Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilya Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Herbert L. Hess P.E., University of Idaho in Moscow; Frank Pietryga, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

technology students closer in terms of learning both aspects of this importanttechnique.In this paper, an assessment of learning is reported where these classes of load flow tools areused in laboratories for engineering instruction and for engineering technology instruction.Methodologies are presented for teaching load flow from both perspectives: from a basicprogramming perspective and from a holistic perspective using a high level software simulationpackage. The results are assessed and recommendations for improvement are presented.Programming perspectiveA five-bus electric power system presents a significant programming problem without becomeexcessively burdensome. In the work at hand, the power system diagrammed in Figure 1 waspresented to

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Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Harichandran, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

recruit young and idealistic minds interested in contributing toward solvingsome of society’s vital fundamental concerns. The prospect of using emerging technologies toaddress sustainable development has the definite potential of exciting undergraduate students. Several initiatives in this regard are already underway. Stanford University, for instance, isplanning to provide an innovative experience to students by establishing a residential program ina newly constructed “green” dormitory building. The building is expected to showcase sustain-able concepts related to energy, water systems, vehicle refueling, air quality, etc. and serve as a“live-in laboratory.” The new thrusts are driving curriculum reform. Several Big 10+ CEE departments

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Women in Engineering

topurchase portable water quality analysis equipment. This student completed a laboratory researchcomponent to learn and evaluate the robustness of a microbial water quality indicator test. Allthree students worked with a team of other students and a professional mentor on the EWBproject, and traveled internationally to their community over the course of the project experience.Of the two women and one male student mentored by Prof. Bielefeldt, one is now pursuing aMaster’s degree and the other two are working in the engineering profession. Two are stillinvolved with EWB projects.In December 2005 a written survey of 110 questions on the learning outcomes from working onthese EWB/Independent Study projects was e-mailed to the three students who worked

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

. Those who are dedicated toimproving the situation in their native countries often return home after graduate studyabroad, and take teaching position at local universities. They are then often beset by amultitude of problems – inadequate salaries, forcing them to have an additional job whichdetracts from their university effectiveness; lack of financial resources for teaching andresearch laboratory equipment, and for publications that could keep them abreast ofdevelopments in their technical and professional fields; and lack of funds for travel toconferences that could keep them technically and professionally up to date. Page 11.1366.2With developments

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Michael Sexton, Virginia Military Institute

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

system design and optimization. Dr. Sexton holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Page 11.809.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Interactive Computer Program for Enhancing Conductive Heat Transfer ConceptsAbstractA computer based interactive learning tool for students enrolled in the Heat and Mass Transfercourse for undergraduate students was developed. The program is based on a code developedthrough a private contract with Sandia National Laboratory for steady state and transient heatconduction in solids. The interface, which

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Stuart, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

maximal success from industry input on curriculum development, program improvement and laboratory enhancement • Illustrations of how to develop internships with industry partners • Deliberations on how industry can help to accelerate the global connection for engineering education • Real world cases of the positive improvements for industry, educational institutions and communities that result from collaboration between industry and engineering educationPresented in this paper are actual experiences and examples of how a technical institution andfaculty have mutually benefited, with industrial partners from ongoing relationships andprograms that have successfully worked to improve the quality and direction of

Conference Session

Visualization

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Study, Virginia State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

that the use of visualization in math and science related coursesenhances both the visualization skills of students and the learning outcomes of the math andscience related courses. Hands on experiences, field observations, use of graphing calculators,and science laboratory equipment increased opportunities for the students to create mentalmodels which they could then relate to different academic areas and to daily life 16. As waspreviously noted, the students in this study had lower than desired skills in basic math, includingalgebra and geometry. However, their diagnostic math test scores improved over the course ofthe semester 6 and whether the improvement can be attributed to the college algebra andtrigonometry course most students were

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Economy

. (1997), “Problem Based Learning via Open Ended Projects in Carnegie MellonUniversity's Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory,” Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997, 27thAnnual Conference. 'Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change'. Proceedings, 350–354.[3] Criteria For Accrediting Engineering Programs (Effective for Evaluations During the 2005-2006 AccreditationCycle); Engineering Accreditation Commission; ABET, Inc. Baltimore, MD November 1, 2004.[4] De Camargo Ribeiro, L.R. and Mizukami, M.G.N. (2005), “Student Assessment of a Problem-Based LearningExperiment in Civil Engineering Education,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice,131(1), 13-18.[5] Dym, C.L., Agogino, A.M., Eris, O., Frey, D. D., and

