Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

. Parnes, S., Source book for Creative Problem Solving, Creative Education Foundation Press,1992. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.816.11 Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education5. Wycoff, J., Mind Mapping: Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity and ProblemSolving, Berkeley Publishing Group, 1991.6. deBono, E., DeBono’s Thinking Course, Facts on File Books, 1994.7. de Bono, E., The Use of Lateral Thinking, Penguin Books, 1990.8. de Bono, E., Serious Creativity, Harper Collins, 1992.9. Isaksen, S.G., Dorval K.B., and

Conference Session

Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Rizk; Donald Carpenter; James Hanson

, Virginia.3) Ressler, S. J., Nygren, K. P., and Conley, C. H. (1997). “Building Bridges: Computer-Aided Design as a Vehicle for Outreach to High School Students,” Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education National Conference.4) Poole, S. J., DeGrazia, J. L., and Sullivan, J. F. (2001). “Assessing K-12 Pre-Engineering Outreach Programs,” Journal of Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education, p. 43-48. Page 8.509.10Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

. Texts, lab manuals, instructors’ guides,simulation software, automated homework, and Power Point slides are all available from anational publisher.Bibliography 1. Brunner, J. (1960) The Process of Education, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 2. Gardner, H. (2001) ‘Jerome S. Bruner’ in J.A. Palmer (ed.) Fifty Modern Thinkers on Page 8.988.9 Education. From Piaget to the present, London: Routledge.“Proceedings of the 2003American Society for Engineering Education annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” 3. Smith, M.K. (2002) ‘Jerome S. Bruner and the

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosa Cano; Howard Kimmel

, St.Louis, MO, pp. 7-14.5. Kimmel, H. (1993) "The Engineering Science Talent Pipeline: Early Intervention," International Journal ofEngineering Education, 9 (4), 290-293.6. Kimmel, H., and O'Shea, M., “Professional Development For the Implementation of Standards-BasedInstruction”, Proceedings 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, PR, November 1999.7. Gibbons, S., Kimmel, H., and O'Shea, M. (1997) “Changing Teacher Behavior Through Staff Development:Implementing the Teaching and Content Standards in Science,” School Science and Mathematics, 97 (6), 302-309.8. Levine, D. (1984) “An Innovative Approach to Attract Young Women to Careers in Engineering andScience.” Engineering Education, 75 (3), 162-164.9. Cano, R., Kimmel, H

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

s filled with lunar regolith.The containers would be filled with regolith and launched by an electromagnetic accelerator. Thepower to drive the accelerator would come from solar-electric plants distributed around the lunarequator – each such plant would use a field of solar cells built into the lunar surface in situ usinga set of robotic rovers16 which focus sunlight to melt the surface, and add some pure substancesto create the cells and other circuits .In the SBE concept, the massive construction project required to build the radiation shield, isitself used to give a start to several other enterprises – 1. A solar-electric power plant system, with sites located around the lunar equator. 2. A metal extraction and metal-working plant

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Denise Hayman

andgraduation while non-minorities loose 1217. When looking at the research in regards topredicting which institutions did the best job, it was noted that for both minority and non-minority engineering schools, selectivity was the most important predicator of degree attainment.Additionally, the more expensive institutions with higher selectivity had the higher graduationrates for all students18. These graduation rates have remained unchanged since the 1980’s. Based on the information here one would think that engineering schools would havesome idea as to why their numbers continue to decline. But this does not seem to be the case. Page 7.4.5

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wheatland

accounted for a smaller percentage of the pipeline at each point. 11 7 W. G. Spady, "Dropouts From Higher Education: An Interdisciplinary Review and Synthesis," Interchange 1(1970): 64-85. 8 Vincent T. Tinto, "Dropout from Higher Education: A Theoretical Synthesis of Recent Research," Review ofEducational Research 45, no. 1 (1975): 84-137. 9 John P. Bean and Barbara S. Metzner, “A Conceptual Model of Nontraditional Undergraduate StudentAttrition,” Review of Educational Research 55, no. 4 (Winter 1985): 485-540. 10 Ernest T. Pascarella and Patrick T. Terenzini, "Interaction Effects in Spady's and Tinto's Conceptual Modelsof College Dropout," Sociology of Education 52, no. 4 (1979

