Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Throne

Session 3632 Modeling, Simulation, and Control of a Real System Robert D. Throne Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractWe have developed a preliminary laboratory sequence in our introductory linear control systemsclass that combines modeling a real system, developing a control system design based on thismodel, and then implementing the designed controller on the real system. After our first timethrough this new sequence we have found three educational benefits: the students realize that (1)their models are only approximate descriptions of the real systems, (2) even

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Burt; Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

Education"Mechanical Engineering Laboratory to illustrate mechanical cams, motion control, and sensortechnology.Learning Modules for Capstone DesignMany students experience difficulties in a project-based design course because most studentslack prior hands-on experience with electrical and mechanical systems. Unlike students frompast generations, engineering students today typically have little or no experience repairing cars,appliances, or toys. Additionally, student’s lack shop know-how since this requirement has beenremoved from many engineering curricula. Often students are not prepared to tackle the real-world projects that are the basis of a capstone design course. The Gillette Project Center helpsdevelop these skills through training on

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

. During the spring semester of 2004, students in a senior level Mining and MineralsEngineering laboratory course, will use the ePortfolio software to submit laboratory reports andobtain instructor feedback. Since feedback is provided by two instructors, one who addresses thetechnical issues of the report and one who addresses the communications issues, on-linesubmission will allow both instructors to assess the reports at the same time, making thefeedback process more efficient. The ePortfolio software will also provide each student with arecord of all their laboratory reports so that they can learn from past mistakes and view theirprogress throughout the semester. Finally, the ePortfolio software will be used by the instructorto post those

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Ramani; James Fenton; Suzanne Fenton

of the undergraduate curriculum (freshman through senior) andcan be used in multiple classes (Freshman Engineering, Intro to Chemical Engineering,Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Transport, Laboratory Practice, and Electives) to illustrateappropriate material. Figure 1 contains a concept map linking modules to concepts within thecurricula that are addressed in this paper. Use of the modules can be preceded by classroomdiscussions of the hydrogen economy, its projected political, social, and environmental impacts(both locally and globally) and/or the challenges associated with converting to such an economy.The modules can also be modified for use at the pre-college level for a wide variety of projectsand/or simple in-class or public

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley; Terrence O'Connor

virtually any classroom. Propane fuel canbe supplied either by an on-board delivery system, or separately delivered from a typical supplysystem of the type found in many high school and college science laboratories (house systemsterminating with hose-barb petcocks). See figure 1. Page 9.425.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Session Number 1547Figure 1. The Physical System As development of this system has

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malika Moutawakkil; Lisa Hunter; J.D., Christine Andrews; Leslie Wilkins

students a basis for further work in STEM fields at some later date, therebyexpanding student options rather than closing them off.4Other recommendations for reform of the undergraduate STEM curriculum focus oninvestigative learning, technology, laboratory experience, and collaborative work. Programs thathave provided students an opportunity to engage in hands-on, real-world projects have beensuccessful in increasing female enrollment and retention.1 Establishing the relevance and socialvalue of these fields is another effective retention strategy. Smith College, Rensselaer Page 9.294.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Farida; Nick Safai

-of-the-art telecommunications networks but also exhibit hands-on lab experience andskills with RF equipment and tools.To cater to these changing industrial needs, it is imperative that a wirelessengineering course be incorporated in the Electrical Engineering curricula of allcolleges, technical institutes and universities.The course should include: 1.Core courses in wireless emphasizing wirelesscommunication systems, networks accompanied with wireless communicationlab. 2. It should be supported by hardware specialization in RF electronics, Digitalsignal processing. 3. The laboratory course must include design and developmentof various types of antennas and measurement and testing methods.The following case study deals with the design and

Conference Session

TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina

presentations returned to the laboratories so students could set upequipment prior to presentations. Computer projectors borrowed to allow PowerPoint presentations inthe labs. All students receive an overall average of at least acceptable and averages for all students wasgreater than 3.5. The 396C students had a higher average this time than the 497 students. Faculty stillcomplained about paper shuffling in the 396C presentations.Fall 2002: Evaluation forms were redesigned to allow multiple individuals to be evaluated on a singlepage. This is particularly in response to faculty concerns in evaluating 396C presentations. All resultswere satisfactory (all students had average score greater than 3.0 and the overall average was greaterthan 3.5), although

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhilasha Tibrewal; Tarek Sobh

