Conference Session

Thermal Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Smith; Ralph Volino

evaluations.BackgroundIn recent years, the U.S. Naval Academy has invested in a number of pieces of “self-contained”educational laboratory equipment. This type of educational laboratory equipment iscommercially available and generally comes completely instrumented. The individual units tendto demonstrate a single concept, and different units are available for a number of subjectsincluding thermal conductivity; free and forced convection; transient heat conduction; boilingand condensation heat transfer, heat exchangers, internal combustion engines, air conditioningsystems and many other topics. This type of equipment can and has been used effectively.Shawn Kim [1] presents an interesting article on getting students involved in thermal design byimproving existing

Conference Session

Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

faculty advisor, the lab instructor and the teaching assistant and withinone week after receiving the project, the project team must develop a detailed project plan. Althoughall projects and project plans are dynamic, it is imperative that a detailed plan is developed initiallyand continually examined to properly execute the project within time and budget constraints. Most of the projects in the EE labs are team projects. Although each team member isassigned specific actions by the team, all team members are equally responsible for successfulcompletion of the project. Team members are measured for their contribution to the team by theiradvisor, lab instructor, lab director's staff and the team itself.2. Laboratory Project Requirements

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Barrett; Marion Usselman

mathematics teachers andprovide exposure of the applications of mathematics. For example, Since1991 the Georgia Power Company has placed teachers in more than 100 positions. In the majority of these positions, teachers work in power generation facilities, specifically the water quality laboratory of a fossil fuel plant. A mathematics teacher collected water samples, conducted laboratory tests, and entered data into various databases. She ran a data analysis that proved to be a very useful tool for the laboratory team and one they have continued to utilize. From her needs assessment, she expressed a desire to reduce “….my use of lecture teaching strategy by increasing the use of problem based learning

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

learner’s mental preparedness in the article What goes on in the mind of the learner. (Norman, 1980). Importance of co-operative learning, student’s study habits, laboratory activities, field trips, service learning, cognition and college teaching must be discussed in departmental meetings and appropriate actions must be put in place. (Novak & Govin, 1984, Norman, 1980, Ausubel, 1968).ScholarshipErnest L. Boyer, in his 1990 book, “Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of theProfessorate” suggests that there has been an attempt to redefine the universityteacher-scholar’s role in the academic environment. In his 1990 book, publishedby the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Boyer cites someground breaking studies and

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jeff Jackson

. He is currently an Associate Professor and Interim Department Head ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama. He is a primary developerof the Computer Engineering degree program at the University of Alabama, director of theComputer Architecture Research Laboratory and associate director of the ElectromechanicalSystems Laboratory. Dr. Jackson's teaching experience includes course and laboratory materialcovering logic design, microcomputer software and hardware, high level language programming,digital systems design, image and signal processing, computer networking, computer Page 10.442.5architecture, and senior

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Tracy Van Zandt

foundation courses can too easily become a “blur” to the students—nothing more than a “bunch of words” intermingled with sines, cosines, integrals, Taylor seriesexpansion, etc., with no particular reason or intent.In the UMASS Lowell Mechanical Engineering curriculum, an effort is being made to try torectify this by interweaving some of the fundamental STEM material between multiple coursesso that students obtain a deeper understanding of important concepts. In particular, it is helpfulto integrate the well-defined, theoretical material of foundation classes with the hands-onenvironment of later laboratory classes. Laboratory can be effectively used to reinforce lecturematerial that is presented in related courses [2]. It can also be the perfect

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

principles of physics, engineering andmaterial science is ever present, yet without artificial or forced linkages. The present paper reports a teaching experience in which such device dissectionsin an engineering lab are utilized to enhance the learning objectives and studentsatisfaction in four courses in non-engineering colleges: the Colleges of Humanities andSocial Sciences, Education, and Design. Page 10.374.2Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005 American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Laboratory Description Unfortunately

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holt; Keith Williamson; Paul Kauffmann; Tarek Abdel-Salam

andexploration of research issues related to writing proficiency of DE students in engineering andtechnology. DE writing proficiency is evaluated based on two sets of data: i) Results of a university exit-writing exam for undergraduates. ii) Results of a junior level fluid mechanics laboratory taught as a traditional and as a distance education course.Exit writing examination overviewThe exit writing examination data was gathered at Old Dominion University (ODU), acomprehensive, state – supported institution with over 18,000 students. The university is locatedin the Tidewater region of eastern Virginia, a metropolitan area with a population ofapproximately 1.5 million. ODU is among the early pioneers in distance learning through asatellite

