Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin 'Quincy' Cabell VI; Javed Alam; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

the interactive stiffness assembly procedure. Once the appropriate HTML document is loaded, theassembly applet is executed on the host computer and on the terminal screen the student is presented with theelement stiffness matrices. The matrix assemble applet is shown in Figure 3. The force-displacement relationshipsof elements 1 and 2 are shown in Figure 3 in terms of global node numbers. The element stiffness matrix is oforder 2 x 2 since it relates two nodal forces to two nodal displacements, i.e., ~ = ~, ~,. The student thendefines the size of the global force-displacement relationship for the problem. S~~e the mesh contains 3 nodeswith one degree of freedom per node, the force-displacement equation relates 3 nodal forces to 3 nodal

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin-Hwan Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, J. Hauser, and S. Coppock, “Establishing and Sustaining PFF Programs in Engineering and Computer Science,” Lilly-North Conference on College and University Teaching, Big Rapids, MI, 2002.4. University of Cincinnati Preparing Future Faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science website, http://www.ece.uc.edu/~pffp/. Accessed 02/01/09.5. W.J. McKeachie and B.K. Hofer, McKeachie’s Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers, 12th Edition, D.C. Heath & Co., 2006.6. D. Kolb, Learning Style Inventory, McBer and Company, Boston, 1981.7. T.W. Fowler and G.C. Markle, Advanced Teaching Techniques, University of Cincinnati.8. Accreditation Board for

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Cathy Hall, East Carolina University; Michael Bosse, East Carolina University; David Batts, East Carolina University; Laurie Moses, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Resources Statistics, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2007, NSF 07-315 (Arlington, VA: February 2007). Available from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd5. Clewell, B (1996).Access to Mathematics and Science Careers For Underrepresented Minority Students: Research Findings and Explorations . A Report from the National Science Foundation Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellows and Mentors Annual Meeting.6. Adya, M., & Kaiser, K. M. (2005). Early determinants of women in the IT workforce: a model of girls' career choices. Information Technology & People. 18, 230-259.7. Miller, P. H., Blessing, J. S., & Schwartz, S (2006). Gender Differences in High-school

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Roberts, University of Florida; Karen Bray, University of Florida; Vikram Shishodia, University of Florida; Jeff Citty, University of Florida; Deborah Mayhew, University of Florida; James Ogles, University of Florida; Angela Lindner, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

fromtranscripts), teacher recommendation letters, and a required essay describing their desire to enterinto the field of engineering.Once a student receives acceptance into the STEPUP program, s/he must sign a contract andrelease form and is provided information on housing, the STEPUP orientation weekend, meals,industry tours, and the structure of both the residential summer and non-residential fall andspring program. STEPUP students are designated as “Summer B” admits (a six-week term) andattend Preview, a university orientation program required of all students, during which theyregister for fall classes. A fee of $750 is charged to each student to partially cover the expenses

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audra Morse, Texas Tech

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. Page 14.223.7From the scores, TAs A and B score higher in areas relating to intellectual merit than TA E, whohas taught this class several times. TAs A and B were both enrolled in the special topics coursewhereas TA E did not take the special topics course. With the exception of ‘demonstratesknowledge’ TAs A and B outperform TA E by approximately 1 point. TA E was expected tohave an equal if not higher score on ‘demonstrates knowledge’ because TA E is a post-doctoral.The data, as shown in Figure 1, suggests that TA E does not effectively demonstrate properties ofintellectual merit, which may be a consequence of limited understanding of the importance ofintellectual merit on teaching effectiveness. TA E received mid 3’s on effectiveness

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hallbach, Rochester Institute of Technology; Martin Gordon, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

. Page 14.268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Baja SAE Competitions: Meeting and Interacting with International Students – Experiences of Student and University ParticipantsAbstractIn today's global economy, engineers must collaborate with their international colleagues.11Study Abroad is an excellent preparation for this collaboration. Unfortunately, less than 3% ofUnited States (U.S.) engineering students take advantage of such programs.1 Baja SAEcompetitions may be a good alternative for students to achieve exposure to the culture of theirinternational peers.Baja SAE student competitions were started in the 1970’s in the U.S. and involve the design,analysis, and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Impelluso, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

excitement about the discipline of mechanicalengineering by itself, and as it intersects other, emerging disciplines.REFERENCES[1] Sweller, J. 1994. Cognitive load theory, learning difficulty and instructional design. Learning and Instruction 4: 295–312.[2] Kalyuga, S., P. Chandler, and J. Sweller.. 1998. Levels of expertise and instructional design. Human Factors 40: 1–17.[3] Pollock, E., P. Chandler, and J. Sweller. 2002. Assimilating complex information. Learning and Instruction. 12, no.1: 61–86.[4] Sweller, J., J. Van Merriënboer, and F. Paas. 1998. Cognitive architecture and instructional design. Educational Psychology Review 10 no.3: 251–296.[5] Renkl, A., and R. Atkinson. 2003. Structure the transition

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Lau, Universidad del Turabo; Sastry Kuruganty, Universidad del Turabo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Online available: http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/awards/load.pdf. Accessed: August 13, 2008.2 Bergen, A. R. and Vittal, V. Power systems analysis, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1999.3 Glover, J. D. and Sarma, M. S. Power system analysis and design, 3rd edition. Thomson-Engineering, 2001.4 Grainger, J. and Stevenson, W. D. Power systems analysis, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co, 1994.5 Lau, M. A. and Kuruganty, S. P. Spreadsheet implementations for solving power-flow problems, eJournal of Spreadsheets in Education, 3(1): 27-45, August 2008. Online: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/ejsie/vol3/iss1/3/.6 Rao, N. D. and Haddad, N. Y Typical applications of new generation spreadsheets to power system problems, Proceedings of the 33rd

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. United States Agency for International Development (2008): http://www.usaid.gov.bj/health/index.html 2. UNICEF (2004) The Official Summary of the State of the World’s Children Page 14.1362.13 3. United Nations (2005) Water World Development Report: Water for Life, Water for People. 4. World Health Organization (1993) Guidelines for drinking water quality, 2nd edition: Volume 1, recommendations. Geneva, Switzerland. 5. Striebig, et. al. (2008) Activated Carbon Amended Ceramic Drinking Water Filters for Benin. Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development. Volume 2. 1-11. 6. Butler, S. (2006) Benin. Bradt

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Hee-Sun Lee, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education, Standards for educational and psychological testing. 1999, Washington, DC.5. Carminer, E.G. and R.A. Zeller, Reliability and validity assessment. 1979, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.6. Messick, S., Validity, in Educational Measurement, R.L. Linn, Editor. 1989, The American Council on Education and the National Council on Measurement in Education: Washington, D.C. p. 13-103.7. Wilson, M., Constructing measures: An item response modeling approach. 2005, Mahwah, J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.8. Baker, D., S. Krause, and S.Y. Purzer, Developing an instrument to measure

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

, mathematics and computing are shown inFigure 1.Figure 1 The definition of computational science and engineering.Each module has three main components: lecture(s), which are part of physics or engineering courses;CAS solved related-examples; work groups and home-works. In the lecture(s), the theory is presentedand examples of typical and/or real life problems are worked out using the facilities of the CAS. Duringthe work groups, typically during the tutoring session, small groups or individual students are assigned aset of problems to solve. Students are expected to solve additional problems and to study the course text.The project total workload for a term course is about 80 hours for the average student. The main aim ofthe courses and the CAS-based

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

International Planning/Advisory Committee for the 2009 Research in Engineering Education Symposium, and is guest co-editor for a special issue of the International Journal of Engineering Education on applications of engineering education research.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Trevor S. Harding is Associate Professor of Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo where he teaches courses in service learning, introductory materials engineering, biomedical materials design, and tribology. His research interests include both ethical development in engineering students and in vivo degradation of

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Michael Boyles, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeffrey Rogers, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Keith Goreham, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jatmika Suryabrata, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia; Yulyta Kodrat, Indonesian Institute of the Arts

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

environments. It should also be noted thatthis study followed upon extensive research that examined whether or not computer imagescould be used to accurately study the effects of luminance distribution on the subjectiveimpressions of luminous environments. This study will be briefly discussed to set the foundationof the work attempted within the classroom and the virtual reality theater. Page 14.1350.22.0 Literature ContextSubstantive research on the psychological aspects of lighting was initiated in the 1970’s, notablyby Flynn1,2,3. His investigations explored the effects of luminous environments on subjectiveimpressions of interiors and overt

Conference Session

Critical issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

rating to obtain the total.Therefore, the total would be: 1 from Member-A + 3 from member-B, + 2 from member-C, + 3from member-D + 3 from member E. The total rating from the five members would be1+3+2+3+3 = 12. Therefore, advisors rated the importance for this particular competency(Hazard Assessment Protocol) to be covered in OLS 331would be12. This approach will be Page 14.125.11utilized to rate each identified competency for the courses.Step 7: Modify a course based on the curriculum matrix.Each instructor teaching the course is now ready to use this matrix to develop or revise theircourse(s). After obtaining the average rating

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

format of the assessmentand evaluation framework in Tables 1 and 2 are adapted from the presentation used by Adams etal.13, as it clearly and concisely presents the major features and articulation of methods acrossprogram objectives. Page 11.1033.6 Table 1: Articulation of assessment and evaluation methods across evaluation goals Completion of program Course Post-Measures and Instruments s Academic Work

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

&M measurements Ü Ability to use instruments such as: o Network analyzers for RF work; e.g. S-parameter and Smith Chart measurements o Spectrum analyzers o Microwave source generators Ü Antenna pattern measurements Ü Transmission line measurements o VSWR o Reflectometry o Matching Ü Introductory ability to use E&M finite element software o ANSYS® o FEMLAB®Results/pedagogyBased on the research just noted, a modular metrology-based E&M pedagogy was developed forthe second semester. Depending on assessment results, the approach may be extended to the firstsemester as well. The modular approach has four global objectives. The

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest Tollner, University of Georgia-Athens

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

: Page 11.506.10 No. StatesS Inform = − k B ∑ State =1 pi log 2 pi No. States where pi = nodei / ∑ State =1 nodei No .States (3)S Boltz = ∑ State =1 k B Ln(1/ pi ) 1Note that log 2 pi and Ln were forced to zero if pi = 0. pi Shannon and Boltzmann entropy values at the entrance

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

: Creativity, estimation and critical thinking are essential skills", Proc. ASEE Ann. Conf. 2001.(18) Mina, M.; Omidvar, I.; Knott, K. "Learning to think critically to solve engineering problems: Revisiting John Dewey's ideas for evaluating the engineering education", Proc. ASEE Ann. Conf. 2003.(19) Cloete, A. "Solving problems or problem solving: What are we teaching our students?" Proc. ASEE Ann. Conf. 2001.(20) Facione, P. A. "The California Critical Thinking Skills Test--College Level. Technical report #1. Experimental validation and content validity", 1990, California, ERIC Document No. ED327549.(21) Facione, P. A.; Facione, N. C.; Blohm, S. W.; Giancarlo, C. A. F. The California Critical Thinking Skills Test

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Cleary, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

technical writing skills. As with many educational measures, it can bedifficult to attribute positive outcomes to a single item, as a course evolves each time it is taught.However, multiple positive outcomes are evident after the program was included. The authorintends to retain the physical testing program as part of the course in future offerings.Bibliography1. Piaget, J. (1973). To Understand is to Invent: The Future of Education, Grossman Publishers, New York.2. Engineering Education Coalitions (1993). Meeting the Need for Reform, Brochure: NSF 93-58a.3. Aglan, H. and S. Ali (1996). Hands-on experiences: an integral part of engineering curriculum reform, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, no. 4, pp 327-330.4. Estes, Allen C

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen White, Purdue University; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

adult is naive and uninformed, if he's never learned to be a mapmaker. (p.10)The intent of the CareerQuesting model is that boys and girls will be taught to be “mapmakers”as part of the regular curriculum. A quest usually refers to a long journey of discovery andlearning, with a person seeking an important goal or treasure at the end. Students need a map forthis inevitable “career” quest each must embark upon. They need to know how to make such amap, and how to use the map. The goal of evaluating websites is to provide teachers with betteraccess to some of the best tools and resources to help create a generation of mapmakers that willbe comprised of both boys and girls.References1. Jackson, S. A. (2004). The quite crisis: Falling short

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Javed Alam, Youngstown State University; Venkata Seshada Aluri, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and Telecommunications, pp. 3638-3643, June 27, 2005, http://www.alicebot.org/articles/Learner.pdf.27. Ueno, M., “Animated Agent to Maintain Learner’s Attention In E-Learning,” World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Vol. 1, pp. 194-201, 2004, http://dl.aace.org/16395.28. Domagk, S. and Niegemann, H. M., “The Effect of Pedagogical Agents on Student’s Motivation and the Learning Outcomes,” C. P. Constantinou, D. Demetriou, A. Evagorou, M. Evagorou, A. Kofteros, M. Micheal, C. Nicolaou, D. Papademetriou and N. Papadouris (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), University of Cyprus, Cyprus, Greece, p. 200, 2005, http

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Mott Community College; James Moseley, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

objectives.The PBL simulation activities still have their limitations because of the difficulty inimplementing the activities in a self-paced classroom situation and the time required forstudents and teachers to master the complex software. Given adequate preparation, PBLactivities offer an advantage for technology educators that are in need of a tool that offersstudents the opportunity to test out solutions to problems in a simulated environment.The design simulation activities in this study offer many advantages to the user invisualizing results and being able to predict more accurately answers to problems.References1. Albanese, M. A. and Mitchell, S. (1993). Problem-based learning: a review of literature on its outcomes and implementation

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Bower, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, 316-320.[4] Hu, G. 1994, A Simulated Hardware for an Operating System Course Project. Computer Science Education.5(2), 45-62.[5] Kifer, Michael & Smolka, Scott A. 1991, OSP: An Environment for Operating System Projects. Reading:Addison Wesley.[6] Nutt, Gary. 2001, Kernel Projects For Linux. Boston: Addison Wesley Longman.[7] Nutt, Gary. 2004, Operating Systems, Third Edition. Boston: Pearson Addison Wesley.[8] Stallings, William. 2005, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, Fifth Edition. Upper SaddleRiver: Pearson Prentice Hall.[9] Tanenbaum, Andrew S. & Woodhull, Albert S. 1997, Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, SecondEdition. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall

Conference Session

A Serving Profession: Service Learning in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jesse Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Zachary Johnson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Lovell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maria Van Houten, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

preference for the selected projectwith the lowest total score (the projects with the lowest scores were not selected). They thenassign students to the second lowest scoring selected project based on strongest preferenceamong the remaining students. This process continues until the last students remaining areassigned to the highest scoring project. The project teams are then reviewed for potentialswitches that would increase the number of students obtaining their top or second choice. Oncethe instructors determine the project teams, faculty members from throughout the departmentpreference which project(s) they will advise as a coach. Mission Compound in Trinidad Missions International The client is a

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University; Barath Baburao, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the very first class, the undergraduatestudents are made aware of the “teaching team” situation. Page 11.670.10 9References 1. "Report of the Committee on Evaluation of Engineering Education," J. Eng. Ed., September, 25 (1955). 2. Adams. K.A., “What Colleges and Universities Want in New Faculty?” Association of American Colleges and Universities (2002). 3. Davis, S., Kring, J. “A Model for Training and Evaluating Graduate Teaching Assistants”, College Student Journal, 35(1), 45 (2001) 4. Katehi, L., K. Banks, H. Diefes-Dux, D. Follman, J. Gaunt, K. Hahgighi, P. K

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

,” Tavenner Publishers, 2000, ISBN: 1-886855-48-X.22. Raju, P.K. and Sankar, C.S. “AUCNET USA Case Study,” Tavenner Publishers, 2000, ISBN: 1-930208-04-9.23. Raju, P.K. and Sankar, C.S. “Chick-fil-A Case Study,” Tavenner Publishers, 2000, ISBN: 1-930208-05-7.24. Raju, P.K. Sankar, C.S., and Cochran, J, “In Hot Water: A Cooling Tower Case Study,” Tavenner Publishers, 2000, ISBN: 1-930208-21-9.25. Raju, P.K., and Sankar, C.S., “Educating Engineers for the Information Age,” Tavenner Publishers, 2004, ISBN: 1-930208-76-6.26. Sankar, S., Sankar, C.S., and Raju, P.K., “Teaching Science Concepts Using LITEE Case Studies,” ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.27. Sankar, C.S., and Raju, P.K. “Design and Development of a New

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Shigekawa, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

prominence and the line thatseparates the different roles in the construction industry has already become blurred. Thetwo professions are so interrelated that the industry values a background in both fields.Increasingly more universities across the country and the world have an ArchitecturalEngineering curriculum. However, most existing programs emphasize training inArchitectural Engineering with significantly less emphasis placed on structuralengineering. In this report, I devised an undergraduate curriculum(s) at NC StateUniversity to build a professional career in building/bridge design with strong emphasisin both the structural as well as the architectural aspects. This plan may serve as a modelfor programs interested in a similar training path

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Barkel, University of Michigan; Peter Woolf, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

actually practicing controlengineering in chemical process systems. These sources confirmed the comments we hadreceived. All sources, however, indicated that there are several aspects of processcontrol that graduates do need to know and that these areas were not being covered bycurrent course work.Based on inputs that the course content provided few useful skills to our students, seriousconsideration s given to dropping the process control course from the requiredcurriculum. Dropping this course would eliminate the wasted time and energy studentsspent in a nonproductive pursuit and allow inclusion of new courses in the requiredcurriculum. An alternate proposal involved creating a new course that met the needs ofstudents by including those skills

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paris von Lockette, Rowan University; Dom Acciani, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Chenguang Diao, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

weight of material used in their trusses. Whereasthe project had been a semester-long endeavor in previous years, the pairing with the initialbottle rockets project left only ten weeks for completion. The final project in the sequence,spring 2006, will be the design of an electromechanical device. Students will design motorizedvehicles that must traverse a prefabricated rail system while operating a winch to raise and lowerobjects with an electromagnet.Implementing the New Design PhilosophyTo guide students in thinking about the bottle rockets project within Dym et al.’s framework, twopairs of mental arenas were defined: Design vs. Analysis and Problem Solving, and Convergentvs. Divergent thinking. Within these arenas, Convergent thinking was

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Drigel, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

9 Speed 2400 14.86 7.2 2600 14.9 7.7 8 2800 14.7 8.1 7 3000 14.55 8.5 6 3200 14.3 8.9 3400 14.1 9.3 5 3600 13.85 9.65 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 3800 13.6 10Figure 1 Example design of calculations for torque and speed done in Microsoft Excel®The front end and steering assembly was based on discovered research from a vehicle designedin the 1970’s know as the “Trimuter”1. An AutoCAD® drawing of