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R. A. Davis; K. B. Lodge; D. N. Baria; Dianne Dorland

Session 2513 Experiments in Waste Processing for Undergraduates K. B. Lodge, R. A. Davis, D. Dorland and D. N. Baria Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota 55812SummaryThe emphasis on hazardous waste processing and pollution prevention in the Department ofChemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD), has been enhanced by aNational Science Foundation Instrument and Laboratory Improvement (NSF ILI) grant. It fundedthe development of 6 new experiments for the laboratory classes and for demonstrations inlectures. Two experiments provide the students with training in important

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Eric Campbell; Yolanda Guran

Options 2. Content of the ASIC Course The sequence of the ASIC course is presented in Table 1:Fall Term Introduction to ASIC Design 2 credits lecture 1 credit laboratoryWinter Term ASIC Design 1 credit lecture 2 credits laboratorySpring Term ASIC Design Project 3 credits laboratory Table 2 - Sequence for ASIC Design Courses Page 2.359.3

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Luis M. Bocanegra; Jose L. Rivera

Session 1526 Teaching Awareness about Pollution from Sound and Combustion Emissions Luis M. Bocanegra, Jose L. Rivera Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus ABSTRACTThis paper intends to communicate what is being taught at the University of Puerto Ricoregarding pollution from noise and exhaust gas emissions. These two topics are addressed in thesenior level Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II course in which students get exposure tosubjects

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Janak Dave; Thomas G. Boronkay

have a laboratory component. This is also true in the area of Mechanical Design. Weare presenting our efforts to enhance the Design of Machine Elements course, so as to includedesigning, building, and testing a product.Previous ApproachAssociate Degree students in Mechanical Engineering Technology are required to take thefollowing courses as a part of their design sequence. Page 2.477.1 Course Credit hours Engineering Drawing I 3 Engineering Drawing II 4 Statics

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Cheryl A. Hilman; Bruce R. Dewey; Jerry Hamann

Wyoming) will besupplemented via Web resources based upon those demonstrated in this first experiment.From a computer systems management perspective, the Web resources have not beeninexpensive in development. The bulk of the work, however, including HTML coding, graphicsdevelopment, CGI programming and JavaScript enhancements, has been completed byundergraduate laboratory assistants under the supervision of the facilities director. The particularassistants have demonstrated uncanny skills in Web development, and their prowess in thisregard has been a major contributor to the success of the experiment.6. ConclusionsThis paper has briefly described the experimental use of World Wide Web resources in two coreFreshman Engineering courses at the

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William W. Durgin

resulted in a competitive robot, excellent high schoolteam, and successful performance. The highest place finish was a second place and one honor,the Creative Design Award, was achieved. Integration of the FIRST effort into the universitycommunity, especially faculty and student involvement, has proved difficult. Many of thedifficulties have been overcome so that the WPI experience may provide useful experience forother universities.IntroductionWPI entered the first competition with a robot designed and built by research engineers from themanufacturing engineering laboratory along with students from a nearby high school. Onefaculty member was involved and provided overall guidance. The laboratory was a self-supporting research activity and was

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Sema E. Alptekin

Session 3666 Development of a Mechatronics Design Studio Sema E. Alptekin Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoABSTRACTMechatronics is a combination of mechanics, electronics and information technology intended toraise the intelligence level and flexibility of products and devices. There is a need to developprograms and laboratories in Mechatronics to create an understanding of how new technologiesinfluence the traditional methods of designing products and manufacturing systems. A model"Mechatronics Design

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Lynn G. Mack; James C. Wood

heat removal laboratory activities Trident Technical Preparation for Engineering Team Process Team taught by all College Technology Course Student Portfolio four disciplines Obtaining and using Laboratory Data York Technical College Modules in Photonics Integration of disciplines with the use of Team taught interactive multimedia material emphasis on

