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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas G. Stanford; Donna J. Michalek; Donald Keating

performed an outstanding job in meeting their educational and researchgoal of training the nation s graduate scientists. The traditional graduate program is primarilygeared to the resident student and, at the doctoral level, emphasizes preparation for entry levelinto research and teaching. Those engineers who wish to pursue graduate research career patternshave been especially well served.However, after three decades the seriousness of the existing graduate professional educationalgap and the resulting effects have now shown up in U. S. technology competitiveness in theglobal economy. As pointed out in the 1995 National Academy of Sciences report4 $Reshapingthe Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers,# it is now apparent that the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Grossfield

listed in the referencesbelow.References:1. Grossfield, Andrew “On the Intrinsic Structure of Calculus” Proceedings of the 1995 ASEEAnnual Conference, Session 1265 (3 1 l-3 15)2. Grossfield, Andrew “On the Classification of Functions and Curve Plotting” Proceedings of the1990 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2665 (1782-1784)3. Robert L. Borrelli and Courtney S. Coleman, (1987) “Differential Equations: A ModelingApproach,” Prentice Hall Publ. Englewood Cliffs, New JerseyBiographical InformationThroughout his career Dr. Grossfield, has combined an interest in engineering design andmathematics. He earned his BSEE at the City College of New York. During the early sixties, heobtained an M. S. degree in mathematics at night while working full time

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

W.M. Spurgeon

books that expand on these tasksat great length. We can not do that here, but two points are worth emphasizing. One is thefeedback nature of the management process, analogous to the engineering design process. Plansare seldom perfect, and are seldom executed perfectly. Organization of the work is often notideal. Integration of the results of the work with other results can be difficult. It is thereforenecessary to measure the results continuously, compare them with the plan and then replan asnecessary. Lessons learned should be incorporated in the institutional memory. Fig. 5 Career Progressions ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT LADDER

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Hossein Moini

modern pieces of equipment that facilitate students' learning andprepare them for the anticipated challenges during their professional career. A NSF-ILI grant1together with a matching fund by CSUF have provided the minimum required funding for theequipment that make up the infrastructure of the lab.The laboratory is established to have eight workstations that can support both software andhardware development. Each station is equipped with at least a desktop computer, a dataacquisition hardware/software, an oscilloscope, a multimeter, a function generator, a powersupply, and a microcontroller trainer. Other equipment and discrete components are alsoavailable for conduct of experiments and projects. The development plan has included

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Leung; Cathy Godbois; Richard Ciocci

literacy. One reason this occurs isthat in associate-degree career and transfer programs that are not technological in nature, studentsare required to take at most two courses in mathematics and the sciences. Approximately one-half of all students in a degree program at HACC are part of this population. These studentsoften graduate without developing scientific and technological literacy.The National Science Foundation NSF awarded an Instrumentation and Laboratory ImprovementGrant to three faculty members from the Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Division atHACC. The grant, awarded under the NSF's Leadership in Laboratory Development program,was made for the investigators to develop a text and a laboratory manual for an

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard K. Sase; Julie H. Wei

civil construction encompasses a wide range ofvery different projects involving very large operations. Contractors must be able to prepareestimates that are competitive enough to secure contracts yet allows reasonable profit uponsuccessful completion of the projects. In reality, the success of both contractors and owners ofmajor projects is dependent upon the construction estimating skills of key individuals within acompany or an agency. Poorly prepared estimates can lead to distressful results such asfinancial insolvency and abandoned projects. Many construction graduates start their career asan estimator before moving on to become project engineer, project manager or owner of aconstruction company. At California State Polytechnic

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno 'Ed' Koehn

Page 3.115.2their breadth of interests, not necessarily their initial technical depth at graduation, that gave themthe background to succeed in management.9 They also perceive that in today’s global economy itis vital for engineers to have the broad background to be able to assess and understand theeconomic, environmental, and ethical effects of their work. This is especially applicable to theconstruction industry.It has also been mentioned in the literature that the skills required by a typical employee tend tovary during an engineer’s career.8 For example, basic technical skills are extremely importantdirectly after graduation. Later in life, knowledge of communication, organizational, managerial,and social skills may be more significant to

