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Diana Dabby

introducingstudents to V. Nabokov (1899-1977), Leonardo (1452-1519), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), and A. Borodin (1833-1887), the class effectively provides mentors for the Renaissanceengineer. It further demonstrates the power of "speaking two languages" and the inventivenessthat can emanate from a deep understanding of two fields. This inventiveness manifests itself inNabokov’s literary and scientific design, Leonardo’s pioneering work in comparative anatomy,Bach’s invention of new instruments with desired acoustical properties, and Borodin’s ability tojuggle his work in music composition and the laboratory, while publishing in both fields andchampioning women’s educational rights. He also invented at the interface of medicine andchemistry.The

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Raul Mihali; Damir Vamoser; Tarek Sobh

Economics and Management of 1 CPE312 Computer Organization 3 ETHICS Integrated Studies In Comp 3 CPE315 Digital Design II with Laboratory 4 FREELE Free Elective One 3 CPE387 Embedded System Design 3 HUMC20 Introduction to Humanities I 3 CPE408 Operating Systems 3 HUMC20 Introduction to Humanities II 3 CPE410 Introduction to Computer 3 MATH10 Precalculus Mathematics 4 CPE447 FPGA Design 3 MATH11 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I 4 CPE448 Introduction to

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Timothy Wheeler; Dr. Rose Marra; Dr. Jack Mitchell; Dr. Charles Croskey

forsome housekeeping sensors, the payload subsystems performed flawlessly. The faculty, studentsand NASA personnel were all well pleased with the results of the flight.In parallel to the project work, a one-credit course was conducted for four consecutive semesters.This course provided a common meeting for discussion of topics of global project interest andfor student presentations. Topics of specific interest were presented, as were several skilldevelopment modules. Several pedagogical features of this course are discussed below.III. Educational Context of the ProjectThe Electrical Engineering curriculum at Penn State is a highly regarded, but necessarilycompressed progression of lecture and laboratory courses. The students have precious

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Waleed Smari; Jon Stevens; Andrew Murray

environment. The goal is to have engineers and scientists from geographically dispersed locations interact as virtual people in a virtual room performing design and analysis tasks1.• The Distributed Collaboratory Experiment Environments Program, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, performs simultaneous research on both physical and collaborative sciences. A fusion research project is currently being conducted between laboratories at the Lawrence Livermore, Oak Ridge, Princeton, and General Atomics sites. Scientists can run experiments, process data, and discuss results while located throughout the country2.• Ford Visteon and MIT are engaged in a multi-million dollar virtual engineering environments research venture. Ford brings

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Wayne Krause; Chenoa Jensen; CASEY ALLEN; Michael J Batchelder; Daniel F. Dolan

campus. These are: the Advanced ManufacturingLaboratory (AML) in Mechanical Engineering, The Injection Molding Laboratory in ChemicalEngineering, The Advanced Composites Laboratory (ACL) in Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering and the EE Prototyping Laboratory in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Eachhas industrial manufacturing equipment. The AML has a FADAL vertical machining center, a Page 6.699.2Bridgeport Romi CNC lathe and a Brown and Sharpe coordinate measuring machine. A Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society

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Teri Rhoads; Barry Mauldin

flexibility. This includes numerous tools, such as graphics, animation, video, audio, or somecombination. It also includes the manner in which the media is delivered. Computer modules mayalso help students move into a higher level of thinking. These higher levels, according to Bloom’sTaxonomy4, include analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Rhoads, Zimmer, Lewis, and Hubele13have attempted to move students in their statistics classes into these higher levels. They usedcomputers in a laboratory setting for in-class exercises. Online multimedia has a significantadvantage because students can view the content in a self-paced and asynchronous fashion17. Self-pacing has potential for significantly enhancing student’s learning and retention of

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Anant Kukreti

ultimatelyresulting in bolt fracture (results in excessive pinching of the hysteresis loops and decrease in theenergy dissipation capability). All tests were completed by the sixth week into the project.The moment-rotation behavior data recorded for the four tests and results available form previoustests conducted at the Fears Engineering laboratory were used to develop the procedure tomathematically construct the moment-rotation hysteresis loops for the elasto-plastic, bilinear, andmodified bilinear Ramberg-Osgood models for each type of connection. First, the parameterscharacterizing each model were identified, second, the test results were regressed to develop

