Conference Session

ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Niaz Latif; Michael Dyrenfurth

business, industry, orgovernment experience is required to become eligible for admission into this graduate programand documentation of this substitutes for the typically required GRE or GMAT score. Inaddition, all of the School’s other graduate admission criteria, e.g., 3.0 minimum GPA; must bemet.Evaluation DesignThe evaluation plan for the Weekend Masters Degree Program (WMP) is based on a synthesis oftwo powerful evaluation models, namely the Context-Input-Process-Product (CIPP) byStufflebeam (2000) and 360° evaluation. Key principles from each model served to shape theevaluative design evolved by the authors and overviewed in Figure 1. Additionally, becausemultiple cohorts existed, and because they formed an overlapping time series, the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Luis Ortiz; Elisa Mestorino Bachofen

Perry´s Model, with important savings in classroom time.The Experimental Methodology was initially applied in Aeronautical Estructures at the UTN,and according with the results was expanded to Mechanical and Civil Estructures in the UM.During 1999 the Argentine Federal Counsel of Deans of Engineering Schools (CONFEDI),adopted a similar criteria of the ABET 2000, in the Manual for Acreditation of EngineeringCareers.Regarding the Laboratories, this Manual recommends that students must acquire aptitudes to:design and improve components, systems and processes, plan and conduct investigations andexperiments on their own, analyzing and expounding the results, stressing teamwork, whichmatch the objectives of the Experimental Method.After three years

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristen Larson; Jeffrey Newcomer

the firsttime armed with only a packet of lecture notes and a recollection of the professors that they hadfound to be most engaging and a vague plan for emulating them. In a situation such as this,material coverage and mere survival become classroom priorities. It is easy for new faculty tooverly concentrate on the academic content of each lecture, not concerning themselves with thecontext in which the classroom resides. Comfortably and confidently creating a dynamic learningenvironment takes more than just command of course material. To be happy and effective in theclassroom, new faculty need to address two issues outside of the classroom: how teaching fitswith personal priorities and career goals, and how teaching is valued and supported in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vince Prantil; Joseph Musto; William Howard

other mechanics courses(energy methods, stress concentrations, failure criteria, torsion of non-circular shafts, etc.) can beincorporated into this course where appropriate. The authors discuss plans for the integration ofthe course into the required mechanics course sequence, as well as opportunities for inclusion offinite element analysis in subsequent courses.I. IntroductionFinite element analysis (FEA) gained widespread use in specific industries, most notably theaerospace industry, in the 1960’s and 70’s. A mainframe computer was required to run theprograms, so the use of FEA was generally restricted to larger companies. The role of the stressanalyst was fairly specialized. Finite element models typically required days or weeks to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack; Leo Hanifin

Fall Term 2000 – student activities launched at 11 high schools • November 2000 – mid-year sharing/assessment meeting Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIV. Description of Key ActivitiesThe thirteen teams met at UDM in August 2000 to plan the fall term’s activities. The teams developedtheir own activities depending on student/teacher needs, interests, and team member expertise. Thisbrainstorming session resulted in an ambitious list of activities. Activities that were executed or initiatedduring the term included the following: • Engineering laboratory demonstrations • Small-scale

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Pritchard; Bahman Litkouhi

in mind the ABET 2000 requirements, in 1996 a group offaculty representing the five engineering programs at that time, worked together to plan fornew introductory engineering courses. The outcome of their efforts resulted in two three-credit freshman courses, ENGS115 and ENGS116. It is noteworthy to mention that 1996was not the first time that the School of Engineering had attempted to have freshmanintroductory courses. Orientation courses were introduced six years earlier, but did notreceive favorable ratings, and consequently, were dropped from the curriculum a few yearslater. The poor acceptance of these courses was mainly due to the large classes, the pass/failgrading method, the fact that it was zero credit, and the lack of hands-on

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

and students. The problem, again, is that these are soscattered, it is difficult to track the appropriate ones from a designated source. This paper willpresent general information on research sources and will mostly focus on research fundingsources for civil engineering faculty who are interested in doing research in the civil engineeringand related construction technologies. For the field of civil engineering alone, research fundingareas include geotechnical, transportation engineering and planning, land surveying and Page 6.516.1Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rudy Rogers; Rebecca Toghiani

