Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

Teaching Science Concepts using LITEE Case Studies Shiva K. Sankar, Northwestern University Chetan S. Sankar, Department of Management P.K. Raju, Department of Mechanical Engineering Auburn UniversityProject Goals The NSF, in its Shaping the Future document (NSF, 1996), declared that improvedscience, mathematics, engineering, and technology education is central to shaping America'sfuture. They expect that it will be increasingly necessary that citizens have a substantialunderstanding of the methods and content of science and technology and some understanding oftheir potential and limitations, as well as their

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

Session 1461 Teaching Workplace Communication in Industrial and Electrical Engineering* Judith Shaul Norback, Lisa D. McNair, Michael J. Laughter, Garlie A. Forehand, Beverly Sutley-Fish School of Industrial and Systems Engineering/ School of Literature, Communication and Culture Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractGeorgia Tech has National Science Foundation funding to bring workplace communication intoa Technical Communication course. Personal interviews

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Gandolfo; Ken Alford

which students at each of the military service academies seekto protect their computer network against infiltrators from the National Security Agency, and thedeveloper of an innovative seminar on terrorism. Figure 1. A New Faculty Member Teaching in the ATCL.The Center for Teaching Excellence also maintains an advanced technologyclassroom/laboratory (ATCL). This classroom, a gift of the West Point Class of 1954, providesan excellent evaluation environment for instructors to test the introduction of new classroomtechnologies. It was from instructors’ experience with various technologies in this classroom thatthe decision was made to equip all Academy classrooms with computer projection and VCRcapabilities. Similarly, faculty

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey LaCombe; Eric Wang; Chris Rogers

presented or simply the desire torevise an existing laboratory course, many universities are attempting to modernizeundergraduate laboratory experiences. Coupled with diminishing budgets and increasedaccountability for expenditures, many universities are turning to on-line, virtual laboratories.Virtual laboratories are often cited as being cost effective and having high availability to thestudents. This method does not give students the hands-on experience, however. Our solution toaddress the issue of modernization bounded by economics is through using LEGO® bricks. Wepresent several examples in this paper of how the LEGO® RCX programmable brick can be usedto teach traditional engineering laboratory experiments.These popular interlocking bricks are

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alex See

advantage.Students are quicker to pick up another programming language such as LabVIEWTM. The Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationgraphical approach, or icon based LabVIEWTM software programming seems to be aneffective way for students’ learning in particular the data acquisition, measurements andfundamental signal processing.5.0 AcknowledgementThe author gratefully acknowledges Monash University Malaysia, in particular toAssociate Professor Maki Habib for his support. Special thanks goes to Mr Paneer and MrShahrul for their laboratory technical support.Bibliography1 Garner B. P. and Downing O J, “Experience of teaching applied

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Fitzhugh; Robert Goodrich; Ronald Lessard; Jacques Beneat

EG116 Professional Projects IImeet once a week for the purpose of giving the students their first introduction to applications incomputer and electrical engineering in a team oriented design experience.We first introduced the SCADA system during the spring 2003 EG116 “Professional Projects”course. The laboratory exercise was revised during the summer and again tested during the fallsenior level EE411 Microcomputer Applications course. In our first attempt at teaching theprinciples of designing SCADA system protection, too much time was spent on discussing thespecifics of different types of SCADA system vulnerabilities. While the vulnerabilities need tobe characterized, understanding the operating principles designed into the SCADA systemcommand

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

) laboratory experiencesand (3) case studies.2,3,4,5.In our course we are taking the approach of using both a simulator (Control Station)6 andexperiments based on classroom experimental kits.7 In many case we are using an inductiveapproach with these tools. The inductive approach to teaching and learning is to begin withparticulars and build to generalities. This is “backwards” from how we often naturally teachstarting from general principles and then applying them to particulars. The inductive approachis the way most things are discovered and clearly how an infant learns, but it is not the way mostcourses are taught. It, therefore, requires we think differently about how we approach theclassroom.8-13A clear and helpful critique of traditional

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Krchnavek Robert; Jennifer Kadlowec; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; John Chen; Shreekanth Mandayam; Paris von Lockette; Yusuf Mehta

implement the proposedDIT experiences for the undergraduates. Each experiment is being developed by offering aJunior/Senior Engineering Clinic on Digital Imaging.Rowan University has pioneered an innovative progressive engineering program that usesmultidisciplinary team oriented teaching and learning1-6. The Rowan Engineering programs areinclude a 20-credit hour, 8-semester Engineering Clinic sequence. These Clinic classes our theProgram’s hallmark. Designed to be strongly multidisciplinary and project-focused, EngineeringClinics foster the structured development of engineering problem solvers. In the junior andsenior year, clinics involve students in research/design or laboratory/product developmentactivities. Many of these projects require

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajeswari Sundararajan; Bradley Rogers

Session 1402 A Multidisciplinary course on Fuel Cells: Their Science and Engineering Govindasamy Tamizhmani, Brad Rogers, and Raji Sundararajan Arizona State University East, Mesa, AZ 85212AbstractThe Arizona State University Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (ASU-PTL) is one of only three accredited labs in theworld for the design qualification of photovoltaic modules per IEC and other standards. The ASU-PTL is currentlypositioning itself to carry out independent performance and design evaluation of fuel cell systems as well. Inaddition to this, curricula are being developed

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

access to the faculty and student body atany place inside campus, and to make the learning experience for the students more interactive.The main academic interest for the use of the wireless network as a teaching and research toolinvolves but is not limited to the following applications: Page 9.1425.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” a) Increase interaction between instructor and students in large classes b) Enhance communication outside class c) Support students software

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abrar Khan; Shuhui Li

, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, MatLab.1. INTRODUCTION Computers and microprocessors have changed a lot in the field of traditional ElectricalEngineering (EE). They are also changing the traditional teaching styles in higher education.When digital computers as well as various software and hardware are used in laboratories andclassrooms, they can provide much more effective and efficient ways in teaching and make manymathematical related engineering problems easy to understand. The Circuits and Electronics Lab, a first semester junior EE laboratory course at TexasA&M University – Kingsville (TAMUK) draws on and correlates with the knowledge obtainedby students from their sophomore and early junior level EE courses such as electric

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Blackwell

Page 9.598.3techniques used by industry (4). Pace and Metcal are manufacturers of SMT repair and rework “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition” Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”equipment that have numerous techniques for soldering and desoldering surface mountcomponents on their web sites (5,6), while Silicon Laboratories (formerly Cygnal) is one of theseveral IC manufacturers that include rework information on their web site (7). While it is truethat specialized soldering equipment makes the use of SMT easier, standard high-qualitysoldering irons along with magnified inspection lights and robust soldering practices will

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

, and use those principles to test a basic power supply circuit board and assembly. • Describe basic assembly procedures for surface mount parts. • Describe basic procedures of IC fabrication. • Apply basic project planning principles to the class project. • Understand the EET department, culture, and appropriate decorum. • Describe EET as a career. • Develop their plan of study for their EET degree. • Describe university resources as they apply to student welfare.Course AssignmentsThe teaching and laboratory presentation topics are: • Orientation to Purdue, the EET Department and curriculum (2 class hrs.) • Orientation to EET career opportunities at the AS and BS levels (2 class hrs.) • Introduction to Purdue

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

. Statictiming analysis should follow, to discover the worst-case paths in the design[5].The text[3] introduces Complex PLDs [CPLDs] early in the teaching sequence. Studentlearns the new paradigm shift in the digital design early on with their very first course.The first Digital Design course [ECET 109, Lecture 2: Lab. 2: Credit 3] covers thefollowing topics: • Basic Principles of Digital Systems, Logic functions and gates, Boolean Algebra and Combinational Logic. • Introduction to PLDs and MAX+PLUS II software by Altera Corporation. • Student learn to program PLDs using, MAX+PLUS II. • Design simple combinational circuits using schematic capture. • Use Very High Speed Integrated Circuit [VHSIC] VHSIC Hardware description

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kang Yen; Osama Mohammed

, J Derald Morgan (1986). Electromagnetic and Electromechanical Machines, Wiley.[3] P. P. Silvester, R.L. Ferrari (1986). Finite Elements for Electrical Engineers, Cambridge.[4] A. .J. Goetze. Introducing Computers to the Undergraduate Machinery Laboratory - Computer Control of a DC Generator and Motor, (Paper # 84 WM 178-0), IEEE Transactions on Power systems, 1984.[5] H .A. Smolleck, Modeling and Analysis of the Induction Machine: A Computational/ Experimental Approach. Paper # 89 SM 650-3 PWRS, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 1990.[6] Mohammed, O. A. and Gordon, H.W. “Real Time Analysis of Energy Conversion Concepts from Laboratory Experimental Data for Teaching Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Students”, Proceedings of

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Adams; Faramarz Mossayebi

almost every consumer electronic gadgets.Thus, one can argue that the field of DSP is now a mainstream field within the ElectricalEngineering discipline, and thus, it can be argued that all undergraduate electricalengineering students should be exposed to this field to gain a solid understanding of thefundamental issues. Currently our curriculum lacks this exposure. The only DSP course that we offeris not a required course and is tailored to senior/graduate level students. In order toalleviate this shortcoming a set of simple yet interesting and challenging experimentshave been developed for the junior level laboratory course, Intermediate Laboratory,which is a required one-semester hour laboratory course in our department. Theexperiments

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

Session 3432 Improving Technical Writing through Published Standards: The University of Texas at Tyler Electrical Engineering Laboratory Style Guide David M. Beams Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Tyler Lucas P. Niiler Department of English and Writing Center Director, University of Texas at TylerAbstractThe writing of technical reports is an integral part of the duties of practicing engineers. Theaccreditation criteria of EC2000 recognize this by placing emphasis on "soft skills

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Chawla; Ali Pourhashemi

determination of individual (kL and kg) and overall (KLand Kg) mass transfer coefficients based on liquid (L) and gas (g) phase resistances. Two sets offour mass transfer coefficients (kL, kg, KL and Kg), determined for each process; aeration anddeoxygenation, provide a basis for comparison and discussion of results.The experiment, developed from the Masters’ thesis of one of the authors, offers the chemicaland other engineering students an opportunity to understand the theory and application of masstransfer phenomenon and can be performed in one laboratory session of three hours. Only air,nitrogen and water are used in the experiment. Use of potentially harmful chemicals is avoided,resulting in increased safety and cost savings in the purchasing and

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vance Poteat; Abdullatif Bagegni

Session #3133 A Low Cost Power Quality and Energy Savings Laboratory for Undergraduate Education and Research Abdullatif Bagegni, Vance Poteat Merrimack CollegeAbstractThis paper describes the design and implementation of a power quality and energy savingslaboratory at Merrimack College. Merrimack College is a liberal arts institution north of Boston,MA, which has a small ABET accredited ECE department with 6 faculty and about 90 students.There is strong student interest in learning about power, and local utilities seek graduates withexpertise in power. A new

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

theseprojects and the software used may be found at the following web sites: www.egr.msu.edu/classes/ME416 www.egr.msu.edu/~somerton/TECAD www.up.edu/classes/ME436Author BiographiesCRAIG W. SOMERTONCraig W. Somerton is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan StateUniversity. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermaldesign. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porousmedia, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S.in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in 1982

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watkins; Joel Esposito; Matthew Feemster

compensator design and stability analysis are rendered ineffective. While the discipline ofmodeling is deeply rooted in physics, the process of constructing representative models can often beas much of an art as a science. Identifying system parameters, utilizing simplifying assumptions, andjudging the validity of the resulting simulation results are very difficult topics to convey solely in alecture format. Typically, algorithms and/or textbook procedures cannot serve as alternatives for theengineering intuition garnered through hands-on laboratory experience. One of the most crucial stepsin teaching the flow of the modeling procedure (see Figure 1) to undergraduate engineering studentsis the “validation” of their developed model. In order to fully

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alex See

softwareis a good tool for teaching/learning laboratory based work and that the virtualinstrumentation approach is open to further improvements and development. This mayincrease the student participation and enthusiasm in the process.4.1 MAX (Measurement & Automation eXplorer)Measurement & Automation explorer (MAX) is the National Instruments (NI)configuration utility that is used to configure the motion controller in used for this project.Appropriate settings and initialization had to be performed before turning the steppermotors in this project. Page 9.657.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Engel; Peter Lehman; Charles Chamberlin; Angi Sorensen; Andy Sorter

andSteve purchased an identical set of equipment and discovered that the error was actually inherentin the calibration constant for the operational amplifier due to the manner in which it had beenconnected to the pyranometer. Working with this data acquisition circuit has taught all of theinterns useful lessons about electronics, measurement tools, and data.In addition to data management, economic analyses are also important aspects of the UNPEPPinternships. The students perform all product research, comparing prices and discussingspecifications with vendors, and make appropriate assumptions regarding interest rates, lifetimes,and salvage values. These calculations teach the time value of money more effectively thanclassroom exercises because the

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence O'Connor; Nghia Le

. LENghia T. Le is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology of Purdue University. Heteaches at Purdue University, School of Technology at New Albany, Indiana. He earned his B. S. and M. E.E. E. degrees from the University of Louisville. He specializes is instrumentation and controls. He can bereached at: nle1@purdue.edu.TERRENCE P. O’CONNORTerrence P. O’Connor is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology for PurdueUniversity. He teaches at the New Albany site where he has taught all but one of the courses in the twoyear degree offered there. He is primarily interested in ELF/ULF signal detection in the area of research,but also has delved into engineering ethics. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kukulka

course.The evaluation is a written with several areas tested during each session. Three long calculationareas and one set of short answer questions typically make up the format for a single test session.Question content comes from instructors that teach the courses at BSC as well as old testquestions from EIT review books. Graded tests are returned to the students for review (tests arekept on file by the instructor), and correct solutions are posted for limited viewing (duringclasstime). If they did not pass the test they must take another test during the next test session.Senior Design ProjectAfter passing the exam, the students start work on their senior design project. They are presentedwith a variety of potential projects or they may come up

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alok Majumdar; Mehmet Sozen

Majumdar is an Aerospace Technologist in the Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Group at NASA MarshallSpace Flight Center. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Burdwan University in 1974. He iscurrently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University ofAlabama in Huntsville, where he teaches thermodynamics. Page 9.1109.11 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Lamb; David Ollis

SESSION 2213 Modern Lab Experiments for Chemical Engineering David F. Ollis and H. Henry Lamb Chemical Engineering Department North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27695-7905 Abstract We describe new experiments developed, and installed, to bring our chemicalengineering laboratory into the 21st century. These additions are: (1) Compact disc write and re-write systems (2) Fluidized bed polymer coating (3) Hydrogen fuel cell and hydrogen storage

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai

Session 3432 DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT CONTROLLERS FOR DC-DC CONVERTERS IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING LABORATORY Ahmed Rubaai, Mohamed Chouikha, Abdul Ofoli and Sahar Kaddah Howard University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 2330 6th Street, Northwest Washington, DC 20059Abstract The primary goal of this paper is to develop a vehicle through which undergraduatestudents may design smart controllers that employ artificial intelligence

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yan-Fang Li; Sang-Hoon Lee; Vikram Kapila

) bus,USART ports, etc. We use an external 20 MHz high-speed crystal oscillator to supply operatingclock cycles. The PIC16F74 can be powered using a wide range of voltage sources, e.g., 2-voltdirect current (VDC) to 5.5VDC, and each of its I/O pin can sink or source up to 25mA ofcurrent. It is ideal not only for laboratory data acquisition (the application considered in thispaper), but also for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. (a) (b) Figure 1: (a) PIC16F74 (b) Pin diagram of PIC16F742.2. Personal Computer In this paper, an IBM-compatible Pentium 3 PC running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0operating system is used. As

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Mary McEniry; Cid Freitag

about teachingand learning in the process of building a learning community, 3) create a collaborativelearning environment with faculty and peers, 4) build confidence in curriculumdevelopment including designing, guiding, and assessing learning, 5) learn with andabout technology in the process of improving curriculum, and 6) connect teaching andresearch and bridge the gap between theory and practice. The twenty participantsrepresented ten universities; a team of two from each university included one facultyperson from engineering and one from another science, math, or computer sciencediscipline. Specifically, the professional development opportunity explored ways ofknowing including theories of learning, learning styles, disciplinary and