Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kavetsky

flexible, many of the changes proposed will not impact in the main the ability to recruit andretain preeminent research talent. Taking all these issues into consideration it becomes apparentthat the need to act is urgent. The decline of this crucial portion of the Warfare Centerpopulation from the personnel pipeline threatens future generations of warfighting systems.A Change in CultureThe Naval S&T community has undertaken several initiatives to revitalize S&T capabilities withthe Warfare Centers. We will highlight three of these initiatives in this paper. These examplesare reflective of the changing culture in these centers, where the linkage between the Universitiesand the Warfare Centers is at the heart of revitalization.The N-STAR

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

level of difficulty of visualization. When designing tests for spatialvisualization, it would be preferable to cover all 24 views (including the initial view). If more orless views are to be used in an assessment, the degree of difficulty of visualization should betaken into consideration. Depending on the goal of assessment, questions may be chosen fromappropriate levels of difficulty of visualization as listed in Table 4. For example, if a test intendsto assess all levels of visualization, an equal number of question items may be chosen from eachtype of rotations as listed in Table 4. A spatial visualization test should provide a trueassessment of students’ visualization skills and reflect the fact that the more complicated therotation, the

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Gandolfo; Ken Alford

havelittle to no prior teaching experience.The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of theUnited States Military Academy, the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the United States Page 9.666.1Government. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThree important actions occur before each new faculty member arrives: • A faculty sponsor is assigned. • The new hire receives a date to begin

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby

various participating student teams via the Internet and teleconferences, and at the end of the simulation, contracts are awarded to the best overall proposals, one per project. C) At the end of the simulation, students and faculty have the opportunity to participate via the Internet in the project assessment and feedback process, to discuss the positive and negative aspects of each team’s participation.Recent GLOBETECH Experiences In 1995 and 1996, GLOBETECH- I and II discussed automobile and vans manufacturingjoint ventures in China and Thailand. In 1997, reflecting the world’s increased interest inenvironmental issues, GLOBETECH-III explored projects in the air pollution control andabatement field. The retrofit of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

experience at least 14 speed bumps onmy way to and from work, and feel that there is a “problem”.In a multi-group brainstorming session students are asked to identify/clarify/define (not tosolve yet) the “Speed Bump Problem.” In a typical session they find more that 20 problemsthat are related or caused by speed bumps. The following is a “sample” categorized list ofstudent responses. Driving/Traffic: Cause Traffic Jams/ backups Slow-down traffic Cause tailgate and other accidents Cars drive in bike-lanes to avoid them Not convenient for bicycles Driver: Sometimes invisible/ confusing (weather conditions, reflections) May surprise drivers Annoying and frustrating Bad for the body

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Gasper; Keith Whites; Michael Batchelder

Copyright ASEE 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” (a) Solar Car Telemetry Group (b) TH-D7A(G)Photo Three Kenwood HT used to send data packets from the solar carAs another example of telemetry, SDSM&T faculty, alumni, and students designed thetelemetry system for the Starshine 3 satellite [13] that reported data on advancedexperimental solar cells being tested by NASA. The primary goal of the satellite wasinvolving K-12 students in an experiment to determine upper atmosphere density bytracking reflections from many small polished aluminum mirrors. Students from 1,000schools in 30 countries polished the 1500 mirrors and then tracked the satellite in orbit byreflections from the sun at dusk. The secondary goal was

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

employing. This approach to curriculum bridges the gapthat exists between the classroom practices and industrial practices. This unifiedapproach would deliver students with career-bound knowledge essential for the industry.I. IntroductionIn the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) department of PurdueUniversity Calumet (PUC), the faculty by choice have taken upon themselves to makethe changes, the essence of which is reflected in this paper. After a lot of deliberation thecurriculum committee agreed to make the changes to the curriculum that essentially,prepares the student to function in the market place as the System Designer. It wasrealized that the ECET curriculum should impart to the graduating student enoughexposure to pursue