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B. S. Sridhara

. B. S. Sridhara, “Design, fabrication and testing of a solar-powered car for competing in Sunrayce97,” Proposal submitted to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, January 1997.2. Request for Proposals (RFP) for Sunrayce 97, National Renewable Laboratory. Golden,Colorado, January 1996.3. Sunrayce 97 Regulations, U. S. Department of Energy, Washington, D. C., November 1995.4. B. S. Sridhara, “Report on chassis impact safety for the Solaraider of Middle Tennessee StateUniversity,” Technical report submitted to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado,January 1995.5. B. S. Sridhara, “Revised report on chassis impact safety for the Solaraider of Middle TennesseeState University

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Craig Hoff; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

as ORCAD, Electronics Workbench, Altera,etc. These programs also perform some time of specialized simulation. However, ourstudents are not routinely exposed to commonly utilized general CAD programs. Thispaper presents the results of an AutoCAD Laboratory exercise completed and evaluated bya class of Advanced Digital Design students in an electrical engineering undergraduatecurriculum. In addition, a detailed list of students’ comments and future developments areincluded.Introductionthe engineering design process is a problem solving activity, and an end product is theformulation of a prototype for a finished product before its actual production. The actualdesign process has several similar definitions. ‘PDCA - plan, do, check, act’ is one

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Ronald W. Schafer; Mark A. Yoder; James H. McClellan

rationale for using DSP as the first course is straightforward — computers are prevalent andeasy to work with. Therefore, a first course can draw on many examples from non-trivialprocessing systems and motivate students to understand signal processing techniques that theyhave already used. Laboratory exercises require no special prerequisites beyond programmingskills that are gained in an introductory CS course. Furthermore, the available computer softwarefor implementing digital filters is extremely powerful. Sophisticated mathematical programs suchas MATLAB [5] and Mathematica [6], permit students to program a moderately complex DSPsystem as a laboratory exercise in this first course.2.2. Levels of AbstractionAnother factor in system design is

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Robert J. Beichner; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; Ernest E. Burniston

assessment and evaluation results anddescribes plans to export features of IMPEC into the regular first-year engineering curriculum.Curriculum Structure and Instructional ApproachThe principal features of IMPEC are as follows:• In the fall semester, the students take a four-credit introductory calculus course, a three-credit general chemistry course with an additional one-credit laboratory, and a one-credit engineering course. In the spring semester, they take a second four-credit calculus course, a four-credit physics course (mechanics), and a second one-credit engineering course. The calculus, chemistry, and physics courses parallel those in the regular curriculum. The fall engineering course replaces the standard freshman

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Session 2513 Demonstration of Chemical Engineering Principles to a Multidisciplinary Engineering Audience Robert P. Hesketh and C. Stewart Slater hesketh@rowan.edu slater@rowan.edu Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 Session 2513 Laboratory and Lecture Demonstrations Paper No. 6 1997 Annual Conference of the American Society for

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Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

background and training inwireless technologies. Electronics engineering technology (EET) graduates are not only expectedto understand the theory of state-of-the-art wireless technologies, but also to exhibit hands-onanalytical and problem solving skills.To address these changing industrial needs, it is imperative that new courses in wirelesstechnologies be developed and incorporated into the Electronics Engineering Technologyprogram. To help achieve this goal, a survey was conducted in the wireless industry to determinethe required level of training for EET graduates. This paper describes a proposed wirelesstechnology lecture/laboratory course implementing the future trends identified through feedbackfrom the wireless industry

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Fazil Najafi

benefit by gaining access to university laboratories, faculty, and student resources; and byreceiving the products, processes, software, and services that university students and facultycreate3 . Joint venture can provide school with addition revenue and access to high techequipment they could afford to purchase themselves3 . Faculty can benefit by being exposed tothe latest industry needs and technology3 . Globally speaking, the world educational arena must take these suggestions and combinethe vast resources of students, faculty and industry for the mutual benefits of all parties con-cerned. The new curriculum must focus attention to societal needs. There are many countriesaround the world that cannot provide job opportunities for their

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P. Jayanetti; J. Olcott; J. Johnson; J. Patton

real world plant. The heart of the model is a dual synchronous generator representation written inJava. The output terminals of the synchronous machines contain three-phase voltage andcurrent information that is fed to the metering and protective relays. The relay outputsare interfaced to the laboratory PLCs. Manual or PLC-operated generator field and gov-ernor controls determine the machines’ behavior. A synchronizing switch enables manualsynchronization. The wye-grounded/delta power transformer is connected between themain bus and the equivalent system. The equivalent system represents an infinite busbehind the system impedance and draws or supplies real and reactive power based on thesynchronous machine field and governor controls.4

