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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

, pp. 30-34.23. Rogers G. M., Sando J. K.: Stepping Ahead-An Assessment Plan Development Guide; Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology with Support of the Foundation Coalition (National Science Foundation Grant EEC-9529401) ©1996. Page 10.849.11 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright . 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”24. Palmer M. A., Riffe W. J: Course Level Assessment - Keeping it Simple and Comprehensive; TMS Fall 2002 Annual MeetingBiographic InformationMark A. Palmer Ph.D., P.E. is

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tadeusz Majewski; Hector Cervantes; K. V. Sudhakar

Session # INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING FRACTURE MECHANICS K.V. Sudhakar, Tadeusz Majewski, Hector Cervantes Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Santa Catarina Martir, Puebla 72820, MexicoAbstractAn elective course on fracture mechanics is planned to be introduced for the undergraduatestudents of mechanical engineering. At the present time, some of the topics on fracturemechanics are covered in a course on selection of materials. The present paper discusses specificteaching methods and relevant experimental

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

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Zack Bowles; Philippe E. Tissot; Jeremy Flores; G. Beate Zimmer; Alexey L. Sadovski; Carl Steidley

picture of research, rather than just being exposed to the idiosyncrasies of oneadvisor. Being able to tap into the expertise of a group of researchers helps the student in seekingout information and in receiving more balanced feedback. It is impressive to see how quickly astudent can become a valuable member of a research group. Applied Mathematics is a veryappealing and accessible subject for such student projects.Bibliography:[1] NSF in a Changing World: The National Science Foundation’s Strategic Plan, Document nsf9525, available atwww.nsf.gov.[2] J.A. Colucci-Ríos, J. Briano, “Sloan Foundation Scholarship Program: Mentoring Undergraduates towardsDoctoral Degrees”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 09, no. 3, July 2001, pp. 295-298.[3] K

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Milo Koretsky

Statistics,” Chem. Eng. Ed. p. 170 spring 2002.8. Dorland, Dianne and K. Karen Yin, “Teaching Statistics to ChE Students,” Chem. Eng. Ed. 170 summer 1997.9 Young, V.L., 2003, “Designing a Statistics Course for Chemical Engineers, ” Proc. ASEE, Session 3513 (2003).10 Koretsky, Milo D., “Getting Students to Account for Variation in their Analysis of Real ChE Processes,” Proc. ASEE, Session 3515 (2003).11. Czitrom, Veronica and Karen Horrell, “SEMATECH Qualification Plan” in Statistical Case Studies for Industrial Process Improvement, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA; American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA (1997).12. NIST/SEMATECH “e-Handbook of Statistical Methods,” http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Askew; Cari-Sue Wilmot; Colley Hodges; Richard Bannerot

, both aiding in the planning and execution of the design andessential to its final presentation to the project administrator or, in their case, the courseprofessor.The previous workshops having addressed the purpose and audience of each type of report, thesection-specific workshops (Abstracts, Introductions, and Context in Engineering Reports andResults, Discussion, and Recommendations Sections of Technical Reports) were designed tofamiliarize students with the most important sections of each type of report and providestrategies for writing these sections. The workshops specified that each section of a report has aspecific purpose and provides the reader with particular information for an explicit purposewithin the report as a whole. The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

among other applications the use of Total Quality Management techniques to better organize hospitals.12 Williams, op. cit., note 1.JOHN O. MINGLE, Ph.D., J.D.Emeritus Professor of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityFirst started teaching chemical engineering in the late 1950’s and experienced significant changes in engineeringeducation during the 1960 - 70’s. Obtained J.D. in the 80’s, retired from teaching nuclear engineering in the early90’s and continues to practice patent law. Served as professor and advisor for co-author Roberts in the 60’s-70’s.TOM C. ROBERTS, P.E., CMCAssistant Dean, Recruitment and Leadership Development, College of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityTom has more than 30 years experience in planning, organizational

