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Ben Humphrey

Session 3226 Using Material Safety Data Sheets to Teach Laboratory Safety Ben Humphrey Parks College of Engineering and Aviation of Saint Louis UniversityModern life thrives on, but is also threatened by, the constant development and use of chemicalconcoctions. Many are benign. Some are very dangerous. A few are deadly. But moredangerous than the chemicals we contact every day is the rampant ignorance of their hazards. Itseems to be a firmly entrenched trait of human nature to ignore the risks involved in substancesto which we are in constant contact, especially if those substances are provided for

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in architectural and civil construction and has been in engineering andtechnology education for more than 18 years. Member of ASCE, ASEE, ACI and is a registered Professional Engineerin Indiana. Prof. Sener was awarded numerous teaching awards including the Indiana University President's Award forDistinguished Teaching in 1993 and the IUPUI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1994.REX E. WARDDirector, Business and Industry Training for Ivy State College of Central Indiana providing corporate training services.B.S. in Business Adm., Tri-State Univ. He has 18 years of experience in providing training and human resourcedevelopment. He led the development of the College Associate of Applied Science-Apprenticeship Technology

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Kevin M. Nickels

appeal to particular learningstyles. It is important to study the course objectives and the student mix when deciding to moveprojects from the traditional style of physically constructing circuits from SSI and MSI compo-nents to a new style of simulating and programming complex chips as a means of verifying digitallogic designs. By doing this, we can combine the two methodologies to arrive at a course thatappeals to a broad range of students, provides the “hands-on” experience some students need, andutilizes modern technologies to increase the innovation, design complexity, and interest value ofimplemented projects.1 IntroductionThe construction of combinational and sequential digital logic circuits from discrete components,usually utilizing TTL

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Martin Pike

Session 2625 Capstone Design Courses: A Comparison of Course Formats Dr. Martin Pike Purdue UniversityAbstract A capstone design project course is a common component of Engineering andEngineering Technology curriculums. There are many possible formats for offering such acourse, each with its advantages and disadvantages. The author has taught the capstone designcourse at three different universities, each with a different format (single term with a singleproject, multi-term with a single project and a single term multi-project). This paper will discussthe author’s

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Robert P Hesketh; Michael Carney; C. Stewart Slater

asignificant area of opportunity for the chemical engineering profession. The field encompassesmany technologies, ranging from polymerization processes used for chemical production ofmaterials, to fabrication processes needed to transform the materials into usable products.The use of polymers continues to expand. Advanced polymers are being developed for use inemerging areas of technology such as medical devices, smart packaging systems, fuel cells, andelectronic device fabrication. Conventional plastics find extensive use as a material ofconstruction for many products common in daily life. Their low weight, resistance to weatherand wear, and economical production, make them attractive alternatives to glass, metal, andwood for use in products ranging

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Donna J. Michalek

compared to individual exams, and from student comments. If constructedcorrectly, the team exam can also serve as a learning experience for all students by providinggreater challenges than an individual exam. While problems with team dynamics can arise duringthese experiences, they have been found to occur with only a small minority of the students, andtherefore do not out way the benefits that are gained.Bibliography1. “Engineering Criteria 2000: Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the United States,” 2nd ed.,Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD,January 1998, http://www.abet.org/EAC/eac2000.html.2. Demetry, C. and Groccia, J. E., “A comparative Assessment of

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Winston F. Erevelles

Session 3663 Design and Implementation of an Automated Cell for Injection Molding Winston F. Erevelles Robert Morris CollegeAbstractThe current paper describes a senior-level course in Robotics taught by the author at KetteringUniversity in the Spring session of 1999. The course was taught in project form and dealt withthe design and implementation of an automated manufacturing cell for molding, unloading, anddegating injection molded parts. The class had 11 students majoring in ManufacturingEngineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Applied

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William F. Horton; Thomas Agayoff; Saul Goldberg

), Southern California Edison Company and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Hisuniversity teaching spans 30 years, with three years as department chairman; he has taught courses in control systems,power systems, biomedical engineering and computer software and hardware.WILLIAM F. HORTONWilliam F. Horton is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,California. He received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees (Electrical Engineering) from theCalifornia Institute of Technology and the Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Engineering) from the University of Californiaat Los Angeles. His industrial experience includes assignments at Westinghouse Electric Company, Lear-Siegler,Hughes Aircraft

