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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Chao

Session 2432 Online e-learning Environment for Delivering Real Hands On Laboratory Experiments Nathan Chao, Queenborough Community College CUNYIntroduction Internet technology and web-based approaches to engineering and technology educationhave made great instructional inroads both for students and faculty. Apart from the millions ofstudents already receiving educational material over their schools’ intranets, nearly a millionstudents were enrolled in distance learning courses last year according to a research report fromInternational Data Corporation. IDC projects that 3 million students will be

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Howard Liljestrand; Lynn Katz

end, each semester we have studied one to two manufacturing processes.The study of each process included identification of the pollutants of concern, analysis ofthe production and treatment of contaminants utilizing mass balances, equilibrium andkinetic concepts. Influent and effluent samples from key processes were collected andanalyzed using state-of-the-art analytical techniques. Students then prepared interim andfinal project reports discussing their findings. A major emphasis was to force thestudents to synthesize the data from different analytical measurements to ensure internalconsistency of their results. One of the additional goals of the course was to encourageactive and cooperative learning concepts. All of the students worked in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Subhi Bazlamit

expected to build a working model of their design in the workshop. Each team willsubmit a proposal and a project schedule identifying all work items needed to complete the designexperience by the end of the quarter. Weekly written and oral progress reports are also requiredfrom each team. Students are also required to maintain a design folder in which all relevantcorrespondence, team meetings and design calculations are kept. The design is normally constrained by size and cost and other considerations that may beapplicable depending on the problem. This design experience allows students the opportunity towork in teams during their first year of enrollment. It also emphasizes the importance of graphical,written and oral communications in the

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Harper; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

can opt for a different three quarter sequenceknown as Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors (or FEH). Students are required to select oneof these sequences. The following topics are in both sequences – engineering graphics andCADD, MATLAB, hands-on labs, and a ten-week design/build project.1 Teamwork is requiredfor the hands-on laboratory exercises and laboratory reports and for the design project.2 Studentsreceive instruction on project planning, management, and documentation. At the end of thedesign project, the teams must submit a formal written report and do an oral presentation withvisual aids. For the Honors students, the third course deals with programming and real-time dataacquisition and analysis. The physics and mathematics are

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Thomas Salem

military. Next, an assessment is offered onthe current state of electric power programs within the academic community for meeting theseneeds. In recognition of projected technology-driven military platforms, an enhanced powerengineering concentration within the electrical engineering curricula at the Naval Academy hasbeen proposed. The paper will conclude with an overview of the selection process forcurriculum topics, course sequencing, and laboratory content.Power Engineering and the U.S. EconomyWith the innovative advancements in power electronic semiconductor materials over the past fewdecades, the field of power engineering has expanded from the traditional focus on utility-levelgeneration and transmission of energy to include the widespread

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecil Beeson

Session 3549 Using the PC Parallel Port in Digital Systems Lab Exercises Cecil E. Beeson, P.E., Assistant Professor University of Cincinnati ClermontIntroductionThis paper will describe a multi-phase project to utilize the functionality and accessibility of thePC parallel port to augment traditional college electronics lab exercises. The opportunity forstudents to use the ubiquitous PC to exercise and control digital circuits designed in a college labcan be a valuable learning experience.At Clermont students are introduced to PC fundamentals early in their college studies. As

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhixue Wang; Guangpi Lai; Feiyue Wang; A. Terry Bahill; Jeff Goldberg

Distance learning has been greatly enhanced through the use of the Internet. In Arizona, ajoint effort has been made by the three state universities to offer a Master of EngineeringDegree primarily through Internet and video distance learning. However, engineering coursesoften use hands-on laboratory projects with actual physical systems as an integral part of thecurriculum and learning process. It is difficult to include these labs in web-based instructionunless one uses simulations or virtual experiments. This paper presents the development ofweb-based lab projects with actual hardware for courses in linear systems and systems control.Students download control programs to the equipment. Sensor data and a streaming video ofthe ongoing equipment

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyria Alfaro; Michael Mooney

Page 8.495.6hands-on activities excited the majority of the students, resulting in significant interest in Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe Lost in the Amazon curricular unit. Students commented that they had “never donefancy experiments” and were wondering how “engineering can be fun?” This excitementtowards the hands-on projects was maintained throughout implementation, and createdinitial student interest in the required worksheets. By having fun with Lost in the Amazon,students seemingly changed from their conception that engineering “can’t be exciting,” asexemplified when students

Conference Session

Student Interaction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

development, service, maintenance,integration, connectivity and many other issues. Notice that we do NOT follow thetraditional linear, but rather the modern concurrent, object oriented approach to integratedproduct / process design ([7] and [9]). (In other words, this means, that we designeducational projects in a very similar way, hi-tech industry designs hi-tech products andprocesses.)In terms of delivering our cases we follow the Virtual Product Demo concept, in that wevirtually take the learner with us to factories, R&D studios, exhibitions and laboratoriesand give them interesting demos explained by real-world experts with challengingproblems to solve. In all cases we show them high quality, interactive videos and often 3Dobjects and 3D 360

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

andacademic career. Emphasis was placed on teamwork and communication using a team-baseddesign project as a pedagogic vehicle. More information on the design project is available inDeJong, et al. (2000)3 .In 1999, the course description was changed to more accurately describe the intent of the course. EGR 1301: Introduction to Engineering. Introduction to the Engineering Profession. Topics include engineering disciplines, ethics, the impact of technology on the world, analysis and design using a team project, and computer aided design and problem solving. (2-3)Much of the new focus incorporated into the course was influenced by the ABET 2000 criteria,thereby the course goals changed as follows: 1. To provide career

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saumitra Mishra; Boris Ramos; Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

observed in senior projectsthat students often could not articulate the underlying principles of lean design (at least initially),and they failed to understand the links between various tactics and the conditions necessary fortheir success.We also examined the Introduction to Industrial Engineering courses at a number of schools.Many schools have created such introductory courses in the engineering disciplines to reduceattrition rates by linking traditional mathematics and science topics to applications [1]. Whilesuch courses in IE have provided an effective overview of the discipline, course materials andtextbooks do not focus on process design or the impact of lean ideas (see, for example, [14]). Aswith lean topics, project-based courses that

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Lundstrom; Ram Chandran; Arnaldo Mazzei

working. Kettering University is currently engaged in reforming itscurriculum to meet some of these demands. The objective of this paper is to discuss two new corecourses that were developed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the area of multi-disciplinary dynamic systems in order to reach this goal. The idea is to teach these courses using aunified approach to systems, with hands-on laboratory experience and system simulation usingsoftware tools like MATLAB®, and focusing on an inquiry-based problem-driven approach. Thisis a team effort and a number of faculty members from the ME Department will be involved inexecuting this project. Upon completion of these courses, the students should be able todemonstrate a good understanding of

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek A. Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

requiring a strong math background. The course covers orthogonal projections, isometricviews, wire frame models, surface models, and solid models. These concepts are taught using aseries of in class exercises through which the students gain competency at using the program as atool. Students are not expected to have a background in math beyond basic mathematics and thesoftware program is used without relying on numerical parameters to build their models. Thecourse culminates in a solid model project which allows students to pick the topic to be modeled.Students are encouraged to pick a project theme that is relevant to their major field of study.The General Student PopulationThe course targeted students in non-technical majors. Tables 1 and 2

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Serdar Tumkor; Mahmut Fetvaci; Ismail Fidan

description for the Design Curriculum:MAK 341 - Machine Design I (3+2)A quick review on the material science and strength of the materials are given. Then thefundamental design knowledge about the welding, soldering, and riveting technology iscovered. A number of machine components (i.e. shaft, bolt, nut, screw, spring, bearing,and lubrication technologies) is covered in detail.MAK 342 - Machine Design II (2+2)Various gear mechanisms are covered with detailed design projects. Belt and drumsystems and chain mechanisms are also given.MAK 422E Engineering Design (3+0)The project based product development process is practiced from problem identificationthrough detail design and evaluation.Program Development A command line BASIC program is the main

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Parent

Hard to translateNumber of students from your program Student Impactemployed by companyFaculty have the interest to do project Expertise (Faculty already working in the area.)Faculty have the time to do project Expertise (Faculty already working in the area.)Return on investment Expertise to carry out the grant successfully (Won’t waste time/money because faculty has the expertise to carry out the project.)Leadership ability Leadership

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J Hines; Fred Weber; John Prados; Kurt Gramoll

levelengineering study that are not offered in pre-engineering programs. Most of these courses arefairly specialized and do not draw sufficient enrollments to make their offering cost effective atmost pre-engineering institutions. Others like Statics and Dynamics are common, but do nothave sufficient enrollment to teach each semester or year at most community colleges.ObjectivesThe National Science Foundation has recently funded a project to develop and deliver severalInternet-based freshman and sophomore level engineering courses through a partnership betweenThe University of Tennessee (UT), The University of Oklahoma (OU) and area communitycolleges such as the Knoxville-based Pellissippi State Technical Community College (PSTCC).Of the fifteen courses

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Carr

problems that require them to integrate multiple academic areas in order to reach a solution. Engineering case studies are used where appropriate."Engineering Design and Communications" (GEN ENG 106-1,2 plusENGLISH 106-1,2) This two-quarter course combines developing enhanced skills in writing with doing design, as one of the hallmark intellectual skills common to everybody who is an effective engineer. The central activity in each of the two quarters is the development, to the level of a full prototype, of a new technology that somebody wants. Students do these projects in teams of 4±1. Instruction is done jointly by faculty from McCormick and the Weinberg College of Arts and Science's Writing

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Salahuddin Qazi

Institute ofTechnology (SUNYIT), Utica, New York. The first course deals with the basics of fiberoptics and contains a structured lab of eight experiments while the second coursesincludes advance topics and experiments in optical communications, and a project. Thepaper also discusses the development of experimental facilities used in support of thesecourses. The implementation of these courses has made our curriculum current, andhelped the students to enhance their career options in the current technologicalenvironment.IntroductionOptical communication is a technology of transmitting information in the form of lightby way of optical fibers or free space as a medium. Over the last two decades the lowcost of optical fibers, enormous capacity and

Conference Session

Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

during the years between high schooland college. Each of these ‘student types’ may have different views on the transitionexperience.This paper reports on the results of a survey of ET graduates which was designed to ferretout the areas in which they felt they were well prepared and also those in which they felttheir undergraduate education could have done a better or more complete job. Graduatesmay have transition difficulty in areas such as ability to perform in a multi-disciplineteamwork environment, ability to understand the business case of assigned projects,problem solving skills, troubleshooting, critical thinking skills, project management,working within a budget, reporting to a supervisor, written and oral communicationskills, working in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdolmajid Lababpour

biotechnology for the National Council forScientific Research of the presidential office, a total of 46 institutes and centers (in whole or in part) are Page 8.130.1recognized as involved in biotechnology activities. Of these, 29 are universities and 17 are non- “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”universities. In total, 26 centers have research projects related to biotechnology and 8 universities haveregular courses in biotechnology for graduate students. Overall there are 536 people working in

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Ochoa

microcontrollers have similar architectures, instruction sets, and addressing modes.The 6805 microcontroller design is a semester long project. A modular design approach isfollowed. Students design each microcontroller subsystem separately and then, at the end of thesemester, the individual components are integrated. The subsystem designs include: abidirectional parallel port, a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART), anaddressing unit, a data unit, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), and a central processing unit (CPU)controller. One at a time, each subsystem is designed, implemented and tested in a simulationenvironment, and then implemented in a programmable logic device (PLD). Once all thesubsystems are completed, the students integrate them

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jorge Gatica; Anthony Bruzas; Abhishek Gupta

format.Defining a set of parameters that can be specified in the tags in the HTML code thatinvokes the applet ensures versatility. These parameters can be defined by the user/instructor Page 8.227.3without having to access or edit the code, adding flexibility to the module to set up a variety of“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education “mixer Design/configuration problems.SignificanceThis project focused on tools to facilitate the educational process as applied to mixer designprinciples. The students in Engineering will find it

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Lin; Matthew Sanders

thereare not many hands-on statistical activities in the textbooks, in one of the engineering statisticscourses offered by the Industrial Engineering Program, an interesting lab project was created toallow students conduct the experiment, collect and analyze real data, interpret the results andexpand their horizon to ask more questions for further investigation. This lab project is known asEmpty Pop Cans Experiment. The variations of this type of experiment are numerous but theauthors only discuss the experiment performed during one particular term in this paper.Objective of the Experiment (Question/Problem)The objective of the experiment is to investigate if different brands of empty pop cans showsignificant mean weight difference

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Autar Kaw

understanding ofthe course material. He does not abuse the modern technologies such as Power Point to cover ahuge amount of material, or even worse, show page after page of the textbook through Page 8.1011.2presentation viewers.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education The number of waking hours has not changed for either Efed or his students. Hence, hedoes not supplement but complement the course with new tools. For example, if he wants toassign projects in a course, he knows whether use of tools such as mathematical

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Albert McHenry; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

° • Operate in multi-disciplinary teams • Troubleshoot and design • Be effective project managers • Understand limitations Classroom for Clarification WEB To prepare for class Laboratory Project Exploration Figure 1 Execution Figure 1 Microelectronics Curriculum Delivery Format at Arizona State University EastThe content delivery plan that is being tested in the microelectronics curriculum is ahybrid model that consists of a

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

committed faculty, outstanding facilities and essential fundingrequired meeting program needs4.The primary objective of the Department is to provide the student in the Basic Program with acurriculum designed to accomplish three primary purposes4. • To provide a broad general education that enhances communication skills and encourages all-around development of students, both individually and as productive members of society, • To ensure a thorough preparation in the fundamentals of science and engineering, and • To provide a foundation to the planning, design, construction, and operation of civil engineering projects

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

. Page 8.505.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionIn order to teach well, every instructor should be ready to answer a student’s (often unasked)question: “Why should I learn this?” In fact, an instructor should have several different andpersuasive answers to this question that help provide students a context where they might use thecourse material as well as motivate them to learn it better.This project resulted from bi-weekly lunch conversation series that the two authors had abouttheir teaching styles and their impact on the learning outcomes of students. Carol expressed

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Burt Swersey

soon. I have become very respected in the group and am doing a lot of the design work on the project. My prototyping, drawing and creative problem solving skills really help me a lot here. My day to day work is very similar to the IED/PDI/Inventor's Studio experience. The fact that I keep a good notebook and am able to come up with and more importantly demonstrate design solutions has helped me be a great success. Everything I learned in your classes puts me at a huge advantage! Thanks!”The message made our day. But how can we teach engineers to be entrepreneurial in acourse on design? At the heart of being entrepreneurial, is the ability to see opportunitiesthat others do not see and create solutions that satisfy

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Peretti; James Spivey; Paula Berardinelli; Naomi Kleid; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard; Dave Kmiec

] and portfolio-based additions to capstone courses at the senior level.For the past two years, a research and teaching team in the chemical engineering department at NorthCarolina State University has been iteratively designing and implementing a junior-level writing andspeaking module as part of a larger NSF grant.[4] The purpose of this module is to provide instruction intechnical writing, oral presentation, teaming, and project management skills within the context of thelaboratory course. This serves as a precursor to a similar senior capstone course that includes instructionin multidisciplinary teaming.Design featuresThe Teaming, Writing, and Speaking (TWS) instruction series is a discipline-specific module andconsultation series that was

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Emmanuel Ugo Enemuoh

. (iii) Computation and description of interaction effects of control variables. (iv) Formulate process model and conduct residual analysis of the model.On the discussion and conclusion sections of the report, students must discuss significance offactor effects and interactions between them. They must describe significance of the observedlevel of experimental error in terms of the engineering properties of the process and material.Also, they will explain the gaps and overlaps that exist between experiment and theory. At mid-semester, a formal final project proposal is submitted by the students and evaluated by thefaculty. The proposed final project must include design, analysis and characterization of amanufacturing process using a