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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Scheff

#2793 Tackling the Engineering Resource Shortage in the South: How Can We Attract and Retain Women to Engineering? Suzanne Scheff University of KentuckyAbstract:How should universities handle the shrinking number of females entering their engineeringprograms? What are the obstacles unique to the South that face college administrators? Theseare important questions that need to be addressed.Recently, the Southeast Conference (SEC) universities have formed a coalition to establish adialog among the SEC engineering schools. One goal of this coalition is

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Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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H. David Smith; Cara Rieger; David Kanter; Robert Linsenmeier; Ann McKenna

SESSION 2230 Inquiry-based Laboratory Instruction Throws Out the “Cookbook” and Improves Learning David E. Kanter 1,2, H. David Smith 3, Ann McKenna 1,2, Cara Rieger 1, Robert A. Linsenmeier 1,4 1 Biomedical Engineering Department / 2 School of Education and Social Policy / 3 Searle Center for Teaching Excellence / 4 Department of Neurobiology and Physiology Northwestern University, Evanston, IL1.0 AbstractWe designed an inquiry-based pre-laboratory on energy metabolism, applying research on howpeople learn, toward

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rafiqul Islam

@nsula.eduAbstract'Going global' is a popular term in academia and industry today. In order to maintain leadership ininterdependent global economy United States must possess an adequate technically literateworkforce. Unfortunately there has been a substantial decline in enrollment in the engineering andtechnology programs in North American colleges and Universities since early ninety's. At this timeof phenomenon growth, sweeping changes of technologies and the economic globalization it isrewarding to focus our whole hearted effort to recruitment. That is why, the author has identifiedthe related target areas: to influence the students towards engineering and technology career inthe K-12 level, to change the admission criteria and standards, to explore the need

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Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paula Baty; Erdogan Sener

Session 1621 Green Design and Construction: An Example—Commercial “Green” Roofs Erdogan M. Sener 1 & Paula Baty2 Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Abstract“Green” design and construction refers to architectural design and construction practices that takeinto consideration a number of issues related to the environment, including, but not limited to, energysavings in heating and cooling, environmentally friendly construction materials, wastewater, andplacement on site. Despite the fact that only 3 % of new buildings in the U.S.A. have

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Experiences with the TTL Turbojet Engine

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2003 Annual Conference

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Staci White; Paul Strykowski

2003-1397 CHARACTERIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SR-30 TURBOJET ENGINE T. Witkowski, S. White, C. Ortiz Dueñas, P. Strykowski, T. Simon University of MinnesotaIntroduction“What?!!” exclaimed one student. “Thermodynamics doesn’t work! Why am I even studyingthis stuff ?!” She was taking her senior lab – an engine lab with the SR-30 engine – and thenumbers didn’t work out… on purpose. The professor had set it up that way.The SR-30 is a small-scale, turbojet engine which sounds and smells like a real engine used tofly commercial aircraft. With an overall length of less than 2.0 feet

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Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabriel Alungbe

professionallives. Unfortunately, the importance of this course is greatly undermined as some students’ havedifficulties with the course. This paper will present the approaches I have utilized in teachingengineering economy to engineering technology students in the past ten years.What is Engineering Economy?Engineering Economy, which is also commonly referred to as Engineering Economics orEngineering Economic Analysis by some, is a course classified by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) under their Convention Criteria as technical specialty.4 It isa required course for most engineering technology programs. It deals with the financial aspects ofinvestments to help engineers and managers make decisions that are beneficial to the

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NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J Hines; Fred Weber; John Prados; Kurt Gramoll

requiredprerequisite classes to start their junior year. This causes the student’s average graduation timeto increase by two semesters. A partnership between UT and the University of Oklahoma aredeveloping three common prerequisite engineering courses to be delivered over the Internet toCommunity College students to alleviate this unnecessary delay.1. IntroductionIn recent years, pre-engineering programs have been developed across America in CommunityColleges, Junior Colleges and Liberal Arts Colleges. These institutions prepare students fortransfer to engineering degree programs in the 320 or so U.S. four-year universities withaccredited engineering programs. This transfer is usually accomplished after the sophomore yearand is often facilitated by an

