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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

started as research underthe Research Experience for Undergraduates in Solid Freeform Fabrication program at MSOE.This is a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Projects have ranged fromreplication of historical decorative plaster details and writing code to translate drawing files intoa form that can be read by the RP machines to modeling a building designed for MilwaukeeSchool of Engineering by Santiago Calatrava. A side benefit of this program has been realizedin our Senior Design course, AE450, where student teams design a building for a real client.Models of these designs, which used to take at least three weeks to fabricate, are now completedsometimes in as little time as five days. This has proven to be a definite benefit

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Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; Thomas Korman

used to trainstudents to function in interdisciplinary work groups that are required to successfully completeDesign-Build Projects. This paper uses Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP)Coordination for building systems as an example case. The case example begins by firstaddressing the students’ prior knowledge of the building systems. Second, the case explainshow students are introduced to the appropriate background knowledge required to work together(without becoming an expert in each building system). Third, classroom exercises are designedto encourage group work (specifically coordination of building systems). The paper concludesby addressing the results of the classroom effort and need for improved design of lessons andexercises for

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alim

variousorganizations. A few of them are currently attending Graduate programs elsewhere. Theenrollment is consistently increasing, and gradually the VLSI and Microelectronics option isbecoming both popular and familiar for professional growth of the prospective students. TheCity of Huntsville in Alabama is projected to be one of the Microelectronics cities in thenation by 2008. Therefore, this program is anticipated with sustained flowing students andthereby expected continued growth.At present there is no VLSI and Microelectronics laboratory available on campus for hands-ontraining of the students. However, in this option the first batch comprising of five studentsgraduated in May 2001. Each of these students is employed and pursuing career growth. Inthe

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Mayhew; Richard Layton

indicator, using the resultsof those calibrations to find the lift and drag of a model wing, and assessing whether thecalibrations and confidence intervals found by the earlier teams were reliable. All teams servedas “contractors” for us, helping us improve the quality of our wind tunnel while they learned.Key results for our students: learning how to set up and use a simple data acquisition system;making us aware of sources of uncertainty in the lift and drag measurements of our wind tunnel;learning when collecting more data helps decrease uncertainty and when it does not; and gainingexperience in meeting our needs as customers. In our opinion, the project is readily implementedby an individual instructor or two and should be considered

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Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

Session 1339 Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics Kevin Dahm Rowan University, Glassboro, NJAbstractA game that simulates the economic decision-making that occurs in running a company has beendeveloped and integrated, as a semester-long project, into a senior/graduate course on engineeringeconomics. The game challenges students to not only learn engineering economic principles suchas present worth, rate of return etc., but also to use them to make realistic economic decisions in acompetitive setting. This creates a fun, engaging environment for

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid

volunteers to "share" theiranswer. This technique will get the attention of the students, and they tend to be more willing toshare their group answer; if it is incorrect, they feel less isolated and embarrassed. Also, thistechnique offers a quick break in the class while maintaining the flow of information. 6,7Laboratory Techniques:Practice lab practical exam:Many laboratory classes have a lab practical exam, where a student goes to their lab and receivesa typical assignment; they are then responsible to design, simulate and/or build to demonstratetheir proficiency in the laboratory. I have used this in all of my lower level laboratories, whileupper level courses will have larger multi-week projects demonstrating their performance in thelaboratory

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Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

Session 1606 A CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Daniel Davis University of HartfordAbstractAt the University of Hartford, we have developed a “Capstone Design Experience” in an effort toimprove our Architectural Engineering Technology curriculum. By increasing the awareness ofthe interrelationships between different areas of study, we are attempting to strike a new balance.We have integrated the following into a single yearlong design project: research, programming,planning, history and theory

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Durward Sobek

atmosphere of trust and confidentiality.4 This could potentially open upcertain legal and ethical issues (e.g., how does one respond to blatantly racist remarks in a journalentry?).12 Third, grading is problematic. It is time consuming and difficult to objectively andconstructively evaluate journals. 12 And finally, although a number of authors claim that journalingappeals to multiple learning styles, 3 the fact remains that journaling may simply not work for somestudents.12 Few studies to date have addressed this issue from a research standpoint. If thesedifficulties are not addressed, students are likely to revolt against journals and may even hardentheir dislike for writing (and thus defeat the purpose!).3. Project BackgroundIn years past, the

