Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

SESSION 3153 Pr oject Planning & Development for Engineer ing Fr eshman Bouzid Aliane, Michael A. Collur a, Samuel Daniels, J ean Nocito-Gobel School of Engineer ing & Applied Science, Univer sity of New HavenAbstr actThe nature and background of students seeking an engineering education has changeddrastically in the last decade, as has the expectations of industrial employers. Manystudents lack the organizational skills needed for academic success. Similarorganizational skills, although more advanced, are required for managing engineeringprojects. A new course was developed by the faculty at the School of Engineering andApplied Science

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Pietryga; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

Session Number 2233 Planning for a Power Engineer ing Institute Fr ank W. Pietr yga, Gr egor y M. Dick, J er r y W. Samples Univer sity of Pittsbur gh at J ohnstownAbstractAnecdotal evidence suggests that emphasis on power engineering education has decreasedduring the past decade. As the demand for electrical power increases in the future, our powergrid will become more complex and proper training of recent graduates and experienced powerengineers will be essential for our survival. The recent electrical blackout of the North Easternregion of the United States reminds us that power

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Welker

Session number 1793 An Integrated Plan for Improving Team Functioning Andrea L. Welker and Walter G. Tymon, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Management, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085Abstract: The importance of effective team functioning is recognized by students, faculty,employers, and our accreditation board. Teams are often used to obtain all of the educationaloutcomes described by ABET, however, the explicit statement that students must learn how towork in teams highlights the increasing importance of this skill. Several teaching methods tohelp students learn to work effectively in teams

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Hallacher

Session Number 1526 PLANNING A NSF ATE NATIONAL CENTER IN NANOMANUFACTURING EDUCATION Paul M. Hallacher, Douglas E. Fenwick, and Stephen J. Fonash The Penn State Nanofabrication Facility Over the past decade, microfabrication has been subsumed by nanofabrication,and it is estimated that the United States will need between 800,000 and 1 million newnanofabrication workers in the next 10 years (Breslau, 2002; Roco, 2002). Severalindustry sectors are driving this workforce need. First are the established industries thattraditionally use micro- and nanotechnology, such as microelectronics, informationstorage

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Ellen Haupt; Jessica Gregory

Planning Approach for the Society of Women Engineers Mentoring Girl Scouts Sue Ellen Haupt, Jessica D. Gregory Utah State University/ Pennsylvania State University Abstract Utah State University College of Engineering is actively working on recruiting and retaining women in engineering. This project is one that combines the two toward affecting both goals at once. The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) section at USU has organized a mentoring system with the local Girl Scout council. The primary idea is a top-down mentoring approach where activities are designed and run by women and girls that are a step ahead of the participants. In

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

Session 2566 Integrated Professional Component Plan from Freshmen Experience to Senior Project Chris Byrne, Robert Choate, Joel Lenoir and Kevin Schmaltz Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering (ME) faculty at Western Kentucky University (WKU) havedeveloped and implemented a Professional Plan to assure that graduates of the program will haveexperienced key areas of the engineering profession and demonstrated their abilities to performin a professional manner. This Professional Component has been divided into EngineeringDesign

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Reiman; H. Oner Yurtseven; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

Session 2150 Charting Our Course: Strategic Planning Approaches in Engineering and Technology Stephen P. Hundley, Mary Reiman, Patricia L. Fox, H. Oner Yurtseven Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Abstract Changes in technology, advances in the professions, complexities in the externalenvironment, and the need to continuously improve all require institutions of higher education toplan for the future. Strategic plans help provide direction and meaning to everyday activitieswithin an organization. It is guided by the vision, mission, values, goals, and the

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Seaker; Jignesh Rathod; Farouk Attia

A Lean Manufacturing Educational Model: Flexible Low-Cost Linking of Manufacturing Planning to Customer Requirements Farouk Attia, Ph.D., Robert Seaker, Ph.D., Jignesh Rathod, M.S. University of Houston, College of Technology, Houston, Texas.AbstractRecent trends in Lean Manufacturing have an implied optimal target of zero inventory levels atall stages of the manufacturing system. Some volume of inventory however, may be necessary tosmooth production flow inside the factory while reducing lead times, thus increasing overallprofitability. One approach may be to introduce optimum levels of Work-in-Process (WIP)inventory at key stages4 of the manufacturing system. This paper presents a Lean