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New Topics in Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Nippert, Widener University

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Engineering Economy

cheating6 Using a computer/laptop during in-class tests 4.2 0.0 4.2 54.2 37.5 makes the tests more like engineering practice.7 Allowing students to use laptops during tests 4.2 16.7 45.8 25.0 8.3 favors students who can afford them8 The use of computers during tests should be 4.2 0.0 8.3 62.5 25.0 allowed when the tests take place in a computer laboratory.9 The use of laptops during tests should be allowed 8.3 12.5 8.3 50.0 20.8 when the tests take place in a regular classroom.N= 25Additional statistical information can be obtained by using a chi square test to compare responsesto pairs of questions. The chi

Conference Session

Civil ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

software. The author had to familiarize the students with the essential features of Mathcad, before they were given the assignment. As part of the Page 11.1234.8 course, a two-hour-per-week computational laboratory makes it possible for the author to teachthe basics of this software. Eighteen students answered a survey which is summarized in Table1. Table 1. Summary of Student Surveys Strongly Not Strongly Statement Disagree Disagree Sure Agree AgreeThe use of Mathcad for InfluenceLines was

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Richard Zollars, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

membersserving as moderators are asked to occasionally monitor their topic and make contributions,enhancements, and consolidations as they see necessary. Their role is both to improve thecoherency of their topic by summary threads messages and to solicit new topics. Moderators canedit or delete all messages posted in their area. The Forum includes the ability to upload and disseminate attachments. This is intended toallow electronic materials, such as a innovative laboratory assignment, to be uploaded in acompact form, such as a PDF (Portable Document Format), without the use of an intermediarywebsite. This means that faculty who do not maintain their own websites can still disseminatematerials broadly through the ChED.The ASEE Chemical

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University

designing andbuilding robots so I turned the project over to my students to determine the specific objectivesand develop the curriculum. The students worked closely with theInternational Technology Association Standards(ITEA, 2000), state standards, and teachers’ lessonplans. We wanted to ensure that we taught ameaningful core rather than just a lot of “cool”activities. Space exploration and the NASA MarsRover project became the theme of our activity.NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) wasparticularly helpful in providing resources and ideasabout what might be available. BYU students splitup into three different instructional teams where 5-6BYU students worked on curriculum for SpaceExploration, Deployment Design, or RoverEngineering

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Reising, University of Evansville

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Computers in Education

2006-812: MATHCAD FOR IN-CLASS EXAMPLES IN A RANDOM PROCESSESCOURSEJames Reising, University of Evansville JAMES A. REISING is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana, where he has taught since 1980. Prior to that time he was employed by Eagle-Picher Industries at the Miami Research Laboratories and the Electro-Optic Materials Department. He is a senior member of IEEE. Page 11.913.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Mathcad™ for In-class Examples in a Random Processes CourseAbstractSome textbooks1,2 used for courses in

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Rutkowski, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Computers in Education

semester by IT services. To tailor Portfolio to fit the needs of the student, we have developed an element templatethat contains the information that we as a department would like to utilize (Table 2). Certainelements are automatically entered into the template (Adm) while others require student input.Of these elements, some are required by the department (Stu-Req) and some are optional (Stu-Opt). This template contains the personal identification and contact data, general educationalinformation as well as departmental specific elements (Figure 3). The departmental specificelements correspond to many of the courses found within the traditional chemical engineeringcurriculum. Laboratory reports, case studies, design projects can be easily

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

useful for this project. 2.85 3.50 1.09 6. I knew very little about the topic of my project before this semester started. 2.95 2.27 4.82 7. I would support a “learning laboratory” in the Dept. where students could “interact” with 4.29 4.17 4.64 various mechanical devices on their own timeDiscussionFemales entering an engineering discipline may do so with a perceived “competitivedisadvantage”. The results of this paper strongly disputes this perception related to design andproblem solving issues. The Sun Clock Project could be viewed as “creative” or “original”design, and both

