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Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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Lee Greguske; Justin Reese; Frederik Betz; Chad Weis; Michael Swedish; Glenn Wrate

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Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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Polly Piergiovanni

Session 2313 Simple, Low-Cost Demonstrations for UO II (Mass Transfer Operations) Polly R. Piergiovanni Lafayette College, Easton, PAABSTRACTHands-on activities were developed to demonstrate mass transfer principles to students unable totake the concurrent laboratory. The exercises were simple, could be performed during class timeand cost less than $250 to purchase the materials for five or six groups. Most materials could bepurchased at Home Depot or WalMart. The students enjoyed the activities, and referred to themon exams when asked to explain the principles of how the

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Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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Robert Voigt; Robert Ives; Jesko Hagee

, mostbeing humanities majors while others may major in Math or Physics. There is a diversity oflearning styles in this mixed student population and, as a result, we have chosen to implement aninteractive learning environment which we have found to be very suitable. The approach is ahands-on, learn by doing, integrated laboratory/classroom approach. To accomplish this, weconstructed several studio classrooms, modified versions of those in use at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute (RPI). One major difference is the number of students per section; ours aremuch smaller than RPI. Another difference is the need to teach a variety of subjects in the sameclassroom/lab. The two-course sequence covers everything from basic circuits andmotors/generators to

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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E. Jansen

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R. Worden

Laboratory (BETL), twohigher level bioprocessing courses, a seminar course, and a multidisciplinary graduate trainingprogram. An undergraduate-run student chapter of the International Society of PharmaceuticalEngineers (ISPE) was also initiated and has provided professional and extracurricular benefitsfor the students. These programs are intended not only to provide additional exposure tobiological concepts but also to prepare chemical engineering graduates to communicate andinteract effectively with co-workers trained in different disciplines.Accreditation requirements have added to the pedagogical mix through the requirement thatengineering graduates have the ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (Criterion 3(d)).6Several models have been

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Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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Margaret Wismer

Daniel, “The present and future energy conversion course and laboratory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks”, 1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1333. 3. Ned Mohan, W.P. Robbins, R.C. Panaitescu, A.K. Jain and T.M. Undeland, “Restruc- turing of first courses in power electronics and electric drives that integrates digital control”, IEEE Power Electronics Society Transactions, Vol. 18, no. 1, January, 2003. 4. Theodore Wildi, “Electrical Machines, Drives and Power Systems”, Prentice Hall, 5th Ed., 2002. 5. Thomas J. Overbye, “Reengineering the Electric Grid”, American Scientist, May– June, 2000, Volume 88, pgs. 220–229

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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Safa Sadeghpour; Ragu Vijaykumar; Mark A. D'Avila; Joseph V. Bonventre; Heather Gunter

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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MICHAEL HOLTZ; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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Kelvin Kirby

MDRCwith the Executive Director and selected members of the Office of the Director. The EABalso serves as an extension of the MDRC to help identify additional funding sources, researchopportunities and academic development strategies which may further benefit the Center andthe university.Technical Advisory PanelThe Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) is a long list of renowned technical experts of thevarious disciplines within the MDRC. The TAP members are from academia, industry,research centers and national laboratories. The TAP provides technical support andassistance within the respective areas. The members review technical papers and reports andalso help identify additional funding sources.Technical Review CommitteeThe Technical Review Committee

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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Cajetan Akujuobi

,” Proc. Instrument Society of America (ISA), Vol. 41, 1986.[3] C. M. Akujuobi, “Analog-to-Digital Converter Selection: Cost and Performance Criteria in Systems,” Proc. Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 15, May 1984.[4] D. Seitzer, G. Pretzl, N. A. Hamdy, “Electronic Analog-to-Digital Converters Principles, Circuits, Devices, Testing”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1983.[5] G.B. Clayton, “Data Converters”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1982.8.0 AcknowledgementsWe want to acknowledge the contributions of Rodrigo Lozano, Richard Ellis and Ben Franklin inthis work. They helped the author work on this project as part of their class research project. Weextend our thanks to Texas Instruments for funding the Mixed Signal Systems Laboratory

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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Jitendra Tate; Ronnie Bolick; Ajit Kelkar