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William Gay

Cincinnati area baccalaureateinstitutions such as Northern Kentucky University. As flight instructors, these graduates canaccumulate additional flight hours, which in turn, increases their employability upon graduationfrom a baccalaureate program. Recruiting Plans Recruiting efforts for the Aviation Program began during the academic year (1991-1992), theyear before the startup date for the program. These efforts consisted of letters to area high schoolgraduates, radio and billboard advertisement, communication with high school guidancecounselors, and a presence at some area career fairs. Low enrollments were expected during the first years of the program. This was thoughtdue in part to the high

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael W. Jennings; Jamal A. Ghorieshi

course could be used to impressupon students the importance of the subject that they study and its applications.Furthermore, it prepares students with a strong knowledge that they could build on overtheir career. In this experiment students learned: • The role that vibration has in our daily life. • What transducers are, how they are made and used? • What data to collect using data acquisition package and how to evaluate and use the data? • How failure due to vibration occurs, and how to alleviate them? • How vibrations are taken into account in designing machinery or structures. • How to diagnose problems and find the best possible solution?Another result that is of particular interest, which

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley J. Pisarski; James L. Hales

experience completed by a student did not turn out favorably. The studentwrote, “ I was not at all pleased with the type of work I was doing; however, it was a greatlearning experience. I didn’t gain much financially, but professionally I grew by leaps andbounds. A mentor of mine observed that the experience gave me the knowledge of what it is thatI do not want to do for a career. It was just a shame that I couldn’t have spent my time doingsomething that I enjoyed and was professionally interested in.” This particular student was hiredfor a position to process meteorological weather data. His position as a data processor requiredhim to modify existing FORTRAN programs to process raw data from the database into usefulinformation used in a weather

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Chasnov

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

than a comparable solar power plant. Money isn’t everything, though. The shift in thinking towards environmentally friendly power plays to solar power’s strength over coal.8ConclusionA mechanical engineering (ME) education includes many topics which are essential to theproblem-solving career MEs are known for. The ABET requirement for “design of componentsor processes of thermal systems” might be satisfied by a course or other experience during whichall students design and fabricate a pump or compressor or heat exchanger. We have chosen tointegrate energy production and policy into a project through which students are encouraged tobecome more active as citizens. Our hope is that future generations of MEs will be

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College; Polly Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

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First-Year Programs

session, a professor from a particular disciplineintroduces his/her discipline and answers any questions about it. The second hour isstructured so that students research the particular discipline, for example, finding outwhat graduates in the field do, average salary, employment statistics, outlook, potentialfor graduate study, national needs, potential for advancement, career outlook, etc.Students purchase a textbook about engineering graphics and will be required to completeseveral graphics assignments. Students benefit from access to online tutoring material,some interactive sessions with an instructor, and questions and answers sessions spreadthroughout the semester.Enrollment in this course is currently capped at 16 students, with 8 lab

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the needs of creative engineering practice in industry toenhance U.S. technological innovation and competitiveness. This paper implements the findingsof the National Collaborative as a model pilot effort at a major university. The Masters forEngineering Professionals to be introduced at New Jersey Institute of Technology is reflective ofthe skills, knowledge and actions required for early career development in developingengineering leaders for the first stage of Direct Leadership [Levels 1-3 Engineering]. Thepostgraduate engineering curriculum has been designed as a matrix of advanced studies versusskills, knowledge and actions required for Level 3 engineering. Program emphasis is placed uponengineering creativity, innovation, and its

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University; Paul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

/Manufacturing (ITM)The objective of the ITM track is to develop advanced leadership skills needed by technicalmanagers and related positions in world-class industries. It widens student career potential withproject management skills for organizing resources, implementing systems, increasingproductivity, reducing waste and improving product quality using statistics and business researchmethods.Program OutcomesProgram outcomes describe the knowledge, skills, and abilities students are expected to acquirefrom the program, and prepare them to achieve the program educational objectives.Measurement will be in accordance with the program assessment and continuous improvementtools given in later section.It is intended that graduates of Master of Science in

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fleisig, McMaster University; Harry Mahler, Ontario College of Art and Design

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

creative engineering design for academia,business, and the engineering profession is a much greater challenge than was originallyimagined by the founders. The ideal product of the program is an individual with traits thatstretch beyond conventional engineering education norms to include commitment to Page 15.1052.2creating value, creativity, risk-taking, strong communication and interpersonal skills,business acumen, ability to integrate ideas, capability to explore ideas, and a capability tocollaborate with other professions, in addition to technical competence. This individual, indue course in their career, would show adeptness at creating higher

