Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College; David Lange, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

educationaloutcomes closely followed those of ABET20007. Interestingly, prior to ABET2000,ABET criteria explicitly required the inclusion of ½ year of study of humanities andsocial sciences. The explicit requirement is no longer the case. ASCE is currentlyworking on revisions to the BOK and plans to publish a second edition to the BOK inearly 2008.As argued in the first portion of this paper, the technical component of the education offuture civil engineers needs to be supported by math, natural science, humanities andsocial science. Presented on Figure 1 is a graphic that attempts to capture this centralidea. Technical Depth Technical & Professional Breadth

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priti Bhatnagar, Daniel Webster College; Christopher McInnis, Daniel Webster College; Chad Hebert, Daniel Webster College; Sonja Crowder, Daniel Webster College; David Guo, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

-world applications, and communication skills. Theformation of the CDIO Initiative was a response to feedback from industry surveys whichcommunicated that although today’s engineering graduates are technically competent, theygenerally need one to two years of additional training before they are ready to function asengineers. Some of the common weaknesses cited are communication skills, including graphics,the ability to work in teams, and design skills. This paper will present a plan for a five-semesterconcurrent engineering design sequence, as well as an expanded use of design experiences incore engineering courses. Students will present an aerodynamics CDIO project that enhancestheir understanding of the effect of planform shape on finite wing

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Loveless-Morris, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan; Robert Embrey, Highline Community College; Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College; Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Eve Riskin, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

initialdevelopment phase of NW-ETEP in order to determine the most appropriate evaluation strategiesand to explore the most productive ways to embed these activities into the work plan from thebeginning. This long term involvement has helped build relationships between the sitecoordinators and evaluation team which makes the assessment process operate smoothly withless suspicion and distrust. Additionally, keeping the evaluator informed of changes in programdirection helps to make the assessment more effective since the recommendations can be moretargeted to current programming elements. A challenge to this process, however, is that theevaluator should still remain objective in order not to interpret data too creatively in favor ofpositive outcomes. The

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Gillespie, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

efforts for PV by the NJCEP were extremely successful – there is currently a longqueue of customers waiting to apply for a rebate program. As a result, outreach for PV power iscurrently deemphasized by the NJCEP. Research on the application of micro-hydro power inNew Jersey is currently being planned. Table 2. Summary of the four main project activities 1. Clean Energy Symposia 2. Energy Audits 3. Anemometer Loan Program 4. Technical Support and Outreach Page 13.1060.5Continued funding through state

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; William Hughes, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

cognition, motivation and behavior, guidedand constrained by their goals and the contextual features in the environment” as self-regulated learning or self-regulation5. Self-regulated learning consists of threecomponents: 1) metacognitive strategies (planning, monitoring and modifying one’scognitive development); 2) time-management on academics tasks; 3) employment ofstrategies to learn and understand material6. An attribute of self-regulated learning isone’s autonomy, or freedom to act independently. Because learning occurs within thelearner through interaction with environmental elements (e.g., socil interaction, learningtools), all learning is controlled by the learner, to some extent. That is, one’s developmentrequires that the learner choose

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kornecki, ERAU; Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Wojciech Grega, AGH; Jean-Marc Thririet, LAG; Miroslav Sveda, BUT

Tagged Divisions

International

) for the first two topicareas (Software Engineering and Digital Systems) are additionally assigned to either a Basic (B)or an Advanced (A) category. Please note that there may be more than one course in a specifictopic area on the same level.1. Software Engineering‚ Basic Level: programming and the discipline of software engineering, system/software lifecycle, project management and planning, requirements solicitation, methods and practices‚ Advanced Level: modeling and formal representation, architectural and detailed design with appropriate notations and tools, software construction, testing, quality assurance, and maintenance.2. Digital Systems‚ Basic Level: digital system concepts and operation, design of combinatorial and sequential

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hrynuk, Clarkson University; Matthew Pennington, Clarkson University; David Illig, Clarkson University; John P. Dempsey, Clarkson University

12 Input and Output 13 Logical Operators and Functions 14 Planning Tools and Selection Structures 15 Lab 2 16 For Loops 17 While Loops 18 Exam 2 19 Additional Looping Concepts 20 Lab 3 Lecture 21 Lab 3 Week 1 22 3-D Plotting and Interpolation 23 Lab 3 Week 2 24 LabVIEW Introduction 25 LabVIEW Programming 26 LabVIEW

