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Gary Grossman; Steve Wells; Michihiro Nishi

committees atODU and KIT working together, the primary effort coming from ODU. It was decided to holdthe design competition over a five week period in July and August when students from bothinstitutions were between semesters. It was also decided that there would be four teams, eachwith one Japanese engineering student and one ODU engineering student, each student beingselected by his or her institution. Each team would have one student with an electricalbackground and one with a mechanical background. The design competition would not be a“heads on” vehicle competition, but would involve an electro-mechanical design project that theteams could design and build in five weeks and have their solutions judged. It was also felt thatthe design of

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Mary S. Bonhomme; Edward R. Alef; Edward G. Borbely

degree program;3. a scheduled and well-coordinated set of job assignments ranging sequentially over twelve years and performed concurrently with the successful completion of both the education and the training; and4. a project-based course, culminating in a certificate, that applies the body of knowledge to management decisions for improvements and innovations.This formal certification prepares graduates for high-level management responsibilities andpositions in both vehicle and manufacturing integration engineering.The programs emphasize the importance of globalization, systems engineering, andmanufacturing processes in the context of a multi-variable, multi-cultural academic-industrialenvironment. Both programs are described concurrently

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Michael Swedish

Session 2633 Development of a Psychrometric Test Chamber Michael J. Swedish Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering Department Milwaukee School of EngineeringAcknowledgments The design of the Psychrometric Test Chamber was done as a Senior Design Project byundergraduate students Brent Losey and Joseph Stellbrink, under the supervision of ProfessorSwedish. Funds for the construction of the Psychrometric Test Chamber were provided through agrant from the A. O. Smith Foundation.I

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Ted G. Eschenbach; Kim LaScola Needy; Jerome P. Lavelle; Heather Nachtmann

economy education.Chinowsky and Robinson 1 discuss the importance of the case study approach to engineeringeducation. These authors state that an important contrast between engineering education and theengineering profession is the use of over-simplified examples within the classroom. Perhapsincreasing the use of case studies and the weight of importance being placed on them may helpto lessen the gap between the education and profession of engineering.It is encouraging that 58% of respondents utilize projects in their engineering economy courses.However, the importance of project work is not reflected in the final grade percentage weight(8%). Projects provide students with the opportunities to explore in depth a topic of their choiceand to work

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Raffaello D'Andrea

Session: Instrumentation Design and Applications 2259Experimental Model-Based Control Design Using Multibody Codes Raffaello D’Andrea Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 218 Upson Hall, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 rd28@cornell.edu www.mae.cornell.edu/raff Abstract In this paper we discuss an on-going project at Cornell University aimed at introducing a significant

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Amir Salehpour; Vijay Subramanian

chance to learn about the teaching environments in otherinstitutions which focus more on undergraduate education. Mentoring is typically the final stageof the PFF program. Since UC follows a quarter system, I selected the spring quarter of 1997 formy mentorship. The objective of the mentor program was to help me gain experience in anacademic environment. This involved teaching-related activities (both in and out of theclassroom), participation in departmental/college responsibilities, scholarship activities, studentadvising, and participation in the senior design projects. The entire exercise provided me anopportunity to get a first-hand perspective of the responsibilities and duties of a faculty member.This paper has two primary goals. Firstly

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Gopal Mohan; J. Michael Jacob

enormously when it comes to using circuit simulation in the design and implementationof group and individual projects in the Project Design and Development courses (junior andsenior years).It is emphasized to the students that PSpice does not design the circuit for them. Often, studentsare required to interpret netlists and construct circuits/schematics based on netlists. This givesthem a better understanding and feel for the circuits they are about to analyze. Members of theElectrical Engineering Technology Industrial Advisory Board highly commend this practice ofstudents interpreting netlists. PSpice simulation does not replace or exempt the student fromdoing the rigorous manual calculations, and the construction and testing of circuits in

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Johm W. Duggan; Francis J. Hopcroft

seven Engineering Program MissionGoals, and delivers an educational program consistent with its Environmental EngineeringProgram Philosophy and Academic Goals. Although weaknesses in certain areas were identifiedthrough that process, that was an objective of the process and those areas are being aggressivelyaddressed.For Capstone Design, students are given the opportunity to select and develop their own scopeof work for their area of interest. Successful project proposals must identify actual stakeholderswith an interest in the environmental engineering issue to be addressed. These stakeholdershave taken an active (and appreciated) role in assisting students throughout the Capstone Designprocess and participate in an end-of-year assessment of