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” h. Financial and other benefit s of the completed product i. Product pricing ii. Product / production forecast over multiple years iii. Calculation of the net present value, payback or other financial metrics. 4. Project Selection and Approval – Typically, the completed project plan, utilizing all the available information and resulting in a “best estimate”, is presented to the management team (along with others) for their approval and subsequent budget and official resource

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Lineberger; Larry Stikeleather

test setup using a random number table. Fourreplications were run in succession without changing the setup. In table form, the test matrixlooked as shown in Figure 7 below. A sample spreadsheet of the funnel experiment results andanalysis is shown in Figure 8. The variance for each test setup was computed as: 4 s 2 = ∑ (( Ri − Ravg ) 2 ) /( n − 1) i =1Where the (Ri-Ravg) are the differences of individual reps from the average of that set of reps andn=4, the number of tests. Assuming normality, confidence intervals for each mean (Ravg) were computed byestimating the standard error (SE) of the means and then using the students t distribution for 95%confidence levels. SE = s 2 / n With

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kau Teng Lim; David Beams

      S  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   I 5   I S Eq. (7) may be expressed in compact form as AX=B, where A is the [n+b, n+b] coefficientmatrix, X is the column vector of unknowns, and B is the column vector of known quantities. Xcan be found by matrix inversion (X = A–1B). Eq. (7) is solved once to compute a dc bias-pointsolution. In dc sweep analysis, the value of one independent source in B is stepped through auser-defined range and the solution is computed at each step.Figure 11 defines currents and voltages in branches containing capacitance or inductance. Suchbranches are handled like resistive branches with the conductance of the resistor (1/R) replacedby the admittance of the

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in BAE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hart; Mike Williams; George Grandle; Alvin Womac

, Volume 56, 974-976. Wiley InterScience.Landon, B. 2002. Reviews of online educational delivery applications. http://www.c2t2.ca/landonline/reviews.html accessed 08-27-02Strange, R. 2002. Personal communication. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.Strohman, R., M Spiess, S.K. Upadhyaya, J. Phillips, E. Seim, S. Kocher, and C. Scheftic. 2001. Shared development of labs and web-based lectures for precision agriculture course. ASAE Paper No. 01-8075. Sacramento, CA: ASAE.Vogel, S. 2001. Development of a model for the evaluation of web-based distance education courses (Tennessee).In Current Research @ University of Tennessee. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utk/fullcit?p3039993. accessed 08-20-02.Disclaimer

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

. 30 Apr. 2002 . 2. Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework. Massachusetts Department of Education. May 2001. 3. Mooney, M. and T. Laubach. Adventure Engineering: A Design Centered, Inquiry Based Approach to Middle Grade Science and Mathematics Education. Journal of Engineering Education. 91(3):309-318. 4. Symans, M. Introducing Middle School Students to Engineering Principles Using Educational Bridge Design Software. Journal of Engineering Education. 89(3):273-278. 5. DeGrazia, J., J. Sullivan, L. Carlson, D. Carlson. A K-12/University Partnership: Creating Tomorrow’s Engineers. Journal of Engineering Education. 90(4):557-563. 6. Poole, S., J. Degrazia, and J

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Layton

published results is shown in Fig. 4. The curves in Fig. 4(a) are the numerical solutionsobtained using DYMOLA; Fig. 4(b) is from the source paper. The primary difficulty the studentovercame in obtaining this comparison was close reading for understanding. The source paper isunclear on 1) which of the many equations provided constitute the final system model, and 2) onthe method of normalizing the results. The theory developed in the paper suggested a numericalintegration was required to produce the results shown, but on closer reading, only a simplecoordinate transformation was required. An additional minor difficulty is that the independentvariable in this problem is a displacement variable s instead of the usual time variable t. Care wasrequired

