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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Munro

Session 1426 A Design Experiment for the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory James M. Munro Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologySummaryThe Design-Build-Test (DBT) concept was used in creating a novel experiment for a junior-levelfluid mechanics laboratory. In the experiment, student teams are presented with a unique designobjective involving transport of a liquid with known or measurable properties and must design,build, and test a pump and piping system to achieve the objective. The experiment is part of

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

Session 2559 Preparing a Virtual Engineering Environment Laboratory Instructional Package Thomas E. Hulbert, Robert B. Angus Northeastern University; Boston, MA 02115IntroductionThis paper will describe the development of a process and techniques for students and technicalpersonnel to learn and apply test and measurement systems. The courses, outlines, lessons,projects, and instructional materials were developed by two faculty members. The two of us havea combined background of more than seventy-five years of teaching and industrial experience.During the

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Szaroletta

://www.tech.purdue.edu/met/courses/met211/5. MET 311 course website (January, 2002), http://www.tech.purdue.edu/met/courses/met311/6. National Instruments Incorporated website (January, 2002), http://www.ni.com.7. Vishay Measurement Group website (January, 2002), http://www.measurementsgroup.comBiography:WILLIAM K. SZAROLETTA, P.E.Professor Szaroletta is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. A member ofASEE, he has 18 years industry experience in engineering and project management positions, with 12 awarded patents.He has 6 years university teaching experience, where his current applied research interests are rapid product designengineering, experimental mechanics laboratory automation, and optimization

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Craddock; Chandrasekhar Vallath; Alison Arndt; Lizette Chevalier

Session Number 2793 Technology Enhanced Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Environmental Engineering L.R. Chevalier, J.N. Craddock, C. Vallath and A. Arndt Dept. of Civil Engineering/Interractive Multimedia Program Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL 62901-6603 PH: 618-453-6648 FAX: 618-453-3044 cheval@engr.siu.edu, craddock@ce.siu.edu cvallath@yahoo.com, arndtae@yahoo.comAbstractThe main objective of the lab manual is to provide an

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Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

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Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

greatly assists in teaching students theexperimental process. This process becomes extremely beneficial during their senior designexperience and possible future graduate work. We believe that this detailed laboratoryexperience educates our undergraduate engineering students in proper laboratory use,experimental design, research methodologies and knowledge dissemination. Page 7.1218.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society of Engineering Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

. A good example of the control applications is atemperature-sensing system that transmits data to all computers in the laboratories by a wirelessnetwork. This network is in process of development to achieve a goal that the program developedseveral semesters ago: To do wireless process control. Page 7.497.11 Proceeding of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe control laboratory and in general all laboratories in the department are more workshops thanscience laboratories because they are used to teach

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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Hietpas

considering thecontrols aspects of electric drives. The buck SMPS is shown in Fig. 2. The switch SW1 and theflyback diode Df comprise the SPDT switch as described in Mohan, hence SW1 and Df serve asthe voltage to current port. The volt-second approach teaches the students the fundamentalprinciple of energy conservation (assuming ideal case) and helps to the establish steady stateoperation of the converter. Furthermore, coupled with the development of the method ofgenerating the PWM control signal, this approach greatly aids in their understanding of theconverter when working with the SMPS in the laboratory. Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) i A (t

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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jess Everett

students that made important software contributions.BIBLIOGRAPHYBert, R. (1998) "Designing Sooner, Not Later", ASEE Prism, December Issue, pp. 18-19.CEES [School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science] (1998) “Sooner City – Design Across theCurriculum”, Proposal to National Science Foundation, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.Siegel, D. (1999) "Technology Creates New Ways of Teaching Design", NSPE Engineering Times, pp. 11, 14, April1999BIOGRAPHYJess W. EverettJess W. Everett is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering atRowan University. He also serves as chair of the Landfilling and Composting committee of the Air and WasteManagement Association. Dr. Everett is a registered

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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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Martin Morris; David Zietlow

$10/data set $10 3) Scale Fees $40/hour $10 4) Launch Fees $10/launch $10 5) Calibration Fees $10/Instrument $10 6) PC Laboratory No Charge 7) Software Licensing Fees No Charge Consulting Fees 1) Professor $80/hour $20 2) Teaching Assistant $20/hour $10 3) Fellow Student $10/hour $10When a team required any material or service, that team was required to sign so me of theircurrency and “pay” the lab assistant. This money was accumulated

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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Session 1426 Portable Experimental Apparatus for Demonstrating Thermodynamics Principles Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh Department of Engineering Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USAAbstractA refrigeration system experimental apparatus was designed, developed and constructed for theundergraduate mechanical engineering laboratory at Indiana University-Purdue University atFort Wayne. The purpose of the experimental apparatus is to demonstrate

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Teaching Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Douglas Sterrett; Richard Helgeson; Robert LeMaster

