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Peter S. Rourke

Numerical Control Programming: An Exciting Entry Point to Manufacturing Engineering Education Peter S. Rourke Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe irony of the manufacturing profession today is that even though there is increasing need for skilledmanufacturing technologists and engineers, fewer high school seniors are selecting manufacturing as acareer. A large part of the problem stems from the perception of what is actually involved. Machinecontrol is often visualized to be “turning handles“ (often greasy dirty ones at that). In reality though,this is simply not the case as it is primarily direct interaction with computer

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Anne Y. Boisvert; Bahaa E. Saleh; S. Hamid Nawab

Web-Based Tool for Learning an Integrated View of Engineering1 Anne Y. Boisvert, Bahaa E. Saleh2, S. Hamid Nawab ECE Department, Boston University Session: Tools, techniques, and best practices of engineering education for the digital generationWe present a web-based tool that we have developed with the view of improving the manner inwhich electrical and computer engineering (ECE) students acquire knowledge that (1) cuts acrosstraditional course boundaries in the undergraduate ECE curriculum and (2) ties practicalapplications or products to concepts and techniques from different ECE courses. In developingthis

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Tyler J. Martin; Matthew S. Jolda; Christopher M. Linden; Douglas E. Dow

Chessboard with Feedback for Learning Rules and Strategy Tyler J. Martin, Matthew S. Jolda, Christopher M. Linden, and Douglas E. DowSession: Tools, techniques, and best practices of engineering education for the digital generationAbstractLearning a set of rules and strategy, such as for the game of chess, can be difficult. The optimalway for a person to learn is based on their primary learning style. Three of the learning styleshave been classified as visual, kinetic, or auditory. Rules of chess are often presented as writtenor verbal instructions that may be of less benefit to people who are primarily visual or kineticlearners. Even computer chess games that only utilize the keyboard or

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Lawretta C Ononye

then remained stable. Figure 1 is a schematic of the anodization experiment. At theend of the experiment, the sample was rinsed in distilled water and air dried. The morphologiesof the titanium dioxide films obtained were characterized using Hitachi S-900 field emissionscanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). Figure 1: Schematic of the anodization experiment. 2Result Figure 2 shows SEM top view image of unique nano-porous titanium oxide film. TiO 2 , awide bandgap oxide semiconductor is the material of choice due to its stability, inertness, andlow cost. The optical bandgap of TiO 2 is 3.2 eV which lies in the ultraviolet

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Siben Dasgupta

, Control Systems, and Digital Communications.Contact: Department of Electronics and Mechanical, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA02115. Email: dasguptas@wit.edu. Tel.: (617) 989-4119 Figure #1 APPENDIX –A Some samples for DSP Lab for Undergraduate Program1, Matlab for Sound fsamp=8000; dt=1/fsamp; dur=1.0;tt=0:dt:dur;xx=sin(2*pi*2000*tt); sound(xx,fsamp)2. Generation of Chirp Signal f s = 8000; t = 0:1/f s :2;y = chirp (t,200,2,800);sound(y,f s )3. Aliasing a Chirp Signal: f 1 = 200 Hz; f 2 = 2200 Hz;T = 10 second; f s = 8000Hz ; y = chirp(t,f 1 , T,f 2 ); sound(y,f s ); where t = 1/f s 5. FIR Filters

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Qiubin Zhao; Xingguo Xiong

capacitance gap, electrostatic force Fe is applied to its surfacetoward substrate. The four beams deflect toward the substrate too, which leads to the verticaldisplacement of the SiC plate. Hence, it works in piston mode. Figure 4. Spring-mass model of the SiC plate and the folded beamsAssume m is the mass of the plate, Fe is the electrostatic force on SiC plate due to drivingvoltage Vd, S 0 is the distance between the plate and the substrate, x is the displacement of theplate. When the electrostatic force balances the restoring force of the folded beams, Fe=kx,the SiC plate stays in its equilibrium position.In the piston mode, the displacement of the SiC plate is caused by the deflection of the fourSiC folded beams. Each folded beam has

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Navarun Gupta; Sarosh H Patel; Lawrence V. Hmurcik P.E.

