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Issues of Building Diversity

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Isadore Davis; Eugene DeLoatch; Sherra Kerns; Carla Purdy; Lueny Morell

thecurrent and future U.S. population of white females, underrepresented minorities and personswith disabilities to pursue engineering and science careers. This can’t be achieved withoutholistic strategic diversity and implementation plans that encompass strategies on representation,valuing, managing and strategic diversity. Page 10.845.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationDiversity - Human Environmental Awareness Training (HEAT)Before we briefly describe the attributes of a holistic diversity

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Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Haden; John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

electro-mechanical devices, as well as their level of enthusiasm andmotivation towards engineering as a chosen career. The assessments are accomplished before andafter the course revisions for comparison.Index Terms –Student retention, design education, engineering education, Legos, Mindstorms.IntroductionThe College of Engineering and Natural Sciences (CENS) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) isrenovating the way it recruits, educates and graduates engineering students. With the aid of theWilliam and Flora Hewlett Foundation, CENS is actively assessing its regional recruitmentresources for incoming freshmen, as well as restructuring its courses to excite and encouragecurrently-enrolled students to stay in engineering. NAU is the smallest of

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Warren; Diana Mellar

students who are not always well preparedacademically. Vermont Tech has consistently attained career placement rates in the student'schosen field of study of 98 percent, or higher. Vermont Tech continues to maintain its academicrigor by offering lesser-prepared students a well-designed, three-year option for completing theirassociate degree in Engineering Technology.Clearly, Vermont Tech would be pleased if the preparedness of incoming students were toimprove. However, the strong local word-of-mouth reputation of Vermont Tech has been thedriving element for enrollment management, and thus any change in the preparedness of theincoming student population is not likely to occur in the short term. In addition, since VermontTech is a state institution

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kline

genericapplication, a management perspective yet with a strong technical focus, and quantitativeanalysis methods to serve as problem solving tools.The manufacturing systems course has been developed for a quarter long (ten weeks) graduatelevel class in an Engineering Management program, but has also been offered as an electivecourse for undergraduates. Students in the program are typically working professionals early intheir careers and representing a wide range of job responsibilities including design,manufacturing, and service and from a wide range of industry segments including automotiveand suppliers, pharmaceutical, medical equipment, and chemical processing industries. Atraditional class with a metalworking processes focus would have limited appeal

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

begin choosing their electivesfrom different specialization areas.The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program was one of the first Bachelor of Scienceprograms implemented at UVSC in 1993. The program’s goal has been to provide a qualityprogram that meets accreditation standards while providing the students with a skill set thatallows them to succeed in computing careers.2 Since our school does not offer a stand alone fouryears engineering program, the computer science department curriculum contains an area ofspecialization in computer engineering.Computing Curriculum – Computer Engineering draft 20043 specifies eighteen knowledge areas;sixteen of which relates directly to Computer Engineering and two relate to mathematics(probability

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Chouikha; Don Millard

, resulting in poorer performanceand diminished interest in pursuing technical careers.2, 6 Although there is a rising demand forelectrical and electronic goods, foreign competition for electronic products and increasing use ofengineering services performed in other countries are negatively impacting employment growthin the U.S. In contrast, the number of graduating engineers in other countries is on the rise – nowplacing the U.S. behind China, Japan and India.7 Page 10.1351.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rogers; John Anderson; Corey Jones

theengineering field, out of necessity, but it should not be that way.Students should be willing to take an extra year of courses toward the concurrent renewableenergy degree because it will add specialization to the mechanical engineering degree alreadybeing pursued. Generally, mechanical engineering programs train their students to be jack ofall trades but masters of none. Many mechanical engineering graduates leave college withlittle or no direction to the career field they will be entering. The dual degree adds specializedexperience which will make the graduate more attractive to employers. Currently renewableenergy engineers pay is above average when compared to the typical mechanical engineeringsalary. This gives incentive for students to add the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Fitzhugh; Robert Goodrich; Ronald Lessard; Jacques Beneat

