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A. C. Rogers; Amir Karimi

Design, Build, and Activation Experience in an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program A. C. Rogers and Amir Karimi Mechanical Engineering Department University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractMechanical engineering students at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), whenparticipating in the Thermal Fluids Laboratory course (ME 4802), perform for the first half of thesemester a total of eleven laboratory experiments involving fluid statics and dynamics,thermodynamics, and heat transfer. Conjunct with this first half of the semester, each studentteam submits their

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H. Dwayne Jerro; Chun-Ling Huang; Patrick Mensah

in the formulation stage (Stage I) of the solution process.Kyaw Aung2 describes the integration of computational tools, in an engineering thermodynamicscourse at Lamar University, in order to emphasize the design and analysis phases of thecurriculum. However, many engineering students find it very difficult formulating a solutionprocedure to solve engineering problems. It is therefore imperative that engineering educators Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationincorporate some tools of outcome-based learning in order to accommodate a variety of

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Tariq A. Khraishi

., 1995, “Something Old, Something New: Integrating Engineering Practice into the Teaching of Engineering Mechanics,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 105-115. 10. Thompson, B. E., 2002, “Pedagogy of an Aircraft Studio,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 91, No. 2, pp. 197-201.TARIQ A. KHRAISHIDr. Khraishi currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico.His general research interests are in theoretical, computational and experimental solid mechanics and materialsscience. He has taught classes in Dynamics, Materials Science, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Elasticity andNumerical Methods. For the last two-three years he has engaged himself in the

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Ken Van Treuren

mechanical engineering curriculum at Baylor University. In thermodynamics, the basics ofthe first and second law are discussed and an introduction to the Brayton cycle is accomplished.The students learn about the individual components, such as the compressor, combustor, andturbine, and link these components in a cycle at the end of the course. All engineering majors atBaylor University take this course and they could accomplish a gas turbine laboratory at thispoint in the curriculum. In the follow-on advanced thermodynamics course, mechanicalengineering students learn more about the Brayton cycle and what modifications would improvethe cycle efficiency. They also learn more about applications of the cycle and do a preliminarydesign project for power

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Jeanne M. Gerlach; Bill D. Carroll

Arlington Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering EducationJEANNE M. GERLACHDr. Gerlach is Associate VP for K-16 Education and Dean of Education at the UTArlington. She holds doctorates inEnglish Education/Curriculum & Instruction from West Virginia University and in Higher Education Administrationfrom the University of North Texas. She received the National Council of Teachers of English award asOutstanding Woman In English Education and the Great Women of Texas Most Influential Woman Award.BILL D. CARROLLDr. Carroll is Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of CSE at UTArlington. Previously, he served aschair of the CSE Department. Carroll is an IEEE Fellow and recipient of an IEEE Third Millennium

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Farrokh Attarzadeh

was subjected to structured andoften boring streams of scientific and philosophical facts and information without any regard forauthor’s inner feelings and expression of creativity.Thus, after many years, the desire to use this knowledge sparked in the author the idea ofcreating gadgets using electromechanical components with a touch of artistic flavor. This led theauthor to the belief that it is possible to improve the undergraduate curriculum in engineeringtechnology by introducing an elective course designed to encourage students to exercise theirknowledge base, creativity, and imagination in an unstructured fashion.Innovation is an important educational goal, especially within the Engineering TechnologyDepartment at the University of Hous

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Chu–Chen Chen; Chun Ling Huang

an academic program equipped to meet the challenge of preparing students with arepertoire extensive enough to function effectively in the modern building energy industry.This paper presents an overview of the new Master of Engineering degree in Building EnergySystems Option by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Southern University and A&MCollege. This program will address the demand of building energy managers, and energyengineers in the state of Louisiana. Our program emphasizes design, applications, laboratoryexperiments, and internship acquisition with a reputable engineering firm in the industry.The Building Energy Systems curriculum includes the components of Basic Principles ofBuilding Energy Systems, Basic Principles of

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David L. Cocke; John L. Gossage; Emrah Alicli; Beytullah Misirli; Kuyen Li

, devices, and organizations, for allaspects of human learning. It is not technology in education or instructional technology but theseare becoming increasingly important in educational technology, as it impacts instructionaldesign, educational applications of computer technologies, educational application oftelecommunications and even curriculum improvement. The convergent classroom is becominga reality based on educational technology. Convergent TechnologyConvergent technology is the functional integration of audio, visual, computing, andcommunication technologies31. Internet access is becoming standard. Digital technologies areenabling creation of interactive media-rich content. Increasing bandwidth and better

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Mohammed E. Haque

challenged with soft data, which are linguisticqualitative in nature, and needed to interpret and integrate into their design decision makingprocesses. They should know much about their customer’s desires and requirements, andespecially customer’s preferences when it comes to specific design issues. Hence, post- Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationoccupancy evaluation has gathered great importance as it can form an extensive knowledge base,out of which knowledge can be elicited for the future projects. This is especially true inresidential construction

