Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Dalton; Daniel Stutts

Education 1It is generally accepted that learners retain much more knowledge from direct experience thanthey do from the standard lecture format [1, 2]. However, with the continuing trend ofengineering curricular contraction (UMR recently adopted a uniform 128 hour engineeringcurriculum which reduced the ME curriculum by five semester hours) it is difficult to introducenew laboratories to complement traditional lecture courses. Hence, to address the need for more“hands on” experiences in ME279, we created a “mini-lab” experience for students that requiredthem to apply what they learned during the first nine chapters of Norman Nise’s controls text [3]in a laboratory setting. This new project format gave the students a chance to augment

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel; Charles Standridge

Session 3453 Development of a Freshman Engineering Measurements and Analysis Course Integrated with Calculus-based Statistics Jon H. Marvel, Charles R. Standridge Grand Valley State UniversityIntroductionAs part of the freshman course sequence, a laboratory based introductory engineeringmeasurements course is required of all engineering majors in the Padnos School of Engineering atGrand Valley State University. The course, which requires that the students have successfullycompleted Calculus I prior to enrolling, meets twice a week, once for two hours of lecture andonce for

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Rodriguez-Solis; Rafael Medina; Jose Colom

Session 2632 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: A NEW FRESHMAN COURSE AT UPR-MAYAGUEZ José G. Colom-Ustáriz, Rafael Medina, Rafael Rodrígez Solís University of Puerto Rico at MayaguezI. IntroductionA course introducing electrical engineering to freshman students has been created at Universityof Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM). The course consists of one-hour lecture followed by a twohours lab experience once a week. The students are introduced to five areas of specializationthrough discussion of basic concepts in class and real life applications in the laboratory. Thelaboratory

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jones

Session 1737 A New Workstation for Teaching Statics in Machinery Daniel K. Jones, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Technology State University of New York, Institute of TechnologyIntroductionWith increasing enrollment and decreasing funds for laboratory equipment, manyprofessors are facing challenges in providing hands-on experience for students inengineering technology. To address these concerns, a simple, inexpensive workstationhas been designed, built, and tested to teach students practical aspects of staticequilibrium. During Fall 2002, this new workstation

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

Instructional Resources for a Technician-Level Plasma Technology Course David M. Hata Portland Community CollegeAbstractText materials, training systems, and supporting laboratory exercises have been developedby Portland Community College to support a technician-level course in plasmatechnology. Faculty workshops are planned for 2003 and 2004 to equip communitycollege faculty to teach technician-level courses in plasma technology. The project isfunded through an Advanced Technological Education Program grant from the NationalScience Foundation.IntroductionPlasma technology, although not as pervasive in the wafer fab as vacuum technology

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure & Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Loveland; Wade Richards; Sue Clark; Steven Reese; Stephen Binney; Kathryn Higley; John Bennion; Edward Morse; James Elliston

existence in September 2002 whenOregon State University (OSU) as the lead institution teamed with University of California Davis(UCD) and other organizations to receive one of the four five-year awards under DOE’sInnovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education (INIE) program. The objective of theseINIE awards was "to strengthen U.S. university nuclear engineering education programs throughinnovative use of the university research and training reactors and encouraging strategicpartnerships between the universities, the DOE national laboratories, and U.S. industry." Themethod whereby WNSA addresses this objective is discussed below.Structure of WNSAWNSA is initially composed of five western universities (OSU, UCD, Washington StateUniversity (WSU

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brzoska; Atsushi Inoue; Min-Sung Koh; William Loendorf

problemsolving techniques, obtaining an active role of regional industry, and creating aggressive non-traditional student recruitment and retention plans.The incipient construction of a new building to host the recently formed School of Computing andEngineering Sciences will provide a state-of-the-art facility to house the SET program. The newbuilding has been designed keeping in mind the space requirements for laboratories for the SETprogram.The ETMD Department’s close ties with the Computer Science Department, and the new buildingextended facilities, will provide the necessary infrastructure and human resources to offer a Cyber-security option. This option is consistent with the current research and academic trends innational security.1 This paper is

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Jantzi; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

