Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammoad Saifi; Julie Wang

students involved, we have developed several teachingmethods for student active learning from the lectures of engineering fundamentals courses tohands-on design laboratory courses. The methods include teamwork, class/group discussion, peertutoring/teaching, and problem solving skills. In each activity, students can be a learner or can bea teacher, to lead or to be led. It creates interaction between teacher and students. The hands-onlaboratory courses reinforce the basic concepts that the students have learned from the lectures.To enhance the students’ laboratory experiences, computer-based design software has been usedin the measurement and the design process. The student design projects are interdisciplinary. Theprojects integrate the knowledge

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Ebel; Roobik Gharabagi

project on paper. The experience has led us to believe in a greater cooperationbetween freshman and senior students on a continual basis. The evaluation of students’ work during this phase is based on the followingcategories:1. Bi-weekly written and oral reports2. Laboratory logbooks.3. Quiz.4. Case studies (NSPE cases).5. 8th week poster session (pre-proposal)6. Assigned topic presentation.7. Attendance and contributions.8. Final proposal presentation. Upon completion of the first twelve weeks students are ready to present theirproposals to the school of engineering faculty and students. A request for a budget ismade at the conclusion of proposal presentation. Parts lists with all costs and respectivevendors are expected as a part

Conference Session

Experiences with the TTL Turbojet Engine

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth French

specified by Turbine Technologies Ltd. , manufacturer of the SR-30Turbojet Engine®. Throughout the history of the gas turbine one of the most interestingfeatures has been the theoretical ability for them to use a variety of fuels. Some earlyauthors even anticipated performance independent of fuel type. In the extreme, Tickell [2]reports applications for piston engines using used cooking oil ’straight’, after a startupperiod with conventional fuel. Commercial airplane engines do not have the liberty of using compounded vegetablefuels, due mainly to their auxiliary equipment, temperatures and pressures, standards andguaranteed performance, Mattingly [5]. The university laboratory is not bound by theseconsiderations and we continue to explore the

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit; Richard M. Felder; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

material (i.e., mathematics, physics, chemistry, English) being taken byengineering students. Thus the SUCCEED Coalition embarked on a set of experiments in 1992 toexplore different approaches to integrate the freshman year.Coupling subject integration in the first year with an introduction to engineering was ideally suitedfor the Coalition’s program given the large resources required to conduct large-scale experiments,the availability of a multiple-campus laboratory to determine robustness, the extended period offunding, and the visibility of this NSF program. The approaches to integration studied by thecoalitions required building teams of faculty from multiple disciplines and assessment experts toevaluate the program impact and designing and

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Heather Cooper

about six weeks, which is a portion of acombined thermodynamics and heat transfer course.For a capstone course, it was desired to limit the heat transfer module to approximately 4-5lectures and 1-2 laboratory experiments, allowing enough time for reviewing basic concepts andintroducing sufficient new material specific to applications in plastics manufacturing. Table 1compares the basic structure and topical coverage of both the introductory course and the heattransfer module. Table 1. Comparison of heat transfer module and introductory course topics. INTRODUCTORY COURSE HEAT TRANSFER MODULE Introduction to Heat Transfer Introduction to Heat Transfer • Basic Concepts

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ku-Yen Li; David Cocke; John Gossage

fundamental content of chemical engineering, and c) develop computer skills with modeling and simulation packages that the students will need in the co-op program with industry and in all subsequent chemical engineering courses. Computer-Aided Modeling and Simulation (CAMS) – A Pathfinder Course In 1999, the authors along with their colleagues received a Nation Science Foundation CCLI-A&I (Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement – Adaptation and Implementation) grant. This led to the initiation of a prototype course to integrate problem- based learning (PBL) pedagogy into the chemical engineering curriculum by use of computer-aided modeling and simulation packages. It starts with a new course, CAMS (Computer Aided Modeling and Simulation

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Hotchkiss; Slade Gellin

those capabilitiesalready incorporated. For instance, the machine for which the VAL-CAM program wasoriginally written does not have an automatic tool changer, whereas one of the recently installedmachine tools does have such a tool changer. The program module for this new machine allowsthe user to specify the codes that are used by the new machine that will effect an automaticchange of tool. A variety of standard and non-standard codes are also provided so that the usercan tailor the code to operate most new machine tools.The significance of this project is that the generality and modularity of the post-processor lendsitself to utilization in similar laboratories at other educational facilities.Introduction and Problem StatementA CNC code

