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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”References1. Some fundamental topics in introductory circuit analysis: a critique;Davis, A.M.; Education, IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 43 , Issue: 3 , Aug. 2000Pages:330 3352. A new design-oriented laboratory for the introductory circuits core course at Penn StateUniversity; Mayer, T.S.; Medunick, J.R.; Chunyu Zhang; Jackson, T.N.; Frontiers in EducationConference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. 'Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change'.Proceedings. , Volume: 1 , 5-8 Nov. 1997 Pages:506 - 510 vol.13. Laboratories for introductory circuits and electronics; Takach, M.D.; Heeren, R.G.; Frontiersin Education Conference, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 , Volume: 2 , 1-4 Nov. 1995 Pages

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Xianfgu Zong; Marcia Fischer; Malgorzata Chranowska-Jeske; James Morris; Fu Li; Cynthia Brown; Agnes Hoffman

. Facilities include classrooms, computer laboratories, faculty and staff offices,and dormitory facilities for students. ECE laboratory facilities are provided by FudanUniversity. IIIST currently enrolls about 200 freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors inComputer Science (CS) and about 70 ECE freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Theundergraduate students at IIIST are primarily full-time students, who are recruited directlyfrom high school.PSUPortland State University has its roots in the G.I. Bill, and has since developed into avibrant urban university, with a mission of service to the city. In recent years PSU hasbecome the largest university in Oregon. The University has been nationally recognizedfor its innovative undergraduate curriculum

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

different backgrounds, different technical skills and different capabilities will havesome input to its formulation, from management to engineering to manufacturing. Thus, it onlymakes sense that this interdisciplinary viewpoint percolate down to the activities of academia.To understand our perspective, one must have some idea of the environment in which ouractivities are embedded. As a small, regional site of Purdue University, resources, whether theybe financial, personnel or laboratory-related, are limited. Since access to resources constrains thetypes of projects that can be undertaken, the resource limitations of the site constrain the types ofprojects that can be addressed. Probably the most important constraint that limits our activities

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi; Dan Dimitriu

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationstudent’s preparation for future engineering practice. The course format is a three-hour lecturewith one-hour laboratory/recitation. The laboratory/recitation hour is limited to a smallenrollment (25) that allows student/instructor interaction in problem-solving techniques. Thetotal enrollment ranges between 250 and 275 students in Fall semester and 120-150 students inSpring semester. The enrollment during the summer session is around 50 students.The first part of the course is used to advise students in proper course selection and preparestudents for college life. Students are introduced to basic tools of survival in engineeringprograms. Topics include study skills, time management

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patric McElwain; James Helbling; Angela Beck

. English has both active and passive voice.5.1.1 Active Voice Active voice emphasizes the performer of the action while not emphasizing the action performed: The engineer filed the report. Dr. Rudolph Lehmann conducted the experiment in the laboratory as planned. In these examples, the engineer and Dr. Rudolph Lehmann, as subjects performing an action, are emphasized by their placement at the beginning of their respective sentences; the subjects’ actions (filed the report and conducted the experiment) are, thus, not the sentences’ focus.5.1.2 Passive Voice Passive voice emphasizes the action performed by the subject, while either not emphasizing the

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

todevelopment of a new set of courses to be offered only to the Institute students on theuniversity campus by the community college faculty. For example, the Institute physicssequence is now 12 quarter (8 semester) credits. As the credits were adjusted for theInstitute in Vancouver, the content of all lower division courses were also streamlined tomatch their equivalents at the main WSU campus in Pullman, WA. The new Institutelower division courses automatically transfer to the university when students get to thejunior level.Getting faculty involved early in the development process was the key factor in oursuccess. Community Colleges provided stipends or release time for their faculty whofaced significant course or laboratory development.IV.1.a. Lower

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

to, case studies, development of design aids, and laboratory testing. Students would typically be required to prepare and submit a proposal to the faculty mentor and the department chair for approval. Independent study projects could be used as an elective course. Students could be required to present a seminar to faculty and peers and prepare a scholarly paper on their work. 12 To provide greater publicity for the projects, faculty should be encouraged to publish a list of potential projects and scholarly works for undergraduate students at the beginning of the fall term. Page

