Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Priya Goeser, Armstrong Atlantic State University

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Mechanics

instructors. This effort can bereplicated at other institutions with similar curricula.ConclusionsThe results of intradisciplinary teaching using a Computational Modeling and Statics coursewere presented. These efforts can be reasonably replicated with other courses with moderatecollaboration between faculty members. Although our sample size is small, our survey resultsindicate that these efforts should be continued in subsequent semesters.Since most of the students who took the Statics and Computational Modeling courses in the Fall2006 semester will be taking Dynamics (ENGR 2202) in the Spring 2007 semester, we plan tofurther assess our intradisciplinary efforts by assigning problems requiring the use ofcomputational modeling tools in the Dynamics

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

engineeringcurricula, concerns over the low resource efficiency often dominate such that some laboratorystudies are withdrawn from the teaching plan. Such decisions, it is argued, will be detrimentalto the undergraduates learning experience. Page 12.1568.2This paper demonstrates two approaches to redress the issue. In the first example technologyis developed to better support the resource efficiency whereas in the second exampletechnology and students are used to better support the development of the educationaleffectiveness of the laboratory experience.Example 1. Using technology to enhance the resource efficiencyThe need for changeReorganisation of our degree

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin; Tayo Oladunni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kenneth Reid

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

for Model 2 includes subscales of items with significantly larger weightvalues from the previous study. The resulting subscales selected based on the weighting valuesare: planning (from meta-cognition scale), motivation (from career), dysfunctional belief(from career), leadership (from leadership), deep learning (from learning type) and surfacelearning (from learning type). Ultimately, Model 2 contains fifty nine items from six of theaforementioned subscales. The input for a third model, Model 3, includes individual input items with higher weightvalues without considering their scale or subscale classification. Based on the weightinformation obtained from previous all-item combination model, forty nine items wereselected to include in this

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Willkens, Development Finance International, Inc.; Emilio Bunge, Development Finance International Inc.

Tagged Divisions

International

overall skill set and experience that leads to both a successful bid and projectoutcome. The positive benefits to the American engineering education community of becomingengaged with international funding organization programming is notable, from a financial,visibility, and learning perspective.Bibliography1. National Information Communications Infrastructure (NIC) 2010 Plan, Government of Rwanda.2. Inter-American Development Bank website, Trust Funds. www.iadb.org.3. Sabato, J. & Botana, N. (1968): “La ciencia y la tecnología en el desarrollo futuro de América Latina”, Revista dela Integración, No. 3 (Buenos Aires). Page

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Miller-Young, Mount Royal College; Sean Maw, Mount Royal College

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Design in Engineering Education

, testing, several technical reports and an oral presentation. In the second semester,the design projects are based on real-life problems. In the past, there have been several differentprojects to choose from each year, with real clients whenever possible. Some groups have evenbeen successful enough to continue to work with their client, develop a business plan and bringtheir design to market. This year students have been asked to design something to help peoplewith disabilities.Course contentWhen the design courses were first put into place, they replaced a drafting and a technicalwriting course. It was difficult to decide what the most important components of these courseswere, how to balance the topics, and how many could be integrated into the

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Christa Lynch, Arizona State University; Jonathan Hilpert, Arizona State University; mary ann Duggan, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

(SPOCK) [16], an established measure of student study strategies. MethodsParticipants 171 engineering students from multiple sections of an introductory engineering classat a large southwestern university were recruited to participate in the study; 91 completed theonline survey for a 53% response rate. Over 70% of the participants were male and in theirfirst year at the university. The majority (90%, n =80) are or plan to become engineeringmajors.Procedure Data for the current study were collected via an online survey constructed usingpopular web-based data collection software. Scales were randomized within this software.Because the target sample of the study consisted of undergraduate

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom for Manufacturing II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Smith, Purdue University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Stephen Elliott, Purdue University

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Manufacturing

/undergraduate students will learn.Visual Data and Performance ManagementPerformance is defined as the process of quantifying the effectiveness and efficiency of action1.Performance management is key to improving continuously and knowing where to applyresources. Performance management can be many different things such as an operational controltool, a strategic planning tool, a management reporting tool, and a change managementfacilitation tool2. Performance management can be used to control the operations of a productionline and at the same time can be used as a managing tool. Therefore, performance managementrequires performance measurement.From the operations viewpoint of performance management, a production line's employees canuse performance

