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R. C. Clifft; Shivan Haran

Enhancing Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory Experience Dr. R. C. Clifft, Professor of Civil Engineering, and Dr. Shivan Haran, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Arkansas State University, P. O. Box 1740 State University, Arkansas 72467-1740 ABSTRACTThe importance of experimental activities is being increasingly recognized as integralelements of engineering curricula today. A reflection of this trend is evidenced by thereview criteria applied by educational accreditation boards such as ABET. The crucialrole that laboratory experiments play in providing a meaningful engineering experienceto the

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Edgar C. Clausen; W. Roy Penney; Cole E. Colville; Alison N. Dunn; Noor M. El Qatto; Crystal D. Hall; W. Brent Schulte; Christopher A. von der Mehden

Laboratory/Demonstration Experiments in Heat Transfer: Free Convection Edgar C. Clausen, W. Roy Penney, Cole E. Colville, Alison N. Dunn, Noor M. El Qatto, Crystal D. Hall, W. Brent Schulte, Christopher A. von der Mehden Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of ArkansasAbstractOne excellent method for reinforcing course content is to involve students in laboratory exercisesor demonstrations which are designed to compare experimental data with data or correlationsfrom the literature. As part of the requirements for CHEG 3143, Heat Transport, and CHEG3232

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Edgar C. Clausen; W. Roy Penney; Alison N. Dunn; Jennifer M. Gray; Jerod C. Hollingsworth; Pei-Ting Hsu; Brian K. McLelland; Patrick M. Sweeney; Thuy D. Tran; Christopher A. von der Mehden; Jin-Yuan Wang

Laboratory/Demonstration Experiments in Heat Transfer: Forced Convection Edgar C. Clausen, W. Roy Penney, Alison N. Dunn, Jennifer M. Gray, Jerod C. Hollingsworth, Pei-Ting Hsu, Brian K. McLelland, Patrick M. Sweeney, Thuy D. Tran, Christopher A. von der Mehden, Jin-Yuan Wang Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of ArkansasAbstractLaboratory exercises or demonstrations which are designed to compare experimental data withdata or correlations from the literature are excellent methods for reinforcing course content. Aspart of the requirements for CHEG 3143

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Theodore W. Manikas; Douglas E. Jussaume; Gerald R. Kane

Developing Laboratory Courses in a Resource-Constrained Environment Theodore W. Manikas, Douglas E. Jussaume, and Gerald R. Kane Department of Electrical Engineering The University of TulsaAbstractLaboratory courses are an essential part of most engineering programs. The practicalapplications of engineering theory motivate student interest and enhance student learning of thesubject matter. However, many laboratory courses have special requirements that can exceed theresources of small departments.At the University of Tulsa, the Electrical Engineering department contains a laboratory that hasspace and equipment for

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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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Karen S. Hays

Integration of Lab Safety Training into the Undergraduate and Graduate Chemical Engineering Programs Karen S. Hays Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of ArkansasAbstractThe Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering is the University of Arkansas’campus-wide leader in the area of laboratory safety training for their undergraduate and graduatestudents. This paper presents an overview of the laboratory safety training program and how itwas integrated into the curriculum. It describes how students are educated about the basics

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Danielle Julie Carrier; Katherine S. Vaughn; Carl Griffis

The spring freshman Biological and Agricultural Engineeringcourse at the University of ArkansasDanielle Julie Carrier, Katherine S. Vaughn and Carl GriffisBiological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas,203 Engineering Hall, Fayetteville, AR, 72701The objective of this presentation is to report on the content of the spring semesterBiological Engineering freshman design class. In this class, contact with students is donethrough a 60-minute lecture that is interfaced with a 170-minute laboratory. Thisfreshman class is the second of our design studio sequence that extends through to thesenior year. The purpose of the class is to introduce the students to design, namelythrough the understanding of the problem, pertinent

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Kathleen Condray

studentsare able to realize the dream of going abroad. Using German as an example, this paper will outline how students can both stay on-trackin their engineering curriculum and gain valuable work and study abroad experience in thesummer which will help them in their job search and in their careers beyond graduation.Programs discussed will include RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) of the DAAD(German Academic Exchange Service), in which students receive paid fellowship positions inuniversity doctoral laboratories, CDS (Carl Duisberg Society), in which students work in paidinternships in offices in their field at companies such as Porsche and Siemens, and ICE(International Cooperative Education), in which students complete paid

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Kamesh Namuduri; Ravi Pendse

Security, it is important to design a set of hands-on exercisesthat are intended to make students understand security vulnerabilities in variousnetworking elements and solutions to protect the network. The laboratory exercises may range from configuring routers, setting up firewallswith different configurations and options, simulating denial of service attacks, hardeningthe network, intrusion detection, to detailed forensic analysis and investigation of hostsand network components. Students should be able to freely use any tool that they want totest in the security laboratory. In order to be able to experiment with various operating systems, networkconfigurations, and tools, the systems in the laboratory should be connected as anindependent

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Stephan A. Durham; Mark L. Kuss; Ernest Heymsfield; Hanna Sheppard

which neither parent holds acollege degree. The overall objective of this program is to increase enrollment for students inhigher education institutions. This program involves a six week summer program in which thestudents are engaged in “hands on” activities in the areas of math, laboratory sciences,composition and literature. The Department of Civil Engineering assists in the laboratory scienceportion of the program. Since the Department’s involvement, students have become involved ininnovative ongoing research. Research the students perform is practical and experimental andincludes topics such as field permeability of asphalt, in situ permeability of concrete, andtheoretical specific gravity of asphalt mixtures. At the end of the six week

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Dale E. Schinstock

above focuses on the control systems area, it is common in many advanced topics inengineering. By integrating the learning of advanced mathematics, engineering science, andengineering application into a single course earlier in the curriculum the actual amount ofmaterial learned is increased. This does however require the reduction of specific topicalcoverage in any one of the single areas.The course described here is a first course dealing with feedback control systems, which isfrequently a required course in mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering programs. It istypically taken in the senior year of such programs. In our program, the course is a requiredlecture/laboratory scheduled to be taken in the junior year of the Mechanical

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Larry N. Bland

hours in theengineering buildings. They want to feel comfortable. Is the general atmosphere inviting? Arethere comfortable study areas? Are computers and equipment available 24/7? Is the technologyup-to-date? Are faculty offices accessible? There is a delicate balance required in this area. Students and parents expect advanced,state-of-the-art engineering facilities, the facility cannot look like a clinical laboratory. It musthave a certain level of personal comfort and appeal. Pictures and decorations need a blend oftechnical content and appealing décor. Laboratory and classroom space must create a goodimage. A laboratory with no visible equipment may be neat and protected, but can leave animpression that the school is under funded and

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K. Madhavan

at CBUChristian Brothers University is a small Catholic university. The School of Engineeringoffers degrees in electrical, mechanical, chemical and civil and environmentalengineering. The CEE program requires studies in structural, soil, traffic andtransportation, hydraulics and water resources in addition to other courses in physics,chemistry, mathematics and the liberal arts. Only the courses in the geotechnicalsequence are described here. Three required courses are offered in geotechnicalengineering (geotechnical engineering, geotechnical engineering laboratory and design offoundations) along with elective courses. In the first two courses, students learn thefundamentals and in the third course, they are required to design various types

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Chris Ramseyer; Beth Brueggen

necessity,was beneficial as an undergraduate research experience and has became a key tool for recruitingstudents to our graduate program. It also proved to be an effective method for increasing theamount of high-quality research completed in our laboratory.Background:The structural engineering group at OU lost all five faculty members between mid 1999 and late2000. As new faculty members were hired, there was a period of time during which very littleresearch was conducted at Fears Structural Engineering Laboratory. Between 2001 and 2003,only two students completed thesis-based Masters of Science degrees with a structuralengineering focus. While the undergraduate program in structural engineering had beenrelatively unaffected, the graduate program

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Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale

shelter. Students on severaloccasions have stated that upon leaving the class, they not only learned the class material, buthad fun doing it.IntroductionStructural Materials, CVEG 2113, is a required civil engineering class at the University ofArkansas. The class is typically taken by second semester sophomores or first semester juniors.The course introduces students to construction materials used in everyday civil engineeringapplications. Approximately two-thirds of the class discussions involve concrete materials withthe remaining lectures concerning steel, wood, and fiber reinforced polymers. The classschedule consists of two fifty-minute lectures and one three hour laboratory each week of thesemester. The laboratory is designed to emphasize

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Ken French

Vertical Integration with a Vortex Tube Ken French John Brown UniversityAbstract Vortex tubes are made by small groups of students in a freshman engineering‘concepts and design’ class. The tubes are made from specially prepared kits with detailsimportant to performance left un-finished. Students in an elective manufacturingmethods class produce the kit components once they are designed. An upper division fluid mechanics class will use laboratory sessions to measureand compare the performance of the freshman teams’ vortex tubes. Design, CAD andteam dynamic are essential components of the learning10.Background The vortex

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George D. Gray

major educational objectives are: 1. Select materials based upon constituent materials 2. Perform mechanics and/or structural analysis 3. Concurrently design and manufacture engineered components or structures 4. Determine performance of materials and structuresWithin the overall course inventory of the CME program the following specific compositerelated courses include: • Introduction to Composite Materials • Topics in Composite Materials Engineering • Composites Manufacturing • Topics in Composite Materials Engineering • Polymer Processing • Mechanics of Composites • Mechanical Characterization Laboratory • Composite Characterization Techniques “Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest section

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Nathaniel Scott; Carl Greco; Todd T. Schlegel

Real-time T-Wave Residuum Nathaniel Scott, Carl Greco, Todd T. Schlegel Department of Electrical Engineering, Arkansas Tech University / Neuroautonomic Laboratory and Human Test Subject Facility, NASA Johnson Space CenterAbstractThe recent recognition of prolonged corrected QT electrocardiographic intervals (QTc intervals)in astronauts returning from long-duration space flight as well as premature ventricularcontractions (PVCs) while in flight has stimulated NASA to develop software for real-timeanalysis of the ECGs of astronauts as they prepare for and participate in highly stressfulactivities.The T-wave Residuum (TWR

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Ameya A. Chandelkar; Deepak G. Bhat

test, it is relatively cheaper and easier to prepare test specimens.Implementation of a Hot Hardness Test Method for Materials LaboratoryWe have implemented a unique high-temperature micro-indentation hardness tester in theSurface Engineering Laboratory at the University of Arkansas, by assembling variousmechanical components and electrical systems for the operation at high temperatures in the rangeof room temperature to about 1200oC. The basic hardware components were obtained from acommercial company which had dismantled and discarded their equipment since it was no longerfunctional. The equipment was assembled from various components and modules as a graduatestudent project, and tested to verify the operation of different functional modules

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Julia L. Morse

outcomes.Grading sheets in engineering education literatureThe use of exam or assignment grading sheets is certainly nothing new. Walvoord andAnderson’s 1998 work on Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment1 redirectedthought on the use of grading rubrics to specify desired outcomes, objectives, or “primary traits”expected from student work. This was considered a dual attempt to (1) encourage specificdesired learning outcomes and (2) make grading more fair and efficient. V. L. Young et. al.,applied Walvoord and Anderson’s Primary Trait Analysis to the grading of laboratory reports ina senior capstone chemical engineering course. In addition to meeting goals (1) and (2), Youngand her colleagues also noted the benefits of their grade sheets

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William W. Ryan; Tiffany Wiederstein; Danny King; Malcolm Fowler

, and the universitycommunity. This board helps the Academy’s leadership to build and improve the academicprogram. Secondly, the university component has been used to advise the Board primarily onthe academic standards that are required by the university community. Some of the standardsinputs have been the amount of homework required, prescribed study habits, communicationstandards for laboratory report writing and oral presentation of material, and social lifeinvolvement. "Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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

at Argonne National Laboratory inpartnership with GM with the cooperation of many industrial sponsors. The target vehicleis the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox.The three-year program plan follows a vehicle development process similar to that usedin the automotive industry to develop new products. During the first year, the team’sfocus was on simulation and design studies with limited hardware testing. This optimizesthe design before investing in major hardware assembly and testing. An Equinox wasawarded to each team at the end of the first year. During the next year, the designinnovations developed during the first year studies will be installed and tested. The thirdyear provides for refinement of the design and enabling all of the vehicle’s original

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A. Lambert; D. J. Russomanno; P. Palazolo; S. Ivey

