Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Baraniuk; Ray Wagner; Patrick Frantz; Lee Potter; Hyeokho Choi; Douglas Jones

-processing lecture coursecould stretch the first few units (through spectral analysis, for example) over a semester, therebyreinforcing and enhancing students’ understanding of the core signal processing theory and algo-rithms. Due to the self-paced, tutorial design of the materials, a student can independently learnthe aspects of real-time DSP implementation that interest them, for example as preparation for anindependent design project. The UIUC, Rice, and OSU materials and assignments reflect our belief that a thorough instruc-tion in signal processing implementation requires exposure to assembly-language programmingof fixed-point DSP microprocessors, as this represents an important component of current and atleast near-future industrial

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Jeff Froyd; Dimitris Lagoudas

mightdownload copies. As a result, the validity of the instrument would be threatened. However,faculty members are encouraged to obtain a copy of either or both instruments, provide feedback,and use the instruments in their classes. Participation by a broad range of faculty members anddata from large number of students are needed to improve the instruments to measure conceptualgains in understanding these two new classes of materials.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber 0088118. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliographic

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul

Society for EngineeringAgile methodologies have multiple benefits for student teams. Perhaps most importantly, theemphasis on individuals and interactions encourages students to reflect on and adjust their Codeof Conduct and other processes, rather than blindly following processes provided by theinstructor. Multiple iterations and the emphasis on responding to change give students moreopportunities to see the interactions between activities, and encourage students to react to andrecover from previous errors.ConclusionsTeaching project-based courses presents a well-known difficulty: many of the key activities andprocesses can easily take more effort and calendar time than is available in an academic term.The challenges described above have been

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hector Estrada

resisting systems (MWFRS); q z is q at any height z above groundK z = exposure velocity pressure coefficient, which reflects the change in wind speed with Page 9.207.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education height and terrain roughness, see ASCE 7, Section 6.5.6.4K zt = topographic factor, which accounts for wind speed-up over hills and escarpments, see ASCE 7, Section 6.5.7.2K d = wind directionality factor, see ASCE 7, Section 6.5.4.4V = basic wind speed, which is a 3-second gust

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education” The formality of professional presentations reflects British rituals of intensification. Students present their work to members of government and local industry, illustrated in Figure 6, indicative of the value these people put on oral communications between client and consultant. Students learn

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Curtis Carver

]. Page 9.1213.11 Opinions and views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States MilitaryAcademy, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: Cadets Work to Build a Network and then Observe Network Protocols using a Network SnifferOne would expect that the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(D/EECS) would have a significant representation of female cadets and cadets from otherminorities that mirror the cadet population

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajan B Gujjarlapudi; Kaushik Hatti; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

todraw valid meaning from qualitative data. It provided methods of analysis that are practical,credible and reliable. The authors refer to many ideas and references that draw on the experienceof the authors and many colleagues in the design, testing and use of qualitative data analysismethods. Each method of data display and analysis is described and illustrated in detail, withpractical suggestions for adaptation and use. The growth of computer use in qualitative analysisis reflected throughout this volume, which also includes an extensive appendix on criteria usefulfor choosing among the currently available analysis packages.There have not been many expert systems developed for qualitative analysis. One of them is theORQA (Organic Qualitative

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

design in existing core courses in the form of steps to be followed in doing so.These steps are consistent with what other writers have reported about teaching engineeringdesign (Miri & Fu, 199322; Pascover,199528; Morris & LaBoube,199523; Cairns & Chrisp,19965;Ribando & O’Leary, 199831; Zhang,199945; Dunn-Rankin,19988; and Walter, 2002)42.Pedagogical PracticesUpon reflecting on our success and reading the literature on teaching design, it was determinedthat seven practices were responsible for this success. They relate to course structure andphilosophy, course assignments, and the conduct of the course itself (Bhadeshia, 19954; Smith,199837; Hall, 199814; Gerhard, 199912; Ghosh, 200013; Tullis, 200139; Srinivasan &

