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Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anil Saigal; Vincent Manno

technology. The need for practical relevancy led to the establishmentof our Industrial Advisory Council with members from several companies and the USgovernment. New programs emerged such as the Certificate Program in ManufacturingEngineering and a part-time Masters of Engineering degree program with a project focus. Othercollaborative activities include joint responsibility for the Annual Thermal ManufacturingWorkshop, industrial sponsorship of senior design projects and providing outside feedback aspart of our ABET EC2000 continuous improvement process. The current level of collaboration isgood but can be improved. For a university in which most of the students attend classes full-timeduring the day, meeting the needs of the students from industry

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga; Bill Hutzel

as fuel cells used as part of a smaller decentralized powersystem, could eventually become required reading. The purpose of this paper is to provide one example of how renewable energy topics canbe integrated into undergraduate MET and EET courses. The context of this discussion is asmall photovoltaic array that was designed by students at the West Lafayette campus of PurdueUniversity. The design project exposed undergraduate students to an alternative energy sourcethat is not typically addressed in an undergraduate curriculum. Once the photovoltaic system isoperational, the long-term educational goal is for MET and EET students to develop a greaterappreciation for alternative energy sources as part of their core coursework.Planning

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raghu Echempati; Arnaldo Mazzei

tools.An example student project will be presented and the learning outcomes discussed.IntroductionMany universities currently teach kinematics and dynamics of machinery and machine design astwo separate courses with some schools still teaching these as three separate courses. However,due to the recent ABET requirements and other curriculum issues, many universities areconsidering to integrate these courses into a single one. In fact, a common recent trend [1] is toteach an integrated course, which includes concepts of statics and basic solid mechanics. Otherexamples include the integration of technical drawing and solid modeling, dynamics andintroductory vibrations, finite element analysis (FEA) and machine component design andsystem dynamics and

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominique M. Durand; Dmitri Kourennyi

focusing on computer modeling using NEURON software with a number of modelsincluded or publicly available and which does not require special computational skills to createcustom models. Thus such a course is well suited for students from the Departments ofNeurosciences and Physiology & Biophysics. On the other hand, the course provides deepfundamental background for biomedical engineering students. In the pilot run of the course proved to be interesting and well evaluated by the students.The projects completed by students were related to their research and well interlaced withfundamentals learnt in the lectures The strategy in development of the course for the fall of 2002 will include more standardmodels available for students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

curriculum will greatlybenefit the learning process of students because these tools allow extensive use of design-oriented problems such as open-ended problems and projects in the curriculum. Solving thesedesign-oriented projects and problems provides the students with valuable insight andunderstanding of design and analysis processes involved in real-world engineering problems. Page 7.708.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education The main objective of this paper is to describe the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Summers

a Good BookWriting a textbook is a large-scale project. Staying organized and practicing good projectmanagement skills are essential for the successful completion of a text. Understandingthe flow of the actual process of physically creating a textbook can be very helpful forplanning purposes. The flow chart that follows describes the major steps, fromprospectus to publication, typically found in the process of creating a textbook.Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Page 7.1006.3 Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Author

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Stephen; Jerry Weinberg

. Theprerequisite to the HCI course is “Interaction Programming,” a course that provides the studentswith an understanding of event driven programming, graphical user interfaces (GUI), and one Page 7.788.1∗ For course materials and additional information please visit www.cs.siue.edu/hci Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationlanguage to program GUI’s. This is a second language course for the students. Students tend totake the HCI course in their junior year just prior to the Senior Project

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary John O'Hair; Mark Nanny; Teri Rhoads

National Science Foundation Graduate K-12 Fellows grant at theUniversity of Oklahoma is a combined engineering and education class. The goal of this upperdivision or graduate credit course is to prepare authentic science and math educators by providingboth the educational theory and the scientific knowledge to prepare authentic classroom exercisesin the K-12 environment. This paper reviews the course demographics, goals, content, andexecution of the first offering of this course in fall of 2001. A discussion of the combination ofeducation majors with engineering majors and a presentation of a combined curriculum ispresented. This course is not only a model for other NSF GK-12 projects, but other universitiesinterested in bridging the gap between

