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James A. Newell

aclassical oral presentation.References1. Bakos, J. D., "A Departmental Policy for Developing Communication Skills of Undergraduate Engineers," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 75, p. 101 (November 1986).2. Elbow, P., "Teaching Thinking by Teaching Writing," Phi Delta Kappan, p. 37, (1983).3. Newell, J. A., D. K. Ludlow, and S. P. K. Sternberg, "Progressive Development of Oral and Written Communication Skills across an Integrated Laboratory Sequence," Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 31(2), p. 116 (1997).4. Kranzber, M. "Educating the Whole Engineer," ASEE PRISM, p. 28 (Nov. 1993).5. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Engineering Criteria 2000, Accreditation

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Hans H. Kuehl

valuable feature in that it allows the evaluation and grading ofalgebraic expressions in symbolic form. In addition, Mallard allows random values to beprogrammed into problems so that individual students typically get different numerical values intheir problem statements. Furthermore, students do not need any special software on theirmachines; only a standard Internet browser (e.g. Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer) isrequired of students. Mallard graded problem scores are automatically recorded; other studentgrades (e.g., examination scores, paper-and-pencil homework scores, laboratory scores) can beuploaded. Each student can thus know all his/her own scores and how his/her scores comparewith the entire class.All of the homework in the

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Thomas H. Ortmeyer; M. Sathyamoorthy; Karl Cunningham

would be involved in installingthe new system.From the faculty mentor’s perspective, the project went very well. Regular meetingswith the student were held to monitor progress. In this particular case, it was apparentin these meetings that the project included significant design and engineeringexperience. The reviews of the laboratory notebook and the meetings between theindustrial mentor and the faculty mentor confirmed this.Computer Engineering Project: Lab equipment software upgrade This projectinvolved the upgrade of software for a tensile testing machine. The machine has aproprietary communications interface and operated under locally developed VisualBasic 2.0 program in Windows 3.11. The existing computer system logged and printedtest

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Deborah Hwang; D. Blandford

. Genalo, L., et al. Toying with Technology : Mobile Robots and High School Interns. Proceedings of the 1997ASEE Annual Conference, June 1997.3. Berg, R. & Turbak, F. Wellesley College CS115/PHY115 Robotic Design Studio. URL:www.wellesley.edu/Physics/robots/studio.html4. Kumar, D. & Meeden, L. A Robot Laboratory for Teaching Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE-98), February, 1998. Also availableat URL: mainline.brynmawr.edu/Robots/ResourceKit/Paper.html5. Kumar, D. & Meeden, L. A Robot Laboratory for Teaching Artificial Intelligence Resource Kit. URL:mainline.brynmawr.edu/Robots/ResourceKit6. Beer, R. Chiel, H. & Drushel, R.. Using Autonomous

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Herbert Hess

of circuit topologies, prototypeboards, and software are presented. When completed, the converters go to work asdemonstrations in a senior-level course in power electronics. Converters show fundamentalcircuit behavior on ordinary portable laboratory instruments. Common nonideal behavior ofconverters appears and can be used to gain better insight into circuit operation than that oftengained by traditional simulation methods. These converters also were used as a recruiting tool.Methods of teaching with these converters are presented, including some that worked and somethat failed.Introduction Power electronics draws from a host of topics, making it an appropriate vehicle for teachingdesign to senior undergraduate students. One of the

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Anant Kukreti

device was performed by solvingin real time a nonlinear finite element problem. From a pedagogical point of view, the packagewas found to be efficient when used in parallel with a classical lecture. The UMass Amhersttutor team developed a multimedia “injection molding tutor” capable of training a user how toproduce cost effective injection molded part designs8. The tutor provides visually stimulatinganimations that clearly illustrate the relationship between part geometry and the tooling requiredto produce the part. Hansen et al.5 developed a PC-based diesel engine simulator to supplementexisting undergraduate laboratory instruction, so that students could establish a thoroughunderstanding of the response of the engine. Feedback from

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Bruce Segee; Michael D. Amos

applications thatsimultaneously run on the production PC and control the gathering and relocation of the barcodescans accumulated by the barcode network. The first application, DataGet, controls the datagathering.DataGetAfter the barcode network controller collects the barcode scans accumulated by each barcodedecoder, it is necessary for the PC to collect that data. DataGet performs this operation.DataGet is a custom piece of software developed by the Instrumentation Research Laboratory atthe University of Maine department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. It was developedusing Microsoft ™ Visual Basic 6.0, since Visual Basic promotes rapid application developmentwith features that simplify database accessibility [Harris, 1999].The primary

