Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yves Mercadier; Pierre Vittecoq; Patrik Doucet; Jean-Sébastien Plante; Francois Charron; Yves Van Hoenacker

S7 S8 Teamwork and Design Project I – Design Methodology Leadership – ING615 IMC900 – IMC156 (3 credits) Design Project II – Design Project III – (1 credit) (3 credits) IMC906 IMC907 Creativity and Project Management Creativity and (3 credits) (6 credits) Critique – ING630 (1 – ING670

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

application to the ASHRAEUndergraduate Senior Project Program. The proposal was to design a refrigeration system for asmall compartment. Subsequent to the awarding of the project grant in the amount of $1775 fromASHRAE, a student senior design group was selected to work on the project.II. The Design ProcessThe design process that the students follow in the capstone senior design projects is the oneoutlined by Bejan et al. [1] and Jaluria [2]. The first essential and basic feature of this process isthe formulation of the problem statement. The formulation of the design problem statementinvolves determining the requirements of the system, the given parameters, the design variables,any limitations or constraints, and any additional

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Upchurch; Chi Thai

resulted in 2possible “freeware” solutions (“free” so that students can download them as needed on their ownPCs). One is based on the ATT Lab VNC 1 (Virtual Network Computing environment), which is Page 7.1119.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationmore designed for PC remote administration. The other was NetMeeting 2 from MicrosoftCorporation, which is designed as video conferencing software, currently capable of sendingvideo and sound to another single PC. NetMeeting also has built-in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

M. P. Sharma; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

introductorythermodynamics modules include interactive exercises, immediate feedback, graphical modeling,physical world simulation, and exploration. This paper presents and demonstrates some of theactive learning exercises developed to date specifically for this project. Assessment methods tomeasure the effect of active learning in virtual learning environments that are under developmentare also discussed.1. IntroductionIn a recent speech [1], Michael Parmentier, Director of Readiness and Training, U.S. Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, referred to today’s learners as “The Nitendo Generation” whose firstchoice for learning is not static text and graphics, but rather interaction with rich multimedia andsimulations. Consequently, the U.S. Department of Defense

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Arthur; Michael Sexton

conducts ten experiments. These experimentsinclude the following:1. Small Power Plant2. Heat Transfer – Conduction3. Solid Fuel Combustion4. Supersonic Nozzle5. Small Engine Theory and Measurements6. Internal Combustion Engine Performance7. Water Cooling Tower8. Parallel/Series Pump Operation9. Vapor Compression Refrigeration10. Cross Flow Convective Heat TransferThis paper describes an effort to upgrade the quality and timeliness of the VMI’s MechanicalEngineering Department Energy Laboratory. Two of the current laboratory experiments wereselected for modernization and upgrade. These experiments were the Steam Power Plant and theCooling Tower. Both of these experiments were old, but the machinery is in good condition.The upgrades

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

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Jean-Lou Chameau; Dick K.P. Yue

of identifying what educationalpractices work best with respect to the goals of the particular school. To our knowledge,this is the first international benchmarking study of engineering education, and the studyprovides a unique networking opportunity among the institutions on an internationalscale. In this talk we present the most significant results of the SPINE study and contrasteducational practices between US and European colleges of engineering.1 Presenter. Carnegie Mellon University2 Georgia Institute of Technology3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Page 7.1016.1OVERVIEW Engineering is one of the few academic disciplines that

Conference Session

Information Guidance/Navigation/Control

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra H. Kajiwara; Lisa Taber; Cecilia Mullen

firststep in our assessment, we analyzed papers and project reports from both classes for thequality and quantity of the references which students used. Citations were reviewed forscholarly publications, for currency, and for their overall breadth in representing the projecttopic. This gave us a benchmark of the students’ command of engineering resources beforethey were given access to our web site. As we analyzed the papers, we discovered that thestudents needed access to examples of technical report writing, and guidance on how to citetheir references and how to create a complete bibliography.Project GoalsThe goals of our project were to: 1) significantly improve the students’ knowledge of theliterature of their discipline; 2) increase the