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Tao; W Bao; R Moreno; Marc Zampino; Yiding Cao

projects in order to integrate hands-on experiments in traditionalthermal science lecture courses and to reorient traditional teaching laboratory courses withdesign, build, and test (DBT) activities. In particular, the following principles and methods areadapted: a hands-on experience integrated to abstract concepts discussed in lectures, a clearlinkage to industrial applications, and Design Build and Test (DBT) projects. Specifically, twoDBT course modules are developed: the heat exchanger and scaled building air-conditioningsystem. The project reforms the current thermal science stem curriculum with changes to threerequired lecture courses in such a way that the contents of the stand-alone ME lab course isintegrated with the lectures through the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

curriculum.A recruiting and retention plan is also being developed as part of the new curriculum design. Thedevelopment of this plan is considered to be a crucial and fundamental component of the overallEE program. One of the biggest concerns is the recruitment and retention of underrepresentedgroups in the engineering field.This paper describes the planning and development of the new Electrical Engineering program atEWU including the significance, infrastructure, goals, objectives, laboratory needs, programrequirements, and curriculum.IntroductionThe EE program was conceived on the basis of three factors: industrial demand within the regionand state, the small number of qualified graduates available to enter the workforce, and theincreasing pool of

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bennion; Jay Kunze; Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar; Michael Lineberry

close relationship with the Nuclear University Consortium that is part of the BEA team.In summary, the opportunities for developing a new paradigm for national laboratory anduniversity interaction and cooperation lies ahead. Successful development of the partnership willlead to effective implementation of the INL mission and of a viable future for nuclear energy inthe nation and the world.--------------------------------------Biographical InformationJay Kunze is the Dean of Engineering and Associate Director of the Idaho Accelerator Center atIdaho State University (ISU). He spent 20 years of his career at the INL predecessor laboratories,then 5 years as president of a geothermal energy company. During that period he was an adjunct(teaching

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Khaled Mansy

, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement-Adaptation and Implementation. This newlaboratory will help integrate the engineering of daylighting systems into the school’scurriculum, with the anticipation that this will nurture the scientific background and design skillsof undergraduate students. The secondary mission of the laboratory is to disseminate the sameknowledge and/or skills between graduate students, faculty, and practicing professionals. Thelaboratory will also be an effective venue to integrate teaching and research.1. Design of Daylighting Systems in BuildingsIntegration between daylighting and electric lighting systems in commercial buildings may resultin a significant reduction in the annual energy consumption and operating cost. Indeed

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Stier

A Competency Gaps Study for a Manufacturing Sequence Curriculum Kenneth W. Stier Department of Technology Illinois State UniversityAbstract This study was built on prior competency gap research conducted by the Society forManufacturing Engineers to provide a foundation for the development of the Department ofTechnology’s new Integrated Manufacturing Systems (IMS) laboratory at Illinois StateUniversity (ISU). The objectives of the study were to: a) investigate to what extent small andmid-sized Illinois manufacturing companies feel it is important for newly hired manufacturingengineering or technology graduates to

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Biwu Yang; Tijjani Mohammed

affordability ofcomputing and networking technologies have made Internet-based teaching and learning of boththeory and lab-based courses and programs very practical1,5,9,13. Advances in Internet accesstechnologies like dial-up, broadband, satellite, and personal wireless communication serviceshave propelled online teaching and learning to unprecedented levels. Additionally, thetremendous processing power and reduced cost of today’s personal computers and networkingequipment have made Internet-based programs much more appealing and practical than othertraditional DE based counterparts. As a result of these and other technological developments,there is a flurry of activity as academic institutions attempt to capitalize on this new wave ofenrollment

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi; Wael Ibrahim

. Development and assessment of synchronous andasynchronous distance learning curricula has gained a large momentum due to the new emergingvirtual universities. It has been argued that the ease of transfer of different disciplines from on-campus teaching to online teaching is discipline dependent. In engineering disciplines, laboratoryexperiments always served as the tool for relating the theoretical world to the real one. Otherdisciplines on the other hand do not necessarily require extensive hands-on labs. Practical orhands-on experiments delivered in traditional laboratory settings are now delivered throughsimulation software. Even though simulation is needed to reinforce concepts, practicalexperiments develop the student’s skills in dealing with