. Potential applications of process design Application Need Peak-load use at electrical power plants Cleaner burning fuel. Lack of safe, aboveground storage near populated regions of country. Storage and transport of natural gas from If national goal to produce seafloor hydrates future ocean-floor gas hydrate production realized by 2015, means to transport produced gas to shore is needed. Storage and transport of natural gas from Deepwater production that is planned lacks

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott von Laven; X. Qian; A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

in SMET fields. Of these 341,000, only 55,210 (or 16.2%) were women, 7270 (or 2.1%) Hispanic, 5500 (or 1.6%) African American, and 810 (or 0.2%) Native American.”--- DOE Alliance for Computational Science Collaboration (ACSC) FY00 STRATEGIC PLAN [2].The Department of Energy Alliance for Computational Science Collaboration has operated sinceOctober 1997 with the overall goal of training African-American and other minority scientists incomputational science for eventual employment with DOE. Strategies designed to help producefuture DOE minority scientists are• to involve HBCU students and faculty members in computational science projects at national laboratories and research institutions;• to assist HBCU faculty members in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Joe Hanus

plan is to ensure they have prepared the most effectivelearning environment possible. Various techniques for instructor success are again presentedduring the Teaching Techniques Workshop and are demonstrated by veteran instructors. Thetechniques include “lesson one introductions”; asking and answering questions, chalkboardwriting, and movement throughout the classroom are presented in interactive sessions.Assessment includes those observations done by peers and by the instructors themselves.Although frequently brushed over or forgotten due to time constraints, this standard of qualityinstruction is critical to teaching development by all instructors. The standard for assessment isfor instructors to recognize their strengths, identify areas for

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David J. Ahlgren; Igor Verner

,constructing and operating robot systems. Such projects are based on creative work determinedby a general goal of building a robot system that implements specific predefined intelligentfunctions. Examples of project assignments include: an autonomous robot for climbing up onwalls and solving spatial puzzles by means of a robot-manipulator.Robotics projects in high schools may consist of the following hierarchy of learning activities:• Practice in task planning and performing manipulations by the robot;• Implementation of sensing, control and communication functions for the robot system;• Design of electrical, mechanical, computer and other modules for constructing the robot

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Edward Howard; Joseph Musto

"introduction to engineering"Upon implementation of the Notebook Computer Program, it was this Freshman Year that was thefocus of curricular revision. As the time frame for implementation of the program roughlycoincided with the formulation and implementation of a formal assessment plan for theMechanical Engineering Department (under ABET EAC2000 guidelines), the program objectivesand outcomes were used to guide the curriculum revision1. In particular, the curricular outcomesthat needed to be considered in a curriculum revision centered around the Notebook ComputerProgram included:• The student will have a knowledge of and an ability to apply multivariable calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and statistical methods to the solution of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis; Elizabeth Petry; James Fuller

“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 1606 • Design – the process of coalescing the above five skills.Introduction to Architecture: AET 110Course Description: This course focuses on integrating lectures and studio classes todevelop the students’ understanding of the methods, media and materials used incommunication of design. Students will practice graphic and verbal presentationtechniques. Construction techniques in relation to construction documents: plans,elevations, sections, details and specifications will

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Kremer; Bhavin Mehta

background material and advancedtopics (such as machine design) for further motivation. The URL for the IPS website ishttp://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~dynamics/. Although the site is under construction, guests to the sitecan review a demo to better understand our plans and the site’s features. The remainder of thissection includes screen shots of some of the features and Java applets used in site, along withshort textual descriptions. Page 6.637.4 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Xueshu Song; Philip Pilcher; Charles Billman; Radha Balamuralikrishna

comprises of three interactive,integrated media, stand alone simulation modules addressing: (a) Landing gear (b) Turbine engine (c) Weight and balance (stability)An integrated media approach enables the linkage of text, sound, video, and graphics via thecomputer in such a manner that learners may access information in practically any randomsequence on a real time basis. The developmental phases of the project are currently inprogress per our original plan and upon completion the modules may be accessed via theInternet by authorized institutions involved in the training and continuing education ofaviation maintenance technicians. The landing gear module will be elaborated here; theturbine engine and stability modules will be

