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Ahmed Musa; Virgilio Gonzalez

Session 067 Development of an Undergraduate Communications Simulation Laboratory Ahmed Musa (1), Virgilio Gonzalez (2) Electrical and Computer Engineering Department The University of Texas at El Paso ahmed@ece.utep.edu (1), virgilio@ece.utep.edu (2) Mehdi Shadaram Electrical and Computer Engineering Department The University of Texas at San Antonio mshadaram@utsa.edu AbstractThis paper describes the

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N. N. Sarker; M. A. Ketkar

as shown in Table 1. The Table considers three mid term tests of worth45%, five home works of worth 10%, one project of worth 5%, five pop quizzes of worth10% and a final test of worth 30%. Each of these items can individually be graded on ascale of 100. However, the total score for the semester can be translated into a final scaleof 100. Letter grades can be assigned based on standard procedure of ‘A’ for 90 or more,‘B’ for 80 or more but less than 90, etc. Letter grades can be assigned by scaling thestandard to any level as well. Table 1. Example grade distribution Grading Category Weight, % 3 Mid Terms 45 5 Home

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Ranjeet Agarwala; M. FARUQI

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applications at the highercognitive levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Nonetheless, the link between thetwo courses may be better established if the content of the course on Construction ofMaterials was revised to address all the styles of learning and bridge the ‘gap’ across thecognitive levels in order to better establish this link. This paper discusses the courserevision and the basis for them in terms of the course lectures as well as the laboratoryactivities and homework assignments. REVISIONS OF COURSE CONTENTSSeven conditions of learning identified by Knowles1 are deemed by the authors to beapplicable to the Construction of Materials course: 1. Students recognize the need to learn 2. Physical comfort

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Wayne J. Zimmermann

Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 1 students to earn two degrees simultaneously while preparing for a professional career in engineering. Undergraduate students attend TWU for three years as mathematics majors in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, then continue their education at the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at UTD or the Dwight Look School of Engineering at TAMU for two additional years. After completion of the degree, students will receive the Bachelor of Science degree in

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Randall D. Manteufel; Jason B. Pleming

University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Bernoulli’s equation with loss coefficients is used to predict the tank drain time.As a first exercise, the students derive the equation for draining a tank of diameter Dt,through a hold of diameter Dh from an initial hi, to final hf, height. This often invites adiscussion of Torricelli’s Law because some students are familiar with it from previoustextbooks.4 Torricelli’s law states that water issues from a hole in the bottom of a tankwith a velocity of v(t ) = C 2 ⋅ g ⋅ h(t ) [1]where h(t) is the water height above the hole at time t, g is the gravitational acceleration,and C is the Borda

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Ronald Barr; Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Barbara Austin

framework presents thelearning material as a series of challenges that are posed through a “Legacy Cycle.” SevenVANTH challenges were tested in an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering course in Fall2003. These challenges were: 1. Iron Cross Muscle Strength 2. Virtual Biomechanics Lab I: Center of Gravity During Gait 3. Virtual Biomechanics Lab II: Ground Reaction Force During Gait 4. Virtual Biomechanics Lab III: Muscle Contraction During Gait 5. Jumping Jack I: How High Can You Jump? 6. Jumping Jack II: What Determines Jump Height? 7. Jumping Jack III: Why Can an NBA Player Jump Higher Than a Student?This paper discusses the classroom implementation of the seven challenges and presents

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Heinrich D. Foltz; Hamid Zarnani; Edwin LeMaster

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M-A Demuynck; D. E. Edwards; W. J. Zimmermann

, while at the same time exposingthem to applications from science and engineering. The objective of such exposure throughoutthe curriculum is to catch the interest of students at an early stage, and thus encourage them topursue those career paths.The project uses web-based modules to meet three goals. One is to increase interest in computerscience and engineering at the lower level courses for majors and non-majors. A second goal isto improve retention by offering support for upper level courses. The third goal is to providesupport to the partnership project with TTU and TI. While some modules are course specific,1 Supported in part by grants from National Science Foundation (NSF DUE #9972494) and Technology Workforce Development GrantProgram

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H. Dwayne Jerro; Chun-Ling Huang; Nikhil Gupta; Patrick Mensah; Ajay Aripirala

