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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Valarie Arms; Aly Valentine; J. Richard Weggel

. The trend of improving analytical skills is shown under the “5” ranking in Table 1. Thepercentage receiving a “5” increased from about 13.8% to 31.6% to 40.0% as the teams movedfrom Proposal to Oral Report to Final Report.Communication SkillsThe evaluation regarding communication skills in each assessment form states: “Articulates ideasin a clear and concise fashion and uses facts to reinforce points. Written materials flow logicallyand are grammatically correct. Plans and delivers oral presentations effectively. Uses technologyand graphics to support ideas and decisions.” Table 1 Advisor's Evaluation of Analytical Skills (Numbers indicate percentage of teams receiving given ranking.) Ranking

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2000 Annual Conference

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Thomas H. Ortmeyer; M. Sathyamoorthy; Karl Cunningham

1 EE1997 2 EE, ME1998 6 EE, ME, CprE1999 5 EE, ME, CprEIn a typical program, the students go through an initial period of training and plantfamiliarization. An initial assignment is made, and the student will work closely withthe mentor in completing this assignment, and gaining exposure to the proceduresinvolved in problem definition, planning, design, review, procurement, andimplementation. The students then move into a true mentoring situation, taking a leadrole in the project under the mentorship of their advisors.3. Experiential Learning in Manufacturing EngineeringThe experiential learning

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2000 Annual Conference

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Ronald K. Goodnight; Gary B. Randolph; Dennis O. Owen

retained longer.7VI. ConclusionBased on the success experienced in the data communications course, the faculty intends toapply the capstone project methodology to other courses. The faculty currently plans toimplement capstone projects in sophomore applications programming and database courses.There are currently no plans to implement the capstone project methodology at the freshmanlevel. At the sophomore level non-traditional learners have a slight advantage over traditionallearners in the presentation and reporting aspects of the projects because of their life experiences.The faculty is concerned that non-traditional students will bring knowledge based on their life

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Jacobson; Barbara L. Licklider

of theefforts, 8 of the 23 students involved in the computer engineering learning community werewomen, which represents 40% of the women in the freshman computer engineering class.Current studies are underway to learn more about the apparent differences between the male andfemale (social, emotional, academic) needs of computer engineering freshman undergraduates. Aqualitative study is being planned to explore the reasons why the women chose or did not chooseto become involved in the computer engineering learning community. Testing of the freshmanelectrical/computer engineering class using the Myers-Briggs Indicator will be conducted this fallto begin a longitudinal study of electrical/computer engineering freshmen and the distribution of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrzej A. Markowski; Harry Petersen

housing of the mechanism, and hard aluminum for the remainingparts of the mechanism.Production preparation - this stage of the project required development of the CNC programs anddesign of adequate tooling for milling and turning operations [Fig.9].The plan of operationincluded specification of tools and materials, and material preparation. The requireddocumentation format included the electronic data file, and a hardcopy print of the filescontaining the CNC machining code ready to download to the CNC controller. Page 5.517.5Part Production and InspectionThe CNC equipment was run (under supervision of faculty or technician) to produce some parts

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Peggy Samson; Ken Vickers

restriction placed by BRI is that each campus may fieldonly one team.A community considering the formation of a local BEST hub should begin the process in thesummer a year before its first planned BEST contest. An organizing committee should beformed that has assigned persons to the key functional tasks defined in the BRI hub start-up Page 5.641.5documentation found at the BRI web site. This committee should begin communicating with theBRI office to identify the closest mature hub that will accept the mentoring responsibility for thenew hub in their start-up year.During the fall following their formation, the new hub’s personnel will be in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

LasLeñas in June of 1992. The plan proposed by the education ministries of the four Countriesdemands the application of a harmonic education system so that the instruction is equivalent inthe four Countries. Taking into account this and other aspects of this new world the EngineeringFacultyof University Center of Lusiada has elaborated an Engineering Course, which propose isbasically the adoption of some subjects of Humanities and Social Sciences, among others. Thechosen subjects are Philosophy, Human Resource, Development of Projects, Assisted TrainingPeriod, Management Strategies and since 1999 the subject Sociology was included to enrich thecourse principally because it is a Science that shows and discuss the main aspects of men life inSociety