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mativo

. Most institutionshave the equipment related to materials study and only need minimal adjustment incurriculum to achieve this comprehensive approach. The paper presents a curriculumdesign used at Ohio Northern University. Three phases of materials study arechronologically presented including sample laboratory exercises and concludes with amaterial selection case study.Phase 1 [1/5 time of the course]The structure: A critical component of the materials study that educates about buildingblocks that include atom, cell, grain, and crystalline compositions and formations1. Whenthe structure of materials is studied well, it can be used as a reference point indetermining material behavior and selection. It is essential that students learn

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Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma

laboratory experiences and practices developedin the Information Technology (IT) industry. The targeted audiences are from the ABETaccredited programs in Computer Engineering/Technology or Computer Science studentsin their senior year with a background in (i) Internet; (ii) IP Addressing; (iii) Local AreaNetwork technologies, such as Ethernet; and (iv) Basic router configuration. In the firsthalf of the paper, the key concepts related to Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) andVirtual Private Network (VPN) technologies are discussed in detail. In the second half ofthe paper, the lab time procedure to setup a VPN test lab at Central Connecticut StateUniversity (CCSU) is described. This section also focuses in configuring the VPNHardware Client and

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas DiStefano; P. Aarne Vesilind; Richard Kozick; Thomas Rich; James Baish; Xiannong Meng; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

) Each of these books was selected because it highlighted an interaction betweenengineering and society in which many, often incorrect, ethical decisions were made. Each bookwas sponsored by one faculty member, who led the book discussion laboratory for that book andgraded the resulting papers. Students ranked their interest in the books, with the majority ofstudents receiving their first or second choices. In addition to buying and reading their elected book, students also read The Right Thingto Do: An ethics guide for engineering students, a book on ethics written specifically for thisaudience by Aarne Vesilind [4]. The book serves as a written reference for the material coveredin the lectures discussed above, including the seven step

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad; Thomas Hilburn

viewed as different from the rest; hence, the question of “Is this reallyengineering?” arises. Also, in order for SE to fit into a common core it may have to sacrificecurriculum quality. For example, other engineering program rarely will require a programmingcourse in their first semester, or even worst require two programming classes during their firstyear, but it is critical for software engineering students to begin programming as soon aspossible.Another problem with software engineering being part of the college of engineering is theuniqueness of the SE laboratory. The SE program requires computers and appropriate softwarein their laboratory, and they occasionally require a special laboratory set up (i.e., area wherestudents can work on a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Igor Verner

assignments, develop instructional units (on subjects related to theseassignments), and practice teaching them using the project method.The course is given in the departmental laboratory of technology. It consists of three modularparts. The first part includes lectures and laboratories. The lectures consider pedagogicalaspects of experiential learning and subjects related to systems and control design. Thelaboratory activities include the following: (1) assembling sensor systems and implementingfeedback control processes; (2) computer aided design and producing machine parts; and (3)programming robot manipulations. The second part of the course focuses on roboticsprojects. The third part of the course is students' practice in teaching robotics to

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

used for allmonitoring and shall be collected during the first six hours of the storm event discharge. Eachsample collected shall be analyzed for twelve water quality parameters. Because all twelvewater quality parameters could not be easily done in the University of Hartford EnvironmentalEngineering Laboratory (e.g., oil and grease) and that the student engineering project should gobeyond only collecting and analyzing water samples, it was decided that the student projectwould supplement the data collected by a consultant that would specifically meet therequirement of the general permit. With this in mind, the objectives of the student project wereto: • Design and construct an automatic mechanical stormwater sampler • Collect and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

Activity/Project Course Title Year Term Laboratory Reverse Mini-Design Final Design TEAM Taken Taken Experiment. Engineer. Project(s) Project WORK Fund. Eng. Design 1 1 Υ Υ Υ Creative Design 1 2 Υ Υ Manufacture. Process 2 1 Υ Υ Engineering Materials // // Υ Υ Mech. of Materials 2 2 Υ Υ Υ Mech. Lab I

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold Peskin; Walter Buchanan

capstoneexperience for Engineering Technology students, documenting their ability to integrateknowledge from various technical and general education areas and apply it in ameaningful way. The portfolio development process requires students to reflect on pastexperiences, both academic and professional, and then use the information gained fromthis reflective process to develop learning statements that address specific learningobjectives.Excelsior’s Engineering Technology programs represent a laboratory of innovativeassessment, articulation and course delivery, whose techniques can be used by alleducational institutions to further the cause of educating and recognizing worthy studentswho might not otherwise be able to complete traditional degree requirements

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Adams

knowledge of management principles pertaining toequipment use. The class includes "hands-on" experience, such as field trips to farms andvineyards to a look at current farming practices around central Missouri. The students areparticularly fond of the "hands-on" experiences, and have requested more. Traction andballasting are two topics that are difficult to demonstrate in the lab due to availability and cost ofequipment. New laboratories have been developed using LEGO Mindstorms to demonstratetraction and ballasting. An introduction to autonomous vehicles is added in the form of an"autonomous tractor pull" to make the experience more exciting and educational for the students.By using small models of tractors, students gain an understanding of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Rabiee

Session 1532 Student Projects in PLC Networking Max Rabiee, Ph.D., P.E. University of CincinnatiAbstract:A case study of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) networking in the classroom and itsimplementation during the laboratory session will enable students to better understand thesubject. In this paper, we will present a PLC network project that was part of an honors contractprogram in a flexible automation course. Students who participate in the university honorsprogram can complete the project as partial fulfillment of their honors program’s

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hauser; Robert Spall

Session Number 1526 Enhancement of Computational Engineering within an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Robert Spall, Thomas Hauser Utah State UniversityAbstractThe NSF supported Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Initiative (CCLI) project describedherein addresses concerns regarding undergraduate education at research universities as high- 1lighted in the 1998 Boyer Commission Report by incorporating advances in information tech-nology into the curriculum. This has been accomplished by developing an

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Miller; Joyce Pittman; Virginia Elkins; Max Rabiee; Eugene Rutz

Technology-Enabled Content in Engineering Science Curriculum Eugene Rutz, Virginia Elkins, Joyce Pittman, Max Rabiee, and Richard Miller University of CincinnatiAbstractEngineering technology technical courses often have both lecture and accompanying laboratorysessions. The laboratory assignments reinforce the understanding of the topics studied during thelecture sessions. A planning grant was awarded from the National Science Foundation throughtheir Bridges for Engineering Education Program to develop technology-enabled content inengineering science courses. Content was developed to appeal to a variety of learning styles andto support student-centered learning. This paper will describe the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Orabi

Engineering Analysis, andundergraduate level thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Introduction toEngineering. One of Professor Orabi's most recent projects involves the development of Learning Modules on theweb. These modules provide information, not only about particular course material, but also about more generaltopics relevant to engineering. He is also working on Computer-Aided Experimentations using LABVIEW.Professor Orabi has received a number of research awards from the State of Connecticut and Untied Technologies.He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing laboratory sponsored by the National ScienceFoundation, and the Engineering Multimedia Laboratory funded by AT&T. He is a member of ASME and

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Tackett; Cheng-Hsin Liu; Ken Patton

populated the rest of the workshop. The main target audience of thisworkshop was participants from two- and four-year institutions that are either considering orcurrently using Rapid Prototyping technologies. They were all impressed with the practicalhands-on activities in the laboratory and vendors' showcase. There were four Rapid Prototypingtechnologies present at the workshop: 3D Systems' ThermoJet, Stratasys' Prodigy andDimension, Z-Corp's Z310, Helisys' Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) 2030.Solidworks, the design software, and Materialise, the RP file enhancement software (Magic),also introduced their products in the workshop. Sony demonstrated its capability using the highend RP machine. BJB Enterprises showed how to make rubber silicon

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Rene Reitsma; Martha Cyr; Nancy Shaw; Michael Mooney; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Paul Klenk

, critical thinking, constructing new knowledge based on these answers, and problemsolving.5, 6 Studies conducted with science students found that inquiry-based science activitieshave positive effects on students’ science achievement, cognitive development, laboratory skillsand understanding of science content as a whole when compared with more traditional teachingapproaches.7, 8 Students participatingin hands-on activities, performingtheir own science experiments learnmore than those who do not.9, 10 Ahands-on inquiry-based approach isparticularly appealing to studentswith disabilities (special education),teaching them to use kinestheticmodalities, verbal modalities,pictorial representations andcreativity.11 Other studies have shownthat students in

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

objectives, forexample, the curriculum has long had no engineering laboratory courses- only project courses inwhich students work in teams on open-ended design problems, not rote experiments. Theseprojects course start in the freshman year and culminate in a year-long senior design project.Faculty work closely with the students, and encourage independent thinking and challengestudents to push themselves, to reach their full potential. The result is the professionaldevelopment of young project engineers who can both design and direct small groups ofdedicated professionals. The theory covered in courses is also rigorous, and students areprepared for and introduced to graduate level work while still in undergraduate school.The small size of the school

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

, collaborative camaraderie as well asequipment and laboratory conduct policies may be foreign. Just locating simpleresources can be challenging. Overall, the new faculty member must acclimate quickly inorder to effectively communicate with fellow faculty and administrators on a daily basis.In this paper, the authors will discuss some of the unexpected experiences encountered attheir institutions with regard to teaching and research, then provide suggested courses ofaction on how to prevail.IntroductionThe common challenge facing almost every new faculty member is to get tenure. A newfaculty member is expected to teach at or above their institution’s average, do researchabove their institution’s average, and perform some level of service. Although

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

, faculty Page 10.720.2professional development, experiential learning, or laboratory activities are integrated Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Educationinto the BSC Center for Applied Research and Technology (CART) mission and visionand the overall goals of the college. Plans for evaluation of the project will be developedthrough the BSC assessment office and will be designed for the size and scope of theundertaking. The resulting assessment of our work would likely be useful to similarinstitutions. Based on our

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

Scienceengineering electives, 33 eng. coursesdesign/conduct experiments, all laboratory science and all laboratory science andanalyze/interpret data engineering courses engineering coursesdesign a system/component/ Freshman Design, Senior Sophomore Design, Senior Design,process to meet needs Design, 31 other eng. courses 18 other engineering coursesfunction on multi- Freshman Design, Senior Sophomore Design, Senior Design bdisciplinary teams Designidentify, formulate, and solve Freshman Design, Senior Sophomore Design, Senior Design,engineering problems Design, 31

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erastus Njage; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Bert Davy; Pamela Leigh-Mack; Masud Salimian

2004, a well-developed set of performance tasks were added to the coursewhich necessitated a format change. A mathematics faculty continued to teach the lecture part ofthe course, and an engineering faculty taught the added laboratory component, where theperformance tasks were implemented. No additional course credit was given for the added two-hour laboratory component, which met once a week. The fifty-two engineering freshmenenrolled in the course were selected based on their placement exam results. Basic Algebra, Pre-Calculus I, Comprehensive Pre-Calculus and Calculus I are the possible entry courses for newfreshmen. The innovative Pre-Calculus course content was most closely aligned with theUniversity’s Comprehensive Pre-Calculus course

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

ElectricalEngineering students. (Top photos courtesy ). Page 10.1007.12 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationCubeSat10, 11Effective Dates: Spring 2002 – Spring 2004Mission: Successfully build and launch a CubeSat, transmitting at least one digital image from space and reconstructing it on Earth. This program, started by Professor Robert Twiggs, Director of the Stanford Space Systems Development Laboratory, was designed to

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Kathryn Neeley

the use of phrase headlines that leave unclear the purposes of the slides. Since the1980s, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has eschewed phrase headlines and, instead,has advocated a short sentence headline that states the main assertion of the slide. The slidedesign advocated in this paper builds on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory concept.It also responds to many other criticisms that are likely familiar to anyone who watchessignificant numbers of presentation. Perhaps the most common of these criticisms is that PowerPoint presentations are overlypredictable and generic. John Schwartz (2003) of The New York Times characterized thisphenomenon as “PowerPoint’s tendency to turn any information into a dull recitation of

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Sterian; Bruce Dunne; Andrew Blauch

courses.Mechanical Engineering CoursesTable 4 lists some of the mechanical engineering courses that incorporate programming. InEGR345, students develop C programs as part of the laboratory experience to control anembedded system10. In addition, they write C programs and use MATLAB to implementnumerical algorithms for solving non-linear systems of equations and simulating dynamicsystems. A foundation in structured C programming is essential to the successful and efficient Page 10.1265.3completion of these assignments. Some of the other mechanical engineering courses, such asEGR350, use MATLAB as an analysis tool. Proceedings of the 2005