Technical Session Table of Contents Session T1A: Keynote - "Engineering as a Human Endeavor", William Wulf Chair: Melinda Piket-May and James Avery, University of Colorado at Boulder Time and place: Thursday, 8:30 am - 9:30 am Westminster 3 & 4 KEYNOTE - ENGINEERING AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOR ...... 59 William Wulf, National Academy of Engineering Session T2A: Successful Students Chair: Elizabeth A. Eschenbach, Humboldt State University Time and place: Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:45 am Cotton Creek I THE STUDY STRATEGIES OF ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS AT THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES ...... 59 Ruth A. Streveler, Colorado School of Mines, Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines and Carla Stein, Western Nebraska Community College A RETROSPECTIVE PROFILE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATES FROM THE FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ...... 59 Leslie Inniss, Florida A&M University and Reginald Perry, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering WORK IN PROGRESS - CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS WHO FAILED (OR SUCCEEDED) THE INTRODUCTORY CS COURSE ...... 59 Judith Gal-Ezer, The Open University of Israel, Tamar Vilner, The Open University of Israel and Ela Zur, The Open University of Israel PREDICTING STUDENT PERFORMANCE: AN APPLICATION OF DATA MINING METHODS WITH AN EDUCATIONAL WEB-BASED SYSTEM ...... 60 Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Michigan State University, Deborah A. Kashy, Michigan State University, Gerd Kortemeyer, Michigan State University and William F. Punch, Michigan State University A STRUCTURAL MODEL OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE ...... 60 Brian F. French, Purdue University, Jason C. Immekus, Purdue University and William Oakes, Pur- due University ENGINEERING SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT FAU ...... 60 Sam Hsu, Florida Atlantic University, Sharon Schlossberg, Florida Atlantic University and Karl Stevens, Florida Atlantic University Session T2B: Assessment and Information Technology Chair: Susan Haag, Arizona State University Time and place: Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:45 am Cotton Creek II WORK IN PROGRESS - NUMBERS ARE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR JUDGEMENT...... 60 Frank S. Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder A CD-ROM BASED LABORATORY IN FLUID MECHANICS PART II: COURSE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION . 61 Gary R. Crossman, Old Dominion University and Tarek M. Abdel-Salam, Old Dominion University WORK IN PROGRESS - DEVELOPING AND ASSESSING AN ONLINE PORTFOLIO SYSTEM ...... 61 Matthew I. Campbell, University of Texas at Austin and Kathy J. Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin WORK IN PROGRESS - AN ONLINE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM TO ENHANCE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ENGINEERING ...... 61 Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University, Colleen Phillips, Western Michigan University, Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University, Andrew A. Kline, Western Michigan University and Raja Aravamuthan, Western Michigan University CHOOSING APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR EVALUATING AND IMPROVING THE LEARNING PROCESS IN DISTANCE PROGRAMMING COURSES...... 61 Veijo Meisalo, University of Helsinki, Erkki Sutinen, University of Joensuu and Sirpa Torvinen, University of Joensuu ENHANCING ABET EC2000 PREPARATION USING A WEB-BASED SURVEY/REPORTING TOOL ...... 61 Fong Mak, Gannon University, Stehphen Frezza, Gannon University and Wook-Sung Yoo, Gannon University

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 30 Session T2C: Teaching Computer Networking Chair: Victor Nelson, Auburn University Time and place: Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:45 am Meadowbrook I A VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR SLIDING WINDOWS PROTOCOLS ...... 62 David Henry, Linux NetworX and Yashwant K. Malaiya, Colorado State University WORK IN PROGRESS - TEACHING WIRELESS NETWORKING AND SECURITY WITH JAVA 2 MICRO EDITION (J2ME ) ...... 62 Cheer-sun D. Yang, West Chester University WEB ENABLED REMOTE LABORATORY (R-LAB) FRAMEWORK ...... 62 Ji Hua, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Aura Ganz, University of Massachusetts Amherst AN INNOVATIVE HANDS-ON LABORATORY FOR TEACHING A NETWORKING COURSE ...... 62 Yasuhiro Nakagawa, Chiba Institute of Technology, Hiroshi Suda, Chiba Institute of Technology, Masahiro Ukigai, Chiba Institute of Technology and Yoshiro Miida, Chiba Institute of Technology LAB EXERCISES AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR COURSES IN COMPUTER NETWORKS ...... 62 David R. Surma, Indiana University South Bend PREPARING FOR TCP/IP: THE ROLE OF CSA ...... 63 Rob Williams, Uinversity of West of England Session T2D: Entrepreneurship Chair: Michael J. Pavelich, Colorado School of Mines Time and place: Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:45 am Meadowbrook II HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ENGINEERING ...... 63 David F. Barbe, University of Maryland, Scott A. Magids, University of Maryland and Karen S. Thornton, University of Maryland CREATING A VIRTUAL COMPANY AND KEEPING IT "IN THE BLACK" ...... 63 David H. Stone, Michigan Technological University ON SUPERVISING PATENTABLE JUNIOR PORJECTS ...... 63 Joseph Joseph, Oregon Institute of Technology WORK IN PROGRESS - ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO INVENTION AMONG ENGINEERS: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ...... 63 Loutfallah Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology and Harvard Graduate School of Education and Barbara A. Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology IMPLEMENTATION AND INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTERPRISE PROGRAM AT MICHIGAN TECH...... 64 Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University Session T2E: Signals and Systems Chair: James Rowland, University of Kansas Time and place: Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:45 am Waverly INTERACTIVE FOURIER CONCEPTS: COMPUTING TOOLS FOR BUILDING INTUITION ...... 64 Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming, Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming and John Pierre, University of Wyoming ASESSING LABORATORY EFFECTIVENESS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSES ...... 64 Srilekha Srinivasan, UNL, Lance C. Pérez, UNL, Robert D. Palmer, UNL, Michael F. Anderson, UNL and A. John Boye, UNL ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN TIME-FREQUENCY SIGNAL PROCESSING MADE SIMPLE ...... 64 Moushumi Zaman, Arizona State University, Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola, Arizona State Uni- versity and Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University ASSESSMENT OF THE JAVA-DSP (J-DSP) ON-LINE LABORATORY SOFTWARE ...... 65 Andreas Spanias, Professor, Khawza I.U. Ahmed, Student, Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola, Profes- sor and Moushumi Zaman, Student WORK IN PROGRESS - WEB-BASED VIDEO FOR SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS...... 65 Alan Desrochers, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Michael Wozny, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS IN SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS AND THEIR ORIGINS ...... 65 Reem Nasr, Boston University, Steven R. Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Peter Garik, Boston University

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 31 Session T2F: Issues in Designing Computing Curricula Chair: Stephen Seidman, New Jersey Institute of Technology Time and place: Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:45 am Windsor IMPLEMENTING THE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE UNITS OF COMPUTING CURRICULA 2001 . . . . . 65 Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford and Todd Neller, Gettysburg College WORK IN PROGRESS - TOP-DOWN LEARNING NAVIGATOR BASED ON THE CELLULAR MODELS ...... 65 Tomomi Abe, Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University, Shuichi Yukita, Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University and Tosiyasu L. Kunii, IT Institute, Kanazawa Institute of Technology TOP-DOWN EDUCATION FOR DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN COURSE BASED ON CELLULAR METHODS ...... 66 Norihiro Fujii, Computer and Information Sciences Hosei University, Atsutoshi Imai, Computer and Information Sciences Hosei University, Tomomi Abe, Computer and Information Sciences Hosei University, Niki Suzuta, Computer and Information Sciences Hosei University, Shuichi Yukita, Fac- ulty of Computer and Information Sciences Hosei University, Tosiyasu L. Kunii, Graduate School of Kanazawa Institute of Technology and Nobuhiko Koike, Faculty of Computer and Information Sci- ences Hosei University DEVELOPMENT OF TOPDOWN COUREWARE BASED ON THE CELLULAR MODELS ...... 66 Shuichi Yukita, Hosei University and Tosiyasu Laurence Kunii, Kanazawa Institute Technology WORK IN PROGRESS - COULD COMPUTER GAME DESIGN BECOME A CORE SUBJECT FOR ENGINEERING? 66 Paul Coulton, Lancaster University and Reuben Edwards, Lancaster University WORK IN PROGRESS - EXPERIENCES IMPLANTING THE EUROPEAN CREDIT SYSTEM (ECTS) IN THE ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT - UNED ...... 66 Antonio Colmenar, UNED, Jose Bañon, Universidad de Alcala, Daniel Meziat, Universidad de Alcala and Manuel Castro, UNED Session T2G: Panel: Colleges of Engineering and Education: Partnering for Effective Community Outreach Chair: Douglas Gorham, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Time and place: Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:45 am Standley I COLLEGES OF ENGINEERING AND EDUCATION: PARTNERING FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH . 67 Douglas Gorham, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Pam Cantrell, University of Nevada, John Kleppe, University of Nevada, Carly Hanson, Prince Swope Middle School, Gary Morrison, Mark Twain Elementary School, Wayne Johnson, Executive Director, University Rela- tions Worldwide and Teri Reed Rhoads, University of Oklahoma Session T2H: Special Session: Geek Party Tricks: Learning Science And Engineering Through Hands-On Activities Chair: Amy Smith, Massachesettes Institute of Technology Time and place: Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:45 am Standley II GEEK PARTY TRICKS: LEARNING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGH HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES ...... 67 Amy Smith, Massachesettes Institute of Technology and Eric Muller, San Francisco Exploratorium Session T3A: Approaches Outside the Classroom Chair: David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Time and place: Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Cotton Creek I ACTIVE AND PASSIVE LEARNING CONNECTIONS TO SLEEP MANAGEMENT ...... 67 James M. Gregory, Texas Tech University, Xuepeng Xie, Texas Tech University and Susan A. Men- gel, Texas Tech University GIVING CREDIT ENTICES MORE STUDENTS TO CHECK THEIR WORK, BUT...... 68 David W. Petr, Univeristy of Kansas DEVELOPING RESEARCH USING REFLECTIVE DIARIES ...... 68 Jo Hamilton-Jones, Assistant Director and Torben Svane, Associate Professor USING MASTERY-BASED GRADING TO FACILITATE LEARNING ...... 68 Robert L. Armacost, University of Central Florida and Julia Pet-Armacost, University of Central Florida PERSONALIZED EXAMINATIONS IN LARGE ON-CAMPUS CLASSES...... 68 Guy Albertelli, Michigan State University, Gerd Kortemeyer, Michigan State University, Alexander Sakharuk, Michigan State University and Edwin Kashy, Michigan State University

