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Craig Johnson

- due 3/5) Read Ch. 13, 14 & 15 3/53/3 Concurrent Engineering3/5 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Week #6 Progress Reports3/8 Material Resource Planning (Activity: Shop Layout - due 3/12) Read Ch. 163/10 Manufacturing Plant/Cell Layouts3/12 Preparing reports and prototypes (individual and peer assessment) Presentation, reports, & prototype due on day of final!3/18 Final: Thursday March 18, at NOON! Page 4.307.8APPENDIX C - PEER

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P. M. Wild; B. W. Surgenor

discussion isto provide the necessary vocabulary to interpret microprocessor specifications. Thus, when the Page 4.74.8student finds his/herself designing a system in industry, he/she will be able to intelligentlydiscuss the options with electrical and computer engineering colleagues.5.0 ConclusionsFeedback from students in the 1998 offering of this course was very positive. This is reflected inthe fact that the enrolment for 1999 is up by close to 50% from 1998. The popularity ofmechatronics among the undergraduates bodes well for the planned development of a groupingof elective courses for students wishing to specialize in mechatronics. The

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Maurice Walworth; Kevin Schmaltz; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

different facets of it. A well defined plan was used to select the different pieces ofequipment. Page 4.526.3All the stations had to satisfy the following criteria:a) They had to be integrated systems, i.e. they had to have mechanical, electrical, electronic, and computer programming components.b) They had to be such that they could easily be assimilated in courses from Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Engineering.c) They had to be such that they could give rise to laboratory exercises that could build upon each other in different courses.d) Finally, they had to be fun pieces of equipment that would entice the students, and want

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1998 Annual Conference

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Kent Curtis, Northern Kentucky University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

Kentucky’s eight state universitieswith an enrollment of 12,000 students, was founded in 1968. It is located in the metropolitanarea of greater Cincinnati, serving the tristate regions of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Themission of NKU is to: educate, be a resource to the community, and enrich life in the servicearea. As reaffirmed in the institution’s Strategic Plan, although the University’s primary missionis to provide a quality, undergraduate education for the citizens in our service region, thedevelopment of selected graduate programs in areas of demonstrated need is considered a highpriority. This is not only important to the future health and growth of the institution, but it is alsoresponsive to the changing needs of a growing, metropolitan

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Larry Hoffman; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

literatureArticles in the literature on faculty mentoring in engineering or engineering technology are rareor non-existent. There are, however, numerous articles which indicate that a well-planned andexecuted mentoring program for new, young faculty will make an important contribution to thesuccess of the individuals and thence to the success of the institution. Queralt’s article citedbelow provides strong support for the notion that mentorship is good.College and university faculty and administrators in the state of Florida were surveyed byquestionnaire, and Queralt (5) reported the results. The 287 questionnaire responses weredivided into two categories – respondents who claimed to have had mentoring and respondentswho claimed to not have had mentoring

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Jennifer T. Ross

improvement methods (wafer level tests, short loop monitors, statistical process flow), Process evolution (scaling and modeling issues). Professional Communications skills, Project Legality and intellectual property rights, engineering Development management, Manufacturing engineering, economics, time management, cross cultural interaction, Professional integrity. career planning. Table 1. Concepts and experiences divided into breadth and depth for undergraduate engineers in the field of microelectronics as dictated by industrial panel

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Lori S. Cook; Lawrence S. Aft

. - Conversations need to be accessible all the time. - I think the chat room could have been used more by students to make it more useful. - Our project group used the chat room and found it helped us out tremendously. - Wish we had more chat rooms.In general the first MSQA course on the Internet was a positive experience for the instructor. Itwas time well spent and the concept of the pilot program gave formal notice that thedevelopment of the program was to be a learning experience. Seventy seven percent of thestudents indicated that they were planning on taking all of their courses on the Internet. The Page 3.416.5overwhelming reaction was

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J. A. Isaacs

employers are nowplacing “high value on engineers and scientists who can communicate, collaborate and workacross disciplines.” The report recommends a degree program that enhances career options whilebroadening students’ horizons. It encourages greater versatility by avoiding overspecializationand by promoting experiences that supply skills that are desired by both academic andnonacademic employers. This includes ability to communicate complex ideas and to work in Page 3.31.2teams. The report also recommends that students be given better career information andguidance so that they can make good decisions in planning their professional careers

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Barbara E. Marino; Sandra Yost

necessary task. Balancing limited time to meet these demands can be difficult and confusing; however,decisions on the use of time made at the beginning of a tenure-track appointment can have lastingeffects on one’s career. New faculty members need guidance to find the optimal allocation oftime and resources for these vital duties. Otherwise, an entire semester can be swallowed up incommittees, lesson plans, or research, when a tenure track professor needs to be working towardsall three. Gaining insight into these new responsibilities from someone who has faced them beforecan be extremely helpful. Finding the right mentors and developing good relationships with themare essential for helping new faculty members prioritize their

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Elaine L. Craft

. Page 3.437.8IX. Continually Evaluate PerformanceAs with any project of this magnitude, both formative and summative formal evaluationactivities have been initiated. Feedback from short surveys, plus/delta notes (positive commentsand suggestions for improvement), and other informal evaluation techniques are also being usedby the Project's Leadership Team in planning each successive event.Perhaps most helpful have been the short, simple and immediate feedback comments themanagement team has collected, analyzed and reacted to following each activity. Simpleplus/delta notes are used at almost every event and meeting. Participants write one or morecomments on a small yellow "sticky” notes and attach them on the door as they leave. Manyproject

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Robin Grimes; Caroline Baillie

qualities.4. Setting up the tutorialsImplementing a peer tutoring scheme involved the usual needs and strategy ofimplementation required for any innovation in teaching1 :i.Dept./Faculty commitmentx Good teachers who understand the need for the new programmex Communication between staffx Enthusiastic, excited coordinatorx Support from the HOD - ability to start afresh and integratex Commitment/support from colleaguesii.Strategy for implementationx Find out what other Universities are doingx Incorporate assessment and evaluation schemes which are reliable and validx Develop a plan for raising support/budgetx Include students in the developmentx Hold a pilot of the scheme and evaluate itx Show how the pilot scheme can be scaled

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Randall L. Ness; Carl A. Erikson

assess portfolios proved to be insignificant comparedto assessing journaling. As instructors, we actually enjoyed this evaluation method overjournaling.Summary Based on this first successful use of portfolios in the engineering curriculum as a personalreflective and assessment tool for demonstrating knowledge, understanding and performance, itis planned to utilize portfolios in several other engineering courses as well as recommending tothe students to develop a showcase portfolio for potential employment interviews during thesenior year.References1]“Assessment White Paper: A Framework for the Assessment of Engineering Education” by the Joint Task Forceof Engineering Education Assessment, 22 June 1996, http:/www.asee.org/publications/html

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Stefani A. Bjorklund; Patrick T. Terenzini; John M. Parente; Alberto F. Cabrera

for alarger, more systematic assessment planned for Spring, 1998, participating courses andstudents were not randomly selected. Each campus’s local evaluator was asked to identify at Page 3.454.1 -1-least one ECSEL and (for comparative purposes) one non-ECSEL course. The four-pagequestionnaire (see attachment) was then distributed and completed during a class session.The survey form gathers information in three categories:1) students’ personal and academic background and demographic characteristics; 2) thecharacteristics of the course in which they were enrolled when completing the questionnaire,and 3

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John Aspnes; D. Steven Daniel

determined, including the positive slope region that isnormally unstable. This laboratory not only enhances student acceptance of induction motorcharacteristics, but is also an instructive application of feedback whereby load torque can bemade proportional to shaft speed, independent of shaft speed, or a composite of these twocharacteristics. It further shows that if a load torque-speed characteristic has a greater positiveslope than the motor torque-speed characteristic at the point of intersection of the twocharacteristics, the resulting system is stable, even though the motor would be in an unstableoperating range if it were running under no-load conditions.3. FUTURE PLANNED MODIFICATIONSThe department is currently purchasing modern solid-state

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort; Michelle Bothwell

southern Oregon(Hispanic). The program directors have worked work with the well-established and OSU basedSMILE and Saturday Academy High School programs to recruit from these ethnic groups, as wellas women of all ethnicity.SESEY PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONGeneral PlanThe plan for the SESEY program was a one week summer science camp for underrepresented highschool students and teachers, which began in Summer 1997. The two groups (24 students and 1teachers in Year 1) were brought to the Oregon State University campus for a one-week summercamp (all expenses paid) where they were paired with a faculty mentor in engineering or sciencefor a one-week mini-research project. There were group learning activities (basic math and scienceinstruction; computer training

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Brian Jenkins

colormap in a two-dimensional line plot.The coloring is achieved using a MATLAB m-file called plotcol.m available on the MATLAB helpscreens on the World-Wide-Web.6CONCLUSIONThree simulations have been described which assist in teaching fiber optic communication theoryto undergraduate electrical engineering students. Thus far, students have been very receptive. Othersimulations are planned which will simulate the effects of loss, amplification, noise and filtering thathave become important in high-performance fiber communication systems.REFERENCES1. MATLAB User’s Guide, The MathWorks, Inc., Natwick, MA 01760, 1992.2. Pollock, C.R., Fundamentals of Optoelectronics, Irwin, 1995, Ch. 5.3. Gloge, D., “Weakly Guiding Fibers”, Applied Optics, Vol. 10, No

