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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

1566In each of these courses, students are required to complete a class project. The studentsare required to work in teams, document the project in technical reports, and to make oralpresentations of their project. These project are typically design oriented and theyaddress the issues of team building, team work, conflict resolution, written and oralcommunications, and the many design and development issues that have been highlightedpreviously.The best practices and competency gaps referred to above are documented in severalreports that were issued by professional organizations in the mid-nineties. Some of thehighlights from these reports are outlined below.V. Professional OrganizationsIn the mid-nineties, the national view on the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Craddock; Chandrasekhar Vallath; Alison Arndt; Lizette Chevalier

Carbondale.IntroductionThe work presented in this paper is part of a project developing multimedia laboratorycourseware (labware) for Civil and Environmental Engineering curricula. In particular, we aredeveloping labware for the environmental engineering and strength of materials laboratory. Thispaper will focus on two of the multimedia components of the environmental engineeringlaboratory in addition to presenting an overall view of our pedagogical approach. At this stage, Page 7.1116.1we are still in the formative development of the project, having just started external reviews inacademia and indus try. The project is a joint effort between the Department of

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bradley Bazuin; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad; Ikhlas Abdel-Qader

DSP,independent study or faculty directed research opportunities are available through both a project -based course ECE 490 and senior design capstone projects ECE 481 and ECE 482. To expandstudent exposure to include real-time, hands-on work, the department has begun to incorporate anew sequence of experiments into the Digital Signal Processing course, ECE 455, using a newlyestablished DSP laboratory. The laboratory has been jointly funded by the National ScienceFoundation, Texas Instruments, and Western Michigan University.DSP Laboratory SettingThe DSP laboratory consists of PC-based workstations equipped with specialized DSP hardwareand software. The Computer workstations are internally equipped with TI TMS320C6701Evaluation Module (EVM

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Yonael Teklu; Saifur Rahman; Peter Wiesner

Session# DLNET: Creating a Digital Library for Learning Objects in Engineering Saifur Rahman, Yonael Teklu Peter Wiesner Alexandria Research Institute Institute for Electrical and Virginia Tech Electronics Engineers, Inc.AbstractFunded by the National Science Foundation, the DLNET project is developing a specialized collection ofengineering and technology-related “learning objects” targeted at the practicing engineer and technologist so as

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Brachtl; Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 1520 A Comparison of Common Processor Scheduling Algorithms Mohammad B. Dadfar, Michael Brachtl, Sub Ramakrishnan Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419) 372 2337 fax: 419 372 8061 email: datacomm@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractThis paper describes some projects given in an operating systems course that deal with processorscheduling in a multiprogramming environment. We use a Java program to simulate a number ofCPU

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Johansen; Jens Riis; Henrik Jorgensen; Claus Balken; James Luxhoj

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education`Production System Design Laboratory that encouraged the integration of different manufacturingperspectives and viewpoints. Central to the laboratory design was the creation of a Model Bankthat was intended to be a knowledge repository of production theories and models, methods andtools, case examples, and practical experience. This framework was an important precursor tothe Experimental Laboratory for Production (ELP). Since 1996, researchers at AalborgUniversity through multiple case studies with Danish companies in the P+5 project havedemonstrated that it is possible to develop a manufacturing vision in practice (see Riis andJohansen1). During these series of industrial cases

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Simon Ang; Fred Barlow; Alan Mantooth; Sean Mulvenon

algorithms inuse in many of these tools at the graduate level. Faculty size is limited at most state institutionsto the point of not being able to offer enough courses, even in areas where faculty expertiseexists, to allow a student to focus his/her coursework as necessary to establish solid footing uponwhich quality graduate research can be conducted. This paper describes a project underway at the University of Arkansas to develop severalcourses in the MST area that will be offered nationally over Internet2. This developmentapproach is meant to be a model for course development that will promote distance delivery,incorporating recent research results, and state-of-the-art evaluation and assessment. The hope isthat these courses can be offered to

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht; Lasich Debra; Barbara Moskal

order to retain more women within this field, a better understandingis needed of the female experience during the engineering design team process.Recognizing this need, the National Science Foundation's Activities for Women and Girls inScience, Engineering & Mathematics program has sponsored the Engineering Design Teams:Influence of Gender Composition on the Decision-Making Process project (EHR-9979444) at theColorado School of Mines (CSM). This project seeks to better understand the interactions thattake place between men and women during the team decision making process in the DesignEngineering Practices Introductory Course Sequence (EPICS). Design EPICS is a sequence ofrequired first and second year courses at CSM in engineering design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

technologies in orderto prepare students that are very desirable for industrial employment in the Houston Area.According to this educational goal, the subject of active structural controls is being introducedinto the programs in progressive steps.The first step was to design testing rigs and data acquisition systems. Students of the twoprograms performed these tasks in Directed Study (individual project) courses. Students inStructural Analysis and Design concentrated on the design and fabrication of the testing devicesthat apply forces while Control and Instrumentation students dedicated their efforts to design ofthe data acquisition and control systems.This paper presents the fundamental concepts of active control of structures and describes thework

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Crowe; Sally Schwartz; Mary Marrs; Luis Occeña; Jose Zayas-Castro; Douglas Moesel; Cathleen Burns; Bin Wu

-basedentrepreneurship by teaming faculty and students in an experiential learning environment anddraws upon the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership -Learning Factory. Theobjectives are achieved through dynamically managing and implementing the following tasks:developing a sequence of three team taught (& designed) courses; the active use of an enhancedfacility named Entrepreneurship-Manufacturing Innovation Lab Experience (EMILE);collaboration with industry partners; project assessment; and outreach to different stakeholdersand interested parties.The courses focus on the Enterprise: Conception, Design, and Operation. The teaching/learningstrategy is based on team teaching between the engineering and business faculty with active andexperiential

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Goodwine; Steven Skaar; Robert Nelson; Mihir Sen; James Mason; Stephen Batill

, American Society for Engineering Educationused to help underwrite the initial program costs during a three-year transition period. The NSFgrant includes funding for faculty training as well as for hiring support staff to assist faculty.The transition period promises to be gradual in that the three years of the NSF grant, whichbegan December 2000, follow a period of four years during which the microprocessor hasalready been an integral part of all mechanical-engineering Senior Design projects. The three-year period also follows by one year a coincidental move by the College to introducemicroprocessor programming into a 2-course First-Year sequence for all Engineering intents.Another key element is this program is the integration of industry and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alicia Townsend; Renate Fruchter

Session: 2793 Impact of Multi-Cultural Dimensions on Multi-Modal Communication in Global Teamwork Renate Fruchter* and Alicia Townsend** *Director of Project Based Learning Laboratory (PBL Lab) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4020 fruchter@ce.stanford.edu **Graduate Student, Learning Design and Technology Program, School of Education Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 lishat@stanford.eduIntroductionThis

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

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Karim Nasr; Raymond Berg

) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global and societal context; 4) a recognition of the need for and an ability toengage in life-long learning; 5) a knowledge of contemporary issues; 6) an ability to manageengineering projects including the analysis of economic factors; and 7) an ability to understandthe dynamics of people both in singular and group settings.This paper presents the revisions made to the pilot capstone course, both to demonstrate pre-existing student achievement of these seven outcomes, and to augment that achievement in thecapstone course. This paper also presents the EC 2000 assessment strategies developed for thecapstone course, and the results of course coordinator, peer and

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Hensley; Marjorie Donovan; Christopher Ibeh; James Otter

of50 points, and to “write a superlative undergraduate research project requires the studentto achieve between 540 – 600 points or the equivalent of 90 – 100%. A perfectundergraduate research project is rated as 600. The subdivisions are valued differentiallyfrom 1-15 points. The rater is to determine first, does the subdivision exist and is itappropriately done for this study. Then second, the rater must determine the value ofeach major division for its quality by considering the elements in the following manner:0.0 – does not appear; 0.2 – only 20% of necessary elements; 0.4 – has approximately40% of necessary elements; 0.6 has approximately 60% of necessary elements, etc; and1.0 has 100% of necessary elements.” It is customary for the PSU

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

.? Page 7.1118.5 DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE OTHER INPUT DATA?Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationutilizing the appropriate time value of money factor to convert the annual fuel and electricitycosts into present value costs.Thermal Design ProjectsOver the years, three different thermal design project statements have been developed andutilized: thermal design of a house, thermal design of a building, thermal design of a refrigeratedwarehouse. Summary statements for these projects are given in Table 1. Normally studentteams of two are assigned, and it proves very convenient to ask for two separate design

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvie Doré

always results in more innovative and creative solutions oroutcomes 12,13. It may take more time to complete a project, but the quality is better. On the otherhand, it increases the risk of unresolved conflicts, arising from difficulties to communicate andleading to a decrease of cohesion.This breakdown in communication has at least two sources: specialization and differences inpersonality.Specialization Multidisciplinary teams are composed of professionals originating from Page 7.1236.3 different disciplines, each coming to the drawing table with his/her own Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kevin Torres

be sent immediately to your email address. 6. Save this file as “license.dat” in C:\ispTOOLS\ispcomp\license Starting ispdesignEXPERT 1. Go to Start/Lattice Semiconductor/ispdesignEXPERT 2. Go to File/ New Project. Save it in the student directory 3. screen is divided into two columns. (Sources in project, and Processes for current source) 4. We need to select the proper device. Under the Sources in Project, double click on ispLS15384VA-125LB388. 5. A window will pop open. Under family, scroll down until it says “Mach 4”. The device number and part name are written on the PLD itself. You will see either M4-32/32 or M4-64/32 which indicates the device. Under that is the part number

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

continuity to develop a relationship based on mutual respect. A good areafor interaction is through industry advisory boards. These have a formal structure but allow forcontinuous personal contact. Other good areas for interaction include industry sponsoredstudent projects (as long as the outcomes and deliverables are clearly understood by bothparties), guest classroom lectures, and getting-to-know-you days. To be effective there shouldbe interaction on all levels, from institution president/senior industry management toDean/Chief Engineer to student/engineer. There must also be an agreed on extraction process sothat if things don’t work out as expected one party or the other can gracefully withdraw withoutcreating hard feelings.III. Partnering with

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Z. Joan Delalic; Richard Cohen; Jim J-S Chen; Dennis Silage

-training courses, dynamic modular courses, and interdisciplinary projects and research withthe support of the microelectronics industry. The microelectronics industry is acutely aware ofthe need for innovations in packaging and thermal management to supplement the advances andpromise of low power consumption CMOS design and the SOC design methodology. Suchinnovations are needed if the clock speed and computational power of compact future systemsare to increase. This initiative addresses the development of curriculum in such micro and nanoscale technology in microelectronics and VLSI and in the materials science, heat transfer, andthermal management of such devices and, as a consequence, builds a closer working relationshipwith the microelectronic

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

students in the Reservations need to be nurtured, motivated and encouraged to pursuehigher education in MSE disciplines. The College of Engineering and Architecture of NorthDakota State University and the five Tribally Controlled Community Colleges in the State ofNorth Dakota are currently working on a multi-year collaborative project to increase the numberof Native American students pursuing college education in mathematics, science, andengineering disciplines. Motivating and encouraging the high and junior high students from thefive Reservations in the State to pursue college education in engineering is one of the majorobjectives of the project. Currently in its third year, the project is engaging groups of high andjunior high students from

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Liv Ramstad; Ferd Schneider; Audeen Fentiman; Artemus Herzog; John Merrill

one of the bins.The basic skills taught in this class are ones expected to be valuable to engineers and also tothose students who choose careers in other fields. In the “basic skills” portion of the course,students learn to · work in teams · analyze and present data using a variety of coordinate systems · use spreadsheet software · draw and analyze simple electrical circuits · use a mathematics package (MATLAB) · write laboratory and technical project reports · prepare visual aids using computer software · give effective oral presentations · make multi-view and isometric sketches · make section views · make working drawings, including dimensions and tolerances, to be

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Baillie; Adam Mannis

in UK Materials faculty. It presents an extremely effectiveway of working developmentally with the materials community, and outputs from thefunded projects are made available to the whole community via a final workshop,Centre web-site and final reports.Fund for the Development of Teaching & Learning (FDTL) projectsThe UK government higher education funding councils in 2000 provided funding forthe establishment of the following three projects aimed at encouraging innovation andstimulating developments in teaching and learning within the area of materialstechnology: § The Keynote Project (focusing on key skills in the curriculum) § DOITPOMS (enhancing student learning through the use of C&IT) § Tutoring Materials (identifying

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke

the course.When first conceived, it was believed that the design and manufacturing portions of the coursecould be close-coupled such that the extensive manufacturing laboratory facilities available atKettering University could be used to create prototypes of the design projects. Weekly meetingswith an interdisciplinary team of faculty developed interesting projects but topics that would notlend themselves to the close-coupling philosophy. The major obstacle was that themanufacturing facilities would be used in a non-traditional manner and would not allow the Page 7.303.1students to see the proper utilization of the equipment. An example

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jenkins; John Kramlich

………………. - Students iv) Design projects………………. - Students v) Reviews………………………. - Student peers - Instructors - Outside experts vi) Self Assessments…………….. - Faculty/instructors vii) Seminar attendance…………. - Students viii) TA evaluations……………... - Students - Instructors Ceramic Engineering i) Completion of required courses - Students ii) Experiential learning…………. - Students (research, design, co- op, intern

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ricardo Molina; Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

. At the end of the program the students have solidknowledge of basic science courses, basic engineering courses and specific engineering courses,besides the experience acquired with the development of projects in partnership with enterprises.I. IntroductionPeople live today in a world of no frontiers, with complete new values, a global world, in themiddle of post industrial revolution, neo liberal policies and no jobs. The challenge in Brazil, likeany other Country of West World is to form professionals with scientific minds to developscience and technology in according to the complexity of modern day-by-day life. Science andtechnology has to promote the progress of contemporary society drawing a complete new future.It is essentially, to make

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

M. P. Sharma; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

introductorythermodynamics modules include interactive exercises, immediate feedback, graphical modeling,physical world simulation, and exploration. This paper presents and demonstrates some of theactive learning exercises developed to date specifically for this project. Assessment methods tomeasure the effect of active learning in virtual learning environments that are under developmentare also discussed.1. IntroductionIn a recent speech [1], Michael Parmentier, Director of Readiness and Training, U.S. Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, referred to today’s learners as “The Nitendo Generation” whose firstchoice for learning is not static text and graphics, but rather interaction with rich multimedia andsimulations. Consequently, the U.S. Department of Defense

Conference Session

Information Guidance/Navigation/Control

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra H. Kajiwara; Lisa Taber; Cecilia Mullen

firststep in our assessment, we analyzed papers and project reports from both classes for thequality and quantity of the references which students used. Citations were reviewed forscholarly publications, for currency, and for their overall breadth in representing the projecttopic. This gave us a benchmark of the students’ command of engineering resources beforethey were given access to our web site. As we analyzed the papers, we discovered that thestudents needed access to examples of technical report writing, and guidance on how to citetheir references and how to create a complete bibliography.Project GoalsThe goals of our project were to: 1) significantly improve the students’ knowledge of theliterature of their discipline; 2) increase the

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephen Petersen; Richard Hughey; David Meek; Alexandra Carey

engineeringdesign of different classical bus architectures, and discuss various CPU’s and peripherals. In thelaboratory students’s design and build their own custom microprocessor projects using thepopular and versatile 68HC11, an embedded CISC (“complex instruction set computer”) CPU.This laboratory particularly needs an adroit understanding of the HC11’s software architecture,i.e. its unique assembly language. Giving students a better introduction to HC11 assemblylanguage would allow us to concentrate more on hardware system architecture and advancedsoftware programming techniques like mixed assembly and C, which has routinely been taughtin the laboratory since 1995.Based on these diverse needs, we took the unusual step of deciding to teach two

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Schmucker; Charles Camp; Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Susan Magun-Jackson

authentic and real-world environments. · ABET guidelines also promote authentically-based engineering projects · Toys allow learners touch, feel, and manipulate models of real world-applications 2. Learning should involve social negotiation and mediation. · This supports and extends ABET guidelines by letting students work in groups with toys as the shared manipulative for learning 3. Content and skills should be made relevant to the learner. · Example: Use a toy to demonstrate fundamental properties of the content in a way a student can easily remember. See “Airplane Exercise” in Appendix. 4. Content and skills should be understood within the framework of the learner’s prior knowledge. · Link #3

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Taras Grechyn; Petro Gogolyuk; Ilya Grinberg

curriculumdevelopment approaches. Theoretical instructions, laboratory exercises, and projects shouldinclude emerging issues and be common to several disciplines across the curriculum.One of the topics of such integration is identifying and linking related issues in electricalengineering/electrical engineering technology and thermodynamics courses.An example of such a topic is sizing conductors based on their current carrying capacity as wellas fault current calculations.Power distribution systems for industrial facilities with voltages less than 1 kV are decisive interms of systems’ reliability, voltage quality, energy savings, and electromagnetic compatibilityamong others.In such systems only fuses or automatic (molded case) circuit breakers are used to