Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Crosthwaite; David Radcliffe

practice rather than on equipment and facilities. Forpeople from the physical sciences and engineering conditioned to research being located intraditional laboratories, there is not much to see at the Centre. Much of the research and otherwork of the Centre (and its precursors) is conducted in the field, in situ in real workplaces. This isnothing new for our colleagues from the social sciences. However, working in a strong physicalsciences culture, this lack of tangible experimental artifacts makes the task of communicatingwhat we do very difficult. Taken together with the use of qualitative modes of inquiry from thesocial sciences, this makes our work both confronting and superficially easy to dismiss, as it doesnot fit the prevailing

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Morton; John Gassert; Douglas Troy; Osama Ettouney

diagram in Figure 4. Our approach in mapping the events, conditions, andactions in the state model to physical parameters is to create a look-up table such as Table 1. The State Table is obtained by combining the information provided by the state transitiondiagram and the look-up table. Table 2 is the State Table developed for the milling procedure atthe Miami work cell using this approach. The State Table provides all the necessary systemspecific information needed by the decision component. Currently, Table 2 is created using amanual procedure from the state transition diagram and the look-up table. It is feasible forinstructional purposes since most laboratory work cell contains limited number of sensor, andcontrol functions. For

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harley Hammond; Chih-Ping Yeh

å (q n =1 robot_n - q measured_n ) q average_error = , (7) Nwhere N = 8 for this application.5. ConclusionThis project was completed in one year. The machine vision system was first programmed andtested in a laboratory. After installation in the tire rim factory, the system was found to beaccurate within the required tolerance. The reliability was excellent, failing in less than 1% ofsearches due to the rim being oriented at a certain angle. All failures were corrected within fiveseconds by the robot program, which

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Karas; Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

appointments include State firmed the seal integrity over time. University of New York at Binghamton, Tuskegee University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and IBM. This project showed that the pneumati- A registered Professional Engineer, he is active in cally operated injection valve is a viable ASME, SME, ASHRAE, and ASEE. He has component that could be used in a production served as a Commissioner on the TAC of ABET. environment to further enhance productivity. A holder of numerous publications and This development would be very much welcome inventions, he is listed in several Who’s Who in industry

Conference Session

Materials and Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Khanna

· Theories of Fatigue: stress and strain based · Fatigue of Welded Structures · Fracture of Welds · Control of Shrinkage and Distortion in Welds · Corrosion in Welds · Weld Defects and Inspection of Welds · Page 7.76.2 Case Studies Laboratory (demonstrations only): · Intro. to optical experimental methods of materials characterization (e.g., moire interferometry and photelasticity) · Mechanical testing of welded specimens – tension, bending, torsion · Quasi-static and dynamic

Conference Session

Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Brower

Page 7.1117.4Conference Travel/Fees $1950 "Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education" Course Material - The course material included a combination of hand-on laboratories used in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at OIT, workshops on space related technology, brainstorming sessions with the counselors to arrive at an experimental idea, Logo 7 robotic exercises, and a field trip to a nearby military air base. A schedule of activities that the high school students followed throughout the week is given in Table 4 below. Table 4. Technology Space Camp activity schedule.Time

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

with the REU project team, but with other graduate students, staff,and faculty members working in the structural engineering laboratories. The bi-weekly reportswere promptly critiqued by the Project Director and returned. A suggested outline and detailedinstruction for preparing the final report was given to the students at the end of the third week ofthe project. Using the bi-weekly reports and this outline, the students prepared the final projectTechnical Report. Thus, the whole REU Site provided an insight to the participants on the issues andconcerns with design, manufacture, testing and data synthesis of a range of different structuralengineering research projects. The work accomplished by the participants in each of theseprojects

Conference Session

Comparing National Styles of Engr. Educ.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Thibault; Rene Hivon; Danielle L'Heureux; Noel Boutin

twoABET criteria (lifelong learning and knowledge of temporary issues). Finally, they concludefrom a survey of practicing engineers that laboratory, design work and practical work experienceare the most important sources for learning to satisfy the soft criteria.At the University of Minnesota, Smith gives [6] various strategies to develop engineeringstudent's teamwork and project management skills while Clarke et al show [7] how they havedeveloped a course that fully integrates instruction in both history and materials science. Page 7.1139.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

customexternal packaging. The success of our program is forcing us to deal with the challengeof teaching many more students using the existing physical facility.ConclusionWe have developed a strong curriculum for an introductory networking class tailored tothe needs of a 4 year Information Technology program. The curriculum focuses onrevealing the evolution of network technology to students so that they are better preparedto expect and manage changes as they occur. This is accomplished through acombination of coordinated lectures and laboratory experiences. There is a focusdemonstrating how specific technologies represent more general principles. Initial Page

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

pumps to the Sheikh Za-yed Canal via the Discharge Basin. · Two annex buildings housing the 11 kV switchgear and the diesel generators. · Three workshops: electrical workshop with laboratory, mechanical workshop, and Page 7.1188.7 automotive workshop. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationII. The Toshka CanalAlso known as Sheikh Za-yed Canal, is the main canal of the project, having a length of70 Km (44 miles) that branches into four sub-canals, with a total length of 250 km (160miles

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received hisB. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy and his M. S. in Engineering from PrincetonUniversity. He completed his DPhil in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, UK. At Baylor he teachescourses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, propulsion, and freshman engineering.STEVEN EISENBARTHSteven Eisenbarth is Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. Hereceived his B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Albertson College of Idaho and a Masters and Ph.D. in Physicsfrom Baylor University. He teaches courses in electrical and computer engineering including embedded

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

R.L. Alan Jordan

presentation is help at thesame time.Legal Roadblocks You may not expect your students to produce a design that needs protected. However, anydesign should be treated as if it can be patented. Students need to learn the procedure for protectionof ideas. They should be required to buy a laboratory notebook and required to make notes in thenotebook, sketches of ideas, and shown how to protect those ideas. These are habits that can beinstilled during projects of this type. There are some possible legal roadblocks that need to be considered before the project getsunderway. First, who owns the intellectual property if some ideas come out of the project that areworth patenting or copyrighting? Second, who is responsible for protecting these ideas

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

Science and TechnologyPolicy, argued that historically scientists and engineers have always played a significant, albeitparticular, role in society. Possessing knowledge of science and technology, engineers haveacted on behalf of society, developing and implementing beneficial technologies that serve theneeds of individuals and their communities. Lane suggests that more recently, the nature of theengineer's role has been changing, creating a new and additional function that engineers andscientists must play in society: I termed this role the "civic scientist," with civic meaning "concerning or affecting the community or the people." In this new civic capacity, scientists and engineers step beyond their campuses, laboratories

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary John O'Hair; Mark Nanny; Teri Rhoads

-world experiments, observations, and measurements, to study problems that affect their daily lives.· To use these activities to link students from different classes and schools, via peer teaching, collaborations, and the Internet, as they focus on common themes.· To include computers and up-to-date sampling and laboratory equipment in all activities so Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Page 7.21.3 students gain experience with current technology.· To incorporate computer-based

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Vavreck

as a critical area fortechnology and engineering students, who are increasingly likely to encounter project teams andmay serve as project managers. Many other efforts focused on team skills. Interdisciplinaryteams (industrial engineering and physical therapy) were formed in another program2 0 to helpimplement Americans with Disabilities Act modifications to the campus. Students gain exposureto open ended problems and to a need for others’ skills. Even though such teams can ofteninvolve conflict, such difficulties can be used to strengthen the team if the conflict is managedwell.2 1 Using such team skill building, a widely multidisciplinary course has been developed2 2involving a bioprocessing laboratory. Components of the course included

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Mayne

using Microsoft’sVisual C++. The VC++ programming environment has proven to be very satisfactory. Students whohave very little computer science background are able to adapt to C++ object-orientedprogramming and to the Application Wizard of VC++. They are able to do their programming inour department PC laboratories, they can take their work home easily using their own computers,and the programs that they produce look very much like the commercial programs they useroutinely. At many points in the course there is the common reaction: “so this is the way it’sdone”. The course develops specific programming and theoretical skills in computer graphicswhich transfer to any computing environment. But, by exposing students to PC

Conference Session

Freshman Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

lecture hours and threelaboratory hours per week. The project is presented, explained, and discussed in the lecturesetting. However, questions that arise because of the project are addressed in the laboratory orthe lecture. Prior to the project, the students have received instruction and completed exerciseson web searches, web page construction, and word processing with equation editor. Concurrentwith the project, students receive instruction on MS EXCEL in the lab. The completed projectdraws from the skills taught in both the lecture and the lab setting. In addition to this course, the Page 7.1183.1typical student is taking pre-calculus

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nilufer Gozacan; Reza Ziarati

example in their Manual. A Model Handbook will be developed.R – The Course Team* This important section outlines the membership of the Programme Team, calendar of ‘Programme Team Meetings’, agreed Programme, etc.S – Course Support Services* This section will be a source of information for Programme Teams, and they should add any systems which operate in their own Faculty of Department, eg for obtaining laboratory/workshop materials for classes.T – Student Support Systems* This will be an information section about services available to help students. Programme Teams will need to be aware of these and make their students aware of them.U – Non-Attendance Systems* This section will give the safety net system for

Conference Session

New Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Zietlow

would need to exceed $91,000,electricity costs would need to drop below $.042/kwh, the operating time would need to dropbelow 1500 hours a year, the cooling load would need to drop below 240 tons (840 kW) or thelife of the equipment would need to drop below 6.5 years before the high efficiency equipmentwill not provide an adequate return on investment. Use this case study to introduce your studentsto a powerful economic tool to aid them in helping their employer make decisions that maximizetheir return on investment. This case study was introduced to students as a part of a junior level laboratory class formechancial engineers. The student feedback was favorable. They appreciated the practicalaspects of applying life cycle costs when making

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tonya Emerson

Load Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationbecomes a useful illustration to show that shear does exist on axes inclined from the longitudinalaxis.V. ConclusionPresented herein is a collection of toys developed over a period of four years of teachingmechanics of materials laboratories and lectures. Initial courses were taught with little to novisual aids and I immediately discovered that many of the topics in the course were quitedifficult to explain by words only and even more difficult for students to grasp. By no means doI suggest that this collection is complete or dormant in its evolution.Of

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jacques; Mark Shields; John O'Connell; Matthew Mehalik

hedidn’t know, “learned that big groups aren’t as bad as I thought they would be. I thought Iwouldn’t have much to say in a groups with so many people, but that turned out not to be true.”SR who did not at all want to be there except for the pizza admitted that it “helps people to learnto work in groups so that in their daily jobs they work better together and form a more cohesivewhole. This is somewhat like the real engineering world.”The year 2000 version was also run in 2002 by one of the authors with a class of 36 juniorChemical Engineering students at the beginning of their first unit operations laboratory, whichrequires extensive work by teams of three. None of these students had done the simulationbefore. Though the ultimate rate of

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoffrey Bland; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

University in Calcutta, India with a honors in Mechanical Engineering in1983, thereafter, he worked in a multinational industry for 4 years before joining Tulane University as agraduate student in the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D.degree from Duke University in 1992.GEOFFREY BLANDGeoffrey Bland is a member of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for HydrosphericProcesses, Observational Science Branch, located at the Wallops Flight Facility, VA. Primary researchactivities are focused on the development and utilization of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) andassociated sensors for Earth science related measurements. Previous work includes mission managementand engineering support of sub

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

outlined in the lectures. The demonstrations require that students interact withthe demonstration, after the fashion of a laboratory. The machine shop training occursseparately from the lecture.Lecture material: indicial notation, coordinate systems, strain, stress; material propertiesand isotropic constitutive laws; failure: yield, fatigue, buckling; friction; mechanicalelements: fasteners (screws, rivets, welds), bearing surfaces (bushings, bearings,lubrication), power transmission (pulleys, chains & timing belts, gears), shaft couplings(set screw, key, Woodruff key, spline, couplers); basic operation and mounting of DCmotors; basic operation and mounting of sensors (potentiometer, switch, yaw rate).Advanced students will be given the

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergrad Eng Ed

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Neal

regarding industry practices, procedures, tools, issues, environments, and tasks. The infusion is being accomplished through the use of real world industry examples, case studies, collaborative projects, virtual environments, and guest lecturers, among others. This topic is discussed further in Section 4. · The Web-Net Tech web site consisting of four major parts: Information Center, Course Materials Hosting, Virtual Workplace Laboratory, and Technology Showcase. This web site is being designed and developed to support the program, permit a “hands on” software development experience, provide students with a s howcase for their efforts, and promote the program to potential students and partners. The

Conference Session

Reaching Out to the Community

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Groff; Paul Greger; Kim Groff; Joseph Orlins

the economic issues, a partnership between the dam owner,state, county, and local governments, and others is currently under development.Initial Discussions: The project started when the lead author contacted the dam owner, inquiringabout the possibility of using the dam and associated lake as a learning laboratory for Civil andEnvironmental Engineering students at Rowan University. Since the dam is located close to theuniversity campus, it was reasoned that the dam could be used to provide unique experiences forstudents to learn about hydraulic structures, flow measurements, water quality, limnology, andaquatic ecosystems.The dam owner was happy to allow access to the dam for educational opportunities. In addition,he indicated that there was

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason White; Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner; Vicki Eller

participants.Summary A web seminar can be a cost-effective and efficient means of communicating informationto a geographically and economically diverse audience. The needs of the audience and the localresource requirements must be considered carefully to make the seminar a success. An outline ofhow to give a web seminar was given based on our experience developing a web seminar fromconcept through implementation. This outline should help others to successfully develop anddeliver a web seminar of their own.Acknowledgements This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement program under grant no. DUE-9952540. This work was completed with services provided by the Instructional

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

are faculty from those disciplines. Consequently,there is a limited emphasis on examples and problem solving within the particular discipline ofthe instructor and section. However, the course sections are similar enough that students cancross over sections. This is also important for engineering students who have not declared aspecific major yet.Most believe that a “learn by doing” approach must be an integral part to an introductorycomputing course. The GEEN 1300 course incorporates a lab component, replacing a 1-hourlecture meeting with a 2-hour workshop in a computer laboratory. The workshops are tutorial innature with some open-ended, exploratory content. Lab sections are mentored by upper-classundergraduate students who were successful

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

student objectives or assessment measures,laboratory improvements or advances, grants or other evidence of continuous improvement. Ifno form is turned in, it is assumed the faculty member has coasted in that course that semester.The course update forms produced by an individual are attached to his or her annual report.3. Course Model At the beginning of the semester each faculty member prepares a coursemodel for at least one of their courses that shows program educational objectives, studentlearning objectives in support, assessment measures to evaluate student outcomes andanalysis/further actions. These are also attached to his or her annual report.ConclusionTC2K will require finding a recipe that works for your program. TC2K will drive

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Willis; Duane Dunlap

nineteenth century however, the increasing complexity of technology,markets, and organizations required greater preparation than could be obtained throughthis informal system. “Shop culture” was being replaced by “scho ol culture. 2, 3One of the first of the new professional schools was the Rensselaer School (nowRensselaer Polytechnic Institute) established at Troy, New York in 1824. 4 From thebeginning, emphasis was on practical experience including field and laboratory work(referred to in the curriculum as “scholastic amusements”). 5 Close relations weremaintained with graduates and other practicing engineers. For example, graduates wereexpected to communicate at least once in three years the results of their investigationsand discoveries. 6By

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

Education, June 1996, Washington, DC.9 1999 Critical Competency Gaps Report, SME Report, URL: http://sme.org10 Improving Quality and Reliability. URL: http://www.productdevelopmentprocess.com/improving.htm,viewed on 1/2/200111 Chalos, P., Managing Costs in Today’s Manufacturing Environment, Prentice Hall, 1992.12 Baird, W.E., Borich, G.D., Validity Considerations for Research on Integrated-Science Process Skills and Formal Reasoning Ability, Science Education, vol.71, (1987), pp.259-269.13 Prusak, Z., Laboratory Experiments in Process Design and Optimization, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.14 Lubkin, J.L.(ed.), The Teaching of Elementary Problem-Solving in Engineering and Related