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joe Stanley; Daryl Beetner; Donald Wunsch; Rohit Dua

to the projects are possible. Depending on budget constraints, an attemptwill be made in future semesters to provide a cache of SSI chips and other relevant componentsfor loan to students to help make projects less expensive. If more time is available, a variety ofsimilar projects can be developed, allowing different groups to implement different projects,possibly projects that will all be used together to make a greater whole.References[1] Y.-Y.J. Leung, “The use of computer-aided engineering workstation in digital-circuit design laboratory,” IEEETransactions on Education, 32 (3), pp. 375-377, August 1989.[2] P. Corsini, and L. Rizzo, “SSCSSC: a tool for the teaching of digital circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Education,34 (1), pp. 70-75

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Miceli; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball

product. A call for proposalsaddressing the transfer of energy conservation and efficiency technologies into a workableprototype was issued by the Department of Energy. The ultimate goal is to stimulate regionaleconomical development and promote job growth. Resulting from an awarded contract, a uniquepartnership was formed among Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Western Carolina University,Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, and American Carolina StampingCompany to develop a marketable energy efficient hybrid water heating and dehumidifyingproduct. This partnership was made possible by securing funding from the Department ofEnergy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy through a competitive request forproposals. Benefits

Conference Session

New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

, D.F., “Freshman Laboratory for Product and Process Engineering,” Innovator (SUCCEED engineering education consortium).2. Beaudoin, D. and D. F. Ollis, “Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for First Year Engineering Students,” 1995 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). J. Eng’g. Education.3. Brown, A. and D.F. Ollis, “Team Teaching: A Freshman Rhetoric and Laboratory Experience,” ASEE, Page 10.1252.8 Washington, DC, June, 1996. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005 American Society of Engineering Education4

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

, D.F., “Freshman Laboratory for Product and Process Engineering,” Innovator (SUCCEED engineering education consortium).2. Beaudoin, D. and D. F. Ollis, “Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for First Year Engineering Students,” 1995 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). J. Eng’g. Education.3. Brown, A. and D.F. Ollis, “Team Teaching: A Freshman Rhetoric and Laboratory Experience,” ASEE, Page 10.1251.8 Washington, DC, June, 1996. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2005 American Society of Engineering Education4

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Fischer; Richard Jerz

where students attempt to calculate the cost of chocolate-chipcookies illustrates some important lessons in determining product cost. This assignmentemphasizes material cost, equipment utilization, and time considerations. Figure 3 shows anexample of the cost analysis results in Excel (both input data and graph.) Figure 3. Cost Analysis ModelSeveral assignments relate to inspection technologies and techniques. A laboratory exercisechallenges students to learn to use and read a micrometer and digital calipers.A similar approach is used to teach rapid prototyping (RP) technologies. Students have readingsand assignments, but they also have a lab where they design a part in Pro/E, create an STL file,and transfer

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ana Kennedy; David Ollis

Cross-College Collaboration to Enhance Spanish Instruction and Learning Ana Kennedy, Foreign Languages and Literatures, NCSU, Raleigh, NC David Ollis, Chemical Engineering, NCSU, Raleigh, NC Rebecca Brent, Education Design, Inc, Cary, NC. We report our pilot collaborative results for enhancing foreign languageinstruction and student learning by incorporation of an engineering laboratory componentinvolving use, dissection, and discussion, in Spanish, of four modern consumer devices:compact disc player/burner, electric and acoustic guitar, internal combustion engine, andbicycle. Our original lecture course, “Spanish: Language, Culture

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Laffitte; David Ollis

product models are often madequickly, cut out of various types of foam, or modeled from wood or fiberboard. Buildingthese ‘sketch models’ throughout the design process provides several benefits, such asimparting a sense of scale, or the ability to investigate how a product fits in the hand.Later models that are highly finished can be produced either in the shop or by means ofcomputer modeling. As the design students moved into the concept development phase, it was decidedthat the teaching assistants from engineering would come into the design studio, insteadof only being on duty in the product laboratory, which is located in the College ofEngineering. It was through this somewhat unexpected development that the coursebegan to take on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilary Lackritz, Purdue University; Laura Demsetz, College of San Mateo; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University

principles of materials science and engineering through modern technologies • Develop three laboratory modules that use open ended projects to emphasize the roles of materials engineers in industry • Solicit feedback on the modules from formal partnerships with industry and community college representatives • Beta test the modules at varied institutions including community colleges, undergraduate teaching colleges, and research universities • Assess the modules for their impact on student learning as well as their ease of adaptability by other institutionsTwo types of modules will be developed, each will teach the fundamentals of materials scienceand engineering in an

