Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

Enrollment ServicesAlthough they started out as separate committees, over time the student services andenrollment services groups actually began meeting as a single group. This providedbetter coordination and planning for student issues. Prior to the Institute, WSUVancouver had developed a co-admission agreement with Clark and Lower ColumbiaColleges. The group revised the agreement and the form that was subsequently used bythe Institute applicants.Institute students must meet university admission requirements to be admitted to WSUVancouver as freshman or transfer. At the same time, they are admitted to one of the twocommunity colleges since students register at and belong to the community collegeduring the lower division. In addition, the Institute

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russ Pimmel

results toencourage professional critique.The program also acknowledges the need for STEM education research and developmentefforts to build on and contribute to the STEM education knowledge base. The ProjectKaleidoscope report, Recommendations for Action in Support of Undergraduate Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, 13 calls for “collective action” to share ideasand materials so that projects build on, connect to, and enhance the work of others. Itstresses that educational research and development efforts must move away from thepractice in which an individual “owns” a new approach from conception toimplementation. The planned CCLI program supports a collaborative model whereinvestigators learn about and adapt the work of others

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

?” InD. Berry (Ed.), How Implicit is Implicit Learning? Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp 107-123.8 Farison, James and Newberry, Byron , “The Current Status and Uses of the General (Undesignated) EngineeringProgram with a Case Study,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)Conference, Nashville, TN, June, 2003.9 Wentzheimer, W. Wayne, Ermer, Gayle E., Van Antwerp, Jennifer J., and VanderLeest, Steven H., “An OptimalEngineering Education: The BSE at a Liberal Arts College,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, 2004.10 Seel, N.M., Al-Diban, S. and Blumschein, P., Mental Models and Instructional Planning. In M. Spector and

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

Technology: Choosing the Best Path,” ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville. 2. Abi Aghayere (2004), “Strategies for enhancing the scholarly productivity of engineering technology educators”, ASEE Annual conference, Salt Lake City. 3. Al Simone (2004), “Rochester Institute of Technology Strategic Plan 2005-2015”, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 4. Subhi M. Bazlamit, Farhad Reza, Ashley Middelberg and Justin Stiles (2004), “Introducing research into undergraduate honors program”, ASEE annual conference, Salt Lake City. 5. Anant R. Kukreti (2004), “Research experiences for undergraduate students in structural engineering”, ASEE annual conference, Salt Lake City

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

paperdescribes the process of creating the lecture and lab materials for the new technologyliteracy course, teaching the pilot course in fall 2004, and plans for a second semesteroffering in spring of 2005.Spring results will be reported at the June 2005 ASEE meeting.Formatting the Course In more detail, we have developed a two lecture and single lab per week formatwith the following characteristics: Lecture 1: CONTEXT: define the historical origin and technical evolution of priordevices which served the same or related functions (e.g, for digital camera, survey optics,drawing, camera obscura, Daguerrotype, black and white film, Kodak and the personal(Brownie) camera, color film, Polaroid camera/film, and video camera). Lecture 2

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Edwards

throughout the semester. Manyfaculty members, particularly the engineering technology faculty, have a significant amount ofindustrial experience, so a wide variety of potential project experts are available. This has beentried for two years with good success, and plans are for it to continue. The expert can providethe students with valuable background information to help them realize the importance andrelevance of the project to real world situations. The students seem to appreciate this. Since theexpert is another faculty member, he/she can be available on a regular basis as a consultantduring the entire semester.The first year that this concept was used the students were required to design a cooling systemfor an injection mold for a plastic part

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Peter Schuyler

samesemester. A second digital course was also added to the curriculum to address what we felt wasa deficiency in the curriculum.A two semester required senior project design course sequence was added to the final twosemesters. This was a significant departure from the previous curriculum where we had a onesemester, optional senior project course. Our reasoning for this addition was that it wouldprovide a capstone experience for all students, and we could incorporate topics on projectmanagement and teamwork. We also felt that two semesters would provide students greater timeto plan and execute a design project. Most of the debate centered around the number of creditsand laboratory time for the course. By structuring the course with both theory and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

