Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Administration requirements, andeven taking attendance at schools. The compact size of the readers (the size of a text book),affordability of the tags (less than $1 each), and usability of the reader software makes this anideal technology for use in the teaching laboratory. Introducing RFID into the ECET curriculumserves two purposes: it teaches modern tools of the industry, and it gives a practical way to teachimportant radio frequency concepts.How RFID worksThere are four main components in an RFIDsystem: the interrogator or reader, the antenna(s)connected to interrogator, a computer interface,and the tag. (See Figure 1) The interrogator,antenna, and interface will all be part of aninstallation or a handheld system, while the tagwill be attached in

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

of thereported endeavors. Involvement in ACTION projects have not only reinforced conceptsintroduced in classroom setting but have inspired students to be engaged in the process oflearning and discovery well beyond expectations of the course syllabi, format, and structure.1. IntroductionUndergraduate research projects provide students with opportunities to think like a scientist orengineer, [1] increases student participation in interdisciplinary, authentic problem solving [2] andhelp universities move from teaching oriented to learning centered. [3]The “Academic Excellence” [4] study reveals the value that all institutions place onundergraduate research. Twenty – five (25) percent of all published papers include studentauthors

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Silvernagel, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

generated in the many possible partnership scenarios that arise among thestudents, faculty, and outside entities associated with a particular project, as well as whetherstudents and faculty have a working understanding of IP ownership and what it really means tothem. Through support by the North Dakota Small Business Development Center, a researchinstrument is currently under development to study the issue of student-generated intellectualproperty in more depth. The underlying assumptions used in the survey are that claims to IPownership for a particular project are really based on the answers to three fundamental questions:(1) Who formulated the problem statement? (2) Who solved the problem? (3) How significantwas the use of resources (e.g., human

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; William Semke, University of North Dakota; Douglas Olsen, University of North Dakota; Arnold Johnson, University of North Dakota; Ofer Beeri, University of North Dakota; George Seielstad, University of North Dakota

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Design in Engineering Education

sensor development projectduring each summer as a multidisciplinary team, in addition to side independent researchprojects with individual faculty mentors. The primary goal was to teach the participants – mainlyelectrical, mechanical, and aerospace engineering undergraduate students and K-12 teachers –about systems engineering methodology, including design, build, integration, and test, with acomplementary benefit of the participants practicing their communication and teamwork skills.The systems engineering projects that the participants designed during the summer months willbe described, with an emphasis on lessons learned from recruiting and managing the team.1. IntroductionThe University of North Dakota hosted a Research Experiences for

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bella Klass-Tsirulnikov, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (formerly Negev Academic College of; Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

byinfinite planes, with information extracted from infinitely many pairs of boundary voltagepotentials, requires an understanding of infinity well beyond the intuitive.Take, for example, two digital signals, or mathematical sequences: {x(n)} = {…, x(-2), x(-1), x(0), x(1), …, x(n),… } {y(n)} = {…, y(-2), y(-1), y(0), y(1), …, y(n),… }Produce a third signal, or sequence, by discrete convolution: 3 z(n) = 5 x(k) y(n 2 k) for 1n 4{...,2 2,2 1, 0, 1, 2, 3,....} k = 23We feel that our students have difficulty grasping the meaning of minus infinity in this formulafor {z(n)}. An integral from minus infinity to plus infinity can be

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

best in the activities through daily team-based competitions. Each team was awarded points for their performance in the daily activitiesand team membership was rotated on a daily basis, ensuring that no one participated in the samegroup on any activity. At the end of the week, the camper with the highest points was the first toselect a camp reward from the “prize table”. The prizes ranged from an ETrex handheld GPSdevice (cost about $100) to T-shirts (cost about $12). Page 11.1177.4 Figure 1: Fire Safety ActivityDay 1: Fire Safety Engineering TechnologyThe first day began with a short movie showing how fast a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

CREATE’s successes, established objectives,activities, outcomes and timelines designed to target the seven chief areas of need or goals that theCREATE project identified. The CREATE Center’s objectives along with the highlights of theCenter’s accomplishments during its first three years of operation are listed below.Objective 1: Increase pools of trained teachers for both Information Technology andManufacturing TechnologyAn award-winning training program (Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence) at College of theCanyons, with over fifteen years of past success in educating part-time academic faculty hasbeen adapted to a model to train part-time teachers who come from industry or who have onlytechnical skills without teaching backgrounds to be

