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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Bradshaw, U.S. Naval Academy; Jack Nicholson, U.S. Naval Academy

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AC 2008-755: THE INERTIAL NAVIGATION UNIT: TEACHING NAVIGATIONPRINCIPLES USING A CUSTOM DESIGNED SENSOR PACKAGEJoe Bradshaw, U.S. Naval Academy Electronics Technician at the US Naval Academy for the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department for 7 years. Design special hardware and develop software for projects and labs.Jack Nicholson, U.S. Naval Academy Page 13.1241.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Inertial Navigation Unit: Teaching Navigation Principles using a Custom Designed Sensor PackageAbstractThis paper describes the application

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Mobile Robots in Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Chad Hager, University of Wyoming; Mike Yurkoski, University of Wyoming; Robert Lewis, University of Wyoming; Matthew Jespersen, University of Wyoming; Zachary Ruble, University of Wyoming

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Freescale S12 microcontroller based teaching robot, and a Verilog HDL basedrobot. We will also review the lessons learned in such a venture and potential challenges.We then focus on the most recent student developed laboratory equipment – a FreescaleS12 based laboratory trainer. BackgroundEngineering departments are often faced with the need to update laboratory exercises andequipment without adequate funds to do so. Another challenge faced by departments aresatisfying Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) EngineeringAccreditation Commission (EAC) criteria for a major capstone design experience withinthe curriculum. ABET Criterion 4. Professional Component guidelines state, “Studentsmust be

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabil Lehlou, University of Arkansas; Nebil Buyurgan, University of Arkansas; Justin Chimka, University of Arkansas

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is used to host the GUI agent can be extended toinclude articles, tutorials, discussion boards, and teaching modules about the target technology.At the end, the constructed system provides an online laboratory learning environment fortechnologies in general, and RFID in particular.References1. C. Thompson, “Everything is Alive,” Architectural Perspectives Column, IEEE InternetComputing, Jan/Feb 2004.2. “Internet of Things,” ITU, http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/internetofthings/InternetofThings_summary.pdf Page 13.169.7

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minh Cao, Wichita State University; John Watkins, Wichita State University; Richard O'Brien, U.S. Naval Academy

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., “A Novel Approach to Control Systems laboratory,” Proceeding of the 2003ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Washington, DC, November, 2004.5. N. S. Nise, Control Systems Engineering, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000.6. K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, 4th Edition, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 2002.7. R. C. Dorf and R. H. Bishop, Modern Control System, 9th Edition, Prentice-hall, New Jersey, 2001.8. R. C. Garcia and B. S. Heck, “An Interactive Tool for Classical Control Design Education,” Proceeding of theAmerican Control Conference, pp. 1460-1464, San Diego, CA, June 1999.9. R. T. O’Brien, Jr. and J. M. Watkins, “A Streamlined Approach for Teaching Root Locus Compensator Design

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Bishop, U.S. Naval Academy; Joel Esposito, U.S. Naval Academy; Jenelle Piepmeier, U.S. Naval Academy

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. Page 13.909.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Moving Without Wheels: Educational Experiments in Robot Design and LocomotionBackgroundThe use of mobile robotics as a platform for engineering education is well-established. It isunfortunate that mobile robotics as a discipline is mostly overlooked in undergraduate programs.The goal of most of the available pedagogy on mobile robotics is to act as a platform for teachingteamwork, basic engineering principles, programming, etc1,2. The experiments which are thesubject of this paper take place in a senior-level elective on mobile robot design. It is worthemphasizing that the course teaches mobile robotics from a design and experimentation point ofview

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford; Akram Abu-aisheh, University of Hartford

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laboratory settings,as well as in independent projects. The toolkit is being used with students during the spring 2008semester. Preliminary results will be available for the 2008 ASEE convention and alldocumentation for the toolkit is freely available on the project website1.IntroductionOptical fiber technology provides very high quality data communications over great distances.With the growing and now common use of optical fiber in industry and high-end consumerelectronics, the use of optical fiber should be more widely taught. For this purpose we aredeveloping an educational optical fiber data communications toolkit that provides students withthe means to investigate the physical layer in such a network. We first used the toolkit duringthe spring

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Embedded Computing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University

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AC 2008-2928: EVALUATING DEVELOPMENT BOARDS FOR LABORATORYBASED EMBEDDED MICROCONTROLLER COURSES: A FORMALEVALUATION MATRIXJeffrey Richardson, Purdue University Jeffrey J. Richardson is an Assistant Professor for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University where he teaches introductory and advanced embedded microcontroller courses as well as project development and management courses. At Purdue, he is active in the recruitment and retention of students, applied research and has written several conference papers related to teaching embedded microcontroller systems