Session 2558 Creating and Testing VLANs using Network Switches Maurice Aburdene, John Jantzi, and Xiannong Meng Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a hands-on undergraduate computer network laboratory exercise inconfiguring a network switch to create and test four virtual local area networks (VLANs). Theobjective is to familiarize students with layer 1 (physical layer) and layer 2 (network interfacelayer or data link layer). The exercise is designed to allow students to discover the need for layer3 (internet or network) and, in particular, routing protocols to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Steffen

Session: 1449 Teaching Local Area Networking Using Samba Instead of Windows Gary D. Steffen Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Indiana University – Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractThe increasing cost of computer server software, such as Windows NT/2000, can prohibit its usein laboratory settings. Furthermore, the system hardware requirements for these softwarepackages can far exceed current institutional laboratory computer hardware. The same principaltechniques for local area networking can be taught using Linux with

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edwin Rezaei; Sri Kolla

laboratories for distanceeducation using LabVIEW and its communication protocols. Researchers at the Fort valley StateUniversity studied LabVIEW’s Internet capabilities [3]. The research identified the advantagesand disadvantages of this technology [3]. A remote web-based engineering laboratory was Page 8.772.1developed at Drexel University, where every workstation has accessibility and controllability Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationover the Internet. The faculty at the Drexel University

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M.J. (John) Frye; Myron (Ron) Britton

responsibilities and formal trainingin team development is discussed.Engineering Design is a required Preliminary Year course for all Engineering students at theUniversity of Manitoba. More than 1200 students have taken this course since its introduction inJanuary 1999. Classes as large as 100 students attend one lecture and one three-hour laboratoryperiod per week. Laboratory work is Design Team based, so effective operation of the teams iscritical if we are to meet our teaching goals.Team membership is assigned by the professor. A maximum of 20 Design Teams are created persection, each with a target size of five students. Initially no Design Team will have fewer thanfour or more than six members. Team size can decrease during the term because of

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saumitra Mishra; Boris Ramos; Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

are translated intopractice using tactics such as creating manufacturing cells. The design process is complicatedbecause in reality not all waste can be eliminated, particularly in complex processes that extendacross organizational boundaries. To be effective designers, students need to understand howvariability affects process dynamics and to combine this knowledge with analysis of process data.In this paper, we describe lean laboratory exercises that we developed based on a physicalsimulation of a clock assembly called TIME WISE. Students taking an introductory course inproduction system design are required to take the laboratory, which meets weekly for 2.5 hours.Traditional topics covered in the course are linked through the lean concepts

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Butt; Sam Ramrattan; Alamgir Choudhury

the PDA devices to maintain the specified process criteria.Implementation of this teaching methodology brings the reality of the subject matter in theclassroom without introducing a formal laboratory component or practicum in the curriculum.The practice also allows the students to get acquainted with the wireless technology and itsindustrial use in process monitoring and control.1. IntroductionThe subject of process control [1,2] deals with monitoring, evaluating, and analyzing thecharacteristic parameters of a process to ensure that it meets its performance criteria in terms ofquality and cost of product by operating optimally and improving continuously. Because of thenature of variation in product and process characteristics, lack of

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Summers

to us by other human beings. A third element that especially applies totechnical students is the availability of parts and equipment to perform laboratory experiments and appliedlearning activities. Most schools have well equipped laboratories, staffed with laboratory assistants toguide the students through assigned projects. Remote students traditionally have had to get parts andequipment on their own, rely on available local facilities, use only computer synthesis of the laboratoryexperiments, or not do the hardware part of the learning exercises at all.Working on a grant from the Utah Educational Council and funding from Orchid Educational Enterprises,Inc. (OrchEd ®); Dr. Summers researched methods of remote presentation of technical

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

laboratory work thatincludes motor modeling and feedback control. There is also a major design project in the courseto reinforce theoretical and experimental design. The topics covered in the course are listed below. 1. Translation 2. Differential equation review 3. First/second order systems 4. Numerical methods 5. Rotation 6. The differential operator and input-output equations 7. Circuits (resistors/capacitors/inductors and op-amps) 8. Feedback control 9. Phasors 10. Transfer functions and Fourier analysis 11. Bode plots 12. Root locus plots 13. Analog IO, sensors and actuators 14. Motion control (single and multiple axes)Prerequisites for the course include basic

