Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran; Chad Marcum

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineeringnot keeping the user(s) attention off the intended purpose(s) of the environment. Besides theneed to keep a consistent layout/floor plan, other factors that will properly aid navigation areopen spaces, directional cues, and key location points.4.1. Layout of the EnvironmentOutside the environment being a replication of a real world location, such as the crawlspace of apyramid, etc., the environment should have a consistent layout/floor plan and be designed withwide hallways and doors, and with enough room between objects such as tables, chairs, trees,etc., so that a user may pass freely between them. The user(s) should also have enough room toturn around inside each area of the environment. By

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

the Mentor provide technical comments suggesting areas forimprovement. The grade on the final report is heavily influenced by the team’s response to theTech Writer’s criticisms and to the team’s demonstrated ability to carry those changes forwardinto the three new chapters required in the final report.A sequence of scheduled submittals is used to cause the students to look at various aspects of thedesign. These include the key components of performance, schedule and cost. They are coachedto organize the team to perform basic management functions in preparation for the assigned taskof subdividing the work of designing and building the product. Reports on the Progress, Plans

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Wentzheimer; Jeremy G. VanAntwerp; Douglas A. Vander Griend; Jennifer VanAntwerp

),explosion chemistry, and the Haber-Bosch process. These provide concrete and interestingexamples to the students of how the chemical concepts of equilibrium are essential to producinguseful technologies.The focus of the materials science is on using materials in engineering design. Students arechallenged to look at how material properties arise from the chemistry and processing ofmaterials. The course includes a design project on injection molding of a car door panel. Fromthe project they learn how to do an engineering design project (currently we have three projects,and plan to have five, distributed to the five engineering courses of the first two years) and howmaterial selection and processing conditions influence product properties and cost

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Adams

. Page 9.204.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationRose-Hulman’s Office of Assessment worked with the faculty in the course in designing anassessment plan to measure the effect the course had on students’ perceptions of their knowledgeand competence levels in MEMS. In this effort, a MEMS Course Survey was developed andadministered the first day of the course and again the last week of the term. A detailed statisticalanalysis was performed on the collected data, detailed results of which will be presentedelsewhere. Traditional course evaluation surveys were also administered at the end of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tang; Lynn Johnson

and other events could be posted by thoseresponsible for organizing the events. E-mail reminders could be broadcast to the entiregroup, or to individuals as desired. Project management documents were posted to thesite to allow all participants to review the original proposal, work plan and progressreports. Threaded discussions were conducted to address workshop planning and othertopics.Teams of faculty collaborating on ILAPs and other course materials development wereestablished as Groups, but these restricted access domains were not used very much. Itended up that the Project Documents site was used for each collaboration area, and allparticipants had open access to each others documents. The Discussion Board was usedextensively for follow

Conference Session

TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Granlund

project in the second part of the semester, when student teamsselect a "need-based" product, and do prototyping, strategic planning, business feasibilityanalysis, basic costing, business plan generation, customer feedback. 2ENGR 411: Entrepreneurial Business Basics. Provides coverage of the three knowledgeareas most lacking in engineering students with new venture creation interests: Finance,Intellectual Property (PI), and Marketing. Problem-based learning is a key component ofthe course, with group-based investigations of current business/technology topics whichpull in business finances, PI, and marketing. Such as the Firestone/Bridgestone andNapster cases. The primary objective of this course is to get you to think as a blend of anengineer and

Conference Session

Novel Courses for ChEs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Bowman

their first semesterproviding them an earlier chance to catch the excitement of chemical engineering and helpingthem make better-informed decisions regarding their educational plans. One 4 week module ofthe course was based on examining and experimenting with a fuel cell car to be used in theAIChE ChemECar contest. Each class period student teams were presented with an open-endedquestion such as how does the car work, how fast does it go, how much weight can it carry, what"mileage" does it get, etc. Teams designed simple experiments using basic measurement toolsand items available in the classroom. Experimental results from all teams were compiled andused to try and answer the question of the day. At the beginning of the next class, the results

