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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joon Kim; Daniel Biezad

Page 10.346.1students.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference * Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education As shrinking budgets cause an ever greater part of undergraduate laboratory education to becomputer centered, and as a greater percentage of students enter the curriculum withoutpractical experience in mechanics or a familiarity with tools and tooling, there is a strong needto expose aerospace engineering students to these realities of the aviation workplace, aworkplace that traditionally has inspired a passionate intensity. The Aerospace EngineeringDepartment at Cal Poly is trying to provide hands-on skills and foster this intensity

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Tricia Berry

. Misconceptions about graduate school and research careers are common among theundergraduate population. This lack of knowledge proves to be a real barrier that prevents manyundergraduate students, and female and minority students, in particular, from consideringgraduate school. The Graduates Linked with Undergraduates in Engineering (GLUE) programprovides an innovative opportunity to expose undergraduate engineering students to research bylinking them with graduate engineering students working on research projects in the College ofEngineering. The program consists of a semester-long research experience in the laboratory thatis coupled with a structured interdisciplinary seminar course for the undergraduate participants.The program is primarily intended

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

) have provided seven techniques, often called declarative learning. Several, or all of these techniques help the instructors to assess prior knowledge. The principle to emphasize on the “value-added” nature of university higher educational methodologies.4. Self Assessment : Sally Brown, Phil Race & Brenda Smith provide several techniques for implementation of Self-Assessment. (Brown, Race and Smith, 1996). The students should be provided with an opportunity to express their “satisfaction-rating” of courses, laboratory experiences and the educational experience as a whole. This serves as a very useful tool and provides valuable assessment data upon which the department can take appropriate action to stay at the “edge of

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Auzenne; Jeanne Garland; J. Phillip King; Ricardo Jacquez

entitled, “Civil Engineering: The Profession, Practice, and AcademicPreparation,” was the focus each summer with a different design project offered for each coursethat highlighted some of the challenges locally, namely, the problem of drought in New Mexico,water conservation alternatives, and the problems associated with the colonias, defined as ruralneighborhoods and unincorporated subdivisions in or near cities along the U.S./Mexico bordercharacterized by substandard housing and inadequate sewage disposal, roads, and access to cleanwater that pose health threats to residents. This course, along with the laboratory tours and visitsprovided hands-on active learning opportunities to explore the new and creative approaches thatare being used in

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

University, a broadrange of topics is covered quickly, and students can rapidly learn by seeing and doing.Typically, Industrial Engineers don’t have chemicals, machining labs, wind tunnels or circuitboards to use in specialized laboratories. The goal in this course was to find a way to includehands-on activities without a formal lab component or facility. These labs are designed tointegrate the concepts with models that are memorable. Some of the topics covered by the labsare Process Improvement, Work Measurement, Facility Layout, Assembly Line Balancing(Manufacturing and Production Control), Bin Packing (Material Handling), Human Factors,Operations Research, Engineering Economy, Queueing, and Quality Control. The studentsgenerally work in groups

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

University, a broadrange of topics is covered quickly, and students can rapidly learn by seeing and doing.Typically, Industrial Engineers don’t have chemicals, machining labs, wind tunnels or circuitboards to use in specialized laboratories. The goal in this course was to find a way to includehands-on activities without a formal lab component or facility. These labs are designed tointegrate the concepts with models that are memorable. Some of the topics covered by the labsare Process Improvement, Work Measurement, Facility Layout, Assembly Line Balancing(Manufacturing and Production Control), Bin Packing (Material Handling), Human Factors,Operations Research, Engineering Economy, Queueing, and Quality Control. The studentsgenerally work in groups

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker

basic digital building blocks such as multiplexers, decoders, full adders and ROMs and verify the correct operation of the design through simulation and/or implementation • Design, simulate and/or implement sequential circuits using various representations such as state diagrams, ASM charts, and hardware description language, specifically VHDL • Design, simulate and/or implement a digital system as a circuit consisting of a Data Path and Control Unit • Design the Control Unit as a finite state machine and using micro- programming • Be able to describe the design and verification process through written communication in the form of laboratory reports

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Changhong Lin; Ahmed Abdalla; Wayne Wolf

