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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Richard Valentine; Keri Hornbuckle; James Stoner; Julie Jessop

lectures are arranged in content "modules". The specific content is selected based uponseveral criteria, including its "genericness", importance, and instructor needs and preferences.The concept is that one or more modules can be replaced by the responsible instructor(s)teaching the course depending on changing needs. This aspect is designed into the course tofoster its sustainability. It addresses the critical need to introduce new skills and ideasThe initial lecture content and schedule is made up of six modules. The primary purpose of thecompanion project/activity section is to provide the students with opportunities to becomefamiliar with the 10-step structured design process (Figure 1) through practice and application ofcommon elements (Table

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Sluss

Session # 1332 The Telecommunications Interoperability Laboratory J. J. Sluss, Jr., S. V. Kartalopoulos, H. H. Refai, M.J. Riley and P. K. Verma Telecommunications Systems, College of Engineering The University of Oklahoma - TulsaAbstract The University of Oklahoma has developed a Telecommunications Interoperability Laboratory to enhance the educational and research experience of students in the Telecommunications Systems program. The Interoperability Lab is a collection of five interconnected technology islands: the Internet

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen; Ismail Fidan

component.When the target is found, the text-to-speech component informs the user and waits for furthercommands. If the user asks the robot to destroy the target, the laser pointer attached to the pan-tilt head of the robot points to target to simulate destroying. The components’ interaction isshown in Figure 1. The overall task should be distributed among the group members as follows: ♦ One student develops low-level hardware control for the robot. ♦ One student develops image-processing component including image grabbing from the camera(s). ♦ One student develops speech-recognition component. He/she may make use of existing speech recognition engines. ♦ One student develops text-to-speech component. He/she may

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Franzone

Document 2003-4 A WIN32 CONSOLE CLASS LIBRARY Jeffrey S. Franzone, Assistant Professor Engineering Technology Department University of MemphisAbstractThe Console Class Library, Version 2 (CCL2) is an easy to use C++ class that provides manyuseful routines to increase the functionality and embellishment of Win32 console-modeapplications. Although CCL2 was designed primarily as a teaching tool for beginning C++programmers, it is robust and complete enough to be useful for console-mode industrial-typeapplications. CCL2 was written and

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

variability can exceed 30% depending on the instrument used.Next, students measure viscosity with a rotary viscometer designed by the author1. Thisviscometer is introduced and its operation explained as if it were a “proprietary” company designwith capabilities superior to other commercially available models (such as the Visgage). It ispurely mechanical in design so students can visualize and measure not only the geometry of arotary viscometer system, but also the physics of the torque reaction and its measurement. Theviscometer uses the US units of lbf s/ft2 and has good accuracy compared to published data 1, withonly a slight dependence on rotation speed. Students take a single measurement at each of itsspeeds, for a total of 3 samples.The third

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ELD Technical Papers Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers

CourseSyllabus", J. Educ. for Bus., March/April, 215-221 (1993).16. Matejka, K. and L. B. Kurke, "Designing a Great Syllabus", Coll. Teach., 42, 115-117 (1994).17. Eberly, M. B., S. E. Newton, and R. A. Wiggins, "The Syllabus as a Tool for Student-CenteredLearning", J. Gen. Ed., 50, 56-74 (2001).18. Becker, A. H., and S. K. Calhoon, "What Introductory Psychology Students Attend to on a CourseSyllabus", Teaching of Psychol., 26, 6-11 (1999).19. Wankat, P. C., and F. S. Oreovicz, "Chart your course", ASEE Prism, 8, 18 (1999).20. Fernandez, E., PT 262 - Programming & Problem Solving Syllabus, Indiana University-PurdueUniversity Indianapolis, (2002).BARBARA WILLIAMSBarbara Williams is an Assistant Librarian in the Science and Engineering Library at the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Michael Klein; Matt Walker; Kevin Organ; Dan Gerbus

. Since the team decides the new goals, the members are more committed to fulfillthose goals.This philosophy of elevated goals carries over into the various projects that IEW undertakes.Each year IEW seeks to tackle a challenging project that will stretch the abilities of the membersinvolved and foster individual and team growth. Commonly referred to as Big Hairy AudaciousGoals (BHAG), these large-scale projects require the collaboration of the entire team in order tocomplete.In 2002, IEW accepted the BHAG of completing a drawings package using ProEngineer softwarefor a high impact tester that consisted of 398 unique parts. Originally designed by the Navy in the50’s, this machine was used to shock test circuit boards for naval warships. Due to

