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James N. Peterson; Herbert Hess

Session 2633 Feasibility, Design and Construction of a Small Hydroelectric Power Generation Station as a Student Design Project James N. Peterson Herbert L. Hess Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-1023Abstract An undergraduate capstone engineering design project now provides hydroelectric power to aremote wilderness location. Students investigated the feasibility of designing, building, andinstalling a 4kW hydroelectric system to satisfy the need for electric power to

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James . McDonald

Session 2532 Hand-Held Video Games Using a PIC Microcontroller and Graphic LCD Module: A Capstone Design Project James S. McDonald Kettering UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a capstone design project carried out by several groups of seniorundergraduate students in the author’s computer engineering capstone design course during theSummer 1998 term at Kettering University. The basic project requirement was to design and builda hand-held video game using a Microchip PIC 16C74A microcontroller, a 128×128-pixelgraphic

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Shann Coleman; Megan Gaberell; Harold W. Walker

Session 2251 Incorporation of Project-Based Learning in an Environmental Engineering Course at The Ohio State University Harold W. Walker, Shann Coleman, Megan Gaberell The Ohio State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the development of “real-life” projects for the course CE610Analysis of Natural and Polluted Water at The Ohio State University. The overall aim ofthe projects was to have students work in conjunction with local government andcommunity groups on water quality problems affecting central Ohio. During AutumnQuarter 98 students worked on two

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George H. Williams; James . Kenny

Session 3253 Integrating Engineering Design Projects and Economic Case Studies in a First-Year Course George H. Williams, James M. Kenney Union CollegeAbstractThe paper describes the set of engineering design projects and economic case studies used in ourfirst-year course, "The Fundamentals of Engineering and Computer Science." The organizationand goals of the course, and the criteria for selection of both short- and long-term designprojects, are presented. Projects/cases reviewed include a portable ramp for handicapped access,a system to monitor traffic on a

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J. Elaine Seat; Fred Weber; Daniel C. Yoder; Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

Session 1368 Integration of Statics and Particle Dynamics in a Hands-On Project-Oriented Environment Christopher D. Pionke, J. Roger Parsons, J. Elaine Seat, Fred E. Weber, Daniel C. Yoder The Engineering Fundamentals Division engage Program The University of TennesseeAbstractTwo new courses have been developed at the University of Tennessee (UT) as part of theEngineering Fundamentals Division engage program. Each course is 6 semester hours and theyare entitled EF 101 - Engineering Approaches to Physical Phenomena and EF 102

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Robert P. Hesketh; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

Session Number 3226 A LABORATORY PROJECT TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BEER Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, and C. Stewart Slater Chemical Engineering Department Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701AbstractThis paper describes a one-semester Freshman Engineering Clinic Course that is beingimplemented at Rowan University in the Spring of 1999. The focal point of the course is

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F. Andrew Wolfe; Christine M. LaPlante

Session 3253 Bridge to the Future: the Freshmen Capstone Design Bridge Project at Union College F. Andrew Wolfe, Christine C. Laplante Department of Civil Engineering, Union CollegeI. IntroductionUnion College is a small, 2000 student, undergraduate liberal arts and engineering collegelocated in Schenectady, NY. The Engineering Division with an enrollment of approximately400 students consists of four departments: civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanicalengineering, and computer science. In 1995, Union College was awarded a grant from

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J. Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

Session 2323 TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSES J. Darrell Gibson, M. Patricia Brackin Department of Mechanical Engineering ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYAbstract The benefits of company sponsored student design projects, both to academia and to industry,have been well established recently in symposia and in publications. In spite of these known benefitsmany institutions have been slow to implement student projects with industry. Much of

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Christopher Ibeh

Session 2548 The Term (Project) Paper: A Viable Instructional Tool for Undergraduate Engineering and Technological Education Christopher C. Ibeh Pittsburg State UniversityAbstractThere is a growing consensus in academia and in the industry about the need for graduates ofengineering and technological programs to fortify their technical skills with effectivecommunication skills. The term paper concept at the undergraduate level addresses this need; ithas been proven to be a viable instructional medium for the reinforcement, development andacquisition of technical and

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Jawa Mariappan; Anthony J. Marchese; James A. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Beena Sukumaran; Ravi Ramachandran

Session 2225 The Sophomore Engineering Clinic: An Introduction to the Design Process through a Series of Open Ended Projects Anthony J. Marchese, James A. Newell, Ravi P. Ramachandran, Beena Sukumaran, John L. Schmalzel and Jawa Mariappan Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701AbstractA major objective of the Sophomore Engineering Clinic I, which is the third course in an 8-semester design sequence taken by all Rowan University engineering students, is to introducestudents to formalized engineering design techniques employed by the various

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Matt C. Smith; David K. Gattie

“Session 1608" A Multi-disciplinary Fifth-Year Certification Program in Water Resources for Biological and Agricultural Engineering Students With a Capstone Interdisciplinary Project Course Matt C. Smith, David K. Gattie Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering University of GeorgiaAbstractThe Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Georgia is movingtoward a fifth-year certification program in water resources designed to broaden engineeringstudents’ basic science backgrounds and foster the

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A. Eberlein; M. R. Smith

Session 1432 Changing a 4th Year Team Design Project Course to meet expectations from Regular and Returning Internship Students M. R. Smith and A. Eberlein University of Calgary, Alberta, CanadaAbstractOver the past two years, our Department has taken a unique approach to meet CanadianEngineering Accreditation Board requirements for a compulsory 4th year design project. Ratherthan allowing loose interaction between group members, we attempted to formally introduce theteam forming techniques required in industry. The students are introduced to “the theory,practice and experience

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Frederick Orthlieb

Session 1625 Something for Everyone via NCIIA E-Team Development Projects -Introducing Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Students, Augmenting your Design Lab Budget, and Exploring Parallels between Design Innovation and Program Assessment. Frederick L. Orthlieb, P.E. Department of Engineering Swarthmore CollegeAbstractThis paper looks back over three successive NCIIA-sponsored product development projectcourses, discusses some positive outcomes for faculty and student participants, and draws someparallels between background

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T. T. Maxwell; J. C. Jones; D. L. Vines; M. E. Parten

Session 1432 A Combined Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Laboratory M. E. Parten and D. L. Vines T. T. Maxwell and J. C. Jones Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409AbstractThis paper describes a multidisciplinary capstone design laboratory course offered in theElectrical and Mechanical Engineering Departments at Texas Tech University. The courseuses projects from industry, research efforts and other faculty initiatives.The projects for the course come from industry, research

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Y. Omurtag; T. Ioi; S. Enomoto; M. Matsunaga

Session 2263 Collaborative Manufacturing Engineering Education and Research in Japan T. Ioi, S. Enomoto, K. Kato, M. Matsunaga, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan, Research Committee of MOT, Japan , Y. Omurtag, University of Missouri-Rolla, USAAbstractThis paper describes an emerging engineering education system for manufacturing professionalsat Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) in Japan, based on the principles of industry academiacollaboration and case study methodology in teaching and research.First, the Department of Project Management (DPM

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Roger Ferguson; Lisa Anneberg

, with two student design projects. The first design project is introduced inthe second week of the course. The students design, develop, and present a small webpage. The students must also write up a project description to document and accompanythe web page.In particular, a semester of PSP data for the first and second freshmen projects in fall1998 was collected. The first project is Design Project in HTML for presentation to theclass. The freshmen estimate their time for the three phases: planning, implementation,and testing. The freshmen use these results in the prior design project -- which is notsoftware based. The second project is a three person engineering project. The threestudents design, build, and test an egg drop and transportation

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Hugh Jack

Session 2525 Multidisciplinary Design of Computer Controlled Systems Hugh Jack, Padnos School of Engineering, Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractWhen we teach design we quite often focus on a single area or problem. Senior design projects areoften seen as a way to broaden the subject area of the design. But, quite often we experience diffi-culty when crossing disciplinary boundaries.Two successful projects that include electrical, mechanical and computer elements will bedescribed. These projects were conducted by mixed groups of senior students from mechanicaland electrical programs. In one of the projects, a mobile robot was

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Robert L. Green

: Page 4.302.11. The instructor identifies an ongoing project and provides the students with a brief written description of the project.2. The students then review the construction documents (plans and specifications) and the contractor’s critical path (CPM) schedule for the project.3. The students’ visit to the site would ideally occur when construction has progressed to the point to reveal the magnitude and complexities of the project.4. During the visit the students should meet with the contractor’s project manager. It is important that the project manager discusses his project budget and explains his firm’s project team, especially his “boss” and their relationship.5. The students will prepare written reports on their site visit

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Melissa S. Tooley; Kevin Hall

engineering capstone design course (Senior Design) at theUniversity of Arkansas has been structured to facilitate ABET 2000 Outcomes. Criterion 3Attributes “a” through “k” are listed and a discussion of how each of these attributes areenhanced in the course is provided. For example, capstone design courses offer a uniqueopportunity to learn about professionalism and ethics (attribute “f”) in a realistic, appliedcontext. Because the department does not have a separate ethics course, an ethics unit is taughtin Senior Design. The concepts learned are applied by the project teams to hypotheticalscenarios specific to their projects. The key is to make the ethical dilemma relevant to theirproject work.The University of Arkansas was one of the first two

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James Hanson

Session 2315 Early Experimentation with Civil Engineering Materials James L. Hanson Lawrence Technological UniversityAbstractA new project-based teaching method emphasizing laboratory experimentation is being used atLawrence Technological University. It has excited and energized the students about civilengineering applications. Engineering concepts are introduced early in the students’ academiccareers using civil engineering materials. Laboratory activities related to a Civil EngineeringMaterials course are being used for outreach, recruitment, and an intensive laboratoryexperience

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Richard R. Schultz

involved in introducing undergraduate students to thejoys and frustrations of signal and image processing research. Experiences are described from worksupported in part by National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grantnumber MIP-9624849, entitled “A Career Plan for the Integration of Image Processing Education andResearch.” Research-based projects were included in several required and elective courses taught by theprincipal investigator, including Computer Aided Measurement and Controls; CommunicationsEngineering; Digital Image Processing; Discrete Real-Time Filtering; Capstone Senior Design; andIndependent Study. Some of the projects attempted by the students included a hybrid DiscreteCosine/Wavelet Transform for

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Robert H. Bond

is brought intoan engineering design course. This use of an engineering design course deals with the need forleadership in all of our technical graduates, rather than focusing on specialized training for thoseindividuals whose goal is only technical management. The course provides a real life look athow to turn a group of individuals into a team, define and gain consensus as to the true projectdefinition, break the project into manageable tasks, develop good team communication, resolveconflicts, compare alternative solutions to problems, conduct realistic design reviews, andpresent interim and final project results in a concise and accurate manner.∗I. IntroductionThis paper looks at nontechnical aspects of design projects. These tend to be

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Alfred J., Jr. Bedard

student respect for theanalytical component of engineering. Radish and Steinberg1 in a 1999 paper expressedsimilar concerns. In order to create an environment where the seamless interplaybetween analysis and the execution of a design concept is emphasized, a series of projectsattempt to underline this natural connection. The goal of these projects is to preserveopen ended, creative problem solving components while also including theoryrequirements. Three projects address this goal. Two are given concurrently in an effortto also develop project management skills. These are the design and construction of aRube Goldberg device and the creation of a craft propelled and suspended on a watersurface using surface tension forces. The third project

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Jess Everett; Kauser Jahan

Session 2251 An Innovative Environmental Design Module Kauser Jahan and Jess W. Everett Civil and Environmental Engineering Program Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701AbstractA major objective of the Junior Engineering Clinic at Rowan University is to introduce studentsto open-ended design projects. All engineering students from the four engineering disciplinesnamely Civil, Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical share a common engineering clinic class.This class is a major hallmark of the Rowan engineering

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Michael Ruane

Session 2625 SPECTRE - An Extended Interdisciplinary Senior Design Problem Michael Ruane Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston UniversityAbstractSPECTRE - the Student-run Program for Exoatmospheric Collecting Technologies and RocketExperiment, is a sounding rocket experiment in NASA’s Student Launch Program. Electricaland computer engineering seniors have worked on the flight hardware as a continuing capstonedesign project for five semesters, as part of an interdisciplinary student project team. Studentshave faced rich technical problems and unique project management challenges arising

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Theodore E. Fahlsing

Session 2326 Introducing Applications Design into a First Year Electronics Devices Course Theodore E. Fahlsing Purdue UniversityAbstract The Electrical Engineering Technology department at Purdue University, West Lafayetteextensively revised its curriculum to make it more effective, efficient and motivating for thestudents. To improve efficiency and motivation topics such as project design were identifiedand incorporated as a thread throughout the curriculum from entry to exit. Each coursecoordinator is strongly encouraged

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Richard B Cole; Charles V. Schaefer; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard

from the manufacturer1. In this workshop, students were re-quired to work with different types of working drawings (part, subassembly, and assemblydrawings, standard parts; parts list) in order to find out about materials, dimensions, etc. of theproduct being dissected.Third, tolerancing was dealt with in the Design course before a more extensive treatment in theGraphics course. A concern for the stacking of tolerances was introduced “just-in-time”. Thissupported the requirement that the first project, a name plate or “logo”, should be mountable onthe vehicle chassis of Project 2; this required design of the mounting hole or slot sizes to allowassembly.Finally, and most significantly, Project 1 (see below) was designed in the Graphics

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John H. Ristroph

commonpractice to derive formulas within the context of a single savings account or loan with a statedrate of interest. Then these formulas are ported to a totally different environment, that of industrywherein reinvestment occurs in a multitude of projects with different rates of return. This canlead good students to ask potentially embarrassing questions such as:1. Why use formulas derived under one set of conditions in a totally different environment?2. Why is the minimum attractive rate of return (MARR) used as the discount rate?Answering these questions merely requires a few pages of reading. Oakford and Theusen [1] provided the first empirical validation of the effectiveness ofpresent worth (PW) analyses in the 1960's when they:1. observed

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William Durfee

offered jointly in theCarlson School of Management, the Institute of Technology, and the Department of BiomedicalEngineering at the University of Minnesota. The course brings together students, faculty andrepresentatives from client business firms to design and develop new products and business plans.Teams of six to ten students, half second year MBA's and half graduate level engineers, worktogether for the entire academic year (September to June) to develop a product and businessconcept. By June, each team is expected to deliver a working physical prototype of the product andan extensive business plan which details production, marketing and financial considerations for theproduct. Between four and six projects are undertaken each year.The

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Jianping Yue

Session 2548 Teaching Techniques in Computer-Aided Design Jianping Yue Department of Engineering Technology & Computer Science Essex County College Newark, New JerseyAbstractThis paper discusses common concerns about and various techniques for the teaching ofComputer-Aided Design (CAD). One of the concerns raised will be related to how engineeringtechnology students can acquire the necessary CAD skills for use in their design projects. Alsodiscussed will be the relative advantages of different approaches, such as having