Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

theoretical axial stress equation is valid. (ABET outcome a) • Design of experiments in the stress analysis field. (ABET outcome b) • The importance of understanding the optics laws and physics in the civil and mechanical engineering fields. (ABET outcomes e, k) • Availability of experimental stress analysis techniques that are not part of a curriculum. (ABET outcome i)Equipment setup and calibrationThe schematic and suggested arrangements of the optical system for the experimental transmittedand reflected caustics are shown in figures 1 and 2, respectively. Briefly, a monochromatic andcoherent light beam emitted from a point source He-Ne laser, which was widened by spatial lens,impinges normally on the specimen. The light beam

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kang; Alan Felzer

and demodulators,digital phase-locked loop (DPLL), and fast Fourier transform (FFT). Among theseexperiments, the implementation of the finite impulse response digital filter on the FPGAboard along with the peripheral board is described in more detail. The multiply andaccumulate (MAC) operation is performed using look-up table without using anymultiplier. A sampling rate of 10 kHz is used for the FIR filter.1. IntroductionIn a laboratory course accompanying discrete-time signals and systems course, and alaboratory course accompanying digital signal processing course, typically, digital signalprocessing boards such as Texas Instruments’ TMS320C6711 (or 6713, 5416) DSPStarter Kits (DSKs) are used. The DSKs provide ADC, DAC, and other peripherals

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Benjamin Brannaka

imported into their test routine. From a hardware perspective, test setups using Signal Express are similar to those usingLabVIEW (see Figure 1). A PC running Signal Express is used to control either internal dataacquisition cards or standalone instruments on a bus. These instruments are then connected tothe device under test (DUT). PC with: Bench Equipment: * NI Signal Express * Function Generator * GPIB * Power Supply * Multimeter

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; George Wright; Joseph Morgan

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education Where ENTC 419 focused on the planning of the project, ENTC 420 now focuses thestudent team’s attention on the execution and control of their proposed project. Overall, thecourse has the following requirements 1. Each team member contribute a minimum of 10 hours per week of productive work on the project. In the formal proposal, the team outlined the project down to the individual tasks and assigned lead responsibility for each of these work packages to a particular team member. 2. Coordinate and conduct a 30-minute project status review meeting each week with

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vinod Yedidi; Brian Johnson; Joseph Law; Herbert Hess

with harmonics,transformers, small dc motors, dc/dc conversion, and switch mode power supplies. A requiredfirst course in power engineering is designed to address these topics at the junior level [1]. Alsoincluded are topics that form a foundation in alternating current phenomena and analysis forthose students who intend to study further. A laboratory requirement emphasizes applications ofthese topics.The EE curriculum requires that each student take a second course (at the senior level) in at leastthree of five fundamental areas: analog electronics, power and energy, electromagnetism, digitalelectronics, and systems (communication and controls) . In the second power engineeringcourse, the following topics for steady state, three phase

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Li Qian

; teach students how to model andmachine the complex free-form surface; and foster students’ independent learning. Thispaper will describe the curricular module used in the course in detail and provide simulationdemonstrations. Results of simulation and the production lab machining are shared.1. IntroductionMulti-axis computerized numerical control (CNC) machines have become the application ofchoice for complex surface machining. These machine tools are widely used in theaerospace, automotive, tool and die making and other industries requiring complex shapes.Collision-avoidance and geometric-error detection are critical issues for multi-axis CNCmachining [1]. Simulation of tool paths and machine operations is desirable for cost andtime savings

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Michel Dhainaut

, transonic, and supersonic flight regimes areencountered more often in non-military aircraft. The preliminary conceptual wing flutterdesign software could also be used for certification of aircraft under part 23 (transportaircraft) or part 25 (small aircraft) of the airworthiness standards of the FederalAdministration Regulations (FAR). APPROACHTheoretical BackgroundAs a concrete example to define the selected approach, let select a swept cantilever wingwhile an airstream flows over it (Fig.1). The elastic axis, assumed to be a straight line, ischosen as the reference line for measuring wing deformations. E Flow

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hani Tohme; Enno Koehn

International (TI), an independent organization based in Berlin, Germany, isinvolved with investigating corruption in business. It has collected data which indicate thatofficials in the construction industry are more likely to utilize bribery compared to those in otherbusinesses17. In fact, TI has developed a ranking system for the level of corruption in theconstruction industry for various countries. The information is based upon the perception ofroughly 800 individuals in 15 developing regions of the world6. As shown in Table 1,Bangladesh appears to be the most corrupt nation in the world6. However, it is joined bynumerous other nations which have emerging economies.Companies from large nations such as China, India and Russia which are listed in

