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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Diana Schwerha; Chang Liu; Sertac Ozercan; Tripura Vadlamani; Lev Neiman

Second Life as a Pedagogical Tool for Improving Statistics Homework Sessions Diana Schwerha, PhD, Chang Liu PhD, Sertac Ozercan, Tripura Vadlamani, and Lev Neiman Ohio University, Athens OH 45701Abstract:Learning statistical concepts can be difficult for students because of the content as well as interactionsbetween learning styles and content presentation. Although homework is given to promote time-on-taskand student learning, it is largely unguided. This project used the multi-user virtual environment, SecondLife, as a way to direct learning through interactive and collaborative virtual homework sessions. Thecontent matter for this

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Cory Gionet; Ashraf Ghaly

features but their design also requires an in-depth examination of impactingenvironmental, economical, historical, and cultural factors. Engineers are entrusted with the task ofreconciling various view points in order to reach a consensus acceptable to all stakeholders. ArtisticEngineering is a new course that explores the engineering and non-engineering aspects of structures.Students are asked to select a structure whose design embodies an insightful appreciation of the role eachof the above factors plays in shaping the structure. Teams of two students, an engineer and a liberal artist,are charged with conducting a study that critically looks into the parameters considered in the design. Amajor component in this project is to dissect the

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

mixing cup, and a spoon. The robot armshould be programmed to include all the necessary motions to complete the mixing process. The resultsobtained from the student team projects on the above three modules are also presented, analyzed, anddiscussed.1. IntroductionThe advancement of industrial applications of process technology, computers, and automation demandscontinuous improvement in the quality of engineering education both in classroom theory and in hands-onpractice in design, computer simulation, and manufacturing laboratories. There is a growing need forpreparing students both in theory and practice so that they are well prepared to meet the challenges of thejob market, especially in the manufacturing industries of the 21st century. A

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly; Megan Ferry

advantages of damming a river are, there are always some disadvantagesthat can derail the project. Dams may be built to achieve one or more of several goals such as reducing oreliminating the hazard of floods, regulating water flow in a turbulent river, storing water for drinking orirrigation purposes, generating hydropower, creating an artificial lake for recreational activities, orestablishing a new habitat for fish, birds, and animals. Historically, dam building has always beencontroversial. Currently, arguing about building a new dam and studying its impact can take years. Damconstruction is impacted by technical, political, economical, environmental, and cultural factors. Theconstruction of a new dam may also result in the displacement of

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Mir M. Atiqullah

demand for composites engineers the engineering andtechnology graduates need to be knowledgeable in the field, if not develop some level of expertise, beforethey graduate from college. Traditional materials science/engineering course can accommodate only anoverview of composites. In the absence of a dedicated composites course a special project course or aresearch project on composites could be a supplement to the standard materials course. During thesummer of 2007, two minority students were awarded scholarships from Peach State Louis StokesAlliance for Minority Participation (PSLSAMP) to do undergraduate research. These students alreadycompleted their regular engineering materials course and were assigned to the project of performing

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Teaching for Success; Molding Course Syllabi to Support Student Capstone Design Work.Abstract This paper details the curriculum changes made within both the aeronautical and automotive sub-disciplines of the United States Military Academy’s (USMA) Mechanical Engineering (ME) program tosupport student senior design projects. Based on instructor/advisor observations, both sub-disciplinesrealized a need to better support student design by front-loading crucial design concepts andmethodologies in their respective courses. A review of the USMA mechanical engineering curriculum isaddressed illustrating the need for these syllabi changes. The aeronautical and automotive syllabi changesimplemented and their

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Bahram Nassersharif

expand depths of understanding. Thecenter would provide no constraints to a person’s visual system. It would provide an environment similarto natural vision.i iiFor example, our engineering students currently build a mini-Baja vehicle for national competitions, aprocess that normally takes nine months to complete because many of the problems in the design arediscovered during vehicle manufacturing. With the availability of the Discovery Center, students wouldview large “wrap-around” imagery from inside physical mock-ups of the vehicle or cab, whilemanipulating actual vehicle controls. The student’s design project would be test driven before a prototypeis ever built. Students could fly through a jet engine or follow a Borrelia burgdorferi (the

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Gad J. Selig

business development, leadership and people skills, new product, service and venturecreation, managing change and innovation proactively, strategic, tactical and project planning andexecution and many other skills. The program integrates the following disciplines as illustrated in Figure2: 4 Figure 2 - Inter-Disciplinary Business, Engineering, Technology & Leadership Competencies Business/ Leadership, Industry People & Knowledge Team Building & Process Skills

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ismail I. Orabi

exclusively on the web. The online class required students to attend four face-to-face meetings during which main topics of the course were discussed and exams of the course were administered, and projects were presented. Course materials in the form of lecture notes, text-based supplementary materials, discussion groups, and testing were offered through the Internet. The course used Blackboard as the course delivery platform. Test questions were drawn from the same test bank used for the traditional section. • Traditional section: A separate section of this course was offered using a mix of traditional and online based delivery means. The class met regularly for lectures, assignments, and

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Sarosh Patel; Khaled Elleithy

infrastructure networks. Most protocols in place suffer from low quality of service and overload the network with a large percentage ofoverhead (control data) when compared to the data packets. Any improvement in the routing protocol should be anextendible architecture to support high number of mobile units and at the same time ensure a good quality of service. Mobile routing protocols have been attracting the attention of a major section of the research community as isevident from the large number of ongoing projects at various universities and institutions on this topic. Numerousachitectures have been proposed such as the ExScal project in OSU [1], the Terminodes project in Switzerland [2],and the Roofnet project at MIT [3], the Waypoint Routing

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Imin Kao

lecture notes. With the availability of tablet PC and many software, making a podcast is nolonger a difficult task. The training and teaching of the usage of the technology is alsoimportant, not just for the instructors but also for the students if they are required to producepodcasting projects as part of their learning experience. 32.3 Sound Pedagogy and AssessmentTechnology is only a means to deliver the contents, and should not replace sound pedagogywhich is the fundamental rubric. Pedagogy which promotes active learning using suchtechnology can enhance the learning experience of students. It is the author’s experience thatstudents of this generation, who are savvy in learning and using new

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Kanti Prasad

established simultaneously with thedevelopment of VLSI Design courses (16.502/16.470). In 1984, only text book availablewas Mead and Conway and DLAP was the prime tool for the experimental layout andsimulation. The projects were fabricated at M2C, and were tested at UMASS Lowellusing LV 500 tester.Full use was made of both of these in the class room as well as in the laboratory. Since itinvolved extensive use of programming in PASCAL, along with VAX operatinginstructions it did slow down the layout, so project such as Flip Flops, LIFO’s, FIFO’salong with basic gates could be completed. In 1985, Berkeley however, releases MAGICthrough M2C, which was a mouse driven drafting tool. It helped in getting bigger projectsconsummated during the semester such

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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David Evanko; Arend Dorsett; Chiu Choi

below.2.1. SensorsThe Sharp GP2D12 infrared distance sensors[4] were chosen for the project because they were inexpensiveand sensitive enough for registering the location of the ball on the beam. Also the infrared beam isnarrowly confined that adjacent objects does not easily interfere with the detection of the ball position.The output of the GP2D12 distance sensor is a voltage that is exponentially related to the distance. Therange of the distance measured by the sensor is from 10cm to 80 cm. For the range over 40cm, thesensitivity decreases rapidly (see Fig. 2). To increase the sensitivity over the entire length of the beam,two sensors are used instead of just one. The two sensors are mounted on opposite ends of the beam. Thedifference of the

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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David J. Palazzo; Chad C. Schools

Department of Physics has introducedPC-based video analysis as a means of enhancing both our interactive lecture curriculum and ourintroductory physics laboratory program. The impetus to implement video analysis focused on three keycapabilities; the capability to analyze physical phenomena which are more familiar to cadets, thecapability to create educational links between the classroom and the dorm room, and the capability tofacilitate a more interactive classroom.Method In the Fall of 2006, video analysis was introduced as a capstone laboratory project for the NewtonianMechanics course. Based on the feedback from this initial implementation, video analysis was used fortwo separate laboratories in the Fall 2007 Newtonian Mechanics course and

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Richard B. Mindek

. The topicof PLC’s was covered as the eleventh of twelve three-hour lectures given over the entire semester. Thelecture was quite extensive, covering Chapter 8 in Reference [1], including the characteristics andelements of PLCs, the use of truth tables, Boolean algebra, ladder logic and associated symbolism, andexamples demonstrating discrete process control using both logic (event) driven and sequence (time)driven system changes. Students were then asked to read the corresponding material in the text [1] forhomework, given instruction for about 15 minutes on the use of the PLC platform and its associatedsoftware as described above, and then given a PLC project to complete. The project required students tocomplete the exercises, as outlined in