Conference Session

Perceived Quality Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kena Burke; Paul Rainey

courses was summarized into a more comprehensivedocument, the Courses by Outcomes Matrix. This gave faculty an opportunity to view theoverall curriculum in light of the importance they themselves placed upon each outcome forindividual courses.Student Course Evaluation FormsOnce the Course Classification Form was collected, the EAC staff generated the Student CourseEvaluation Form (SCEF) which is a survey used to measure student-perceived levels of outcomeachievement. Each academic year, a quarter is designated for the SCEFs to be distributed byinstructors to students in each section of each program's courses. Questions specific to thecourse are also asked, alongside the outcomes designated for that course, and include questionsabout textbook(s

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Robinson; Fred Denny

technological sophistication. In the United States thepolitical system has been profoundly influenced by educational advances, changing attitudes, andthe impact of television and other media. Walter Cronkite, Marshall McLuhan and Alvin Tofflerhave discussed and documented the sweeping changes that have occurred in the politicalenvironment.Beginning in the 1960’s, and continuing to the present, an increasing number of U.S. citizens havebecame political activists. It has became commonplace for individuals with political agendas todemonstrate, to form special interest groups, and to develop funding warchests to influenceissues. Today about 700 million dollars is spent each year for lobbying at the federal level.Almost every major industry and professional

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Haley; Calvin Mackie; Sundiata Jangha

is very feasible since Georgia Tech was on quarters at that time). Also, the level ofproduction has been consistently higher than before the program even with the nationalenrollment drop-offs in the mid to late 1990’s discussed earlier. At the Ph.D. level, theeffect of FOCUS was delayed somewhat due to the time necessary to complete doctoraldegree requirements. Assuming a minimum tenure of five years, the correlation isindicated in the 1996-1997 academic year. From that point forward the growth has beensomewhat steady. The continued growth is in spite of the decreasing enrollment in themid to late 90’s nationwide and also serves as an indicator of the impact that FOCUS hashad. The final indicator from this data is the average number of

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

Assessment.RALPH E. FLORIDr. Ralph E. Flori was educated as a petroleum engineer (UM-Rolla Ph.D. ‘87). As an associate professor in theBasic Engineering Department at the University of Missouri–Rolla, he teaches Dynamics, Statics, Mechanics ofMaterials, and a freshman engineering design course. He is actively involved in developing educational software forteaching engineering mechanics courses. He has earned fourteen awards for outstanding teaching and facultyexcellence.DAVID B. OGLESBYDavid B. Oglesby is a Professor of Basic Engineering and a Research Associate for the Instructional SoftwareDevelopment Center at the University of Missouri–Rolla. Dr. Oglesby received a B. S. degree in Civil Engineeringfrom the Virginia Military Institute in 1963, and M. S

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Wirgau; Abhinav Gupta; Vernon Matzen

/p1_ub.html “Versatile High Performance Shake Tables Facility towards Real-Time Hybrid Seismic Testing.” University at Buffalo, State University of New York.3 Smith, S. R., C. W. Husted, S. Smith, and B. Cross. “A Web-Based Tutorial and Tele-Operation System for Earthquake Engineering Education.” 30th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Kansas City, Mo, October 18-21, 2000.4 Newman, D. R., B. Webb, and C. Cochrane. “A content Analysis Method to Measure Critical Thinking in Face-to- face and Computer Supported Group Learning.” Interpersonal Computing and Technology, Volume 3, Number 2, pg. 56-77, 1995.5 http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nioc.vp?cid=1455&lang=US “Virtual Bench” National

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaw Owusu

* Team Approaches A L I 2. CUSTOMER RELATIONS Y * Sales/Marketing * Product Support * Customer Survey & Analysis 3. PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT S * Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Y * Design Standards/Components/ S Specifications T * Design Reviews