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

, and case studies) they could help educatethe statistics instructors about engineering applications; provide high-quality resources tostatistics instructors for easy integration into their statistics courses for engineers; begin acollaboration among statistics and engineering faculty that teach the same sets of students; andprovide engineering students the motivation to learn statistics well, and be able to apply theirstatistical skills to engineering data in a meaningful and productive way.The engineering modules proposed are based on concepts and laboratory experiments from twocourses: Materials Processing (a 1st year course) and Materials Science (a 2nd year course). Bothare mandatory courses for mechanical as well as industrial engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

industry requires a workforce with a wide range of capabilities. Certainly, it needsnuclear engineers. But it also needs mechanical, chemical, electrical, and other engineers with anunderstanding of nuclear science and technology. In addition, it needs health physicists orenvironmental scientists and engineers, chemists, geologists, and health professionals who havemastered the basics of radiation science.The Ohio State University has a graduate program in Nuclear Engineering which offers M.S. andPh.D. degrees and prepares its students for employment in utilities, research laboratories, nuclearmedicine, regulatory agencies, and so on. However, OSU’s Nuclear Engineering Program alsouses four other established programs to provide students from other

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

confidence than other countries, but only 27% of students in theUS were taught by teachers with a high level of confidence in their preparation 3.The universities participating in this research are located in the northwestern part of Ohio incounties that are characterized by small towns and predominantly agricultural areas. Many ofthe students in these small K-12 systems do not have the opportunity to consistently be taught byteachers that have been able to specialize in math and science. Hence, we need to reach out tothese rural school systems to increase the students’ awareness of their opportunities to move intotechnical and science careers.Watersheds are ready-made natural science and math laboratories. Within the confines of awatershed study we

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian West

Engineering.Incoming freshmen for the fall 2002 semester were admitted into the engineering program, whiletransfer students only were accepted into the engineering technology program. The first two yearsof the new engineering program are in place, while almost the entire engineering technologyprogram is still operating. In spring 2003, no students, including transfer students, will beadmitted to engineering technology, and the first three years of the engineering program will bepopulated with students.Many issues must be explored when a school changes program curricula, such as which classes toupdate and transition versus classes to delete; pre-requisites and co-requisites; class sequences;laboratory sessions; classroom assignments; faculty loading; and many

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

N. Sundaresan; Devdas Pai

instrumentation lab. Initial setup (afterprocuring all the materials) should take the lab instructor about 2 hours. A single measurementcan be initiated and saved to disk in less than 3 minutes, allowing for all the students in a typicallab section to take their own data rather than share a single set of data for the entire class. Thisexperiment is offered to a sophomore-level laboratory class in mechanical engineering that focuseson measurements, instrumentation and manufacturing and addresses the first two topics in thatcourse.Introduction A piezoelectric material is basically a ceramic that outputs a voltage upon beingmechanically strained. Sensors made of this material are sensitive enough to generate signalswhen subjected to low-amplitude

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Georg Mauer

Session 2125 Hands-On Robot Design in an Introductory Engineering Course Georg Mauer Dept. of Mechanical Engineering University of Nevada, Las VegasAbstract Our course ‘Introduction to Engineering Design’ is aimed at freshmen students enteringMechanical and Aerospace engineering. The course is structured as a 2-credit lecture coupledwith a 1-credit design laboratory. While the lecture presents an overview of the profession,engineering design and methods, small student teams conduct a structured hands-on designproject in the lab. Each team

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

/laboratory format and is designed for Electronic, Computer, Mechanical, andManufacturing Engineering Technology students organized into cross-functional teams.The outline of the paper follows the course outline described in TAC of ABET “Self-Study Questionnaire - TC2K Visits” 1IntroductionStudentThe course is an interdisciplinary course with mixed teams of Mechanical (MET),Manufacturing (MFG), Electronic (EET), and Computer (CET) Engineering Technologystudents. In general, the course is an integration of LabVIEW-based virtualinstrumentation and data acquisition techniques and a physical/mechanical measurementslab 2. Since the teams contain students from multiple majors, we cultivate a peer-learningenvironment where the EETs and CETs help the METs