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchell Neilsen

Educationsoftware designs. An important aspect was the discussion that ensued after each team presentedtheir results. This year, we plan to use a more iterative approach to let teams receive morefeedback after each design phase.Students were not required to use any particular operating system or programming language.Most of the designs were completed using C and BrickOS (a C-based RTOS), or Java and LeJOS(a Java-based RTOS). A few of the teams chose to use no RTOS; e.g., NQC. The mostsuccessful designs incorporated an operating system. Figure 7. Robotics competition at KSU Open House.4 ConclusionsWith the rapid advances in technology, it is now possible to embed computing capabilities invirtually all manufactured devices. To realize

Conference Session

Security

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

. Bruno, A.A., CCIE Routing and Switching. Indianapolis IN: Cisco Press. (2003).28. Maj, S.P., G. Kohli, and T. Fetherston. A Pedagogical evaluation of new state model diagram for teaching internetworking technologies. in 28th Australasian Computer Science Conference. Newcastle, Australia: Australian Computer Society. (2005).GUPREET KOHLIGurpreet is a PhD student at Edith Cowan University with three years of experience in Lecturing and DevelopingNetwork and Data Communication units at Edith Cowan University. Gurpreet is currently investigating web servicesand capacity planning of e-business sites as part of his research at ECU.PAUL MAJAssociate Professor S. P. MAJ is a recognized authority in the field of industrial and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stefani A. Bjorklund; Norman Fortenberry

take charge and are self-regulated. They define learning goals and problems that are meaningful to them; have a big picture of how specific activities relate to those goals; develop standards of excellence; and evaluate how well they have achieved their goals. They have alternative routes or strategies for attaining goals--and some strategies for correcting errors and redirecting themselves when their plans do not work. They know their own strengths and weaknesses and know how to deal with them productively and constructively. Engaged learners are also able to shape and manage change. [36, p. 8]In a study of engineering students working in teams, Colbeck et al. found that students helddiffering

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Jiusto; David DiBiasio

taxonomy.The outcome elements include a range of abilities such as: basic communication skills,developing learning plans, dealing with information including evaluating integrated information,critical thinking, and analysis of one’s ability to reflect on their own understanding and thinking.As educators our interests involve what we do with our students for four years and how thatprepares them professionally, intellectually and emotionally for post-graduation life. Because ofits many dimensions it is important to understand LLL, or students’ preparedness for LLL, andits connection to the curriculum. Few studies have really probed this connection. AlvernoCollege pioneered work in this area related to liberal arts education. However, theirmethodologies

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

following movie escape scene has been witnessed by the author in several differentmovies. The physics doesn’t change only the actors.The heroes of the movie are being chased by the police and/or the movie’s antagonists.They have just absconded with a king’s ransom worth of valuables (cash, jewelry,paintings, kidnapped mafia chieftain…remember: the booty changes, but not thephysics!). They are in a muscle, sports car that has succeeded in speeding onto a majorhighway where they put into action the final part of their escape plan. A tractor-trailer,driven by the partners of the escapees, leads the way along the highway. At the precisemoment the back doors of the trailer open and two ramps are seen extended from the rearopening. The ends of the ramps

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kishore Sirvole; Jennifer Mullins; Jeff Kaeli; Jason Snook; Hayden Griffin; Vinod Lohani; Jenny Lo

assigned ahands-on exercise to be completed before the end of class. In-class exercises gave students achance to pair up with a classmate and try out what they learned in the first part of the lessonunder the guidance of the instructor and one or two TAs. The second lesson consisted of a fulllecture with a take home assignment given to students at the end of the class. Homeworkassignments were typically focused on concepts involving basic trigonometry and geometry orthe simulation of a physical system (such as projectile motion).Lecture topics were planned in a series of two blocks, a three week sequence followed by a twoweek sequence later in the semester (see Table 1). There was a heavy emphasis on basic

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Pastirik; Michael Robertson; William Singhose; Joshua Vaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

the studentswere, in general, impressed with the car, unfortunately no new membership resulted.4. Course DescriptionCritical factors in gaining student participation in extra-curricular activities range from studentinterest, to perceived applicability to future goals, to the “WOW” factor. Given that the area ofmechatronics combines several disciplines, projects in this field can appeal to students with avariety of backgrounds and interest. An introductory mechanical design course at Georgia Tech,ME2110: Creative Decisions and Designs, provides and excellent forum for teachingfundamental mechatronics concepts [1]. The students can learn the traditional mechanical designcurriculum, planning and evaluation tools, functional decomposition

