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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

Session1353 INTRODUCING DESIGN TO FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Mark E. Cambron and Stacy S. Wilson Department of Engineering Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101AbstractThe role of design in an engineering curriculum is a key issue to the success of the program andgraduates. In the Electrical Engineering program at Western Kentucky University, two newcourses have been developed for the first and second years of the program which are focused onteaching design through robotics

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jorge Gatica; Anthony Bruzas; Abhishek Gupta

in Figure 2 applies under the conditions of this problem.The Reynolds number is calculated. The quantities for substitution are in consistent unitsD = 2 ftN = 90/60 rps = 1.5 rpsµ = 12 × 6.72 × 10-4 = 8.06 × 10-3 lb ft -1 s-1ρ = 93.5 lb ft-3g = 32.17 ft sec-2Thus ρND 2 N Re,mix = = 69,600 µFrom Figure 2, we can then read the power number as NP = 6.0Then the power, in ft lbf s-1, will be N P D 5 N 3 ρ 6 × (2)5 × (1.5)3 × 93.5 P= = = 1,883 gc 32.17Thus, the power requirement is 1883/550 = 3.42 hp (2.55 kW).ConclusionsA reliable online JAVA applet, which can be accessed on the Internet acting as

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Ebel; Roobik Gharabagi

expected to be completed by graduating (senior standing) Electrical Engineeringstudents. During these thirty two weeks students are expected to undertake major designchallenge(s). Students are encouraged to carry out interdisciplinary projects. This willallow a greater emphasis on team work and a better synthesis of real world projects.Prior to registering for the design sequence students are to meet with their respectiveacademic advisors and complete a graduation application and receive a clearance andpermission for registration. This insures all students registering for senior design courseshave successfully completed all EE/CpE courses leading to the senior year. Senior design I and II are divided into three phases. Phase I (twelve weeks

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Kenimer; Jim Morgan

instead of someone just dictating it to me.” • “I like this way. It encourages thinking and conclusion.” • “I enjoy reasoning through a problem then having the solution explained. I learn the material better this way. It is a refreshing change from simply restating facts the instructor gives you to show understanding of a concept.”Bibliography1. Bloom, B. S. (ed.). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Vol. 1: Cognitive Domain. New York: McKay, 1956.2. Fuhrmann, B. S., and Grasha, A. F. A Practical Handbook for College Teachers. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983.3. Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching, Jossey-Bass, 1993.4. Chickering, A., and Gamson, Z., "Seven Principles for Good Practice," AAHE Bulletin, 39:3–7, March

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim; Sean Clancey

28% 46% 24%(3/23)Thermo. (2/23) 35% 40% 19%The scores on all four portions of the exam show a significant decline from 2001, while the scoreson the thermodynamic portion of the test were the lowest of all scores. But only two of the 23questions covered thermodynamics, and one faculty member who teaches the subject argued thatthe questions asked did not represent the material taught in the class. We expect that in the futureif the questions are more closely matched to classroom material, they should show a rise;therefore, in the spring 2003 semester, the instructor(s) responsible for the thermodynamicssequence will design the problem set for the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Craver; Darrell Schoder; Charles Turner; Anthony Tarquin

60 50 Score 40 30 20 10 0 Th i s l er y El i d s Ch ics o Ec ath D ics . c ca M mic at r m lS ist tri om

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Driscoll

click on an option button required to indicate a response. After the studenthas responded to all of the questionnaire items, s/he has a chance to review  with thepossibility of revising  each response. Upon the completion of response review and editing,the student uses a mouse click to initiate activities that culminate in the terminating theapplication. Prior to termination, the application places that student's responses in a folder withRead/Write permissions on Network Neighborhood, where it can be accessed by a companionapplication running on the instructor's office machine.3.3 Logging Student Responses from the QuestionnaireA file containing the responses of a student appears momentarily in a folder of NetworkNeighborhood having

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sreenivas Sathyanarayana; Saravanan Rajendran; Robert Bolton

stepless variation ofthe flow rate. The MPYE thus controls the flow rate regard its magnitude and direction.The MPYE valve operates between 0 and 10V. At 5V input, the flow rate is disabled. Asthe voltage input is decreased from 5 to 0V, the flow rate increases in the negativedirection. As the input voltage is increased from 5V to 10V, the flow rate increases in thepositive direction. Figure 4 below illustrates the output of the MPYE proportional controlvalve. The potentiometer outputs a voltage proportional to the position of the slide. Thepotentiometer operates between 0 and 10V. Q(l/s) Q (l/s) 0 Voltage Input

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

exercise their programming skillsthrough individualized laboratory assignments, and mechanical students to expose tomechanical instrumentation applications similar to those in industry. The combined groupproject(s) with both mechanical and electrical elements will enable both groups of studentsto communicate, help each other with ideas, and solve instrumentation problems.Moreover, this new and upcoming mechanical student groups will have hands-onknowledge and skills in digital electronics, and the revised format, we hope, will work Page 8.22.4well. In addition to formal lecture and lab, we intend to invite guest lecturers to speakon the nature of

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Christie

participants’ mathematics achievement.Universities can take advantage of different resource in their communities to improve therepresentation of African American, Latino and Native American students. Working with well-established community organizations is a creative and efficient method by which universities canestablish collaborative partnerships. With proper management, these partnerships can provide ashort-term and a long-term solution to improving the pipeline of underrepresented students inSTEM fields. Page 8.1317.5ReferencesBailey, S. (1992). Shortchanging girls, shortchanging America: A call to action. Washington,DC: Women’s Educational Foundation

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

application areas identified as being used the most frequently were: heatexchangers, HVAC, energy conservation/efficiency, and refrigeration. These results are shown inFigure 7 below. T hermal Systems - Specific Applicatio n A reas Enco untered Heat Exchang ers HVAC Energy Co nservatio n/Ef f iciency Refrig eration Energ y A udit s M anufacturing Pro cess Heat Electronics Co ol ing Thermal Diag nost ics Po wer Generati o n: Di esel

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Forbes; Mary Emplaincourt

for Engineering Education” ReferencesANSI Z35.1-1972, (1972), Specifications for Accident Prevention Signs.ANSI Z535.4, (1989), American National Standard for Product Safety Signs and Labels.ASA Standard Z35.1-1941, (1941), Specifications for Industrial Accident PreventionSigns.ASA Standard Z35.1-1959, (1959), Industrial Accident Prevention Signs.OSHA (1976), General Industry, (29 CFR 1910).OSHA (1983), General Industry, (29 CFR 1910).OSHA (1983), Construction Industry, (29 CFR 1926/1910).Parsons, S. O., Seminara, J. L., and Wogalter, M. S., (1999, Jan.), A Summary ofWarnings Research. Ergonomics in Design, pp. 21-31.SAE J115 Sep. 79, (1979), Safety Signs. SAE Recommended Practice.SAE J115 Feb. 95

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sridhar Condoor

significantdifference in their confidence level.References1. Ashley, S. [1997, May] Getting a Hold on Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, ASME Press.2. Harrison, O. [2002], Hands-on = Minds-on: Bringing Mechatronics to Life Without Laboratory Time, Proceeding of 2002 ASEE SE Section Annual Conference.3. Southall, S. [2001] An Industrial Controls Course Sequence for Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Proceeding of 2001 ASEE SE Section Annual Conference. Page 8.226.7 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”4

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristin Wood; Daniel Jensen; Alan Dutson; Matthew Green

Table 2 and in Appendix 4. Table 2: Example devices and structures subjected to bending loads. Device/ Support Model FBD Comments Structure Fireplace The mantel is attached to Mantel Fcandel Fpot Fclock the fireplace with two wmantel cantilevered 2x4’s. These

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dhirendra Bhattarai; Christopher Ibeh

Session 1649 AIMSeT: Advanced Innovative Materials Selection Techniques Christopher C. Ibeh, Dhirendra Bhattarai Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 66762AbstractBasic materials selection techniques typically yield more than one to several suitablematerials for a given product, part or application based on pre-specified propertyrequirements and processing method(s). Some of the advanced innovative materialsselection techniques recognize that the pre-specified properties do not have the samelevel of importance in a given design or application. These innovative techniques such asthe digital logic approach

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

institutionalization of curricular an d pedagogical reform. Research in Higher Education, 43(4), 397-421.[4] Felder, R., and Silverman, L. (1988) Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, 78(7):674.[5] Gido, J. and Clements, J.P. (1999) Successful project management, Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Publishing.[6] Kolb Learning Style Inventory, (1985) McBer & Company.[7] Marmel, E. (2000) Project 2000, Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.[8] L. Schmidt, L., Mead, P., Natishan, M., Lathan, C., Brown, S., Goswami, I. and Mouring, S. (1999) “BESTEAMS: Building Engineering Student Team Effectiveness and Management Systems, CD-ROM Proceedings 1999 ASEE Annual Conference &

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Rebecca Cors; Pat Eagan

semester. The Teaching Improvement Program is part of the UW-Madison College of Engineering's endeavor to "help meet the needs of society in the 21st century by … creating the next generation of engineering leaders (UW-Madison College of Engineering's Dean Bollinger as quoted in the College's Vision 2000 brochure)." This focus on leadership skills for engineering students emerged over the last 15 years as part of a longstanding effort to link curricula with workplace skill sets. The technological explosion of the 1980's brought with it an urgent need for technical professionals with communications skills, and the College of Engineering responded by launching a Technical Communications Certificate program in 1988. More

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

e e! g n ) m in (s tio

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

YongMi Kim; Jai Kang; Chan Park

Session 1639 Developing a Web-Based Engineering Economy Courseware Chan S. Park, Jai W. Kang Auburn University/ Rochester Institute of TechnologyIntroductionRecently, more web-based instructional materials have been developed to help students in learningvarious engineering subject matters. In engineering economy instruction in particular, the use ofthe Internet is increasingly common. Even though most instructors as well as students appreciatethe power of the Internet, how we develop a web-based courseware is a much debated issue. Inparticular, Excel becomes almost the de facto

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bret Van Poppel; Shad Reed

0.075 2 0.05 1 0.025 0 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 Tangential Velocity [ft/s] Figure 5: Shaft Torque and Power versus Turbine Wheel Tangential VelocityWhile the homework assignment was not part of the turbine design project, the intent was for thestudents to connect the two

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heimdahl Peter; Brenda Puck; Danny Bee

Session 1692 Summer Technology & Engineering Preview at Stout (STEPS) for Girls Danny J. Bee, Brenda S. Puck, and Dr. Peter D. Heimdahl Technology Department, College of Technology, Engineering and Management, University of Wisconsin-StoutAbstractThis paper presents the successes of the Summer “When I was accepted into the “STEPS for Girls” program for one week last summer.”Technology & Engineering Preview at Stout for Girls(“STEPS for Girls”). In 1997, the University of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hankley

Page 8.1021.2architecture and design. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring 1990’s decade, our curriculum, like many others, had a capstone software engineering andsenior project course. Over the years it became clear that students were learning design issueswhile they were building their senior project; they did not have a foundation of design experienceto bring to bear on their project work.The latest ACM/IEEE guidelines, currently in draft form [4], also define areas of the body ofknowledge for degrees relating to computing. Section 7, Introductory Courses, discusses theoption of

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Eliot; Angela Linse; Jennifer Turns

preliminary list of concerns suggests topics forinstructional development and provides a basis for surveys exploring the concerns of specificgroups of faculty. Documented variability in the level of individuals’ pedagogical expertiseindicates that instructional developer effectiveness can be enhanced by beginning instructionaldevelopment interactions with efforts to ascertain participants’ pedagogical knowledge. Suchassessment, which can be either formal or informal, can help instructional developers to customizeactivities to suit their user(s). The importance of vocabulary and terminology to engineeringfaculty suggests that instructional development materials and activities be reviewed for potentiallydissonant vocabulary. Instructional development

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Adams; Nick Safai

Pilot Passenger Velocity ft/s 31 31 35 30 Change gp g’s 19 15 14 30 tr Sec 0.05 0.06 0.08 0.031 Table 1. Test 1 dynamic test requirement (combined vertical/longitudinal test)The seat cushion on a seat acts as a spring/damper that is located in the primary load pathbetween the seat occupant and the seat structure. The seat cushion is considered a primarycomponent in the seat system. It must be included and certified as part of the seat system duringthe seat dynamic test program. It has been demonstrated that the seat

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sang Ha Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

,” Engineering Education, vol. November, pp. 112-116, 1986.5. C. O. Houle, Continuing Learning in the Professions. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1980.6. Marra, R., K. Camplese, and T. Litzinger, Lifelong Learning: A Preliminary Look at the Literature in View of EC 2000, 1999 FIE Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1999.7. Litzinger, T. and R. Marra, Life Long Learning: Implications for Curricular Change and Assessment; ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, Mo, June 2000.8. Litzinger, T., J. Wise, S. H. Lee, T. Simpson, T. and S. Joshi, “Assessing Readiness for Lifelong Learning;” ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.9. G. H. Flammer, “Undergraduate foundations for lifelong learning,” presented at Career

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hermes Calderon; Amilcar Quispitupa; Scott Kiefer

Physics and Chemistry courses. This is one of theadvantages of five-year programs, which prepare versatile professionals with a solid backgroundformation, as noted by a recent ABET accreditation visit to this campus. Students’ opinionsconcur since they are aware that any additional skill learned represents an edge for their eventualjob search.References1. J. A. Jacobs, Advanced Engineering Materials: Products from Super Stuff, The Technology Teacher, 52 [8],(1993): pp.15-22.2. D. R. Askeland, The Science and Engineering of Materials, 3rd. Edition, PWS Publ. Co., Boston, MA, (1994).3. W. D. Callister, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, NY,(1999): pp. 40-45.4. S. M. Kresta, Hands-on

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russ Poldrack; Richard Hoge; Randy Gollub; Mark Vangel; Ian Lai; Douglas Greve; Julie Greenberg

the module was favorable. Ongoing work is aimed at expanding the scope of thetutorial, making the simulation Web-accessible and evaluating the module in a workshop to bedelivered during the summer of 2003.Bibliography1. Ogawa, S. and Lee, T.M. “Magnetic resonance imaging of blood vessels at high fields: in vivo and in vitromeasurements and image simulation,” Magn Reson Med 16(1) pp. 9-18 (1990).2. Belliveau, J.W., Kennedy, D.N., Jr, McKinstry, R.C., Buchbinder, B.R., Weisskoff, R.M., Cohen, M.S., Vevea,J.M., Brady, T.J., and Rosen, B.R. “Functional mapping of the human visual cortex by magnetic resonanceimaging,” Science 254(5032) pp. 716-9 (1991).3. Ogawa S., Tank, D.W., Menon, R., Ellermann, J.M., Kim, S.G., Merkle, H., and Ugurbil, K

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Figliola; Beth Daniell; Art Young; David Moline

with his writing, s/he may be right. Inpassive voice, the agent, the do-er of the action, is no longer the grammatical subject of thesentence and in fact often disappears entirely; for example, "The pressure was measured at five-minute intervals." The focus of the writing is on the objects, which now become the grammaticalsubjects: "The apparatus was stabilized by securing it to a base." What is emphasized here is thething or the procedure. Readers expect a lab report to be object-centered—to containgrammatical subjects that are in fact material objects, which thus require passive verbs.Certainly, students need to understand that writing in engineering embodies objects. Studentsneed to understand that the customary use of using the object as

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Eckstein; Charla K. Triplett

Session 2209 Growth of the Alliance for Industrial Internships C.K. Triplett 1 and E.C. Eckstein2 1Biomedical Career Center, Ch andler, AZ 85226 2 U. Memphis & U. Tennessee Joint Graduat e Program in BME, Memphi s, TN 38152-32 10Abstract - The Alliance is a network of coordinators and faculty from BiomedicalEngineering units that place undergraduate and graduate students in industrial internshipexperiences. This network provides tools that aid in placing students in opportunitiesnearer home, in industries specializing in work that matches

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud; Tom Timmermann; Bonita Barger; Ahmed Elsawy

Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright@2003, American Society for Engineering EducationGeneral Course Characteristics are: 1) instructor coordinated independent study, 2) few readingassignments, much reference work expected, 3) fundamental knowledge of problem solving andskill is prerequisite, 4) professional looking end-product and presentation expected, 5) team(s) ofstudents work on a complex project, 6) instructor is a general resource person, and specialistswill need to be consulted, and 7) distance learning using WebCT® course management engine.The Industrial ProjectsUsing WebCT ®, the students are divided randomly into teams of two or three students. Eachteam will research and develop a design problem