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E. J. Mastascusa; Maurice F. Aburdene

Session 2659 An Electronic Design and Laboratory Lesson Using a Switched Series-Parallel Network Maurice Aburdene, E. J. Mastascusa Electrical Engineering Department Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an electronic lesson for first year engineering students. The objective of thelesson is to introduce students to design using series-parallel circuits. The lesson focuses on thedesign of a switched series-parallel resistor combination to provide the “best” approximation to adesired current waveform by selecting

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James L. Hales

Session 2333 Enhancing Electric Energy Conversion and Power Systems Laboratory Experiments Utilizing a Power System Simulator James L. Hales, P.E. Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown ABSTRACT In 1993, the Engineering Technology Division of the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown purchased and installed a Hampden Model 180 Power System Simulator. Fundingwas provided in part by a $100,000 National Science Foundation Instrumentation and LaboratoryImprovement (ILI) equipment

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T. Hannigan; James E. Simon; K. Koenig; G. Cruse; K. Poh

Session 2259 Flowfield Mapping and Cooling Fan Flowrate Measurement Systems Development by Aerospace Engineering Laboratory Students T. Hannigan, J. Simmons, K. Koenig, G. Cruse, K. Poh Mississippi State University/USDA, Agricultural Research ServiceGraduate and undergraduate students actively participated in a successful research project for aUnited States Department of Agriculture laboratory to monitor ventilation air flow in largepoultry houses. Aerospace engineering laboratory students, graduate assistants, and facultyassisted in determining the flow rate through a stock cooling fan enclosure, evaluated

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort; William F. Reiter; Milo D. Koretsky

Session 2613 An Interdisciplinary Program and Laboratory for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design and Manufacturing Milo D. Koretsky, Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort, William F. Reiter Chemical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State UniversityABSTRACTOregon State University and Merix Corp. (Forest Grove, OR) have initiated a cooperativeUniversity-Industry program for hands-on education of engineering students. Thisinterdisciplinary program spans the Departments of Chemical Engineering (ChE), Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and MechanicalEngineering (ME

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Josue Njock-Libii; Sunday O. Faseyitan

Session 1426 Data Acquisition Systems in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory: Draining of a Tank Josué Njock Libii, Sunday O. Faseyitan School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Indiana 468051499 USAAbstractThis paper illustrates one way in which computer data acquisition systems are being utilized inthe laboratory. The examples used are from the first course in Fluid Mechanics. We choseexperiments related to the draining of a tank to demonstrate the use of data acquisition systemsand their

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

Session 1547 THE SMARTE ENRICHMENT PROJECTS: LABORATORY BASED LEARNING FOR 8TH GRADE STUDENTS Mulchand S. Rathod Joella H. Gipson Division of Engineering Technology College of Education Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202SUMMARY The Southeast Michigan Alliance for Reinvestment in Technological Education (SMARTE) is a consortiumof community colleges, school systems, Wayne State University (WSU), and businesses in southeast Michiganformed in September 1993. The alliance exists to promote communication

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Karen E. Schmahl

Session 3657 UNIQUE APPROACH TO TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN A QUALITY PLANNING AND CONTROL LABORATORY Karen E. Schmahl Ph.D., P.E. Miami University, Oxford, OhioIn recent years, Total Quality Management tools and principles have been increasinglyintroduced into engineering curriculum. This paper describes a unique approach to integratingTQM in the laboratory of a Quality Planning and Control course which had previously focusedsolely on statistical control of quality and precision linear measurement. The new approachincludes a team building component, Lab Development Project and TQM

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Carol L. O'Loughlin; Charles F. Yokomoto

Session 1526 Development of an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Laboratory for a Course on Design and Manufacture of Surface Mount Printed Circuit Board Assemblies Maher E. Rizkalla, Carol L. O’Loughlin, and Charles F. Yokomto, Department of Electrical Engineering Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indianapolis Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisAbstract:This paper describes a new interdisciplinary undergraduate laboratory experience that wasdeveloped for an existing electronic manufacturing course for senior electrical and

