Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

JoDell Steuver; Michele Summers; Donna Evanecky

ETD 2142 The Balancing Act for New Educators Donna J. Evanecky, JoDell Steuver, Michele Summers Purdue University College of Technology Kokomo/Columbus-SE Indiana/LafayetteAbstractTenure-track positions in the field of Engineering Technology give new faculty many advantagesincluding benefits, status, prestige, a say in governance, job security, legitimacy and academicfreedom. These positions make hard demands on personal relationships and family as the newfaculty member is asked to embrace his new passion—academe. Some have suggested

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Yang; Andrew Bennett; Steve Warren

An Online Homework Generation and Assessment Tool for Linear Systems Yong Yang, M.S., Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Andrew Bennett, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics Steve Warren, Ph.D., Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USAAbstractOf the students enrolled in upper-level Electrical & Computer Engineering (EECE) courses atKansas State University (KSU), a percentage consistently struggles with concepts from earliercalculus and differential equations courses. This raises issues regarding how much mathematicalknowledge students retain and

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

computing disciplines by adding Information Technology certifications.This paper examines one component of the Information Systems computing discipline: theproblem solving and programming languages. The focus of this study is to show howinformation technology certifications objectives can be integrated into programming andproblem solving courses such as Visual Basic .NET and Java. A case study is used to show howthe Microsoft Certified Application Developer certification objectives are integrated into theVisual Basic .NET programming course. A detailed investigation shows that very few textbookscan be used to cover all certification objectives. A detailed master course syllabus is developedto show the coverage of the certification objectives while

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Khaled Mansy

is needed.This paper reports on the ongoing effort to build an Artificial Sky Dome for the School ofArchitecture at Oklahoma State University. The paper discusses the technical challenges facedby the team in charge of designing the Artificial Sky Dome. Challenges that relate to thestructure of the dome, uniform distribution of light sources, avoiding the star effect, effect ofinternal reflections, models of different sky conditions, control of sky luminance, and the needfor a post-construction calibration of the lighting control system. The construction of theArtificial Sky Dome is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2005. This laboratory isfunded by the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, (CCLI)Course

Conference Session

Information Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Ekstrom; Joseph Ekstrom

Brigham Young University. DOGMA is a Javabased system that allocates Java programs (jobs) to unused workstations. AlthoughDOGMA currently has over 700 desktop workstations available for use overnight, therewere several issues which impeded wide acceptance. These included robustness of theimplementation, maintainability, and management issues. Many of these issues have beenovercome in the most recent implementation.This paper will discuss DOGMA including its basic design and the current status of theproject. We will also discuss alternatives for its future evolution. It is interesting toobserve that many of the unresolved issues are of little interest as Computer Scienceproblems but may be of great interest to Information Technology

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

Ethics 101 Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of TechnologyIntroductionEthics training, now somewhat formalized as ABET EAC criterion 3f and TAC criterion2i, is by necessity becoming a more integral part of engineering and technology curricula,whether via stand-alone ethics courses or inclusion in technical courses and programs.Instructors new to the field, however, may find themselves in a quandary as to coursecontent and methodology; ethics is an enormous and ancient field of study, and tailoringphilosophical content to fit a technical class poses a challenge. Pedagogy in philosophy,too, varies a great deal and tends to be

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Border

Techniques for Application of GPS Receiver Technology David A. Border Electronics and Computer Technology Program Department of Technology Systems Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403AbstractThis paper details both the hardware platforms and software techniques used in applying GPSreceiver technology to engineering projects or processes. Two software techniques are detailed:(1) use of pre-existing application level GPS receiver programs and (2) coding of new GPSreceiver application programs using the .Net Framework ™ / Visual Studios

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Janice Singleton

Strategically Developed and Shared Technology between Industry and Academia in Engineering Technology Programs Janice Singleton, John C. AndersonAbstractEstablishing a collaborative process between academia and industry is a proven approach tostrengthening engineering technology programs. When faced with thousands of possibletechnological solutions, it becomes impossible for industry to find the most suitable answer totheir specific needs. One way to address this issue is to establish a partnership with academiawherein engineering technology institutions serve as an unbiased third party capable of validatingproposed solutions through research. This paper describes one such collaboration

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Jerry Gintz

Manufacturing Automation Education for Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Jerry Gintz, Scott Danielson Arizona State UniversityAbstractWith global competitiveness as the motivation, industry and academia must join forces toeliminate competency gaps in the capabilities of engineering technology graduates.Manufacturing automation and its specialized machinery are often the realm of manufacturingand mechanical engineering technology graduates. This paper discusses the approach developedby the mechanical and manufacturing engineering technology programs at Arizona StateUniversity to address a critical competency gap, one

Conference Session

Information Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

AC 2005-1423: INTEGRATING CERTIFICATIONS INTO INFORMATIONSYSTEMS CURRICULAAkram Al-Rawi, McKendree UniversityAzzedine Lansari,Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval Page 10.782.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Integrating Certifications into Information Systems Curricula Akram Al-Rawi, Azzedine Lansari, and Faouzi Bouslama College of Information Systems, Zayed University P. O. Box 4783, Abu Dhabi, UAEAbstractThe objective of this paper is to propose a curriculum that provides graduates with an IS degreeas well as the opportunity to acquire IT

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer; Robert Houghtalen; James Hanson

“products” of REU programs are the students. They should exit asummer REU program with a clear understanding of what researchers do, how research impactssociety, what their options are in pursuing research and higher education, and a toolbox of skillsthat better prepare them to succeed in related careers. A summer REU program should thus be aresearch “training camp” to prepare students to make informed choices about a career in teachingand research, and to prepare students for success in those fields, if that is their career choice. Assuch, the summer REU experience must feature three key parts: • Leadership of meaningful and valued research • Formal learning about graduate studies, the craft of research, and leadership • A positive and

Conference Session

Advice for Dual-Career Couples

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce; Lori Bruce

“This town ain’t big enough for the both of us”: Two Engineering Educator Careers, One Department J.W. Bruce1 and Lori M. Bruce Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State UniversityABSTRACTDemands and stresses on a dual-career couple can be great. When the couple works in the samedepartment, it starts to become difficult to separate professional and person life. Each dual-careercouple must work out their own arrangements for dealing with communication, confidentiality,and emotional support. However, each person in the couple must strive from the first day tomaintain a separate professional identity and manage

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

walk in our neighborhoods and seepoles, towers, transformers, insulators and conductors, and when blackouts occur due to stormdamage and vehicle accidents. However, many are unaware of the existence of, or reasons for,high-voltage transmission and distribution lines, and fewer still understand why such lethalpotentials are present in our residential neighborhoods. While some introductory courses1 inElectronic Engineering Technology (EET) programs do provide an orientation to the electricalutility system, and some programs2,3,4 have courses, or a concentration, in electrical utilitysystems, the need for high-voltage lines may not be clear to most EET students. This paperdescribes a simple demonstration circuit which illustrates why high voltage

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

presents the authors’ experiences and the effectson students’ learning when these techniques are applied.KeywordsActive learning; Engineering education; Large-class teaching.1. IntroductionAt Kansas State University, IMSE 250 - Introduction to Manufacturing Processes and Systems -is a required course for students majoring in industrial engineering, manufacturing systemsengineering, and mechanical engineering. This course is also taken by students in otherengineering disciplines, humanities and sciences. It is intended to not only provide engineeringstudents with technical knowledge for further study in their disciplines, but also exposehumanities and social sciences students to manufacturing engineering. IMSE 250 is a largeengineering class (115

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Deborah Sharer; David Murphy; Stephen Kuyath

Session 1149 Summer Camps in Engineering Technology Stephen J. Kuyath, David L. Murphy, Deborah L. Sharer UNC Charlotte, Department of Engineering TechnologyAbstractThere is mounting evidence that a nationwide shortage of qualified high-tech workers willjeopardize the country’s economic future. It is also well established that a more proactiveapproach must be taken to nurture the intellectual development of underrepresented groups sothat the pool of scientists and engineers expands to include more women, minorities, and personswith disabilities. This paper will provide a description of

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Mullett

skill sets of tomorrow’s graduates will becomes even more disconnected fromthe world of work than they are today. This change needs to embrace and emphasis a systems level approach to theteaching of electronics technology along with an infusion of the Scan’s report soft skills into the curriculum. Severalsuggestions of how this may be accomplished are presented here.I. OverviewApproximately forty years have past since the implementation of the first governmentrecommended two-year college electronics curricula. Although tremendous technologic changehas occurred in the electronics field and its manufacturing industry, little change has occurred inthe typical curriculum leading to an associate degree in this area. Except for the continuous

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Harris; M. Bramhall; Ian Robinson; David Hick

Session No: 3425 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN SKILLS THROUGH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMWORKING M. D. Bramhall, R. G. Harris, D. Hick, I. M. Robinson Sheffield Hallam University, Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences, Sheffield, UKAbstractThis paper details the methodologies developed at Sheffield Hallam University for improvingstudents’ design, teamworking and communication skills through participation in undergraduateand postgraduate modules. One module is a residential ‘teamwork and leadership course’, whichfinal year undergraduates

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

McDaniel William; Ferguson Chip; Aaron Ball; Phillip Sanger; Wesley Stone

approaches that work remain an on-going need.In Western North Carolina, teaming skills are highly valued with regional enterprises. The SixSigma quality program at Caterpillar and TEAM Industries and a supervisor-less, teammanufacturing structure at Selee are examples of the heavy reliance that regional firms place onwell developed teaming skills from Western Carolina University graduates. Critical skills inpositive interdependency, individual accountability, face-to-face promotive interaction,interpersonal skills, and group processing are essential proficiencies for companies relying onhealthy team dynamics. Team structures have been created in several areas of engineeringtechnology instruction at Western Carolina University. Among these are

Conference Session

New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmine Polito; Rachel Husfeld

Lessons Learned From An International Service Learning Project Carmine Polito and Rachel Husfeld Department of Civil Engineering, Valparaiso University/ Student President, Engineers Without Borders-Valparaiso University ChapterIntroductionIn May of 2004, a group of students from the Valparaiso University chapter of EngineersWithout Borders (EWB-VU) undertook a trip to the village of Nakor, Kenya with the goal ofconstructing a water supply and irrigation system they had designed. While the project wassuccessful, numerous problems were encountered in its implementation. These challengesresulted in the group learning several important lessons, which will not only be applied to

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Anderson; Lance Perez; Jerald Varner

Session 3532 Implementation and Effectiveness of the Integrated Signals and Systems Laboratory Michael F. Anderson, Lance C. Pérez, Jerald L. Varner Clarke College/ University of Nebraska, LincolnIntroductionOver the past three years, the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University ofNebraska, Lincoln (UNL) has implemented an Integrated Signals and Systems Laboratory(ISSL) in its undergraduate curriculum. The laboratory experience uses a common experimentalplatform, the Telecommunications Instructional Modeling System (TIMS), in a sequence of fourcourses at the junior and

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Murphy; Jamie Phillips

Mentoring Graduate Students In Engineering Education Through Team Teaching Jamie Phillips and Timothy Murphy The University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109AbstractThe preparation of science and engineering graduate students for careers in academia is ofconcern due to the lack of formal professional training in teaching required for new science andengineering faculty members. In this paper, a team teaching project resembling a teachinginternship is described. An undergraduate electrical engineering course was team taught by afaculty member and graduate student in the goal of preparing the graduate student for a futurecareer in academia. The

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Amuso; Surendra Gupta; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson; Robert Merrill

Multi-department Engineering and Engineering Technology Scholars Program C. A. Richardson, S. K. Gupta, M. L. Valentine, R. A. Merrill and V. J. Amuso Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the objectives, strategies, assessment and evaluation, and special programfeatures of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Multi-department Engineering andEngineering Technology (MEET) Scholars Program. This program began inDecember, 2004 and is designed to recruit, retain and graduate additional transfer students in ourselected engineering and engineering technology degree programs.The MEET Scholars Program represents a collaborative effort of five

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Johnson; Donatus Cobbinah; Ahmed Rubaai