, communication, and control is the most appropriate thing we can do for engineeringstudents.II. Professional ProjectsThe EG115 and EG116 Professional Projects course sequence at Norwich University is designedto introduce freshme n engineering students early in their academic career to applications withintheir discipline. This provides the freshmen with a perspective on the reason for themathematics, science, and engineering science courses that serve as the foundation of theirknowledge. Since electrical and computer engineers take this course in common, applications inboth disciplines are covered. Robotics is one application area that naturally draws significantly

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Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

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S. Birgül Tantekin-Ersolmaz; Gülsün Saglamer; Ekrem Ekinci

December2003.Brain drain is another issue appearing as a challenge tied to globalization. The international jobopportunities attract many talented engineers in Turkey, in particular those with advanceddegrees. The instability of Turkish economy and the severe economic crises experienced in thelast twenty five years, and hence the low income of engineers along with unsatisfactoryprofessional careers enforce professionals seek alternatives abroad.Bibliography1. Yerlici, V., “A Short History of Government Involvement in Engineering Education in Turkey”, Proceedings of the SEFI Annual Conference, Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton, 1981.2. Rodinson, M., Islam and Capitalism (translated from French by Brian Pierce), University of Texas Press

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Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Moran

communication projects and a relevance to theirfuture careers is considered important for student success in technical communication courses.10Some problemsBringing troubleshooting and other types of fault identification/isolation procedures into theclassroom is not an easy task. Most students have a writing background of essays, letters andreports that has concentrated on producing linear narratives. Most technical writing exercisescontinue this, asking students to write physical descriptions, process descriptions, reports usingthe IMRAD format, and instructions following a numbered step pattern that provides a sense ofthe beginning (step 1), middle and end (last step).Troubleshooting procedures ask the student develop an information product that may

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kukulka

coordinate.The Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET) currently requires a capstonedesign requirement for programs. This senior design course is probably the most critical coursein the student’s education. It requires a considerable time commitment by students, sponsors andinstructors. The course at Buffalo State College provides mechanical majors withinterdisciplinary creative design and problem solving experience. The ability of the student toeffectively manage a project, as well as to interact with the other team members on projects thatstretch over several disciplines are hard lessons to learn early in a career. It is felt that thisexposure to these concepts while still in school better prepares our students for their earlypositions

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aranggan Venkataratnam; Ashok Goel

and by using quantum cells. In this paper, the undergraduateresearch projects carried out by the two REU students are summarized1. IntroductionActive research experience is one of the most effective techniques for training andmotivating undergraduate students for careers in science and engineering. NationalScience Foundation (NSF) recognizes this and supports undergraduate research under“Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements” program where itencourages principal investigators of NSF-funded research grants to include one or twoundergraduate students in their existing projects. This paper summarizes the experiencesof two such REU students (CR, DG) who worked on research projects in nanotechnologycircuit design under the

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

communication,engineering management, technical entrepreneurship and global prospective and informationengineering along with the traditional courses will produce a different breed of engineers andtechnologists who will be prepared for those positions from the start of their careers. Theclassroom learning of entrepreneurship must be merged with the industry participation for reallife applications. During one semester the students can work in teams to study the industrysponsored projects for feasibility, from both a business and technical standpoint. In the followingsemester the students can design and build a working prototype.Here in the Northwestern State University the students can have six credit hours of capstoneprojects in two consecutive

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Leonhardt

project relies on teams of two to four students.The Ekranoplan project targeted several educational objectives in Engineering Design GraphicsI. Students could participate in a more complete engineering design process. Using theEkranoplan project, students should develop a stronger understanding of the engineering designprocess to help them with their own personal goals and career development.14 The projectshould challenge student’s creativity, design skills, and their developing computer aided designskills. Students should work through the process of building a physical prototype whileovercoming limitations in materials, their own skill level, and the software/CAD capability. Theproject offered a potential link between vehicle design objectives

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TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

sudhakar vadiraja; Hector Cervantes

pursue careers in the professionalresearch areas of materials engineering/smart materials/biomedical engineering. Teaching toolsdiscussed in this paper include; competency based curriculum, discussion based model approach,and lecture quiz approach. This course is basically a combination of developed and redesignedcourse on smart materials for which the course objectives, course methodologies and learningobjectives are also discussed. The specific experimental procedures for carrying out themechanical tests and microstructure analysis are introduced. The basic objective of thesesupplemental experiments is to give students the hands-on experience. More importantly,considerable emphasis is given for improving students’ learning skills and creative

