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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Cordelia Brown

and final phases were applied to all students in theIntroduction to Digital Logic course. The second phase was applied to selected sections of thecourse. In the initial phase, students in all sections of the course were administered the Index ofLearning Styles Questionnaire, a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and a laboratory experiencessurvey. In the second phase of the learning model, the students in the selected sectionsparticipated in weekly learning sessions. The weekly learning sessions provided students withpractice problem sets and a structured environment to collaboratively practice problems anddiscuss Introduction to Digital Logic concepts. The final phase of the learning model evaluatedthe performance of students in both environments

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Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viveca Deanes; Olakunle Harrison

teams to make good first starts, yet still be involved in learning independent of the instructor • Plan to be flexible regarding shifts in product design specifications and deliverables • Be reasonably familiar with the operation and nuances of primary components used in hands-on exercises and projects to reduce student frustration • Be proactive in dealing with team related problems • Make adequate provisions for hardware failuresV. SummaryFor most ME students, the mechatronics course is their first real hardware experience withelectronic and electrical devices in a non-laboratory environment. Most laboratory exercises arepresented in such a way that students seldom have to engage in the kinds of

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker

lecture material based on a standard Page 10.511.2textbook10, laboratory testing, and use of the ANSYS finite element software “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”package. The process involves moving from simple lumped spring-mass systems,to continuous systems (beams), for which there are closed-form solutions fornatural frequencies, and finally to a slightly more complex system, a compressorstator vane, for which the system natural frequencies can only be obtainedthrough modal testing or finite

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Physics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McNeil

, averaging just 15 credits per semester in thejunior and senior years1. A traditional physics program will contain core elements frommathematical physics, intermediate mechanics, intermediate electricity and magnetism, thermaland statistical physics, quantum mechanics, electronics, and advanced laboratory methods. Wecompressed these traditional core physics courses into the sophomore and junior years leavingseven electives in the senior year. These curricular changes coupled with a high level oftechnical literacy typical of physics students provided the flexibility needed to allow motivatedstudents to pursue a wider spectrum of engineering and applied science graduate tracks. The first track is for the 30% or so of our students intending to

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

straight-forward, but tedious. It is believed that a laboratory experiment specifically designed toillustrate dimensional analysis would increase the students’ interest in the subject andwould significantly enhance the students’ comprehension of the technique.Accordingly, we have developed an experiment dealing with natural and forcedconvection from heated horizontal cylinders. There are three cylinders of differentdiameters, each having an internal electric heater. The heat transfer rates from thecylinders to the surrounding fluid can be changed by varying the power input to the Page 10.42.1heaters. Steady-state measurements are made of the power

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Niebuhr

Table 1. Winter 2000 Failure Analysis Course OutlineThe course was taught as a two laboratory / one lecture mode, which gave ample time forstudents to complete their projects but lacked sufficient time for lecture on advanced topics. Thefirst week in lecture and lab introduced students to the expectations and deliverables for thequarter. Beyond that the labs were loosely structured with students working in parallel to eachother, with the instructor available for consultation. The lecture topics covered included: • NDT, non-destructive testing. This review covered details of each method and focused specifically on the equipment / methods available for use in class. • Fracture modes: brittle, ductile; DBTT in steel

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi

,and the centerline fluid velocity. Figure 2. User interface for the module for Brownian particle motions in cross flows.Module III, Experimental The course sequence includes several experimental modules. One mainexperiment is the measurement in the aerosol wind tunnel with the use of Particle Image Page 10.986.3Velocimeter (PIV). The aerosol wind tunnel is located in the Turbulence and MultiphaseFlow Laboratory at Clarkson University. The laser used was a 120mJ Nd:YaG laserwith a 20° adjustable width sheet generator. In this experiment, the sheet width was 0.5mm. The digital camera that was used was a Kodak ES1.0 MegaPlus camera

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Peter Schuyler

to offer two Bachelor of Science programs: Electronic Engineering Technology(EET) and Computer Engineering Technology (CET), with the addition of specific tracks withinthese two programs.Curriculum ChangesThe first step in our process was to evaluate our current curricula and identify its strengths andshortfalls. This was a very difficult and labor intensive process. Discussion was begun amongstthe faculty and our industrial advisory board concurrently. The curricula and the individualcourses were evaluated down to the topic level in both the theory and laboratory portions of allcourses. Our technology program, as most technology programs are by nature, is designed toequip graduates with “hands-on” skills that make them immediately useful in