Session ???? THE NEW MOTORS AND CONTROLS LABORATORY at HOWARD UNIVERSITY Ahmed Rubaai, James H. Johnson, Jr. and Donatus Cobbinah Howard University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 2330 6th Street, Northwest Washington, DC 20059AbstractA generous equipment donation from Moog Aerospace has enabled the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering (ECE) at Howard University to develop a new motor and controllaboratory using state-of-the-art industrial motor

Conference Session

Sustainability Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Bosscher; Jeffrey Russell

The Sustainable Classroom: Teaching Sustainability to Tomorrow’s Engineers1 By Peter J. Bosscher, Jeffrey S. Russell, and W.B. Stouffer2INTRODUCTIONWhy is an education in Sustainable Engineering needed and what should it look like? Engineersplay a central role in creating infrastructure in the world by acting as problem solvers who applytheir knowledge and experience to projects that meet human needs. They work on a wide rangeof issues and projects, and as a result, how engineers work can have a significant impact onprogress toward sustainable development. How engineers are educated has a significant effecton the way in which they work and the way in which they

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam Cavender; Saeed Foroudastan

rural townsand agricultural communities who may have no choice but to stand silent and listen astheir once quiet area develops into a noisy city. This noise encroachment not onlyrepresents a continued risk for the health of city dwellers, but threatens a long-continuedway of life of those who live in these recently developed areas. In the hopes that thispaper will generate awareness throughout the educational community as well as thetransportation industry, possible solutions will be presented including the application ofaudio technology as a means of reducing diesel noise. Engineering education is anultimate field for providing an optimal scope of disseminating the advancements of thistechnology. By educating future engineers, the importance

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zdravko Markov; Todd Neller; Ingrid Russell

Unifying an Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Course through Machine Learning Laboratory Experiences Ingrid Russell, Zdravko Markov, Todd Neller, Michael Georgiopoulos, Susan Coleman University of Hartford/Central Connecticut State University/Gettysburg College/University of Central Florida/University of HartfordAbstractThis paper presents work on a collaborative project funded by the National Science Foundationthat incorporates machine learning as a unifying theme to teach fundamental concepts typicallycovered in the introductory Artificial Intelligence courses. The project involves the developmentof an adaptable framework

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Subhash Anand

A More Effective Sequence for Teaching Statics to Civil Engineering Students by Subhash C. Anand Professor of Civil Engineering Clemson University Clemson, SC 29631IntroductionEngineering Mechanics - Statics is a core course in most of the engineering disciplines,and is generally taught by a civil and/or a mechanical engineering faculty at the nationsABET accredited colleges and universities. The quality of the texts available in themarket for teaching this course has drastically improved during the past ten to fifteenyears. This is due to the fact of including real

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brecca Berman; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

achievement, particularly in the fields of science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM). After a number of years of involving higher education invarious ways in targeted and systemic K-12 reform, NSF and the DoE began to promoteuniversity-K-12 “partnerships” as the means to most effectively involve higher education in theprocess. However what this exactly meant in the STEM educational world, or how effectivepartnerships should be created and evaluated, was mostly left undefined, generating confusionamong both educators and evaluators.As part of an NSF-sponsored Research, Evaluation, and Technological Assistance projectdesigned to help clarify the evaluative issues involved with partnerships, we are currentlyexamining how the

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak; Frank Brattain

Session Animating Mechanical Testing Michael J. Kozak, Frank K. Brattain Purdue University School of TechnologyAbstractFor illustrative purposes it was desired to have a dynamic image showing how a tensile testspecimen reacted when loaded in tension to failure. This paper describes the methodology usedby the authors to create images based on surface data gathered during a tensile pull test. Thedata was gathered using a jointed spherical geometry digitizer. Interface software was utilized tocapture the digitizer data and to transfer the data to the modeling

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Tracy Van Zandt

/differentiation/regression analysis) of data is critical to thereduction/manipulation of experimentally acquired data. Students often take classes innumerical methods as either engineering or mathematics courses. Unfortunately, these coursesrarely integrate the material in a meaningful manner such that the students truly appreciate theprocessing at hand. This being the case, the material is often forgotten as the students “hit thereset button” at the end of the course.Two projects are discussed which were used in an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering MathMethods course to attempt to circumvent this generic problem. Each project highlights onetechnique which is particularly vital for later coursework, with the intent of giving students abetter idea of