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jesse Condon; Chasity Williams; Benjamin Fratto; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

Session 3451 Membrane Experiments for Pollution Prevention Kauser Jahan 1 , Jesse Condon 1, Chasity Williams1 and Benjamin Fratto 2 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering 2 Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701AbstractA major objective of the Junior and Senior Engineering Clinics at Rowan University is tointroduce students to open-ended design projects. The purpose of the clinic classes is to provideengineering students with a hands-on, multidisciplinary experience throughout their collegeeducation

Conference Session

ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Cremin; Terrence Kelly

interfacing of Global Positioning Systems (GPS). In the second half ofthe semester students concentrate on developing entrepreneurial GPS applications. Applicationsdocumented thus far include: • Low cost systems to assist the Botswana Army locate Park Rangers who become engaged with poachers in the jungles and forests of Botswana. • A low cost timekeeper for a PC using QBASIC and a hiking class GPS receiver.During the Fall 2001 semester, investigations included projects on: • The use of GPS in identifying and mediating traffic backups in the St. Louis area1. • Application of GPS techniques to a robotics navigation and communication subsystem2. • The use of GPS and “Geocaching” for

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Atashbar

reasonableamount of high-level software engineering that is engineering based. However, there is no waythat an undergraduate CE program can require each of these courses in an already crowdedcurriculum. The solution to this problem that has been implemented at Western MichiganUniversity (WMU) is to create a junior level course that teaches high-level software engineeringusing Visual Basic that is applied to data acquisition, signal processing and networkcommunication. This experiment has, in the opinion of the authors, been highly successful in thatstudents not only learn a great deal of information but also gain experience in applications thatare will be useful in further course work and senior projects as well as their future careers.The ProblemComputer

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

1566In each of these courses, students are required to complete a class project. The studentsare required to work in teams, document the project in technical reports, and to make oralpresentations of their project. These project are typically design oriented and theyaddress the issues of team building, team work, conflict resolution, written and oralcommunications, and the many design and development issues that have been highlightedpreviously.The best practices and competency gaps referred to above are documented in severalreports that were issued by professional organizations in the mid-nineties. Some of thehighlights from these reports are outlined below.V. Professional OrganizationsIn the mid-nineties, the national view on the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Craddock; Chandrasekhar Vallath; Alison Arndt; Lizette Chevalier

Carbondale.IntroductionThe work presented in this paper is part of a project developing multimedia laboratorycourseware (labware) for Civil and Environmental Engineering curricula. In particular, we aredeveloping labware for the environmental engineering and strength of materials laboratory. Thispaper will focus on two of the multimedia components of the environmental engineeringlaboratory in addition to presenting an overall view of our pedagogical approach. At this stage, Page 7.1116.1we are still in the formative development of the project, having just started external reviews inacademia and indus try. The project is a joint effort between the Department of

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Bazuin; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad; Ikhlas Abdel-Qader

DSP,independent study or faculty directed research opportunities are available through both a project -based course ECE 490 and senior design capstone projects ECE 481 and ECE 482. To expandstudent exposure to include real-time, hands-on work, the department has begun to incorporate anew sequence of experiments into the Digital Signal Processing course, ECE 455, using a newlyestablished DSP laboratory. The laboratory has been jointly funded by the National ScienceFoundation, Texas Instruments, and Western Michigan University.DSP Laboratory SettingThe DSP laboratory consists of PC-based workstations equipped with specialized DSP hardwareand software. The Computer workstations are internally equipped with TI TMS320C6701Evaluation Module (EVM

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yonael Teklu; Saifur Rahman; Peter Wiesner

Session# DLNET: Creating a Digital Library for Learning Objects in Engineering Saifur Rahman, Yonael Teklu Peter Wiesner Alexandria Research Institute Institute for Electrical and Virginia Tech Electronics Engineers, Inc.AbstractFunded by the National Science Foundation, the DLNET project is developing a specialized collection ofengineering and technology-related “learning objects” targeted at the practicing engineer and technologist so as