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nora Valeiras; Luis A. Godoy

student studies with a wellestablished professor in the US. The topic of the research is defined by the advisor,together with the hypothesis, and many other aspects of the research. This means that thegraduate student performs the activities of a research which was planned and designed bysomeone else. When the research yields a new contribution, the advisor writes a paper(co-authored with the student), sends it to a journal, and discusses with the reviewers.The graduate student is not trained to become an independent researcher at thecompletion of the studies, because he/she has been considered more like a researchassistant. The young person joins the university but the results of research and thecommunications of findings take a very long

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark R. Rajai; Keith V. Johnson

freshmen and transfer students; 2) creating andmaintaining advisement records and academic plans for advisees; and 3) actively participatingin student orientation, recruitment, and retention activities. In addition to these responsibilities,the advisor / mentor teaches a freshman orientation course. The individual who has theresponsibility for this position must create an atmosphere where students fill comfortable enoughto openly communicate. The advisor’s availability is another key factor that enhances theeffectiveness of the retention process. Even though a position has been created specifically forretention, doesn’t forfeit the responsibilities of other faculty, staff, and/or administrators’responsibilities to the department or university to

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

Coalition grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), theseworkshops presented several FED modules developed by NJIT and invited other colleges to re-develop the FED modules. At the workshop, I presented a plan to pilot FED at Essex CountyCollege (ECC) 6. After piloting FED at ECC in the fall 1998 semester, I presented somepreliminary results at a conference held at NJIT in January 1999 7. This paper presents somepreliminary results from the pilot in the fall 1998 and spring 1999 semesters at ECC.2. What Is Covered in FED?Some schools have taught FED to freshmen as an integrated package. For example, NJIT offersFED 101 Fundamentals of Engineering Design I 4, which includes engineering graphics,computer-aided design (CAD), and a design project

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Lacey Prouty; Erik Rushton; Brian Gravel

limited educational applicationfor teachers and students.An appropriate engineering activity integrated into regular school curriculum can have two majorresults: first, teachers become able to see how engineering can compliment and tie togethertraditional classroom content. When shown how engineering and computer science content canfit into existing lesson plans, teachers become more ready to use the this material, which enrichesstudents’ educational experiences. The second major result of integrating engineering activitiesis that students are shown how engineering relates theoretical science, mathematics, socialstudies, and language arts material being taught. Quite simply, engineering often providesrelevance to students, a factor often lost in

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Bruning

roles, (c) sharing the objective of the research – to identify how girls explore andcome to know engineering profession (what is seen, heard, and discovered), (d) brainstormingideas and research methods and (e) planning data collection. Exploration was encouraged,however, a timeframe and general timeline was agreed upon.Data CollectionAt the Engineering Career Expo held on the researcher’s university campus, all participants’tape-recorded their interviews with company representatives as well as their own personalcomments and observations. To assure the participants are familiar with the purpose of the Expoand floor layout of event including the locations of the companies, background materials aboutthe event were reviewed in advance. I served as

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Masters; Renata Engel

concepts prior to the recitation sessions;iii) efficiency of lecture class time—rather than constructing the notes on the board or overhead Page 7.1015.1the lecture instructor spent class time emphasizing certain details in the notes, offering alternateexplanations, elaborating on subtleties, and connecting the notes to experience. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationWe recognized during the planning stages of the course that this method of delivery wouldprovide some opportunities for

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anthony Trippe

). In line with ABET criteria, itwas decided to develop programming courses which address the unique, specific needs ofET students. Unlike Information Technology or Computer Science students, ET studentsneed to understand hardware and interface issues associated with programming andsoftware development. In addition, it was planned that these courses be structured tobetter prepare RIT’s ET students for success in courses taken later in their programsequence.In June of 2000, the author was assigned responsibility for the development and initialteaching of a three-course C++ technical programming sequence. The courses were to beinitially presented in the classroom environment but that distance learning versions wouldsubsequently be offered.At

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Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brenda Henry Groff; Carlos Pomalaza-Raez

that are then downloaded to the robotcontroller via an infrared link. The third phase of this project is a demonstration of each team’srobot. On the demonstration day, the teams show how their robots perform their assignments in theEngineering and Technology Building’s main lobby. In this way, not only students taking thecourse, but also other students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to appreciate the projects.Teams are also required to write a project journal and a final report (on a web page) that describesthe planning, design, building, programming, testing, and demonstration of the robot. They areasked to include pictures and diagrams of their robots and programs