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Nazila Mokarram, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

courserelationship with the topics concept. They then enter the topic “dynamics”, and a semantic searchis performed, returning precisely the facts specifying the prerequisite courses for all courseswhose topics include “dynamics”. This is essentially analogous to a structured database search,where the database is semantically structured by the ontology. In this case, we get a verysignificant increase in accuracy; so that accuracy would likely in the high 90%s.We plan to experiment with the above approaches, providing both and allowing users to trythem, along of course with a traditional word-based search option. We will record the results(anonymously), and will analyze and compare the effectiveness of the two ontology-basedapproaches with the word-based

Conference Session

Materials Education Perspectives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajiv Asthana, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Materials

was to prepare an educational resource to supplementformal instruction that offered deeper, stand-alone coverage of selected processing topics thanelementary textbooks that incorporate broader but shallower surveys arranged in an evolutionarypattern to establish the foundation of a class. The paper describes the author’s own experiencesin writing the book and addresses broader lessons learned.IntroductionThe World Wide Web and public libraries are replete with wonderful resources on how to write abook. The abundance of accumulated wisdom of well-published authors enshrined in suchresources undeniably is a valuable guide for beginners planning to tread an uncharted territory.This paper has a more modest goal: it describes the author’s own

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Thomas Richter, University of Stuttgart

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

pedagogical concepts to support teaching of mathematics for mathematicians, engineers and natural scientists - at the TU Berlin in 2001, as a research assistant at SFB609 in Dresden from 2002-2004, and is now part of the Team of the MuLF (Center for Multimedia in Education and Research) at the TU Berlin). In the past three years, Olivier Pfeiffer focused on the organization and coordination of the involved teams and contributed to several other eLTR related projects. He is also involved in the planning and application of future eLTR projects at the Berlin University of Technology and the local coordinator at the TU Berlin of the EMECW3 project. His research interest focuses on the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

their projects.• We recommend that each trip include an exploratory component so that future projects can be planned without the expense of separate exploratory trips.• Given the health issues we faced, we recommend that some health care personnel come with any engineering group that is going to a rural site in East Africa. The potential for serious illness is too high to risk not having someone on site to be able to help us.There are some other issues that relate to making service learning a more important part of theElectrical and Mechanical Engineering programs at our university. One example would be tomake the projects technically more challenging, but also allow the students to get three semesterhours of technical elective

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

annualDepartment open house. The open house includes invited other students, alumni, faculty,administrators and potential employers. Team sizes are either two or three members. Theprinciples of Michaelsen, et al. (2004 and 2007) are considered in team group planning and Page 13.753.7facilitation. The final written term paper was graded according to the instrument shown inAppendix B. A brief summary description of selected projects for the years 2004 -2007 are givenbelow. The major pieces of electronic equipment are also given.1. Ultrasonic Measurement of Water Levels with an Embedded System (2007).The area of ground water and surface water

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan McGaughey, Carnegie Mellon University; Jeremy Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

them to plan out future lectures. Students will also be able to catch errors or askcritical-thinking questions, and the instructor can even set up a reward system forinsightful student input. Thus, the notes will be in a dynamic state throughout thesemester, and they can be updated and reused in future course offerings or even for othercourses with overlapping material. Course notes can also easily be linked off of the maincourse schedule, and connections among topics can be emphasized by linking key wordsto related pages of course notes. Page 13.1402.53.3 Monitoring student progressWhen students are given assignments to contribute new material to

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suk Kim Chin, Australian Catholic University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-1661: A STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR TEAMWORKSuk Kim Chin, Australian Catholic University Suk Kim Chin is a Lecturer in the Institute of Business and Informatics in the Australian Catholic University, Sydney. She graduated from the University of Technology (Sydney, NSW) with a PhD in Telecommunications Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning in 2003. Her research interests include multicast technology, enterprise resource planning, and developing effective teaching models in engineering education. Page 13.111.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Cox, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(Boston Museum of Science)General Description: The Center’s goal is to integrate engineering as a new discipline in schoolsnationwide and to inspire the next generation of engineers and innovators. It offers curriculum,professional development, and partnership with industry, and school systems. The Center isresponsible for the following programs:Engineering is Elementary: Engineering and Technology Lessons for Children (EiE) is aimed toelementary level students. The program integrates engineering content with elementary scienceconcepts. “Each unit focuses on a field of engineering—for example, materials engineering,mechanical engineering, and environmental engineering—and includes a child's illustratedstorybook, lesson plans, and student

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid Al-Olimat, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

enables the Page 13.943.2instructor to custom design and individualize instruction and learner to “plan, execute, andmanage” his or her learning experience at the rate, place, and time of the learner’s choice.Folkestad and De Miranda11 have used multimedia through screen-capture to teach students howto use CAD software. They reported that students were unsatisfied with this instructional tooldue to its fast pace and the need to switch back and forth from the recorded lecture to the CADsoftware. In paper12 a new instructional tool was developed and the problems encountered inreference11 were solved by having a variable pace (slow, medium, fast

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

background for advanced study in these Page 13.92.3concentrations, the following course objectives were planned: ‚ describe fundamental measurement and controls concepts, ‚ describe categories of transducers needed in industrial processes, ‚ analyze experimental uncertainty with statistical methods, ‚ identify possible causes of experimental errors, ‚ apply engineering tools to measure and analyze industrial processes, ‚ identify key parameters of instrument system design, ‚ describe basic signal conditioning techniques, ‚ apply mathematical models to describe physical systems, ‚ describe characteristics and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Bobby Crawford, United States Military Academy; Erica Young, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

planning the delivery of thisremote education course, assumptions were made that all students would have some form ofInternet access and that they would be spending the majority of their time studying at their homeuniversity and minimal time (mainly weekends) traveling throughout the host nation. This was apoor assumption.Design of Course PresentationPresentation of the ME350 course provided a unique set of challenges based on the locations andexpected Internet connectivity of the students. In addition, the short time available to developcourse content provided more challenges. Based on an assumption of poor or intermittentInternet connectivity, it was determined that course presentation should entail minimalbandwidth requirements to ensure all

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Giddens, Georgia Institute of Technology; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Adults Teens Adults Teens Adults Teens All Boys Girls All Boys Girls All Boys Girls Good at math/science 86 (1) 84 (1) 85 84 77 (1) 71 (1) 59 81 72 (1) 76 (1) 74 78 Designs, draws, and 61 (2) 63 (2) 64 61 67 (2) 59 (3) 60 59 60 (3) 56 (4) 61 50 plans things Problem solver 59 (3) 62 (3) 68 57 60 (6) 52 (5) 58 47 64 (2) 50 (7) 47 53 Builds, constructs, and 53 (4) 59 (5) 59 59 63 (3) 59 (3) 60 59 54 (4) 61 (2) 64 58

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Brian Randolph, University of Toledo

ImplementationsSpecifically,students were asked whether EGR 101 had increased their motivation to study math andengineering, and whether EGR 101 had increased their chances of success in future math andengineering courses. Answers were given on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (stronglyagree), with 3 being neutral. As seen in Fig. 11, student perception following the Fall 2007implementations at both Toledo and Sinclair was even stronger than that following the initial Fall2004 offering at WSU. It should finally be noted that a nationwide expansion of the WSU model is planned aspart of a pending NSF CCLI Phase 3 proposal. The nationwide team includes 17 diverseinstitutions (primarily university but also at the high school and community college levels

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University; Opal McFarlane, Hadady Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

quo. To avoid complacency and obsolescence, “if it’s not broke- improve it” should be themotto used in every organization.Identify Several Solutions: When solving problems, the creative problem solver should lookbeyond the obvious solutions and instead, focus on identifying the best solution. By identifyingseveral solutions for a given problem, the problem solver can compare solutions and identify thebest solution.Seek Opportunities in Problem: Creative problem solvers believe that with every problem thereare opportunities. By anticipating and planning where the organization should be in the future,leaders can avoid complacency and make the best choices when solving a problem. There is adifference between being open to opportunities and

Conference Session

1553 FPD3 - Computer & Programming Tools in First Year Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess Everett, Rowan University; John Chen, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, content, and accessibility of information could be directly evaluated by askingquestions that tested directly a student’s ability to retrieve information from his or her portfolio.This method of evaluation is much less time-intensive than the spot-checking method usedpreviously; in addition, professors have increased confidence that the earned scores reflect thequality of the portfolio. Student portfolios were observed to improve between the time of themidterm and final evaluations.Overall, the three professors using clickers in Freshman Clinic I at Rowan University in Fall2007 had favorable experiences. Each plans to continue to use clickers.A survey of five professors using clickers in seven separate classes (including courses other

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Cady, (Retired) Montana State University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Overview Lesson Planning: A microcontroller must be connected to external devices to be able to do any useful This module starts the work. A typical embedded application would have the microcontroller receiving student using the I/O information (inputting) from an input device, modifying or making decisions based capabilities of the on the information and the task at hand, and outputting some control action or microcontroller. It does information to an output device. not use interrupts. Learning Objectives This module will help you learn about the parallel input

