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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

calculation of performance, giving the projected life of the bearing inhours that is compared with the desired life. Subsequent trials may be done quite quickly to worktoward an optimum design.Helical Compression Springs Module:The method for the design of helical compression springs illustrated in the author’s book is usedin this module. The user supplies values for forces and lengths, end type, wire type, type ofservice (light, average, severe), and initial estimates of the mean diameter of the spring and thedesign shear stress (typically in the range from 80 to 140 ksi). The program determines anappropriate wire diameter, computes the actual stresses, and outputs the geometry of the spring.Allowable stresses for several types spring wire materials

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

Page 9.1051.3Center (MATEC). The main goal of this grant is to develop a series of instructional “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004. American Society for Engineering Education”modules that fill the gaps identified in electronics curricula by covering key high-technology topics missing from the most popular electronics textbooks. Known by itsformal title, Work-Ready Electronics: An Industry Supported System for SynchronizingCurriculum to the Rapidly Changing Workplace, the project is developing instructionalmodules that are delivered on-line. The modules incorporate a “learner-centered”approach that

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Donald Keating

management program (EMP) needs assessment project report. Edmonton: Universityof Alberta, Faculty of Extension, Institute for Professional Development. (1999).17. Babcock, D.L., & Sachet, D.R. Continuing education for Engineering Management. In, L.P. Grayson & J.MBiedenbach, (eds.), 1986 World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education (pp. 228 - 232). May 7-9, 1986,Lake Buena Vista, Florida. New York: IEEE Education Society (1986).18. Ferguson, C. The continuous professional development of engineers and flexible learning strategies.International Journal of Lifelong Education, 17 (3), 173-183 (1998).19. National Academy of Engineering. Focus on the future: A national action plan for career-long education forengineers. Washington, D.C

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Trends in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chenming Zhang

Transport Processes in BiologicalSystems Engineering (BSE 3504), which is taken in the same semester as Unit Ops.After taking Unit Ops, the students will take the following courses: Food Engineering,Protein Separation Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Industrial Bioprocessing, Page 9.1342.2 2Bioprocessing Plant Design, and Senior Design Project and Report. Fundamentals thestudents learn in Unit Ops will be applied to all these courses. Therefore, it is notexaggerating to say that Unit Ops is the cornerstone course for students pursuing theBioprocess Engineering option in BSE. Given the importance of Unit

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cajetan Akujuobi

Session Number 1320 ADC Automated Testing Using LabView Software Ben E. Franklin, Cajetan M. Akujuobi, Warsame Ali Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research (CECSTR) Dept. of Electrical Engineering Prairie View A&M University, Texas 77446AbstractThe focus of this project is to implement automated test algorithms for testing analog-to-digital converters using LabView software. With the increase in bandwidth hungryapplications the need for high speed and high resolution ADCs are needed on the frontends of the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Kashef; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

, and grant funds,etc. can be used. In regard to service, items such as: club advisor, software donations, committeeduties (national, state, university, departmental), undergraduate and graduate academic advisingresponsibilities, outreach programs and consulting can be classified. In teaching, the number ofcourses, labs, independent studies, supervised students’ projects, teaching evaluations (bystudents, fellow faculty, alumni, and department head), developing new courses, etc. can be used.So, it is important to communicate effectively what the department goals, objectives and visionsare and what is expected from the faculty applying for tenure and/or promotion. This should beconsistent at all levels. Therefore, the tenure process will foster

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahman Motlagh; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”ALIREZA RAHROOHAlireza Rahrooh is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at the University of CentralFlorida. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Univ. of Akron, in 1979,1986, and 1990, respectively. His research interests include digital simulation, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, controltheory, system identification and adaptive control. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi.FARHAD KAFASHIFarhad Kafashi received his BS degree in electrical engineering from the Middle East Technical Univ. in AnkaraTurkey in 1995. He was automation project engineer for OKA Engineering Systems for Energy Generation

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

this material has beenheated for a given time. This quantification of the fraction of nanocrystallites that form out ofthe glassy matrix illustrates the model of crystallization kinetics and equations for nucleation andgrowth learned in lecture. Through the presentation of a specific research topic, principlematerials science concepts of structure, property, processing, and performance are illustrated. Inaddition, several students respond to this example shown in the course by participating in on-campus and off-campus individual projects with the professor.Description of Research and Pedagogical MethodThe materials science course at Union College is taken by all mechanical engineering majorsduring their sophomore year. A chemistry prerequisite

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

calculations such as homework, quiz, and exam solutions. I foundthat the students would write when I wrote on the chalkboard. It is also a good tool forpresenting an overall picture of each topic. When using the chalkboard, I always printedwith large letters and neatly. I found that students had no problems reading myhandwriting. I used the overhead project at the beginning of each lecture to presentoutline, graphics, definitions, examples, or tables related to that class.BenefitsI gained valuable teaching experience after teaching this course. I was exposed to theother side of teaching (the instructors). Moreover, I now have a better understanding ofthe engineering economics topics that I taught (and how they relate to my dissertation).This

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Gatchell; Robert Linsenmeier

. Page 9.258.4“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”1. Whitaker Foundation. (January 14th, 2004). Biomedical Engineering Educational Summit Meeting, 2000.[Online]. Available: http://summit.whitaker.org.2. R.A. Linsenmeier. "What Makes a Biomedical Engineer? Defining the Undergraduate Biomedical EngineeringCurriculum". IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 22:4, pages 32-38. July/August, 2003." © 2003IEEE.3. R.A. Linsenmeier, T.R. Harris, and S. A. Olds. “The VaNTH Bioengineering Curriculum Project”. Proceedingsof the Second Joint EMBS/BMES Conference (CD-ROM, Omnipress): 2644-2645

Conference Session

Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Okechi Egekwu

Page 9.671.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrightø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education[5] Er nest & Young LLP: Global Information Security Survey 2003 http://www. ey.com[6] O. Geoffr ey Egekwu and Mar co DeMar tin: “The Need for an Integrated Security Solution for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System used in Manufacturing Infrastructures” Critical Infrastructure Protection Project: Workshop I Working Papers, edited by Alexander Woodcock and Kevin Thomas, August 2003, George Mason University Press, Fairfax, VA., pp. 125-133.[7] Cisco Systems, Inc.: Cisco Security Agent Data

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

A Low-Cost Approach to Teaching Transmission Line Fundamentals and Impedance Matching David M. Hata Portland Community CollegeAbstract:As part of a NSF-funded Project, Portland Community College has developed a series of low-cost experiments to teach transmission line fundamentals and impedance matching techniques.Using a MFJ-259B SWR Analyzer, experimental exercises to measure reflections coefficients,standing wave ratios, and input impedance have been developed and used in the teachinglaboratory. With the addition of a matching unit and simulated load, impedance matchingexercises can also be implemented. These laboratory exercises

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ward; Robert Martinazzi

engineer. Interests include engineering economics,management and leadership development. Worked as project engineer for Armstrong World Industries,does engineering management and leadership consulting work and presents seminars on effectiveness andleadership at both the individual and corporate levels. Colonel (Ret) in United States Marine CorpsReserves.DAVID WARDDave Ward is currently an Associate Professor of English at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Hereceived his PhD in Anglo-Irish Studies from the University of Tulsa in 1970. Page 9.1187.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Johnson; John Weese

master’s level programs include thosefor the baccalaureate level programs with the addition of one year of study beyond thebaccalaureate level plus a project or research activity culminating in a report demonstratingmastery of the subject at a higher level and with commensurate communication skills. TheCriteria 2001 for associate degree programs restate the eight criteria, reflecting lesserexpectations than for the baccalaureate level programs.Some of the criteria are quite similar to those for EC 2000 and ET2K. For example, Criterion 3for the ASAC baccalaureate programs has items (a) through (k) that are similar to those in EC2000 with the word engineering being replaced with engineering-related.Criterion 4, Professional Component, is less

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wise

employees) may be perilously close to a final judgment about your manuscript after reading the executive summary. Through the CPR process, you will learn how to write a good executive summary of the project you complete in the ChE407 Unit Operations Lab.The assignment was implemented three times during the semester. This is unusual, as most CPRassignments are taken only once. It is possible that repeating the same assignment affected theresults of this study and this should be kept in mind.ResultsStudents were resistant at the beginning of the semester, but appeared to learn using the system.Initial resistance to CPR has been reported by other researchers and should be expected.5,6Furman and Robinson7, in fact, report

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Primus Tillman

of Art.He previously served as the Multimedia Specialist for research and development at Federal Express corporateheadquarters. His specialty is teaching interactive multimedia, 3D and supporting corporate and industrialdevelopment projects. Page 9.259.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Educational Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Sener

and deliver a credible testing procedure and anassessment of their work satisfactorily.Students, working in teams, demonstrated that the author's doubts were not warranted. Studentsemphasized the importance of a collaborative teamwork for the success of their speciallaboratory testing design project. They have proved that the ABET 2000 Criteria (specificallyCriterion 3-(b)) for program outcomes and assessments are appropriate and deliverable. Studentswere able to design and conduct their own integrated laboratory experiments, develop newtesting apparatus and methods, make necessary modifications and revisions as required, andcritically analyze and correlate data with interpretation of test results.Students were given an opportunity to bring

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari; Betsy Homsher; Laura Sullivan

to the learning process. In some areas,students present project posters at the end of the two-week period. Overall, the studentsparticipate in an interactive curriculum that shows them firsthand how they can applybioengineering to societal concerns.Benefits to the high school students are both perceived and measured. The students have achance to interact with female professors who are balancing family and work, therefore showingfirst hand that women can achieve professional and personal aspirations. The undergraduateswho serve as LITE mentors demonstrate collegiate success. Both faculty and coeds are positiverole models for the high school women. A post-program assessment of the LITE participantsindicates that after attending the two-week

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand Rathod

feeling that since a number of their alumni peers resided in metropolitan NY/NJ area, it should be easier to bring them together in that region. The group did not want to wait a long time, since people’s enthusiasm could go down with time to do such a program. As a result, the 2003 Labor day weekend was selected. To allow for travel time, Sunday, 8/31/03 was selected as the convention day. Based on models of many professional societies and events, the group was organized into several committees (Venue, Host, Registration, Program, Publication, Funding/Fund Raising, Meals, Presentations/Sessions, Entertainment, Volunteers). The teams reviewed a number of university alumni programs, projects, and activities 3-12 and depending on

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Gu

learners. Students get to know their classmates and instructors, and the instructors get to knowthe students and this will build a sense of class climate that centers on the academic side of the school.It is predicted that outcome of the active teaching and learning are but not limited to the following: a) Tend to get high score and complete better project b) Tend to have good friendship with the instructor and among the classmates c) Greater psychological health, social competence3. Active Teaching and Learning TechnologyA) Active teaching strategies: motivating the studentsWhat can instructors do to increase the motivation of the students to learn? Survey shows that there are eightcharacteristics of the class in

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Crago; Dale Flowers

Engineering Education Table 1: Numerical SummaryCore Courses in the Biomedical Entrepreneurship Program Course InstructorSemester Number Credits Title Evaluation(s) Evaluation(s)Summer (1) IIME 400 3 Professional Development 3.8 3.8Summer (1) IIME 405 3 Project Management 3.8, 4.1 4.0, 4.4Summer (1) IIME 410 3 Accounting, Finance and Engineering Economics* 2.4, 4.5 2.2, 4.8Summer (1) IIME 415

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

through the stations until Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationeach group has worked at each station. At each station the team is directed to read andanswer a series of questions. The first station consists of a series of papers, packagingindustry publications, and technology information data sheets. The team is directed toscan through the printed material and gain some sense of the kinds of materials issuesthat are important to electronic packaging. They are also expected to develop a sense ofthe technical background necessary to work on packaging projects or research. A list ofinternet-based references

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

and search for relevant information. A knowledgeable coach provides assistance atvarious times to guide learners through the process. These ideas have been extended from theseprofessional schools to middle school classrooms using anchored instruction1, case-basedreasoning, and project-based learning7. The complexity of these challenges, combined with thenovice learners, makes it difficult to mediate students' learning to ensure everyone in the class islearning. These situated approaches to learning attempt to engage students in meaningfulresearch for important information in pursuit of helping them construct their own knowledge.Computer technology provides an additional mechanism to help teachers with the instructionalprocess necessary to

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

thehandheld. Infrared file transfer from one device to another can be very useful for students inteam projects and between faculty and students. The wireless environment made possible with this device provides efficient and accurateinteraction with course material and data free from transcribing errors. The pocket PC also hasthe capability of loading scientific calculator software that saves students the expense ofpurchasing a separate scientific calculator. Students are able to use the handheld PC as a personalproductivity tool. They also are able to take advantage of the UMD’s expanding wirelessnetwork, to access the Internet and their email throughout the day, without having to go into acomputer lab. Many class-related documents (lecture notes

Conference Session

Recruiting and Building Diversity

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Kane; Carla Purdy

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIn order to increase diversity in graduate education, we must better understand how the factorslisted above, and others, affect today's graduate student population. Thus there is a need forcontinuing research projects, with a broad enough scope and over a long enough period of time,along the lines of the studies reported in 8 and 13. Many questions about the efficacy of today'sgraduate education, in terms of attracting and retaining our best students, need to be answered.b. Increased Information:In addition to more comprehensive research in general, it would be very useful to have a national"clearinghouse" for reporting on the efficacy of support programs for graduate students

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Denny Davis; Jennifer Light, Lewis-Clark State College

the attributesassociated with college success1 that were significantly different between the LLC students andthe Control students when asked to rate their importance. Page 9.686.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2004, American Society of Engineering EducationTable 4. Attributes of college success rated significantly different between LLC and Controlstudents.LLC students thought it was more important to LLC Controlwork collaboratively on class projects t(117) = 3.081 p = .003 M

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clark Merkel

students' choosing. The project is completed using teams of two Page 9.63.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”students working together. A wide variety of Lego parts are available to the class, andmost students use these for the structural components of their designs, although studentsoften choose use of other construction materials. Currently the use of the lab time ispacked pretty full with this content related to working with the microcontroller andproject, and it is wished to continue to retain

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brandon Rogers; Joseph Ekstrom

classifications, or levels: RAIDb-0, RAIDb-1, RAIDb-21.RAIDb-0: full partitioningRAIDb, level 0 (RAIDb-0), is best described as database striping, or distributing the tables in thedatabase among backend nodes (Figure 1). RAIDb-0 is similar to common distributed databasesystems, such as Oracle RAC5, PostGreSQL Replication Project, and Emic Application Clustersfor MySQL6. Like these systems, stored data in a RAIDb-0 system is simply distributed amongnodes. No replication or duplication of information is performed. Crecchet indicates, “[that]like for RAID [Redundant Array of Independent Disks] systems, the Mean Time BetweenFailures (MTBF) of the array is equal to the MTBF of an individual database backend, dividedby the number of back-ends in the array.1

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kang Yen; Osama Mohammed

technical and project reports and monographs. He specializes in Electrical Power Systems, design optimization of electromagnetic devices, Artificial Intelligence Applications to Energy Systems as well as Electromagnetic Field Computations in NonlinearSystems. He has current interest in Shipboard power systems and Integrated motor drive systems. Dr.Mohammed has been successful in obtaining a number of research contracts and grants from industriesand Federal government agencies. He is also interested in Developing Asynchronous LearningEnvironments and educational techniques for Internet based delivery and virtual laboratories

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Seaker; Jignesh Rathod; Farouk Attia

. ReedHycalog: Company Project Files/Data sheets 12. ReedHycalog Company Website: http://www.ReedHycalog.com/ 13. ReedHycalog Company Website: http://www.ReedHycalog.com/rollercone/cuttingstructures/csfeaturesnew.htm 14. Bit and well sizes: US DOE: http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/oilgas/microhole/microholemarketeval.pdf 15. Rathod, Jignesh (2003), Effects of Batch Size on Safety Stock Levels in a Market-Oriented Manufacturing System, M.S. Thesis, University of Houston, College of Technology. 16. Arena Website: http://www.arenasimulation.com/Biographical Information:FAROUK ATTIA, Ph.D.Farouk Attia is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of the Graduate and the Undergraduate programs inMechanical