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Conference Session
Trends in Mechanical Engineering
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
John Brader; Jed Lyons
Session 1566 Utilization of the Learning Cycle and Design of Experiments to Enhance Understanding of Mechanical Engineering Concepts John S. Brader, Jed S. Lyons Department of Mechanical Engineering - University of South CarolinaAbstractThrough design of experiments, as part of an increasingly difficult series of laboratory exercises,students gain a greater understanding of the relevant engineering theory. This paper outlines athree part laboratory experience specifically designed to introduce freshmen to the variety ofengineering disciplines. The three experiments increase in difficulty
Conference Session
International Collaborative Efforts
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Sören Östlund; Johan Malmqvist; Ingemar Ingemarsson; Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur
necessary for deep understanding of technical information and skills 3. experiential learning environments provided by laboratories and workshops 4. effective assessment methods to determine quality and improve the learning process.Each participating institution has at least one representative for each of the four themeareas, and an overall program director. Students from each of the four institutionsparticipate in the four theme areas, as well as contribute as a separate student group.A steering committee consisting of engineering deans and industry representatives guidesthe project and serves as liaison to the Wallenberg Foundation. An external review boardevaluates the project annually.At the outset of the collaboration, each
Conference Session
Modeling in Materials Education
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Craig Johnson
Session 1464 Modeling in a Composite Beam Design Lab Craig Johnson Central Washington UniversityAbstractThis research explores the use of computer modeling in an undergraduate materials courselaboratory exercise. Modeling a beam can enhance learning beyond the traditional beamconstruction, hand analysis and test evaluation scenario. In our Composites courses MET382(Plastics) and MET483 (Ceramics), there is a laboratory exercise in which wood core andfiberglass beams are designed and built. A traditional approach is followed; the beams aredesigned, their
Conference Session
Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
William Szaroletta; Nancy Denton
Session 2168 Four Point Bending: A New Look William K. Szaroletta, Nancy L. Denton Purdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaAbstract:Four point bending (FPB) is a cornerstone element of the beam flexure portion of a sophomore-level mechanics of materials course. The FPB lecture has traditionally developed the theory fromfree body diagram through beam deflection, with related homework problems providing analyticalpractice. Similarly, the FPB laboratory, which has been essentially unchanged for nearly twodecades, has provided students an opportunity to
Conference Session
Computer Based Measurements
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Steven Widmer; Jan Lugowski
Session 2359 Problem Based Learning of Data Acquisition and Computer-Based Control Applications in MET Courses Jan T. Lugowski, Steven E. Widmer Purdue University1. IntroductionThis paper discusses how problem-based learning and computer-based applications can be usedto enhance the students’ learning experience in two 300-level courses in controls,instrumentation, and fluid power. MET 382 Controls and Instrumentation for Automation is athree credit hour course with a two-hour laboratory. Half of the time is allocated for dataacquisition, and half for control
Conference Session
ASEE Multimedia Session
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Andrew Sterian; Andrew Blauch
Session 2793 A Practical Application Digital Systems Course For All Engineering Majors Andrew J. Blauch, Andrew Sterian Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses the development of the Introduction to Digital Systems course at GrandValley State University. As this course is a prerequisite for all engineering majors prior tosecondary admission, the course focuses on the practical application of digital systems to solveengineering problems. During the laboratory
Conference Session
Issues in Computer Education
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Jeff Nadel; Daniel Walsh
, the returns oninvestments in this form of educational practice have justified the expense. True education residesin experiential learning, however, not all experiences are equally valuable. We must optimize ourstudents experience. Laboratory intensive education and a capstone senior project requirementhave provided Poly graduates with a margin for excellence. This exposure is valuable becauseengineers are inherently innovators, the nature of engineering is problem identification andsolution. Engineers have designed and built the structure and the infrastructure of society in eachand every era, and in each and every sector. From chips to ships, from “It” to “Freedom”engineers use the materials of their age to shape their world. Thus, if the
Conference Session
Computer Based Measurements
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Glenn Gerdin
Virtual Instruments for Distance Learning G. Gerdin Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529Abstract- Using the sound card and CD player that are virtually a standard on the personal computer, LabVIEW virtualinstrument programs have been developed that transform these instruments into a dual-channel virtual oscilloscope and avirtual function generator. With the addition of an inexpensive analog multi-meter, and some simple signal-conditioningcircuits, these instruments can be calibrated and used in both analog and digital electronics laboratories to perform
Conference Session
