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Nikhil K. Kundu

Session 1426 Automated Vehicle Cleansing System A Laboratory Project in Fluid Power Nikhil K. Kundu Purdue UniversityAbstractFluid power plays a major role in the automation industry. Along with programmable logic controllers it belongs tothe forefront of today’s technology. The purpose of this project is to introduce the importance of this industry in thecollege level and train students of mechanical engineering for the challenge they are going to face in

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Arnold F. Johnson

offers undergraduate engineering degree programs using videotape courses andon-campus laboratories to employees of a consortium which currently includes 3M, GE Plastics,Lucent Technologies, Intel Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Conoco,Raychem, Little Hoop Community College, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, IES IndustriesInc., ALCOA, Nortel, and Control Tech Inc.Under National Science Foundation (NSF) grant number DUE-9455466, entitled “EnhancedCurriculum for Undergraduate Engineering Adult Learners in Industry,” a one credit course wasdeveloped in the fall of 1995 to assess the CEDP adult learners’ backgrounds to determinewhether several of the standard introductory engineering courses would be of potential value

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Lambert J. Van Poolen

various disciplines with engineering design and problem solving must argue that,and recognize that, humans cannot disengage themselves (because of stickiness) fromresponsibility for disciplinary content (and its appropriate use in engineering design and problemsolving).ReferenceCartwright, N., 1983. How the Laws of Physics Lie, Clarendon Press, Oxford.LAMBERT J. VAN POOLEN is Professor of Engineering at Calvin College, Grand Rapids MI. He isassociated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder CO, where he does research inthe thermodynamic properties of alternative refrigerants. He has been a Visiting Scholar in the ReillyCenter for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN

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engineer with Union Carbide Nuclear Company in Oak Ridge, TN, and taught at VPI, and theUniversity of Connecticut. He is currently Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and EnvironmentalEngineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. In 1997, he received the NJIT award for Teaching Excellence inthe Upper Division. He is a Fellow in both the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Societyof Engineering Education. Page 2.183.2 Exhibit 1CHE 363 OCTOBER 5, 1994 COMPUTER

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2.258.7VI. AcknowledgmentsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation [1]. We areespecially grateful to Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, which hosted a field trip for the students ofME 435.References[1] National Science Foundation Grant number DUE-9551466.[2] The Web site for ME 435 is http://www.cbu.edu/~bbbeard/me435.htm.[3] D. Bradshaw, S.T.E.P.S. to Pro/ENGINEER, (Green Leaf Graphics, Rainbow City) 1996.YEU-SHENG SHIUEDr. Shiue is an assistant professor at CBU, received his B.S. from Tatung Institute of Technology in Taiwan and hisM.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Memphis.BERNARD B. BEARDDr. Beard, also an assistant professor at CBU, received B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from the

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Ali Behagi

and satellite communication. As a result, acomputer-based satellite communication laboratory was established. In addition, the Universityhas purchased laboratory equipment for surface mount and printed circuit board technology forfabrication of wireless and microwave circuits. A brief history of Penn State Harrisburg and theelectrical engineering programs now follows.2.0 Penn State Harrisburg: Penn State Harrisburg was established in 1966, and today remains the only upper divisioncollege in Pennsylvania which admits students at the junior level. As an upper division college,Penn State Harrisburg accepts students from the University’s two-year campuses, community andjunior colleges, and transfer students from other colleges and

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Carol L. O'Loughlin; Charles F. Yokomoto

Session 1526 Development of an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Laboratory for a Course on Design and Manufacture of Surface Mount Printed Circuit Board Assemblies Maher E. Rizkalla, Carol L. O’Loughlin, and Charles F. Yokomto, Department of Electrical Engineering Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indianapolis Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisAbstract:This paper describes a new interdisciplinary undergraduate laboratory experience that wasdeveloped for an existing electronic manufacturing course for senior electrical and

