Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Cunningham; D. Joseph Mook

with their American engineering curricula. “Withoutmy masters degree from ENAC in Toulouse, it is unlikely that I would be working with anInternational Space Station contractor, as I am now,” writes Solie Marriott, a 2000/01graduate of ERAU and ENAC. But, for Solei to clear all of the exchange hurdlessuccessfully, considerable attention had to be paid to preparation, articulation and politics.If a multiple degree programs are to be successfully coordinated, both institutions must bearan equal share of the exchange burden; refinements to each agreement need to be made on anannual basis and must reflect changes in institutional policies, fluctuations in availableresources, and, occasionally, responses to unsatisfactory student treatment or

Conference Session

Moral Theories and Engineering Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Haws

social contract, there would be no engineeringbecause there would be no need for engineered works.Second, because societies are composed of individuals, social decisions will reflect the varyingdesires and beliefs (the personal agendas) of individuals. Yet for stability, societies need to begoverned by established, slowly evolving rules rather than subjective desires and beliefs. As aconsequence, most social contract theorists have tried to promote a “rule-generalized” approachto ethics, but with varied success. For example, Kant’s “categorical imperative” is rule-generalized, but lacks a coherent, effective hierarchy. As a parent, I experienced the categoricalimperative’s inadequacy when my son informed me that he was going to skip supper

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Gross; David Dinehart

low.Foreseen events during the construction process that consumed far more time than envisionedincluded:· Material procurement (Taking the ox-cart to the river to retrieve aggregate)· Intermittent loss of power· Plumbing of the formwork· Material hauling up the hill to the cross siteThese events lead to some shifting of the construction schedule and required some longworkdays, but they did not impact the final outcome.Overall, these students participated in a start to finish design and construction experience, andwere required to reflect on and critique their work. They brought their designs to life whiledealing with significant construction constraints. Furthermore, they successfully conquered thechallenge set forth in the course, as they met

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey-Van Kuren

use of journals. A benefit of the web-based approach was that the visitorcould connect to reference articles that were from web-based journals. This was not possiblewith the former paper based approach.A final instructional concern of the web page assignment was that some teams focused on theweb page creation instead of learning about the process topic. Student teams were surprisedwhen their grade reflected the web site content more than their effort that created a flashy website. During the third semester that the process topic web pages were assigned, the instructoremphasized the content vs. web site as a part of the verbal instruction for the assignment. Thisadded emphasis produced the desired result of more depth of content and less

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Joseph Mook

abroad for extended periods during their careers.Study Abroad programs during the educational years represent an outstanding opportunity toprepare students for the future.Unfortunately, US engineering student participation in study abroad programs does not yet Page 7.132.1adequately reflect this new reality. There is plenty of blame to go around - corporations, despite Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationurgent needs for internationally capable professionals, have for the most part

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Leffel; Glenda Scales; Cheryl Peed

Educationcommunity.5 This theme was also reflected by the participants surveyed. Courses thatprovide real-world situations are very or somewhat important to 97% of respondents and91% of respondents view it very or somewhat important to take courses where they can usethe information immediately on the job, whereas 72% prefer courses that include a mixtureof group and on your own activities. Course Content Factor in Choosing a Course Percentage of Responses 150 100 50 0 Provides information you can Uses simulations of real-world Mixture of group

Conference Session

Rethinking Culture and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Mehalik

any special risks due tocontamination. The ISO 14001 system and its auditors ensured that all documented processeswere up-to-date and reflected the actual practices, therefore reducing/eliminating the number ofwork-around procedures.In The Logic of Failure, Dietrich Doerner12 describes some of the characteristics of successfuland unsuccessful groups who participated in decision exercises designed to simulate theoperation of complex systems, such as food distribution in developing villages. Among manyother characteristics, Doerner noted that participants who did well in making decisions tended toformulate a large number of hypotheses about what were the critical problem areas. Thesuccessful participants also attempted to test their hypotheses