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International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

Session #3160 Effects of computer technology transfer on engineering education in third world countries Morteza Sadat-Hossieny Northern Kentucky UniversityConsidering engineering education, with the rapidly evolving technologies, the time gap hasincreased considerably for a technology to be transferred and adapted in third world countries. Asuccessful transfer of technology requires certain preexisting capabilities in the recipient countryto be able to adapt that technology. “Innovation now seems to appear at a rate that increasesgeometrically, without

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Schwieger

primary sources of difficulty are: language and terminology, textual and written materials, and student attitudes and expectations. Included is a discussion of the understanding that it is not sufficient to teach engineering mathematics with the assumption that when that is well taught and learned, the ability to solve problems necessarily follows. Intentional teaching of problem solving per se is required.Introduction: Though there is increasing promotion of teaching problem solving by mathematicseducators and various professional organizations, we still struggle with exactly what that means,with how to do it, with texts and

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Ranky

]).The primary delivery mechanism for the above outlined system, includes case basededucation and knowledge documentation of design efforts, including extensive rapidprototyping to avoid unwanted designs.At the beginning, the key value of this process is cost savings, customer satisfaction andrevenue growth.As soon as the factory, or organization understands the benefits of web-enabledenterprise processes that share resources, applications and data, the opportunities forfurther waste reductions and growth are even more dramatic. This is the stage when thee-business gradually becomes a network of connected lean and continuously knowledgedocumenting/ distributing/ knowledge managing and learning businesses.On a parallel tract, in education, the

Conference Session

Materials Division Business Meeting

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Palmer; Craig Johnson

curricula reflect the increasing attention to safetyand liability concerns. Every year, at least one topic has been multi-disciplinary and co-sponsored with another division.Analysis of other efforts in Materials Education will be presented, along with any interaction theASEE Materials Division has with these efforts. Specific mention will be made of efforts byTMS. TMS has materials education efforts, and it disseminates information through respectivemeetings and publications. Thus far, efforts of these organizations have been independent andcompartmental.The data presented in this study will be used during the business meeting to generate discussionand selection of future materials division session topics. It will also be used as a focus for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Mehmet Ozturk; Hatice Ozturk

Director of Assessment AbstractThe new engineering criteria emphasize the importance of teamwork in all engineering programsand give us a challenge in the absence of guidelines to form highly functional teams. This studypresents the results of the investigation that measures the effects of using personality profiles informing laboratory groups. Two courses with laboratory components were chosen to run thisexperiment for two semesters. The performances of the groups were evaluated by giving themanonymous surveys at the end of the semesters.IntroductionThe undergraduate population in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department is diverseand groups of minorities and international students

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mario Medina; Louis Thurston

Session 1406 On the Use of Equation Solvers, Interactive Software, and Hands-on Projects in Integrated Sophomore Engineering Courses Mario A. Medina Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department The University of KansasAbstractThe long-term objective of this effort was to fundamentally change the quality of engineeringinstruction and student interactions-through the use of newest education technologies in theclassroom. Three principal areas of student impact were identified. These were: (1)Improvement of the quality of engineering

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norb Delatte

Session 2793 Re-engineering an Undergraduate Summer Research Site Norbert J. Delatte Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Alabama at BirminghamAbstractSince 1996 a summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in structuralengineering, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has operated at theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). During this time 41 students from 25colleges and universities have participated in the site. Participants are recruitednationally and have come from as far way as California and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit

with regard to academic performance. Through use of a logistical regressionmodel they1 were able to predict students who may potentially leave engineering in good standing. Page 8.567.1Method “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” In an effort to better understand why students are leaving engineering, a survey instrumentwas developed to examine the attitudes of freshmen engineering majors towards their chosen areaof study and to examine factors that may predict why they leave