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Mileta M. Tomovic

as it sounds, but nowadays one can obtainvery good results even on a personal computer within a reasonable period of time. Themanufacturing process that belongs to this group of problems is metalcasting. In the past,metalcasting was more of an art than the science; however, nowadays computer software issuccessfully applied to simulate filling and solidification process. The accurate result ofsimulation allow improved casting design along with the optimization of the gating and riseringsystem used to produce a sound product.IntroductionTremendous developments in computer science, engineering and technology in recent years havebrought many changes in the way we conduct our daily activities. Computer speed and memoryhas been increased, and

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Surendra K. Gupta

Session 3220 Teaching “Computer Tools” in a Workshop Format Surendra K. Gupta Rochester Institute of Technology AbstractMechanical engineering freshmen at RIT take 342-Problem Solving with Computers as theintroductory computer course. 342 replaces the traditional course in Fortran Programming.Students now develop function subprograms in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) within theMicrosoft Excel environment. 342 emphasizes software tools such as a spreadsheet, wordprocessor and symbolic computational system. Skilled in such

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William W. Durgin

Session 2325 University Participation in FIRST WPI’s Experience William W. Durgin Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractWPI has entered the FIRST Competition every year since its inception and continues to stronglysupport the contest precisely because the philosophy is critically important to high schoolstudents in our technological society. A number of organizational models have been used inattempts to effectively involve the university community as well a corporate sponsors and highschool students and faculty. Every entry

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Troy E. Kostek

Session 3663 Using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) as an Integration Tool Troy E. Kostek Purdue UniversityIntroductionToday, OLE (object linking and embedding) technology can be used to integrate an entiremanufacturing operation ranging from the factory floor to the organization’s information andmanagement systems. Industrial OLE-based component products (such as Rockwell Software’sRSTools™), combined with a Microsoft Windows development tool (Visual Basic, for instance),are providing many benefits to manufacturing engineers and systems integrators. In someapplications

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alliance was that they believed such alliances were too timeconsuming.Study recommendations are: (1) universities should strive to meet industry’s needs instead ofattempting to promote their own expertise; (2) Southeast Wisconsin universities should improvetheir technical relevance and credibility so that more high tech companies become interested intheir offerings; and (3) increase the awareness to all sizes of high tech companies regardingavailable government R&D funding sources in order for government funds to effectively serve asa catalyst.The subjects of the study were 57 top executives and 31 managers and engineers from SoutheastWisconsin high tech companies with more than two employees. Standard IndustrialClassification codes used by

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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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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

Design Matrix: The first step was the development of an Overall Project Assessment Design Matrix, where each task’s goals - as defined in the Strategic Plan6 Resource: Stevens, Floraline et al, “User Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation: Science, Mathematics,Engineering and Technology Education, NSF 93-152. Page 2.281.57 Resource: Suskie, Linda A., “Questionnaire Survey Research, What Works,2nd edition, Association forInstitutional Research, Florida State University, 1996 6 were outlined. Associated with

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Mumtaz Usmen; John Raad; Haluk Aktan

NDT technologies. The first stage of the plan was todetermine those NDT procedures which have the most potential use in civil engineering andcould readily be adapted to classroom applications. The second step was to locate suppliers anddetermine the financial cost vs. teaching benefits. The third step was simply the acquisition andde-bugging of the equipment. The final step was to develop lab procedures which could easilybe integrated into the current curriculum.NDT is still considered an emerging field in civil engineering, thus it is difficult to determine thefull impact of these procedures. However, on a smaller scale the success of these methods isindisputable. During the careers of the current generation of civil engineers NDT methods

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Corrado Poli; Brian Riggs; Beverly Woolf

manufacturing and design arehighly interdependent and that they should be integrated [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Several of these programshave received financial support from the Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) which wasinitiated in 1992 to develop education and training programs that enhance U.S. manufacturingskills.The Engineering Academy of Southern New England (EASNE) is one of the coalitions receivingfinancial support from the TRP for its “activities that would improve the general state of the U.S.competitiveness and productivity and provide a high-quality work force for the 21st century” [7].EASNE is a coalition composed of industrial and educational participants. The primaryeducational participants are the University of Connecticut (UCONN), UMASS