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brader; Jed Lyons

interests. Of prime importance was the maturity and personalityto contribute effectively to a partnership with a K-12 teacher. As part of the GK-12 program, thegraduate student's teaching skills and knowledge were further developed through a four-parteducational plan as described below.Formal CourseworkDuring their first semester of project involvement, the Fellows participated in a field-baseduniversity-credit course developed by co-author Christine Ebert. The course, EDTE 701 SpecialTopics in Teaching Science, consisted of two facets: formal instruction and practicum.Throughout the semester, the fellows met each week for two hours of formal in-class instructionfollowed by a two hour practicum. The in-class portion was taught by faculty in the

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

noother recourse including whistle-blowing and resignation.Examples of Case StudiesWith the support of the University, the author is trying to develop case studies which coverethical dilemmas in construction courses. Some of the examples listed below:Case: Construction Manager's (CM) Recommendation for Full-Time, On-Site ProjectRepresentativesFacts: The client plans a project and hires CM X to furnish complete construction management(CM) services for the project. Because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing thedesign during the construction phase, CM X recommends to the client that two full-time, on-siteproject representatives be hired for the project to complete the project in time, within costs, withsafety and quality. After

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walden Rio

takes money to send peopleanywhere, so the first problem is the cost the program will entail. Most of the time this problemsis solved if the government gives a grant for the faculty to undergo a short training abroad. In thiscase, the faculty receives a fixed amount on which to undergo training. If a faculty is sent on atraining program on government funds, but in an area which is not necessary or needed in hisschool, it fails its purposes. Another solution is for a school to secure a government grant and dothe planning and allocation of funds. This method allows the school to minimize costs butinvolves a lot of tedious paperwork. To send faculty abroad the first and foremost need is to identify the school in the firstworld country (such

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Goeres; Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

industrial projects under theguidance of faculty (from the visiting and host institutions) and industrial liaisons as monitors. Industry representatives present to each student team, a project outlining technical issuesof a problem to solve. The host institution and industry provide the means for the student/facultyteams to formulate and develop a work plan leading to conclusive results and recommendations.Students and faculty are required to work together (thereby getting exposed to each other'scultural work idiosyncrasies) in order to submit a report and make a professional presentation tothe industrial sponsors on the findings for each project. Students will pay tuition fees and get credit at their home institution. The home

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

student outcomes. Engineering/Engineering Technology programs should be effectively planning their curricula and courses toachieve specific student learning outcomes within a continuous improvement process. 3Faculty who incorporate a continuous improvement process, must develop outcomes-basedcourses and assess these student learning outcomes.2 Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) isbased on constituents and the services, facilities and policies required to satisfy them.Measurements are used to continuously improve the services provided. Continuous improvementrequires the integration of defined objectives and regular assessment. CQI focuses on learningperformance. CQI synchronizes course objectives with the mission of the program, department

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

Page 8.201.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” electrical technicians and soldering experts. However, it is equally important not to overwhelm students from either discipline with tasks that greatly exceed their knowledge base.During the summer of 2001, a subset of the faculty who had originally met to plan thesenior design sequence spent another week revising their plan to incorporate lessonslearned from the trial study. Modifications were made to include advisors from bothdisciplines for each team, at least two students from each discipline on each team, andmore structure

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Sill; Elizabeth Stephan; Matthew Ohland

in the summer of 2002. A large number of modules were piloted in Fall 2002 as a formativestep. This formative assessment showed that • the design of the module partially determines the robustness of the sensor output, and care must be taken to avoid situations where the sensor output is confusing. • in the process of learning how to use the sensors and create EXPERT modules, the development effort drifted toward the creation of science labs rather than the engineering activities intended. We accept this as a step in the learning process, and plan to “reengineer” the modules early in the spring semester (in time to use the new activities in the spring of 2003). • certain sensors are difficult

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Hugh Rogers, University of Central Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