Conference Session

Women & New Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Cory Hoffman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Melissa Zaczek, Rochester Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

and faculty.Student Viewpoint #2: Cory HoffmanI began working for Dr. DeBartolo as a Materials Science grader during my third year inengineering at RIT. My interest in opportunities with the Materials Science course came afterhaving a student instructor for the laboratory portion of the course the previous year. While myreal ambition was to instruct the lab, it was still required that I familiarize myself with the coursework and content as a grader before attempting lab instruction.Grading for the course certainly serves as a refresher for the material content and helps inidentifying quality student work over submissions made with less effort. Performing this workas well as assisting in exam grading led to a student-professor working

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Paris Stringfellow, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Science faculty at Clemson in January, 1998 and is currently investigating gaze-contingent perceptual graphics and collaborative virtual reality systems.Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye is Professor and Chair of Industrial Engineering Department and the Director of the Advanced Technology Systems Laboratory at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research is focused in the areas of modeling human performance in manufacturing and aviation systems, inspection, and issues related

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Uei-Jiun Fan, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

ProjectsSeveral engineering service-learning projects have been accomplished at Cal Poly Pomona.Every one of them requires a common engineering sense built on the fundamental subjects andsofter skills developed in general education classes as well as engineering and science classes,particularly the team-oriented laboratory classes. A brief summary of some of the projects aregiven below:Robot FIRSTA group of engineering students teamed up to support Robotics Alliance of West Covina, a localrobotics community for teaching and assisting local high school students of West Covina HighSchool in designing and constructing a robot for the FIRST Robotics competition. FIRST standsfor “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology” and is an initiative

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Schneider, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

undergraduate research activities.The credits earned in these courses count as technical elective credits. In the EngineeringTechnology Department, SET 398 course entitled “Research and Innovation Laboratory”provides students a meaningful experience with engineering research and related activities.SET398 allows students to participate in the selection and design of technology, theinvestigation, collection and analysis of data and the presentation of research material. Withinthe course description, research can include, but is not limited to, developing an experiment,collecting and analyzing data, surveying and evaluating literature, developing new tools andtechniques including software, and surveying, brainstorming and evaluating engineeringsolutions

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

obviousness rejection, so a successfully sold product may in itself support thepatentability of an invention. In any case, the patentability of an invention is directly related tothe market share and, in turn, the profitability of the product. Therefore, the ability to obtainpatent protection must be factored into all of the other business decisions made in thecommercialization process.Future Developments The U.S. patent system is one of only a few countries that use a “first-to-invent” systemof patenting. That is the basis of the novelty concept described above – the statutory provision in35 U.S.C. § 102(a). As discussed above, the laboratory notebook is useful in antedating a priorart reference if the inventor conceived of the invention

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

. Courses included in mathematics and sciences core are mathematics, algebra,calculus, statistics, physics, chemistry, laboratory, and etc.Courses included in distribution and technology core are courses that are directly related to theindustrial distribution career such as purchasing, inventory control, warehouse management,supply chain management, transportation, logistics, process control, and etc. However, severalcourses are not directly to the distribution but included in this category to make students familiar,get more understand in industrial process such as material, fluid systems, and safety in industry.Some are related to computer and information technology applications such as databasemanagement, information system, and computer

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

by Product Dissection”, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC., 1996.11. Lamancusa, J., Jorgensen, J., and Zayas-Castro, J., “The Learning Factory – A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 103-112, April 1997.12. Fincher, C., “Trends and Issues in Curricular Development in Higher Education”, Handbook of Theory and Research, vol. 2, 1986, Ed. J. Smart.13. Nicolai, L.M., “Designing a Better Engineer”, Aerospace America, pp. 30, April 1992.14. Beaudoin, D.L. and Ollis, D.F., “A Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for Freshmen”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 279-285, July 1995.15. Felder, R

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant; Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College

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Nuclear and Radiological

Engineering Technology must complete an Integrated TechnologyAssessment (ITA) requirement. [5] The ITA is driven by the program’s publishedlearning objectives. Students are required to demonstrate their accomplishment of eachobjective with individualized learning statements drawn from their own academic,professional, or life experiences. The resulting portfolios must also contain evidencesupporting these statements; examples of such evidence may include copies ofexaminations or laboratory reports, design drawings, citations from supervisors or peers,honors or awards, or similar documentation. It may also include videos of presentationgiven in class or on the job, and letters from professors or employers attesting to skills inthe particular areas of

