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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hartin; Henry Kraebber; Nancy Denton

measures typically consist of, but are not limitedto, student portfolios, student performance in project work and activity-based learning; results ofintegrated curricular experiences; relevant nationally-normed examinations; results of surveys toassess graduate and employer satisfaction with employment, career development, careermobility, and job title; and preparation for continuing education.”6 The faculty identified two or more assessment points for each program outcome.Assessment points identify the course or other activity where performance-indicating data arecollected. Multiple assessment measures in a process that produces documented results providesthe best evidence on the performance to the stated outcomes and objectives. Faculty

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Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Owe Petersen

’ transition from academia to the professionalworld of electrical engineering.Incorporating the beyond-design topics that focus on professional skills is important for variousreasons. Not all students will be, or want to be, designers. The broader exposure serves all thestudents regardless of their future career paths. Our survey taken at the beginning of each Fallquarter shows that many want to be in other engineering roles, from research to sales andmanagement. The additional topics will help them. Further, the added professional skills are ofmuch greater significance for the success of our graduates than the learning of a few moretechnical facts.Over the years we have noted that it is not always the high-GPA students who do well in SeniorDesign

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney; Richard Englund

State, Mr. Sweeney spenteleven years at Lord Corporation as a designer of vibration isolators.David Johnson is the Program Chair of the MET department at Behrend College. He received the Bachelor ofScience degree and Masters of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.He worked for five years as a development engineer for Airco Carbon, St. Marys, Pennsylvania. Then, for sevenyears, he worked as a customer support engineer for Swanson Analysis Systems, Inc., Houston, Pennsylvania (now,ANSYS Inc.). Throughout his career, Dave has focused on applied finite element analysis (FEA) and has been usingthe ANSYS FEA software as an engineer since 1981, and as an educator since 1992

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Ficken; Subha Kumpaty

courses mainly in thethermal area along with courses such as numerical modeling, vibrations, finite element analysis. He is the principalinvestigator of NSF sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grant. He has been active in researchinvolving undergraduates for over 13 years of teaching career. He obtained his doctoral degree at the University ofMississippi in August 1991.JOHN L. FICKEN, P.E., is an associate professor of mechanical engineering. He received a B.S. in mechanicalengineering from Iowa State University and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin- Page 10.878.10Madison. He teaches

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Mattei

7 5Table 2: Employment history of student respondentsThe results from the career aspiration question, Table 3, curiously show that most of the studentswanted to become structural engineers upon graduation. Upon graduation, First survey Second survey I will seek employment as a: (Pre) (Post) Structural engineer 17 17 Water resources engineer 4 2 Environmental engineer 4 3 Geotechnical engineer

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

; 3) TheEngineering Profession & Engineering Careers; 4) What is a Christian Engineer?; 5) TheEngineering Design Process; 6) Needs Assessment; 7) Structuring the Search for the Problem;8) KT Situation and Problem Analysis; 9) Acquiring and Applying Technical Knowledge;10) Abstraction and Modeling; 11) Design Analysis; 12) Intellectual Property and TechnicalInformation; 13) Basic Engineering Economics – Time Value of Money; 14) Ethics and ProductLiability; 15) Hazards Analysis, Failure Analysis; 16) Engineering and Society.III. Blackboard Learning SystemAlthough the Blackboard Learning System is most effective in distance-education classes, Iappreciate the organization and ease of communication the system brings to traditional classes

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul Lane; John Farris

work at higher levels on Bloom’s taxonomy. Not only does this increase thelikelihood of the students being able to apply the learning to new situations, it also changes theformat of the class from the traditional lecture model to a more interactive model.ConclusionCreating and delivering reality learning experiences takes time and effort. A realistic situationmust be created, preparatory assignments must be compiled, class time must be carefully plannedand Bloom’s taxonomy must be consulted. Even with detailed planning, some trial and errorrefinement should be expected. Fortunately the benefits outweigh the increased resourcesrequired. The ability to operate on higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy is required for asuccessful career in today’s

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Limbrunner; Charline Han; Chris Swan

Page 10.1109.5 filtration and incubation in the field, without electricity, gave us practice in creative Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education thinking that will hopefully be typical of our future careers. We hope to share our method with students at the college in Siuna, by inviting them to join us during sampling and analysis activities, and by discussing our findings with them, both for their benefit and for ours. As foreigners, it is difficult for us to truly understand the needs and desires of Siuna’s residents, but we might help by suggesting tools that may be useful to them

