darrell Gibson Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractService-learning offers opportunities for students to help their community whiledemonstrating ABET EC 2000 criteria. This paper gives a brief introduction to servicelearning concepts and then focuses on methods to increase student reflectionIntroductionService learning projects are typically sponsored by a community partner and givestudents the opportunity to interact with
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Richard Cliver; Mike Eastman
thetutorials that were developed and discusses the student survey completed after the orientation.The goals met in the orientation were: faculty-student interaction, student-student interaction,increased student knowledge of the campus, team participation by all, students meeting the officestaff and, students working with their advisors to review their schedule before classes began.Freshman Orientation at RITThe ECTET college day discussed in this paper is part of a week long “New First YearOrientation” program organized by the Center for Student Transition and Support at RIT. TheCenter, in addition to organizing the New First Year Orientation, “assists new students with theirtransition and adjustment to RIT and, through specifically designed programs
Conference Session
Issues for ET Administrators
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Jerry Samples
received twosimultaneous directives: first, each faculty member must have a professional development recordto be eligible for promotion and/or receive tenure; and second, consulting is not to be consideredas professional development1. Since Pennsylvania does not have a professional developmentrequirement for registered professional engineers, consulting was the entrée to academicprofessional development. For many faculty, the removal of consulting as a professionaldevelopment opportunity was a direct blow to their professional development program. Tomany, it was a concern, in that currency in the technical areas can only be achieved througheither cutting edge research or consulting in technically advanced industries. Cutting edgeresearch is not
Conference Session
Teaching with Technologies
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Carlos Morales
Session 2258 HDTV Distance Lear ning Carlos R. Morales Purdue UniversityAbstr actWhile High Definition (HD) has gained market penetration in the entertainment market,it has not been implemented in any significant scale in the distance learning arena. In thispaper, the author discusses a production process used to create over ninety hours of HDquality distance-learning content. The production process is noteworthy because it canachieve the production of HD content at a cost comparable to that of producing standarddefinition video. The author also discusses techniques
Conference Session
Topics in Civil ET
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
C. Wayne Unsell
Session 2549 Course Transformation Using Mobile Technology C. Wayne Unsell Indiana-Purdue University Ft. WayneAbstractA course transformation grant was awarded by the university to implement the PC Tablet,wireless access, and WebCT in a senior level soils and foundations class for the fall semester2003. The course is housed in the Department of Civil and Architectural EngineeringTechnology (CAET), the School of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science (ETCS),Indiana-Purdue University Ft. Wayne (IPFW). The grant was a university “pilot” project as afirst step in
Conference Session
Mathematics in Transition
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Anne Spence
engineeringapplications in their algebra classrooms via CD curriculum kits. The curriculum on the CDs willhelp students apply algebraic concepts more effectively while giving them a glimpse into theworld of engineering. Many opportunities and challenges have been encountered during theinitial implementation of the program.The goal of this project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is to increase studentenrollment and student diversity in college engineering programs throughout the state ofMaryland and, potentially, throughout the country. The program incorporates five objectives inorder to attain this goal: (1) develop CD curriculum kits that target different fields of engineering(chemical/mechanical, electrical, and civil/mechanical) that can be
Conference Session
BME Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Vish Prasad; Richard Schoephoerster; Ofer Amit; Alan Carsrud
research and teaching, BME aimed at becoming an engine ofbiomedical innovation and a driver of regional economic growth. To achieve these goals, BMEhas developed an integrative approach to biomedical innovation that positioned BME at thecenter of a closed biomedical innovation loop. In that loop, BME faculty, students, and alumniare integrated at the three phases of biomedical innovation and commercialization: theideation/innovation/research stage, at the development/realization step (via partnership withindustry), and at the clinical implementation phase (through partnership with clinicalorganization). This approach propelled biomedical entrepreneurship to the forefront of theacademic discussion at FIU, and created new opportunities for its
Conference Session
Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Pamela Dautenhahn
Division: Chemical Engineering Document: 2004-837 Session: 1413 Using Real Industrial Projects to Teach Process Simulation Pamela C. Dautenhahn McNeese State UniversityMcNeese State University offers a computer-aided process design course (CHEG 407) separatefrom the traditional design course. This is a required course and is in addition to two otherdesign courses; therefore, its primary focus is not design, but preparing students to solve open-ended industrial problems using modern engineering tools. The professor of the course teachessimulation by having
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Ronald Goodnight
Session #1793 University – Community Partnership for Entrepreneurship Ronald Goodnight Purdue UniversityAbstractIn the fall, 2003 several universities were partnered with the City of Anderson, Indiana toencourage entrepreneurship throughout central Indiana. Purdue University’s contribution was acourse entitled “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. Incorporated within this course were seminarworkshops offered by the School of Business at Anderson University. These workshops were “How to Start a Business” “How to Develop and Organize your Company” “How
Conference Session
Rethinking Collection Development
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Karen Clay
accessibleto the Stanford community. As a first step towards this goal, the Engineering Library hasbegun a project to identify, characterize, and organize these materials. We want to learnwhat is out there, where it is being stored, and how much of it we already have in theLibrary.Documents were identified by systematically searching Stanford School of Engineeringweb space, and by contacting each of the School of Engineering Labs and Centersindividually and asking them if they could send us an inventory of their research output.For every item found with substantive informational content, descriptive information wasgathered and input into a bibliographic database. The database was created usingRefworks, an internet based bibliographic management
Conference Session
Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Ronald Rockland; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Howard Kimmel