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joao Almeida; Guillermo Salazar

- requires neither previous work-related experience nor highlevel of computer skills.Another important aspect of the introduction of the 3DPBM within the CEE curriculum refers tofuture career opportunities created for WPI graduates in the AEC industry. The students not onlygain a competitive advantage in the job market but they will also become agents of changeimpacting the way the industry works today. Page 9.1359.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliogr aphic Infor mation1. Anumba, C

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Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Hisham Hegab

from economically disadvantaged parishes in Louisiana. Each campwas one-week long with approximately 50 students in each camp. The primary focus of thesummer camps was to motivate the students to select a career in science and engineering. Inaddition to the students, one of the camps involved professional development activities forteachers in the targeted parishes.The students had a very active week. In the mornings they had leadership training and tutoring,which was based on the evaluation quizzes they took their first evening on campus. In theafternoons they had a series of active learning experiences where they explored chemistry,environmental science, space science and engineering.Their engineering time was started with an introduction to

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

career models for young STEM educators. Names anddisciplines along with links to project abstracts and other relevant publications can beaccessed through the DUE webpage (1).National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education DigitalLibrary (NSDL) Page 9.485.3 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Building on work supported under the multi-agency Digital Libraries Initiative, thisprogram aims to establish a national digital library that will constitute an online networkof learning

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Rand; Don Bowie; Donald Peter; Anthony Donaldson

identified, bothby the instructors themselves, and by reviewing feedback from student questionnaires. Itwas a clear reminder that we were learning as we went. The most glaring issue was thesheer magnitude of the workload required for the EE3730 students when this interactiveelement was added to an already packed course. Most of the students enjoyed and valuedthe experience, but complained, some vehemently, that it was simply too much. Evenbefore attempting this, Don Bowie had expanded content of the course by including morenon-technical topics of the engineering profession like management of self, effectivecommunication, relationships with others, design methodology, decision economics,career planning, leadership, and ethics. This was on top of an

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Brown; Michael Flynn; Gordon Carichner; Dennis Sylvester; David Blaauw; Catharine June

process technologies. The coursescover topics ranging from semiconductor device physics to computer architecture. This programhas produced graduates who are productive almost immediately when they begin work, and whohave the broad and deep background that makes them flexible as technologies and design styleschange throughout their careers. The proposal reviewers at Intel were convinced that this pro-gram meets their objectives, so the task at hand was to document and disseminate the curriculum. Page 9.1408.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Broussard; Jenelle Piepmeier

target recognition technologies currently used within the military. The state-of-the-artis discussed to give the student an understanding of capabilities and limitations of thetechnologies they may encounter during their military careers. We use Computer Visionby Shapiro and Stockman as a text [1].2. BackgroundA comprehensive survey of computer vision education has been compiled by Bebis et alin [2]. Bebis correctly points out that the computer vision field has grown rapidly in thepast decade, and yet it is not well represented the curriculum most institutions. For over adecade, computer vision has been a part of the robotics curriculum in the SystemsEngineering Department at the Naval Academy [3]. The course presented in this articleserves as a

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vyas Harinath; Pfumai Kuzviwanza; Jianzhong Lou; Leonard Uitenham; Keith Schimmel

to play an important role in the nation's economy as one of thelargest sectors of the chemical industry.5 Application of polymers in biotechnology isexperiencing the fastest growth. Large investments by both government and industry inbiotechnology are reshaping the career paths for both faculty and graduates of the traditionalpetrochemical-centered chemical engineering programs. Hiring by traditional petroleum andchemical companies has stagnated for the last two decades, whereas the health care andbiotechnology sectors are hiring more chemical engineering graduates. The U. S. Department ofLabor projects that the employment of chemical engineers will grow more slowly than theaverage for all occupations though 2010, and the overall employment

