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Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Rosenstein; Jeffery Donnell; Christina Bourgeois

themotivation for creating them, engineering communication programs are commonly administered at theschool level, with each school having the freedom to implement instruction in a way that best fits withits particular sequence of laboratory, design, and capstone courses. As a result, within any oneengineering college, a variety of successful writing program models can exist. The choice of paradigmreflects not only the communications norms of the particular disciplines, but also the constraintspresented by the number of students enrolled in each school and by limitations on staff and resources.At Georgia Tech, several models of meeting the technical communications requirement have beendeveloped. Within the College of Engineering (COE), some schools

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

beliefs held by some ofthe very people on whom the nanotechnology initiative depends[1] . The intention hasbeen to elicit their ideas and concerns, beliefs, fears and motivations, as those pertain totheir work as researchers in nanoscale science and technology. The aim here is to help“disparately interested parties overcome their language differences in order to join in acommon cause.”aMy studies follow these scientists over a period of five years, as they move deeper intotheir own abilities and understandings, and as they make more discoveries, broaden theircollaborations and facilitate the development of new technologies. The participants areprincipal investigators who are conducting nanoscaled research in their own laboratories,at universities

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang; Linda Head

-on laboratory experiments. It is anticipated that this program, as well as themodules developed, will serve as a model to be readily adopted in a cost-effectivemanner.A Electrical Circuits and Electricity This module starts with an introduction of electrical products, showing electricity is everywhere in our lives. From that point, we lead students to think about how to drive such electrical products via producing a source of power. Electrical power generation is then demonstrated by making a simple battery. Several sample presentation slides are shown in Fig. 3. A kit with one zinc nail, one copper nail, a lemon and a hand- held meter is assigned to each group. Lemon juice acts as an acidic conducting medium between the two

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

theSummer Science Institute, is for high school juniors and seniors. The other program, calledSummer Odyssey, is for middle school students. Both programs explain what engineers are,explain what engineers do, and promote problem solving skills. The students also experiencevarious disciplines (or sub-disciplines) of engineering through a combination of presentations,laboratory experiences, and design work. In other words, much of the same material andactivities are used for both programs. Although neither of these programs are specifically forminorities or women, a large portion of the students are female and approximately half areminorities. A review of the material/activities for the summer of 2004 is presented. In addition,in the summer of 2004

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Luiz Perrone; Maurice Aburdene

Analysis of Wireless and Mobile Computer Networks Courses Maurice F. Aburdene, Xiannong Meng, L. Felipe Perrone, and Gregory L. Mokodean Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of wireless and mobile computer networks courses. The resultsare based on information collected from course Web sites of universities and colleges incomputer science, electrical engineering and information science departments. The dataanalyzed include course titles, course structure, textbooks, major topics and their presentation,projects, and laboratory exercises. We found that wireless and mobile computer networkeducation can be divided into three

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

course.Current MERLOT Chemical Engineering ContentAs of January 2005, MERLOT catalogued 326 engineering learning objects, 24 in chemicalengineering. These include simulations, virtual laboratories, tutorials, calculation tools, andother collections of links and objects. For example, “McCabe Thiele Method” is a tutorial byVenkat R. Bhethanabotla of the University of Southern Florida that includes text background ondistillation, describes and illustrates the McCabe-Thiele method, and includes a self-test. Page 10.994.3“Chemical Reactivity Worksheet”, produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

the student as a complement to the lectureand laboratory classes. The Matlab and its toolboxes work with the Guide in an interactivemanner to provide a flexible simulation environment where the user can observe the behavior ofan engineering system or process without going into detailed implementation of the algorithm(Marchand and Holland, 2003). Page 10.1221.1This paper presents the development of a highly interactive user-friendly environment for thesimulation of digital modulation and demodulation techniques. After this introduction, the first Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pat Leelani; Hector Estrada

importance of science, mathematics, and computers were emphasized. The participants resided on campus for the duration of the program. Most of the activitieswere conducted in the Civil Engineering Laboratory. The costs of room, board, and other costsrelated to the activities and prizes, were covered from public and private funds. Following is abrief description of typical activities.Introduction and Advisement The first day, participants were directed to the dormitories to situate themselves. Acoordinator assisted with the logistics of room and board. A brief introduction was made by thedirector, including a discussion and overview of the program. Also, with the guardians present, apresentation about the nightly activities and the dormitory