Visualization Course with anOngoing Community-Based Project ComponentThis project expands the multi-disciplinary leadership team to include additional partnersand a community service component. The project involves an interdisciplinary datavisualization course established in part through a National Science Foundation (NSF)course/curriculum/laboratory improvement (CCLI) grant. The course and accompanyinglab are intended for upper-division biomedical, civil, computer, electrical, andmechanical engineering students, as well as chemistry, computer science, mathematics,and physics majors at The University of Memphis. A service learning component of thecourse introduces undergraduates to civic engagement by having them work with highschool teachers on

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Lorin P. Maletsky; Charles E. Gabel

Manufacturing courseand will be used again whenever the class is taught.The authors would like to acknowledge NSF for supporting the purchase of the CNC equipmenton the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Award DUE-0127081.LORIN P. MALETSKY is an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas in the Department of MechanicalEngineering. He earned his doctoral degree from Purdue University in 1999 in the area of biomechanics andmachine design.CHARLES E. GABEL is a Research Technologist and Head Machinist for the School of Engineering Machine Shopat the University of Kansas. Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

project based upon sound curriculum. The challenge for the project was to create anactivity involving a simulation-based video game relating to a particular aspect of IndustrialEngineering. The activity was to then be used as a laboratory exercise for INEG 1103:Principles of Industrial Engineering and also modified for use as a classroom activity for juniorhigh school students. Obviously, a major issue was designing the activity with a proper level ofdifficulty for both age groups while keeping the subject matter relevant to meaningfulengineering and junior high instruction.The materials developed are intended to help students acquire fundamental problem solvingcapabilities as well as a basic understanding of some tools used in Industrial

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Kellie Schneider; C. Richard Cassady

semester, and INEG majors are required to take the course during their first fallsemester as an INEG student. PrinIE is a three-credit course consisting of two 80-minute lecturesand one 90-minute laboratory. Two years ago, we were asked to take over as the instructor (Cassady) and teachingassistant (Schneider) and to revitalize PrinIE. Upon agreeing to this task, we established threeobjectives for designing and delivering the course. The objectives are: (1) to get studentsintroduced to and involved in both the INEG and University of Arkansas community, (2) to Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Jason Weiss; Farshad Rajabipour; Thomas Schmit; Sebastian Fait

Engineering Materials Classes at PurdueThe School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University has long been dedicated to teachingstudents about engineering materials. This dedication began in 1883 with a laboratory for testingmaterials in the college of engineering [1]. In 1899, this lab was moved to the school of civilengineering and eventually became the foundation for CE 231 – Engineering Materials I and CE331 – Engineering Materials II. While these courses were referred to as the "Busting Labs" atthe turn of the century, since the 1960's these courses have strived to provide students with aProceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Norman D. Dennis

7 1 The goal is to have participants, within the confines of their own personalities, model the 2 behavior of the master teacher in their practice classes. Each practice class is considered a 3 laboratory with specific learning objectives. For example, the first practice class only requires 4 the participants to present material in an organized fashion following well crafted lesson 5 objectives using clear verbal and written communication. In the second class they are required to 6 ask well formed questions and incorporate activities or techniques that appeal to different 7 learning styles. In the final class they are required to integrate active learning activities. The 8 idea is not to overwhelm them with implementing too

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R. L. Kolar; K. M. Dresback; E. M. Tromble

, which we have hosted over the summer for the lasteight years; and students hired to work on single-investigator projects. Mentoring requires a muchdifferent skill set than teaching, so carrying out this activity in conjunction with their major pro-fessor is excellent preparation for academic life.Instructional Activity Sequence - Year 4. In the fourth year, GAANN Fellows serve as one of thefollowing: 1) primary instructor for a team-taught course; 2) sole instructor for a laboratory orrecitation section; or 3) team leader for one CEES’s K-12 programs (see above). Also, GAANNFellows will take the second of the two required education courses (EDAH 5123).Year 4 educational tasks culminate with GAANN Fellows submitting their completed

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Brandon W. Olson

”, Journal of Experimental Education, Vol. 24, Issue 1, 2001.Author informationBRANDON OLSON joined the faculty of the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University ofOklahoma in the fall of 2004 after serving as an adjunct professor at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Priorto this he worked as an IGERT fellow within the Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications (MESA)program at Sandia National Laboratories. Email: bolson@ou.eduProceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education