. Application of Concept Mapping in ThermodynamicsThermodynamics is taught at sophomore and junior level in mechanical engineering.Principles of thermodynamics are used in several other courses as heat and mass transfer,internal combustion engines and fluid dynamics. Few governing equations form thefoundation of this subject. However, there are large number of variations of theseequations that are used to solve different problems.Interactive Scheme for Problem SolvingConcept mapping based problem solving scheme can be made interactive by the use ofvarious software tools. In most cases the solution steps in thermodynamic problems aresimilar to any other engineering problem. Figure 1(a) shows a generalized solutionscheme of any engineering problem

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Jenna Terry; Paul Ruchhoeft

15% of the individual’s course grade. Five, group-prepared,written Planning Reports (See Figure 1 for a description of the Planning Reports.) arerequired and reviewed in the cohort meetings. The group is also responsible for a short,initial “bidding” proposal, a final technical report, a final oral presentation, a poster andan extended abstract. To this point, all grading has been the responsibility of the threecourse instructors. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Texas Tech University, Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationTo support the students’ communications activities in the capstone course, the UHWriting Center has developed a series of workshops. Students with

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Jennifer Spurrier; Charlotte Welch Smith; Bonita Butner; James Gregory

area of teaching field preference. ObjectiveAs stated earlier, previous research has been conducted involving engineering students and theuse of E-COACH. Fortunately, the tool is not limited for use to only engineering students. It isa Web-based electronic tool with free access. This paper presents information found in a studyregarding post baccalaureate students seeking teacher certification with relation to careerassessment, learning style assessment, and interest assessment. As the data were evaluated,questions arose, which will be discussed in a later section. This paper has four objectives: 1. Report the mean values for the career map coordinate for education majors and options within the

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E. H. Shaban

curriculum. The electrical engineering design curriculum is enhanced byoffering the integrated circuit design course elective that provides real, practical, handson experience in circuit design for the graduating seniors. Such projects can either beused as a stand alone cap-stone design or to assist the student to accomplish amultidisciplinary design projects in collaboration with other engineering disciplines. IntroductionABET program criteria for electrical engineering curriculum require that the curriculummust provide the depth and breadth across the range of engineering topics implied by thetitle of the program [1]. The acquired knowledge in the program should allow the studentto analyze and design complex

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Charlotte Welch Smith; Bonita Butner; James Gregory

tool designed for assisting in careerguidance. The career-mapping tool aids students by offering career and learning styleassessments. The advising tool was designed by the College of Engineering at TexasTech University to provide assistance in career decision-making for students in theCollege. However, this guidance inventory can be effectively used by students in othercolleges and by high school and junior high school students. ObjectiveThis paper does not reflect research as is common in most journals but gives an accountof and evaluates the usefulness of E-COACH for high school students and high schoolcounselors. This paper has three objectives: 1. To report the results of the use of E-COACH

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Puneet Bhatia; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

, machiningparameters, set-up instructions, and quality assurance checkpoints. Manual process planningis usually based on the manufacturing engineer's experience and knowledge of productionfacilities equipment, their capabilities, processes and tooling.The automation of process planning is described through five stages, which were developedover the years as an evolutionary path to improve and computerize process planning. Thefive stages of process planning are described in Fig. 1. Different Companies may haveimplemented CAPP at different levels. PROCESS PLANNING STAGE I STAGE II STAGE III STAGE IV STAGE IV MANUAL COMPUTER VARIANT

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John R. Chandler; John Rivera; A. Dean Fontenot

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Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

Engineering are given in Figure 1 below. The X in the lab title represents theoffering department. For example, there is an Introduction to Mechanical & AerospaceEngineering course, an Introduction to Computer Science & Engineering course, etc. The lecturecourses are co-listed in each department. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education XE 1104 (1-0) 1 hour credit. Introduction to Engineering: Introduction to basic engineering concepts. Students will become familiar with engineering and its

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Shunmugham R. Pandian

offeringpredominantly undergraduate engineering programs of limited size. Robotics and Mechatronics Projects at UM-FlintThe Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory was started at UMF in fall 2001. The labprovided the resources for a lab course to accompany an introductory senior-level courseon robotics and mechatronics. The resources additionally came to be used to supportsenior capstone engineering design projects, senior/junior Independent Study courses,junior/sophomore Supervised Study courses, as well as faculty research in the areas ofcontrol, robotics, and mechatronics. Most of the projects involved teams of three or morestudents. A summary of the projects and their outcomes is given in Table 1.Computer hardware and software issues are

