Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kun-jung Hsu

and different availability of resources in the community. Therefore, the interests that have to be represented at any given meeting, varies. When a conflict of opinions occurs between different user groups, the head of the Li is responsible for ensuring all opinions are heard, and directing the discussion to a well-rounded compromise. Another problem is that the implementation of participatory design tends to result in budget overruns and time delays. For example, the amount of time a designer involved in a participatory design project can afford to station in the local community is limited by time and budget constraints. Also, the process of participatory design is much more complicated than that of traditional non

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Ferry; Andrew Otieno

manufacturing in the US hasdeclined slightly, partly due to lower labor costs in international markets and the shift in the early90’s to the information technology sector. One way of addressing these shortfalls is to providemanufacturing engineering education aggressively at all levels of education and to as manyschools as possible. However many states cannot achieve this because of limited resources andlack of access to expensive facilities required to provide such curriculums.The demand for qualified engineers and technologists continues to increase in the U.S. despitethe fact that the rate of graduation of students in these areas has been declining since 19901 - 3.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the projected demand for skilled

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Farid Tranjan; Catherine Blat; Patricia Tolley; Deborah Sharer

of underrepresented minority students who successfully pursue graduate degrees inengineering by: • Integrating the two campuses culturally and academically. • Providing research opportunities and the support infrastructure necessary to ensure minority student success – academically and professionally. • Stimulating inter-institutional projects dedicated to improving the scientific expertise and interest of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. • Facilitating an easy transition of these students to graduate school.ECE and JCSU offer complimentary undergraduate engineering programs, thus providing thefoundation for a strong, productive relationship between the

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gumaer

functional digital input/output system. The next three exercises added thecapability of analog signal acquisition. The last two exercises developed the ability to generatean analog signal from a digital input value. Throughout the exercises, data acquisition, signalconditioning, and control system concepts were discussed and applied where appropriate.The first application involved using digital output to flash one or more LEDs connected to theparallel port as specified by the user. The purpose of this exercise was to enable the students tobecome familiar with using the hardware and software together to provide low-level access to theparallel port. The next project involved using the Visual Basic timer and a solid-state relayconnected to the parallel

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Cheney; Heather Brown

the research and laboratory need for undergraduates atall levels. In order to make this experience fruitful to all parties involved (students,faculty and industry), many entities and resources were sought out. This report outlinesthe many ways a research and laboratory experience can be gained by a student throughmultiple collaborative efforts, curriculum additions, and industry certifications.Industry Collaboration Local and regional industries have research needs that can not always beperformed in house. This avenue is common for universities to step in and assist industrywith research for the development of faculty and students. The projects can range fromroutine quality control to specialized research with specific instrumentation

Conference Session

Rethinking Collection Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Clay

accessibleto the Stanford community. As a first step towards this goal, the Engineering Library hasbegun a project to identify, characterize, and organize these materials. We want to learnwhat is out there, where it is being stored, and how much of it we already have in theLibrary.Documents were identified by systematically searching Stanford School of Engineeringweb space, and by contacting each of the School of Engineering Labs and Centersindividually and asking them if they could send us an inventory of their research output.For every item found with substantive informational content, descriptive information wasgathered and input into a bibliographic database. The database was created usingRefworks, an internet based bibliographic management

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Will Kim; Jeffrey Tisa; Peter Jansson

thecampus1 revealed that the University compares poorly with peer institutions of comparable sizein terms of energy efficiency because of very high electricity usage. University officials soughtto sub-meter buildings with no electricity data available and found that metering equipment andinstallation costs were quite prohibitive. Students of the engineering department's SustainableDesign course undertook a project to develop a low cost, small, portable, easily installed solutionto the problem so that the efficiency of each building could be estimated cost-effectively. Thelow-cost power monitoring device they designed and manufactured can store several electricalline parameters over time that will collect important energy and power characteristics of