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry

• Logical organization • Personal rapport with teacher• Objective material to study • Learning through personal relationships• Depth and accuracy of content • Personal connection to content. Thinking: T Feeling: F A person prefers mostly to live…in a decisive, planned way, aiming to regulate in a spontaneous, flexible way, aiming toand control events understand life and adapt to it• Work in a steady, orderly way • Work in a flexible way, follow impulses• Formalized instruction • Informal problem solving• Prescribed tasks

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sumedha Ariely; Barbara Masi; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

criteria were not met, faculty were understandablymuch less enthusiastic. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTherefore, as part of a planning process to develop an infrastructure and curriculum for thebroader integration of service learning in the mechanical engineering department, we sought tobetter understand faculty knowledge of, enthusiasm for, and concerns about service learning. Inpart, we needed this information to create a tailored educational workshop on service learning forthe faculty. To this end, structured interviews were conducted to gain insight into MITmechanical engineering

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

Student Engagement and Motivation: From Time-on-Task to Homework, Prtland Oregon, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, October 2000.BiographyAiman S. Kuzmar is an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus. He holds aPh. D. degree from Duke University. He has a Master’s degree from Rice University. His B. S. is from theUniversity of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. All of His degrees are in civil engineering. His industrialexperience includes working as an Engineer for the NCDOT. He is a registered engineer in North Carolina.Appendix A: List of projects in the Steel Construction courseFall 2002 • Structures, Procedures – Design - Plans Presentation • Design and Construction of the New

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wigal

functions; create objective tree; create 3 levels of implementations of a device. functional block diagrams; present in reports Technical Writing Formatting for readability; eliminating vagueness, Create a report on device research and findings sexist language, wordiness; ensuring parallel construction Ethics and Professional Context Recognizing ethical situations Complete survey on “Professionalism Indicators” Oral Presentations Types of oral presentations; planning and Present research and findings on device organizing

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

and Mathematics Education at Michigan State University. He is responsible for providing vision,direction, planning and implementation for using technology mathematics and science education and developedseveral introductory computer science courses for non-computer science students serving 2000 students. Page 10.951.11 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Assessing Where We Stand

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Eisenbarth; Kenneth Van Treuren

10.164.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe highly ranked engineering program at Harvey Mudd College18 has a very unique approach tohumanities and liberal arts core. Beginning with a two-course sequence (seven semester hours)in "Introduction to the Humanities and Social Sciences", all students must complete thirtyadditional semester hours in "a coherent program planned with the approval of their humanitiesand social science advisor" and a three semester hour integrative experience "that explores theinteraction between science, technology, and society."18 The selection of approved humanitiesand

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terence Weigel

number of other (heavier) angles on the project have been selected and thedesigner wishes to minimize the variation in angle size used on the project. In any case, the pre-processor can permit the student to proceed with a less than optimal choice, but it should explainthe ramifications of doing so. For example, if the student chooses to connect the short leg of theangle, a window such as shown in Figure 5 should popup, and the student could decide to changehis / her choice based on the information provided.Grader Extensions Plans for extensions of the grading systems include the following: • For design problems, add the capability to consider sections that might not be the lightest acceptable section, but could

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilan Grave

bothworlds! Some sessions are thus held in a traditional lab routine, including preparation, prelabwork, calculation and design, prolonged circuit building and measurement in the lab, and post-lab final report with simulations and analysis. Sometimes the more advanced labs are allotted afull session of three hours, more so in the schedule of the “Electronics” course.The third decision point, which I’ll discuss only briefly, is the offering of a single course “CircuitAnalysis”, at a level fit for electrical engineers, for all engineering students at ElizabethtownCollege. This means that students who plan to graduate in any non-EE engineering disciplineprobably get a course at a substantially higher level than needed or required. We see this

