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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mark N. Valesey; Teresa L. Noto

use.A discussion related to the need for alternative vehicle education for engineering,engineering technology, technician and consumer education will also beaddressed.A Little HistoryThe first electric car was a model was developed in 1828 in Hungary. In the1830’s a crude electric car was put together in Scotland by Robert Anderson,however, there were no surviving pictures, plans or vehicles for the unit. [3]The Parker electric vehicle was developed in London in 1884, and may have beenthe first electric car ready for full-scale production. It is thought that its inventor,Thomas Parker, may have actually built it to combat London’s growing smokeand pollution.Jacob Lohner & Co in Vienna, Austria produced electric cars from 1898 to 1906.Dr

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunghoon Jang; Kenneth Markowitz; Hong Li

) spectroscopy, mid infrared (MIR)spectroscopy, radio wave impedance, optical rotation of polarized light, fluid extraction from theskin, and glucose sensing contact lens with fluorescence detection. Although recent advances inbasic research and clinical applications in the noninvasive glucose monitoring are veryencouraging for the future of this field, we concluded the non-invasive glucose sensingtechniques are still far from satisfying requirements for clinical use. Therefore, it is necessary todevelop a new technique satisfying the criteria such as accuracy, low cost, simplicity in samplingand testing, portability, and safety in use [3, 4].Plan of Study and MethodologyThe first precision optical polarimeter using the Faraday effect was introduced by

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Harvey I. Lyons

an engineering technology student. Finally, the writer has recently researched and published articles on the future practices in Engineering Technology. Some of the research included contacts with industrial sources to learn what they recommend – and expect – from our ET programs in the near future. Their recommendations help us to plan and develop our ET programs more effectively for more successful partnerships. KEY WORDS: Academia, Industry, Collaboration, Engineering Technology, DesignI TRODUCTIOThe desired end product of an undergraduate engineering technology program is quality rawmaterial for industry. Therefore we have to address the needs of the industrial sector and providean

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Muhammad M. Baig; Rafiqul Islam

careers as well as the plans and suggestions to overcome those problems. The course outline along with laboratory experiments will also be discussed.Keywords: Problems and Solutions for PIC MicrocontrollerIntroduction At Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, we inducted a one-semester course on microcontrollers, obviously, for a multiple of reasons, for our undergraduatestudents doing majors in ‘Electronic Engineering Technology (EET)’. At the very start of thisventure, we found out that we were on a head-on-collision course to a number of challenging andmulti-faced problems. This was quite disappointing. But we pursued on to develop a reasonablygood course and our consistent efforts in doing-so ultimately

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

B. Samanta; Chiraag Nataraj; Sanjeev Reddy; Mark Woods; C. Nataraj

students to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology through participationin a sports-like, science and engineering-based robotics competition. Villanova is also aparticipant for GEAR UP, a teacher training program to increase teacher and studentunderstanding of math subjects and to help them use robotics to accomplish their math goals.To provide educational and research experiences to high school students, an exploratory (pilot)project on swarm robotics was initiated in Summer 2008 in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at Villanova University, Villanova, PA with a team of two high school students anda senior Villanova Mechanical Engineering undergraduate under the supervision of two Facultymembers. The plan was to test the

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

students. To mitigate this, we decided touse readily-available datasheets and articles for reading material, supplemented with handoutsdescribing the various labs. This approach eliminates the need for a traditional textbook for thecourse. (The total parts cost for one computer is roughly $150—comparable to the cost of amodern engineering textbook.) We envision this cost being reduced by ten or twenty percent bythe adoption of a parts-kit-based approach.Future Work Based on our experience with the course so far, we plan on assembling a parts kit (atcost) for the students. Previously, we have provided students with a parts list for the computer;however, it has been our experience that delays of several weeks will be avoided by making

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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anApplication Programming Interface (API) to the scripting language Ruby. Students learn to notonly “draw” 3D models, but how to script behavior for those models. One example is anexercise in which the class creates a model of a building project then writes Ruby code to accessthe physical properties (dimensions) of the building components thereby performing a script-based quantity take-off to support construction estimating tasks. The combination of scriptingwith 3D modeling reinforces the topics presented in the class. 5Subsequent Civil Engineering Computing Course DevelopmentWe are planning to incorporate additional computational modules in subsequent courses in ourdepartment. This will help students to