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

of bachelor degrees awarded inengineering in the United States6. Furthermore, between the years 2002 and 2012, the Bureau ofLabor Statistics expects a 3% to 9% growth in engineering occupations7. These statistics suggestthat the U.S. will be facing a shortage of engineers in the near future. If American companiescannot recruit domestic engineers, they will go abroad to recruit engineers or they will movetheir engineering operations overseas1.The National Science Board’s, Science and Engineering Indicators—2002 states: “The UnitedStates has long relied heavily on scientists and engineers who were born abroad, and increasinglyso in the closing years of the 20th century” 1. Clearly, the U.S. has been unable to produce asufficient number of

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Mehran Elahi, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

International

economy to a service and industry-based economy. Many educational andvocational institutions in these countries, with limited teaching and learning resources, have tocope with the existing equipment for the time being. Thus creative transformation approachessuch as the one discussed in this paper can prove to be highly beneficial.Conversion of a Materials TesterThe equipment described here is a molding press which originally was a materials test unit thatwas acquired in 1976. The equipment is shown in Figure 1. This unit could provide both tensionand compression capability. The first step in transforming the equipment was to remove theunnecessary components. Since there is only need for compressive capability in a molding press,the top crossbar

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology; Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

is that moving to remote and virtual access to laboratoryhardware leads to significant changes in the learning outcomes of the students whoexperience this laboratory. In the face of such changes, these alternative access modes mustbe considered pedagogical alternatives, rather than simply logistical conveniences.IntroductionLaboratory classes are a key element in undergraduate engineering teaching. They serve anumber of valuable roles, such as validating analytical concepts, and providing exposure toprofessional practice 1. One of the drawbacks of laboratory classes is that they are expensive,in terms of both time and money. Another drawback is the significant logistical challenge ofscheduling access to hardware for potentially large groups

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Contemporary Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology; Heinz Luegenbiehl, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

partsunder as much as twenty feet of water.3 Indeed, such an event had long been predicted.4That much is undisputed.Cause: “take 1” For almost a month after Katrina smashed through New Orleans, the predominantview seems to have been that the cause of the disaster was water flowing over thefloodwalls; the walls had failed because the cascading water had undermined them fromthe street side. There was good reason for this view. At many places, especially alongLake Pontchartrain, observers had actually seen water coming over the levees; and therewas, in any case, plenty of evidence of just the sort of erosion “overtopping” wouldproduce. On this view, Katrina had only the simplest of lessons to teach. The flood-controlsystem had been built to

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanzhong (Shawn) Duan, South Dakota State University; Li Qian, South Dakota State University; Teresa Hall, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

concerned. Theengineering design program and manufacturing program at South Dakota State University Page 11.1433.2(SDSU) face a similar challenge.The design curriculum for the Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department at SDSU consists ofseveral required courses and technical elective courses as shown in Table 1. ME 240Introduction to Mechanical Design, ME 321 Fundamentals of Machine Design, ME 418 Designof Thermal System, ME 421 Design of Machine Elements, ME 478 and ME 479 MechanicalSystem Design I and II are required courses for all students majoring in ME program. Anothereleven technical elective course such as ME 412 Internal Combustion Engine, ME

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Norton, University of Michigan; Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Dunn, Environmental Protection Agency

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

of the semester, the studentspresented their work at the regional EPA office for an audience of EPA and City of Chicagostaff. The next section describes the two elements of the project in greater detail. The balance ofthe paper discusses the students’ results, the grading methodology, and the post-projectassessment.2. Project Description To introduce the project to the class, I lectured briefly on the SmartWay Partnership and gavethe following four goals for student participation in the project. 1. Gain insight into a voluntary emission control program 2. Become familiar with mobile source control technologies 3. Calculate emissions reductions and economic impacts from involvement in a

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Hye Jeong Kim, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Designs, the user canreview different layouts in terms of operation time and cost of each step, overall cycle time andtotal cost.The toolkit was evaluated by 27 undergraduate students who took a manufacturing automationand robotics course in Fall 2005. Students’ comments and opinions were mostly positive andincluded suggestions for further improvement. Future directions include (1) adding aninteractive tutorial component including a case study of designing an automated system; (2)testing the prototype with a larger student population; (3) soliciting input from industry experts;and (4) comparing and contrasting how similar problems are solved by experts and novices

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Landon Gray, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

studies are being developed. These case studies includeanimations of automated systems to help students to visualize how processes work and thesequence of events. They also illustrate steps in the programming process from identifying thesequence of events and input and outputs to developing code to implement each event. Althoughthe idea of case studies itself is not new, the combination of case study methodologies andinstructional technology to teach PLC programming is relatively novel. This paper will describethe case studies that have been developed so far, how they are being used, results from studentevaluations of these case studies, and future directions.1. IntroductionThe programmable logic controller (PLC) has been described as one of

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Women in Engineering

Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois. Her research interests relate to the career development of women in engineering and human behavior in engineering. Page 11.1454.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 1 Women Engineers: Factors and Obstacles Related to the Pursuit of a Degree in Engineering AbstractResearch on women in engineering confirms the presence of gender barriers that affect therecruitment and retention of women

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Drigel, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

resolution processes, cost analysis models and presentation skillsare learned skills. The students, upon completion of this course, are able to (1) define whatprojects are and how they are used in the industrial and manufacturing world, (2) demonstrate thetools and technology requirements for project management, (3) demonstrate the team concept forproject operation and management, and (4) demonstrate the process of finding and criticallyevaluating information in project management. The textbook used for this course is ProjectManagement: A Managerial Approach 5th Edition by Jack R. Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel Jr.John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN 0-471-07323-7. A significant number of supplemental readingsand Harvard Business Case (HBS) studies are

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Dangelo, Intel Corp.; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University; Narciso Macia, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

provided up to thirty-two PC COM ports, whichallowed each microcontroller to be connected to a separate COM port. Figure 1 outlines theproject signal flow concept, which became the basic system design principle. COMP01 RP01 RocketPort 16 Channel Computer w/ Factory Control Breakout Module Graphical User

Conference Session

Digital System Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne DeGroat, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

generation significantly easier. Placing the test vectors in afile also allows easy expansion of tests and incorporation of new tests once the first testresults are evaluated. Lectures also cover several other verification topics such a whitebox versus black box verification. The first design the students work on is white-boxverification. White box verification means that the students see the HDL code they areverifying. In some cases the HDL code is not available to be seen.II.A. The ProjectsII.A.1 Floating Point Adder Functional Unit For the first project the students work in groups of two. As modern HDL designis done in teams the verification course uses teamwork for all the assignments. However,the teams are changed for each assignment

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University; Melissa Dark, Purdue University; Barry Lunt, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

security concernsin the curriculum. We hope that our experience can help others achieve this importantgoal.IntroductionThe Information Assurance and Security knowledge area in IT20051 was created throughthe interaction of the Information Technology and Information Assurance educationcommunities.2 Information Assurance and Security is one of 8 (Figure 1) pervasivethemes introduced IT2005. The committee states “that these topics are best addressedmultiple times in multiple classes, beginning in the IT fundamentals class and woven likethreads throughout the tapestry of the IT curriculum”3. These themes are referenced invarious knowledge areas, however, Information Assurance and Security is also a KA ofit’s own.The IT community that has become SIGITE

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Daniel Brooker, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

want to compromisethose resources. Thus the importance of teaching students the basics of information Page 11.110.2security and the more general information assurance topics has become a necessity incurriculum related to computer information systems. Some curricula have allowed for in-depth study of these topics. However, the advancement of distance education (DE) hasprovided challenges to teaching these topics.As discussed by Frincke [1], the teaching philosophies for information assuranceeducators can be divided into two camps: defense assurance and attack understanding.Defense assurance focuses on the mechanisms to provide defenses to a system

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Keilson, Loyola College in Maryland; robert pond, Loyola College; william karasz, Loyola College; kyle bates, Loyola College; ryan christopher, Loyola College

Tagged Divisions

Materials

is show in Figure 1.Figure 2, shows the new design, which consists of a centralized power distribution andfiber optics for switching.Centralized Power Distribution SystemThe essence of the design problem for centralizing the copper power distribution systemwas to settle on a design that allowed an easy, quick, efficient break away of connectingterminals. This allows removal of the copper power distribution “backbone”, leavingminimal amounts of copper behind. This is a problem in mechanical and materialsengineering. The opposing design requirement is that the connections do not break underthe usual wear, tear, usage of an automobile in all of its sometimes challenging thermaland vibration environments. The pre-determined break away feature