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury

. Personal contact also improvesstudent retention and will help to increase the percentage of minority black engineers infuture.1. BackgroundAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU), a historically blackuniversity, reflects the uniqueness of the traditional land-grant institution, whichcombines professional, vocational and liberal arts pursuits. The University providesbaccalaureate and graduate studies that are compatible with the times to all qualified, Page 9.502.1capable individuals who are interested in further developing their technical, professional,and scholastic skills and competencies. A center of substance and excellence, AlabamaA&

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Burchett

course material’, and ‘Labs really reflected what was going on in class’, ‘…theclass really seemed to grasp the concepts when we went through examples and working throughthe topic in the labs’, ‘I liked the emphasis on the lab and the way it stayed connected to thework done in class’, ‘The lab work really let you see the stuff you learned in a slightly differentenvironment’, and ‘Fun labs, help understanding’. A few students complained that the basicECP user interface made digital implementation of the control system transfer functions ‘tootransparent’. That is, in a few cases, students were interested in learning how to implementdynamic controllers in a low-level language, so their skills would be portable to any system.Perhaps by migrating to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

trucks. Such examples were important to the game becausethey meant every student would definitely have the opportunity to make investments- relying oncompetitive auctions was not a necessity.The complexity of the required analyses increased throughout the semester, reflecting new topicscovered in class. For example, risk and uncertainty were introduced through several investmentopportunities. The distinction between risk and uncertainty is that “risk” describes a situation inwhich multiple outcomes are possible but the probability of each is known. Risk was introducedinto the game through examples such as this: A gold mine produces $500 of revenue per turn, starting the turn it is purchased, and continuing for an unknown period

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

informationliterate.The outcomes, which are based on those developed by ACRL (2000) for each year of study aredescribed below:By the end of the sophomore year, the students should be able to:1. explore general information sources to increase familiarity with a topic2. identify key concepts and terms that describe the information need3. define a realistic overall plan and timeline to acquire the needed information4. read text, select main ideas, and restate textual concepts in their own words5. identify verbatim material that can then be appropriately quoted6. evaluate a website for authority, reliability, credibility, purpose, viewpoint, and suitability7. reflect on past successes, failures, and alternative strategies by maintaining a log of information

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karan Watson; John Weese

have had more and/or betterinternship experiences, or if they are just more reflective about their experiences thanthe men. It is clear that no significant difference appeared where the womenparticipated in internships. Finally, the large number of men’s presentations in electricalor electronic areas were dominated by computer systems, with a fair number focusedon computer games. Much like the comment on home & hobby, and aligning withstudies about young boys’ interests in devices, the greater number of men choosingelectronic projects was not surprising.______________References 1. Dunnell, P. A. and Bakken, L. “Gifted high school students' attitudes toward careers and sex roles”, Roeper Review, Vol.13, 1991, pp.198-202. 2

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Henry Cardenas; Chad O'Neal

poorly.Since electrical engineering students do not take this course, we cover electricalproperties of materials in one lecture period. It is apparent that this is not enough time toadequately introduce why different types of materials conduct electricity with different Page 10.1396.4capabilities.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”CORRELATING MATERIALS CONCEPT INVENTORY RESULTS WITHSTUDENT GRADESAll professors would like to have student grades be an accurate reflection of eachstudent’s knowledge at the end

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

students to reflect on the service experienceBecause of these potential benefits, a service learning component was added to the WaterQuality Engineering course in 1999.National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II Stormwater RuleThe 1972 Clean Water Act made it illegal to discharge any pollutant as a point source withoutauthorization by a NPDES permit. Implementation of the Clean Water Act first focused onindustrial and municipal sewerage systems, but was amended in 1987 to include the reduction inpollutant discharge by stormwater drainage systems. A two-phase approach was adopted whichfirst aimed at large and medium municipal separate stormwater systems that serve greater than100,000 people, industrial stormwater, and construction

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Musto; William Howard

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcomputer tool is specified. In addition to solving the problem, students are expected to explainwhy they chose to use Excel or MATLAB for their solutions.Assessment of Curriculum and Course ObjectivesIt is difficult to make definitive measures of the effect of the described course on the curriculargoal of improving student skills in computing. Since most MET students at MSOE are part-time,it can take several years for changes in the curriculum to be reflected in senior and alumnisurveys. Qualitative observations of faculty are that students are more comfortable andcompetent in applying computer