. For example, the new Bachelor of Science in AppliedScience (BS in AS) program at USF will offer upper division curriculum in the areas ofGerontology, Urban Studies, and Business Administration. The plan is designed to specificallyserve the continuing educational needs of students who have earned community college A.S.degrees and utilize existing courses and resources at the university. In these programs, the A.S.degrees from Florida community colleges will be transferred as a block of 60 credit hours towardthe B.S. in A.S. degree. The remaining 60 credit hours will be earned at the university, 48 ofwhich are required to be upper division courses. Other programs across the state are beingsimilarly revised, focused on local needs, existing

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

forecasts.Tech 4’s Chip Camps continue to be well received by teachers in central Florida. This paper willreview the program of a typical Chip Camp, emphasizing the flexible elements to allow for localtalent and industry expertise to be included in the agenda and share the results of the teachersurvey. Additionally, it will contrast the 2-day teacher format to the one-day Counselor Campthat the Consortium has also developed. Finally, the paper will share the plans for the future ofTech-4 Chip Camp in the current changing economic times.The Educational ConsortiumThe Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTCC) is a semi-governmental institution whosemission is to support and foster community environments that are attractive to high technologybusinesses and

Conference Session

Sustainability and the Environment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Domenico Grasso

: social balances, physical balances (mass and energy), and economic balances.Balances are used to underscore the concept of tradeoff and that there are no unequivocalanswers. The Smith course is purposefully designed to be taken early in the student Page 8.512.2academic plan of study (first or second year) so as to provide a filter through whichsubsequent courses may be viewed.COURSE PROLOGUEAs their first assignment, each student is asked to calculate her ecological footprint, thebiologically productive area needed to produce resources and absorb generated waste tomaintain her lifestyle (Leadership in Environment and Developmenthttp://www.lead.org

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos; Kyongbum Lee; Howard Saltsburg; Gregory Botsaris; David Kaplan

engineering core. The decisionnot to create a department of bioengineering at that time was made in part because it was difficultto identify a stand-alone fundamental core for such a department.Thus we plan to define the required revisions necessary to fully encompass 'biological' into Page 8.1002.2chemical engineering curricula so as to produce an engineer equipped to work in many fields.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Session 2613Employing the time-tested paradigm used so

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rana Mitra; John-David Yoder; Michael Rider

conjunction with the requirement to construct another group's part, and to tighten the integration with the manufacturing course, a step-by-step manufacturing plan may be required. 4. The Mechanical Engineering Department, as part of curriculum reform discussions, is considering integrating the Process of Mechanical Design course with the Senior Capstone sequence (currently ME 411, 412, and 413). 5. Not all groups took advantage of the opportunity to redesign the part. This likely led to the low survey score on the question relating to redesign (question 9). Students may be required to redesign the part based on the experimental data. 6. A wider selection of materials will be provided, budgets permitting

Conference Session

Motivating Students to Achieve

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Socha; Valentin Razmov

: absolutely) Level S H L/l P E M Priority Item Scheduled Project E 3 Good Enough E 3 Testing Jan 29 / Feb 2 ? P 3 Professional Level Tools E 3 Software Process (Waterfall / Spiral / Etc.) after 2nd delivery ? L 3 Project Planning – Commitments Session scheduled P 3 Status (Part Of Project Planning) scheduled

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Smolleck

was also considered critical that the planned laboratory presenta modern and realistic image, while allowing flexibility of use. Thus elements of powerelectronics and computer-based control, as well as the use of automated test equipment,were considered important. These developments were supported by a generous contributionfrom the El Paso Electric Company, and a grant from the Department of Defense Air ForceOffice of Scientific Research. Laboratory Concept Figure 1 provides an overview of the desired energy systems laboratory accordingto our present goals1. The equipment in the laboratory consists of commercially availableconsoles or ‘workbenches’. Each console is essentially a test-bed where students canconnect and

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Patterson; C. Richard Helps

. Page 9.580.3 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Critical Decisions 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Selection Selection Coding None Design Planning Project PartFigure 1. The number of decisions that were considered critical regarding a certain subjectFigure 2 illustrates the individual students’ opinions on how

