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students will take thespecialized courses at QCC via distance learning and remote-controlled laboraotries.Remote-controlled laboratories can be an effective way to have students perform laboratoryexperiments. The development of materials not only makes courses more accessible butimproves them for in-house students and enhances teaching as well. In our case QCC studentsbenefit from improved texts, videotapes to review lectures and improved laboratory exercises anddata acquisition techniques.VII. AcknowledgementsWe acknowledge useful discussions with our colleagues. We thank B. Taylor and T. Como fortheir able assistance in the development of laboratory apparatus. This work was partiallysupported by an National Science Foundation Advanced

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Nam Kim

Asession 3220 Process Control Laboratory Experiments Using LabVIEW Nam K. Kim Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931AbstractThe process control laboratory course in Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech was recentlyrestructured to teach students how to operate cutting edge computer-based systems, and tointegrate this knowledge with process control theory. The laboratory equipment, as well as thestructure of the

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. Chowdhury, B. H., "Designing an innovative laboratory to teach concepts in grid tied renewable and other dispersed resources," ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, session no. 3532 June ’99. 3. Demoulias, C. S; & Dokopoulos, P, "Electrical transients of wind turbines in a small power grid," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, v. 11 Sept. '96 p. 636-42. 4. Heydt, G. T; Tan, W; & LaRose, T, " Simulation and analysis of series voltage boost technology for power quality enhancement," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, v. 13 no. 4 Oct. '98 p. 1335-41. 5. Jones, C., "Cogen system meets triple threat of industry turmoil," Power, v. 142 Jan./Feb. '98 p. 48-50. 6. Kariniotakis, G. N; &

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Phillip J. Cornwell; Charles Farrar

Session 3268 The Los Alamos National Laboratory Dynamics Summer School – A Mechanics Motivator Phillip J. Cornwell, Charles R. Farrar Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology/Los Alamos National LaboratoryAbstractA unique summer educational program focusing on engineering dynamics has been developedand implemented at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The purpose of this summer school is toexpose a select group of students to the broad field of engineering dynamics with the hopes thatthey will be motivated to pursue this area of research in their graduate studies. The summerschool activities

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Yarrow Nelson; Charles Tritt

Session 1109 Rabbit Season – A Battery Based Laboratory Exercise for Engineering Students Charles S. Tritt, Ph.D. Milwaukee School Of EngineeringA laboratory investigation suitable for college freshmen is provided (see Appendix A). In thisexperiment, students investigated the performance of ordinary consumer batteries underspecified discharge conditions. The discharge conditions were those described in a internationalstandard for battery performance.1,2 The experiment was intended to introduce students theimportance and utility of

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Jeffrey Nadel; Dan Walsh

Session 1520 Advanced Technology Laboratories: A Crucible for Technology Enhanced Learning Jeff Nadel, Dan Walsh College of Engineering California Polytechnic State UniversityAbstractA partnership among industry, academia and government has led to the construction anddevelopment of a facility which provides a capstone experience for engineering students. Thepurpose of the ATL is to provide a vehicle that enables partnerships between industry, faculty, andstudents. This partnership is designed to produce

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Robert Y. Ofoli; Mackenzie Davis; Craig W, Somerton

. Page 6.118.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationA set of course learning objectives has been developed and is shown below: With successful completion of this course the student should be able to do the following: • Apply fundamental theories of cognitive processes in the practice of teaching engineering students • Design effective lectures, laboratories, and assignments • Use appropriate methods to deliver course content • Design and apply

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proposes curriculum modifications that are tailored to non-electricalengineering students. Specifically, six instructional hands-on laboratory experiments and anupdated course outline are proposed. The goal was to make students more comfortable withcontrol theory by using hands on examples and tailoring lectures to non-electrical students. Inorder to measure the success of the curriculum changes, all students were given a written surveywhen they completed the course, a sampling of students were chosen at random for personalinterviews, and standard course evaluations were examined. The student responses indicated thechanges were successful.1. Introduction The origin of the difficulties associated with teaching controls to non

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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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Christopher T. Field; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

Session 2793 A Signal Analyzer for Teaching Signals and Systems Thad B. Welch and Christopher. T. Field U.S. Naval Academy Cameron H.G. Wright U.S. Air Force Academy AbstractMusic and computers continue to fascinate today’s students. This powerful and sometimes addictingcombination can also provide for a tremendous opportunity to enhance the understanding of the timeand frequency domain relationships routinely discussed in a Signals and

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Gaile Griffore; Craig Somerton

Session 3242 Two More Ways to Evaluate Teaching Performance Craig W. Somerton, Gaile D. Griffore Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionThe search continues for effective ways to evaluate college teaching. Still, the most prevalentassessment tool is the student evaluation. The authors examined two additional tools todetermine whether they might provide administrators with useful supplementary information forformative and summative evaluations. One is a student assessment of their learning using thecourse learning objectives, while the other looks at the number

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Marshall Coyle; Christal Keel

Session 2793 Teaching Finite Element Analysis to Second Year Students Marshall F. Coyle, Ph.D., P.E., Christal G. Keel Pennsylvania State University – YorkAbstract:Finite element analysis (FEA) is a powerful analytical tool used to evaluate structural, dynamic,thermal, fluid, and electrical engineering problems. In the past, only specialists with access tomainframes conducted finite element analyses due to the massive processing power required.However, the recent advances in microcomputer technology allow this processing capability tobe available to virtually anyone. Engineering

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Stephen Maybar; Jerome Zornesky

Session 3547 A New Paradigm for Teaching Circuit Analysis Stephen H. Maybar, Jerome Zornesky Department of Electrical Engineering Technology Technical Career Institutes, New York City NY 10001AbstractTraditionally, circuit analysis has been taught as a two-term sequence with DC circuit analysis inthe first term and AC circuit analysis in the second. The normal two-term sequence may beshortened to a single term if DC and AC analysis are taught concurrently rather thanconsecutively. In the modified sequence, DC circuit analysis is considered as a special case ofAC

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courses – especially those offered during times when theinstitution will otherwise be idle – will want to consider the following: What semester the courseshould be tied (for our holiday course, it was considered a spring semester course that simplymet early). What will be the faculty compensation (will there be an overload payment, or will itcount toward the regular teaching load)? What special campus resources (library, technology,laboratory, etc.) are needed for the course, and to what extent will they be available? Involvingthe campus’s registrar’s, computing services, and physical plant offices in the planning of theconcentrated courses can go a long way toward minimizing mishaps during the teaching of thecourse.As faculty prepare to launch

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Kwok Pang

2213 Teaching Chemical Engineering with Physical Plant Model at Cal Poly, Pomona K. H. Pang California State Polytechnic University PomonaA physical model is an exact replica of a real plant. Models are excellent teaching tools. During1996-1997, I have taken the initiative to revitalize the physical model of ARCO’s hydro-desulfurization plant, which was donated to the department many years ago, but was never used.Through my industrial contacts, I obtained the process flow diagram from ARCO and workedwith several students cleaning and re

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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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Session 1454 A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Invention and Entrepreneuring Edward Lumsdaine Michigan Technological University (USA) and University of Nottingham (UK)AbstractThis paper describes the context, format, experiences, and outcome of three multidisciplinaryteam project-based pilot courses focused on teaching entrepreneurial skills and invention:1. ME 490 “Invention and Entrepreneuring,” co-taught by two professors (from engineering and business) at Michigan Tech for multidisciplinary students during fall quarter 1999.2. N1D041 “Creative Problem

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Rodolfo Molinari

Session 1690 Engineering Education Procedures Based on Compute Simulation Resources as an Alternative for Laboratory Facilities Rodolfo Molinari Centro Universitario Lusiada, Santos, BrazilAbstract.When teaching the majority of the disciplines of an Engineering Course, of any specialty, it is offundamental importance that theory classes could be connected to experimentation, in order togive to the students the necessary perception of the actual applicability of any new knowledge. Indeveloping countries it is nearly an utopia to try the application of the full

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, establishes real time audio/video connection between two remote classrooms anda local classroom that are hundreds of miles apart. Details of five laboratory exercisesdeveloped and implemented in the first offering of the course are explained. In addition, amethod used to assess course outcomes is presented.I. IntroductionAs courses in everything from art history to engineering are offered on the Internet, we areexperiencing a transition from the traditional textbook and lecture teaching method to the virtualclassroom. A report1 released in January 1999 by the International Data Corporation shows thatan estimated 85% of the colleges and universities will be offering distance education courses in2002.Distance education courses have been offered at

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materials laboratory course to providebasic principles in plastics testing for junior students in the Mechanical Engineering Program atRochester Institute of Technology. The primary goal of this course is to introduce not onlytheories in plastic materials, but also to provide hands-on-experience in ASTM (the AmericanSociety for Testing and Materials) standard plastics testing. There is a general agreement thatstudent’s experience is essential in teaching, since experience-based learning can acceleratestudents’ abilities to perform creativity, problem solving skills, and team cooperation in the field Page 6.45.1of engineering technology. Thus, this

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design, mathematical calculations required, documentationmethods by way of progress reports and a formal written report, requirements for an oralpresentation, and various laboratory tools and techniques that are useful in completing thedesign. Much of the scheduled class time is set aside for open lab time where students are ableto work on their robot projects with instructors and teaching assistants available to answerquestions.The controller used for the traffic lights hands-on laboratory experience of the Winter quarter EGcourse and for this robot design project is the Handy Board controller developed at the MITMedia Labs by Fred G. Martin.25 Designed for experimental mobile robotics work, this popularMotorola 68HC11-based controller board is