, then we have 60 40Converting to the time domain, we have 20 0 -20 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20We also know that the torque Figure 2: Step response to the systemIn s-domain we getThe above equation, is in a general form that can be adapted to varying inputs and changingcoefficients.Where andSolving the equation gives us an over-damped, under-damped, or

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GLENN E. VALLEE; RICHARD P. BENIOT

-0.0001 -0.00015 -0.0002 Strain -0.00025 -0.0003 -0.00035 -0.0004 -0.00045 Time (seconds) Figure 2: Typical strain vs. time profile resulting from the drop testThe average loading duration of several such drop tests was 3.5 to 4 milliseconds and appearedto be independent of the magnitude of the load. The strain rate calculated from the strain vs.time profile was on the order of 1/s.2. Charpy Impact TestingCharpy Impact Testing [5] is a common test procedure

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Ali Alshubbak; Saeid Moslehpour; Eugenio Pellicer; Joaquín Catalá

. The paper consists of: anintroduction; a revision of the application of the Delphi method in the investigation ofsimilar fields; the design of the Delphi method application process to carry out theinvestigation; and conclusions.Keywords: Engineering curriculum, curriculum design, industry’s needs, Delphimethod.1 PhD candidate at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Email: alisubbak@yahoo.com alalshu@doctor.upv.es Tel.: +34 649 311 380, +34 963 879 562, Fax: + 34 963 877 569 Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Camino de Vera, S/N C.P.:46022, Valencia Valencia, Spain.2 Ph.D. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Hartford

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Jeanine Lee Skorinko; Jennifer Lay; Grant McDonald; Brad Miller; Colleen Shaver; Cindy Randall; James Kevin Doyle; Michael A. Gennert; Gretar Tryggvason; James Van de Ven

. Larson, R. W., (2000). Toward a psychology of positive youth development. American Psychologist, 55, 170-18.6. Small, S., & Memmo, M. (2004). Contemporary models of youth development and problem prevention: Toward an integration of terms, concepts, and models. Family Relations, 53, 3-11.7. Harter, S. (1990). Self and identity development. At the threshold: The developing adolescent. In S. Shirley Feldman & Glen R. Elliott (Eds). At the threshold: The developing adolescent. (pp. 352-387). Cambridge, MA, US: Harvard University Press.8. Chartrand, T. L. & Bargh, J. A. (1996). Automatic activation of impression formation and memorization goals: nonconscious goal priming reproduces effects of

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Onesmo Ogore; Kushal Sherpa; Caleb Baron; Mansour Zenouzi; Shankar Krishnan

dialyzer (II) and delivered to the patient’svenous system via the use of tubes (VI & S) after being monitored for air bubbles, 2it is also at this stage that venous pressure is monitored. During this process theblood has to be kept at body temperature using a thermo management system.This cycle usually takes 2 to 4 hours and is done about 3 times a week. Thefrequency depends upon the severity of CKD. [3] Venous Blood [VI] S Filtered Blood from Dialyzer

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Suxia Cui; Younhui Wang; Felecia M Nave; Kendall T. Harris

provides a channel for students to get knowledge of the university, the college, the department, and the labs. They are going to be the seeds we spread to the whole college incoming freshmen. They will lever up the whole quality of our students as a whole. The success of the CEEI program is not limited to the single project, or how much a student can learn in a 5 week period, but extends the influence to the whole incoming freshmen body. Also let the students know their professors in advance in the lab setting is a good approach to build faculty-students relationship among each department. 7Reference[1] S. Cui, Y

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Ibrahim Alkore Alshalabi; Eman Abdelfattah

hasscript language called Lingo which provides an ability to control the media and control the flowof the different medias. This feature allows the instructor to enable or disable some features ofthe course medias during the online class. These features are good for creating and maintainingrich medias. The disadvantage is that the instructor(s) cannot track the student data or theinteractivity between the students themselves or between the student and the instructor.5. MACROMEDIA FLASH A multimedia learning object is defined as an animation that includes a combination of text,graphics, sound, and video packaged together. Unlike the standard lecture mode, learning objectsallow flexibility and round-the-clock access to the students. Students

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Enrique Sola; Anne E. Mohan; James Patrick Abulencia

broadened theireducation further by venturing into business and law professions. This expansion of the focus ofchemical engineering education occurred in the 1960’s with the publication of “TransportPhenomena” by R. Byron Bird, W.E. Stewart and E.N. Lightfoot [3]. This book epitomized theshift in emphasis of chemical engineering education from practical application to fundamentalcomprehension. Chemical engineers now not only had to understand how to operate engineeringequipment, but also the fundamental principles of science which governed that equipment. Thisallowed chemical engineers to apply their skill sets to other industries. This shift in focus brought with it the use of any new technologies that would commonlybe used in science such

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Brian Savilonis

butemphasized technical expertise. Bannerot et al [5] suggested overall curricular changesstarting with the freshman year to demonstrate the relevance of thermodynamics andenergy in the global society. Manno [6] points out that, after years of disinterest in powerproduction in the educational circle, this is a prime time to discuss the environmental,economic and social implications of various large scale power systems.WPI has long had a strong emphasis on project based learning. WPI placed project-basedlearning at the core of its academic program in the early 1970’s when it redesigned its 1graduation requirements to include two major projects [7]. WPI graduation