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

the majority of students who attend universities start their freshman yearalready knowing what academic major they plan to pursue, then the best we as DSP educatorscan hope to do is to encourage those students who have already selected EE as their major tostudy DSP. If this assumption is wrong, then recruiting freshman into EE can remedy theshortage of electrical engineers in general and the shortage of DSP-literate engineers inparticular.However, we believe that both of these courses of action are shortsighted, since the DSPeducator waits until the student is already at the university before becoming involved with thestudent. Earlier intervention must be considered for optimal results. Additional shortcomings ofeither of these two courses of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Frances Johnson; David Hutto; Carlos Sun; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Anthony Marchese; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm

assignments. Team meetings are held throughout the semesterto talk about classroom activities (both writing and laboratory sections), planassignments, and discuss broad course planning issues. In addition, the team jointlyevaluates several assignments as well as the individual final grade assessment for eachstudent. The course is structured so that students meet twice a week in small (~20students) 75 minute writing sections, and once a week in a 165 minute engineeringdesign lab. The two aspects of the course are linked through the major deliverables. Inthe lab, students work in teams on designing and building a product. Page 6.182.2 Proceedings of

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

electronics." B.Sturgeon "The weather balloon project attempted by my EE380 class in the Spring semester of 2010 was an exciting and adventurous one to say the least. While planning and designing the pods to go up with the balloon, I felt like everyone put more effort into their projects because it was such a real-world application that we could see actual results from." T. Wagler "The launch of the Balloon Project was exciting because all the work put into the projects was put to the test. The balloon was sent on its flight across a few counties, and a 'Storm Chasers'-like pursuit followed. Recovery of the projects turned out more difficult than expected, but after extracting the data from the

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Tyler Schecklman, Savannah Technical College

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

inelectronics, computer networking, design, application and troubleshooting to combine theirinterest in building a project. The results show that the students learned tangible lessons fromeach topic. The students that worked on this project enjoyed the hands on experience and beingable to implement it in a real life situation in a classroom setting. Feedback from the studentsindicates that they were enthusiastic about implementing the concepts learned from ComputerNetworking and Microcontroller courses. However, this project was completed as part of therequirement for Advanced Networking course. I am planning to implement this concept in myother courses also. This concept gives an opportunity to our students to think outside theacademics and implement

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

university reorganization has also given us the opportunity to rethink the content ofour PFF seminars to better deal with the many other changes that are taking place in universityand college engineering programs. These include the rise of the field of engineering education,changes in the undergraduate experience such as increased emphasis on research, changes in theacademic engineering job market and in the importance of post-doctoral positions for thosestudents who are focused on a research career in academia, increased emphasis onentrepreneurship, both for faculty and for students, and ongoing challenges related to funding,especially for state universities. Here we describe our plans for modifying our traditional PFFprogram to better prepare

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

management. Thismodule will include a tour of the Greensboro Solid Waste Transfer Station and Landfill. Thistour will give them the opportunity to see the items that could be recycled that are sent tolandfills. Using this traditional foundation for solid waste management and disposal, studentswill conduct a recycling audit for the campus. The two week module will include an analysis ofrecycling activities and the development of a plan for recycling on campus or a case study suchas recycling and disposal of Hurricane Katrina solid waste.Assessments 1. Index of Learning Styles Survey (ILSS) 2. Student Assessment of Learning Gains Instrument (SALG) 3. Student Reports/Presentations of Green Building Module 1, Water recycling (Module

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Glenn R. Blackwell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

International

mandated by the Bologna Declaration in 1999 and are part of a strategic plan for creatingan integration of the higher education systems in Europe by the end of the year 2010. The ECTSis an important part of this overall effort since its intent is to allow students to transfer creditsamong the diverse universities in different European countries. The countries involved in theEHEA are not limited to, nor all-inclusive of, member countries of the European Union (EU).The process leading to the ECTS has been reasonably well accepted by European systems. Asnoted by the European Students Union (1), “The three-cycle system (bachelor, master, anddoctoral degrees) and the ECTS are among the prime examples of successes of the BolognaProcess…”One significant

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; Wesley Francillon, Ph.D., Connectiuct Community College; John Birch, The Birch Group, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

fromother PBL initiatives is that it prepares students to not only learn critical thinking, entrepreneurialand relevant technical skills, but to also enter the workforce with professional skills includingteamwork (including virtual teamwork), leadership, project planning, understanding behavioraldiversity, communication skills and social networking experiences. In addition, academicpartnerships with industry, medical hospitals and government entities like NASA, theDepartment of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard using real world applications, havebeen proven to engage diverse populations, in particular women and minorities. Because of thereputation developed by the LSSL Program, start-up entrepreneurs have solicited the LSSLProgram to have

Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Keller, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

instrumentation and measurement typically have two objectives: 1)introducing the students to essential and modern engineering instrumentation and 2) developingthe ability of students to plan, execute, and analyze engineering experiments. The projectdescribed in this paper encompasses all of these objectives and introduces students to practicalaspects of control systems. The multi-week laboratory exercise requires the students to interfacewith laboratory hardware and modern instrumentation with only limited guidance from theinstructor. The self-guided problem solving approach to instrumentation gives students a deeperunderstanding of the nuances and complexity of developing and implementing multi-componentinstrumentation systems. Additionally, the

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanaz Mahmoodi Takaghaj, University of Calgary; Chris Macnab, University of Calgary; Sharon Friesen, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

goal-oriented tasks. In the next phase of the program we plan to be more specific that creative design solutions will be rewarded, as long as they don’t clearly violate a specific regulation. The girls all appeared to be having a great time, not only competing in their own event but also in soaking up the atmosphere of robotics enthusiasm. The teachers who accompanied the students confirmed that the students had great time, learned a lot, and both teachers and students expressed the desire to keep the program running the following year. 4 Results In order to gage the effectiveness of the program we provided surveys to the teachers, who administered them to the students after obtaining parental permission. We twice administered the survey, once

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University; Chandra Y. Austin, Auburn University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Daniel L. Householder, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

co-curricular academic enrichment model that includes “academic planning, community service,family involvement, academic enrichment, hands-on engineering activities, career advising, fieldtrips, competitions and workshops.”3 MESA programs represent an innovative way of linking aco-curricular learning environment to mathematics, engineering and science programs within theformal public school setting to enhance STEM education of students.The first MESA program was founded in 1970 at Oakland Technical High School in Oakland,CA with a membership of 25 students. MESA's aim was to develop academic and leadershipskills, raise educational expectations, and instill confidence in California students from groupsthat were historically underrepresented

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations.

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University; George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Frank Miceli, Asheville Bucombe Tech Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

401/402 Theme Tools Application Introduction to Synthesis of Synthesis of ET, Deliverable Design Tools Curriculum Subjects EE, and ECET Engagement Curriculum Project SubjectsCourse Introduction to Scientific Method Creativity Proficiency in alloutcomes Project planning introduced outcomes Intro. To Design Problem Solving Sustainability

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Mechatronics in the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Cao, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

more, the virtual simulator development gains students interest andmotivates student in learning robotics. It allows more lab-type of learning. Some homework canalso be readily verified using the virtual robot. For future teaching plan, the developenvironment will be open to students‟ choice. Other engineering tools, such as simMechanics,ADAMS will be considered for dynamics and control design purpose.References[1] T., Hakan; G, Metin; B, Seta, “Hardware in the Loop Robot Simulators for On-site and Remote Education in Robotics”, International Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 22, Number 4, August 2006 , pp. 815- 828(14).[2] Costas S. Tzafestas, Nektaria Palaiologou, “Virtual and Remote Robotic Laboratory: Comparative

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Layne, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

personal path led me from a [university] BS/MS in 1969/70 to industry experience in [state]. After balancing family obligations and career motivation in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I returned to school and received my PhD from [different university] in 1985. My continued commitment to education led me to the newly created chemical engineering department at [another university] in 1986, where I started as an assistant professor just before turning 40.” – Diane Dorland, dean, Rowan UniversitySally Ann Keller gained leadership experience at the National Science Foundation and LosAlamos National Laboratory before becoming dean: “When I look back on my career, I can honestly say I did not spend much time planning

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunfeng Wang, College of New Jersey; Christopher Ault, College of New Jersey; Teresa Marrin Nakra, College of New Jersey; Andrea Salgian, College of New Jersey; Meredith K. Stone, Independent Evaluator

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

were you able to make a contribution to the project in a discipline outside your own? Students reported making only moderate contributions in disciplines outside their own. Average rating was 6.0, while the mode was 4, the median was 6. Page 22.1484.6 A multidisciplinary approach modifies this scenario through the participation of specialists from different fields who have the necessary skills to communicate with each other and produce a collaborative solution through a common perspective(9) How MUCH IMPACT has participating in this course had on what you plan to do after you graduate? Students reported that the course had only