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Miller

Session #2213 A New Course in Green Chemistry and Benign Processing G.D. Yadav 1, J.E. Jackson2, and D.J. Miller3 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48824IntroductionThe material and energy demands of modern society hinge critically on the viability and progressof the chemical and allied industries, which both provide consumer products and support otherindustrial sectors. The burgeoning world population over the past one hundred years, augmentedby enhanced life expectancy and improved quality of life, can be tied to a

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Moreau-Jones; Albert Peng; Daniel Jones

Session 2649 International Exchange Program with China: The First-Year Experience of Engineering Technology Students Daniel K. Jones1, Albert Peng2, and Tina M. Moreau-Jones3 1 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology, Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Utica, NY 13504 2 Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 3 United States Catholic Mission Association, Catholic Network of Volunteer Service, and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lyons; Peter Dorato

identified more andmore subjects that engineers needed in their first professional degree. In 1955, the ASEE GrinterReport 1 recommended that more mathematics and science be added to the engineeringcurriculum. In 1956, the Burdell Report 2 recommended that more humanities and social sciencesbe added to the curriculum. This was at a time when most Bachelors degrees in Engineeringrequired over 140 semester hours of course work. Even then, the need to go beyond a bachelor’sdegree became more and more evident. Finally in the ASEE Walker report of 1968 3, a case wasmade extending engineering education beyond the bachelor’s degree. To quote from the report3,p. 376 , "There is little doubt that during the next decade we will witness a rapidly

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Smith

Professor (Emeritus) William Bagaria Department of Aerospace Engineering United States Naval AcademyOn 30 September 2001, at 0240Z, the United States Naval Academy launched its ownspace program with the first successful flight of the USNA Small Satellite Program.USNA-1, Prototype Communications Satellite (PCSat) lifted off from Alaska AerospaceDevelopment Corporation’s Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, AK aboard theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Kodiak Star Athena I rocket.PCSat successfully separated from the payload upper deck (PUD) (the shelf thatsupported the satellites during flight) on schedule. First contact with PCSat took place 97minutes after launch via

Conference Session

ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Summers

organizations that could benefit byemploying our graduates. The partnership with SIA allowed faculty and staff to interact with theautomotive industry; however, an advisory board comprised of representatives from business andindustry representing a cross-section of the community would enhance communication andprovide diverse perspectives. These are crucial ingredients needed to successfully achieve theSOT at Lafayette goals. Interaction with an IAB would allow SOT at Lafayette to customizedegree programs to meet community needs. Proactive advisory boards can provide leadership“in the development of educational structures and programs capable of meeting 21 st centuryneeds2 (Industrial Collaboration and Technology Transfer Program, 1999, p.1).In addition

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hartman

Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThis paper reports on the use of The Wall Street Journal in an undergraduate EngineeringEconomy course taught in the Spring of 2001. We discuss three ways in which the Journal wasutilized and analyze feedback from students in the course. This includes reviewing the use of anopen-ended exam format motivated by use of an article concerning capital investment.Implementation and Potential ApplicationsWe used The Wall Street Journal in three specific classroom formats:1. Provided articles and asked students to answer related questions. In this format, articles supply information that can be used as the basis for examples, homework problems or quiz questions. The questions asked are only

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahman Motlagh

include and initiate new and diversemethods in order to effectively determine and address the current and forthcoming needsin the training of engineers and technologists.Learning complex subject matter, often times, begins with failure and frustration. With aplethora of information, in diverse and varied locations, covering a rich abundance ofconcepts, and changing constantly, a conventional content-oriented education model hasproven to be ineffectual.Diversification in several areas including course content, multimedia learningenvironments, team teaching and application of industry resources all play a critical rolein the successful advancement in engineering education [1].At the University of Central Florida new approaches in engineering and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Franke