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Susan Magliaro; Michael Alley; Hassan Aref, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alex Aning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hayden Griffin; Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

and/or enhance their chances for facultyjob opportunities in higher education. With the current outsourcing of industrial research, thenumber of job opportunities in corporate and government research laboratories has diminishedgreatly. Thus, those students obtaining a Ph.D. in engineering increasingly look to academia forpositions. There are also others who are interested in teaching engineering in corporate settings,as well as those who are interested in pursuing educational research in engineering and science.While the sample population of prospective employers is very small in this survey, it is apparentthat employers view all the four graduate programs as useful. In the next section, we providemore details of our proposed

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

. Giddlings, and J. C. McRobbie, “Evolution and Validation Form of an Instrument For Assessing Science Laboratory Classroom Environments”, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32(4), pp.399-422, 1995.2) M. Barak and Y. Doppelt, “Promoting Creative Thinking Within Technology Education”, Paper presented at the International Workshop for Scholars in Technology Education, WOCATE, George Washington University, Washington DC, September 1998.3) N. D. Perkins, Technology Meets Constructivism: Do They Make a Marriage?, T. M. Duffy & H. D. Jonassen Eds., “Constructivism and Technology of Instruction: A Conversation”, ;;.45-55, Hillsdale, NJ, 1992.4) S. Waks, “Lateral Thinking and Technology Education”, Journal of Science

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamicsystems and instrumentation areas. His industrial experience includes positions at Michelin Research and OakRidge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design and manufacturing firms.He can often be found with his four children in his home machine shop building steam engines and repairing jeeps. Page 10.20.6“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Lauffer; Frank Duda; Peter Idowu

2004. There is a lack of funds forresources to support innovative approaches for teaching engineering classes, such ascomputer simulation software or up-to-date laboratory equipment and instruments. The EEfaculty cannot afford to participate in professional development opportunities as thesetypically would require travel out of the country and high registration costs. Students cannotafford to purchase engineering textbooks, and the department library has very few books orjournal titles. The burden of maintaining the programs at the Faculty of Engineering is quitesubstantial; it would be pointless making other demands such as suggestions to engage themin outreach to motivate children to study science. The current consuming burden

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

their classroom desk. UFPME experiments wereconducted on folding tables and chairs in a large loading dock. The authors recommend thatwhen conducting these experiments with greater than 25 students, a few Laboratory Assistants berecruited to help set up and facilitate the 30 to 40-minute experiments.1. Charged up on ElectrophoresisActivities associated with the Charged Up On Electrophoresis experiment span four contactsessions, but only two need to be dedicated solely to this topic. The first is an introductorylecture that reviews basic knowledge, industrial applications, and teaches the students importantequations and procedures. At this first contact meeting, a preassignment and experimentalprocedure is handed out; the preassignment is due

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Thomson; Donald Orlich; Richard Zollars

designed to be mobile. A typical application will consist of two units, one atWSU and one that can be brought into the K-12 classroom. By linking the two via the Internetwe can provide real-time audio and visual between the two sites. Thus a teacher and their classcould have a virtual face-to-face interaction with the faculty member at WSU, similar to what wasdone in co-TEACH. A more exciting application of this technology will be to bring the K-12students into the faculty member’s research laboratory to let them see activities and equipmentthat would not be accessible to them at their school. We also wish to obtain better follow-up on student attitudes concerning engineering aftertheir teachers have been participants in our program. We are

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

use of detection, signalingand suppression systems. The course laboratory has both software and hardware. LabVIEWcomputer software is being used to develop new standalone software projects, and newproject designs that interact with hardware.Many of the fire alarm system class students are often fire and safety personnel that work invarious related professions. Additionally, the class students have varied technical experiencelevel and background in academics. The LabVIEW software is being used to develop alaboratory that is suitable for a class with students that have different backgrounds.Newly developed laboratory exercises are used to acquaint the safety and fire students withLabVIEW and fire alarm systems.Original LabVIEW exercises have