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Murat Demirci; Zheng Jeremy Li

important. The potential benefits of automatedsystems are reducing the cost of product, labor and waste; increasing the production quality, repeatability,work safety. In this paper, I describe the design steps of an automated high speed machine which isassembling the parts of a pen, according to manufacturing and production specifications. In the designproject, automated system perform different kinds of process in assembly line, such as cartridge loading,point fitting, ink filling, plug fitting, gas charging and cap installing and final sealing. Furthermore, as ourgoals in project, automated machine must be cheaper, easier to maintain and working at “high speed”repeatedly. Working on the design project, it was really good experience to solve major

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Joseph Robert Yost; Randy D. Weinstein

2achieving this objective is the inclusion of a semester long multidisciplinary design project thatculminates in the end of the semester engineering competition (Weinstein et al. 2006). Theproject and competition are integrated into the engineering discipline introductions so thatstudents understand how the different engineering disciplines work together to achieve a unifiedsolution to a central problem.The objective of this paper is to describe the content of EGR 1700 and show how therestructured course format achieves the objective of introducing freshman engineering studentsfrom all departments within the college to the interdisciplinary nature of the engineeringprofession.EGR 1700 Course OverviewAs described earlier, there are two distinct

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

aligned with the realworld needs of business and industry. Several programs such as STEM summer programs and internshipshave been developed to address these issues, but to a large extent, such programs are short-term based.Additionally, they mostly target high school students; are only applicable in one grade level; or are onetime project-based events. What would be the impact of systematically exposing PK through high schoolstudents to engineering concepts, applications, and career opportunities on a long-term, continuous basisat each grade level? If students are constantly reminded that engineering is part of their daily lives, thiscould generate a lifetime interest in the engineering profession and engage them in benefiting humanity.The

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Vicki V. May

wiki. The students are allowed to use the wiki/class notes onall quizzes and the final exam.The class wiki project counts for 25% of the students’ grade in the course (with theremaining 75% split evenly between quizzes, assignments, and a final exam). I evaluate eachwiki section using the rubric shown in Table 1. At the end of the term, each person willevaluate the performance and participation of the group members, including themselves. Page 3 of 10 Table 1. Rubric for Evaluating the Class WikiCategory Full Pts No Pts Points Key Includes Includes

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Jean-Paul Brice; Matthew Stein

A 3D Manipulation Robot for Internet Use with Sensory Substitution Jean-Paul Brice Roger Williams University Matthew Stein Roger Williams UniversityAbstract The Ihands project [1] at Roger Williams University is an online robot that allows Internet usersto manipulate objects through a graphical user interface. The robot resembles a hand with two pairs ofopposed fingers and a perpendicular thumb. The fingers are integrated with sensors to provide hapticfeedback to the users. Users also have visual feedback and are able to move the hand and grab objectsplaced on a

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ali Setoodehnia; Kamal Shahrabi; Anthony Manno

classes to support their new family.Suggestions to Solve Retention ProblemIn order to reduce student attrition rate, increase their success rate and improve studentretention the following suggestions are offered to assist in achieving these goals. Orientation and entrance measurement test Identify students at risk before enrollment Identify students at risk after enrollment Provide group discussions or have a course discussion section Provide effective homework assignments instead of busy work Provide mini projects, close to actual projects that they can find in the work place Send at-risk students to tutorial sessions Provide a mentoring program Have workshops and guest speakers on how their education

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Linda Ann Riley; Charles Thomas

meetings.First, due to the nature of our two-semester multidisciplinary senior design class, students from the highschool robotics class as well as the middle school science classes will partner with senior engineering andcomputer science students to experience the excitement of competition design projects. This year, amongother corporate sponsored projects, four senior design competition projects are included in the portfolio.They are the ASME Human Powered Vehicle, ASCE Steel Bridge, PEER Seismic, and WERCEnvironmental Engineering competitions. In each of these projects, direct connections between gradelevel and grade span expectations in the high school and middle school curricula have been identified.High school and middle school students will

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Roger Chapman Burk

, they are all required to take a broad core curriculum that includesphysics, chemistry, calculus, and statistics, as well as (for those not actually majoring in engineering) acore engineering sequence of three upper-division courses that introduce an engineering discipline such ascivil, mechanical, environmental, nuclear, or systems engineering. The author interacted with studentstaking the third course in the systems engineering sequence; he acted as a surrogate client for severalgroup projects. In conversation with these students, he found that they considered the sequence dry anduninteresting. They saw little point in learning the foundations of an engineering discipline that they werenever going to apply. They did not have the perspective

