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Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gangbing Song, University of Houston; Claudio Olmi, University of Houston; Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Instrumentation

AC 2007-954: ENHANCING VIBRATION AND CONTROLS TEACHING WITHREMOTE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTSGangbing Song, University of Houston Gangbing Song is an Associate Professor in the the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston and Director of the Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory.Claudio Olmi, University of Houston Claudio Olmi is a Graduate Student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of HoustonRichard Bannerot, University of Houston Richard Bannerot is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston. He is a registered engineer in the state of Texas

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University; Chip Popoviciu, Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-1962: TEACHING A LABORATORY-BASED IPV6 COURSE IN ADISTANCE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTPhilip Lunsford, East Carolina University Phil Lunsford received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a registered professional engineer and is currently an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. His research interests include system simulation, telemedicine applications, and information assurance.John Pickard, East Carolina University John Pickard has more than 15 years in the Technical training profession and 9 years experience in the

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

Teaching Aids and Laboratory Experiments to Enhance Materials Learning Stephan A. Durham1, W. Micah Hale2, Seamus Freyne3 1 University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center / 2University of Arkansas / 3Manhattan CollegeAbstractMost civil engineering programs across the country require one course in materials and materialstesting. Many times these courses are structured to provide students the basic understanding ofthe production, properties, and behavior of common structural materials. Emphasis is oftenplaced on concrete, steel, and wood. This paper presents teaching aids and laboratoryexperiments that can be used

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Burian, University of Utah; Pedro Romero, University of Utah; Steven Bartlett, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

, describescharacteristics of an effective team, defines leadership, and discusses conflict types and conflictresolution. Additional short reading assignments are given at the beginning of selected labsessions (about every other session in the Hydraulics course) to supplement the general overviewof teaming and leadership with focused excerpts from texts and brief papers presenting qualitiesof effective leaders12,13, stressing the importance of leadership and communications in the civilengineering profession6,14,15, and describing the importance of civil engineers taking leadershippositions in industry and government16. These “leadership” laboratory periods begin withstudents reading the assigned paper or excerpt. The instructor or teaching assistant then leads

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Eswara Venugopal

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Engineering Physics & Physics

., Parker, G.W., and Beichner, R.J., “Can one lab make a difference?”, Phys. Educ. Res., Am. J. Phys., 68 (7), July 2000, pp. S60.3. Arons, A.B., Teaching Introductory Physics, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.4. McDermott, L.C., Shaffer, P.S., and the Physics Education Group, Tutorials in Introductory Physics, Prentice Hall, 1998.5. McDermott, L.C., et.al., Physics by Inquiry, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.6. Ross, R.A., “Inquiry-Based Experiments in the Introductory Physics Laboratory”, Proceedings of the 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference, Kansas City MO, (2000).7. Ross, R.A., Langrill, M., and Tomlinson, S., “Directed inquiry in the introductory physics laboratory”, Proceedings of the 1998 North Central Section Spring Conference of the

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anastasia Micheals, San Jose State University; Emily Allen, San Jose State University; Jeanne Linsdell, San Jose State University

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Materials

AC 2007-1875: WRITING PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS FOR A MATERIALSENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEAnastasia Micheals, San Jose State University Anastasia Micheals, materials researcher and instructor in materials engineering, works with a wide variety of materials, including metals, ceramics, composites, and polymers. She has more than 13 years experience in industry, government and consulting in the areas of materials characterization, analysis, and processing. She holds an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and currently teaches Materials Engineering at San Jose State University. Courses include introductory materials engineering, electrical properties of

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-189: ENGINEERING LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS – ANINTEGRATED APPROACH OF TEACHING THE INTRODUCTORYENGINEERING COURSEAtin Sinha, Albany State University Atin Sinha is the Regents Engineering Professor and Coordinator of the Engineering Program at Albany State University. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1984. He had worked in aeronautical research and industry (National Aerospace Laboratory-India, Learjet, Allied-Signal) for 12 years before moving to academia in 1990. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Oklahoma. Currently, he is engaged in motivating undergraduate students in inquiry based learning through

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Xueshu Song, Northern Illinois University

, enabling the administrator to assess the usefulness of the developed facility andadjustments/changes to make the system more efficient and effective.5. Evaluation The evaluation system has a threefold objective: a) one was to monitor the performanceof the test group in relation to the control group in order to evaluate the effectiveness of thesystem, b) to assess the acceptability of the remote laboratory facility to the students, and c) toassess the student activity profile to understand the student habits in terms of use of the facility. Monitoring students’ performance: This is to determine the effectiveness of the projectrelative to the existing traditional laboratory teaching method. A number of measures were takento

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Biomedical

AC 2007-1705: A SINGLE PLATFORM TO TEACH CIRCUIT DESIGN,BIOINSTRUMENTATION, CONTROL & SIGNAL PROCESSING INBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGShekhar Sharad, National Instruments Page 12.112.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Single Platform to Teach Circuit Design, Bioinstrumentation, Control & Signal Processing in Biomedical EngineeringTraditional Biomedical Engineering programs use multiple software platforms to teachbiomedical engineering concepts in circuit design, bioinstrumentation, control and signalprocessing. As a result, the students spend a lot of time learning the different tools instead oflearning the concepts. With the

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology; Pavel Boytchev, Sofia University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2007-1912: SOFTLAB VIRTUAL LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT.THERMODYNAMICS EXAMPLESGerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology Gerald Rothberg is a professor of physics and a professor of materials engineering in the Department of Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Gerald.Rothberg@stevens.eduPavel Boytchev, Sofia University Pavel Boytchev is an associate professor in the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Sofia University, Bulgaria. He is the creator of the Elica programming language and teaches Elica based courses. boytchev@fmi.uni-sofia.bg

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Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Houshangi, Purdue University Calumet

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

mechatronic projects. • Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills in the context of collaborative exercises on mechatronic system modeling and control.For this laboratory, a set of experiments is designed and implemented based on real-world issues[5,9-11] and effective use of laboratory resources [6,7]. The laboratory uses the popular,commercially available MATLAB environment, the Simulink toolbox, and the Real-TimeWorkshop.For some time, students have been demanding more real-world applications in the classroom.Due to the fact that control engineering is highly multidisciplinary, it provides a goodenvironment to teach mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering students about controlsystems. The laboratory will

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angel Martinez, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2217: RASCL: A PORTABLE CIRCUIT PROTOTYPING LABORATORYAngel Martinez, Kansas State University Angel Martinez received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in May 2005 and May 2007, respectively. His areas of research interest include embedded systems, analog & digital electronics, and system-level design.Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. He teaches courses in linear systems, computer graphics, biomedical instrumentation, and scientific computing. Dr. Warren manages the KSU Medical Component Design Laboratory, and his research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Andrew Lingley, Montana State University; Matt Leone, Montana State University; Brad Pierson, Montana State University

AC 2007-524: MEMS FABRICATION AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARYLABORATORYTodd Kaiser, Montana State UniversityAndrew Lingley, Montana State UniversityMatt Leone, Montana State UniversityBrad Pierson, Montana State University Page 12.1054.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MEMS Fabrication as a Multidisciplinary LaboratoryAbstract A multidisciplinary course in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) fabrication isdescribed in which students design a six mask process to produce accelerometers, pressuresensors and tactile sensors. The course teaches interdisciplinary tradeoffs between mechanicaldesign, electrical design, material properties and microfabrication in

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy; James Baughn, University of California-Davis

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Mechanical Engineering

2004-2005 and 2005-2006 academic years. Page 12.1369.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching Psychrometry to Undergraduates by Michael R. Maixner United States Air Force Academy and James W. Baughn University of California at Davis AbstractA mutli-faceted approach (lecture, spreadsheet and laboratory)used to teach introductory psychrometric concepts and processesis reviewed. During introductory lectures, basic thermodynamicprinciples