and engineering technology (NJCommission on Higher Education, 2003). In 2002, New Jersey Institute of Technologybecame the sixth university affiliate of a national pre-engineering program called ProjectLead The Way (PLTW), as one strategy to increase the pool of New Jersey secondaryschool students interested and prepared to enroll, and graduate from post-secondary,undergraduate engineering-related programs. PLTW trains secondary school teachers toimplement one middle school and six high school yearlong courses.This paper presents a state’s perspective on the impact of the skills development andimplementation of PLTW on secondary school educators, students and guidance counselorsthroughout New Jersey over the past four and a half years
Conference Session
Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Cajetan Akujuobi
Session Number 1320 ADC Automated Testing Using LabView Software Ben E. Franklin, Cajetan M. Akujuobi, Warsame Ali Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research (CECSTR) Dept. of Electrical Engineering Prairie View A&M University, Texas 77446AbstractThe focus of this project is to implement automated test algorithms for testing analog-to-digital converters using LabView software. With the increase in bandwidth hungryapplications the need for high speed and high resolution ADCs are needed on the frontends of the
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Kenneth Horch; Douglas Christensen
An Accelerated Dual-Degree BS/MS Program – Experience with the First Three Years Douglas A. Christensen, Kenneth W. Horch Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UTAbstract – We have initiated a pilot program that accelerates the studies of a small group of highlyqualified students early in their college careers and allows them to earn both a bachelor's degreeand a master's degree in about four years after starting college. It does this by introducing themearly to research, taking advantage of their considerable high school AP credit, enrolling them ina closely monitored cohort environment, and asking them to take at least two summers
Conference Session
Provocative Presentations & Lunch
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
John Kleppe
Session “Developing Collaborative Relationships for Education Relating to Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship” John A. Kleppe Electrical Engineering Department University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 89557-0153 kleppe@ee.unr.eduAbstractThe Electrical Engineering Department (EE) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has since1986 been teaching a special senior level Capstone class. This multidisciplinary class involvesstudents from electrical and mechanical engineering, and students from
Collection
2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Authors
Christi L. Patton
Focus on Tar Creek By Christi L. Patton The University of TulsaAbstract Tar Creek is #1 on the EPA cleanup list and it is located about 90 miles from theUniversity of Tulsa campus. While the legislators and residents debate what should bedone to clean up the area, freshman Chemical Engineering students research the historyof Tar Creek and use this as a starting point for lectures and lively discussion on safetyand ethics. Throughout the course students perform practice calculations that are basedon the information gleaned through research. During the last weeks of the semester thestudents participate in a research project that
Conference Session
Undergraduate Research & New Directions
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Brandon Rogers; Joseph Ekstrom
Performance Testing and Analysis of Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Databases Brandon Rogers, Joseph J. Ekstrom Brigham Young UniversityAbstractThe Internet revolution has focused scaling and redundancy research on systems, such asapplication servers using clusters, redundant Internet connections, and other redundant hardware.Conversely, back-end services, such as databases, have largely remained undistributed, un-clustered, and housed in large, dedicated SMP machines. However, a new turn in databasemanagement recently was introduced with the proposal of a RAIDb (Redundant Array ofInexpensive Databases) standard.Various studies have
Conference Session
Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Gouranga Banik
messiness. Faculty must have these skills first as well asfresh experience of using them. This paper discusses the synergies to be experienced betweenteaching, consulting, research, and in-company training. These abilities then need to be passedon to the students. Technique training provides an important tool-kit, but the key skills have to beacquired through guided experimental learning, with the learning loop closed by guidedreflection-fostered activity and aided by mentors.IntroductionThe question “What makes for good CONSTRUCTION or AEC education?” is ultimately linkedwith the questions of “what is a good contractor/architect/engineer?” and “what is construction?”This article explores the issue “What makes for good AEC education?” with specific
Conference Session
Advances in Civil Engineering Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Zhanmin Zhang; Susan Tighe; Gerardo Flintsch; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt
earned only a D+ in a recent American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE)survey2. This ASCE report also estimates that the investment needs to bring the condition ofthese deteriorated systems to an “acceptable level” is estimated at more than 1.6 trillion dollars.Consequently, we must emphasize the maintenance and renewal of our infrastructure by usingsound infrastructure management principles.The term “infrastructure management” has been used since the 1980s to describe the activitiesinvolved in maintaining and rehabilitating civil infrastructure systems, such as transportation,water, and wastewater. Transportation infrastructure management has typically focused onsystems of bridges or pavements. More recently, the term “asset management” has
Conference Session
IS and IT Education
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval
technology (IT) skills from industry and government is puttingan enormous pressure on academic institutions to produce graduates that have an understandingof a broad range of technologies and have the necessary skills to be productive as they join theworkforce. The Information Systems (IS) discipline is becoming an essential part of businessand government organizations, which require professionals from diverse backgrounds. Academicinstitutions in the US and worldwide are constantly refining their curricula in an attempt toaddress the needs of industry and government. However, these curricula are not developed basedon world wide recognized standards and at times lack critical components.The objective of this paper is to propose a comprehensive model
Conference Session
Engineering/Education Collaborators
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Norma Velasquez-Bryant; Gokhan Pekhan; Ahmad Itani; Pamela Cantrell
2004-3130 Nevada Teachers Integrating Engineering into Science Pamela Cantrell, Norma Velasquez-Bryant, Gokhan Pekcan, Ahmad Itani University of Nevada, RenoIntroductionThe Teachers Integrating Engineering into Science (TIES) Program is a collaborative projectamong faculty from the College of Education and the College of Engineering at the University ofNevada, Reno and teachers and administrators from four Nevada school districts. The TIESpartnership presents opportunities for both university professors and middle school scienceteachers to work collaboratively for the development and implementation of best practices inscience and mathematics education. This paper describes our project