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

, Engineeringand Mathematics) material. The material is presented with a “theme” project that is re-iteratedthroughout the multisemester sequence so that the students understand the inter-relationship ofrelated material from subsequent pertinent courses. The overall material for the first phase isdescribed along with a description of simulation modules developedAcknowledgementSome of the work presented herein was partially funded by the NSF Engineering EducationDivision Grant EEC-0314875 entitled “Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching BasicCore STEM Material Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems”. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ficken; Subha Kumpaty

about mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid systems,and how they are related.” “Good modeling course.”“This course helped me understand mathematics behind mechanical systems.” Page 10.878.9“Tied everything together from previous courses; Good introduction to future courses.”9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education“I liked learning about how to apply differential equations. Labs provided the depth.”“Labs reflected what we learned in class.”The above are just a few statements that describe

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

. They found it difficult to adjust to a persuasive writing stylewhile restricted to the same format they had used all semester for the preparation of their labreports.The writing consultants were able to convince the technical faculty that our proposal assignmentneeded modification. They agreed and supported the creation of a Request for Proposal (RFP)for each of the final projects. (See Appendix A for a sample RFP) These documents provided thecontext missing in the previous assignment. Our students now had a clear audience and purposefor their writing.Next, we redesigned the format for the document to better reflect one typical for proposals. Itincluded a cover sheet, a client summary, an introduction, the scope and format, features

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Graf; Ann Christy

spent on non-technical subjects is not beneficial to their future careers. Overseveral years, the first author has assigned essays inviting students to reflect on their attitudestoward the General Education Curriculum (GEC) at the Ohio Sate University (OSU). Fewerthan half expressed an appreciation for the value of the GEC component of their education,especially the arts and humanities. Likewise, OSU’s College of Engineering annual alumnisurvey includes questions about the importance of and ability/preparation gained at OSU in avariety of areas including math, chemistry, physics, and humanities. Every year, humanities isranked the lowest in both categories: importance and ability/preparation.ObjectivesThe objectives of the poetry contests were

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Glenn Steele; Judith Schneider

efforts have been directed primarily toward quantifying theuncertainty of the result of the experiment. The methodology for applying uncertainty analysis to the experimentalresult is summarized below, where the nomenclature has been updated to reflect the latest accepted version.In nearly all experiments, the measured values of different variables are combined using a data reduction equation(DRE) to form some desired result. A general representation of a data reduction equation is r = r ( X 1 , X 2 ,..., X J ) (1) Page 10.609.2 “Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

centers on softwareprocess. The teams are given a set of process practices, tools, and a process meta-model and arethen assessed, in part, on their process-related decisions and execution. This aspect is moreimportant than the quality of the deliverable produced, as it more accurately reflects the learningobjective (the professional cultural mindset) we want students to develop.A process meta-model1 is used to constrain process planning and process lifecycle modelselection. This keeps major release points in synch across teams, and provides a basis for ahigher-level of decision making than exercised by projects constrained to a specific processlifecycle model. Process meta-models considered were the Personal Software Process[6] andTeam Software

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Thompson

typically analyze their employer’s supply chain. This paper describes the projects and some of the solutions proposed. It also includes the results of a survey of past students and the extent to which their proposed solutions were implemented.I. Introduction Many of the courses offered in engineering management programs reflect well-established disciplines. Others, while clearly important, lack a consensus as to what they shouldinclude. Supply chain management is an example of the latter group. There is widespreadagreement as to its importance for the future success of organizations. In fact, for manycompanies being part of a winning supply chain may mean more for success than anything thecompany can do on its own. Yet

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Scherr; Bevlee Watford

and Recognition ProgramCommunications Advisory Committee: Develops and recommends an integrated multimediaplan to promote WEPAN and it's objectives to target audiencesDiversity Advancement Committee: Develops a strategy and action plan to advance thediversity of WEPAN. This might include, but is not limited to the recruitment, retention andengagement of a diverse membership and the identification of event speakers who reflect thediversity of the membershipFinance Committee: Manages WEPAN's organizational assetsMembership Committee: Develops and drives an individually targeted membership recruitmentstrategy based on targeted audiences such as WIE directors, industry, faculty, etc.Nominating Committee: Prepares nominating strategy and time line