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Pedro Febles Cortez; John Dahlstrom; Chris Mattus; Aleksander Malinowski; Gary Dempsey

/projects/telebot/.IntroductionThis paper describes a successful project that can be utilized as a senior engineering studentproject with both software and hardware components. The scope of its software portion lies in:• Utilization of the latest Internet technologies for both data and control signal transmission.• Programming an embedded computer system that controls the remote manipulator.• Development of easy to use graphical user interface at client side.• TCP/IP network socket programming.The scope of hardware portion lies in: • Interfacing computer and embedded system to wireless links. • Interfacing the embedded system to the hardware responsible for movement of the manipulator. • Developing or modifying available high bandwidth links for

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Jerome Tapper

Session 2647 Building Industry Partnerships by Enticing Industry to Work for You Jerome Tapper School of Engineering Technology Northeastern UniversityAbstractWhy should industry get involved with you or your college? The answer to this is the key tounderstanding the mechanisms involved in attracting industrial partnerships and using thisrelationship to your advantage. In fact, both parties as will be seen here will benefit and prosperby your appropriate application of some simple rules in establishing corporate

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William J. Craft; Sunil Shenoy; Ronald Bolick; Ajit D. Kelkar; Devdas M. Pai

additional information on how to design (impact) experiments.• enhancing our current educational content on data acquisition systems for dynamic events, and• educating our graduates in an important technology for the 21st century. We feel that knowledge of impact phenomena and testing is an important modern design Page 5.546.1 methodology.A laboratory experiment has been developed to highlight some of the experimentaland analytical principles of impact testing. The governing equations are developedand solved in a simple fashion. Classroom learning is reinforced by impact testingof instrumented fiberglass/wood sandwich beams and subsequent

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S. Hiranniah; N. W. Scott; B. J. Stone; M. A. Mannan

is a Masters student at the National University of Singapore and is currently writingWWW material for multi-DOF vibration.M.A. MANNANDr Mannan is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical andProduction Engineering. He obtained his doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology inSweden in 1983. His research interests include manufacturing, vibration, acoustics andteaching.B.J. STONEProfessor Brian Stone has held the Chair in Mechanical Engineering at the University ofWestern Australia since 1981. He has been writing teaching software since 1987. In 1997 hewas named the best Engineering teacher in Australia by a federal committee. His researchinterests include vibration suppression and computer simulation of dynamic

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Leon L Van Dommelen; Yousef Haik; Namas Chandra

5.296.10LEON VAN DOMMELENLeon van Dommelen is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Florida A&M University - Florida StateUniversity College of Engineering. He received his master’s degree from Delft University of Technology in theNetherlands and his Ph.D. from Cornell University, both in Aerospace Engineering. He specializes in computationaland theoretical fluid mechanics and takes an interest in software of any kind.NAMAS CHANDRANamas Chandra is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Florida A&M University - Florida State UniversityCollege of Engineering. He received his M.S. from University of Houston and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineeringfrom Texas A&M University. He specializes in superplasticity and finite element

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Z. Yuan; T. Tang; Pratibha Gopalam; N. Liu; Chu R. Wie; Alexander N. Cartwright

study, menus appear when the user moves over the barcode, holographic plate, laser, detector, mirror, laser beam, etc. The top-level applets (case study modules) serve a dual purpose. For students with an already existing interest in the science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) area, they serve as an initial

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Mihir K. Das

. Page 5.599.3The students enjoy the course and surveys indicate that they found it very useful. Oneinnovative feature of the course includes visit by TQM experts from industry as guest speakersto offer their perspectives to students.VIII. Bibliography Chang, Richard Y. Continuous Process Improvement: A Practical Guide to Improving Processes for Measurable Results, Chang Associates, 1994. Crosby, Philip B. Quality is free: the art of making quality certain. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. Deming, W. Edwards. Out of the crisis. Cambridge, Mass. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced Engineering Study, 1986. Fiegenbaum, A.V, Total Quality Control. McGraw Hill company, New York, 1983

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William C. Beston; Sharon B. Fellows; Richard Culver

Organizational Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources: 5th Ed. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988.4. Culver, R.S. “Who’s In Charge Here? Promoting Self-Managed Learning,” Engineering Education, 1987.5. Culver, R.S., J.T. Hackos. “Perry’s Model of Intellectual Development,” Engineering Education, Dec. 1982.6. Culver, R.S. “Optimum Academic Performance and its Relation to Emotional Intelligence,” Proc.-Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, P.R, November, 1999.7. Perry, W. Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Devel. in the College Years, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NY, 1970.8. Goleman, D. Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books, New York, 1995.9. Sackman, G.A., S. Fellows, R.S. Culver, “DTeC – A Technology-based Freshman Design Course Sequence

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Scott Danielson; Sudhir I. Mehta

year, four times, from the students of Pi Tau Sigma Society. His e-mail address is mehta@badlands.nodak.edu.SCOTT DANIELSONScott Danielson has been an associate professor and chair of the Manufacturing and Aeronautical EngineeringTechnology Department at Arizona State University East (a new campus 23 miles east of the main ASU campus)since August, 1999. Previously he had been at North Dakota State University where he was a faculty member in theIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering department and past chair of the Engineering Technology Department.Other responsibilities at NDSU included teaching courses in the Mechanical Engineering and Applied MechanicsDepartment. Dr. Danielson received the NDSU College of Engineering and Architecture’s

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Scott D. Baldwin

. A style guide can be used to help develop soundcoding skills so that code is easier to debug and maintain.Bibliography1. Blum, B. Software Engineering, A Holistic View, Oxford University Press, 1992.2. Bass, L., Clements, P., and Kazman, R. Software Architecture in Practice, Addison-Wesley, 1998.3. Moriguchi, S. Software Excellence, A Total Quality Management Guide, Productivity Press, 1997.4. Kovitz, B Practical Software Requirements, A Manual of Content and Style, Manning, 1999.SCOTT BALDWINScott Baldwin is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology department at Oklahoma StateUniversity where he has taught since January, 1999. He has worked in industry as a test engineer for severalcompanies. He received both his B.S

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3: The Result of Simulation with Facility & Resource Utilization IndicesHamid KhanHamid Khan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Industry and Technology of East CarolinaUniversity. His teaching interest is focused on Computer Aided Machine and Tool Design,Computer Graphics, Concurrent Engineering in Mechanical Design, and CAD/CAM/CAE/and RP.His research interest is focused on the above as well professional development of ProfessionalEngineering and Technology Managers to integrate teaching for practice. Dr. Khan has a BS inMechanical Engineering, an MS in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, an MBA inProduction Strategy and a Doctorate in Management Education. Hamid is a Registered ProfessionalEngineer. He is active in

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James J. Alpigini

Option B – Elective option (9 credits; select three courses from approved I.S. curriculum)A tenet of the MSIS program is that to manage technology effectively, it is necessary first tounderstand the technology. For this reason, a course in computer architecture is included as oneof the engineering core courses. The course is introductory in nature, offered at the level of asenior undergraduate or first year graduate. Despite its fundamental nature, teaching the courserepresents a major challenge for the instructor due to the diverse technical backgrounds of thestudents, many of whom are “career shifters.” That is, they are shifting into the field ofinformation science from non-technical backgrounds such

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Jeffrey A. Jalkio

appears to have met its objectives.6. AcknowledgementsThe development of this laboratory exercise would not have been possible without thework of Karl Mueller, lab manager for the engineering department, and Dr. Vern Cottleswho designed and built the apparatus used, and the students who struggled through itsinitial use: Lisa Schuweiler, Brian Doe, Matt Michel, Scott Helgeson, Chris Liedman,and Jed Fields.Bibliography1 McKeachie, Teaching Tips, 9th ed.,D.C. Heath, 19842 Society of Manufacturing Engineers, (1997) "Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report", SME3 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, ABET 2000 Evaluation Criteria, ABET4 Umez-Eronini, System Dynamics and Control, International Thomson Publishing, 19995 Dorf and

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David M. Beams

Tyler. Dr. Allen Barger developed theoriginal curve-tracer instrument, of which some elements were incorporated into the TUNAsoftware. The dedication and work of students Jason LaSalle, Lim Kau Teng, Gary Walker,Chris Cothran, and Cullen Huffhines made Project TUNA possible.Bibliography1. Beams, D. & Barger, A. Inexpensive semiconductor curve tracers using LabVIEW. Proceedings of the ASEEGulf Southwest Annual Conference (Dallas, TX, March 7–9, 1999).2. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs.Conventional Criteria. (1998)3. Keely, T. A. Design of constant phase difference networks. RF Design 12 (4), pp. 32, 37, 38, 40, 42 (April,1989)DAVID M. BEAMSDavid Beams is an Assistant

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place in the context of a semi-structured problem, grounded in life and work in the world beyond school? • Does the project lead students to acquire and use competencies expected in high performance work organizations (e.g., teamwork, appropriate use of technology, problem solving and communication)? • Does the work require students to develop organizational and self-management skills? Active Exploration • Do students spend significant

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Suzanne E. Keilson; Randall Jones; Lester Coyle; Elliot King; Duane Shelton

Session 2620 The Internet Science Institute and the Incorporation of Laboratory Experience with Web-based Education Suzanne Keilson, Duane Shelton, Elliot King, Randy Jones, Lester Coyle Loyola College, Baltimore, MD, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Engineering Science/Computer Science/Writing and Media/Physics/MathematicsAbstractRapid advances in Web technology have created an opportunity to involve students in thescientific method in an affordable and attractive manner. This project’s focus is theincorporation of laboratory experience with

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integrate these two somewhat incompatiblesoftware is explained in this paper. Now designers have an ergonomic CAD system to assist themto design products according to physical abilities and characteristics of their human operators.Utilizing this type of technology could revolutionize the way products are designed and significantlyreduce the alarming number of related injuries, thus saving millions of dollars. This integratedsystem could also substantially reduce the critical factor of time to market and lower overall cost ofdesigning new products by allowing designers to test their products for human fit without having tobuild a prototype or using real subject.I. IntroductionIf designers need to see how a human with a particular set of statistical

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Jeffery M. Saul; Rhett J. Allain; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

. Department of Education(PB116B71905), Hewlett Packard, and the National Science Foundation (DUE-9752313)for their support.V. References Page 5.411.81. ABET, (1999). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.: Baltimore, MD. Available at http://www.abet.org/downloads/2000-01_Engineering_Criteria.pdf2. Arons, A., (1990). A Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching., New York: Wiley.3. Astin, A., (1993). What Matters in College?, NY: Jones-Bassey.4. Beichner, R., (1994). Testing student interpretation of kinematics graphs. American Journal of Physics, 62: p. 750-762.5

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Vincent M. Allen; Garrett Harris; Bruce Segee

. RBF1.DataFilename = "C:\example.xls" RBF1.Epochs = 1000 RBF1.LearningRate = .3 RBF1.MSETarget = .1 RBF1.Variance=2 RBF1.TrainNetwork RBF1.TestNetwork Page 5.180.9 Figure 4. Visual Basic Code FragmentConclusionSoftware engineeringSince the dawn of the computer era, application development techniques have evolved to keeppace with the cutting edge technology. The trend in software engineering techniques is akin tothe trend of house building techniques in modern

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W.D. Jemison; W. R. Haller; W. A. Hornfeck

Session 2532 Integration of a Circuit Board Milling Machine into an ECE Curriculum W. D. Jemison, W. R. Haller, W. A. Hornfeck Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042AbstractThree years ago, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at LafayetteCollege purchased a printed circuit board milling machine system and began integratingits use into the ECE curriculum. The system has been enthusiastically accepted by ourstudents and the faculty. This paper will describe our

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Steven B. Shooter; Catherine A. Shooter

Session 2325 Enhancing Design Education by Processing the Design Experience Steven B. Shooter, Catherine A. Shooter Bucknell University Tresseler Counseling ServicesAbstractExperiential learning can be simply described as learning through doing. It is a process throughwhich individuals construct knowledge, acquire skills and enhance values from directexperience. Traditional engineering education has included experiential components throughlaboratory assignments often linked with a course. Students would read the lab handout, performthe procedures, and then write a brief lab report

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Session 2325 Enhancing Design Education by Processing the Design Experience Steven B. Shooter, Catherine A. Shooter Bucknell University Tresseler Counseling ServicesAbstractExperiential learning can be simply described as learning through doing. It is a process throughwhich individuals construct knowledge, acquire skills and enhance values from directexperience. Traditional engineering education has included experiential components throughlaboratory assignments often linked with a course. Students would read the lab handout, performthe procedures, and then write a brief lab report