Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen; Ismail Fidan

also warn the intruder via the speechsynthesizer of the robot.A component-based architecture is developed for this project by using COM technology. Four(4) team members develop four software components. First is the low-level hardware controlcomponent for the robot [7]. Second is the camera component for grabbing and broadcastingimages. Third is speech recognition component by using Microsoft’s Speech Engine. Fourth isautonomous navigation component. The team members can independently work on eachcomponent and then integrate their work. For example, the developer of the autonomousnavigation component can use the low-level hardware component and camera componentwithout having to know any implementation details. He/she does not even care about

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

Session No. 3460 Instrumentation for A New Strength of Materials Laboratory Mysore Narayanan Miami UniversityAbstractIn order to provide the students with practical knowledge and hands-on laboratoryexperience, and with a view to emphasize the importance of bending moments andshear force diagrams, it was decided to create a new strength of materialslaboratory for the engineering technology program at Miami University HamiltonCampus. The main objective was to encourage students to accomplish a varietyof tasks, particularly in the area of materials science and strength of materials.However, the principal focus

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Using Web-Based Engineering Information

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nicole Clark; David Radcliffe

is small. Gatewaysare increasingly looking at ways that they can collaborate with each other, with industry andother key stakeholders in order to ensure their longevity.7The second reason is technological change and the changing environment in which we operate.When gateways were first established in the mid to late1990’s, search engines were fairlyunsophisticated. The next generation of search engines such as Google and All The Web gobeyond indexing only HTML pages and can recover more of the “deep Web” (such as PDF andimage files) than was previously accessible. Their search algorithms also mean that more relevantsearch results are returned.In order to retain their role as a vital human intermediary, gateways have had to adapt and refinethe

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Harris

Page 8.1101.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”independently concluded that “laptop” use will aid their learning. Additionally, coursemanagement software is being used on hundreds if not thousands of university campuses.This paper presents the author’s two plus years of experience in using course managementsoftware combined this academic year with the use of networked laptop computers.University DescriptionLawrence Technological University (LTU) is a private university that enrolls approximately4000 students in associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral programs. A large portion of thestudent body, particularly

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthey do have diverse backgrounds, learning styles, and career objectives.Moreover, courses presenting architectural drafting basic concepts are, most of the time,offered as introductory courses in many engineering or technology curricula. They arepresented to freshmen students who most probably are not yet oriented, or certain enoughabout their abilities or even their interest in those disciplines. Unfortunately, this couldturn-off some students, leading them to become less motivated or enthusiastic. If theirstamina is not strong enough to help them survive this frustrating period

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Russell Walters, Iowa State University

computer skills. Page 8.1018.2The advanced course described in this paper is being designed for a graduate level course inProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposisition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationconstruction engineering. This course provides graduate students the opportunity to becomefamiliar with new computer technologies and to recognize the application of computer graphics inconstruction.Course ComponentsThe prime objective of the course is to expose students to the basic concepts and practicesinvolved in applying and using

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What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

Session 2457 A New Approach for Teaching and Learning About Engineering Process Failure Risk Analysis with IE Case Studies Paul G. RankyProfessor, The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering,New Jersey Institute of Technology, MERC (Multi-lifecycle Engineering Research Center), Newark, NJ, 07102, USA. Email: ranky@njit.eduIntroductionThis paper describes a novel 3D web-browser enabled multimedia library, with activecode for teaching and learning about engineering, and other, process risk analysis.The purpose of this library is to be able to work with, and learn from real-life R&D

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Doherty; Gerald Gannod

requirements and capabilities to account for product variation without thetimely process of reorganizing and reengineering an entire product. While the product line approach is anemerging paradigm in the software development research and industrial communities, little attention hasbeen placed on its use as a methodology for developing and maintaining course projects in an engineeringcurriculum. As part of an Embedded Systems concentration at Arizona State University we are creatinga course in Embedded Systems Engineering that focuses on systems integration and applications develop-ment. For this course we are developing a home automation product line. By using a product line approach,students can gain exposure to new technologies in successive

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bret Van Poppel; Blace Albert; Daisie Boettner

the advantages of an integrated curriculum that enables tomorrow’s engineers tomeet the multidisciplinary challenges of the future. This integrated curriculum satisfies theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) engineering criteria, and thussupporting program outcomes and objectives. Adoption of the integrated curriculum providesflexibility to add new and innovative courses. Course recommendations within this proposalinclude the addition of an Introduction to Engineering course—a multidisciplinary first-course forengineering majors of all disciplines—and other specialized electives, including the possibility ofdistance learning. An integrated curriculum also lends itself to a project-based learning model thatis especially