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jeanne Radigan

intern and hold them accountable for projectdeadlines. Training should be provided and only projects that are accomplishable should beassigned to the intern. Successful internships involve the intern in the project planning stage andexplain the rationale behind each task assigned to the intern [29]. The university must have a contact point for the employer. Most often a faculty memberhas the primary management responsibility, but some schools have an internship director orplacement officer in charge of overseeing the program. Faculty are compensated in a variety ofways for managing interns, with 31% of them awarded teaching load credit for managing theprogram, 23% with extra pay and 13% with course load reduction. 28% of faculty

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

B. L. Steward; T. J. Brumm; S. K. Mickelson

represent an either/or situation. Learners are along a continuumbetween “opposite” ends of the spectrum. The learning style determined by the Felder-Silverman model denote learning preferences – individuals can indeed learn in situations thatdon’t match their learning style, but it may take some adjustment on their part.Focus groups can be effective in obtaining specific summative data about student learningstyles and preferences. A focus group is "a carefully planned discussion designed to obtainperceptions on a defined area of interest in a permissive, non-threatening environment”(Krueger and Casey, 2000). Christopher (2000) reported on the use of student focus groups asone evaluation component of a university-level course. She found the open and

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri; Eric Durant

extendedmarket and technology research phase, many aspects of the design have already been drafted bythe time the SE students begin working with the BE students. Although not ideal, the timing ofthe collaboration is the best feasible option. The second year BE students are not far enoughalong in their research to provide the needed input on requirements and constraints. In fact, thetiming is appropriate for documenting requirements that are unambiguous and measurable, sincethe BE students have developed the appropriate domain knowledge by the third year.This collaboration was planned before the quarter began by the two faculty teaching therequirements course (the authors) and the faculty member advising the third year BE students.The BE faculty member

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael P. Hennessey

solving the entire MineMadness problem was too difficult in the time allocated so the design problem was simplified to focus exclusively on “getting-over-the-wall,” i.e. the 4 x 4 or 4 x 8’s and no longer was stability, steering and mine management functionality required. Thatsaid, design teams were advised to plan for the addition of eventual steering and mine management modules to be incorporated(in a stable sense) into their machines. Detailed design and manufacturing ensued with students heavily utilizing the CADsystem (SolidWorks [6-9,10]), machine shop, and machine component suppliers (note: no “parts kit” was provided). The lattercomment is important since most students were totally unfamiliar with where to find and purchase real

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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James W. Boggs; R. Chris Williams; Kris G. Mattila; Todd Scholz

Michigan Department of Transportation Adopt-a-Highway program by going out twice a year and maintaining the roadway on a section of M-26in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula. Another way in which the program has partnered has been by performing project work inthe area of civil engineering design and planning for the local community. One recent exampleis the work done by students that looked at redesigning a section of a local road in order todevelop a bypass for the section of highway that passes through Michigan Tech’s campus andthe local community. The student's work on this project met with the approval of the AdvisoryBoard members who regularly do this type of work.Primary Education The Pavement Enterprise has partnered with the

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Stacy Gleixner; Elena Klaw PhD; Patricia Backer

planning, implemention and evaluation of the project; developing outcome measures;and documenting, analyzing and interpreting outcome data.Renewable Energy Engineering Class Service Learning Project DetailsThe students go through several milestones throughout the semester for the Renewable Energyservice learning project. First, the students are assigned to a renewable energy technology (suchas solar cells or wind power). Students are surveyed on their preferences and teams are assignedthat balance the student’s choice while also diversifying student majors and level(undergraduate/graduate). Next, students individually write an overview of the technology thatreferences at least three media articles. The goal of this assignment is to build in each

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Fariborz M. Tehrani

and practice experiences include structural analysis and design, earthquake resistant design, building materials and construction, road and bridge design, and project management. His research on sliding seismic isolation resulted in a patented methodology, Sliding Foundation System with Safety Margin, which was applied in construction of a small building in 1998. He has contributed to the engineering design of more than fifty structures and infrastructures, management and planning of nearly $150 million projects, and several research projects and proposals. Fariborz holds membership of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Concrete Institute, and Engineers without Borders. He is currently an Assistant Professor in

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Wayne C. Pilkington

recordingsIntroductionLecture capture, the recording of face-to-face classroom lectures in digital format, and makingthese recordings available for asynchronous first-time viewing or reviewing by students, is animportant and beneficial tool for engineering education that has been in use for several yearsnow; but that has experienced a slow adoption rate. In the 2010 National Survey of InformationTechnology in Higher Education[1], a survey of senior campus information technology officersfrom 523 public and private colleges and universities across the United States, more than sixtypercent of the survey participants either “agree” or “strongly agree” that lecture capture is animportant part of their plans for developing and delivering instructional materials. However

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lora Goodwin; Brian P. Self; James Widmann

“correct answer”, Dr Self hopes tofurther advance their intellectual curiosity and problem solving skills.James Widmann, California Polytechnic State UniversityJim Widmann is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, SanLuis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently he teaches mechanics and designcourses. He conducts research in the areas of design optimization, machine design, fluid power control andengineering education.Lora Goodwin, California Polytechnic State UniversityLora Goodwin is an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at California Polytechnic State University, SanLuis Obispo. Her interests lie in the fields of math and science. She plans to

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Debra Larson

://www.abet.org).3. ASCE Body of Knowledge Committee. 2004. Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing the Civil Engineering for the Future, Reston, VA, January. (http://www.asce.org/raisethebar).4. ASCE Levels of Achievement Subcommittee. 2005. Levels of Achievement Applicable to the Body of Knowledge Required for Entry Into the Practice of Civil Engineering at the Professional Level, Reston VA, September. (http://www.asce.org/raisethebar)5. ABET. 2008. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs: Effective for Evaluations During the 2008-2009 Accreditation Cycle, ABET, Inc., Baltimore, MD. (http://www.abet.org).6. ASCE Task Committee to Plan a Summit on the Future of the Civil Engineering profession. 2007. The Vision

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Said Shakerin

development/enhancement of keen observational skill. As quoted byAscher Shapiro in the preface to the book on fluids films30, “fluid mechanics is aphotogenic subject,” and as such these fluid mechanics toys would most probably be ofinterest to general public as well as students of science and engineering.AcknowledgementThis paper is dedicated to Paul G. Hewitt, the physicist-cartoonist whose playfulpresentation of physics, especially in his text book Conceptual Physics, has been a sourceof inspiration for the author. Funding from the Committee on Academic Planning andDevelopment at the University of the Pacific is greatly appreciated which allowedpurchasing the toys described here and several others. The author thanks Dr. Ed Pejackfor providing

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

M. Ali Montazer

regardless of size, budget and product mix.More recently, as a decision support tool, simulation modeling has also become aneffective and easy-to-use tool in implementing Lean / Six sigma programs. West Point, NY - ASEE Zone I 2008 ConferenceLean / Six Sigma ConceptsThe concepts of Lean / Six Sigma trace their origins in Industrial Engineering whereunderstanding the basics of production systems for planning, scheduling, and controllingproduction amounts and timing are fundamental to the discipline. In its simplestmeaning, Lean refers to efforts to eliminate waste in a system or a process, maintainingcontinuous improvement, and bringing greater efficiencies to the production operation.The paperback book by Womack et al (1991

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

students. To mitigate this, we decided touse readily-available datasheets and articles for reading material, supplemented with handoutsdescribing the various labs. This approach eliminates the need for a traditional textbook for thecourse. (The total parts cost for one computer is roughly $150—comparable to the cost of amodern engineering textbook.) We envision this cost being reduced by ten or twenty percent bythe adoption of a parts-kit-based approach.Future Work Based on our experience with the course so far, we plan on assembling a parts kit (atcost) for the students. Previously, we have provided students with a parts list for the computer;however, it has been our experience that delays of several weeks will be avoided by making

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Michael Casey

anApplication Programming Interface (API) to the scripting language Ruby. Students learn to notonly “draw” 3D models, but how to script behavior for those models. One example is anexercise in which the class creates a model of a building project then writes Ruby code to accessthe physical properties (dimensions) of the building components thereby performing a script-based quantity take-off to support construction estimating tasks. The combination of scriptingwith 3D modeling reinforces the topics presented in the class. 5Subsequent Civil Engineering Computing Course DevelopmentWe are planning to incorporate additional computational modules in subsequent courses in ourdepartment. This will help students to

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Timothy B. Whitmoyer; David T. Vader

performance with more widely used handpumps.DiscussionThe narrative of this project’s history clearly demonstrates that the student’s participation helpssatisfy the general ABET Program Outcomes13. All of the senior projects required designingexperimental apparatus, developing a plan of study, and inferring the necessary changes in thepump design (Outcome b). The 2006-2007 project is the best example of satisfying thisoutcome. The students constructed a test apparatus and performed over 450 hours of automatedpumping for durability testing. The team tested several variations of three distinct piston sealdesigns and analyzed the results to find the best combination of longevity and efficiency.Any student designing or redesigning a subsystem of the pump

