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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Andy Moore; C.J. Fisher; Pat Crosby; Wayne Helmer; Chih-Hao Wu

A Low-Cost EFI Engine Dynamometer Part 1 – Design and Construction Andy Moore, C.J. Fisher, Pat Crosby Dr. Wayne Helmer, Dr. Chih-Hao Wu Mechanical Engineering/Electrical Engineering Arkansas Tech University Russellville, ArkansasAbstract The purpose of this project is to design and fabricate an electronic fuel injection(EFI) engine dynamometer using standard, low-cost components. Energy conversiondevices are a main component in any mechanical or electrical engineering department.Energy conversion devices such as internal combustion engines usually require

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

weld sequences are simulated. In addition to distortion, residual stressand plastic strain distributions are obtained from the analysis. The heat sink effect is alsoanalyzed using transient thermal-mechanical analysis. The predicted welding distortion is inreasonable accuracy as it correlated with test data.1. IntroductionDue to many desirable properties of aluminum material (such as low weight-to-strength ratio andexcellent resistance to salt water corrosion), the aluminum has been increasingly used in vehiclestructures, such as cradle. The cradle is a welded structure to mount engine in a vehicle. Besidesextrusion, Metal-Inert-Gas (MIG) welding is a primary manufacturing process for aluminumcradle. The distortion in welding aluminum part is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

-metal panel. A real industrial part, an automotive front fender panel, isutilized in the project. This project tied much of the material from students’ previous coursework together, including mechanics of materials, machine design, and manufacturing processplanning.1. IntroductionOver recent years, many manufacturing engineering or technology graduates work in positionsrequiring familiarity with computer-aided engineering analysis as well as design andmanufacturing process. They are asked to utilize commercial software for simpledesign/manufacturing analysis, such as performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in fixture andtooling design to ensure required function. The main reason for this shift is integration ofanalysis at early stages of

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

NSFdata base provides opportunities for additional analyses. This paper classifies the 528 grants interms of NSF program, collaborative partners, annual trends, geographic location, and fundinglevel. The paper concludes with a review of successful strategies for grant-writing formultidisciplinary engineering projects.IntroductionThere have been numerous articles emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary ormultidisciplinary research to address emerging areas in science and engineering,1, 2 to enhancethe relevancy of undergraduate engineering education,3, 5 and to utilize new technologies ininnovative applications.4 Specific topics, including bioengineering, engineering systems, andenvironmental engineering are often said to be inherently

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

Engineering program were defined in the originalproposal: (1) Create a culture of acceptance and value of community and international service activities at CSM. The goal is to create an enhanced appreciation of the value and Page 10.660.2 importance of the participation of engineers in community and international service. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright@2005, American Society for Engineering Education” (2) Increase the number of CSM engineering graduates that enter occupations that have a community or international service

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International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Whalley; Harriet Svec; Harvey Svec; Teresa Hall

. Students who have traveled overseas and studied othercultures have benefit of knowledge that can have considerable impact on future engineeringdesign choices, environmental sustainability issues, and even socio-political decisions.Many universities are adopting international experience and global citizenship themes in thecore curriculum; South Dakota State University is among this group. However, the studyabroad experience has yet to be widely adopted: only one percent of the Americanundergraduate population in 2002 had earned academic credit in this manner.1 The financialconstraints of overseas travel compounded with the lack of faculty participation [due tofunding issues, time constraints, or teaching load issues] negatively affect study

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

College of Technology, known for itsManufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) programs. The course had twotracks: (1) interpreting engineering drawings (IED) which is traditional drafting, and (2) CADtraining (AutoCAD, release 12). Textbooks for the course were Interpreting EngineeringDrawings by Jenson and Hines for the IED track and Using AutoCAD Release 12 by J. E. Fullerfor the CAD track1,2. Students were also required to complete a computer-aided-drafting project(such as the “trolley” assembly from the IED book). Currently, the course retains the same basic format, although as technology has advanced, theCAD software has necessarily changed over the years from what was largely computerizeddrafting using AutoCAD, release 12