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mason

for the project to be a success. One ofthe key obstacles in this project is that university team members do not ever meet in person withhigh school team members. All communication is done using email, video conferencing or net-meeting software equipped with video, voice, chat, white board, and file-transfer.The remainder of this paper is divided into three sections. In section two we discuss the variouscategories we use to assess teamwork and the actual assessment tools used to assess eachmeasure. Section three presents results of using these tools to assess teamwork in the learningcommunity design class over two quarters. The summary of results and planned classimprovements are given in section four.Teamwork AssessmentAssessment of teamwork

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

, queuing, linearprogramming and decision theory models, using a conventional management science textbooksupplemented by applications from the marine environ. Examples include optimum dredgingstrategies for navigation channel maintenance, beach fill operations for shore protection andrecreational planning, port development and commercial ship routings. Application of such skillscrosses many naval disciplines including fleet operations and logistics, engineering duty officerand staff corps responsibilities. The goal of this course is to enhance the engineering and projectmanagement skills of Academy midshipmen. Practically speaking, enhancement of such skillswill benefit all future naval officers and engineers.Details of the initial offering of this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

year. Because design projects can bematerial intensive, each teacher was allotted $250 to spend on their project(s), giving them anincentive to try a new approach to teaching in their field. Seven of the 22 teachers planned to useone of the projects from the workshop, the most popular being a variation on the water filterproject. Some of the other projects teachers planned to do with students during the year are Page 9.757.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationdescribed below. The wide

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tremayne Waller; Bevlee Watford

time – no exceptions. The students typically have a test on thefirst Friday. It was found that if the students were not forced to evaluate their performance onthese tests with an academic advisor, they were quick to discount poor performance as a fluke.However all students must not have 20 minute weekly advising sessions where their grades arediscussed and future actions planned. The academic performance of the students markedlyimproved with this addition.• Weekly staff meetings were implemented and included all program staff.This may straightforward, but this was an overlooked event for the first 2 years of ASPIRE. Theresult was that each program staff had information on various students, but it was never shared.Therefore weekly faculty

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Beltz; Marie Dahleh

the freshman year hasthree more opportunities to take it before the second Summer session of the sophomore year: thefirst session of freshman Summer, the Spring of the sophomore year, and the first session of thesophomore Summer. Statics is offered in the first session of the Summer, while Mathematics 5Cis offered in both sessions of the Summer. Typically it is the mathematics prerequisite whichprevents students from taking either ME 14 or ME 16 when they are scheduled during theacademic year. A flow chart on the next page illustrates the overall sequencing.As the Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering started the planning for theSummer of 2001, several concerns arose: (i) would we be able to convince faculty to teach inthe

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Bradley; Walter Bradley

, with theprofessor serving as the facilitator for the program. The fifty-page workbook includes 25 pagesof notes that follow the video presentation and 25 pages of application activities that the studentscomplete at the end of the various video segments at the workshop.The seminar has six segments that address the following topics: • Select your destination (where do you want to be in five years); • Determine your path (focusing on goal setting for the semester); • Planning to succeed (emphasizing the importance of planning your schedule for the week each Sunday and then following it like a compass through the week); • Maximizing your in-class learning by o Staying caught up in your understanding

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Joordens; John Long; John Florance

and toother curriculum resources, aiming to enhance the use of the kit by distance students. Keycurriculum resources planned are a web-based ‘companion’ for the components in and theuse of the kit, and two additions to the kit itself: a battery powered function generator, and aPC-based oscilloscope.IntroductionPractical education through hands-on activities is an essential part of any engineeringcurriculum. “Book Learning” alone is quite insufficient for the student who is training to be amodern engineer. In the field of electronics and electrical engineering this is especially so.Electronics is one of the most hands-on fields in engineering. The ability to build and testelectronic circuits and devices is just as important as the ability to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aisha Lawrey

it could provide me with more money.” The teacher survey includesquestions such as “I would not like any of my students to be engineers,” and “At least one of mystudents is planning on studying engineering in college.” [6] Page 9.536.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThese evaluations are on going and the data is still being compiled at this time. We are planningto write a paper in the future about the results of these surveys and the effectiveness of