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Walters; Albert Lozano

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSOCIATEDEGREE IN NANOTECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Robert Walters and Albert Lozano Commonwealth College The Pennsylvania State UniversityWhile not long ago nanotechnology was confined to university research laboratories,nanotechnology techniques are today becoming integrated into mainstream industries. A sharpincrease is predicted in the number of industries and processes that will use differentnanotechnology approaches for their products in the near future. In fact, the NSF predicts thatnanotech innovations will create a $1 trillion business within the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

Session No. 1621 Systemic Framework for Planning of Construction Education for the Next Generation in the United States. Erdogan M. Sener Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Abstract:Construction work that will take place in the United States in the next few decades will befundamentally different from the type of construction work that has been typical in the last fewdecades. The titles of the traditional construction and construction management undertakings interms of design, estimating, costing, bidding, specifying, scheduling

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tsung-juang Wang

Session number: 1106 Curricular planning of upgrading the practical and professional competence of students in Technological Colleges Tsung-juang Wang Department of Architecture National Taipei University of Technology Introduction It is expressly provided that technology colleges shall have the incubation of advancedtechnology talents as their goals in the draft of Republic of China (ROC) TechnologyOccupational Colleges. However, as the technology advances by second, the modern societyundergoes rapid transitions, and the demands of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solt Michael; Malu Roldan; Burton Dean; Asbjorn Osland

Session 1754 Description and Assessment of a Business Plan Competition and New Venture Fair at San José State University By Malu Roldan, Ph.D., Asbjorn Osland, Ph.D., Michael Solt, D.B.A., & Burton V. Dean, Ph.D. College of Business, San Jose State University Abstract: After the first business plan competition, in May 2003, San José State University (SJSU) faculty and community entrepreneurs serving on the university’s Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship (SVCE) concluded that the process should be spread over an academic year. Hence, the New Venture Fair (NVF) was born, which was held Dec. 16, 2003. The feedback from all sources has been very

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeong-Hoon Kim; Julian Kang; Byeong-Cheol Lho

Session 1121 Development of Web-based Interactive 4D Block-Tower Model for Construction Planning and Scheduling Education Julian H. Kang*, Byeong-Cheol Lho**, Jeong-Hoon Kim** *Texas A&M University / **Sangji UniversityFor construction projects implemented in a congested area, the ability to understand spatialrelationship between structures is expected to play an important role in construction planning andscheduling. However, students can hardly understand the time-space relationship at the job siteusing a CPM network or a bar chart. Research shows that visual representation of

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Secin Guncavdi

Developing Student Interest By Demonstration and Active ParticipationAbstract: It is very well known that developing and maintaining student interestis a challenging task for many engineering classes, especially for mandatoryclasses which are outside the students’ major. In this talk, a four-stage strategywill be presented. These stages include the concept based learning, multimediademonstration, experimental demonstration and active experiment participation.With the help of this planned approach, a better and more interesting atmospherefor learning can be created.Secin Guncavdi, Ph.D.Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin, Madisonsguncav@engr.wisc.edu

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt O'Connor; Kathleen Simione; Dale Jasinski; Chad Nehrt

disciplinesin a team teaching environment to deliver an 18 credit, two semester course entitled Adventuresin Entrepreneurship. This paper describes the opportunities and challenges encountered by thefaculty, students, and university in offering the course and suggests ways to measure its impacton the three stakeholders.Traditional approach to entrepreneurship education Entrepreneurship education in higher education is traditionally taught by a singleinstructor whose course emphasizes the development of a business plan.7 The development of abusiness plan, however, requires some skills in the core disciplines of management, marketing,finance, accounting, and given the increasing importance of global business, internationalbusiness. Standard

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ghanashyam Joshi

andapplications specifically useful to engineering and technical graduates. The main topics in thecourse are planning, forecasting, decision making, project management, time management,quality control, optimization, reliability and risk analysis, and scheduling. The engineeringmanagement course offers students with ample opportunity to demonstrate their mastery ofcourse materials and related ideas through guided class discussions, open ended projects,assignments, research reports, and tests. The main distinction of this course when compared to atraditional management course is less emphasis on non-technical topics such as accounting andbusiness management.The observations and experiences learnt from the development and teaching of the

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ajay Agrawal; Zahed Siddique

the desiredobjectives for both faculty and students. The first phase includes project solicitation, projectassignment, and articulating goals and strategies. The second phase involves team organizationand developing a comprehensive plan of action. The third phase involves plan execution assistedwith meetings and conferences, record keeping, and evaluation. The end-result of these efforts isa product that meaningfully adds value to the participants including students, sponsor, andfaculty. In this paper we provide details and issues concerning each of the above phases,implemented in a Senior Capstone Course sequence in Mechanical Engineering at the Universityof Oklahoma. The paper presents our experiences from developing a structured

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elsa Bruno; David Swanson; David Barnhart; David Richie; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

Department of Astronauticsinstructors. A benefit of this approach is to get feedback on the program lesson plans fromtechnically qualified students and instructors. The feedback would be incorporated into theprogram before the fall semester, 2004. At that point, the training would be validated and readyfor a much broader set of trainees with less technical backgrounds.Program Objectives and GoalsWe had two primary objectives for the training program: 1. Train and certify a work force that is capable of operating FalconSAT-2. 2. Provide a baseline training program for future FalconSAT missions.Additionally, we needed to support the objectives of our small satellite course that is, to providean interdisciplinary capstone astronautics

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

engineering graduates.This paper presents an innovative engineering management course based on the principles ofproject management and incorporating an introduction to planning a research project. Whilethere have been numerous attempts to integrate capstone design projects and engineeringmanagement [2] and more particularly especially project management [3-4], the opportunityafforded by capstone research projects for learning about engineering management is less welldeveloped.Course ConceptA new style of course in Engineering Management and Communication, MECH3600, wasdeveloped and implemented during 2003. It is a compulsory course for all juniors in MechanicalEngineering at the University of Queensland. The objective was to have the students

Conference Session

TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ray Walter

, support, and retain underservedstudents. It integrates program curricula and creates detailed plans to replicate this program atother institutions.introduction There is a need to increase the number of women and minority engineers and the number ofwomen and minorities in engineering education. Women accounted for approximately 35 percentof employed engineers between 1993 and 1999, Asians made up about 11 percent, African-Americans and Hispanics each made up about 3 percent and American Indians made up less than0.5 percent [1]. Although engineering is “gaining in popularity at all degree levels” [2],according to the results of ASEE’s 2001-2002 survey, women and minorities areunderrepresented in engineering with women earning engineering degrees

Conference Session

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Radke; Evangelyn Alocilja

the process of implementingthe E-Team’s objectives. Developing and maintaining a business plan, performing amarket analysis, partnering with government and industry, dealing with conflicts ofinterest in an educational environment, managing product development, searching forfunding sources and securing intellectual property were all challenges encountered in theprocess. The E-Team was successful in putting together a business plan, developing aprototype and securing a small amount of start up funds through competitive grants andcompetitions. However, the E-Team was unable to secure the intellectual property rights.Overall, the process of commercialization was an excellent educational experience for allmembers of the E-Team. Although

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

SEQUENTIAL and has a beginning and an end which isconsistent with the definitions above. Initiating Planning Executing Controlling Close Out Processes Processes Processes Processes Processes 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 1. Project Management Process GroupsIII. Project Management Individual ProcessesPMI BoK states that “projects are composed of processes.” and “A process is a series of actionsbringing about a result.” (PMI BoK [section 3.1]).There are 17 major individual processes that make up the five process groups described in Figure 1.These 17 processes are enumerated

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Elaine Millam

industry representatives, faculty andstudents on what it meant to be “professional” and a “leader” resulted in the creation of athree-part course in our Master of Science in Technology Management degree program.The three parts – one at the beginning, middle and end of the degree program, weredesigned to determine the students’ initial leadership capacities and then engage thestudent in more self-awareness assessment, planning and developing a learning roadmap.Finally, we would show how the students had grown their capacities throughout theprogram.At the onset of the program, students are assessed on their emotional capacity, theirleadership characteristics, their personality inventory, competencies that align withprogram objectives and their life

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Vance; Michael Cornachione; Harriet Cornachione

a new senior project curriculum. Senior civil engineering students must now complete a three-term, full academic year,senior project sequence that integrates engineering design with communication skilldevelopment. The class functions as a civil engineering consulting firm with civilengineering faculty leading design teams in geotechnical engineering, transportation andtraffic engineering, environmental engineering, structural engineering and planning. Twocommunications faculty are also part of the firm and provide in-house expertise intechnical communications. The firm is required to respond to a formal request for proposal (RFP), develop aconceptual plan within the proposal, and prepare and present a professional proposal tosecure

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjan Zadnik

to creating planned change in tertiaryinstitutions: "identify the need for change, recognise the everyday realities of obstacles to Page 9.1184.1change, raise awareness of the issues and generate discussion, promote change on multiplefronts, provide expertise and support, and connect [the change] to accountability and rewards Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationsystems" (pp.13-15). These points provide sound advice for planning, monitoring, andmanaging the TQIP process across the Division and it

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scogtt Magids; Sarah Djamshidi; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Table 1. Participation in MTECH Programs Program Activity Undergrad Graduate Faculty Companies Students Students Hinman CEOs Program X Business Plan Competition X X X Technology Startup Boot Camp X X X Technology Startups Ventures x X Course Technology Ventures Club X Venture Accelerator Tier I X X x Venture

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

. The courseis normally taken in either the Sophomore or Junior year and students are expected to usethese Project Management skills to manage projects in subsequent courses.Project Management Skills TaughtThe skills taught in the project management course are described by the course outcomeswhich state that upon successful completion of the course students should know thespecific characteristics, techniques, and insights that are necessary to be an effectiveproject manager: • Know how to write a project proposal. • Know how to prepare a project plan. • Know how to prepare a project schedule • Know how to establish a project budget

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

basedassessment processes that will lead to an atmosphere of continuous improvement andquality education. This paper documents the deliberate planning and the subsequentexecution of a comprehensive plan designed to successfully link established programoutcomes, classroom instruction, assessment and evaluation processes, and processimprovement initiatives. Building on course assessment as a foundational linchpin, themethodology effectively integrates input from alumni, employers, industry advisorypanels, faculty, and students. Iterative techniques incorporate multiple reviews during theeducation process and subsequently provide timely opportunities for implementingeducation initiatives and creating a positive, conducive environment to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Coffin; Catherine Almquist; Amit Shukla; Michael Bailey-Van Kuren; James Kiper; Christine Noble

In 1999, Miami University established an ambitious set of goals designed to help MiamiUniversity become a premier undergraduate university by its two hundredth anniversary in theyear 2009. Two of those goals in Miami’s “First-in 2009” [3] plan are to develop a curriculumfor the twenty-first century and to strengthen academic standards and enrich campus intellectualand cultural life. The first-year undergraduate experience was identified as one tangible areawhere many assets currently exist which can be readily built upon and strengthened to advancethe overall intellectual climate of the campus. Historically, Miami has established a strong first-year experience with many successful and innovative first-year initiatives: a long-lasting

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramon Vasquez; Anand Sharma

evaluatedduring November 2002 and have been successfully reaccredited. The experience gained wassubsequently utilized as a springboard to establish a new campus-wide Continuous ImprovementEducational Initiative (CIEI) lead by a multi-disciplinary team. The long-term objective of thisinitiative is to assess not only the student learning outcomes across campus, which also includesthe non-engineering disciplines, but to even develop a process by which the various supportservices could be assessed. This required the design and administration of customizedquestionnaires as instruments of assessment, including the development of an overallinstitutional assessment plan, and an institutional plan for student learning outcomes, for the veryfirst time.ObjectiveThe