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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Zekavat

lecture-laboratory format. It consists of two hoursof lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. At MTU this course is required for mechanicalengineering and biomedical engineering majors and forms the foundation for theirinstrumentation sequence. The civil engineering department is considering requiring EE 3010 aspart of its core curriculum. Approximately 150 students per semester spend two hours per week Page 9.86.3in the lecture hall and two hours per week in the laboratory. The topics presented and theirsupporting laboratory activities are presented in Table 1.The lecture and laboratory experiences are structured to fulfill several

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Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Lobaugh

Session 2547 Revving up interest in Hands-On Engineering Michael Lobaugh Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeIntroduction: This paper provides an overview of the past, present, and future changes to a laboratory-based course providing hands-on experience in manufacturing. At the 2002 conference for theASEE, Mukasa E. Ssemakula presented a paper (session 3649)1, describing successes for acourse that helped students gain hands-on experience in a Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) program. Using this presentation as a springboard, a pilot program at Penn State

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Krouglicof

control,analog and digital electronics, microcontroller technology, interface electronics and real-time programming. The laboratory sessions focus on small, hands-on interdisciplinarydesign projects in which small teams of students configure, design, and implement asuccession of mechatronic subsystems, leading to system integration in a final project.For example, as an introduction to digital design, students apply the fundamentalprincipals of combinatorial and sequential logic to the design of a quadraturedecoder/counter circuit that is used to interface an incremental optical encoder to amicrocontroller. The design is implemented using the appropriate software development

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Staver; Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

and recommendations for future work.2 BackgroundTraditional approaches to system design in computing sciences have focused primarily onsoftware design, whereas system design in other engineering disciplines has focused primarily onhardware design. With the introduction of inexpensive microprocessors, it became possible toprovide students with hands-on laboratory experiences to construct simple embedded systems.As these systems have evolved in commercial applications, the number and complexity of Page 9.528.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ken Vickers; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

non-traditional educational focus is in the management of the systems and human resources thatmove these technologies from the laboratory into full commercialization for the benefit ofsociety. Specifically, the microEP graduate program strives to emulate an industrial work groupin an academic environment, an environment that is based in assessing performance throughevaluation of individual projects and knowledge rather than in meeting group objectives.The microEP program also stresses the concepts of civic responsibility through the concept ofthe “citizen technologist”. All microEP students are trained in their responsibilities to lead theircommunities after graduation to repay the large investment that society has placed into theirgraduate

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

acquire anunderstanding of what works well at one university and may wish to adapt the practices to theirenvironment.The specific setting for this course is a small, private school located in the Northwest and in acity with numerous high-technology companies. As a result, the methods may or may not beapplicable to a large, state school and, depending upon location, interaction with practicingprofessionals may be problematic. We will provide an overview of the design course but will notgo into intricate details such as individual lecture topics, document contents, project funding,laboratory space, and equipment.The first section discusses instructional objectives and sets the motivation for the next section,course structure. Here, we define some

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanagaratnam Baskaran; John Long

Education,” Distance Education 15(1), 1994, 160-171.16. Alexander, D.G. and Smelser, R.E. “Delivering an Engineering Laboratory Course Using the Internet, the Post Office, and a Campus Visit,” Journal of Engineering Education 92(1), 2003, 79-84.17. Ferguson, C. and Wong, K.K. “The Use of Modern Educational Technologies in the Flexible Delivery of Engineering Degree Programs,” Internationalisation of Engineering Education, Proceedings of the 7th annual convention and conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (Melbourne), 1995, 261- 265 (ISBN 0-7326-0886-4).18. Ferguson, C. and Wong, K.K. “Issues in Using Computer-Aided Learning Programs to Enhance Engineering Teaching – a Case Study,” Proceedings of the

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Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tadeusz Majewski; sudhakar vadiraja

