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Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Berg; Manuel Blanco; Fabio Urbani

parameters such as wind speed and direction, solarhorizontal global irradiance, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity and dew point, ambienttemperature, time, and position. Figure 1: Weather Station Block Diagram Page 8.1314.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationTo achieve its purpose, every station will be equipped with an identical set of sensors, a datalogger, a spread spectrum radio, and a photovoltaic power supply. The data

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Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

Engineering EducationThe usability student team begins the usability evaluation by gathering information about thehandheld system prototype to be evaluated. The main three deliverables (goals) in the gatheringinformation step are (1) the task analysis, (2) the user analysis, and (3) the conceptual modeling ofthe interaction. The task analysis is the study and determination of the characteristics present withregards to the users of the handheld device. These characteristics include: previous knowledgeneeded, decision strategy, cognition loading, and other factors. The modeling of the interaction isillustrated in a clear diagram of input needed from the user to complete tasks with the handhelddevice. Interviews with the student designers of the

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Williamson; Randy Winzer

to an ISO: 9000 or the new ISO/TC: 16949registration process used by industry. The process is also similar to the guidelines found in theMalcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Simply stated: 1. State your goals and objectives, 2:Show how you are meeting your goals and objectives, and most importantly 3: Show how you aremeasuring what you are doing to meet the stated goals and objectives.TAC/ABET requires each program to have a “Capstone” class or experience, which bringstogether all of the students’ acquired knowledge from their college and/or university tenure. Thisclass is traditionally taken during the student’s final year. The Mechanical and Manufacturing“Capstone” experience at PSU addresses nearly all of the items found in the “a

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiannong Meng

information retrieval, algebra, and probability. It is an ideal project for a senior level course which requires a combination of the knowledge students have learned in their college years.1 IntroductionThe wide spread use of the Web brought increased interests to college undergraduate coursessuch as information retrieval and computer networks. Students in these courses learn thebasic concepts of the Web, the information retrieval theory (IR) and the Internet. Theyhope to gain an understanding how the Internet and its applications work and practicebasic programming skills needed to program the Internet related applications. Web searchengines provide ideal case studies for such courses. Implementation of a successful Websearch engine

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

of the Maclagan EngineeringCollege, Lahore. Currently it has a total enrollment of about more than 1000 students. TheDepartment of Civil Engineering is the oldest in the country and offers a high level of qualitycourses. The Department of Civil Engineering offers a total of 200 seats every year for BachelorsDegree course1.The Department of civil Engineering, one of the best in the region, offers the following courses ofstudies1:a) Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.b) Master's Degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in: 1. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering 2. Structural Engineering and 3. Hydraulics and Irrigation Engineeringc) Ph.D. Degree in Civil EngineeringThe Bachelor's Degree constitutes a

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Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Gaonkar

Page 8.1072.1Procee ding s of the 200 3 Am erican Society for En gineer ing Ed ucatio n An nua l Conf erence & Exp osition Copy right ©2003, American Society for EngineeringCommunication Model and Engineering Open Loop Model:Figure 1 shows t he Shannon s original communication model. It was designed to representtechnical communication such as radio transmission. It has five blocks: 1) information source,2) transmitter, 3) receiver, 4) destination, and 5) noise. The mathematical version of this modelwas used to calculate such parameters as channel capacity and signal to noise ratio. The NoiseSource represents any external signal picked up while transmitting the signal. In the laterversion of this model, the first four terms were replaced by

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Gaonkar

Page 8.1073.1Procee ding s of the 200 3 Am erican Society for En gineer ing Ed ucatio n An nua l Conf erence & Exp osition Copy right ©2003, American Society for EngineeringCommunication Model and Engineering Open Loop Model:Figure 1 shows t he Shannon s original communication model. It was designed to representtechnical communication such as radio transmission. It has five blocks: 1) information source,2) transmitter, 3) receiver, 4) destination, and 5) noise. The mathematical version of this modelwas used to calculate such parameters as channel capacity and signal to noise ratio. The NoiseSource represents any external signal picked up while transmitting the signal. In the laterversion of this model, the first four terms were replaced by

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Environmental Justice and Sustainability