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Carlson

bend steel with their bare hands). Instead, engineers are able tounderstand and control forces because they are able to picture or representthem. (Ferguson 1992) By manipulating these representation s--which may benumbers, symbols, pictures, or words--engineers are able to identify the patternsin natural forces and to predict the behavior of these forces. Significantly,representations offer a real advantage to engineers (or other professionals) inthat representations are easier to manipulate than actual objects or forces in theworld; it’s a lot easier to change a set of equations representing, say an airplane,than it is to build an entirely new plane. Thus, what makes an engineer differentthan technician or craftsmen is that the engineer is

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Egarievwe

, I.D. Díaz-Rodríguez, K. Chattopadhay, S.H. Morgan, and A. Burger, " Effects of Temperature on Radiative Transitions of Erbium in Lead-Tellurium-Germanate Glass," Conference on Lasers and Electro- Optics / Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, Paper # CTuK67. (May 23- 28, 1999)5. S.U. Egarievwe, M.R. Karim, S.K. Thorne, M.O. Okobiah, and O.M. Adetunji. "Development of a Visualization System for Arterial Pressure and Related Medical Conditions." Proceedings of 12th European Simulation Symposium, Hamburg, Germany. pp. 659-663. (September 28-30, 2000)6. S.U. Egarievwe, S. K. Thorne, O. K. Okobiah O. O. Adetunji, W. E. Collins, F. A. N. Osadebe. “Simulation and Visualization of Electrostatic Field

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

course, lab sessions will beassigned as an essential component of the course to remove the deficiency.Conclusions This paper discussed the design and implementation of an undergraduate CFD course inthe department of mechanical engineering at Lamar University. Detailed descriptions of thecourse including the text, course contents, exams, and projects were presented. The opinions ofthe students on the commercial software used for the class were provided. Some difficultiesencountered during the course and the possible solutions were discussed.Bibliography1. Anderson, J. D., “Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basics with Applications,” McGraw Hill, 1995.2. Navaz, H. K., Henderson, B. S., and Mukkilmarudhur, R. G., “Bringing Research

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Bellamy; Barry McNeill; Veronica Burrows

Workbook 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 2.0 reading Class 4.2 6.0 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.4 3.6 4.8 meetings 3 3 3 1 6 2 2 2.9('Lectures') Quizzes 1.0 0.4 0.7 1.6 0.9 5.1 1.3 1.6 1 1 2 1 1 6 2 2.0 In-class 3.9 8.4 6.0 4.3 4.5 3.2 2.6 4.7 Team 3 9 5* 2 5* 2 2 4.0Assignment s

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mufazzal Arif; Mitchel Keil; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

will indicate the step(s) to beperformed. The user has the option to perform a complete analysis (from ProblemDefinition to Safety Factor calculation), or specify any of the intermediate steps (e.g.,obtain the Load Diagrams, Calculate Principal Stresses). The VB executable also containsthe GUI (Graphical User Interface) for the methodology. Once inside the analysismethodology, the initial screen for Step (a) Problem Definition is displayed for the type ofproblem selected. Figure 1 shows the input screen for a simple-supported problem. Theinitial piece of information that is requested is general geometry (e.g., length – and units)and the number of loads of each type (e.g., point loads, distributed loads, appliedmoments). Figure 1

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Pedro Arce

, S., “ Element of Chemical Reactions Engineering,” Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1992).k- Levenspiel, O., “The Chemical Reactor Omnibook,” Oregon University Press, Corvellis, OR, (1981).l- Whitaker, S., “A Simple Geometrical Derivation of the Spatial Averaging Theorem,” The J. of Chem. Eng. Educ.., 18, Winter (1983).m- Whitaker, S., “The Volume Averaging Theorem,” Kluwert Publishers, Amsterdam, Holland, (2000).Contact Information for the Authors:A- Pedro E. Arce, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505; E-mail: parce@tntech.edu.B- Mario Oyanader, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad Catolical del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Thomas Salem

- Page 8.182.3speed multi-megawatt rotating machine coupled directly to the propeller shaft (see Figure 2 for a Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationhardware Navy prototype). The power-electronics-based converter creates an adjustable voltagesource from the pool of IPS power. A version of this technology has been evolving since the late1970’s and is now regularly employed in icebreakers, cruise liners, ferries, and oil tankers. Thebig challenge for the U.S. Navy and civilian contractors is to address the unique militarycombatant requirements of shock and vibration, acoustic signature, and a

