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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watkins

. The inputand output signals in the time domain and the magnitude and phase of the frequency response areplotted in real time.To run the virtual DSA in simulation mode requires only SIMULINK. However, if combinedwith the Quanser WinCon software and hardware input/output board, it can be used formeasuring the frequency response of experimental apparatus in the laboratory. If the linear Page 10.106.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsystem is mechanical, the students can compare the

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Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

ofUSB data acquisition units in an electromechanical engineering technology laboratoryenvironment. Features, advantages and disadvantages of the hardware are discussed. TheLabVIEW™ software tools (virtual instruments) developed to interface with the USB device arepresented. Examples of sensing and control systems experiments and projects are also given.IntroductionThe Universal Serial Bus (USB) has quickly found its way from consumer electronics (cameras,scanners, printers, cell phones, etc.) to laboratory equipment. The ease of connection andrelatively high data rate of USB makes this technology very useful for portable data acquisitionunits. Several units are now available at very reasonable cost from companies such as LabJack,Measurement

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

resources could not afford to sustain faculty diversionfrom the traditional courses. Since the economic and business base of Michigan is primarily automotive and relatedindustries, early development of courses dealing with motor vehicles were given priority. Onebright moment in all the negative thinking that was taking place, the WSU Division ofEngineering Technology was selected by the DTE Energy as one of the three exhibition sites foran alternative energy unit at the same time. A fuel cell miniature operating power plant wasinstalled next to the ET building for faculty and student use in teaching and demonstration. Specifically, following items and issues were addressed in designing the curriculum: (i)A team of experts from

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkitaswamy Raju

Society for Engineering Education” - preparing faculty to teach in a technology that is still evolving and yet broader in scope - practical experience and continued industry involvement for faculty - developing an interdisciplinary curriculum - arranging unconventional means to gain access to laboratory facilities at partner institutions - need to focus on a specific aspect of nanotechnology - need to share personnel, laboratory and other resources with partners - outreach programs for students - co-op and internship arrangements aimed at real world experience for the students - developing partnerships with education, industry and government - securing resources to develop curriculum

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

designed to provide a basic understanding of theelectrical and optical properties of gas plasmas. They range from inexpensive Page 10.397.1demonstrations and experiments to more sophisticated studies using a Langmuir Probe. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”They have been tested in the laboratory at Portland Community College in PCC’s MT240 RF Plasma Systems course.DemonstrationsStructure of a DC Glow Discharge in a Long Tube The equipment for this demonstration can be purchased from scientific supply

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yongjian Fu; Daniel Simon; Charles Alexander

information generation by their use must also becaptured and captured in an intelligent manner. This knowledge capturing integrateddesign environment, or KCIDE, becomes a working platform that students can readilyuse. Besides, the software follows a six-step procedure in solving circuit problems, whichgives students a reference framework for problem solving.The development and utilization of the KCIDE software platform are explained. Thedesign and implementation of the KCIDE software are also discussed. In addition, all thebasic concepts can be expanded into the more complex world of the working engineerwhere laboratory results can also be integrated. Future extensions and advanced featuresof KCIDE that are being developed are also introduced. An

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozgur Eris; Tori Bailey; Helen L. Chen

satisfaction with academic facilities, such as classroom and Academic Facilities laboratories, and services, such as academic advising. Since engineering is and Services an applied science, satisfaction with academic facilities and services plays a critical role in persistence. Seymour identified inadequate advising; concerns with teaching, labs, or recitation support; and poor facilities as persistence factors [9,10]. Astin also found that engineering majors reported poor satisfaction with individual support services, such as career counseling, academic advising, and academic assistance [17

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Erekson; Kurt Becker; Maurice Thomas; Christine Hailey

to the National Science Foundation outlined three broadly stated research themes.The NCETE research agenda would focus on learning and teaching engineering content andanalytical methods in K-12 technology education classrooms and laboratories, and in TTEprograms. The long-term outcome of this program of research is to develop approaches toinstruction that are based on principles of learning and information processing gained fromcognitive science and to provide evidence of their usefulness in education settings. To achievethis outcome, NCETE addresses three overarching research themes.Research Theme 1 – How and What Students Learn in Technology EducationIn order to develop developmentally appropriate learning sequences and effective

