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Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

by P. W. Jackson, New York: Macmillan.10. Rosser, S. V. (1990). Female-Friendly Science. Pergamon Press, Elmsford, NY.11. Rosser, S. V. (1995). Teaching the Majority: Breaking the Gender Barrier in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. Teachers College Press, New York, NY.12. Matyas, M. L. & Malcolm, S. (1991). Investing in Human Potential: Science and Engineering at the Crossroads. AAAS, Washington, D.C.13. Oakes, J., Gamoran, A., & Page, R. N. (1992). Curriculum Differentiation: Opportunities, Outcomes, and Meanings, from the Handbook of Research on Curriculum, edited by P. W. Jackson, New York: Macmillan.15. Tsang, E., editor (2000). Projects That Matter: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tom Erekson; Kurt Becker; Maurice Thomas; Christine Hailey

technology education and whyNCETE focuses on 9-12 grade technology education as the provider of engineering designconcepts. The nine institutions associated with NCETE, the school district partners, and theprofessional society partners are described. The paper also presents a broad overview ofresearch themes with a description of how these themes will be more sharply focused over thenext five years. The paper briefly outlines the doctoral program and the technology teacherprogram. It concludes by describing some first year goals.IntroductionProfessional communities across the country are concerned with the future of the science andengineering (S&E) workforce. A report by the National Science Board of the National ScienceFoundation (NSF

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

. Prism, 10(7), 14 - 21.6. Cunningham, C. M., Thompson, M., Lachapelle, C. P., Goodman, I. F., & Bittinger, K. C. (2000). Women's experiences in college engineering and support programs: Findings from the WECE project. Paper presented at the WEPAN 2000.7. Heller, R. S., & Martin, C. D. (1994). Attracting young minority women to engineering and science: Necessary characteristics for exemplary programs. IEEE Transactions on Education, 37(1), 8-12.8. National Science Foundation (2001). Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (Program Announcement NSF 01-6): National Science Foundation.9. Thompson, M., Cunningham, C., Lachapelle, C., Bittinger, K., & Goodman, I. (2001). The Women's

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

experiences involved solving the followingproblem involving spring, rope and an applied force as shown in Figure 1a and 1bbelow[28].The problem seeks a solution for angle θ assuming the rope and spring are of length x =2ft. and a force of F = 10 lb. is applied at the joint of rope and spring as illustrated inFigure 1a. Since rope is not stretched, its’ length does not change. The spring lengthchanges (s ft.) in accordance with the spring constant (k = 15lb/ft.). From the free bodydiagram of point A in Figure 1b and using appropriate trigonometry and algebra in the Page 10.173.3resulting triangle ABC in Figure 1a, the following equations are formulated

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Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2005 Annual Conference

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Snehamay Khasnabis

= Net Present Worth = PWOB – PWOC ($) n = Project life (years) n1 = Pay off period (PP)(years) (P/A) = Present Worth Factor (Uniform Series) (P/F) = Present Worth Factor (Single Payment) (PP) = Pay off Period (years) PWOB = Present Worth of Benefit ($) PWOC = Present Worth of Cost ($) S = Salvage Value ($)3.1 Cost Effectiveness (C/E) TechniqueThe principle of Cost Effectiveness (C/E) techniques is based upon the premise that thealternative that costs the least to derive one unit of benefit is considered to be most cost effective.For the highway safety project case, this should be the alternative that costs the least to prevent ahighway accident (of a specific type). The algorithm is as

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Hochstein; William Janna

FRESHMAN-SENIOR COLLABORATION IN A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE John I. Hochstein, William S. Janna Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Memphis Memphis TN 38152ABSTRACTAn innovative capstone design course titled “Design of Fluid Thermal Systems,” involves groupsof seniors working on various semester-long design projects. Groups are composed of 3, 4 or 5members that bid competitively on various projects. Once projects are awarded, freshmen enrolledin the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned to work with the senior designteams