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

120 volt AC power cord Figure 2 - Prototype of Transmission Line Demonstrator Board Page 10.692.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationQuantitative ResultsSimple measurements of voltage and current, done with standard laboratory instruments, allowstudents to see the vast increase in efficiency (power out/power in) that using high voltageprovides. The table in Figure 3 provides quantitative evidence of

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

build deeper conceptual understanding of disciplinary skills. Theemphasis on building products and implementing processes in real-world contexts gives studentsopportunities to make connections between the technical content they are learning and their professionaland career interests.Standard 6 -- CDIO WorkspacesWorkspaces and laboratories that support and encourage hands-on learning ofproduct and system building, disciplinary knowledge, and social learningDescription: Workspaces and laboratories support the learning of product and system building skillsconcurrently with disciplinary knowledge. They emphasize hands-on learning in which students aredirectly engaged in their own learning, and provide opportunities for social learning, that is

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson

integrate those courses thatsupport design of machinery with a challenging project and with supporting lectures. LECTURE SERIESThe lecture series in this course is divided into the following areas. • Safety • Project management • Process analysis • Introduction to plastics • Applications of heat transfer • Industrial Controls Basic relay circuits Motor starters Motor speed control Programmable logic controllers Wiring practiceThe first lecture session and part of the first laboratory session is dedicated to safety. Since students willbe expected to work with voltages as high as 220 volts and with pressurized, molten

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Patton; Daniel Crunkleton

electrical and mechanical systems. Thesestudents are excited about the opportunity to create the control strategy and beginimplementing this plan with actual equipment. The size and scope of the project appearsto be more appealing to them than the laboratory experiences they have seen so far.Finally, in Year One, ChE students have taken the first steps to designing a reformer forethanol that could eventually be used within the vehicle. The students have gathered datafrom the literature to learn the current state-of-the-art in reformer technology and haveinitiated contacts with researchers in this field. This information is being used along withHYSYS to create an initial design for a reformer. This technology is very new and,admittedly, ambitious for

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Kardys; Abraham Michelen

, design, specifications,materials, application notes, and many other important activities in the daily life of andengineer. Without Globalspec, or a tool similar to it, the essential task of locating a specificcomponent for a design would take many hours of browsing in manufacturer’s catalogs. Page 10.1409.1All these tasks are accomplished by just linking to the Globalspec site. This is the reasonwhy many engineers at important industrial manufacturers as well as research laboratories “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Young; Sanjiv Sarin; Xiaochun Jiang

inmathematics and calculus. Additionally, students were orientated to the college campusexperience through faculty and student mentored activities including group rap sessions,extracurricular activities, and industry tours. NC-LSAMP funding provided Allianceinstitutions the opportunity to increase the number of participants and facilitated thesuccessful recruitment of highly talented minority high school graduates.NC-LSAMP students participated in Summer Research activities at Alliance institutionsand national laboratories. North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina StateUniversity and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported LSAMP andother STEM students for summer research on their campuses. Students participated

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Scott; Carl Greco; Todd T. Schlegel

Real-time T-Wave Residuum Nathaniel Scott, Carl Greco, Todd T. Schlegel Department of Electrical Engineering, Arkansas Tech University / Neuroautonomic Laboratory and Human Test Subject Facility, NASA Johnson Space CenterAbstractThe recent recognition of prolonged corrected QT electrocardiographic intervals (QTc intervals)in astronauts returning from long-duration space flight as well as premature ventricularcontractions (PVCs) while in flight has stimulated NASA to develop software for real-timeanalysis of the ECGs of astronauts as they prepare for and participate in highly stressfulactivities.The T-wave Residuum (TWR

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro; Jane Fraser

Society for Engineering Educationcounseling, university service, professional development, and interactions with industrial andprofessional practitioners, as well as employers of graduates.”Faculty must also have qualifications and authority “to develop and implement processes for theevaluation, assessment, and continuing improvement of the program, its educational objectivesand outcomes.” Indicators of faculty competency include “education, diversity of backgrounds,engineering experience, teaching experience, ability to communicate, enthusiasm for developingmore effective programs, level of scholarship, participation in professional societies, andlicensure as Professional Engineers.”From Criterion 61, “classrooms, laboratories, and associated

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Ben Lawrence; Cynthia Mann

stepinvolved an in-class group activity and a group homework assignment; many also had anindividual assignment unrelated to the Pizza or Ice Cream Project.Pizza ProjectThe first day of class, each student was given a notebook to serve as a journal and a laboratorynotebook for the project. Throughout the semester they were instructed to use the journal tocomplete some assignments, keep track of project related information (and data), and alsoprovide feedback about class activities through journal entries. This was found to be an effectivemethod of illustrating the importance of laboratory notebooks—a concept foreign to manyengineering students. The success of this project relied on the students’ comfort in interactingwith the instructors; the notebooks

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alvin Lester; Bruce Mutter

. Students must meet deadlines in an increasingly self-motivated environment. 11. Students must self motivate in general and avoid procrastination without traditional verbal reminders of assignment due dates. B. Disadvantages for Students: 1. Student must still meet in class for the regular scheduled class times for web facilitated courses. 2. Students uploading assignments to CART CMS may require more time than writing it out by hand. 3. Student must have access to compatible hardware, software, and high speed web connection. 4. Students may need to access computer laboratories at school, libraries or other places with public access to the web

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Everly

Contractdescribed in this paper introduces students to simplified tools and test procedures for determiningthe electrical parameters of a quartz crystal. As a laboratory exercise, students investigate anexperimental technique for developing the equivalent electric circuit of a quartz crystal. Themeasured crystal parameters together with band-pass filter design equations are subsequentlyimplemented using a standard spreadsheet, thus eliminating the need to expose freshmanstudents to complex mathematics. To illustrate a practical use for quartz crystals, a third orderButterworth and Cohn band-pass filter is designed. Laboratory testing and assembly time tocomplete the contract is approximately six hours distributed over the quarter. In addition

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Sternberg

Hands-on classroom learning in material engineering Dr Steve Sternberg Associate Professor University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth MinnesotaAbstractSeveral hands-on, classroom based activities have been developed for use in a materialscience and engineering course taught at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Departmentof Chemical Engineering. These short (10 to 20 minute) in-class activities areinexpensive, easy, safe and do not require access to a laboratory, nor expensive testingequipment. The activities include: disassembling of consumer goods, building unit cells,crystallizing a super

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Voigt; Nathan Shenck; Delores Etter; Thomas Salem; Samara Firebaugh

challenging todistill into a few hours. This paper describes a four-hour electrical engineering module thatexamines the role of electrical engineering in the manipulation of audio signals, developed for anew introductory engineering course at the United States Naval Academy.In the first hour, students were given a short presentation on biometrics (signals that can be usedto identify a person) and participated in demonstrations of iris, face, and fingerprint recognitionsystems. They then completed a laboratory experiment in which they analyzed plots of speech(audio) signals, measured pitch frequencies, and identified male and female voices using thatinformation. During the following hour, after a brief overview of A/D and D/A conversion, thestudents

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lennard Lema; Zbigniew Prusak; Peter Baumann

, structures and systems. All three programs providerelevant applied experience within the academic environment through laboratory and classroomprojects and experimentation. The programs also provide elective relevant industrial experiencevia cooperative education. The mission of the programs differ within the specialization by focuson thermodynamics, design and development, or CNC programming, production planning andquality control, or structures, project management and supervision.The Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (TAC of ABET) TC2K criteria calls for a continuous quality improvement plan. Inresponse the faculty and Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) for the engineering technologyprograms

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Wiedenman

neglectingthe underlying mathematical formulation of problems. A case-study, problem-solving approach, Page 10.18.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationwith hardware demonstrations and hardware laboratory exercises, was the method sought for thecourse. The learning outcomes were defined as those capabilities the cadets should have uponcompletion of XE475. These were 1. Apply physical and mathematical modeling (both from first principles and using system identification experimental

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

Engineering, Physics multidisciplinary project) 28% • Specialties within related disciplines (for example Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics in a combined project; or a program of Computer Science with Computer Information Systems and Computer) 28% • Science and/or Engineering and School of Education (for example Nanotechnology, Industrial Engineering, and K12 Teacher Preparation) 20% • Sensors and a science or engineering application (numerous biomedical projects partnering with electrical engineering through sensor technology; also many multidisciplinary engineering undergraduate laboratories with sensors) 7% • Engineering or science in

Conference Session

Labs, Demos and Software in Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Burchett

the laboratory with a physical systemthat has small non-linearities which prevent the student from obtaining an exact match betweenmodel and experiment. This work describes an experiment designed for the sophomore systemdynamics course offered at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. This lab uses acommercially available hardware system and a digital computer. By a clever combination ofvarious response data, and using known differences between effective masses, the effective inertiaof motor, pinion, rack and cart are estimated without requiring disassembly of the system.Typical results are shown.IntroductionThe mechanical engineering and electrical engineering faculty at Rose-Hulman (RHIT) arecurrently upgrading the system dynamics and

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

student. Itcan also be considered as a contract between a student and the course instructor.Assessment ActivitiesTypical classroom assessment activities include mid-term and final examinations, quizzes,homework assignments, laboratory exercises and reports, project work and reports, oralpresentations etc. However, assessment activities need not be confined to the classrooms. Thecourse instructor usually assigns % weights to each of these assessment activities (e.g. 15% each Page 10.923.2for each exam, 10% for laboratory reports etc.). Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

study scientific or engineering problems.CSE has emerged as a powerful and indispensable method to analyze a variety of problems inresearch, production and process development, and manufacturing. Computational modeling andsimulation is being accepted as a third methodology in scientific discovery processing andengineering design, complementing the traditional approaches of theory and experiment. Manyexperiments and investigations that have traditionally been performed in a laboratory or the fieldare being augmented or replaced by computational modeling and simulation. Examples includeweather and climate modeling 1, fossil fuel combustion simulation 2, engine and vehicle design 3,materials development 4, aircraft design 5, electronic design

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Pinkham; Cathryne Jordan; Lisa Peterson

without the support andpartnership of corporate and federal partners who have participated in the past and currently:Bechtel Corporation, the Boeing company, EE Just, the Environmental Protection Agency, Ernst& Young, Fluor Hanford Inc., the Ford Motor company, IBM, Intel Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the National Science Foundation (NSF),Sandia National Laboratories, Shell, Siemens and Westinghouse Hanford company. The Collegeof Engineering and its departments have also contributed funding, and faculty have mentoredmany students. NSF’s Alliance for Minority Participation funding has been critical to thecontinuity of this program. Costs for the program are given in the following table

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozlem Arisoy; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

traditional classroom settingwith classes held everyday at sea, it is the various ports of call that provide the “laboratories”(field component) from which approximately 20% of the credit earned for a course is fulfilled.The integration of classroom and international fieldwork enables Semester at Sea to provide alearning environment unattainable on a traditional land campus. The challenge to engineeringeducation is to find a way to make this laboratory experience valuable and relevant to thecoursework.The authors responded to this challenge by organizing a program directed at engineering andbusiness students interested in manufacturing and operations management issues. From anengineering perspective, the idea would be to adapt “land-based” ABET

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Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Kowalski; Luke Campagnola; Frank Kowalski

tabulation of simple multiple-choice data, to that which includes equations, graphs, and short answers. Furthermore, wecombine this technology with technological innovations in the content enhancement category,perhaps best illustrated by the development of applets. The number of available applets continuesto increase while the conceptual level is diverse, typically covering high school to advancedundergraduate courses in science and engineering. These content-rich applets are appropriate inboth the laboratory and classroom settings.This combination of student-directed content enhancement and real-time feedback allows moremeaningful active learning and a novel, sophisticated level of classroom communication.Instructors receive real-time feedback to