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Mariusz Jankowski

theoretical foundations, whilethe laboratory sessions reveal implementation details and provide opportunities forexperimentation, visualization and testing. The two forms of instruction complement eachother well. Theory and implementation reinforce each other building a deeperunderstanding of the subject matter. To achieve this end, Mathematica is used in a varietyof ways. As a productivity tool, it helps students solve many of the problems found instandard undergraduate textbooks. The student benefits by spending more time Page 3.425.2formulating and understanding the problem than on algebraic manipulation. Standardexamples of algebraic evaluation common

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Michael Rudko

designed to encompass areas, and develop analytical and applied skills which can be expected to form the basis of electrical engineering in the future. (2) To give the students a more in-depth mastery of at least one area of electrical engineering. (3) To instill in the students the ability to apply this knowledge in the analysis, design and testing of engineering systems, processes and components. This includes the ability to use the computer and appropriate software tools, a facility with laboratory techniques, and with the analysis and interpretation of data. (4) To expose the students to engineering practice and to its ethical and societal aspects, and to make them proficient in

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Robert Heidersbach; David Gibbs; Daniel Walsh; Alan Demmons

Constituents,it will Provide for Programmatic Excellence and it will Establish and Maintain Linkages to key Partners.We have created an upper division capstone course treating Failure Analysis which promotes the development ofthese skills and provides a vehicle for their demonstration. The course is based on a systems approach toengineering challenges. The course provides a laboratory setting for active learning in which students candemonstrate a basic understanding of engineering science, and of design and manufacturing, of experimental designand data analysis. Furthermore, students are encouraged to exhibit skill in the communication of ideas, initiative inacquiring information and knowledge, and a familiarity with contemporary tools, all in a team

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John G. Nee

MTH 133 (4) Calculus II OR MTH 137 (5) Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists * PHY 130 (4) College Physics I OR * PHY 145 (4) University Physics I PHY 131 (4) College Physics II OR PHY 146 (4) University Physics II * PHY 170 (1) College Physics Laboratory I OR * PHY 175 (1) University Physics Laboratory I PHY 171 (1) College Physics Laboratory II OR PHY 176 (1) University Physics Laboratory II * CHM 120 (4) Survey of Chemistry OR * CHM 131 (4) Introduction to Chemistry CPS 150 (2) FORTRAN Programming OR * CPS 180 (3) Principals of Computer Programming * These courses also fulfill University Program requirements

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Sohail Anwar

development of collaborativecourses, the cooperative instruction of video conferences, and the exploration of the use of newinformation technologies for teaching, learning and distance education.In 1996, three faculty members from the University Park Campus of Penn State, one facultymember from Penn State Altoona and one faculty member from Penn State New Kensingtontraveled to IUT Bethune to teach and observe in several departments. Two students from theUniversity Park Campus of Penn State spent two months in industrial placements in Bethune andLille.Again in 1997, four faculty members from University Park and one faculty member fromAltoona traveled to Bethune to teach lecture and laboratory sessions and to collaborate on aconference on the use of

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Milo D. Koretsky

Control, and Designof Experiments.2 Page 3.104.1When alumni, co-op interns and the department's Industrial Advisory Board were surveyed aboutstrengths and deficiencies in content in the OSU chemical engineering program, theoverwhelming short-coming was in the area of these production-based statistics topics.However, an examination of the transcripts of graduating seniors over several years revealed themajority had, in fact, taken introductory statistics. Apparently a formal statistics course plus thead hoc inclusion in senior laboratory did not provide students with sufficient exposure tointegrate into the production-based statistics they need

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John Marshall

: Internet resource to supplies and additional information: http://www.rmit.edu.au/departments/ch/rmpc/Biographical Information: Dr. JOHN ALLEN MARSHALL taught senior high school prior to receiving his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He has seventeen years of university teaching experience, and is currently the Coordinator of the Power and Energy curriculum and laboratories as well as the Internship Coordinator for the University of Southern Maine’s Department of Technology. Page 3.396.3

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M. R. Foster; H. Öz

, Science and English Core Year 1 Engineering Foundations Year 2 Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics Dynamics, Systems Engineering Systems Year 3 Integration Structures Propulsion, Power Year 4 Elective Laboratory Design Page