.BiographyWayne Wolf is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. Before joining Prince-ton, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ. He received all three degrees in elec- Page 10.975.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005 American Society for Engineering Educationtrical engineering from Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and ACM and a memberof ASEE and SPIE. He received the 2003 ASEE/HP Frederick E. Terman Award.Chang Hong Lin is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jung; Anthony de Sam Lazaro; Amanie Abdelmessih

supply, keeps theproject within budgetary limits and on schedule and produces a cost analysis document.Examples of Senior Design ProjectsIn this section we present example of three capstone projects.A. Instrumented Air Conditioning Bench Experiment (September 2000 – May 2001)Project Description: System specifications were set by the thermal engineering faculty (Dr.Abdelmessih) The Senior Design Team was asked to design and build a bench-top airconditioning experiment to be used in a laboratory setting at the School’s thermal engineeringlaboratory. ‘Students should have the ability to control the temperature, moisture content, andvelocity of the air conditioned by the apparatus. Students should be capable of performing

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

currently the Coordinator of theIndustrial Power and Control curriculum and laboratories as well as the Internship Coordinator for theUniversity of Southern Maine’s Department of Technology. Page 10.817.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

students with sizable stipends.ASEE – Helen T. Carr Fellowships for African-Americans43: up to $10,000 per year to studentswho are pursuing a doctoral degree. Upon doctoral degree completion, fellow is committed toreturn to one of the HBEC institutions.Resources for PostDoctoral Fellowships:Naval Research Laboratories (NRL) sponsors about 40 NRL PostDoctoral Fellowships44 peryear, administered by the ASEE, to research at the following Naval R&D centers andlaboratories: • Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC - www.nrl.navy.mil Stennis Space Center, MS - www.nrlssc.navy.mil Monterey, CA - www.nrlmry.navy.mil Lab Description: http://www.asee.org/resources/fellowships/nrl/nrl-0000.cfm • Naval Air Warfare Center

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

year-one course entails for each student 36hours of lectures, 11 hours of tutorials (group size over 30) and 6 hours of scheduled laboratorytime. A year-two course involves 48 hours of lectures, no tutorials, and up to 6 hours ofscheduled laboratory time. Furthermore, while the majority of year-one students attend lectures,under 50% attend tutorials on a regular basis. Laboratory attendance is compulsory. Theinference is that students see lectures as the central part of the educational process. Clearly, withlectures playing such a central role, it is essential that instructors understand their nature well and Page 10.664.2can use the format

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yongjian Fu; Daniel Simon; Charles Alexander

information generation by their use must also becaptured and captured in an intelligent manner. This knowledge capturing integrateddesign environment, or KCIDE, becomes a working platform that students can readilyuse. Besides, the software follows a six-step procedure in solving circuit problems, whichgives students a reference framework for problem solving.The development and utilization of the KCIDE software platform are explained. Thedesign and implementation of the KCIDE software are also discussed. In addition, all thebasic concepts can be expanded into the more complex world of the working engineerwhere laboratory results can also be integrated. Future extensions and advanced featuresof KCIDE that are being developed are also introduced. An

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jung Oh

;Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe General Chemistry course is a required or elective science course for engineeringtechnology programs at Kansas State University at Salina and is considered as anUndergraduate General Education (UGE) course (http://www.k-state.edu/catl/uge/5).UGE courses are to incorporate an active learning environment, an experiential contextfor whatever is studied, and to provide an opportunity for students to connect ideas.The periodic table, one of most important chemistry references, is displayed in almostevery chemistry classroom and laboratory and presented in most chemistry textbooks.The standard periodic table lists atomic symbols, atomic numbers and atomic masses

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell; Juliet Hurtig

10.1360.1the characteristics of engineering design projects and the development of a project proposal, thesecond course focused on a comprehensive project, and the third course focused on the Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationpresentation of technical information from the project. Each senior design team was assigned toits own dedicated project laboratory of approximately 100 square feet in area. Test equipmentrequired for the project could either be used in the instructional laboratories or checked out andhoused within the project laboratory. The purchasing of parts and equipment for student