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Musiak

enhancedclassroom that combines the features of a standard classroom environment with a computer laboratory, multimediaenvironment to expand our teaching capabilities without increasing the need for additional classroom or laboratoryspace.This paper presents our experiences in making the learning environment richer and more supportive for our studentsand providing them with the means they need to succeed in their studies as they adjust to college life and advancetheir career goals. Page 8.1176.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh

out 2 , and breaking power. The gas exchange data are reportedat BTPS (Body Temperature and Pressure, Saturated) conditions. The software offers manyoptions for the convenient display of automatically-calculated values; however, these directmeasurements at BTPS conditions are the only values necessary to perform the calculationsinvolved in this experiment. The calculation/display options may be exercised in order toprovide numbers against which students may check their calculations.For their laboratory report, students perform all calculations by hand. The energy balance on the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Keyser; Kourosh Rahnamai; Ronald E. Musiak

actual noisydata from a plastic extruder machine in a Controls laboratory. The extrusion system consists of athree-quarter-inch extruder, a water trough, and a combination puller/pelletizer. Figure 2 is aschematic diagram of the extruder. The plastics extruder and related control systems hardware Page 8.624.2and software were funded by an NSF-sponsored equipment grant. The temperatures of the three"Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”zones are controlled by three amplifier and linearizer circuits and three

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Quint

first year coursework and are ready to begin specialty courses in their area of interest. Anexample of the requirements for a 5-year Master's in the Biomedical Engineering track is shownbelow. Requirements for advancement to the M.S. Degree program: • Completion of the B.S. degree requirements for the Curriculum in Applied Sciences - Biomedical Engineering Track. • Addition or selection as elective courses in that track: o BIOL 11 Principles of Biology (3) o BIOL 11L Introductory Biology Laboratory (1) o BIOL 45 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology (3) o Students who have the available

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

laboratory assignments. The students were told that, from a classroom perspective, thisdesign project was to be a competition between each lab group for best design, best presentation,and best documentation. From a "real-life project" viewpoint, the students were told that the"manager" selected their group for this project. The “manager” (instructor) also explained howvital the success of this project was to the company. Students were encouraged to find allnecessary information at the initial meeting (typical of situations they may face after graduation)since “designers” could only contact the “customer” with their “manager’s” agreement after themeeting. To make the scenario more interesting, the students only had nine days to complete theproject

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz

years for 15 years.Seniors have been working on a large group project under the direction of a student chiefengineer for over 60 years.1 In the senior, unit operations laboratory, students work in pairs.This paper presents unscientific observations and anecdotes from many years of experience withteam formation and functioning. Methods for assessing teamwork will also be discussed.Observations on Team FormationThree methods have been used to form teams. At times, teams have been formed by student self-selection. At times, they have been assigned by the instructors. And, more recently, studentshave been permitted to choose a partner, and the pairs were paired by the instructors.In the unit operations laboratory, pairs are assigned by the

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Masoud Rais-Rohani; Thomas Hannigan

. Encourage development of design skills in problem solving and experimentation, illustrative of various fundamental areas of aerospace engineering.4. Enable students to develop proficiency in written, oral, and graphic communication in the development of formal reports, and informal and formal individual presentations and papers.5. Promote engineering ethics, personal integrity and responsibility and professionalism in the conduct of laboratory activities and individual projects.6. Develop teamwork and leadership skills through laboratory experiences.Because of the number, scope, and diversity of topics and related activities, we sought to spreadthe curriculum over three semesters as opposed to one done elsewhere4. Each course combineselements

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Belle Upadhyaya

(ITC) at the University on instructional module development and design and planning for online instructional material.• Development of windows applications for instructional modules and interactive problem solving examples. These are incorporated into the text as well as the presentations.• Preparation of animations and video clips for incorporation into the modules. This will enhance students’ appreciation of engineering principles and minimize the boredom associated with non-synchronous web-based delivery.• Development of web-based machinery data acquisition and visualization for a vibrations laboratory using an Internet Toolkit.• Preparation of a CD-ROM text with windows applications, interactive engineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norb Delatte

Puerto Rico. The program isintended to provide students interested in graduate studies with an introduction toresearch methods, and to provide students who will not continue their studies past aBSCE with a better understanding of how research provides the theoretical foundation ofengineering practice. Students work individually with faculty on literature reviews,computer modeling, laboratory testing, and field research. Four students have researchedstructural failure case studies and the technical and ethical lessons to be learned fromthem. Participants also have the opportunity to tour construction sites and constructionmaterial manufacturers’ and fabricator’s facilities. During the past three years, an ethicsseminar series has been added. At

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Kander

integrated, interdisciplinary fashion. Typicalsemester-long topics include the environment, modern production methods, living systems, andenergy systems. The Connections sequence is made up of two courses that consider the ethical,economic, political and societal context of science and technology. Finally, the Instrumentationand Measurement course focuses on the use of laboratory instruments, measurement systems,data analysis, and the presentation of experimental results. Most of the Foundation courses havelaboratory components that give the students hands-on experience in a team environment. Table III: Four Basic Areas in the Foundation Course Sequence COURSE SEQUENCE CREDITS

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arunsi Chuku

Conference & Exposition 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationRelevant Projects, And Solar Energy.1.0 IntroductionIn February 2001,Tuskegee University participated in a proposal competition to designand build a 500-square foot completely solar energy sufficient house. The house is toutilize solar energy, in particular, to provide heat, cooling, illumination and electricity.This energy is to meet the requirements for the domestic and home-office activities of atypical American family. Eleven universities were selected in March 2001 by the NationalRenewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) working on behalf of the United States of AmericaDepartment of Energy (DOE). The number of universities participating was subsequentlyexpanded to

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amanda Young; Richard Brow

school students.As part of the project, UMR undergraduates are developing and testing self-contained kits fordistribution to high schools. The kits will contain all of the materials and supplies needed forhigh school teachers to perform experiments and controlled demonstrations that illustrateimportant scientific principles in an entertaining manner. Laboratory exercises based on slipcasting and glass melting have been prepared for the kits. These hands-on activities give a basicunderstanding for what ceramic materials are and how they are produced. They emphasize theapplication of science (chemistry and physics) to form common raw materials into usefulproducts. At the end of the funding cycle, an example kit, written instructions, and an

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Stanley; Paul Kauffmann; Gary Crossman

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Educationnot-yet accredited program in General Engineering Technology which is being offeredasynchronously to U. S. Navy personnel.1,2 Programs are available at nearly 50 sitesthrough the distance learning program known as TELETECHNET. To support thisdistance learning program, the Department of Engineering Technology has developed anumber of new initiatives for dealing with distance laboratories, samples of which aredescribed in the bibliography.3,4,5II. Mathematics for Engineering TechnologyThe determination of appropriate mathematics courses for engineering technologystudents is an on-going challenge that never

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

. Laboratory surveys are now a regular featureof laboratory courses. These quickly pinpoint problems with equipment or other facilities,teaching assistants, potential safety hazards or other aspects of laboratory courses. Graduatingstudent surveys give all students a chance to comment anonymously on all aspects of theireducational experience. Exit interviews are conducted by the advisor (in the last advisementsession) and the chair (near the end of the last semester) to give/get personal feedback.These surveys were instituted for a variety of reasons. Some issues with the laboratory were notdiscovered until the surveys were instituted. Minor problems were reported that had goneunnoticed. Problems with certain teaching assistants were also discovered

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu; S. Gary Teng

. Communications among all project parties may be difficult and time-consuming, and5. Engineering program’s reputation may be hurt if projects are not adequately completed.This paper deals with the major issues in effective monitoring and management of industrialprojects so engineering programs can ensure the successful implementation of industrial projectsin their curriculum.Increased Workload for Faculty and StudentsThe workload involved for both students and faculty in industrial project work includes thetechnical issues involved in the project work, the understanding of project environment and status,project related company issues, and the constant changing environment for projectimplementation. The major difference in workload between a laboratory

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Sill; Elizabeth Stephan; Matthew Ohland

different study populations.While the primary objective of the project is to understand the benefit of the use of thiseducational technology, the sensor-based laboratories are designed to be accessible for use asmodules by college faculty and by secondary school teachers and students as well so that, if thetechnology should prove effective, broader implementation will be practical. This paperintroduces the methodology of the experiment and reports on the status of the development oflaboratories. A variety of laboratory activities have been developed, including two that have beendeveloped in sensor-based and non-sensor-based versions.The use of technology in the classroomAlthough there are many who assume that the use of classroom technology has