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Huong Vu; Dave Parent; Emily Allen

operation is given by: ( I = I s e qV kT ) −1 − IL (Equation 1)where Is is the reverse saturation current, IL is the short-circuit current, V is the voltage dropover the load, which creates a forward bias on the diode, and is determined primarily by theproduct IL x RL, the load resistance. In a real solar cell, other equivalent resistances such as shuntresistance and series resistance must be taken into account. The short circuit current (ISC = IL) isdetermined by the design of the cell and the materials used

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski

Session 1526 Non-traditional Laboratory Experiments: Olive Oil Manufacturing and Testing. Part I: Freshman Engineering Experiments M. P. Gifford, E. G. Cervo, M. J. Savelski, S. Farrell, R. P. Hesketh and C. S. Slater. Rowan University. College of Engineering. Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractOlive oil manufacturing and processing involves the application of many fundamentalchemical engineering principles and unit operations. These operations are not, however,traditionally explored in the chemical engineering curriculum. This paper presents thefirst set of experiments created as part of an NSF funded project whose goal is

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Berry

Session 2793 WE@UT – A Residential Recruitment Program for Women in Engineering Tricia S. Berry The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Women in Engineering at The University of Texas (WE@UT) program, a two-day in-depthresidential program, is designed to increase participant knowledge and understanding ofengineering and technology through hands-on, technology-based team projects so well informedand solid educational and career decisions are made. The objectives of this program are (1) toencourage young women to explore engineering as a career

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Goeres; Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

. WVU Team Queretaro Queretaro Team Local I n d u s t r y Cluster Course Ind. Project 4 Ind. Project 1 Ind. Project 2 Ind. Project 3 Ind. Project 5

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Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

P.S. Lankeu Ngankeu; Michael Sexton

developed for both the shifting and fuelreforming processes based on the partial pressure of products and reactants as described in Jonesand Dugan2. ( f CH4( To3 ) + f H2O( To3 ) ) −( f CO( To3 ) + 3⋅ f H2( To3 ) ) R u⋅ To3 Kp R e (1) ( f CO( To3 ) + f H2O( To3 ) ) −( f CO2( To3 ) + f H2( To3 ) ) R u⋅ To3 Kp S e (2)In

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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt; Greg Wilkins; Clay Gloster; Robert Lent; Linda Schmidt

Session 2330 Predicting the Academic Engagement of Women and Students at Historically Black Universities: A Social Cognitive Approach Robert W. Lent, Janet A. Schmidt, & Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park/Clay S. Gloster, Howard University/ Gregory Wilkins, Morgan State UniversityAbstractWe examined the utility of social cognitive career theory (SCCT) in predicting theacademic persistence goals of (a) women versus men and of (b) students at historicallyBlack versus predominantly White universities. Participants (487 students enrolled inintroductory engineering courses at three universities

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

nation'seconomic growth and vitality from all cross-sections of the society and in particular, fromamong the women and minorities1 . NOAA summer camp is a two-week program held atUMES to initiate early intervention at middle school level for a group of students tobroaden their perspective with regard to career choices. The program is directed byPhysics and Engineering faculty at UMES and is designed to provide hand s-on projectbased learning experience to twenty middle school students from Accomack Countyschools in the lower eastern shore region of the Delmarva Peninsula every year.Accomack County is in an economically depressed area with a significant minoritypopulation. The students for the summer camp are recruited with the help of schooladministration

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

. 3, 1999, pp. 311-317.7. Miller, R. L., and B. M. Olds, “A Model Curriculum for a Capstone Course in Multidisciplinary Page 8.201.7 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Engineering Design,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 83, no. 4, 1994, pp. 311- 316.8. Phillips, J. R. and A. Bright, “The Harvey Mudd Engineering Clinic: Past, Present, and Future,”Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no. 2, 1999, pp 189-195.9. Schaub, D. A., S. M. Legg, S. A. Svoronos, B. L

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Session 2660 CAPACITY BUILDING – ENGINEERS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Russel C. Jones, Ph.D., P.E. World Expertise LLC and Bethany S. Oberst, Ph.D. James Madison UniversityAbstractThe global persistence of warfare, aggression, oppression and political unrest testify to thegrowing vulnerability and impatience of those who live in conditions of extreme poverty.A larger injection of aid is needed to help stabilize the poorest countries: projects thatpromise only

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

, American Society for Engineering EducationThe stock Dragonfly model (left) constructed from the factory kit and the aircraft as redesigned(note wing modification) by an MIT student for competition.DBF Project InceptionUnified Engineering is a required multi-disciplinary course for MIT Aero-Astro students enrolledin their second year. First developed and implemented in the mid-1970’s 1,2, Unified Engineeringis a two-semester course sequence, 24 credit hours per semester, that covers Materials andStructures, Dynamics, Signals & Systems, Fluid Dynamics, and Thermodynamics & Propulsion ina fast-paced curricular schedule that includes lectures, recitations, laboratories, and objective teststaught in an intensive 5 day/week schedule. Unified

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Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Brown; Mel Mendelson

Session 2455 Industry Supported Dual-Master’s Degree Program Frederick S. Brown, Mel I. Mendelson Loyola Marymount University, College of Science & Engineering Los Angeles, CA 90045Abstract:In the fall 2003, Loyola Marymount University (LMU) will initiate a new, dual-degreeSystems Engineering Leadership Program (SELP) to fulfill the graduate educational needs ofindustry and government in Southern California. The SELP is based on the collaborativedevelopment of an integrated curriculum among LMU’s college of engineering, business andlocal industry. It is

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins

,” TheLeading Edge 13, no. 11 (1994): 1123-1127.3. C.J. Dyson and N.C. Winter, “SPE 23162: Building Multidisciplinary Business Teams,” (paper presented at the1991 Society of Petroleum Engineers Offshore Europe Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, September 3-6 1991).4. Robert M. Sneider, "Multidisciplinary Teams: How and Why They Make You Money," (Tulsa, Oklahoma:AAPG Continuing Education Course Notes Series 37, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1996).5. Richard A. Schmuck and Patricia A. Schmuck, Group Processes in the Classroom (Boston: McGraw Hill,1997).6. B.M. Olds, M.J. Pavelich, and F.R. Yeatts, "Teaching the design process to freshmen and sophomores," Journalof Engineering Education (1990): 554-559.7. Robert S. Thompson, “Reliability

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Smerdon

Session 2315 ASCE’s Raise the Bar Initiative: Accreditation-Related Barriers and Critical Issues Ernest T. Smerdon, P.E., Richard O. Anderson, P.E. and Jeffrey S. Russell, P.E. Dean Emeritus, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721/Principal Engineer, SOMAT Engineering, Inc., Taylor, MI 48180/Chair, Construction Engineering and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706IntroductionThe conditions and broad requirements of engineering practice are rapidly changing – and theywill change even more in the future. Moreover, engineering education is also changing, perhapsmore

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Bernstein

internship(s)? 18. How beneficial to, or complementary with, your internship is (are) your classes? 19. How much value do you place on the courses you took which were not directly related to your internship position? 20. How much value do you place on the courses you took which were directly related to your internship position?Table 2. Questions #15 through 20 from the surveyThe results from these questions were very interesting and seem to indicate the students who weresurveyed felt their course work and their internships were mutually beneficial. This agrees withthe report by Williamson and Grankowski, 1996, where they concluded that through internships“a student’s perceptions of their practical abilities

Conference Session

Activities for the Materials Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Masi

performed theseexperiments), we are forever grateful. Page 8.478.8REFERENCES:1. J. S. Miller and A. J. Epstein, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 109, 3850 (1987).2. J. M. Williams et al., Acc. Chem. Res., 18, 261 (1985).3. G. Allinson et al., J. Mat. Sci.: Mat’ls in Electr., 5, 67 (1994).4. D. Gatteschi, Adv. Mat., 6, 635 (1994).5. J. S. Miller and A. J. Epstein, ed. "Proceedings of the Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets", Molec. Cryst., Liq. Cryst., 271-274 (1995).6. A. Lukasiewicz, et al., Mat. Lett., 14, 127 (1992).8. J. V. Masi and W. Thibault, New, High Frequency Transformer Topologies, in Proc. of the EMCWA, IEEE Press, N.J., 1995, pp 157-162.9. J. S

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Jones; Robert Wright

onmultiple vendor rings, switches, and add – drop multiplexers who are interested in the lab tocreate and model networks. The lab has sufficient LAN and MAN capabilities to simulate theconnecting and sub-networking affiliated with the prime SONET rings; however, the client isrequired to provide the central databases and control equipment such as a Sun SolarisWorkstation which is not available in the base lab configuration. The customer client will alsosupply appropriate traffic simulation in order to execute testing that generates reliable and validstatistical data.Expected costs and logistics related issues to client partners and the lab are relative to thevalue(s) derived from testing, training, and demonstrating systems. Costs to either the lab