Instrumentation and Control Applications
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Daniel Marcal de Queiroz; Hartono Sumali
address the problems associated with teaching a hands-onlaboratory course away from the home institution where the course was established. Theproblems included content adaptation, equipment availability, laboratory setup, scheduling,instruction methods, language barrier, funding, and a few other problems. Advantages andcompromises associated with the international adaptation of the course are discussed. It is hopedthat this paper will help create a model for international teaching collaboration.IntroductionIn the last decade or so, a plethora of publications have addressed the importance of preparingengineering students for the internationalization of their profession 1. In most of thosepublications, international or global education means
Conference Session
Visualization and Graphics
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Douglas Baxter
Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”behavior of the geometry and documentation. It will be seen how laboratory assignmentevaluations have been adjusted to examine specific skills and skill growth. In addition,continued evaluation of the laboratory assignments allows instructors to determine whichstudents are having difficulty in a particular skill or concept; this allows for earlyintervention and correction targeted to these particular skills and concepts.Motivation for Examination of the Grading CriteriaEvaluating student performance in a beginning course in Engineering Graphics must bedone on several levels. Traditionally, the engineering drawing
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Risa Robinson; John Wellin
concern that the current electronicscourse was not significant nor applied enough to enable them to participate in multidisciplinaryprojects and co-op opportunities involving electrical and computer components, sensors, dataacquisition software or controls. Students suggested that more hands on data acquisition andanalyses projects throughout the curriculum, would be extremely valuable in preparation for theworkplace.RIT is addressing these needs by developing a new curriculum based on the EnhancedEducational Experience for Engineers Program (E 4) which was pioneered by Drexel in 1988 3. Acritical component of E 4 is the Engineering Test, Simulation and Design Laboratory (ETSDL) 4,the adaptation of which defines the scope of this paper. The ETSDL
Conference Session
Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Sami Ainane; Chandra Thamire
opportunities exist for one to pursue an undergraduate degree in engineering.This is mostly due to the fact that a number of courses in such programs carry a considerablelaboratory and/or design component, normally hard to offer in a distance education mode. Thisdifficulty has often been overcome by universities such as University of North Dacota6, byseparating the theory and the laboratory component and offering the theory component in adistance-education mode and conducting the laboratory component in a compressed formatduring summers on campus.On the other hand, limited options exist for those living in the vicinity of only a non-engineeringuniversity and desiring to pursue an undergraduate degree in engineering. One option for themwould be to move
Conference Session
Introduction to Engineering Courses
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Hirak Patangia
thecurriculum. The course has a heavy emphasis on laboratory activities with an equally strongfocus on ‘just-in-time’ theory relating to the concepts central to accomplishing the project goal.The prerequisites for the course have been kept at a minimum to make the course accessible toany university student who wants to explore engineering as a career.IntroductionIn a traditional engineering curriculum, students devote their freshmen year to taking math andscience courses to prepare them for the engineering courses to come later in the curriculum. Suchan approach is often dry and not motivating to the freshmen since they don’t see any applicationcourses. In addition, the students have to wait a year or more to know if the major they havechosen will meet
Conference Session
Managing and Funding Design Projects
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Bob Twiggs
StanfordUniversity there was a need to give students in the graduate programs in Aeronautics andAstronautics ‘hands-on’ experience to learn systems engineering. To provide this experience,the Space Systems Development laboratory was started in 1994 to take students through the fulllife cycle of a project. In this case it was designing, building, launching and operatingmicrosatellites in space. The program now is finishing the third generation of microsatellites andstarting a new program concentrating on building picosatellites called CubeSat (10 cm cube,weighting 1kg).Although the program has successfully launched two of their microsatellites and have launchesfor three more, it was determined that the best education value could be obtained by building
Conference Session
Innovative Curriculum Development in EET
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
James Stewart; William Lin
noise. D. In qualitative terms, discuss typical applications of AM and FM communication systems.Course objectives were drafted under the constraint of the limited electronic and calculusbackground of AAS-level students as compared to BS-level students. Details of thecourse flowchart are discussed in the next section. Perhaps the most challenging task wasthe design of laboratory exercises. With their limited experience, students were not agilein designing and/or implementing the necessary circuits. So starting with the firstimplementation, we took advantage of the "user-friendly" features of the graphicalprogramming language LabVIEW and designed lab exercises using computer simulation.That approach saved a considerable