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Srikanth Pidugu

consisted of instruction in lecture and laboratory format. Theinstruction involved four 90-minute sessions delivered on four days. The first session was alecture by the speakers from ADED, ADEQ, and Entergy. This was followed by three sessionsby UALR faculty members and an undergraduate student on fuel cell principles and theory,applications, and “hands-on” experiments. Each of the last three sessions included 30-minute in-class lectures and 60-minute “hands-on” experimentation.“Hands-on” Instruction using Fuel Cell Equipment In order for students to have “hands-on” lab experience, a total of six different fuel cellkits were used. These included a simple fuel cell device known as “mini-fuel cells” todemonstrate the principle of fuel cell

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Primus Tillman; Keith Johnson

it isdeveloped.To fulfill the EDG vision, current ETSU President Paul Stanton saw the need to obtain additionalspace and facilities to accommodate and house the growing technology and the expanding bodyof students who exhibited an increasing desire to purse digital media studies. ETUS partneredwith several industries to obtain hardware and software resources at minimal cost that enabledthe transformation of a basic print facility into an advanced visualization laboratory. ETSU’srapid response to the increased demand and the acquisition of adequate resources enabled itsdigital media program to continue growing and expanding.Digital media expertise contributes significantly to highly technical careers and economicdevelopment. For example

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Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Burton

studentsin the Electronics 1 course, which the author was teaching in second semester. As new videoswere produced they were made available to the class, thus providing an opportunity for valuablefeedback which could be quickly incorporated into subsequent productions.Blackboard, which is a networked learning environment and part of RMIT’s Learning Hub,provides access to the University’s streaming server. It is a tool used for on-line teaching andproviding access to course material, including lecture notes, problem sets incorporating workedproblems, laboratory assignments and learning guides. Any student or lecturer can viewinstructional content, collaborate with other educators, evaluate academic performance andaccess learning resources, via this

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

toemphasize both the simplicity and complexity of the problems that they will encounter asengineers. The Shewhart Cycle was used as a tool for continuous learning and improvement inthe design of this course.9 The Shewhart Cycle consists of four continuous steps: Plan, Do,Check, Act, and then repeat as necessary. If we discovered that the students did not learn whatwas intended in the check portion of the cycle, we would move through the cycle again underslightly different conditions. The syllabus reflects the Shewhart Cycle, because it leaves roomfor change by keeping the subjects somewhat vague, such as “Pit and Pit’um Laboratory” orComplex Systems (see the class web page at http://www.me.sc.edu/courses/U101E/). Thisallowed room in the course for

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

provide. With the advent of high-speedInternet communications an alternative approach to providing hands-on experiences hasbecome possible – remote operation of real equipment. Such remote operationexperiences are fully learn-by-doing with nearly all the positive and negative aspects oftrue hands-on laboratory work. Such an approach can, however, be frustrating forstudents at the remote site if the equipment malfunctions.During the past two years the process control class at Washington State University(WSU) was taught using both of these approaches. Computer simulations for processidentification and control were provided using Control Station®(http://ww.controlstation.com). Remote operation of actual equipment for the samepurposes was provided

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

projects. 12. To develop skills in locating information resources (library and other). 13. To introduce some of the computer tools and laboratory equipment available in the department.The list of objectives is a tall order for a course that meets for two “lectures” a week, onMondays and Fridays and a three-hour lab period on Wednesdays. Traditionally, the lab periodshave been used for special topics related to the design project in the beginning and to theplanning and construction of the project in the latter part of the semester. The lectures arefocused on the subjects from the textbooks4-6 and some in-house papers. Topics covered in thelectures are: 1) Team Work, Personality Type, Conflict Resolution; 2) Keys to Success

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Heenan; Hector Estrada

Engineering Department) has averaged 270 admissions applications per year over thelast two years. Freshman admission into the program is limited to an average of 78 students or29% of the applicants according to Dr. Edward Gibson2, former Associate Chairman forArchitectural Engineering. The main reason for limiting enrollment of freshman students Page 10.455.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationaccording to Dr. Gibson is limited space, including laboratory and studio facilities. The studentswho are not

