consulting or contract work with industries; including a couple of years in automated testing and control of various electrical and mechanical systems and a few months on the testing of communication systems. Page 11.1221.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Reliability Concepts to Undergraduate Students – An NSF CCLI A&I Grant Prof. S. Manian Ramkumar1, Prof. Scott J. Anson, Prof. Charles Swain and Arun Varanasi2 Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly Rochester Institute of Technology
(1) y ? CxWhere, x is the state vector consisting of base disk twist angle { and angular velocity {% , andpendulum swing angle s angular velocity s% . ] x ? { {% s s% T _As illustrated above, r is the distance from the center axis of the base disk to pendulumlongitudinal axis, Jd and Jp are the disk and pendulum centroidal moments of inertia respectively,b1 and b2 are revolute joint viscous damping, T is the applied control torque, lCG is the distancefrom mounting joint to pendulum center of gravity, and mp is the
, S. Das, S. A. Yost, ”Team-Oriented, Project-Based Instruction in a New Mechatronics Course,” Proceedings of the IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 1999, pp. 13d4/1-13d4/6.2. S. Das, S. A. Yost, M. Krishnan, ”Effective Use of Web-Based Communication Tools in a Team -Oriented, Project-Based, Multidisciplinary Course,” Proceedings of the IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 1999, pp.13a2/14-13a2/17.3. S. A. Yost, M. Krishnan, S. Das, “Mechatronics: A Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Initiative,” Proceedings of the IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 1999, pp. 13a1/1-13a1/1.4. L
Science from North Carolina A & T State University.Shona Morgan, North Carolina A&T State University Shona Morgan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Administration at North Carolina A&T State University. She received her B. S. from Spelman College, and M. S. and Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University.Silvanus Udoka, North Carolina A&T State University Silvanus J. Udoka is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Department Business Administration at North Carolina A&T State University. He received his B. S. from Weber State University, and M. S
). Page 11.52.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006A Hands-on, Interdisciplinary Laboratory Program andEducational Model to Strengthen a Radar Curriculum for Broad DistributionIntroduction Severe and hazardous weather such as thunderstorms, downbursts, and tornadoes can takelives in a matter of minutes. In order to improve detection and forecast of such phenomenausing radar, one of the key factors is fast scan capability. Conventional weather radars, suchas the ubiquitous NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar developed in the 1980’s), are severelylimited by mechanical scanning. Approximately 175 of these radars are in a national networkto provide the bulk of our weather information. Under the development for weather
for the means of each mode are shown in Figure 3. 5.8 5.6 4.5 5.4 95% CI Crit_1 95% CI Crit_2 5.2 4 5 4.8 3.5 4.6 4.4 P R S P R S Mode
benefited from several CUNY PSC grants.Appendix:An Excel program is used to calculate the force in a 4-charge configuration.Figure A-1: The R, S, T, U charges are located on two bars. R-S and T-U are differentpolarities for the case of magnets. The T-U bar scans horizontally. The two bars are of Page 11.1328.8equal length (15 cm). The vertical T-U bar is 1 cm above the horizontal R-S barThe Excel program is displayed below.The above Excel columns are used to compute the vertical forces on the horizontal bar as exertedby the vertical bar. The vertical bar scan across the horizontal bar and a plot of force versus scandistance can be generated. A log
, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004, Session 3566.6 T. R. Hsu, “Teaching ME Undergraduates in MEMS Design and Manufacture”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo, November 2000, Orlando, Florida, DE-10A.7 L. Lin, “Curriculum Development in Microelectromechanical Systems in Mechanical Engineering”, IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44, No. 1, February, 2001, pp. 61-66.8 J. R. Davis, Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching: New Arrangements for Learning, Westport, CT: American Council on Education and the Oryx Press, 2002, pp. 61-64.9 A. J. Muscat, E. L. Allen, E. D. H. Green, L. S. Vanasupa, "Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning in a Semiconductor Processing Course", Journal of Engineering Education
Page 11.1135.7 for enabling control and data acquisition with respect to the new experiment.References[1] C. L. Bohus, A. Crowl, B. Aktan, and M. H. Shor, “Running control engineering experiments over the internet,” in Proceedings of the 13th IFAC World Congress, (San Francisco, CA), 1996. paper no. 4c-03.[2] M. L. Corradini, G. Ippoliti, T. Leo, and S. Longhi, “An internet based laboratory for control education,”in Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, (Orlando, FL), December 2001.[3] S. E. Poindexter and B. S. Heck, “Using the web in your courses: What can you do? what should you do?,” IEEE Control System, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 83–92, 1999.[4] A. Gupta, M. A. Gabr, and V. C. Matzen, “Alternatives in the
Ergonomics and Human Factors. UK: Taylor andFrancis.8. Vora, J., Nair, S., Medlin, E., Gramopadhye, A. K., Duchowski, A. T., & Melloy. B. J. (2001), Using VirtualReality to Improve Aircraft Inspection Performance: Presence and Performance Measurement Studies, The HumanFactors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.9. Alias Wavefront, Maya 3D modeling tool, www.alias.com, Last accessed 18 January, 2006.10. OpenGL Graphics API, www.opengl.org, Last accessed 18 January, 2006.11. Witmer, B.G., Singer, M.J. (1998). Measuring Presence in Virtual Environments: A Presence Questionnaire,Presence 7 (3), 225–240.12. Vembar, D., Sadasivan, S., Duchowski, A., Stringfellow, P., Gramopadhye, A. (2005), Design of a VirtualBorescope: A Presence
World War II engineering instruction included ahealthy amount of laboratory or fieldwork to balance theory. Students were taught not only how Page 11.113.2to design a product but how to build it from scratch. The publication of the Grinter Report1 in1955 marked a shift to the theoretical side of engineering. Due to a combination of issueslaboratories started to become prohibitively expensive during the 70’s and were further scaledback2. In the 80’s the pendulum swung back as the, then new, conventional ABET accreditationcriteria recognized the importance of laboratory techniques with set accreditation requirements.Recent years, however; have seen
equipment.References1. SME Manufacturing Engineering – Automation Technology: Robotic AutomationCan Cut Costs, pp. 65 - 72, December 2005.2. SME Manufacturing Engineering – Tomorrow’s Factory: Manufacturing IndustryTakes First Steps Toward Implementing Collaborative E-Manufacturing Systems, pp. 43-60, Nov. 2001.3. SME – Machine tools begin connecting to the Internet Manufacturing, 9/2001.4. Koc, M., Ni, J. and Lee, J., “Introduction of e-manufacturing,” Proceedings of theInternational Conference on Frontiers on Design and Manufacturing, Dalian, China, July2002.5. Lee, J., 2003, “E-manufacturing—fundamental, tools, and transformation,” Roboticsand Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 19, Issue 6, pp. 501-507.6. Ahn, S. H., Bharadwaj, B., Khalid, H., Liou
that regardless of the valve(s) position, the water levels are equal for no-flowconditions.Instrument DescriptionThe Hydrodynamic Wheatstone Bridge (HWB) shown in Figure 1, was designed for use as ahands-on lab instrument. It utilizes a 1000 mL graduated cylinder filled with water and placedadjacent to the bridge to create the applied pressure (voltage) to the pipe network (circuit).Swagelok valves represent the four strain gages in the legs of the circuit. The valves areconnected by ¼" OD tubing and 45º brass fittings. Manometer tubes, (Fig. 2) are located in-between the valves, allowing the students to measure the water column height or head (voltage)and the changes caused by opening or closing one or more valves. The valves can be adjusted
early 1970’s, state budget cuts forced the elimination of funding for instructionalequipment and laboratories. Rapid changes in technology, particularly the growing application ofcomputing, presented challenges to maintain quality in the instructional laboratories in theCollege of Engineering. A funding program in the 1980’s helped to revitalize some of the engineering lab facilities;however, many objectives were unfulfilled. The realization of the importance of computertechnologies by industry prompted significant contributions by technology companies. TheIllinois Society of Professional Engineers promoted the establishment of the Illinois EngineeringEquipment Grant Program for the purchase of lab equipment and other resources. The need
Page 11.76.12posed a challenge since it was time intensive. All of the students were satisfied with theknowledge acquired. One student termed this “very hard but still the best class I everhad.” The students were extremely satisfied when they performed their first successfulscans.At the end of the semester, all students submitted their lab reports describing their STMsand commenting on the laboratory experience in the course. All student comments werepositive and encouraging. Student course evaluations were administered at the end of thesemester. For this course, the average numerical evaluation was excellent, 4.92 out of 5.Acknowledgement: This project was supported in part by NSF Grant 0407289.References[1] Adams, J. D., Rogers, B. S., and
tracingbackwards starting from the last point in the matching matrix (X, Y). An optimal alignment pathis computed for each reference word template, and the one with the lowest cumulative score isconsidered to be the best match for the unknown speech sample. (X, Y) H C E i-1, j E i-1 P j-1 i, j-1 S S s P E E h HFigure 2-1 Simplified example of DTW matching
creatingcomputer based instructional content. The templates for many of the games and quizzespresented on the teaching toolbox site were designed so that they could be used by students withlimited computer skills. The creation of tutorial movies by students in engineering graphics hasbeen successful to the extent that the student materials represent a significant portion of thecourse content. The greatest depth of knowledge achieved by students occurred in areas wherethey created instructional content for others.Bibliography[1] Crown, S., Freeman, R., and Fuentes A.A., “Asynchronous Computer Based Training as a Means of Integratingthe Use of Engineering Software into the Curriculum”, Computer in Education Journal, Vol. XIV No.3, July-September 2004.[2
, New Jersey Institute of Technology Linda A. Haydamous received a B.E. in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Information Technology from the American University of Beirut in 2005. She is currently an M.S. candidate in the Engineering Management program at New Jersey Institute of Technology, and is working as a graduate Research Assistant in Operations Research. She is a Student Member of the IEEE since 2003.Wissam Kazan, Stanford University Wissam S. Kazan received his B.E. in Computer and Communications Engineering with distinction from the American University of Beirut in 2005. He is currently an M.S. candidate in the Computer Science program at Stanford University, and is
Laboratoryfor the School Preview and Summer Program for High School Students. The equipment willbecome an important part of our outreach events and summer program for promising high schoolstudents from backgrounds underrepresented in the engineering profession.Reference:1. SFSU Civil Engineering Curriculum Mission Statements, Internal Report by School of Engineering, San Francisco State University (2003).2. Sabatini, D.A., Teaching and Research Synergism: the Undergraduate Research Experience, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 123, No.3, 98-102 (July 1997).3. Jenkins, S. R., Pocock, J.B., Zuraski, P.D., Meade, R.B., Mitchell, Z.W. and Farrington, J.J., Capstone Course in an Integrated
with respect to therobustness concepts. The discussion by the students can address the effect of the externaldisturbance on the performance of the system. At this stage, the design appears to be satisfactoryeven under sudden external disturbance. Disturbance at 5s Disturbance at 45s Disturbance at 24s Disturbance at 6s Disturbance at 14s Disturbance at 38s Disturbance at 18s Disturbance at 37s Fig. 15 Square-wave position tracking, Fig. 16 Sine-wave position tracking, X=5 s/div, Y=10 rev/div X=5 s/div, Y=10 rev
. W18x46 6.20 k HS S 4x 4x 1/4 W12x35 8.16 k W18x46 HS S 4x 4x 1
programs.Bibliography[1] Eppes, T. and Schuyler, P., “A Robust and Scalable Distance Laboratory Platform”, Proceedings of the 2004ASEE Conference & Exposition, Session 2426.[2] Eppes, T. and Schuyler, P., “A Distance Laboratory System Using Agilent Test Equipment”, 2004 Frontiers inEducation (FIE) Conference, Session T3C.[3] Esche, S.K. & Chassapis, C., “An Internet-Based Remote Access Approach to Undergraduate LaboratoryEducation”, Proceedings of the 1998 Fall Regional Conference of the Middle Atlantic Section of ASEE.[4] Esche, S. K. & Prasad, M. G. & Chassapis, C., “A Remotely Accessible Laboratory Approach to UndergraduateEducation”, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 3220.[5] Gurocak, H., “Initial Steps
understanding is an area that should beparticularly enhanced by use of the spreadsheets.Table 1. Summary of student characteristics and measures of achievement.Section # of % Prior GPA DCI Pre- DCI Post- Total students graduate test* test* Course students Score*Comparison 15 60 3.04±0.61 -- 68±17 (9) 66±23Experimental (F’04) 19 26 3.43±0.49 35±10 (19) 64±13 (16) 77±10Experimental (S’05) 24 38 3.47±0.52 30±11(11) 64±10(6) 79±9
was supported through the National Science Foundation through theCAREER program (NSF9984896); the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvementprogram (NSF0088279), and the Department Level Planning Grants for Engineering Education(NSF0230695). LASER CULT case studies are available on-line3, as are portfolios of studentwork8. The author acknowledges generous equipment donations from Melles Griot andThorlabs.Bibliography1 Committee on Optical Science and Engineering, Harnessing light: Optical science and engineering in the 21st century. (National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 1998).2 S. B. Feichtner and E. A. Davis, "Why some groups fail: a survey of students' experiences with learning groups," J. Organ. Behav. Teaching Soc
system. In further work, the system willbe expanded to monitor temperature and relative humidity.Bibliography 1. Camann, D.E., Harding, H. J., Geno, P. W., and Lewis, R. G. Relationship Among Drag Sled, PUF Roller and Hand Press Transfer of Pesticide Residues From Floors. in Proceedings of the US EPA and ADWMA International Conference. 1994. Durham, N C. 2. Ross, J., Fong, H. R., Thongsinthusak, T., Margetich, S., and Krieger, R., Measuring Potential Dermal transfer of Surface Pesticides Residue Generated from Indoor Fogger Using the CDFA Roller Method. Chemosphere, 1991. 22(9-10): p. 975-984. 3. Vaccaro, J.R., and Nolan, R. J. Evaluation of Dislodgeable
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of Franklin University and Northwestern State University.Michael S. EnglertMichael Englert received his B.S. degree in Control Systems Engineering Technology from Texas A&MUniversity—Corpus Christi in May 2005. His interest includes working with and programmingmicrocontrollers and researching any related information to control systems. Page 11.1452.8
-ATEcoordinates the tours and develops the educational support materials for students and teachers.The FL-ATE outreach managers identify the schools and specific class or classes, works withthe teachers who will go on the tour. They also work directly with the industry partners to besure the tour is a meaningful experience and contains several essential components. Each tourprovides an overview of Florida Manufacturing careers, a prelude of the facility and itsproduct(s) and a focus on a particular technology that is integral to the particular site. Thecompany host must also provide access to employees at various levels in the organization whocan talk to the students about working in the manufacturing industry. The FL-ATE outreachmanagers also organize
concepts. The team-based approach promoted peer instruction, which in turnhelped to reduce the need to lecture and compensated for time used by the lab.AcknowledgmentFunding for this project was provided by an NSF-CCLI grant DUE-0126877. The author Page 11.155.8gratefully acknowledges assistance of Dr. Dennis Robbins and Ms. Gaye Ozgur in settingup these modules.References1. Reisman, S., and Carr, W. A., “Perspectives on Multimedia Systems in Education,” IBM SystemsJournal, 30, 3, 280-295, (1991).2. Bailey, M. and Chambers, J., “Using the Experiential Learning Model to Transform anEngineering Thermodynamics Course”, 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers
Modular Series on Solid State Devices, G.W. Neudeck, R. F. Pierret, eds, Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, 2002. 4. Hendricks, R. W., Guido, L. J., Heflin, J. R., Sarin, S., “An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Microelectronics,” Proc. of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2001. 5. Timmons, C. T., Gray, D. T., Hendricks, R.W., “Process Development for an Undergraduate Microchip Fabrication Facility,” Proc. of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2001. 6. Hendricks, R. W., “An Undergraduate Microchip Fabrication Facility,” Proc. of the 2001 American Society for Engineering