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Nancy L. Denton

, including simplification for ease ofcalculation, idealized dimensions, and neglecting the effects of manufacturing processes. Aprimary goal of basic mechanics courses is to teach students how to develop appropriateengineering models which will allow them to reasonably approximate “real-life” results. In atypical first laboratory-based strength of materials course, students conduct establishedexperiments to verify simple engineering models, but may not consider the constraints imposedon the test specimen in order to obtain experimental results which match theoretically predictedvalues. In particular, manufacturing factors are frequently overlooked.A laboratory exercise based on the statically indeterminate bar of multiple, equal length

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John A. Orr; David Cyganski; Richard Vaz

that need, andprovides an introduction to concepts such as the nature of information, representation ofinformation as bit streams, means for data compression, bandwidth, types of transmission andstorage media, and the fundamental principles governing information technology. Through theuse of laboratory project-based "personality modules" customized to address different studentdisciplinary interests and backgrounds (e.g., mechanical engineering, the sciences, the arts,management), the course will expose students to professional applications of these technologies.This course is being developed with support from the National Science Foundation’s Course andCurriculum Development program. Following are the overall goals of the WPI project

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P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch, Milwaukee School of Engineering

this course rely heavily on basic mathematics and algorithms derived directly from thismathematics, but it also provides the student with the opportunity to develop programs withdirectly visible results. In addition, many of the algorithms can be compartmentalized, providinga weekly or bi-weekly division of laboratory time. A disadvantage of using computer graphics at this level is that the initial learning curveand overhead can be quite steep. It takes considerably more code for a program to read inputfrom a mouse or other pointing device and then use that to format and control graphical outputthan it does to work with simple scanf's and printf's. And while the results are often moresatisfying to the student since the programs now

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Robert E. Wilson; Brian K. Johnson

the steady-state andtransient response of protective relays and verify relay settings.The Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP) is a large time-domain simulation programthat is a power industry-accepted method for studying the transient response of systemcomponents. EMTP simulations can be performed on personal computers, which are available tostudents and are an integral part of practicing engineer's equipment.Several large utilities have built relay testing laboratories that subject commercial relays totransient waveforms [1,2,3]. Laboratory testing is accurate and complete, but the costs of theselaboratories are high. Relay test laboratories are beyond the means of most universities, so a morecost effective method to teach relay

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Robert L. Drake

Session 1426 AUTOMATED ANALYTICAL MODELS FROM TEST DATA Robert L. Drake School of Engineering The University of Tennessee at Martin ABSTRACTIn applying classical control system theory, it is important to have an analytical model of theprocess which is to be controlled. An analytical model is also desirable when a circuit or systemis to be redesigned for other purposes.Frequently, a circuit or system must be defined by test data taken in the laboratory or in the field,and it is desired to find numerical

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Dale Ross; Bill Taylor

schools in the NMHU service area. It is precisely thisopening-up of the Mathematics and Science classroom to inspiration and the outside world thatsets the stage for the development of a competent scientific and technical workforce. Our Page 2.73.2technical advisory group is the Educational Networking Support service of the Los AlamosNational Laboratory Science Education Programs.5Data circuits were leased from New Mexico TechNet and they sub-contracted with US West, ourlocal telephone utility. This on-line frame-relay network operates at 56 Kbs, bundled with the T1circuit servicing NMHU and includes the following sites: West Las Vegas High

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T. Taylor; T. Egolf; R. Klenke; M. Salinas; J. Stinson; H. Carter; Vijay K. Madisetti; James H. Aylor; Anthony J. Gadient

, in turn, blames the industry for focusing on short term profits as opposed to longterm strategic technical goals [5]. Resources for new research in both arenas have been severelycut (e.g., dismantling of Bell Laboratories, and reduction in industry-sponsored basic research onuniversity campuses), further compounding the problem. Is there a sudden disillusionment withan educational system that has served us so well for over three decades, or are some industry anduniversity players crying wolf? The National Academy of Engineering also recognizes thisproblem and argues for an educational system that is relevant to the needs of the community [3].If one accepts that there is some truth to this claim, the underlying causes for this