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

implementation becomes rapidly complex as the length ofthe code word and the uncoded message increase. As a result, most coding theory uses a (7,4)code in which the code word has seven bits of which four bits contain the information.2 The coderesults in a manageable number of 128 code words of which only 16 form valid codes. Theredundancy is used for error correction. Now suppose a (15,7) code is used allowing 32,768possible code words for which only 128 are valid information codes. This complexity can bereduced by using several functions in the Matlab Communications Toolbox, providing a uniquelearning opportunity for the engineering technology student.INTRODUCTION2Channel coding refers to the class of signal transformations designed to improve

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Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Lavelle; Mary Clare Robbins

past three years, the Freshmen Engineering Program at NC State has continued torefine the course. The approach taken involves four steps: (1) define course learning objectiveswith constituents, (2) deve lop course content based on learning objectives (again withconstituents), in the presence of constraints, (3) assess degree of achievement of learningobjectives and effectiveness of content, and (4) utilize assessment data to implement changeswhich increase effectiveness and efficiency of resources.Design of the CourseE 101: Introduction to the College of Engineering and Problem Solving is a required one-semester-hour course that is offered for all new entering engineering freshmen at NC State.There are approximately 1,150 such students each

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Sylvester

2177 Improving Economic Benefits in the Management of Multifamily Housing Using Solar Energy Conservation Strategies Keith E. Sylvester, Ph.D., Associate AIA 3137 TAMU, Texas A&M University Department of Construction Science Energy Systems Laboratory College Station, Texas 77843-3137,USA Ph: (979) 458-2692, Fax: (979) 862-1572 ksylvester@tamu.eduAbstract With a shift from large

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Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chong Chen

Session 1148 Helping Graduates to Get Professional Employment Chong Chen Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132Abstract One objective of higher education is to train college students into qualified professionals andplace them into the workforce. The percentage of graduates employed in their major area is ameasure of a college program’s success. It is the responsibility of universities and faculty to helptheir students to be trained well

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Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rudolph Eggert

Session 3125 Engineering Design Education: Surveys of Demand and Supply Rudolph J. Eggert Boise State UniversityAbstractTwo surveys were conducted in 2002 to learn more about the demand and supply of specificengineering design topics and activities, resulting in 1006 industry respondents and 182academic respondents.Academia appears to be meeting industry’s demand for Engineering Design Specifications,Teamwork and Overall Design Process topics. However, there appears to be a supply gap inacademia’s current coverage of Creativity Methods, Project management

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Tackett; Greg Walker

reduced and reliability can be increasedby utilizing new HPC facilities. However, barriers to effective use of existing and emergingHPC technologies remain. In fact, few researchers and engineers possess the knowledge tobenefit from the current computing capabilities. In response to this unheralded demand,a pilot course for exposing engineering students to new technologies and capabilities in thecomputing world has been developed. As a result, not only have student participants becomeHPC savvy, but also the research community as a whole has expressed intense interest inthe continuation and expansion of the initial project. This surge in interest is derived fromthe fact that student participants have been able to solve problems that were

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Lin; Matthew Sanders

Session 2793 Empty Pop Cans and Analysis of Variance Tony Lin and Matthew S. Sanders Industrial Engineering Program Kettering University Flint, Michigan 48504IntroductionIt is always a challenge to not only teach the engineering students at Kettering University therequired knowledge and skills but also excite them about real world applications. After all,Kettering University is a fully co-op university, and its students need to apply what they learned inthe classroom to solve the problems they face at

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Information Literacy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanine Mary Williamson

. Implications for lecture-orientedinstruction, activities, and instructional modules are given. The Myers-Briggs andHolland Vocational systems have been used extensively in characterizing engineeringstudents and are reviewed here. In addition, differences between librarians’ traits, thoseof engineering students, and those of engineering faculty create interesting dynamics forlibrary instruction.Myers-Briggs Myers-Briggs is a system of 16 personality types generated by preferences alongfour polar dimensions: Extraversion/Introversion; Sensing/Intuition; Thinking/Feeling;and Judging/Perceiving. Individuals who take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator have fourletters assigned to them, one for each dimension. Thus, someone who is an “INTJ”prefers

