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Tom Ward; Elizabeth Alford

challenge is to find meaningful ways to engage freshman in analyzing ethicalchallenges.This presentation explains a collaborative approach to integrating an ethics module intoUniversity 101-Engineering (UNIV 101-E), a freshman course for engineering students at theUniversity of South Carolina patterned after USC’s nationally recognized Freshman YearExperience course, University 101. Sections of the engineering course described here include aclassroom instruction and discussion on the NSPE Code of Ethics and case studies whichstudents gather from specified websites. To support the classroom instruction, the courseinstructor and the director of the College of Engineering’s Professional Communications Centercollaborated in developing a reflective

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Mary K. Handley

ofengineering technology can be evaluated for technical merit, practical applicability, or any othercriterion of interest to the instructor or college.Along with achieving program goals for assessment of student learning, portfolios supportstudents in developing awareness of their strengths and weaknesses. In a good portfolioprogram, students collect their work, choose representative pieces, and reflect on this work in thefinal presentation of the portfolio. In this process they can address questions such as: Why was Isuccessful with this project? What makes a good design? How did I perform in group tasks?What else am I learning that builds on this information or skill? How can I change myperformance to better enable me to succeed?In 6 semesters of

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Olkan Cuvalci; Douglas D. Gransberg; Cevdet Nuhrat; Bobby Green

algorithm in ourlaboratory. After the calculations, the theoretical and experimental results were plotted andcompared.1. IntroductionFixed roadway lighting plays an important part in safe driving at night. Since automobileheadlights do not light a distance that is adequate for safe stopping at night. To provide safedriving at night, different design methods for roadway lighting was developed to obtain bettervisibility and visual comfort. The first time roadway lighting were desined, it was based on theamount of light striking the surfaces of the pavement (illuminance). However, it was later foundthat the brightness of a pavement related to the amount of light that is reflected from it(luminance). Since then, it has been proved that the ability to

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Gloria Rogers; Julia Williams

-Portfolio at Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology, the faculty, administration, and students have confronted theseissues; the result is a web-based portfolio system that focuses on a student’s “best work”and requires a “reflective statement” in which a student demonstrates the relevance of thework to the learning outcomes objectives. This article outlines the stages of the RosE-Portfolio development from the initial concept to its testing through a Pilot Project andthe current status of the plan. In offering the results of the project thus far, the authorsoffer suggestions on how other institutions may gauge the appropriateness of a portfoliosystem to their own student learning outcome goals.IntroductionThe current interest in the use of portfolios

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Rosemarie M. Evans; Madison Daily; Susan L. Murray

“Feeling” Active Experimentation Reflective Observation “Doing” “Watching” Convergers Assimilators Abstract Conceptualization “Thinking” Page 4.520.3 Figure 1: Kolb Learning Styles (Kolb 1976)More recently, Felder and Silverman developed another learning styles assessment tool, namedthe Index of Learning Styles (ILS). In contrast to Kolb’s LSI which was

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Paul Waters; Jim Greer; James P. Solti

successful in theclassroom?”. Unfortunately, “success” is (at least initially) hardly ever defined as obtaining theprescribed end-of-course objectives. Rather, the focus is on what the instructor must do (beenthusiastic, knowledgeable, interactive) to ensure that the students succeed. Clearly, suchefforts are helpful and should be encouraged. Page 4.276.3However, do such efforts ensure that the desired outcomes will be reached, or can we do more toprovide a greater opportunity for success? The proposed model provides each instructor with anopportunity to reflect (along with his/her peers) on this very question. The model itself does notprovide

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Willie Ofosu

Session 2520 Application of the Ansoft Serenade 7.0 PC Software in a Wireless Course Willie K. Ofosu Telecommunications Department Penn State Wilkes-BarreAbstractWireless applications have experienced rapid growth in recent years, resulting in the need fordesign and analytical tools for practicing engineers that are fast and reliable. This is reflected inthe university academic programs where courses in wireless form part of the telecommunicationsprogram. The Ansoft Serenade 7.0 PC

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Ted G. Eschenbach; Kim LaScola Needy; Jerome P. Lavelle; Heather Nachtmann

economy education.Chinowsky and Robinson 1 discuss the importance of the case study approach to engineeringeducation. These authors state that an important contrast between engineering education and theengineering profession is the use of over-simplified examples within the classroom. Perhapsincreasing the use of case studies and the weight of importance being placed on them may helpto lessen the gap between the education and profession of engineering.It is encouraging that 58% of respondents utilize projects in their engineering economy courses.However, the importance of project work is not reflected in the final grade percentage weight(8%). Projects provide students with the opportunities to explore in depth a topic of their choiceand to work

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Peter J. Graybash

4.457.1technical issues, rarely or only marginally considering non-technical elements that stronglyinfluence acceptance and effectiveness. The gap between educational needs and educationprovided is wide.II. Choosing From the MenuHard data about how CPEEs choose communication approaches is missing from todayÀsresearch. The first stage is to identify how they make decisions and identify common elements.Most research follows three basic models. First is the Rational Model, selecting from amongthoroughly analyzed alternatives. All choices, individual and organizational, benefit the entireorganization and reflect criteria developed early in the process. This model places maximumemphasis on logical thinking. The Bounded Rationality Model, which tends to be less

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Halvard E. Nystrom

a profit. They work in teams to make these decisions, compare their results,and reflect on their performance and how it could have been improved. As a result, they betterunderstand how Engineering Management helps them become more effective engineers who candeal in the world of business and help their firms focus on the most important problems. Thesimulation allows them to visualize how the degree will allow them to function as an engineerand use marketing, finance, engineering economics, accounting, management informationsystems, management, manufacturing and production, to become more effective and successful.The simulation is handled with a Microsoft Excel worksheet that is intended for use with

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Suzanne Mildren; Karen Whelan

Innovative Teaching Practices for Successful Implementation of Integrated EngineeringPrograms". It is out of this project that the theme for this paper has arisen.This paper aims to discuss how teamwork has been woven into the culture of engineeringeducation, beginning with first year, within the University of Ballarat. It will provide anoverview of what was initially planned, discuss how and why the initial plan evolved, activitieswhich were successful, those that were not so and the way forward. While the paper will seek toaddress some of the broad issues raised across the three partner institutions, it will concentrateon activities and reflections from the University of Ballarat, as the primary project partner.II. Cooperative Learning and

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John Hoover; Arnold F. Johnson

tour (M = 1.04).Several students also wrote on their surveys that they wanted even more "hands on" and "real"activities. One student specifically wrote, "I want even more excitement and action." A teacherastutely observed, however, that the emphasis on sensory experience must be carefully paired withacademic learning. The motivational component was observed, but this excitement must bebalanced with the opportunity to reflect on concepts. Plans are underway to hold talking stationsfollowing each activity, where students will discuss mathematics and science activities withtrained teachers. Perhaps in line with this, several students, parents, and mentors argued that moreadvanced concepts could be handled by older students.Because of the desire

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Shih-Liang Wang

, surfaces, and solids.The transformation matrix [T] can be represented as:  t 11 t 12 t 13 t 14   t 24   T1 T2  [T] =  t 21 t 22 t 23 =   t 31 t 32 t 33 t 34  T3 1 t t 44   41 t 42 t 43The 3x3 submatrix [T1] is used for scaling, reflection, or rotation; the 3x1 column vector [T2]generates translation; the 1x3 row vector [T3] produces perspective projection. Figure 11 showsa wedge reflected about xz-plane with the following transformation matrix: − 1 0 0 0

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Patrick Devens

were able to reflect upontheir experiences did opinions on MATLAB change. If a software program is to be added orchanged within a course, instructors must be given the opportunity to learn the software beforeteaching it.The same lesson was reflected in instructor MATLAB text6 reviews. Most course instructorswere staying one step ahead of their students on text assignments. As a result, instructors wereeasily blindsided by student questions. This manifested an initial feeling of text inadequacy.Instructors stated; “The book was not clear enough”, “The book could have done a better job”,and “We need a better book next time”. These statements illustrate instructor turmoil as theystruggled to teach a software package without being properly

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Charles McIntryre

course material.The basic methodology used in the course, as outlined below, was developed by the students andthe instructor during a classroom lecture period. < the instructor acts as the course facilitator. < all students take an active role in teaching preparation, presentation, and grading. < the instructor and the students are evaluated based on individual and group assessments.III. The Group AssignmentAs indicated in the course syllabus, the group assignment reflects 25 percent of course grade. Theresponsibilities and sequence of the group assignment were developed by the course instructor andare listed below.1. Students will be divided into teaching teams, consisting of three students each. One team will consist of

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John E. Shea; Thomas M. West

3257 EVOLUTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM John E. Shea, Thomas M. West Oregon State UniversityIntroduction At the beginning of this decade, the structure of engineering curricula at most colleges anduniversities had existed since the early 1950’s, and reflected an emphasis on a solid foundation inmath, science, and engineering science as expressed in the Grinter Report of 19551. Therequirements for accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) reinforced this traditional structure of the

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Raymond Berg; Homayun K. Navaz; Brenda S. Henderson

interest in the computational domain.One laboratory session was dedicated to the set-up and use of experimental instrumentation,including the FFT analyzer, configuring the test piece, and interconnection of other datagathering equipment.After the introductory familiarization laboratories, the students performed eight laboratoryassignments in the 12-week course: 1) A normal shock problem with exact solution 2) A shock tube problem 3) Flow over wedge and flow over cone 4) Shock reflection 5) Nozzle flow 6) Cavity flow (door gap resonance) 7) Space shuttle main engine nozzle flow analysis with chemical reaction 8) Flow over 3-D blunt body and a sharp cone, with angle of attack and yaw angleStudent results of four of

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Flora McMartin

these sources were adapted to reflect the Synthesisskills defined by the brainstorm and negotiation process described above. The goal was togenerate a concise, easily completed instrument that would inform faculty efforts to targetdeficiencies that impact on teamwork abilities.The Initial Pilot TestA freshman design course and an upper division design course at two different universitieswere selected for the pilot test. A total of 142 students completed the instrument. Once thedata had been collected, there was an analysis of:• The level of the variation among ratings.• The correlation between pairs of items intended to measure the same abilities.• The correlation between the distribution of 100 credit points among members of the team and the

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Susan Randolph

spent an awful lot of time trying to determine what exactly a casestudy should “look like” and accomplish—we wanted to be sure all our cases fitthe proper mold. After much reflection on possible answers to these questions, itdawned on us that although there are certain necessary components andcharacteristics to any case study, there is also much room for flexibility inpresentation, format and scope.The special training scheduled each semester as part of the TEFATE projectprovided opportunities to learn from experts using cases (in other fields) and fromexperts using teaching strategies conducive to the case method. These workshopsalso provided time for team members to collectively determine how we could bestutilize cases in engineering

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Dennis Stevenson

Session 2238 Using Computer Graphics for Descriptive Geometry-style Problems in a Freshman Graphics Course Dennis R. Stevenson, P. E. University of Wisconsin-ParksideAbstractThis is a report on a project to incorporate more challenging graphics in the form of traditionaldescriptive geometry problems, in a freshman graphics course. As a result of this project, studentsdo a greater amount of three-dimensional spatial analysis problems on computer instead of on paper.This project reflects a number of objectives of the program faculty. This institution uses

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Michael A. Kriss

Beck was built aroundthe University of Chicago’s outstanding graduate research programs in the sciences. The Centerfor Imaging Science was organized around research programs that reflected the interests ofgroups of faculty members from the traditional departments of physics and astronomy,chemistry, mathematics, radiology and computer science. Faculty from the art department andpsychology department also participated in the research projects, as did scientists from ArgonneNational Laboratory. Missing from this research-focused effort was a formal curriculumdesigned to teach, in a unified way, the underlying science and technology. The most comprehensive effort to forge a complete program in Imaging Science wasundertaken by the Rochester

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Teresa L. Hein; Dan Budny

combining internal and external operations derived from the individual’s neurobiology,personality, and development and reflected in learner behavior. Learning style also representsboth inherited characteristics and environmental influences.Dunn 29 described learning style as “... the way each learner begins to concentrate, process, andretain new and difficult information” (p. 224) She noted that this interaction occurs differently foreveryone. Dunn also highlighted that “To identify and assess a person’s learning style it isimportant to examine each individual’s multidimensional characteristics in order to determinewhat will most likely trigger each student’s concentration, maintain it, respond to his or hernatural processing style, and cause long

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M. Mavromihales; K. Sherwin

the present project reflects this by allowing a wide range ofgeometries. The type of heat exchanger chosen simulates a car radiator in which hot waterflows through a staggered bank of tubes and is cooled by a cross-flow of air. Even when thetube geometry is fixed the students must still determine: exchanger height exchanger width tube pitch number of rowsThe educational goals are to provide a challenging iterative design analysis which iscombined with a simple form of construction, that can be built in a short space of time andallowing the integration of CAD/CAM into the design project.When the project was originally started, the final year design course

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John R. Wagner; David Finley

, relatively constant,and a direct measure of program objectives. In response to this need, thedepartment developed the TSU ChE curriculum assessment examination orCAE.The CAE consists of sixty multiple-choice questions that reflect thedepartmental curriculum objectives in chemical engineering. Each question onthe CAE has five possible responses, only one of which will be correct. Thetest will be administered to chemical engineering seniors as part of thecapstone design class. The examination was weighted as five percent of theircourse grade. We anticipate that the average score on the examination shouldbe around 50% so that some type of grade adjustment will be done before it is

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Charles S. Elliott

professionals, the three universities expect to develop courses that address the enhancement and/or development of skills, knowledge, and understanding that are critical to today’s practicing engineers. These courses will be offered through a variety of distance-delivery methods and in flexible formats. Students enrolled in the program will be able to take advantage of course offerings at any of the three universities. These offerings reflect the diversity of strengths across the state. The Master of Engineering offers the practicing engineer the opportunity to design, in conjunction with an advisory committee, a program of study that can reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of engineering

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John C. Duke; Jack Lesko; Flynn L. Auchey; Siegfried M. Holzer

by Kolb 2. "Learning is a process whereby knowledge is created through thetransformation of experience"2. Within this perspective, concrete experience andexperimentation form critical components of the learning process as illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1. Experiential Learning Model 2Furthermore, these components are only part of an integral representation of the learningprocess. This process suggests two opposite modes of grasping, directly through the senses(concrete experience) or indirectly in symbolic form (abstract conceptualization). Similarlythere are two distinct ways of transforming experience, by reflection or action. The completeprocess is a four-stage cycle of four adaptive learning modes. The active

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Kip P. Nygren; Wayne Whiteman

, and documenting their work.3 In the absence of a freshman-level design coursein our curriculum, we find early design experiences in typical engineering sciencecourses indispensable.This paper offers one example of an early design project in vibration engineering withstrong instructional content that enhances the learning environment. The students engagein reflective engineering problem definition and solution procedures, work as part of ateam, communicate their engineering ideas, and achieve high performance. Our targetaudience is students in the second semester of their engineering curriculum. The designis a culminating event for the first half of the course.III. Background of the ProblemThe appliance industry is continually moving toward

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Arnold F. Johnson

mentors other students while they conductthe experiment. The lead-group may also introduce the laboratory activity to the other studentsduring the lecture class or at the beginning of the lab period, if supplemental information isnecessary. In addition, the lead-group is responsible for grading the lab. At the conclusion ofthe lead-groups’ activities, they present their experiences during a debriefing session with theinstructor. The latter activity enhances the degree to which students reflect on learning, anothermechanism whereby learning becomes active via deeper cognitive processing.Rotation of Lab PartnersAnother variation in the format of this course is that lab partners are exchanged; each person hasa different partner for each experiment

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Eric N. Wiebe; Theodore Branoff

bemanipulated to reflect the virtual condition/inner boundary of the machined holes. Studentscan then manipulate the size and location dimensions on the holes to examine acceptablevariations in hole sizes and positions. The part with the pins becomes a functional gage fortesting maximum allowable variations in size and location. By zooming in on the feature,students will be able to see that violating the tolerance zone will mean an overlap between ahole and the virtual condition pin; not allowed in the real parts. Because this virtualcondition/inner boundary is defined as a cylinder, manipulation of both the vertical andhorizontal location constraints on the hole will show that the value with which theseconstraints can change depends on the vector

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Gordon Silverman

EE programs to besupplanted just as the ‘electronics’ based EE degree has supplanted the EE power engineeringdegree.II. Professional Demographics.Recent career and professional trends in the United States reflect technological changes thathave taken place over the past decade. 2,3 The U.S. Department of Labor projects the need forover 350,000 Computer Engineers and Scientists over the next decade. While EE has replacedMechanical Engineering as the predominant (engineering) field, computer (hardware/software)engineering is growing rapidly. (In government surveys, 11 percent of all engineers reportsoftware engineering as their primary field .2 This discipline was not even reported in 1972.). Arecent survey of mid- and large-size companies