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Gautham Das; Sameer Shaik

canoe were not large enough to result in the failure of thecanoe. Based on FEA analysis the concrete canoe was successfully constructed. 1IntroductionConcrete is not a common material to construct a canoe. In the 1960’s, some civilengineering college students decided to build a canoe using reinforced concrete. Thishowever was not an innovative idea. In 1848, Joseph Louis Labot of France built the firstconcrete dingy. The first ocean-going concrete ship was an 84-foot long boat constructedin Norway and launched in 1917. Concrete boats were built during WWII and yachts arestill being manufactured from concrete in several countries. In 1970, ACI President

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Anne E. Mohan; Enrique Sola; James Patrick Abulencia

industrial partnership affects the student’senthusiasm and participation. It is therefore the responsibility of engineering professors toremain active and involved in the industrial partnerships of their college in order to ensure theirsuccess. References1. Reynolds, Terry S. The Engineer in America: a Historical Anthology from Technology and Culture. Chicago U.a.: Univ. of Chicago, 1991. Print.2. Grayson, Lawrence. The Making of an Engineer - An Illustrated History of Engineering Education in the United States and Canada. John Wiley and Sons, 1993. Print.3. Lamancusa, John S., Jose L. Zayas, Allen L. Soyster, Lueny Morell, and Jens Jorgensen. "THE LEARNING FACTORY: Industry-Partnered

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Daniel Ruscansky; David Vecchione; Ryan Foley; Shankar Krishnan; Mansour Zenouzi

ahumidifier in the housing. A low noise fan is generally less than 16dB, with a volumetric flowrate of 0.017m3/s [10]. Not only are these fans able to deliver a high enough flow rate withoutbeing too loud, but they can be purchased inexpensively. The velocity of these airs should be lessthan 0.35m/s, to the baby is not uncomfortable. There is also a small hole in the center of thebottom panel; this hole is used for wires, and the tubing for oxygen. There is also a ventilationoutlet, so that the air has somewhere to go when there is new air being pumped in.Sensors:Sensors are an extremely important aspect of any piece of medical equipment. Thermistors arebeing used to monitor the temperature, because of their range and accuracy. Infants need a

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Linfeng Zhang; Nicolae Gari; Xingguo Xiong; Junling Hu; Lawrence V. Hmurcik P.E.

of the MG components areimplemented as threads in the simulation. The energy generator, energy storage, and loadsperiodically update the manager about their status. Fig. 1. The structure of a smart grid with four micro- grids For the economic return on the investment of an individual MG, a performance metric foreach MG is proposed. An overall performance index of each MG can be calculated as: 4 Q = w1 F + w2 E + w3 S (1) F is a cost index of electricity, E is an environmental effect index due to atmosphericemissions, and S is a satisfaction index of the power

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R. Radharamanan; Jeng-Nan Juang

between the channel height, fan velocity, and air speed was needed.By using analysis of variance, residuals, and regression an equation for predicting the air velocitywas found with a 95% confidence interval. The data were found to be normally distributed withthe exception of one outlier. The accuracy of the model increased when both the channel heightand fan speed were used as regressor variables.IntroductionThe first working fuel cell was developed in 1839 and the 1960’s fuel cells aided in the Apollomissions. With the advances made in electrochemical processes, a broad range of applications isexpected in the future. As a potential candidate for an environmentally benign and an efficientelectric power generation technology, proton exchange

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Vijay Kanabar; Virginia Greiman; Jim Cormier

University of Washington, http://catalyst.washington.edu/catalyst/method/dltech_choices.html. 3. A Library Learning 2.0 Program. http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/10/thing-7.html (2/4/2010) 4. Google Wave, http://wave.google.com/about.html, 2010 (4/12/2010). 5. Google: Communicate, Show, Share: http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ (4/12/2010) 6. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009. http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/ (4/12/2009) 7. Moore, M.G. and Kearsley, G. (2005). Distance Education: A Systems View, 2nd ed., Wadsworth Pub., Belmont, CA 8. Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M. & Zvacek, S. (2006). Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education, 3rd edition, Pearson

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Amos Joseph St. Germain

that he could fly? And man often attempted to do so often withcatastrophic results bit the urge remained. Before there was the Bernoulli effectthere was the dream.Sometimes the technology is ahead of the science. Petroski tells us about IsambardKingdom Brunel who built the steamships, Great Western and Great Eastern, whichproved that steamships could carry enough coal to make long ocean voyages despitescientific calculations that said this, was impossible (48-49.)Similarly the intercontinental ballistic missile came into being and was deployeddespite the view that the missile could not survive the heat generated by itsmovement through the atmosphere.Also fascinating and important is Petroski”s agreement with engineering educatorHardy Cross

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Ronald C. Lasky

constraintsof the system. Hence, I needed to know to what tolerances I needed to hold L, F, O l , O s and themode filed diameter of the laser and fiber. As the type of mechanical tolerances required wouldbe in the single micrometer range, there was a question as to whether or not this optoelectronicsystem could be developed at an acceptable cost.So I visited the optical research lab with great hopes. After introductions, I asked the researcher,who had developed the sophisticated software, questions relating to how the coupling of the lightis affected by varying L, F, O l , O s and the mode filed diameter of the laser and fiber. He had noidea. He told me if I gave him specific values for these parameters, he could tell me what thepercent of light