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 32 Session T3B: Assessment Tools Chair: Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University Time and place: Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Cotton Creek II WORK IN PROGRESS - USING CO-OP REVIEWS AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL...... 68 Zhongming (Wilson) Liang, Purdue University Fort Wayne DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING AND ENHANCING STUDENTS COGNITIVE AND METACOGNITIVE SKILLS ...... 69 Wayne J. Staats, College of Charleston, David Dean, Teachers College, Columbia University, Don Miles, College of Charleston, Toni Blum, Stetson University and Ssu-yu Lu, College of Charleston EXPERIENCES WITH THE METACOGNITIVE SKILLS INVENTORY ...... 69 Don Miles, College of Charleston, Toni Blum, Stetson University, Wayne J. Staats, College of Charleston and David Dean, Teachers College, Columbia University DEFINING, TEACHING AND ASSESSING LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS ...... 69 Nikos J. Mourtos, San Jose State University USING CONCEPT MAPS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ...... 69 Jessica Gerchak, University of Pittsburgh, Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh, Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh and Harvey Wolfe, University of Pittsburgh WORK IN PROGRESS - PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF EXPERIMENT SOPHOMORE EE COURSES ...... 70 James G. Harris, Cal Poly and Kena Burke, Assessment Center Session T3C: Teaching the Computer Science Core 1 Chair: Derek Morris, Rutgers University Time and place: Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Meadowbrook I FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: IMPLEMENTING THE CC2001 S INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING SEQUENCE...... 70 Jeff Matocha, Xavier University of LA, Andrea Edwards, Xavier University of LA, Marguerite S. Giguette, Xavier University of LA and R. Raymond Lang, Xavier University of LA A TUTOR FOR COUNTER-CONTROLLED LOOP CONCEPTS AND ITS EVALUATION ...... 70 Garrett Dancik, Ramapo College of New Jersey and Amruth Kumar, Ramapo College of New Jersey DO CLASS COMMENTS AID JAVA PROGRAM UNDERSTANDING? ...... 70 Eriko Nurvitadhi, Oregon State University, Wing Wah Leung, Oregon State University and Curtis Cook, Oregon State University CLOSING THE CS I - CS II GAP: A BREADTH-SECOND APPROACH ...... 71 Pearl Brazier, University of Texas - Pan American, Laura Grabowski, University of Texas - Pan American and Gustavo Dietrich, University of Texas - Pan American WORK IN PROGRESS - AN INVERTED CURRICULUM FOR CS1...... 71 Michael E. Caspersen, University of Aarhus WORK IN PROGRESS - NEW MOTIVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR FRESHMAN INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING ...... 71 Maria Feldgen, University of Buenos Aires and Osvaldo Clua, University of Buenos Aires Session T3D: Concept Inventories Chair: Paul MacNeil, Mercer University Time and place: Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Meadowbrook II THE STATISTICS CONCEPT INVENTORY: A PILOT STUDY...... 71 Andrea Stone, University of Oklahoma, Kirk Allen, University of Oklahoma, Teri Reed Rhoads, University of Oklahoma, Teri J. Murphy, University of Oklahoma, Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma and Chaitanya Saha, University of Oklahoma USING A MATERIALS CONCEPT INVENTORY TO ASSESS CONCEPTUAL GAIN IN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS ENGINEERING COURSES...... 72 Stephen Krause, Arizona State University, J. Chris Decker, Arizona State University and Richard Griffin, Texas A& M University A CONCEPT INVENTORY FOR HEAT TRANSFER ...... 72 Anthony Jacobi, University of Illinois, Jay Martin, University of Wisconsin, John Mitchell, Univer- sity of Wisconsin and Ty Newell, University of Illinois

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 33 COMPARISON BETWEEN PERFORMANCE ON A CONCEPT INVENTORY AND SOLVING OF MULTIFACETED PROBLEMS ...... 72 Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPT INVENTORY FOR FLUID MECHANICS...... 72 Jay Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, John Mitchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ty Newell, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPT INVENTORY FOR STRENGTH OF MATERIALS ...... 72 Jim Richardson, University of Alabama, Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University, Jim Morgan, Texas A&M University and John Dantzler, University of Alabama Session T3E: Remote and On-Line Laboratories Chair: Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming Time and place: Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Waverly REMOTE LABORATORIES VERSUS VIRTUAL AND REAL LABORATORIES ...... 73 Zorica Nedic, University of South Australia, Jan Machotka, University of South Australia and Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia WORK IN PROGRESS - HANDS-ON REMOTE LABORATORY FOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING EDUCATION . . . . 73 Gregory Tait, Virginia Commonwealth University and Nathan Chao, CUNY Queensborough Com- munity College A NOVEL APPROACH TO REMOTE LABORATORIES ...... 73 Dervis Z. Deniz, Eastern Mediterranean University, Atilla Bulancak, Eastern Mediterranean Univer- sity and Gökhan Özcan, Eastern Mediterranean University ON-LINE LABORATORY FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS USING J-DSP ...... 73 Youngwook Ko, Arizona State University, Tolga M. Duman, Arizona State University and Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University ON-LINE LABORATORIES FOR IMAGE AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL PROCESSING...... 74 Muhammad Yasin, Arizona State University, Lina J. Karam, Arizona State University and Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University WEB-BASED SIMULATIONS AND INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER ...... 74 Sheng-Jen ( Tony ) Hsieh, Texas A&M University, Patricia Yee Hsieh, Texas A&M University Sys- tem Administrative and General Offices and Dongmin Zhang, Texas A&M University Session T3F: Web-based Instruction 1 Chair: Kent White, Nicholls State University Time and place: Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Windsor USING SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE LEARNING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES...... 74 Judith Gal-Ezer, The Open University of Israel and Dvir Lanzberg, The Open University of Israel WORK IN PROGRESS - WEB-BASED RESOURCES FOR A COURSE IN NUMERICAL METHODS ...... 74 Autar K Kaw, University of South Florida, Michael Keteltas, University of South Florida, Jai Paul, University of South Florida, James Eison, University of South Florida and Glen Besterfield, Univer- sity of South Florida A WEB-BASED MULTI-MEDIA VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT ...... 74 Sushil Chaturvedi, Old Dominion University, Osman Akan, Old Dominion University, Sebastian Bawab, Old Dominion University, Tarek Abdel-Salam, Old Dominion University and Manjunath Venkataramana, Old Dominion University ACTIVE LEARNING WITH WEB TECHNOLOGY - JUST IN TIME! ...... 75 Eileen M. Cashman, Humboldt State University and Elizabeth A. Eschenbach, Humboldt State Uni- versity PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF THREADED DISCUSSION FORUMS ...... 75 Maxine S. Cohen, Nova Southeastern University and Timothy J. Ellis, Nova Southeastern University DEVELOPING DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL WITH INTEGRATED MATHEMATICAL NOTATION FOR WEB-BASED E-LEARNING SYSTEM ...... 75 Iztok Humar, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Matev Pusti ek, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Janez Be ter, Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 34 Session T3G: Open Session Time and place: Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Standley I Session T3H: Special Session: Assessment: When is enough, enough? Chair: Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh Time and place: Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Standley II ASSESSMENT: WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH? ...... 75 Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh, Mohan Krishnan, University of Dertoit Mercy, Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy, Mark Paulik, University of Detroit Mercy, Ronald R. DeLyser, Univer- sity of Denver, Hamid Khan, Our Lady of the Lake University, Donald Elger, University of Idaho, Charles F. Yokomoto, Purdue University at Indianapolis, James Rowland, The University of Kansas, Mitchell Litt, University of Pennsylvania and Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Tech Session T4A: Approaches inside the Classroom Chair: Larry Richards, University of Virginia Time and place: Thursday, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Cotton Creek I WORK IN PROGRESS - USING PSYCHOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES TO REVEAL MISCONCEPTIONS AND IMPROVE LEARNING...... 76 Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines and Michele M. Santi, San Francisco State University APPLYING AND DEVELOPING PATTERNS IN TEACHING ...... 76 Jens Bennedsen, Academic Researcher and Ole Eriksen, Academic Researcher THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURING CASE STUDIES ...... 76 William L. White, Lawrence Technological University, Diane M. Schuch-Miller, Greenfield Coali- tion and Marie D. Lee, Wayne State University WORK IN PROGRESS - CHANGING EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES UNCOVERING THE REAL ISSUES ...... 77 Donald Elger, University of Idaho, Barbara Williams, University of Idaho, Ralph Budwig, University of Idaho, Karen DenBraven, University of Idaho, Steven Beyerlein, Univeristy of Idaho, Michael Dixon, Univeristy of Idaho, E. Clark Lemmon, Univeristy of Idaho, Fritz Fiedler, University of Idaho, Dan Cordon, Univeristy of Idaho, Robert Stephens, Univeristy of Idaho, Terry Armstrong, Univeristy of Idaho and Cori Flowers, Univeristy of Idaho NEW PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES IN ENGINEERING MECHANICS YIELD INCREASED STUDENT UNDERSTANDING, CONFIDENCE, AND COMMITMENT ...... 77 Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College, Gail E. Scordilis, Smith College and Carla M. Cooke, Smith College Session T4B: Assessment in Practice Chair: Ronald R. DeLyser, University of Denver Time and place: Thursday, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Cotton Creek II WORK IN PROGRESS - EXPANDING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT USING INPUT FROM STUDENTS, ACCREDITATION COMMISSIONS, AND INDUSTRY ...... 77 Paul Stephanchick, DeVry University Kansas City COMPLETING THE CYCLE: MEANINGFUL COURSE EVALUATIONS ...... 77 Timothy J. Ellis, Nova Southeastern University WORK IN PROGRESS - THE FACULTY COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT ...... 78 John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 215 - A CASE STUDY IN ASSESSMENT ...... 78 Harold D. Gilbert, USAFA ASSESSING DESIGN BY DESIGN: PROGRESS REPORT 1 ...... 78 Judith Sims-Knight, UMASS Dartmouth, Richard Upchurch, UMASS Dartmouth, Nixon Pender- grass, UMASS Dartmouth, Tesfay Meressi, UMASS Dartmouth and Paul Fortier, UMASS Dart- mouth WORK IN PROGRESS - A SYSTEMATIC WEB AND LITERATURE SEARCH FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND ASSESSMENT MATERIALS ADDRESSING EC 2000 PROGRAM OUTCOMES ...... 78 Susan Haag, Arizona State University, Rita Caso, Texas A&M University, Emily Fowler, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama and Pete Morley, University of Alabama Session T4C: Teaching the Computer Science Core 2 Chair: Pearl Brazier, University of Texas-Pan American