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

and faculty to take the first stepto utilize the software in their classes and class work, thereby leveraging the advantages of thispowerful and highly visual CAD system. Subsequently, the intent was to encourage widespreaduse of solid modeling, not only in CAD-based classes requiring creation of technical geometryand/or engineering drawings, but also in other technical classes, non-technical classes or anyexercises, requiring tools for geometry, display, animation, and/or web content creation. Based onthe initial 4-year plan, ultimate success will be indicated when solid modeling use among facultyand students becomes as ubiquitous as spreadsheet use is now.This paper constitutes a follow-up report on the continuation of that initial effort

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Bailey

Different Action Modes FACT FINDER FOLLOW THROUGH QUICK START IMPLEMENTER probe structure invent build define coordinate risk fix calculate arrange challenge practice specify plan originate construct prove budget devise demonstrate evaluate integrate reform form formalize consolidate improvise

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New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Goodman; Edith A. Lawson; C. Richard Helps; Barry Lunt

-topics mentioned (55 in this case), but they wereconsidered minor topics due to their infrequent mention.The remaining topic areas had several sub-topics also, but essentially none with multiplementions. However, further clarification is in order for most of them. The topic area ofHardware: architecture & circuits included such sub-topics as computer hardware andarchitecture, computer storage, and hardware fundamentals. The topic area of User advocacyincluded the sub-topics of user need identification and analysis, system life cycles, applicationintegration, and seeing things from the user’s perspective.The topic area of Enterprise topics included enterprise resource planning, outsourcing, advancedword processing and spreadsheets, and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pauline Melgoza

library collection. Given the savingsthat was realized when the IHS database was cancelled, the additional reference staff timerequired to monitor the orders generated by the ILI database is acceptable. Typically, the staffspends less than fours a month on ILI database orders.The money that is left over in the standards account each year will be available to thescience/engineering reference unit for current or future purchases. This year the library plans tospend the money in purchasing current ‘hot issues’ standards such as those that deal withlifelines, structural integrity, and anything else that may be pertinent to the issues presented bythe events of September 11. In addition, the teaching faculty will be asked to identify standardsthat will

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Jalkio

demonstrated level of performance in most cases. As aresult, this rubric would result in prohibitive levels of effort on the part of an instructor if theinstructor had to determine the level of mastery demonstrated by each student.The second issue, that of course level assessment, has been discussed in the literatureconsiderably in recent years. It is critical for the formation of any meaningful plan for thecontinuous improvement of our courses, as well as being a crucial portion of the programassessment required by ABET. Many assessment instruments have been discussed in theliterature4 and their advantages and disadvantages have been weighed. A number of schoolshave considered student portfolios as a tool for documenting student achievement of

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Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh

receive classroom instruct ion, meetregularly with faculty members—known in the program as mentors—spend long hours in thefield, and work closely with teammates to develop a solution to the team’s project.Students make 3 presentations to their clients; the final presentation is open to the public. Thepresentations routinely take up to 1 hour, both for delivery of information and for exchanges withthe client. Teams are also responsible for 3 technical reports: a project plan developing thestrategy the students intend to follow to solve their assigned problem; a component breakdown inwhich individual students discuss their particular area of expertise within the larger project; and afinal report, detailing the team’s analysis, actions, and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lyle McCurdy; William Drake; Douglas Walcerz

accreditation, with the caveat that students must improvetheir ability to select appropriate outcomes. Both universities are planning to continue theirassessment processes using EnableOA. Page 6.125.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education1. IntroductionIn theory, educational research shows that measurement of educational outcomes can be used toimprove curricula by providing information about which educational goals are being met andwhich are not. Research also shows that in practice, the measurement of educational outcomes isoften

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Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Beth Todd

hiring entry-level engineers. A coupleof sample student resumes for John N. Gine and Sally R. Tide are included with the module, sothat students can compare what John or Sally have to offer with what may be required in anentry-level position. An active learning exercise is given to plan for the types of professionaldevelopment John or Sally need to be more competitive in the job market. The students areasked to go through a similar exercise with their own resume and begin to plan their own careerdevelopment.Additional MaterialThe instructor’s guide describes the three class periods, active learning exercises, and homeworkassignments discussed above in much greater detail. It concludes with a discussion of gradingrubrics for in-class and homework