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

) per week, with four hours oflecture or, when the course requires, a lecture and a laboratory (both consisting of two hours).For basic design courses, where no laboratory is included or in-class activities are not required,the two-hour lecture blocks can be more efficiently utilized if part of the block is used for studentlearning of the material presented by the instructor instead of using the entire block just forinstructor presentation.This paper presents a simple idea for achieving this goal. The idea was implemented and testedin three distinct engineering courses, namely ME-309 (Vibrations), MECH 210 (Mechanics I –Statics), and MECH 310 (Mechanics III – Dynamics). For evaluation purposes, student feedbackand comments are included in the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Morgan; Beverly Davis

Promoting Engineering Education as a Career: A Generational Approach James Morgan, Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory Beverly Davis, Purdue UniversityAbstractCurrently, there is a fundamental paradigm shift in society with regards to attitudestowards the sciences. In higher education, this shift is especially noticeable withinengineering programs. Many educators are encouraged to shift the traditional teachingfocus and concentrate on student learning. A disturbing trend finds many young peopleare unaware what a career in engineering entails, are unaware of the job opportunitiesafforded to them with an engineering degree, or for numerous reasons decide early on

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Johnson; Jason Lynch; Michael Butkus

breadth of material coverage while simultaneouslypresenting courses in a logical fashion so that they build upon and reinforce one another and notappear as individual, disjointed topics. Aligning courses and their content with the engineeringthought process is one approach that can achieve both objectives. This paper describes how thisconcept is applied to a three course engineering sequence offered as a part of a core curriculumto non-engineering students at the United States Military Academy. Engineering design stepssuch as problem definition, design and analysis are linked with fundamental environmentalengineering concepts like risk assessment, pollutant partitioning, and materials balance.Examples of how course objectives, laboratory

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

George D. Gray

major educational objectives are: 1. Select materials based upon constituent materials 2. Perform mechanics and/or structural analysis 3. Concurrently design and manufacture engineered components or structures 4. Determine performance of materials and structuresWithin the overall course inventory of the CME program the following specific compositerelated courses include: • Introduction to Composite Materials • Topics in Composite Materials Engineering • Composites Manufacturing • Topics in Composite Materials Engineering • Polymer Processing • Mechanics of Composites • Mechanical Characterization Laboratory • Composite Characterization Techniques “Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest section

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Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Ninteman; John Natzke

engineering design problems. Electrical and mechanical (machining)laboratory experiences are also in the process of being incorporated into the course. Thefollowing are the course objectives: 1. To learn and apply the processes, methodologies, and skills useful in engineering design. 2. To gain experience in and become skilled in the engineering problem solving process. 3. To become proficient in the various analyses often utilized in the engineering design process (e.g. cost analysis and graphical analysis in Excel). 4. To acquire a foundational understanding of engineering graphics and become proficient in the use of SolidWorks solids modeling software. 5. To become proficient in structured programming techniques, through the

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shumon Alam; Matthew Sadiku; Cajetan Akujuobi

Development, Training and Implementation of Test Automation for ADSL Interoperability and Reliability Studies Cajetan M. Akujuobi, Shumon Alam, and Matthew Sadiku Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research Electrical Engineering Department, Prairie View A&M University P.O.Box 4078, Prairie View, Texas 77446 Cajetan_Akujuobi@pvamu.edu, Shumon_Alam@pvamu.edu, sadiku@ieee.orgAbstractAt Prairie View A & M University (PVAMU), we developed a new Broadband (High-Speed)Access Technologies Research Laboratory (BATRL) over the last few years. This laboratory isused in helping our

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

KaMing Lai; James Webb; Robert Hendricks

Lab-in-a-Box: Experiments in Electronic Circuits That Support Introductory Courses for Electrical and Computer Engineers Robert W. Hendricks, Ka Ming Lai, and James B. Webb Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USAAbstract:The objective of Lab-in-a-Box is to give the student hands-on experience with wiring andanalyzing simple circuits, but in such a way as to allow the experiments to be performed at homeor at a study table with simple, relatively inexpensive, student-owned equipment rather than in atraditional university laboratory. Each

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Susan Magliaro; Michael Alley; Hassan Aref, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alex Aning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hayden Griffin; Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

-level “program” (somewhat similar to our local Science & Technology StudiesProgram or our new School of Biomedical Engineering & Science), governed by faculty from allparticipating units, that will oversee the degrees. As a part of the creation of the Program, whichis currently being referred to as the “Education-Engineering Collaborative” (EEC), we plan toredefine and include our existing Technology Education graduate program, which has beenranked as one of the top such programs in the nation. This is not a radical combination, since asengineers, we feel an instant kinship when we visit the Technology Education laboratories andsee wind tunnels and polymer fabrication equipment in use. We have employed two TechnologyEducation Ph.D

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Throne

Paper 2005-493 Frequency Domain System Identification of One, Two, and Three Degree of Freedom Systems in an Introductory Controls Class Robert D. Throne Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractWe have developed a sequence of laboratories for our introductory controls classes to identifyand control one, two, and three degree of freedom mass-spring-damper systems. Initial estimatesof damping ratios and natural frequencies are made using the log-decrement method with onlyone cart free to move at a time. By exciting the system at various frequencies the magnitudeportion of the Bode

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilary Lackritz, Purdue University; Laura Demsetz, College of San Mateo; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University

1 Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University/ 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida/ 3Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno/ 4College of San Mateo/ 5Mechanical Engineering, Boise State UniversityAbstractThis paper will discuss the progress of curriculum development under an NSF, CCLI-EMDsponsored work, “Development of Project-Based Introductory to Materials EngineeringModules” (DUE # #0341633). A multi-university team of faculty are developing six lecture andthree laboratory modules for use in Introductory to Materials courses. This course is required bymost engineering

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Renee Rogge; Loren Sumner

students expected tobe evident in activities such as senior design. The impact of the project is being assessedsummatively through the school’s capstone senior design course. Preliminary assessmentfindings are discussed in the assessment section later in this paper.The project, funded by the W. M. Keck Foundation, establishes the Keck Engineering AnalysisCenter at MUSE and supports faculty efforts to design and implement active learning techniqueswith CAE. The Keck Center refers to the computational laboratory that houses 22 SUNworkstations, outfitted with state-of-the-art engineering software (Table 1). The Center alsocontains 2 personal computers, a projection system, printing facilities, and network capabilities.Eight faculty members from MUSE

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sally Blake; Eric MacDonald; Scott Starks

. For example, participantsare introduced to concepts from calculus mathematics through an innovative approach known asVisual Calculus. By completing all three summers of TexPREP, students will have receivedinstruction in following subjects: • Logic and Its Applications to Mathematics: A daily lecture class required of Year 1 participants. • Visual Calculus: A visual, hands on approach to calculus concepts for Year 1 participants. • Algebraic Structures: A daily lecture class required of Year 2 participants. • Introduction to Engineering: A four-week daily lecture/laboratory class with topics in Engineering. This component incorporates design projects for Year 1 students. • Introduction to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Martini

been used to teach statics in architecture courses. Theprogram is also ideally suited to teaching concepts of structural redundancy and anti-terrordesign, since it is possible to see the response of a structure when members are removedinteractively: e.g. removing a member from a loaded truss by clicking on the member. The paperdescribes the program and the teaching methods that have employed it, including lecturedemonstrations, a homework problem, and a laboratory exercise.OverviewThere is a well established and sensible tradition in engineering education that a curriculumbegins with basic subjects and then incrementally increases the range of phenomena consideredand the sophistication of their analysis. In structural engineering education

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Brainard; Sheila Edwards Lange; Elizabeth Litzler

? Since entering your department, have you experienced isolation?Laboratory Climate How well are lab experiments explained prior to your participation in them? Extent other team members view you as a leader when working in small groups in the lab? How productive do you feel when working in a group lab setting? Page 10.308.4 Extent your suggestions or comments are taken seriously by the “Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerri Burke; William Krantz; Joel Fried

applications. The goals of thisREU Site program are the following: • To provide a motivational research experience for promising undergraduates • To encourage women, minorities, and physically disadvantaged students to pursue graduate studies • To expose undergraduates to exciting research challenges in membrane science and technology • To facilitate the learning of research methods, laboratory skills, safety awareness, critical thinking, problem solving, research ethics, organizational skills, and oral and written communication skills • To provide an enjoyable and meaningful social/cultural program for the students • To provide financial support for undergraduate students during the summer • To couple