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; MIchael Knieser, ILSI; Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

offered for the first time inFall 2007. The three modules were ASIC design, PCB design, and MEMS. Thefollowing survey was taken for 21 students who attended both ASIC and PCB design.Highest score was 5.0 and lowest is 1. 1. I intend to pursue a career in electronic manufacturing or a closely related area 3.77 2. I enjoyed Catapult software used in this ASIC design course 3.77 3. I found computer laboratories with ASIC design easy to follow and helpful for the project 4.05 4. I feel like I’ m gaining confidence to do hardware design with ASIC or PCB

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Page 15.496.3Another benefit of this approach is to hardwire the concept of “deadlines” by relating the numberof points earned in each step of the project to timely submission of the required documents. Timemanagement, stress management, and dealing with deadlines are among the skills necessary forlanding a successful career in engineering. As part of the design assessment, students also haveto perform a cost and failure analysis of their design. This gives the students an opportunity toevaluate the real value of their design and to critic their approach.One major challenge for the supervisor is evaluating every individual student in every team.Certainly, some team members contribute to the project more than others. One of the methodsused in

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Miers, Western Carolina Univeristy; George Ford, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

students with problem solvingskills. Assessing situations and drawing conclusions to requests from a client is requisite for allarchitects, engineers, and construction management students. Problem resolution in a step bystep approach leading to creative development of the project outcomes leads directly into criticalthinking processes. Outcomes are based and assessed on the participation, creation, reflection,resolution and acceptance by a client. Orientation and transition of students into their careers canbe dependent on the processes undertaken in problem based learning and is relevant to the PeggyCrosby Center Project. Real life situations lend themselves to develop creative thinkers that canpresent their results in a professional manner. This

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Andrew Brewer, Northern Illinois University; Brett Speiser, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

) PinIn the students’ final project report, students state that “The design challenges presented anoutstanding learning experience to help add knowledge in troubleshooting and circuit design on apractical level as opposed to a simulation level. The final circuit is the result of lots of hard work,with much knowledge gained along the way.” This shows students gained valuable realengineering experiences through this project, which will benefit their future careers. Page 15.349.5 Figure 2. Experimental setup of the solar battery charger Table 3. Efficiency of the SEPIC converter with different input voltage

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

teaching career. Any measurable improvements in student learning since then couldbe attributable to the handout design, or they could be attributable to overall improvements in myteaching abilities.ConclusionsIn a highly visual course such as Fluid Power, PowerPoint is an essential instructional tool forteaching engineering graphs, cutaway images, electrical circuits, and fluid power diagrams. Page 15.372.9However, PowerPoint’s printing options are inadequate. This paper discusses a number oftechniques for creating note-friendly handouts by moving PowerPoint images into MS Word,modifying the images, and providing generous whitespace for

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Davis, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

constantexploration of innovative design. In a collaborative, integrated and multidisciplinary setting, ourArchitectural Program provides a professional education joined with other programs. Thepractitioner-based program balances theoretical, technical, professional, and current knowledge.Students are ultimately prepared for careers in architecture and a wide assortment of otherdesign, construction, or business related professions. Architecture curriculum is by natureconnected.Many believe that learning in a compartmental fashion has never been fully successful; ourarchitecture curriculum is by its nature integrated and connected. We have found that the mostimportant element in good teaching is enabling students to think and learn on their own.However, more

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Sana Nawaz, Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne; Reynaldo Pablo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

preparing students for the LEED APAccreditation Exam. The text book for this course “Sustainable Construction and Design”explains in detail the LEED rating system, distribution of credits, and the Certification process.Course goals: The goals of the course were to increase student awareness about the LEED ratingsystem, help them in being a LEED AP and support USGBC efforts in promoting sustainability.Another important objective of course was to assist student in taking LEED AP AccreditationExam before graduation so they can start a professional career with LEED Accreditation in hand.Course Contents:The major topics covered in the course were: ≠ The Foundations of Sustainability ≠ Site and Natural Energy Mapping : Covering USGBC LEED NC