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julian Kang; Byeong-Cheol Lho

show their design to the customers andget feedback from the customers more effectively. As 3D CAD technology became available inthe AEC industry, architects learned that they can build and modify a 3D model quickly using 3DCAD, and distribute it to the project participants easily. They also noticed that they can combineadditional engineering information with the 3D CAD model. Engineering, procurement andconstruction (EPC) firms were leaders in integrating 3D CAD with engineering information.Bechtel Corporation’s 3D modeling system for plant design (3DM), and Stone & Webster’sConstruction Management Display System (CPMANDS), Fluor Daniel’s CALMA Plant DesignSystem (PDS), and Black & Veatch’s POWERTRAK are some of examples of integrating

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert M. McAllister; Matthew Sanders

% of all doctoral degrees are awarded to international students. As thedemand for engineers outnumbers the supply, we must recognize and take advantage of theenormous potential for future engineers that exist among women.Although access to higher education is improving, few women have chosen engineering programs.Engineering differs from most other professions in that vocational decisions are ideal if they aremade at the junior high level. To attract more women to engineering, Kettering University incooperation with the Genesee Area Math and Science Technology Program sponsor two summerenrichment programs with year round activities. These are Engineering and Science for the 21stCentury Woman and Kamp Kettering – An Adventure in Science, Math

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Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

around the globe.Future engineers need to be comfortable working in design teams. Upper-division VLSI designelectives are an ideal opportunity to develop these skills because team design projects mirror therealities of industry. Usually the design teams consist of students within a single class at a singleinstitution. With the support of a grant from the Mellon Foundation for intercultural educationwith technology, Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA) and the Middle East TechnicalUniversity (Ankara, Turkey) took collaboration one step further to experiment with cross-cultural VLSI design projects. HMC and METU are similar in that both offer outstandingundergraduate engineering programs and teach in English. However, they are eight time zonesapart

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Gardner; Freddie Frazier; Kelvin Kirby

Section 2365 Enhancing Teacher and Student Performance in Mathematics Kelvin K. Kirby, Freddie L. Frazier, John P. Gardner Electrical Engineering Department/Mathematics Department Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, TexasAbstractThe modern day applications of science, engineering and technology rest on a foundationheavily dependent upon mathematics. Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)implemented several initiatives to enhance the teacher and student support infrastructurefor education in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner

Session 1566 Developing an Industry Sponsored Capstone Learning Environment Harold A. Evensen, Paula F. Zenner, Thomas R. Grimm, Martin D. Tervo Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractA capstone learning experience that educates over two hundred mechanical engineering seniorsannually has been developed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-EngineeringMechanics at Michigan Technological University. The two-course sequence program draws onthe traditional academic elements of mechanical engineering while incorporating real industrialproblem solving, corporate environments, concept validation and

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Spreen

5.1, copyright 1992-1996, InteractiveImage Technologies Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.12. Leon O. Chua, Charles A. Desoer, and Ernest S. Kuh, Linear and Nonlinear Circuits, McGraw-Hill, New York,1987. Chapter 13, Section 2.1, pp. 747-751.13. Herbert H. Woodson and James R. Melcher, Electromechanical Dynamics, Part I, Discrete Systems, John Wiley& Sons, New York, 1968. Section 2.1.1, pp. 17-28.14. Members of the Staff of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Magnetic Circuits and Transformers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1943. Part II, Chapter XVII, Article 2,p. 438, equation 30.15. MicroSim Pspice A/D, Evaluation Version 8.0, July 1997. MicroSim Corporation, Irvine, CA 92718, USA.16

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Bannerot

Session 2560 Cultural Influences in Design Jean-Luc Herbeaux, Richard Bannerot RohMax Additives GmbH / University of HoustonAbstractA short design project was given concurrently to sophomore engineering students at theKanazawa Institute of Technology (Ishikawa, Japan) and at the University of Houston (Texas,USA) as part of the first engineering design course taken in both curricula. Students were askedto design and build at least one low-cost device whose main purpose was to support a set ofchopsticks while not in use. The project was introduced in the first week of

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Buechler

improve learning by thesenontraditional undergraduate students. The evening section consists of two 100-minute lecturesper week without any discussion sections. This option is attractive to nontraditional part-timestudents who work full-time in industry and want to limit their visits to campus. Long traditionallectures, tired students, and large amounts of material do not provide a good learning situation.This paper describes the use of technology to allow more efficient use of class time. Savings inlecture time are invested in alternative teaching techniques and additional examples to help breakup the lecture and to improve student learning. Engineering software is used to give the studentsphysical insight into the mathematics and to use as a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Tackett; Greg Walker

reduced and reliability can be increasedby utilizing new HPC facilities. However, barriers to effective use of existing and emergingHPC technologies remain. In fact, few researchers and engineers possess the knowledge tobenefit from the current computing capabilities. In response to this unheralded demand,a pilot course for exposing engineering students to new technologies and capabilities in thecomputing world has been developed. As a result, not only have student participants becomeHPC savvy, but also the research community as a whole has expressed intense interest inthe continuation and expansion of the initial project. This surge in interest is derived fromthe fact that student participants have been able to solve problems that were

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hy Tran; Catherine Clewett

andteacher alike, see how science works outside of the classroom. The goals of this pilot programare to continue to interest students in their middle years in science, technology, and engineering,give a middle school science teacher more background in engineering and current technology,and to assess how the program impacts the students' attitude towards science and engineering.The eight-week program focuses on Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS), what theyare, where they are used, how they are designed and manufactured, and how techniques used inMEMS manufacture are also used in other situations. Another objective was to develop amacro-scale analog to silicon micromachining that could inexpensively produce hand-held size,planar layered

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Madara Ogot

indicate that the majority of studentsdid use the tools (especially illustration and image manipulation) in other classes.1.0 IntroductionA typical mechanical engineering curriculum does not offer formal instruction in the useof multimedia tools in the areas of computer illustration, animation, and imagemanipulation, nor the creation and editing of digital video. Yet these technologies areplaying an increasing role in industry, especially for technical communication. Usingvisual content to effectively communicate complex engineering processes or the resultsfrom physical and numerical experiments can take on the form of illustrations and imagesin written documents or embedded (or standalone) video and animations in oralpresentations. In the

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

Session 1406 Integrating Ethics in AEC Education Gouranga C. Banik, Ph.D., P.E. School of Architecture, Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA 30060AbstractThe construction industry needs to create a more professional work environment in order toattract the best and brightest people that the industry will need in the future. This type ofprofessional work environment can only be created by strict adherence to a strong code of ethics.A trend toward a more ethical

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Giesey

Center and currently has approximately4000 students in four colleges: Business, Natural Resources, Communications, and Engineering Page 8.49.4 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”and Information Technology. Engineering education began formally in 1997 when the Polytechnictook in its first class of Certificate (one year of academic work and one year of practical training)and Diploma (two years of academic work and one year of practical training) students in Civil,Electrical, Electronics and

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Trends in Civil Engineering Accreditation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes

Session 2515 Trials of a Beginning ABET Evaluator: An Unauthorized Tell-All Biography Allen C. Estes United States Military AcademyIntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has now evaluated a largenumber of schools under the Engineering Criteria (EC) 20001 where the focus is on theestablishment of outcomes and objectives, the two-loop assessment process, and the resultingsystem of continuous improvement. This paper highlights the experience of a relatively newABET evaluator. The author has made the transition in two years from

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Arumala; Ibibia Dabipi

Session 1532 USING SUMMER INTERNSHIPS TO ENHANCE SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS I. K. Dabipi and J. O. Arumala University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MarylandA summer internship program supported by NASA was designed to give some undergraduateEngineering and Engineering Technology majors very unique professional experiences by matchingthem with mentors in the NASA Wallops Facilities. Six undergraduate students worked on severalprojects during a 10-week summer internship program at the Wallops

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paula Baty; Erdogan Sener

green roofs. In addition, many cities, including Seattle, Chicago and New Yorkoffer incentives and tax breaks for implementing environmental practices. Page 8.611.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1621Fig. 6. Engineering and Technology Building, Indiana University- Purdue University, Indianapolis“The benefits for building and business owners can be seen financially

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bertram Pariser

. “Technical Mathematics with Calculus Fourth Edition” John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York 20002. Pariser, Bertram “Teaching Critical Thinking”, American Society Engineering Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 20013. Wong, Teddy “Wong’s Magic Hexagon” Pearson Custom Publishing, New York 2002 Page 8.53.7 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”AUTHORDr. Bertram Pariser, is a faculty member in the Electronics Engineering TechnologyDepartment and the Computer Science Technology Department at

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

race to the Moon.In each case, the guest was instructed to not lecture, but rather give us the basics of thetopic through answering questions from the group. The overriding unifying thread in eachof the guest presentations has been the interdisciplinary nature of this work, somethingthat is not traditionally taught at the university level.Help the students build some career skills: the course uses presentation opportunitiesfor science and technology learning, for development of SEM and professional career Page 8.140.6Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ? 2003, American

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

example, the CFD course at Kettering University was implemented tointroduce undergraduate to new technology used in industry and to meet the needs recommendedby industry. The faculty members of the mechanical engineering department at Lamar Universityhave therefore decided to incorporate CFD into the fluid curriculum for the benefits ofundergraduate and graduate students. Page 8.367.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education This paper presents the design and implementation of an

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fredrick Cowan; Alan Gravitt; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

Session 1168 UTILIZING CONSTRAINT GRAPHS IN HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS F. Scott Cowan 1, Marion Usselman2, Donna Llewellyn3, and Alan Gravitt4 1 G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering 2 Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) 3 Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Akinmusuru

reluctance in granting reciprocity of licensure orof accepting educational equivalencies is understandable seeing that reciprocity even betweenstates is not automatic, especially in such a litigious society.In recent years, the demands of globalization, with many U.S.-based engineering firmsparticipating in design and construction activities overseas, have made it necessary for U.S.-trained engineers to work overseas in larger numbers than ever before. These demands have alsoannually drawn hundreds of overseas-trained engineers to arrive in the United States to contributeto the technological and economic growth of the country. The reality of this situation has been acatalyst for moving the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) to