, and training for its people to “achieve personal and professional excellence.” 1 TheAir Force vision for scientists and engineers is “Air Force Scientists and Engineers…guiding,producing and sustaining concepts, technologies and systems that are key to aerospaceoperations.”2 The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) provides responsive graduate andprofessional continuing education, research, and consulting to keep the Air Force and theDepartment of Defense (DoD) on the leading edge of technology and management. Throughfrequent consultation with the major commanders of the Air Force, the AFIT faculty establishesand maintains educational programs meeting Air Force needs. The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), located at Wright

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

. Topics that should be discussed during thepresentation include, but are not limited to, the following. 1. A description of the machine, including photograph(s). 2. Identification of the mechanical elements of the mechanism, including a technical sketch(s) of the mechanism being evaluated. 3. Free body diagrams of the different components in your machine. 4. A kinematic sketch of the mechanism and the calculation of the degrees of freedom. 5. A description of the motion that the different links of the mechanism, while the machine is being operated. 6. A description of the force transmission of the different links. These free body diagrams may need to be altered if the forces dramatically change while the

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Farr

Session 2342 Involving Industry in the Design of Courses, Programs, and A Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Department John V. Farr and Dinesh Verma Stevens Institute of TechnologyABSTRACTOn July 1, 2000 Stevens Institute of Technology created a new Systems Engineering andEngineering Management (SEEM) department. Through a unique partnership with industry andselected government agencies in the area of short courses, graduate programs, and appliedresearch, the department has grown to over 60 masters and 30 PhD students in one year. Interms of revenue from

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marek Balazinski; Aleksander Przybylo

the teaching process.Key words: teaching, manufacturing, simulation, animation.1 IntroductionTeaching manufacturing processes requires students to acquire a good understanding of theoriesrelated to strength of materials, heat transfer, materials structure, etc. Manufacturing processesare often very complex and difficult to explain; therefore, the implementation of numerouslaboratory sessions is required. Laboratory sessions are expensive, long to prepare and theirefficiency is sometimes affected by parasitic phenomena that make the interpretation oflaboratory results difficult. The use of films is also long and costly. In addition, films make itimpossible to separate the different phenomena that come into play in a manufacturing

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Briller; John Carpinelli

programdevelopment and debugging. Students may take either course in face-to-face mode or in distancelearning mode.This paper presents an analysis of student performance in the two courses for both modes ofinstruction. The analysis covers course offerings from the Fall 1994 semester through the Spring2001 semester and includes a population of over 5,700 students. This paper also analyzesvariances in the performance among distance learning students. For some instructors, the studentcourse passing rates were consistently higher than for the others. That, coupled with better scoreson student evaluations, allowed us to emphasize the impact of teaching style and teachingmethodologies on the course outcomes for the distance learning students.1

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

, stand-alone controller or data logger. It incorporates both a user programmablemicrocontroller and a user configurable Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). Themicrocontroller supports high-level programming languages such as C and Basic as well as low-level assembly language. Finally, in terms of design philosophy, the system is based on an openarchitecture (i.e. all the firmware, source code and development tools are available to the studentat no cost).IntroductionLaptop computers are becoming increasingly “pervasive” in undergraduate engineeringprograms throughout the United States. 1 For example, under the IBM ThinkPad Universityprogram, freshmen are provided with the latest laptop computers and software at a substantiallyreduced cost

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Theodore; Joseph Reynolds; Ann Marie Flynn

better than anMBA.” (1) Page 7.1322.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrightã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Here is a bare outline of the program that is a modification of a plan developed by one of theauthors (2) for another institution. (The reader should note that MEMBA has not been adapted byManhattan College. It is simply a concept that was prepared by the authors without the influenceof other related and/or similar programs, and is being offered to the engineering educationcommunity).Program OverviewThe educational