Conference Session

Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

and institutional support.Collaborative InquiryAs Austin and Baldwin state, “The image of the solitary scholar working alone in a li-brary carrel or laboratory is no more than a fond memory or historical artifact.”17 Just ascollaboration has become ubiquitous in scholarly research, it is important for educationalgoals as well. Collaboration can help to assess whether a desired instructional goal is be-ing met. It is especially important to use collaboration when the desired assessment fallsoutside the expertise of the instructor. Collaborative inquiry is also desirable to show thatteaching methods are effective. One instructor who had seen a dramatic improvement instudent performance was told by colleagues that his results were “interesting

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Gordon Brinton, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Harley Hartman, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Scott Neuhard, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Resmy Abraham, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Eric Boyer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

Va Va Vc Vb Formation of balanced but unsymmetrical voltage setFigure 3. Visualization of Symmetrical Components (Microsoft PowerPoint)2.4. Case 4: Visualization of line flow data (LabVIEW) The National Instruments – LabVIEW, Laboratory Virtual InstrumentationEngineering Workbench, was used to design an interface to a power system simulationprogram to display per unit values, voltages, currents, phase angles, generated voltage andsynchronous machine load angle on a polar chart. As shown in Figure 4a, the purpose is tovisualize the relationship between rotor angle and stator magnetic field in a

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University; Heather Cooper, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

students multiple opportunities to become confident of theirproject management skills, integrate topics across course boundaries, work closely withdepartmental faculty, and demonstrate their mastery of course content. MET 317 MachineDiagnostics is a relatively popular elective course completed by approximately 50% of METstudents, with 24-30 students enrolled per semester. The course includes fundamental vibrationtheory and applications in machinery diagnostics and maintenance practices. The class meets fortwo 50-minute lectures and one 110-minute laboratory session each week. Prerequisiteknowledge includes dynamics, introductory physics, and calculus. Course details are posted,with full accessibility to all course components except grades and

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University; Gregory Olson, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

integrating design education throughout the engineering curriculum at Northwestern University.Gregory Olson, Northwestern University Gregory B. Olson, Fellow of ASM and TMS, is the Wilson-Cook Professor of Engineering Design and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, Associate Director for Research of the IDEA Institute for Design Engineering & Applications, Director of the Materials Technology Laboratory/Steel Research Group, and a founder of QuesTek Innovations LLC. He received the B.S. and M.S. in 1970 and Sc.D in 1974 in Materials Science from MIT and remained there in a series of senior research positions before joining the faculty of Northwestern in

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Steven Eisenbarth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

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International

2006-1394: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GLOBAL WORLDVIEWKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Ken Van Treuren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received his B. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy, his M. S. in Engineering from Princeton University, and his DPhil. at the University of Oxford, UK. At Baylor he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering.Steven Eisenbarth, Baylor University Steven Eisenbarth is Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. He received his B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University; Marie Dahleh, Harvard University

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First-Year Programs

needand desire to reduce the gap in student learning and real world problem solving asgraduates enter the workforce. The National Academy of Engineering has appealed toengineering programs to integrate theory and practice in the curriculum, and introducemore innovative learning methods that simulate industrial decision making in theclassroom and laboratory [1]. Hence, the challenge for engineering educators is the useof more innovative methods for instruction and learning to replicate real world problemsolving, and provide an environment for intellectual exchange of ideas and solutions in aclassroom setting. This is further reinforced by the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET) to encourage the use of a cadre of tools and

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

with this, as there is more time in a class meeting to mixpresentation and laboratory work.While one still has the same number of hours to present material, the greater challenge is to helpthe students learn the material in the shorter time frame of eight weeks. This is perhaps thegreatest challenge. There is only limited room to spread material out by adding more courses.One possibility is to offer two courses as partners, where half of each courses is offered in eachof two consecutive eight week terms. The students will have completed half of each course bythe end of the first eight week term, and will complete the rest of the course in the second eightweeks. This would give the students sixteen weeks to master the material in both courses