1.67 Figure 12 - Test Circuit for Norton Equivalent Circuit, and Data TableConclusionThree innovative, simple laboratory exercises for students learning DC fundamentals have beendeveloped and tried with first-year students. The author is planning to refine these, and continuedeveloping others on different subjects, during the spring 2005 semester, in DC Fundamentals.Bibliography1. The EMF Safety Superstore, 141 Soller Heights Rd., Ghent, NY 12075. www.lessemf.com CuProCote is alsoknown as StaticVeil, a water-based high-conductivity shielding coating. 4 ounces costs USD$30 plus shipping, andwill coat the Ohmic contact areas of many, many student graphite resistors.2. http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/potsecrets/potscret.htm3

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Primus Tillman; Keith Johnson

and Technology, and anew Department of Technology was established to administer both the previously establishedand the proposed new programs in technical education. The Engineering Technology Committeeof the Engineer’s Council for Professional Development, Inc., first accredited the engineeringtechnology programs in 1979. In 1988, the Technology Accreditation Commission of theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology re-accredited the programs in engineeringtechnology. The programs were again re-accredited in 1994.The current Five-Year-Plan for the University calls for several of the old programs and all of thenew programs to be designated and accredited as Engineering Technology programs. The planalso call for every program that has

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shane Palmquist

; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Span 1 Span 2 Span 3 Span 4 Figure 2. Elevation of College Street Bridge Figure 3. College Street BridgeThe purpose of the project was to give students an opportunity to work hands-on on a realengineering structure and to develop generalized equations for the dead load forces in selectedmembers and to solve for these forces. Students were required to perform a preliminaryinspection of the truss superstructure for spans 1 through 3 to obtain basic bridge geometryinformation. This information (since plans of the structure no

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Burton

essential [3]. In addition, the structure of the videoproductions is a very important consideration and segmenting the material to be covered intoblocks seemed appropriate for a number of reasons discussed later.StructureThe semester consists of 13 weeks and it was planned to have approximately one hour of videomaterial for each week, which was divided into several blocks or segments, each 15 to 20minutes long. The format for each segment varies but for new material is generally as follows:The lecturer (the author) • introduces the theory for a particular topic; Page 10.1048.2 • works an example problem with the students; • provides

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Boyle

– the method offers a very thorough examination of mechanism kinematics and provides an instructor with an “endless” supply of 3-D slider crank solutions. • Student feedback on pseudographics is about evenly split between those who see benefit in the method, and the less enthusiastic who may have been conditioned into more familiar equation solving approaches. Opportunity to use 3-D pseudographics has been limited to exploratory forays in an introductory course. • Future plans for this work include making 2-D and 3-D mechanisms more accessible to non-mathematically inclined users via an online ‘store front’.Appendix A: TK Solver CodeInput

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

interdisciplinarytraining may be of value to students in preparation for the workplace. The ideal (recommended)approach is to provide controls training over the four-year college curriculum, which can beviewed as follows: (1) start with first year college students and provide practical experience incontrol systems that emphasizes fundamental principles; (2) develop new courses and materialsthat broaden the first-year experience, such that third-year engineering students should beintroduced to system modeling, planning, design and simulation, system performance evaluation;(3) develop follow-up courses, for fourth-year engineering students and graduate students, thatemphasize theory, digital control, real-time systems, nonlinear control, and other areas such

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Sappington; Emma Seiler

categorize their feet into one size. Also, they learn some people have feet that are two different sizes. 2. Design of shoe sole and upper – This part of the activity consists of looking at the pressure exerted by different points of the foot. Comfort and style must also be considered in the design. Students are instructed in the engineering design process. 3. Construction of shoe – Students construct their shoe based on their design. Often they are surprised at the redesign that has to be done. 4. Marketing of the shoe –Student must create a marketing plan for their shoes and sell their shoes.Measure Your Feet Don't know your shoe size? Your feet change during your lifetime. To make sure that youget the best possible fit and

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Freeman; Anita Persaud

Engineering through the Multicultural Engineering Program.This program is a direct pipeline of underrepresented minority engineering graduates who are notonly technically competent but also world-class engineers. Specifically, students enrolled in thisprogram develop core competencies that extend beyond technical ability which include effectivecommunication skills, planning and prioritization, time management ability, engaging teamplayers, and success in competing globally.In its 14 year history at The Pennsylvania State University, 269 students (170 students fromengineering) have completed the PREF program. This support service, created to improve theretention and graduation of underrepresented minority engineering students, continues todiversify