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Jon E. Freckleton

Session 2625 Design Content in a Graphics Course Jon E. Freckleton PE Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623-0887Abstract RIT is a career oriented institute with a long history of close ties with industry. Allstudents in Engineering must complete live coop work blocks. This has two major effectson design content in the curriculum. First, the content must start in the lower level coursesto prepare the students for their coop work blocks which begin in their third year. Second,the design content must be truly relevant; coop makes the

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Jawaharlal Mariappan

home appliances. Rapid changes in theindustry, and the increasing use of microprocessors in many of today′s machines lead to productsthat are mechatronics in nature. In order to design such products, an engineer must have generalknowledge of various design techniques and special knowledge of a blend of technologies. Suchskills can be obtained from multidisciplinary mechatronics courses. Recognizing the need for mechatronics education, some Japanese higher educationalinstitutions[1] and European colleges and universities[2-4] offer courses in mechatronics atdifferent levels. Some schools abroad even plan to offer degree programs[5] in mechatronics.The significance of this can be underscored by the fact that there is already an

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identify the customer needs, to develop engineering designs, to construct prototypes,and to perform a business analysis on the products. It focused on open-ended, creative problemsolving. The textbook for our course was written by MIT professors, who use it in their course[8].The course included the following topics: planning and integrating multi-disciplinary activities;technology/market assessment; total quality management (product leadership, strategic planning,team building and group dynamics, competitive benchmarking, customer-focus and continuousprocess improvement), market research; customer needs identification; product specifications;introduction to quality function deployment (QFD); design generation/selection; systems levelarchitecture

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, President of Denford Computerized Machines & Systems, Inc., e.g. TechnologyLeadership Center, London, ON and Jackson Intermediate School District, Jackson, MI. CIMoWis unique. Due to its mobility, CIMoW best provides budding engineers with the opportunity towork with and communicate with people in the community on the subject of integratedmanufacturing. Besides, engineers should be brought to relate to people and not just to intricatesigns, symbols and machines. “The social context is not someone else’s business.” 8. The GMI CIM course covers many individual components of CIM, e.g. robotics, NCmachining, process planning & control and group technology, control by PLC, networking, andinput/output (I/O) control (see Appendix A). It

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Edward Pines

of Industrial Engineering at New Mexico StateUniversity where he teaches and conducts research in quality, large-scale systems, and ergonomics. He has over tenyears industry experience as an industrial engineer, systems analyst, and project manager in the aerospace andcomputer manufacturing industries. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University in1994.AcknowledgmentsThe support of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Department ofEnergy through Technology Reinvestment Project 04AL98816 is gratefully acknowledged.I would like to thank Diane Lise Hendrix, Brian K. Lambert, and two anonymous reviewers for their comments onan earlier version of this paper

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V. Gerez; G. Venkataramanan; D. Egolf; Brian K. Johnson; Jerry Hamann

students keep growing to meet technologicaladvances and research needs. Modest-sized graduate programs face the difficulty of achievingsufficient enrollments in graduate courses, further limiting course availability for graduate stu-dents. Attracting and retaining graduate students becomes challenging under such circumstances.However, graduate students form the backbone of any successful research program. The experi-ment presented in this paper was conducted to study the feasibility of forming teaching alliancesfocused in electrical engineering. These alliances allow several programs to pool their resources. I. IntroductionResources for higher education have become scarce in recent years due to decreased

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, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Third Edition, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1995.3. D.W. Richerson, Modern Ceramic Engineering, Second Edition, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1992. Page 2.278.44. W.D. Callister, Jr., Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997.5. G.K. Griffith, Measuring & Gaging Geometric Tolerances, Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1994. Acknowledgments The author gratefully recognizes the support of this project through funding provided by the NationalScience

