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Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Ibrahim Karaman; Jeff Froyd; Terry Creasy; Winfried Teizer

nanoscale will be available at the project home page,http://fc1.tamu.edu/resources/nano.The modules were used in the ENGR 213 when it was taught in the fall semester of the 2003-04academic year. Approximately 85 students worked with the two modules.Required Mechanical Engineering Course on Materials and DesignMEEN 360 Materials and Manufacturing Selection in Design is a required course for mechanicalengineering majors. It is taught both semesters, offered to about 200 students each year, andincludes a laboratory component. Like ENGR 213 the project introduced two one-hour moduleson nanoscale manufacturing: one on micro and nanoscale lithography and another onnanoparticle processes for bulk materials. In addition, the project introduced one

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Ronald Welch

isalways dependent on the quality and progress of their product. Teamwork and projectmanagement skills go a long way in these major design projects.c. Research ProjectsResearch projects give students an excellent opportunity to participate in existing research at anArmy laboratory or with USMA faculty members. Many of these projects allow students to haveaccess to data and computing facilities not available at USMA. Some research project sponsorsare not in our local area, but an initial visit to the laboratory, constant communication, and anynecessary follow up visits with the sponsor at West Point usually provides sufficient direction.Often, the client organization can easily provide the required travel funds. Many of these projectsallow our

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Darby; Jane Fraser

making, • personal selling in the automotive parts industry, and • regulatory issues and responsibilities in the automotive parts industry.AIM courses cover similar topics as a traditional automotive, vocational program, but inbroader, more inclusive categories. For example, a vocational school will typically dividethe car’s chassis systems into at least two separate courses on brakes andsteering/alignment/suspension, but one AIM course covers these topics.Most of AIM’s technical courses are three credits with a one-credit laboratory co-requisite. Significantly fewer hours are spent in the laboratory compared to other Page 9.248.3automotive

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Smith; Scott Dunning

artscourses required for the degree to minimize travel costs.UM agreed to provide technical laboratory equipment as necessary for course support. Examplesof this equipment are oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies and function generators.To support the electric machines and power systems courses, UM purchased Lab-Volt simulationsoftware that successfully simulates the equipment used in the UM laboratories. This removedthe necessity of moving large motors and generators down to Portland during those courses.USM also offered use of their electronics laboratories if necessary.To enhance their future outreach efforts, UM agreed to videotape all lecture sessions. Thesecould then be incorporated into web-based courses in the future

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

kenneth weaver

faculty has a diverse set of skills and expertise but shares a common vision ofmultidisciplinary project-based learning. The current full-time tenure track faculty roster is 25%female and is led by Dean Dianne Dorland, who joined Rowan in 2000.Henry M. Rowan Hall opened in January 1998, and was dedicated that April. The $28 million,95,000 SF building was designed to accommodate seamless integration of teaching, research andproject-based learning. Figure 1 shows a view from the atrium of Rowan Hall. Classrooms haveeasy access to laboratories and laboratory-support rooms. Non-load-bearing walls separateclassroom and laboratory modules so that they can be easily modified. The building contains atechnology spine, which is a key to the building's

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences and Funding

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

prefer that their graduate students contribute to their researchprograms on campus, funding for those programs is sometimes limited. Internships withindustry, government agencies, or national laboratories can provide a student with an opportunityto conduct a research project. In many cases, the faculty advisor can have some involvement inthe research, and the “shared” graduate student can be a catalyst for collaboration between theuniversity and the organization funding the intern’s position.Most large companies related to the nuclear industry have some intern positions available. Theylike to keep a constant stream of interns in their laboratories and typically prefer to hire graduateswho have experience with the company as an intern. The

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thrassos Thrasyvoulou; Constantinos Panayiotou; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

MATLAB INTERFACE WITH JAVA SOFTWARE Andreas Spanias, Constantinos Panayiotou, Thrassos Thrasyvoulou, and Venkatraman Atti MIDL, Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 AbstractThe J-DSP editor is an object oriented environment that enables distance learning students toperform on-line laboratories. The editor has a rich collection of signal processing functions andis currently being used in a senior-level DSP course at ASU. In this paper, we present newenhancements to the infrastructure of J-DSP that provide embedded MATLAB™ scriptingcapabilities. The synergy of the J-DSP object-oriented

Conference Session

Applications in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

Session 2004-124 ASEE ANNUAL MEETING Salt Lake City, Utah June, 2004 The Trebuchet Project: Launching a “Hands-On” Engineering Technology Approach To Conducting Hands-On Statics and Dynamics Laboratory Courses Francis A. Di Bella, PE Assistant Professor Northeastern University, Boston, MA Mechanical Engineering TechnologyABSTRACT“…Hands-On, real word engineering experience” is the refrain that is

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

had a lab directly associated with each core course. The decisionwas made to create a set of core laboratories that were separate but aligned in a co-requisite structure with the core academic courses, Table 1. Table 1. Core Labs - AY 2000-2001 Semester Lab Co-requisite Core Courses Fall 2nd Year ECE Lab 1 Intro to Signal Processing Digital systems Spring 2nd Year ECE Lab 2 Circuits Linear Systems Fall 3rd Year ECE Lab 3 Electronics Microprocessors Spring 3rd Year ECE Lab 4

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harris; David Gatchell; Robert Linsenmeier

in biomedical engineering recommended for all undergraduate BiomedicalEngineering majors. In category 19, we simply provide some concluding remarks and solicitgeneral feedback about the survey from the participant.It should be noted that we did not explicitly list such important categories as “Laboratory Skills”and “Mathematical Modeling”. Whereas mathematical modeling has been included within Page 9.258.2category 17 (we solicited feedback on nine modeling concepts), laboratory skills were not“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Derek Maxwell; Kathleen Kramer

developedfor an undergraduate course in digital design. The projects to be described were initiallydeveloped within an undergraduate advanced digital design course and as independent studentprojects and were then adapted for use as a final project within a junior-level first course indigital design. As second-semester juniors, students are also completing a course in signals andsystems that provides them some initial background in frequency-domain topics that areapplicable.Beginning in Spring 2002, laboratories within the digital course were updated to make use ofaffordable and versatile programmable logic device boards produced by Digilent, Inc [DIGI

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Silage

Session 1532 Reintroducing Amateur Radio In ECE Capstone Design Projects Dennis Silage Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Temple UniversityAbstractPresented here from experience are the salient steps for the reintroduction of Amateur Radio intothe capstone design project in Electrical and Computer Engineering and diverse examples ofsuch projects. These steps include the involvement of the faculty supervisor, the establishmentof an Amateur Radio station as a communications laboratory sponsored by the department, asurvey

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari; Betsy Homsher; Laura Sullivan

school women to bioengineering and the applications forBiomechanics, Ergonomics, Biochemistry, and Automotive Crash Safety.There are very few residential bioengineering summer programs nationwide. Kettering’s LivesImprove Through Engineering, or LITE, is a two week, residential, summer program for youngwomen entering their senior year of high school. Approximately 36 students, recruited fromthroughout the United States and Canada, attend the fully funded camp each year. Universityfemale students receive a stipend to mentor the high school students. The student to mentor ratiois kept low, 3 to 1.Four different professors, one for each bioengineering subject, are dedicated to presenting thecurriculum. Hands-on laboratory experiences are integral

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Pietryga; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

isused to monitor voltages, currents, and powers in the various Power System Simulator sections.The digital I/O board controls a limited number of discrete channels which enable the simulatorto be controlled in a dispatched manner. The PC system is capable of performing real-timesupervisory control and data acquisition in an open-loop operator assisted format. The graphicsprovided to the user are the same as those found on major utility dispatching systems in theUnited States, Canada, and Europe. With the combination of the Power System Simulator andthe computer system, the student may be come familiar with all aspects of real world powersystem operation and control in a laboratory environment. The UPJ Power System Simulatorwith remote

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

Session 3464 Teaching About Materials Using Electronic Devices Sarah E. Leach Purdue UniversityAbstractIntroductory materials courses must, of necessity, contain a great deal of theoretical andfoundational information about the structure and properties of materials. Materialcategories are often studied separately, with comparisons being made between types. Thispaper describes a laboratory experience designed to bring together different types ofmaterials, by studying complex manufactured devices. Many electronic packagingsystems, including chip carriers and thick-film

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Goldowitz

unique “doing” approach for deeper understanding of groundwaterhydraulics. Each year, students in Introduction to Hydrology Laboratory at Rochester Institute ofTechnology install a groundwater monitoring network into a confined silty sand aquifer.Students working in small groups install wells to approximately 15 feet depth using hand augersand standard materials (well points, slotted screen, riser, lockable cap, sand pack, bentonite seal,cement grout, and concrete surface completion). Design elements include well placement, welldepth, well construction material, and well screen slot size. After preparing well logs andgeologic cross sections the students determine hydraulic conductivity, groundwater flowdirection, gradient, discharge and velocity

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

) and Multi-Choice Questions (MCQs) have beendesigned to assist in testing students’ safety awareness as well as testing the results of the effortsof staff in helping to inculcate such awareness.I. IntroductionDemands for more work relevant education 14 can have important safety implications. ComputerInstallation & Maintenance (CIM) is a hands-on unit introduced by the computing sciencedepartment at ECU. This unit was derived from the results of surveys of employers in the area ofComputer and Network Support and surveys of third year computing science students at ECU.The CIM unit has a weekly two hour theory lecture and an accompanying two hour hands-onworkshop session. Depending upon such factors as the available dedicated laboratory space

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Needler; Ken Jr. Jannotta; William Lin; Richard Pfile

two types of networking with designs ofinteroperable protocols and proper network architectures.In this paper, we discuss the impact of this trend on the design of curriculum in theComputer Engineering Technology program. We also report our initial attempt inassimilating these two networks from the curriculum point of view. The related coursematerial and associated laboratory exercises used in this initial attempt and theirimplementation in the higher-level curriculum in Computer Engineering Technologyprogram are discussed. Page 9.780.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wagner; Daniel Cavanagh

the students to utilize teamwork skills in a lab environment 5. To introduce the students to basic engineering methodologies such as proper graphing, report writing, and data analysis 6. To introduce the students to open-ended laboratory exercises in a teamwork environment.The overall order in which material is presented in the seminar was based upon the generalpathway of drug delivery into the human body. This pathway includes the following generalcomponents: 1) route of drug introduction; 2) dissolution of a drug in solid form; 3) diffusion ofthe drug into the bloodstream; and 4) transport of the drug throughout the circulation. Thesegeneral components were utilized to demonstrate the application of fundamental

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Campbell

Session 2653 The use of model making (and breaking) in freshman Engineering Statics courses. Ian Campbell School of Architectural, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Victoria University of Technology – AustraliaAbstractIn the Engineering degree programs that traditionally commence with an introductory staticscourse, instructors typically search for examples and applications that can explain and bringto life the physics and mathematics involved. Laboratory classes designed to reinforce theoryvia experiments are the norm but are often

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Beheler; Wayne Jones

present to a customer ‚" Present the solution to the class Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Page 9.4.1 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationWhile the Convergence Lab includes a variety of high-technology equipment ranging from ATMswitches to SONET rings, to DSLAMS, a college could set up a more limited lab with availableequipment to accomplish different but similar types of case study learning events. This paperdetails essential elements that are present in the Convergence Laboratory as well as themethodology for using those

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

collected information on their homework or exams. Some classes, if studentsare lucky, have accompanying laboratory practices where they can gain hands-on experience.There have been several attempts to revise engineering curriculum to improve understanding and Page 9.767.1foster creative thinking3. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The Manufacturing and Industrial Technology (MIT) Department of the College of Engineeringat TTU currently has four courses in the CAD/CAM/CNC areas. In order to eliminate

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yingzi Du; Robert Ives; Delores Etter; Thad Welch

secure sites, making financial transactions, allowing access tonetworked computers, or identifying a terrorist in a public place. Due to the potential for researchthat this relatively new field holds, and its importance to homeland defense, we have built a newBiometric Signal Processing Laboratory, and developed a new course in biometric signalprocessing. This course was designed for seniors in the electrical engineering major so that theycould become familiar with the basis for these new technologies. The course was organized togive the students some background in image processing, from which the identificationalgorithms are formulated, and had them design simple identification algorithms. The studentswere exposed to state-of-the-art

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Cheryl Sundberg

. Page 9.806.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”IntroductionOur involvement in this outreach program was a natural outgrowth of our previous involvementwith introducing pre-service teachers to engineering concepts. We have created a course inengineering problem solving for future teachers1. A key part of this was to use laboratories toteach engineering skills to these future teachers2. We had an outreach into the K-12 communityas a result of this class. In the past, our students have made presentations on topics covered inthe class and related topics to fourth grade classes in our community

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishna Vedula

) - utilizes the extensive network of ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites as a platform for providing in-service and pre-service K-12 teachers with discovery-based learning experiences in the MPS disciplines that theycan incorporate in their classroom activities. The EEC Division also funds RET sites. RET sitesprovide groups of in-service and pre-service K-12 teachers and community college faculty withdiscovery-based learning experiences in Engineering laboratories and facilities, which will thenbe incorporated into their classroom activities during the school year.Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) - program has an emphasis on:• introductory undergraduate courses presented through the development of text, software

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Sandquist; Brian Moretti; Edward Naessens

taught by the Departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science, Geography and Environmental Engineering, and Mathematics. Exposureto a wide range of disciplines broadens the science knowledge of the cadet and prepares the cadetfor lifelong science literacy and study. Cadets in the program augment their education throughan Advanced Individual Academic Development (AIAD) program that provides research anddevelopment opportunities with national and military laboratories such as the Los AlamosNational Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory,Aberdeen Proving Ground, and others. These intense summer training programs offer cadets theopportunity to participate in ongoing

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Outreach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach; Eileen Cashman

environmental science majors via hands-onprojects, case studies and active learning. The air resources module is taught over a three-weekperiod in a fifteen-week semester. The module curriculum is delivered over 6 lectures and two3-hour laboratory periods. This paper describes the lectures, labs and out of class activities. Thepedagogical approach incorporates web-based teaching strategies including Just-in-TimeTeaching (JiTT), developed by physics instructors and used by many different disciplines. Aftercompleting assigned readings, the students take online quizzes that summarize these readings.The lecture period is used to clarify misconceptions that were discovered in the students’responses to the online quizzes as well as present new material

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

and kinetic energy in a simple mechanical system. Laboratoryexperiments help alleviate the difficulties in some cases, but even a lab-based introductorythermal science course in the Mechanical Engineering Technology department at PurdueUniversity does not consistently improve student understanding of the basic principles. Thispaper describes the development and implementation of simple open-ended projects, used inconjunction with the laboratory portion of the course, as a means for increased studentunderstanding. Project topics have ranged from proving basic equations to investigating morecomplex problems, such as the effect of window treatments on cooling requirements or thefeasibility of alternative energy sources. Results from Fall 2003

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

understanding of how all this academicinformation will be important and utilized in the future. To help the students maximizetheir learning in the classroom and begin to understand the complexity of themanufacturing industry, various activities, laboratories, and tools have been developedfor this Introduction to Materials course. These ideas were developed to engage thestudent in this course and help them obtain a deeper understanding and appreciation ofthe material world than they would get with a traditional lecture format. This paperdiscusses the strategies and tools used to present various materials concepts to thestudents along with the guided activities and laboratory experiments performed by thestudents.IntroductionYoung children are very

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

resources to offer new degreeprograms. The resulting gap between the demand for qualified BME professionals and the pro-grams for educating them constitutes a significant, yet unmet, national need. Our goal is to de-velop a new educational paradigm to help reduce this gap. This paradigm is based on introducing novel multidisciplinary content into core engineeringcurriculum, and it consists of integration of content specific laboratory experiments into corecourses to provide essential background, followed by an elective providing topical depth. BMEis used as the novel content and ECE as the core curriculum. The method is versatile, as it can beeasily modified to integrate other novel multidisciplinary content into any engineering program.We have