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Joshua R. Wyrick, Rowan University; Dustin M. Kuzan, Rowan University; Carolyn D. Braun, Rowan University; Jared S. Krause, Rowan University; David M. Santino, Rowan University; Mary E. Wellspeak, Rowan University

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International

musthave the support of the community. During the first meeting, community membersvolunteered to assist with the project. The team was invited to join in the Communitygatherings. On the second day, the team walked to the river with a Communityrepresentative. This gave the team a general idea of the distance that Communitymembers must walk in order to obtain water if it is not available in the public chorro.The team participated in the evening Community gathering, set up the surveyingequipment and developed the route for the community surveys. The team met with theCommunity Executive Governing Board to discuss the plans for the project and answerquestions. There were two land survey teams and two community survey teams. Theland survey teams were

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley Greenwald, New York Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

ofScience in Environmental Technology and is required for the Master of Science in Energy Managementprograms at New York Institute of Technology in addition to a six-credit thesis and studies in airpollution, waste management, law, risk analysis, auditing, groundwater contamination, GIS, OSHA-Hazwopper and many more. Each student is required to submit a feasibility study for the development ofa Distributed Generation system in their homeland including a demographic analysis of the local area inquestion and estimation of electric load requirements for residential, commercial and industrial customers.The course and project outcomes include a site plan, type of power plant, quantities of fuel, generatingcapacity, construction and generating costs. The

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Herbert Hess, University of Idaho; Brian Johnson, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

increased losses across supply lines. Power correction capacitors doNOT have an impact on power quality and so an active power factor correction unit (ac/acconverter) or a harmonic mitigating transformer is required to clean up a poor power quality.Power factor correction capacitors use must be carefully planned when used in conjunction withvariable frequency drives.Flat panel monitors use 33% less energy than a CRT of the same size display. However the costof a flat panel display is higher, according to Microsoft, a 17 inch CRT costs 60-100$ whereas a17 inch flat panel display can cost 200-250$. A simple online search using Google’s Froogleshows prices up to 400$ for quality flat panel displays. The reasons for this are decreases inweight and

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College

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Women in Engineering

accomplished in the past year and what I wanted to accomplish in thenext three years. Only occasionally did I meet with my department chairs over the years todiscuss my career, however. I also started my faculty career before the implementation of aformal faculty mentoring system, and did not have the friendly advice of a trusted colleague toguide me, nor did I actively seek out such advice.I was in a quandary: according to the plan—never articulated in the academy, but generallyunderstood by all—everything was fine. Like Balboa upon finding the Pacific Ocean, rather thanjoy, I was professionally void. While large-scale research was fun and rewarding, I found that itlacked a certain satisfaction. Perhaps it was that as projects get bigger, one moves

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Duggins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

engineering in a degree program with a specialtyin “software engineering”24. As a result of that lawsuit, an independent panel was establishedthat proposed a new Software Engineering Accreditation Board (SEAB) for accrediting softwareengineering programs. The accreditation criteria and procedures of the new board were to bedeveloped jointly by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) and the ComputerScience Accreditation Council. However, after the two accrediting bodies had jointly drafted anaccreditation plan for the SEAB, the CEAB “recommended a number of significant changes tothe structure and curriculum requirements of [SEAB] without consulting the [CSAC]. TheCCPE subsequently passed a motion supporting the [panel] recommendations

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Boyer, St. Louis University; Krishnaswamy Ravindra, St. Louis University; John George, St. Louis University; Kyle Mitchell, St. Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

into a windows PC. Once downloaded to the PC students will be able evaluate the flight oftheir rocket using onboard measurements.Summary and future plans: Page 12.897.11The simple project described in this paper introduces the student to some fundamental conceptssuch as drag coefficient, estimation of drag coefficient, specific impulse, data acquisition usingmodern tools, use of CAD for professional reports, and strain gages while reinforcingfundamental concepts such as the rocket equation, center of mass, moment of inertia, numericalintegration, statistical analysis and report writing skills. The cost of the project is low enoughthat one

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bell, University of Illinois-Chicago; Thomas Moher, University of Illinois-Chicago

seen in their microscopes and the virtual world in which they can explorenanoscale science and technology. The pixels also serve to set the scale for the virtual world. Insome sense, the students are now looking at the computer pixels from “the other side” – that islooking up at them from below instead of looking down on them from above.The particular topic of study in the nanoscale virtual world will not be locked in to any specificeducational topic or learning goal. Rather it will be developed as a general-purpose learningenvironment where students can explore a wide variety of different educational topics at thenanoscopic scale. It is planned to configure the virtual world so that the actual content materialcan be read in from data files