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Turner; Glenn Ellis

Newton’s second law and impulse-momentumrelationships. Motion is quantified by position, velocity and acceleration on the right side of theframework. These variables are related by graphical and calculus relationships. We feel that agraphical approach integrated with (or followed at a later time by) a calculus-based approach ismost effective for learning kinematics, because graphical analysis allows students to visualizemotion while working directly with fundamental principles. This approach also takes greateradvantage of advances in laboratory technology, including real-time data collection using motiondetectors (an ideal tool for measuring, viewing and manipulating motion graphs for motion withconstant or time-varying acceleration) and video

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Lundstrom; Ram Chandran; Arnaldo Mazzei

working. Kettering University is currently engaged in reforming itscurriculum to meet some of these demands. The objective of this paper is to discuss two new corecourses that were developed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the area of multi-disciplinary dynamic systems in order to reach this goal. The idea is to teach these courses using aunified approach to systems, with hands-on laboratory experience and system simulation usingsoftware tools like MATLAB®, and focusing on an inquiry-based problem-driven approach. Thisis a team effort and a number of faculty members from the ME Department will be involved inexecuting this project. Upon completion of these courses, the students should be able todemonstrate a good understanding of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Davis; Wayne Sarasua

datacollection techniques and methods to process, analyze, and present data within the larger contextof addressing engineering and project design issues. Topics include traditional surveying, globalpositioning systems (GPS), digital photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic informationsystems (GIS,) and digital terrain modeling (DTM). The paper includes a discussion of lecturematerial, organization of laboratories, software programs and equipment. Page 8.679.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Davalos

learning," which consists of integrating innovative laboratory techniques with computermodeling and visualization tools to create an interactive and a collaborative team-orientedenvironment for students to dynamically participate in their own learning. An active learningapproach is used to develop the instructional materials for ACM. The goal of the "active learning"curriculum is to create an effective learning environment where students enjoy “hands-on”experiences through laboratory experiments and computer simulations and illustrations. Thegeneral objectives of this study are: (a) to develop a framework on active learning approach, (b) toapply this framework to design teaching modules on fundamentals and applications of ACM; and(c) to translate

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Gold; Walter Banzhaf

get to complete the first math course (college algebra) before taking the DC fundamentals inthe second semester.A complete description of the new course, including a detailed syllabus and examples ofinnovative laboratory experiences, was presented at the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference.5 Sincethen, a new population of students has been added: those majoring in Interactive InformationTechnology (IIT), which is not a technical major. For IIT students, whose math skills, technicalbackground and interests are quite different from the electronic and audio ET students, EL 110 isthe only course in electronics they will take. In fall 2002, fully half of the 70 students in EL 110majored in IIT. Adding this new population of students required that we make

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Turso; David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney

vibrations courses,course goals and their relation to Mechanical Engineering Technology program outcomes,student evaluation of the course value and effectiveness, and plans for continuous improvement.It will also discuss current laboratory activities, the selection of textbook and laboratory manualmaterials, and vibration laboratory equipment needs.IntroductionThe course is currently entitled Vibrations for Technologists and has been offered twice to date;the Fall semester of 2001 and the Fall semester of 2002. Each offering has had 14 students.Based on laboratory capacity, the course limit has been set at 16 students. It will continue to beoffered every fall semester. In addition to providing basic vibration theory, the course is set upto address

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan; Vedaraman Sriraman

, American Society for Engineering Education Before the authorization of the new program, a course entitled Digital Electronics (TECH4374) had been taught for some years in support of programs in industrial and engineeringtechnology. The course is typical of many undergraduate courses in the Department ofTechnology in that it requires two credit hours of lecture and two credit hours of lab per week, aso-called “2-2” credit-hour course. This relatively heavy emphasis on laboratory instruction is apotential strength shared by many existing technology courses in the department with regard tothe new Manufacturing Engineering curriculum. In the fall of 2001, we received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum, and

Conference Session

Activities for the Materials Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Goddard

quality alloy that they can lateruse in practical applications.IntroductionAny student, having completed basic chemistry, would be ready for a first laboratory course inthe realm of Materials Science and Mechanics of Materials, which might fall anywhere from thefreshman to junior year, depending on the particular engineering curriculum. In such coursesthere is need for interrelated experiments which can give both depth and breadth ofunderstanding which can be built upon in other classes, such as Machine Component Design. Itis also very useful if such experiments should happen to be at the lower end of the cost range. Ahappy concurrence of these factors is to be found in threaded rod, which meets the ASTMSpecification A 193 Grade B71ASTM (American