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Web-Based Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Olowokere, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University; Olutola Jonah; Temitope O. Ajayi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; O.O. Akinwunmi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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AC 2008-1316: REALISTIC LOOKING INTERFACES: IN SEARCH OF THE BESTERGONOMIC METAPHORS FOR REMOTE AND VIRTUAL LABORATORYINTERFACESDavid Olowokere, University of Alabama at BirminghamKayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo UniversityLawrence O. kehinde, Texas Southern University, Houston, TexasOlutola Jonah, Obafemi Awolowo UniversityTemitope O. Ajayi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaO.O. Akinwunmi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Page 13.1025.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Realistic Looking Interfaces: in Search of the Best Ergonomic Metaphors for Remote and Virtual Laboratory Interfaces.AbstractIn the last few years

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Web-Based Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Felipe Arango, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gonca Altuger, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology

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, SecondReiff Implementation: http://www.manuelglasl.de/index.php?article_id=1/.[8] Virtual Chemistry at the Brigham Young University: http://chemlab.byu.edu/Tour.php.[9] Freitas, S. D., (2006), “Learning in immersive worlds: a review of game-based learning”, Prepared for the JISC e-Learning Program.[10] Wang, G. G., “Bringing games into the classroom in teaching quality control”, Online document at: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/engineering/mech_and_ind/prof/wang/index_files/Game-8-25-03.pdf.[11] “Source” game engine: http://www.valvesoftware.com/.[12] Arango, F., Chang, C., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C., (2007), “A scenario for collaborative learning in virtual engineering laboratories”, Proceedings of the 37th ASEE/IEEE

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Computer Education Management Tools I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Thomas Richter, University of Stuttgart

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pedagogical concepts to support teaching of mathematics for mathematicians, engineers and natural scientists - at the TU Berlin in 2001, as a research assistant at SFB609 in Dresden from 2002-2004, and is now part of the Team of the MuLF (Center for Multimedia in Education and Research) at the TU Berlin). In the past three years, Olivier Pfeiffer focused on the organization and coordination of the involved teams and contributed to several other eLTR related projects. He is also involved in the planning and application of future eLTR projects at the Berlin University of Technology and the local coordinator at the TU Berlin of the EMECW3 project. His research interest focuses on the

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Web-Based Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University

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AC 2008-363: REAL-TIME, EMBEDDED-SYSTEMS NETWORKING: A NOVELWAY TO DEVELOP AN INTERACTIVE UNDERGRADUATE COURSEEce Yaprak, Wayne State University Dr. Ece Yaprak is a Professor of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering at Wayne State University. Her areas of interest include computer networks and communications where she has published extensively. She has held engineering positions at General Electric and Ford Motor Company, and research fellowships at NASA (John Glenn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ames Research Center, and the Johnson Space Center) and the U.S. Navy (SPAWAR). She has received teaching excellence awards from her Division and the College of Engineering. She has received

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Hardware Descriptive Language Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria; A.Y. Al-Zoubi, Princess Sumaya University for Technology; Danilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria

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. Rapuanob, “Remotely Accessible Laboratory for ElectronicMeasurement Teaching”, Computer Standards and Interfaces, Vol. 26, pp 489–499, 2004.5. Sam Lee and Mayur R. Mehta, “Establishing a Remote Lab for Teaching EnterpriseApplication Development”, Information Systems Education Journal, Vol. 4, No. 50, pp 1-7,August 8, 2006.6. James E. Corter, Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Sven K. Esche, Constantin Chassapis, “Remote VersusHands-On Labs: A Comparative Study”, 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference,Session F1G, 20–23 October 2004, Savannah, GA, USA.7. Qin Shuren, Bo Lin and Liu Xiaofeng, “Development of the Networked Virtual InstrumentLab for Vibration Measuring Based on Microsoft.Net”, Instrumentation and MeasurementTechnology Conference, IMTC

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Embedded Computing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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. Page 13.1275.2The disadvantage to the integrated approach is that more faculty must “buy in” to the programand be able to teach microcontroller applications, and that some material in each course will besqueezed out in order to teach microcontrollers. This paper will measure student perceptions ofthe approach taken in order to measure whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.MethodAs a starting point, an inexpensive microcontroller system is being developed with the followingspecifications: ‚ Cost less than $75 per lab station, and less than $25 per student unit. ‚ Be used to teach programming in a traditional programming class ‚ Be used for laboratories in an electronic circuits course ‚ Be used as a measurement

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Educational Software

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mark Allie, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Thad Welch, Boise State University

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Abstract In recent years, the authors have described various classroom-proven DSP teaching tools that have helped motivate students and faculty to implement real-time DSP-based systems to enhance education. These efforts have emphasized the theme that DSP is much more than just a collection of theories and problem solving techniques, and that hands-on experience with hardware is extremely beneficial for both mastering concepts and retaining students. In addition to facilitating the education of numerous engineers and engineering students, these tools have also allowed us to reach out into our local communities and encourage future college students to consider studying engineering. This paper describes