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Brian Jenkins

notnormally include a function which automatically scales the colormap in a two-dimensional line plot.The coloring is achieved using a MATLAB m-file called plotcol.m available on the MATLAB helpscreens on the World-Wide-Web.6CONCLUSIONThree simulations have been described which assist in teaching fiber optic communication theoryto undergraduate electrical engineering students. Thus far, students have been very receptive. Othersimulations are planned which will simulate the effects of loss, amplification, noise and filtering thathave become important in high-performance fiber communication systems.REFERENCES1. MATLAB User’s Guide, The MathWorks, Inc., Natwick, MA 01760, 1992.2. Pollock, C.R., Fundamentals of Optoelectronics, Irwin, 1995, Ch. 5.3

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Rob Wolter; Cliff Goodwin

regarding the establishment ofstudent teams when he points out the prerequisites that must be considered. “There are threeprinciples to the formation of effective student teams: 1.Group dynamics training - Providestudent teams with basic training on team member responsibilities and accountability, problemsolving skills, planning techniques, and group dynamics. 2.Designed in accountability andresponsibility - Ensure that individual accountability and responsibility extends beyond theboundaries of the team. 3.Frequent team meetings and frequent small outputs from the team -Ensure an early and high level of team member interaction” (1996, p.84-5). If we expect studentteams to be successful then we must provide them with ground rules and expectations

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Susan Campbell; Carol L. Colbeck

sections of an introductory engineering graphics course. The teachingmethods faculty used included a discussion of the design process, an emphasis on sketching andvisualization techniques, an opportunity to be involved in a brainstorming exercise, a criticaldiscussion of former students’ posters, developing criteria for evaluating their own posters, andcreating and presenting posters about their designs. The authors provide minimal informationabout how they judged student improvement in critical thinking except that they based theirobservations on the posters students produced and looked for improvement using Perry’s schemeof intellectual development. In future courses, the faculty plan to use an instrument to assessstudents’ development on the

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Deborah M. Mechtel; K.A. Korzeniowski

. Rizzoni, G., Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, Irwin Publishers, 1993.2. USNA Department of Electrical Engineering, Notes on Communication Systems.3. USNA Department of Electrical Engineering, Notes on Oscillators.4. Kay, W. and Fowler, C. Rotating Machines and Magnetic Devices, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1993. VIII. Biographical Information K.A. KORZENIOWSKI completed requirements for the Ph.D. at Brown University in 1993.Dr. Korzeniowski is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the United StatesNaval Academy, Annapolis, MD. Current research work focuses on developing control, sensorfusion and motion planning algorithms for robotic systems. D.M

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Sameer Kumar; Jeffrey A. Jalkio

priorities using competitive data. QFD should help organizationalprocessing activities and outputs match customer wants (Cole, 1989).A typical QFD matrix is shown in Figure 1. On the left side of Figure 1 are the customerrequirements: what the customer wants in the product or service. The top of the QFD matrixshows the manufacturer’s or service provider’s requirements, what the manufacturer or serviceprovider does to ensure the consistency of the product or service. These can be items that aremeasured by the manufacturer or service provider and are specified from suppliers.The right side of the QFD matrix indicates the planning matrix. This matrix specifies the level ofservices or product to be provided or produced after evaluating the customers

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Jon A. Leydens

review sessions that occur with each of thefour formal writing assignments (Abstract, Abstract/Response, Inquiry, and Arguing Report) as Page 3.586.5well as on sample reports. 5The Role of the LAIS Writing CenterWhen we designed the floor plan for the Liberal Arts and International Studies (LAIS) WritingCenter in June of 1997 (see Figure 1), we set out to design a room that would serve both as awriting center and as a computer classroom. Since the computer classroom needed to comfortablyfit 20 computer stations, 20 students, one instructor and a

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W. Poppen; J. E. Seat; G. Klukken; D. Knight; J. Roger Parsons

of a larger sample size. The 1998-1999 basic engineering class will be scaled up toinclude 150 members and 30 facilitators. During the 1999-2000 class, when approximately 400freshmen will be involved in the new freshman curriculum, it is planned to designate a controlgroup of 40 unfacilitated freshman teams. These unfacilitated students will be compared to 40facilitated teams on a number of dimensions of team performance in order to fully understand theimplications of placing facilitators with freshman design teams. The data collected from the facilitators' subjective evaluations and indices of design teamperformance is being used to develop the program for re-administration in the fall of 1998.Efforts are being made to further

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Renecia Jones; Kerric Bennett; Ganelle Grace; Bala Ram

Carolina A&TState University. The overall objective of this project was to develop a means of outcomesassessment that would enhance student performance and satisfy the requirements set forth byABET 2000.1.2 Scope This project was limited to the outcomes assessment process for the Department ofIndustrial Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. However, the results of thisstudy could be used as a guideline for other educational organizations that may be interested inoutcomes assessment.2.0 METHODOLOGY The methodology for developing undergraduate portfolios for the Department ofIndustrial Engineering consisted of the following steps:1) Planning the study: This step involved defining all activities

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Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

learning; (2) student reticence to non-traditional approaches of teaching (3) no evaluation questions regarding innovation or active learning; (4) differences in course content. At the time of writing, results had not been recieved for the second year’s courses. Student perceptions Many students who found the portfolio method helpful made comments which indicated that the instructors’ goals in implementing student portfolios had been achieved. They reported that the portfolio helped them organize their materials, plan their study activities, recall the topics covered in the course, prepare for the Fundamentals of Engineering licensing

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

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Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Gen Sasaki, MathWorks; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, McMaster University; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Brian Nguyen, McMaster University; Noah Roberts, MathWorks

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par;cipants highly valued thehands-on por;ons.Recommendations for Future Workshops We plan to follow up on the ini;al workshop with a second. Our aim is to narrow our focus inthe upcoming year and design the presenta;on to include more hands-on ac;vi;es. As thepar;cipants observed, another beneficial aspect of the presenta;on was allowing everyone towork at their own pace with the provided worksheets. Addi;onally, the presenters circulatedamong the class, offering help where needed. Conclusion The ASEE 2023 conference showcased a fruisul collabora;on between academic ins;tu;onsand MathWorks. This partnership led to a successful workshop execu;on highligh;ng theintegra;on of advanced MATLAB features with the Arduino microprocessor to

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Competencies and Skills

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Anuli Ndubuisi, University of Toronto; Philip Asare, University of Toronto

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-making andconflict management practices thereby enhancing productivity. In addition, support systems forinclusivity and accountability such as the responsibility matrix, team building ice breakers oractivities, and action items trackers facilitated trust management and relationship building [24].Furthermore, team management artefacts such as project schedule(s), task list(s), meeting notes,procurement and budget tracker(s) supported students’ efficient time management practices.While the project schedule facilitated planning of design project activities, the task listsfacilitated work transparency; meeting notes enabled progress tracking of tasks, and theprocurement tracker allowed for cost transparency of design project purchases. The

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 10

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Collins Ugonna Lawrence, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Eunsil Lee, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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criteria) for and the search results from a pilot review (see Pilot Review),how the lessons learned gained from the pilot review were incorporated into refining the searchstrategy (see Lessons Learned and Search Strategy), and our future plans (see Future works).Pilot ReviewDue to the absence of a relevant a priori protocol registered with the Open Science Framework forthe current scoping review, a pilot scoping review was conducted to develop one. This pilot reviewalso aims to establish a systematic search strategy (e.g., a search string, search database, inclusioncriteria) to identify a broad range of primary literature, aligning with the goals of our scopingreview (Arksey & O’Malley, 2005). This process also served to enhance the research

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Innovating Inclusivity: Rethinking Access and Empowerment in STEM Education

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Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University

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weekly grades during the course, including the final course grade. • Answers to the end of module survey.We are planning to study various correlations between the answers provided in the survey andthe course activity.ConclusionThis paper presents work in progress, describing in detail a proposed intervention for includingthe selection of a professional role model in the curriculum of a given discipline. A pilotexperiment is under way, and we will have partial results available during the conference.Our long-term goal is to show that selecting a professional role model and analyzing it from thestudents’ own perspective will increase student identification with the domain of study, theirmotivation and engagement and will contribute to

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Sustainability and Student Health in Construction Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohsen Goodarzi, Ball State University; Mohsen Garshasby, Mississippi State University

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reasons behind thisstudy’s findings.Furthermore, given that research-informed teaching is known to be effective in improving thequality of teaching, it is important to include the findings of practical studies, like this research,in the sustainable construction course contents. The implications of these findings for sustainableconstruction education are significant. Incorporating the insights gained from this research intosustainable construction courses can enhance students' understanding of the practical challengesand opportunities associated with achieving LEED certification. For example, educators can usethe study's results to illustrate the importance of energy efficiency and sustainable sitedevelopment in project planning and design. By