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sreenivas Sathyanarayana; Saravanan Rajendran; Robert Bolton

. Taken as a whole, these systemcharacteristics provide an ideal modern laboratory setup for instruction in the use ofpositioning controllers and the development of supporting control methodologies.The development of several novel undergraduate laboratory modules devoted to the useand understanding of this modern servopneumatic system and implementation of fuzzybased control methods is presented. These modules include an introduction toservopneumatic systems, position control using a standard industry controller, NumericalControl (NC) programming, calibration of proportional flow control valve, results of animplementation of position control using proportional plus integral and derivative (PID)control and alternative control algorithms. The PID

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hesham Shaalan

, equipment,and organization of industrial facilities. Delivery of the course involves three mechanisms:lectures, laboratory lessons, and field trips. One of the unique aspects of the course is that itrelies heavily on field trips. Overall, student satisfaction with the course seemed to be high, witha majority of students feeling that the course achieved its intended goals and was a positivelearning experience. This paper describes the benefits of field trips and shows how theycontribute to accomplishing course objectives. The information presented should be helpful toother institutions in integrating field trips into their courses.IntroductionIndustrial field trips can be an effective teaching tool [1]. This can be particularly true in

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Cramer; Nancy Ciezki; Hussain Bahia

teachingthe details of standard test methods of construction materials. It explains the steps by which a setof videos and text were developed to offer engineering students an opportunity to visualizedetails of testing materials and assess their knowledge at the time they choose using the internet.The benefits gained by integrating these tools, such as reduced time for laboratory sessions,standardization of the quality of the teaching process, and more effective use of hands-on Page 8.1260.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

of course-level assessment approach, curriculum andlaboratory format, sample laboratory experiences, and student feedback.Course AssessmentA course-level assessment-improvement-verification feedback process13,14 was implemented forstudents’ classroom learning experience. Traditionally, assessments for measuring students’learning experience are performed only once at the end of each semester utilizing standardizedinstitutional survey. This approach leads to long turn-around times in the assessment-improvement feedback loop. Assessment, improvement, and then verification that changes madeto improve the learning experience were indeed effective can take up to two years for classestaught annually. Additionally, end of semester assessment results

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

other options on how to keep their students learning during such anabsence.A two week absence from campus was required for the author to complete an internationaladoption. Although the absence was anticipated from the beginning of the semester, the exactdates of the trip were not known until about one month before the trip. Without graduatestudents to cover the missed classes and laboratories, the instructor chose a combination ofvideotaped lectures and laboratories, exams, a computer design project, selected readingassignments, and professionally produced videotapes to keep students learning during theabsence.Students and Classes AffectedThe students affected were juniors in a BS degree program in Civil Engineering Technology(CET) at the

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Thompson; William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke; B. Lee Tuttle; Henry Kowalski; Douglas Melton; Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

managerial pole. Potential departmental barriers are discussed andpossible ways of quenching faculty and departmental traditional cultures are introduced. Thestructure for the lecture and laboratory sessions, the timing, the logistics of shuffling studentsfrom one area to the next are ironed out. Common times for lecture and labs are established.Students also work in teams to perform projects. Students are evaluated in the separatedisciplinary areas as well as on a final integrated project where they are asked to combine aspectsof mechanical design with electronic control and manufacturing processes. The assessmentprocess will also be described. Fun objects are used in the laboratories, such as; battery operatedmechanically animated pig

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Corradini

highlyunlikely that conventional nuclear engineering programs can provide a flow of graduatesadequate to meet the near-term needs of industry and the federal government.As an alternative, we have explored the development of a national curriculum in nuclear fissionpower engineering that would serve as a certificate-based, minor concentration for undergraduatestudents majoring in traditional engineering degree programs such as mechanical, electrical,chemical, and computer engineering. The proposed program would augment conventionalundergraduate engineering degree programs with a four-course sequence offered in the juniorand senior years, accompanied by a summer practicum involving extensive laboratory experienceat a regional university reactor facility, a