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Herz

on-line users who have the conference room feature active. Non-networked versions of theLab are available in Spanish and Portuguese.IntroductionEarly in my teaching career I realized that only a small subset of people, which includes collegeprofessors, can learn solely by reading or by listening to someone talk for extended periods. Inorder to enhance the learning of all students, especially those that do not belong to this subset, Iwanted to supplement lectures with demonstrations and "hands on" experiments in a lab. Page 9.1039.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

technically-prepared graduates also be prepared for the communication needs of various jobs, enabling themto get good jobs and move up the career ladder. Examples of workplace materials and curriculabased on the Criteria of Communication Excellence will be provided in the presentation alongwith specific steps for replication. Results will be provided for use by other undergraduateprograms teaching Technical Communication courses.I. IntroductionRecent research has demonstrated that engineers entering the workplace need to acquire moreproficient communication skills in order to excel in their jobs.1 Although the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) has recently passed criteria that include written and* This work was supported by

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Kresta; Alan Nelson

class time, awareness of studentlearning styles, and alignment of course objectives between lectures, assignments, andexaminations. Developing these attributes early in the career of a young academic will providethe basis for future positive classroom and teaching experiences.Instructional Development Through Team Teaching In the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta,we have made large service courses a vehicle for the development of teaching and classroomskills in new academics. One of the particular successes of this strategy is a multi-section coursein thermodynamics (ChE 243) offered to over 700 engineering undergraduates every year. Thiscourse is very highly structured, has clearly

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

airplanes that would performwell in their competitive arena. The results of the students’ efforts were presented in a publicforum where parents, teachers, and support staff gathered to recognize and congratulate thestudents on their achievements. The experience of Texas A&M University-Commerce facultyand staff during the summer 2003 GEAR-UP program was overwhelmingly positive and it islikely that future activities such as these will be created and administered in order to energizeyoung students to consider careers in science and engineering. It is our belief that by capturing,focusing, and nurturing a student’s interest in engineering during the middle school years (e.g.7th, 8th, and 9th grade levels), students will be more likely to feel

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Peerman; Michael Payne; Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

community watershed council would improve thecommunication between those community members conducting the environmental sampling, thebroader community, and the governmental agencies that make decisions affecting thecommunity. Second, community assessment of environmental data should continue during andafter redevelopment or restoration of the area. This continued evaluation of environmentalparameters would help to assure that the community understands the environmental impact ofredevelopment or restoration plans. Finally, more research needs to be conducted on theeducational and career enhancements that result from community and youth involvement inprojects such as this.AcknowledgementsThe Yosemite Slough Watershed Restoration Project is a

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

theirfuture engineering careers, that they have to keep an open mind about their designs and processplans, that it was a challenging endeavor trying to meet with other students, to practice trueteamwork, and to communicate, discuss and compromise their ideas for the betterment of qualityand low cost. Figure 2. Student Survey for Course Assessment Combined Manufacturing and Design Survey (IME and MECH, Fall 2003) This survey is to be used for student assessment of the combined team projects of the vehicle design class. Please rate on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best): 1) To what

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Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran; Chad Marcum

://www.ecrc.gatech.edu/~chsiung/career/ME8103C_Final_Project.pdf, Accessed July 31, 2003.[9] A.Johnson, M. Roussos, J. Leigh, C. Vasilakis, C. Barnes, and T. Moher, “The NICE Project: Learning Together in a Virtual World” VRAIS ’98, http://www.evl.uic.edu/aej/vrais98/vrais98.2.html, Accessed July 31, 2003.[10] Rosenblum, L. (Ed.) (1995, March) “Detour: Brain Deconstruction Ahead” IEEE Computer Graphics and Application, pp. 14-17, http://dlib.computer.org/cg/books/cg1995/pdf/g2014.pdf, Accessed July 31, 2003.[11] J.H. Kim, S.T. Park, H. Lee, K.C. Yuk, and H.Lee, “Virtual Reality Simulations in Physics Education” Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer Enhanced Learning, Wake Forest University, http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/2001

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Massoud (Mike) Safavi; James Strueber

to coordinateProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationand work together as equals and as a team providing learning opportunities for all elementsthroughout the entire project process. This would provide not only an opportunity for learningabout ones own career of choice, but of other related professions thereby furthering theknowledge of the value of interrelated skills.Should our school enter in such a competition again? That decision will depend upon reasonableguidelines, time constraints, and the will of the students. The faculty of the Architecture andConstruction Science Programs at Tuskegee University will support the