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

engineering economy course provides an ideal environment inwhich students may demonstrate teamwork and communication skills, awareness of ethicalstandards, and an understanding of the impact of engineering solutions on society. Case studiesbased on the Challenger disaster and the Ford/Firestone controversy have direct relevance to theindustrial engineering curriculum and can be adapted to meet the needs of specific courses suchas engineering economy, project management, and quality control.IntroductionRecent revisions in engineering accreditation guidelines have raised awareness of the wide rangeof learning outcomes that comprise a modern undergraduate engineering education 1. In additionto technical competence in engineering science, students need

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anneliese Watt; Jeff Froyd; Julia Williams

communication. The purpose ofassigning students to a capstone design project is to give them the opportunity to developtheir skills in the context of a situated learning experience. As such, we expect studentsto achieve a specific set of learning outcomes that are not customarily required in thetraditional engineering classroom. This paper identifies learning outcomes in both designand writing, then associates strategies from each field as methods to improve studentlearning. Borrowing strategies across disciplinary boundaries, this paper providesvaluable insights for faculty in both engineering and technical communication who areinterested in expanding the repertoire of strategies they use to teach design andcommunication.IntroductionEngineering design

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Paul Ross; Gisela Kutzbach

start.What was not clear from the start was that new attitudes, new uses of old tools, and a newand clearer “theme” would evolve for CTI.Ross and Kutzbach 3 In the Online ClassroomD. The Virtues of the “Classroom” for Engaged ParticipantsThe virtues of the real “ classroom” encourage engagement and participation by allstudents. These “virtues” can be captured in a few goals for the effective classroom.However, it must be noted that this classroom is optimized for the field of technicalcommunication, for project based education, and for participation in general. In“information intensive” classes, the emphasis may be on covering a certain large area ofknowledge adequately in a given length of time, and

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Probst

credit hours thanmost other programs at Southeast, which might tend to reduce its competitiveness whenrecruiting majors. In order to address these concerns, we have developed a senior capstonecourse that is being reviewed for inclusion in the University Studies Program, which isSoutheast’s general education program. The course requires students from at least twodepartments in the College of Science and Mathematics to work on a project requiring expertisefrom both disciplines. This paper describes the course.I. IntroductionThe Engineering Physics Program at Southeast Missouri State University integrates a typicalphysics program and a typical electrical engineering program. The Program has a core set ofcourses and two options. The Applied

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Benson; John Baker; David Silverstein

Session 2666 A Multi-Institutional Interdisciplinary Distance Controls Experiment: Bringing Engineering and Engineering Technology Students Together John R. Baker1, David L. Silverstein1, James M. Benson2 1 University of Kentucky 2 Murray State UniversityAbstract The University of Kentucky (UK) Extended Campus Programs in Paducah alongwith Murray State University (MuSU) have developed the first experiment in what isexpected to become a sequence of projects involving

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Bernhardt; Paul Imhoff; Michael Pearlman; Diane Kukich; Darren O'Neill; Michael Chajes

students’ transition from the academicenvironment to the professional workplace. The paper details how changes in existing courseshave enabled communication skills to be taught and practiced during all four years of thecurricula.The case-based course is structured around a set of actual materials from the DelawareDepartment of Transportation (DelDOT) that was developed to inform the public about theupgrade of Interstate 95 through Wilmington. Students are working in project teams to developtheir own communication strategies and solutions based on documents from the actual projectand then comparing their team solutions to those actually used by DelDOT during the project.The course was developed as a traditional classroom course, but with a strong

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

Measuring instrument characteristics 7 Op-Amp circuits 8 Signal conditioning 9 Data sampling and conversion 10 Position, motion and force measurements 11 Temperature and flow measurement 12 Pressure and level measurement 13 Representation and display of data 14 Selecting sensors/ Sensor specifications Page 7.365.2 15 Project presentations and demos/ Project report due Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright Ó 2002