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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International

PoliciesThe brightest and most intelligent graduate and postdoctoral scholars have been drawn tothe United States because of the availability of high quality research universities,stipends and research funding, as well as opportunities for employment after schooling,and an “open-door” immigration policy. 1The US Department of State, Educational Information and Resources Branch bookletseries publication under the title If You Want to Study in the United States lists stepsnecessary to apply for a student visa. The time frame necessary to plan and obtain a visaunder normal circumstances is 18 to 12 months, depending on the competitiveness of theinstitution. 8In 1952, the student nonimmigrant F and J visa categories were established. Students

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Morgan Hynes, Tufts University

6 2 4 1In general, Level 1 students spent a lot of time making quick thoughtless changes to their boats.Many eventually became frustrated with their continual failure, but eventually sat down andsucceeded with help from counselors or other students.Level 2 students typically achieved early success resulting in a drive to design something moreadvanced (not necessarily better) or more highly suitable to accomplish all three tasks.Level 3 students attempted to build something extravagant in order to better the other students.There thought process proceeded as planned by taking time, contemplating decisions, allocatingtime appropriately, and achieving success.The Level 4 student hypothesized and contemplated

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University; Iordanis Petsas, University of Scranton; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

AC 2007-2012: INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGIES AS A TOOL FOR LEARNINGSofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Vidalis is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Penn State Capital College in Harrisburg, PA. She earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She has worked with Florida Design Consultants for a couple years as a Transportation Engineer. Her current research focuses on quality assurance in pavement construction and materials, construction management, and transportation planning and operations.Iordanis Petsas, University of Scranton Dr. Petsas is an assistant professor of Economics at the University of Scranton. He earned his

Conference Session

Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University; Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Oladapo Akinyede, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

to introduce these experiments into mechanical undergraduate curriculum.We have decided to implement the proposed activity into three different laboratories, firstmaterial science, second strength of materials and third manufacturing processes. Once theseexperiments are introduced, we plan to collect student feed back and modify the experimentsaccordingly. The simplicity of the processing methodology presents an easy avenue for theintroduction into the undergraduate curriculum without any significant additional cost. Thevariation in the properties that is influenced by the processing methodologies presents anexcellent opportunity to educate the students on the process-property interactions and cross-dependencies in the material science and

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Stephen Burke, University of Limerick; Sonya Quinn, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

manufactures, outline all of the processes involved, and complete a process map for each process.• Prepare and detail all aspects, steps and approaches of a complete company audit you would carry out to prepare the company for ISO 14001 certification.• Finally prepare a concise report to be given to top management, outlining all previous information/steps from above, along with suitable and realistic objectives, targets and an ISO 14001 time plan with appropriate milestones and outcomes.The examinationThe examination was divided in two parts. Part one was compulsory and was designed toexamine the students across the module, so as to allow them to demonstrate theirunderstanding of the broader issues, practices, and strategies. This part had

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Woodward-Hagg, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Deanna Suskovich, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Jamie Workman-Germann, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Susan Scachitti, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Technology

investments toachieve improvements. This provides an updated, but not yet complete, project ROIanalysis.The project ROI model is again updated during the Improve phase, prior to theimplementation pilot. At this point in the project cycle, the implementation plan is used todetermine resources and investments required to achieve process improvements. Thismore mature ROI model is presented to the Champion group for their approval during thepre-pilot tollgate review. Page 12.502.7Model Validation: ROI model validation occurs following the project pilot. The actualproject process improvementsrealized during the pilot are linked to financial indicators

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

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First-Year Programs

. Our conclusion discusses the challenge undergraduate CSE education faces in addressingthese perceptions and concerns in order to help students make more informed decisions aboutmajoring in CSE.IntroductionAfter years of booming interest, enrollment in computer science and engineering (CSE) is nowsuffering a startling, rapid drop in North America. Between 2000 and 2004, the fraction ofincoming undergraduates planning to major in computer science fell by over 60%, and,historically, this statistic has accurately predicted bachelor’s degree production.1 Likelyconsequences include a shortage of qualified, domestic candidates for computing-related jobsand the downsizing or even elimination of CSE programs and departments.Having recognized the