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 35 Time and place: Thursday, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Meadowbrook I A DRAWING PROGRAM FOR TEACHING COMPUTER SCIENCE II STUDENTS ...... 79 Kent White, Nicholls State University A THREE SEMESTER INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE SEQUENCE ...... 79 Kent White, Nicholls State University and Ray Giguette, Nicholls State University EFFECTS OF CURRICULUM ADJUSTMENTS ON FIRST-YEAR PROGRAMMING COURSES: STUDENTS PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVMENT ...... 79 Isabel Huet e Silva, University of Aveiro, Osvaldo Pacheco, University of Aveiro and José Tavares, University of Aveiro ENHANCING LEARNING SUCCESS IN THE INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE ...... 79 Ardian Greca, Yamacraw Assistant Professor, Vladan Jovanovic, Professor and James K. Harris, Associate Professor USING JEROO TO INTRODUCE OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING ...... 79 Brian Dorn, Iowa State University and Dean Sanders, Northwest Missouri State University WORK IN PROGRESS - A CONCEPTUAL PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHING INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING ...... 80 Eman El-Sheikh, University of West Florida Session T4D: Gender in K-12 Education Chair: Carla Egelhoff, United States Coast Guard Academy Time and place: Thursday, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Meadowbrook II EVALUATING THE BROADER IMPACT OF THE WISE INVESTMENTS SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR K-12 EDUCATORS ...... 80 Arline Inman, Inman Consulting Group, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University and Donna Zerby, Arizona State University GIRLS EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY: A SUMMER INTERNSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ...... 80 Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Derek Reamon, University of Colorado at Boulder and Beverly Louie, University of Colorado at Boulder SINGLE GENDER PROGRAMS: DO THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? ...... 80 Nicole B. Koppel, Montclair State University, Rosa M. Cano, N. J. Institute of Technology, Suzanne B. Heyman, N. J. Institute of Technology and Howard S. Kimmel, N. J. Institute of Technology GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN HANDS-ON LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ...... 81 Daniel W. Knight, The University of Colorado at Boulder, Lawrence E. Carlson, University of Colo- rado at Boulder and Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, The University of Colorado at Boulder A.W.E. (ASSESSING WOMEN IN ENGINEERING) DESIGNING TOOLS FOR SUCCESS USING COLLABORATION 81 Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri and Barbara Bogue, Penn State University WORK IN PROGRESS - THE EFFECTS OF CLASSROOM GENDER DYNAMICS ON ELEMENTARY LEVEL ENGINEERING EDUCATION...... 81 Brian Gravel, Tufts University, Erik Rushton, Tufts University, Carol Kelley, Center Elementary School and Sima Maitland, Center Elementary School Session T4E: Interactive Learning Tools for EE Topics Chair: Marion Hagler, Mississippi State University Time and place: Thursday, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Waverly INTRODUCTION TO LABVIEW TWO-PART EXERCISE...... 81 Sami D. Alsaialy, University of San Diego, Dalia M. Tawy, University of San Diego and Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego FOUR-SCREEN REPRESENTATION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ...... 82 Iouri Belski, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Campbell Gray, Royal Melbourne Insti- tute of Technology J-DSP-C, A CONTROL SYSTEMS SIMULATION ENVIRONEMENT: LABS AND ASSESSMENT ...... 82 Thrassos Thrasyvoulou, Arizona State University, Kostas Tsakalis, Arizona State University and Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University ON-LINE SIMULATION MODULES FOR TEACHING SPEECH AND AUDIO COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES . . . . . 82 Venkatraman Atti, Student and Andreas Spanias, student

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 36 INTERACTIVE LEARNING TOOLS FOR ENHANCING THE EDUCATION IN CONTROL SYSTEMS ...... 82 Valeri Kroumov, Associate Professor, Keishi Shibayama, Graduate student and Akira Inoue, Profes- sor WORK IN PROGRESS - A 2-D INDOOR RADIO PROPAGATION MODELING BY USING MATLAB FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION...... 82 Radian G. Belu, Wayne State University, Cosmin Oancea, The University of Westrn Ontarion, Alex- andru Belu, The University of Westrn Ontarion and Lucian Cioca, The University "Lucian Blaga" of Sibiu, Romania Session T4F: Web-based Instruction 2 Chair: Teresa Larkin, American University Time and place: Thursday, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Windsor WORK IN PROGRESS - USE OF VISUAL TOOLS IN DISTANCE TEACHING OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELS . . . . 83 Judith Gal-Ezer, Open University of Israel and Mark Trakhtenbrot, Open University of Israel, and Holon Academic Institute of Technology WORK IN PROGRESS: LEARNING AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF A WEB-ENHANCED LINEAR CIRCUITS COURSE ...... 83 Hans H. Kuehl, University of Southern California, Edward J. Kazlauskas, University of Southern California and Lawrence O. Picus, University of Southern California WORK IN PROGRESS - A NEW FRONTIER IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: IMPORTING COURSES ...... 83 Frank S. Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder THE RECIPROCITY PROJECT: A P2P APPROACH TO COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING ...... 83 Alain Derycke, Trigone laboratory, Frédéric Hoogstoel, TRIGONE laboratory and Xavier Le Pallec, TRIGONE laboratory EXTENDING ADAPTATION FRONTIERS FOR LEARNING SETS ...... 83 Carlos M. Tobar, PUC-Campinas and Ivan L. M. Ricarte, UNICAMP STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING IN ONLINE AND BLENDED EDUCATION ON COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS ...... 84 Vladimir Uskov, Bradley University Session T4G: Panel: Progress on Concept Inventory Assessment Tools Chair: D. L. Evans, Arizona State University Time and place: Thursday, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Standley I PROGRESS ON CONCEPT INVENTORY ASSESSMENT TOOLS ...... 84 D. L. Evans, Arizona State University, Gary L. Gray, Penn State University, Stephen Krause, Ari- zona State University, Jay Martin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Clark Midkiff, University of Alabama, Branisla M. Notaros, Univ. of Mass, Dartmouth, Michael Pavelich, Colorado School of Mines, David Rancour, Univ of Mass., Dartmouth, Teri Reed-Rhoads, University of Oklahoma, Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University, Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines and Kathleen Wage, George Mason University Session T4H: Special Session: Looking for convergence: Laboratory learning and the problem-based class- room Chair: Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology Time and place: Thursday, 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Standley II LOOKING FOR CONVERGENCE: LABORATORY LEARNING AND CLASSROOM LEARNING ...... 84 Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Tech and Jennifer Turns, University of Washington Session F1A: Courses for K-12 teachers Chair: Hamid Khan, Our Lady of the Lake University Time and place: Friday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am Cotton Creek I DESIGNING A GRADUATE EDUCATION COURSE FOR DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONCEPTS FOR K-12 TEACHERS ...... 87 Chell Roberts, Arizona State University, Dale Baker, Arizona State University, Stephen Krause, Ari- zona State University, Antonio Garcia, Arizona State University, Sharon Robinson Kurpius, Arizona State University, James A. Middleton, Arizona State University, D. L. Evans, Arizona State Univer- sity, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University, Debra Banks, Arizona State University,

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 37 Cheryl Gengler, Chandler Unified School District, Peter Crouch, Arizona State University and Senay Yasar, Arizona State University ENGAGING HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ENGINEERING RESEARCH: OUR EXPERIENCE ...... 87 Donald D. Morrison, Tampa Preparatory School, Stanley C. Kranc, College of Engineering, Univer- sity of South Florida and Carlos A. Smith, College of Engineering, University of South Florida WORK IN PROGRESS - WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COLLEGE OF EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING ...... 87 Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University, Carol Crumbaugh, Western Michigan University, Paul Vellom, Western Michigan University, Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University and Bill Cobern, Western Michigan University WORK IN PROGRESS - BRIDGES WITH ENGINEERING TO TEACH AUTHENTIC INQUIRY-BASED MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COURSES TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ...... 87 Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati, Shafiqul Islam, University of Cincinnati, Richard A. Miller, University of Cincinnati, Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati, Edward N. Prather, Univer- sity of Cincinnati, Thaddeus W. Fowler, University of Cincinnati and Suzanne W. Soled, University of Cincinnati AN ENGINEERING AND EDUCATION INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING EXPERIENCE ...... 88 Denise Martinez, Tarleton State University and Kathy Horak Smith, Tarleton State University Session F1B: EE Topics 1 Chair: Barry Farbrother, Ohio Northern University Time and place: Friday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am Cotton Creek II THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POWER ENGINEERING CONCENTRATION ...... 88 Thomas E. Salem, US Naval Academy and John G. Ciezki, US Naval Academy DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING COURSE INNOVATIONS FOR POWER ELECTRONICS PRACTICE ...... 88 Jorge Pontt, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, José Rodríguez, Universidad Técnica Feder- ico Santa María and Rodrigo Huerta, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María WORK IN PROGRESS - DISCRETE AND COMPLEX PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE CIRCUIT PROJECTS FOR A COURSE IN DIGITAL ELECTRONICS ...... 88 Mark A. Jupina, Villanova University STUDENT GENERATED COURSE DEMOS...... 89 Robert W. Heath Jr., The University of Texas at Austin and Kathy J. Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin HARDWARE HOMEWORK AS ACTIVE AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ...... 89 Marion O. Hagler, Mississippi State University Session F1C: Computer Architecture Chair: John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology Time and place: Friday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am Meadowbrook I A VISUAL INSTRUCTION SET ARCHITECTURE AND SIMULATION TOOL FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...... 89 A. Yavuz Oruç, University of Maryland and Emre Gunduzhan, Nortel Networks LESSONS LEARNED FROM TEACHING COMPUTER ARCHITECURE TO COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS . . . . 89 Mitchell D. Theys, University of Illinois at Chicago and Patrick A. Troy, University of Illinois at Chicago WORK IN PROGRESS - COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION: APPLICATION OF A NEW LEARNING METHOD BASED ON DESIGN AND SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT ...... 90 Carlos A. P. S. Martins, PUC Minas, Christiane V. Pousa, PUC Minas, Milene B. Carvalho, PUC Minas and Dulcinéia O. Penha, PUC Minas DCMSIM: DIDACTIC CACHE MEMORY SIMULATOR ...... 90 Eduardo S. Cordeiro, Graduation Program in Computer Science, Italo G. A. Stefani, Graduation Pro- gram in Computer Science, Tays C. A. P. Soares, Graduation Program in Computer Science and Car- los A. P. S. Martins, Graduation Program in Computer Science / Post Graduation Program in Electrical Engineering COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE SIMULATION APPLETS FOR USE IN TEACHING ...... 90 Roland Ibbett, University of Edinburgh and Frederic Mallet, University of Edinburgh Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 38 Session F1D: Gender in Undergraduate Education Chair: Maxine Cohen, Nova Southeastern University Time and place: Friday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am Meadowbrook II WORK IN PROGRESS - FIT(FACULTY IN TRAINING): CULTIVATING WOMEN UNDERGRADUATES FOR PROFESSORIAL CAREERS ...... 90 Idalia Ramos, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Alexandra Valdés-Wochinger, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao and María Vega, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao EMPOWERING FEMALE STUDENTS: SWE VS DISCIPLINARY ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION ...... 90 Harriet Hartman, Rowan University and Moshe Hartman, Ben-Gurion University BREAKING THE SILICON CEILING: WOMEN IN ENGINEERING FRESHMEN SEMINAR ...... 91 Aura Ganz, University of Massachusetts, Sussanah Howe, University of Massachusetts, Vanessa Rivera, University of Massachusetts and Yuechun Chu, University of Massachusetts INCREASING WOMEN'S IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY: THE UTEP-VDC SITE ...... 91 Patricia A. Nava, University of Texas at El Paso, Virginia Granda, University of Texas at El Paso and Benjamin Flores, University of Texas at El Paso INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN STEM: RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (RISE) ...... 91 Janet A. Schmidt, Clark School of Engineering,University of Maryland, Paige E. Smith, Women In Engineering, Kristen E. Vogt, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland and Linda C. Schmidt, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland Session F1E: Soft Skills for Engineering Graduates Chair: Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Time and place: Friday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am Waverly AN ABET-BASED SEMINAR COURSE ...... 91 Rachid Manseur, University of West Florida THE INFORMED ENGINEER ...... 91 Maliaca Oxnam, University of Arizona WORK IN PROGRESS - DEVELOPING A SENSE OF PURPOSE IN GRADUATING ENGINEERS ...... 92 Kevin Bolding, Seattle Pacific University ENHANCING COMMUNICATION AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SKILLS IN AN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING COURSE...... 92 Julia Pet-Armacost, University of Central Florida and Robert L. Armacost, University of Central Florida REAL-WORLD ENGINEERING: A COURSE FOR MASTERS STUDENTS HEADED FOR INDUSTRY ...... 92 Sally A. McKee, Cornell University and Diane M. Kubarek, Cornell University Session F1F: Design Competitions Chair: Alan Clements, University of Teesside Time and place: Friday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am Windsor CONSTRUCTING A COMPUTING COMPETITION TO TEACH TEAMWORK ...... 92 Alan Clements, University of Teesside WORK IN PROGRESS - PROGRAMMING CONTESTS IN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENTS ...... 93 Cheryl L. Morris, IBM Canada Ltd. and Gabriel M. Silberman, IBM TJ Watson Research Center ROBOTICS CONTESTS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...... 93 Chan Jin Chung, Lawrence Technological University and Lisa Anneberg, Lawrence Technological University COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN COMPETITION AT BYU ...... 93 Michael J Wirthlin, Brigham Young University Session F1G: Panel: Authoring a Professional Book Chair: James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Time and place: Friday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am Standley I PANEL: AUTHORING A PROFESSIONAL BOOK ...... 93 James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Deborah Plummer, IEEE CS Press Editor, Jan Bailey, Wiley STM Books, Mike Williams, IEEE CS Press Editor, Richard Thayer, IEEE CS Press Editor and Ted Lewis, IEEE CS Press Editor

