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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

. The questions and responses were: Page 9.1040.51) The best feature(s) of the simulation are … Both groups of students gave near unanimous agreement that the best feature of the simulation was that it was fast (simulation time could be faster than real time) and always available. Other features mentioned this year were that the simulation package could be mounted in the student’s own PC and that the results from the simulation were more reproducible than from the web-based apparatus. A number of students in 2003 also mentioned the variety of situations available in the simulation.2) The best feature(s) of the web-experiment site

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Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Carroll

theposition of various graphical elements along the scanlines of the standard video display. Thetechnique relies heavily on creative programming techniques to achieve this clock-cycle-levelcontrol of the signal timing, clearly demonstrating the operation of the SPI unit while at the sametime serving as a useful graphics output utility that can be used by other software.The software routines that control the MC68HC11’s SPI unit to produce the graphics output arerevealed in this paper, as are the few discrete components necessary to produce a compositevideo signal to drive a standard video monitor. Equipping an MC68HC11 microcontroller withthis feature adds a handy output function that can be used in any MC68HC11 system

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Sokol; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Judith Norback

Session 3157 Using a Communication Lab to Integrate Workplace Communication into Senior Design* Judith Shaul Norback, Joel S. Sokol, Garlie A. Forehand, Beverly Sutley-Fish School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractRecently engineering students whose training has traditionally focused on preparing them for thetechnical aspect of the workplace are receiving more instruction in communication. SeniorDesign courses offer an excellent

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lehman; Muniyappa Venkatesha; Asad Yousuf

. Page 9.35.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2648 S1 C hec k if 802.3 F ram e Ty pe is I P if IP goto Stat e 2 S2 C hec k I P Addres s between Am in and Am zx S5 C hange MAC in 802. 3 t o A Mac C ons t ant S3 C hec k I P A ddres s between Bm in and Bm ax S2 R eplac e Mac Adres s By te 8-14 with Stat ic

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Alsaialy; Dalia Tawy; Thomas Schubert; Susan Lord

the semester moved from almost exclusive usage of the 571 to approximatelyequal usage of the two instruments.Thus the development of a LabVIEW interface for an older, more complex transistor curve tracerimproved its utility in a teaching laboratory situation significantly. Experienced users movedfrom infrequent usage to usage equivalent to that of a newer, simpler curve tracer. New usersseem to prefer using the interface, although that preference may be a function of classroomrequirements. When asked the best and worst features of each instrument, complaints centeredaround the 370’s size, age, and the transistor sockets rather than the user interface: only onecomplaint was received concerning software problems. The ease of use, the LabVIEW

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob White; Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt

department’s undergraduateengineering statistics course to a more dynamic style that includes relevant and interestingmaterial. At the same time, however, the course content needed to comply with the guidelinesset forth in the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) generalaccreditation criteria for engineering programs14 and the additional engineering disciplinerequirements of the WMU programs which use this course to meet core probability and statisticsrequirements.From the introduction of the industrial engineering program at WMU in the 1970’s, the structureof the undergraduate engineering statistics course had consisted of three one-hour lectures perweek. In its new form, the course now includes two one-hour lectures and one

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ventura

framework for EC-2000. IEEE Transaction on Education, 43(2), 100-110. [3] Christian Brothers University. (2002). Christian Brothers University. Retrieved April 10, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http://www.cbu.edu. [4] Safoutin, M. J. & Atman, C. J. (2000). A design attribute framework for a course planning and learning assessment. IEEE Transaction on Education, 43(2), 188-199. [5] Huitt, W. (2000). Bloom, et al.'s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain. Retrieved May 21, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http://teach.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/bloom.html. [6] Huitt, W. (2001). Krathwo,l et al.'s Taxonomy of the Affective Domain. Retrieved May 21, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http://teach.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/affsys

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

rather than the web experiments (Items 2, 3, 5 and 7). The studentresponse showed no significant difference between the two methods on understandability,real life nature of the experience and learning.The above observations are those of experienced observers (the two authors) and areanecdotal and not now statistically based.We also asked them five open-ended questions to give us feedback on their experiences.The questions were1) The best feature(s) of the simulation are … Near unanimous agreement was expressed that the best feature of the simulation was that it was fast (simulation time could be faster than real time) and always available without a queue.2) The best feature(s) of the web-experiment site are … Near unanimous agreement