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Thompson; Harold Broberg

/microcontroller industry is quite varied and the processors andlanguages used in ECE and ECET courses generally reflect faculty expertise and courseand curriculum learning objectives. Most ECE introductory uP/uC courses are scheduledin the junior year while most ECET courses are scheduled in the sophomore year. A trendin some university ECE programs appears to be to move the generally popular,introductory uP/uC courses earlier in the curriculum, which may spur interest andincrease retention. Microcontrollers were used in 18 of the 26 courses, while 7 coursesused uP’s including the Freestyle MPC555, which is referred to as a 32-bit uC. Only 3ECET courses used the same textbook as an ECE course. A closer look at the textbooksshould provide insight into the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has worked on PolicyStatement 465 which states that , “admission to the practice of civil engineering at theprofessional level should occur at licensure and that this admission should require theacquisition of a body of specialized knowledge comprising a bachelor’s degree , amaster’s degree or its equivalent, and appropriate experience.” (2) The body ofknowledge points to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become licensed asa professional engineer. It is expected that existing undergraduate and graduate programswill be revised to reflect this body of knowledge and that new programs will be created.The ASCE board established the Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites forProfessional Practice in

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Landaeta; Bryan Magary; William Peterson

discipline will need to be fluent in both representations. Doctoral students in thediscipline will not be ready to do research based on prior course work alone.It will take time for the research to reflect the teaching. Those currently researching and writingin the field will need time to change. Those writing in the new paradigm will need to knowwhere their work will be considered for publication.If the proposed paradigm was to gain wide spread acceptance, teaching methods will need to bere-tooled. This can take time. Those of us who have been teaching under the current paradigmare comfortable with it and change will move us outside this comfort zone. This is a majorconsideration. In many technologies, this requires a generation.Education is

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

” guidelines but the discussions were all held during the last week of class. Theclass voted on which days to discuss which articles. Adding self-assessment of the literatureresearch project and the “Fabulous Friday” assignment would be helpful for further enhancingthe development of lifelong learning skills. In addition, having students reflect on their ownlearning process as they did these activities could be useful.SummaryABET outcomes i and j related to lifelong learning and contemporary issues were incorporatedinto a senior undergraduate elective course on optoelectronic materials and devices at USD.These activities included a literature research project with a paper and presentation, “FabulousFriday” discussions, and homework assignments

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Stiegler; Ernest McDuffie; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

interest atthe NSWCDD. The FIRST LEGO league (FLL), a highly-successful program which operatesrobotics competitions throughout the country devoted to providing middle-schoolers with ahands-on appreciation for the contributions of science and technology, will be used as the modelfor this part of the program. With the assistance of the Dahlgren mentors problem-basedscenarios have been developed which we believe will be both interesting and challenging to thestudents, and, at the same time, will reflect current and projected Navy R&D requirements.Scientists and engineers have been selected from a number of Dahlgren research departmentsrepresenting a cross-section of science and engineering disciplines to provide mentors for boththe science and

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

teaching as lecturer. Second, writing intensive courses requiretwice as much grading, a draft paper and a final paper. This is in addition to setting a pace ofhaving students write every week and probably having them submit a short paper every otherweek. A class limit of no more than 15 students is recommended. Third, There are many goodreasons to use students as peer reviewers. Several additional reasons not stated are one, it givesstudents the ability to analyze writing, define the standards and then reflect on their writing.Two, students are a free and willing source of labor; the instructor can't do everything. Three, italso promotes a very important life-long skill of peer review that students will use aftergraduation to review and improve

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Hill

and a total score is determinedfor each candidate for each reviewer. These scores are then added together to get a total scorefor each candidate for the committee as a whole. The rating sheet used by my institution isshown in Figure 1.It is important when developing the criteria for the paper screen that they be related to theelements of the position description that are in the advertisement. Sometimes the ad will berelatively short referring prospective candidates to a web site where the full text description canbe found. In either event, the criteria must reflect what is in the description but can include otherfactors the committee considers valid. The other important consideration is that the criteria bedescribed in such a way that the