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Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Amy Craig, North Carolina State University

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fundamental to its creation, the teaching anddelivery of the course will determine the ultimate success. This is one of the first engineeringcourses that students take during their college careers, so it is important to engage the students inlearning about their discipline. However this engagement must be done in a way that permitsmultiple instructors and multiple sections to be taught to offer uniformity in computingexperiences. One way to engage the student is using in-class assignments and exercises. We refer Page 13.772.3to these as “in-class labs” to convey the laboratory nature of these exercises.Essentially, the course (TE/ISE 110) revolves

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Hardware Descriptive Language Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

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currently being developed. This spring semester graduate studentswill be involved in its further implementation. We will incorporate student feedback to furtherimprove the toolkit.Bibliography1. C. Chandrasekara and A. Davari, “Inverted Pendulum: An Experiment for Control Laboratory,” Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, page(s): 570-573, 2004.2. J.L. Newcomer, “A Design Project Based Approach to Teaching Automatic Control Theory to Mechanical Engineers,” 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, volume 3, issue 4-7, page(s):1242-1245, November 1998.3. L. Vlacic and M. Brisk, “Advances in Control Theory 2000,” A Proceedings Volume from the 5th IFAC/IEEE Symposium, Queensland

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Programming for Engineering Students II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Jarvis, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Marty Johnston, University of St. Thomas; Christopher Greene, University of St. Thomas; Mari Heltne, University of St. Thomas

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. Thomas Marty Johnston received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Riverside working in atomic physics. After serving as a Post-Doctorial Researcher at the University of Nebraska he came to the University of St. Thomas in 1995 to initiate an undergraduate research program in physics. When he is not in the laboratory, Marty can be found teaching classical physics, electricity and magnetism, theoretical mechanics or experimental methods.Christopher Greene, University of St. Thomas Chris Greene received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and proceeded to a 25 year career in industry. At Honeywell, he did research on

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Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Doyle, McMaster University; Adrian Ieta, Murray State University; Sheng Qian, McMaster University

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have an enrolment of 450students and the Summer term normally has 100 students. Students are not required to have anyexperience programming prior to entering the programme, but by the end of first year all studentsare expected to be proficient in writing their only software solutions.The operation of the course requires fifty to sixty undergraduate teaching assistants to run 10 Page 13.563.3laboratory and 10 tutorial section per week (10 laboratories and 10 tutorials per term). Whileassignments had individualized components (e.g. based upon student number) the task ofverifying academic integrity by hand was significant. Detection across lab and

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Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne

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in each semester of the four year programs in civil, chemical and environmental engineering. He has consulted on PBL to several Universities, nationally and internationally. Roger has been a member of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Executive since 2001 and is its President in 2008. In February 2007, Roger was appointed at the University of Melbourne as Director of the Engineering Learning Unit to assist in the introduction of the new Melbourne Model in engineering, to support new project-based learning courses and new learning spaces and to improve teaching quality across the School of Engineering

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Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Chandler, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology

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user interfaces (C-based text, Visual Basic GUI), and two data acquisitiondevices (USB data acquisition, simulated multi-channel IO device).IntroductionThe popularity and importance of automated controllers has grown rapidly over the past fewdecades1. The subject of Control systems has grown in importance in education as well. Thereare numerous challenges educators must face when teaching a control systems course. Studentslearn far more from their studies when they have an actual laboratory experiment to help relatethe abstract concepts of engineering to real life design problems2. While simplified physicalsystems such as the inverted pendulum or the digital servo are common in academicenvironments, design for more practical systems is

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Programming for Engineering Students II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Craig, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Tom Miller, North Carolina State University; Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer; George Rouskas, North Carolina State University; Larry Silverberg, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University

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Simulation Conference and acts as the technical coordinator for the conference’s management system.Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University Carolyn S. Miller is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at NC State University. She received her M.S. in Computer Science and worked as a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories and a Senior Digital Systems Engineer at General Electric before joining NC State University. Ms. Miller teaches introductory computer science classes and focuses on researching and integrating new teaching techniques into the classroom.Tom Miller, North Carolina State University Thomas Kenan Miller, III received the BA degree in Mathematics and

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Programming for Engineering Students II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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AC 2008-142: INTEGRATION IMAGE ANALYSIS PROJECTS IN ANINTRODUCTORY COMPUTATIONAL METHODS COURSE USING MATLABSOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTAbhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is currently a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Prior to joining UMES he worked in Turabo University in San Juan , PR as well as Duke University in Durham North Carolina as Assistant Professor and Research Assistant Professor, respectively. Dr. Nagchaudhuri is a member of ASME, SME and ASEE professional societies and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of engineering mechanics, robotics

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Mobile Robots in Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abraham Howell, State University of NY-Binghamton; Richard Eckert, Suny - Binghamton; Roy McGrann, State University of New York-Binghamton