Session 2125 Integration of Design Throughout the Curriculum of a BSE Program Robert LeMaster, Richard Helgeson, and J. Douglas Sterrett Department of Engineering College of Engineering and Natural Science University of Tennessee at MartinIntroductionAlthough fundamental to the engineering profession, design is one of the more difficult subjectsto teach. Design by its very nature is broad in scope and draws on the creative talents,management skills, and engineering knowledge of those involved. Design problems are typicallyopen ended, have

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mark Riley

Session # 2408 New designs on teaching biological engineering Mark R. Riley Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona Tucson AZ, 85721, riley@ag.Arizona.eduAbstractThe field of biological engineering has evolved tremendously in recent years due to advances inboth fundamental understanding of biological systems and in application of engineering methodsto utilize this information. To be competitive in the field, graduates of biological engineeringprograms must have a diverse background which not only is grounded in

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Yusuf Mehta

Session: 1615 Innovative Teaching Methods In Flexible Pavement Systems Mehta Y. and Najafi F. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro NJ 08028 E-mail: mehta@rowan.edu Phone: (856) 256-5327 Fax: (856) 566-0413/ Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611 E-mail: fnaja@ce.ufl.edu Phone: (352) 392- 1033 Fax: (352) 392-3394.AbstractFlexible pavement systems consist of materials exhibiting complex mechanical behavior, likeasphalt concrete, granular or clayey base conditions and various inset conditions. The interactionof

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Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

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Matthew Campbell

Session 2366 Teaching Machine Design through Product Emulation Matthew I. Campbell Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78705 mc1@mail.utexas.edu1 IntroductionIt is widely accepted that in order to learn complex technical material well, some form of activeexperimentation or “hands-on” activities are required. Traditionally, in engineering educationthis occurs through laboratory experiments or through design projects. In

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Helen Kuznetsov

provided judgment, feedback and help after each step.Correct answer was given after three wrong ones allowing students to proceed with theproblem. Students were allowed to repeat the work because the program generated a newproblem each time. The final solution was always correct but the score was reduced ateach step by the points lost at each wrong answer. The paper describes how these ideascan be implemented using a variety of available authoring software. Student evaluation ofthese methods of teaching will be presented.I. IntroductionThe author started developing courseware in Statics and Mechanics of Materials in 1982.At that time she was working at Computer-Education Research Laboratory (CERL) at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rachel Shinn

Session 2525 Teaching Teaming Through Spacecraft Design Dr. Rachel Shinn, Dr. Ronald Madler Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZAbstractProject teamwork is essential to the spacecraft design process – in industry as well as in theclassroom. At our university, engineering seniors begin the spacecraft design courses havingsome project teamwork experience, but mostly for short duration projects. We instructors havefound that our students don’t necessarily possess the skills required to be productive members ofa larger engineering team for an entire semester. To help

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Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephanie A. Jernigan; Garlie Forehand; Alexander B. Quinn; Judith Norback

will add to the range of workplace information that will be represented in the planningsheets, the criteria of communication excellence, and the web-based system. Teaching facultysuggestions will be implemented, and at some point there will be a communication laboratory.The laboratory activities will include continuation of the workplace research and support of Page 7.1111.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents and other constituencies in both oral and written communication. More

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Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

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Colin Grant; Brian Dickson

Session 2213 New Approaches to Teaching and Learning for Industry-Based Engineering Professionals C D Grant, B R Dickson Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland,UK.ABSTRACTIt is no longer possible for the profession and academia to assume that all chemical engineers canbe educated, trained and developed in the way that prevailed in the latter part of the 20th centuryi.e. by means of conventional under-graduate degree courses targeted at school

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anant Kukreti

Session 2168 VIRTUAL LABORATORY MODULES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS COURSE Anant R. Kukreti University of Cincinnati Musharraf Zaman Kurt Gramoll Ji-Hoon Lee University of OklahomaABSTRACTVirtual laboratory experiments can be a useful self-learning and teaching tool for Strength ofMaterials. Three modules (Material Module, Bending Module, and Torsion Module) weredeveloped and

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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A R Zaghloul

Page 7.676.6 Copyright c 2002, American Society for Engineering Education 5. Koku, A. B. and Kaynak, O., An Internet-assisted experimental environment suitable for the reinforcement of undergraduate teaching of advanced control techniques, IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44, pp 24 –28 (2001). 6. Ko, C.C., et al, Development of a web-based laboratory for control experiments on a coupled tank apparatus, IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44, pp 76 –86 (2001). 7. Lord, S. M., Optoelectronics experiments for first-year engineering students, IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44, pp 16 –23 (2001). 8. Tan, K.K. and Soh, C.Y., Instrumentation on the Internet, J

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski

Session 1526 Non-traditional Laboratory Experiments: Olive Oil Manufacturing and Testing Mariano J. Savelski, Robert P. Hesketh, Stephanie Farrell and C. Stewart Slater Chemical Engineering Department. Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028Abstract As part of an integral approach in using hands-on teaching and learning, the ChemicalEngineering Department at Rowan University is constantly developing unique experiments inwhich students learn fundamental principles through exploration of familiar objects, products,and processes. The manufacturing and analysis of olive oil utilize a series of chemical processes

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Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brent Vaughn; Chiang Lin

Session 2526 Integrated Web-based Data Acquisition System in Civil Engineering Laboratories Brent M. Vaughn, P.E., Chiang Lin, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleIntroductionA hands-on laboratory education has been considered a necessary part of teaching assignments inundergraduate engineering education. Since the 1980’s, many changes have been made to theclassroom teaching due to the advancement of personal computers. In recent years, the usage ofweb-based technology has brought even more potential to improve teaching, especially invarious

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Muniram Budhu

materials is also important. In textbooks, a linediagram of a production plant or an image may be shown. For laboratory testing, equipment andlaboratory space are required and the cost is often significant. For example, the cost of amachine to test the strength of steel is usually upwards of US$100,000. The question that arisesis “how can we enhance the teaching of strength of materials course and create an environmentfor active learning at minimal expense?” In this paper modern communication technologies areused to address this question. The physical, chemical and mechanical characteristics of steel forcivil engineering purposes are used to illustrate how computer technologies can be used toenhance the teaching of strength of materials.Course

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New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hakan Gurocak

unit through basic handshaking.IV. Design projectThe laboratory sessions are conducted with a given set of hardware that is already assembled andwired. This facilitates the use of subsystems of the hardware to focus on teaching specificconcepts. However, the students also need to gain practical experience in designing anautomation system from the ground up. To fill this gap a design project was added to the coursein the second offering in Spring 2001.The project was assigned in the last month of the semester. At this point, the students alreadyhad a lot of experience with the type of hardware and software to be used in the project. In thefirst week of the project period, lectures on project management and team formation were given.Analysis

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

in addition to using our traditional laboratory materials, when we teach in alaboratory environment today [1-4]. Traditionally, we have used simulation laboratories (using either OPNET by Mil3, orCOMNET by Compuware) in addition to using off-the-shelf network equipment such asrouters, bridges, and network cards. These laboratory settings gave our students an insight Page 7.1191.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ? 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”into how to design computer networks and run different scenarios under

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Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Jacobs

Session 2002-784 Engineering and Technology Laboratory Experiments James A. Jacobs School of Science & Technology Norfolk State UniversityAbstractNEW: Update 2001 builds on 15 years of annual workshops aimed at improvingengineering, science, and technology. This Year’s workshop was a part of the NationalInstitute of Standards & Technology’s (NIST) 100th anniversary celebration. Thissession provides demonstrations of a sample of experiments presented at the workshop.The NEW:Update series has provided over 2560 materials educators with the latestdevelopments in

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The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jim Henry

for studentscan achieved by such remotely controlled equipment. A teamwork support system integrated withInternet operated laboratories can be effective in helping students learn.AcknowledgementGrateful acknowledgment is given for the support of the Center for Excellence in ComputerApplications at UTC. Page 7.1282.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annua l Conference and Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Henry, Jim, , "Internet Teaching of Controls Systems Laboratories," ASEE Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June, 1996

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Manocher Djassemi

bereferred to as CIM lab or robotics lab 1,2,3. CIM/robotics laboratories are typically equipped witheducational, and in many instances, commercial grade machine tools and instruments. At theundergraduate level, the laboratory is primarily used for soft automation education. That is,teaching how to program computer-controlled equipment such as computer numerical control(CNC) machines, robots, and programmable logic controllers (PLC). However, a soft automationapproach should be coupled with a hard automation learning approach if a full spectrum offactory automation education is desirable. Hard automation is a full or near full scale development of an actual automatedmanufacturing and/or assembly workcell using capital equipment such as CNC

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To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Owino; Ronald Goulet

gratefully acknowledge the generous support provided by the Center for Excellencein Computer Applications (CECA), University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.1 Henry, Jim, and Charles Knight (2000a) "Improving Laboratories withInternet Controlled Equipment and Internet Student Support," ASEESoutheastern Meeting, Roanoke, NC, April, 2000.2 Henry, Jim, (1995), "LabVIEW Applications in Teaching Controls SystemsLaboratories," ASEE Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, June, 1995.3 McDonald, G., and Knight, C. “Renovating a Mechanics of Materials Laboratory using Data Acquisition andLabVIEW®; ASEE Southeastern Meeting, Roanoke, NC, April, 2000.4 Goulet, R., Owino, J., “Mini-lab Round Robin: Alternative to Demonstration Lab”, ASEE Southeastern Meeting,Charleston

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Christopher Jeruzal; Brenda Henderson; Ahmad Pourmovahed

economic factors and their impact on the design.r. An ability to understand the dynamics of people both in a singular and group setting.s. A competence in the analysis of inter-disciplinary mechanical/electrical/hydraulic systems.Table 5. ABET Engineering Criteria.evaluating assessment data, then using the data to improve student learning. As the processbecame more familiar to everyone involved, the faculty began to be more aware of the need to tiethe exam questions to the student learning outcomes. The next part of the assessment process implemented in the course was the evaluation andimprovement process used for formal student laboratory reports. It became necessary foreveryone teaching the course to become involved in developing a