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Allen White, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Don Richards, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

learning styles.AcknowledgmentsWe are deeply grateful to the students who participated in this study, for their efforts, time, andgood will. We also thank the other Fall 2007/2008 ES201 instructors for their willingness toassist with data collection: Dr. Thomas Adams, Dr. Calvin Lui, Dr. Michael Moorhead, Dr.Lorraine Olson. We thank Dr. Richard Felder for comments and suggestions contributed duringthe planning stages of this study. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge financial support receivedfrom a Rose-Hulman Faculty Success Grant, funded by the Lilly Endowment Inc., grant # 20041872-000. Page 13.474.10Bibliography1. J. Hayes and C.W. Allinson

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, The University of Texas at Brownsville; Fitra Khan, U of Texas at Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, The University of Texas at Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, are discussed in a later section.In addition to regular courses, the NDPL was made available to students, faculty, and staff of theuniversity to fulfill their senior project requirements, conduct independent research, and preparefor industrial and national certification (in areas such as Networking, Telecommunications, and Page 13.363.5Operating Systems Administration) respectively. Many of the senior projects will be anexpansion of work started by the students in the key targeted courses.Engineering Plan & LayoutThe lab uses a total of approximately 22’ x 36’ lab area. The infrastructure networkingequipment was complemented by the

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

International

Page 13.1021.5correlate significant events that occurred during a service-learning trip with cognitivedevelopment theories, thereby providing explanation as to why service-learning is more powerfuland sustainable type of education.Tufts University EWB’s most recent endeavor involved a Green Building Initiative in Ecuador.During the summer of 2007, six students accompanied by a faculty advisor embarked on amonth-long project in Hacienda Picalqui (Tabacundo) and El Cristal, Ecuador. The projectincluded developing and building a water collection and filtration system for a residence at thehacienda and performing health surveys and a water sampling plan for the town of Cristal. Overthe course of the project, students evaluated their own skill sets

Conference Session

Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Brake, Eastern Michigan University; Kaninka Bhatnagar, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

girls. Both boys and girls indicated that their schoolswere giving somewhat gender biased messages in providing more support for boys toconsider technology majors but to a lesser extent than has been reported in the lastdecade.IntroductionA gender imbalance, favoring males has consistently been reported in the choice of engineeringand engineering technology majors in college.1,2 In recent years there has been a sharp decline inthe percentage of high school seniors and college freshmen who plan on majoring in engineering.From 8.6% in 1992, the numbers have plunged to 5.3% in 2003.3 In the academic year 2005 –2006 19.3% of the undergraduate engineering majors were women4 and only 10.4% of theengineering technology (ET) were women.5 But more than

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Wenyen Huang, SUNY New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York at New Paltz; Seth Pearl, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

mentors’ self-development through the lens of soft skills? Also, are there observable changes in education mentors’ soft skills self-development as well? • In what ways do the mentors from their respective disciplines benefit from each other?3.1 ContextTwo sets of weekly activities were planned for the program, comprising development meetingsand robotics workshops. Development meetings were exclusive to undergraduate students andfaculty and would take place at SUNY New Paltz, where students would dedicate an hour to planfor the upcoming workshops and evaluate the effectiveness of the previous workshop. Theengineering students would suggest relevant topics to present in a workshop and have materialsprepared for discussion during

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Mira Flynn, Olin College of Engineering; Sam Daitzman, Olin College of Engineering; Diane Lam; Zachary Riggins del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

elasticity table: How did yourapproach there compare with your approach to the steel strength scenario?”“Now imagine you were going to design a safety-critical structural member, loaded incompression, using the aluminum alloy from before. Would you use a different approach toprocess the aluminum data?”(4. Critique) “Suppose a colleague of yours analyzes the Steel strength data, and plans to use thedata to design a safety-critical part. He tells you ‘The smallest value we saw was 155.6 ksi, sothe true strength is probably around 155 ksi.’ What do you think about his analysis?”Data TablesData used in the Aluminum question [28]. Aluminum Elasticity Observation Elasticity

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2003 GSW

Authors

Mohammed E. Haque

representative value (one value, whichrepresents the response of 138 residents) was very close to the average value of all the responses.Hence, in this research, we had taken the average value into consideration (Figure 3). Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 2: QuestionnaireQ1. Easy access to entry and exit gates Q24.Ready phone and cable connection with an extensionQ2. Layout plan and proper building numbers at the