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Nick J. Kok

Session 3148 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING TO PROMOTE STUDENT LEARNING Nick J Kok Cape Technikon, South AfricaAbstractThe Cape Technikon is an institution offering educational programmes up to the doctoratelevel. The engineering programmes offered are characterised by a system of co-operativeeducation, i.e. work-integrated learning.The Cape Technikon is committed to providing and facilitating quality career and technologyeducation. To fulfill its mission the Technikon introduced a comprehensive quality assurancemodel some years ago whereby the outcomes of its

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Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

Page 4.557.3Although a secondary input, facilities influence the learning process (Gupta (1994); Gilbert et al.(1993)). Hence, they should be considered during course planning and be evaluated; theadministrative support system has an important role on this aspect. Facilities include theclassrooms where the classes are delivered, laboratories, etc. as well as the environment inthose places (Gupta, 1994). They also include equipment needed such as computers,audio/visual, and lab equipment. Nonetheless, a professor should understand that preparationand enthusiasm are key to teaching; the equipment merely supports it.Learning objectives define specific topics for the learning outcomes that must be achieved. Thelearning outcomes are the specific

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Emma Torbert; Eleanor Abrams; David Bourgeois; Carmela Amato-Wierda; Anneliese Mueller; Christopher F. Bauer

faculty beliefs about teaching and learning must be challenged in order for them toconsider how to move students to value higher order thinking and professional collaboration.20-21This situation exists in part from simple lack of awareness of advances in cognitive science andeducational theory6, 22-26, lack of confidence or encouragement in trying new pedagogies27-29, andthe sheer logistical hurdles involved in reforming a General Chemistry course that often hashundreds of enrolled students.The idea of a laboratory-driven curriculum is not new. In the FIPSE (Department of EducationFund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education) Lectures on Chemical Educationdelivered at the 10th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in 1988, John W

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number of drill holes and a few laboratory tests on relatively small specimens.These limitations require that geotechnical engineers acquire extensive, varied practicalexperience, exercise good judgment, and learn the value as well as the limitations of all relatedlaboratory and field experiments.A primary goal of the geotechnical engineering program at California Polytechnic StateUniversity, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) is to train aspiring geotechnical engineers in commonlaboratory and field testing procedures so that they gain practical experience and learn theimportance of good judgment. The faculty believe that this teaching approach prepares thestudents for the rigors of the geotechnical engineering industry. Employers agree, given the

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William C. Conrad; Richard E. Pfile

Session 2649 Tools and Laboratory Exercises That Reinforce DSP Concepts and Motivate Technology Students Richard E. Pfile, William C. Conrad Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisAbstractThe goal of the DSP course in the EET department at IUPUI is to teach students how toprogram real-time DSP processors and to understand theoretical DSP concepts to theextent that they can comprehend literature typically seen in DSP data books andapplication notes.Students are taught to program a Motorola 56002 DSP processor in assembly languageduring the first half of the course. This helps

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Thomas Zickel; Russell A. Aubrey

Session 2249 Application Specific Troubleshooting and Problem Solving Tools for the Electrical Engineering Technology Laboratory Russell A. Aubrey, Thomas A. Zickel Purdue University School of Technology, Anderson, IndianaAbstractSeveral application specific circuit boards and techniques have been designed for use asinstructional tools in the Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) laboratory. The primary useof these boards is to serve as an efficient, productive and user friendly platform to introduceelectronic circuit problem solving concepts to EET students. Two application specific boardsare

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. To overcome this, the laboratory activities were divided in to three types, a Page 4.411.1distance part or Distance-Lab, a take-home part or Lab-Kit, and an on-campus part or Lab-Camp.Not all laboratories were composed of all three types of activities. A detailed description of theactivities is included in the next section.Another major obstacle in delivering the new distance course was how to effectively teach usingthe Internet. In the distance education model, a shift is made in the way a course is taught. Thisoccurs as a result of the asynchronous nature of delivering the course content and the way inwhich students and instructors