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 39 Session F1H: Special Session: Addressing EC2000, Item g: Ability to Communicate Effectively Chair: Patricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Time and place: Friday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am Standley II CPR : A TOOL FOR ADDRESSING EC2000, ITEM G -- ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ...... 93 Patricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Frederick C. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Session F2A: Pre-College Concepts Chair: Abraham Teng, Utah Valley State College Time and place: Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Cotton Creek I COOL (COMPUTER OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING) DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT . . . . . 94 James S. Collofello, Arizona State University, Joseph E. Urban, Arizona State University, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University, Faye Navabi, Arizona State University, Debra L. Banks, Arizona State University and Doris Roman, Arizona State University HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTITUDES TO AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ENGINEERING ...... 94 Linda S. Hirsch, N. J. Institute of Technology, Siobhán J. Gibbons, N. J. Institute of Technology, Howard Kimmel, N. J. Institute of Technology, Ronald Rockland, N. J. Institute of Technology and Joel Bloom, N. J. Institute of Technology AP MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COURSES AS A GATEWAY TO CAREERS IN ENGINEERING ...... 94 Mike Robinson, University of Nevada, M. Sami Fadali, University of Nevada, M. Malisa, University of Nevada, W. Johnson, University of Nevada and Ted Batchman, University of Nevada INTRODUCING ENGINEERING IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS ...... 94 Laura L. Kosbar, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center WORK IN PROGRESS: OVER-ARCHING CONCEPTS IN K-12 SCIENCE EDUCATION: CONNECTING THE DOTS 95 Joseph Kelly, Eagle High School and John Gardner, Boise State University Session F2B: EE Topics 2 Chair: Hossein Mousavinezhad, Western Michigan University Time and place: Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Cotton Creek II WORK IN PROGRESS - INTEGRATION OF DATA ACQUISITION HARDWARE INTO AN UNDERGRADUATE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING COURSE VIA THE CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT ...... 95 Elizabeth A. Thompson, Indiana University/Purdue University Fort Wayne, Jonathon Acierto, Indi- ana University/Purdue University Fort Wayne and Adrian Chavis, Indiana University/Purdue Uni- versity Fort Wayne WORK IN PROGRESS: MULTI-MEDIA EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE COURSES ...... 95 Lili He, San Jose State University WORK IN PROGRESS - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SERVICE COURSE IMPROVEMENTS ...... 95 Cliff Grigg, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology LABORATORY DESIGN FOR INTRODUCTORY COURSE OF MICRO-PROCESSORS ...... 95 Shouling He, Penn State Erie ADAPTING THE LEARNING FACTORY MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN A LABORATORY ...... 96 Mukasa E. Ssemakula, Wayne State University and Gene Y. Liao, Wayne State University Session F2C: Computer Science Education 1 Chair: Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford Time and place: Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Meadowbrook I RESULTS FROM USING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERPRETER-BASED PROJECTS FOR THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES COURSE ...... 96 Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines, L. A. Smith King, College of the Holly Cross and John Barr, Ithaca College ON MAKING RELATIONAL DIVISION COMPREHENSIBLE ...... 96 Lester I. McCann, University of Wisconsin - Parkside WORK IN PROGRESS - USING THE NSF DIGITAL LIBRARY TO ENHANCE YOUR TEACHING ...... 96 John Impagliazzo, Hofstra University, John A.N. Lee, Virginia Tech and Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, Virginia Tech

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 40 A SIMULATOR SUPPORTING LECTURES ON OPERATING SYSTEMS ...... 96 Luiz Paulo Maia, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ and Ageu C. Pacheco Jr., Federal Uni- versity of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ NON-DETERMINISM IN CS HIGH-SCHOOL CURRICULA ...... 97 Michal Armoni, The Open University of Israel and Judith Gal-Ezer, The Open University of Israel Session F2D: Recruitment and Diversity 1 Chair: Larry Whitman, Wichita State University Time and place: Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Meadowbrook II ENGINEERING AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS (OR DEAN KAMEN S CHALLENGE REVISITED) . 97 Bogdan Adamczyk, Grand Valley State University and Shirley Fleischmann, Grand Valley State University USING SUMMER CAMPS TO MOTIVATE RURAL STUDENTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ...... 97 Denise Martinez, Tarleton State University and Michael Hibbs, Tarleton State University BEST PRACTICES IN RECRUITING AND PERSISTENCE OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING: A 2002 SNAPSHOT...... 97 J.A. Youngman, United States Coast Guard Academy and C.J. Egelhoff, United States Coast Guard Academy CONNECTS COMMUNITIES: MAKING CONNECTIONS FOR SUCCESS...... 98 Marsha Lee, Texas A&M University, César Malavé, Texas A&M University and Jan Rinehart, Texas A&M University ENGINEERING INSIGHTS: DEVELOPING STEM EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES LEADS TO K-16 PARTNERSHIPS ...... 98 William C. McCarthy, New Mexico State University and Joseph E. Misquez, New Mexico State Uni- versity Session F2E: Laboratory Innovations Chair: Al Rosa, University of Denver Time and place: Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Waverly DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-USE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM/LABORATORY ...... 98 Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University and Gary Smith, North Dakota State University A CLOSE-RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY LABORATORY ACTIVITY FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES ...... 98 Jack Leifer, University of Kentucky WORK IN PROGRESS - LABVIEW IN ENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSES ...... 99 Julie Yi-Zun Wang, Potomac State College of West Virginia University INTEGRATED DESIGN LABORATORY ...... 99 Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming, John Pierre, University of Wyoming, Frank Tuffner, Uni- versity of Wyoming, Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming and John Steadman, University of Wyo- ming AN INEXPENSIVE METHOD TO TEACH HANDS-ON DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ...... 99 Cameron H. G. Wright, University of Wyoming, Thad B. Welch, U.S. Naval Acadmy and Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin at Madison Session F2F: Computer Engineering Education Chair: James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Time and place: Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Windsor BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FUTURE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE ENGINEERS: A CASE STUDY USING THE NIOS SOFTCORE PROCESSOR...... 99 Jaakko Kairus, Helsinki University of Technology, Juha Forsten, Helsinki University of Technology, Matti Tommiska, Helsinki University of Technology and Jorma Skyttä, Helsinki University of Tech- nology THE GRADUATION THESIS IN THE COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT UNICENP...... 100 Edson Pedro Ferlin, Centro Universitário Positivo - UnicenP, Valfredo Pilla Junior, Centro Univer- sitário Positivo - UnicenP and José Carlos da Cunha, Centro Universitário Positivo - UnicenP