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Chawla

3651 Use of News Stories as Case Studies for Teaching Engineering Analysis Ramesh C. Chawla Department of Chemical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059 Chawla@scs.howard.eduAbstractFreshman engineering students take a two-course sequence of Introduction to Engineeringcourses in their first two semesters. The first course is a general course common to all disciplinesand the second course is discipline-specific.In the first course, the students are introduced to various topics including career options invarious engineering fields, communication skills, ethics, intellectual property

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Scoles; Harriet Millan

of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcourse in the student’s career, and the first within the ECE Department. The course goals areshown in Table 1, and revolve around learning computer tools that will be valuable in the upper-level curriculum. More detail on the course can be seen on the course web site7. Table 1. ECEL 301 Course Goals • Introduce students to MATLAB and PSpice, industry standard CAD software for electronics (analog and digital) and systems engineers. Use of this software will continue in ECE Labs II-IV as well as other ECE courses • Solve dc bias, dc sweep, ac sweep, and

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Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

systems. He is a recipient of a 2002 NSF CAREER Award.Harry Koehnemann is an Associate Professor in the Division of Computing Studies at ASU where he performsresearch and teaching in the areas of distributed software systems, software process, and network-enabled embeddeddevices. Before joining ASU in January of 2001, Harry worked for over ten years as a software developer andconsultant. Dr. Koehnemann earned his Ph.D. from ASU in 1994.M. Brian Blake received the B.S. and M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technologyand Mercer University respectively and a Ph.D degree in software engineering from George Mason University.Currently an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, he has published

Conference Session

Mathematics Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Grossfield

ASEEAnnual Conference2. Grossfield, Andrew “What is College Algebra?” Proceedings of the Fall 1998 ASEE Middle Atlantic SectionConference3. Grossfield, Andrew “Mathematical Forms and Strategies” Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference4. Grossfield, Andrew “Mathematical Definitions: What is this thing?” Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE AnnualConferenceBiographical InformationThroughout his career Dr. Grossfield, has combined an interest in engineering design and mathematics. He earned aBSEE at the City College of New York. During the early sixties, he obtained an M.S. degree in mathematics at nightwhile working full time during the day, designing circuitry for aerospace/avionics companies. He is licensed in NewYork as a Professional Engineer

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Krueger; Ted Aanstoos; Ronald Barr

criteria1. Criterion 2 states that engineering degree programs must define a set ofeducational objectives, promote those objectives to external interests, and have in place amechanism to evaluate the success of their objectives. Although ABET was reluctant at first todefine what was meant by educational objectives, recent agreement has resulted in the followingdefinition: Educational Objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professionalaccomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve several years after Page 10.130.1matriculation from the BS degree. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

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Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

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Linda Scherr; Bevlee Watford

unfamiliar with the process and who want startingpoints.A third workshop, “Forward to Professorship” presented by Catherine Mavripilis (an associateprofessor) and Rachel Heller (a professor and associate dean) was aimed at women who arecurrently or intend to become tenure-track assistant professors in science, engineering ormathematics. Topics of discussion included how to apply and negotiate for a position, makeeffective use of time to tenure, navigate the tenure-track process, secure research funding, get themost out of teaching and achieve a career and home balance in life.The proceedings of each annual conference provide a publication forum for papers. Manywomen faculty engage in gender related research and activities resulting in publications

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Keller; Jeff Frolik

). Table 1. Topics for Lecture ComponentWeek Topic Week Topic 1 Course Format / Intro to WebCT 8 Guest Speaker: Engineering Design Process, Brief History of Engineering Case Studies Electromechanical Systems 2 Engineering Design Criteria 9 EE and ME subdisciplines, career opportunities and student organizations 3 CricketSat design and demonstration 10 ASME regional student conference demo 4 Data collection, analysis and 11 Guest Speaker: WSN Applications presentation 5 CAD packages for electrical and 12