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Christopher G. Braun

Session 1532 Experiments on the Cheap: Using a Student Data Acquisition System Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesMotivationThe cost of operating a dedicated laboratory facility for student educational use is large incomparison to operating a general purpose lecture room. Laboratory uses require thesetup of dedicated equipment, safety equipment and significant storage, often making theroom unsuitable for other purposes. Additionally, hands-on laboratory projects requiremore time in class per credit hour than lecture – typically 3 hours in lab per

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Christopher G. Braun

Session 1526 The CSM Electronics Prototyping Facility Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesWhy an Electronics Prototyping Facility is NeededMost electronic laboratory projects require building simple circuits that are torn apart as soon asthe lab is over -- resulting in a limited opportunity for the students to construct anything useful.Students are often frustrated in electronics courses and laboratories as they never quite get to thelevel where they can design and build anything practical.[1] The CSM Electronics PrototypingFacility (EPF) provides students with

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T. Chang; R. Barat; J. F. Federici; H. Grebel; A. M. Johnson

, we are developing complementary applied optical science andengineering courses which will (1) provide a unified, multidepartmental optical science/engineering curriculum and (2) emphasize optics courses which will provide laboratory andclassroom training to undergraduate and graduate students in emerging areas of industrial andnational importance. In particular, our efforts are focused on the collective strengths of theEngineering School and the Applied Physics Programs: Environmental monitoring and detectionof pollutants, industrial process monitoring, optoelectronics, and ultrafast optics andoptoelectronics. This multidisciplinary program focuses on optical science and technology as anenabling technology: A technology with applications to

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Walter S. Lund; Trudy L. Schwartz; Lee D. Peterson; Lawrence E. Carlson

Session 2659 Facilitating Interdisciplinary Hands-on Learning using LabStations Lawrence E. Carlson, Lee D. Peterson, Walter S. Lund & Trudy L. Schwartz Integrated Teaching and Learning Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractCulminating five years of planning by faculty and students, the Integrated Teaching andLearning (ITL) Laboratory opened its doors in January 1997. One of the goals of the newfacility is to link theory and experimentation in a hands-on way. Custom designedLabStations facilitate this goal with the capability to

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Teresa L. Hein; Dean A. Zollman

Session 3280 Using Interactive Digital Video in an Introductory Course for Non-Science Majors Teresa L. Hein, Dean A. Zollman American University/Kansas State University Washington, DC/Manhattan, KSThe use of digital video has wide-spread applications for classroom and laboratory use. Thispaper describes two interactive digital video laboratories in kinematics designed for use bystudents in the introductory course for non-science majors at American University inWashington, DC. In addition, a brief synopsis of a study comparing traditional versus

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Alan K. Karplus

, Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund and Factory Mutual Research (1) was chosen.Four suggested topics were offered:1. Guarding of PTO's (Power Take Offs),2. Guarding of infeeds of harvesting equipment,3. Use of high strength composites in removable guards for equipment exposed to rugged field conditions; and,4. Develop a system that permits a wider range of protected motion than conventional seat belts for operators of tractors equipped with ROPES (Rollover Protection Structures).At the first meeting of the 1996 Spring Mechanical Engineering laboratory course anintroduction to team and team member dynamics was presented following which each ofthe four teams was directed to select a topic. Outside the laboratory was a large industrialFord tractor

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Gregory M. Dick

Session 2520 Economy Sized DSP: Signal Processing Instruction on a Budget Gregory M. Dick University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractInstruction in Digital Signal Processing can be a very expensive proposition. The cost of asingle PC based DSP laboratory station can easily exceed $4,000. Financing a complete lab canbe a financial impossibility for some institutions. The benefits of a strong laboratory componentto a DSP course are obvious. However, the use of several generally available resources canfulfill some of the functions of the

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Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

the student encounters.Administrative problems can be solved with appropriate levels of funding. To successfully usecommercial tools like the Cadence products, a high-end workstation laboratory with enough seatsto support engineering courses is required. Although it is possible to run these Cadence tools on aSparc II, it is recommended that as least a Sparc 5 is used with 32MB of memory. The laboratorywill require systems administration for maintenance and software upgrades. Cadence providesCNU with regular upgrades as part of our annual agreement which costs $5,000/year. Usersshould plan regular upgrades to keep current with EDA technology, but be careful not to upgradeduring the semester in case something goes wrong.The learning curve

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S. L. Ceccio; G. Tryggvason; Dawn M. Tilbury

) toaddress two basic issues:1. The background of the incoming students is changing rapidly. In the past, most of the incoming students had considerable hands on experience, and it could be assumed that students had some experience with basic tools and common machinery. Today, Page 2.347.6 however, students generally have little or no exposure to mechanical devices. Instead, students may have much more experience with computers. Experience with simple and complex engineering systems must come from modern instructional laboratories and the design course sequence.2. Industry increasingly relies upon a team approach to problem solving, and the

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Sohi Rastegar; Gerard L. Coté

. The four Senior/First-year-Graduate level coursesare broken down into two principles courses, a hands-on laboratory course, and a designcourse. One principles course is on therapeutic applications of lasers and the other onoptical monitoring and biosensing applications. They both include outside lectures fromfaculty within other Engineering disciplines and from the Medical collaborators. Inaddition, the lectures are supplemented with critical reviews of the literature and groupdiscussions. With this pedagogy in the classroom courses, the laboratory course, and inparticular, the design course, the emphasis will be placed on real world problem solving.The curriculum is being developed with input from an industrial and faculty advisoryboard

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A. J. Marchese; Robert P. Hesketh; T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18, 1997AbstractAll freshmen engineering students at Rowan University are introduced to engineeringexperiments and calculations through a series of integrated laboratories. These laboratories havethe student examine the facets of engineering through fabrication, reverse engineering,engineering measurements, experiment and prototype design.Introduction:The school of engineering at Rowan was created through a $100 million gift from Henry andBetty Rowan in 1992 to Glassboro State College [1]. Mr. Rowan is the founder and CEO ofInductotherm, Inc. which has headquarters in Rancocas, New Jersey. Inductotherm is the world'sleading induction melting equipment manufacturer with plants located internationally.The Rowan engineering

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Herbert Hess

Session 3233 Power Electronics Instruction: Topics, Curricula, and Trends Herbert L. Hess Department of Electrical Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, IdahoAbstract A review of the evolution of power electronics instruction in the US and Canada.Summary of surveys in the literature on structure and content of existing programs. The placepower electronics occupies within curriculum with recommendations for improvement of thatposition. Outline of undergraduate power electronics courses, laboratories, and projects.Identification of trends that may

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Thomas G. Boronkay; Janak Dave

. Page 2.264.1Current FormatAssociate Degree students in Mechanical Engineering Technology are required to take thefollowing courses as a part of their design sequence.Course Credit hoursEngineering Drawing I 3Engineering Drawing II 4Statics 4Mechanics of Materials I 4Mechanics of Materials II 4Design of Machine Elements 5All of the above courses are one quarter in duration and all of them have a laboratory associatedwith them except for Statics.In Engineering Drawing students learn fundamentals of design and drawing

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John E. McInroy; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

across the lecture and laboratory portions of the course.IntroductionGetting Electrical Engineering students started in their curriculum with up-to-date attitudestoward the role of computing in the engineering problem solving process is extremely important.This attitude should not be one that automated computing is a course of last resort for problemsthat cannot be solved by hand, but rather that computing is something that the practitioner does inpractice to increase productivity and to make the workload more bearable. In addition, computingshould not be done in a setting where the engineer does not understand the process beingimplemented. That is, a full understanding of the process is still very important so that theengineer can know when

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A. J. Marchese; Robert P. Hesketh; T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

University are introduced to engineering designthrough a series of hands-on engineering laboratories and design projects. The objective is toinvolve them in incrementally progressive design experiences. For example, students design amodified flashlight switch, a complete flashlight, undertake the design of proof-of-conceptexperiments, and finish with a system-level design of an environmentally friendly coffeemachine. Thus, the freshman design experience at Rowan specifically avoids “gimmicky”competitions and focuses instead on the design of real engineering devices such as flashlightsand coffee machines. In order to achieve this focus, freshman students must be exposed to avariety of engineering principles, experimental methods, and design tools not

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

administratorsand advisors which lead to recruits for research programs both of a graduate and undergraduatenature.The authors believe in exposing students to experimental research projects which exposestudents to a laboratory type experiment, data reduction, a written document and as the capstoneportion of the experience an oral report. These oral presentations may be to other students or topeer review panels in program competitions.However, in all cases the main goal is to give the student an exposure to independent learningand allow the individuals or teams to experience what a “research” project is like.ProjectsAs one would expect, the research undertakings are a function of the student’s level ofeducational background. Students in the junior FEMME

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Jose A. Macedo

. Students work in teams of three to four students. Theprojects are carried over from year to year. At the beginning of a semester, each team receivesall the documentation generated the previous semester. The students understand that thedocumentation they generate will be useful for other students in the future, therefore they aremotivated to produce clear and complete reports. Documents generated include: projectproposal, project technical report, user manual to operate the project, poster board, and videotape of final presentation. Results from this laboratory are encouraging. The level ofmotivation in students is very high, and most of them complete the course with a very goodunderstanding of concepts discussed in class

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Bob Lahidji

, simplifying in manufacturingprocesses, and optimizing of human resources. The objective of this paper is to report the core courses and laboratory activities inmanufacturing/mechanical engineering technology programs. These programs prepare studentsfor careers in America's changing industrial environment.Introduction Four-year Engineering Technology programs started in the early 1960's becauseengineering programs were becoming too theoretical. A baccalaureate in engineering technologyprepares individuals to become engineering technologist. The Engineering Technology Councilhas defined engineering technology as a: Profession in which a knowledge of the applied mathematical and natural sciences gained by higher education

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David E. Clough

and freshman (!) levels taught by ChE faculty or applied mathematicians⇒ statistics “modules” concurrent with our junior and senior laboratory courses⇒ a capstone statistics course in the last semester of the senior yearIn the last two years, we have developed and implemented a new approach embodied in a newcourse at the beginning of the junior year. This new course, Applied Data Analysis, combines amainstream of applied statistics with a threadline of content in instrumentation and measurementtechniques. The purposes of this integration are two:⇒ to bring relevance and life to the statistical material, and⇒ to prepare students for the measurements and data analysis of the following laboratory coursesA first attempt at this course was not

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Anthony J. Muscat; Evan D. H. Green; Emily L Allen; Linda Vanasupa

laboratory project is to build integratedcircuit devices on a 4" silicon wafer using a 5-mask pmos metal gate process. The short-termdesign experiments improve upon the existing IC process or develop a next generation process.In the lecture portion of the course both the unit operations needed for device building and theelectrical principles required for device testing are discussed. The cooperative learningenvironment that is created provides the knowledge content of semiconductor processing andstrengthens the oral and written communication skills necessary for success in industry. I. IntroductionMicroelectronic device fabrication is inherently interdisciplinary. The microelectronic circuitsthat have found

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David E. Clough

Session 2513 A New Multipurpose Fluid-flow Experimental Module David E. Clough Department of Chemical Engineering University of ColoradoIn 1996, we designed and implemented a mobile fluid-flow apparatus that has found immediateand wide application at various levels of our undergraduate and graduate programs. The reasonsfor the success of this module are its ease of use and breadth of application.The fluid-flow experimental module is built into a standard mobile cart that can be wheeledconveniently to different classroom and laboratory sites, both

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David L. Walters

. This paper provides an account of a laboratory experience at the United States Coast GuardAcademy,(USCGA) in utilizing National Instruments LabView data acquisition equipment, Excel andMathcad analysis software, and Power Point presentational software in a Macintosh environment in theinstruction of a senior level engineering measurement course. The curriculum of the newly accredited Mechanical Engineering major at the USCGA not onlyemphasizes the design and open-ended problem solving elements necessary to an excellent engineeringeducation, but seeks to augment the communications and leadership skills which the entire academy hasembraced as desired outcomes. Experimental Methods in Fluid and Thermal Sciences is a senior levelcapstone