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Ken Van Treuren

An Applications Oriented Gas Turbine Laboratory Experience Ken Van Treuren Department of Engineering Baylor University AbstractThe gas turbine industry is experiencing growth in many sectors, particularly in the area ofpower generation. An important part of teaching a gas turbine course is exposing students to thepractical applications of the gas turbine. This laboratory enabled students to view the applicationof gas turbines in the area of propulsion. A Pratt and Whitney PT6A-20 turboprop was run at alocal airfield and engine parameters typical of cockpit instrumentation were

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Ronald E. Barr; Marcus G. Marcus G.; Anthony Petrosino; Lawrence D. Abraham; Tejas Karande; Bijal Patel

Classroom Testing of Virtual Biomechanics Laboratory (VBL) Learning Modules Ronald E. Barr1 , Marcus G. Pandy 2 , Anthony Petrosino 3 , Lawrence D. Abraham3,4, Tejas Karande 2 , and Bijal Patel4 Departments of Mechanical Engineering1 , Biomedical Engineering2 , Curriculum and Instruction3 , and Kinesiology4 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 AbstractThis paper discusses the development and classroom testing of Virtual Biomechanics Laboratory(VBL) learning modules that offer students an opportunity for web-enhanced

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Pradeep K. Bhattacharya

Developing a Nano-electronic fabrication Laboratory to enthuse Entrepreneurship Pradeep K. Bhattacharya, Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern University, Baton Rouge, La-70813 bhattach@engr.subr.edu Abstract Manifestations of the famous bathtub curve effect have shown that in the field ofelectronics, miniaturization makes the cost of electronic technology reduce dramatically. In thefirst few years, on the introduction of a new technology, it costs more than usual till when it getsinto a manufacturing phase, and after that

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

Modularization of the Engineering Graphics Computer Laboratory Sequence Based on a Concurrent Engineering Design Paradigm Ronald E. Barr, Thomas J. Krueger, and Ted A Aanstoos Mechanical Engineering Department University of Texas at Austin AbstractOur group is developing a modularized approach to the freshman engineering graphics computerlaboratory sequence based on a concurrent engineering design paradigm. This educationalparadigm starts with the development of a feature-based, parametric 3-D solid model. This 3-Dmodel then constitutes a digital database that can be applied to design analyses, such as

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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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Kuldeep S. Rawat; Sumit R. Pal

information extraction suffered as a result. However, atpresent, high-resolution time-frequency representation technique provides a naturaldomain for analyzing and processing such non-stationary data. This technique canmeasure the local changes in frequency and scale content of a signal in the data set. Inthis paper we present the applications of this advanced signal processing and analysistechnique to solve problems related to geophysical seismic data especially applicable tohydrocarbon exploration and prospecting. One of the latest digital signal processing toolsis MATLAB (Matrix Laboratory), from MathCAD, which can be used to analyze,interpret, and process seismic data to specialized graphics features required inengineering and scientific

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Richard D. Wynn; Chun Ling Huang; Samuel Ibekwe

fuels, alternative methods of producing energyare being researched heavily. One of the forerunners in the research and development ofalternative fuels is the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL)2. Convertingsolid feedstock into a gaseous fuel increases the opportunity to use biomass as an energysource. One conversion process NREL uses is the Thermo-Chemical ProcessDevelopment Unit (TCPDU)3, shown below in Figure 1. Figure 1 TCPDUAlthough the TCPDU has many elements within it, its conversion process is not difficultat all. First of all, biomass (which can range from peanut shells to sawdust) is fed into theFluidized Bed Reactor (FBR). Here the biomass is heated without the presence of an

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Jeanne M. Gerlach; Bill D. Carroll

Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1. Draft Standards for Engineering Certification1. The beginning engineering teacher possesses a working knowledge of engineering fundamentals.2. The beginning engineering teacher integrates math, science, engineering, and other knowledge to thesolution of engineering problems.3. The beginning engineering teacher manages classroom, field, and laboratory activities to ensure thesafety of all students.4. The beginning engineering teacher adheres to ethical requirements of the profession.5. The beginning engineering teacher identifies, evaluates, and utilizes new and

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Robert R. Bittle; R. Stephen Weis; Becky B. Bittle; David Yale

energy conversion and power distribution systems. During morningsessions, materials covering thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and electro-mechanical machinesare presented and discussed. Afternoon sessions in the laboratory are used to reinforce themorning topics and typically generate new questions for explorations. During the past twosummers, a complete energy conversion system consisting of a water wheel and a smallgenerator has been built and the performance characterized. A special emphasis is made oncharacterizing system losses. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for

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Ray Bachnak; Carl Steidley; Korinne Resendez

equipment is included in the system configuration. Details aboutthe system design and development along with its programming and testing are given. IntroductionTexas A&M University-Corpus Christi (A&M-CC) recently established a new ControlSystems Laboratory1 that provides interdisciplinary educational and research capabilitiesacross several science and engineering areas. These areas include sensor technology,data acquisition, control system design, system modeling, signal and image processing,neural networks, and data visualization. The laboratory supports several courses andgives Computer Science (CS) and Engineering Technology (ET) students uniquetraining opportunities and benefits.Advances in

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor

, undergraduaterecruiting, presentations and projects from other design and/or laboratory courses, jointevents with other schools, etc.The calendar of events for the Fall, 2002, listing all the items discussed above, is given inFig. 1. The schedule for individual progress reports is given in Fig. 2. Examples of the ProjectsFigure 3 is the list of Project Abstracts for spring, 2002. Eleven of the seventeen projectshave external sponsors. The others are supported by research laboratories at theUniversity of Houston.As noted above the students intending to take the course in a given semester, e.g., spring,2003, must attend part of the student presentations in the previous semester, e.g., fall,2002, as part of the requires of the course

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Ali Abolmaali

each other and mostly taughtwithout laboratory demonstrations due to lack of laboratory resources, particularly, in small four-year non-research institutions. Therefore, Web-based interactive finite element module would Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationenable engineering educators to couple structural engineering courses with their respective VE,which would enhance problem-based learning. For example, the effect of variation of structure’sparameters on overall structural system performance can easily be studied with the aid ofVE.This was done by

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

, multimedia, hypermedia, Internet, virtualreality, interactive TV (iTV), digital TV (DTV), satellite and advanced classroom gadgetry.Convergent content combines conventional books, lecture notes, and video with digitally basedinformation on CD’s and DVD’s, on-line laboratory experiments and demonstrations bothlocally and globally via the internet, internet based information resources, classroom recording ofideas from convergent and divergent thinking, discussions and group activities using visual,audio and text authoring software. The convergent classroom is allowing the same and newcontent to be presented via multiple ways on different platforms and to be saved for future use indigital asset banks and warehouses using multiple means of storage and

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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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Khosrow Behbehani; Kevin D. Nelson; Robert C. Eberhart

requireddidactic or research credit hours. . However, the research findings associated with the industrialproject may qualify as a non-thesis master’s project, a master’s thesis, or even a Ph.D.dissertation, depending on the scientific merit of the findings. Thus far, 25 students havesuccessfully completed the internship program. All participants have successfully completed theinternship program. Upon graduation, over 10% of the interns have been hired as full timeemployees by the company where they interned. The rest of the interns after graduation havebecome employed as engineers at other industrial firms or research laboratories. IntroductionThe majority of biomedical engineering (BME) graduates take employment

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Brandon D. Pitt; Tristan J. Tayag; Mendy L. Nelson

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationTRISTAN J. TAYAGDr. Tayag received his BSEE and MSE degrees from the Johns Hopkins University in 1986 and 1987, respectively,and his PhD degree from the University of Virginia in 1991. In 1986, he joined the Applied Physics Laboratory ofthe Johns Hopkins University, where he conducted research in fiber optic sensors for biomedical applications. From1991 through 1997, he was engaged in the development of integrated optical signal processors at the U.S. ArmyResearch Laboratory. He served as a visiting scientist at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during the 1996academic year. Currently, he is an associate professor at Texas Christian University, where his research interestsinclude

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Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

while the benefits of a common course were many, there were problemsas well. For retention purposes, it is vital that engineering freshman be involved classroomparticipants. To ensure that students were not merely bystanders in their educational experience,thought-provoking, entertaining lab exercises needed to remain a part of the freshman courseexperience. Additionally, each department had department specific content that was necessaryfor their students to be successful in their academic careers. This content varied from departmentto department. There was not time in the semester to give all content to all students. It wasagreed that there still needed to be a departmental component to the class and that componentneeded to be in a laboratory

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Jerry K. Keska

pushes students to their creative limits through the use of open-ended projects in which realistic, complex, challenging state-of-the-art problems are investigated. This new approach will increase student enthusiasm and provide closer alignment of classroom topics with today’s standard industry practice. This paper will deal with a unique application of the research/teaching method used at the undergraduate level, using a hands-on laboratory approach in conjunction with classroom lecture. The approach can be tailored to all levels from introductory freshman to senior-level classes. An open-ended project is utilized, requiring a creative approach for its solution. Faculty and students are both learners and investigators, formulating and solving

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Jerry K. Keska; Heechan Shin

and sent to theremote user as they are being measured in the laboratory. With the ability to control theexperimental instruments remotely, equipment can be operated and the data acquired and analyzedvia TCP/IP network. IntroductionThe recent developments in the Internet and the introduction of the World-Wide Web (WWW)have enabled the remote access opportunities to real world equipment with the availability and thecapabilities of these new communication facilities, combined with the generalization of computeruse for data acquisition, control of real processes and the incorporation of the two-phase flow weboperable experiment, students can run the experiment from anywhere in the world anytime usingTCP/IP

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Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis

in the ease of implementation and a great impact. The Infinity Projectprovides a complete turnkey solution including curriculum, teacher training, and technology.Target Audience“When am I ever going to use this?” - a question posed all-to-often by students to their math nadscience teachers. The Infinity Project provides the answer to this question for both teachers andstudents. The prerequisites for the Infinity Project are Algebra II and one laboratory scienceclass. The Infinity Project is not only for the super-smart students, but rather is designed tointroduce students to engineering by taking math and science concepts and applying them tofamiliar entities – the Internet, music, video, and more. In college, the course is positioned as

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Farrokh Attarzadeh

functions, includingpaying attention, memorizing, analyzing, and judgment. They are seldom exposed to informationdirected at generating new ideas and visualizing the nonexistent, which are primarily thefunctions of the right brain. Similar sentiments are expressed by Michael LeBoueuf 4 when hestates, “Creative abilities are the oil wells of our mind.” The Proposed ApproachA feasibility plan was designed and implemented. It consisted of three components: (a)presentation of the idea, (b) demonstration of the EMFA gadgets, and (c) conducting the survey.The plan was put to test in four senior classes: ELET 4108 (a project-based laboratory inMicroprocessor Interfacing), ELET 4300 (Unix Operating System), ELET 4309

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Jerry K. Keska; Raghavender Charupalli

. Jeffrey Y. Beyon, National Instruments, LabVIEW Programming, Data Acquisition And Analysis, New Jersey,PHPTR, 1997.6. N.Ertugrul, "Towards Virtual Laboratories: A Survey of LabVIEW-Based Teaching/Learning Tools and FutureTrends", International Journal of Engineering Education, No. 16, Vol.3, 2000.7. Kostic, M.,“Instrumentation with Computerized Data Acquisition for an Innovative Thermal ConductivityApparatus,” Conference Proceedings ASEE 1997 Annual Conference of American Society for EngineeringEducation, p.131-136.8. C.V.Knight, et.al. “Modernization of a Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Using Data Acquisition withLabVIEW”, Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Conference, Session 2266, available at http://www.asee.org.9. LabVIEW Manual, National

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P. S. Shiakolas; R. VanSchneck; D. Piyabongkarn; I. Frangeskou

Target toolbox allows accessto input/output data directly from a compatible data acquisition card and generates, compiles,and creates real-time executable code for Simulink models without the user having to writelow-level code [4]. These toolboxes enhance the capabilities of MATLAB in the HIL arena.The familiar interface of the MathWorks software suite will allow students who are oftenintimidated by laboratory equipment, such as oscilloscopes, function generators, and logicanalyzers, to experiment and gain more insight into concepts taught in the classroom.MATLAB provides a plethora of tools for that one could utilize to perform dynamic analysis,study and evaluate the simulated response of a system, implement, evaluate, and improve