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Shantanu Bhattacharya; Jordan M. Berg; Darryl James

the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationOur own experiences are with the curriculum in the Mechanical Engineering Department ofTexas Tech University. There the instructors who tend to spend most of their time on thefollowing topics: fluid statics, integral analysis, experimental analysis, internal and externalviscous flow from an integral viewpoint, and turbomachinery. Differential analysis is reservedfor graduate level courses. Much of the introductory fluid mechanics course is aimed atproviding a basic understanding of integral momentum and energy concepts in order to preparethem for

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Harold Smith; Madan Dubey; Pradeep Bhattacharya

achievement. If this cannot be done, then other means of gathering data must beused to verify that all outcomes are being achieved by all students who successfully complete theprogram.The selected instruments must be chosen judiciously, used regularly, and not expected to providedata outside the scope of the assessment parameter(s) for which each was selected. A typical setof measurement instruments is shown in Table 2. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Triple-Feedback Process for Continuous ImprovementFigure 2 depicts an integrated

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Ali Abolmaali

undergraduate and graduatestructural analysis and design courses the curriculum can be broken into following four focusareas: theory, examples, experimentation, and experience. The “theory” part and some“examples” illustrating the application of the theory will be taught as is currently done. The VEtools developed in this project can be integrated into the courses in presenting “examples” and“virtual experiments” to demonstrate: 1) how actual connections and structural systems look likeand are fabricated in the real world; 2) how loads get transferred from one member to anotherthrough the connections and ultimately to the foundation; 3) how laboratory experiments are Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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William E. Simon; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

achievement. If this cannot be done, then other means of gathering data must beused to verify that all outcomes are being achieved by all students who successfully complete theprogram.The selected instruments must be chosen judiciously, used regularly, and not expected to providedata outside the scope of the assessment parameter(s) for which each was selected. A typical setof measurement instruments is shown in Table 2. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Triple-Feedback Process for Continuous ImprovementFigure 2 depicts an integrated

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Ronald E. Barr; Thomas J. Krueger; Ted A Aanstoos

Project PROCEEDAn engineering student project is an exercise that usually requires integrating several tasks toachieve a defined goal. It can be an individual project or a team project, or even some form ofboth. The Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin hasembarked on systemic educational reform throughout the ME curriculum. Called PROCEED,for Project-Centered Education, this curriculum reform is an attempt to bring real-world projectsinto the classroom that underscore the need to learn fundamental principles while addingexcitement and relevance to the experience. One important aspect of PROCEED is garneringsupport from industrial partners who supply project ideas and personnel for the student projects.Two

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Amir Karimi

fundamentals. It offers design and hands-on laboratory courses. Designis integrated through the curriculum that includes a senior level capstone design sequence. Thedepartment has established a set of specific learning objectives to support the mission and thegoals of the department and meet the requirements of ABET accreditation under the EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC-2000). The objectives have been reviewed and approved by the majorconstituencies of the department. A process for systematic evaluation and updating of thedepartment’s undergraduate educational objectives and outcome is in place. The faculty of theMechanical Engineering Department and the College Accreditation Committee conduct theseevaluations. The Accreditation Committee has developed

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Kuldeep S. Rawat; Gholam H. Massiha

RoboCell simulation software. Theseaid students in understanding the actual functioning of an industrial robot. The next section deals Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwith the relevance of robot simulation in technical education and the motivating factors leadingto integration of educational robot and simulation software. Then, we discuss the RoboCellsimulation software, highlighting simulation procedure. We conclude the paper by presenting thekey advantages of simulation in general, and RoboCell in particular. Robotic

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Ifte Choudhury; Ricardo E. Rocha; Richard Burt

, pp. 43-52.5. Maher, R.P., 1990, “A need for teaching writing skills in construction education”, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, pp. 41-43.6. Wright, E.H., 1987, “Total integrated across curriculum writing”, Proceeding of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, pp. 91-94. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIFTE CHOUDHURYIfte Choudhury is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science. He received a B. Arch.from Bangladesh University of

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor

Electrical Engineers,” IEEE Transactions in Education, vol. 35, 1992, pp. 240-242.6. A. Weeks, S. Khajenoori, C. Bauer, and H. Myler, “Embedded Microprocessors: A Capstone Course in Undergraduate Computer Engineering Education,” Proceedings, 21st Annual Pittsburgh Conference, Part 3, 1990, pp. 1081-1084.7. E. W. Banios, “Teaching Engineering Practices,” Proceedings, 1992 Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE, 1992, pp. 161-168.8. Deborah B. Kaufman, Richard M. Felder and Hugh Fuller, “Accounting for Individual Effort in Cooperative Learning Teams,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 2, 2000, pp. 133-140.9. H. West, “A Criticism of an Undergraduate Design Curriculum,” Design Theory and Methodology, vol. 31, 1991, pp