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Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla

toprogram a fixed-point processor so that it executes fast enough to continuously generatemotor outputs in real-time. Students, who choose motor control as their laboratory focus area, are required toimplement a closed loop fuzzy logic motor speed control algorithm. The fuzzy logicblock examines the motor load, slip angle, and velocity error to determine the nextoutput. The three-phase induction motor control techniques are presented in this paper.I. Introduction A course titled “Design of Electronic Instrumentation for Electric Vehicles” wasdeveloped with funding from Department of Education’s FIPSE program to teach electricvehicle technology to junior and senior EE and EET students at IUPUI. Engineering andtechnology students took

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the working environment,- student selection practices to determine potential for success,- paradigm shift in teaching to promote student learning ,- introduction of a variety of student assessment methods, notably integrated assessment.Reference is also made to the “Alternative Teaching Week” introduced during 1998, the role ofthe South African Qualifications Authority in developing a National Qualifications Frameworkand the important facilitating role of the Engineering Council of South Africa in promotingquality outcomes-based education.1. IntroductionThe Cape Technikon is an institution offering educational programmes up to the D Techdegree, a doctorate in technology based on research. The engineering programmes offered

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Pedro Arce

Session 2213 GROUP PROJECTS-BASED FINAL EXAMS Pedro Arce Chemical Engineering and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute GFDI, Florida State UniversityI. Introduction and MotivationThis contribution describes the efforts made during the last few years at the FAMU-FSUCollege of Engineering during the teaching of ECH 3264, Transport Phenomena I (FluidMechanics) to integrate efficiently the fundamental aspects, practical applications, andlaboratory experiments. Among the key factors behind these efforts, one can include, forexample, the lack of time to teach everything required in

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-88049, 19885. Carius, Alan C., Effects of Grinding Fluid Type on CBN Wheel Performance, pg. 22 – 27AES Magazine, Summer 19906. Farago, Francis T. Ph.D., Abrasive Methods Engineering, Industrial Press, 19807. Mott, Robert L., Applied Fluid Mechanics, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall Career &Technology, New Jersey, 19948. Esposito, Anthony, Fluid Power with Applications, Fourth Edition, Prentice-Hall, NewJersey, 19979. Carius, Alan C., How To Grind Hardened Tool And Die Steels With CBN Wheels, pg. 51 – 58Modern Machine Shop Magazine, December 198510. Munson, Bruce R., Young, Donald F., and Okiishi, Theodore H., Fundamentals of FluidMechanics, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 199811. Cengel, Yunus A. and Boles, Michael A

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portfolio system can reduce the disadvantages of theuse of portfolios and enhance the overall effectiveness of data collection, assessment, andimprovement of engineering programs.1 Engineering Accreditation Commission, Engineering Criteria 2000, Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology, Inc., http://www.abet.org.2 "Assessment White Paper: A Framework for the Assessment of Engineering Education," Joint Task Forceon Engineering Education Assessment, American Society of Engineering Education,http://www.asee.org/pubs2/html/assessment.htm.3 Paulson, L.F., Paulson P.R., & Meyer C. "What makes a portfolio a portfolio?" Educational Leadership,1991, 48(5), 60-63.4 Arter, Judith A., et.al. "Portfolios for Assessment and Instruction," ERIC

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Doug Graham; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

method will be useful to students in introductory CADD classes to avoid missingdimensions.Bibliography1. Latif, N and D. Robers. 1995. Learning CAD through understanding geometry-lines and circles. Proceedings of the57th annual North Midwest section meeting. American Society of Engineering Education. October 5-6. St. Cloud StateUniversity. St. Cloud, Minnesota. 1995. pp. III b.32. Voelker, D. and P. Orton. 1993. Statistics. Cliff Notes Incorporated. Lincoln, Nebraska.Biographical informationNIAZ LATIFDr. Niaz Latif is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Engineering Technology at Northern Kentucky University(NKU). Dr. Latif is the Coordinator of Engineering Technology programs and serves as the Director of theTechnical Services Institute at

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Muniram Budhu

Session 1315 A MULTIMEDIA GEOTECHNICAL LABORATORY TEST COURSEWARE by Muniram Budhu Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721ABSTRACTThis paper describes a virtual consolidation test module of a suite of interactive multimediageotechnical laboratory courseware. The module prepares students for the real test, supplementsand complements the hands-on experience, extends the range and convenience of testing, test priorknowledge, guides students