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Wankat

educationalplans. Since most new professors are well-prepared for the technical research they propose, thedeciding factor in funding CAREER proposals is often the educational portion.A second major factor involves changes in ABET accreditation procedures7. The switch from“bean counting” to an outcomes based approach has made assessment an important topic inengineering colleges. The impending application of continuous improvement during ABET’ssecond visit to an institution under ABET 2000 criteria may have an even more profound effect.Third, changes in JEE reflect the changing times. When JEE was restarted in 1993, it was as ascholarly journal that would publish a broad range of scholarly articles8. After ten yearsfollowing this course, JEE was refocused

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilip Mirchandani; Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran; John Chen; Yusuf Mehta

& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"The primary pedagogical approaches are: • Enhance critical thinking and reflection through writing in the form of critiques and position papers. • Refine oral communication skills through debates and presentations. • Stimulate collaborative learning and synthesis through team projects that explore multiple perspectives.Sophomore Clinic IISophomore Clinic II is a 4-credit course; public speaking faculty in Rowan’s College ofCommunications teaches 3 of these credits. The remaining credit hour is devoted to engineeringpractice and design. The engineering design project for Spring 2002 and 2003 was developed toassist the University in

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

the course web sites and collected information, such ascourse syllabi, course schedule, textbooks used, project descriptions, and laboratory exercises.We categorized the information into five groups: how the subjects were covered, whichtextbooks were used, the contents of the laboratory exercises, course projects, and courseobjectives and outcomes. The information reflected the facts at the time of the survey. Thefindings are empirical and informal. We hope the information is useful for colleagues who areteaching, or are preparing to teach computer network related courses.References 1. J.P. Abraham “The Undergraduate Networking Course”, white paper, ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Computer Networking: Curriculum Designs and Educational

Conference Session

TIME 2: Laboratories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringComparison of pre- and post-course survey results indicate that the problem based learningapproach does address higher-level learning outcomes such as devising an experimentalapproach, specifying appropriate equipment and procedures, and implementing these procedures.It is important to note that other experiments performed by the students during the course areimportant in developing the their abilities to design the load cell experiment. The survey resultspresented here reflect the changes in student attitudes due to all of these experiences, the loadcell project being the capstone event. These results do provide encouragement for a purposelydesigned research

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Kosky

sophomore engineering and science majors with prerequisites ofmathematics through calculus, a first sequence in physics, and one course in chemistry.Important goals were to bring the excitement of nanotechnology to students early in theirscholastic careers and to make them aware of the many opportunities for research and furtherstudy. The pedagogical challenges were several. We needed to: 1) reflect existing facultyinterests in engineering, physics, and chemistry, 2) integrate those faculty into a cohesiveteaching unit, 3) be intelligible to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, 4) serve a multidisciplinarystudent body, and 5) have assessable outcomes. In addition, no single ideal text was available soseveral sources of ancillary readings were

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

institution. Thus makesacquiring new instructional laboratory apparatus a challenge due to typical budgetary limitations.In addition, the apparatus designed by companies specializing in education equipment may notexactly reflect the educational objective intended by the faculty. These obstacles had forced us toseek and search different venues to acquire experimental laboratory apparatus for demonstratingheat transfer principles and the concept of thermo-siphon heat recovery system. We concludedthat such an apparatus can be designed, developed and constructed “in house” within amanageable budget. This can be successfully accomplished by taking advantage of the capstonesenior design project and ASHRAE Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. The

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reed Stevens; Kevin O'Connor; Lari Garrison

Engineering Educationargue, would represent a deepening identification with engineering education.The second distinctive property of person-centered ethnographic interviews is that theyare conducted to “encourage respondents actively to reflect on and evaluate their lifeexperiences” with the aim of exploring “the most significant and meaningful aspects ofthe world of the individual as experienced by him [or her] and in terms which he [or she]thinks, is motivated to act, and satisfies his [or her] need” (p. 3).8 In summary, we aretrying to understand what developing membership in engineering and engineeringeducation means to the students in our study and how these meanings change as theymove along a developmental path toward or away from more publicly

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins

createdindividually, with its own 3-D model and associated 2-D drawing. The individual 3-D modelsare assembled in their functional positions, and can even be “joined” by connections such asfixed fasteners, pins, and sliders. Moving assemblies can even be animated, if desired.In true feature based parametric modeling software, the 3-D model and the 2-D drawing arelinked, meaning that a change in one generates the same change in the other. For example, if ahole’s diameter is changed in the solid model, the 2-D drawing’s circle and hidden lines,depending on the view, are also updated. The diameter dimension is updated as well. Theprocess also works in reverse, as changes to dimensions in the 2-D drawing are reflected in the2-D views and the 3-D model.In