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The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruno Osorno

)The size of a real Ybus, admittance matrix, is very large. Computational time can be aproblem, therefore, we needed to come up with algorithms to reduce the size of suchmatrix. The selection of the buses to be eliminated (in order to reduce the size of thematrix) is usually determined by the fact that there is no current being injected and /or thebus is of no importance to the analysis. As a rule if there is no external load and/or thereare not generating sources connected then we can eliminate such bus.When we want to eliminate a bus, we use the method of Kron’s reduction. We simplyidentify the buses that are not active, or do not have an effect on the system. In ourexample it would be buses 5 and 6. The size of our matrix is a 6 by 6 (nxn

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones

Addington and Johnson at VMI(1999), this instrument measures the quantity and quality of learning opportunities andstudent achievements relative to the student learning outcomes. All results are self-reported by the students using a 5 point Likert scale. The instrument was first pilotedSummer 2002 then extensively revised and given again during the Fall 2002. This paperwill describe the considerations during the design of the instrument, the input from thepilot, and the revisions made. A copy of the instrument is included in the appendix.IntroductionAt The University of Texas at Austin, Project PROCEED is focused upon integratingmore projects into the mechanical engineering curriculum. While problem-based learning(PBL) has been part of higher

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

testing of structures. All student work isconducted in the laboratory (located in the same room as the classroom). For example, a 3-Dcomputer model of a bridge is created according to specified geometry; then loads are applied tothe structure to evaluate its strength. Finally, theoretical results are reviewed using computerresults and appropriate modifications are applied to the design. Students also perform extensivetests of concrete mixes every semester, design and build actual beams, columns, or slabs that aretested to failure. Students are also exposed every summer to the latest technologies in totalstations, global positioning systems (GPS), and global information systems (GIS).For many years, student data has indicated that retention of

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norb Delatte

this project, a website has been developed to provide case study materials for faculty. The web site links courses,course topics, and case studies illustrating those course topics through hypertext. Summarizedcase studies are provided, with references, along with links to selected fully developed casestudies. An online bibliography provides sources of case study materials including books,technical papers and magazine articles, videos, web sites, prepared PowerPoint presentations,and television programs.IntroductionEngineers design. Engineering design is, at its core, an attempt to use science, mathematics, andother principles to prevent failures. Most of the time the attempt is successful – but the times itis not successful can provide useful

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

Session Division: 2793 Session Division: Multimedia 2793 Understanding the Numbers: Increasing the Number of Minority Engineering Students Kathleen M. Kaplan, D.Sc., Lt Col John J. Kaplan (Ph.D., J.D.) USAF Howard University/USAFAbstractIn order to begin to increase the number of minority engineering students, the current stateof affairs must be understood and analyzed. The analysis shows a lack of representationof minority engineering students. This representation is lacking with respect to allengineering students and with respect to the U.S. population percentages of

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

Session 1392 The View from Here: How the Freshman Experience Looks to Young Women at NC State University Laura Bottomley, Joni Spurlin, Elizabeth Parry NC State UniversityAbstractMany things about the transition from high school to college are different when viewed from theperspective of a female student compared to a male. From the interface with faculty and advisorsto the diversity in individual classrooms, the same actual experience is perceived and internalizedby each student from a perspective informed by his or her own previous experience. This

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Durgamadhab Misra; Fadi Deek; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller

overall academic persistence measured by ratio of earned and attemptedcredit hours were analyzed. Students and their supervisors were also surveyed on theirsatisfaction with the REU experience. Other educational outcomes such as obtaining graduateeducation and employment have been measured.To analyze the impact of REU on academic achievement, a quasi-experimental design wasapplied. Pure experimental design was not possible because students could not be randomlyassigned to experimental and control groups. Thirty-nine recipients of the NJI-TOWER REUawards composed the experimental group and 230 NJIT students were included in control group.The results of quasi-experiment can be considered valid due to the size and matchingcharacteristics of the