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

gratifying to find that the traditional gender gap inretention is not apparent among Rowan students. Rather, the patterns of gender differences inretention are more like what Huang & Peng11 found for all science and engineering (S&E)students, that is, females having better retention rates and earlier degree completion than males.As explanation for why female students seemed to do better in terms of program switching anddegree completion among S&E students, they suggested that “a very stringent selectionmechanism might be at work in S&E program entry. The selection mechanism—either bywomen themselves or by institutional forces or by a joint effect of both—probably filters out allbut a small group of highly resilient women for S&E

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Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Anderson; Jeanine Casler; Bugrahan Yalvac; H. David Smith; Gulnur Birol; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

. Ultimately, the survey was administeredin five classes, resulting in a sample size of 137 students representing all departments. Thisconstituted approximately 10 per cent of the undergraduate student engineering population. Thenumber of participants and their departmental affiliations are represented in Table 1.For the interviews, we selected eight faculty,1 using a maximum variation sampling strategy.2Maximum variation sampling involves purposively picking a wide range of variation on thedimension(s) of interest. It helps to identify important common patterns that cut acrossvariations. Since our research interest was to identify commonly shared standards in writtenengineering, we used departments as the basic criterion to identify variation. Of the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

among other applications the use of Total Quality Management techniques to better organize hospitals.12 Williams, op. cit., note 1.JOHN O. MINGLE, Ph.D., J.D.Emeritus Professor of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityFirst started teaching chemical engineering in the late 1950’s and experienced significant changes in engineeringeducation during the 1960 - 70’s. Obtained J.D. in the 80’s, retired from teaching nuclear engineering in the early90’s and continues to practice patent law. Served as professor and advisor for co-author Roberts in the 60’s-70’s.TOM C. ROBERTS, P.E., CMCAssistant Dean, Recruitment and Leadership Development, College of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityTom has more than 30 years experience in planning, organizational

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Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Zsuzsanna Szabo; Reid Bailey

Build Specifications Identify Formulation Needs Problem Solving Select Top Concept (s) Generate Solution Concepts Implementation Analyze Select Top Concepts Embodiment (s

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Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

. Page 10.1178.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright , American Society for Engineering Education Table 3: Assessment Techniques Engineering Attitudes Survey – Given to ALL students in GE 1030 (all sections) and selected students in one class for middle-level math/science education or science majors Learning Style Assessment – Given to all students in pilot section of GE 103 Section 1 and faculty participants First Week(s) of Fall 2004

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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

Student's Ownership Of Class Project Improves Learning Aiman S. Kuzmar, Ph. D., P. E. The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractAn alternative approach to the project assignment process in the Steel and ReinforcedConstruction courses (AET 214 and AET 215 respectively) in the Architectural EngineeringTechnology Program at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus was introduced andimplemented in the past four years. Instead of dictating the project topic by the instructor, thestudents were given the freedom to choose their own topics with a few necessary restrictions.This paper gives details on this alternative approach. As usual, there are advantages andshortcomings. This paper

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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Session 2150 Integrating TC2K from the Macro to the Micro: Program Assessment Inside and Outside of the Classroom David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper addresses specific, deliberate actions taken by the School of Science,Engineering, and Technology to establish and sustain a comprehensive program ofassessment and evaluation consistent with an academic environment of continuousimprovement that demonstrates compliance with the technology Criteria 2000 (TC2K).1The plan’s primary objective and ultimate end-state was to affect a

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lonnie Welch; Karin Sandell; Chang Liu

Teaching Communication Skills in Software Engineering Courses Chang Liu, Karin Sandell, and Lonnie Welch Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701, U. S. A. {liuc | sandell | welch}@ohio.eduAbstractCommunication skills are important to software engineers. Yet, this topic is sometimesoverlooked in computer science and software engineering curricula. To address thisproblem, we attempted to explicitly teach communication skills in a software engineeringcourse. We experimented with a number of approaches, including lectures by theinstructor, student presentations, mini-lectures mixed with in-class discussions, and otherin

