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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leijun Li; John Pan; Ismail Fidan

plan to use online teaching.Lately, many editorial and funding agencies have also started to initiate online review anddecision-making system. These systems have eased the burden on both reviewers and agencies.In this study, a survey was prepared and conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the onlinetools for faculty needs in authors’ institutions and some other United States universities. Thecurrent online tool practices are presented and survey findings are summarized in this paper.1. IntroductionNowadays faculty members spend most of their time in front of computers and rely on theelectronic communication via Internet for their daily work. The use of technology, in particularthe Internet, has changed and will continue to change

Conference Session

Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Bankes; Michael Eastman; Anthony Trippe; Jeffrey Lillie; George Zion

traditionallyincorporated into the student assessment. These new activities provide upper class students withan opportunity to share with their classmates, underclassmen, and professors some of their co-oprelated experiences and provide them a formal setting in which to practice presentation andcommunications skills.This paper includes details for all phases of the co-op poster and presentation assignment anddelivery. Planning aspects are discussed along with details of the instructions provided tostudents. Photographs are included to illustrate typical posters, presentation arrangements andvarious other meeting activities.IntroductionComputer Engineering Technology majors at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) arerequired to complete five quarters of co

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

very encouragingresults.II. SEATEC HistoryThe SEATEC grant is a continuation of an earlier two-year NSF-funded grant entitled“Tennessee Exemplary Faculty for Advanced Technology Education, TEFATE.” The purpose ofthe coalition was to develop a group of faculty who would provide leadership in curriculumdevelopment and delivery in emerging technologies. The main outcomes of the TEFATE grantinclude:1. The development of twenty-five work-based case studies in the areas of telecommunication, computer networking, and network administration.2. A comprehensive Internship Guide that helps faculty in other institutions in planning, applying, and using industrial internship experiences effectively in the classroom.3. A comprehensive Faculty

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan ElKishky

state or regional board of education on the other hand. Moreover,trimming undergraduate engineering curricula to match the requirements of a B.S or B.A inliberal arts will have its negative effects on plans to increase course offerings or to enhancespecialization in electrical engineering. Page 7.610.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationTables 1 and 2 show the number of electrical engineering faculty engaged in electric powerteaching at some of the schools compiled by the IEEE Electric

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Kauser Jahan

. Heat up measuring spoon by dipping into water bath containing melted wax at front of room. 7. Add _______ tsp of wax to oil mixture and stir until well-mixed with stirrer. 8. Take out a small amount of your lip product mixture and allow it to cool. Check for consistency and color. Make any modifications necessary. If adding pigment, you must first disperse it in a small amount of oil (step 1), or your lipstick will be lumpy. 9. Have Rowan students help you pour your finished lip product into the tins provided. Marketing Decide on a theme for your marketing plan. How much will you have to charge for each container

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

seventeen (17) associated apparatuses are beingdeveloped under this plan. Upon completion of the design, fabrication and full testing of theseproposed experiments, a comprehensive information package may be generated for nationaldissemination. As a package, they may lay the foundation for a starting laboratory course orselectively, each of them may be added to the existing archives of experiments at many undergraduateengineering programs.Enthusiastic undergraduate students have been participating in the implementation processes ofresearch, design and development necessary for materializing all components of the ModelLaboratory. Their understanding of group dynamics and appreciation for cost-effective and superiordesigns has been enhanced.Partial

Conference Session

Academic Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Madison University. Shepreviously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at James Madison University, Dean of theCollege of Arts and Letters at Southwest Missouri State University, Special Assistant to the President forStrategic Planning at University of Delaware, and Department Chair of Modern Languages at ClevelandState University. Page 7.223.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education 6

Conference Session

Reaching Out to the Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Gomez

: http://www.filterfuge.com Filterfuge is a company that has developed a machine that is similar to acentrifuge, removing oil from used oil filters.2. URL: http://www.eq.state.ut.us The state of Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality’s division of solid andhazardous waste.3. URL: http://www.recycleoil.org The American Petroleum Institute’s website on “used motor oil collection andrecycling.4. URL: www.bts.gov/btsprod/nts US Department of Transportation and the Bureau of transportation statistics.5. Graphics source is through WTRG Economics. WTRG Economics provides data, analysis, planning and forecastservices primarily for the energy and petrochemical industries. James L. Williams, WTRG Economics P.O. Box 250London, Arkansas 72847 Phone

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Xue; Robin Qiu

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationservices. Beyond these administration services a well-developed e-learning or e-educationsystem should also have the following functions in order to meet the current needs ofprofessional training schools/centers. From staff perspectives: • Real-time profile (e.g., course expectations, work schedules, work experience, and backgrounds) for individual trainee should be able to be viewed; • Best offers (e.g., training plan, course availability, teaching schedules, and prices, and financial aids, etc.) based on what is known about a particular trainee should be able to be

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Lisa Abrams

facilities on the OSU Campus. In August of 2001, the Women inEngineering program hosted a half day workshop for 20 students (10 of them female) wherestudents designed cameras for children and redesigned a paper clip. Evaluations are given to allparticipants and students are given an opportunity to provide their mailing address for furtherinformation and for tracking purposes.Retention Page 7.187.3Typically, fewer than half of the students who enter college with plans to become engineerscomplete an engineering degree. The number of young women choosing engineering as a majoris small, and it is important to do all that is possible to encourage those who

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger; Renata Engel

available as instruments that blend with the lecturer's knowledge andexperience to excite and inspire the learner. The excitement of education is the bestincentive for the learner. The instructor is the only component of an educational tool kitthat can demonstrate and infuse that attribute into a student.Finally, the lecture is still the only vehicle that responds to unpredicted kinks in alearning situation with maximum efficiency. During a lecture, the instructor can changethe pace, mode and style of learning as the situation demands. The lecturer can Page 7.1318.4manipulate the situation from planned chaos to quiet contemplation. The lecture

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Bichara; Raj Chowdhury

experienceoperating in an environment using the world wide web as the sole delivery mode, makes itpossible to incorporate hardware type courses with a meaningful practical design focus.Not withstanding some minor adjustments to the course calendar and related scheduled activities,the delivery of the course with the planned laboratory setup has proven to be successful thus far.Considering a first time offering during the spring 2000 semester, it is safe to say that the coursedelivered in this mode is meeting its objectives. While there are no comparatives to illustratevariance in student achievements compared to an in-person class instruction, student success asmeasured by their semester grade and through the evaluation of their course project, support

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Hines; Belle Upadhyaya

Page 7.409.5course and the varied background of students who are enrolled. The laboratory provides an Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationopportunity for students to understand and appreciate the role played by condition-basedmaintenance technologies in increasing manufacturing productivity and quality. Plans areunderway to enhance the scope of the laboratory by incorporating additional Internet access tomachinery data acquisition and control.AcknowledgmentsThe development of the Maintenance Engineering Laboratory was supported by NSF-CRCDgrant number 9700654 with the Maintenance and Reliability

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Kuznetsov

lessons veryvaluable for understanding the subject and learning how to apply theory to problem solving. Bibliographic Information1. Kuznetsov, H. (1996, April) “ Innovative Multimedia Instruction and Sophisticated Problem SolvingExercise and Testing in Engineering Statics and Structural Planning”, Journal "Computer Applications inEngineering Education", Volume 4, number 1, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.2. Kuznetsov, H. (1996, March) “Development and Integration of Interactive Computer -Judged Problem -Solving Software in Statics and Mechanics of Materials Courses”, Proceedings of 1996 Spring conference ofthe Illinois-Indiana ASEE section at Bradley University, Peoria, IL.3. Kuznetsov, H. (1994, June) “Computer

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Grady

, showing interrelationships distinguish, examine, experiment, identify, inventory, justify, organize, present, question, resolve, select, separate, test Synthesis - bringing together Alter, argue, arrange, assemble, change, collect, combine, compose, parts of knowledge to form a construct, create, derive, design, develop, discuss, expand, extend, whole and solve a problem formulate, generalize, manage, modify, organize, plan, prepare, propose, rearrange, recombine, reconstruct, regroup, relate, restate, reorder, set up, summarize, synthesize, write Evaluation - making Agree, appraise, argue, assess, assume

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edwin Zivi; Jenelle Piepmeier

the previousdedicated classrooms and laboratories. The primary disadvantage of the lab-classroom is therequirement to schedule the ensemble as one unit. An integrated, easy to use multimediacapability is much more effective than the previous patchwork of independent monitors anddisplays. The “classroom-of-the-future” experiment was very useful at assessing candidatemedia technologies. In particular, it was determined that large, flat panel displays were not yetcost effective and had too narrow a viewing range for effective use. The renovated teachingcapabilities certainly outweigh the considerable burden of planning and executing the renovation.Our students enjoy the flexibility of the new lab-classrooms and the mobility of chairs withcasters

Conference Session

Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

syllabus or one that reviews the basic principles of planning and conducting a distance learning course.4. An ongoing system of faculty evaluation can provide opportunities for facultymembers to request/receive peer feedback. Experienced faculty members might performin-class observations and hold feedback sessions to assist their faculty peers in furtherdeveloping and enhancing their teaching skills. A Peer Evaluation Program along withthe Administrative Review process and student feedbacks pinpoint the strengths andweaknesses of each faculty member. Page 7.557.5 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Bazuin; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad; Ikhlas Abdel-Qader

students.IntroductionThe digital signal processing curriculum at WMU has been developed with a strong emphasis onthe theoretical and simulation aspects of signal processing. At the undergraduate level, it Page 7.1091.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationcomprises a series of courses that provide a cohesive plan of study beginning with LinearSystems and Random Processes in the junior year followed by Digital Signal Processing andDigital Communications in the senior year. For students with further interest in

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Broberg

material, such as lab manuals, assignments, and programs wasalso included on the CD. The high compression of the Director program reduced an entiresemester of lectures for each course to approximately 65-70 Mbytes of space, so each CDhad room for much additional material for the class.Lessons LearnedSome general items to consider prior to selecting a method of pseudo-lecture presentationvia the Internet are shown below. 1. If you intend to use one of these methods, try to obtain a grant or release time to Page 7.809.6 do the planning and preparation required to convert a course to the Internet. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

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Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lucey

© 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationof their previous experience and familiarity with London, complete the Program's staff. Their background isbeneficial to the program, as they are able to advise students on travel plans and everyday London life. They areresponsible for maintaining order in the flats and interfacing with custodial and mai ntenance personnel of theVienna Hotels Group which manages the flats. The two Resident Assistants live in the flats with the other students and are responsible for student behaviorin the building. Faculty reside in flats in the classroom building.Student Selection and OrientationDuring the summer prior to a student's enrollment in the program a letter is sent to undergraduate engineers

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Cress

devising plans for improvement.Students need to examine their own learning and thinking processes, practice learning fromfailure, and embrace continuous improvement. Such skills are essential in professional practice,but young people are often reluctant to use these opportunities for learning. I searched for a wayto encourage these traits and developed an exercise where students explicitly practice theseprocesses. They conduct the exercise after each of two major exams in my courses.The process consists of three parts. First, students correct their exam. Second, they conduct a“failure analysis” of their mistakes to examine why they made them. Finally, students create an“avoidance strategy” to minimize the likelihood of repeating the same (or a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tetsurou Furukawa; Shigeo Matsumoto; Kzuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

Page 7.762.2 Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Table 1. Questionnaire on Mini Design ProjectThis data you enter below will not be graded, but will be used to make a plan for futureimprovement of the Mini Design Project.Question 1: How many teammates were there in your design team?Question 2: Were there any teammates in your team, whom you have not talked with nor worked together before?Question 3: If “YES”, write down the number of teammates with whom you have not talked nor worked together before.Question 4: Did all teammates work together to complete the Mini Design Project?Question 5: If “YES”, what part did you take to complete the Mini Design Project

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Batill

the course and presented to the students in the first class are: Provide an experience that is based upon active student participation. Enhance skills related to engineering design methodology, including modeling, simulation and parametric trade studies. Simulate the mechanical engineering product development process. Illustrate the interaction between competing technical and non-technical issues and the role of compromise, constraints and merit. Provide exposure to various phases of the design process, from definition of requirements to product realization. Help develop an understanding of the planning, coordination and communication required in a team effort.An additional “goal” was added this year and that was to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Nowak; Adrezin Ronald; Donald Leone

basic concepts applicable to many fields.The second issue that was considered was one of focus for the new program. The core facultycame from Mechanical and Civil Engineering backgrounds, and had foci in the structural andfluids areas of Biomedical Engineering. In evaluating the existing programs, it was felt that thenew program had many aspects in common with Mechanical Engineering, especially as relatedto mechanics of materials, structures, and fluids. Although electrical engineering topics arecritical to a biomedical engineering program and would play an important role in the newprogram, this was not planned as a primary focus of our program.The third issue in our philosophy was the direction we felt our graduates might take upongraduation

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

students in multiple classes to provideexposure to interesting, multifaceted laboratory exercises across multiple disciplines. Theproject balanced numerous performance, design, and project constraints to achieve a versatilesystem costing less than $3000 per unit for 5 units. Three laboratory exercises at the NewAlbany site have been delivered to students, with additional exercises planned at this and otherPurdue University School of Technology sites across the state of Indiana.Other colleges and universities could easily duplicate or modify this design to introduceundergraduate students to practical applications in machine design, basic project management,hydraulics, and internal combustion engines.TIMOTHY R. COOLEYTimothy R. Cooley is an

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Jean-Lou Chameau; Dick K.P. Yue

department outside the engineeringcollege, and computer engineering is housed in both the electrical engineering andcomputer science departments; in RWTH chemical engineering is found within themechanical engineering school. However, these clerical details were overcome throughcarefully worded and administered questionnaires and interviews. The final report of the SPINE project was made public on May 25, 2002. In thispaper we highlight some of the significant findings. One important feature of this studyis its networking value. To maintain this network, the 10 SPINE partner schools plan tokeep the coalition, albeit in a less formal structure, over the next two years.IMPORTANT FINDINGS The criteria for ‘successful’ in successful practices

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

entertainmentvalue and can be “flashy”. A well-prepared case can include movie clips and animatedsequences as well as standard diagrams and images. In these formats, cases can be highlyinteractive and exciting.Student Centered Activities Student centered teaching should be at the core of any effective classroom. Themain idea behind the practice is that learning is most meaningful when topics are relevantto the students’ lives, needs, and interests and when the students themselves are activelyengaged in creating, understanding, and connecting to knowledge. Armstrong, et.al., 1show that students will have a higher motivation to learn when they feel they have a realstake in their own learning. In student centered teaching, the planning, teaching

Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Siobhan Gibbons; Ronald Rockland; Joel Bloom; Howard Kimmel

reported their attitudes to science and math in 1995 and five years later. In theintervening five years, outreach campaign was implemented to inform students and parentsabout the importance of studying mathematics and science. The follow-up survey found thatthe disparity between students’ expectations for their future careers and their current patternsof enrollment in mathematics and science remained unchanged. While favorable attitudestowards and interest in mathematics increased, especially amongst minority students, 50% ofall responding students still planned to take only the minimum mathematics required for highschool graduation.The NACME studies15 indicate that Outreach initiatives alone may not be enough to changemany students’ choices. It

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Daniel Blessner, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

studentscan read the x-intercepts from the equation. The student graphs the polynomialwith the associated End Behavior and once again the solution is visually obtained.To simplify the procedure only linear factors with multiplicity one will be used.This is a work in progress (WIP) paper that aims to ensure that mathematicallyunder prepared engineering students succeed in their calculus series courses.Plans for a survey for the effectiveness of this new approach are planned for futuresemesters. Currently this new approach is available for anyone who wishes toimprove and reinforce basic graphing techniques. 1IntroductionThe ability to understand and interrupt graphs is critical for technical fields such

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Daniel Blessner, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

studentscan read the x-intercepts from the equation. The student graphs the polynomialwith the associated End Behavior and once again the solution is visually obtained.To simplify the procedure only linear factors with multiplicity one will be used.This is a work in progress (WIP) paper that aims to ensure that mathematicallyunder prepared engineering students succeed in their calculus series courses.Plans for a survey for the effectiveness of this new approach are planned for futuresemesters. Currently this new approach is available for anyone who wishes toimprove and reinforce basic graphing techniques. 1The ability to understand and interrupt graphs is critical for technical fields such asengineering [1