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brachtl; Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 1520 A Comparison of Common Processor Scheduling Algorithms Mohammad B. Dadfar, Michael Brachtl, Sub Ramakrishnan Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419) 372 2337 fax: 419 372 8061 email: datacomm@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractThis paper describes some projects given in an operating systems course that deal with processorscheduling in a multiprogramming environment. We use a Java program to simulate a number ofCPU

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James N. Almquist; D. Joanne Wilson

engineering students place at a math level of trigonometry or below.Developed ten years ago, GE 1020, Introduction to Engineering has evolved into thecourse that is primarily taken by first semester freshmen. Through its evolution, the fourprimary goals of the course have remained. These goals are Introduction to theEngineering Profession, College Success Skills, Introduction to the University andCollege, and Development of Community. Researching the engineering disciplines,discussing engineering ethics, learning computational skills, listening to guest lecturers,and participating in group design projects are all a part of learning about the profession ofengineering. Topics included in college success skills are learning styles and timemanagement

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

will discuss thestudent projects and will offer a sample. I will then conclude with a discussion on the present state ofthe toolkit and on possible future developments.II. PRESENTATIONS WITH THE TOOLKITFor small classrooms (where small classes like the Communication Systems are held), the engineeringdepartment has a COW. COW stands for computer on wheels, (a very appropriate acronym for acollege in a rural setting) and is basically a personal computer with a projection system on a cart thatmay be wheeled around. Every classroom at Dordt has network connection and any document saved Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education North Midwest Section Annual Conference Copyright ” 2002, American Society

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Johansen; Jens Riis; Henrik Jorgensen; Claus Balken; James Luxhoj

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education`Production System Design Laboratory that encouraged the integration of different manufacturingperspectives and viewpoints. Central to the laboratory design was the creation of a Model Bankthat was intended to be a knowledge repository of production theories and models, methods andtools, case examples, and practical experience. This framework was an important precursor tothe Experimental Laboratory for Production (ELP). Since 1996, researchers at AalborgUniversity through multiple case studies with Danish companies in the P+5 project havedemonstrated that it is possible to develop a manufacturing vision in practice (see Riis andJohansen1). During these series of industrial cases

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Simon Ang; Fred Barlow; Alan Mantooth; Sean Mulvenon

algorithms inuse in many of these tools at the graduate level. Faculty size is limited at most state institutionsto the point of not being able to offer enough courses, even in areas where faculty expertiseexists, to allow a student to focus his/her coursework as necessary to establish solid footing uponwhich quality graduate research can be conducted. This paper describes a project underway at the University of Arkansas to develop severalcourses in the MST area that will be offered nationally over Internet2. This developmentapproach is meant to be a model for course development that will promote distance delivery,incorporating recent research results, and state-of-the-art evaluation and assessment. The hope isthat these courses can be offered to

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht; Lasich Debra; Barbara Moskal

order to retain more women within this field, a better understandingis needed of the female experience during the engineering design team process.Recognizing this need, the National Science Foundation's Activities for Women and Girls inScience, Engineering & Mathematics program has sponsored the Engineering Design Teams:Influence of Gender Composition on the Decision-Making Process project (EHR-9979444) at theColorado School of Mines (CSM). This project seeks to better understand the interactions thattake place between men and women during the team decision making process in the DesignEngineering Practices Introductory Course Sequence (EPICS). Design EPICS is a sequence ofrequired first and second year courses at CSM in engineering design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

technologies in orderto prepare students that are very desirable for industrial employment in the Houston Area.According to this educational goal, the subject of active structural controls is being introducedinto the programs in progressive steps.The first step was to design testing rigs and data acquisition systems. Students of the twoprograms performed these tasks in Directed Study (individual project) courses. Students inStructural Analysis and Design concentrated on the design and fabrication of the testing devicesthat apply forces while Control and Instrumentation students dedicated their efforts to design ofthe data acquisition and control systems.This paper presents the fundamental concepts of active control of structures and describes thework

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Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Crowe; Sally Schwartz; Mary Marrs; Luis Occeña; Jose Zayas-Castro; Douglas Moesel; Cathleen Burns; Bin Wu

-basedentrepreneurship by teaming faculty and students in an experiential learning environment anddraws upon the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership -Learning Factory. Theobjectives are achieved through dynamically managing and implementing the following tasks:developing a sequence of three team taught (& designed) courses; the active use of an enhancedfacility named Entrepreneurship-Manufacturing Innovation Lab Experience (EMILE);collaboration with industry partners; project assessment; and outreach to different stakeholdersand interested parties.The courses focus on the Enterprise: Conception, Design, and Operation. The teaching/learningstrategy is based on team teaching between the engineering and business faculty with active andexperiential

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Goodwine; Steven Skaar; Robert Nelson; Mihir Sen; James Mason; Stephen Batill

, American Society for Engineering Educationused to help underwrite the initial program costs during a three-year transition period. The NSFgrant includes funding for faculty training as well as for hiring support staff to assist faculty.The transition period promises to be gradual in that the three years of the NSF grant, whichbegan December 2000, follow a period of four years during which the microprocessor hasalready been an integral part of all mechanical-engineering Senior Design projects. The three-year period also follows by one year a coincidental move by the College to introducemicroprocessor programming into a 2-course First-Year sequence for all Engineering intents.Another key element is this program is the integration of industry and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alicia Townsend; Renate Fruchter

Session: 2793 Impact of Multi-Cultural Dimensions on Multi-Modal Communication in Global Teamwork Renate Fruchter* and Alicia Townsend** *Director of Project Based Learning Laboratory (PBL Lab) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4020 fruchter@ce.stanford.edu **Graduate Student, Learning Design and Technology Program, School of Education Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 lishat@stanford.eduIntroductionThis

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raymond Berg

) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global and societal context; 4) a recognition of the need for and an ability toengage in life-long learning; 5) a knowledge of contemporary issues; 6) an ability to manageengineering projects including the analysis of economic factors; and 7) an ability to understandthe dynamics of people both in singular and group settings.This paper presents the revisions made to the pilot capstone course, both to demonstrate pre-existing student achievement of these seven outcomes, and to augment that achievement in thecapstone course. This paper also presents the EC 2000 assessment strategies developed for thecapstone course, and the results of course coordinator, peer and

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Hensley; Marjorie Donovan; Christopher Ibeh; James Otter

of50 points, and to “write a superlative undergraduate research project requires the studentto achieve between 540 – 600 points or the equivalent of 90 – 100%. A perfectundergraduate research project is rated as 600. The subdivisions are valued differentiallyfrom 1-15 points. The rater is to determine first, does the subdivision exist and is itappropriately done for this study. Then second, the rater must determine the value ofeach major division for its quality by considering the elements in the following manner:0.0 – does not appear; 0.2 – only 20% of necessary elements; 0.4 – has approximately40% of necessary elements; 0.6 has approximately 60% of necessary elements, etc; and1.0 has 100% of necessary elements.” It is customary for the PSU

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Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

.? Page 7.1118.5 DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE OTHER INPUT DATA?Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationutilizing the appropriate time value of money factor to convert the annual fuel and electricitycosts into present value costs.Thermal Design ProjectsOver the years, three different thermal design project statements have been developed andutilized: thermal design of a house, thermal design of a building, thermal design of a refrigeratedwarehouse. Summary statements for these projects are given in Table 1. Normally studentteams of two are assigned, and it proves very convenient to ask for two separate design

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvie Doré

always results in more innovative and creative solutions oroutcomes 12,13. It may take more time to complete a project, but the quality is better. On the otherhand, it increases the risk of unresolved conflicts, arising from difficulties to communicate andleading to a decrease of cohesion.This breakdown in communication has at least two sources: specialization and differences inpersonality.Specialization Multidisciplinary teams are composed of professionals originating from Page 7.1236.3 different disciplines, each coming to the drawing table with his/her own Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Torres

be sent immediately to your email address. 6. Save this file as “license.dat” in C:\ispTOOLS\ispcomp\license Starting ispdesignEXPERT 1. Go to Start/Lattice Semiconductor/ispdesignEXPERT 2. Go to File/ New Project. Save it in the student directory 3. screen is divided into two columns. (Sources in project, and Processes for current source) 4. We need to select the proper device. Under the Sources in Project, double click on ispLS15384VA-125LB388. 5. A window will pop open. Under family, scroll down until it says “Mach 4”. The device number and part name are written on the PLD itself. You will see either M4-32/32 or M4-64/32 which indicates the device. Under that is the part number