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Gross; David Dinehart

issues in combination, yetthey must be proficient at handling these issues in order to be successful in their professionalcareers. In the spring semester of 2000 the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeringat Villanova University initiated a structural engineering capstone design course that brings tofocus the role of structural engineers in a global context, highlighted by structural design andconstruction in a third world country. The initial project involved the design and construction of a25 foot tall reinforced concrete cross for a Catholic orphanage in Posas Verdes, Honduras. Theproject was challenging due to many constraints and limitations such as time, third worldconditions, communication, material quality and availability, and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

Session 2087 Real Time Mechatronic Design Process for Research and Education Devdas Shetty 1, Jun Kondo 2, Claudio Campana3, Richard A. Kolk 4 1,2,3 - University of Hartford, College of Engineering West Hartford, CT, USA 4 - Carrier Electronics Div., United Technologies Corp., Farmington, CT, USAAbstractThis paper presents the design methodology used in various real time mechatronics projects thatinvolve data acquisition, real time control and embedded processing. As a design philosophy,mechatronics serves as an integrating approach to engineering design. A mechatronicallydesigned product relies heavily on system

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

the creation of unique coursecombinations where faculty from engineering, math, science, humanities, and social scienceworked together to define student learning outcomes for project-based curricula. Engineering andnon-engineering courses were clustered into integrated First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs).Engineering and interdisciplinary courses were paired in the sophomore and junior year, byemphasizing collaborative projects involving engineering and non-engineering students. Theintegrated learning blocks created for four years of curriculum are shown in Figure 1.Curriculum Restructuring – Design Integration:The integration of applied research and contextualized design throughout the engineeringcurriculum, started from a design-based

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheila O'Connor; Don Malzahn

. Four different universities participated in the beta test for a totalof approximately 140 users. The purpose of the project was to examine the potential ofusing a web-based system to teach team process skills to engineering students who wereworking on freshman and senior-level, semester long engineering design projects.TeamCoach provided structured team process skills training and presented it to individualengineering students on design teams: 1) when needed based on the stage of teamdevelopment and 2) customized for individuals based on individual styles. A databasewas used to store information on individual team members and capture reported teamsymptoms as the team developed over time.Evaluation surveys were sent to all the students and

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Marlee A. Walton; T. Al Austin

The Integrated Civil Engineering Curriculum: The Gap Between the Blackboard and Business Marlee A. Walton, T. Al Austin Iowa State UniversityAbstract:Civil Engineering curricula have been criticized for not effectively preparing engineeringstudents for the workplace. Industry wants technically competent students who also can work aspart of teams, manage projects, communicate well and understand the economic, social andpolitical context of their professional activities. The Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology, with Engineering Criteria 2000 has joined industry’s cry and requires programs toshow evidence graduates

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Buchal

Session 1658 Web-based shared workspaces for collaborative learning Ralph O. Buchal Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5B9 rbuchal@eng.uwo.caAbstractThere is growing agreement that group-based, collaborative learning approaches are moreeffective than traditional lecture-based instruction. Collaborative work is also an important trendin engineering practice. Team-based student design projects are very effective from a pedagogicalstandpoint, as well as developing skills in the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Rothberg; Phil Barker; Aruna Palipana; Fiona Lamb

Session 2793 Developing a Standardised Evaluation Methodology for Computer Based Learning Materials Aruna Palipana, Phil Barker, Steve Rothberg, Fiona Lamb Faculty of Engineering, Loughborough University, UK / Institute of Computer Based Learning, Heriot-Watt University, UK / Faculty of Engineering, Loughborough University, UK / Faculty of Engineering, Loughborough University, UKAbstractThe UK-based EASEIT-Eng project (http://www.easeit-eng.ac.uk/) aims to encourage orenhance the usage of existing engineering computer-based learning materials by