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doreen Lawrence; Barbara Oakley

potential to learn andgrow. The goal of the Kumon Method is to provide eachindividual child with the tools, plans and guidance toachieve their true potential. Kumon uses a highly Fig. 1: Mr. Toru Kumon, Founderindividualized program that allows students to progress at Page 10.150.1 of Kumon Institute of Educationtheir own pace, working at their individual achievement Company, LTD. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

constituencies • Incomplete process to achieving objectives (links to curriculum are not clear) • Incomplete process-oriented approach to evaluating achievement of objectives • Evidence of program improvement based on ad hoc processesPossible Issues for Criterion 3 • No evidence demonstrating one or more outcomes • Outcomes not assessed objectively • Anecdotal versus measured results • Reliance on course grades as assessment of outcomes • Over-reliance on self-assessment (e.g. surveys) • No systematic assessment process • No process or process not documented • Plans developed but not implemented • Little or no faculty support for the process • No evidence that assessment results are being applied to improve program • Changes

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Resnick

process is true for programming. The programmer needsto experiment, to step back and look at the program, and then make improvements. It takes aminimum of three rewrites to make a program near perfect. Plan schedules accordingly.ShortcutsDo not worry about language shortcuts. For experienced programmers, the shortcuts are aconvenience and may provide for truly elegant expression. Newbie’s should record the shortcutin their notebook, and proceed with a style that provides the most comprehension. Page 10.1235.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Robinson; Kevin Sutterer

areas such as publicadministration, engineering management, planning, and architecture combined with a B.S.degree from an ABET accredited program may meet the definition of specialization and satisfy Page 10.415.6 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthe formal education component of the BOK.[1] Therefore, the acceptance of management /entrepreneurship courses to fulfill the specialization outcome of the BOK is not certain. Astudent completing the BOK compliant tract could earn an environmental

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jameson Wetmore

that shorter female drivers were especially at risk because they often sat close to thesteering wheel. At the same time, NHTSA called for parents to put all children age twelve andunder in the back seat, rather than just those infants in rear-facing safety seats. By the spring of1997, auto safety researchers had found that air bags took the lives of 3.5 children for every onethat they saved (12). The media jumped on the story and there was widespread outrage. Therewere calls for air bags to be ripped out of automobiles.Most engineers were frightened by this plan, however. They were certainly concerned about thefatalities, but they believed that air bags were saving many lives and that to abandon thetechnology would be a mistake. But there was

Conference Session

BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charla Triplett; Eugene Eckstein

Alliance adds significantly to this process by developing and sharing provenstandards that are readily transferred among the members and used by their students.Experienced coordinators share their expertise in creating resumes specifically for biomedicalengineering students, marketing materials targeted to industry, and best practices for internshipprograms.New coordinators learn which background courses must be in place for successful placementsand strong educational experiences; in part, they learn and share this information by discussionof what has worked for other campuses. These services are specific for the field of BME and areavailable only in a generic form from the typical “career-planning” office.Great returns come from the stronger

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

innovation and technology management.MARK URBAN-LURAIN is Director of Instructional Technology Research and Development in the Division ofScience and Mathematics Education at Michigan State University. He is responsible for providing vision, direction,planning and implementation for using technology mathematics and science education and developed severalintroductory computer science courses for non-computer science students serving 2000 students per semester.JON STICKLEN is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at MichiganState University. He has had a strong research record in computer science research, specifically in knowledge-basedsystems. His main contributions have been in the theory and application of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Mattei

scientific and engineering advances. Theworkshops were held in Washington D.C. (Arlington, VA), most recently at the NSF Stafford IIConference Center adjacent to the NSF headquarters. The first workshop was held in the fall of1995. Subsequent workshops occurred every other year, with the next one planned for Septemberof 2005.The paper will first explore one reason why it is important to have a diverse engineering faculty.The general program for all workshops will then be outlined. Following this discussion are theresults of the pre-workshop and post-workshop surveys of the 2003 participants. The surveys’questions were selected to probe the participants about their knowledge of issues critical to theirsuccess as engineering educators. Comparison of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Ismail Orabi; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

taken by engineering students in the new curriculum in which students areintroduced to engineering concepts using projects and hands-on-activities. Non-engineeringmajors have the option to take the project-based course or the more traditional version of thiscourse. When the project-based course was introduced into the curriculum, there was concern asto how non-engineering students would respond to the new format of the course.Background: Use of SurveysThe value of using surveys of engineering attitudes to help institutions evaluate their freshmanengineering programs has been documented3,4. Surveys provide the advantage of gatheringfeedback from a large number of students in a relatively easy manner. The assessment plan forthe first year of the