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Asif M. Shakur; Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

activities of the SLOPE program provide the following services to the local community:(i) Improved awareness of Physics/Engineering education and its objectives and impact on Page 5.549.2 the Eastern Shore Community and high school students.(ii) Student projects in partnerships with local community service organizations.(iii) Development of teaching aids for classes and laboratories in local schools.“Service-Learning” has been introduced in selected Engineering and Physics courses. Thestandard format involving preparation, action and reflection have been incorporated 11. Studentprojects that address community needs that dovetail with the

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Musharraf Zaman; Anant Kukreti

device was performed by solvingin real time a nonlinear finite element problem. From a pedagogical point of view, the packagewas found to be efficient when used in parallel with a classical lecture. The UMass Amhersttutor team developed a multimedia “injection molding tutor” capable of training a user how toproduce cost effective injection molded part designs8. The tutor provides visually stimulatinganimations that clearly illustrate the relationship between part geometry and the tooling requiredto produce the part. Hansen et al.5 developed a PC-based diesel engine simulator to supplementexisting undergraduate laboratory instruction, so that students could establish a thoroughunderstanding of the response of the engine. Feedback from

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Gay Canough; Linda M. Head; Ravi Ramachandran

specifications for the solar lantern that will be used by the local school children fordoing homework in the evening. These specifications prioritized reliability, ease of operation,rugged construction, portability and low cost. The resulting design was realized in a singleprototype. The design and construction of the prototype was completed as a student/facultyproject in the Junior Engineering Clinic course at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. It wasfunded and directed by ETM Solar Works, a NY based corporation.Introduction Rowan University’s College of Engineering is committed to providing their students withsignificant laboratory and design experiences throughout their full four years as engineeringstudents. In the Freshman year they are given

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Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill

❏F. The physical quality of the following facilities: 1. Computer Labs ❏ 2. Classrooms ❏ 3. Science laboratories ❏ 4. Engineering laboratories ❏ 5. Science and Engineering Library ❏G. How would you

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M. David Burghardt

evolution of organisms over time, the continuity of life sustainedthrough reproduction and development, the dynamic equilibrium of organisms that sustains life,the dependency of plants and animals on their physical environment and the impact of humandecisions on the environment. In New York State the fourth-grade science test has two parts,an objective test (multiple choice) and a laboratory assessment where students makeobservations and record data to reach conclusions.The Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993) is part of Project 2061, an effort to describe whatscience for all Americans should be, and it sets benchmarks for grades 2, 5, 8 and 12 in thefollowing areas: the nature of science, the nature of mathematics, the nature of technology

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Winfred K Anakwa; Scott Jones; Scott Garrett; Ron Rio; Li Chen; John Bush; Jixiang Sheng; George Anglin; Dion Thomas; Dale Green

alaboratory environment. Pneumatic actuation was chosen instead of hydraulicactuation to avoid the possibility of oil spill in the laboratory. The design,construction and the physical structure are presented in section II, and theassociated sensors and actuator electronics are covered in section III. The Page 5.211.1mathematical modeling, computer simulation and experimental validation of themodel are presented in section IV. The design of the digital control algorithm, itsimplementation on a Motorola 68HC16 microcontroller-based evaluation boardand experimental results are given in section V. Final conclusions aresummarized in section VI.II. Design and Physical

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Patricia Backer

session was organized into a one-week class with eight hours of class each day.Day 1 of the class was devoted to Unit 1 and Day 2 of the class was devoted to Unit 2. On therandomly assigned multimedia day, the students were sent to a computer laboratory where eachstudent was assigned a computer and given a CD-ROM with their module. Instead of attendingclass, they stayed in the computer laboratory and completed the multimedia. In lieu of their"regular" classwork, they completed the online class activities at the end of each section of themultimedia. Page 5.248.4The class consisted of nine women and five men. All but two of the students were in their

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James N. Peterson

design projects ♦ Meet with instructor to select project ♦ Provide for project expenses: Parts, direct costs, lab fees ♦ Give technical assessment feedbackThe university instructor is responsible for accomplishing the teaching objectives for the designcourse, and these objectives include producing students who can: ♦ Create & implement feasible solutions to engineering problems ♦ Understand the iterative design process ♦ Use resources effectively: time, money, parts, lab equipment, information ♦ Learn “team” skillsV. Additional ResponsibilitiesExisting laboratory equipment can support some projects that require the use of softwaredevelopment systems. However

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Igor M. Verner; Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

out a survey form that includedsix sections. The first section related to general data (name, state/country, company/institution,team and position), and the second section requested information about past experience inrobotics. Each respondent was asked to estimate his/her progress in a number of disciplinesgained by working on the contest project. The list of disciplines included electronics, computers,programming, mechanics, control, systems design, robotics laboratory, and teamwork practice.The senior division participants were asked to specify their prior knowledge in these areas.The third section of the questionnaire asked the respondents to specify their own activities in thefollowing project-related subjects: drive mechanisms, control

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Donna C.S. Summers

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (IET)Dept. No. Course 1st Term 2nd Term First YearSET 100 Engineering Technology First-Year Seminar 1-0-1MTH 106 Mathematics for Engineering Technology 3-0-3MFG 108L Manufacturing Processes Laboratory 0-3-1MCT 110L Technical Drawing and CAD 0-6-2CHM 123 General Chemistry 3-3-4REL 103 Introduction to Religion 3-0-3SET 101 Enrichment Workshop 1-0-0 1-0-0ENG 101-2

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Qiuli Sun; Kevin Stubblefield; Kurt Gramoll

experimental apparatussuch as laser devices and robots, the virtual laboratory can be set up over the Web. Jackand Karlesky at Grand Valley State University developed a virtual manufacturinglaboratory, which allows students to access robots, CNC (Computer Numerical Control)machines, DAQ (Data Acquisition) cards and other equipment utilizing the Web [4].Students are able to transfer data to the apparatus, control the apparatus, and observe theprogress of the experiments using a live video link.Web-based SimulationAlthough it is generally agreed that the use of simulations in engineering education isbeneficial to students, simulations are not widely used due to relatively small target usergroups, the cost of development, and distribution problems. With

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kurt Gramoll

required Page 5.593.6software tools are installed on 20 workstations in the multimedia laboratory. The softwareprograms are licensed to the university at a cost of about $1,500 per workstation.Another problem is that different students have different computer expertise. However, the initialdifficulty involved in learning a new software tool diminishes with familiarity of the tool.Table 2 lists the software used in the "Multimedia in Engineering" course. The followingdescribes 10 software tools with several having overlapping capabilities. All of these tools arecross-platform and are available in both Macintosh and Windows versions except the

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Tracy L. Chandler; John A. Petersen; Janet M. Sharp

engineering and education in a one-week,workshop-type, summer course. They encountered a variety of engineering ideas includingcompression, tension, strength, load, and buckling11. Through a laboratory, hands-on approach,the teachers learned about these and other engineering ideas. As indicated earlier, how teacherslearn new ideas must be consistent with how they will one day teach these ideas.For one of the experiments in that course, the professor used a small, plastic (hobby-store) I-beam. The teachers tested the I-beam for its critical buckling load. For a different experiment,the professor used some latex rubber tubes. The teachers used those tubes to learn aboutYoung’s Modulus. In so doing, the teachers used mathematics (vectors) and science

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Nicole L. Hoekstra

industry is employing prototype tooling to manufacture parts for evaluationand testing2,3. One method of constructing prototype tooling is simply casting aluminum-filledepoxy over an RP model. To ensure that the parts produced from prototype tooling closelyresemble the final production part, much research is being performed to compare RP tooling tomachined steel tooling. In recent research, the properties of parts produced in an RP epoxy toolwere within 10-30% of parts produced in a steel tool4.Prior to the arrival of rapid prototyping equipment in the department, the laboratory portion ofthe course focused on the construction of tooling, using manual and CNC machining.Sometimes students only partially completed the assignment due to complications

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Massoud S. Tavakoli

terms ofsize and number of graduates. The Mechanical Engineering curriculum is highly laboratory-based with a unique feature where at the beginning of the Junior year, the curriculum branchesinto five possible tracks called “specialties.” Approximately 12% of the total 180 credits arededicated to a more in-depth coverage of a sub-field of engineering. The current specialties areAutomotive Engineering Design, Medical Equipment Design, Manufacturing Product Design,Machine Design and Plastics Product Design. Each of these specialties culminates into acapstone design course where students are ideally expected to: 1) learn the design process as an "holistic" interdisciplinary activity, and 2) practice the "complete" design cycle from problem

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Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

, number of courses with technical laboratories, sharing of faculty and spacewith other programs, and effectiveness of industrial advisory committees are provided in thefollowing paragraphs. Tables of the results from questions in the survey are also providedthroughout the paper.Of all the four-year schools that responded to the survey, 79% are classified as four-yearUniversities with very a small number responding as Community & Technical Colleges,Technical Institutes, Institutes of Technology, or Colleges as shown in Table 1. Table 2illustrates the responses of two-year schools to a similar classification question, which resulted in67% classified as two-year Community Colleges, 18% as Technical Institutes, and 13% asCommunity & Technical