Conference Session
New Trends in ECE Education
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Michael Ruane
creation of a modernteaching laboratory, curriculum design, and growth in faculty and students.The new MS program follows the structure of our existing MSEE and MSCE degrees, andrequires little additional university investment. Specific course offerings will be described, alongwith their laboratory components and the set-up of the Photonics Instructional Laboratory.Curricular overlap with senior electives and with graduate students from other disciplines will alsobe presented. Connections for research and entrepreneurship in photonics have been created,allowing students to undertake MS thesis work, MS projects, or prepare for Ph.D. level study.Recent connections to distance learning will be described.This paper also will describe the
Conference Session
Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner
Session ____ The WIMP51: A Simple Processor and Visualization Tool to Introduce Undergraduates to Computer Organization David Sullins, Hardy Pottinger, Daryl Beetner University of Missouri – RollaI. IntroductionThe University of Missouri – Rolla offers a Junior-level lecture and laboratory course inhardware/software co-design1. The course focuses on the 8051 family of microcontrollers.Many students who take this course have no prior experience with processor architecture, so ashort introduction to some basic concepts of computer organization is given in the first fewweeks
Conference Session
Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer
such engineers, an educational program must provide a comprehensiveinterdisciplinary engineering background combined with a broad-based education in biomedicalengineering (BME). Our goal, therefore, was to develop the courses and laboratories needed toestablish a new concentration in Biomedical Engineering built upon the broad core of a GeneralEngineering (BSE) degree. In addition, every student enrolled in one of our concentrationsshould gain exposure to BME principles and have experience in a BME laboratory.Freshman and sophomore students are currently enrolled in the BME program. In addition tospecialized BME courses, educational materials are being developed for inclusion in existingelectrical and mechanical courses with the goal of
Conference Session
Innovative Curriculum Development in MET
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Timothy Cooley
Design of a Portable Engine Dynamometer for Multiple Classroom Experiments Timothy R. Cooley, PE Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Purdue University at New Albany New Albany, IN 47150AbstractFive compact, portable engine dynamometers were designed and built for use by interestedMechanical Engineering Technology locations within the Purdue University School ofTechnology system. The purpose of the dynamometer is to provide a versatile, compactexperimental platform around which numerous laboratory exercises could be designed. Eachdynamometer consists of a 14 HP air
Conference Session
Trends in Nuclear Education--I
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Robert Jackson; Larry Miller; J Hines; Harold Dodds; Dr. Ronald E. Pevey; Dr. Lawrence W. Townsend; Belle Upadhyaya
usually accompanied byPowerPoint slides, video files, and video streaming of windows applications such as MATLABor FORTRAN demonstrations. The synchronous classes are recorded and availableasynchronously to accommodate students who must occasionally miss class. In addition to theon-line lecture classes, some laboratories are also delivered on-line.1.0 INTRODUCTION:The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) lists nineteen universities thatprovide accredited B.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering (NE), while the American NuclearSociety lists thirty-one universities with NE programs. The probability that a workingprofessional is located geographically near one of these programs is quite small. In addition,traditional university
Conference Session
New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Bahman Motlagh
technologyeducation are currently being redefined and implemented. The changes being made invarious aspects of engineering education including course content and curriculum,multimedia learning environments, teaching methods, classroom and laboratory setup.II. Course Content and CurriculumTraditionally, curriculums for various engineering disciplines focused on thatindependent discipline with little to no reference to other engineering disciplines. Coursecontent helped to define and maintain this disciplinary focus and isolation.Cross utilization of multiple engineering disciplines should be incorporated into eachdiscipline-specific engineering education curriculum as it lends itself to more holisticknowledge base to best fuel creative thinking and cross
Conference Session
New Ideas
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas
there is a mixture of cadets in engineering and non-engineering majors, i.e.languages, history, and others. The unique mixture of students has prompted instructors at USMA to work hard to design acourse that is very physical and hands-on. This has been achieved particularly in the area ofenergy conversion systems. Topics covered include vapor power cycles, internal combustionengines, gas turbine engines, and vapor-compression refrigeration cycles. Four laboratories anda tour of a cogeneration facility supplement the thermodynamic concepts. The course is alsobrought to life by some very unique teaching aids. These teaching aids include the following:reference cards for solving problems, turbine/compressor blades, jeep engine cutaways
Conference Session
Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
John Farris; Jeffrey Ray