Session 2003-1482INTRODUCTION TO LOW COST MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate and Ron Bolick Department of Mechanical Engineering North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411 kelkar@ncat.eduINTRODUCTION: This new laboratory experiment in MEEN 300 Experimental Methods in Engineering inundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum, presents new low cost fabrication processknown as Vacuum Assisted resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) to manufacture compositelaminates. This experiment

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Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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James Fenton; H. Russell Kunz; Suzanne Fenton

Session 1522 The Fuel Cell – An Ideal Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Experiment Jung-Chou Lin, H. Russel Kunz, James M. Fenton, Suzanne S. Fenton University of ConnecticutAbstractFuel cell based experiments embody principles in electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kineticsand transport and are ideally suited for the chemical engineering curricula. Experiments using ahydrogen proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell have been developed for the chemicalengineering undergraduate laboratory. The experiments allow students to study the principles offuel cell

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Nam Kim; Anna Siemionko

. Therefore, a junior level transport lab hasbeen develop in the Chemical Engineering Department of Michigan TechnologicalUniversity to teach basic momentum transport through physical experiments and dataacquisition. The laboratory consists of several experiments that build upon themselves andconvey to the students the concept of momentum transport, specifically frictionallosses. The first experiment deals with the construction of a P&ID diagram of theprocess, followed by an exercise that determines viscosity of various concentrations ofa sugar/water solution. Following that is an experiment for the determination ofdifferential pressure, which is trailed by fluid velocity measurements and Reynoldsnumber calculations. Following the fluid

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Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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Venkata Ramana Ajjarapu; Shashank Krishnamurty; Sastry Vedula

the user with a powerful tool to test and develop new ideas and concepts in “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”monitoring and control of power electronic circuits in a laboratory environment. Such a setuputilizes a fixed point DSP, a very popular choice for building such controllers in lieu of the costsinvolved. Code Composer’s inbuilt real-time link with the target processor of C2000 series isused to modify and refine control parameters. The effectiveness of such a scheme has beendemonstrated through simulation and concurrent implementation of a classical buck chopper.Such a rapid

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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Mukasa Ssemakula

Session 2526 Adaptation Of The Learning Factory Model For Implementation In A Manufacturing Laboratory Mukasa E. Ssemakula and Gene Y. Liao Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.Abstract The Learning Factory concept was first developed as part of the TRP/NSF fundedManufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP). The objective of the LearningFactory (LF) is to integrate a practice-based engineering curriculum that balances analytical andtheoretical knowledge with physical facilities for product realization in an industrial

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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Semahat Siddika Demir

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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John Krupczak

Session 2526 A Demonstration of CPU Organization Using a Simple Apparatus and Sixteen People Alexander A. Sherstov, Jr., John J. Krupczak, Jr. Department of Computer Science/Department of Physics and Engineering Hope College Holland, MI 49423AbstractWe have developed a laboratory activity to demonstrate the basic central processing unit (CPU),input, output, and memory of a computer. The activity is intended to help beginning engineeringstudents or non-engineering students to understand basic computer architecture

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Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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Rocio Alba-Flores; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

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Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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Steve E. Watkins; Richard Hall; Vicki Eller

diverse usage preferences and choices.Hence, assessment should involve usability measures that are quantitative and qualitative.Usability testing records usage patterns and user reactions. A usability laboratory was created at the University of Missouri-Rolla. It is supplementsthe traditional assessment for hypermedia tutorials and virtual laboratories. The laboratory isdesigned to provide information on user choices and comfort. The test setup provides (1) a timerecord and progression of intermediate steps and (2) visual and auditory clues to subjectivefactors. The quantitative measures indicate how efficiently and accurately a user comprehendsand navigates. The qualitative measures indicate satisfaction and frustration during the

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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Rahul Kulkarni; Wajiha Shireen

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Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Session 3233 Portable Experimental Apparatus for Demonstrating Heat Recovery Concepts Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh Department of Engineering Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USAAbstractA waste water heat recovery system experiment apparatus was designed, developed, andconstructed for the undergraduate mechanical engineering laboratory at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. The purpose of the experimental apparatus is to demonstrateheat

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Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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Darrell Massie

Assessment Report on U.S. Army’s Measurement and Verification Methods of EnergyPerformance Contracts” Texas A&M University: Brooks Energy and Sustainability Laboratory, DACA 01-00-F-0214, 3.3 Kreider, J.F., Haberl, J.S., 1994. Predicting Hourly Building Energy Use: The Great Energy Predictor Shootout-Overview and Discussion of Results, ASHRAE Transactions: 100 (2): 1104-1118.4 Bishop, C.M., 1995. Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition. Oxford: Clarendon Press.5 Massie, D.D., Curtiss, P.S. 2001. “Neural Network Basics for Use in Building Mechanical Systems”, Proceedingsfrom 2001 International Conference of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and American Societyof Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.6

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R. Russell Rhinehart; Benjamin Lawrence; Sundararajan Madihally

Session #2313 A Unit Operations Lab Project that Combines the Concepts of Reactor Design and Transport Phenomena Benjamin J. Lawrence, Sundararajan V. Madihally, R. Russell Rhinehart School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OKIntroduction A laboratory course on Unit Operations is a critical component in the chemical engineeringundergraduate curriculum, because it provides hands-on experience on the application oftheoretical concepts learned in core classes such as chemical kinetics and reactor design, transportphenomena, and mass transfer operations. Typically, students

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Computers in ME

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Davin Swanson; Christopher Lynch

Session 3566 WebLab: a New Approach to Undergraduate ME Laboratory Training at Georgia Tech Davin K. Swanson, Christopher S. Lynch George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0405AbstractThis paper describes the development and implementation of Internet-based technologies into arequired undergraduate laboratory course, ME3056, at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Theeducation of a large group of undergraduates (120 per semester) in

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Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kerry Kinney; Howard Liljestrand; Lynn Katz

SESSION 2251 Environmental Sampling and Analysis: A Laboratory Course for 21st Century Environmental Engineers Lynn E. Katz, Howard M. Liljestrand, Kerry A. Kinney Dept. of Civil Engineering University of Texas Austin, TX 78712AbstractEnvironmental engineering is evolving from a field primarily concerned withmunicipal water supply, wastewater treatment processes, and end-of-pipe treatment ofindustrial wastewater discharges to one in which pollution reduction must be evaluated atthe process level. Our

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

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Kenneth Reid

Session 1547 Project Summary of a K-12 Outreach with a Summer Program and a Mobile Laboratory Kenneth J. Reid Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Abstract:This paper will describe and summarize a two-year project using hands-on activities to introduce K-12students to Electrical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology and inspire and foster aninterest in engineering, mathematics, and science. Two specific projects included in this initiative were:S developing new summer hands-on workshops for students

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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Michael Kuhl; Matthew Marshall; Andres Carrano

Session 2357 DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND INTEGRATION OF AN EXPERIENTIAL ASSEMBLY SYSTEM ENGINEERING LABORATORY MODULE Andres L. Carrano, Michael E. Kuhl, Matthew M. Marshall Industrial & Systems Engineering Department Rochester Institute of Techno logy Rochester, NY 14623 USAAbstractCurriculum integration and multidisciplinary studies have become key issues in improvingengineering education. This paper presents the design and implementation of laboratory materialthat integrates three traditionally

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Innovation in Design Education

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Thomas Corradeschi; Raymond Carr; Lewis Natiello; Donald Carlucci; Albert Messano; Keith Sheppard

Session 2325 Teaching Electronics and Instrumentation through an Innovative Core Design Laboratory in Sophomore Year K. Sheppard*, D. Carlucci**, R. Carr**, T. Corradeschi**, A. Messano** and L. Natiello** * Associate Dean of Engineering ** Adjunct Engineering Professor Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 07030IntroductionStevens Institute of Technology has completed implementation of a revised EngineeringCurriculum to include an

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Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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Kristine Craven

Session 3453 Assessing the Effectiveness of a Project-Based Laboratory Manual for a C Programming Course Kristine K. Craven Tennessee Technological UniversityAbstract Programming for Engineers, Basic Engineering (BE) 1120, is a first-year course atTennessee Technological University that is taught in a lecture/laboratory format. Traditionally thelaboratory manual has been comprised of unrelated randomly selected exercises chosen mainlyfrom the homework sections of the course textbook. A new project-based laboratory manual hasbeen