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

AS Ward; MN Gooseff; RY Toto; SE Zappe

fluid (bythe design component of the labs. No Armfield, Ltd.). SAE 50 (left) and NAPA 20 (right)comparison of student responses or scores on oils were used for the experiment.   the virtual labs with traditional assessment data (i.e., scores on exams, course grades) hasbeen made at this time.Future WorkA second delivery of the virtual labs is planned for the Fall 2010 semester. Student andinstructor feedback from the pilot project will be used to revise the content and deliveryof both experiments. Additional student feedback from the same measures will becollected, both after each lab and at the end of the course. Student feedback, data onlearning outcomes and student

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Peter J. Shull; Jessica M. Crandall

Toyota World No. 1 Car Maker,” Reuters.com. Reuters. http:/www.reuters.com/article/businessnews/idUSN2424076820080124. Retrieved 19 April 2008.4. M. Adams, P. Componation, H. Czarnecki, and B. Schroer. “Simulation as a Tool for Continuous Process Improvement,” Proceedings of the 1999 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 766-773, 1999.5. D. Reis and LPena. “Linking Customer Satisfaction, Quality, and Strategic Planning,” Revista de Administracao de Empresas, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 42-46, 2000.6. M. E. Pritchard and G. S. Wilson. “Using Emotional and Social Factors to Predict Student Success,” Journal of College Student Development, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 18-28, 2003.

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew R. Stein

competition in which the winning device must perform wellFigure 3 Schematic of the course design project. on both days. Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Annual Conference University of Hartford Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  Figure 4 Best performing device, 2008. Figure 5 Best performing device, 2010.MilestonesInitial offerings of the course that trusted the maturity of senior level students to analyze requirementsdocuments and plan accordingly yielded disappointing results, perhaps not surprisingly. Top studentsperformed

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Michael Berry; Paul Russo; Joshua Wyrick

came to the realization that to complete even a simpletask a great deal of effort was needed especially when so many players are involved. From this experiencecommunication skills have been tested and a new understanding of project progress has been learned. Wecame to the understanding that in different cultures, tasks and projects can be handled differently. In theUS, we have become accustomed to timely responses and quick actions to proposed plans while inSenegal this was not common practice. When in country, we realized that things move at a different pace, 5a pace I would call laissez-faire in essence. This Senegalese state of mind

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yiming Rong

started project preparation (named PQP at WPI) before the trip. During PQP, thecommunication among project partners, co-advisors, and sponsor company mentors were established. Thestudents worked on problem definition, background knowledge and information acquisition, as well asmaking a project plan. Then the mixed student teams spent significant amount of time working in theproject sponsoring company in full time with engineers to work out valuable results of the projects. The MQP in China program has been expanded to involve more universities and companies,including the Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, and two local companies sponsoring twoprojects. In 2008, fifteen WPI students will go to China and Korea, working with twenty one

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Padmini K. Ramalingam; Munther Abualkibash; Rajendra Tadvi; Jeongkyu Lee

conceptsincluding generic and specific ontology (3) identification of relationship between concepts suchas ‘Is-A’, ‘Part-Of’, and ‘Has-A’. The main contributions of the proposed approaches aresummarized as follows: • We introduce a formal definition of multimedia ontology, • We proposed three steps to create a multimedia ontology, and 8 • We build multimedia ontology for a real application, i.e., wireless capsule endoscopy videos.Our case study shows that the proposed approach can be satisfactorily applied to a realapplication for WCE videos.We plan to integrate the created ontology with WCE applications, such as bleeding detection

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Frank X. Wright; Marie-Pierre Huguet

bound.… To electronsF’01-S’02In the fall semester I was assigned a course developer to help me redesign a graduate level course –International Business – planned for distance delivery through the course management system WebCT.This mandated use of Web-based technology triggered a dialogue that is still going on. Although herprimary responsibilities were to work with me as I integrated Web-based technology into my classroom, 3 American Society for Engineering Education ASEE Zone I Conference, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, March 28-29, 2008she became the outsider looking in. She observed the different sections of this course and

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai

Days Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Figure 3. Cumulative Number of Students Activated their Accounts Since the Beginning of a Semester 5When students posted their design ideas and plans, not only teammates, but also faculty advisers wereable to review the information and provide any necessary feedback to the students without waiting for thenext scheduled class. Similarly, faculty advisers can respond to students’ questions and concerns. Thisquick turnover of information had a