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

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

of cities between which a line can’t be constructed.Design teams were asked to investigate the proposed system to see if there were any constraintviolations. If there are any violations, teams were asked to develop a system expansion plan(additional transmission lines) that would eliminate the violations and propose a finaltransmission system with no violations. Teams were also asked to write a formal reportexplaining team’s findings about the original system, the approach they used in solving anyviolation, and the final recommended system with its cost implications.Design Project 2. This design project was assigned to student teams in EE3410, which is thefirst power course in the curriculum. The design involved the study of the voltage

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Law; Brian Johnson; Herbert Hess

elective. They provide the strong backgroundthat employers strongly desire in the student who plans to seek employment in the electricutilities or in industries with a strong, direct interface to those utilities. These topics also preparethe student for graduate work in power systems, the primary focus of our graduate program.An in-depth study of power electronics and machine drives is the subject of the other technicalelective. The junior-level course uses dc to dc converters and switch mode power supplies toteach the fundamentals and to give some depth in an application. Industrial power convertersand motor drives are the subject of this technical elective, for example, three-phase rectifiers,inverters, drives, and methods of protection. Here

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

, including but not limited to laboratory research, case studies, and tutorials on advancedtopics. If a faculty member is willing to supervise the student project, the student must prepare aproposal for the project and submit the proposal to the department head. The independent studyproposal should include a statement of the problem to be addressed or topic to be investigated inthe independent study, an overview of the proposed research plan or a syllabus, any deliverables,and a timeline for the project. All students who take an independent study are required to presenta seminar to faculty and students and prepare a final paper on the results of their work. A copyof all final papers is kept by the department.HonorsLafayette College specifies that

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hughes; Alok Verma

experience - both theoretical and practical - in the variousaspects of a skilled trade. Today's apprentices are fully trained, well-paid men andwomen acquiring skills and knowledge that will serve them well throughout their careers. The Apprentice School of Northrop Grumman Newport News offers four-year,tuition-free apprenticeships in 17 skilled trades to qualified men and women. Apprenticeswork a regular 40- hour week and are paid for all work, including time spent in academicclasses. Two optional design and production planning apprenticeship programs areavailable for selected apprentices after completion of required academics and about twoyears in craft training. The five-year design program prepares individuals in one of sixdesign

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Craft

projects. Teams generally meet weekly to discuss the progress of students andto plan the sequence of instruction for the coming week. Instructors are routinely in theclassroom at the same time only when students are making team presentations that are jointlygraded by the teaching team. Students enroll in all four ATE classes simultaneously unlessexempt from a course within the ET Core because of previously earned credit. It is not essentialthat courses in the ET Core be scheduled in an uninterrupted block of time, but this type ofscheduling helps keep students focused.Senior projects and capstone courses often "pull it all together" for four-year college engineeringor engineering technology students who persist to become seniors. For two-year

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Qaissaunee

;• Plan, develop, and host academic/industry training seminars; • Contribute to regional institutions’ program improvement; andThis work will benefit regional industry, government agencies, high school teachers andstudents, community college faculty and students, those switching into information technology Page 9.1424.1careers, and those with bachelor’s degrees in unrelated fields. Proceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationOverview Brookdale Community College, working as a regional

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill

articulation agreements with eleven (11) community/junior collegesaround the state of Florida. These agreements allow FAMU to deliver its upper divisiontechnology programs at these eleven locations. In the preliminary phases of planning, it was determined that the most effective means ofdelivering these programs was through the use of distance delivery techniques. Initial delivery ofprograms began during the fall semester, 1998, with an undergraduate course offering incomputer-aided circuit analysis to the Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) campus inMiami, Florida. Subsequently, other courses in EET, CET, and CNET have been offered tosome of the eleven campuses. Being a new program within the division, the manufacturingengineering technology

Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Can Saygin

Control: Wang et al. 14 present an architecture for Internet-assisted manufacturing system control. The architecture consists of an integrated computer-aideddesign, process planning, manufacturing, and assembly (CAD/CAPP/CAM/CAA) moduleinterfaced with a central network server that connects to CNC machines over the Internet. Thearchitecture allows remote users to operate CNC machines at distant locations. The authorshighlighted the fact that the architecture could also be applied to flexible manufacturing systemsby connecting the central network server to the FMS control computer. Therefore, results oftheir research might have a potential for a web-based “system” level application.This paper presents three Web-based manufacturing system prototypes