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standardization of the grading. In the case of the design course, the instructor and the teaching assistant discussed the rubrics including the rationale behind the objectives and criteria. The teaching assistant was also given examples of reports evaluated using the rubrics. These efforts seemed to be important in the relative success of using rubrics to standardize the grading. In the laboratory course these steps were not Page 6.355.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Session 2526 When is a Truss not a Truss: A ‘Do-Say’ Pedagogical Laboratory Exercise Michael G. Jenkins, Dwayne D. Arola Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA/ Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MDAbstractContrary to common perception, engineering mechanics in undergraduate education does notneed reform. Basic aspects of mechanics (strength of materials, mechanical behavior ofmaterials, experimental mechanics, etc) are still necessary components of any MechanicalEngineering program. However, the delivery system and the tools used by students and facultyin learning and teaching engineering mechanics does

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Vicki Eller; Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Joel Balestra; Asha Rao

Session 1458 Multimedia Web-based Resources for Engineering Education: The Media Design and Assessment Laboratory at UMR Vicki M. Eller, Steve E. Watkins, Richard H. Hall, Joel Balestra, Asha S. Rao University of Missouri-RollaAbstract The design, development, and assessment of web-based multimedia learning resourcesare important aspects of engineering education. The Media Design and Assessment Laboratoryat the University of Missouri-Rolla was established to facilitate the interaction between webdesigners and content providers. It was created under the auspices of the Instructional

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integrated into EENG 4409. The secondinstrument under development is a general-purpose workbench for teaching aboutinstrumentation systems. This paper presents developments to date, describes curricular use ofthe instruments, and gives an overview of the expected path of the second year of this project.Prior developments in instructional computer-based laboratory instrumentationThe use of virtual instrumentation in the undergraduate curriculum is well-documented; theNational Science Foundation has funded a number of efforts in this regard.1–5 Development ofinstructional computer-based laboratory instruments (CLIs) has taken place at the University ofTexas at Tyler since its College of Engineering opened in 1997. A series of CLIs have beendeveloped

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andpresentations when they become available. Some of the experiments are presented in thefollowing. They demonstrate how the enhanced CMM systems can integrate metrology,CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM, rapid prototyping, and polymer processing facilities and curriculum atKettering University.A. MFGE-101 Manufacturing ProcessesExperiment 1: Inspection of a Penholder through the two CMM systems using Teach, Off-Line, and CAD-Directed Programming [2 hours of CMM in a 6 hours structured laboratory].Objective: Students learn the fundamentals of CMM hardware with MPH/APES/SCPRS and software (Geomeasure/PC-DMIS) by inspecting a penholder made from their machining projects.Experiment Performed: Students will (a) machine a penholder according to its blue print, (b) use

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J. Giolma; Kevin Nickels; Farzan Aminian

Session 2793 Bridging the gap between discrete and programmable logic in introductory digital logic laboratories Kevin Nickels, Farzan Aminian, J. Paul Giolma Department of Engineering Science Trinity UniversityAbstractMost contemporary introductory digital logic design laboratories utilize discrete small-scaleintegrated (SSI), medium-scale integrated (MSI), and programmable logic such as fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FGPAs) or complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs). Thesemore complex programmable devices (CPLDs and

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Steven Wright; Murat Ulasir; Michelle West; Lissa MacVean; Donald D. Carpenter

of the surveys and lessons learned are presented in sectionV.II. Background of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory courseThe revised course CEE325 Fluid Mechanics was first introduced in the fall of 1999 as a result ofcurriculum changes in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University ofMichigan. The College of Engineering bulletin describes this course in the following manner:“(CEE325 teaches) principles of mechanics applied to real and ideal fluids. Topics include fluidproperties and statics; continuity, energy, and momentum equations by control volume;dimensional analysis and similitude; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer, drag, lift;incompressible flow in pipes; free-surface flow; adiabatic flow of ideal gases

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Jeffrey Jones; David Niebuhr; Heather Smith; Lanny Griffin; Blair London; Linda Vanasupa; Katherine Chen

, he has taught several engineering science courses. He has over 10-years experiencein teaching, bringing multi-media courses to the community college. Prior to becoming ateacher he spent 10 years as a structural engineer. He earned his M.S. degree in CivilEngineering from San Jose State University.BLAIR LONDONBlair London is also a Professor in Materials Engineering. He received his B.S. in MaterialsEngineering from Drexel in 1981. His M.S. (1983) and Ph.D. (1986) degrees are in MaterialsScience and Engineering from Stanford Univeristy. He joined the Cal Poly faculty in 1993 afterseven years of experience in the aerospace industry. During his time at Cal Poly he hasdeveloped several effective teaching methodologies for the laboratory

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-on learning. In addition, a lab/lecture Automation course (Tech 423), which will teach the basic and advanced subjects of sensors, robotics, pneumatic control, and vision, has been added.In the integration of laboratory based computer methodologies into the curriculum, thedepartment examined the best modes for integration. In striving for integration, and propercovering of the needed material, the department looked at how material was covered, and theproper overlap of instruction. To this extent, we also had to separate the areas into "new" and"old" technologies. In terms of the older technologies, like welding, metal forming and working,the department has laboratories in place. It was in the "new" areas, like computer-integration