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possibleexperiments. The course, low cost robot, three developed laboratory modules, and results of thestudent evaluations are discussed in this paper.Overview of Microcontrollers and Robotics CourseSeveral years ago the Computer Science Department in the Watson School of Engineering andApplied Science at Binghamton University we designed and began to offer an upper-divisionundergraduate course entitled Microcontrollers and Robotics1. This was done in response to thereality that an important application of computer science is that of using embeddedmicrocomputers to control hardware systems. These are ubiquitous in electronic devices foundalmost everywhere in modern society, and, in particular, in embedded control systems and robotsused in industry, science

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Hardware Descriptive Language Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

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. The LabVIEW software is used for both the design and simulation of fire alarmlogic systems. In addition, the students use Honeywell commercial fire alarm control processorsto perform practical system setup programming for vendor specific applications. The focus ofthis paper is on the programmable logic control teaching techniques that are used in the ENGR-1403 course and the respective student exercise and project workThe students in the ENGR-1403 course have various levels of experience and academicbackgrounds. Students in the course often have experience in the installation or maintenance offire alarm systems. Typically the preponderance of the class students does not have a significantamount of experience using programmable logic. While

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Computer Simulation and Animation I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Black, American University

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implement computer design in hardware 1.However, this project is unique for several reasons. First, students are given creativity to designtheir own instruction sets rather than use a preexisting one. Second, unlike similar projects atother universities, the project requires no specialized hardware or software. Third, the projectdoes not require students to know any particular background knowledge before the course apartfrom basic programming, a typical prerequisite for computer organization courses. Fourth, byrequiring students to simulate and evaluate their processors, the project teaches how realprocessor research and evaluation are performed.In Section 2 of this paper, we describe the student populations for which this project was

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Mobile Robots in Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Reed, Louisiana Tech University; Taylor Creekbaum, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew Elliott, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Davis Harbour, Louisiana Tech University

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University of Arkansas. He has a strong industrial background in software, sensing and control applications for offshore oil technology. His interests include undergraduate teaching and curriculum development. Page 13.1375.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Utilizing Robotics to Facilitate Project-Based Learning: A Student PerspectiveAbstractThis paper describes a freshman engineering curriculum that utilizes a robotics kit to facilitatehands-on learning. Student participants are required to purchase the robotics kit in lieu oftextbooks. In the first of three

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Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ricky Castles, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Aditya Johri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; David Kibler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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paper8.4.0 Tablet Application in a CEE junior level courseIn order to expose other faculty members to the potential of Tablet based teaching, the leadauthor got in touch with his colleague in the CEE department (i.e., 4th author) and decided to dotwo special Tablet based sessions in a junior level CEE course, “Water Resources EngineeringCEE3314” in fall 2007. The class included ~50 students. The key topics covered in CEE3314include: Open channel flow; hydrology; hydraulic modeling; hydraulic machinery and structuresand lecture content are supported by laboratory experiments and demonstrations. Two specialproblems involving design of trapezoidal channels with flexible lining and grass lining weredesigned for the proposed Tablet sessions. It may be

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Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christiaan Gribble, Grove City College

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, but largely uninteresting today. This perception may stem from thetraditional use of ray tracing as an offline or batch technique: until recently, generating a singleimage required either several minutes of computation on desktop systems or extremelyexpensive, highly parallel systems found only in large research laboratories. Others believe thatthe physical and mathematical underpinnings put the algorithm beyond the reach ofundergraduate students, relegating the study of the algorithm to graduate-level courses.However, we believe that ray tracing is an ideal vehicle through which to reinforce and applyfundamental concepts in computer science. To develop an understanding of the algorithm,students must integrate and extend knowledge in computer

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Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Brooks, Temple University; Asher Madjar, Temple University; William Miller; Keerthi V. Takkalapelli, Temple University

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AC 2008-2967: FINITE ELEMENT METHOD - A TOOL FOR LEARNINGHIGHWAY DESIGNRobert Brooks, Temple University Dr. Brooks is an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Temple University. He was voted the "Transportation engineer of the year" by the ASCE-Philadelphia Section. Dr.Brooks' expertise includes finite element methods, highway and runway design, innovative materials in transportation engineering. He won the Tempe University College of Engineering’s Teaching Award for the year 2008.Asher Madjar, Temple University Prof.Madjar is a research professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple

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Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Rossow, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

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optimization. He has consulted for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wimpey Offshore Ltd., and Argonne National Laboratory. Address: Department of Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026; telephone: 618-650-2815; e-mail: mrossow@siue.edu. Page 13.844.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Learning Statics by Studying Worked ExamplesIntroductionThe traditional way to learn in a problem-solving course such as statics is to solve a largenumber of homework problems. This approach is often inefficient and frustrating becausestudents spend so much time