Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

with a group where you can contribute but notbe totally in charge. In charge means more work (see Grants below). Look for Career Awardsand other developmental awards that require less technical, so that expertise can be ramped up.Proposals take time, have suspense dates and can be very discouraging when they don’t work.Hook up with a mentor to get things started. Submit proposals for modest amounts, unless youhave some unbelievable talents, or your university requires a fixed number of dollars per year.Finally, work with your thesis advisor when you can to continue a relationship that has worked.Grants: Once you get money from a proposal there is a lot to do. Meetings to decide ondirection and reports to keep the funding agency informed. You

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Kadlowec; Dexter Whittinghill; John Chen

Engineering and Science, Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics, New York, 1989.4. Mazur, E. Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997.5. Mehta, S.I., “A Method for Instant Assessment and Active Learning,” J. of Engr. Educ., 84:295 (1995).Biographic InformationJOHN CHEN is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He has been a faculty member since 1994,when he began his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North CarolinaA&T State University. He joined Rowan University in his current position in 1998.JENNIFER KADLOWEC is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. She began asan Assistant Professor in 1999 after

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

be pre-service teachers, their experiencesin this introductory course could potentially affect their future teaching. Moreover, through theirexperiences in the course, these future teachers could gain some insights into the engineeringprofession that could help them advise their future students who might be interested inengineering. In this sense, this project has the potential to: • further develop the pre-service teacher’s technology literacy and therefore the technology literacy of their future students and • further develop the pre-service teacher’s understanding of engineering as a profession and thereby promote engineering as a desirable career for their future students.This project also has some significant

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kishore Sirvole; Jennifer Mullins; Jeff Kaeli; Jason Snook; Hayden Griffin; Vinod Lohani; Jenny Lo

engineering courses and careers. Over the past severalyears, the first-semester engineering course has evolved from a somewhat traditional problemsolving, graphics, and programming course to a format that emphasizes early design andrealization, collaborative learning, and highly interactive classroom environments [9-12]. One oflearning objectives of EngE 1024 is to develop and implement algorithms that focus on objectoriented approaches. As indicated earlier, due to joining of Computer Science department,computer science bound students are now required to enroll in EngE 1024 starting Fall 2004.This event transformed how programming is taught in EngE 1024, switching from MATLAB toan object-oriented language (Alice). The primary problem with the

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Pastirik; Michael Robertson; William Singhose; Joshua Vaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

for your future career, you will develop a machinethat performs some of the basic functions of such a spacecraft. Figure A1 shows the simulatedspace environment in which your device will perform. The area is a hexagon divided into threezones, one of which will be assigned to your team. Each zone consists partly of a home zone andpartly of a gravity zone. At the center is Mars. It rotates along with its two moons, Deimos andPhobos. These orbiting moons are a menace to your device. If you come into contact with them,they will likely take your machine along with them. Your device should try to perform thefollowing four tasks: 1. Collect Mars Samples. On the surface of Mars will be various pieces of Mars®. Your machine should collect

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tobia Steyn

of the students which covers the full term of theiracademic careers. The data in Figure 6 shows, by year of entry into the 5YSP: • the number of graduates; • the number of re-registrants in 2004 and • the number of students that registered for the first time.Of the 117 students who registered for the 5YSP in 2000, 54% re-registered in 2004. Of the 2000POC students, 70% re-registered in 2004 whereas 34% of the other 5YSP students re-registered.These figures show that the POC students have a significantly higher retention rate than the other5YSP students.At time of writing, final data on the performance of the 4YSP and other 5YSP students whoenrolled in 2000 is not available. Only preliminary data of the POC students is available

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aminul Karim; Yakov Cherner; Ahmed Khan

buildon these skills students’ knowledgebase. But in this day and age, the exponential growth oftechnology has imposed new demands on students and educators. To achieve success in learningand in pursuing a successful career, a student in the 21st century needs to attain proficiency inscience, technology, and culture, in addition to the reading, writing and calculating skills. TheDigital-age literacy requires students to gain understanding of information in all its forms: basic Page 10.802.1literacy, scientific literacy, economic literacy, technological literacy, visual literacy, informationliteracy, multicultural literacy, and global awareness

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell

importance of documentationOne of the major concepts to be conveyed to students is that program development is usually notperformed in isolation. Due to their size and complexity, modern applications require teams ofdevelopers; accordingly, classes have to be written such that they can be understood by variousconstituencies: those who write the class, those who use the class, those who extend the class,and those who maintain the class. Additionally, students need to be aware that, upon entry intotheir first job, their place will be on the lowest rung on the career ladder, and in that position theywill often be asked to implement, not design, functionality for a portion of an application. It iswithin this context that the topics of Design by Contract

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Owen; Robert Knecht; Abel Feltes

, theDesign (EPICS) Division prepares them for careers in the engineering disciplines. This projectsatisfies the following objectives of the Design (EPICS) Division mission: ♦ To develop and demonstrate creative engineering technologies ♦ To build effective teams of engineering students ♦ To communicate design products to a societal marketThese skills must evolve from practice centered on a project they solve as a team. The Versatile Weather Station Challenge provided an exciting environment for students to Page 10.104.9develop not only their engineering skills but also their creative and critical thinking

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro; Jane Fraser

Program Objectives that characterize the “career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve.” 2. An articulation of Criterion 3 a-k Program Outcomes that support one or more Program Objectives and reflect the students’ technical competence and understanding of engineering at the time of graduation. 3. An assessment process for Program Objectives and Outcomes.In Criterion 2, Program Objectives characterize program graduates within the first few yearsafter graduation. According to the Criterion1, accredited programs must have: (a) detailed published educational objectives that are consistent with the mission of the institution and these criteria (b) a process based on the needs

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Hudson; Laurence Merkle; Joshua Holden; Richard Layton

Conf., Salt Lake City.2. MUPEC 2004 conference website, www.rose-hulman.edu/MUPEC2004/RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His interests include student teambuilding and laboratory curriculum development. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelve years Page 10.1373.10in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

success ofgraduates from the USA ECE department is a successful career in engineering. All constituents Page 10.1145.9benefit from this outcome. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Bibliography1. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Criteria for accrediting engineering programs. AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology, Inc. Baltimore, MD, November 2000.http://www.abet.org/images/Criteria/eac_criteria_b.pdf2. M.R. Parker, W.A. Stapleton, T.G. Thomas, “Post-assessment evaluation of

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacki Stewart; Peter Jansson

the paper, we can easily express the large amountof multidisciplinary knowledge we have gained from working on this team. Working with a mixof electrical, civil, and chemical engineers, each discipline shines new light on the project andadds to the value of our common goal. We have learned everything from the chemistry ofelectrons to the physics of the structural support of the system. Along the way, we have helpedour peers enhance their learning experiences and learned from them as well. The skills we havelearned this year, working with engineers from different backgrounds, will not only help uscomplete this project, but will also help us better adapt in our careers when we will have to workwith people from many different backgrounds

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

issues in the responsible conduct ofresearch and on mentoring and other responsibilities of science professionals.In 1990 and 1991, Dr. Bird served as President of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS), anational organization with 5000 members and over 80 chapters across the US. She was Director of the firstAWIS Mentoring Project which was designed to encourage and support undergraduate and graduatestudents in their pursuit of careers in math, science and technology.Dr. Bird is an active member of the Society for Neuroscience and currently chairs the Social IssuesCommittee. In 1983, she initiated the annual Social Issues Roundtable which examines ethical and policyramifications of various aspects of neuroscience research. She is an active