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Joseph Cataldo; Gerardo Del Cerro

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Linda Broadbelt; L. Catherine Brinson; Kathleen Issen; Brad Kinsey

advisor to focus on session content and panelist selection.Several steps were taken to insure that graduate students were able to attend the PFEF events.The PFEF participants carefully selected the weekday and time of the events to avoid commonclass times or routine department seminars or meetings. The advisor set actual dates afterconsulting with panelists. Announcements were e-mailed to all engineering graduate studentsapproximately two weeks prior to the event, again a day or two before, and once more on the dayof the event. We found that students often intended to participate, but forgot if they did notreceive frequent reminders. The coordinator also enlisted PFEF participants to post flyers ondepartment bulletin boards, laboratories and

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Clare Cook

advantages anddisadvantages of each operating environment and the issues of loading an operating system.Linear interface and calibration can be examined with the temperature sensor circuitry. Finally,loading a web server and writing scripts to access the server can provide many experiences withInternet enabled designs. This project alone could provide many laboratory experiences for acourse in embedded computer systems. Work is currently under way at to incorporate laboratoryexercises from this project into the embedded computer systems course taught in the ComputerNetworks and Systems program at Ferris State University. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

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Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

operation, students must integrate knowledgeof optical spectrum and R-G center concepts with PN junction characteristics. 3.7 Applications of Photodevices to Electronic ProductsFinally, applications in modern communication networks using optical fibers, solar cells to powerhand-held calculators, battery chargers, and communications are covered. 3.8 Computer Simulation (2 weeks)Students are given a tutorial on the use of the Purdue University PUNCH semiconductor Hub andthe software supported by the Hub. Accessed through the Internet, this hub is a set of network-based laboratories that provide toolkits of programs for various fields. Students, researchers andengineers can access software, use software tools, view results, and download

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Brenda Martin; J. P. Mohsen

portable enough to move from one classroom to anotherrelatively easily.II. Product DevelopmentThe driving force behind the development of the Design of Structures system was educators whowere looking for a comprehensive, compact, and easy-to-use system that would enable them todemonstrate the concepts being taught. Many instructors rely only on paper, overheadprojectors, or at best computer simulations to drive home their lessons. Of course, universitieshave at their disposal the large test equipment in their materials laboratories, but nothing that issmall enough to use in the classroom.This feedback from educators started our own research into the educational requirements of civilengineering. While we conducted extensive research on the basic

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David Bunnell; Bill Knowlton; Amy Moll

, CO and Hewlett Packard Laboratory inPalo Alto, CA. His research interests are in reliability physics and materials characterization of semiconductormaterials. Dr. Knowlton received his B.S in 1992., M.S. in 1995, and Ph.D. in 1998, in Materials Science andEngineering from the University of California at Berkeley.References1. 2000-2001 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs; Section II.P.3, Page 242. Ibid. Criterion 3. Page 32 and “Program Criteria for Materials ... Programs” Page 443. Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report 1997 SME Education Foundation4. Dick, W. And Carey, L.; The Systematic Design of Instruction 4th edition 1996 Harper Collins5

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Jamie Workman

more of a question of do they realizethere is science, engineering and technology behind these commodities?The course was designed to offer a wide variety of technological disciplines from the availableprograms and laboratories at our school rather than focusing on one area. Each day, a new topicwas presented and various activities were employed. Day one, we introduced some basic physicsprinciples and performed related experiments. Marshmallow Towers challenged the students tocreate a skyscraper from marshmallows and tooth picks, and the team with the tallest tower wona prize. After the adventure, the discussion revolved around statics, strength of materials,moments of inertia, gravity, and of course eating marshmallows.Day two consisted of

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Ahmed Elsawy; Ismail Fidan

usually required to take a course in manufacturing processesand computer numerical control (CNC). The underlying philosophy of these courses is tointroduce students to the basic processes that are potentially used in engineeringpractices. Approximately one quarter of the courses is devoted to machining processes.Besides the lectures, students use CAD/CAM simulation packages, namely GibbsCAM,EdgeCAM, CNCez, and Mastercam, before their machining practices. In this study, anintuitive knowledge-based graphical user interface program has been developed to aid thelectures and laboratory activities. The main objective of the KBT is to help studentscomprehend and visualize the basics of machining. A knowledge-based system refers toan intuitive computer