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jonathan Wickert; Jack Beuth

tutorials are a useful means for balancing traditional content and training on CAE software(in particular, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, ANSYS, Solidworks, Adams, and Matlab). In thispaper, we discuss web-based modules for a variety of mechanical engineering courses. Theintention of the effort is for students’ use of the software packages to be transparently overlaidonto a traditional lecture-based curriculum. In the following sections, we discuss their usage in arequired introductory course at the freshmen level and in required and elective courses offered tosophomores, juniors and seniors.CAE Projects in a Freshmen-Level Mechanical Engineering CourseIn 1991, Carnegie Mellon instituted major changes in its curriculum for first-year students in thecollege

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

process bench as project work in these courses.The Brazosport Community College1, Lake Jackson, Texas and Victoria College2, Victoria,Texas have many similar process benches. Each process bench at these locations highlights onespecific process encountered in chemical plants. The main purpose of these process benches isto educate and train new hires in plant operations. The TAMU-CC Process Bench is mainlydesigned for demonstrations and conducting experiments. It incorporates the essential featuresof two or three benches at these Colleges in one single unit. It also differs from the benches at theother two facilities in that it does not contain any hazardous chemical e.g. ethylene glycol, acidsor alkali in the process circuit. Yet, it is a very

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Horch; Douglas Christensen

discouraging path (up to six years or more) toprofessional preparation for many students. To speed up and facilitate the path to a master's degree for a select group of students, wehave initiated a pilot project at the University of Utah that chooses a small number of highlyqualified students and introduces them to research early in their undergraduate careers. Alongwith cohort support, some tailored academic advising, and a couple of extra summers of study,this early research start allows them to complete the requirements for a both a bachelor's degreeand a master's degree in about four years from the beginning of their university studies. Thisprogram, named the Accelerated Dual-Degree (ADD) program, began four years ago in fall2000, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zac Bunnell; Garett Scott; Sundararajan Madihally

industrial environment. One of the UOL courses is offered in the Fall of the senior year, where students work inteams of three, on three projects. Each project covers a 5-6-week period. It includes a week ofplanning, three 6-hr laboratory sessions, and two weeks of oral and written presentations. Toensure that students include all issues, and properly analyze the data, instructors actively observeand coache the teams as they work. Prior to this course, “Rate Operations I” is introduced in thefall semester of the junior year, and “Rate Operations II” is taught in the spring of the junioryear. In Rate Operations I, they are introduced to the importance of pressure drop across variousflow regimes. The Rate Operations II course introduces

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

collegescience/math core and introduced a new engineering design course (E4) for first year students.Warren Wilson, the first Chair of the Engineering Department presented the course objectivesthat were to become the goals of the engineering program for the next thirty years15: 1. Acquaint students with engineering practice; 2. Develop skills, by use, in computation; 3. Foster creative ability through projects; 4. Gain insight into management through group projects; 5. Develop appreciation for non-technical aspects of design; and 6. Foster willingness to responsibly attack open-ended problems.The Clinic courses and the first-year design course expose students to client-based designproblems. Each year about 25 new Clinic projects

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

Session 2549 Course Transformation Using Mobile Technology C. Wayne Unsell Indiana-Purdue University Ft. WayneAbstractA course transformation grant was awarded by the university to implement the PC Tablet,wireless access, and WebCT in a senior level soils and foundations class for the fall semester2003. The course is housed in the Department of Civil and Architectural EngineeringTechnology (CAET), the School of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science (ETCS),Indiana-Purdue University Ft. Wayne (IPFW). The grant was a university “pilot” project as afirst step in

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

engineeringapplications in their algebra classrooms via CD curriculum kits. The curriculum on the CDs willhelp students apply algebraic concepts more effectively while giving them a glimpse into theworld of engineering. Many opportunities and challenges have been encountered during theinitial implementation of the program.The goal of this project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is to increase studentenrollment and student diversity in college engineering programs throughout the state ofMaryland and, potentially, throughout the country. The program incorporates five objectives inorder to attain this goal: (1) develop CD curriculum kits that target different fields of engineering(chemical/mechanical, electrical, and civil/mechanical) that can be

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Wyrick

required courses in simulation, manufacturingsystems integration, and two semesters of project management and senior design. The seniordesign projects are team-based and are frequently sponsored by industrial clients. The remainingcourses are technical electives and social science and humanities electives. This relatively openschedule was developed so that this exchange could be facilitated when the University ofMinnesota system switched from quarters to semesters.The fourth year for IE students going to Luleå requires that they take courses in simulation,automated systems integration, a team-based industry-sponsored capstone project, computerintegrated manufacturing, a technical elective, and an integrative course in Swedish language,culture, and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Wentzheimer; Jennifer VanAntwerp; Gayle Ermer; Steven VanderLeest

science skill. Thisis indicative of the mounting evidence that employers, especially those that are joining or thathave joined the quality revolution, are desperate for people who do not have to learn on the jobhow to fit into a team-centered culture where communication, interpersonal skills, andprofessionalism, are as important as technical skills.” 54 Is the Engineer Primarily a Designer?“Don’t let it turn into a science project.” This may seem a strange turn of phrase to anacademician, but it is well understood in engineering industry. Engineering managers do notwant engineers to spend inordinate amounts of time doing research that does not directly aid infinishing a product design in a timely manner. A “science project” may not only produce

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brewer Stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

Session #1615 Making The Strange Familiar: Creativity and the Future of Engineering Education W. B. Stouffer, Jeffrey S. Russell, and Michael G. Oliva Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-MadisonIntroductionWhy does the perception persist that engineers are uncreative, or worse, do not need to tap intocreativity when most engineering projects demand creative or innovative approaches in thedesign of equipment, systems, and facilities? With the complexity surrounding everyengineering project mounting as natural resources dwindle, the world population

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

role of faculty, practitioners, and students in imparting the BOK by means of B+M/30 programs. Seek input from and support for the preceding from forward-looking academics and practitioners.The Committee defined the BOK as the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become alicensed professional civil engineer. The BOK would be fulfilled by a carefully integratedcombination of pre-licensure formal education and pre-licensure experience. PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the recommendations of the BOK Committee and tointroduce the curricula design project, the current phase of BOK development. For

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bruno; Alistair Greig; Robert Mayer; Jennifer Waters

)All courses must be accredited by a professional engineering institution. There is a requirementfor the training to include a significant component of project work, at least 25% and may be upto 50% of the last two years. This should include an individual project and a group project.Table 2 shows the outline of the B.Eng and M.Eng courses in Naval Architecture at UCL. Theyhave a common first and second year. Students may only continue onto the third year of theM.Eng. if they are demonstrating an upper second performance, (UK degrees are classified asfirst, upper second, lower second, third, pass or fail). Student who do not meet the academicrequirement or who only want a three year degree take the B.Eng. The academic year is basedon a

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhilasha Tibrewal; Tarek Sobh

tools such as test and quizzes as well as assignment and project reportsprove to be major indicators. This study is an attempt to perform the assessment processusing the Internet and its capabilities. Presented in the paper is a new technique forpresentation of relevant materials for accreditation under ABET and CSAB Criteria forEngineering and Computer Science programs. The course materials from all coursesoffered in Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 is gathered and organized into separate coursewebsites. Our electronic assessment (e-assessment) system(http://assesseng.bridgeport.edu/) is designed and implemented such that it allows theassessment evaluator to browse in a logical and convenient manner starting from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

Learning Object Exchange (CLOE), a collaborative project of several universities inOntario, establishing an infrastructure for joint development of multimedia-rich, interactivelearning resources. Since development of such resources is very time-consuming, one of theemerging trends in instructional technology is to focus on modular learning objects that can beshared among many users. Surveys of faculty confirm high interest in utilization of such objects.The module being developed by the authors consists of a series of interactive online tutorials. Itis designed using Flash and streaming video technology and provides graphics, video, andanimation to support the basic concepts. At any time the learner has access to several reviewquizzes, providing

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Linder; Murat Tanyel

senior author has developed a number of “toolkits”,computer simulations written in LabVIEW, to provide virtual laboratories in DSP andCommunication Systems courses. He is quite enthused about these toolkits, but how do thestudents regard them? A questionnaire taken in last year’s class resulted in positive comments aswell as constructive suggestions. This paper will report on the students’ involvement in thedevelopment of the Communication Systems toolkit through their feedback. It will summarizethe reactions of two different classes at different institutions to the same toolkit. It will alsoreport on the efforts taken to address the constructive suggestions and describe the effect ofstudent involvement on the project on learning in the

Conference Session

Recruiting and Building Diversity

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Johnson; Mary Anderson-Rowland

students who were either a minority or female or both.The CIRC program students meet five times a semester. CIRC informative sessions includeguest speakers on how to get involved in an engineering research project, writing a resume toobtain an internship, how to select and apply for graduate school, and getting funding forgraduate school, which will be described in detail. Assessment of the program is done at eachmeeting and feedback is provided to the students at the next meeting. Students in the CIRCprogram are obtaining research positions and are considering graduate school as part of theircareer goals.The Fulton School of Engineering graduate recruitment activities include booths at nationalmeetings, participation in GEM (National Consortium

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

heattransfer principles and the concept of thermo-siphon heat recovery system. This paper presents anexperimental setup that will help the undergraduate mechanical engineering students inunderstanding the basic heat transfer processes by utilizing real life applications such as usingwaste heat from a window type air conditioner to heat water for residential and commercial use.Heat recovery from an air conditioner by thermo-siphon is attractive because it eliminates theneed for a circulating pump. This project was completed with the assistance of an UndergraduateSenior Project Grant from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air ConditioningEngineers, Inc. (ASHRAE).I. IntroductionHeat transfer is a basic and very important topic that

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

and development. Page 9.159.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education" Session 3130In September 2003, a group of ENGE faculty, aided by a number of engineering and educationfaculty, received a planning grant (project title: Bridges for Engineering Education-Virginia Tech(BEEVT)) under the Bridges for Engineering Education program of the NSF to create acontemporary framework for undergraduate

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Strueber

1106 An Energy Efficient House for Under $3,000 J. Strueber, V. Harris, E. Meyer, E. Carter, E. Maweza, M. Matshaya Tuskegee University/Tuskegee University/University of Fort Hare/ Tuskegee University/University of Fort Hare/University of Fort HareIntroductionThis paper describes the design and materials development for building small energy efficienthousing for the rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, which is experiencingan extreme shortage of suitable housing. This is a student exchange project between TuskegeeUniversity and the University of Fort Hare, Republic of South Africa. With students and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Cheng

Engineering Mechanical Electrical Computer Engineering Computer Science Technology Power Application Mass Properties Firmware supply design Project Thermodynamics W iring reviews Mobility Operating Operating Vision System system

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

is in wireless systems. To emphasize the startingpoint for this project, it was the author’s startup resources which purchased the department’s firstspectrum analyzer (a hand-held Anritsu MS2711B). In short, the opportunity and challengepresented to the author was to develop a comprehensive undergraduate experience in wirelessand digital communication systems from near-scratch given the limited resources of a smalldepartment. In doing so, the foremost goal was to provide students with both theoreticalbackground and practical experience using modern test equipment. Page 9.22.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Amy G. Yuhasz; Matthew Ohland

Session 1526 The Benefit of Using Real-Time Sensors in the Engineering Classroom: Design of an Educational Experiment Amy G. Yuhasz, Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractClemson’s NSF-sponsored EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time (EXPERT) project isinvestigating the effect of using real-time sensors on student learning of graphical representationsof various physical concepts and auxiliary benefit in understanding the concept itself. Thedevelopment of parallel laboratory activities (designed with and without the use of real

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel J. Stokes; Nagi El Naga; Halima El Naga

and two motors, most students can complete theconstruction in less than 20 minutes, or the robot could bebuilt ahead of time. A simpler project would be to use thetouch sensor with the brick, and not use the motors, and thetime involved in building the simpler robot is very short. Page 9.1302.3 Figure 2: Simple Lego RobotProgramming the Robot:A partial screen shot of the Legos Mindstorm™ 2.0 programming environment is shownin Figure 3. In this case, the simple robot beeps when the touch sensor is