. Instructional lectures on each experimental method aregiven during each group’s (having maximum 5 students) laboratory classes. Each group has onelaboratory class of 3 hrs duration per week. A written laboratory report is required to be turned-in by the students before the commencement of next experiment/laboratory class. The ultimategoal of these practical exercises is to provide hands-on experience for students in analyzingfracture behavior in biomaterials. Also, we strongly believe that these laboratory exercises helpstudents in developing their learning, analyzing and creative thinking skills/abilities.As already mentioned in the course methodology (section 2.1.3), mechanical testing includingmicroindentation hardness testing, fracture toughness

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan

course entitled “DigitalElectronics” (TECH 4374) has been taught in a four-credit-hour format of one two-hour lectureand one two-hour lab per week. When we designed the manufacturing engineering curriculum,we decided to reorient this existing digital electronics course toward the needs of the increasingnumber of manufacturing engineering undergraduates who will take it as a requirement, whilekeeping it at a level that is accessible to technology students as well. In 2001 we began a curriculum-improvement project funded by the National ScienceFoundation’s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program. We chose theDigital Electronics course as one of the main targets of our efforts. In this paper we will describe

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

control - Assignment Assignment Examination case studies Assignmentquality accreditation.Theory of metal cutting and Examination Examination Laboratory Examination Assignmentpractical machining processes.Modelling of threedimensional tool/workpieceinterference for performanceprediction.Introduction to group Examination Assignment Laboratory Case studies Case studiestechnology, flexible (Aluminium (Aluminiummanufacturing systems and

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hari Janardanan Nair; Frank Liou

gauged the interrelation between various related disciplinesthey should able to choose their field of research or application.The goal of the introductory courses is to grasp the basic operation theories of micro-scaledevices such as sensors and actuators and to bring the student to an adequate level ofawareness irrespective of their technical background. Careful design of the syllabus isessential so that it suits the background of students in each discipline. For example,students from electrical engineering may have prior knowledge of the IC fabricationmethods and solid-state physics when compared to others from biology or medicine.Individual attention from faculty members or laboratory assistants may be provided toquickly solve problems and

Conference Session

Role of Professional Societies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne Dorland

technologies, processes andpractices needed to meet global societal and marketplace challenges. The objectives of theinstitute are to: • Facilitate the advancement of R&D and evaluation frameworks for sustainability that will enable industry to meet societal needs while reducing the impact of their operations. • Match industry’s needs for innovative technologies, processes and practices with the resources of leading academic institutions and national laboratories. • Empower chemical engineers to help make the entities they serve contributors toward a more sustainable world. • Cultivate mutually beneficial alliances with government agencies, industry and NGOs to identify critical issues regarding

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

E and F (see Table 1).Classr oom Testing Methodology Three Biomechanics modules, covering seven specific challenges, were tested in thisclassroom setting. They were: 1. The Iron Cross (IC), one challenge; 2. The Virtual Biomechanics Laboratory (VBL), three challenges; and 3. Jumping Jack (JJ), three challenges.The same testing methodology was used for each module. First, a general background lecture on Page 9.311.2the module’s topic was given using a Powerpoint slide show prepared by the first author. The Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

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Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rahul Kulkarni; Wajiha Shireen

processing capability and flexibility toimplement advanced motor control algorithms. This paper presents the SVPWM strategy incontext to how it can be implemented using a DSP. The paper will include analytical equations,software flow diagrams and experimental results from a laboratory prototype drive system.II. Introduction: Advanced motor drive systems used in modern equipment and industrial processes requirethe following features from a typical motor controller -• Fast processing to implement advanced algorithms to minimize torque ripple, on line parameter adaptation, precise speed control etc.• A flexible solution so that future modification can be realized by changing software instead of redesigning a separate hardware platform

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

allengineering majors; chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering here atYSU. Courses were given up by all the majors in order to get the required space in thecurriculum. Three courses were developed, one for each quarter, and each course was worth 3quarter hours and included a laboratory component. The courses were designed to incorporatefeatures that would maintain students’ interest in engineering and develop useful skills for laterparts of the engineering curriculum. Faculty resources would need to be about the same asrequired for the courses replaced so that the program could be instituted without requiring theaddition of new faculty.The factors determined as fundamental to a successful freshman engineering program

