Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

classreturned to campus, to develop ideas for their own automated cell to be built from theirnewly acquired components. Four more visits were strategically planned over the nexttwo months to provide the high school teacher and students with the skill sets needed toreplicate the University’s automated cell lab projects on a smaller scale. Page 13.566.3The design and fabrication of the modules purchased by the high schools were college-based class activities in electronics and material processing courses. The only expensesto the high schools were the cost of the components. The secondary educators have beenthrilled to have “plug and play” modules that genuinely

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Decker, Wentworth Institute of Technology; William Hansen, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Robert Dewar, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

system for thegreenhouse will be in the form of closed loop geothermal heat pump system powered by a 7.5kW photovoltaic system.project designThe proposed greenhouse will be a south facing structure with a 25 ft. by 40 ft. footprint, asshown in Figure 1. The north wall of the greenhouse was moved away from the existing labbuilding wall to make room for an exiting stairway at the east end of the building. The floor ofthe greenhouse will be sunk approximately 5 ft. below the grade of the western side of thegreenhouse. See Figure 1 for western and southern elevations and a plan view of the greenhouse.The frame of the greenhouse will be made of metal and the walls will be finished with 3 inchwide brick and 3.25 inch thick fiberglass insulation on the

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christiaan Gribble, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

‚ Kevin Suffren. Ray Tracing from the Ground Up. AK Peters, ISBN 978-1-56881- 272-4, 2007. This text offers a more comprehensive view of ray tracing theory and practice. Topics range from algorithm basics to advanced techniques that would be explored in the context of a second course on ray tracing. A wide range of code examples are also included throughout the text.The Suffern text was not yet available for our initial offering, so we opted for the Shirley text.However, in future versions of the course, we plan to adopt the Suffern book as the main text andsuggest the Shirley text as a highly recommended (but optional) resource.Topics from the text are supplemented by readings from the ray

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Zahed Sheikholeslami, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, where he was a lead engineer and Principal Investigator on projects to develop technology evolution plans for the Space Station.Zahed Sheikholeslami, California Polytechnic State University Page 13.1010.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Project Based Learning as a Catalyst for Academic Evolution and as an Incubator for Academic InnovationAbstractAs engineering education at the undergraduate level continues to evolve, the support structurerequired for educational approaches such as Project-Based Learning (PBL) is expanding toinclude not only the

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Graduate Studies

coordinator, a faculty member who plans most assignments andprepares PowerPoint slides for both lectures and workshops. Some workshop leaders in the GTFprogram or with prior experience teaching in the department assist in preparing slides andactivities. This past fall, the largest course had two lead teaching assistants who were responsiblefor preparing workshop slides (which were then approved by the faculty course coordinator) andrunning the weekly course meeting. Though this meeting is intended for workshop leaders,faculty often attended and participated as needed. Each course has common exams andassignments. Faculty meet weekly to discuss new content, logistics, tests and exams. Workshopleaders are not assigned to specific faculty members because

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

pragmatic emphasis to address EC3(g) (ABETEngineering Criterion 3-g): “ability to communicate effectively.” Driskill [4], inexamining how ABET (g) is addressed in available ABET accreditation plans, noted littleevidence in the literature that assessment plans incorporate modern rhetoric pedagogy,contemporary discourse analysis, or the fundamentals of communication theory in theirexpectations for writing in an engineering education. Thus, the development of a richdefinition of “communication” and measuring “effectiveness” by a set of carefullythought out exercises would be needed to assess EC3(g) (ABET Engineering Criterion 3-g): “ability to communicate effectively”.From our preliminary research on the PDS and PTD exercises we feel that these

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University; Frank Li, Youngstown State University; Eric Lombardo, YSU; CHITRA RAJAGOPAL, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-Programmable-Chip (SOPC)AbstractTo better prepare students in the areas of computer architecture, embedded systems and controlsystems, an advance digital control systems laboratory is currently under development as part ofour strategic plan to offer a Computer Engineering Program next year. In order to bridge the gapbetween the computer engineering design courses and practical industrial control system courseswe designed experiments, one example of which will be explained in details, to provide studentswith the ability to take what they have learned in digital design courses and apply it toward whathas been learned in a control system courses. This approach also provides us with a moreefficient use of our laboratory resources in terms of both space

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Walter Collett, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

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Electrical and Computer

, EE students are assigned to teams. Each team is Page 13.1027.2assigned a unique design project and must solve and implement a design problem throughout thesemester. These projects are often industrially supported. Recently, some projects have beenextended into the senior year. EE300 is taken the spring semester before the year long seniordesign sequence and is an important foundation to the senior project experience.The first course of the senior year experience is EE 400, EE Design IV. During this course,students thoroughly plan their capstone project. At the beginning of the semester, students areplaced on teams and are assigned projects

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

learningoutcomes, b) determining the acceptable evidence of that learning, and c) planning theexperiences and instruction. In identifying the desired results, Wiggins and McTighe 9provide a further classification of three levels for establishing curricular priorities one Page 13.1005.5embedded inside another and ranging from knowledge worth being familiar with toenduring understanding.Learning OutcomeFor the case of both instructors, it has been identified that learning experiencesaccompanied by simulation tools were used to convey concepts having “endurance valuebeyond the classroom” (Wiggins and McTighe, p.10) 9 . While instructor A used thesimulation tool to

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Lance Traub, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

theory, computation, and experimentation and adiscussion of planned curriculum improvements now made possible with the addition of the newlaboratory.RP Lab OverviewThe Rapid Prototyping Laboratory is a 238 square foot facility that contains two work stationsthat are connected to three 3D printers. The oldest of the three is a Zcorporation Zprinter310plaster printer which was purchased in Fall 2005. The impetus for the purchase of this printerwas to support a freshmen multidisciplinary design course which was being offered for the firsttime that semester. Two Stratasys Dimension SST printers which form parts made of ABSplastic were subsequently purchased during the Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 semesters. Theseprinters are used for sophomore through

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Najwa Hanel, University of Southern California

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International

motivated arsonists. --The Water Resources Center is involved in efforts to rationalize the planning and management of water resources and to develop strategies for the optimal usage of this vital resource. This is a critically important topic for the region, which has not effectively been able to succeed in harnessing the water from the winter rainy season and the snow melts of the spring in reservoirs for irrigation during the arid, dry summer and fall seasons. For this, the Center, which is a forum for information exchange and regional cooperation with the department of Environmental Engineering, has conducted a coastal zone management and development study to define opportunities for socio

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Serdar Tumkor, Stevens Intitute of Technology; Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

; manufacturing, process planning and rapid prototyping/manufacturing.Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology Kishore Pochiraju is the Director of Design and Manufacturing Institute and an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. He received his PhD from Drexel University in 1999 and joined Stevens after a postdoctoral appointment at the Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware. Dr. Pochiraju works in the areas of multi-scale and multi-physics mechanics of composites And structures. His recent funded research on oxidation and durability of high temperature polymer Matrix composites. He has developed and taught

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schubert, Packer Engineering; Matthew Beatty, Naperville North High School

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Harvesting of Lunar Iron: Competitive Hands-on LearningAbstractElectromagnets can be used to harvest free iron from lunar soil, known as regolith. Iron isimportant to the US plans for a lunar outpost. It does not rust in space, making it an excellentconstruction material. Circumpolar railroad tracks would allow a slowly-moving train to followthe sun, making agriculture possible, and enabling continuous operation of factories producingsolar cells and oxygen for life support and propulsion. Designing an iron harvesting apparatusfor the unique lunar environment requires that students re-think tacit assumptions about howthings work.Within the context of a 33-student summer program, two college interns

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Isla Young, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

expectations.According to the surveys, the Projects have also done fairly well at the goal of gender and ethnicequity. Across all high schools, for those students designating a gender, 40% were female in2005, 39% in 2006, and 34% in 2007. These numbers are stellar compared to the numbers ofwomen currently pursuing STEM degrees, but still show there is a long way to go before trueequity is achieved. The formal survey conducted in 2005 and informal conversations withfacilitators since indicate that, while most facilitators make it a point to seek out female students,there are no recruitment methods designed specifically to attract females or other underrepresented students currently in use. The program administrator’s project director plans tobecome more directly

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Kessler, Iowa State University; Emily Merrick, Iowa State University; Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

13.867.3Meetings are scheduled each month of the academic year and feature speakers, free dinners, andice breaker activities. Guest speakers at these meetings include faculty, industry representatives,and alumni that typically present a technical materials engineering seminar. In addition, thesemeetings are also used to present updates on past and planned activities and discuss chapterbusiness. The executive council meets the week prior to each monthly meeting for planning andorganization, enabling a smooth operation of upcoming meetings and events.Students have a desire to attend national conferences of their societies as an opportunity tointeract with other students and professionals, network with potential employers, and exchangewith other

Conference Session

Focus on IE Principles and Techniques

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Nambiar, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Dale Masel, Ohio University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2008-2680: TEACHING CONCEPTS OF LEAN MANUFACTURINGTHROUGH A HANDS-ON LABORATORY COURSEArun Nambiar, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Arun received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India in 1997 and Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering from Ohio University, Athens, OH in 2004. He went on to receive his Doctoral Degree in Integrated Engineering (with an Industrial Engineering concentration) from Ohio University, Athens, OH in 2007. His research interests include production, planning and control of manufacturing systems, application of lean principles, study of discrete-event systems and cost estimation for various

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Allen, Georgia College & State University; Amy Kelley, Georgia College & State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

centers around interactive worksheets,cooperative learning and discovery activities, and individual writing assignments.Interactive Worksheets: We have designed worksheets to complement our presentation of thesubject matter. The worksheets contain definitions, theorems, and procedures as well as theexample problems (without solutions) that we plan to discuss in class. Frequently we ask studentsto attempt a problem prior to a discussion on it. This approach allows students to take an activerole in doing linear algebra problems rather than be passive observers. In the interactiveworksheets, the examples the students are asked to work include basic computations, applicationsof theory, and applications in specific contexts. The following are excerpts

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lobaugh, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

the desired metric gain? If not, then the team/group must go back and reinvestigate the situation. In an industrial setting, Lean Manufacturing and Value Stream Mapping are typicallytaught on-site by a consultant or at seminars, typically lasting two to five days. These aredesigned to give a detailed explanation of the technique and often include simulation examplesand workshops using actual on-site manufacturing examples. For a company planning to trainmany employees, a seminar given by a consultant is a good method, although very expensive. Ifa company involved in lean manufacturing or planning to implement VSM, an engineeringgraduate possessing that information and experience would be very valuable and highly soughtafter.The value

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Source Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schubert, Packer Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

syngas, which can then be burned in a generatorset to provide electrical power and heat. In order to achieve this efficiency, a plasma torch isused to rapidly pyrolyze corn stover, producing high BTU content syngas and a dry ash rich insoil nutrients.A multidisciplinary team of four undergraduate researchers converted a commercially-availableplasma cutter into a plasma torch for use in a farm-scale biomass syngas reactor. This hands-onresearch project combined the best available published literature on plasma cutters and torcheswith the accumulated experience of professional engineers from industry to create a workingprototype. Following each major development, the student team reviewed their work, and near-term plans, with a review board

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

in Office Hours and in ClassAbstractOne of the most challenging and unexpected aspects of a new professor’s career is dealing withstudent emotions. Emotions, especially anger and frustration, can have an impact on studentsuccess and willingness to stay engaged with course content. Successfully implementingstrategies for dealing with student emotions can result in improved academic outcomes. Thispaper addresses the impact of student emotions and suggests strategies for faculty to use wheninteracting with students.IntroductionThe impact of student emotions on learning is rarely discussed in faculty preparation workshops.Guidebooks suggest ways to write syllabi, plan lessons and incorporate active learning strategiesbut rarely present ways to

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

State University and “The Maryland Plan”13. The IACPutilized an advisory committee and task forces of subject-matter specialists selected fromindustrial design, engineering, psychology, organization, and management divisions, to identifythe structure of a body of knowledge they called “industrial technology,” which they publishedin 1966 in A Rationale and Structure for Industrial Arts Subject Matter14. Perhaps their mosttangible outcome was the development and publication of two junior high curricula andaccompanying textbooks of the same names—World of Manufacturing and World ofConstruction—which sought to convey knowledge of those two industries and their impactsupon society to junior high students in a laboratory setting.Donald Maley, who

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicoleta Serban, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

Recent Engineering Graduates in the Marketplace: Results of a Survey on Technical Communication Skills.” Journal of Engineering Education, 2001. 90(4): p. 685-697. 3. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2005. Baltimore, MD: ABET, Inc. 4. Davis, D.C., and Beyerlein, S.W., Development and Use of an Engineer Profile. in American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2005. Portland, OR. (ASEE 2005) 5. Rogers, Jr., D., Stratton, M.J., and King, R.E., “Manufacturing education plan: 1999 critical competency gaps—Industry updates competency gaps among newly hired engineering graduates.” Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Lapinskes, Sypris Test & Measurement Inc

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

what is becoming a technician employment crisis.When ST&M looked into training for entry level personnel it was plain to see the availableoptions. Most options were not feasible solutions for a commercial enterprise. To compare tothe military training plan which required nearly a year of intense 8 hour per day classroom andlab training, a company would have to hire an employee and send them to school for a 2 yearAAS degree. This option was simply not affordable or practical. A second option was an onlineMetrology program. The often heard drawback to this program is the lack of a hands-oncomponent. A third option was to develop a full course to be given through the company. Onceagain this would be very expensive and the downtime of the

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Victor Granados, California Polytechnic State University

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Minorities in Engineering

initial survey. The pre- and post- tests were analyzed using a pairedt-test for the individual items, using "teacher," and "highest family level" as blocking factors inthe analysis.Table I. A list of the survey questions3. I enjoy math (circle one): YES NO NOT SURE4. I believe that math is a difficult subject to learn (circle one): YES NO NOT SURE5. When I leave high school, I plan to have a job the doesn’t require math:YES NO NOT SURE6. I am planning on going to college: YES NO NOT SURE YET7. I believe I am able to learn math, even when it’s difficult: YES NO NOT SURE YET8. I am a little nervous about learning math: YES NO NOT SURE YET9. Math is valuable in the real world: YES NO NOT SURE YET10. My family is

Conference Session

International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mean-Shang Chen, Central Michigan University; Albert Peng, Central Michgian University; Yanjia Sun, Central Michigan University

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International

, SIT plans to send one or twoprofessors to CMU for up to six months each year. SIT visiting professors will audit classes andassist supervising laboratories if needed. They will also seek collaboration with CMU faculty onresearch and publications. SIT will be responsible for the cost of airfare, medical insurance, androom and board for their faculty. CMU will arrange campus housing for duration of their stay,and give access to CMU laboratory facilities, computers and libraries. Both schools also agree tocollaborate on developing a program where CMU faculty or graduate students will travel to SITto teach oral English to SIT students.Program ManagementAn administrative committee with five members from SIT and two members from CMU wasestablished

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne; Khaled El-Sawy, United Arab Emirates University; Essam Zaneldin, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

International

academic institutions. In Turkey,for example, the universities purse accreditation by either the English institutional accreditationsystem, FEANI or the American Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)1. The choice inthe UAE was to pursue ABET accreditation as a vehicle to meet its standards and improve theengineering higher education in the country.However, the new ABET 2000 criteria for accreditation made the process more demanding byshifting the focus of accreditation from “teaching” to “learning.”2 In addition, achieving aneffective outcome assessment plan and meeting ABET’s Engineering Criteria 2000 requiresflexibility from the faculty member to learn and apply the new process and adjust to continuesnature of the new criteria3. One factor

Conference Session

Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University; Brian Anderson, Kansas State University; Mina Hosni, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Some meandering of the streams results in loss of illumination inadjacent streams in still-frame captures, but the flow characteristics are still clearly evident inlive video. Spreading or dithering of the light sheet could be used to enhance the definition ofthe still-frame captures, or alternatively this could be done through the use of frame averaging.The results thus far are very encouraging, and numerous other duct flow test sections arecurrently planned for testing. The construction materials are very inexpensive—typically genericflat black finish foam board, which is available form any art supply store. Flat black duct tapewas used to temporarily attach the duct model to the inside of the tunnel wall, and the model iseasy to remove and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Waldron, Grand Valley State University; Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Previous work by the authors has focused onimproving the integration of CAE1,2 into mechanical engineering programs. Noble3 writes thatthere is “a need for a broad based individual that is capable of working in an integrated fashion ina team environment.” According to King and Lin4, “Industries need engineers who are versed instreamlining processes from design to planning to manufacturing.” Tsang and Wilhelm5developed a one-credit laboratory to “integrate the disciplines of materials science andengineering, manufacturing and design.” Noble3 also notes that “little is done to provide anysynthesis between the courses.”The goal of this paper is to document efforts to improve the experiences of students working inintegrated design project teams and

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Hayne, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

totaling 179 bits of information can becaptured and traced with the integrated logic analyzer. Using conventional methods, thesesignals would need to be converted to ports and routed to I/O pins before being connected to anexternal logic analyzer. This extra routing and loading is cumbersome and could greatly alter thetiming and performance of the hardware under test.Results and ConclusionsThe program of instruction described in this paper will be implemented at The Citadel in a pilotlecture course during the spring semester 2008. The approach is to supplement textbookexamples with interactive classroom demonstrations involving both VHDL simulation and on-chip testing of FPGA hardware implementations. Planned enrollment is 15 seniors in

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh Bachu, University of Bridgeport; Deepak S. Deepawale, University of Bridgeport; Buket Barkana, University of Bridgeport; Lawrence Hmurcik, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, Employment.Home Country Funds are offered by local government, corporate, or foundation sources.These sources are not found in all countries. College funds may be offered by theinstitutions. If it is offered, financial aid is usually made up of a number of different typesof assistance, including grants and scholarships and occasionally loans or part-time workprograms. Sports Scholarships can be offered to gifted student athletes to play for thecollege team as a means of paying for their education. Very little aid exists throughinternational awards, and it is usually earmarked for advanced graduate students. Loanprograms are another financial aid type. Before taking a loan, students must be aware ofhow a loan will affect their plans for the future