Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

there was a problem in appropriate technical style forengineering reports. Students were not challenged to prepare formal laboratory reportsnor formal engineering design reports. Perhaps the most apparent weakness of studentsafter finishing the sequence was the lack of ability to construct simple computerprograms. The software package Matlab was introduced yet it seemed to distract studentsfrom learning the fundamental skills required to program.Many substantive changes were been put in place for the first effort at revision. The oldstructure had been abandoned and in its place was a fully integrated program. Theincoming freshman class of approximately 200 was divided into five separate sections of40 students each. Each class section was

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Marshall; Steven Budd; Michael Fountain; Paul Givens

”technologies.The authors believe that the implementation of Strategic Market Assessments for NewTechnologies at USF has not only provided unique inter-disciplinary learning opportunities forgraduate students and faculty investigators, but has enhanced both the awareness of technologycommercialization in university faculty members and the university administration. Further, therate of movement of USF faculty innovations from university laboratories into new venturebusinesses has been increased in numbers and in level of success.IntroductionUniversities are repositories of large amounts of research, information, and knowledge; butunless moved from the laboratory, translated into useful technologies and/or products, andultimately commercialized, this

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kraemer; Bijan Pashaie; David Probst

technical content to achieve accreditation by the EAC of ABET. However,with the institution of EC2000 along with a new Dean of University Studies who was moreaccommodating of innovation, we recognized an opportunity to more fully incorporate some ofour major courses into the USP and make room for additional technical content. We began a fewyears ago by having one of our advanced laboratory courses accepted2, and we now have oursenior capstone course accepted into the USP. The fact that these courses were acceptable forthe USP recognizes what we had always believed; namely, that our advanced laboratory coursesand our senior capstone course embraced many of the objectives of the USP. It also meant thatthe liberal education component of our program

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tyson Hall; David Anderson

into aworking knowledge of DSP hardware design. We have developed a pedagogical frameworkwhereby students can leverage their previous knowledge of DSP theory and VHDL hardwaredesign techniques to design, simulate, synthesize, and test digital signal processing systems.The synthesized hardware is implemented on FPGAs, which provides a fast and cost-effectiveway of prototyping hardware systems in a laboratory environment. This framework allowsstudents to expand their previous knowledge into a more complete understanding of the entiredesign process from specification and simulation through synthesis and verification.1 IntroductionStudents often struggle to bridge the gap between the theory and the hardware implementa-tion of digital signal

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Joseph Morgan

that enhancesstudent-faculty interaction through wireless remote access to live and archived instructionalmaterials. The overall project goals are to integrate, test, and disseminate new and emergingtechnologies that link the mobile student to the classroom or laboratory. Through a video/audiocapture capability installed in the classroom and a network server, lectures can be streamed inreal-time or archived for later viewing. Students can have access to these resources using hand-held devices, tablet PC’s, or laptops with mobile connectivity. When viewing a live lecture,students will have the ability to interact with the instructor using messaging software. This paperwill detail the basic system requirements as well as the technical approach

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Al Post; Bradley Rogers

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 3. Details of the Membrane Electrode AssemblyManufacturing IssuesReliable, functional fuel cell systems can be built and installed today; in fact, the SolarPhotovoltaic Laboratory building at ASU-East is powered by a prototype fuel cell system thathas produced over 12 MW-hrs in the past 6 months, with no maintenance. The main issue inusing fuel cells is cost. A fuel cell stack, without the 'balance of plant', today costs about $2000-$3000/kw. To become competitive in the marketplace for more general use, complete stationarysystems with

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Smith; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

challenges engineering educators to structure learning so that competency is builtprogressively throughout a curriculum. The engineering community well understands the needfor proficiency in all modes of communication, with written communication considered of highimportance. For example, a panel of ten representatives from biomedical companies, assembledat Northwestern University in the summer of 2001, stressed the importance of communicationskills for entry-level biomedical engineers. Representatives from Abbott Laboratories, Datex-Ohmeda, and Nova Bionics said that entry-level engineers in biomedical engineering specificallyneed to be able to detail all project subtasks in project design, find and evaluate research relevantto a project, write