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Alfred J. Jayachandran; Edward S. Kolesar

Technologies Laboratory, Miamisburg, Ohio; SRIInternational, Menlo Park, CA; and the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Fort Worth, TX. He is a registered profes-sional engineer; a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi; and a senior member of the Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers. His current research interests include organic semiconductors, thedevelopment of integrated circuit microsensors, silicon micromachining techniques applied to laser absorbers,advanced multi-chip module packaging technologies, solid-state gas chromatography systems, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at

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W. Conway Link; Carlos G. Spaht

challenge students at a timewhen they are particularly vulnerable to nonacademic distractions. LaPREP, which takesplace on the LSU-Shreveport campus seven weeks a summer over two consecutivesummers, emphasizes abstract reasoning, problem solving and technical writing skills,mainly through mathematics enrichment courses and seminars. Class assignments,laboratory projects and scheduled exams are integral parts of LaPREP. The faculty isdrawn from LSU-Shreveport and the local school system. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationLaPREP targets bright students who

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Robert Lindsay Wells; Alan Morris; Christine E. Hailey

, as well as covering the costs ofthe materials that will be developed. Consequently, the authors propose to submit an NSF "proof Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationof concept" proposal to the Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement -- EducationalMaterials Development track for the 2004 funding year. The proposal will seek to develop theworkshops at the regional level. If the project is successful, the workshop model would befurther developed for dissemination at first the state and then at the national level. Broader issuesconcerning the

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Melanie Hagewood; Ken Van Treuren

Turbulence Measurements,” USAFA Department of Aeronautics Laboratory Report 8-99-01. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf Southwestern Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright©2003, American Society for Engineering EducationMELANIE HAGEWOODMelanie Hagewood is a senior undergraduate student at Baylor University. She was named as Baylor’sEngineering Outstanding Engineering Junior for 2001-02. She will complete her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering inMay of 2003. Her future plans are to play on the ladies professional golf circuit and later work as an engineer for agolfing equipment company.KEN VAN TREURENKen Van Treuren is an Associate Professor in the

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Shantanu Bhattacharya; Jordan M. Berg; Darryl James

, familiar phenomena such as fluidmixing behave counter to the intuition developed by students in a standard engineeringcurriculum. We present a laboratory project designed to stress this point to students taking a first-year graduate introduction to microsystems. The pilot group found the results surprising andcounter-intuitive. It appears that the project was instrumental in clarifying key concepts inmicrofluidics. IntroductionAfter several decades in which microsystems research mainly addressed electromechanicalsystems [1], the focus has begun to shift to fluidic systems. This shift is driven primarily bypotential application of microsystems to chemistry, biology and medicine [2]. An introductorycourse in

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H.W. Corley

at the center island with no interim stops there. Using only the bridges, he will proceed from island to island without going to any island more than once (other than the center island). What is the maximum number of islands (with the center one counted exactly once) on which the Yang challenger can campaign during this trip?5. A small nanotech laboratory is housed in a 38-feet long, 20-feet wide, and 10-feet high rectangular room whose walls are kept “clean” by a tiny dust-eating robot. One morning the dustbug, as it’s called, sits halfway up a 20×10 end wall, 1 foot from the closest 38×10 side wall. On the opposite 20×10 end wall, halfway up and

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William E. Odom; Edward S. Kolesar

; the USAF Scientific Advisory Board, Washington, D.C.; the ARDEXCorporation, Austin, Texas; the EG&G Mound Applied Technologies Laboratory, Miamisburg, Ohio; SRIInternational, Menlo Park, CA; and the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Fort Worth, TX. He is a registered profes-sional engineer; a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi; and a senior member of the Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers. His current research interests include organic semiconductors, thedevelopment of integrated circuit microsensors, silicon micromachining techniques applied to laser absorbers,advanced multi-chip module packaging technologies, solid-state gas chromatography systems, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS