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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

microcontrollers using high level programming languages anddesign and implement an embedded computer for a large project. The 68HC11EVBU has beenthe platform for this course.Both modules have provided educators with necessary tools to fulfill microcontroller courseobjectives. If so, why change? The primary reason for switching from the 68HC11 to 68HC12microcontroller is that Motorola is no longer producing both evaluation boards due to oldtechnology-based components on the boards. Rather than creating new boards based on the68HC11, Motorola is pushing universities to use the next generation microcontroller, the68HC12.The 68HC12 improved the 68HC11 system performance by incorporating an instruction queuingsystem, similar to a parallel-pipe instruction

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Bell

numerically evaluates to thecorrect answer. The system is looking to find components, which when eliminated,match the designer's solution with one or more of its components eliminated.An interesting note is that this process takes much less time than I would have fearedbecause newer machines are so much faster (800MHz - 1.8GHz) than machines that wereavailable when this project was started. Thus, the problem of CPU usage has not been asignificant factor.Evaluation of Student Input - Part 2A second routine examines the problem of identifying the probable error the studentactually made. The primary limitation here is that the set of solutions for the studenterror is merely a good guess, but a reasonable start.The system proceeds in much the same way

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Bell

Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationand it would have been evaluated as correct, because it numerically evaluates to thecorrect answer. The system is looking to find components, which when eliminated,match the designer's solution with one or more of its components eliminated.An interesting note is that this process takes much less time than I would have fearedbecause newer machines are so much faster (800MHz - 1.8GHz) than machines that wereavailable when this project was started. Thus, the problem of CPU usage has not been asignificant factor.Evaluation of Student Input - Part 2A second routine examines the problem of identifying the probable error the studentactually made. The primary limitation here is that the set of

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Isha H. Jain

demonstrated between the two technologies. Sincecandy making is inherently interesting to students, the proposed demonstrations provide amemorable experience to the students for learning several principles of glass formation.Acknowledgement : The authors gratefully acknowledge the Diamond Chair endowment andNational Science Foundation (DMR 0074624) for supporting this work.References:1 A. K. Varshneya, Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses , Academic Press, New York, 1994.2 The experiments discussed in this paper are a result of an Elementary School science project. Often Collegeteachers outreach pre-college students by introducing advanced scientific concepts. In this respect, the present workis just the converse; it is an 'inreach' effort where the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Dahleh

covered which may differfrom the department syllabus, any laboratory projects, design experience, oral or writtencommunication projects and any social or ethical issues discussed in the course. The curriculumcommittee, to determine if the department syllabus needs to be changed, reviews the coursereports annually.Senior Exit surveyAll graduating seniors are asked to fill out a survey just before graduation in the spring. Thissurvey is quite detailed consisting of 23 questions many with multiple parts. Several questionsspecifically ask the students to give an opinion about how well the department met the MEprogram outcomes. The rest of the questions were included to correspond to questions o n theone-year alumni survey and will be used for

Conference Session

New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Goodman; Edith A. Lawson; C. Richard Helps; Barry Lunt

Encryption 3Data modeling objects/UML 4 Identification & authentication 2Data mining 3 Information assurance 2Data warehousing 3 Viruses, worms, Trojan horses 2Database management 2 Table 9: Sub-topics for the DataTable 6: Sub-topics for the Database topic Security/Privacy topic area.area. Math Sub-topics # Project Management Sub-topics # Discrete math 9Project management

Conference Session

New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jalaluddin Ahmad; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

engineers and engineering technologists, computer support Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationspecialists, computer systems analysts, and database administrators constitute the four mostrapidly growing occupations in the US economy and are expected to increase by 108, 102, 94,and 77 percent, respectively [1]. According to the BLS, engineering technicians and relatedsupport occupations are projected to grow by 22 percent, adding 1.1 million jobs by 2008 [1].Workers in this group provide technical assistance to engineers, scientists, physicians, and otherprofessional specialty workers, and operate and

Conference Session

Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Emery; John Feland

topics such as accounting, and simulations of particular concepts such ascash flow. A list of business plan competitions has been compiled, to assist educators inidentifying real-world collaborative projects. To aid in the instructional design process,additional resources have been compiled and include reading lists and course outlines.c. Tools and MethodsThis section includes instructional methods for entrepreneurship education, lessons learned fromdistance learning efforts and online collaboration tips and tools. Leading entrepreneurshipeducators around the world are developing hands-on guides for the following: · Best instructional methods for teaching entrepreneurship to engineers · Using video in the classroom

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Widmer; Jan Lugowski

education to solve difficultproblems that have been prepared for them by the instructor. PBL is an instructional method,which uses real world problems to facilitate students’ critical thinking and problem solvingskills, while accomplishing the course objectives. Students learn not only from the instructor, butalso from the printed instructions. They may choose to use Internet, ask a team member, consultwith other teams, or make their own experiment. They get involved and take responsibility fortheir learning. Instructor becomes mediator, counselor, consultant, and subject matter expert,guiding students as they solve their problems.In this paper, we discuss how PBL can be applied to industrial projects, within the constraints ofa laboratory. We

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Halvard Nystrom

, they have providedan alternative means to gain this educational combination.Another reason for the slow growth might be the difficulty for universities to start up orgrow EM programs. Since the scope of the discipline is so broad, it takes considerableresources to start a new program. A viable program would want to have a variety ofcourses that could include technology management, project management, e-commerce,marketing, finance, information systems, leadership and management, quality, operationsresearch, strategic planning, manufacturing, organizational behavior, entrepreneurshipand business law. This diversity requires that the organization have appropriateresources available from other organizations, such as a local business school, or

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Beth Kolko; Linda Whang

carefullyconstructed sites. Instructors, then, are left with the question of how to best direct students toappropriate resources even when searches are conducted outside the boundaries of the elect ronicversion of refereed journals. Since engineering education poses discipline-specific challengesand incorporates discipline-specific expectations, we believe it is important to develop guidelinesthat respond to the needs of engineering educators and students, even under the unrestrictedconditions of the open Web. Following are some specific curricular suggestions we havedeveloped in order to address this need.1. Require students to find, use, and cite journal or conference literature in their research projects or papers. As Davis and Cohen point out, “students

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

Design classes. The students expressed an understandingand appreciation for the concept, endorsing the additional learning opportunity provided. Thispaper covers the details associated with the concept inception, development, implementation, andstudent responses of using After Action Reports as a method to extend the learning capabilitiesof an examination.IntroductionExams are usually the basis to evaluate how well students learned course material. The value ofexams as a learning tool has always been questioned. Some courses use papers or projects as thebasis for evaluation instead. These methods possess the advantage of directing the attention ofstudents to their writing but have the disadvantage of providing the instructor with noopportunity

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Beth Todd

lifelong learning is contained intheir curricula.Since the addition of a “lifelong learning” course does not seem practical or attractive, a shortmodule on this topic has been developed. The module is designed to fit logically into manyupper division courses, particularly those involving open ended projects requiring the discoveryof additional information. The classroom material will fit into three 50-minute class periods in astandard course. Although the module would take about a week of lecture away from a course,an improvement in the students’ abilities should be seen further along in the curriculum to justifythe time spent.The module is organized to provide instruction on the objectives and associated tools as well asan opportunity to practice

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Eschenbach

Paper: 2002-1081 Session: 1639 The Engineering Economy Course of 2020 Dr. Ted G. Eschenbach, P.E. TGE ConsultingAbstractHistorical and current trends in engineering economy texts, self-directed and assisted instruction,classroom and distance delivery, and spreadsheet use are analyzed to project the engineeringeconomy course of 2020. This presentation contrasts descriptions of what has and is likely tohappen with prescriptions of what could and should happen.IntroductionAt one level the question of what the future engineering economy course will be like can beanswered by

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dempster

reasoning behind the changes.2 Review of Teaching DifficultiesMechanical engineering students in the third year of a five-year course were presented with adesign and build project consisting of the creation of a monowheel cycle. A photograph of atypical design is shown on Figure 2. The general brief was to take the basic concept of a largesingle wheel and design it to be driven by a recumbent rider inside the wheel. The students Page 7.476.2were to work over a period of 12 weeks with an allocation of about 5 hours a week with 3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Combs; Ahmad Zargari

hardware connections are complete the software programming phase of the project maybegin. Simple software routines may be programmed quickly for testing.ProgrammingThe 82C55A is simple to program due to it containing only two internal command registers(Brey, 1997). These registers are used to configure the 82C55A for operation by the user. Thefollowing three programs are used to test the stepper motor interface application to insure properwiring and configuration. All of the following programs all ports are set as output and port A isused to generate a pulse train to drive the stepper motor. The first program generates a pulse trainset by the user by entering a delay value. The duty cycle is set at 50%.100 REM 8255 PPI Set Ports A,B,C to Output101

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Soundararajan; S. Manian Ramkumar; Immanuel Edinbarough

materialEven though the above list of benefits is impressive, web-based delivery of hands-on coursesrequires a thorough understanding of the following issues: 1. Student motivation 2. Training and adaptation time required with new technology 3. Problems with new technology implementation (should be addressed effectively and on time) 4. Limited instructional methods because of current hardware and software limitations 5. Equipment operational safety 6. Security issuesIX. Conclusion and Future workThis project helped us successfully accomplish the following: 1. Development of a remotely controlled cell that can be used for web based quality control. 2. The integration of robot and other various input and output devices

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

to enhance the individual's technicalcareer progress in either the military or in a civilian capacity. In particular, the graduate shouldbe well prepared to progress into technical leadership or management positions requiring both aknowledge of the technology as well as the ability to manage personnel and projects of anengineering nature."That goal remains as the primary thrust of the program. To accomplish the technical portion ofthe program, careful scrutiny of available courses within the department was made. It wasdecided, wherever possible, to utilize existing courses. The following criteria were utilized inselecting the courses: (1) Courses should be as broad-based as possible to accommodate a varietyof technical ratings. (2) Courses

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

is not widespread at the moment, but will be an increasingproblem as online assessment and testing systems become more commonplace. This paper willexplore the reasons for restricting course materials, the current extent, and the implications ofsuch restrictions.1. IntroductionIn the process of working on our Course Database project [2, 3], we have occasion to visit manycourse Web sites. Recently we have been noticing that many of them are hiding behindpasswords, inaccessible to the public eye. This is a discouraging development, for it seems thatthe relatively open world of academe is becoming more cloistered. In practical terms, it meansthat if I or my students surf the Web for new material related to our fields of study, we are likelyto

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daina Briedis

. Simply including a few of these instudent design projects has not been viewed as effective compliance. Page 7.453.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationLooking for the Easy Way Out—Self-AssessmentMany engineering programs perceive that effective implementation of EC2000, Criterion 3 inparticular, will take a major input of human and financial resources. It is clear that the start-up ofthe processes needed for criteria-compliant assessment of outcomes requires a high initial inputof resources.3

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberta Madison; Gloria Melara; Robert Lingard

university is also collaborating on a national study conducted by theConsortium of Assessment and Policies (CAPS) to assess basic skills in General Education. Theexperimental effort to assess CSUN's computer literacy course was undertaken in support of thatstudy.III. Project GoalThe goal of this project was to evaluate an instrument for assessing student learning outcomes ofComputer Science 100 (CS 100). CS 100, Computers: Their Impact and Use, is a GeneralEducation course taught at CSUN to give students an overall background in the use ofcomputers. Since teaching computer literacy is an important goal at the University, our major aimwas to find an instrument that would be effective in assessing this course. The CSU Chancellor'sOffice asked some of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Fragomeni

necessary for a more fulfilling and exciting undergraduate engineeringexperience.IntroductionThis project is designed to improve the interactive learning environment that students have inlearning material science in their undergraduate studies. Various courses such as metalprocessing, strength of materials, machine design, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,manufacturing processes, mechanical behavior of materials, principles of engineering materials,materials laboratory, senior lab, senior design, and metallic corrosion require a goodunderstanding of engineering science and materials for the success of the undergraduate students.The goal would be to enhance and improve the student's materials & engineering sciencebackground and knowledge and also

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Adams

%), are White/Caucasian(80.49%) and are male (82.93%). The remainder of the respondents were: Asian Americans(7.32%), Black/African Americans (4.88%), Foreign Nationals (4.88%),Hispanics/Latinos/Mexican Americans and female (14.63%). Participants were asked about their team training experiences and how they use teams intheir classroom. Findings show that more than two thirds (68.29%) of respondents haveparticipated in a workshop on effective teaming or teaming techniques. Among all therespondents, 80.49% use teams for design projects suggesting that they consider this an essentialtraining activity in preparing students for the work place. More than half of those surveyed(51.22%) use teams for homework/problem activities, 70.73% for in

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

for learning: Dr. Philip Schmidt, Dept. ofSeminar February 12, 2001 Project PROCEED (Project Chemical Engineering Centered Education).” Dr. James Jirsa, Dept. ofBrown bag lunch November 29, 2000 Open discussion. Civil Engineering Dr. David Dolling, Chair, Dept

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

. o Creative assessment of the teaching and learning. As the new ABET criteria becomes more widely used, there will be an increasing need in the sharing of approaches to learning assessment. - Scholarship in their Field o Dissemination of knowledge is the key word in this area. Faculty sharing their professional and technical experiences contribute to the knowledge of the ET community as a whole. o Article s on applied research submitted and published by the appropriate journals and professional conferences. o Reports of student projects supported or funded by industry. o Non-proprietary information on technical activities and outcomes

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Heidi Newell; Kevin Dahm

would be required to ensure that all of the diverse criteria required by Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationCriteria 2000 could be addressed by at least parts of the portfolio. At the same time, thefaculty were acutely aware that these portfolios would be evaluated every year and wereunderstandably interested in minimizing the total amount of work collected. Ultimately,the following items were selected for inclusion: - A report from a year-long, industrially sponsored research project through the Junior/Senior Clinics - The Senior Plant Design final report

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

scholarly activities Faculty publications Collaborative work with in-state colleges Collaborative research with universities abroad Improve connections with Industry and alumni advisory groups the industry and profession Industry relations Paper reviews Master project agreements Outreach activities Internships/co-op for students Senior design projects involving the industry Improve

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

the course, the faculty member needs to considermaterials which better align with the delivery channel. Distance Lear ning activities mayinclude case studies, games, simulations, essay assignments– compare and contrast,problem solving assignments and research assignments.I have found that group assignments work very well in the virtual online environment.Small teams can be formed and more challenging, tougher problems can be assigned. Inaddition to student learning by doing, the pressure exerted by peers, on those studentswho attempt to perform at minimal levels, is strong enough to prompt better performance.In courses where I’ve included a group project, I have noted active student engagementwith their team mates and the topic to be learned

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Aik Mon; Harold Broberg

, and Introduction to Control Systems to asynchronous delivery.This paper presents Internet and Web technologies needed for developing a Web-based Laband summarizes the project experience that supports our distance learning courses. Thispaper is organized as follows: section II explores Web-based Lab system design issues,section III describes implementation and maintenance of the Web-based Lab system, andsection IV provides some laboratory examples of a Web-based Lab.II. Web-based Lab System DesignTo gather the system requirements, the first question asked was what kind of laboratoryexperiments would this Web-based Lab support. We identified the following desired labactivities: - Understanding of Web Server and Internet I/O Control

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs

. They providean opportunity for genuine discovery experiences of the sort that light intellectual fires which canburn for decades. Laboratories are activity based engineering education at its best, project -oriented efforts that immerse students in meaningful tasks. Laboratories provide the tolerancefor ambiguity and contradictions that lead to the development of engineering judgment.Laboratory productivity is tied to group attainment, which does depend on individualresponsibility. The laboratory project should be too big for any individual to complete. Theinstructor must develop an open learning environment, promote interdependence and fosterindividual responsibility. As instructors, we can take a lesson from corporate America