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Don L. Dekker

Session Number 2525 A Project Summer of Summer Projects Don Dekker Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionDuring the summer of 2000, Koch Pavement Solutions and Rose-Hulman collaborated toprovide ten students with the opportunity to work on five different projects. Thecollaboration came about because Koch had projects that they wanted to see completedand Rose-Hulman had a Lilly grant that was to encourage students working on industrialprojects. Rose-Hulman paid the student salaries. This, initially, made it seem like a freeworker situation for Koch Pavement Solutions, but they spent

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John Ristroph

Session 1339 Economics of Financed Projects John H. Ristroph University of Louisiana at LafayetteThe present worth of a financed project has three distinct components: the project itself, its fi-nancing, and the effect on the external funding remaining for other projects. Failure to recognizethe last component results in a phenomenon known as leveraging in which the merit of a projectis artificially inflated. This paper introduces the basic concepts of financing projects, and then itprovides a succinct theoretical framework that

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Alok Verma

Session 2149 Innovative Student Research Projects Alok K. Verma Old Dominion UniversityI. IntroductionSenior or Capstone project courses are part of majority of the Engineering TechnologyCurriculum. This is partly because of the faculty’s desire to assess student’s ability to apply theknowledge acquired and, partly because of the mandate by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). A number of papers have been published on the topic ofsenior projects and the necessity for providing realistic engineering experience 1,2,3

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Stanley Pisarski; Beverly Hunter; Kathy Bearden

Session 15470 Senior Project Presentations Beverly J. Hunter, Stanley J. Pisarski, Kathy C. Bearden University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThe current paper describes the Senior Project Proposal and Senior Project classes that comprisethe capstone design sequence for Engineering Technology students at the University ofPittsburgh at Johnstown. This design sequence is required for all Civil, Electrical, andMechanical Engineering Technology students. The paper discusses the investigative workrequired prior to undertaking a project design, the types of projects that are

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N.J. Salamon; Renata Engel

Session 3268 Design Projects for Mechanics Courses Nicholas J. Salamon and Renata S. Engel The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractIn teaching undergraduate mechanics, it is important to regularly relate the theory to applicationsin a meaningful manner. We believe mechanical design is the most important and convenientapplication to employ for the following reasons: (1) it closely follows the mechanics theory, (2) itrequires an understanding of the theory, (3) it introduces markets and mechanical technology tostudents, (4) it connects students with information

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Terrance P. O’Connor; Nghia Le

Session: 2526 Infrared Emitter – Detector Remote Control Project Nghia T. Le, Terrance P. O’Connor Purdue UniversityI. IntroductionThe following project is a design of a simple infrared emitter-detector circuit used as a remotecontrol to turn on and off an ac light bulb. It reviews of some of the basic concepts andapplications the students have learned during the first few semesters in the Electrical EngineeringTechnology program at Purdue University. The advantage of this

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Narayanan Komerath

Session 1426 Knowledge Management Techniques in Experimental Projects Narayanan Komerath Professor, Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractKnowledge integration (KI) and knowledge management (KM) techniques are being recognizedas key to improved competitiveness in industry. These principles and techniques enableretention, sharing and systematic application of critical knowledge across geographic andtemporal expanses. Five case studies of the application of KI/KM techniques are described, inthe context of a

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Mark Rajai; Mel Mendelson

Session 3655 Student Patents on Inter-University Projects Mel I. Mendelson,1 Mark Rajai2 1 Loyola Marymount University / 2East Tennessee State UniversityAbstractIn most universities the students relinquish their patent rights when they enroll in courses. Adifferent model is proposed where the students can own their patents and receive 98% of the netincome, or they can assign the rights to the university and receive generous royalty sharing.I. IntroductionIn 1999, a grant between Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and East Tennessee StateUniversity (ETSU) was obtained from the Lemelson

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Katherine Carels; James Howard; Charles Bersbach; Debra Larson

Session 2630 Team Talk and Learning Project Management Debra S. Larson, Charles Bersbach, Katherine H. Carels, James Howard Northern Arizona University1. IntroductionThe management of team-based multi-disciplinary engineering projects requires a complex set ofskills and talents that can be grouped into four categories: technical, administrative,interpersonal, and personal. Engineers often come to their project management positions withexcellent technical skills, but need additional training in the other areas to become effectivemanagers. “The skill that brings an engineer to prominence and

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Denny Dailey

Session 3286 Arbitrary Function Generator Laboratory Project Denton Dailey Butler County Community CollegeAbstractThis paper describes the design and operation of a relatively simple ROM-based arbitraryfunction generator1 that is suitable for use as an intermediate-level laboratory project inthe electronics/electrical engineering technology curriculum. The project integrates manyaspects of both analog and digital electronics. From the hardware perspective, the digitalportion of the system includes counters, timers, read-only memory (ROM) and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The

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Enno Koehn

Session 1421 Assessment of ASCE/AISC Student Projects Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has adopted a revised set ofcriteria for accrediting engineering programs. Nevertheless, as in the past, civil (construction)engineering departments will be required to demonstrate proficiency in specific subject areaswhich are included in the ABET program criteria.This paper investigates, according to civil engineering and construction related students, the levelat which the understanding of

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George Seaward

Session 2525 Converting Single Disciplinary Capstone Projects to Interdisciplinary Experiences George H. Seaward United States Military Academy West Point, New YorkAbstractThis paper presents a plan for taking a single disciplinary mechanical engineeringcapstone project (designing and building a Mini Baja vehicle for operation over roughterrain and in deep water) and turning it into an interdisciplinary experience. An analysisis conducted on the potential benefits of including students with engineering managementskills to assist with

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Karen Davis

Session 2525 Enhancing Communication Skills in Senior Design Capstone Projects Karen C. Davis University of CincinnatiI. IntroductionMost engineering faculty would acknowledge that engineering students do not enjoy writing whileat the same time agree that writing skills are tremendously important to the practicing engineer.ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 includes demonstration of communication skills; feedback fromindustry employers indicates that this is even more important than technical skills1. The seniorcapstone

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Norman Dennis

Session Number 1315 Experiential Learning Exercised Through Project Based Instruction Norman D. Dennis, University of ArkansasAbstract This paper describes the use of students with work experience as team leaders to promotepeer-to peer teaching and learning. This concept is employed in a senior-level design coursetitled Foundation Engineering. The course utilizes a scenario based semester-long designproblem as the major learning vehicle. The design problem requires the development of afacility; typically a shopping mall, office complex or hospital, that is set on a real 100-acreagricultural site owned by the University

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William Lovegrove; Timothy Owens; Matthew Bronkema

Session 2793 The HallWalker Robot: An Interdisciplinary Design Project William P. Lovegrove, Timothy S. Owens, Matthew S. Bronkema Bob Jones UniversityAbstractThe fall 2000 Bob Jones University capstone design project is presented as a model of a successfulinterdisciplinary design project. It directly addresses the hardware/software co-design that is anintegral part of many modern electronic devices by employing a software team of ComputerScience majors and a hardware team of Electrical Engineering majors. In order to facilitatehardware/software co-design, the software team implemented a

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Peter Weiss; Donald Weiss

Session 3151 Hands-on Projects to Engage Non-engineering Students Peter T. Weiss, Donald J. Weiss Valparaiso University/Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractThree hands-on projects intended to engage the non-engineering student in environmental issuesare introduced and discussed. In the first, students use different sized agar cubes with a diffusingdye to observe how surface area to volume relationships affect mass transfer rates. Results canbe used to introduce students to issues such as cellular diffusion, air stripping towers, tricklingfilters, and aeration processes. The

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Thomas Kerlin; Belle Upadhyaya

2660 International Collaboration on Cyber-linked Engineering Projects B.R. Upadhyaya, T.W. Kerlin The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleAbstractThis paper describes the collaboration between The University of Tennessee and twointernational universities on cyber-linked engineering projects. This activity has beenincorporated into a senior-level course entitled Introduction to MaintenanceEngineering, which is one of the four courses being developed at The University ofTennessee under a NSF-CRCD grant. The course is designed for seniors and first-yeargraduate students in engineering. The

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Sundar Krishnamurty; Robert Gao; John Ritter; Donald Fisher; Janis Terpenny

Session 2325 Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled Janis Terpenny, Robert Gao, John Ritter, Donald Fisher, and Sundar Krishnamurty Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-2210AbstractA new two-semester capstone senior design course sequence in the area of assistive technologyhas been developed and integrated within the established curriculum of the Department ofMechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at the University of

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Michael Hailey; James Fridley; Jens Jorgensen; Ann Mescher

Session# 3266 Undergraduate Collaborative Capstone Design Projects Using the Web Michael B. Hailey, Jens E. Jorgensen, Ann M. Mescher and James L. Fridley University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2600Abstract:Design education and design project execution requires teamwork and collaborative efforts to besuccessful. In an academic setting this has typically been achieved by frequent 'face-to-face'meetings between the student design team, faculty consultants, and the project sponsors. Moderntechnology, via the Internet, has made the collaborative team efforts

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Robert Anderson; Paul Duesing; Marty Zoerner; Kevin Schmaltz

Session 3266Lessons Learned from Teaching Industry-Based Senior Projects Kevin Schmaltz and Paul Duesing Lake Superior State University Robert Anderson Continental Teves, Inc. Marty Zoerner Northern DiecastI. IntroductionA two-semester senior engineering design course sequence has been used at LakeSuperior State University (LSSU) for more than a decade to develop ties with industryand to give our graduates a taste of real-life project engineering. Over

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Andrea Lomander; Paul Schreuders

Session 1408 A Living Laboratory: The Maryland Crayfish Project Paul D. Schreuders, Andrea Lomander University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractBiological engineers differ from other engineers in that they must consider not only the abioticcomponents of a system but the biotic components as well. While this relationship may appear tobe obvious, it is the implications of this relationship that defines the field. Successful biologicalengineering can only be achieved if the students develop an understanding of their designs assystems. These systems respond significantly differently from

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James Menart; Elizabeth Johnson; Gary Kinzel

Session 3425 A Model for Multi-University Design Projects Gary Kinzel, James Menart, Elizabeth Johnson The Ohio State University/Wright State University/ Sinclair Community CollegeAbstractThis paper discusses the evolution of our approach to conducting multi-university designprojects in which teams of students at several different campuses collaborate on the designand manufacture of a product. Such projects teach the students about concurrentengineering and simulate a real-world setting. The projects teach product design anddevelopment, system integration, inter

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Larry Williamson; William Drake

Session 2526 NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race - Innovative Student Projects William H. Drake, Larry Williamson Southwest Missouri State University/Pittsburg State UniversityIntroductionThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers student chapter at Southwest Missouri State Universitydecided to follow the lead of another student group and build a “Moonbuggy” to race in theNASA sponsored “Great Moonbuggy Race” held annually at Marshall Space Flight Center, inHuntsville, Alabama. The first buggy was designed by a small team and constructed as a part ofa senior level capstone course. The buggy completed the preliminary

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Donna Summers

Session # 1475 Practical Methods for Keeping Project Courses on Track Donna C.S. Summers University of DaytonAbstract“The term project, clear milestones and objectives, the course was well thought-out and presented.” A major project, I learned a lot of information and skills without stress or loads of pointless homework.” “Previous professors were not as good at communicating and teaching the course objectives.” “The plan the professor used and followed made the class easily

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Trevor Tyler; Steven Miner

Session 2793 A Project Based Introduction to Mechanical Engineering S. M. Miner, T. N. Tyler United States Naval AcademyI. IntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy has developed andinstituted a new introductory course that all mechanical engineering majors are required to take.The goals of the course are to introduce the midshipmen to the major areas of study in mechanicalengineering, to enhance the visualization skills of the midshipmen, and to introduce the midship-men to the design process. For all three goals hands-on

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Jahan Kauser; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

Session 1526 A Project-Based Approach to Teaching Membrane Technology C. Stewart Slater (1), Kauser Jahan (2), Stephanie Farrell (1), Robert P. Hesketh (1), and Kevin D. Dahm (1) (1) Department of Chemical Engineering (2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 Abstract This paper describes a NSF-funded Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) project onmembrane process experiments funded through DUE-9850535. We have

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Kenneth Reardon

Session 3553 A Project-Oriented Introduction to Engineering Course Kenneth F. Reardon Department of Chemical and Bioresource Engineering Colorado State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes an introductory engineering course taught to first year students in chemical,environmental, and bioresource (agricultural) engineering at Colorado State University. In thislecture-laboratory course, a variety of "hard" (technical) and "soft" engineering subjects are putinto practice in a group design project, with the overall goal of providing students with a sense

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Roger Gonzalez

Session 2209 BME Undergraduate Design Projects using Various Engineering Majors Roger V. Gonzalez LeTourneau UniversityAbstractFor the past four years, undergraduate students in Mechanical, Electrical, and ComputerEngineering at LeTourneau University have collaborated via year-long senior design sequencesto design, develop, and build an ambitious biomechanical model of an Intelligent Prosthetic Armas a stepping stone for the next generation of prosthetic limbs. While each of these engineeringdisciplines has their own senior design

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Joe Hartman

Session 3232 Computer Architecture Design Project using Actual Air Traffic Control Specifications Joe Hartman Boise State UniversityAbstractOur computer architecture course includes the design of a system to solve a real world problem.The system requirements and evaluation criteria are provided in a Request for Proposal (RFP).The class is divided into teams of four with equal numbers of Electrical Engineering andComputer Science majors. The problem chosen is to design a specialized, redundant computer tocontrol individual

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John Watkins; Carl Wick; George Piper; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

Session 1320 Design of an Electronic Muffler - A DSP Based Capstone Design Project George Piper, John Watkins, Carl Wick, Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic United States Naval AcademyAbstractActive control of noise has been an emerging technology for the past two decades. Active noisecontrol (ANC) is an attractive means to achieve large amounts of noise reduction in a smallpackage, particularly at low frequencies, where passive noise control may be impractical. Whilethe concept of ANC has long been established, the technological means for implementing ANChave only recently become available. With the advent of high-speed