Session 1491 A New Approach to Teaching Manufacturing Processes Laboratories John Farris, Jeff Ray Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractThe manufacturing processes laboratory taught in the Padnos School of Engineering at GrandValley State University has been modified to focus on part and process design. Machining,injection molding and lost foam casting have been taught using the new approach. First, studentsdesign a part for a specific process. Then the required tooling is designed and fabricated. Whenit is appropriate, process parameters are determined using designed
Conference Session
Educational Trends in Engineering
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Mark Riley
engineeringfundamentals, but also mindful of biological advances. Such requirements of new professionalsbring continuing demands on how biological engineering should be taught.At The University of Arizona, the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) Departmenthas revised its course offerings in the biological engineering area. This presentation will discusshow two courses have been revised to integrate: use of the internet, discussions of recenttechnological advances, design projects, and laboratory exercises. After several years of poorly-received use of the internet, an improved approach was developed resulting in nearly all studentsmaking use of the information on a more than weekly basis. Students respo nded positively tothese changes and performed
Conference Session
Control in the Classroom
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
David Clough
, 4 credit hours including a full laboratorycomponent) that allows students to learn the fundamentals of digital logic, logic diagrams andladder logic programming of PLC’s, and applications to chemical processing. Through a seriesof laboratory exercises using PC-based software, a building block kit, and a batch fluid system,students are able to create PLC programs to test their acquired knowledge.This addition to our course has been made with minimal impact on the rest of the course content.By our observations, students “take to” this material very well and enjoy making things happenwith PLC’s. We already have feedback from recent alumni that their rudimentary knowledge ofPLC’s has been of value to them in their work. Recognizing its
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Robert Kimmel
Session number 1526 Undergraduate Labs in Applied Polymer Science – A Case Study Robert M. Kimmel Dept. of Packaging Science, Clemson UniversityAbstract Undergraduates majoring in Packaging Science at Clemson University are required totake a combined lecture/laboratory course in Application of Polymers in Packaging in theirjunior or senior year. Over four semesters, the focus of the laboratory portion of the course hasbeen transitioned from polymer processing to understanding basic process-structure-propertyrelationships in polymers. Using new thermal analysis equipment funded
Conference Session
A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Warren Turner; Glenn Ellis
mechanismfor developing insight into both physics and calculus. Students discover fundamental principlesthrough a series of laboratory modules. The learning process is integrated into a conceptualframework through a variety of activities and application projects.IntroductionGraphical analysis is an approach to learning kinematics that uses slope and area relationshipsamong motion graphs to solve for unknown variables. Because this is essentially a graphicalapproach to finding derivatives and integrals, an understanding of graphical analysis is bothuseful to students learning calculus and broadly applicable to many other subjects. Althoughmentioned in many textbooks, graphical analysis is typically presented as an optional alternativeto the use of
Conference Session
Trends in Mechanical Engineering
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Gilbert Wedekind; Chris Kobus
Session 1566 A Unique Liquid-Vapor Thermodynamic Property Measurement Apparatus For A Hands-On Undergraduate Laboratory Experience Gilbert L. Wedekind, Christopher J. Kobus Department of Mechanical Engineering Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309AbstractThis paper describes a fluid property experiment used in an introductory level Thermodynamicscourse. The Thermodynamics course is geared to introducing students to fundamental principlesand their applications, including fluid property relationships. This paper presents a uniqueexperimental apparatus
Conference Session
CAD Applications in MET Courses
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Mukasa Ssemakula
Session 3649 Introducing Hands-on Manufacturing Experience to Students Mukasa E. Ssemakula Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.AbstractThis paper describes a laboratory-based course in Manufacturing Processes that provides hands-on manufacturing experience to students in Engineering Technology. The theoretical part of thecourse provides a general understanding of the behavior of the materials commonly used inmanufacturing, the basic techniques used in processing them into useful products, the scientifictheory underlying those processes, and the criteria
Conference Session
Innovative Curriculum Development in EET
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Rafic Bachnak
, discusses the development and implementation of the three courses, anddescribes the laboratory being developed with state-of-the-art instruments to support thesequence. The laboratory provides several capabilities, including internet-basedexperimentation, data acquisition, process variable measurements, control systemmodeling and design, sensor technology applications, and signal processing.IntroductionAt Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, we are in the final phases of implementing aB.S. degree program in Control Systems Engineering Technology (CSET). The CSETcurriculum has a three-course sequence consisting of Principles of Measurements,Control Systems I, and Control Systems II. The purpose of this sequence is to producegraduates that have a