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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Materials

AC 2007-1800: SELF-PACED LABORATORY MODULES FOR ENGINEERINGMATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES LABORATORY COURSECarolyn Skurla, Baylor University Carolyn Skurla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received a B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University. In addition to the freshman engineering course, Dr. Skurla teaches courses in materials engineering, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering. Her research interests are in biomaterials and total joint replacements. Page

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trishna Das, University of Minnesota-ECE; Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

included numerous facultyworkshops and on-line courses3 to disseminate the new teaching methods to Universities acrossthe United States and abroad. In this time, enrollment in power courses at the University ofMinnesota has increased several fold. Four new electric power textbooks have come from thiseffort4-7, as well as completely redesigned laboratories for the Power Electronics course and theElectric Drives course8. The hardware for the Electric Drives laboratory was designedspecifically for the laboratory and includes active loads that can be controlled and modified bythe students.Software Used to Implement the New Teaching MethodComputational tools are vital teaching tools in the classroom and the teaching laboratory. Let usdiscuss the use of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-879: PLANNING A LIVING-BUILDING LABORATORY (BUILDING ASA LABORATORY) THAT WILL INTEGRATE WITH ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMJason Durfee, Eastern Washington University JASON DURFEE received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Professional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington University he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation, professional ethics and piano technology. Page 12.1156.1© American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

engineeringcurricula, concerns over the low resource efficiency often dominate such that some laboratorystudies are withdrawn from the teaching plan. Such decisions, it is argued, will be detrimentalto the undergraduates learning experience. Page 12.1568.2This paper demonstrates two approaches to redress the issue. In the first example technologyis developed to better support the resource efficiency whereas in the second exampletechnology and students are used to better support the development of the educationaleffectiveness of the laboratory experience.Example 1. Using technology to enhance the resource efficiencyThe need for changeReorganisation of our degree

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Best Practices in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Regena Scott, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

activities are one way of giving students some of the experience necessary tohelp students gain a competitive edge when entering the job market.Project DescriptionThis IT/ID Supply Chain Management Technology (SCMT) lab project focuseson the enhancement of a traditional classroom format by tying the informationdelivered during class lectures with hands-on laboratory activities that reinforcethe lecture materials. These activities give students the opportunity to evaluateproblems then identify and implement solutions. Student lab-activities addressreal-world problems such as those that occur in manufacturing and logisticsenvironments.Principles of learner-centered teaching are key elements in the effectiveimplementation of these lab exercises. The

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston-Downtown

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Engineering Technology

Education, 2007 Student Automobile Engines Used in Applied Thermodynamics LaboratoryIntroductionThis paper describes the experience of a professor with extensive testing background teaching aThermodynamics course that was unpopular with students because of lack of tangible conceptsand applications. He compared the experience that students had in courses in structural designwhere students were building and testing beams and had the opportunity to see cracks anddeformations of structures at failure with the one of students in thermodynamics, an esoteric fieldthat includes difficult to understand concepts such as enthalpy and entropy. The thermodynamicscourse offered in the past lacked practical laboratory

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Moore, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1636: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONLABORATORYGeorge Moore, Purdue University George Moore received the PhD degree from the University of Missouri in 1978. From 1978 to 2001, he was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. His interest include software methods, telecommunication and distributed networking. He is a member of the IEEE, the IEEE Computer Society, and the ACM. Page 12.1404.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-476: USING A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEFOR ASSESSMENTKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Ken Van Treuren is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He received his B. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and his M. S. in Engineering from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. After serving as USAF pilot in KC-135 and KC-10 aircraft, he completed his DPhil in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom and returned to the USAF Academy to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shirish Sreedharan, University of Missouri; Frank Liou, University of Missouri

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-273: CAN LEAN MANUFACTURING BE APPLIED TO UNIVERSITYLABORATORIES?Shirish Sreedharan , University of MissouriFrank Liou, University of Missouri Frank Liou is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). He currently serves as the Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Program at UMR. His teaching and research interests include CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, and rapid manufacturing. He has published over 100 technical papers and has research grants and contracts over $8M. Page 12.340.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Can

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

AC 2007-823: COMPUTER SIMULATION OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTSFOR ENHANCED LEARNINGWilliam Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute William Clark is associate professor of Chemical Engineering at WPI. He earned a B.S. from Clemson University and a Ph.D. from Rice University, both in Chemical Engineering. After postdoctoral work at the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Delaware he has taught at WPI since 1986. His current research interests include finite element computer modeling for improving separation processes as well as for improving engineering education. Address: WPI, Department of Chemical Engineering, 100 Institute Rd., Worcester, MA 01609; telephone: (+1

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Pourmovahed, Kettering University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-27: THE ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY AT KETTERINGUNIVERSITYAhmad Pourmovahed, Kettering University Ahmad Pourmovahed is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1985) and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1979) both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After graduation, he worked at General Motors Research Laboratories and Lawrence Technological University. In 1990, he joined Kettering University where he teaches courses in thermal sciences, mechanics, and engineering design and serves as the Director of Energy Systems Laboratory

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-99: MICRO-MANUFACTURING IN THE CLASSROOM ANDLABORATORYDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering and production engineering systems design for conventional manufacturing, electronics assembly and micro-manufacturing. His active research lies in micro-assembly, micro-machining, PCB process engineering, printed electronics, applications of RFID technologies, quantitative manufacturing management and manufacturing engineering pedagogy. He is active in SME, ASEE, SMTA, IEEE and ABET. Prior

Conference Session

Mechanical Design and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Richard Harris, Sandia National Laboratories

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2502: A HOLISTIC REVIEW OF MECHANICAL DESIGNCURRICULUM IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMJyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University Jyhwen Wang joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 2001 after working 10 years as a researcher and R&D manager in steel industry. He teaches mechanical design applications and his research interest is in the areas of mechanical design and material processing technology. He received his Ph. D. degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University.Richard Harris, Sandia National Laboratories Rick Harris is Manager of Mechanical Design within the Weapons Engineering division of

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eva Graham, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Engineering Technology

2004. From 1993-2005, Dr. Howard was at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she led research efforts on various robotic projects. Following this, she joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech in 2005 and founded the Human-Automation Systems (HumAnS) Laboratory. In addition, she is actively involved in inspiring the next generation of engineers and scientists through active mentoring and training.Eva Graham, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Eva Graham is the current manager of NASA/JPL’s Minority Education Initiatives, in which she works to make sure that groups typically underrepresented in science and engineering will have a chance at success. She began

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Hassan A. Kalhor; Mohammad R. Zunoubi

Teaching Engineering Students Energy Conservation Hassan A. Kalhor and Mohammad R. Zunoubi Electrical and Computer Engineering Department State University of New York New Paltz, NY 12561 kalhorh@engr.newpaltz.eduI. INTRODUCTIONConservation of our energy resources and protection of our environment is the duty of everyoneespecially the engineers, and engineering students must be made aware of this responsibility.Many engineers have been engaged in developing alternate sources of energy preferablyrenewable sources. Despite all the research effort and expenditure of large sums of researchmoney no practical source has yet been put into

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, Boise State University; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Gerald Vineyard, U.S. Naval Academy

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Computers in Education

internalize, but demonstrations and laboratory experiences are quite helpful. This paper describes how we teach the concept of frequency shift keying by using a highly successful combination of theory, demonstrations, lab exercises, and real-time DSP experiences that incorporate M ATLAB and the Texas Instruments C67x digital signal processing starter kit.1 IntroductionWhile many communication concepts are difficult for undergraduate students to fully understand,the use of demonstrations and laboratory experiences have been shown to greatly facilitate thelearning process.1–7 This paper describes how to teach the digital communication modulation tech-nique of frequency shift keying (FSK) using a highly successful combination of