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung

lessons from our practices. In particular, precisely balanced laboratoryworkloads and seamless or smooth transition from classroom lecture to laboratory practices arethe important non-technical aspects required to complete this course more efficiently andsuccessfully. As technologies evolve, this course will be continuously supplemented with newtechnologies and educational materials. As an extended effort, we plan to develop a set of thegraphical user interface (GUI)-based tools that will eventually assist a small group of students indesigning their application-specific industrial quality of soft RTL synthesizable processorplatform cores by clicking their computer mouse.AcknowledgementsI would like to acknowledge Joshua W. Jones for his help in

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mativo

longitudinal section of wood and thenthe other direction. One direction will reveal smoothness while the other will encounterroughness or high resistance. A planner may be used to demonstrate when wood isplanned in one direction it is a smooth operation while chatter results when planned fromthe opposite direction.Recommended Apparatus:• A microscope with at least a x100 magnification. The MEIJI EMZ-5TR with a MA502 SWF 10X eyepieces is utilized here, Figure 1. It is enhanced with a camera that can be hooked up to a TV monitor for larger audiences to see and can be interfaced to a computer to customize graphics and print utilizing “Know Through Vision” software. The package cost is about $2500.00 and may be purchased at Dayton

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

with communication tasks. This teaming approachproved to be partially successful. When it worked, it worked very well. When timeconflicts arose, specifically near the end of the semester, the communication did not workas well for many of the students resulting in a less than desirable outcome. Plans arebeing formulated to correct this in the future.IntroductionProviding hands-on, or learn-by-doing, experiences for engineering students is oftencomplicated by either a lack of equipment, technician support or both. Yet most topics inchemical engineering are best learned via a learn-by-doing approach. Computersimulations have been used in lieu of a truly hands-on experience but these are oftenlacking in the fullness of details that real systems

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Clifford Mirman

method may be preferred in engineering. Technology majors tend to be more involved with detail design documentation, manufacturing process planning, production, and quality approval functions where 2-D CAD skills would be much more relevant. Engineers focus more on concept design and analysis where the solid model has become the starting point for product design and development using techniques such as rapid prototyping and finite element analysis. However, a 2-D drawing is readily generated from a 3-D solid model and hence is it really necessary for the technology major to study 2-D techniques in isolation from 3-D techniques? CAD software If computer-aided design is included in the course, what brand of CAD software would be

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kun-jung Hsu

Construction Technology, Leader University. He isalso a senior lecturer of the Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, Taiwan University. Dr. Hsu has twentyyears’ experience in professional practice as a senior architect and construction manager. Current researchinterests include housing economics, construction economics, community design and special topics on projectevaluation. Page 9.1229.10 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in BAE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Christy

poetry contest judges. Detailed results willbe presented at the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference. Potential future plans might be to expandthe contest to include fine art in addition to the poetry and/or to extend the contest college-wide.The results from the weekly essay assignments included a marked improvement in students’written work as judged by the instructor. Students’ initial resistance to the essay requirementconsistently decreased over the time span of each course. Several students claimed they actuallylooked forward to the weekly essay assignments because it gave them the opportunity to think innew ways about what they were learning and how. One student, after graduation, returnedspecifically to tell the instructor how much he had

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Murphy; G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

)16. McGregor, M., CCNP Cisco Networking Academy Program: Remote Access Companion Guide. 2002, Indianapolis IN: Cisco Press. 492. (2002).17. Lewis, W., CCNP Cisco Networking Academy Program: Multilayer Switching Guide. 2003, Indianapolis, IN: Cisco Press. 636. (2003).GUPREET KOHLIGurpreet is a PhD student at Edith Cowan University with two years of experience in Lecturing and DevelopingNetwork and Data Communication units at Edith Cowan University. Gurpreet is currently investigating web servicesand capacity planning of e-business sites as part of his research at ECU.PAUL MAJAssociate Professor S. P. MAJ is a recognized authority in the field of industrial and scientific information systemsintegration and management

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Murphy; G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