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Kang K. Yen; Cesar D. Aguilar; Armando B. Barreto

elements for a real-time DSP learning environment. Two other types of elements are typically needed: Means of generating known, controlled signals to be applied to the DSP system as input, and means of monitoring and characterizing the output signals produced by the DSP hardware system. Although the necessary instruments for signal generation and monitoring are available in instructional laboratories at universities, or in some design departments in industry, they may not be available to many interested practicing engineers, or may represent a strong investment for small colleges that would like to implement real-time DSP courses

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W.R. Kaminski

2648 A SERIES OF HEAT TRANSFER EXPERIMENTS FOR THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENT W.R. Kaminski Professor and Coordinator Mechanical Engineering Technology Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA 98926 Abstract A series of five heat transfer experiments that are used to teach the laboratory component fora Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) heat transfer course at Central Washington

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Louis L. Bucciarelli

the core of a course. VipinKumar’s Product Dissection course at the University of Washington6 sets the students down in“The Learning Factory”, a space filled with work benches, tools, and support staff, and leavesthem free to disassemble a camera, an engine, a handgun, and a product of their own choosing;their aim is to analyze and understand how these devices function and how they were made. TheLearning Factory itself, a collaborative innovation of ECSEL schools Penn State, University ofWashington, and the University of Puerto Rico and Sandia National Laboratories funded underthe ARPA Technology Reinvestment Program as well as NSF7, provides a broad base forundergraduates and faculty interested in design and manufacturing of industrial

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Wayne Hager; Jacques Lesenne; Dominique Saintive; Richard Devon

severaldiscussion sessions were conducted involving students at both locations. Several sessionsfocused on different cultural perspectives of technology. The course was concluded with an on-site workshop in Béthune in May 1997. Again, in 1997, five Penn State faculty memberstraveled to Béthune to conduct lecture and laboratory sessions and to collaborate on a conferenceon technology and the pedagogical potential of videoconferencing and the World Wide Web.Two Penn State students had industrial placements in northern France arranged by the IUT andthree Béthune IUT students had industrial placements with central Pennsylvania industriesarranged by the Penn State Altoona College. These short-term co-ops will be repeated in 1998with another small increase in

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Bernard J. Weigman; Glenn S. Kohne

graduate. Of the 11 Advanced courses, 8 must be in one of the 3 tracks which thestudent desires to concentrate, CS, CE or EE. Of those 8, 4 must be the required coursesspecified in that track. The remaining 3 courses can be from anywhere in the program.Furthermore, the student needs at least a 3.00/4.00 GPA to graduate. There are no exceptions tothis requirement. A student is automatically dismissed from the program upon receiving one F or2 C grades. The dismissal may be appealed, first to the director of the MES program and, if theproblem cannot be resolved at that level, to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Lab FacilitiesWhen the program first started, it took a few years to develop quality laboratory facilities. Duringthis time, the

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Frank Wicks

eachlecture. A formal laboratory could have enhanced the point (F) and high and low side pressures.educational process but time and funds did not exist. Thus the instructor has developed a combinationof HVAC class room demonstrations and campus fieldtrips in lieu of a formal laboratory. The first class room demonstration is operatingand measuring the pressures, temperatures and flowrates on an instrumented window type air conditionerand from these measurements analyze the cycle, heatexchangers and electric power requirement. Subsequentclass room demonstrations are measuring dry and wetbulb temperatures as an introduction to psychometricanalysis and measuring the performance of a Peltier

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Linda Hardymon; Katherine Mathis; Ahad S. Nasab; Saeed Foroudastan

can befurther broken down into 470 million tons of CO2 emissions or 34% of the CO2 emitted in theU.S., according to an “Existing Buildings Research Program Overview” published by the OakRidge National Laboratory 1. Whenever energy efficiency and conservation curb the use offossil fuels, a reduction in CO2 emissions will follow as well as other pollutants contributing toacid rain and urban smog. Energy conservation must interface with a facility’s pollution controlprogram along with the energy savings steps. Care must be taken to use conservation measureswhich do not create local pollution problems. Installation of energy efficient technologies canreduce pollution and the cost of environmental protection by lowering energy bills and

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Priya Ragupathi; Eric Johnson; Dimitris Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; David Miller; Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Thermocouple wires and 70 8 jacks Metal parts 30 Total 428Procedure The units are turned on sufficiently far ahead to insure steady state conditions.The students use a digital thermometer to read the temperatures. This is done twice tohelp them develop a sense of reproducibility in measurements. They are given the k-valuefor the bottom cylinder, asked to calculate Q, and then using that Q-value to determinethe k-value for the top cylinder. The laboratory procedure given to the students isreproduced in Appendix A.Results Examples of the data obtained are shown in Figures 2 and 3 for two hot endtemperatures of 30°C and 40°C. Tables

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S. K. Gupta; M. R. Scanlon

has used the AFM to study the wear properties of dental composites. A third BS/MS Page 3.400.3student used the techniques of robust design to evaluate the environmental degradation ofcomposite materials.The materials laboratories have also attracted several undergraduate students to pursueindependent research projects. One student is using the Instron system to evaluate the effect ofvarious surgical techniques on the fatigue properties of bones. Another student performedindependent research on CV joints in automobiles. A third student used the AFM to compare thesurface properties of several indirect dental composites. Much of this work has

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Francis J. Doyle III

enable convenient access to the assignmentschedule (bypassing the Serf login) and also to provide back-up access in case the Serf servermachine was off-line. Second, the main course page provided a link to the login page for the Serfpackage.Interface to MATLAB Help for Lab ComponentA central component of this particular course is the use of MATLAB & Simulink for processsimulation and control design. The package PCM (Process Control Modules) [7], developed bythe author, has been used as both a required laboratory component of the course (at PurdueUniversity), and as a take-home exercise (at the University of Delaware). In addition, many ofthe homework exercises require the use of MATLAB and/or Simulink. Consequently, the course

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Hugh Jack

to help familiarize students. To assist students who had not createdtheir own home page, a description was distributed with the course notes, and special instructionwas given through extra help sessions in the computer laboratory. Tutorial guides weredistributed to the few students that had not used Mathcad previously, and many of these weretaking EGR 103 simultaneously. In addition, the textbook was accompanied by a guide tosolving statics problems using Mathcad. Introductory tutorials for Working Model weredistributed to all students.2.2 THE NOTESThe statics and mechanics of materials course (EGR 209) was offered in the previous year usingWeb based presentation in lectures [4]. And, the notes were improved based on student feed-back[5

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Ron Bailey; Richard DeBlasio; David Freeman; Rommel Simpson; Devdas Pai

-generated senior-level design courses. Mahajan andMcDonald (1997) have developed an integrated laboratory sequence. In this paper, we areattempting to demonstrate how we have synthesized these excellent concepts into a hands-onexperience of value to the entering freshman students. The rest of this paper discusses ourapproach to this problem, the implementation of our approach, and student feedback and Page 3.438.1perceptions of our efforts to date.ApproachAn industry-sponsored course entitled "Aluminum-Based Product Design and Manufacture" hasbeen offered to senior level undergraduates and entering graduate students at this Universitysince 1994

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Herbert Hess

can be set up in seconds in a typical academic setting: anundergraduate electronics or power laboratory or in a classroom. Equipment for thisdemonstration is fairly simple and common in an academic environment: a transformer that steps120V single phase down to a safer level, such as 12 Volts, and an oscilloscope with standardvoltage probes and clamp-on current probes. A special cable helps in capturing the current waveform. The cable is a short, three-wire,16 gauge or larger, extension cord, approximately 20 cm in length with the outer jacket strippedoff a portion of its length, but with the individual insulation intact on the three insulated innerwires of the cord. Enough of the outer jacket should be removed to permit the clamp-on

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Winfred Anakwa; Sean Gregerson; Robert Weber

interface board and a personal computer is used as a test bench platformfor real-time system identification. The recursive least squares algorithm is implemented onthe TMS320C30 digital signal processor to determine the coefficients of the plant transferfunction in real-time using input-output data from the plant. The program for identificationcan be called from the Matlab environment. Three system identification examples arepresented. I. INTRODUCTIONA system which facilitates rapid identification of the transfer function of a control systemplant is a useful tool in a control laboratory. A system which consists of a Texas InstrumentsTMS320C30 digital signal processor (DSP), a custom-built analog interface board

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Karen E. Schmahl

Processes II course, senior-level students are expected to applyprocess tooling and quality knowledge gained in previous courses to the planning of componentmanufacture and assembly of a product. A few new processes are introduced to the studentsthrough use of standard lectures. The design exercise traditionally employed in the classinvolves use of teams which develop different aspects of planning which must coordinate witheach other to ensure a viable set of plans for the overall product.There are several drawbacks to this traditional method of instruction. Laboratory facilities arenot available to give the students hands-on experience with the advanced processes that they arestudying. Selection of the technologies to include in the course was an

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Ratan Kumar; Bill Watt

initiated in several courses. The idea of detecting orpreventing mistakes early on lends itself not only to the laboratory classes but to some classroomlectures as well. Currently the students of mechanical engineering technology at the Universityof North Texas take about eleven technical courses that have a laboratory attached to them. Thecourse were it can be first initiated is the first manufacturing course encountered viz.Manufacturing Processes and Materials. Here the students are introduced to conventionalmanufacturing tools, equipment and processes. Many of the equipment used are equipped withpoka-yoke devices but there are many areas were mistake proofing can be further extendedspecially for teaching purposes. Similarly during the

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Earl A. Evans; Susan L. Murray

Books and articles (on-line or Self-study, library hard-copy), web instruments On-line sources of course information Computer simulation, lab kits, On-line laboratory modules and Lab work remote control of instruments simulations Electronic mail for 1 to 1 communication Interaction with tutors and Groupware, web, list serve, between student and teacher and teaching assistants electronic mail vice-versa Chatrooms for group interaction

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George G. Karady; Daniel Tylavsky

manufacturer-supplied videos that describe the equipment and its operation in detail. Suchdetail students find boring and tedious. The videos we are using are supplied mostly by theelectric power utility industry and describe how of the equipment is used and functions in a reallife environment.The following videos are used at ASU:x Generator and large motor coil manufacturing.x Transformer maintenance.x Circuit breakers. Power Plantsx Transmission systemx Kenatta substation. Page 3.601.6 63. Laboratory exercises and site visitTo appeal to active learners, we add a laboratory component to our

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Michael W. Jennings; Jamal A. Ghorieshi

pursuance ofanswering the question: “What should be taught to engineering students?”, theinstructional changes intensified sharply since 1970. The engineering curriculum Page 3.155.1progressed from stand-up lecture and laboratory demonstration format to problem-solving 1mode, visualization, and experimentation. This paradigm shift is encouraging innovation,creativity, design, hands-on experience, solution of real world problems, interdisciplinaryintegration, and response to industrial, economic and social sensitivity. Major emphasis isto teach processes that lead to a life-long learning in order to lengthen the

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Colin S. Howat

Session 3613 Process Simulation in Chemical Engineering Design: A Potential Impediment to, Instead of Catalyst for, Meeting Course Objectives Colin S. Howat Kurata Thermodynamics Laboratory Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2223 USA cshowat@ukans.edu Capstone Design is creativity -- synthesis and evaluation. It is focuses on developing the confidence to practice

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Elmer A. Grubbs

mentioned before, it serves as a starting point for otherprojects which can be built using this technology.The second project was also constructed by Bryan Conner in an independent projects class, andconsisted of modeling the campus of the University of Southern Colorado, and the interior of thetechnology building in virtual reality. This was to allow the user to fly through the campuslooking at the various buildings and structures, and also to tour the technology building and theelectronics laboratory. It could be expanded in the future to allow the viewer to tour any of thebuildings and labs or classrooms on the campus. This project also uses the Virtual Iglasses fromthe previous project, now connected to a Pentium processor equipped with Virtual

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Richard Devon; Wayne Hager; Dhushy Sathianathan; Dominique Saintive; Michel Nowé; Jacques Lesenne

have beendone in the summer of 1997 to prepare for the collaboration. This must include an explicit anddetailed sharing of the calendars, student schedules, laboratory availability, vacation and holidaydates, and so on. We overlooked most of this and simply made a verbal understanding that thestudents would be getting together on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Penn State began the fall semester in the last week of August, and Artois began in the first weekof September. This was good, although a one-week orientation at the IUT caused the projecttime schedule to slip further. Additional problems occurred when the Penn State course timewas changed from the anticipated 8-10 time period to the 9-11 period. And access to thecomputer laboratory was