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Donald J. Bagert; Stephen V. Chenoweth

- TR-2, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education2. Bagert D. J., Ardis, M. A., 2003, Software Engineering Baccalaureate Programs In The United States: An Overview”, Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, Colorado, USA, November 5-8, 2003, pp. S3C-1 to S3C-6.3. Bagert, D. J., Hilburn T. B, Hislop G., Lutz M., McCracken M., Mengel S., 1999, Guidelines for Software Engineering Education Version 1.0, CMU/SEI-99-TR-032, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA.4. Sobel, A. E

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Jim Farison

thesucceeding ASEE Annual Conferences and has a full program (four technical sessions and abusiness meeting) planned for the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference in Salt Lake City.Accompanying the programmatic development has been the formalization of the group into theofficially recognized ASEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Constituent Committee, with bylaws,officers, and website.This paper outlines the history of this new ASEE group, and the evolving development of itsprogram and goals. These now include 1) providing a strong presence and program at ASEEeach year for its constituents, 2) achieving the membership level to become an ASEE Division,and representing its constituents in development of the understanding and recognition ofmultidisciplinary (and non

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William E. Simon; Terrence L. Chambers

board, student, alumni and employer inputs, the interface with universityadministration, national trends in engineering education, and communications and teamwork arediscussed, and the results of this faculty team project are presented.The lessons learned and changes made in the assessment and measurement process, and theresulting modifications of the curriculum, should assist in insuring long-term continuous Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference 1 Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationimprovement of the program in order to continue providing competent engineering graduates fortoday’s

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Mohammed E. Haque; Murtuza Aluminiumwalla

students andnon-technical personnel on construction sites to better visualize the sequence of operations forconstructing reinforced concrete buildings. The developed 3-D computer animation model willalso help students to visualize the entire construction process of a reinforced concrete building ina few minutes, which in reality on the site would take many months. Virtual Walkthrough Model Development MethodologyThe focus of this research was to develop a web-based 3D computer animation model (Figure 1)showing systematic construction processes of a typical reinforced concrete building. Thefollowing steps were used:1. Developing the 2-D plan of a typical three-bedroom reinforced concrete building: A 2-D planof a typical three-bedroom

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Mohammed E. Haque; Salim Saherwala

increasingly becoming important to develop a web based 3-D visualization andanimation to explain the various construction processes. The objective of this study is to developa web-based 3D animation and walkthrough of the design and construction processes forformworks for reinforced concrete construction. Visualization and Animation TechniquesThe visualization techniques that are used to develop a web-based design and constructionprocess visualization are broadly classified under the following categories: 1. Image visualization/Animation 2. Interactive flow-chart based analysis/design 3. 3ds Max based Design Animation and WalkthroughThe image visualization and animations are powerful tools for teaching design courses. If

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Alison Reed; Kenneth Van Treuren

heat transfer coefficient s.This research examines the local heat transfer coefficients across three different plates:1) 1/8 inch plexiglas plate, 2) 1/2 inch plexiglas plate, and 3) 1/8 inch aluminum plate.Each plate is approximately 6 inches in length by 3 inches in width. The plates arecoated with a wide band liquid crystal (R30C5W) and fixed in a vertically oriented windtunnel. The liquid crystal hue is calibrated to temperature for each plate. A variablespeed fan pulls air through the wind tunnel while a mesh heater creates a step change intemperature. The color change across the plate is recorded by a CCD camera and framegrabber over a fourteen minute test period. The temperature distributions on a flat plateare viewed over time using a

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Kenneth Van Treuren

Educationtheir perception of how well the engineering program accomplished the tasks. Mostuniversities do this through the administration of an exit survey and Baylor University isno exception. Anderson et al.1 at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville see the exitsurvey data from graduating seniors as one of their nine important assessmentmeasurement tools. Their exit survey is only one of five surveys used in their departmentfor assessment. Gustafson and Merrill2 from The Ohio State University see three surveysthat are essential for assessment: exiting seniors, recent alumni, andmanagers/supervisors of alumni. Still others, such as Texas A&M University-Kingsville,have ten different surveys among which the exit survey is included3 . The use of

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Farrokh Attarzadeh