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Garth Thomas

Evolution of a Freshman Software Tools Class Garth E. Thomas Jr., Michael V. Minnick, Dianchen Gang Chemical and Civil Engineering Departments Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering West Virginia University Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV 25136AbstractThree years ago, the Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering replaced a traditionalprogramming course for engineers with an applied software tools course. This course wasexpected to better prepare the students for later courses as well as develop skills that would beuseful in their professional careers. Students learn the basics of Excel

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi

great concept. My only suggestion would be to speed things up a little bit. Without the think method you’d be able to go over more problems in class, but probably not as effectively, finding a middle ground would be my advice. This concept works, it is extremely critical to think about a problem before attempting it. This concept is important in all aspects of a professional career, not just statistics. If I ever teach a class, I will insist on this concept. It is a very good method of learning, but sometimes it really made me stuck on things to the point where I couldn’t finish. It was a challenge at first since I was used to the traditional way where teachers give you the equation and show you how to use. But it’s better now since I

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Ismail Orabi; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

Neutral Agree Agree Select the response which best reflects your opinion and feelings:1 I expect engineering is a rewarding career. 1 2 3 4 52 I expect that studying engineering is rewarding. 1 2 3 4 53 The future benefits of studying engineering are worth the effort. 1

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Hebrank; Glenda Kelly; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

Page 10.1213.8Interest and Achievement in Science.” Paper presented at the National Association of Research in Science TeachingAnnual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2000. ERIC number ED440885. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education[13] Gibson, H. L., “Case Studies of an Inquiry-Based Science Programs. Impact on Students. Attitude towardScience and Interest in Science Careers.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association forResearch in Science Teaching, San Diego, CA, April 1998, ERIC number ED417980[14] Radford, D.L., and Ramsey, L.L., “Experiencing Scientific Inquiry and

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Charles Winton

normal CS curriculum.In many of the engineering disciplines, students may never have to program during theirundergraduate career with the exception of their intro programming course. However, theinclusion of a Botball collegiate game at the National Conference on Educational Robotics, nowencourages the students to keep their computer skills active as they prepare for the Summertournament. We believe that the use of robots as a teaching tool early in the engineeringcurriculum will both improve computer skills for non-CS engineers, and will also increase thenumber of students interested in pursuing computer science. Page 9.261.98 Course

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

as emphasized above making their way into our construction materials, systems and construction operations classes so that we cover composite materials, CFRP laminates, etc.• We have enough use of the software that has proved to be of essential for construction graduates to build upon further in their respective careers in the future.Is what we are doing an adequate response to the expectations? Probably not, but given theinherent resistance to change and comfort associated with the traditional, it is to be expectedthat the pace of change will be slow. To name a few items, we are still lacking adequatecoverage for: Environmental issues and basic environmental engineering concepts

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Barbara Gannod

“real world” as is possible in an academicenvironment.This paper describes experiences in a “Software Factory” class that is the culminatingexperience for majors in Computing Studies at Arizona State University (ASU) East. Inorder to provide experiences that prepare students for careers as software engineers, webelieve the following aspects of the course are vital: ‚ Students should work on real projects with real customers. ‚ Students should follow real processes to develop and/or maintain software artifacts.Traditional academic software projects, even team projects, often do not provide arealistic software development experience. Typically, their results are not exercised byreal customers, and the resulting code is never enhanced

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; Steve Hsiung

not,then the communication is treated as a failure5,14. The way the receiver signals this CRC-8 bytemismatch is by not sending an ACK command which causes a time-out condition to occur.Another communication has to be reestablished and everything has to start over again. Thisprotocol implementation has the advantage of providing cleaner communications and eliminatesmost errors, but it also brings a heavy load on software coding and CPU execution time.V. Conclusion Teaching ET students should not be limited to providing them with the fundamentalbuilding blocks for their future career construction. In this ever changing technology era, we aseducators, not only have to trigger students’ interest in learning but also have to bring real

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stoian Petrescu; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

project was avaluable part of the course” scored 3.8/5. This is a significant improvement to the rating giventhe previous project in the 2002-03 school year of 3.5/5.Overall we feel this was an excellent first-year project. It achieved all of our academic goals,and encouraged students to practice a number of skills which will be important to their futureengineering careers. The perceived level of student and faculty enthusiasm about the project wasmuch higher than in the previous year. The project was covered by local newspaper andtelevision reporters, which gave an added boost to student motivation. In addition to the statedacademic goals of the project, a number of other side benefits were also found. Studentsinvolved in this project are much

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

-based project development experience Just getting to do a self-developed lab project was fun Very interesting course……making me lean towards computer-based automation career Organize a brain-storming session for developing project ideas early in the semester Reliance on partner was a problem Allocate more time to the coverage of interface electronics design Include some biomedical measurements applicationSummaryExperience with student-initiated projects within the instrumentation and data acquisition courseis presented. A few students struggled at the beginning of the four-week-long project period indefining the scope of their work, as this was their first experience with project-based learning. Itwas also

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.[33] Kamm, L. J., 1991, “Real-World Engineering – A Guide to Achieving Career Success,” IEEE Press,Piscataway, NJ.[34] Wolfe, M. F., 2000, “Rube Goldberg,” Simon & Schuster, New York, pp. 122 and 138.Appendix – Resource Guide to FountainsExamples of books with “how to” instructions for fountains.Adkins, D., 1999, “Simple Fountains for Indoors and Outdoors – 20 Step-By-Step Projects,” Storey Books.Aurand, C. D., 1986, “Fountains and Pools – Construction Guidelines and Specifications,” PDA PublishersCorporation, Meza, Arizona. Page 9.1410.15Binsacca, R., 1991, “Garden Pools

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

“problem solvers” to being “problem identifiers” or “problem configurators”; engineering emerging as a path to other, broader careers such as business, law, and politics; and engineering emerging as the “liberal education of the 21st century.”Finally, it is Harvey Mudd’s experience that a broad, design-based program successfully, andeven splendidly, addresses many of the commonly-heard concerns about engineering education,including: the content and presentation of the curriculum; the effectiveness of learning by students; the retention of those students in the classroom; and the graduation of appropriately-educated engineering professionals to maintain and enhance America’s

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

ownskills, techniques, compare with and learn from others, and set goals for their future. Sharing Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationlessons learned makes possible the improvement of processes for subsequent investigations. Thisintegral component of the case design allow learners to reflect, summarize and solidify their ownlearning and structure it in a way that is meaningful to them [9].Guy [10] states that “the rich case allows students to gain safe experience in practicingfundamental skills needed in their careers: they need to plan and set up interviews and focusgroups, question

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Cavanaugh; Matt Ellis; Mark Ardis; Richard Layton

Computer Science student at Rose-Hulman, graduating in May of 2005. He plans to pursue aPh.D. in Computer Science upon graduating. His interests include programming languages, compilers, and artificialintelligence.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelveyears in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. He is a member of theTeaching Workshop Group of the ERM Division of ASEE, giving workshops on building student teams.MARK A. ARDISMark Ardis received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1980 and is currently a

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Mark Gunty; Leo McWilliams; Carrie Graf; John Uhran; Catherine Pieronek

Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education (1) Important people in my life expect me to study engineering; (2) Engineering will make the best use of my skills, interest and abilities; (3) Engineering will lead to a high-status career; (4) Engineering will best enable me to serve my community and help others; and (5) Entering college as an engineer leaves my future study options open.Overall, 54 percent of all women selected (2) as their first choice, and 26 percent selected (4) fortheir second choice. But looking at female EG and nonEG admits, as well as at female leaversand stayers, points out

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

that the students have actually become more “sophisticated,” and are moredemanding in their expectations of the program performance as noted by the general declinefrom 2003 to 2004.Figure 5 shows that the students have a generally high level of satisfaction in the career choicethey have made. Page 10.493.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Table 3. Assessment Schedule Method Persons Being Responsible Evaluation Review and