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

, multi-meters, functiongenerators, power supplies, and frequency counters.The Data Acquisition SystemThe data acquisition system consists of a data acquisition board (PCI-MIO-16E-4),terminal blocks (SCXI 1303 and SCXI 1325), signal conditioning hardware (SCXI1102), and a digital to analog conversion module (SCXI 1124. The PCI-MIO-16E-4 hasthe following specifications: • NI-DAQ driver with Measurement & Automation Explorer for easy configuration for Win 2000/NT/Me/9x and Mac OS • Two 12-bit analog outputs; 8 digital I/O lines; two 24-bit counters • Up to 16 analog inputs; 12-bit resolution; up to 500 kS/s sampling rateThe SCXI 1102C is ideal for higher bandwidth analog signals. Each channel can beconfigured for a gain of 1

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Elizabeth McCullough, Kansas State University; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

AC 2003-1257: CHIP CAMP: A HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMElizabeth McCullough, Kansas State UniversityGary Goff,Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College Page 8.295.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2003 Session 3532 Tech 4’s Chip Camp, a Model for Program for High School Teachers Marilyn Barger, Gary Goff, Elizabeth McCullough Hillsborough Community CollegeIntroductionFor nearly 5 years the Tech 4 Educational Consortium, a unit of the Florida High Tech CorridorCouncil, has sponsored “Chip Camps” for high school

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

Session 1455 Growing the National Innovation System: Reshaping Professional Graduate Education to Ensure a Strong U.S. Engineering Workforce D. A. Keating, 1 T. G. Stanford, 1 D. D. Dunlap, 2 D. R. Depew, 3 S. J. Tricamo, 4 D. H. Sebastian, 4 S. K. Fenster,4 G. S. Jakubowski, 5 M. I. Mendelson, 5 R. J. Bennett, 6 J. M. Snellenberger 7 University of South Carolina 1 / Western Carolina University 2 / Purdue University 3 New Jersey Institute of Technology 4 / Loyola Marymount University 5 St Thomas University 6 /Rolls-Royce

Conference Session

Motivating Students to Achieve

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Socha; Valentin Razmov

our course. At that point weneeded to determine which of the things previously covered by experiential simulations could beconveyed effectively in other ways within the constraints of 50-minute class sessions and withpotentially twice as many students to guide. This required additional columns in the table toreflect the different manners in which we would teach each item. We used the following extracolumns (shown here with their respective meanings): • S = requires a full 50-minute class session • H = can be given as homework • L / l = works well as a lecture / mini-lecture • P = can be derived from working on the project • E = an experiential session • M = miscellaneous; anything not covered by one of the other

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson

statics’ classes. The resulting concept list is shown in Table2. However, the group decided that a Delphi process5 would be a valuable way to obtain andvalidate consensus about both the concepts and skills of statics. Page 9.834.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Table 2. Statics Concepts after First Review (Pre-Delphi) Newton’s First Law: equilibrium Newton’s Third Law: action and reaction “Nature” of force(s)—but only contact forces—to

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sid Wang; Kenneth Roberts; Joseph Monroe; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai

techniques and methodologies of conducting research• Students prepared a summary report, and made presentations. In addition one-day field trip to one of the NASA Centers for SURE participants wasplanned. Each year NASA-SURE program recruited 15 pre-engineering students from 10different institutions.BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Pai, D., Layton, R.A., Hamoush, S., Owusu-Ofori, S., and Wang, S-L. “Space – Sugar Coating for the Mechanics Pill,” CD Proceedings of 2000 International Conference On Engineering Education, August 14-18, 2000. 2. Wang, S-L., “Case Studies on NASA Mars Rover’s Mobility System,” CD Proceedings of 2000 ASEE Southeast Conference, Roanoke, Virginia, April 2-4, 2000. 3. Layton, R., and Pai, D., “An Apparatus for

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

Session 2432An Investigation of the Attitude of Learners toward Media Based Instructions of PSPICE in Electric Circuits Analysis Feng Jao, Khalid S. Al-Olimat Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractThis paper explores the assessment results of an investigation of learners’ attitude toward mediabased instructional tool. The investigation is based on a survey completed by forty studentsenrolled in Electric Circuits courses at Ohio Northern University. The students are majoring indifferent engineering disciplines, namely computer, electrical and mechanical. The instructionaltool