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Di Bella, Northeastern University; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

11.22.2survey evening students from all of the evening engineering technology disciplines: computer,electrical and mechanical engineering technology in order to quantify the hypothesis that eveningstudents are more mature than their day time counterpartsThe SurveyA survey of part-time evening students at Northeastern University was conducted from all of themajors in the college’s engineering technology program.1 Various “random” classes from eachmajor were used for this survey. The number of students surveyed is given by major and shownin Table 1.Table 1 Number of Students Surveyed and Their Majors Major Survey Feedback Number Electrical Engineering Technology - EET 30

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron McKean, Ferris State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

were also included in the curriculum.The course selection targeted graduates for employment at companies that where technicallybased and largely focused on development and manufacturing. By the late 1990’s the skills mostin demand included many still popular today. Software developers (C, C++, Java, and Assembler) Networking and Internet technologies Embedded systems development Hardware/software development and debugging Project managementAt a time when new jobs in these fields were outpacing graduates at a 4:1 rate, many positionswere being filled with those who had limited on-the-job experience. Those were days in whichthe networking, embedded and software markets were at their peaks.Technology Circa 19933

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tommy Stevenson, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, biologicalengineering, and industrial engineering – have a significant percentage of women in the program.Overall, our college of engineering has 17.57% women at the undergraduate level, compared to17.68% nationally1.The participation of minority students also varies between programs in the college. However,this variance is much smaller than that for women with the participation rates varying from 5.1%(civil) to 22.6% (industrial). Overall for the college, the percentage of African-Americanstudents at the undergraduate level was 11.25%. This compares with a national average of Page 11.996.26.04%1. However, the percentage of African-American students for

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

underdevelopment at East Carolina University [1]. The NCEES (National Council ofExaminers for Engineering and Surveying) has clearly defined content areas that general Page 11.861.2engineering students must master in the “electricity and magnetism” area [2]: themorning session of the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) exam covers basic conceptsincluding charge, direct and alternating current circuit analysis, and complex algebra; theafternoon session further requires electric machines (motors and generators), electricalinstrumentation, and measurement systems, which in turn requires some coverage ofoperational amplifiers and digital logic. It is quite challenging to

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik Peterson, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

assess student’sopinions on the course content, delivery, and structure. We reported our preliminary results lastyear.1 Now, in this recent offering, the course has been modified to address student feedback.This paper reports on modifications to the course and draws comparisons with the last year’sstudent feedback and course evaluations.The CourseThe “Introduction to Biomedical Microsystems” course introduces electrical engineers to therapidly emerging area of BioMEMS, and was described in detail previously.1 Briefly, the coursewas designed to be ten weeks long, three hours per week, consisting of twenty 75 min lectures.As a 600-level course it was dual-level, intended for the undergraduate seniors and first yeargraduate students in the

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kain Osterholt, Belcan Corp.; Adam Vaccari, Caterpillar Incorporated; Joe Faivre, Caterpillar Incorporated; Gary Dempsey, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

projects. Additionalworkstations have not been purchased for students in the control theory courses because of costand space constraints. However, incorporating a laboratory feel into these courses would enhancelearning and retention. The design and use of a low-cost virtual control workstation in the firstundergraduate control theory course will be discussed. The virtual workstation was modeledfrom the physical electrical and mechanical parameters of a Quanser Consulting electro-mechanical system.I. Introduction Two control workstations from Quanser Consulting have been used in over adozen student projects in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at BradleyUniversity as well as for faculty research 1. The Quanser Consulting

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Dom Acciani, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Chenguang Diao, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Bernard Pietrucha, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

basic mechanical elements for a crane,and challenged to design a truss that attached to the substructure and was capable of lifting atleast 420 pounds to a height of 24 inches. The substructure consisted of a steel base onto whicha steel I-beam column was pinned. The column had a number of holes along the edge to be usedfor pinning structural members. A sliding block along the base provided another attachmentpoint. A motor and gearbox were permanently mounted to the base and a cable take-up reel wasconnected to the gearbox through a shaft coupling. The weights rested on the steel base andwere hoisted by a cable. This structure is shown in Figure 1 and its specifications are given inTable 1. The same substructure was used by all the teams. The