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Edward Gehringer

fulltext string for problems on particular topics incomputer architecture. The database currently contains homework and test questions. It isplanned also to include lecture notes, laboratory exercises, and multimedia teaching materialsdeveloped at a number of universities. Materials are gathered for the database by obtaininginstructors’ permission to include materials from their course Web sites. Scripts have beendeveloped to fetch their material over the Web, separate homework assignments and tests intoindividual problems, and store them in the database.This project has been developed in conjunction with the WebAssign project for on-linehomework submission and grading. Where the format permits, homework and test problemscan be automatically

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Lawrence H. Trachtman; David Ringholz; Carolyn M. Sommerich

. • Employed several design strategies in the design of products for daily living. • Completed design projects and presented those projects to the other members of the class.The faculty began to design the course by searching for and reviewing materials from other,similar courses. These materials were few in number and most often courses were aimed eitherat students of engineering or, more often, at students of design. Relevant work was found inproceedings of annual meetings of RESNA (The Rehabilitation Engineering and AssistiveTechnology Society of North America), ASEE, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, andSUCCEED6, 7, 8.Additionally, Strategies for Teaching Universal Design9 documented the experiences of over 60faculty from design

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James Dally; William L. Fourney; Peter C. Chang; Hugh A. Bruck; Dave K. Anand

two subjects.In educating engineers for the 21st century, it is becoming increasingly clear that the seamlessintegration of curriculum is more important than the delineation of differences in the subjectmatter. With this in mind, it has become evident that statics and strength of materials areprobably two excellent candidates for integration in the undergraduate curriculum. The similarityin their subject matter and their consecutive scheduling in many undergraduate programssubstantially reduces the effort involved in integrating them. Furthermore, by integrating the twosubjects it becomes possible to add meaningful design projects into the curriculum.Some textbook authors have attempted to integrate the courses by simply abridging and

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E. H. Shaban

courses consist of engineering drawing, metallurgy,thermodynamics, machine tools, water pumps, and foundry. In addition, all students attendengineering mathematics courses. This particular curriculum was enforced at the time because insome cases engineers may work in projects that require more than one discipline in engineering.This allows engineers to understand and interpret one another drawing, designs, and reports.The courses that the student attends in the physics department, during the intermediate degree,expose the student to voltage, current, Ohms law, electrostatic forces, magneto-static forces,electromagnetic fields and waves, inductance, and capacitance. The background in physics andmathematics allows the student to enroll in

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Russel C. Jones

. Congressparticipants, particularly those from developing countries, stressed the need for facultymembers to be creative in developing innovative, inexpensive laboratory experiences fortheir students. Project labs, where students work in teams to solve problems, were seen asparticularly useful in preparing them for later engineering practice.From the observation of faculty members who use high technology instruction aids, itwas noted that engineering students favor convenience (e.g. access to lectures on video,assignments on a Web site) higher than substance of content or quality of presentation. Itwas noted that many engineering faculty members still use yellow chalk on green boards,and that they needed to be motivated to move to more current presentation

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Melinda J. Piket-May; Julie Chang; James Avery

undergraduate students in research projects will be discussed. Undergraduateresearch can be rewarding for both the advisor as well as the student. The mentoring needed forworking with undergraduate students goes beyond that of an undergraduate academic advisor. Inaddition, the relationship between advisor and student may differ considerably when comparedto the relationships with graduate students because most undergraduate students will choose notto pursue a graduate degree and therefore have different life goals. Not only will involvingundergraduate students in your research benefit you, but the involvement will make the studentsundergraduate experience more meaningful.Time management in mentoring undergraduate and graduate researchers will be woven

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Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla

Session 2533 Using a DSP Controller to Control A Three-Phase Induction Motor Richard E. Pfile, Maher Rizkalla Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisAbstract A new course was developed jointly by EE and EET departments at IUPUI toteach power systems that are used in electric vehicles. The course content includes anoverview of electric vehicles and has modules that cover batteries, power electronics,motors, and three-phase induction motor control in detail. It has weekly laboratories anda required laboratory project that extends for several weeks. This paper concentrates onthe

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John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