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili; Jr., Richard Crain; Jeffrey McCauley; Forrest Parkay; Denny Davis; Michael Trevisan

Session 2525 @ Division 25 A Curriculum Model for Developing Teams, Communication Skills, and Introducing the Design Process for Engineering Programs developed by the TIDEE Project Team. Kenneth L. Gentili Tacoma Community College Jeffrey F. McCauley Green River Community College Richard W. Crain Jr., Dale Calkins Deceased Denny C. Davis, Michael S. Trevisan, Forrest Parkay, Larry McKenzie Washington State UniversityAbstractFaculty struggle to implement outcomes-based engineering education that is neededto satisfy ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 requirements for

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Lavelle; Peter Shull; Heather Nachtmann; Joseph Hartman; Robert Martinazzi; Kim Needy

) Benefit/Cost Ratios; (C) Present Worth; (D) Depreciation andDepletion; (E) Geometric Gradients and Spreadsheets; (F) Cash Flows; (G) EquivalenceRelationships; (H) Replacement, Retirement and Breakeven Analysis; (I) Income Taxes; (J) Rateof Return; (K) Inflation and Deflation; (L) Sensitivity Analysis; (M) Decision Making; (N)Evaluation of Multiple Alternatives; (O) Capital Financing and Allocation; (P) Public Projectsand Regulated Industries; (Q) Selection of MARR; (R) Accounting; (S) Uncertainty and RiskAnalysis; (T) Estimation; (U) After-Tax Economic Analysis; (V) Corporate Tax Structure; (W)Bonds; (X) Multiattribute Analysis; (Y) Profit Volume Analysis of Production Operations; and(Z) Ranking.For each of the 27 educators polled in the pilot

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Engineering Honors Program. Dr. Freuler received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aeronauticaland Astronautical Engineering and the B.S. in Computer and Information Science in 1974 and a Ph.D. inAeronautical and Astronautical Engineering in 1991 from The Ohio State University.ROBERT J. GUSTAFSONRobert J. Gustafson is a Professor of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Associate Dean forAcademic Affairs and Student Services for the College of Engineering of The Ohio State University. Dr. Gustafsonis a registered professional engineer and is actively engaged in development of first-year engineering programs andteaching improvement. Dr. Gustafson received B. S. and M. S. degrees in Agricultural Engineering from theUniversity of Illinois in 1971

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajib Mallick

. Russell, J. S. and B. G. McCullouch. Civil Engineering Education: Case Study Approach, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, ASCE, volume 116, 1990.10. Ward, J. S. Bringing the Practice of Engineering into the Civil Engineering Classroom. Education and Continuing Development for the Civil Engineer. Proceedings of National Forum, ASCE, Las Vegas, NV, 1990.11. Bradley, J. B. The Role of Practitioners in Engineering Education. Education and Continuing Development for the Civil Engineer, Proc. National Forum, ASCE, 1990.12. Engineer Practitioners on Campus: ASCE program is off to a Good Start, ASCE News, ASCE, vol. 17, 1992.13. Shapira, A. Bringing the Site into the classroom: A Construction Engineering Laboratory. Journal of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jace Hargis; Anne Donnelly

for Education Communications and Technology,Indianapolis, IN (1996).9. Collis, B., & Williams, R. Cross-cultural comparison of gender differences in adolescents’attitudes toward computers and selected school subjects. Journal of Educational Research. 18(1).17-27 (1987).10. Comber, C. The effects of age, gender and computer experience upon computer attitudes,Educational Research. 39(2). 123-133 (1997).11. Ehley, L. Building a vision for teacher technology in education. Preservice Teacher Bulletin.Doc. No.: ED35027. Alverno College, WI. (1992).12. Follansbee, S. Can online communications improve student performance? Results of acontrolled study. ERS Spectrum. 15(1). 15-26 (1997).13. Forman, D. C. The use of multimedia technology for