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jill Lynn

distance education. Page 8.442.7 (usually email). References Abbey, B. (2000). Instructional and cognitive impacts of web-based education. Hershey, PA: IdeaGroup. Birnbaum, B.W. (2001). Foundations and practices in the use of distance education. Lewiston, NY:Edwin Mellen. Collison, G., Elbaum, B., Haavind, S., & Tinker, R. (2000). Facilitating online learning; effectivestrategies for moderators. Madison, WI: Atwood. Goodman, P. S. (Ed.). (2002). Technology enhanced learning; opportunities for change. Mahwah, NJ:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacie Swingle Nunes

Session 2793 Getting in the Groove: A Short Summer Research Experience Builds Skills and Belonging Stacie Swingle Nunes State University of New York at New PaltzBirth of the SUNY New Paltz Summer Session Research Program A program of academic support and enrichment was founded at SUNY New Paltz in themid 1980’s with the goal of increasing the retention of traditionally underrepresented andeconomically disadvantaged students with majors in the sciences, math and engineering. Theprogram is known now as AC2 in honor of the three programs that

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim; Anna Siemionko

f s s + ΣK s  2 8Q DD Ds H D − H s = z 2 − z1 + 2  +  π g DD4 Ds4      Eq. 2 Since the terms for the velocity head and potential head can be determined fromprevious experiments at different volumetric flow rates, the students assignment is tocalculate the SK term within the SF term within the mechanical energy balance as wellas develop an operating point of the system on the pump curve

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brahm Verma

includerigorous preparation in science and mathematics with engineering design integratedthroughout; “entrepreneurial thinking” and “innovation, creatively and the arts.” OlinCollege has the distinct advantages of any new organization without the constraints oftraditions, historical agreements, or legacy systems of various kinds. Adapting a majorpublic research university to new ways is another issue.Georgia and its Flagship UniversityGeorgia is one of the most dynamic states in America. The Council of Competitivenessreports that in the decade of the 1990’s Georgia was 4 th in population growth, 8 th inventure capital investment, 8th in new start-up companies, and 13th in jobs in gazellecompanies (companies with annual sales revenue that has grown 20% or

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

Syllabus", Coll. Teach., 42, 115-117 (1994).4. Eberly, M. B., S. E. Newton, and R. A. Wiggins, "The Syllabus as a Tool for Student-Centered Learning", J. Gen.Ed., 50, 56-74 (2001).5. Becker, A. H., and S. K. Calhoon, "What Introductory Psychology Students Attend to on a Course Syllabus",Teaching of Psychol., 26, 6-11 (1999).6. Wankat, P. C., and F. S. Oreovicz, "Chart your course", ASEE Prism, 8, 18 (1999).7. Behnke, R. R., and P. Miller, "Information in class syllabus may build student interest", Educator, 45-47 (1989).8. Smith, R. M., "Essential ethical considerations in education", Education, 117, 17-21 (1996).9. Hockensmith, S. F., "The Syllabus as a Teaching Tool", Educ. Forum, 52, 339-351 (1988).10. McIntosh, W. J., "The Expanded Syllabus as

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Szaroletta; Nancy Denton

EducationFour Point Bending Upgrades, Operation, and Outputs:The traditional FPB laboratory was upgraded using data acquisition (DAQ) hardware andsoftware, specifically National Instruments’ LabVIEW™ 5. Figure 6 depicts both the traditionaland upgraded FPB laboratories for comparison. Traditional Four Point Bending Specimen à Fixture à Vishay P3500’s™ à XY recorder Upgraded Four Point BendingSpecimenà Fixtureà Vishay P3500™ à Signal Conditioning Unità National Instruments™ DAQà LabVIEW™à Excel™ Figure 6: Block comparison of traditional and upgraded FPB laboratoriesThis DAQ setup has resulted in observed

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Peterson; Barry Mullins

Session 2620 BattleBots and the Electrical Engineering Education Barry E. Mullins, Brian S. Peterson Department of Electrical Engineering / Air Force Institute of Technology United States Air Force Academy, CO / Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OHAbstractThe use of robotics as a learning tool within computer/electrical engineering as well as computerscience curriculums is ever increasing for a variety of reasons including stimulating interest inengineering. This paper describes the educational experiences gained through the design,construction, and competition of two robots called

Conference Session

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

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shan Barkataki; Bolton Tom

Advancing Software engineering Education (FASE) Volume 9 Number 08 (115th Issue). http://www.cs.ttu.edu/fase/v9n08.txt3. Beckman, K., Coulter, N., Khajenoori, S., and Mead, N., (1997), “Collaboration: Closing the Industry- Academia Gap”, IEEE Software, V 14, No 64. Beckman, K., (1997), “Directory of industry/university collaborations with a focus on software engineering education and training, version 6”, SEI Special Report, CMU/SEI-97-SR-018, Software Eng. Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA Page 8.164.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marty Frisbee; Deborah Sharer

information as to weekly course topics and links toassignments, as well as providing a location for announcements. Each homework assignment hadan individual write-up that detailed content (i.e., WebCT quiz, homework problem(s) and/orPSpice simulation(s)) with specific instructions as to expectations and requirements. Onlinequizzes throughout the semester were associated with specific homework assignments and wereintended to provide a “sanity-check,” or hints to common areas of difficulty in understanding ofstrategies and concepts. Since the quizzes were implemented in WebCT, the student receivedimmediate feedback upon submission that included detailed explanatory notes for any incorrectresponses. Homework and test solutions were automatically

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Norris; Duco Jansen; Sean Brophy

Session 1788 Development and Initial Experience with a Laptop-based Student Assessment System to Enhance Classroom Instruction Brophy, S. P., Norris, P., Nichols, M., and Jansen, E. D. Department of Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt UniversityAbstractNew principles of learning and instruction highlight the need to engage students in thoughtful useof knowledge. However, engaging individual engineering students in large classroomssimultaneously can be challenging. Classroom communication systems (CCS) encouragestudents to apply conceptual ideas during class, by

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

the end of the review process,Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 2Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe reviewer assigns a grade to each author whose work (s)he has reviewed. A student’s grade isthe average of the grades given by the reviewers, plus an incentive described below to encouragecareful reviews. Figure 1. PG’s welcome page Page 8.480.3 Figure 2. PG’s login pageProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

lifting system (back in the late 1960’s) was a career engineerwho did not have a formal engineering background. He went to the school of “hard knocks” andworked for Coleman his entire career. He was a very gifted designer and was self-taught inproduct development, having worked in manufacturing. The current FFT EngineeringDepartment staff has the following training: 1) Director of Engineering and ProductDevelopment. Male. No college education, 33 years with Fleetwood. 2) Chief Design Engineer.Male. BS Civil Engineering, PE license (Civil), 25 years of engineering experience. 3) DesignEngineer. Male. BS Aerospace Engineering, PE license (Mechanical), 17 years of engineeringexperience. 4) Engineer. Male. BS Mechanical Engineering, new hire. 5

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyria Alfaro; Michael Mooney

citizens. You have been chosen by the governor of your state to be part of an engineering team responsible for designing underground living quarters to house all the people in your State. There are numerous rock formations well suited for the construction of underground living areas. Your engineering team’s responsibility is to determine the best location or locations. To accomplish this, your team will have to explore geological maps of your state, test rocks and identify important rock properties. Your main goal is to determine the best candidate location(s) for your caverns. Good Luck. Your state is counting on you!Asteroid Impact also uses the five-step Engineering design process

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Oreovicz; Phillip Wankat

Session 3630 Cooperative Learning in a Course on Teaching Engineering Phillip C. Wankat, Frank S. Oreovicz Purdue UniversityAbstractGraduate classes can be improved by reducing lecture and increasing active learningapproaches. Group work, in particular, in class and on projects should be encouraged. Itis especially important that professors and other presenters use a number of cooperativegroup exercises and other active learning approaches in courses and workshops on“Improving the Teaching of Engineering.” New professors are much more likely to usecooperative group and other active learning

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Theodore; Joseph Reynolds; Ann Marie Flynn

and environmental safety in the design ofchemical processes. This concern also served as a driving force for thedevelopment of this course.This course is divided into five parts: the problem(s), accidents, health risk,hazard risk, and hazard risk analysis. Part I, an introduction to HS&AM, presentslegal considerations, emergency planning, and emergency response. This Partbasically serves as an overview to the more technical topics covered in theremainder of the course. Part II treats the broad subject of accidents—discussingfires, explosions and other accidents. Parts III and IV provide introductorymaterial to health and hazard risk assessment, respectively. Part V examineshazard risk analysis in significant detail. This final Part