Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Rajaei; Mohammad Dadfar

. IntroductionHigh Performance Computing (HPC) nowadays can easily be achieved with clusters of PCsconnected through a high-speed switch on a high-speed network. Such a tool provides excellentopportunities to explore numerous projects for educational as well as research purposes incomputer science. For this reason, we have installed a Beowulf Cluster1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with 16 compute Page 10.848.1nodes in our computing lab in order to engage our students with exciting projects in courses such Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi

the class room for the benefitof seniors and first year graduate students in engineering. The course materials were alsomade available on the web and the courses were taught it at two campusessimultaneously.Introduction Understanding particle transport, deposition and removal are of crucialimportance to many technologies that are critical for the competitiveness of the USmicroelectronic, imaging and pharmaceutical industries. In addition, solving a number ofenvironmental problems requires a detail understanding of particle transport processes.In the last decade, significant research progress in the areas of particle transport,deposition and removal has been made. The primary objective of this combined researchand curriculum development

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Sullivan

engineering programs nationwide are firstexposed to solid modeling technology during their first year in the engineeringcurriculum. At VMI, the introductory materials science course follows the solid modelingcourse during the first semester of students’ second year in the mechanical engineeringprogram. It was felt that since the materials science course followed immediately after thesolid modeling course, students would still retain enough knowledge of solid modeling touse it effectively in the materials course. Pedagogically, this sequence has the advantagethat material science concepts are strengthened, while at the same time solid modelingskills are rehearsed and refreshed, aiding in their long term retention. This type oflongitudinal

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Solt; Ashbjorn Osland; Anuradha Basu

holders than San Diego and Los Angeles combined.” • “The San Jose area is home to the largest concentration of technology expertise in the world--more than 7,300 technology companies employing more than 300,000 people.” • “San Jose is the most diversified of any innovation-based community; specializations span seven technology fields and foster innovation across disciplines.” • “More than 85% of new job growth in the region comes from companies less than 10 years old.” The preceding is representative of what Michael Porter called industry clusters: “Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Tollner; David Gattie

change of energy represents a change in sensibleinternal energy, with kinetic energy changes requiring complementary changes inpotential energy. In the event of chemical reactions and phase changes, one mustconsider latent energy and chemical internal energy as contributors to the energy state. Page 10.619.1System boundaries allowing no heat transfer are known as adiabatic boundaries.Presented at the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education National ConferencePortland, Oregon. ASEE Paper 2005-1408-234An open system, or control volume, is a properly selected region in space. It

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

butstudents will benefit from using it once it has been completed. Making measurements to verify the modelincreases our understanding of the developed system.Measurement SystemIn the field of precise measurements, it is often desired to balance voltage differences. In the example thatwill be presented in this paper, a generalized circuit that operates in the audio frequency range is given (seeFig. 1.) Voltages V1, V2 V3, and V4 are node voltages derived from an impedance bridge. These voltages Page 10.925.1† Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

Using Problem Based Learning to Teach Thermodynamics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Paper 2005-2092 Dr. Alfred Carlson Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Department of Chemical EngineeringAbstractA problem based learning (PBL) approach was used to teach the first course in ChemicalEngineering Thermodynamics (First Law, Second Law, Fluid PropertyThermodynamics). PBL was compared to a traditional lecture approach and an activelearning approach which were used to teach the same course by the same instructor interms immediately before and after the PBL term. Student learning was assessed in allthree