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sima Parisay

employees at Cal Poly Pomona for providing the opportunity for this digitallyenhanced course during summer of ’99. Special thanks are due to Ms. Josie Ventura at ITAC forher assistance. I also wish to thank my students for their cooperation with this experiment andtheir feedback. Page 5.462.6Bibliography1. Evans, R. M., M. Daily, S. L. Murray, "The Effectiveness of an On-Line Graduate Engineering Management Course", Session 2542, 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.2. Graybash, P., "Selecting Communications Technology for Delivering Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs", Session 2522, 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.3

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Cloutier; Jean-Francois Methot; Jean Brousseau; Bernard Larocque

, “Entering the ‘90s : A National Vision for Engineering Education”, Engineering Education, November 1989.17. Monteith L.K., “Engineering Education – A century of Opportunity”, Journal of Education, January 1994.18. Moriarty Gene, “Engineering Design : Content and Context”, Journal of Engineering Education, April 1994.19. Starkey John M., Ramadhyani S., Bernhard, Robert J., “An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design for Sophomores at Perdue University”, Journal of Engineering Education, October 1994.20. West Harry, “A Criticism of an Undergraduate Design Curriculum”, DE-Vol.31, Design Theory and Methodology, ASME 1991.21. Dutson Alan J., Todd Robert H., Magleby Spencer P., Sorensen Carl S., “A Review of Litterature on

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Lesley Jolly; David Radcliffe

2000) and Europe during the 1990's, the Reviewof Engineering Education in Australia made sweeping recommendations for changes to howengineers are formed. The title of the final report, Changing the Culture: Engineering Educationinto the Future indicates the degree of changed required. The Review was conducted jointly bythree key stakeholder groups, the Institution of Engineers, Australia (the accrediting body), theCouncil of Engineering Deans and the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering andit was funded by the Australian Government. Page 5.556.1The Review concluded that, in addition to technical competency, graduates should have

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Munir Mandviwalla; Chang Liu; Azim Danesh

Education:An Extension of Contemporary Models and Strategies for Practitioners,” The American Journal of DistanceEducation, 8(2),30-42.Hiltz, Starr Roxanne, The Virtual Classroom: Learning Without Limits Via Computer Networks, Norwood, NJ:Ablex Publishing Corporation.Kaufman, D., 1989. in Sweet, R. (Ed.) Post Secondary Distance Education in Canada: Policies, Practices andPriorities, Athabasca: Athabasca University/Canadian Society for Studies in Education.Keegan, D., 1988. “Problems in Defining the Field of Distance Education,” The American Journal of DistanceEducation, 2(2), 4-11.Kiesler, S., Siegel, J., and McGuire, T.W., 1984. “Social Psychological Aspects of Computer-MediatedCommunication, American Psychologist, 39(10), 1123-1134.Mandviwallla

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Al-Ashkar

and Kling, 1999). We now have a veritable smorgasbord of distanceeducation media from which to choose, so finding and using the best tool for the job is an Page 5.569.1increasingly easy task.However, the media choice(s) are just one aspect of distance education (Lundin, 1998).There are few distance educators who would dispute the assertion that many factors(Calvert, 1989, Hara & Kling, 1999) influence the success of a distance educationprogram. Fewer still might argue the point that the very diversity of factors presents adaunting challenge to program developers. As educators, we might not always agree onwhat these factors are (Gagne, Griggs

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Mackay; George DeLancey; Richard Cole; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard; Gerald Rothberg

. Economics Project 3 (final Project 3 - Oral presentations (cont’d.) revisions) Page 5.174.3 TABLE 1 - Topical Outline: E 231- Engineering Design Laboratory III 3.4 Faculty & StaffThe course instructors are adjunct faculty drawn from industry and consulting firms. Theproximity of a variety of industries allows the course to benefit from instructors of a variety ofages (30’s to 60’s), some relatively new to the engineering workforce, some retired from a rangeof engineering disciplines. Judging from student evaluations and observations of