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Steven M. Cramer; Nancy Ciezki; Hussain Bahia; Carole Kraak; Carole Schramm

Optimizing Engineering Materials Laboratory Time with TechnologyBySteven M. Cramer, Nancy Ciezki, Hussain Bahia, Carole Kraakand Carole SchrammUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstractThe background of engineering students has changed over the years, resulting in newchallenges in teaching hands-on laboratories. Engineering design involves visualization.This visualization spans the spectrum from understanding how pieces of a structure fittogether to having a first hand knowledge of how material deforms, flows or fracturesunder different loads. Engineering laboratories provide critical hands-on experiencesthat build visualization skills at the same time that material or structure behaviors aredemonstrated. But engineering laboratory time is

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Swaminathan Balachandran

TEACHING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING COURSES USING BLACKBOARD Swaminathan Balachandran Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Platteville 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818 Ph.: (608)-342-1718. FAX: (608)-342-1566. balachas@uwplatt.edu ABSTRACT This paper presents information about the undergraduate program in industrialengineering at UW - Platteville and the Web pages created for five industrial and generalengineering courses by the author. This paper summarizes the contents of these pages that areaccessible to students and guests from any location. The paper discusses how

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Vojin Nikolic

A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO TEACHING FRESHMEN DESIGN Vojin Nikolic Minnesota State University Mankato 2002 North Midwest Section Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education Technology-Enhanced Learning October 10-12, 2002, Madison, Wisconsin Abstract The structure of a freshmen engineering design course is presented. The courserepresents a well-balanced blend of lectures, laboratories, and practical design work, aswell as factory tours and field trips and other contacts with practicing engineers. It

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Michael P. Hennessey; Allen C. Jaedike; Peter S. Rhode

perusal and reflection that may be of use to others teaching future CAD courses or others, such as students interested in CAD work in a BSME program. In addition, one can see the natural evolution of the course since it was first taught. The projects demonstrate the application of CAD knowledge acquired in the freshman Engineering Graphics course where SolidWorksTM has been taught recently. However, because of the wide applicability of CAD, projects from many other courses (such as Introduction to Engineering, Kinematics and Mechanism Design, Machine Design, and the Senior Design Clinic sequence) are emphasized (although not all of them are showcased) as well. Finally, because of the success of the Engineering Graphics course

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Marlee A. Walton; T. Al Austin

are prepared for the job market. Iowa State University developedinitiatives within the Civil & Construction Engineering (CCE) Department to address thesedemands in a new integrated learning based curriculum.The new integrated curriculum includes new courses, revisions to existing courses, andcollaborative efforts with the Department of English. Some of the new courses focus primarilyon professional practice skills as applied in industry. Other new courses offer a synthesis to tieother non-departmental courses to civil engineering practice. Collaboration efforts with theEnglish Department have resulted in the development of a Technical Communication Guide,faculty workshops on effective teaching of communication within the CCE curriculum

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Murat Tanyel

Aesthetics of Computer Aided Tools for Signal Processing”, in preparation for Proceedings of 64t h Annual ASEE North Midwest Section Meeting, Madison, WI, Oct. 2002.8. Gorter, H., Matherly, B., MPSK Demo Project Report, EGR 363 Project Report, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA, May 2002.MURAT TANYELMurat Tanyel is a professor of engineering at Dordt College. He teaches upper level electrical engineering courses.Prior to teaching at Dordt College, Dr. Tanyel taught at Drexel University where he worked for the EnhancedEducational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-oncomputer experiments for engineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professorat the

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Murat Tanyel; Charles Adams

; Exposition, Montréal, QC, June 16-19 2002.MURAT TANYELMurat Tanyel is a professor of engineering at Dordt College. He teaches upper level electrical engineering courses.Prior to teaching at Dordt College, Dr. Tanyel taught at Drexel University where he worked for the EnhancedEducational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-oncomputer experiments for engineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professorat the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain, UAE where he helped set up an innovative introductoryengineering curriculum. Dr. Tanyel received his B. S. degree in electrical engineering from Bo_aziçi University,Istanbul, Turkey in 1981, his M. S. degree in

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Joseph C. Musto; Vincent C. Prantil

sequence. The first courseis a four-credit, quarter-long course entitled Modeling and Numerical Analysis. This is a traditionalnumerical methods course, including topics such as matrix computation, root finding, numericalintegration, and numerical solution of differential equations [1]. This course also includes a laboratorycomponent, where modeling and numerical solution techniques are applied to a variety of mechanicaland thermal systems (such as a draining bottle, a heated and quenched object, and a spring-mass-damper system). Student feedback from this numerical methods course indicates two negative aspectsto this traditional approach to teaching numerical methods: • Despite the presence of a laboratory component, students cite a lack of

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Keith B. Lodge

The programming of a microcontroller as an integral part of process control for undergraduate chemical engineersKeith B. Lodge*Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, the University of Minnesota Duluth,1303 Ordean Court, Duluth, Minnesota 55812-3025AbstractNew funding in our College of Science and Engineering has become available for the enhancement ofcourses with computer technology. I took this opportunity to try an experiment in the teaching of processcontrol to chemical engineers. Inexpensive and reliable microcontrollers are now commonplace. I amusing the Basic Stamp, Parallax Inc., with the intention of getting the students to build and tune their ownliquid-level loops. This experiment was