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jason Weiss; Farshad Rajabipour; Thomas Schmit; Sebastian Fait

of the lecture. In addition to encouraging nearly 100% participation and enabling nearlyinstant grading and attendance, the methodology developed enabled problem-based, peer-interactive learning during the large lecture format. This format enabled the students to work onpractical problems by teaching one another, thereby reinforcing important class concepts.This paper will describe: 1) the background of civil engineering materials classes at Purdue, 2)the motivation for investigating how to improve the learning experience in the materials courses,3) the background of interactive classroom technology, 4) methods to incorporate the personalresponse devices in class, and 5) plans for future developments.1. The Background of the Civil

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aminul Karim; Yakov Cherner; Ahmed Khan

current with respect to the fast pace of technological advances in thefield is another challenge for faculty.5College and university professors can address these challenges by using the simulation andvirtual experiments. With the availability of broadband technologies, which offer high data rateconnections, simulation-based e-learning is rapidly becoming a significant and effective elementof the teaching and learning process. The use of virtual systems enables students engaged indistance learning to master practical skills at any time and at any place.II. Active Learning Suite (ALSuite)To address pedagogical and laboratory needs, an advanced simulation-based e-learning software,“Active Learning Suite” (ALSuite) has been developed. It uses real

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Adams; William Manion

Wr iting AssignmentsHistorically, complete academic style laboratory reports had been required for each of the fivetopics. They contained a cover page, executive summary, purpose, procedure, results anddiscussion. Over the years, a number of different techniques were utilized to teach report writing,including highly detailed assignment presentations, outlines, examples, in-class outliningworkshops, and even post-grading individual student meetings. Similarly, some combination ofgrading checklists or rubrics were invented and reinvented.However, the students’ overall writing quality was not improving. Of course, good students didwell and poor students did not, but the majority did not produce reports showing clear, organizedcritical thought

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dale E. Schinstock

lecture, lab, and homework coalesce the topics of course throughout the semester.The course reduces the specific topical coverage while increasing expectations for greaterunderstanding of the topics covered. In addition, it focuses on a few key concepts usedthroughout the semester to tie the topics together.This course has been a great success story. From the author’s experience of teaching at threedifferent universities, this required course is usually despised by a majority of mechanicalengineering students. Now that these course changes have been implemented, student interest isat an all time high and their praise for the course is abundant.Description of the LaboratoryThe laboratory is an important part of the course. Each student attends a

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Liou

). He currently serves as the Director of the ManufacturingEngineering Education Program (MEEP) at UMR. His teaching and research interests includeCAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, rapid manufacturing, and augmented reality.VENKAT ALLADA: Venkat Allada is an Associate Professor in the Engineering ManagementDepartment at UMR. He is the director of the NSF and Halliburton Foundation funded SustainableDesign Laboratory at UMR, and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of IndustrialEngineering. His teaching and research interests include Rapid Product Realization, and green designand manufacturing. He has published over 50 technical articles and has received over $2M in researchgrants.MING. C. LEU: Ming C. Leu is the Keith and Pat

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

, faculty cancreate a concrete, measurable representation of student outcomes with respect to ABET a-k.Such portfolios, when combined with targeted assessment rubrics, can provide meaningfulavenues to track program development and success over time.In recent years, these capstone courses have been the subject of extensive discussion amongengineering educators. The design, development, teaching, and assessment of these courses haveprovided a rich focus for presentations at both FIE and ASEE conferences as well as for articlesin the Journal of Engineering Education, the International Journal of Engineering Education,and many disciplinary educational journals. In fact, the subject is so critical to engineering

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

active and collective, their information literacyskills can improve dramatically.Typically, students respond well to hands-on computer laboratories in which they search variousdatabases and retrieve electronic information. McGuigan (2001) notes that the Web is often thefirst source students explore when researching a topic. Davis (2003) also reports that students areusing fewer scholarly references, but that this trend can be reversed with properly constructedassignments.Active and peer learning are strategies often employed to teach a variety of topics. Theeffectiveness of these strategies is especially important because Manuel (2002) reports that thestudents at California State University viewed the “words of caution said by the instructor

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Catherine Lewis; Susan Etheredge; Thomas Gralinski

pursued and answered thesequestions by exploring, experimenting with, and engineering pop-up books during a two-weekprofessional development summer institute, held at a four-year liberal arts college in thenortheastern United States. A team of faculty and students from the college's departments ofEngineering and Education and a secondary school technology education teacher led the project-based institute.The power and potential of pop-up books to teach teachers about engineering principles anddesign is the primary focus of the paper. The paper includes rich descriptions and examples ofthe pedagogical methods, models, and materials used to engage the teachers in paper engineeringthrough their immersion into the world of pop-up books. The

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

” (ActiveExperimentation). This led to keeping the focus on hands-on experiences in the classroom [9].A focus on Student-Centered Instruction [2] even helped with the classes where some lecturewas done, so that problem-solving and group work was always mixed in. Even more supportwas provided through attending an ExCEEd workshop (Excellence in Civil EngineeringEducation), where there were numerous examples of class demonstrations and innovative classactivities. The text provided with that workshop continues to be invaluable for teaching, alongwith Wankat and Oreovicz [11] who state that “Laboratory classes can be structured to reinforcelectures not with cookbook exercises but with the scientific learning cycle.” They provideexamples and options for both in-class

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

” (ActiveExperimentation). This led to keeping the focus on hands-on experiences in the classroom [9].A focus on Student-Centered Instruction [2] even helped with the classes where some lecturewas done, so that problem-solving and group work was always mixed in. Even more supportwas provided through attending an ExCEEd workshop (Excellence in Civil EngineeringEducation), where there were numerous examples of class demonstrations and innovative classactivities. The text provided with that workshop continues to be invaluable for teaching, alongwith Wankat and Oreovicz [11] who state that “Laboratory classes can be structured to reinforcelectures not with cookbook exercises but with the scientific learning cycle.” They provideexamples and options for both in-class

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefani A. Bjorklund; Norman Fortenberry

the 15 desired student outcomes in engineering education.I. Introduction This work is Phase III of a continuing effort to identify a comprehensive summary of andthe links between the student learning outcomes desired by engineering education stakeholdersand the most effective teaching and learning strategies associated with those outcomes. In PhaseI of this project we identified, through a thorough review of engineering education literature, anadditional five learning outcomes not specifically included in ABET’s 3a though k criteria [1].Although many more outcomes were mentioned in the literature, each of the five learningoutcomes was cited at least 16 times, which was also the number of times the least cited ABETEAC criterion was

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

developed with the students. They were learning to be engineers atthe same time that a former engineering manager was learning to become an effective teacher.Both learned a great deal from each other and together.Then the second academic year began bringing with it an entirely new set of challenges andopportunities. Instead of the activities becoming easier and perhaps somewhat routine, they wereeven more complicated and time consuming. New obligations required extra time and effortincluding committee involvement, starting a new series of courses, implementing new programs,planning for an additional new academic program, the pursuit of tenure, and of course teaching afull load of classes. How could all of this be accomplished?The second year

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Tricia Berry

week and attends a weekly seminarfocused on research opportunities, graduate school issues and career development topics.Undergraduate students gain engineering and research experience while earning engineeringcourse credit. Graduate students participate in mentor training and skills developmentworkshops while gaining teaching and supervisory experience and enhancing theircommunication skills.The GLUE program has been very successful at UT Austin and has expanded rapidly from 13undergraduate student applicants and $4,500 in funding in 2003 to 68 applicants and $53,000 infunding in 2005. Although the program is open to both male and female students, the programhas successfully attracted a high percentage of female participants. Feedback from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

KaMing Lai; James Webb; Robert Hendricks

and Dr. Steve Chen forproviding his Resistor Color Code tutorial program. We are also indebted to Professor NathanialDavis IV for allowing us to use the sections on the Lab Kit Description and Familiarization andon Circuit Breadboarding and Wiring from his ECE 2504 Lab Manual. By presenting thisinformation as common to students of both courses, we are able to minimize cost of equipmentto the student while assuring uniformity in teaching good laboratory practices regardless of theorder in which the courses are taken.We wish to thank the faculty and staff of The Bradley Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at Virginia Tech for their enthusiastic support for this project. Professors WilliamBaumann, Nathanial Davis IV, and Kathleen

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International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

Active Learning: A Range of Options Intended for Engineering Faculty in the Arab Gulf States Waddah Akili Professor of Civil Engineering (Retired) Principal, Geotechnical Engineering Ames, Iowa, 50014, USAAbstract:This paper reviews the literature in search of common forms and strategies of active learning,engineering faculty in the Arab Gulf States (the Region) could add to their repertoire as viablealternatives to traditional teaching. The article is a follow up to previous work, by the author, onviable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung

impacts on realistic, pre-industrial experiences at the early stage ofengineering education are also discussed.IntroductionTo teach embedded processor system design, students generally take a series of digital designcourses. For instance, courses on Digital Fundamentals and Logic Circuits [1] followed byComputer Architectures [2] are typically taught in the classroom. To accelerate the practicallearning process in the classroom, rapid digital system design [3] using field-programmable gatearrays (FPGAs) is often added to the existing curricula. Using FPGA-based prototyping requireslearning at least one hardware description language, such as VHDL or Verilog HDL. However,we are continuously challenged not only to reduce the time for teaching the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhumi Mitra; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

utilized at present on this tract with uniformapplication of fertilizers and seedlings. No special irrigation or weed managementtechniques are currently used. The overall objective of the first phase of the ECPA effortsat UMES will be to develop baseline data via systematic record keeping, whilecontinuing with the current farming practices. This data will be valuable in the future toα Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciencesβ Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciencesδ Dean, School of Agriculture and Natural Sciencesε GIS Laboratory Coordinatorφ Lecturer, Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences (Aviation Program

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

K. Madhavan

at CBUChristian Brothers University is a small Catholic university. The School of Engineeringoffers degrees in electrical, mechanical, chemical and civil and environmentalengineering. The CEE program requires studies in structural, soil, traffic andtransportation, hydraulics and water resources in addition to other courses in physics,chemistry, mathematics and the liberal arts. Only the courses in the geotechnicalsequence are described here. Three required courses are offered in geotechnicalengineering (geotechnical engineering, geotechnical engineering laboratory and design offoundations) along with elective courses. In the first two courses, students learn thefundamentals and in the third course, they are required to design various types

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Benjamin Brannaka

Session 3247 Using Signal Express to Automate Analog Electronics Experiments B.D. Brannaka, J. R. Porter Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843Introduction It is well known that many undergraduate students, especially in engineering technologyprograms, learn best through hands-on experience. Thus, when teaching analog electronics, it iscritical to provide the students with a meaningful laboratory experience. While this soundsstraightforward, it is often difficult to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

Session 3247 Electrical Fundamentals - Make Them Come Alive for Students Walter Banzhaf, P.E. College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117IntroductionMany laboratory experiments we ask students to perform in electrical fundamentals laboratoryclasses are unnecessarily unexciting. Such tasks as determining the current through R7 of aladder network with eight resistors (does a first-semester student really care about R7, or itscurrent?), or verifying Kirchhoff's Voltage Law in a circuit with only resistors

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Burchett

successful.References 1. Manual for Model 210/210a Rectilinear Control System, Educational Control Products, Bell Canyon, CA, 1999. http://www.ecpsystems.com 2. Burchett, B. T., “Parametric Time Domain System Identification of a Mass-Spring-Damper System”, submitted to 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 3. Burchett, B. T., and Layton, R. A., “An Undergraduate System Identification Laboratory”, Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005.Author BiographyBRADLEY T BURCHETT is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches courses on the topicsof dynamics, system dynamics, control, intelligent control, and computer applications. His research

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

andMathematics) material fits into all of their engineering courses. Because they have no clear-cutreason to embrace these concepts, the students hit the “reset button” after each and every course.This often comes back to haunt the students in subsequent upper level classes which require afirm understanding of this material.A new multisemester interwoven dynamic systems project has been initiated to better integratethe material from differential equations, mathematical methods, laboratory measurements anddynamic systems across several semesters/courses so that the students can better understand therelationship of basic STEM material to an ongoing problem. This paper highlights the overallconcept underlying the new approach. A description of the project