Sample Image from Safety. Page 4.593.2The New ProjectThe general goal of this project is to produce a series of VR-based laboratory accidents that willallow students to experience first-hand the importance and potential consequences of laboratorysafety. A preliminary set of safety rules has been selected as shown in Table 1, based uponcriteria of relevance to a wide range of lab situations, potential consequences, and adaptability toa VR environment. For each of these rules it is intended to develop two versions of an accidentsimulation Ð One in which the user disobeys the rule and suffers the consequences, and one inwhich the user obeys the rule

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W. D. Jemison; W. A. Hornfeck; J. F. Greco; I. I. Jouny

influence the way we live and the products and services the public desiresand demands. As a result, the engineering profession has undergone a transformationthat has fundamentally reshaped the way engineers work and how we evaluate thesuccess of engineering projects and engineering education. While these developmentsmay seem overwhelming, they must be viewed as an opportunity to define who we areand how we will educate the next generation of Electrical, Electronics, Communications,and Computer engineers. Electrical Engineering departments must answer the questions“what should we be?” and “ what should we teach?". As we search for these answers wealso should seek to develop philosophies, teaching methods and curricula that will enablethe next

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Frank Franklin; Ed Espin; Christopher Viers; Lawrence Fryda

challenge:The development of international partnership programs do not always progress smoothly frominception through to completion. There can and will be many stops and starts along the way. Ofkey importance to the completion of such a project is the bringing together of the key players thathave a commitment to the principles of international partnerships and the willingness and ability tofollow through with the process. If the process were easy, there would be many more examplesof such programs in existence today. There is little question that international partnerships canoffer advantages to all involved yet the reality is that crossing national borders uncoversrestrictions that are not apparent when working within one’s own political borders. There

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Kip P. Nygren; Wayne Whiteman

Session 3268 Basic Vibration Design to Which Young Engineers Can Relate: The Washing Machine Lieutenant Colonel Wayne E. Whiteman, Colonel Kip P. Nygren United States Military Academy, West Point, New YorkAbstractA first course in vibration engineering is typically a content based, engineer scienceoffering with limited time and resources for engineering design. This paper offers oneexample of an early design project in vibration engineering with strong instructionalcontent that enhances the learning environment. It is crafted in a manner that is withinthe student’s capability to complete, yet offers a taste

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Ronald A. Lessard

low level softwareconcepts needed are introduced in laboratories 2,3 and 4. Laboratory 5 has the studentsdesign their own software to be added to the robot command set. This allows simulationof the Sojourner Rover operation on the surface of Mars. Other real world applicationsare also discussed. Later laboratories introduce the issues critical to using the MCX11deterministic event-driven multitasking Real Time Executive. The design is pushedbeyond system limits and the consequences of failure analyzed. Finally, the interfacebetween the assembly and the ‘C’ code is presented so that the students can implementand test the flood fill maze solving algorithm on the robot. A final project as a seconddesign experience has students apply the

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N. Yu; Peter K. Liaw

vapor infiltration techniques at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)and industrial companies, such as DuPont, 3M/Delta G, B. F. Goodrich, Amercom, RefractoryComposites and B. P. Chemicals Ltd. The CFCCs are being recognized as necessary for high-temperature structural applications. The pertinent applications include heat exchangers,combustors, hot gas filters and boiler components in power generation systems, and first walls andhigh heat flux surfaces in fusion reactors. The technology for fabrication, characterization,modeling, design, and applications of ceramic composites is of crucial importance for improvingUS industrial competitiveness in the worldwide market.A three-year project on "Ceramic Matrix Composites - A Combined Research

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Karl Stephan

-yearproject designed to improve science and technology education at the undergraduate level with thegoal of increasing the number and quality of secondary-school science teachers. One way theSTEMTEC project plans to do this is by introducing college-level instructors to some of theproven useful innovations which have been made in K-12 education. Many of these can begrouped under the category of “active learning” in which the conventional lecture format of aclass is exchanged for one in which students take a more active part. Two ways that active-learning principles have been applied in “Engineering, The Human Enterprise” are the use ofgroup projects and pyramid exams.1. Group Projects The projects themselves encompass a variety of activities