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati; James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Max Rabiee, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

causedsignificant social and technological impacts. Despite its rising importance, wirelesscommunication and wireless networks are not commonly studied in an Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology program. As a part of our curriculum continuous improvement plan,faculty members in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department at theUniversity of Cincinnati felt it very important to teach students the current wireless and mobilecommunication technologies, and to let them gain hands-on experiences with the application ofwireless technologies. Thus, we proposed a new course to introduce wireless communication andwireless networks in 2006. The new course has been strongly supported by local industry as wellas the department's industrial

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bell, University of Illinois-Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

International CommunityThe original VRiChEL products ( currently maintained by the VRUPL lab ) have beendownloaded over 1300 times, to recipients in over 50 different countries around the globe. Thevirtual lab accidents have now been produced for all eight accident scenarios, on two to fiveplatforms each, for a total of 25 different accident simulations freely available to theinternational community. The virtual campus products may not be as universally valuable, butthey can be quite useful to students planning to attend this school from far-away lands. ( A largefraction of the student body comes from either India, China, or some other foreign country. )In addition to the values of participation and experience, VR based educational software is

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trishna Das, University of Minnesota-ECE; Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

through independent discovery. This is an innovative approach tointegrating technology into the teaching/learning process for laboratory oriented courses and canchange our fundamental approach to laboratory environments.Redesigning the Laboratory CoursesThis was an introduction for both the students and the faculty to this method. But this methodhas the potential to completely revolutionize the laboratory courses. We are redesigning andrewriting the experiments such that each group of students can perform a separate module of theexperiment independently. For example, we are planning to include an experiment that aims todesign the load for a motor. This is possible because the physical machine hardware in thislaboratory uses an active load which

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

software.This paper describes the process that led us to the discovery that internet protocols might beapplicable to send messages reliably between two devices less than an inch apart, and thedevelopment of an experimental course to expose students to computer science topics in order tofind better solutions for small embedded system applications. Section 2 describes our experiencewith a project where the apparently logical choice of methods to manage transmission andreceiving of data initially produced code that was overly complex and difficult to keep runningreliably. Various attempts to fix the problems and provide a robust protocol were unsuccessful,until an internet protocol was applied. Section 3 outlines the plan for an experimental one-semester

Conference Session

Industry-Academia Collaborations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Jim Subach, Arizona State University; John Magrane, Microchip Technology Inc.; Carol Popovich, Microchip Technology Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Planning Expand & No Audits exploit Routine FCAR Dept & College review process Yes Yes

Conference Session

Potpourri Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Heidi Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Figure 2. Page 12.1211.8 Table 2: Survey Questions Questions:Q1. The coach helped a mentee / the mentee was helped by a coachQ2. Consider their coaching teammates their friendsQ3. Liked having two or more coaches (instead of just one) per teamQ4. Liked having two or more mentees (instead of just one) per teamQ5. Plan on participating next semesterQ6. Spoke often with their coaching teammatesQ7. Mentoring Madness was a fun and constructive event 80 70 60 Q1 50

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

East Carolina University. His research interests include system simulation, telemedicine applications, and information assurance.Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University TIJJANI MOHAMMED is an assistant professor in the Information and Computer Technology program, within the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University. Currently, Dr. Mohammed teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses addressing a range of issues in the planning, selection, deployment, and securing computer networks.Lee Toderick, East Carolina University Lee Toderick received a B.S. in Computer Science from East Carolina University and an MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Bruce Jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

physics can be studied using hot airballoons; NASA even has plans to use balloons on future missions to Mars5! This module useshot air balloons as a ‘real-world’ application to teach studentsabout the engineering design process and basic engineeringprinciples by relating them to successful balloon flight. Thetutorial section of the module introduces students to principlessuch as force balances, buoyant forces, heat transfer, the IdealGas Law and material properties through interactiveanimations that are applied directly to hot air balloon flight.The simulation that follows allows the students to adjustparameters including payload, construction material,temperature, and balloon shape one-by-one to see how eachaffects the success of the

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

designer, which is a very demandingjob. Such a job require talented and highly-competent professional with a leadership quality andvision. The author will be very satisfied if these system-level design projects help train a few ofsuch professional. To ensure achieving such results, we are planning to continue developing adiversified set of quality system-level projects, refining the contents of existing ones, and toimproving the tutorials and handouts of used design tools. We are also working on improving theevaluation and assessment tools of these project courses.References1. N. Ahmed, T. Natarajan, and k. R. Rao, “Discrete Cosine Transform,” IEEE Trans. Computers, Vol. C-23, pp.90-94, 19742. S. A. White, “Application of Distributed Arithmetic