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 41 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION IN THE MODEL COMPUTER ENGINEERING CURRICULUM ...... 100 Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University, Mitchell D. Theys, University of Illinois at Chicago and Alan Clements, University of Teesside INTEGRATING COMPUTER ENGINEERING EDUCATION WITH A PLATFORM FOR LEARNING ...... 100 Don Heer, Oregon State University, Roger Traylor, Oregon State University, Tom Thompson, Ore- gon State University and Terri Feiz, Oregon State University A PERFORMANCE MODELING AND DESIGN ENVIRONMENT FOR SENIOR COMPUTER ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES ...... 100 Robert H Klenke, Virginia Commonwealth University, Jason M Blevins, Virginia Commonwealth University, James H Aylor, University of Virginia and Jason J Hein, University of Virginia Session F2G: Panel: Communities of Practice in Engineering Education Chair: Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University Time and place: Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Standley I COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...... 101 Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University, Bruce Kramer, National Science Foundation, Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines, Jeff Froyd, Foundation Coalition and Karl Smith, University of Minne- sota Session F2H: Special Session: Service Learning in Engineering and Computer Science Courses Chair: William Oakes, Purdue University Time and place: Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Standley II SERVICE LEARNING IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES ...... 101 William Oakes, Purdue University Session F3A: Pre-College Projects Chair: Kathleen E. Wage, George Mason University Time and place: Friday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Cotton Creek I STANDARDS-BASED ENGINEERING CURRICULA AS A VEHICLE FOR K-12 SCIENCE AND MATH INTEGRATION ...... 101 Malinda R. Schaefer, University of Colorado, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado and Janet L. Yowell, University of Colorado USING LEGOS TO INTEREST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND IMPROVE K12 STEM EDUCATION ...... 101 Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University and Tonya L. Witherspoon, College of Education UNIVERSITY MENTORING FOR FIRST LEGO LEAGUE...... 101 Whitney L. Howell, Univeristy of South Florida, Edward J. McCaffrey, University of South Florida and Robin R. Murphy, University of South Florida THE VIRGINIA MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGINEERING EDUCATION INITIATIVE: USING A SENIOR DESIGN COURSE TO DEVELOP ENGINEERING TEACHING KITS...... 102 Amanda Kraines, University of Virginia, Kelly L. Klanian, University of Virginia, Leyf Peirce, Uni- versity of Virginia, Elizabeth Waters, University of Virginia, Kristina Gluchowski, University of Virginia, Kristopher Janezic, University of Virginia, Joshua Labrie, University of Virginia, Jennifer Cunningham, University of Virginia, Hilary Bart-Smith, University of Virginia and Larry G. Rich- ards, University of Virginia USING J-DSP TO INTRODUCE COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES TO HIGH SCHOOLS 102 Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University, Thrassos Thrasyvoulou, Arizona State University, Yu Song, Arizona State University and Constantinos Panayiotou, Arizona State University Session F3B: Global Issues in Engineering Education Chair: Cesar Malave, Texas A&M University Time and place: Friday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Cotton Creek II PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES: VIEWING THE DEVELOPING WORLD AS THE CLASSROOM OF THE 21ST CENTURY...... 102 Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 42 WORK IN PROGRESS- K12 IN XXI CENTURY: A CHALLENGE FOR THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEW SOCIETY ...... 102 Melany M. Ciampi, Supportnet School of Technology, Claudio da Rocha Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences, Edvaldo Valle, Supportnet School of Technology and Janete Molnar, Supportnet School of Technology WORK IN PROGRESS: ENHANCING ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN IBERIAN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES ...... 103 Claudio da Rocha Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences and Melany M. Ciampi, Supportnet School of Technology IN SEARCH OF CONTEXTUAL TEACHING OF PROGRAMMING IN A TANZANIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL. . . . . 103 Marcus Duveskog, University of Joensuu, Erkki Sutinen, University of Joensuu, Matti Tedre, Uni- versity of Joensuu and Mikko Vesisenaho, University of Joensuu GLOBAL NETWORK AND GLOBAL CENTRE FOR PROBLEM BASED LEARNING ...... 103 Flemming K. Fink, Aalborg University, Stig Enemark, Aalborg University, Egon Moesby, Aalborg University and Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University Session F3C: Computer Science Education 2 Chair: Ann Gates, University of Texas at El Paso Time and place: Friday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Meadowbrook I WORK IN PROGRESS: A GENERAL-PURPOSE CUSTOM-DESIGNED ASSEMBLER IN C...... 103 Bo Hatfield, Salem State College, Mei Zhang, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Lan Jin, California State University - Fresno RJSSIM: A RECONFIGURABLE JOB SCHEDULING SIMULATOR FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING LEARNING . . . 104 Luís F. W. Góes, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and Carlos A. P. S. Martins, Pontif- ical Catholic University of Minas Gerais INTEGRATING LINUX INTO A WINDOWS-BASED CAMPUS NETWORK: MODIFYING OPEN SOURCE/FREE SOFTWARE IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM ...... 104 Kyle R. Blankenheim, US Military Academy and Ryan Tate, US Military Academy TEACHING REAL-TIME CONCEPTS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM ...... 104 Ron Schroeder, Southern Polytechnic State University and John Rupf, Southern Polytechnic State University Session F3D: Recruitment and Diversity 2 Chair: Autar Kaw, University of South Florida Time and place: Friday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Meadowbrook II A DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS MODEL FOR INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY ...... 104 Alisha A. Waller, Georgia State University DIVERSITY IN K-12 INITIATIVES TO ATTRACT A DIVERSE POOL OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS ...... 105 Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University, Mary Graham, Clarkson University, Timothy Schwob, SUNY Potsdam and Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University CONCEPTUALISING ENGINEERING SUBJECTS FOR WIDER PARTICIPATION ...... 105 Reuben Edwards, Lancaster University and Paul Coulton, Lancaster University TEACHING DIVERSITY AT THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND AVIATION ...... 105 Saeed Khan, Kansas State University INITIATIVES TO INCREASE NUMBER OF ENTRANTS INTO ENGINEERING PROGRAMS AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE ...... 105 Kevin J. McDermott, University of South Australia, Özdemir Göl, University of South Australia and Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia Session F3E: Writing Chair: David Kauffmann, University of New Mexico Time and place: Friday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Waverly CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW AND ASSESSING LEARNING OUTCOMES ...... 106 Patricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Frederick C. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 43 WORK IN PROGRESS: INTRODUCING UPPER-LEVEL ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO THE TECHNICAL LITERATURE IN A SPECIAL TOPICS COURSE BY WRITING REVIEW PAPERS ACCORDING TO ARCHIVAL SPECIFICATIONS ...... 106 Dan Cordon, University of Idaho and Steve Beyerlein, University of Idaho WRITTEN COMMUNICATION IN A TECHNICAL CONTEXT: MEANINGFUL WRITING ASSIGNMENTS FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS...... 106 Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University, Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington Uni- versity and Barbara Sylvester, Western Washington University WORK IN PROGRESS - IMPROVING ENGINEERING REPORT WRITING WITH CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW . . . 106 Burford Furman, San Jose State University and William Robinson, San Jose State University OWL: A WISE WAY TO ENHANCE ENGINEERING STUDENTS WRITING SKILLS ...... 106 Erik Fisher, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado (Boulder), Michael W. Usrey, EnergyWindow, Inc. and Heather A. Beasley, University of Colorado (Boulder) Session F3F: Web-based Instruction 3 Chair: Robert Herrick, Purdue University Time and place: Friday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Windsor BUILDING MATHEMATICS LEARNING APPLICATIONS BY MEANS OF CONSMATH ...... 107 Miguel Angel Mora, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Roberto Moriyón, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Francisco Saiz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid CONSTRUCTION OF A WEB-BASED VIRTUAL CLASSROOM AND ITS EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS ...... 107 Qingtang Liu, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Chengling Zhao, Central China Nor- mal University and Zhongkai Yang, Huazhong University of Science & Technology INCREASING INTERACTIVITY IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING...... 107 Don Millard, Rensselaer and Gerald Burnham, UT-Dallas VIDEOCONFERENCING AND PRESENTATION SUPPORT FOR SYNCHRONOUS DISTANCE LEARNING...... 107 Richard Anderson, University of Washington, Jay Beavers, Microsoft Research, Tammy VanDe- Grift, University of Washington and Fred Videon, University of Washington USING INTERACTIVE BLACKBOARD CHATS TO PROMOTE STUDENT LEARNING IN PHYSICS ...... 108 Teresa L. Larkin, American University, Sarah Irvine Belson, American University and Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh Session F3G: Panel: Writing a Textbook Chair: John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology Time and place: Friday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Standley I DISCUSSION PANEL: WRITING A TEXTBOOK ...... 108 John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Alan Clements, University of Teesside, John Demel, Ohio State University, Stephen Seidman, New Jersey Institute of Technology and William Zobrist, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Session F3H: Special Session: Olin College: It's Alive Chair: Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Time and place: Friday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Standley II OLIN COLLEGE: IT'S ALIVE...... 108 Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and Sarah Spence, Franklin W. Olin Col- lege of Engineering Session F4A: The Art and Technology of Teaching A Miniworkshop Chair: Bob Herrick, Purdue University Time and place: Friday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Cotton Creek I THE ART AND TECHNOLOGY OF TEACHING A MINIWORKSHOP ...... 109 Robert J. Herrick, Purdue University and J. Michael Jacob, Purdue University Session F4B: Industry Partnerships Chair: Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology Time and place: Friday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Cotton Creek II CEINT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM ...... 109 David C. Pheanis, Arizona State University

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 44 INTERNSHIP EDUCATION AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION: THE NASA-UMES SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (NUSIP) EXPERIENCE ...... 109 I. K. Dabipi, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and J.O. Arumala, University of Maryland East- ern Shore THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE ON THE CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS ...... 109 Cherian P. Mathews, University of West Florida, Jason Mamaloukas, University of West Florida and Scott Parrott, University of West Florida FOSTERING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTEGRATING WORK AND FORMAL LEARNING . .110 David Radcliffe, The University of Queensland and Allison Brown, RMIT University Session F4C: Computer Science Education 3 Chair: Mats Daniels, University of Uppsala Time and place: Friday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Meadowbrook I TEACHING INFORMATION SECURITY TO ENGINEERING MANAGERS ...... 110 Julie J.C.H. Ryan, George Washington University HARD LESSONS LEARNED USING HARDWARE-ORIENTED CAPSTONE PROJECTS ...... 110 Scott Campbell, Miami University and Ann Sobel, Miami University EVOLUTION AND TRENDS AMONG COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS IN MEXICO (1971-2005) ...... 110 Sergio Ellerbracke Román, Universidad del Valle de Atemajac and Elba Lomelí Mijes, Universidad de Guadalajara WORK IN PROGRESS - TOWARDS A STANDARDISED APPROACH TO GENERIC MODULE DELIVERY AND SUPPORT IN THE SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND ENGINEERING AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE MYRIAD IMPLICATIONS INVOLVED ...... 110 Judith Hopkins, University of Huddersfield GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING: A VEHICLE FOR TEACHING COMPUTER PROBLEM SOLVING ...... 111 Brian T. Westphal, Univ. of Nevada, Frederick C. Harris, Jr., Univ. of Nevada and M. Sami Fadali, Univ. of Nevada Session F4D: First Year Students Chair: Chris Taylor, Milwaukee School of Engineering Time and place: Friday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Meadowbrook II WORK IN PROGRESS: A CURRICULUM COLLABORATION MODEL: WORKING WITH UPPER DIVISION STUDENTS TO IMPROVE A FIRST-YEAR PROGRAM ...... 111 John Merrill, The Ohio State University, Blaine Lilly, The Ohio State University and Omer Masud, The Ohio State University MORE THAN MOUSETRAPS: DATA COLLECTION, MODELING, AND TESTING - A SCALABLE AND AFFORDABLE SOLUTION FOR FRESHMEN DESIGN PROJECTS ...... 111 Brett H. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University and Jim E. Hertel, Michigan Technological University RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING SEMINARS ...... 111 Robert Montgomery, Purdue University, Deborah Follman, Purdue University and Heidi Diefes- Dux, Purdue University WORK IN PROGRESS - INCORPORATION OF FRESHMAN ENGINEERING PROJECTS ...... 112 Laura Wesson, Louisiana Tech University USING 3D ANIMATION PROGRAMMING IN A CORE ENGINEERING COURSE SEMINAR ...... 112 Richard Zaccone, Bucknell University, Stephen Cooper, Saint Joseph's University and Wanda Dann, Ithaca College Session F4E: Robotics Chair: Valeri Kroumov, Okayama University of Science Time and place: Friday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Waverly ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY CELL ...... 112 Robert P. Van Til, Oakland University, Sankar Sengupta, Oakland University, Ronald J. Srodawa, Oakland University and Michael A. Latcha, Oakland University