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Victoria Gallagher; Tracey Weldon; Cynthia R. Haller; Richard M. Felder

in the second mode,collaborative sequences (CSs), no such role differentiation exists. Our analysis of how studentsmanage both modes suggests specific practical ideas for enhancing group work. Further workneeds to be done, however, to fully understand how teaching/learning sequences in groups affectand are affected by interpersonal interactions, gender, and ethnicity distributions in workgroups.The methodology described in this article provides a powerful vehicle for continuinginvestigation of these issues.Funding for this study was provided by the Engineering Information Foundation (EiF 97.10),the SUCCEED Coalition, and the Center for Communication in Science, Technology, andManagement at North Carolina State University.Bibliography

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Engineering at Kettering University. He received a Ph.D. inElectrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University in 1992 and S.B.E.E. and S.M.E.E. degrees from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. Dr. McDonald has seven years of industrial experience withLawrence Livermore National Laboratory and General Electric Company Corporate Research and Development Page 4.283.9Center. He also has seven years of faculty experience during which he has focused on capstone design project,course, and laboratory development in various areas of electrical and computer engineering.

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) Provide challenges for advanced students (1) More group problems (1) Cover problems more quickly (1) Students work at board in groups (1) Review before exam (1) Table 1: Mid-semester evaluation responses Page 4.28.4SHEILA C. PALMERSheila C. Palmer is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the United States Naval Academy. Shereceived her BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Catholic University of America and her MSME and PhDdegrees from Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Palmer teaches courses in thermal sciences and design. She

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Yousry S. El-Gamal; Sherif M. Tawfik; Abd-Elhamid Elmaghrabi

in distance education. Many faculties have foundthe World Wide Web to be useful to enhance presentations, and to create a learningenvironment for students outside of class. This paper presents a model Web-Based course On“Introduction To Computers” offered to freshmen of the college of Engineering at the ArabAcademy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST). The model coversboth the course material and student evaluation through exercises and quizzes.Different tools such as Perl, JavaScript, Cookies, and HTML are utilized to implement themodel in order to make use of the best features of each one for the optimal implementation ofthe model. Perl is utilized to implement automatic feedback, and record keeping of

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Shirley Pomeranz

Mathematics Journal, v. 29, n. 4. 323-329. (September 1998).4. Sandy Balkin. Taking calculus with Mathematica. The Mathematica Journal, v. 4, n. 2. 52-53. (Spring1994).5. Robert Lopez & Mark Yoder. NSF Workshop: Revitalizing the Engineering, Mathematics and ScienceCurriculum via Symbolic Algebra. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Terre Haute, IN. (July 10-15,1995).6. Allan Hayes. Mathematica as a tool for teaching elementary numerical analysis.http://www.bham.ac.uk/ctimath/reviews/. (May 1995). Page 4.580.5Mathematica file:from "Numerical Solutions for Partial DifferentialEquations" @ D @D @ DVictor Ganzha and Evgenii Vorozhtsov, CRC

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Brian Jenkins; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

Session 3532 COMPUTER INTERFACES FOR TEACHING THE NINTENDO® GENERATION Thad B. Welch, Brian Jenkins Department of Electrical Engineering U.S. Naval Academy, MD Cameron H. G. Wright Department of Electrical Engineering U.S. Air Force Academy, CO1. IntroductionThe utilization of the computer in the classroom is well documented and continues to grow in bothavailability and capability. The number of papers, e.g. (1-3

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David Alexander; Ronald Smelser

learner performance with1/3 the instructor time, in comparison to traditional methods with classroom delivery2. The taskthen becomes to effectively integrate the technology with the content and appropriate teachingtechniques to provide an engaging, constructive learning environment. This will enable studentsto not only become proficient with the course content but also develop in areas such ascommunications, problem solving, and analysis.By addressing all of the above issues, a new distance course was successfully designed,developed, and offered to students in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University.The new distance course engages the student through online group discussions, real equipmentexperimentation, and computer simulations

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requireimproved approaches to executing maneuvers, and the new facility will allow the experimental val-idation of potential maneuvers. In addition, the new technology of using flywheels for simultane-ous energy storage and attitude control has yet to be experimentally verified for three-dimensionalmaneuvers.Once this facility is established, it will be used in undergraduate laboratory exercises in the author’sattitude dynamics and control course. Example projects include: system identification of momentsof inertia and location of mass center, attitude stabilization using momentum wheels or compressedgas thrusters, and implementation of large-angle rotational maneuvers.Satellite Design, Build, and FlyPerhaps the ultimate aerospace engineering educational

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Warren R. Hill

preparation, writing exams, quizzes and laboratory experiments, grading papers andassigning grades, setting up laboratories, assisting students outside of class with questions andproblems directly related to the subject being taught, running laboratories, and supervisingindependent study. Normally the time required outside of class will generally far exceed the timein class for a given course.In the scholarship area, there are the typical activities most commonly associated with the researchuniversities such as writing grants, supervising graduate students, writing for publication andworking on one s own research. These activities are also common in other kinds of institutionsand in Engineering Technology programs, but to a lesser extent. Frequently

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Conference Proceedings,ASEE, 19974) Conversations with Joe Koenig, CEO of Interactive Image Technologies Ltd., jkoenig@interactiv.com5) Grambo, A., Central Nine Career Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.6) Stepper Motor Applications Across Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum, Grinberg, Barker, Goldberg,Matusiak, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, ASEE, 19977) Using Automated Instrumentation and Available Software to Provide Interactive Laboratory Instruction toDistance Education Students on the Internet, Dutcher, Raza, Rippy, Yi, Hess, ASEE Annual ConferenceProceedings, ASEE, 19978) Pcanywhere controls remote computers.9) CuSeeMe permits voice and video.10) Phonefree.com permits voice only.11) ICQ.com limits connections to those only on your

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May1982. He completed additional graduate coursework in control theory and applied mathematical sciences at theUniversity of Texas at Arlington during 1982-1984. Since August 1992, Sohail has been working as an assistantprofessor of engineering and Department Coordinator of Electrical Engineering Technology at Penn State Altoona.He is the Subscriptions Editor of the Journal of Engineering Technology.SHAMSA ANWARShamsa Anwar is currently a part-time instructor at Penn State Altoona. She received her M.A. and B.A. inEconomics from the University of the Punjab, Pakistan. She completed additional graduate studies in economicsand workforce education at The Pennsylvania State University, State College. In addition to teaching, Shamsa is acurriculum

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Hakan B. Gürocak

Session 3663 Teaching Analog And Digital Control Theory In One Course Hakan B. Gurocak Manufacturing Engineering Washington State University 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave. Vancouver, WA 98686Abstract: Today’s trend is towards a high level of manufacturing automation and design ofsmart products. All of these products or their manufacturing processes contain control systems.As indicated in a recent survey, both analog and digital control modes are used by the

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Richard Enbody

Session 2532 A Virtual University CS1Course as a Platform for Web-based Education Experimentation Richard J. Enbody Department of Computer Science & Engineering Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1226AbstractWe have developed a version of our CS1 course for Michigan State University’s web-basedVirtual University. This section was designed as an experimental platform for web-baseddistance education. We use locally developed Sync-O-Matic 3000 software to deliver aRealVideo streaming video lecture synchronized with PowerPoint

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wasthen further developed in detail by a group of avionics engineering technology students atERAU under the advisement of Dr. Al Helfrick.The final system can measure up to 60 different parameters from sensors mounted throughoutthe aircraft. The data is then assembled and sent to the ground via a 2.4 GHz wireless modem Page 4.510.5using standard transmission protocols. The model C172P only utilizes 12 of the channels ofdata. These are: engine RPM, cylinder head temperature, outside air temperature, total (Pitot)pressure, static pressure, vertical acceleration of the CG, aileron deflection, elevator deflection,rudder deflection, throttle position

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Sam Thompson; John I. Hochstein; Tom Benson; Jeff Marchetta

ofTechnology (1973), an M.S.M.E. degree from The Pennsylvania State University (1979), and a Ph.D. from TheUniversity of Akron (1984).THOMAS J. BENSONTom Benson works in the Engine Systems Technology Branch at the NASA Glenn Research Center, in Cleveland.He has developed a series of interactive flow solvers for design, undergraduate, and secondary education. He has aBachelor’s and Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Ohio State University.JEFFREY G. MARCHETTAJeff Marchetta received a B.S. degree (1998) from The University of Memphis. He is currently a magesterial Page 4.577.8candidate at the same institution conducting

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Justin Pniower; Michael Ruane; Bennett Goldberg; Selim Unlu

than fast enough to serve our needs. You might wish to build off an alreadyexisting WWW site. But one thing to keep in mind is that your server must be connected,whether directly or indirectly through another computer, to your experimental setup.We feel that the scarcest resource needed for this project is time. While it might only take amonth to initially create a web-based experiment, additional time is needed in order to ensurethat the experiment continues to function and grow.ConclusionWeb-based experiments offer many advantages to engineering and science education. Adequatecontrol, sensor, automation and server technology is prevalent and reasonably priced. Our twoexperiments on Michelson interferometry and laser diode characterization

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S. M. Miner; R. E. Link

field. Virtually all engineering schools include instruction in computer-aided design to somedegree. Design software has become so powerful that a novice can conduct sophisticatedanalyses without knowing very much about the details or limitations of the analysis process.While it is important for engineering schools to educate students about the use of computer-aideddesign tools, they must also ensure that the students have an understanding of the underlyingmathematical models upon which these computer programs are based. It is a continuingchallenge to strike a proper balance between teaching the fundamentals in sufficient depth so thatthe student understands the underlying principles, and teaching the technology which does mostof the repetitive

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Hisham Alnajjar

Session 2532 Digital Signal Processing/Image Processing: Freshman to Senior Year Hisham Alnajjar Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering University of Hartford alnajjar@mail.hartford.eduAbstractA hands-on project course, which focuses on Digital Signal Processing (DSP) hardwareand applications through the use of standard kits, is introduced at the senior level. Sincethese DSP kits are important and relatively easy to interface, they can be used tointroduce first year students to the design and

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S. Kant Vajpayee

during the ten weeks of the semester. To set the tone of the coursecoverage, a video entitled The Challenge of Manufacturing1 was shown to the class during thefirst week. This video was prepared by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) to enticecollege-bound students to manufacturing.The course handout distributed at the first meeting explained that the first hour of each weekwould be devoted to lectures on basic concepts of manufacturing, while the other three hours toinformal interactions among students and the instructor as a group to learn through seminars.Students were to report the progress of their individual seminar studies each week. They couldask each other questions, and/or respond to such questions, to learn through

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Keith V. Johnson

a modular engineering technology curriculum and then implementing it.As an example, the author recently worked with a faculty member from the history department. Thefocus of the project was to link engineering faculty with faculty from core subject areas such ashistory, math and English. The experience was very rewarding. Shortly after employment, the writer enlisted his former graduate advisor in a joint ventureto write a paper, and possibly a chapter in a book. The former advisor welcomed the opportunity,and the efforts were successful. As his former advisee, the author posed no threat to the quality ofwork that the advisor is accustomed to producing. He was a tenured, associate professor, therefore,his primary goal was to have an

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Wayne Padgett

creative work in a truly open-ended problem. Page 4.164.1The Rose-Hulman Aerial Robotics ClubThe Rose-Hulman Aerial Robotics Club began in 1995 and took a vehicle to the competition forthe first time in 1997. The club is composed of between 10 and 20 active students, with 5 or 6students usually forming a core group that does the majority of the work. The makeup of theteam is surprisingly diverse in terms of both age and major. The team has operated usingenthusiastic students from freshmen to graduate students, and has been led by sophomores inapplied optics and chemical engineering. Although the students near graduation are moretechnically

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teaching.Bibliography1. P. C. Wankat and F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1993.2. D. T. Hansen, “Was Socrates a Socratic Teacher?,” Educational Theory (1988), vol. 38, no. 2, p. 213. Page 4.435.103. J. C. Overholser, “Socrates in the Classroom,” College Teaching (1992), vol. 40, no. 1, p. 14-19.4. M. Keegan, “Optimizing the Instructional Moment: A Guide to Using Socratic, Didactic, Inquiry, and Discovery Methods,” Educational Technology (1993), vol. 33, no. 4, p. 17-22.5. R. K. McMaster, “The Socratic Method: More Than It Seems,” Contemporary Education (1993), vol. 44, no. 3, p. 150-151.6. B. R. Brogan and

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Robert (Bob) M., Jr. Anderson; Eric A. Cheek

Session 3232 Electric Circuits via the Internet: Sharing and Extending Robert (Bob) M. Anderson Jr., Eric A Cheek, Sr. Iowa State University/North Carolina A & T State UniversityAbstractIn fall 1997, Iowa State University (ISU) began to create instructional material on introductoryelectric circuits for delivery and administration using Mallard®. This effort has continued to thisday; four semesters of experience will be available by June 1999.In fall 1998, ISU shared its instructional material with North Carolina A & T (NCAT) and madethe ISU web server available to NCAT faculty and students. Additionally, engineers at Hewlett-Packard facilities in Fort Collins and Colorado Springs