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Duane L. Marcy; James C. Sturm

Session 1526 Teaching Systems Performance Limitations Through an Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory Duane L. Marcy, James C. Sturm Princeton UniversityABSTRACT Because the physical implementation and hence performance limitation of many aspects ofElectrical Engineering rely on the integrated circuit, all Princeton EE majors take a course tounderstand the fabrication and operation of ICs. In the lab portion of the course all students fabricatetheir own IC chip. The goal of the course is not to understand in depth the detail of the

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Michael J. Brandemuehl; Lawrence E. Carlson

Session 3226 A LIVING LABORATORY Lawrence E. Carlson, Michael J. Brandemuehl Integrated Teaching and Learning Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at Boulder“BUILDING-AS-LAB” CONCEPTThe College of Engineering and Applied Science has recently built a new laboratoryfacility designed to facilitate hands-on, team-oriented learning across all of its sixdepartments. The three-story, 34,400 sq. ft. Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL)Laboratory opened its doors in January 1997. Its curriculum-driven

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Susan M. Lord

Session 1526 Undergraduate Optoelectronics Laboratories Susan M. Lord Bucknell UniversityABSTRACTThis Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement project focuses on providing undergraduateswith experience in optoelectronics, an important multidisciplinary technology. AnOptoelectronics Laboratory facility has been established at Bucknell University. This enabledthe development of laboratory experiments for first-year students and for juniors, seniors, andmasters students in an elective course.A laboratory experiment was performed by 215 first year engineering and

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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Integrated Learning Environment (New Paradigm), Page 2.68.3the student is forced to review and understand concepts and specific calculations from a priorcourse laboratory, and then apply that knowledge in the current course and future courselaboratories. The new paradigm also encourages faculty to continuously upgrade their laboratoryexercises and constantly keep in touch with other faculty members who are teaching other courselaboratories within this integrated environment. Equipment On Hand and Pilot WorkThe School already owns the motion

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Clifford R. Mirman

, the adage garbagein, garbage out applies. This especially true when teaching numerical analysis at the undergraduate level.In general, the students spend much time preparing a numerical model and only a fraction of that timeanalyzing the solution. In this laboratory course, most of the design projects are based, not only aroundan experimental method, but are also modeled numerically. Thus allowing the students to see if theresults correspond to theory or to experimental procedure. If one method shows a high percent error, theanalysis is redone. This process allows the students to make the assumptions and simplifications to boththe experimental procedure and the numerical analysis, and after comparison of the results, they will beable to

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Neda Fabris

Session 2392 Laboratory Workshop for Mothers and Daughters Neda Fabris California State University, Los Angeles ABSTRACT During the last two years I have organized and conducted two six week workshops for female highschool students and their mothers at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), to awakentheir interest in engineering careers. In this paper I am describing the project and discussing theresults obtained. INTRODUCTIONIn an increasingly technology-and engineering-oriented

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Jawaharlal Mariappan

SESSION 3666 A LABORATORY FOR MECHATRONICS COURSES Jawaharlal Mariappan GMI Engineering & Management Institute Flint, MIABSTRACTMechatronics is a relatively new field that represents the integration of mechanical, control,electronics and computer engineering for the design of products and processes. Understandingthe rapidly changing needs of the industry, recently, academic institutions in the US have begundeveloping and implementing mechatronics courses that are multidisciplinary in nature. Theobjective of these courses is to provide the students with

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Jerry W. Samples

Session 2230 Teaching Teachers To Teach Engineering: A Year Later1 Jerry W. Samples University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Mark F. Costello, Christopher H. Conley, Thomas A. Lenox, Stephen J. Ressler United States Military AcademyTeaching Teachers to Teach Engineering (T4E) is a one-week short course offered during thesummer at the United States Military Academy. The short course is offered to faculty of allengineering disciplines, in both two-year and four-year institutions, with a particular emphasison junior

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Gary Benenson; Benjamin Liaw

Session 3663 The TRP-Funded Integrated Manufacturing Laboratories at CCNY Benjamin Liaw and Gary Benenson The City College of The City University of New YorkAbstract With the opportunity of funding from ARPA-NSF TRP (Technology ReinvestmentProject), faculty and students at the City College of the City University of New York (CCNY)completely overhauled several teaching laboratories related to manufacturing education in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering. This two-year effort started in early 1994 and more than$200,000 (along with countless personnel hours) has been invested into these

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John A. Orr; David Cyganski; Richard Vaz

course. Following is a summaryof the significant technical and pedagogical aspects of this course:• Introduction to concepts of information, communications, networking, human interface,• Presentation of inter-related information-related concepts from a variety of disciplines in a quantitative manner,• Use of teaching methods adopted to make efficient use of modern technology, while involving students with the technology,• Design for cost and educational effectiveness with large class sizes.PC-based laboratory exercises which exploit network resources will be integral to the course, andwill be the primary format for carrying out the discipline-specific modules.Course development has involved students and faculty from departments across the