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko

assignment, meeting planning to meet project time requirements, and group affect management to get full group participation. ii. Recorder – This individual is responsible for the written documentation of the group. The responsibilities include preparation and delivery of meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and the development of the final project report. iii. Spokesperson – This individual is responsible for all oral communication for the group. The responsibilities include the group responses to in-class questions and the project oral

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edgar Blevins

degree in Engineering Management. University of Missouri at Rolla Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering ManagementEM Focused Courses:· Managing Engineering and Technology · Human Relations in Technical Management· Management Accounting Systems · Management for Engineers· Financial Management · Technical Entrepreneurship· Marketing Management · Management Information Systems Page 7.134.2· Personnel Management · Project Management Proceedings of the 2002

Conference Session

ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Fisher; David Roth; Fredrick Nitterright

courses within the major, have an acceptable G.P.A., and whoare entering their senior year of the baccalaureate Mechanical Engineering Technology program.The summer internships were developed to decrease the demand on faculty advisors of industryrelated senior design projects, and to fulfill the need of industry for completing entry-levelengineering tasks while at the same time enabling them to evaluate a student for full-timeemployment upon graduation. The student in turn receives three academic credits in an industryrelated senior capstone experience, and in certain instances, has an opportunity to graduate asemester early.IntroductionThis past summer concludes the second year of summer internships conducted by students in theMechanical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunanda Mitra

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS), session number1526. ID#2002-1954ASEE Abstract Title: Optimized signal/image feature recognition for Machine Learning. NSFAWARD # 9980296, CRCD: Machine Learning: A Multidisciplinary Computer Engineering GraduateProgram.Sunanda Mitra, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,Texas 79409. E-mail: Sunanda.Mitra@coe.ttu.edu.AbstractThis paper describes some of the research projects, facilitating machine learning, completed by graduatestudents supported by the NSF-CRCD AWARD # 9980296 entitled “Machine Learning: AMultidisciplinary Computer Engineering Graduate Program ” to Texas Tech University. The program isnow under development in

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

. Environmental Studies students in the Biology program also tookthe course last spring in its first offering. The course is designed to give students sufficientbackground information in the design and implementation of a surface water quality TotalMaximum Daily Load (TMDL) study along with information on designing and implementing a“graduate level” research project. The intent of the course is to have students implement thisproject on an actual 13 square mile watershed near the university. The stream is impacted bynutrients, and a formal TMDL will be developed by environmental professionals andstakeholders in the near future in accordance with Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements.Student teams sample and analyze for multiple chemical constituents and flow

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

multiple classes and locationsfor a very reasonable cost. Through optimization of performance, design, and project constraintsthe resulting system proved to be a safe, compact, and versatile experimental platform aroundwhich a variety of laboratory exercises could be built.The goal of the project was creation of an experimental platform that could be used to teachmultiple concepts in fluid power, thermodynamics, and instrumentation in a laboratory-typesetting to students at the Associates and Bachelors degree levels. To achieve this goal the systemneeded to demonstrate fluid mechanics concepts such as design elements of portable hydraulicunits, and the role of power plants in hydraulic system performance. Relevant thermodynamicsconcepts would

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Daryl L. Logan

Incorporating The ASME Design Competition Into Theory of Machines Daryl L. Logan Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI 53818 Phone: (608) 342-1430 Logan@uwplatt.eduABSTRACTThis paper describes experiences and observations on using the 2002 ASME National DesignContest (“Baseball Frenzy”) as the design project in the conventional Theory of Machines courserequired of all mechanical engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville(UWP).This contest required student teams of

Conference Session

New Computer ET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle Hebsch; Jefferey Stevens; Andrew Gilchrist IV; Joel Weinstein

understand how to complete the missions. At the end of thecourse, students submit a working prototype and a presentation to the faculty who pose as Page 7.958.1the corporation. The results of these efforts were enlightening and educational at the same Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ® 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationtime. This paper discusses a typical project—one of many—in which students had todesign software for a courier service. This project is representative of ten differentprojects that were assigned to different student teams and