Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

probably a reflection of the number of PSPICE assignments (5) versus hardware (8).As a result, students did not acquire the proficiency required to use PSPICE effectively.A very important posttest revelation was the time spent on hardware assignments. Studentsspent an average of 2.9 hours on each hardware homework compared to 2.8 hours on paper-and-pen work, validating that the hardware did not add a significant time burden. All respondentsfelt that the hardware cost is justified with 83% strongly recommending continued use of theHardware Experience. Table 3. The Posttest and the Response Statistics Question Avg. Min Max 1 How useful

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

problems already completed onboth classroom worksheets and homework. Further, other professors from outside the coursewere consulted as to the relevancy of not only the learning objective but the exam question aswell. Their assessment supported the validity of the course objective and the applicability ofthe exam question and concluded the exam results were probably not a result of some systemicproblem but rather reflected an apparent lack of student mastery of the objective.Subsequently, a formal review of individual test results ensued which allowed the routineidentification of students that struggled with the objective and that perhaps required assistanceto achieve the expected level of mastery. These students were counseled and encouraged

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

direction.3. Other EvidenceOf course, what we see among respondents to the survey may not reflect the state of accessrestrictions in general. Our respondents tend to have a high level of interest in educationaltechnology and a predilection to oppose access restrictions. To check out the state of the Web ingeneral, I had a student, Mihir Dharia, survey electrical engineering and computer science andengineering courses from 42 of the top 50 colleges and universities as ranked by US News &World Report. He perused course Web sites from these schools. He reported that, of those sitesproviding course notes or slides, all but 15 allowed access without a password. Of those sitesproviding homework, only 15 restricted access.The Electrical and Computer

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Benson; John Baker; David Silverstein

Paducah. This arrangement providesopportunities for convenient collaboration between faculty at UK and MuSU. In thework discussed in this paper, one primary focus is the extension of the collaboration tothe students of both institutions.3. Engineering / Engineering Technology Professional Relationship While there is significant overlap between the job functions of engineers andengineering technologists, there are also significant distinctions. The differences in theexpected job functions are reflected in the curricula of the degree programs. It seems thatthe different strengths of engineering programs and engineering technology programs atuniversities can be exploited through collaboration between engineering and engineeringtechnology

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Lawrence; Michael Warner; Douglas Bayley

major London bank for the past 5 years. Engineering 410 provided me analyticalskills that I use in my job every day. The group dynamics, analytical skills, and projectmanagement techniques I learned by applying it to a real-world scenario gave metremendous experience at an early age. It was the best course I have ever had, evencompared to my Ivy League MBA courses.”Another quote from a 1988 graduate who now teaches on the faculty:”E410 is achallenge, but I found as a student, and the students that I now have in class have for themost part felt that it is the best course they have had at the Academy. Unfortunately, thecadet critiques don’t reflect this since they take the critiques while they are still caught upin the exercise of trying to

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

is good reason to include all four methods in our courses, atleast to ensure that our students can perform the necessary computations reflected in eqns. (1-4).But, is it necessary or, even, desirable to require that students be capable of employing allmethods for alternative assessments… or, for alternative selections? …even though eachmethod, properly applied, results in the same conclusion? And, if not, why not?Previously, Hartman2 reported of a pilot study by Needy (and others) in which 27 engineeringeconomy educators provided information on their course content. In all, 26 different topic areaswere identified. These included Present Worth, Rate of Return, and Benefit-Cost Ratios. AnnualWorth and Future Worth methods were not explicitly

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daina Briedis

ensure process sustainability, assessment couldjustly be done on the basis of a sampling of the student population. This approach is supportedby Nichols,9 who suggests that the aggregated accomplishments of the students in the programoutcomes are the primary available reflection on our programs. He further states that “ . . . not allstudents or graduates need take or respond to all means of assessment, since a representativesample is sufficient for evaluation of the program.” The sampling approach appears to beindirectly supported by ABET policy as well11 which clearly states that ABET accreditsprograms. This implies that its role does not include accreditation or evaluation of individualstudent performance, but rather the aggregate