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Weber; Deborah Ross; Angela Lueking

students background information on corporate finance and policy issues not normally encountered in a traditional engineering class. The secondary objective of the class is to allow students to creatively approach problems and hone their quantitative problem solving skills. Incorporation of mixed methods (including case studies) has been linked to increased student productivity and is suspected to retain a more diverse student body, in terms of how students approach and solve problems. Using directed assignments that require the students to form such links fosters their creativity and critical thinking skills.1 To encourage students to “think outside the box”, the class sessions and presentations are designed to be as

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

laboratory work thatincludes motor modeling and feedback control. There is also a major design project in the courseto reinforce theoretical and experimental design. The topics covered in the course are listed below. 1. Translation 2. Differential equation review 3. First/second order systems 4. Numerical methods 5. Rotation 6. The differential operator and input-output equations 7. Circuits (resistors/capacitors/inductors and op-amps) 8. Feedback control 9. Phasors 10. Transfer functions and Fourier analysis 11. Bode plots 12. Root locus plots 13. Analog IO, sensors and actuators 14. Motion control (single and multiple axes)Prerequisites for the course include basic

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Wicks

convergence of space, atomic clock, microwave, process computers and efficientproblem solving algorithms technologies and sciences that have made the system possible. This paper will discuss how some of the GPS related concepts that have beenintroduced into various courses taught by the author, along with National Engineer’sWeek lectures over the last few years. Additional descriptions and applications arecontained in the “Where on Earth?” article by the author which was the cover story on theJuly, 2002 issue of Mechanical Engineering (Reference 1).2. Defining the Navigation Problem Navigation means getting from where you are to where you want to be. We start ourdaily travel from home to work by first knowing where we are and from

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EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

into“whether a team member is doing the proper work, working in an appropriate way, or usingcorrect procedures.” It also provides no detailed analysis of the tasks.Methodology and Case Study ApplicationThe methodology employed by the INEG 4433 class is a five-phase process that included: 1)preparatory work, 2) the creation of a work sampling plan, 3) data collection, 4) data analysis,and 5) decision making. These phases are discussed in the following subsections, and a pictorialcan be seen in Exhibit 1.Phase I: Preparatory WorkCreate Checklist of Tasks: Creation of a task list is done primarily by the organization beingstudied, but the course instructor is implemental in the process to insure that the work done by

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Poling; Emily Blakemore; Lee Greguske; Glenn Wrate

industrial audiences, willfocus on the technical aspects of the project, and future energy savings for individualinstallations. Figure 1. Vending Machine InstallationElectroluminescent (EL) PanelsEL panels consist of a thin flexible semiconductor material that use electroluminescence to light Page 8.884.2the front of the vending machine. A photon of visible light is emitted when the semiconductor Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationmaterial is subjected to an

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Silvanus Udoka; Paul Stanfield

). Theprofessors involved in the applicable courses as well as the project manager, a graduate student,comprised the Executive Board. Each team reported to and was evaluated by the ExecutiveBoard on an ongoing basis at each phase of the project. The model design includes a 7-phase teamprocess, phased progress reports, team meeting presentations and agendas, and team documentssuch as a Code of Cooperation. A virtual workspace was set up, allowing administration andcommunication of IVT processes. Each phase of the project was a measurable milestone for theproject and follows the flow of activities for the duration of the project as shown in Figure 1. Phase I

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Davis; Melissa Dark

has been facilitated by workshops and working groups of leadinginformation assurance educators. The goal is to produce document similar to the Joint IEEEComputer Society/ACM Task Force document (1) “Model Curricula for Computing” (ComputerScience Volume) which will then be widely distributed for comment and dissemination. Weanticipate that the framework will be used to guide the development of shared instructionalmaterials, classroom instruction, and the assessment of individuals and programs.The focus for this paper is the design of the curriculum framework and the identification of thecommon body of knowledge. One of the interesting challenges is the breadth of the InformationAssurance field. There is a tendency to view IA as strictly a

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gesink; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

Design I course"Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education" The grading for ECE Design I has three components. The components and their weightsare: 1. project proposal 40% 2. proposal preparation and classroom assigned homework 15% 3. examinations and quizzes 45%The course instructor is responsible for items 2 and 3 and the faculty advisor, assigned to advisethe team at week 8 into the course, is responsible for item 1. The overall grading is thusdistributed over two faculty