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Daniel J. McCarthy; Michael J. Kwinn

place” in the curriculum to do the assessment. Forexample, in support of assessing program outcome 5.1 “Design and conduct systems experiments,including collecting, analyzing and interpreting data, “ one of the performance criteria we defined is “Useappropriate data analysis techniques including appropriate software data analysis tools to analyze theresults of a systems experiment.” Our assessment plan dictates that our students will be assessed againstthis criterion in the completion of a design project in the Statistics for Engineers course they take as partof the curriculum. Given that data analysis is a major topic in this course and the design project requiresthe students to do this type of analysis, this seemed like the “right place” to

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Dean M. Aslam; Aixia Shao

toxins that might be threatening our health. This means that the Gamesimpact of those learning techniques and modules will be very high, GPS Air Qualitywhich explain (a) technologies that are in the market today as well as Monitor TVthe technologies that are going to be in the market in the near term,(b) how these technologies are used to build complete systems or Mobile Projection microvision.comMicrosystems, and (c) what technologies will be used to buildNanosystems. Thus, this paper reveals an innovative use of technologyto explain

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Abdelshakour Abuzneid; Khaled Elleithy

do such a feedback from within to the outside world if anemergency to happen to one of the buildings in the University of Bridgeport, in particular, Engineering &Technology Building where we work most of the time. 3.1 Assessment We started to study how we can implement such a system in the engineering and technology buildingunder the following conditions: 1. Simple and cheap implementation since acquiring a huge budget for such a project was not feasible 2. Fixed system and dedicated to the building; works 24/7. 3. Can work in most if not all the emergencies. 4. In case of an emergency, it can send information from inside to outside. 5. Emergency responders can communicate directions and instructions

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Barrie Jackson

students are advised to not participate puts mixed teams of engineering students,law students, business students and students from arts and science at work on a project for an industrialclient. We can often raise the awareness of Process Safety Management in these projects and very oftenin order for the students to visit a client’s operation they are put through a rigorous Safety Introduction bythe client. We encourage this and most of our contacts are more than willing to comply as they certainlysee the need for awareness of the issue by potential employeesConclusionProcess Safety Management is a vitally important aspect of Chemical Engineering whether involved indesign, operation or maintenance. We believe that we have a responsibility to our

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Elif Kongar; Tarek Sobh

Publications/year 84 76 63 16Max Women Students 260 197 182 (14%) 17Min Attrition Rate (Max Retention) 3% 5% 7.5% 18Max Co-op and internship participation in co-op programs 95% 86% 80% 19Max # of Staff (Administrative Personnel) 10 5 5 20RO* # of Students per Class (Average) 25 35 * 30 21Max # of Projects sponsored by industry/year 50 30 25

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Paul G. Ranky

, and the EdinburghEngineering Virtual Library, UK. USA, 5 p., Vol. 3., May 2002[5] Ranky, P G, Herli Surjanhata, One-Jang Jeng, Geraldine Milano: The Design andImplementation of Digital Educational Knowledge Assets (DEKA) with SoftwareDemonstration (An NJIT and Industry Sponsored R&D Project. ASEE (AmericanSociety of Engineering Education) NJ Spring Conference, April, 2001 (eProceedings)[6] Ranky, P G, Ranky M F, Flaherty, M, Sands, S and Stratful, S: Servo PneumaticPositioning, An Interactive Multimedia Presentation on CD-ROM (650 Mbytes, 330interactive screens, 70 minutes of digital videos, animation and over 300 photos),published by CIMware (IEE and IMechE Approved Professional Developer), March1996. Multimedia design & programming

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Harry Knickle; Don Gray

friction factorwith hand valves and now are using digital signal controlled solenoid valves. Dataacquisition includes pressure drop and flow. The design for this project includedselection of the proper devices for the correct range of variables. Our second examplewas a laboratory cooling tower used to cool hot water with ambient air. Similar conceptswere introduced for this experiment. Our intentions are to automate other seniorlaboratory experiments. Each of these labs lasts 4-6 3 hour sessions (up to two weeks).To help prepare the students for these experiments we may give mini-lectures or havediscussions with the teams.In addition to the below listed experiments the students may spend time on a largedistillation column or a dual stage