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Mattei

the two surveys’ results indicates thatparticipants gained much knowledge as a result of attending the workshop. Hopefully thisincreased knowledge will ultimately result in the retention of these women and minorityengineering faculty.BackgroundAccording to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall engineering employment is expected togrow more slowly than the average for all occupations during 2002 to 2012 [1]. Despite this,overall job opportunities in engineering are expected to be good because the number ofengineering graduates should be in rough balance with the number of job openings over thisperiod. Employment of mining, petroleum, nuclear, and geological engineers is projected todecline, while other engineering disciplines, such as

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Yasuhara

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% F high school M course(s) undergrad. course(s) other*Figure 3: Programming experience by type and gender: Experience types are high schoolcourse(s), undergraduate course(s), and extracurricular or self-taught (other) experience. (*sta-tistically significant gender difference, p ≤ 0.05)4.2 Computer science according to the pre-majorOne of the open-ended survey questions asked students to try to define “computer science” in theirown words. Although the

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

through the utilizing of the conventionalapproaches. Page 10.209.14 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Navaee, S., “Use of WebCT in Delivering Instructions in Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001.2. Navaee, S., “Developing Instructional Modules for Analyzing Structures,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003.3. Hibbeler, R.C., Structural Analysis, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 1995.4

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K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

School DLocation Lexington, KY Columbus, GA San Antonio, TX Newtown, CTTotal Enrollment 656 1,065 2,500 1,715Minority Enrollment 32% 27% 45% 5%Grade(s) 8 9 and 10 11 and 12 11 and 12Students Surveyed 50 32 35 13Teacher’s Discipline Technology Science Physics TechnologyTable 3. Characteristics of surveyed schools

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Loralee Donath; Nadia Craig; Nancy Thompson; Michael Matthews

-2002Accreditation Cycle.” 2. Alford, E. M., N. S. Thompson, J. Brader, B. Davidson, S. Hargrove-Leak, and E. Vilar. “IntroducingEngineering Graduate Students to Learning Theory and Inquiry-Based Learning: A Collaborative, InterdisciplinaryApproach.” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Conference.3. Barnett, V. Sample Survey principles and methods, London: Edward Arnold, 1991.4. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (Eds.). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School,Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000, 12-13.5. Donath, L. and R. Spray. “Linguistic Evidence of Cognitive Distribution: Quantifying Learning AmongUndergraduate Researchers in Engineering.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Vincent Drnevich

since the early 1960’s andthere have been many approaches to teaching it. Involvement of practitioners has varied fromnearly no involvement through nearly total responsibility for the course. The author hasobserved the teaching of this course for thirteen years and has the lead responsibility for thecourse in the spring semester for the past four years. The paper describes the course andapproaches to teaching it and will summarize observations of what worked well and what did notwork well regarding the involvement of practitioners. Recommendations are made for effectiveuse of practitioners in senior design.Introduction and Background on Senior Design The capstone design course in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, CE498 has

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Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

, S.G., "Freshman Design in Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology," Chemical Engineering Education. 38(3), 222-227, 2004.[6] Farrell, S., R.P. Hesketh, J.A. Newell, and C.S. Slater, "Introducing Freshman to Reverse Process Engineering & Design Through Investigation of the Brewing Process," International Journal of Engineering Education, 17(3), 588-592, 2001.[7] Farrel, S., M.J. Savelski, and R.P. Hesketh, "Energy Balances on the Human Body: A Hands-On Exploration of Heat, Work, and Power," Chemical Engineering Education. 39(1), 30-37, 2005.[8] Farrel, S., R.P. Hesketh, and M.J. Savelski, "A Respiration Experiment to Introduce Chemical Engineering Principles," Chemical Engineering

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Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Schurmann; C. Stewart Slater

themembrane, must exist for effective separation of the solute from a feed mixture. The chemicalpotential gradient across the membrane from the feed (liquid) side to the permeate (vapor) side isthe driving force for separation. In a simple pervaporation process, a liquid feed mixture flows past the membrane and avacuum is maintained on the permeate side (Figure 1). The permeate produced is in the vaporphase and can be condensed as needed. The retentate remains a liquid. An effective separationis achieved since the permeate becomes "rich" in Figure 1. Pervaporation processthe component(s) that preferentially permeate themembrane while the retentate becomes "lean" inthose component(s

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

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Nathan Klingbeil

Engineering Education, Vol. 92, No. 1, 85-90. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education3. Arenaz, P., Fisher, W., Della-Piana, C. K., 1999, "CircLES: A Retention Program for Entering Students in Engineering, Mathematics and Science," Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 3, 13d8-2.4. Richardson, J., Dantzler, J, 2002, "Effect of a Freshman Engineering Program on Retention and Academic Performance," Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 3, S2C/16-S2C/22.5. Kellar, J.J., Hovey, W., Langerman, M., Howard, S., Simonson, L., Kjerengtroen, L., Stetler, L

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

Session 1526 Assessing an Interdisciplinary Robotics Course William W. White, Jerry B. Weinberg, George L. Engel, S. Cem Karacal, Ai-Ping Hu Southern Illinois University Edwardsville1. IntroductionThe curriculum in any specific area of study tends to narrowly focus students on that area,whereas real-world complex systems tend to integrate components from multiple disciplines. Thedevelopment of such systems has shifted from designing individual components in isolation toworking in cross-functional teams that encompass the variety of expertise needed

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Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

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Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

su ex ee om nd m is s me v nd l is

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ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Erastus Njage; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Bert Davy; Pamela Leigh-Mack; Masud Salimian

kind of classroom: Teaching with Dimensions of Learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1992. 3. Danielson, Charlotte, Marquez, Elizabeth, A Collection of Performance Tasks and Rubrics: High School Mathematics, Eye of Education, Inc., 1998. 4. Leigh-Mack, P., Farmer, S., Alao, S., Scott, C., N’Guerekata, G., Improving Retention by Redesigning Freshmen Mathematics with the Dimensions of Learning Pedagogy, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2004. 5. Marzano, R., Pickering, D., & McTighe, J., Assessing student outcomes: Performance assessment using the dimensions of learning model. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 1993. Biographical Sketches

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Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks

office can also help locate areas of specialconcern in your area. In Tulsa, the Tar Creek problem will eventually fade from frontpage news, but in the meantime it can be used to increase the number of socially-awarechemical engineers.Bibliography[1] Cleanup figured to take 23 years, Oklahoma City Times, (1/8/82). Accessed on 5/31/04 at[2] Meyer, Richard E., The Tar Creek Time Bomb. LA Times. Accessed on 5/31/04 at[3] Tar Creek, NELPI (2002). Accessed on 5/31/04 at [4] Times Beach, Missouri, Wikipedia (2/11/03). Accessed on 5/31/04 at[5] Summary of Surface-Water-Quality Data Collected Near the Tar Creek Superfund Site in OttawaCounty, Oklahoma, in 2000, U. S. Geological Survey, in Cooperation with the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma,(2000). Accessed on

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

and Jim Sajewski for their assistance, andthe students from MEEN 360.AuthorsDr. Richard B. Griffin has been at Texas A&M University for 27 years. He has taught a varietyof materials related courses. His research interests are corrosion and engineering education. Hehas participated in the National Educators Workshop for more than a decade.Dr. Terry S. Creasy has been at Texas A&M University for four years. He teaches materialsrelated courses in materials science. His research interests are in equal channel angular extrusionof short fiber/thermoplastic composites and shape changing polymer matrix composites.References1 Griffin, Richard, Terry Creasy, and Jeremy Weinstein, “Laboratory Activity Using Rapid Prototyping and Casting

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Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci

1 1 1 1Figure.4. Truth table for the automatic gauging station (DC: DON’T CARE)Having three inputs, there are eight scenarios (outputs) or eight possible input sets. When thesystem is functioning properly only the four described conditions will occur. Rest is deemedas DON’T CARE’s and represents unexpected conditions which will most likely not tooccur. 0’s could be assigned as initial values to these conditions. Applying Sum-of-Productsmethod to the truth table, the Boolean expression R = Gx N xP + GxNxP is obtained, but notsimplified. The next step is to justify this model’s adherence to the gauging station’s controllogic or truth table in LabView. Figure.5 is the front panel of the LabView model indicatingthree push