Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Andrew Clark

environment andculture for the establishment of student driven companies, improvement of commercialization ofuniversity intellectual property, enhancement of the ability to attract technology-basedbusinesses and provision of a living laboratory for student to work within the entrepreneurialenvironment. Just as is the case for the traditional research universities, business incubators atregional universities provide the supporting infrastructure that permits the university faculty totake advantage of SBIR and STTR programs to launch businesses and move university IP towardcommercialization. In addition, the formation of a university-managed business incubatorprovides an excellent environment for non-university established technology businesses

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Tillison; David Hand

by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF), by industry partners of Dow, DuPont, Fisher-Rosemount, andPepperl+Fuchs, and by MTU. The purpose of this paper is two-fold; it seeks to explore andevaluate assessment techniques and to determine if the EPSC course does indeed smooth thetransition of graduates into the workplace.The EPSC is a Unit Operations Laboratory (UOL) containing the following laboratory- or pilot-scale processes: (1) activated carbon adsorption, (2) advanced oxidation, (3) air strippingutilizing a packed tower, (4) ion exchange, (5) jar testing for coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation system optimization, (6) activated sludge treatment using sequencing batchreactors (SBRs), and (7) a drinking water treatment plant (Table 1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

of appropriate technologies from an engineering device dissectionlaboratory in order to enhance achievement of course and student learning objectives infour courses with substantial technical content: Spanish: Language, Technology, and Culture (CHASS) (Fall, 2004) Design Studio (Design) (Fall, 20054) Communication Technologies (Education)(Spring 2005) Computer Technologies (Education)(Spring 2005) The overarching objective of the collaboration is to demonstrate the utility of ashared, central campus engineering laboratory as an enhancing and enriching agent fornon-engineering courses with appreciable technical themes or components. The particular technologies available for our collaboration were

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Fischer; Richard Jerz

include introduction to design, manufacturing, anddesign for manufacturing; phases of a product life cycle; product design process; introduction toengineering drawing standards and graphics; computer-aided design (CAD) modeling; andvarious manufacturing processes. The course includes "hands-on" CAD/CAM and computernumeric control (CNC) machining projects.This paper discusses experiences in designing and delivering the DFM course. Among the issuesthat had to be resolved were what topics should be included; what book or books should be used;what software should be used; what kind of laboratory experience should be included; and whatresource materials should be chosen for the course?I. IntroductionThe College of Engineering at The University of Iowa

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

critical final link for a thorough understanding and appreciationof scientific and engineering theories. Every possible effort should be made not to deprive thefuture engineers or educators from this vital component of their education [1]. It is thereforenecessary to continue development of effective and efficient pedagogical methods andtechniques for the engineering laboratory experience [2].Laboratory apparatus is generally expensive due to low production levels, specialized featuresand significantly higher Design Costs built into the final cost. For example, the range of cost fora typical educational fatigue testing apparatus is from $28,500 to $32,500. These units arebasically adaptations of the R. R. Moore Industrial Fatigue testing devices

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Lefebvre; Stephanie Farrell

to determine operating conditions for displaying the separation of colorfulproteins in a variety of course settings. Anion exchange chromatography demonstrations havebeen developed, showing that a mixture of flavodoxin (orange color) and green fluorescentprotein (green color) can be selectively eluted at different salt concentrations, providing apowerful demonstration of the principles of protein binding and elution. These concepts havebeen expanded to full-scale experiments suitable for unit operations laboratories or upper-levelbiochemical engineering electives. This paper describes how these visually-appealingdemonstrations and lab exercises centered on bioseparations can be incorporated into lecture-and lab-based chemical engineering

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rainer Fink

Laboratory at Texas A&M University, results obtained usingNational Instruments LabVIEW and DAQ hardware are compared to data obtained using a state-of-the-artTeradyne A567 automated semiconductor tester. Deviations in results obtained using each test resourceare investigated. “Damaged” devices are interspersed within a 100 chip set to assure coverage in thestudent generated test solution as well as demonstrate statistical concepts.IntroductionDefinition: Correlation – ability to get the same answer using different pieces of hardware or software.Students at Texas A&M University are uniquely suited to explore the affects of high tech semiconductortesting methodologies and correlation issues between state-of-the-art bench-top test equipment