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M. E. Parten

Session 1232 Teaching Digital Design with HDL M. E. Parten Department of Electrical Engineering Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 79409-3102AbstractThis paper describes the use of hardware descriptive languages (HDL) in an introductory,sophomore level digital design course in electrical engineering. HDL is integrated withthe other basic tools in design and simulation of combinational and sequential systems. Anumber of examples are given.IntroductionThe use of hardware descriptive languages (HDL) to design digital systems is

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Philip R. Dail

Session 1213 Techniques For Teaching Large Classes Philip R. Dail North Carolina State UniversityLarge classes are generally harder to teach effectively than small classes. The number thatqualifies a class as large is not clearly defined, but most believe that a class of more than 100qualifies. The idea that small classes automatically solve communication problems betweenstudents and teachers is false. Most students will agree that a large class with a good teacher iscertainly better than a small class with an ineffective one.Having taught as many as 325 students in

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Christopher G. Braun

Session 3532 Being Efficient in Lab: Multi-media Tutorials for Laboratory Projects Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesIntroductionOne of the most time consuming teaching tasks is running a mainstream laboratory with alimited number of hardware setups. These setups can be complex and requireconsiderable effort from both faculty and students to master. With limited setups,students attempt laboratory modules long after receiving training on the equipment. As aresult, they are sometimes unable to complete the lab, even with detailed instructions, andfaculty

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Ray Adams; Paul Duesing; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Session 1559 Improving the Laboratory Experience with Modern Computer-Based Instrumentation David McDonald, Ray Adams, Paul Duesing, and Ajay Mahajan Lake Superior State University AbstractThe extensive use of modern, computer-based instrumentation in industry has created a clearneed to provide students with instruction in this technology. This type of instruction is bestaccomplished by integrating learning experiences in computer-based instrumentation throughoutthe curriculum. The instrumentation system is first introduced in technical

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Pradeep K. Agrawal

teaching assistants (GTA’s) with whom they will participate in the pre-laboratorymeetings. Table I. Laboratory Courses Timetable Week Lecture Lab Lab Report Oral Written No. No. No. Due Exam. Exam. 1 2 1 3 2 4 3 1 5 4 2 6 5 3 1 7 4 2 1 8 3 2 9 4 3 Yes 10

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Carlos Aldana; Winston F. Erevelles

Session 1426 Implementation of a Laboratory Learning Module for Process Monitoring and Control Carlos Aldana, Winston F. Erevelles, IMSE Department, GMI Engineering & Management InstituteAbstract This paper describes the development of a laboratory module in automation thatpresents students with an experience in sensors, data collection and system control. Themodule features an Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), a pick andplace device with two degrees of freedom and two set point control modules mounted onthe gripper and the rotary axis of the pick and place device, a chute

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James A. Newell

Criticism,” College Composition and Communication 43, 384-92, (1992).5. Howard, R. and S. Jamieson, The Bedford Guide to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines, Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, Boston, (1995).6. Newell, J., D. Ludlow, and S. Sternberg, “Progressive Development of Oral and Written Communication Skills Through an Integrated Laboratory Sequence,” Chemical Engineering Education, in press, (1997).7. Ludlow, D. and K. Schulz, “Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of North Dakota,” Journal of Engineering Education 83(2), 161-168, (1994). Page 2.435.7

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Richard A. Young

decade there has been a significant amount of instructional research anddevelopment in the teaching of physics at the introductory level1-10. This work has demonstratedthat the capability to rapidly acquire and display data provides a valuable tool to promote studentexperimentation and understanding. As a result a number of computer oriented educationalpackages that are directed toward the introductory physics laboratory experience have beendeveloped.11-13Rather than adopt one of these packages we decided to employ LabVIEW, a commerciallyoriented data acquisition environment, in the computerization of our laboratory. This decisionwas motivated by a number of factors which we wanted our computing environment shouldprovide. Among these were

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Brian Armstrong

Conference, pages 378-82. AACC: Baltimore, 1994.[3] B. Rosenshine. Synthesis of research on explicit teaching. Educational Leadership, 73(7):60-69, 1986.[4] Stephen Yurkovich. The instructional control laboratories in electrical engineering at the ohio state university. In Proc. 1993 American Control Conference, pages 2014-17. AACC: San Francisco, 1993.Author’s Biography Brian Armstrong received B.Sc. degrees in Physics and Mechanical Engineering from MITin 1980, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford Universityin 1984 and 1988. He joined the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculty of theUniversity of Wisconsin - Milwaukee as an Assistant Professor in 1989 and became an AssociateProfessor in

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Mumtaz Usmen; John Raad; Haluk Aktan

Session 1526 A Laboratory for Non Destructive Evaluation of Civil Structures John Raad, Haluk Aktan, Mumtaz Usmen NSF ASEE/Wayne State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the modifications made to the civil engineering materials laboratory courseto include non destructive testing procedures. The materials course is required in theundergraduate program and taken at the junior level. The materials course as it was offeredprimarily covered the design and properties of Portland cement concrete, steel and asphalticconcrete. Additionally, testing for the properties of wood, plastics and

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Doris Yacoub; Robert Pfeffer; Rajesh N. Dave; Jonathan Luke; Ian S. Fischer; Anthony D. Rosato

Session 1526 On Laboratory Development for a Curriculum in Particle Technology Rajesh N. Dave, Jonathan Luke, Robert Pfeffer, Doris Yacoub, Ian S. Fischer, Anthony D. Rosato New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102AbstractThis paper discusses the development of laboratory facilities for use with an on going NSF-CRCD project that will establish a three-course concentration in particle technology at NJIT,offered across the engineering curriculum. The main objective of the NSF funded project is toaddress the urgent need for undergraduate and graduate education in this vital field

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Thad Welch

Session 2432 Teaching Three-Phase Power ... A Low-Voltage Approach Thad B. Welch ASEE/United States Air Force Academy Abstract Any electrical power systems course that includes demonstrations and/or laboratoryexercises would benefit from a low-voltage three-phase power supply. Providing a low-voltagethree-phase power supply allows classroom demonstrations and “hands-on” studentparticipation in laboratory exercises without the danger associated with a 240 VAC system.Faculty and student surveys indicate that students would benefit from a

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David J. Lilja

Session 0575 Suggestions for Teaching the Engineering Research Process David J. Lilja University of MinnesotaAbstract: In the process of becoming engineering educators, most professors have successfullydeveloped some fundamental skills that are necessary (although not sufficient) to become asuccessful researcher. However, they often have no clear idea of how to pass this knowledgealong to their students beyond the general approach of carefully guiding their students’individual research efforts. A sense of not knowing where to begin this type of mentoringprocess can

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

Session 1547 THE SMARTE ENRICHMENT PROJECTS: LABORATORY BASED LEARNING FOR 8TH GRADE STUDENTS Mulchand S. Rathod Joella H. Gipson Division of Engineering Technology College of Education Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202SUMMARY The Southeast Michigan Alliance for Reinvestment in Technological Education (SMARTE) is a consortiumof community colleges, school systems, Wayne State University (WSU), and businesses in southeast Michiganformed in September 1993. The alliance exists to promote communication

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T. Hannigan; James E. Simon; K. Koenig; G. Cruse; K. Poh

., AerospaceEngineering, Mississippi State University.KOKHONG POH served as graduate teaching assistant in the senior aerospace engineering laboratories whileworking on his M.S. He assisted and monitored student participation in individual and collective research. M.S.,Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University. Page 2.203.7

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort; William F. Reiter; Milo D. Koretsky

Session 2613 An Interdisciplinary Program and Laboratory for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design and Manufacturing Milo D. Koretsky, Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort, William F. Reiter Chemical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State UniversityABSTRACTOregon State University and Merix Corp. (Forest Grove, OR) have initiated a cooperativeUniversity-Industry program for hands-on education of engineering students. Thisinterdisciplinary program spans the Departments of Chemical Engineering (ChE), Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and MechanicalEngineering (ME

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Josue Njock-Libii; Sunday O. Faseyitan

the teaching laboratory must adjust to thesechanges in order to enhance learning and to keep the subject matter being taught current. Wefocus on the draining of a tank.We consider the efflux of a liquid of constant density rho through an orifice of cross sectionalarea A,, located at the bottom of a cylindrical tank ‘of cross section A,, We wish to compare thepredictions of Bernoulli’s equation on how the tank drains to experimental results. First, wereview the quasi-steady analysis that is commonly used in the theoretical formulation of thisproblem. Then, we discuss the experimental work done in our laboratory to evaluate the theory.Thirdly, we compare the theoretical predictions based upon quasi-steady theory withexperimental results

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Anthony J. Muscat; Evan D. H. Green; Emily L Allen; Linda Vanasupa

for the course is a fictitious start-up company called Spartan Semiconductor Services,Inc. An effort is made to simulate a working microelectronic device fabrication facility in largepart to give a sense of the risks and rewards available in such an atmosphere. The professionalwork environment that is created encourages student ownership of their work. The unifyingproject and primary goal of the course is to make working microelectronic devices. Threaded inwith this larger goal are short-term design projects. All of the laboratory work is completed inteams. These ingredients are what we call the entrepreneurial approach to teaching and learningsince both the instructors and students own, launch, manage, and assume the risks of theeducational

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Luis M. Bocanegra; Jose L. Rivera

Session 1526 Teaching Awareness about Pollution from Sound and Combustion Emissions Luis M. Bocanegra, Jose L. Rivera Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus ABSTRACTThis paper intends to communicate what is being taught at the University of Puerto Ricoregarding pollution from noise and exhaust gas emissions. These two topics are addressed in thesenior level Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II course in which students get exposure tosubjects

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Ronald W. Schafer; Mark A. Yoder; James H. McClellan

Session 1220 Experiences in Teaching DSP First in the ECE Curriculum James H. McClellan1, Ronald W. Schafer1, Mark A. Yoder21 2School of Electrical and Computer School of Electrical and Computer EngineeringEngineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 47803 USAAtlanta, GA 30332-0250 USAAbstractIn this paper we describe experiences gained from teaching an introductory electrical engineeringcourse based on digital signal processing rather than the