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Santhosh Thampuran

“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” below average. The remainder lay in the middle region. Criticisms included: lack of organization, unrealistic expectations of computing ability, overly technical presentati ons of material, and quizzes which went too far beyond what was covered in class. Suggestions for improvement included: providing students with a book or note packet, providing additional direct support with computing assignments and revising the advertised course description to more accurately reflect the requirements, pre -requisites and content of

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

this “typical” application. 3. The case sections in particular outperformed the control section when a non-traditional object was used such as a block or sheet. This can be attributed to the fact that in solving the pizza case, students have worked collaboratively on finding the resistance of a non- traditional conducting object. It seams that the effects of the case experience have lasted longer than traditional teaching. 4. Students in all sections found the 3-D figures in Part II very helpful and that was reflected in the results. 5. For result consistency, only completely correct solutions were considered. No partial credits were given if there was any calculation errors or any other problems in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

. Page 7.304.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAmerican Association for Higher Education (AAHE) defines service learning as “… a methodunder which students learn and develop through thoughtfully organized service that: is conductedin and meets the needs of a community and is coordinated with an institution of highereducation, and with the community; helps foster civic responsibility; is integrated into andenhances the academic curriculum of the students enrolled; and includes structured time forstudents to reflect on the service experience.” 2The University of San Diego (USD), understanding

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Goldenberg; Carlos Morales

because they did not exist. The user interface andprogramming interfaces were also adapted to the current task. Page 7.403.2 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 3238Table 1, below reflects the current features of the system. Engi-Share Features • Application sharing of any Win32 program including CAD and FEA packages • Database driven contact manager • Timeline

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

the uncertaintyof the strain reading (Ume) and 0.05" (0.00127 m) as the uncertainty of the manometer reading (UDh). Figure 7 is a plot of these results for three fin lengths. This plot shows significantdifferentiation in the range of Re = 32000-100000. Below Re = 32000, the flow was not fullydeveloped affecting the stability of the strain indicator readings. Above Re = 92000, the increasinguncertainty is a reflection of the fact that the strain was approaching the linear range limitations ofthe gages. 1.100 no fin 1.000

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Segall

possibilities.It is hoped that the illustrations that follow will serve as a guide and spur many new innovationsthat can help improve engineering education. Furthermore, the humorous and discussion-likestyle of this paper is intended to reflect how the various topics can be conveyed to the studentsduring the class.II. MechanicsThe 1997 movie “Independence Day” (ID4, Paramount Pictures) was chosen to be an integralpart of an introductory class for freshmen/sophomores of all majors. ID4 was chosen in partbecause of its “looseness” with the laws of nature and stunning visual effects that create a greatopportunity to leave a lasting and hopefully educational impression. As mentioned earlier, thereare numerous topics and sub-topics that can be explored using

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer

complete the project, but that they will also be required to demonstrate their knowledgeof the subject matter and be able to apply it to other situations. Because the students are notbeing asked to review the subject material to prepare for an exam, it is very important that theyare required to thoroughly examine the material before giving the presentations. If they do notspend time reviewing and reflecting on what is important from the projects, they will not retainwhat they have learned. Page 7.1244.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Melinda Gallagher; Lawrence Genalo

know “everything” about programming before solving theproblem. Adults take more time to complete the tasks than younger kids who are notburdened with this problem. They are content to do (and learn) whatever piece isnecessary to solve the problem at hand. Children are much less concerned with doingsomething wrong than are adults. Adults tend to be more concerned with getting theproblem right than focusing on the problem solving that occurs during the tasks.Subsequent exercises introduce sensors, digital and analog, to allow the car to interactwith its environment. In two hours students are able to program their cars to follow ablack line on a white background using an analog, reflective sensor and to avoid walls bytripping a digital, bump