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

programs were required to have an assessment plan to measure theeffectiveness of the programs. This has been replaced by criteria 2 and 3 of the EC2000.Criterion 2 requires that each program to have educational objectives that are consistent with themission of the institution and EC2000. These objectives should address one or more needs ofone or more constituencies. Furthermore, the objectives are understandable by the constituencyaddressed.After approving the educational objectives of a program, educators are required by ABET criteria3 to establish the program outcomes. The outcomes should describe an area of knowledge that aperson can possess, be stated such that a student can demonstrate before graduation, and besupportive of one or more

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yves Van Hoenacker; Philippe Micheau; Patrik Doucet; Patrice Masson; Jean Lapointe; Aymeric Kron

definition of the required additional outputs at the design reviews in the IMC 900 and IMC 906 (Design Project I and II courses), and the production of templates for the planning of the major design project activities for the conceptual design stage and for the preliminary design stage of the PDP.ConclusionsAs the project to unify the approaches to engineering design unfolds, the advantages to futurestudents become obvious. The benefits to the Faculty members involved in the supervision ofthe major design project are clear: a better understanding of each other discipline and anincreased confidence in the supervision of the design of complex systems. It is also clear that theproject will not come to an end with the implementation of the

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Myron (Ron) Britton

containingdetailed instructions is posted on the NSERC Web site.Review ProceduresAll eligible applications will be sent out for external review. A Selection Panel, comprised ofdesign experts from academia and industry, will rank the proposals and make the finalrecommendations to NSERC.Selection CriteriaApplications will be evaluated on the basis of the quality of the candidate, the impact of theuniversity design strategy, and the relevance and creativity demonstrated by the action plan inachieving the program goals. Detailed criteria are described in the program’s Guide forApplicants posted on the NSERC Web site. Page 7.628.8 Proceedings of the 2002

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Morel; Jerry Schumacher; Ed Mattison

can request a PDA to personally use. Faculty whoteach the introduction to computing course that all freshmen must take are highly encouraged touse a PDA. Instructors can also sign out additional PDAs, folding keyboards, GPS modules,camera expansion modules, and wireless ethernet modules for classroom projects, exercises, anddemonstrations. The department has also set up a wireless network so that students in computingcourses can access the school’s local area network and the Internet wirelessly. The department’swireless network is part of the school’s plan to eventually interconnect the entire campus via awireless network.3. Motivation Despite the fact that all freshmen have PDAs, we found that, for the most part, thefreshmen were

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Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brent Campbell

Session 1620 Incorporating laptop computers into the classroom takes more planning on the part of theinstructor and makes classroom management more challenging. Given the potential distractionthat the computer can create, the instructor must be well prepared to present a smooth, coherentlesson. There are two different approaches to the use of the computers in the classroom that havebeen discussed in detailed articles lately. In the approach adopted by Poindexter at NMU, shecut down on the amount of lecture, but did not have students focus 100% of their attention to thecomputer screen.2 The instructors at the University of Kentucky opted to modify their teachingformat by presenting all of the notes, discussion and problems through the

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Harwood; David Shaw

students in teamwork and leadership skills, so that they can conduct themselves in the work place according to Biblical principles, function well in project teams, communicate honestly and effectively, plan, schedule, and accomplish tasks effectively, and with experience assume increasing levels of responsibility.• To familiarize students with state-of-the-art engineering equipment and methods, so that they are able to design appropriate experiments including data acquisition and analysis, to select and specify appropriate laboratory procedures, to utilize and develop appropriate software tools, and to interpret computer output wisely

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Mooney

curriculum characteristics, and lessons Page 7.1135.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”learned. The paper also provides examples of AE curricula and touches on assessmentresults.Adventure Based CurriculumIn response to the well-chronicled science and mathematics skill deficiencies in ournations primary and secondary school students, the National Science EducationStandards2 recommended that teachers of science should plan an inquiry-based scienceprogram for their students, guide and facilitate learning