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ing-Chang Jong

. Readers may refer to textbooks by Beer and Johnston,1-2 Huang,3 Jong and Rogers,4 etc.,where virtual displacements inconsistent with constraints at supports are strategically chosen tosolve equilibrium problems of frames, which are fully constrained at supports.This paper is aimed at doing the following: (a) sharpen the concept of work for students, (b)compare head to head the virtual work method with the conventional method using an example,(c) use displacement center5 and just algebra and geometry as the prerequisite mathematics tocompute virtual displacements, (d ) propose three major steps in the virtual work method, (e)propose a guiding strategy for choosing the virtual displacement that is the best for solving onespecified unknown, and ( f

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gustavo Molina

details. The approach showed useful to help students’ understanding andinsight of deterministic engineering algorithms.IntroductionTeaching students how to solve problems is a growing concern of Engineering and Technologyeducation. Problem solving in the Engineering/Technology practice is usually directed to thedesign of products or processes, and this connection makes the teaching of engineering problemsolving a natural part of design classes. In recent years new undergraduate courses have beenimplemented that expand creative thinking in engineering design by including solving problemand project based-learning [1]. A number of innovative teaching techniques can be employed forsuch purpose, being the “studio” methods particularly successful to

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Ward; Robert Busch; Abhaya Datye; David Kauffman

48 hours Non-technical university core and electives 27 hours Required chemical engineering courses 45 hours Chemical engineering electives 6 hours Other engineering courses 6 hoursThe required chemical engineering courses include the following areas. First year introduction 1 hour Material and energy balances 4 hours Thermodynamics 6 hours Page 10.1310.6 Transport

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Singer

nationalchain stores.The Collaborative Design enhancement training is broken into several topic areas:1. First, faculty will investigate collaborative design tools (Internet based and either low cost orfree) and how the design industry uses this technology to aid in the design process.2. The second topic is a primer/review class in parametric design software, the use of 3Dparametric design software allows easier coordinated changes to designs.3. The third component of the training brings the technical concepts into the classroom. Theparticipants will work with their corresponding development team counterparts (Sinclair andVentura College) to develop design changes on readily available household items found atnational chain stores. After completing the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh

education. The Toolkit has beenincorporated into Virtual PLC, a web-based system for PLC education. Future enhancementsmay include the development of additional explanatory feedback for certain ladder logicarrangements and extending the programming language from ladder logic to functional blockdiagram.1. IntroductionThe programmable logic controller (PLC) has been described as the most ingenious devices everinvented to advance the field of manufacturing automation1. Thousands of these devices havebeen used for such applications as monitoring security, managing energy consumption, andcontrolling machines and automatic production lines. As an essential part of manufacturingautomation, PLCs are covered in many automation and control-related courses

Conference Session

New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

, and a specialized body Page 10.960.1of knowledge.1 The committee’s analysis of the civil engineering profession suggested that, of Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthese three characteristics, only the first two were adequately defined. Thus began a broad-basedeffort to define and articulate the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge. In January 2004 thiseffort came to fruition with ASCE’s publication of Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the21st Century—a report describing the

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jared Erickson; J. Ledlie Klosky; Stephen Ressler

sent directly from user to user (i.e., between IM clients); messages are not routed through the central server. This direct electronic connection between users is the technical characteristic that causes IM to be such a responsive communication medium. • As users communicate back and forth, their respective messages appear in a window on both computers. As each new message arrives, the previous ones remain on screen but scroll upward, leaving a complete record of the electronic conversation. This record can be saved as a log file at the end of the IM session.1 Page 10.140.1Aarons suggests that IM

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

standard, code-specified loading; • display an animation of the load test, with members color-coded to indicate tension (blue), compression (red), and internal force-to-strength ratios (color intensity); • modify the design to strengthen any inadequately designed members; and • minimize the cost of the design, by modifying member properties or structural geometry.WPBD resembles standard CAD software but has a substantially simpler user interface (Figure1). Simplicity has been attained by integrating the geometric constraints of the design problemdirectly into the user interface and by following Cooper’s goal-directed principles of user-interface design.15Figure 1. West Point Bridge Designer user interfaceWPBD is more than