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

Laboratories at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. ProfessorPrasad initiated the Microelectronics / VLSI program in 1984, and is teaching16.469 and 16.502 VLSI Design and 16.470 and 16.504 VLSI Fabricationcourses since its inception. From the spring of 1986 Professor Prasad developed16.661 Local Area / Computer Networks, and since 1994 VHDL Based DigitalDesign and taught up to 2001. From the spring of 1998, Professor Prasad alsodeveloped and taught 16.517, MMIC Design and Fabrication course to meet thegrowing demand of regional semiconductor industries. He is also coordinator forGraduate Studies in VLSI and Semiconductors certificate program. He is theauthor of over 150 theses, dissertations and papers published and presented injournals

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

short amount of time, bothapproaches use commercial FEA software as a teaching tool.Integration of FEA with undergraduate engineering courses has been held in many schools. Anycourse involving applications of mechanics of materials is appropriate for integration with FEA3-7 . However most of these integrated undergraduate courses are for civil and mechanicalengineering (and engineering technology) curriculum, very few evidences have been found thatintroduce FEA in the manufacturing engineering (and manufacturing technology) curriculum.Waldorf1 introduced FEA for fixture design analysis to the tool engineering course. Hedeveloped a series of FEA laboratory exercises to analyze and optimize fixture, mold, and diedesigns.A project-based

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

. Topics covered will include sketching and visualization, descriptive geometry, multi-view drawings, dimensioning, creation and interpretation of working drawings and three-dimensional modeling. The course description is: Students will learn the basics of engineering graphics including freehand sketching andcomputer-aided-design/drawing using SolidWorks® 2004. The course will include extensivehands-on drawing time (free-hand and computer) as well as demonstrations, some extra time onthe computers during open laboratory time in addition to the time provided in class (laboratoryhours will be arranged). CAD is used in other courses (i.e. besides Engineering Graphics) throughout the BSMEprogram8 as well as in St. Thomas’ entry in SAE’s 2002

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

; laboratory experience: graduates must be able to measure manufacturing process variables in a manufacturing laboratory and make technical inferences about the process.The Manufacturing Image GapManufacturing has been changing. The introduction of new technologies and methods hasincreased the productivity of the average American worker and overall productivity has increased,but with fewer workers [7]. The composition of the workforce is shifting away from large num-bers of hourly workers and moving towards higher levels of education. Many of the manufactur-ing operations that have a high manual labor component are being shifted to other parts of theworld with significantly lower labor costs. As manufacturers adjust their use of manual

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert; Deepti Suri

importance ofrequirements as sophomores in SE-2831 (Introduction to Software Verification), and SE-280(Software Engineering Process). The concepts learned in SE-3821 are reinforced in SE-380(Principles of Software Architecture) and the process is scaled up for the students in their three-quarter experience of “Software Development Laboratory” [5], where the students work on large-scale projects in a “real-world” setting.The unique thing about the Biomedical Engineering (BE) program at MSOE is that the studentsstart working on their design capstone project as freshman. The freshman and sophomore yearsare typically devoted to market and technology research phase. The various project groups aresupposed to have their design presentations sometime in the

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cote

identify, formulate, and solve technical problems through the application of basic knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering principles including computational methods, computers, and modern technical tools. {1} (a-d, f, g) 2) A thorough understanding of the current technologies used in the power industry. This will include “hands-on” expertise developed during laboratory and cooperative education experience. {1} (a, b, d) 3) The ability to design and conduct experiments and to analyze and interpret data. Page 10.1274.4 {1} (c) Proceedings of

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer; Nihad Dukhan

in an industrial environment that requires some engineering research. Undergraduateresearch programs are very likely to overcome such shortcomings and would provide thestudents with an approach to seek answers and a way of independent scientific thinking. Teaching independent study courses of six to eight students does not require much coursepreparation, and the students can be evaluated on the outcomes of their research projects withoutspending a lot of time with written homework or exams. Furthermore, the students can assist indeveloping projects and handouts that can later be used as hands-on laboratory exercises orclassroom demonstrations. At the same time, the students can acquire the background necessaryfor them to be valuable to