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 45 WIRELESS, WEB-CONTROLLED, BALL-COLLECTING ROBOT: AN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE CLUSTER COURSE...... 112 Todd Swift, Loras College and Danial Neebel, Loras College A COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING ROBOT MECHANICS: RIO ROBOTICS ILLUSTRATIVE SOFTWARE ...... 112 Andrei Lobov, Tampere University of Technology, Jose L. Martinez Lastra, Tampere University of Technology and Reijo Tuokko, Tampere University of Technology AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM FOR TEACHING A GRADUATE LEVEL MECHATRONICS COURSE ...... 113 Dan Hoopes, Master's Degree Candidate, BYU, Tyler Davis, Master's Degree Candidate, BYU, Kelly Norman, Master's Degree Candidate, BYU and Richard Helps, Department Chair PRINCIPLES AND EXPERIENCES IN USING LEGOS TO TEACH BEHAVIORAL ROBOTICS ...... 113 Aaron Gage, University of South Florida and Robin R. Murphy, University of South Florida Session F4F: Web-based Instruction 4 Chair: Barbara Thomas, Southern Polytechnic State University Time and place: Friday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Windsor NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT IN A DISTANCED COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT ...... 113 Emory W. Zimmers, Jr., Lehigh University, David A. Servas, Lehigh University, Lawrence R. But- ler, Butler Engineering and Gregory L. Tonkay, Lehigh University WORK IN PROGRESS - GROW: A NEW RESOURCE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING ...... 113 Maliaca Oxnam, University of Arizona LESSONS LEARNED TEACHING ENGINEERING ONLINE TO ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STUDENTS ...... 114 Vicki May, California Polytechnic State University and Pamalee Brady, California Polytechnic State University FACILITATING EFFECTIVE, GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED ENGINEERING DESIGN TEAMS...... 114 Barry Davidson, Syracuse University, John Dannenhoffer III, Syracuse University, Geraldine Gay, Cornell University, Anthony Ingraffea, Cornell University, Jones Scott, Cornell University, Jae-Shin Lee, Cornell University, Michael Stefanone, Cornell University and Alan Zehnder, Cornell Univer- sity CURATOR: LEARNING OBJECT CONSTRUCTION MATRIX ...... 114 Terence C. Ahern, CSU Monterey Bay, Nancy Van Cleave, Eastern Illinois University, Trey Martin- dale, East Carolina University and Jevgenia Smorgun, CSU Monterey Bay Session F4G: Panel: Challenges in Teaching Software Engineering Professionals Online Chair: Gregory W. Hislop, Drexel University Time and place: Friday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Standley I CHALLENGES IN TEACHING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS ONLINE ...... 114 Gregory W. Hislop, Drexel University, Heidi J. C. Ellis, Rensselaer at Hartford, Paul E. MacNeil, Mercer University and Cynthia D. Tanner, West Virginia University Session F4H: Special Session: The art of getting students to practice team skills Chair: Steve Roach, University of Texas at El Paso Time and place: Friday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Standley II THE ART OF GETTING STUDENTS TO PRACTICE TEAM SKILLS ...... 115 Steve Roach, University of Texas at El Paso, Ann Gates, University of Texas at El Paso, Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Richard Upchurch, University of Massachusetts Dart- mouth and Karl Smith, University of Minnesota Session S1A: Faculty Development Chair: David Radcliffe, The University of Queensland, Australia Time and place: Saturday, 8:30 am - 10:15 am Cotton Creek I A PROGRAM FOR FACULTY PEER REVIEW AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ...... 119 Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University and Sudhir Mehta, North Dakota State University WEBSITES FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATORS: A BENCHMARK STUDY TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES ...... 119 Jennifer Turns, University of Washington, Michelle Valeriano, University of Washington and Robin S. Adams, University of Washington

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 46 WORK-IN-PROGRESS: DESIGNING A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR RESEARCH ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION . .119 Norman L. Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering WORK IN PROGRESS - ENGAGING FACULTY IN ACTIVE/COOPERATIVE LEARNING ...... 119 Karl A. Smith, University of Minesota, Jim Morgan, Texas A&M University, Susan Ledlow, Ari- zona State University, P. K. Imbrie, Purdue University and Jeff Froyd, Texas A&M University WORK IN PROGRESS - WAYS OF KNOWING: WAYS OF PRACTICE...... 119 Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Cid Freitag, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Mary McEniry, University of Wisconsin - Madison WORK IN PROGRESS - BEYOND INSTRUCTION: FACULTY ADVANCEMENT FROM BEGINNING TO ADVANCED LEVELS ...... 120 Sharon B. Fellows, Binghamton University, Matt Laferty, Binghamton University and Richard S. Culver, Binghamton University Session S1B: Student Centered Learning Approaches Chair: Matt Ohland, Clemson University Time and place: Saturday, 8:30 am - 10:15 am Cotton Creek II WORK IN PROGRESS - INTEGRATING SERVICE LEARNING INTO FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSES . . . . . 120 William C. Oakes, Purdue University and P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University WORK IN PROGRESS - ROBOTS, PLANTS, AND THE TEN-YEAR-OLD CONSULTANT: TEAMING K-12 AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS TO ENCOURAGE STEM ...... 120 Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois, Jon Dolle, University of Illinois, Ann Finnegan, University of Illinois and J. Bruce Litchfield, University of Illinois SUPPORTING LEARNING ACTIVITIES USING VIRTUAL TOOLS ...... 120 Lucia M. M. Giraffa, PUCRS, Sabrina S. Marczak, PUCRS and Gláucio Almeida, PUCRS THE MIT IDEAS COMPETITION: PROMOTING INNOVATIONS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ...... 121 Amy Smith, MIT, Amy Banzaert, MIT and Sally Susnowitz, MIT DEVELOPING THE REFLECTION COMPONENT IN THE EPICS MODEL OF ENGINEERING SERVICE LEARNING ...... 121 Lynne A. Slivovsky, Purdue University, Frank R. DeRego Jr., Purdue University, Leah H. Jamieson, Purdue University and William C Oakes, Purdue University A PARAMETRIC EXERCISE BASED TUTORING SYSTEM ...... 121 Rosa M. García Rioja, Carlos III University of Madrid, Sergio Guitiérrez Santos, Carlos III Univer- sity of Madrid, Abelardo Pardo, Carlos III University and Carlos Delgado Kloos, Carlos III Univer- sity of Madrid Session S1C: Topics in Software Engineering Education Chair: Daniela Rosca, Monmouth University Time and place: Saturday, 8:30 am - 10:15 am Meadowbrook I INCORPORATING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES INTO REAL TIME ENGINEERING COURSES . . . . .121 Ted Sarma, Western Michigan University, Massood Atashbar, Western Michigan University and Hossein Mousavinezhad, Western Michigan University WORK IN PROGRESS: EXPERIENCING REAL-WORLD PROJECTS THROUGH TEAM-BASED COURSES...... 122 Joo Tan, Mansfield University, Yang Yin, Mansfield University and Saron Ketema, Mansfield Uni- versity WORK IN PROGRESS - ALTERNATIVE DOMAINS AND LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT ...... 122 Paul E. MacNeil, Mercer University TEACHING SOFTWARE DESIGN WITH OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ...... 122 David Carrington, The University of Queensland and Soon-Kyeong Kim, The University of Queen- sland TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE IN A WEB APPLICATION DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT COURSE ...... 122 Heidi J. C. Ellis, Rensselaer at Hartford THE ROLE OF MODELING IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...... 122 Peter B. Henderson, Butler University Session S1D: Knowing Our Students 1 Chair: Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 47 Time and place: Saturday, 8:30 am - 10:15 am Meadowbrook II STUDENT LEARNING STYLES, WEB USE PATTERNS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD HYPERMEDIA-ENHANCED INSTRUCTION ...... 122 Malgorzata S. Zywno, Ryerson University ASSESSMENT OF ACTIVE LEARNING WITH UPPER DIVISION COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS ...... 123 Brenda Timmerman, California State University, Northridge and Robert Lingard, California State University, Northridge WORK IN PROGRESS - MATH READINESS: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING MAJORS...... 123 Lloyd R. Heinze, Texas Tech University, James M. Gregory, Texas Tech University and John Riv- era, Texas Tech University WORK IN PROGRESS - NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT LEARNING STYLES ...... 123 Cesar Malavé, Texas A & M University, Renato V. Belhot, Universidade de São Paulo at São Carlos and Reginaldo S. Figueiredo, Universidade Federal de São Carlos A RESOURCE FOR TEACHING A LEARNING STYLES/TEAMWORK MODULE WITH THE SOLOMAN-FELDER INDEX OF LEARNING STYLES ...... 123 Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University ACTIVE LEARNING USING MECHATRONICS IN A FRESHMAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSE...... 123 Douglas Wolfe, United States Military Academy, Karl A. Gossett, United States Military Academy, Peter Hanlon, United States Military Academy and Curtis A. Carver Jr., United States Military Acad- emy Session S1E: Multidisciplinary Approaches Chair: Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Time and place: Saturday, 8:30 am - 10:15 am Waverly ENERGY: AN INTEGRATED AND NONTRADITIONAL APPROACH...... 124 John R. Fanchi, Colorado School of Mines EXPLORING DESIGN THROUGH GAME ...... 124 Eunice Ratna Sari, translate-easy.com COMBINING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND DESIGN-FOR-MANUFACTURING RESEARCH IN AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT ...... 124 John T. Tester, Northern Arizona University CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN ...... 124 Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University and Jose Quijano, Saint Louis University WORK IN PROGRESS - RENEWABLE ENERGY BASED CAPSTONE DESIGN APPLICATIONS FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM ...... 125 Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa, Teresa J Hall, UNIversity of Northern Iowa, Fanarious Chalkiadakis, University of Northern Iowa and Ayhan Zora, University of Northern Iowa Session S1F: International Collaborations Chair: Sally Fincher, University of Kent Time and place: Saturday, 8:30 am - 10:15 am Windsor 2D AND 3D INTRODUCTORY PROCESSES IN VIRTUAL GROUPS ...... 125 Tony Clear, Auckland University of Technology and Mats Daniels, Uppsala University GROUP-BASED LEARNING IN INTERNATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED TEAMS: AN EVALUATION OF A CROSS ATLANTIC EXPERIMENT...... 125 Paulien M. Herder, Assistant professor and Ellen Sjoer, Assistant professor PERFORMANCE IN INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLABORATION BETWEEN DISTRIBUTED STUDENT TEAMS ...... 125 Martha Lucia Hause, The Open University, Marian Petre, The Open University and Mark Woo- droffe, The Open University WORK IN PROGRESS - LEARNING COMPUTER NETWORKS IN AN INTERNATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED COURSE ...... 126 Anders Berglund, Uppsala University UNDERSTANDING THE GROUP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN GLOBAL SOFTWARE TEAMS ...... 126 Mary Z Last, St. Edward's University

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 48 MEAD, MANAGING EDUCATION WITH TEACHERS AT A DISTANCE ...... 126 Mats Daniels, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Xristine Faulkner, South Bank University, London, UK and Ian Newman, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK Session S1G: Panel: Initial Experiences in ABET Accreditation of Software Engineering Programs Chair: Mark J. Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering Time and place: Saturday, 8:30 am - 10:15 am Standley I INITIAL EXPERIENCES IN ABET ACCREDITATION OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ...... 126 Mark J. Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Mark Ardis, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- ogy, Robert Hasker, University of Wisconsin - Plattville, James McDonald, Monmouth University, Donna Reese, Mississippi State University, James Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology and Stuart Zweben, Ohio State University Session S1H: Special Session: Incident at Morales: An Engineering Ethics Video Chair: Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Time and place: Saturday, 8:30 am - 10:15 am Standley II INCIDENT AT MORALES: AN ENGINEERING ETHICS VIDEO ...... 127 Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, E. Walter LeFevre, University of Arkansas, Steven P. Nichols, University of Texas at Austin, Carl M. Skooglund, Texas Instruments, Inc., Jimmy H. Smith, Texas Tech University, Frederick Suppe, Texas Tech University, Philip E. Ulmer, Consulting Engineer and Vivian Weil, Illinois Institute of Technology Session S2A: Ethics Chair: Eric Soulsby, University of Connecticut Time and place: Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Cotton Creek I MORAL DILEMMAS: ETHICS IN A SENIOR SEMINAR ...... 127 John R. Fanchi, Colorado School of Mines AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AND PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR...... 127 Trevor S. Harding, Kettering University, Honor J. Passow, University of Michigan, Donald D. Car- penter, Lawrence Technological University and Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan WORK IN PROGRESS - TEACHING PRODUCT LIABILITY AS AN ETHICAL ISSUE IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE ...... 127 Joseph R. Herkert, North Carolina State University and Brian M. O'Connell, Central Connecticut State University EMBEDDING ETHICS INTO AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM ...... 127 Shirley Fleischmann, Grand Valley State University TEACHING ETHICS IN THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS: A LEGAL SCHOLAR S PERSPECTIVE ...... 128 Vincent M. Brannigan, University of Maryland ASSESSING STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO RESOLVE ETHICAL DILEMMAS...... 128 Mark Sindelar, University of Pittsburgh, Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh, Mary Besterfield- Sacre, University of Pittsburgh, Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines, Carl Mitcham, Colo- rado School of Mines, Barbara M. Olds, Colorado School of Mines, Rosa Pinkus, University of Pitts- burgh and Harvey Wolfe, University of Pittsburgh Session S2B: Teaching Design through Course Projects Chair: Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Time and place: Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Cotton Creek II DESIGN COURSE PROJECTS THAT AID PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES...... 128 Allen H. Hoffman, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute LESSONS LEARNED FROM AN INTEGRATED SENIOR PROJECT ...... 129 Marilyn A Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology WORK IN PROGRESS - SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD INVOLVEMENT IN THE CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE ...... 129 Kathleen Ann Kramer, University of San Diego THE CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN COURSE: AN INITIATIVE IN PARTNERING WITH INDUSTRY ...... 129 Kenneth J. Christensen, University of South Florida and Dewey Rundus, University of South Florida