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viviana Cesani-Vazquez; Maria Irizarry; Freya Toledo-Feria; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez

the faculty.When that female representation within the faculty of the COE is compared to the successachieved in recruiting and retaining female students at the undergraduate level, a seriousconcern arise. At the COE there is a bigger pool of potential female candidates for graduateschool and academia than in other higher learning systems but this is not reflected in itscurrent faculty composition.In this paper the reasons for the high enrollment and retention rates of female undergraduatestudents are investigated and possible courses of action are recommended to the COE in orderto increase the percentage of female faculty.IntroductionPuerto Rico has a combined public and private system of higher education with an enrollmentof over 170,000

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Physics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McNeil

reflected in our name which embodies the ethics of hard work, technicalproficiency, and self-reliance. The Physics Department manages three degree programs: B.S. Engineering Physics andthe M.S. and Ph.D. Applied Physics. It has 17 full-time faculty, 40 graduate students, 230undergraduate EP majors, and conducts about $2M in sponsored research annually. With thestrong emphasis in applications, the department has developed close relationships with thetraditional engineering programs and conducts multi-departmental interdisciplinary researchthrough the Materials Science program and two research centers (Center for Electronic and SolarMaterials and the NASA Center for the Commercial Applications of Combustion in Space).These close relationships

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

collaborating institutions nationwide.Facilitating this dissemination is the open source distribution and development method forcurriculum, lecture and laboratory content, established by The National Center forTelecommunications Technologies (NCTT) Consortium.ObjectivesKey objectives and activities of the project are: • Develop a state-of-the-art wireless communications program the includes security courses and concepts and is reflective of regional industry need; • Disseminate this curriculum; • Support NCTT in establishing a nationwide telecommunications education program by providing marketing and access to colleges and companies in the Mid-Atlantic region; • Establish collaboration between regional industry and education

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roya Javadpour

days in every news segment. Thecourse and project was a true example where "learn-by-doing" made a real difference to adisabled and disadvantaged family in the central coast and the entire San Luis Obispocommunity was made fully aware of Cal Poly student outreach. The effort that studentsput into this project deserves honorable mention.The project terminates with a post-project assessment, personal paper reflecting on theproject experience, and the hands-off of the rehabilitated structure to the client. Letters ofappreciation are also sent to all donors of in-kind items, cash donors and all volunteers.There are several lessons which students learned from this project. The first is that youcan never underestimate the importance of the planning

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozlem Arisoy; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

economics in the countries of EastAsia, and how the “East Asian miracle” and later “Asian Crisis” reflect the political economycontext that led to the rapid development of China, Japan, Korea, and other smaller states in EastAsia. This course will also overview theoretical perspectives in political economy that informdifferent understandings of economic development, the relationship between politics andeconomy, and the impact of globalization and new technologies on the region as a whole. Toexplore the political economy of the Pacific Rim, we will read particular East Asian case studiessuch as the computer and information technology industry, the steel industry, and the conditionof industrial workers in East Asia. Methods of evaluation consist of

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Kowalski; Luke Campagnola; Frank Kowalski

., Gerace, W.J., Leonard, W.J., & Beatty, I. (2002). “Assessing-To-Learn: Reflective formative assessment using a classroom communication system.” Presented at Pathways to change: An international conference on transforming math and science education in the K-16 continuum, Arlington, Virginia, April 18-21, 2002. Accessed on-line at http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/~stemtec/pathways/Proceedings/.6. Duncan, D. (2005). “Clickers in the classroom: how to enhance science teaching using classroom response systems.” San Francisco, CA: Pearson Education, Inc.7. Mazur, E. (1997).”Peer instruction: A user’s manual.” Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall.8. Steinberg, R.N. & Sabella, M.S. (1997). “Performance on multiple-choice diagnostics and