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Tsang

Michigan University Engineering Design Center for Service-Learning whichsponsors the project.The Initial Design Page 9.383.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2004. American Society for Engineering Education”In the mid-to-late 1990’s when the primary author was an associate professor of mechanicalengineering at University of South Alabama, he adopted the service-learning pedagogy inteaching the first- year “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering”1. In ME 101, students workedin teams to design and build laboratory equipment and

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

flowthrough a bone graft, oxygen consumption in bone, and toxin accumulation in a laboratory boneimplant. The principles of mass balances are illustrated first for open, non-reacting, steady-statesystems. Systems with multiple inlets and outlets and then systems with multicomponentmixtures are considered. More complex multiple-unit systems are illustrated by a two-compartment model of the kidney and by a wastewater treatment facility. Systems withchemical reactions, such as respiration, are explicitly covered. Terms such as reaction rate andfractional conversion are defined. Finally, dynamic systems such as drug delivery are addressed.Conservation of energy is the topic of Chapter 4. The challenge problem explores different typesof energy and how

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Wanke; Stephen Williams; Michael Scheuerell; Glenn Wrate

andsterile academic laboratory, but in practical, industrial settings.Student involvement in this particular project began after the proposal was awarded but beforethe design of the experiment started. Under direct faculty supervision, undergraduate engineeringstudents coordinated testing efforts among the various constituencies on the project, designed theinstrumentation system used to collect data, installed the instrumentation system at the plasticmanufacturing facility, and finally collected data and assisted in data reduction and analysis.Hopefully this paper will provide a model for similar projects involving undergraduateengineering students in the energy conservation area.Experimental DesignA simplified system diagram is shown in Fig. 1

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Song; Niranjan Chakravarthy; Leon Iasemidis; Andreas Spanias

. Introduction Research in genomics is expected to provide information that will lead to the preventionand cure of many diseases. Recent findings on DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) sequences andmicroarrays provide great promise in this direction. Bioinformatics research involvescontribution from a number of allied fields such as genetics, statistics, signal processing etc.Consequently, it is necessary to develop educational tools to introduce these concepts toundergraduates. ASU researchers developed an exemplary laboratory tool for use inundergraduate courses such as Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Bioinformatics, to introducestudents to recent research trends in genomic signal processing. In conjunction with thepreviously developed J-DSP

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

circuit needed to make the thermistor voltage range compatible with theembedded computer A/D converter. The software aspect is the development of the Ccode within the embedded control computer that makes the computer act as a thermostat.A relay to switch the hair dryer is provided. In summary, the Introduction to Systems Engineering course provides thestudents with theoretical, computational, and simulation tools that will be of usethroughout their major. The laboratory exercises are designed as a preview of simulationand control, and are done in such a way to provide a positive and useful experience at astage in their major when the theoretical basis for what is being done is not fullydeveloped.SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CORE COURSES

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Scott

distances from the airsource provide for Reynolds number variations. Experiments and test objects are described fortransient heating and cooling of spheres and free and forced convection from a heated disc. Theeffects of free stream turbulence on forced convection can also be demonstrated. A web site isgiven from which the manuals and details of the rig may be obtained.IntroductionExperiments to illustrate the phenomena of forced and free convection are a very important partof engineering heat transfer courses. The need for such laboratory work is increasingly importantas more of our students arrive with little or no practical experience.Several commercial equipment rigs may be purchased for external free and forced convectiondemonstrations. While

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

engineering; Lightner, Carlson,Sullivan, Brandenmuehl & Reitsma (2000)17, the concept of a living laboratory in Colorado; andWesterberg & Subrahmanian (2000)43, product design.D. Senior year: Capstone Design courses. These courses are offered toward the end of theundergraduate career of students to allow them to integrate what they have learned. Typically,they solve a practical problem that is both substantial and relevant. Capstone design courses aretaught in a wide variety of approaches. Two sample references to capstone designs are: a casestudy in which senior designs were supervised and evaluated by practicing engineers at theuniversity of Oklahoma (Knox, Sabatini, Hughes, Lambert, & Ketner, 1998)16; and Capstonedesign courses in the