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2005, American Society for Engineering Education [9] J. P. Hoffbeck, “Using real signals with simulated systems,” in Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, (Nashville, TN), June 2002. Session 2220.[10] J. P. Hoffbeck, “Using real signals with simulated systems,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., vol. XIII, pp. 31–38, Jan–Mar 2003.[11] Comrex Corporation, “Telephone couplers,” 2004. http://www.comrex.com/couplers.htm.[12] S. A. Tretter, Communications System Design Using DSP Algorithms: With Laboratory Ex- periments for the TMS320C30. Plenum Press, 1995.[13] S. A. Tretter, Communications System Desgin Using DSP Algorithms: With Laboratory Ex- periments for the

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amanda Runciman; Lisa Christensen; Katherine Chen

. Likewise, many ideas anddemonstrations that were developed for outreach activities have found their way into collegecourses. Perhaps our best measure of success is the numerous repeat requests that we get fromdifferent schools and organizations. Page 10.990.7Figure 8. The MatEland visitor guest book for signatures and comments about their visit. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliographic Information1. “Classroom Demonstrations: Suggested Classroom Demonstrations and Laboratory Experiments

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

. M.T. Nguyen, “Validation of FloWorks for Internal Flow”, M.S. Project, CSU Northridge, May 2003ROBERT G. RYANRobert Ryan received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles.He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University,Northridge. He is the coordinator for the department’s Measurements Laboratory and Thermo-fluids Laboratory.STEWART P. PRINCEStewart Prince received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from University of Texas, Arlington. He iscurrently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University,Northridge. He is the coordinator of the department’s Haas CNC Laboratory

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

junior level for all civil engineering technology students. The course credit hourswere increased to 4 semester credit hours to allow for developing a laboratory component for thecourse.The use of lab assignments in the transportation course allowed students to get hands-onexperience and training in conducting transportation studies utilizing the latest standardsemployed in the industry. The lab also enabled the instructor to use open-ended problems suchthat members of each team can search for feasible solutions that meet specific guidelines.Different teams may end up with different analysis results or design solutions. Feedback fromstudents indicated their appreciation for integrating the lab assignments into the course.This paper describes the

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

application) to capture the sound of tapping or handclapping and observing the echo signatures of the recorded signal.4The method described here was used in an instrumentation laboratory class for third-yearelectromechanical engineering technology students at Penn State Berks – Lehigh Valley College.The experiments are based on time of flight measurements and are designed to demonstrate theroll of software in developing a sophisticated system with simple hardware. The signalprocessing techniques are similar to those used in radar and sonar echolocation systems.5 Thesoftware performs all of the measurements with no guesswork left to the user. Figure 1. Setup for Acoustic MeasurementsUsing the computer’s sound card under

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Dettman

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationinformation being assessed in the different courses?”. If all 3 reports are assessing the samething, then 1 is enough. If a student can write effectively about a soil mechanics laboratoryproject, it is reasonable to expect that the same student can write effective about a fluidmechanics laboratory project. This decision also addressed the issue of developing anassessment process that would not be too burdensome for the small faculty.The last piece of the assessment puzzle to come into place was possibly the most difficult. Thispiece was how to pick a piece of student work and assess it. To do this, the faculty developed aset of performance indicators for each outcome to quantify what it is

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lehman; David Stone; Mary Raber

year, 45% of the pre-collegeparticipants were from ethnic or racial groups underrepresented in engineering professions andover 60% were women.The primary goal of SYP is to encourage participating students to become academicallyprepared so that college can be a viable option for their future. The main objectives of theprograms are to: • allow participants to explore post secondary education academic pursuit options in MEST • offer career discovery in a hands-on/minds-on environment • provide access to technology, laboratory resources, expertise, and academic experiences not normally available to middle and high school students • help students feel comfortable in a university setting • encourage student interactions with peers

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Hayden Griffin

thesavings can be attributed to the elimination of “house calls.” SWAT Team members no longerwork in the dormitories, since students now bring their laptops to the SWAT Team office.Students also routinely bring their laptops to get assistance from faculty members and teachingassistants.In Fall 2004, primarily due to the addition of Computer Science freshmen to the introductorycourses, programming instruction was changed from Matlab to Alice based on an “objects first”approach [8, 9], and the role of laptop computers in the classroom became even more important.That work is reported in references 6 and 10.As previously mentioned, after the personal computer requirement started in 1984, the Collegeceased to have significant computer laboratories for