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Heidi Newell; Kevin Dahm

, - every faculty member must set proper course objectives that spring exclusively from the program’s educational objectives and fully encompass all of these objectives - his or her tests and other graded assignments must completely capture these objectives Page 7.991.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education - student performance on exams or assignments must be a direct reflection of their abilities and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Russ Pimmel

objectives,that is by reading and reflecting. Although the correlation is not direct, the distinctions betweenthese two subpopulations loosely corresponds to the two methods of processing information inKolb’s model – the active processors (a combination of Types 1 and 2) and the reflectiveprocessors ( combination of Types 3 and 4) 1,2. In any event, instructors should realize that thereare a substantial number of students who prefer to learn form the text and the objectives ratherthan from the lecture and the homework.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis work was supported in part by the Engineering Education Program of the National Science Foundation underAward Number EEC-9802942.Bibliography1. Bernold, L.E., Bingham, W.L., McDonald, P.h. & Attia, T.M

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Mines; Andre J. Butler; Laura Lackey; Philip McCreanor

beemployed. The report should be machine-generated and be well organized to reflect the methodology of theexperiment performed towards its conclusions. Page 7.988.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Table 3. Laboratory evaluation form for complete reports.Group member names in alphabetical order, as numbered: Last First Last First 1. 4. 2

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

pedagogical methods. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education The course assessment by faculty is also given in appendix. It provides anopportunity for an instructor to reflect upon his/her pedagogical methods and assessmenttechniques. This survey includes (a) a list of course objectives, (b) pedagogical methods,(c) assessment methods, (d) inquiry questions, and (e) suggestions. The results from thissurvey would be a valuable feedback to the instructor when he teaches the course again.Also, it can be used by another instructor who may teach the same course later or to theperson who teaches the

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim Blair; David W. Miller; David Darmofal; Col. Peter W. Young; Doris Brodeur

assess students’ confidence in problem solving, theirwillingness to engage in solving challenging problems, and their sense of control of theproblem-solving situation. These attitudes can be assessed with observation, interviews,portfolios, journals, and other forms of self-assessment. In some PBL experiences,students are graded individually for group projects when the work of each individual isclearly identifiable in the final project.Feedback from instructors about the use of problem formulation and problem solving inthe aerospace engineering program at MIT has been generally positive. At the end of eachterm, instructors are asked to write Reflective Memos in which they describe the courseobjectives, teaching and learning approaches, and

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

, whether they ultimately won anything in the auction or not.The complexity of the required analyses increased throughout the semester, reflecting new topicscovered in class. For example, one of the first investment opportunities presented to the class wasthe theater, with these specifications (taken directly from a class handout): It costs $200 (this includes routine maintenance and security) to run the theater for each turn it is open for business. It takes a while for a theater to gain popularity. A theater will only bring in $75 of revenue in its first turn of operation (for a net loss of $125 that turn.) However, while the cost of running the theater remains constant, the revenues will double each of the next four turns, thus

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Liv Ramstad; Ferd Schneider; Audeen Fentiman; Artemus Herzog; John Merrill

, and MATLAB and help each other with computer-related difficulties in the classroom or lab. · Learning equitable teamwork is an experiential process, greatly aided by reflection and team feedback.ConclusionsThe Introduction to Engineering course required for beginning engineering students at the OhioState University has been successfully piloted at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.The course has introduced a diverse group of students to engineering and made them aware ofcareer options in that discipline. In addition, it has given students a chance to build skills thatwill be useful to them in school and on the job - regardless of what career they choose. Students,parents, teachers, and administrators

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Yuille

additionto instructing their full course loads and attempting to keep up with their research. Thoughfaculty contributions to the projects were vital to the success of the projects, there was nomechanism to reflect this appreciation and value in the tenure process. Thus, it became difficultto keep the faculty as advisers and even more difficult to secure faculty advisers for newprojects. These department-specific projects were often times under-funded, forcing the students todivert attention from the quality of the projects in order to raise funds. Most years, the projectaccounts were spent in the red, requiring that the school of engineering ultimately cover thedeficits. The department-specific projects were not attractive to wider

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Munro

reinforce the principles learned in the 3.4 fluids lecture class. 5. I understand the basic principles of pipe and pump selection. 2.8 6. This experiment helped me to feel more competent to size pipes 2.7 and select pumps for actual liquid transport systems. 7. Having the group physically assemble the piping components 3.6 was a worthwhile experience.The relatively high scores on question no.'s 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 reflect a

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Lessard

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrig ht  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Page 7.56.4tactile sensors are switches that are depressed when the mechanical antenna or bumper makescontact with the other robot or the wall. Software is designed to avoid getting stuck. The Legolight sensor is used to sense the reflectivity of the gray scale. This allows the robot to determinefield position. The robot can compare successive sensor readings to estimate progress towardeither the white or the black goal.The transistors in the “soccer ball” pictured in Figure 3

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Waters

oftenstimulated by environmental stress, societal mutations are often intentional efforts of people tocreate something new. The motive force maybe needs, curiosity or accident. In biologicalselection, the members of the species that best fit the niche in terms of survival tend to fill theniche, given the environmental conditions. Societal selection is quite similar. People,organization, and things that are desired by society tend to be produced.Trend Toward Complexity- There is apparently a “time’s arrow” in the evolution of biologicaland social species, which is reflected in change through time from simple to complex and in thedevelopment of awareness, consciousness, and intelligence. The suggested explanation of thepattern of increasing complexity of

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

Society for Engineering Education A B C D E F G Class Class with Web with Web only Class with Lab with Lab with with book web assist class assist web assist class assist web assist & lab demo 0 6 4 3 4 0 1The delivery selection was largely determined by the location of information sources andthe degree of explanation what was considered appropriate for the topic. The absence ofany offering in the conventional category A was not deliberate but it does reflect thatstate-of-the-art descriptions exist largely on web sites and general information is

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Taylor; Randal Goldberg; Oleg Gerovichev; Ian Donn; Anand Viswanathan

engineering labs.ObservationsThe first challenge had a lot of problems arising from the use of a “soft-tissue patient”. Sinceconsistency of the JELL-O was not uniform, lighting played a crucial role in performance.LEGO software does not allow for dynamic lighting calibration, so the teams had five minutes tocalibrate their sensors (by adjusting proper light intensity ranges) before their demonstrations.Variable light reflection, ambient light, peripheral movement, shadows and temperature becamea testing point for the robots. Limitations of LEGO software became apparent when severalteams were unable to implement their guiding and searching routines that would have beenpossible in a higher-level language. This drawback necessitated either clever

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Aller; Andrew Kline

demonstratedesign knowledge, students recognize the faux nature of these assignments. 3, 4, 5 Numerousstudies have concluded that students execute communication activities with greater motivationand meaning when situated in actual industry settings. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Further, recent quantitativeresearch on the actual writing practices and values of working engineers suggests that the typesand nature of documents most often assigned in typical design courses—proposals and reports—do not accurately reflect current industry practice, and do not fully prepare students for theirwriting tasks after graduation. 9 Thus, both the writing contexts and the writing assignments aresubstantially different in the design course reviewed, and include summaries, meeting

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Terry

qualitative problems. Table 3 shows that the score (average number of students whocorrectly completed each type of problem) for both the quantitative and qualitativeproblems was nearly identical, and that the standard deviation was also nearly the same.This would indicate that the students found the qualitative problems to be as challengingas their quantitative counterparts. We believe that this reflects the efforts of our facultyto write qualitative problems that would probe the students’ understanding of coreconcepts and physics. Increased emphasis on conceptual understanding should improvethe performance of students on these types of qualitative problems. Table 3. Qualitative vs. Quantitative Problems