University, Egypt in 1988, and M.S. andPh.D. degrees in Computer and Information Science from the School of Engineering, University ofPennsylvania in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He is currently the Dean of the School of Engineering at theUniversity of Bridgeport, Connecticut; the Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Robotics, IntelligentSensing, and Control (RISC) laboratory; and a Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering.7. AppendicesAppendix A – ABET and CSAB CriteriaABET Criteria • a - apply math, science and engineering principles • b - design and conduct experiments • c - design a system, comp. or process • d - function in teams • e - solve engineering problems • f - be professional

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Plummer; Barry Lunt

dispensing tool. ThePCB is then brought under the robot and the dispensing takes place.This system has been developed and demonstrated in Brigham Young University’s ElectronicsAssembly and Automation Laboratory. Due to the absence of a solder-paste screen, this solder-paste dispensing system is capable of lots as small as 1, yet provides the quality of a screen-printing system. The disadvantage is a lower throughput.IntroductionIn the process of assembly of electronic printed circuit boards, the solder paste is usuallydeposited on the printed circuit board (PCB) by means of an automated screen-printing machine.These machines feature good reliability, high throughput, and high quality, but their majorweakness is that there must be a screen built for

Conference Session

Diversity: Women and Minorities in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carryn Bellomo; Korinne Caruso; Rafic Bachnak

Engineering(FUSE), that uses all these methods to attract underrepresented students to science andengineering through a program that includes presentations at high schools, invitedspeakers, field trips, hands-on laboratory activities, and science and technology exhibits9.Specifically, the program involves attracting 11th grade students to attend a two-weekScience and Technology workshop. The workshop is designed to introduce students tojob opportunities in the food industry and agriculture, expose them to college life, involve Page 9.631.1them in hands-on activities, and encourage them to pursue science and engineering Proceedings of the 2004 American

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Brandt; David Hansen; Steven Kuennen; Pamela Neal; Cary Fisher

teams work and what didn’t? We discuss the nature ofengineering, following with an introduction to our five-step engineering method: 1. Define the problem 2. Collect Information 3. Create Solutions 4. Perform Analysis 5. Make Decisions and repeat the cycle as necessaryThe design teams document this process in a team binder, graded at the end of each project,which is really a teaching tool to introduce them to laboratory notebooks. We use the binder, asopposed to a bound lab notebook, so that each team member can add individual exercises, in-class notes, CAD drawings, etc. throughout the semester.For each block of instruction students are required to study (review?) the lesson materialsprovided at the

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Mary McEniry; Cid Freitag

weekly on-line conversations.All submitted a one-page summary including a project description, assessment plan,results, and next steps; some added resources. The topics are listed below as examplesfor participants in future programs. • Introduction to computer and software engineering course incorporating LEGO Mindstorm Labs • Using computers in laboratory: computers interfaced to physics laboratory measurement equipment and computers simulating the use of measurement equipment • Using computer simulation software to help students understand specific concepts • Using Group Instructional Feedback Technique to assess how students were reacting to the “active” classrooms both professors strive to create

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Steven Barrett

. The new status may be shown on the LCD and thecontents of the linked lists in response to the status changes may be displayed on the PCscreen. The structure chart for the Car Lot RTOS System is provided in Figure 7. Itprovides the basic features required to operate the car lot scenario. The basic softwaresystem consists of functions to initialize the system and to perform basic linked listprocessing such as print a linked list, insert a new item to the linked list, delete aspecified item from the linked list, and search for a specific item in a linked list. Thiscode could be provided to the students to become familiar with basic linked listoperations. As a homework or laboratory assignment, students could add the necessarysoftware for

Conference Session

Math Software Use in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Leslie

the programming language being taught. This language is still sometimesused for code development at the graduate level. Research level computational work at LosAlamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories is often done with FORTRAN.Despite FORTRAN’s historical importance, C (also C++) programming has become much morewide spread. Thus, several years ago FORTRAN was dropped in favor of C. Because of thischange it was possible for ME students to take a programming class from the Computer ScienceDepartment as well as through their own department. This scheduling flexibilitynotwithstanding, C programming was dropped this academic year in favor of the higher levelprogramming available with Mathcad and Matlab.Once the decision to drop

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay Raman

1998,where he is currently an Assistant Professor and Director of the Wireless Microsystems Laboratory.ADAM KLEIN received the B.S.E.E. degree from Cal Poly Pomona in 2001, and will receive the M.S.E.E.degree from Virginia Tech in 2004. In the summer of 2002, he interned with the Wireless Broadband SystemsGroup at Motorola SPS. He joined the Wireless Microsystems Laboratory at Virginia Tech in 2002 where hisresearch has involved RF VCO design in SiGe and Si CMOS technologies. He was also the GTA for the RFICdesign course during Spring 2003.RICHARD SVITEK received the B.S.E.E. degree from The University of Pittsburgh in 1998 and the M.S.E.E.degree from Virginia Tech in 2002. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Turner Stuart; Cary Fisher; Jason Bartolomei

: 1. Application of the fundamental concepts of systems engineering to solve engineering problems. 2. Laboratory techniques including procedures, recording, and analysis. 3. Design, fabrication, and testing techniques. 4. Use of contemporary systems engineering analysis, design, test, and management tools. 5. Written and oral communication skills. 6. Knowledge of ethical and professional responsibilities. 7. Breadth and depth of knowledge and skills in systems engineering, human systems, information systems, operations research analysis, mathematics, program management, and other disciplines necessary to effectively identify and solve the types of

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Kuznetsov

Divisionof the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)where she was teaching for the last twenty years. All this time she was involved indeveloping, testing and implementing in her classes a variety of computer-basedcourseware. She got involved in developing computer-based courseware in 1982 whenshe worked at Computer-Education Research Laboratory at UIUC where the PLATOsystem was developed. Later the PLATO evolved into the NovaNET system1. HelenKuznetsov also authored a package of lessons and simulations on Road Design andConstructions for US Army Engineering School. These lessons as well as NovaNETlessons in Statics and Strength of Materials for Engineering and Architecture studentsare available on the

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Recayi Pecen; Ronald O'Meara

settings. Inaddition to the advanced level technical classes with computer simulations, the program incorporatesextensive practical laboratory exercises and a variety of industrial-based project experiences.The design team for this project was multi-disciplinary consisting of students from the EIET,Manufacturing, and Construction Management programs. Two students were selected to function asproject coordinators for the EIET and Manufacturing components of the project. Individual groupmeetings were held by the program coordinators in addition to scheduling weekly meetingscombining both groups and the authors. Interaction within the combined meetings was interesting toobserve. Initially, the students were talkative within their respective groups

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkitaswamy Raju

important role. In those days, a sizeable portionof the engineering technology faculty members had vocational education as their highereducation background. Over the years, the composition of the engineering technology faculty haschanged to almost 100% of the faculty members having higher degrees in engineering. Industry’sdemand for engineering skills and competencies, the extent of engineering fundamentals thatbecame part of the technology programs and the accreditation criteria for faculty have helped theengineering technology programs to shed the vocational element entirely. [2]. Strongengineering fundamentals, extensive laboratory experience and integrated co-operative educationbecame the hallmarks of well received engineering technology

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Jeff Froyd; Dimitris Lagoudas

traveled in three minutes. More details about the introduction of smart materials into the first-year curriculum can be found in [19]. ‚" The project prepared modules on SMA and piezoelectric materials into a sophomore introduction to materials course, ENGR 213 Principals of Materials Engineering. ‚" A project on synthetic jet actuators (SJA) was introduced into a junior aerospace engineering laboratory course, AERO 302 Aerospace Engineering Laboratory I. ‚" The project introduced material on analyzing SMA components into a structural analysis course, AERO 306 - Structural Analysis II. Specifically, students studied how finite element analysis can be performed on structures that contain SMA

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lewinski; William Hudson

the manyprescribed laboratories and their cumulative design experiences in both the single semesterJunior design and the year long Senior design sequence. Both students also had completed therequired Microprocessor design course in which they completed a multitude of assemblylanguage programming exercises. The students had project design experience at the device levelbut had little experience in system integration and designing using commercially availablesubassemblies. Also previous to this activity, the students did not have significant researchexperience. Page 9.862.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

and the other half observe teamwork based on an observations technique developed byEberhardt. During the forming phase of the project, teams emphasize task (75%) functions butlearned the value of team (25%) functions. By the end of the semester, team performance relieson a balance of task (52%) and team (48%) skills. Essentially all observations collected foreach function are statistically similar over six semesters of data collection. Following the Second World War, the National Training Laboratory for Behavioral Studiesdeveloped a method for describing team performance based on a balance of task and teamfunctions. Task functions, critical to producing a quality product, focused on activities aimed atthe project goal. Team functions

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

minimum of four (4) recognized major civil engineeringareas; the ability to conduct laboratory experiments and to critically analyze and interpret data inmore than one of the recognized major civil engineering areas; the ability to perform civilengineering design by means of design experiences integrated throughout the professionalcomponent of the curriculum; an understanding of professional practice issues such as:procurement of work; bidding versus quality based selection processes; how the designprofessionals and the construction professions interact to construct a project; the importance ofprofessional licensure and continuing education; and/or other professional practice issues [1].Regarding this criteria, the curriculum is design to meet

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajan B Gujjarlapudi; Kaushik Hatti; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

Engineering EducationLiterature reviewMost of the literature required for the project, books and journals were suggested by the expert,in this case Mr. Kaushik Hatti working as a Teaching Assistant for the Organic lab at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. The most useful book in this project was The ExperimentalOrganic Chemistry by Gilbert and Martin 5. Other books which were helpful in this case wereExperimental Organic Chemistry by Daniel R. Palleros. Many important points were noted downfrom the Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual by Dr. Mark C. Morvant.10Most of critical information required for this project was obtained from Gilbert and Martin 5which addresses a critical need faced by researchers in all fields of the human sciences - how

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilip Mirchandani; Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran; John Chen; Yusuf Mehta

21st century. One ofthe hallmarks of the program is the truly multidisciplinary curriculum in which laboratory/designcourses are offered simultaneously to engineering students in all four disciplines. Indeed, thehallmark of the engineering program at Rowan University is the multidisciplinary, project-oriented, Engineering Clinic sequence. Every engineering student at Rowan University takes theEngineering Clinics each semester. In the Engineering Clinic, which is based on the medicalschool model, students and faculty from all four engineering departments work side-by-side onlaboratory experiments, real world design projects and research. The solutions of these problemsrequire not only proficiency in the technical principles, but, as importantly

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Devenport; Terry Wildman; Glenda Scales

withtraditionally low grade point averages. The second case study addressed changes made tothe laboratory component of a required junior level laboratory course. In an attempt toimprove conceptual learning, prescribed procedures for each experiment were eliminated,and students were encouraged to develop their own measurement goals and plans. Studentreporting of their work was modified to include an electronic log book – essentially arunning diary of the experiment - as well as a formal technical report. Required studentevaluations, submitted electronically after each lab, provided a means to qualitativelyassess these changes which, on the whole, seemed to instill a sense of excitement andinterest in the students that had not previously been present

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Welker

a critical component of learning, the students receive training on teamfunctioning at least once a year during their sophomore, junior, and senior years. The classes inwhich the teamwork modules are included are shown in Table 1. The most intensive module,which lasts two class periods, occurs during the sophomore year. The tools the students receiveduring this first module will be used in their other CEE classes that require them to work inteams.Table 1. Placement of modules on teamwork within the CEE curriculum CLASS YEAR MODULE CEE 2602, CE Measurements Sophomore Team Work: Awareness and Tools CEE 3901, Soil Mechanics Laboratory Junior Conflicts CEE 4601, CEE Professional

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Vennes; Phillip Smith

with what we havecalled field theory software in a separate paper.II. A Brief History of Computer Aided Design at NMSUComputer aided design in the Mechanical Engineering Department at NMSU has its roots in themid-1970's when the department received a gift of an Applicon computer drafting system fromSandia Laboratories. The Applicon was integrated into the freshman level drafting courses, butby the early 1980's it was replaced by more economic PC's using such software as AUTOCADand CADKEY. Students were urged, but not required, to use these systems in ongoing designcourses. In the 1990's it became evident that there needed to be more integration between thecomputational drafting and computational design calculations and the department began

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Molu Olumolade

program deletionThis paper discusses how the implementation of industrial exercises as a component of a regularclass laboratory experiments has benefited the industries involved as well as maximized studentslearning even in the absence of industrial internship. It also shows how industries can beencouraged or motivated to participate in academic endeavors in a non-financial way.Introduction:College students everywhere experience various forms of problems. These problems have beenexpressed in such areas as course work, teaching methodology, interaction patterns in theclassrooms, and inadequacy of facilities and equipment. In addition to these problems are themost recent observed problems in the areas of communication skills, comprehension