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Maurice Walworth; Kevin Schmaltz; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

integrated learning environment (New Paradigm) forces the students and faculty tobe extremely motivated. The student is forced to review and understand concepts and specificcalculations from a prior course laboratory, since they have to apply that knowledge in futurecourse laboratories. The faculty members are encouraged to continuously upgrade their laboratoryexercises and constantly keep in touch with other faculty members who are teaching other courselaboratories within this integrated environment.3. ISEL – The Concept of Vertical IntegrationThe new laboratory facility called the Integrated Systems Engineering Laboratory (ISEL) will beused by multiple courses. Students in each of the courses will use the same six set-ups, or stations,but study

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strong point of this ability to teach system dynamics and controlslaboratory via the internet. The investment in equipment at UTC can be shared by otherengineering schools. Previously, we have actively used the equipment for about 6 hours a weekfor about 20 weeks per year. This is a very small utilization fraction (about 0.014) of theavailable hours in a year. Providing learning opportunities for students with schedulingconflicts is another strong point of this ability to teach engineering laboratory via the Web.ConclusionLaboratory experimental apparatus can be made available for use from remote locations by theInternet. The programs described here are available without charge for educational use.2. "Distance Engineering Laboratory

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this project, several educational objectives are met: to develop creative andcritical thinking, to introduce design principles, to provide hands on experience, to developteamwork and communication skills, and to stimulate enthusiasm for engineering.IntroductionRowan University is pioneering a progressive and innovative Engineering program that usesinnovative methods of teaching and learning to prepare students better for a rapidly changing andhighly competitive marketplace, as recommended by ASEE [1]. Key features of the programinclude: (i) multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (ii)teamwork as the necessary framework for solving complex problems; (iii) incorporation of state-of-the-art technologies

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-traditionalstudents in remote areas [3][4] . The primary goal of this program is to offer educationalopportunities to individuals currently employed with an associate degree. An individual cancomplete the baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology in approximately fourand a half years on a part time basis by taking two courses per semester. Courses are typicallyoffered in the evenings, one day a week via one way video and two way audio connection.Laboratory instruction has proven to be the biggest challenge, since a majority of communitycolleges lack the equipment necessary to teach the upper division laboratories. Until now thestudents from remote sites had to come to the Norfolk campus during summer to take laboratoryclasses. In 1995 the

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than onepage of written guidelines (including safety issues) is typically available for each experiment;faculty supervisors act as coaches or mentors to the teams but do not portray themselves asauthority figures. Early on the morning the experiment is scheduled, each student team presentsthe results of the “prelab” preparation to a supervising faculty member who questions membersof the team on all aspects of the experiment including background theory; working equations;data collection; measurement errors and data reproducibility; and data analysis and evaluation.After successfully passing the prelab oral “exam,” each student team controls its own destiny inthe laboratory and operates without input from faculty supervisors or teaching

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G. Tong Zhou; Hong-Jing Lo

Session 3232 Developing Java-Based Virtual Laboratory Tools for 1an Undergraduate Random Signals and Noise Course G. Tong Zhou, Hong-Jing Lo Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstract This paper describes a set of Java-based virtual laboratory" tools to enhance an under-graduate course EE3340 Random Signals and Noise" at Georgia Tech. Written in Java anddistributed freely on the Internet, these course modules are platform independent, architec-ture neutral, highly interactive, and run on any computer with a suitable browser. Theyare intended to help students grasp abstract and di cult

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), senior design Project Proposal, Fall, 1998.DAVID MCDONALDDavid McDonald teaches courses in Electrical Engineering and is Chair of General Engineering andEngineering Technology at Lake Superior State University. He is the project PI and will use the ISEL inthe control systems laboratory course.KEVIN SCHMALTZKevin Schmaltz teaches courses in Mechanical Engineering and is Chair of Mechanical Engineering atLake Superior State University. He currently uses the ISEL in Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, MachineDesign and Freshman Introduction to Engineering courses.MORRIE WALWORTHMorrie Walworth is the Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lake Superior State University.He has plans to utilize the ISEL in his senior level machine vision and systems

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duringthe spring, summer and fall quarters of 1998. The purpose of the assessment is to measure theeffectiveness of the new lab format against the goals established by the Department, whichinclude providing a high level of motivation for the students, avoidance of "cookbook"laboratories, substantially involving the entire faculty in laboratory design, teaching, andassessment, and helping students perform better in lecture courses by having prior hands-onexperience with components, formulae, and computer simulation software.It has been found that many students are initially surprised by the level of challenge provided inthe first laboratory course, but readily accommodate as they progress through the sequence. Theoverall result of the new laboratory

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William S. Janna; A. Renner

National Heat Transfer Conference–Radiation Heat Transfer Session, August 6-9, 1989, Philadelphia,PA.12. Hamilton, D. C. and W. R. Morgan, Radiant-Interchange Configuration Factors, NACA Tech Note 2836.AARON RENNERAaron Renner is currently a MS student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Memphis. Hereceived his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering also at the University of Memphis. He teaches thefluid mechanics laboratory course, and is interested in conducting research on reducing the dragcharacteristics of various wing shapes by using an air injection technique. He serves the profession asChair of the student section of ASME.WILLIAM S. JANNAWilliam S. Janna is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Memphis

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Bopaya Bidanda; Kim LaScola Needy; Gary RAFE

Session 3557 Motivations for a Distributed Virtual Laboratory for Continuous Manufacturing Education and Training Gary Rafe, Kim LaScola Needy, Bopaya Bidanda University of PittburghAbstractThis paper presents motivations for and potential benefits of a distributed virtual laboratory formanufacturing education. The distributed virtual laboratory we describe here integrates acontemporary computer-based training delivery system with emerging open informationsystems, simulation, and visualization methods to form a distributed, architecture-independent,interactive experiential

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Bopaya Bidanda; Kim LaScola Needy; Gary RAFE

Session 3557 Motivations for a Distributed Virtual Laboratory for Continuous Manufacturing Education and Training Gary Rafe, Kim LaScola Needy, Bopaya Bidanda University of PittburghAbstractThis paper presents motivations for and potential benefits of a distributed virtual laboratory formanufacturing education. The distributed virtual laboratory we describe here integrates acontemporary computer-based training delivery system with emerging open informationsystems, simulation, and visualization methods to form a distributed, architecture-independent,interactive experiential

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Hakan B. Gürocak

. Page 4.478.1* Partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation’s Division of UndergraduateEducation through grant DUE # 9796330.One difficulty in teaching control systems is to provide a balance between theory and practice1.A control systems laboratory that provides the connection between the abstract control theoryand the real world applications is an invaluable tool for this purpose. However, given today’strend, this is not the only dilemma the control engineering educator is facing. Because of theability of a digital computer to process immense quantities of information and base controlstrategies on that information, more and more control system designs involve a digital controlleras part of the control

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Francis Ting

Session 1526 Using Inexpensive Modern Equipment in Teaching Turbulence to Undergraduate Engineering Students Francis C. K. Ting South Dakota State UniversityAbstractThis paper summarizes the development of four laboratory experiments designed to enhancelearning of turbulence theory by undergraduate engineering students. The concepts taught bythese experiments included boundary-layer structure, flow separation, vortex shedding, surfacepressure distributions, Reynolds stress, and statistical description of turbulent motion. Therequired equipment included an

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Michael Morrow

Session 3532 An Embedded DSP Development System for Teaching Real-Time Interfacing Michael G. Morrow United States Naval AcademyI. IntroductionHistorically, microcomputer interfacing has been taught using relatively low-performance 8 bitsystems. While this generally provided students with a simple architecture and instruction set, italso presented serious limitations, particularly in obtaining real-time operation. To overcome thisperformance shortfall, the Texas Instruments TMS320C31 DSP Starter Kit (DSK) will be usedas the engine for new

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R. S. Cartier; Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

ceiling and close proximity to the shipping/receiving dock. The design andconstruction of the building was accomplished in two phases. The first phase consisted of thedesign and construction of the classrooms, offices, and laboratories, upgrade of the HVACsystem by adding chillers, cooling towers, and boilers. The design and construction of theTeaching Factory became the second phase of the project. Approximately 15,000 square feetfloor space, which is around 15-25 percent of the building, is dedicated to the Teaching Factory.The industry partners Motorola and Intel have provided the ongoing support to this project fromthe conceptual stage. The design phase of the Teaching Factory was challenging due to its unique requirementsand

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Ronald James; Janet L. Gooder; Charles Wisniewski; Brenda Haven; A. George Havener

Session 3530 USING WORKSHOPS AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT TO TEACHING CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS Janet L. Gooder, Brenda A. Haven, A. George Havener, Ronald L. James, Charles F. Wisniewski United States Air Force AcademyAbstractThe Aeronautics Department at the United States Air Force Academy has found some successusing workshops in its regular offering of introductory classical Thermodynamics. This courseis taught annually to about 900 cadets, less than a third of whom are engineering students. Tohelp motivate student interest and improve student learning, in-class

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Chuck Keating; Paul Kauffmann; Abel Fernandez

A QFD Decision Model for Selecting Service, Teaching, and Research Opportunities Paul Kauffmann Abel Fernandez Charles Keating Department of Engineering Management Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 Office: 757-683-4946 Fax: 757-683-5640 pkauffma@odu.edu ASEE - New Engineering Educators Division 1999 Annual Conference Charlotte, NC Page 4.36.1

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(TMS320C30 and DSP56001) are very useful for applications such Page 4.438.1as mathematical modeling, noise analysis, and linear filters. However, if computers are used in 1the classroom/laboratory, then the instructor can increase teaching efficiency, and is allowed theuse of innovative teaching techniques.Course DescriptionThe course, “Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Applications”, introduces various hands-ontopics and applications such as biomedical signal processing, digital audio, and process control.The DSP course is offered to seniors and

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this approach is getting all the chemical engineering faculty to followthrough with the implementation.The Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University uses acombination of the two approaches to teaching process safety. In 1982 a process safetyprogram was initiated in the unit operations laboratory. In 1986 an elective course in processsafety was developed. Starting in 1993, this course has been required of all chemicalengineering undergraduates. There is a synergy between the process safety course and thesafety program in the unit operations laboratory. The SACHE (Safety and ChemicalEngineering Education) instructional materials are used in freshman and sophomore courses

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto; Zina Ben Miled; Paul Salama; Mohamed El-sharkawy

Session 1526 A Multidisciplinary Electronic Manufacturing Undergraduate Laboratory for the Design and Manufacture of DSP and Computer Based ASIC Systems Maher E. Rizkalla, Charles F. Yokomoto, Zina Ben Miled, Paul Salama, and Mohamed El-Sharkawy Department of Electrical Engineering Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 723W Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 Tel. No. (317)274-9719

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Sarah E. Irvine; Teresa L. Hein

paper we focuson strategies designed to improve student learning following instruction that utilizes technology-based learning tools in the introductory physics laboratory. To address this issue, we describe aninteractive laboratory experiment designed to teach the concept of momentum and impulse tointroductory physics students. The laboratory activity makes use of a collision apparatus andcomputer interface to allow students to determine relevant data. An interactive software toolallows students to perform a series of analyses of various elastic and inelastic collisions. We willlink the discussion regarding the use of these technology-based learning tools in the physicslaboratory to specific strategies that can be used to assess student

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Peter Avitabile

Session 2634 TEACHING MODAL ANALYSIS - A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS AND MULTIMEDIA IS BETTER YET! Dr. Peter Avitabile Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts USAAbstractTeaching complex concepts related to modal analysis (both analytical and experimental topics)to undergraduate students can be quite difficult. The student must be familiar with a wide rangeof different subjects - some of which he has

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Sandra Courter; Ruthie Lyle; Ranil Wickramasinghe; Lisa Schaefer; Kevin Nickels; Jodi Reeves; David Noyce; Annie Pearce

thecourse, reiterating the importance of these assignments was necessary.In trying to incorporate new teaching styles into a junior level course, several lessons werelearned. First, teaching undergraduate students is very different than teaching graduate students.It is easy to assume too much. Second, students appreciate the opportunity to provide input onthe course. Also, when introducing non-traditional teaching methods such as group assignments,it helps to reiterate the importance of these assignments in the middle of the course when thestudents have a better understanding of the subject matter. If an immediate benefit (such asperformance in a subsequent laboratory course) can be shown, students will be more receptive toinnovative teaching