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Wade C. Driscoll

computation of theirsolutions. References[1] Driscoll, Wade C., “Parametric Case Studies for Teaching Engineering Design”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings (1992)[2] Driscoll, Wade C., “Parametric Case Studies with Interactive Data Acquisition for Teaching Engineering Design”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings (1993)[3] Engineering Accreditation Commission of The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Engineering Criteria 2000, 111 Market Place, # 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202 (1996)[4] Bell, Peter, and C. H. Von Lanzenaeur, “Teaching MS/OR with Cases”, ORMS Today, (October 1996)WADE C. DRISCOLL earned engineering degrees from Penn State, New York

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Ed Gohmann

skills.INTRODUCTION:Materials I is a first semester course taken by Mechanical Engineering Technology students. It isalso required of the students pursuing a degree in Technical Graphics. And frequently it is takenby students who have bachelor’s and master’s degrees trying to upgrade their marketable skills.Thus the makeup of a typical class can range from students who have been out of high school10-12 years, recently graduated students and those with various levels of college degrees. Thereare no prerequisites for this course other than acceptance into the MET or TG program. (seeappendix I for entrance requirements) Frequently some students are also enrolled in remedialmath and English courses to raise their proficiency in these areas.To accommodate these varied

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Gary Benenson; Benjamin Liaw

Session 3663 The TRP-Funded Integrated Manufacturing Laboratories at CCNY Benjamin Liaw and Gary Benenson The City College of The City University of New YorkAbstract With the opportunity of funding from ARPA-NSF TRP (Technology ReinvestmentProject), faculty and students at the City College of the City University of New York (CCNY)completely overhauled several teaching laboratories related to manufacturing education in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering. This two-year effort started in early 1994 and more than$200,000 (along with countless personnel hours) has been invested into these

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Richard H. Barnett; Mary A. Eiff; D. Perry Achor; Troy E. Kostek; William J. Hutzel; Bruce Harding

and optics, most notably that the "angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection", areapplied to solve a real world problem. Lasers are commonly used in engineering technology forsurveying and building construction. Similar instrumentation is also used for quality assurancein manufacturing assembly lines.Station 2: Unlocking the Factory Door After the raw timber is delivered to the factory, the door must be unlocked. The door iscontrolled by a combination lock based on weighted binary switches. The student’s task is tounlock the door by discovering the combination. Students compete to see who can unlock thedoor in the least amount of time.Functional Description Figure 2 is a sketch of the workstation that students use to

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

proposed amount.• Fourth, there have been several institutional impacts and spin-offs that were not expected initially. For example, some of the partners received complementary grants by other Foundations (e.g., a Procter and Gamble grant to UPRM to expand MEEP into Chemical Engineering), and all institutions received grants for infrastructure development.• Fifth, this project has generated books by inter-institutional teams of faculty (Technology-based Entrepreneurship and Concurrent Engineering course material).• Sixth, there were enhanced employment opportunities for students.• Seventh, cultural, gender and professional barriers were overcome to achieve results.CONCLUSIONSA fundamental difference between this curricular reform

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V.J. Deleveaux; C.O. Ruud

National Coalition for Manufacturing Leadership. Page 2.140.5 5Biographical InformationV.J. DELEVEAUXVelma J. Deleveaux received a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in May, 1997; aB.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983 and an M.S. inEngineering Science from Harvard University in 1989. She has worked for 9 years in manufacturing for DigitalEquipment Corporation in the areas of applied statistics, operations research, and continuous quality improvement.Her

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John A. Marin; James E. Armstrong

Session 3157 Ferreting Out Capstone Design Issues in Large Scale, Complex Problems using the House of Quality John A. Marin, James E. Armstrong, Jr. Department of Systems Engineering United States Military AcademyI. Introduction An engineering capstone design experience is the crowning achievement in a student’sacademic curriculum, and integrates the principles, concepts, and techniques explored in earlierengineering courses. Systems engineering concerns the design of systems which are large-scale,complex and multi-disciplinary and is