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

plan with four distinct operational phases. The plan’s operational conceptfocused on systematically revising the educational framework to supportoutcome/objective assessment and evaluation. Further, the program footing wouldpromote academic programs characterized by a dynamic state of continuous processimprovement consistent with TC2K. Viewed essentially as sequential in nature, the phasesallowed the faculty in each of the three programs to control to some extent the rate ofimplementation. The fours phases include (1) awareness training for senior key personnel,(2) internal organizational assessment, (3) team building for process control and TC2Kimplementation, and (4) an action phase designed to perpetuate the program. This paperaddresses

Conference Session

Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon Twigg; Eric Johnson

operator to inputa set trajectory, including the velocity and altitude. Many of the values for this can be alteredwhile flying. This allows the operator to test a designed controller on a basic flight path and alsoallows the operator to be sure that the aircraft is flying in the desired manner for data collection.In addition, the control parameters can be altered during flight, which allows the quick and easytesting of controller designs. Figure 1 depicts a view of the simulator with two view windowsopen – one in Cockpit view and one in Chase view. The Chase plane view is also showing thebody axes on it. In addition an open parameter window can be seen in the figure in the lowerleft.The simulator can also collect data and create plots of the data

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Duda

Bunyoro-Kitara.Our Current WorkOver the last 4 years we have been working closely with a group of people who have a 10 yearcommitment to doing projects in the Church of Uganda Diocese of Bunyoro-Kitara, District ofBunyoro-Kitara, Uganda, Africa7. This work has been undertaken with the support of the localleadership and with acceptance and recognition of the federal government of Uganda. Theseprojects are built around 7 initiatives: 1. Developing a coffee plantation 2. Eradicating malaria in the diocese 3. Developing medical dispensaries with basic laboratories 4. Education analysis and microcomputer training Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

requirements for students [9]. In particular, the number of students using laptops every yearis increasing. Eventually laptops, or a successor, will be carried by every student, as calculatorsare now. This will not only eliminate the need for paper copies, but create a demand for digitalformats for compactness. The fluidity of electronic file formats will also create a demand for theright to edit the files to add notations. The portability of electronic formats will continue to reducethe barriers to reproduction and multiple users.These changes will not necessarily mean the end of books, but the embodiment of a monolithicvolume printed on paper will not continue as the method of choice [5].3. The SolutionI have started developing a set of books [1

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Mosto; Gregory Hecht; Kathryn Hollar; Stephanie Farrell

Session 2613 Integrating Biology and Chemical Engineering at the Freshman and Sophomore Levels Kathryn Hollar1, Stephanie Farrell1, Gregory B. Hecht2, and Patricia B. Mosto 2 1 Department of Chemical Engineering 2 Department of Biological Sciences Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, TN, 22-25 June 2003 Chemical Engineering

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

off-campus students.1. IntroductionA variety of social, economic and technological factors are converging to transform the nature ofhigher education today. Some of the key symptoms of this change have been noted by leadingacademics and social commentators. James Duderstadt, President Emeritus of the University ofMichigan - Ann Arbor, has this to say: "Today’s undergraduate student body is composed also ofincreasing numbers of adults from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, already in theworkplace, perhaps with families, seeking the education and skills necessary for their careers” 1.Sir John Daniel, Vice-Chancellor of Britain's Open University says, "Higher education is in crisisworld-wide. The ingredients of the crisis are access, cost and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene McGinnis; Denise Theobald-Roberts

tobuild these programs.1. Girl Scouts of America, Retrieved January 10, 2003, from http://www.girlscouts.org/girlsgotech/adcouncil.html2. Baumgartner, Henry, (2003, January) ASME Helps Boy Scouts Redesign their Engineering Merit Badge, ASME NEWS, Retrieved from http://www.asmenews.org/archives/backissues/apr01/features/bscouts.html3. Meinholdt, Connie, Murray, Susan L., Why Aren’t there More Women Engineers? Retrieved January 6, 2003, from Old Dominion University, Women Engineers Web site: http://web.odu.edu/engr/womengineers/bank_8.htmMR. R. EUGENE MCGINNIS received a B.S and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Memphis State University.Mr. McGinnis has taught in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for the

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole Loock; Joan Dannenhoffer

improvedgroup development skills and study skills, as reported by surveys of students, faculty, and staff,are the preliminary results of the program. Along with the detailed STSC description, a review ofthe current retention research and the educational philosophies and models used to design thecourse is included. Based upon the qualitative results from the pilot and first full-scale offering,improvements that will be made in the future are described.I. BackgroundFreshman year dropout rates over the period from 1983 – 2001 at two-year and four-year publicand private institutions have ranged anywhere from 26% to 46.9% [1]. Despite much effort

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

Hispanic population, currently at 475,000and projected to increase to more than one million by 2020. Two decades has yielded an increasefrom 1 percent of Hispanics in metro Atlanta to the current 7 percent. The average age ofHispanics in Georgia in 1999 was 26.4 years old. The U.S. Census predicts the average age willbe 28.1 in the year 2015. Nationally, the Hispanic population is younger than other populations;for example, under 15 years of age, • Hispanic 30 %, • African American 21%, • White non-Hispanic 20 %.3What are the implications? We could suggest given this heavily younger population there is adefinite opportunity to impact them while they are concentrated with in the K-12 education. Thisoutreach can translate to opportunities

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Dantzler; Kevin Whitaker; Jim Richardson

lack of discourse on race andgender in colleges can lead to less tolerant graduates at the end of their college careers. Left totheir own devices, college students are not well equipped to develop their awareness of the valueof diversity. Tatum22 discussed this sentiment along with the observation that students may not beable to effectively process their emotional responses to issues related to diversity. According toTatum, simply presenting the cognitive issues of oppression to students without addressing theemotional responses is not effective. She identified three sources of resistance to learning aboutand discussing racism: 1) Race is considered a taboo topic especially in racially mixed settings, 2)students have been socialized to think

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Renken; John Reisel

is an Olympic Training Facility forU.S. Speedskating (Fig. 1). Built in 1992, the PNIC has served such Olympic medallists as Eric andBeth Heiden, Dan Jansen, and Bonnie Blair, and currently serves as an official training facility fornew members of the team. The PNIC has also hosted several prestigious speed skating eventsincluding the National Championships, World Cups, World Championships, and the Olympic Trials.The PNIC does not receive grants from the U.S. Olympic Committee and is operated by a non-profitorganization. Page 8.1214.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Veretta Sabb; Clarence Hill; Antonio Gonzalez; Freya Toledo; Didier Valdes-Diaz

Session 2793 The National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI): 10 years motivating minority students toward professions in the transportation industry. Didier M. Valdés-Díaz (1), Clarence W. Hill(2), Antonio A. González- Quevedo(1), Veretta J. Sabb(2), and Freya M. Toledo-Feria(1) (1) School of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez/ (2) National Resource Center, South Carolina State UniversityAbstract Ten years have passed and it seems as it was yesterday when a

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

models based on several truly independent variables. The situation is moreproblematical with respect to multiple regression models that are polynomials in one variable suchas the general quadratic model, ( ) ( y est = y ave + b1 x − xave + b2 x 2 − xave 2 ) (1)Surprisingly, the uncertainly of such a polynomial model is not addressed directly in the standardtexts on regression analysis. In this model, the independent variables are linearly independent; solinear regression will

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Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marlee Walton

civil engineering with the required non-departmentalcourses. In order to complete the linking, or integration, and meet all the objectives of the revised Page 8.1147.3curriculum, the task force prepared the new integrated curriculum for the 2001-2003 catalog. The Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationnew, integrated curriculum consists of a series of twelve courses, beginning in the freshman year(semesters 1 and 2) and ending in the senior year (semesters 7 and 8). A brief description of

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Juneau; Kant Vajpayee; Eyler Coates

further refinement of the analysis andallows the output of a distribution for the desired answer. Table 1 (from [12]) illustrates thedifferences between Hillier’s approach and a simulation approach for solving ‘real’ engineeringeconomy problems.Given that we have imperfect information when we make a financial decision, we need todetermine what happens when the information becomes certain as the project progresses. Is therean option to bail out of a bad deal or is the organization committed to finishing a project? If theorganization can “cut its losses” and perhaps recoup some losses by recovering some of itsinvestment in the event that a project goes sour, then the organization has some flexibility inregards to the execution of the project. In