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vernon Lewis; Paul Kauffmann

describes courses in general education and mathematics that can be taken at localcommunity colleges. The “B” part describes those courses provided by ODU throughTELETECHNET. I. GET Lower-Division Courses(These requirements may be met fully or partially through completion of an associate in appliedscience degree in a technology related field at an accredited community college. Specificprograms should be reviewed with the program director for articulation. ) Credits1. Technical Base 32The lower-division technical base reflects elective and major area credits earned throughAAS

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjorie Skubic

from the sensor. Heating functions require turning on the heater, and cooling requires turning on the fan until the desired temperature is reached. Again, students reverse engineer their code and demo the program to a TA. Milestone #3 User interface prototype Students create a prototype of the user interface and demo it to their client, soliciting comments. Students also demo the interface to a TA and must discuss how their interface reflects the client’s needs and what changes will be made to address the client’s comments. Homework #4 Integration with a database Students create a database using, e.g., Microsoft Access, for storing the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Gardiner

, American Society for Engineering Educationothers were selected from the Procter & Gamble Annual Report and Proxy Statement andinvolved use of free-chlorine radicals in paper bleaching, executive compensation and other issuesseeking shareholder’s votes. 16 The news release (#7) forces reflection on what the studentperceives may have been achieved during the course. This is also an unintended and entertainingopportunity for students to flatter faculty!The teams completed assignment 3 by reviewing technical papers that had been produced bygraduate students in a manufacturing management class the prior semester. This, not only broughtout many issues germane to IE334, but also established team operating principles. The class werethen presented with

Conference Session

Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

discrete andbatch manufacturing, they have been ignored traditionally in the academic circles of automaticprocess control, the latter focusing primarily on large-scale, continuous processing.Only a minority of today’s ChE students are finding employment in the traditional chemical andpetroleum industries. Many more are entering the job market in pharmaceuticals, specialtychemicals, biotechnology, and microelectronics. The programmed-logic controller predominatesin these sectors. Yet the typical process control course today still reflects continuous processingand PLC’s are largely ignored. This situation calls for change.At the University of Colorado, we have introduced a module in our control course(Instrumentation & Process Control, CHEN 4570

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrzej Filipkowski; Krzysztof Zaremba

forty four years, and introduced curricula reflecting thedevelopment of technology in the world. We were simply aware of what was going on andwhat should be taught. The evidence for that statement is that Polish engineers, whosucceeded to emigrate to western countries even before 1989, were very well assimilated andaccepted, and made fast careers both at universities and in industry.However, some changes in curricula had to be introduced. Close and efficient cooperationwith western countries, which will be discussed later, helped to reach a high level ofeducation.Laboratories. Hardware laboratory experience is a very crucial part of engineering education.In this respect the situation in Poland was very poor. The equipment was obsolete, mainly

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg

25% Students attending Purdue University 35% Students attending Purdue Calumet University 30% Students attend out-of-state universities or other Indiana colleges 10% Students graduating from college (tracked since 1996) 80% Table 1In view of the statistic relative to college enrollment and success for students in the Region, thesestatistical data reflect the remarkable success of the Upward Bound program. Page

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie A. Jernigan; Garlie Forehand; Alexander B. Quinn; Judith Norback

collaborative writing. 2. Provide opportunities to practice oral communication prior to Senior Design; provide opportunities for students to present to peers while studying for exams, and utilize study groups and introduce more teamwork experience before Senior Design. 3. Develop a skeleton for reports for different audiences (reflecting what is important to report); and distribute templates for organizing and communicating written and oral information. Page 7.1111.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

to pursue and wonder “what do engineers really do?” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationUnfortunately, introductory classes in engineering often are a poor reflection of what engineersactually spend their time doing and very few offer technical depth. Chip design has traditionallybeen offered at the graduate or senior level. It is one of the marvels of modern technology thathas revolutionized our world and appears completely unapproachable to the uninitiated.However, the subject has proven to be quite accessible to freshmen. Students with no priorexperience and no special mathematical