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Kenneth A. Knowles; Carl E. Wick

used successfully to teach the architecture of the processors,assembly language programming, and debugging techniques. The laboratory and final examprojects for this course vary from year to year, but have historically been examples of stand-alone microprocessor based systems.In order to appeal to the professional aspirations of our student population we began a study ofpotential microprocessor based projects that could be seen to directly relate to their chosencareers. A particularly fertile area was seen to be in the use of networked embedded computers Page 5.710.1in modern weapons systems. Among current military projects in the area is on

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Margarita Takach; Yiyuan J. Zhao; Reza Langari; Ray Taghavi; Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad; Luigi Martinelli; Linda Ann Riley; K. Krishnamurthy; Janet M. Twomey; Degang Chen; David Radcliffe

curriculum redesign and considerindustry as a direct customer much the same as parents/students and state/federal governments;• Support faculty summer fellowship (similar to the Welliver program);• Encourage more faculty sabbatical/consulting in industry; Page 5.714.7• Support distance education classes from universities to industry and from industry touniversities;• Participate in university-industry-government joint research programs;• Create opportunities for industry and government in-kind support (i.e., equipment, data, etc.) toprovide hands- on laboratory and practical experiences;• Reward outstanding educators such as Boeing Outstanding

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a time participated in our activities. The author wishes to thank allthose who helped us with the Solaraider III project.Bibliography1. B. S. Sridhara, “Design, fabrication and testing of a solar-powered car for competing in Sunrayce 99,” Proposalsubmitted to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, January 1998.2. “Sunrayce 99 Regulations,“ U. S. Department of Energy, Washington, D. C., November 1997.3. B. S. Sridhara, “Structural report on the Solaraider III of Middle Tennessee State University,” Technical reportsubmitted to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, February 1999.4. B. S. Sridhara and Ken Sergeant, “Amendments to the structural report on the Solaraider III of Middle TennesseeState

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S P Maj; D Veal

tables.• Basic PC architecture etc.• Monitor operation and standards.• A comparison of PC buses.• Network Interface Cards.Students in the NIM unit have the opportunity to design, install and test a small Local AreaNetwork (LAN). This includes establishing a file server, client, the construction and testingof cabling, and the design and installation of the directory tree. A small LAN comprising ofjust those machines in the NIM laboratory, whilst completely isolated from the ECUnetwork, is also used by the students as part of their workshop exercises.The theoretical work includes, but not limited to: Page 5.156.3• Internet and Intranet systems

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Dick D. Desautel

. The SJSUundergraduate AE Program has been known for its strong emphasis on laboratory education withadvanced equipment, full and balanced aeronautics and astronautics curriculum, and emphasis onapplications. The combined MAE faculty number 10 full-time, supplemented withapproximately 12 part-time lecturers from industry.A College Assessment Task Force (ATF) was formed in the Fall of 1997 to provide leadershipand support to all engineering programs for developing and implementing program assessmentplans. Faculty members attended national workshops and conferences on assessment andbrought back ideas to work with their colleagues. The task force has developed a collegeschedule, a framework, templates for various instruments for gathering

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Bryan L. Gassaway; Masoud Rais-Rohani

analysis for predicting the failure load, each student had to fabricate a specimenconsistent with the shape and dimensions specified for each concept. Prior to fabricating thecolumns, the students were introduced to the break forming process, which they had to use tomake each column. They were also given the opportunity to get acquainted with the breakforming equipment in our laboratory by forming several sections of various sizes and shapes.This training gave the students the basic knowledge and some hands-on experience with thesheet metal forming process. Page 5.438.4For design concepts 1 and 2 the failure modes were predicted to be dominated

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Yaw A. Owusu; Tarsha Dargan; Kimberly M. Richardson; James Thagard

Page to Computer Program for ECDM Design. Page 5.574.20FIGURE 5 Sample Module Design for Material Extraction and Summation of Total Indices Page 5.574.21Bibliography1. Boden, T. A., Kanciruk, P., and Ferrel, M.P., "Trends 1990, A Compendium of Data on Global Change, Report ORNL/CDIAC-36, p. 89, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1990).2. Houghton, J.T., Jenkins, G.J., and Ephraums, J.J., "Climate Change: the PIPCC Scientific Assessment, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (1990).3. Graedel, T.E. and Allenby, Industrial Ecology, AT & T Laboratories