Systems units at eCentral TAFE.GUPREET KOHLIGurpreet is a PhD student at Edith Cowan University with two years of experience in Lecturing and DevelopingNetwork and Data Communication units at Edith Cowan University. Gurpreet is currently investigating webservices and capacity planning of e-business sites as part of his research at ECU.DAVID VEALDavid received an honours degree in theoretical physics from the University of York in England. Aftercompleting a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Keel after which he lectured inphysics at South Devon College UK for 10 years. He now lives in Western Australia where he has taughtcomputing, mathematics and physics at high school level. He now lectures in computing science at ECU

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Roth

Workplace Learning,” International Conference on Engineering Education, 2001, Session 7B6. 2. Nitterright, Fredrick; Roth, David; Fisher, Kenneth, “Implementing and Managing Summer Internships at the Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College, for Seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program,” International Conference on Engineering Education, 2001, Session 3149. 3. 2004-2005 Criteria for Accrediting Technology Programs, ABET Technology Accreditation Commission, ABET Inc., Baltimore, MD, website: http://www.abet.org/criteria_tac.html 4. Rogers, Gloria M.; Sando, Jean K., Stepping Ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1996

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Greco

necessary equipment and cost.In the near future we plan to move the project to the Motorola 68HC12 processor, whichprovides more on-chip memory and faster speed. At that time students will program in acombination of C and assembly, thereby introducing students to a mixed programminglanguage environment. Additional emphasis will be placed on an experimentaldetermination of the Ethernet efficiency, and simulation software will be introduced tomodel the network performance.Bibliography1. Halsall, F., Multimedia Communications: Applications, Networks, Protocols and Standards. Addison-Wesley, 2001.2. Leon-Garcia, A. and Widjaja, I., Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and KeyArchitectures. McGraw-Hill, 2000.3. Kurose, J. F. and Ross, K. W

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Visser; Carrie Steinlicht; Teresa Hall

employed part-time by the GPRPC to perform day-to-day tasks,serve as production workers for short-run manufacturing projects, and conduct applied researchand problem solving for consortium partners. Seminars, workshops, and regular universitycourses have been delivered on Lean Manufacturing, ProEngineer™, and Rapid ProductDevelopment. Demand for specifically tailored short courses for industry is growing and thereare plans to consolidate student industry internships with faculty research interests under theGPRPC umbrella.Rapid Product Development in the Undergraduate CurriculumFor students in the Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MNET) program, the GPRPC hasbeen used as a teaching tool and source of employment. We have integrated rapid

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

discusses problems which were encountered in this and othercapstone projects supervised by the author. It includes suggestions for avoiding, or at leastminimizing, such problems in future similar activities. The information should be very useful tofaculty in planning and directing capstone design courses, regardless of topic.“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Page 9.108.1©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The student-centered approach followed in this project is consistent with actions being taken bymany educators to change the educational

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Litwhiler

beupgraded and modified by simply changing the software (or firmware). Planning ahead forinevitable system change is an important lesson for engineering technology students.LabVIEW software is popular in engineering technology curriculum and students are oftenfamiliar with at least using LabVIEW applications. The ease of use, low cost and functionalityof the student version of LabVIEW helps to make it a natural first choice as the software forstudent design projects.2 Even students that are not familiar with structured programming canquickly be creating LabVIEW code.3 The student version also runs on either IBM-compatible(PC) or Apple Macintosh (Mac) computers which makes it ideal for home use by the students.This capability allows the students to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby

in teams representing various corporations and government entities. They interface via e-mail, Internet Chat, or tele-conferences. • Using new long distance learning technologies for research and communication. • Improving students’ verbal and written communications, team work and leadership skills, thus better preparing them for management roles in the global economy. • By being offered free of any charge to all participants, it does not tax the budget of any school. Schools are able to offer a superior collaborative experience at basically no extra cost.Plans for the Future Based on our positive experience, we plan to continue teaching the Global Perspectives inTechnology Management course

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Strong; Scott Amos; Richard Callahan

students receive in these areas.Based on the more in-depth personal interviews with industry professionals, students often havesome understanding of the basic theory but little practical knowledge of the overall process or ofproblems typical of these studies. This may be explained in part by the typical textbook coverageof these topics. Problems and exercises often involve a given data set that is used to demonstratevarious applications such as the calculation of control limits or Cpk values. In many casesstudents are not exposed to critical ancillary issues such as determining the timing and size ofsampling plans, dealing with inaccurate data collection, using basic measuring equipment, andrelating the results of the study to specific