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanourios Chalkiadakis

the operation of software packages that most likely they will have touse after they join the workforce. In that spirit, the Department of Industrial Technology hassupported the efforts of the EIET faculty for curriculum development with significant classroomrenovations, installation of new multimedia equipment and purchase of laboratory apparatus,including hardware and software tools.Due to the intensity of the program, a substantial portion of the classroom projects that requirethe use of advanced software is assigned mostly to senior and graduate students in the form ofindependent studies, and/or final projects. In addition the authors use frequently these software

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Zion; Ronald Fulle; Carol Richardson

Tech II 4 ------- Liberal Arts: Core 4 0618-303 Microcomputers 4 0609-203 Electronics I 4 1017-211 College Physics I 3 1017-271 College Physics I Laboratory 1 ------- Liberal Arts: Core 4 0618-339 Microcontrollers 4 0609-361

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Nadir; Peter Young; Il Yong Kim; Olivier de Weck; David Wallace

testing in the laboratory to verify the validity of the predictions as well as requirementscompliance.The second phase takes the Phase 1 manual design as an input and improves the solution viadesign optimization. In effect, the earlier manual solution is used as an initial condition for thedesign optimization step. This is what ties Phases 1 and 2 together. The students conduct designoptimization using either commercial or faculty-provided software. The optimum solutionobtained is modeled as a CAD model, and again computer numerically controlled (CNC)equipment is used to fabricate the improved component. The optimized component is comparedwith the hand-designed one, and conclusions are drawn.The course concludes with student presentations

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Walsh; Sean Pearson; Jeffrey Cotton; Jane Hall; Robert Caverly

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Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

wireless networking. Also required are hands-on laboratories that can beused by students for programming, development, and configuration of networks usingdifferent operating systems and hardware configurations. Similar programs, in Indianaand nationwide, are compared and contrasted. Also discussed are national, regional, andstate demand and employment factors that provided justification for the new degree.BackgroundIndiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne1 (IPFW) offers over 175 degree programs, islocated in the 2nd largest city, and is the 5th largest university in Indiana. The newBachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Technology (CPET) degree, which wasapproved by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education in October 2003, has aninitial

Conference Session

TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

were 37 students enrolled in the on-campussection of the course and 5 students enrolled in the online section.The course delivery method for the on-campus section consists of four 50-minute lectures eachweek for ten weeks and includes weekly homework assignments carried out in groups of fourstudents. Each student is required to complete every assignment individually before meeting withtheir group to decide on the best solution that will be submitted. To enable students acquire somehands-on learning experience, a group structural analysis laboratory project using the ANEXsmall-scale laboratory is also assigned. The main text used in the course is a 230-page set ofconcise and practice-oriented course notes developed by the author. This is

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heresh Shahani; Harish Pallila; Musoke Sendaula; Saroj Biswas

Society for Engineering Education”in the form of live discussions, chat, or through whiteboard applications has been introduced insome cases, which however require that the instructor or fellow students remain online. Webbased interactive laboratory experiments have also been developed for electrical circuits,electronics, fluid mechanics, and control systems courses.The primary focus of this paper is the development of an interactive tutoring system that hassome level of intelligence as a human tutor. A human tutor will try to determine whatdeficiencies a student might have, will keep track of when the student stumbles in solving aproblem, and will suggest additional support material for review. In addition, the tutor is alsolikely to coordinate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Zia; Roger Seals

April 14, 2004. For further information prospective proposers are encouraged to visithttp://www.ehr.nsf.gov/due/programs/nsdl/.Implications for engineering educationNSDL will differ from the physical library in at least three ways. First, the variety of contentitself (most of it “born digital”) will be far greater in NSDL than in the physical world, e.g.virtual laboratory modules, simulations or animations, and multimedia in general. Second, theinteractions the user can have with material are far richer. For example, the ability to executerapid searches across multiple collections; or the ability to pull disparate smaller grainedresources from different collections and assemble them to create something new, which can thenbe contributed back to

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Davis

New Intake Nozzle Transition Nozzle Figure 12 Mass Airflow Measurement System Installed on the Jet EngineWe use two different mass airflow transducers. The most accurate transducer is aresearch grade device manufactured by Sierra Technologies. This system is used as theairflow measurement standard in our laboratories due to its extremely stable calibration.Unfortunately, this unit is also quite heavy, which hurts our ability to measure the jetengine thrust since the unit must be hung with the jet engine. Further, this system is alsoquite expensive; thus making it difficult for general use. To minimize cost and to protectour calibration standard, we are currently using automotive mass airflow

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

of the designengineering team leader on each team, 3) testing the individual prototype designs – a function ofthe test engineering team members, 4) tracking costs of development and production usingMicrosoft Excel – a function of the cost engineering team members, and 5) setting the projectplan using Microsoft Project – a responsibility of the project manager. Once the aircraft had beenflown in competition on Tuesday of week three, the teams returned to the classroom and to thecomputer laboratories in order to compile a final report and presentation to be delivered duringthe final awards ceremony on the final day of the program, Thursday of the third week. Sincethe GEAR-UP program also emphasized parental involvement, assuring a better

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

side engineers in their research laboratories to get a clear idea of whatengineers do. The teachers, in addition to strengthening their math and science backgrounds, thenwould serve as spokespersons for engineering in their respective classrooms. During the fiveyears that this program was in operation a total of 67 teachers from throughout the United Statesparticipated. Of the approximately 100 engineering faculty at WSU 19 served as mentors (somemultiple times) during the teacher’s stay. After gaining some experience with this activity we settled upon the following procedurefor conducting the program. Advertisements for the program were disseminated in variouspublications from state and national science teacher’s organizations. The

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Schrader; Jawa Mariappan; Angela Shih

Session 2666 Scenario-Based Learning Approach in Teaching Statics Jawaharlal Mariappan, Angela Shih, Peter G Schrader California State Polytechnic University, PomonaAbstractThis paper describes the initiatives currently underway at Cal Poly, Pomona to develop andimplement a scenario-based learning approach to teach major concepts in statics. Statics isgenerally the first engineering course taken by most engineering students. The course is typicallytaught in lecture format, although several schools have been adopting a laboratory component.Statics is a prerequisite for many courses and

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

Session 2620 Computing and Programming with LabVIEW Shahnam Navaee Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractIn this paper an alternate approach in teaching various computing and programming principles toengineering students utilizing the LabVIEW software is discussed. LabVIEW, acronym for“Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench”, is a powerful and robust graphicalprogramming language developed by National Instruments, Inc. for use in various engineering andscientific related fields. At the present time, this software tool is mainly utilized in

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

-section test rods with diameters of 3.18, 6.35, 9.53, and 12.7 mm were used to developsuch a correlation equation. This correlation will be supplied to the students to be used in thedesign of a fin attachment using the Design-Build-Test approach.I. IntroductionHeat transfer is a very important subject and has long been an essential part of mechanicalengineering curricula all over the world. Heat transfer is encountered in a wide variety ofengineering applications where heating and cooling is required. Heat transfer plays an importantrole in the design of many devices, such as spacecrafts, radiators, heating and air conditioningsystems, refrigerators, power plants, and others.Traditional undergraduate heat transfer laboratories in mechanical

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roland Thomas; Albert Rosa

on interface circuit design.These two lectures occur just after eight lectures on fundamentals. The lesson on signal transferprepares students to know that circuits have limitations on how much voltage, current or powercan be delivered to a load. Interface circuit design enables students to deliver to a fixed loadfrom a fixed source a requisite voltage, current or power providing, of course, that the maximumpossible signal limit is not exceeded. In this section we also begin a discussion of loading – whatit is, when it is a bad thing and when it is a good thing. A suitable laboratory exercise is to havestudents design an interface circuit to deliver a certain voltage, current or power ±10% to a fixedload using a limited set of resistors, for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

. Of course, there were many other interactions, e.g., Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1: Capstone Projects for 2003 Ten Projects Sponsored by Research Laboratories at the University of Houston Design of In-Vaccum Cold Sink A backside helium cooling system was designed to reduce stencil mask distortion due to overheating during x-ray lithography used for integrated circuit fabrication. Thermistors, placed on the membrane surface as carbon cement, were used to measure the temperature of the fragile membranes. The thermistors