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

classifiedinto three categories. 1. Infinite Statistics: This is based on the assumption that very large amount of experimental data are available. Then the True Mean can be obtained from Normal Distribution Table. 2. Finite Statistics: This is based on the assumption that the available data are not large. In this case, the True Mean can be estimated from the available Page 10.409.1 sample mean with the help of Student’s “t” Distribution Table. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

classifiedinto three categories. 1. Infinite Statistics: This is based on the assumption that very large amount of experimental data are available. Then the True Mean can be obtained from Normal Distribution Table. 2. Finite Statistics: This is based on the assumption that the available data are not large. In this case, the True Mean can be estimated from the available Page 10.410.1 sample mean with the help of Student’s “t” Distribution Table. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Willis

and Hispanics. Visioneering receives rave reviews from students, educators, andindustry – 92-100% of participants would tell a friend about it.IntroductionVisioneering: Designing the Future is a signature National Engineers Week event whichpromotes math, science, engineering, and technology in a high-energy atmosphere. Visioneeringis listed among the official activities on the E-Week website, and the live event is north Texas’largest National Engineers Week event. Goal of Visioneering: To excite students about science, math, engineering and technology in a high-energy, high-impact atmosphere.Visioneering is unique from other engineering programs targeting middle school students in that(1) the event takes place in

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Willis

High Heels – High Tech: A Professional Development Opportunity for Educators Betsy F. Willis, Ph.D. School of Engineering, Southern Methodist UniversityAbstractHigh Heels – High Tech is a 2-day professional development workshop for middle and highschool educators, each of whom impact the lives of hundreds of girls annually. The workshopfocuses on three themes: (1) the need for more women engineers, (2) preparation for collegeengineering, and (3) opportunities in engineering for women. Throughout the workshop,participants are immersed in the engineering experience as they learn from female engineers atcorporate and university sites. Twenty

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Devine

following the workshop and have continued in use with some adaptation since then. Aspects of the workshop that were adopted immediately were listing of objectives for each class, development of board notes, movement away from the chalkboard during class and use of colored chalk. The manner for class preparation of board notes, presentation style, and the use of colored chalk and its impact can not be over-stated. Furthermore, the workshop instilled a confidence to conduct class in manners other than routine lecture that was not gained from experience as a teaching assistant in graduate school, as a visiting assistant professor, or from a tenure eligible position for 1 year. The impact of the ExCEEd program has been significant and quite positive

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Auzenne; Jeanne Garland; J. Phillip King; Ricardo Jacquez

five civil engineering industry partners.The goals of the program were to address the need for more civil engineers, to increase therepresentation of minorities and women within the technological workforce, to boost the transferrate and numbers of students to bachelor’s programs in civil engineering, and to provide acoordinated education pathway from community college pre-engineering programs to bachelor’sdegree programs in civil engineering. The META program’s primary efforts have been focusedon recruitment and retention of students by providing 1) a summer bridge component thatintroduces students to civil engineering and the field’s technology applications and that preparesstudents for success as civil engineering majors, 2) industry

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Rene Reitsma; Martha Cyr; Nancy Shaw; Michael Mooney; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Paul Klenk

with Lessons). To be part of the collection,each curricular item must contain certain elements; other elements are optional. Table 1 providesa summary of the required and optional elements for curricular Units, Lessons and Activities.Correlating State and National StandardsBecause the curriculum-developing faculty members were based in Colorado, Massachusetts andNorth Carolina, the decision was made to correlate standards between these three states andvarious national standards. Hence, contributors provided their curricular materials using theirown state standards.A centrally-stored cross-correlation between state and national standards helps teachers fromstates other than the one for which the curriculum was explicitly indexed associate the

Conference Session

BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Cutbirth; Brett Hughes; Sundararajan Madihally

tothe rest of the students and other instructors. During the presentation or after the presentation,students will be given feedback about the presentation and necessary changes to be incorporatedin their final report due a week later. Each activity is graded including the preplan, progressreports, oral presentation and written report. One of the laboratory exercises used indemonstrating the fundamental concepts is a hemodialysis device. Typically, it is used undersimulated conditions via salt solutions with the focus of providing hands-on experience onseparation concepts [1]. At OSU, we extended the experiment to a more clinically relevantproject by using creatinine to represent blood toxins. The project is described below.Project Statement

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Johnston; Christopher Greene; Jeff Jalkio

apparatus. Similarly, while physics majors may learndigital logic design in an electronics or experimental methods course, they typically are notfamiliar with contemporary devices such as field programmable gate arrays that can be used toimprove the speed, cost, and flexibility of equipment.How these interdisciplinary projects combine some of the advantages of each of the traditionalmethods while mitigating their disadvantages is summarized in Table 1 below. Internships / Co- Faculty / Student Service learning Interdisciplinary ops cooperative projects research project researchFaculty Low

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Pezeshki

complexgovernmental/ transnational political environment that will run global commerce. Inorder for the U.S. to successfully deal with the outsourcing issue, students must learn tobe competent engineers, as well as master a complement of business and soft skillsinvolving communication and understanding of cultural diversity. The professoriate hasan obligation to develop role models that can lead the way for students, in spite of careerincentives in the academy that tend to be along the lines of technical excellence with littleregard to society/policy implications of new technologies.Bibliography 1. Bardhan, Ashok, and Kroll, Cynthia “The New Wave of Outsourcing”, Research Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

the current study.Sommers’ four-year study of student writers from across the disciplines notes that “students whomake the greatest gains as writers throughout college (1) initially accept their status as novicesand (2) see in writing a larger purpose than fulfilling an assignment” (p. 124). Carroll suggeststhat writing proficiency develops throughout the course of a student’s academic career asstudents assume new tasks—new roles—as writers, and not in a single freshman coursesequence. Sternglass’ study of at-risk students enrolled at CCNY, with its provocativeframework of richly detailed case studies, offers a strong example in qualitative methodology.These researchers’ findings are intriguing—in them it is possible to see the limits of

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

starting requirements of our 12supporting companies. The next stage is to “pull” the skills needed by the senior-levelcourses from the lower division and feeder programs.On that basis, we have analyzed the math used in two microelectronics courses: 1. UET416 – Dopant control technology. This covers transistor operation, ion implantation of dopants and diffusion in subsequent thermal processing steps. It has everything from differential equations to statistical control and no matter the university where it is given, the topic has a strong traditional math content. 2. UET417 – Clean room practice. The primary goal is to ensure safe working conditions. The scope includes effective communications and reporting with the

Conference Session

Labs, Demos and Software in Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Burchett

controls laboratory. One of the primary coursesthis lab services is Analysis and Design of Engineering Systems (ES 205) which is a sophomorelevel system dynamics course taught to all mechanical, electrical, and biomedical engineeringmajors. ES 205 focuses on lumped parameter modeling of mechanical, electrical, fluid, andthermal systems.The hardware plant used in this lab is the Educational Control Products (ECP) RectilinearControl System1, shown in Figure 1. This is a translational mass-spring-damper system drivenby a DC electric motor that provides up to three degrees of freedom of motion. Systemstiffnesses may be changed to the user's liking. A variable air damper may be connected to any ofthe masses.The plants also provide for varying the

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Sterian; Bruce Dunne; Andrew Blauch

disciplines.Fundamental Engineering CoursesTable 1 lists some of the fundamental engineering courses that incorporate programming, and arerequired for all engineering disciplines. In EGR101, the students learn about basic CNCprogramming using G Codes. In EGR261, they are taught how to write well-structured programsin C. In EGR226, students program a microcontroller using C, providing them with their firsttaste of embedded programming9. The senior projects (EGR485 and EGR486) are multi-disciplinary industry-based projects, often times involving the programming of a microcontroller,PLC, or DSP. Interface and integration issues are easier to handle because of the commonprogramming foundation all students have received.Computer Engineering CoursesTable 2 lists some

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Crystal Hoyer; Crystal Eney

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Regina Halpin; R. Mark Nelms

Using Problem-Solving Videos in an Introductory Engineering Circuit Analysis Course R. M. Nelms, R. F. Halpin Auburn University/Program Evaluation and Assessment Consultants nelms@eng.auburn.eduIntroduction Even though research has been conducted in the university classroom in an effort to evaluateand improve different teaching methods in the presence of ever-changing technology 1-3, theinvestigation of how to improve students’ problem-solving skills through the use of study toolsneeds further investigation. The technology reform movement has led to changes in howinstructors of engineering material teach the content and

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

filtering through to academic courses.Implications for other industry short courses and training programs are also brieflyconsidered.1. IntroductionJACMET (Joint Arizona Consortium for Manufacturing and Education in Technology) isa partnership between the large systems companies (Boeing, General Dynamics,Honeywell, Motorola and Raytheon) and the universities in Arizona. The charter is toprovide training for the member companies by sharing internal resources and also bycommissioning academic presenters to develop and deliver new course material. Topicsare usually focused into 1 or 2-day courses which may then be combined as certificates.A certificate typically requires about 100 hours of class time. In the past 4 years,JACMET participants have

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

been definedto cover the key features of integrated circuit fabrication technology as well as theorganizational and solution management skills needed by any effective practitioner in theindustry.Industrial participation has included a very active Advisory Board, senior staffassignment, seminars on specialist topics and company visits. Although this activity hasa specialist microelectronics focus, there are many general features that are applicable toall branches of technology.1. Refocus the goalsThe interface between industry and academia is never comfortable. Nor should it be ifwe are to meet changing market needs with independence and measured forethought. Allacademic technology programs profess a close interaction with industry with the

Conference Session

Information Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Priesmeyer; Mary Fernandez; John Fernandez

. During the assessments theconsumer is not asked to think about how he feels, but rather to respond to eachphotograph at an emotional level to more accurately reflect his or her emotional state atthe time of the assessment. Specifically, the question posed to the individual is, “To whatextent do you feel the way the person in the photo feels?” The Emogram assessmentscreen and the available responses to this question are shown in Figure 1 below8. Thisprotocol effectively bypasses many of the problems associated with attempts to measureemotions with words. It was followed by Priesmeyer et al.8 to successfully evaluateconsumers’ reactions to a unique stress-relieving recliner called the Dondolo. Figure 1: Sample Emogram Evaluation

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Deborah Sharer; David Murphy; Stephen Kuyath

topic of the day and then followed up with the hands-on activity. The students were Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationencouraged to fully participate and to perform their best in the activities through dailycompetitions. Each student was awarded points for their performance in the daily activities andthen, at the end of the week, the camper with the highest points was the first to select a campreward from the “prize table”. The prizes ranged from an ETrex handheld GPS device (costabout $100) to T-shirts (cost about $12).Day 1: Fire Safety Engineering TechnologyThe first day began with an

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Young; John Fernandez

can cite programsthat have excellent and poor user interfaces. Getting the user interface right and having it workproperly with the underlying software is never easy, but by properly using the disciplines ofsoftware engineering and human computer interaction, developers can be successful more often.Software EngineeringSoftware engineering focuses on large software development projects involving anywhere fromtens to thousands of programmers/system engineers. A formal definition of software engineeringis found in IEEE Standard 610.12-19908: Software Engineering: (1) The application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is, the application of

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Shull

type of control.The first obstacle was the implementation of the PIDE (Enhanced PID). The PIDE was created ina periodic task2 due to suggestion from the Logix5000 Controllers Process Control and DrivesInstructions manual from Allen-Bradley. All tags were created as controller tags, giving accessto these tags from any routine. The most difficulty came from deciding which inputs and outputsto use. There are over 140 inputs and outputs to choose from. Some of these parameters areshown in figure 1. The PIDE can be used for a vast amount of control. In this project, basic PIDcontrol was sought. The input used for the process variable was to signify that of a thermocouple.The reading of the input was controlled through an RSView generated testing