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelton Houston; Christopher Herrod; Steven Blesse

resources.In order to offer the CCNP curriculum at Southern Miss, two faculty participated in thecertification process. The rationale was that one would serve in a backup capacity. Each facultymember required $36,000 in institutional support to complete CCNA, CCNP, and CCAIcertifications. This cost reflected a two-week workshop registration fee for each course andtravel cost to attend training. It did not include faculty salary or adjunct pay while facultyattended training. The cost for faculty training might appear high; however, one should considerthat the approved training location for faculty was located in Texas. In addition to the initialtraining and certifications costs, faculty must maintain industry certification by retesting every 2-3

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz

This curriculum would replace a significant portion of the macro-scaletechnology that has been taught in chemical engineering for most of its history as a professionwith multi-scale technology, while retaining a sufficient amount of the traditional technology topermit teaching and learning of manufacturing. Traditional course titles may change, reflecting arearrangement of topics based on length scales.1In any new curriculum paradigm, there will still be a need for a capstone experience. In the newcurriculum paradigm, the capstone experience may include design of a product at multiplescales, from the product at the atomic through the colloid scales, as appropriate, and themanufacture of the product at the macro scale. Therefore, a new class of

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Cunningham; Cathy P. Lachapelle; Anna Lindgren-Streicher

which students understand the range of types of engineering, wehave now modified the survey and replaced half of the six items that focused on machinery andconstruction with items that reflect other engineering fields such as chemical and biomedicalengineering. We hypothesize that students will not recognize these disciplines as engineering.It is clear that for the majority of students, technology is closely linked with power andelectricity. While was also expected and is certainly understandable, it presents a narrow (anddeveloped country’s) view of technology. Less than a third of the students identified any of theeveryday human-made objects as technology. Clearly students need to be educated about whattechnology is and the prevalence of

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Davis; Craig Hoff

sufficient time for extensive, hands-on work. Theintroduction of engineering practice into these courses would be very limited. Forexample, students can be given assignments which require them to study professionalstandards.Laboratory experiments are often combined into specific laboratory courses wherestudents tend to be given detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to use the laboratoryequipment and calculate the results. This approach is not the best way to learn thematerial, since (a) the lecture and the lab are not presented at similar times and (b) it doesnot accurately reflect the reality of professional engineering practice. Further, thelaboratory experiments used in these courses often are intended simply to illustratefundamental

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Blair Rowley

timely or thorough.” “It allowed the seniors to get the design team experience and also allowed the freshmen to interact with a senior to see what lies ahead.” “-- get a taste of what the real world is like.”The most mentioned difficulties were getting the teams started and arranging meeting times. Tensuggested making the assignment sooner.There were four comparisons of when seniors were freshman and had to do the same assignmentwithout interacting with a senior. All four felt that having the senior-freshman interaction wasmuch better.There were several comments that reflected the seniors primary reactions to this experience. “I am thankful for being afforded the opportunity to experience such a wonderful program.” “It would be

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

Engineering Educationfocuses on credit bearing coursework, review of this research literature can provide insight intofuture research directions on the benefits of the GK-12 model of service work.Definitions of service learning vary. Bringle and Hatcher (1996) define service learning as,“credit-bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized serviceactivity that meets identified community needs and reflect on the service activity in such a wayas to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, andan enhanced sense of civic responsibility.”2 According to the American Association of HigherEducation (2000), experiential education can range from formal internship

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Sabick; John Gardner; Patricia Pyke; William Knowlton; Amy Moll

.” Page 10.993.5 o “Training is very important to keep the line going.” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education o “Time is very valuable.” o “A smooth process is crucial to the final product.” o “Accurate and detailed process documentation is hard to explain and write.” o “There are a huge number of things to consider in manufacturing – the process you design never works as well as you thought.”The student comments and learning experiences reflect the tasks that industry engineers andmanagers say are the most important challenges facing engineering graduates

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Bolick; Richard Drushel; John Gallagher

theenvironment’s simplicity, the task of developing sensor and actuator models was significantlyreduced. The color and reflective properties of the obstacles were specifically chosen so thatsensor response would be similar at given distances from an obstacle regardless of its type. Theseproperties along with the constant lighting in our lab provided the basis for the accurate yetefficient models eventually used within the simulator. The software architecture used to Page 10.749.3interface the hardware with student written controller is described more completely in [3]. Hereit is sufficient to note that the students actually program a “virtual robot object