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 49 USING A TAILORED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESS WITHIN CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS TO DEVELOP PROGRAM OUTCOMES IN STUDENTS ...... 129 Llewellyn Martin William Mann, The University of Queensland and David F Radcliffe, The Univer- sity of Queensland INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS OF SUCCESSFUL CAPSTONE PROJECTS ...... 129 Jeffrey L. Ray, Grand Valley State University Session S2C: Issues in Software Engineering Education Chair: Heidi Ellis, Rensselaer at Hartford Time and place: Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Meadowbrook I C-REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION TEACHING ...... 130 Francisco J. García, University of Salamanca and María N. Moreno, University of Salamanca LEFT CASE - A FREE SOFTWARE COMPONENT-BASED CASE TOOL FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRACTICE SUPPORT ...... 130 Francisco J. García, University of Salamanca and Iván Álvarez, University of Salamanca THE AGILE APPROACH IN AN UNDERGRADUATE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING COURSE PROJECT...... 130 Thomas Reichlmayr, Rochester Institute of Technology DESIGN PATTERNS: EVOLVING FROM PASSIVE TO ACTIVE LEARNING ...... 130 James Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology A FRAMEWORK FOR A WEB-BASED TOOLSET TO SUPPORT THE TEACHING OF SOFTWARE AND WEB ENGINEERING ...... 131 Mike Lockyer, University of Teesside, Gary Griffiths, University of Teesside, Barry Hebbron, Uni- versity of Teesside and Briony Oates, University of Teesside A CSCW AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR LEARNING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ...... 131 Dirk Draheim, Freie Universität Berlin Session S2D: Knowing Our Students 2 Chair: Richard B. Griffin, Texas A&M University Time and place: Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Meadowbrook II WORK IN PROGRESS - MENTORING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING ...... 131 Jay Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez WORK IN PROGRESS - TRACKING K-12 STUDENTS AFTER PARTICIPATION IN OUTREACH PROGRAMS. . . . . 131 C. Wayne Unsell, Interim Dean and Carol Dostal, Director Of Outreach Programs MAKING A MID-COURSE CORRECTION: TRYING TO SALVAGE A COURSE IN TROUBLE ...... 131 Larry G. Richards, University of Virginia GRADUATE-UNDERGRADUATE INTERACTION IN WIRELESS APPLICATIONS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT...... 132 Simon G. M. Koo, Purdue University, Adegbile Adewunmi, Purdue University, Jeongjoon Lee, Pur- due University, Yat Chung Lee, Purdue University and Catherine Rosenberg, Purdue University WHAT IS GOOD TEACHING OF COMPUTER NETWORKS? ...... 132 Anders Berglund, Uppsala University Session S2E: Technology for Teaching Chair: Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado Time and place: Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Waverly WORK IN PROGRESS - USING COMPUTER ASSISTED CLASSROOMS...... 132 Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh, Rich Colwell, University of Pittsburgh and Dan Derence, Uni- versity of Pittsburgh SOFTWARE FOR TAKING NOTES IN CLASS ...... 132 Nigel G. Ward, University of Texas at El Paso and Hajime Tatsukawa, NTT Communications INCREASING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN A NETWORKED CLASSROOM...... 132 Thomas Gross, ETH Zurich, Levente Szekrenyes, ETH Zurich and Cristian Tuduce, ETH Zurich WHERE ARE YOU? WIRELESS WAY'S TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION ...... 133 Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University and Marc-Aurele Brothier, S h o c k f i s h SA WORK IN PROGRESS: "VIDEO FAQS -- INSTRUCTION-ON-DEMAND"...... 133 Kenneth L. Alford, United States Military Academy

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 50 WORK IN PROGRESS: SUPPORTING LEARNER-CENTERED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY THROUGH ENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROJECT ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS ...... 133 Jonathan U. Dougherty, The Pennsylvania State University and M. Kevin Parfitt, The Pennsylvania State University Session S2F: Web-based Instruction 5 Chair: Terence Ahern, California State University Monterey Bay Time and place: Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Windsor THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ...... 133 Barbara Bernal Thomas, Southern Polytechnic State University WORK IN PROGRESS - MODULARIZATION OF ENGINEERING COURSES USING HTML CONTENT ...... 133 Thomas P. Cathcart, Mississippi State University WORK IN PROGRESS - INDIVIDUALIZING LEARNING IN A VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ...... 134 Fanny Klett, Ilmenau Technical University / Germany PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN INTERNET ...... 134 Domenico Ponta, University of Genoa, Giuliano Donzellini, University of Genoa and Hannu Mark- kanen, EVTEK JIT TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT MODULES IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS ...... 134 Stuart D. Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Session S2G: Mini-Keynote: Professional Development At Construx Software Chair: Stephen Seidman, New Jersey Institute of Technology Time and place: Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Standley I PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT CONSTRUX SOFTWARE ...... 134 Steve McConnell, Construx Software Session S2H: Special Session: Designing Education Research: A Mentoring Opportunity Chair: Alisha A. Waller, Georgia State University Time and place: Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm Standley II DESIGNING EDUCATION RESEARCH: A MENTORING OPPORTUNITY ...... 134 Alisha A. Waller, Georgia State University and David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Session S3A: Curriculum Integration 1 Chair: Anthony Marchese, Rowan University Time and place: Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Cotton Creek I ENHANCING BIOENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGINEERING MAJORS ...... 135 Vernicka K. Tyson, Michigan State University, Melissa J. Baumann, Michigan State University, Roger G. Baldwin, Michigan State University and P. David Fisher, Michigan State University THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CUBESAT: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROJECT ...... 135 Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii, Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii and Michael A. Tamamoto, University of Hawaii USING A DESIGN DOCUMENT TO SUPPORT INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING...... 135 Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University, Julie A. Dickerson, Iowa State University, Carolina Cruz- Neira, Iowa State University, Robert J. Weber, Iowa State University, Kukjin Lee, Iowa State Uni- versity and Zheng Min, Iowa State University WORK IN PROGRESS - A NOVEL INTRODUCTORY GRADUATE COURSE FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. . . . . 135 Thyagarajan Srinivasan, Wilkes University THE ENGINEERING CURICULLUM FOR 2020: VALUES, VARIABILITY, IMPROVEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE . .135 John Hadjilogiou, Florida Institute of Technology Session S3B: Teaching Via Design Chair: P. K. Imbrie, Purdue University Time and place: Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Cotton Creek II WORK IN PROGRESS - INTEGRATING CONCEPTS OF DECISION MAKING AND UNCERTAINTY INTO ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION ...... 136 Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology and Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Tech- nology