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Chouikha; Don Millard

systems that have historically been restricted to specific laboratory facilities. Thepaper’s presentation will demonstrate the pedagogical practices, the interactive materials, andaccompanying hardware/software that turn the Tablet PC into a mobile laboratory suite -integrating a function generator, multimeter, 5v power supply, and scope. A description of theinitial pilot project deployment is provided along with an explanation of how the student’slaboratory results will be integrated into a WebCT course management system (from connectionsto the hardware system) for automatic grading and review.BackgroundEngineering students are typically running multiple applications while simultaneously usingbrowsers, instant messaging and search engines on

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Perrin

little equipment, and can be used to increase students’ conceptualunderstanding. Each activity demonstrates a basic engineering principle taken from courses,such as Differential Equations, Physics, Circuits, and Thermodynamics – topics that are requiredclasses for all disciplines. Emphasis is placed on convenience and ease of use by the professor,with most equipment small enough to carry in a pocket or briefcase. These demonstrationsintroduce a laboratory element into the lecture without the necessity of having a laboratory on-site.IntroductionOne morning while sitting in on a sophomore engineering class on Electromagnetism, I watchedthe professor painstakingly lead a group of 75 students through an explanation of a Gaussiansphere using only his

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shreeekanth Mandayam; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; Yusuf Mehta

field, yet undergraduate engineering students in civil and environmental engineering arerarely exposed to digital imaging through their coursework. The College of Engineering atRowan University received funding from NSF to integrate digital imaging technology (DIT) inour undergraduate engineering curriculum. Faculty from all engineering disciplines withexpertise in DIT participated in this exciting project to develop hands-on experiments forundergraduate engineering students. Experiments developed were such that all engineeringdisciplines would benefit from the endeavor. Certain digital imaging experiments havegenerated a lot of excitement in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program as many ofthe laboratory experiments are extremely

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jill Lane; Sarah Rzasa; Richard Behr; Christine Masters

offer some help to others.The innovation, called “MechANEX,” is a set of software modules and matched, bench-scalelaboratory exercises aimed at seven key statics concepts. The assessment consists of acombination of pre-tests, post-tests, on-line surveys, and phone interviews. Discussed are detailsof the proposed assessment plan and the logic behind the individual assessment instrumentsemployed. Preliminary results are also provided.IntroductionIn the fall of 2004, an innovation was incorporated into an existing introductory statics course atPenn State (EMCH 011). The innovation consisted of a set of software and laboratory exercisesinvolving key concepts related to the course. Because this innovation had not yet been utilizedin the classroom in

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kellen Maicher; Patrick Connolly

inthe current user interface and navigation components.The interactive drawing and response tool portion of the tutorial was presented separately toapproximately eighty students in an introductory engineering graphics course at PurdueUniversity. These students had some basic experience with multiview drawing and had completedseveral simple problems of this nature in course laboratory exercises. The students were asked tocomplete ten problems in the interactive drawing and response module and were asked tocomplete a short survey regarding the interactive tool. From these responses, the followingoverall opinions were noted: • The students consistently found the tool to be easy to use. • The error messages were not clear or were somewhat

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

Graham Bell patented the “photophone”, an opticaltelephone system. Although telephone traffic was carried primarily by wire through most of thetwentieth century, investigation of optical communication continued. By 1960 optical fibers werebeing used in medical imaging, but their attenuation was much too high for long distancecommunication. Around 1970, however, researchers at Corning developed optical fiber withattenuation of less than 20 dB/km and Bell Laboratories demonstrated a point-to-point fiber optictelecommunication system in 1975. Thanks to further improvements of optical fiber as well as inlaser diodes and photodiodes, the performance of fiber optic telecommunication systems hascontinued to improve. Currently available optical fibers

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark French

outside speaker – an engineer from a racing team – discussed his duties andresponsibilities on an actual team, both in preparation for and during a race. He brieflytouched on tire pressure, recording, adjusting wing angles, ambient conditions and theireffects on the car.12. Develop an understanding of the role of the “factory” in the manufacture of the engine, chassis, tires, etc.No activity in initial course offering. We are seeking a guest lecturer for the next courseoffering.Dynamics ModuleIt is not possible to present details on from all the modules in this paper, so we will usethe vehicle dynamics module and the engine module, as representative examples.Approximately three weeks of lecture and four weeks in the laboratory were devoted

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Narciso Macia

programming. This feature makes it veryattractive since our control classes and laboratories are populated by students from mechanical,manufacturing and electronic backgrounds. In addition, this particular PLC has built-in dataacquisition capabilities, making it ideal for comparing theoretical responses (obtained bysimulating a SIMULINK-based model) with that of the actual hardware. Further, PLCs areextremely common in industrial and manufacturing environments, and the student’s familiaritywith them can serve as an added bonus in seeking employment. This paper presents themodeling, parameter estimation, and simulation procedures. The setup can also be easilymodified so that it is controlled by other types of controllers (microcontroller-based, PC

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

environmentwas designed to help bridge the existing “chasm” between how science is carried out in researchenvironments and how it is taught in secondary and undergraduate classrooms3. The LRCprofessional development environment brings together teams of experts from university andpublic school classrooms and laboratories to investigate the unique aspects of this environmentthat affect student learning. One assumption underlying the LRC is that mathematics and scienceteaching and learning will be improved when all participants in a learning environment ofdistributed expertise (a) become more connected to the authentic science research done in fieldsettings or laboratories and (b) work together to design innovative instructional frameworks thattranslate

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Preston McCrary; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball; Wesley Stone

needs of aunique region. The focus will be on approaches graduate education can take to address thegrowing need for technically prepared leaders in engineering fields. Specifically, partnershipand engagement actions taken by WCU and the benefits gained will be presented. Through theCenter for Integrated Technologies (CIT), graduate students have been involved in creativeprojects with organizations such as Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Caterpillar, Borg-Warner,Bombardier Recreational Products, and U.S. GreenTech. Additional information will beprovided on equipment resources available for industry use through the CIT and the developmentof a millennium campus to provide additional resources for entrepreneurial startups. Because ofthe positive

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tolga Duman; Cihan Tepedelenlioglu; Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

elective UG course entitled “Introduction to signal processing forcommunications research,” is being developed for Fall 2005. Evaluation and assessment procedures are inplace to evaluate the modules and measure the success of our objectives.* This work is sponsored by the NSF CRCD-EI award 0417604. Page 10.19.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”1. IntroductionTraditional undergraduate (UG) topics in electrical engineering and computer science rely on structuredclasses, laboratories

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationfirst day of the fall semester, as an eager group of students watch their instructors removerandom objects from a box and call the class to order…The Semester BeginsOn the first day of materials science class, students in the Paul Revere: Tough as Nails courseblock were given a challenge. They were asked to form three-person teams; select a commonconsumer product; design laboratory experiments to analyze technical aspects of materials usedin the product; explore the cultural, environmental and political values embedded in the product;identify an approximate “ancient

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Carter; Catherine Brawner; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe

NSF-Course, Curriculum, and LabImprovement pilot project, the LabWrite project created a web site that was used as part ofsmall-scale study at North Carolina State University1. This two-semester, iterative studyinvolved the collection of both qualitative and quantitative data that supported the belief that theLabWrite approach could improve both the quality of the lab reports being written, the students’specific knowledge of the topic covered in the laboratory, and their understanding of the processof scientific investigation. Included in this pilot project was a materials engineering laboratory2.The second phase of this funded project has taken place over the last couple of years and has ledto continued improvements to the students’ and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

introduction of newerprotocols. The two buildings are approximately 500 meters apart. The free-space optical link uses1550 nm wavelength in normal usage but has a wireless link operating at 2.4 GHz as the back-up.The line of site alignment will be achieved using telescopes initially but will have automatictracking alignment system. The wireless back-up link is used only in very dense fog conditions.This paper presents the design of only the free-space optical connection, some parts of which areimplemented in laboratory setup.I. Introduction The technology of establishing a high-speed networking between two buildings orcampuses is one of the three: 1) copper wire, 2) wireless and 2) optical fiber technology. Thecopper technology is low

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Stephen Frempong; Willie Ofosu

The Pennsylvania Stet University are compelled to modify course content to include latestinnovations in the technology. Although it is easy to modify the lecture component of thecurricula, laboratory exercises can only be done in small scales within controlled environmentwhich does not justify the expense for some of the equipment. For example, a laboratoryexercise in digital aerial photogrammetry requires an aircraft equipped with an on-board GPSreceiver, digital aerial camera and many other accessories. It is obvious that the expensesinvolved in acquiring the equipment for this exercise far exceed the financial resource of theprogram. There is therefore a need to find innovative ways to expose students to the equipment,technology, and