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos Sun

effects of geometric design on overall efficiency.3. Increase the entry flows into the network by a factor of 2. This change relates to anincrease in demand that can occur over time with population growth, or can reflect ashort-time influx of vehicles because of special eventsE. Traffic Signalization and Control ProjectThe traffic simulation project involved the following challenge:Your buddy who lives in the city found out that you are taking this course. This personasks you to investigate the signals near his/her house. You think to yourself, I might aswell try out some of the things that I have been studying in class.The students were asked to study two consecutive intersections in the City of Columbia.The example of two signals, albeit simple

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Spencer; Amy Bell

engineering exams, and thus extends previous research1 demonstrating thatstereotype threat can undermine women’s performance on math exams to engineering exams. Page 7.1144.5Although the present study may not conclusively rule out the possibility that the hardengineering problems simply bring to light a gender difference that is not evident on the easyProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationproblems, such an interpretation seems unlikely for two reasons. First, it seems that such inherentdifferences in ability might well be reflected

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Ledlie Klosky; Allen Estes

teacher, the students go over their proposed design, and the teacher provides guidance. The problem set is then reworked to reflect changes which come out of this meeting. · The day of the lab, the students set up their apparatus and are then given an object with an unknown mass and asked to measure the mass of the object based on their computations alone. · Various objects of known mass are then provided to the students, and they are given the opportunity to calibrate their scales. When they are satisfied with their calibration efforts, they are asked to reweigh the unknown mass and provide an updated prediction of its mass. · The true mass of the unknown object is revealed, and

Conference Session

Academic Prerequisites for Licensure

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

that the practice of civil engineering at the professional levelmeans practice as a licensed professional engineer. Admission to the practice of civil engineeringat the professional level occurs at licensure, which requires: · A body of knowledge (BOK) as reflected by a combination of a baccalaureate degree and a master’s or equivalent (MOE). The MOE may be a traditional masters degree, possibly a non-engineering graduate degree, or an acceptable appropriate combination of courses whose content and quality are equivalent to or exceed a graduate level program. The MOE requirement may be satisfied in several ways including via web-based learning. · Appropriate experience as presently required

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

reflective room light using compactfluorescent technology. A statement on the package claimed specific cost savings above halogenlamps and savings in pounds of coal burned. I asked students to verify the advertised figures.The dollar amount was approximately confirmed, but the claimed mass of coal saved was higherthan the class calculated, probably due to a discrepancy in the figure used for heating value. Page 7.658.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationPractical energy conservation suggestions. Students

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

in the professional population (e.g., bioengineersmoving on to other specializations), the ratio of supply to demand reflects an imbalance betweencurrent employment needs and the aggregate available supply.Many of the programs introduced during this period exhibited a ‘characteristic’ curriculum builton a basic course sequence in electrical engineering supplemented by several courses related toBiology and Physiology; these courses typically replaced elective alternatives available tostudents within the electrical engineering major. In recognition of these programs, theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accordingly developed ProgramCriteria(5) with its principal provision as follows: “The program must demonstrate

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mayuree Thespol; J. Clair Batty

, is a much loved and respected leader, regarded as being very wise and visionary andthe world’s hardest-working and longest-reigning monarch. 6 Extraordinarily well-educated, theKing values learning and is decidedly pro-education. This is reflected both in Thai governmentpolicy and in the attitude of the Thai people. Education is widely accepted as the foundation forsustainable development and for preparing all people to become productive in a knowledge-basedsociety. It is striking that 95 percent of all Thai children between the ages of 3 and 5 are enrolledin pre-school. 7 Page 7.481.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Oerther

applications aredeveloped. For example, courses in rigid body mechanics are built solidly upon first principles Page 7.937.1introduced in Newtonian physics while courses in heat transfer draw directly from topics Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationpresented in physical chemistry. In contrast, a traditional ABET accredited undergraduateengineering curriculum does not reflect the same degree of dependence upon introductorycourses in the biological sciences. Instead of tailoring biology courses