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Joanne Lax

© 2001, American Society for Engineering Eductaionthree years students spend in ECE, a representative writing assignment will be collected, so theportfolios can document any changes in writing over time. In the sophomore year, the writingsample comes from EE 208, Electronic Devices and Design Laboratory; in the senior year thepaper comes from EE 402, Design Projects, or EPICS (“Engineering Projects in CommunityService”). Also in the senior year, a post-test writing sample will be collected in order todocument the students’ anticipated improvement in written communication.By means of the writing samples, the portfolios, and the on-site availability of a communicationsspecialist, who also gives guest lectures on communications topics in various

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Ronald Rockland

websiteprovided a background in Hematopathology. Students were given this website as a homeworkassignment the week prior to classroom discussions on blood analyzers.Perhaps the most comprehensive website for clinical chemistry can be found at a websiteentitled Clinical Laboratory Science Internet Resources©, which was developed by Louis B.Caruana, Ph.D. - http://members.tripod.com/~LouCaru/index-5.html#Education. There are over200 links relating to organizations and information on areas such as hematology, immunology,lab management and microbiology. While there were no assignments from this website, itprovided one student with a starting point for a term presentation assignment (this was requiredof all students

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Hilda Black; Jenna Carpenter

courses.IntroductionThe College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech has replaced the traditionalcurriculum for freshman and sophomores engineering majors with an integrated curriculumwhich incorporates mathematics, engineering and science. The curriculum integrates topicsacross the disciplines and incorporates active/cooperative learning, various technologies,freshman and sophomore design projects, and hands-on-laboratories. During the freshman year, Page 6.452.1the mathematics portion of the integrated curriculum focuses on differential and some integral“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Joshua Talbert; Richard Wilk; Frank Wicks

(PNGV) which is a joint effort by the national laboratories and the automobile companies to combine theirexpertise and technologies to produce a 70 mpg family vehicle. A proposed vehicle will be an engine and electrichybrid fuel using advanced materials, aerodynamic drag reduction, tires, computers and storage technologies. REASONS FOR SKEPTICISM There are multiple constituencies that are excited about the hybrid vehicle. One is the technology drivenconsumer who once bought the biggest muscle car desires to be first to have the newest product. Another is theaffluent environmentally conscience consumer who feels a social responsibility to buy a “Green or EnvironmentallyFriendly” product. Also the national labs that have

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Nohemi Rubio; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras; Connie Della-Piana

Evaluation for the Model Institutions for Excellence. She received a B.A inPsychology and a second B.A. in Public Relations at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is pursuing a master’sdegree in the Public Administration in the Department of Political Science at the University of Texas at El Paso.Lourdes Sanchez -Contreras is a coordinator for the Research Experience (REU) for Undergraduates program underthe Model Institutions for Excellence at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is actively involved in working withundergraduate research students. Her main objective is to involve and make students aware of the educationalopportunities that exist in research at other universities and research laboratories. She is also in charge of

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Jeffrey Schiano; Claudia Mincemoyer

to maintain a laboratory notebook and will challenge youths by requiring themto perform simple experiments in order to answer questions. The projects also introduce designconcepts, for example, how to systematically vary a parameter to achieve a desired performance underspecified constraints. Each project emphasizes a particular area of technology so that youths can makea connection between their project and a specific electrical technology area.We have just recently started our project and are in the process of generating the project web page andpreparing for a training session for CE educators in March 2001. The first author is working with alocal 4-H club this spring to determine if the projects are of a suitable level and are of interest

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Shawn Gross; David Clarke; David Bentler; Joseph Hitt; Janet Baldwin; Ronald Welch

self-assessments assist in fullyunderstanding the realized benefits of ETW.II. ETW OrganizationHow is ETW organized? ETW is a one-week short course (Figure 1) providing seminars on thebasics of excellent teaching (using Lowman5 and Wankat and Oreovicz6), demonstrations ofeffective teaching, laboratory exercises requiring the participants to teach lessons followed bygroup assessment, and discussions on how to apply the presented techniques in differentuniversity settings (laboratory, large classrooms, auditoriums, or seminar groups, etc.).The most critical and transformational part of ETW is the opportunity to learn new techniques,then practice them in the three classes presented by each participant. Team members assume therole of students

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Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

for the evaluation of different heatexchangers enhancement techniques. The apparatus/experimental setup is simple and relativelyinexpensive and can be incorporated in undergraduate heat transfer laboratory. These types ofexperiments assist the undergraduate mechanical engineering students in the understanding of thebasic heat transfer processes and the methods and devices that can be implemented to enhance theheat transfer.Bibliography1. Bergles, A. E. (1985), “Techniques to Augment Heat Transfer ,” Handbook of Heat Transfer Applications, 2ndedition, Chapter 1 McGraw-Hill, New York.2. Manglik, R. M. and Bergles, A. E. (1992), “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations for Twisted-TapeInserts in Isothermal Tubes: Part I – Laminar Flows

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S. K. Khanna; David Roylance; C. H. Jenkins

auxiliary material, such as film clips ofactual designs and laboratory experiments. The web page for the 1999 MIT/DMSE Mechanics of Materials subjectis at URL http://web.mit.edu/course/3/3.11/www/; this is a modest but useful web implementation for teaching. Ituses very plain HTML constructs, without the need for page design software.Most engineering educators seem to feel the web and other such technologies will augment rather than replacetraditional lecture-and-chalkboard methods. The seemingly tedious method in which students copy material as theinstructor chalks it onto the board actually seems to transmit technical information at approximately the right pace

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Rachel Murdell; Piper James; Gary Kinzel; Blaine Lilly; Anthony Luscher

Murdell is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University. She has taught inCAD/CAM instructional laboratories while working on her M.S. thesis and has emphasized creativity and ideageneration as part of her research. Page 6.599.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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Mileta Tomovic

Session 2525 Integrating Product Optimization and Manufacturability in Graduate Design Course Mileta M. Tomovic Purdue UniversityAbstractAs CAD/FEA/CAM software tools are becoming increasingly user friendly and seamlesslyintegrated, it became feasible to use a number of them simultaneously in a senior/graduate leveldesign course in order to provide students with opportunity to experience all aspects of productdesign cycle, from concept design, product optimization, to manufacturability. In the past,teaching a hands-on laboratory

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Heather Nachtmann

Level CourseThe freshman level course, Industrial Cost Analysis, was offered in the Spring 2001 semester.The class was made up of 66 undergraduate students, primarily in their first year of industrialengineering. The goal of the course was to introduce the field of cost analysis to future industrialengineers. The course was delivered via an active learning lecture/discussion and a problem-solving laboratory. The primary course topics were basic financial accounting, cost behavior,cost management systems, product costing, decision making, and budgeting.Literature reviewThe students were teamed in small groups and required to conduct a literature search and review.A presentation and tutorial by a research librarian was made to the class and along

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Andrew Scanlon; Andrea Schokker

in the laboratory. However, the primary objective of a structural design courseis to provide the students with an experience that will enable them to enter a design office andhave an understanding of the process by which a complete set of design calculations, drawingsand specifications is produced. In addition, because the design process in large projects involvesa team effort with input from experts in different fields, students need to understand how thedesign process works in the broad sense.The approach being used to integrate these various facets of the design process is to use a themeproject in related courses at various stages of the curriculum. The initial effort has been todevelop the theme project in the introductory reinforced

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Sutharin Pathomvanich; Fazil Najafi

are normally much lower than developedcountries. The tuition fee is set in the reasonable range for the native people. The lack of funds isa major constraint in developing countries. Without funding, universities in developing countriesare not able to update their laboratories or offer courses comparable to developed nations.Furthermore, the computer facilities, both hardware and software, are limited. Their libraries arelacking many new books and journals. By studying abroad, students will have a chance to study incourses that may not be available in their home country. Their library access is unlimited in thedeveloping countries. This provides foreign students with the opportunities to use their owntalents to build upon their knowledge and

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Stephen Horan

: http://education.nasa.gov/implan/framewrk.html. Page 6.656.7“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”2. Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations, “New Mexico Content Standards and BenchmarksReference Guide,” URL: http://www.cesdp.nmhu.edu/standards/download/index.htm3. S. Horan, “Use of High-Power Model Rockets as a Laboratory for a Microcontroller Data Acquisition System,”A.S.E.E. Computers in Education, Vol. VI, No. 1, January-March 1996, p. 53-56.4. New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, “Student Launch