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brachtl; Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

scheduling algorithms including first-come first-served, shortest process next, round robin,shortest remaining time next, highest response ratio next, and feedback queue. We describe asingle processor system and explain different performance criteria including response time,turnaround time, throughput, and processor utilization. Students can use the simulator to studythe impact of additional soft constraints such as deadlines on the performance of a givenalgorithm.1. IntroductionStudy of operating systems concepts is an important subject area for most undergraduatecomputer science programs. A course on operating systems covers a range of topics includingprocesses, CPU scheduling, concurrency, file and memory management. Where possible, hands-on

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawna Fletcher; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Day 8:00 – 2:00pm Tyler MallThursday, Sept. 13 WISE Match Opening Reception 3:00 – 5:00pm WISE CenterTuesday, September 18 SWE General Meeting 6:30pm WISE CenterThursday, September 20 Women’s Wellness – Yoga 2:00 – 4:00pm WISE CenterThursday, Sept. 20 Copi ng and Crisis after 9/11 2:00 p.m. WISE CenterTuesday, September 25 WIN Meeting – Economy 11:30 – 1:00 WISE CenterWednesday, Sept. 26 WISE Member Forum 2:00pm WISE CenterMonday, October 1 WISE Residence Hall Event 6:00p.m

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Wheeler; Cliff Grigg; Zachariah Chambers; Richard Layton

: § traditional "survey" courses do not meet student needs, § these courses should concentrate on topics which relate to professional practice in the students' discipline, and § experiential reinforcement of classroom instruction is highly desirable.In 2000, Rose-Hulman submitted a proposal to the National Science Foundation to developeducational materials that would improve the outcomes from the electrical systems course takenby ME students. A few of the general educational practices guiding the course design aredescribed below. 1. Students should come to class prepared and familiar with the topics to be discussed in class. 2. Students should expect a significant amount of work outside of class. 3. Learning aids should be

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul J. Zsombor-Murray

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

designs. Figure 1 provides an example of a designanalysis for a pin and hole-locking snowboard binding design. Page 7.550.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Patent Design Feature Design Evaluation by Feature Adapter or integrated into binding? Integrated Boot remains in binding? Yes Ease of rotation? Difficult: two spring-loaded pins require two

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul LaPlume; Michael Ruane

to Engineering’ a team of faculty typically offers ten different concurrent seven-week ‘modules’, twice a semester. Topics are developed in each of the College’s fourdepartments to represent each degree program, to reflect faculty interests, and to engage studentsand encourage their continued study in engineering. Students choose any two of the ten modulesto fulfill their semester-long course requirement. Modules meet 13 times, for 2 hours eachmeeting.In fall 2000 the National Science Foundation awarded a grant for an Engineering Research Centerfor Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) 1 to Boston University, NortheasternUniversity, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, and University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. Part ofthe education

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruno Osorno

-phase rectifiers. As it will be seen, theapplication of a very powerful mathematical technique has given the right solution of a typicalelectrical engineering circuit. The waveforms analyzed are in their steady-state mode with arepetitive period “T” that depends on the physical electric circuit. [1]. We will indicate that theuse of the fundamental signal of a distorted waveform becomes the most important piece ofinformation. This is because in power electronics the calculation of “Power factor”,“Displacement power factor” and “Total Harmonic Distortion” make use of the fundamentalvalue.Theory and simulationNon-sinusoidal waveforms, f(t), that have angular frequencies “ω ” can be obtained as: 1 f

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Hensley; Marjorie Donovan; Christopher Ibeh; James Otter

traditional routine. Epistecybernetics, a term aptly coined by Hensley (1) et aland simply defined as the governance and stewardship of knowledge provides theframework for meeting the requirement of systematized documentation of program(s)activities. The CUES (Consortium for Upgrading Educational Standards) protocol, oneof the core components of the epistecybernetic system, when successfully implemented,can be a useful assessment tool for program(s) activities and enhanced student learning.1. IntroductionInstitutions, programs, accreditation agencies such as ABET and NCATE, andgoverning bodies such as KBR (Kansas Board of Regents) and others rely extensivelyon the themes of enhanced student learning, successful course delivery methods,continuous