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 51 A JUNIOR COURSE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE SENIOR DESIGN EXPERIENCE ...... 136 Ladimer S. Nagurney, University of Hartford WORK IN PROGRESS - INTEGRATING MAJOR DESIGN EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT A SMALL CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM ...... 136 Karen C. Chou, Minnesota State University and W. James Wilde, Minnesota State University TEACHING INTRODUCTORY FLUIDS THROUGH FOUNTAIN DESIGN ...... 136 Adrian Hanson, NMSU, Salim Bawizar, NMSU, Kenneth Stevens, NMSU and Jason Capron, NMSU ENHANCING UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPTS IN MECHANICS OF MATERIALS USING DESIGN ...... 136 Madhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University Session S3C: Programs and Curricula in Software Engineering Chair: Fernando Naveda, Rochester Institute of Technology Time and place: Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Meadowbrook I SOFTWARE ENGINEERING BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES: AN OVERVIEW ...... 137 Donald J. Bagert, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Mark A. Ardis, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology WORK IN PROGRESS - THE SWENET PROJECT: BRIDGING THE GAP FROM BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ...... 137 Michael J. Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology, Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Gregory W. Hislop, Drexel University, W. Michael McCracken, Georgia Institute of Technology and Mark J. Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES: APPLYING THE SEEK & SWEBOK TO BSSE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT . . . 137 Stephen Frezza, Gannon University, Sreela Sassi, Gannon University and Jaehoon Seol, Gannon University A COLLABORATIVE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ...... 137 Gregory W. Hislop, Drexel University, Spiros Mancoridis, Drexel University and P. M. Shankar, Drexel University SWEBOK GUIDE: AN OVERVIEW OF TRIAL USAGES IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION ...... 137 Robert Dupuis, UQAM, Pierre Bourque, École de Technologie Supérieure and Alain Abran, École de Technologie IEEE-CS/ACM COMPUTING CURRICULA - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING VOLUME ...... 138 Richard LeBlanc, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Ann Sobel, Miami University, Oxford, OH, Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL and Andrew McGettrick, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Session S3D: Students Working Together Chair: Mary Z. Last, St. Edward's University Time and place: Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Meadowbrook II WORK IN PROGRESS - A SURVEY OF GROUP WORK WITHIN COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMS ...... 138 Kenneth L. Alford, United States Military Academy and Anthony S. Ruocco, Roger Williams Uni- versity WORK IN PROGRESS - DISTANCE COLLABORATION AND RAPID PROTOTYPING IN A FRESHMAN DESIGN TEAM EXPERIENCE ...... 138 Jack Leifer, University of Kentucky and Jamey D. Jacob, University of Kentucky WORK IN PROGRESS - DESIGNING A NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING COURSES AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY ...... 138 Elizabeth A. Eschenbach, Humboldt State University, Eileen M. Cashman, Humboldt State Univer- sity, Doreen M. Espinoza, Michigan State University and Jeffery W. White, Humboldt State Univer- sity WORK IN PROGRESS - BASIC MECHANICS: LEARNING BY TEACHING ...... 138 Maggie Pollock, University of Glasgow WORK IN PROGRESS - CONTINUING STUDY OF IMPROVEMENT ON EXAM SCORES DUE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF COLLABORATIVE TECHNIQUES ...... 139 Kenneth Reid, Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 52 Session S3E: Undergraduate Research Chair: Lynne Slivovsky, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Time and place: Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Waverly WORK IN PROGRESS - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND THE ACADEMIC LABORATORY ...... 139 Djafar K. Mynbaev, New York City College of Technology APPLYING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY TO UNDERGRADUATE COURSES ...... 139 Osvaldo Clua, University of Buenos Aires and Maria Feldgen, University of Buenos Aires HOW A FRESHMAN LEVEL RESEARCH INITIATIVE EVOLVED INTO MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEACHING TOOLS ...... 139 Jeffrey R. Mountain, The University of Texas at Tyler, Angela D. Riddick, The University of Texas at Tyler, Sean T. Droptini, The University of Texas at Tyler and John F. Montgomery, The Univer- sity of Texas at Tyler WORK IN PROGRESS - THE USE OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AS LEARNING INSTRUMENT IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATIONS ...... 140 Carlos Augusto Martins, PUC Minas, Milene Barbosa Carvalho, PUC Minas, Christiane Vilaça Pousa, PUC Minas and Dulcineia Oliveira Penha, PUC Minas Session S3F: Web-based Instructional Tools Chair: Amruth Kumar, Ramapo College of New Jersey Time and place: Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Windsor AUTOMATICALLY GRADING OF STUDENT'S PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENTS: AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS AND SUITE OF PROGRAMS ...... 140 Derek Morris, Rutgers University A NOVEL WEB-BASED ONLINE EXAMINATION SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION...... 140 Zhenming Yuan, Hangzhou Teacher's College, Liang Zhang, Hangzhou Teacher's College and Guohua Zhan, Hangzhou Teacher's College A TEACHER FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT TO FOSTER REUSABILITY AND LEARNER-CENTERED CUSTOMIZATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL PACKAGES ...... 140 Dante Del Corso, Politecnico di Torino, Gaetano Morrone, COREP and Emanuela Ovcin, COREP IMPROVING THE EVALUATION OF PROGRAMMING COURSES ...... 140 Yu-Liang Chi, Dept. of MIS, Chung-Yuan Christian University CUSTOMER-FOCUSED GRADUATE EDUCATION IN A REAL-TIME DISTANCE ENVIRONMENT ...... 141 Edward F. Mykytka, University of Dayton EXPERIENCES IN WEB-BASED GRADING...... 141 David W. Juedes, Ohio University Session S3G: Panel: Computing Curricula 2004: The Overview Project Chair: Russell Shackelford, Stanford Time and place: Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Standley I COMPUTING CURRICULA 2004: THE OVERVIEW PROJECT ...... 141 Russell Shackelford, Stanford, Lillian Cassel, TBA, James Cross, TBA, Gordon Davies, TBA, John Impagliazzo, TBA, Reza Kamali, TBA, Eydie Lawson, TBA, Richard LeBlanc, TBA, Andrew McGettrick, TBA, Heikki Topi, TBA and Robert Sloan, TBA Session S3H: Special Session: Why are Some Science and Engineering Concepts So Difficult to Learn? Iden- tifying, Assessing, and "Repairing" Student Misunderstanding of Important Concepts Chair: Ruth A. Streveler, Colorado School of Mines Time and place: Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Standley II WHY ARE SOME SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONCEPTS SO DIFFICULT TO LEARN? IDENTIFYING, ASSESSING, AND "REPAIRING" STUDENT MISUNDERSTANDING OF IMPORTANT CONCEPTS ...... 142 Ruth A. Streveler, Colorado School of Mines, Mary A. Nelson, University of Colorado - Boulder, Barbara M. Olds, Colorado School of Mines and Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines Session S4A: Curriculum Integration 2 Chair: Madhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University Time and place: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Cotton Creek I

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 53 A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT IN CURRICULUM INTEGRATION: INTEGRATED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY...... 142 Ronald George Kander, James Madison University THE INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ...... 142 Kimberly E Newman, University of Denver, Albert J Rosa, University of Denver, Ronald R DeLy- ser, University of Denver, Sheila S Thompson, University of Denver and Robert K Whitman, Uni- versity of Denver MATERIALS SCIENCE IN CONTEXT USING DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ...... 142 Kathleen Leone Kitto, Western Washington University A NOVEL APPROACH TO INTEGRATING DESIGN INTO MANUFACTURING AND MATERIALS EDUCATION THROUGH THE FABRICATION OF A SCALE MODEL CANNON ...... 143 Jeremy lynn Weinstein, Texas A&M University and Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University WORK IN PROGRESS - AN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS . .143 David R. Luginbuhl, Western Carolina University and Gibbs Knotts, Western Carolina University Session S4B: Developments in Accreditation and Related Activities Chair: Steve Krause, Arizona State University Time and place: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Cotton Creek II WORK IN PROGRESS - PERCEPTIONS ON EFFECTIVE ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...... 143 Abdallah Shanableh, University of Sharjah, Maher Omar, University of Sharjah, Bassem Younes, University of Sharjah and Samer Barakat, University of Sharjah ENGINEERING ACCREDITATION IN BRAZIL ...... 143 Mauricio Dziedzic, Centro Universitario Positivo and Marcos Jose Tozzi, Centro Univeristario Posi- tivo WORK IN PROGRESS - A STRUCTURED SURVEY TO INVENTORY EC 2000 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS . . . . 143 Russell Pimmel, University of Alabama, Rita Caso, Texas A&M University, Pete Morley, University of Alabama, Susan Haag, Arizona State University and Emily Fowler, University of Massachusetts - - Dartmouth WORK IN PROGRESS - OBSERVATIONS ON 10 YEARS OF FOUNDATION COALITION CURRICULA CHANGE EFFORTS ...... 144 Jim Richardson, University of Alabama, Prudence Merton, Texas A&M University, Jeff Froyd, Texas A&M University and Carolyn Clark, Texas A&M University Session S4C: Software Engineering Projects Chair: Michael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology Time and place: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Meadowbrook I AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO INSTRUCTION IN DEBUGGING COMPUTER PROGRAMS ...... 144 Ryan Chmiel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Michael Conrad Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM TEACHING IMPROVEMENTS...... 144 James R. Rowland, University of Kansas WORK IN PROGRESS - A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROJECT COURSE MODEL BASED ON STUDIO PRESENTATIONS...... 144 Thomas B. Horton, University of Virginia and John C. Knight, University of Virginia WORK IN PROGRESS - THE ELECTRONIC SOFTWARE PORTFOLIO AS AN EXAMPLE OF ACTIVE TESTING . .144 Ronald Finkbine, Indiana University Southeast DEVELOPING TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPERIMENT ...... 145 Daniela Rosca, Monmouth University WORK IN PROGRESS - GROWING A SOFTWARE QUALITY CULTURE IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT . 145 Trudy Howles, Rochester Institute of Technology Session S4D: Student Teams Chair: Dirk Draheim, Freie Universitat Berlin Time and place: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Meadowbrook II

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 54 STUDENT TEAM PROJECTS IN A HEAT TRANSFER LABORATORY: A REVIEW OF THE PAST AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS...... 145 Sameer V Naik, Purdue University, Robert J Schoenhals, Purdue University and Bashar S Abdul- Nour, Ford Motor Company WORK IN PROGRESS - USING ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE TEAMS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...... 145 Theodore A. Powers, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Richard Upchurch, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Samantha L. Stokes, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth REALITY CHECK: STUDENT REFLECTION ON GROUPWORK...... 146 David R Chesney, The University of Michigan COLLABORATIVE, GOAL-ORIENTED MANIPULATION OF ARTIFACTS BY STUDENTS DURING STATICS LECTURE ...... 146 Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University and Anna Dollár, Miami University WORK IN PROGRESS - BUILDING ENGINEERING TEAM SKILLS, PHASE ONE: INDUSTRY VALUES AND BEST PRACTICES ...... 146 David M. Bowen, California State University, Hayward PROBLEM CENTRED LEARNING-TO-RESEARCH ...... 146 John Kelvin Pollard, University College London Session S4E: Mobile and Wireless Innovations Chair: David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Time and place: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Waverly A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR MOBILE COMPUTING INTEGRATING J2ME AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS...... 147 Ivan João Foschini, Universidade Federal de São Carlos and Sérgio Donizetti Zorzo, Universidade Federal de São Carlos INSTRUCTIONAL TESTING THROUGH WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICES ...... 147 Cerise Wuthrich, Midwestern State University, Ranette Halverson, Midwestern State University, Terry W. Griffin, Midwestern State University and Nelson Luiz Passos, Midwestern State University WORK IN PROGRESS - TEACHING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONCEPTS AND THEORIES USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE ...... 147 Hazem H. Refai, The University of Oklahoma and John E. Fagan, University of Oklahoma ADDING PDA'S TO YOUR TEACHING TOOLKIT...... 147 Kenneth L. Alford, United States Military Academy and John M.D. Hill, United States Military Academy ENHANCING THE IN-CLASSROOM TEACHING/LEARNING EXPERIENCE USING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY . .148 Adegbile Adewunmi, Purdue University, Catherine Rosenberg, Purdue University, Adeoluwa Sun- Basorun, Purdue University and Simon G. M. Koo, Purdue University Session S4F: Information Technology Education Chair: Fadi Deek, New Jersey Institute of Technology Time and place: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Windsor AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCES WITH DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING OF E-COMMERCE DEGREES ...... 148 Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia and Andy Koronios, University of South Australia CHARACTERIZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THROUGH FACULTY RESEARCH ...... 148 Michael G. Bailey, Brigham Young University RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ACCREDITATION OF COMPUTING PROGRAMS ...... 148 John T. Gorgone, Bentley College, Doris K. Lidtke, Towson University and Jim Leone, Rochester Institute of Technology EXCITE: ENABLING X--CAMPUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ...... 148 W. Richards Adrion, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Wayne Burleson, University of Massa- chusetts Amherst, Wendy Cooper, University of Massachusetts Amherst, William L. Israel, Univer- sity of Massachusetts Amherst, James Kurose, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Kenneth Watts, University of Massachusetts Amherst WORK IN PROGRESS - EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN THEORETICAL IT MODULES ...... 149 Mark Robbins, London Metropolitan University, Igor Schagaev, London Metropolitan University and Jim Yip, London Metropolitan University

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 55 Session S4G: Panel: Computing Curricula: Computer Engineering Chair: Pradip K. Srimani, Clemson University Time and place: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Standley I PANEL ON COMPUTING CURRICULA: COMPUTER ENGINEERING ...... 149 Pradip K Srimani, Clemson University, Gerald Engel, University of Connecticut, John Impagliazzo, Hofstra University and Andrew McGettrick, University of Strathclyde Session S4H: FIE Feedback and Ideas for the Future Chair: Joseph Hughes, Georgia Institute of Technology Time and place: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Standley II FIE FEEDBACK AND IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE...... 149 Joseph Hughes, Georgia Institute of Technology

Proceedings IEEE Catalog Number: 03CH37487/$17.00 November 5 - 8, 2003, Boulder, Colorado 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 56