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-939: STANDARDS FOR NEW EDUCATORS: GUIDE TO ABETOUTCOMES AND STANDARDS AVAILABILITY IN LIBRARIESCharlotte Erdmann, Purdue University Page 15.1088.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Standards for New Educators: Guide to ABET Outcomes and Standards Availability inLibrariesAbstractEngineering educators worked with standards in industrial and research careers. Many facultymembers use standards in their research and teaching. Awareness of standards may develop in avariety of ways including reading and writing dissertations, journal articles, conference papers,and handbooks. References to standards are also prevalent in bibliographic databases, andcampus websites

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

successful careers in manufacturing engineering and allied professions.The curriculum consists of 63 credit hours of engineering fundamental and manufacturing core,33 credit hours of mathematics and science and 31 credit hours of general education courses toprepare students for engineering practice as required by ABET 1 (Criterion 4) and to meet theUniversity’s general educational requirements as well.The process of fourteen outcomes developed for the MANE program at Virginia State Universityalong with the methodology of assessment was described 2. The program provides students withextensive experience in basic science and mathematics, engineering science, laboratories,computers, design, communication and teamwork, along with humanities and social

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

unified multi-disciplinary curriculum. This paper describes one such program, a Master ofScience degree in Robotics Engineering (RBE) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).The M.S. program is a natural successor to the B.S. program in Robotics Engineering that wasintroduced in 20071,4. The B.S. offers what we believe to be excellent undergraduate educationin preparation for careers in robotics and related fields. However, there is a limited amount ofscientific and engineering material that one can cover in a 4-year degree while still providing therich undergraduate experience necessary to become a well-rounded citizen in today’s society.The RBE M.S. degree goes beyond the B.S. to prepare graduates for technical leadership roles inthe robotics

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

First Year Engineering Students Engineering 2007 and written Education engagement responses survey3 An Engineering Major Does Not Journal of July national student (Necessarily) and Engineer Make: Engineering 2009 survey interviews Career Decision Making Among Education Undergraduate Engineering Majors4 The Relations of Ethnicity to Female Journal of October web based individual Engineering Students

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

build teamwork skills that are necessary to succeed inan engineering career. The first project was designed to emphasize the importance ofteamwork skills and the importance of research activities in support of a design project. Thesecond of the three projects is intended to simulate an authentic engineering design processbased on service learning criteria. The third project is a popsicle sticks bridge contest.The Introduction to Engineering course has been meeting for two hours each week, andconventional wisdom recommends that a student should devote from two to four hoursoutside the classroom for every hour spent in the class. Engineering courses typically requirea student commitment in the upper half of the range. Based on this principle, and

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale S.L. Dolan, California Polytechnic State University; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

and hardware portions along with its sampleresults will be presented.1. IntroductionPower electronics is an engineering discipline that deals with the conversion of electrical energyfrom one form to another. Power electronics has become increasingly important nowadays wherebillions of kilo-watts of electric power are being re-processed every day to provide the kind ofpower needed by loads1. Due to the rapid growth in power electronics technology, there has beenan increased presence of engineering companies who come during the career fair at Cal Poly torecruit electrical engineering (EE) students with power electronics background. This in turn hastriggered a great interest among our EE students in the field of power electronics as indicated

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christianna Irene White, Iowa State University, Institute for Transportation; David J. White, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

problemsAssumptionsIn addition to the core structure of the pilot program supplied by the parallel OM and recursivecommunication processes, these assumptions ground the program. We assumed that: • the ability to communicate effectively is an essential skill for professional practice of civil Page 22.167.6 engineering and that graduate engineering programs must ensure that their graduates will bring communication proficiencies into the next phase of their careers; • it was important to provide writing support to students with urgent needs and that we could identify elements that we would use to

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowker; Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Mark Newton Johnson, Equipass ID

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

has written and co-authored several industry-based case studies. He is also conducting research in the area of mass spectrometry, power electronics, lasers, and instrumentation.Mark Newton Johnson, Equipass ID Mark Johnson is the founder and President of Equipass ID a sub-corporation of Newton RFID. He re- ceived a B.S. in Animal Science and Equine Husbandry from Middle Tennessee State University in 1992 and has spent a life time in the Horse Industry. Having co-founded two prior technology companies, Mr. Johnson’s professional career includes performing the first micro- payment trials in a closed loop application utilizing RFID wristband technology in 2004 and later being the first company to offer RFID micro