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Farison

nowincludes: 1) providing a strong presence and program for its constituents (and others) each yearat the annual ASEE conference, and 2) achieving the membership level to become an ASEEDivision. A third, somewhat more focused, emphasis from the beginning has been to represent asignificant part of its constituents in the development of the understanding and recognition ofmultidisciplinary (and non-traditional) engineering programs1-5 for which there are no ABETaccreditation program criteria. A specific and significant initiative, with roots back to that initialassembly in 2001 that has become the MECC, is the proposal that ASEE become the engineeringorganization that represents these programs in the accreditation process (as ASME now does forME

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

commonexample is the temperature control system found in most homes. A control system keepsthe air in a home at a certain temperature. It does this by sensing the ambienttemperature, comparing it to the desired temperature, and producing a control action thatkeeps the ambient temperature at or near the desired temperature. This paper describes asystem that involves designing, building, and demonstrating a regulatory control system.The system maintains the temperature of a process at a desired set point. The designincorporates a PC-based data acquisition system (DAQ) along with LabVIEW, agraphics-based programming language by National Instruments. LabVIEW has been usedin many control systems applications [1-5]. The software implements a proportional

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Farison

. This ranking is distinct from the rankings ofengineering programs at institutions with doctoral programs in engineering.Here, from the current U.S. News webpage1 (copied February 28, 2005), is their introduction tothe most recent rankings (released in 2004): “Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs Think your future lies in engineering? On these pages, you'll find the U.S. News rankings of undergraduate programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The rankings are based solely on a peer survey of deans and senior faculty that asked them to rate each program they are familiar with on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished). On the following page are programs at schools that offer doctorates

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Howell

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Fraser

2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering University and department characteristics The ABET listing gives the date of first accreditation of each program. Table 1 summarizes the number accredited by decade. While the rate of additions peaked in the 1970s, IE programs continue to be added at a rate of about one per year. The most recent additions are • University of San Diego in 2001, • SUNY Binghamton in 2002, • Wright State University in 2002, and • Cal State Hayward in 2004. Table 1. Decade of first accreditation 1930s

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Fraser

2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering University and department characteristics The ABET listing gives the date of first accreditation of each program. Table 1 summarizes the number accredited by decade. While the rate of additions peaked in the 1970s, IE programs continue to be added at a rate of about one per year. The most recent additions are • University of San Diego in 2001, • SUNY Binghamton in 2002, • Wright State University in 2002, and • Cal State Hayward in 2004. Table 1. Decade of first accreditation 1930s

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hansberry; Guido Lopez

,contract and arrangement plans. Literacy in architectural graphics enables engineers of alldisciplines to function more efficiently.The drawings bellow are used to teach first year engineering technology students how to readand make architectural based plans. Students may use these architectural plans to layoutmechanical and electrical building systems.Architectural Problems Used in Student InstructionFigures 1 and 2 below are used in student instruction to expose students to common architecturalscales. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 1 is used to help students recognize architectural scales, while Figure 2 requires thestudents to use the scales to define an object to be designed and

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

consequently must have met the overall program educational objectives. Page 10.1429.1The key point is that the assurance of meeting program educational objectives for every graduate Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education(e.g., via Student-Learning Objectives Assessment) is different from justifying that the programmeets ABET EC2000 criteria (Program Outcomes). Thus, in this paper, we: 1. Layout a process for justifying that a graduate from the program will indeed meet the program educational

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramachandran Venkatasubramanian; Brian Skromme

these tools using student examination andhomework scores, student teaching evaluations, focus groups, and a special web-based DeviceConcept Inventory developed in this project are described.Introduction Traditional passive, lecture-based instruction in semiconductor device theory, even whenit is of excellent quality, has only limited success in promoting conceptual understanding andstudent achievement. The importance of interactive engagement in technical courses has beenwell documented in the literature.1-3 Yet there is a critical national need for engineers who arewell trained in device theory to support the semiconductor industry, which has become thelargest manufacturing industry in the United States. The inherently difficult nature

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session: 3548 Academic Quality Management Based Assessment C.R.Sekhar, O.Farook, Jai. P.Agrawal, and E. Bouktache Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University CalumetAbstractThis paper describes an Academic Quality Management (AQM) based assessment process andthe outcome results that showed positive student’s acquired knowledge and retention.Continuous improvement is the theme emphasized by ABET 1 and our AQM based assessmenthas worked for us and is used in the continuous improvement of course delivery to improve thelearning and

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones