Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

. Course objectives include: (1)introduce students to the field of engineering; (2) offer hands-on laboratory assignments;(3) present engineering design from philosophical and professional perspectives, throughreadings (e.g., Petroski [4]); (4) offer students the opportunity to evaluate engineering asa major field; (5) develop basic engineering skills including programming, use of labinstruments (oscilloscope, signal generator, voltmeter), use of CAD packages formechanical and electrical design, and real-time data acquisition; (6) introduce basictechniques in robotics including motor control (PWM, PD/PID, fuzzy logic), micro-controller interfacing, and application of sensors.Every ENGR 120 student becomes a member of a team that makes a fire

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruxandra Botez; Iulian Cotoi

be created inorder to be presented separately or simultaneously in the class, for each session. These new moduleswill illustrate the main flight phases with their corresponding instrumentation use.The methodology will be mainly divided into three parts : 1) The realization of various modules in Flight Simulator for their use in the class as a pedagogical tool. 2) These modules are also used in the laboratories of the students. Thus, a continuous interaction will exist between the knowledge acquired in the class and the knowledge acquired in the laboratories. 3) A user manual for the modules is realized and is useful to well prepare the student for the

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Miller

to complying with ABET guidelines, I believe the implementation of our assessmentprocess has directly improved the educational experience of our students. Every requiredchemical engineering undergraduate course now has published learning objectives that our facultyhave agreed to use in their course syllabi. Our curriculum has undergone several recent changesincluding addition of two new thermodynamics laboratory courses (based on perceivedweaknesses in data analysis in the unit operations laboratory course) and embedded writinginstruction and practice in four selected junior-level and senior-level courses (based on assessmentdata which suggested the need to continue communications instruction throughout thecurriculum). The impact of these

Conference Session

Building Bridges in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

interactivetechnology used in the industry. Chandler Gilbert Community College and Mesa CommunityCollege will teach the laboratory portion of their Associate of Applied Science Degree in theMTF beginning in spring semester of 2002.A key component in the utilization of the MTF by ASU East and its community college partnersis the need for a comprehensive and robust curriculum. A curriculum development team withfaculty representatives from the community colleges and ASU East has been formed to developand pilot the curriculum materials and resources that will be used in the MTF. Each communitycollege will co-develop their curriculum and teach the laboratory portion of their course in theMTF, beginning in the fall of 2002. The curriculum materials will be developed

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Luiz Gargione

Campos, corporations, and professional associationsare planning to provide these grants. 3. For selected projects, students will receive institutional support and finance fromR&D agencies and venture incentives. 4. A database including information from students and their projects will bedeveloped. c) Equipments and laboratories: 1. Modern equipment and laboratories will be provided for the program. Studentsand instructors will use computers and equipments including different app lications. 2. Internet high-speed connection for the students involved in the program. 3. Multimedia infrastructure including multimedia projectors, digital cameras, videoconferencing systems, satellite conferencing system, and

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chenghsin Liu

Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2163regular PC computers cannot meet the requirements of CAD software packages. Moreover,professional copies of CAD software packages cost an average of $5,000 to $20,000 per license.There are very few state-funded institutions of higher learning which can afford such luxuriousstate-of-the-art design laboratories to educate ten to twenty students at one time. Therefore, inmost cases, professors have to invest in the $200 to $300 student version CAD packages withmoderate speed PCs to teach Introduction to CAD. The authors have actually

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey-Van Kuren

the web as a communication tool hasadded another dimension to communication skills where students should have a basic level ofawareness and proficiency. The challenge for educators is to help students develop these skillswithin the context of engineering subject matter.Engineering educators have implemented a variety of web based tools to enhance their courses.These tools have included web based communication [1], web based instruction [2], and webbased laboratories [3]. Most of these methods focus on information flow from the instructor tothe students. Peer to peer communication is rarely addressed by course instructors. Gehringer [4]utilized the web to perform peer grading of homework assignments. Hailey et.al. [5] studied theuse of the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

provideadditional influence through the acquisition of knowledge information from the process. Amechatronic product can achieve impressive results if it is effectively integrated with theconcurrent engineering management strategy.In this paper the following ideas are discussed:· Overview and explanation of mechatronics from a model based perspective.· Modified Analogy Approach for creating dynamical models of physical systems.· Modeling as well as selection principles of sensors and actuatorsCase studies complete with parts list suitable for laboratory exercises. Page 7.968.2Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Myrna Swanberg; Daniel Solarek; Allen Rioux

formats: · one-third from the two-year college's catalog (e.g., humanities, social science, mathematics) · one-third as web-based distance learning courses (lecture only technical courses) · one-third with in-class instruction at the two-year college (laboratory based technical courses)By taking the general education core (i.e. humanities, social science, and mathematics) usingcourses from the two-year college’s catalog, the students are able to take classes at a tuition ratethat is significantly lower than the University of Toledo. This can represent a significant costsavings to the student.The web-based distance learning courses are well developed. One of the concerns withproviding this type of instruction is

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Jackson

Tech, covering introductory digital signal processing (DSP) and real-time programming. The target audience for this course is electrical engineers with Bachelor’s orMaster’s degrees who are working in industry with little or no knowledge of DSP and some workexperience with micro-processors and the C programming language. During the course, studentsare assigned several lab exercises to explore different aspects of DSP and the particular processorbeing used. Lecture material on DSP theory is delivered in the form of streaming video andslides on a CD-ROM. Online quizzes are given to test student comprehension of lecture materialand laboratory concepts. A staff of teaching assistants was hired to provide support for students.In order to provide an

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid El Gaidi; Diane H. Soderholm; Doris Brodeur; Dava Newman

skills, or program outcomes, are also thecornerstone of the program's self-study report for ABET accreditation.) This paperaddresses the planning and development of portfolios for assessing students' achievementat the end of their programs in aerospace engineering at MIT.BackgroundIn its strategic plan of 1998, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) committed to major reform of itscurriculum, teaching and learning methods, and laboratory environments. To achieve itsgoals, the department framed its curriculum to model a product system life cycle. Thefour phases in the curriculum are referred to as Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate(CDIO). The Conceive stage includes defining the need and

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga; Bill Hutzel

shown in Figure 3? MET students tackled this first question in the spring of2000. Since the instructor and students knew very little about photovoltaic systems at this point,the investigation focused on fundamental photovoltaic concepts. A preliminary understandingabout the components, physical size, and cost of a photovoltaic system was needed as a precursorto a more detailed design. The blower and pumps are part of a separate solar heating system that is used in the METDepartment’s Applied Energy Laboratory. Other than the fact that these components useelectrical power during operation, the details of this equipment are not relevant for the currentdiscussion. If the reader is interested, references 2 and 3 provide extensive

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor

is 5 years, whereas those goingfor the Grande Ecoles to study engineering need to attend the class preparatory for 2 yearsand followed by 3 years at Grand Ecoles. Rigorous implementation of project based learningand industrial attachment have enabled the recipients of Dipl-Ing degrees to practice asprofessional engineers immediately. There is a strong linkage between the institutions,laboratories and industries in the European model. Graduate engineers in Europe can practiceor considered as achieving the professional status upon graduation.Hybrid Model: Countries in the Australasian region adopt either the British or Americanmodels or a hybrid, which is a combination of the aforementioned models. The duration ofstudy at most of the

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

have completed and the CAD tool being used. Finally, it assesses thecosts and benefits of the seminar.Course StructureThe freshman advising seminar involves six to eight freshmen, chosen by lottery fromapproximately seventy applicants in the incoming class of one hundred eighty. The seminargenerally also has a lab assistant who has taken the class before and who also serves as a peeradvisor. The advisor and advisees first meet for a Saturday afternoon during freshmen orientationfor an icebreaking activity. Such activities have included rock climbing and a beach trip.The seminar meets one evening a week from 6:30 to 10:30 for thirteen weeks. It consists of onehour of lecture followed by up to three hours of laboratory time building circuits or

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

V.M.S. Sathya Dev; Raghu Echempati

‘response surface’ for various binder pressure values are as shown in theFigure 5 below. Figure 5: Contour Plot of the Response SurfaceIt can be observed that for higher binder pressure values, at higher altitudes of the‘response surface’ (contours with higher values), the relationship between coefficient offriction and the punch velocity is more or less linear. These conditions are not preferredas they require higher binder pressures and moreover, operate in very low co -efficient offriction that are practically difficult to arrive at in the laboratory. This demands forspecial lubricants and process limitations, which are again cost unworthy. Also, it can benoted that at very low binder pressures, at lower altitudes of the

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Qianjin Yue; Peifung Guo; Hung Tao Shen; Hayley Shen

programs in physical and environmental oceansciences. DUT with its State Key Laboratories in Coastal and Offshore Engineering andStructural Analysis and Industrial Equipment is one of the top technical universities in China.Both universities are experienced in international exchanges and are enthusiastic about the REUProgram. Both cities, Dalian and Qingdao, are modern port cities, which provide good livingenvironments for REU students.Planning and ImplementationFrom our own experiences advising undergraduates in research projects, we have observed thatthere are two aspects of research projects that increase the benefits of participating in a summerresearch project: 1) students should work within a research team on a comprehensive researchproject

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Radcliffe

program which actively and purposefully develop desirable graduate attributes.These experiences might include such elements as team projects, field trips, guest lectures, andexperiential laboratories. The USLP is then a capstone experience.Equally the form of site learning can be broadened to include study abroad or exchangeprograms, internships in research laboratories (especially for student considering a researchcareer). Industry sites are then but one of a variety of types of site. Thus we move closer to amodel of education where the students can make some decisions as to the form of a more tailoredprogram of study including the context of learning.AcknowledgementI wish to acknowledge the many people who have made the USLP a success. In

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefan Bartels; Holger Dahms; John Gassert; Jens Thiedke; Owe Petersen

switching systems) and Nixdorf (teletraffic problemsin modern PABX systems and communications).JENS THIEDKEHerr Thiedke is a laboratory engineer at the Fachhochschule Lübeck (FHL), since 1994. He graduated from the FHL in1994 with the degree of Dipl.-Ing. (FH). He provides the laboratory support for the international student exchangeprogram and is the central point of contact for the USA students at the FHL. Page 7.450.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Matsumoto

/testing projects that focus on experimental work in the laboratory involve a surprisinglylarge number of activities. For example, a recent beam testing project involved a study ofbackground issues, specimen design including development of a spreadsheet, preparation ofspecimen drawings, development of an instrumentation plan, preparation of a materials list,acquisition of materials, installation of strain gages, fabrication of formwork and rebar cages,casting of concrete, preparation of test setup and data acquisition system, testing, and dataanalysis, including comparison of data to pretest predictions based on computer analyses.Teams encounter many challenges in conducting project activities. They realize the usefulness ofthe project proposal as

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

PK Raju; Chetan Sankar; Glennelle Halpin; Gerald Halpin

Session Number: 2102 Dissemination of Innovations from Educational Research Projects: Experience with Focused Workshops P.K. Raju, Department of Mechanical Engineering, pkraju@eng.auburn.edu Chetan S. Sankar, Department of Management, Gerald Halpin, Department of Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, Glennelle Halpin, Department of Foundations, Leadership, and Technology Auburn University, AL AbstractDuring 1996, we formed the Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education(LITEE). The

Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Henning

way that is easy to understand is tough. Next to that is the initial inability toimagine that not all students are geniuses in math and science, since most of the graduate fellowsacquired a strong technical background from early on.In the beginning of each school year every fellow is assigned to a specific class. After a field tripin which the classes are invited to our university to tour through all laboratories regarding HEV,fellows give science lectures throughout the entire school year. This can be something between abiweekly class and a visit every other month, depending on the location and proximity of theschool.Fortunately, there are multiple topics which can be derived from hybrid electric vehicletechnology: Energy conversion concepts

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahadur Khan Khpolwak; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz

computer lab forstudents and providing computers to the teaching staff. The acquisition of at least twentycomputers will be enough to establish a computer lab. Students will use them for computation,drafting, and writing laboratory reports. One of the young teachers could be trained to teachcomputer-aided design (CAD) to the students.5.3 TextbooksThe Faculty is severely suffering from the shortage of textbooks. Existing edition of textbooksare old and outdated. One text is shared by several students which severely hamper their abilityto prepare for their classes. Several alternatives could be followed to alleviate the problem.As a first alternative, it is necessary to contact American publishers for their South Asian prints. Ihave identified three

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivek Venkatesh; Nawwaf Kharma

fulfilling some objective or solving a problem, such as minimizing logic circuits.There is a measure of interaction between students and the instructor. This interaction usuallytakes the form of questions and comments that seek clarifications, elaborations, and additionalexamples. The instructor attempts to answer as many of those requests as possible, but is alsoexpected to cover a number of pre-determined subjects in each lecture. Lectures are accompaniedby laboratory-based activities (labs). In each lab the students, individually or in groups, arerequired to carry out certain experiments with real components and instruments, as well asdesign, build and test, their own simple or complex circuits. The labs allow the students not onlyto experience

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

Self Modification6.7 Add something in between6.8 Localize6.9 Take partial or overdone action6.10 Automate It6.11 Purify / mix Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Page 7.440.6 Engineering Education5. Examples for course and laboratory material, projects, teaming and communicationactivities5a) Course materialThe following are some example-based explanations for the different strategies:a1) Example for the Uniqueness strategyThere is a need to separate juicy and non-juicy oranges at a high rate. How can this be done?A solution: look for a feature or

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ward; Jonathon Smalley

Session 1453 Introduction of Design into a Freshmen Fundamentals of Engineering Course Dr. Jonathan Smalley, P.E., Dr. Robert Ward, P.E. Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractA Fundamentals of Engineering course for all freshmen in the College of Engineering wasdeveloped in 1995. This course has evolved over its 6-year life into a 3 credit hour course taughtduring the fall quarter of an engineering student’s initial year. The course combines lectureformat and computer laboratory work using MS Word and Excel. The focus is on engineeringanalysis during the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

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

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson

gives opportunity to develop directions for professional and personal purpose throughdiscussions derived from analytical and diagnostic procedures introduced in class material.Examples include:ANALYTIC/DIAGNOSTIC TOPIC DISCUSSION TOPICMaterial and energy balance in laboratory animals Use of animals in researchEnergetics of reactions of DNA and products Stem cell research and cloningMaterial exchange in dialysis Economics/ethics of home dialysisEnergetics of mechanical left ventricles and hearts High costs of medical technologyBiomedical device/product, drug development process Company responsibilities to publicDiscussions are

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Shirley

constructing robots). The role ofevaluation and communication are stressed. The course provides an important overview andhands- on experience normally not available to engineering students until their senior designcourse.BackgroundManaging Creativity is a concept developed based on the author’s 35 years of experience in avariety of creative enterprises, including management of NASA’s $150M per year MarsExploration Program and of the Pathfinder microrover, Sojourner Truth, which roamed Mars in1997. In 1997 and 1998 the author and a collaborator (Alice M. Fairhurst, a counselingpsychologist with expertise in personality type), developed a short course in how to managecreativity for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The course

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

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wood

from Clemson University and a Ph. D. from theUniversity of Virginia in physics. He has seven years of research experience in laboratories for American Cynamidand TRW. He has 25 years of teaching experience in physics and engineering technology at Tri-County TechnicalCollege. Since 1984, he has been Division Chair of the Industrial and Engineering Technology Division at Tri -County Technical College in Pendleton, S.C. He has been co-principal investigator of the SC ATE Center ofExcellence since 1995. Page 7.1269.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition