Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Byrne

Session ____ Delivery of Materials Science to Engineering Freshman Chris Byrne Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KentuckyAbstract This paper describes the ongoing efforts to teach introductory materials science in acourse offered to first semester mechanical engineering freshman at Western KentuckyUniversity. The WKU mechanical engineering curriculum has other introductory engineeringcourses which students typically take at the same time. One goal of the two courses described inthis paper is to provide exposure to the type of exercises and expectations more

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Mohammed Haque

achieved by the integration of the contemporaryinformation technology (IT) and visualization tools in teaching engineering technology.Although the classroom environment in Engineering and Construction Science is highlystructured by the instructor, teaching students to be critical thinkers is essential in the virtualclassroom of the future. The objective of this research was to develop a virtual tour of areinforced concrete building construction using 3D animation and walkthrough. All thetechniques that were used in this research employed a generic programming architecture, whichwas discipline independent and could be adapted to any other similar domain. Thesevisualization techniques can be valuable aids not only in teaching in the classroom but

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Engineering EducationUnfortunately, engineering educators teaching in developing countries often do not havethe resources to participate in such conferences. Travel expenses, conference registrationfees, and on-site expenses are typically beyond their means. This often leads to a steadydecline in their effectiveness as faculty members, as they fall increasingly behind newdevelopments in engineering education.Based on prior experience of the National Technological University, sufficient electroniccommunication technologies exist, at least in capital cities throughout the developingworld, to allow participation in an electronic conference, so that engineering educatorsthere are able to participate readily. In target developing countries (e.g. in Africa

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Joseph Hoffman; Gary Pertmer; Chandra Thamire

equations course), 12 credit hours of physics courses with a lab component, and7 to 8 credit -hours of chemistry. The chemistry requirement is flexible and varies dependingupon the chemistry background of the student. All students must take Chemistry I, which has alab component, for gaining the associated experimental skills. Students then may take the secondcourse in the sequence with or without the lab component. The latter option is for those, who areinterested in acquiring more laboratory skills. Further, as the courses with lab component areoffered every semester as opposed to the limited offering of the course without the labcomponent, several students prefer the latter sequence.Several courses in the major also contain the basic-sciences

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari; Betsy Homsher; Laura Sullivan

thenominal registration fee paid by participants (which is waived in cases of financial need).Faculty receives compensation for teaching and preparation, as well as funding for laboratorymaterials and essential equipment. Student mentors, who take unpaid leaves of absence fromtheir co-op jobs, also receive compensation. Table 1 illustrates the costs for the LITE program. LITE Programming Costs Faculty, Housing Laboratory Speakers Entertainment Student Mentors and Materials and Field Meals & Trips Equipment $26,000 $25,000 $14,400 $8300

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Campbell

their models for an annual model making/breakingcompetition offered to freshman Engineering students from across Australia. In 2001 and2002, Victoria University students as taught by the author won this competition.1. IntroductionThe author’s underlying philosophy of Engineering education has been formed over manyyears and is “experience and practice” (wherever possible) within the teaching program afterall the key distinguishing characteristic of professional Engineers is the successful design ofpractical solutions to real problems. In 2001 the author replaced all laboratory experimentswithin the two semester freshman Statics course “Solid Mechanics A”, with a program ofcompetitive model making and breaking. The course applies to students from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

MIT’s CAD, CAM, and CNC courses. One of the primary instrumentations to support thispurpose is adapting and implementing the RP used by the nation’s technological schools intoMIT curriculum5-7.In July 1999, TTU’s Technology Access Fund provided a computer laboratory to support manyof the software needs for CAD, CAM and CNC practices. Fifteen DELL OptiPlex GX1, PentiumIII computers currently run programs such as: AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, Pro/E Wildfire,MasterCAM, and CNCez. In December 2002, this computer lab was upgraded to include 22Pentium IV computers and multimedia teaching capabilities. Although students gain excellentexperience with industrial – level CAD/CAM/CNC software tools, compatible advancedmanufacturing hardware is limited for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor Giurgiutiu; David Rocheleau; Jed Lyons

developing this emerging engineering educationfield. DME-USC established a course for teaching microcontrollers to mechanical engineeringstudents – EMCH 367, www.me.sc.edu/courses/emch367. The course consists of four majorcomponents: (a) classroom instruction; (b) homework; (c) laboratory; (d) project. The classroominstruction is focused on instilling in students the basic knowledge related to programming andusing the microcontroller. Part of the classroom instruction is performed in a computerlaboratory, where the students interact with simulation software on a one-on-one basis. Thehomework is focused on the students’ understanding and retention of the concepts in a self-teaching style, and it consists of examples that students follow and exercises

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Striz

Engineering enrollment ofover 500. In the same time frame, the University of Oklahoma College of Engineering (CoE) Page 9.403.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationwas going through the ABET 2000 accreditation process. Based on the industrial andgovernment laboratory (JPL) experience of Donna Shirley and members of the AME AdvisoryBoard, it was obvious that a modern Aerospace Engineering program had to teach more than theold basics of aerodynamics, structures, and propulsion, especially more

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

place, another idea was generated that providesadditional support for engineering students, both undergraduate and graduate alike. The Departmentof Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University implemented a plan in 1993 that focusedon communication needs by having the majority of the on average 25 teaching assistants employedby the department become the principal readers for text produced in the Fluid Mechanics, HeatTransfer, Vibrations, and Controls laboratories. These graduate students critique, comment, andgrade in both the technical and communication areas while also teaching the above laboratories.Over the years this method has had an impact on the quality of the reports produced and theconcentration that is shown by students toward

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationteaching and learning and attend conferences such as ASEE where we interact with our peers.But I contend that we, as academics, are isolated from the day-to-day activities in industry. Evenour research work is generally done in our own labs away from the industries we are doing thework for. Given that very few graduate engineers with bachelor degrees pursue research, alsogiven the fact that I teach mostly first year students, it seemed appropriate that I shouldinvestigate work in industry rather than doing research at a laboratory. I felt that this experiencewould be more directly transferable and of more

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reginald Tomkins; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Joseph Kisutcza; Deran Hanesian; Howard Kimmel

, diffusion to the surface and acceptance into the crystal lattice.Throughout the discussion of the crystallization process, the teachers recognize important basicscientific concepts that they teach in their courses and the application of these concepts bychemical engineers. A simple experiment to crystallize sugar is given to the teachers for theirclassroom and laboratory use, but is not performed by the teachers in class.Post Reaction Physical Separation Techniques - DistillationIn the production of Aspirin, the mother liquor leaving the crystallizer contains toluene, aceticanhydride, and acetic acid. How are these materials to be separated and recovered for recycle tothe process for reuse? The most common method of separating liquids is

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Zion; Ronald Fulle; Carol Richardson

technical curriculum whilestrongly requesting that students become more knowledgeable with managerial skills such asEthics and Project Management.This was a dilemma for us since we already require 192-quarter credit hours in the CET Programand more for ET & TET. Several Ethics courses are taught within the Philosophy Department inthe College of Liberal Arts. Business teaches a graduate MBA Ethics course as well. Severaldepartments teach Project Management, each with an emphasis on applying those concepts totheir own area of specialty. Students could take courses in these other departments and, somedid take the very courses that cover this subject matter. However, most students did notparticipate in these subjects. Please note: This paper does

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

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

Session 3464 Materials Science Course for Non-Majors: An Exercise in Experiential Learning Jamie Workman-Germann Indiana University Purdue University, IndianapolisTeaching Materials Science courses can be difficult. Teaching Materials Science coursesto non-majors can be even more difficult, but teaching Materials Science courses tofreshmen non-majors who have no chemistry or engineering background can beextremely challenging. The students in the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET)program in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI are required totake an

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

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

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Session 1133 Experimental Apparatus for Demonstrating Thermo-siphon Heat Recovery System Concept Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh Department of Engineering Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USAAbstractA portable thermo-siphon heat recovery system experimental apparatus was designed, developed,and constructed for the undergraduate mechanical engineering laboratory at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. The purpose of this experimental apparatus is to demonstrate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

familiar system. Our long-term vision for the full development of this project is the complete integration of afull spectrum of BME topics into the entire ECE curriculum, with additional elective courses de-signed to provide a minor or concentration in BME. If successful, this approach can then be usedfor integrating BME into other engineering disciplines within a college of engineering, whichmay then serve as the foundation of an interdepartmental undergraduate BME degree program. 3. Implementation Teaching new BME concepts primarily in a laboratory setting fits naturally to Rowan’sECE program17, the key attributes of which include the following techniques to prepare studentsfor a rapidly changing and highly competitive career market. (1

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

threeinstrumentation projects reported in this paper are a dc motor drive system, a liquid level controlsystem, and an environmental automation system. All three projects focused on instrumentationsystem development incorporating multiple sensors/actuators, GPIB-interfaced instrumentcontrol, data acquisition hardware, LabVIEW software, and implementation of hysteresis oron/off control scheme. These projects were carried out during the final four weeks of thesemester after eleven weeks of lecture/lab sessions. Success of the student project experiencewas assessed based on defined learning and teaching objectives.IntroductionThe ability to conduct and design experiments is rated as one of the most desirable technicalskills of engineering and engineering

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

N. M. Ravindra; Jr., Anthony Culpepper; Henry McCloud; Howard Kimmel

school year studying in state-of- the-art science,mathematics, computer laboratories and smart classrooms. The program goal is toenhance the participants' academic ability and interest in technology by providinghands-on opportunities to work on research projects with university faculty andmentors. We will also examine the influence of incorporation of Technology on bridging theDigital Divide and Computer Equity for groups under-represented in science,technology, engineering and mathematics. A review of the effects of technology on ourparticipants in their educational attainment at the secondary and post-secondary levelsis presented.2. Introduction The Center for Pre-College Programs at the New Jersey Institute of Technologyhouses an Upward

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

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hari Janardanan Nair; Frank Liou

-system development. Studentswith a science background lack the required engineering experience and skills for designand development. The root problem could be attributed to elementary level of USeducation system, which lacks an integrated approach to using science and engineering.The report “Before It's Too Late” 20 by The National Commission on Mathematics andScience Teaching for the 21st Century suggests that U.S. students are receiving only asuperficial knowledge in science in today's classrooms. In secondary level of education,different sciences are treated separately each in its own compartment. At higher collegelevel and in engineering education, there is little exposure to science, most engineeringcurriculum will not have modern physics

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

Session 1566 A Student-Centered Senior Capstone Project in Heat Exchanger Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549OverviewHofstra University recently received a grant from the American Society of Heating,Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for students to design and build a heatexchanger demonstration unit for the mechanical engineering laboratories. The grant wasawarded through ASHRAE’s Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. Senior mechanicalengineering students designed and built the heat exchanger unit as their

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Smith; Scott Dunning

bestructured and supervised to ensure that the ABET requirement of equivalency was being met for Page 9.27.2“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”a program extended from a remote site. Additionally, UM requires that students complete aminimum of thirty degree hours of coursework with the institution to receive a degree.To address this requirement, a class schedule was designed that had ten core technical coursestaught by UM faculty. USM agreed to teach the additional mathematics, science and liberal

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rowan, he was Professor of ChemicalEngineering at Manhattan College. Dr. Slater's research and teaching interests are in separation and purificationtechnology, laboratory development, and investigating novel processes for fields such as bio/pharmaceutical/foodengineering and specialty chemical manufacture. He has authored over 100 papers and several book chapters. Dr. Page 9.728.9Slater has been active in ASEE, having served as Program Chair and Director of the Chemical Engineering Division.He has held every office in the DELOS Division. Dr. Slater has received

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George DeSain; Farid Tranjan; Ken Burbank

will continuously add qualified faculty as the program progresses, to carryan appropriate share of the teaching load.A Memo of Understanding has been drafted to cover issues such as transcripts, admissionscriteria, evaluation of transfer students, library usage, assessment methods and structure,freshman engineering courses, and student fees. This document calls for yearly reviews by theDirectors to ensure continuity. The long-term goal is to have this program separately accredited.Freshmen are to start this program in fall of 2004. Page 9.80.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Will; Wesley Stone

continuous improvement effort. Changes to the course structure wereinstituted and course content materials were developed during the summer effort. The coursenow operates as several autonomous sections with a team approach that maintains a base level ofconsistency. Although only partially through the first year of the changes, initial feedbackindicates that the changes have been well- received, more effectively delivering the designexperience to the students, while more effectively utilizing faculty teaching load.Introduction The capstone senior design experience for Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Electricaland Computer Engineering (ECE) students at Valparaiso University has rapidly developed into avaluable learning experience. The course

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdolmajid Lababpour

the different educational levels. This rapid development suggests that providing biotechnology educational materials by theconventional systems is a very difficult and time-consuming process [7]. Conventional education ofbiotechnology requires a specific place (classroom and laboratory), specialist/educated teacher, textbooks,and considerable investment for experimental devices. Many of the biotechnological experiments are toocostly, too time consuming, too dangerous to be done easily in classroom [7]. They are among thelimitations to the development of biotechnology education via conventional models. Computer based instruction software often reduce the instruction time and students’ motivationis increased [7]. Also, It

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lobaugh

Session 2547 Revving up interest in Hands-On Engineering Michael Lobaugh Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeIntroduction: This paper provides an overview of the past, present, and future changes to a laboratory-based course providing hands-on experience in manufacturing. At the 2002 conference for theASEE, Mukasa E. Ssemakula presented a paper (session 3649)1, describing successes for acourse that helped students gain hands-on experience in a Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) program. Using this presentation as a springboard, a pilot program at Penn State