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watkins

. The inputand output signals in the time domain and the magnitude and phase of the frequency response areplotted in real time.To run the virtual DSA in simulation mode requires only SIMULINK. However, if combinedwith the Quanser WinCon software and hardware input/output board, it can be used formeasuring the frequency response of experimental apparatus in the laboratory. If the linear Page 10.106.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsystem is mechanical, the students can compare the

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Laffitte; David Ollis

Cross-College Collaboration of Engineering and Industrial Design Brian Laffitte, David F. Ollis, and Rebecca BrentIndustrial Design, NCSU, Raleigh, NC/ Chemical Engineering, NCSU, Raleigh, NC / Education Design, Inc., Cary, NCAbstract We report the piloting and initial assessment of a novel cross-collegecollaboration in which exploration of modern consumer and household devices in anengineering ”device dissection” laboratory is utilized to enhance student learningobjectives and achievement in a junior-senior Studio course in Industrial Design (ID).The electric guitar and the compact disc (CD) player were chosen as first round devices.The ID students first explored these devices in teams of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Dudevoir; Carl Fossa

course includes lecturescovering topics unique to the engineering design process such as project management, designeconomics, and engineering ethics. It also includes laboratory exercises designed to give thestudents practical skills they do not typically acquire during the core electrical engineeringcourse sequence. Examples of these laboratory exercises include designing a printed circuitboard, packaging circuits, and integrating sensors with microcontrollers. Both the senior projectand the laboratory exercises reinforce the technical, economic, political and social aspects of theengineering design process. The course today provides students with the skills they need tosuccessfully perform as part of an interdisciplinary design

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

ofUSB data acquisition units in an electromechanical engineering technology laboratoryenvironment. Features, advantages and disadvantages of the hardware are discussed. TheLabVIEW™ software tools (virtual instruments) developed to interface with the USB device arepresented. Examples of sensing and control systems experiments and projects are also given.IntroductionThe Universal Serial Bus (USB) has quickly found its way from consumer electronics (cameras,scanners, printers, cell phones, etc.) to laboratory equipment. The ease of connection andrelatively high data rate of USB makes this technology very useful for portable data acquisitionunits. Several units are now available at very reasonable cost from companies such as LabJack,Measurement

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Baxter

]. The first six weeks are spent learning how to create solid models of parts,one week is spent on assemblies of parts and the remaining five weeks are spent oncreating engineering drawings. Students also create hand sketches of parts creating bothisometric and orthographic projections. An additional textbook[7] is used to supplementthe hand-sketching portion of the course. The last two weeks of the semester arededicated to work on the final project. Each of the twelve lectures has an associatedlaboratory session where students work problems based on the lecture material. Thelaboratory sessions are two hours long. As EG&CAD is a one credit course, no additionalwork is assigned outside the laboratory; the goal of the lecture and laboratory is

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Powers; Mary Fran Desrochers

™ is taught as the programming language andinterfaced with two different systems, sensors and controls. One system uses Vernier®instrumentation and data acquisition and the other uses National Instruments® PCI interfaceboards and a variety of discrete sensors and controls. These systems will be compared andcontrasted to expose the reader to two approaches to teaching data acquisition systems. Anoutline of suggested laboratory experiments and related objectives is included.Introduction:While the Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) and Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) curriculums are very different, we have found a common ground in our treatment of dataacquisition and control. We both use LabVIEW™ to teach sensors, data acquisition and

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

2005-1601 Multi-section Freshman Classes with Laboratories: Lecture as Intro vs. Lecture as Wrap-up Jon Sticklen, Mark Urban-Lurain, Timothy Hinds Taner Eskil, Marilyn Amey Michigan State UniversityIntroduction A common instructional model for freshman engineering is the lecture/laboratory model.In this model, students usually spend two to four hours per week in a large lecture sectiontypically of one hundred or more students, and three to six hours per week in smalllaboratory (or recitation) sections typically of twenty or fewer students. Although not universal

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

The WSU Model for Engineering Mathematics Education Klingbeil, N.W., Mercer, R.E., Rattan, K.S., Raymer, M.L. and Reynolds, D.B. Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 45435Abstract This paper summarizes progress to date on the WSU model for engineering mathematicseducation, an NSF funded curriculum reform initiative at Wright State University. The WSUmodel seeks to increase student retention, motivation and success in engineering throughapplication-driven, just-in-time engineering math instruction. The WSU approach begins withthe development of a novel freshman-level engineering mathematics course (EGR 101). Taughtby engineering faculty, the course includes lecture, laboratory and recitation