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Stephen Gwinn; Kenneth Reid

was forWeb pages to promote a mobile manufacturing laboratory used primarily by K-12 programs, tobe linked to and from the main EET Web pages. These were fairly straightforward pages withsome artwork, text, links, forms to supply and request information, etc. The other pages were tobe interactive pages strictly for use inside of the laboratory. These were to have capabilities foruse in instruction and troubleshooting for each piece of equipment within the trailer. Sincebandwidth was not a significant limitation for these pages, the design team was free to use video,audio, or any technique they wished.These groups faced unexpected problems with the laboratory itself which impeded their ability todeliver on all of the goals specified. This

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Subra Ganesan

DSPprocessor and is widely used for communication, multimedia and control applications.This paper describes a top down approach for the selection of DSP processor, thehardware board design using TMS320C5X processor, software development using thecustom board which can be interfaced with the personal computer (PC). A typical courseon this topic starts with an introduction to the DSP chip and then provides a step by stepinstruction with hands on training using several lab experiments.Some of the laboratory experiments described here are: FIR filter and IIR filterimplementation, word recognition, touch-tone phone dialer and Fuzzy logic based enginecontrol Application of DSP in Automotive control and use of application developmenttools such as Matlab

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Thomas W. Graver; Leon F. McGinnis; David W. Rosen

Session 1463 Engaging Industry in Lab-Based Manufacturing Education: RPM at Georgia Tech Thomas W. Graver, Leon F. McGinnis, David W. Rosen Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractLeading edge manufacturing technologies present major challenges in education, both for degreestudents and for continuing education. Creating and maintaining the necessary instructionalfacilities can easily overwhelm typical university budgets. At Georgia Tech, a uniqueuniversity/industry partnership has been formed to create and sustain a laboratory for RapidPrototyping and Manufacturing (RPM

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

Session 2326 Freshman Engineering Design - Process Design and Siting of a Municipal Wastewater Facility Deran Hanesian, Angelo Perna New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractTo bring “practical” engineering into the freshman year, a hands on lecture/laboratory chemicalengineering introductory course was developed which meets twice a week for a total of 3 hoursfor seven weeks. The course was well received by students. In order to broaden the designexperience and include concepts of manufacturing into the freshman course, an interdisciplinaryEnvironmental

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Eric W. Tisdale

Session 1663 Instrumentation of ASTM Tools Eric Tisdale Ball State UniversityAbstractThis paper will focus on a laboratory experience using a chip level pressure sensor that will bepresented as both a force gauge and a level meter. The goal is to present sensors to the studentswith enough information to allow them to see how sensors can be adapted to collect differentdata parametersBackgroundLaboratory experiments often seem disconnected from the “real world”. Examples ofinstrumentation used in commercial enterprise are used to stimulate conversation

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Henry G. Ansell

coursecalled Activity Analysis: Therapeutic Devices is that occupational therapy students design andconstruct a therapeutic device. This course is given in the second semester of the four-semesterprogram. In the spring 1995 semester this writer taught a one-credit introductory electricalengineering laboratory course, called Electrical Engineering Laboratory, given concurrently withan introductory electrical circuits course. No design project was required. These two courseswere normally taken in the fourth semester of a student’s electrical engineering program. It was apparent that encouraging cooperation between the occupational therapy andengineering students would enrich the engineering lab course by inserting a bit of design

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Richard L. LeBoeuf; Gregory Spaulding

. Although the senior project courses at KSU traditionally have been industrial projectsfunded by industry, the ASHRAE Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program was attractivebecause it could encompass many aspects of students’ course work, require a significant amountof learning, and last up to an entire academic year.Prior to the year the senior project grant was procured, ASHRAE sent a proposal solicitation tothe college in September. The deadline for proposals was in December and notification ofapproval was given by ASHRAE in March of the following year. Since a laboratory componenthad just been added to the Thermodynamics course (now called Thermodynamics and HeatTransfer), this project was viewed as a perfect way to develop essential