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Perrin

from pursuing careers in scienceand engineering.1 Most introductory engineering classes are taught in large, impersonal lecturehalls and rely on the recitation or laboratory portion of the course to fill the gaps in students’conceptual understanding of the subject. The lecture portion usually involves passiveparticipation of the student, spending most of the time mindlessly note-taking without activelyengaging in the material being presented. The emphasis is on memorizing irrelevant coursecontent with no attention to the processes of scientific investigation – prediction, analysis,synthesis, or critical reasoning. Studies have shown that laboratory activities significantlyenhance a student’s conceptual understanding, but there is often a

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Miller; Joyce Pittman; Virginia Elkins; Max Rabiee; Eugene Rutz

University ofCincinnati. He holds a BS in Nuclear Engineering, an MS in Mechanical Engineering and a PE License from theState of Ohio. Mr. Rutz has 10 years of industry experience and 15 years of university-related experience. He hastaught courses in a traditional classroom setting, using interactive video and asynchronously via the web.VIRGINIA ELKINS is currently Academic Director for the College of Applied Science and teaches GenderCommunications, Group Communication and Problem Solving, Psychology of Women and senior Capstoneseminars. Dr. Elkins area of expertise is leadership and career development with special interests in gendercommunications and human development.JOYCE PITTMAN earned her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Iowa. Dr

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Tackett; Cheng-Hsin Liu; Ken Patton

. in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University. Dr. Liu has astrong background in Manufacturing Processes, Automation, Statistical Quality Control, VirtualReality, and others. He is a member of SME, ASQ, and IEEE. He is Certified ManufacturingEngineer (CMfgE) by SME, and Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) by ASQ.Edward Tackett began his career in 1983 with the U.S. Navy, working on several specialprojects for the Chief of Naval Operations including counter-terrorism intelligence. He joinedthe CACT-SD in 1994, specializing in CIM/CIE/IT technologies. Mr. Tackett has demonstratedexpertise in multi-platform network integration, shop floor control systems, CAD/CAMsoftware, Internet/Intranet development, technology planning, and new

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wierman; Lawrence Aronhime

inventors willing to work with students 3. Supervise student projects closely to ensure high quality 4. Showcase end of semester presentations 5. Place students in internships at tech transfer offices and companies such as Foresight 6. For student agencies, obtain the support (or at least the benign neglect) of university personnel in career counseling, student life, student employment, legal, accounting, purchasing, risk management 7. Invite members of the local business community to become involved as mentors or advisory board members 8. Strengthen relationships with area incubators 9. Show some success wherever you can, for example from increased student participation in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Dolan

one of the more popular aspects of the firstsemester freshman experience. It has evolved from a “fun activity” to an engineering designendeavor. The paper explores the history of the design challenge and how the challenges aredeveloped. The philosophy of creative problem solving and development of skills associatedwith engineering design are discussed. There are over a dozen sections of the class and teamsare made of students from all disciplines in the college plus non engineering majors. Therefore,students are introduced to multidisciplinary activities early in their career. Assessment activitiesthat are used to judge the effectiveness of the program are presented and the role ofundergraduate peer assistants is explained.IntroductionThe

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Dupen

spreadsheet computer program.The greatest benefit of these handouts may arise after graduation, when the engineer attempts tosolve a similar problem at work, several years after completing the relevant course. In the future, students will be invited to critique these problem-solving handouts, andrecommend improvements. The experience of editing other people’s work may help the studentsin their future careers in engineering and management.References1. Lawrence Wolf, Statics and Strength of Materials: A Parallel Approach to Understanding Structures. Merrill, 1988, p. 316.2. Ferdinand Beer, Russell Johnston, & Elliot Eisenberg, Vector Mechanics for Engineers, 7th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2004, p. 488.3. R.C. Hibbeler, Statics and Mechanics

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Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

coursework and applications R Responsive As in MR above and presents multiple examples of coursework and clear evidence of applications to the discipline, job, hobby, or later courses HR Highly As in R above and presents many detailed examples Responsive of coursework and applications in career or other activitiesELEC 495 Course EvaluationA course evaluation template is provided to students in each on-line course for courseevaluation. The template consists of 27 questions. Twenty four of these questions employa rating scale ranging from 1 to 7. A rating of 1 denotes “strongly disagree” while a

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

decision making. If students can't articulate these ideas thenthey will be limited in their professional careers. There are also differences, diversity, andheterogeneity that are emphasized in writing in each discipline (Monroe 2003). We shouldprepare students to use this discipline specific type of shorthand and thought process forprofessional writing. We can conclude that faculty outside the discipline can't effectivelycritique the content and discussion within the discipline because of these differences. Faculty inthe discipline should also emphasize the non-technical and open-ended aspects of writing in thediscipline.The Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in the Disciplines (WID) movementwere both developed to improve student

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

Circuit Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995. (ISBN 0-13-463894-8)William C. DillardWilliam Dillard is a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Auburn University.He holds M.S. and B.S.E.E degrees from Auburn University. His current research interests are teaching strategiesthat promote professionalism and career development in students as well as increase long-term retention of coursematerial. Technical interests are in the area of power electronic systems and devices. Page 7.462.10 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Dana Burnett; Michael Warren; Rainer Fink

engineering careers, especially in mixed signal semiconductortesting.Bibliography1. Fink, R. and Porter, J. “Mixed-Signal Test Initiative in Engineering Technology,” Proc. of the 1999 Gulf Southwest ASEE Conference, Dallas, TX (March, 1999).2. Burns, M. and Roberts, G. An Introduction to Mixed-Signal IC Test and Measurement. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).MICHAEL WARRENMichael Warren graduated in December 2000 with the BS in Engineering Technology. He is currently working on hisMS in the Information and Operations Management Department at Texas A&M University. He also works as agraduate research assistant in the Virtual Instrumentation Laboratory in the Department of Engineering Technologyand Industrial Distribution.DANA

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer

students areenrolled in Mechanics of Materials, having already completed course work in EngineeringStatics and Engineering Dynamics. Thus, by the middle of their sophomore year, they haveacquired most of the tools necessary for some simple quantitative engineering system design.By the sophomore year, engineering students can also begin to experience “burnout” with theircourses and often express a desire to get on with some “real engineering.” Retention can be aparticular challenge at this stage of engineering students’ college career. Regardless of whetherretention becomes an issue, student motivation can be a problem. Students who are excitedabout the work they are doing are usually better learners, so poorly motivated students takingfundamental

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

. Disparities by social class and race/ethnicity are strongly relatedto pipeline progress in science and engineering related disciplines 7,10.This paper reports the findings from a case study conducted at the University of New Mexico(UNM), a Doctoral Intensive and a Minority/Hispanic-Serving Institution. UNM grantsundergraduate degrees in both key IT-related fields—CS and CE. Due to its proximity withnational laboratories (e.g. Sandia & Los Alamos laboratories), private industry (e.g. Intel), andthe state government, IT education at UNM offers excellent job and career opportunities for NewMexico residents, especially minorities. However, only 35% of undergraduate students enrolledin CS and 32% of those enrolled in CE are under -represented

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Hilsen; David Wyrick

this course was avisiting professor who had come from a career in industry. It was offered to juniors and seniorsin Industrial Engineering and business, as well as to MBA students. The second author workedclosely with the visiting professor to design the course to maximize student learning.Interdisciplinary undergraduate teams were made of IE and business students, who arranged asmall version of a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award quality assessment of localcompanies. The work with companies provided a setting in which students could observe howfirms actually worked, and the interdisciplinary teams exposed the business students to morequantitative thinking and it exposed engineering students to more of the people side than atraditional

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Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shehu Farinwata

. Surrounding Yourself with Previous Knowledge4 Page 7.485.54 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright @ 2002, American Society for Engineering Education5 ConclusionThis paper addresses a potentially disabling trend in the acquisition of engineeringknowledge at the undergraduate level, and which needs a conscious attention byengineering educators and engineering students.Bibliography 1. “Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career,” R. B. Landis, Discovery Press, 2000. 2. “Mentoring Engineering Students: Turning Pebbles into Diamonds,” ASEE

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Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

project. Many of these projects take place at WPI’s Global Project Centers, located aroundthe world. The IQP is most often completed in the junior year.The final project that a WPI student must complete is a capstone design project in their major,termed the MQP (for Major Qualifying Project), which is typically completed in a st udent’ssenior year. The project is equivalent to three courses, and is designed to demonstrateapplication of disciplinary knowledge and skills in the solution of a problem similar to one thatmight be encountered early in a student’s career. In IE, these projects are almost alwayssponsored by industry, and students complete the project in teams of 2-4 students, often spendingapproximately half their time on-site. One