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Chitra N. Javdekar

Designing Freshman Engineering Experiences Author name(s) and Affiliation(s): Chitra N. Javdekar, Ph.D., MassBay Community College, MA Session: First Year Experience AbstractFreshman engineering experiences are critical from the perspective of overall development of studentsand student retention. These experiences can be particularly challenging to design owing to thedifferences in student backgrounds, and in levels of prior knowledge/preparation in fundamentalscientific concepts. This paper presents an approach for redesigning a freshman engineering designcourse to introduce students to the fundamentals of the engineering design

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Ismail I. Orabi

Education, 94(1): 103- 120.[2] Dutson, A. J., R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby and C. D. Sorenson. (1997) “A Review of Literature on TeachingDesign through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education 76(1): 17-28.[3] McKenzie, L., M. Trevisan, D. Davis, and S. Beyerlein. (2004). “Capstone Design Courses and Assessment: ANational Study.” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.[4] Davis, D., M. Trevisan, L. McKenzie, S. Beyerlein, P. Daniels, T. Rutar, P. Thompson, and K. Gentili (2002).“Practices for Quality Implementation of the TIDEE ‘Design Team Readiness Assessment’”. Annual Conference ofthe American Society for Engineering Education, Montreal, QE.[5] Conn A.F and W.N. Sharpe Jr. An

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Tom Goulding

theory into theclassroom experience. In high school Peter S. was an undistinguished student who made his first foray into collegeThe R. L. Moore Method with little idea of why he was there and decided to withdraw before his freshman classes evenR.L. Moore was one of the 20th Century’s strongest began. He subsequently worked in commercialand most successful proponents of a Socratic retail for several years. This led to a lifemethod called the discovery method. [13, 14] changing epiphany. He concluded he did notWell over 1600 PhD mathematician

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Ross McCurdy

computer program was developed by Bosch inthe 1980’s and is the program used by virtually all cars and trucks built since the late 80’s. TheCAN program is not particularly intuitive or user friendly to the inexperienced. To make theCAN system intuitive and easy to use the labVIEW program is used to operate the CAN system.The end result of this is a laptop screen with a user-friendly interface composed of mouseclickable buttons written in simple terms such as “on”, “off”, “system cool down” combined withreal time data including temperature, volts, amps, etc. Using the labVIEW virtual interfaces(VI’s) just about anyone with a quick introduction is capable of operating the fuel cell system. Another area where digital skills were essential was

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Ming Xia; Xingguo Xiong

cases when the acetone mass is attached to location other than the end point of the SWCNT cantilever structure. References[1] R. H. Baughman, A. A. Zakhidov, and W. A. de Heer, "Carbon nanotubes - the route toward applications," Science, Vol. 297, No. 5582, pp.787-792, Aug. 2, 2002.[2] M. J. OConnell, “Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications”, CRC Press, 1st edition, May 3, 2006.[3] Y. Li, X.M. Qiu, F. Yang, X.S. Wang and Y.J. Yin, Ultra-high sensitivity of super carbon-nanotube-based mass and strain sensors,Nanotechnology, Vol. 19, No. 16, pp. 165502-165600, 2008.[4] R. Chowdhury, S. Adhikari, J. Mitchell, “Vibrating carbon nanotube based bio-sensors”, Science Direct

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Antonio F. Mondragon-Torres

. 6 REFERENCES [1] D. Chubin, K. Donaldson, B. Olds, and L. Fleming, "Educating Generation Net-can U.S. engineering woo and win the competition for talent?," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97, pp. 245-257, 2008. [2] J. Holley, "Generation Y: understanding the trend and planning for the impact," in 2008 IEEE 32nd International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 28 July 2008-1 Aug. 2008, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2008, p. 2. [3] C. Jones, R. Ramanau, S. Cross, and G. Healing, "Net generation or Digital Natives: Is there a distinct new generation entering university?," Computers and Education

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Charles Thomas; Loren Byrne; Jeremy Campbell

the United States (i.e., unlimitedeconomic growth reflected by an ever-increasing GDP). We also explored the sometimes subtledifference between “belief” and “knowledge.” In support of this lesson, the major courseworkcomponent was for the students to pick a sustainability-related belief that they held and write a“This I Believe” essay, modeled after the long-lived project started by Edward R. Murrow in the1950’s and continued today by National Public Radio[3]. This introductory section also includedlectures whose purpose was to present a common definition of sustainability which was referredto throughout the remainder of the semester.The Science of SustainabilityAfter defining sustainability, we examined it through the eyes of the natural