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

by implementingmultidimensional projects such as the solarbike, moonbuggy, and SAE formula one withthe final goal of competing in national competitions. It is through these projects thatstudents are able to see the big picture.Freshmen students are paired with a senior mentor and together, these teams are requiredto complete all aspects of the project from the initial research and the design process tobudgeting and manufacturing nearly everything from within the laboratory. In the end,the students are able to see the outcome of their projects by competing against top-notchuniversities in a national competition. Freshmen students complete the project as part oftheir fulfillments for the Introduction to Engineering Fundamentals course while

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suryaprasad Jayadevappa; Ravi Shankar

hands-on laboratory intense course with three laboratoryassignments, two tests and one term project. Some of the laboratory assignments involvedextending few of the design examples developed and provided in class. For example, partof the first assignment involved reusing the 1-bit adder to develop a 4-bit adder. Theother part of first assignment involved reusing the 4-bit adder to develop a 8 bit adder.For the term project a simple instruction set computer was first discussed in detail inclass. This involved the various stages of the processor design including the SystemCdesign code being made available. Later the students were given a specific instruction setwith few addressing modes and encouraged to develop the design for the processor

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Rogers; Phil Lunsford; Paul Kauffmann

identifiedrecommendations for best practices in new engineering curricular models and the bullets belowsummarize these points. • Implementation of “engineering up front”: the exposure of freshmen to hands-on, real- world engineering practice early in their undergraduate education, ranging from ‘professional level’ laboratory facilities to realistic design projects. Many engineering programs have postponed this experience until the junior or senior year. • Integration of students working in teams rather than independently, including cooperative learning, especially in the earlier undergraduate years. Although the study found an emphasis on a team approach as a difficult process (including problems related to team composition, organization, methods

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Sauer; Pedro Arce

described above has been implemented and studied at the FAMU-FSU College ofEngineering, Tennessee Tech University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, in a varietyof courses such as Momentum Transfer, Heat Transfer, Kinetics, and Introduction to ProcessDesign. A close coordination with the laboratory work associated with these courses has beenfollowed in some cases in order to assess the impact of the approach on the students in other Page 9.1207.4team settings. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Edward Sheinberg; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

established.The paper describes development of the Safety and Fire Engineering Technology program,institutional response to community needs, curriculum, facilities including laboratories andsimulation programs, student background, and depicts program growth. Finally, conclusionsdescribe reasons for success of the program and future plans for continued development.IntroductionThis paper describes the Safety and Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at theUniversity of Houston-Downtown (UHD). The historical development of the program isdescribed to emphasize how UHD meets the needs of the community. The objectives of the Page 9.906.1program were

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krupczak

engineers andcontemporary engineering problems. Seven one-hour laboratories are included during thesemester. Homework focuses on the development of an ability to solve engineering scienceproblems in the topic areas. There are two semester exams and a cumulative final, allemphasizing problem solving.Table 5: Schedule of Topics in Introduction to Engineering.Topic WeeksFields of Engineering 1Engineering Design 2Units and Dimensions 0.5Engineering Estimates 0.5Introduction to Electrical Engineering 3Introduction to Mechanics 3Mass and Energy Conservation

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Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

emphasis coincided with a reduction in engineering curricula that hadfocused on application related design activities. Prior to that time, undergraduate engineeringprograms were typically of five-year duration, with 170 or more credit hours. In response toconsiderations of economy and declining enrollment, universities were forced to reduce credithours and program length. Courses eliminated during this time typically included theapplication-based laboratory classes, which, in the short term, allowed engineering to fall in linewith the program lengths of other disciplines. Unfortunately, the long-term impact of thesedecisions was to be largely negative for engineering graduates. Observing this, McMaster andMatch said that “Too few of our

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor Giurgiutiu; David Rocheleau; Jed Lyons

developing this emerging engineering educationfield. DME-USC established a course for teaching microcontrollers to mechanical engineeringstudents – EMCH 367, www.me.sc.edu/courses/emch367. The course consists of four majorcomponents: (a) classroom instruction; (b) homework; (c) laboratory; (d) project. The classroominstruction is focused on instilling in students the basic knowledge related to programming andusing the microcontroller. Part of the classroom instruction is performed in a computerlaboratory, where the students interact with simulation software on a one-on-one basis. Thehomework is focused on the students’ understanding and retention of the concepts in a self-teaching style, and it consists of examples that students follow and exercises

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

Paper 2004-1243 Real or Simulation: Experiences Using Computer Simulation versus Remote Operation for Process Control Jim Henry Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598 Richard Zollars Department of Chemical Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2710AbstractThis paper has a comparison of student reactions to having laboratory experimentsconducted

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Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Stewart; David Elrod

, classes meet for two hour-long lectures and athree-hour laboratory session each week. The lectures are taught by a team of four faculty. Eachlaboratory session is led by two teaching assistants. A total of ten teaching assistants support thelabs and hold office hours during the fall and spring.Initially, ME/CEE 1770 was a text-based course. Lectures were from presentations that Page 9.228.1accompanied the required course textbook. Laboratory activities were established to go with the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society

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Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri

some of the “typical” skills that are expected of “typical”software engineer.3. Softwar e Quality Assur ance at Milwaukee School of Engineer ingThe academic schedule at MSOE is based on a quarter system with three quarters in an academicyear. Each quarter involves ten weeks of instruction with the eleventh week devoted to finalexams. Typical software engineering courses are three or four credits, and most have anassociated laboratory session. The undergraduate software engineering program at MSOE [4]began operation in 1999 and had its first graduating class in spring 2002. The SE program wasvisited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in September 2002and is one of the first accredited SE programs in the United

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Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Striz

Engineering enrollment ofover 500. In the same time frame, the University of Oklahoma College of Engineering (CoE) Page 9.403.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationwas going through the ABET 2000 accreditation process. Based on the industrial andgovernment laboratory (JPL) experience of Donna Shirley and members of the AME AdvisoryBoard, it was obvious that a modern Aerospace Engineering program had to teach more than theold basics of aerodynamics, structures, and propulsion, especially more

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

andrelative conceptual simplicity, it has been difficult to present electronic neural networksin a form convenient for the university classroom or electronics laboratory setting. In thispaper we describe an approach for implementing a neural network though which manymajor analog and digital MOSFET circuit concepts can be illustrated and demonstrated.This approach is amenable to realization in discrete electronic modules through whichassociated laboratory exercises and design projects may be created. Furthermore, thesame concepts can be extended into Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI), where thelimitations of component count and performance can be overcome and addressed to a fargreater degree.IntroductionThe fundamental motivation to study neural

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A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean Hertzberg

? Whatmakes an image scientific?” were addressed. The class focused on studio/laboratory experiencesfor mixed teams of students. A range of fluids apparatus were made available, and students also created novel flows.Writeups were required for each image (to the art students’ shock). Student work was evaluatedfor both artistic and scientific merit.This course represents a radical departure from normal engineering curricula; typically all finearts studio courses are specifically excluded. However, the course proved to be very successful inattracting both graduate and undergraduate students, engineering women in particular. Oneoutcome of the course is the recognition by students of the beauty of fluid physics that surroundsus each day, leading to

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Broussard; Jenelle Piepmeier

Undergraduate Computer Vision Curriculum to Complement a Robotics Program Randy P. Broussard, Jenelle Armstrong Piepmeier United States Naval Academy Weapons and System Engineering DepartmentAbstractThis article discusses a computer vision curriculum, including laboratory exercises,which is suitable for undergraduate engineering students. While classroom andlaboratory exercises focus on off-line computation, on-line implementation can beachieved with simple equipment such as web-cams. Exercises include a sidewalk or linefollowing exercise utilizing the Hough transform, a face recognition using eigenfaces,barcode reading, handwriting recognition, and sign language recognition