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Robert Engelken

analysis involves profit and loss; that is, doesthe university take in more wealth than it expends, thus generating a "profit?" If actual dollars arereceived through external grants and contracts, the university can make money on a project throughindirect overhead costs and the "profit" made by hiring a part-time instructor or graduate studentto cover the researcher’s courses at much reduced salaries and then pocketing the difference.However, more common is the requirement of significant matching funds or cost sharing by theuniversity in the funding program’s request-for-proposals (RFP), as a sign of commitment by theuniversity. Although "in kind" non-cash matching can sometimes be used through waiver ofindirect costs or internal granting of

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William Bambrick

Page 4.141.5commercially offered application packagesv. Figure 4 represents the different types ofapplication software packages that could be used by a typical manufacturing company.The specific package mix and what packages are considered business critical depends onthe company’s business environment and critical business issues. Project Advanced Personal or Management Planning Syst. Informal Tools Product Data Enterprise Maintenance Management Resource Plng Mgt. Syst. Engineering Mfg. Execution Document Design Tools Syst. Centric

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J. Morehouse; Edward Young; Jed S. Lyons

the system performance byanalyzing the data collected. The engineering education literature contains numerous referencesto methods for teaching statistical design of experiments in the 1, 2, 3. However, teaching methodsand educational materials that enable mechanical engineering students to develop true "design ofexperiments skills" are not presently available.A project is underway to demonstrate that the Engineering Systems Laboratory develops thestudents’ ability to confidently design and conduct experiments involving complex thermo-mechanical systems. The laboratory also develops their understanding of mechanicalengineering systems and gives them experience in applying computer-based instrumentation tostudy system performance, exercising

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Jeffrey A. Griffin; Rick L. Homkes

contacts.Sometimes the relationship can develop from a shared interest in engineering educationoutreach. Kevin Taylor, an Electrical Engineering Technology professor at Purdue University,made some initial contacts judging science and engineering fairs for local high schools. Later, amore involved project called VISION (Vision of Schools and Industry in Ongoing Networks)[3]was embraced by local industry. In this project teachers in the local high schools are brought tothe university for some additional training. The teachers then spend time at local companiesperforming the work of science, engineering, and technology graduates. This industryexperience is incorporated in the high school curriculum through a series of course modulesprepared by the VISION

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Phillip Farrington; Mel Adams; Mary Spann; Dawn R. Utley

. Considering againthe 10 year professional tenure prior to management promotion, an 11% value of femalesin the population is within the expected range.Extensiveness of Training In analyzing the extensiveness of the training experienced by the respondents it Page 4.93.2became convenient to group the specific training categories into three major areas.Technical skills were defined as those things that most technically oriented employeeswould find beneficial and which more directly related to the technical aspects of dataanalysis and decision making. This category included New/updated technical skills,Ethics/legal/compliance training, Project management

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Timothy A. Paull; J. Michael Jacob; Robert J. Herrick

Session 3220 Automated Homework in Electrical Engineering Technology Timothy A. Paull, J. Michael Jacob, McNelly Distinguished Professor of Technology, Robert J. Herrick, Hoffer Distinguished Professor of Technology Purdue UniversityAbstractThe purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness an Asynchronous LearningNetwork (ALN) approach to homework has on student performance by providingimmediate feedback. Providing immediate feedback is an important part of reinforcingdesirable behavior3. This project replaced the manual homework in the first

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Raymond Berg; Homayun K. Navaz; Brenda S. Henderson

experimental techniques and analysis, and used those techniques tovalidate analytical and computational results. Toward the end of the course, the studentsselected an applied research project, and conducted an experimental investigation involvingflow-induced noise generated by flow over a component similar to that found on the exterior ofa vehicle. This paper addresses the process and techniques used to conduct this type of course.Samples of the students’ work are also presented.IntroductionKettering University, formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute (GMI), is the nation’sonly engineering university employing a mandatory, full-time cooperative education workexperience. The university ranked first in BSME graduates in the period 1997-1998

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Bill Diong

usecommon (in industry) measurement instruments and techniques for frequency-domain modeling,analysis and control design purposes. Fourthly, that they needed to experience using a DSPdevelopment system to implement the control algorithms designed for the given electromechanicalsystems. This paper details the objectives, tasks and accomplishments of this project. It will alsoprovide preliminary findings on how this project has impacted student learning for the twoAutomatic Control courses. Last but not least, it will include ideas on how similar projects couldimprove on this present one. Page 4.430.1I. Introduction The University of