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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ashok Saxena

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Christi L. Patton; Daniel W. Crunkleton; John M. Henshaw; Douglas Jussaume; Robert L. Strattan

also participated.The work for Year 1 of the competition required students to create a conceptual design oftheir hybrid vehicle system and the initial control strategy. This necessitated breakingdown the barriers between the disciplines. Students began to look at engineering from amore global perspective as they addressed problems outside of their own field.Graded Components and FeedbackThe Challenge X competition has required a significant demonstration of written and oralcommunication skills. Selection to this competition was based on a 10-page writtenproposal. During Year 1 of the Challenge X competition the team was required to • submit five written reports ranging from 5 – 15 pages in length using SAE technical paper format

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Scott C. Smith

group selection method was. The collected information was then examined andthe pros and cons of each approach were tabulated to form an opinion of which, if either, of thetwo group selection methods is significantly better than the other.Project #1The first project entailed designing a Huffman Decoder Chip, which was to be done in groups ofup to 3. The class divided itself into 9 groups, including 3 groups of 1 student, 1 group with2 members, and 5 groups of 3. The overall average on the project was 85%-87%, depending onhow the average was calculated, which was a mid to high B. Table 1 shows the grade distributionbroken down by group size. Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering EducationOf

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Kellie Schneider; C. Richard Cassady

Designing and Implementing a First Year Experience Course in Industrial Engineering Kellie Schneider, C. Richard Cassady, Ph. D., P.E. Department of Industrial Engineering University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701Abstract Two years ago, we were asked to revitalize the First Year Experience course for theDepartment of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. This paper summarizes ourefforts in designing and implementing this course. The main objectives of this course are to (1)get students introduced to and involved in both the Department of Industrial

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Avery Schwer; Donna Dufner; George Morcous

dependable suggestion of correctiveactions. Knowledge-based systems have been developed to support these tasks using rule-based expert systems. However, these systems have serious limitations in theirfunctionality, expandability, and knowledge acquisition. A “proof of concept” prototypeof the PMIS will be developed for the construction domain because of the long history ofconstruction project management and the availability of successful and unsuccessful caseexamples of construction projects.1. Introduction Project management informatics is an emerging area of study that blends the fields ofEngineering Management, and Information Technology. Diverse and new softwareapplications and networking media have pushed the value of competent project

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Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

presents the authors’ experiences and the effectson students’ learning when these techniques are applied.KeywordsActive learning; Engineering education; Large-class teaching.1. IntroductionAt Kansas State University, IMSE 250 - Introduction to Manufacturing Processes and Systems -is a required course for students majoring in industrial engineering, manufacturing systemsengineering, and mechanical engineering. This course is also taken by students in otherengineering disciplines, humanities and sciences. It is intended to not only provide engineeringstudents with technical knowledge for further study in their disciplines, but also exposehumanities and social sciences students to manufacturing engineering. IMSE 250 is a largeengineering class (115

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Nathaniel Scott; Carl Greco; Todd T. Schlegel

, CR1-6) issampled at 1 KHz and the DC offsets are removed. Singular value decomposition (SVD) is thenperformed on the array and the TWR calculated from the eigenvalues returned by SVD: 8 8 TWR = ∑ ρ i2 / ∑ ρ i2 i=4 i =1The program plots one user specified channel of data, the current and previous T-wave in theuser specified channel, and finally the TWR parameter.The TWR calculation program will be used to process a variety of clinical patient records toverify its practical relevance.Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ken Vickers

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

meet the challenges in their future careers. In thispaper, the instructors of IMSE 564 will share some experiences in teaching the course, anddiscuss how the learner-centered environment was established for the class.KeywordsEngineering education; Lean manufacturing; Learner-centered environment.1. IntroductionAt Kansas State University, Product and Process Engineering (IMSE 564) is an engineeringcourse offered once a year to the senior undergraduates by the Department of Industrial &Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE). It is a required course for the students whose majoris Manufacturing Engineering, and the students with other majors may take it as an elective. Inthe course, the students learn how to design the economic production

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Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; James A. Davis; Joseph J. Rencis

3background The national average for the number of students that graduate from engineering is abouthalf of those that start 1. Freshmen expect engineering to be demanding but often getoverwhelmed by the volume of the material and find it difficult to successfully manage their timeand use of resources (course drills, tutoring, faculty office hours, etc.) 2. This may be a majorreason why academically capable students select a different career after a short time inengineering without any real exposure to engineering courses 2. Engineering programs have experienced high attrition rates for many years and as a resulthave caused the perception that this is the norm 2. Studies have shown those freshmen that areacademically capable of

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Min Zou; Li Cai

New Approach of Teaching Engineering Laboratory at UndergraduateLevel with Emphasizing on Creativity, Teamwork, and Communication Min Zou1 Li Cai2 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering 2 Department of Industrial Engineering University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 AbstractTraditional undergraduate engineering education has been focused on transferringknowledge from textbooks to students. In today’s highly competitive real world,creativity, teamwork, cutting-edge knowledge, effective communication skills

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Tim Bower

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Larry N. Bland

Can ABET Professional Skills Stimulate Curriculum Changes That Aid in Student Recruitment? Larry N. Bland John Brown UniversityIntroduction In November 1996, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)board of directors approved one of the most significant changes to accreditation of engineeringprograms in modern times. Previous accreditation requirements had been a very rigid set of rulesfrom almost thirty pages of detailed requirements that covered course requirements, credits anddistribution, faculty staffing, and laboratory facilities. [1] The new criteria became known asEngineering Criteria 2000. These

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F. Edwards; T. Daniel; W. Hale; A. Hanson; E. Richardson

training resources environment, an alternating pace, and a triple level of follow-up.According to Knowles, the following are the skills required for a learner to become involved in aself-directed learning project.7 Each student should examine each and ask themselves thequestion: "How much of each competency do I have?" 1. The ability to develop and be in touch with curiosities. Perhaps another way of describing this skill would be "the ability to engage in divergent thinking." 2. The ability to formulate questions, based on personal curiosities that are answerable through inquiry (in contrast to questions that are answerable by authority or faith). 3. The ability to perceive yourself objectively and accept feedback from others

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Carol Gattis

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Ing-Chang Jong

the force or moment, respectively, during the action. It is theforce or moment, rather than the body, which does work. In teaching and learning the virtualwork method, it is well to refresh the following relevant basic concepts: Work of a forceIf a force F acting on a body is constant and the displacement vector of the body from positionA1 to position A2 during the action is q, then the work U1→ 2 of the force F on the body is1-4 U1→ 2 = F ⋅ q = Fq (1)where F is the magnitude of F, and q is the scalar component of q parallel to F. If the force isnot constant, then integration may be used to compute the work of the force. Work of a momentIf a moment M (or

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Andy Matthews; Jerri Dwyer

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kamesh Namuduri; Ravi Pendse

experiences in enhancing the ECE curriculum at Wichita State University,our efforts in getting the curriculum certified by the Committee on National Security, andour collaborations with the neighboring universities and community colleges to bringawareness of information security in the community. 1. Introduction This paper discusses our experiences in introducing information assurance andsecurity (IAS) curriculum in the ECE department at Wichita State University. Whileproviding specific details of implementation at WSU, this paper also provides a generalstrategy and outlines the steps that one can follow to develop such degree or certificateprograms. It discusses the steps involved in introducing IAS

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ken Vickers