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Radcliffe

andteleconferences. They also maintain a professional log with regular submissions back to theUSLP team to enable us to maintain track of their progress. Having the site students return tocampus before the end of semester ensures that the whole cohort, not just the students onplacement, draw benefit from the experiences on site. The site students have a portfolioworkshop after returning to consolidate the transferable "soft skills" and professional attributesacquired in the placement.The preparation, support and debrief phases now form the basis of a new course, ProfessionalDevelopment, which the USLP students can enroll in and thus gain academic credit for analyzingand reflecting on the professional aspects of the work in which they engage in on site.On

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad Smaili

, students are required todesign and implement a mechatronic system for a specific application. While the instructorprovides the projects’ statements, teams are given the opportunity to provide a project statementof their own. If the student-generated idea for a project is comparable with that assigned by theinstructor, then the team is allowed to pursue that idea. The aim of student-generated ideas is toinvolve students in deciding what they want to learn and get them to work on something theymay further pursue after graduation, thereby enhancing their entrepreneurial venture prospects. Itis also designed to reflect the role of engineers as problem definers in addition to being problemsolvers. Teams are also encouraged to modify the instructor

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Eugene Simmons; Michael Doran

behavior, and future of robotics. These topics were covered byuse of a textbook4 and various readings from the literature. A crucial reading was that of a paperby Robert Aiken1. This paper encouraged the students to focus on a reflective problem solvingexperience that would merge together all aspects of the computer science curriculum. It was thiscapstone experience that Aiken1 mentions as necessary to complete the educational process. It isalso this blending of prior experiences and undertaking of a major project that was the goal ofour NSF-ILI grant. The actual format of the course consisted of two meetings each week over the course ofthe eight-week summer session. Each meeting was two and a half-hours long. One meeting wasdevoted to the

Conference Session

Materials and Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Khanna

manner.The courseware will be designed so that it provides feedback to the student, so that they canassess their own progress and understanding. The courseware can be made to adapt to thestudent’s responses, so that the activities can be geared to the particular interests and abilities ofthe individual. Such one to one interaction (or tuition) is very difficult in a traditional lecture.However, care will be taken that we do not include too many problems to make it tedious towork through the package.Multimedia courses promote experiential learning, by enabling the students to do for themselves.According to Klob (1984), experiential learning is one of the four key elements of learning:planning, experiencing, reflecting, and theorizing. Multimedia

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

current with industry and all of theseexperiences enhance my learner-centered classroom. Some examples of how this has benefited my tenurejourney: q Recently, the Human Resource Director and I decided to collaborate on projects that reflect our experiences. We are jointly presenting a paper at a conference in February and are working on a book about our partnership. This engagement has resulted in a collaboration that fits in the Discovery criterion. q By teaching in industry, I stay current with business and industrial environment. I have coordinated the courses to accommodate the company needs yet I have maintained and not compromised our curriculum objectives. q I have involved the

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Cindy Finelli

typical type of engineering quiz consists of a series of problems for the student to solve. Forexample, consider a traditional quiz problem in an introductory signals and systems course: • [10 points] Compute the convolution between {u(t) – u(t–4)} and u(t–3).The student is required to recall the formula for convolution and to work through the details ofthe problem. This type of problem is often presented in a timed situation with little opportunityfor the student to reflect on his or her knowledge base.In this study, the standard quiz was modified by including a preliminary exercise (Part A) inwhich the student demonstrated his or her knowledge about the concept by writing as much asthey knew about the given topic. After this part was

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yves Mercadier; Pierre Vittecoq; Patrik Doucet; Jean-Sébastien Plante; Francois Charron; Yves Van Hoenacker

andmanufacturing of a product, system, or machine will always involve a number of uncertainties,which justified the fact that the objective would not always be achieved if the students were notready to intensify their efforts to deal with certain exceptional situations.After reflection, we felt that the best means for ensuring that the students would achieve the goalwas to have them exhibit their projects. It should be kept in mind that students are like alldesigners: they are proud of their projects and have a very strong sense of team belonging. Anexhibit is a simple way to strike this sensitive cord.Moreover, the exhibit also offers an opportunity to present four posters about the project. Theseposters show the main results (e.g. needs, functions