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Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

Session# 2003-2158 Internet Based Experiments for Physical Laboratory Set-up Abul K M Azad1, Andrew Otieno1, Omar Ghrayeb2 and Navin Anand3 1 Department of Technology, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, IL-60115. 2 Department of Industrial Engineering, Northern Illinois University, IL-60115. 3 Graduate student, Department of Technology, NIU, Illinois, IL-60115. Email: azad@ceet.niu.eduAbstractThis paper presents the development of an Internet based experimental laboratory facility wherestudents

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Jones; Robert Wright

Session 1449 The Collin County Community College District Convergence Laboratory Wayne A. Jones, Robert Wright Division of Engineering Technology Collin County Community College District 9700 Wade Boulevard, Frisco, TX 75035AbstractThis paper presents and describes the novel next generation convergence lab located in theEngineering Technology (ET) Division at Collin County Community College District’s(CCCCD) Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco, Texas. The laboratory currently

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lan; Karlene Hoo; Jason Williams; Harry Parker; Charles Smith; Theodore Wiesner

a feel for what the equipment looks and feels like, as well ashow it operates. With the virtual portion, the students will become familiar with the computerinterfaces that are similar to industrial control rooms, and learn to manipulate the equipment viathose controls instead of manually turning valves and knobs. They can also explore operatingscenarios which are not easily or economically investigated with physical equipment. A powerfulcapability added by virtual experiments is the ability to use simulation to plan which laboratoryexperiments would be most useful to meet the goals of a lesson..SummaryWith the two labs complementing each other, the unit operations laboratory would be highlybeneficial to the students by teaching both the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

of the beam for easier visualization of their position inside of the beam.Figure 7 - Two span continuous beam used to teach post-tensioning techniques • Post-tensioned Crane: Figure 8 shows a crane designed and built to handle heavy loads in the laboratory. Details of its design and construction were presented at the ACI annual conference in Montreal gaining great compliments from fellow educators. Page 8.748.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Georg Mauer

, light weight, robustness in collisions). 7 Present completed vehicle. Presentation in the laboratory to the teaching Demonstrate all functions: sensors assistant. and motors. 9 Develop and test robot control Development of program flow chart and Robolabthrough software code. Documentation of robot’s response to code 13 segments. 14 Update literature search, present Powerpoint presentation, 10 minutes per team. design and results orally before Each team submits detailed complete report and the class and submit written final log book, documenting semester activities for report. each team

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Erik De Graaff; Gillian Saunders-Smits

objectives of the first year projects are3: - To apply knowledge gained in the lectures aeronautical and space engineering and mechanics by solving problems and acquiring insight in these subjects - To learn how to work in teams by doing - To get an introduction into using laboratory equipment Page 8.1120.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationAt the same time the Faculty has the objective to keep the students motivated for the study ofaerospace engineering during a first year

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Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Burt Swersey

Session 2125 Teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship Through Design in Inventor’s Studio Burt L. Swersey Mechanical, Aerospace, Nuclear Engineering William Foley Decision Sciences & Engineering Systems Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteInnovation and entrepreneurship are two words that are often put forward as goals forengineering education. Although most of our students will not start new companies upongraduation we can prepare them to act in an entrepreneurial manner within

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stanley Kieta; Christopher Decock; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

Session Number 2150 Students Teaching Students: a Pedagogical Experiment Gregory M. Dick, Stanley J. Kieta, Christopher A. Decock. Jerry W. Samples University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractHow do you fill a course and laboratory instructor vacancy on no notice? What happenswhen the Adjunct Professor cannot arrange a schedule for the laboratory portion of thecourse? Peer tutoring has been utilized for years in the sciences, math and humanities. Isit possible to use an upper-class student to assist in an engineering technology laboratorysetting

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

© 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe students are further broken down into 52 lab divisions taught by 18 graduate student teachingassistants and 40 undergraduate teaching assistants. Each lab is managed by one graduate and oneundergraduate teaching assistant. All of the teaching assistants and the computer labs in generalare managed by a Laboratory Coordinator, a professional staff member. In a large class, TAshave considerably more personal contact time with students than faculty. It is imperative that TAsunderstand, appreciate, and have an ability to convey the instructors teaching philosophy. This isespecially true when teaching first-year students whose expectations of college courses areskewed by their high school

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

position at Texas Christian University, Dr. Walter completed a 30-year professionalcareer at Sandia National Laboratories. This career included 18 years in the management of large-scale tests, testlaboratories, and weapon and test system design. Aside from his full-time teaching position, he consults extensivelyfor the aerospace and defense industry. Page 8.1063.11 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Russ Poldrack; Richard Hoge; Randy Gollub; Mark Vangel; Ian Lai; Douglas Greve; Julie Greenberg

Session 2109 TEACHING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF fMRI DATA Ian Lai1, Randy Gollub2,3,4, Richard Hoge3, Douglas Greve3, Mark Vangel3, Russ Poldrack5, Julie E. Greenberg4,6 1 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT 2 Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital 3 MGH/MIT/HMS Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging 4 Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology 5

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

Session 1630 Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies Dr. John A. Marshall, Dr. June E. Marshall University of Southern Maine / Saint Joseph’s CollegeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and describe teaching tools and techniques thatwill help new faculty as well as experienced faculty become more effective teachers.Based on a review of the literature, the following excerpts have been divided into twomajor sections. The focus of the first section is the learning process, and the secondsection discusses innovative methods of teaching.Topics included in the “Learning” section include: 1) Focusing on Learning

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

Session 2533 Teaching Design for Energy Sustainability Doanh Van, PhD., PE., CEM Union UniversityAbstract“Increasingly, investors are diversifying their portfolios by investing in companies that set industry-wide best practices with regard to sustainability”1. Sustainability has become yet anotheruniversal trend, besides total quality management, six sigma and total customer satisfaction, thatbusinesses and industries must adapt to remain competitive in the global market. Industries areadapting to Corporate Sustainability and, as a result, engineers

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

into existing SemiconductorManufacturing Technology (SMT) Degree offerings at the partner community colleges.Associate degree-seeking students enrolled at the community college travel to the MTFfor a scheduled laboratory period and co-share the Microelectronics Teaching Factorywith baccalaureate and masters degree-seeking students enrolled at ASU.BACKGROUNDASU East is a new campus of Arizona State University located in the city of Mesa,Arizona. It is at the former Williams Air Force Base in the southeast part of the PhoenixMetropolitan area; now known as the Williams Campus. Page 8.276.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sonya Smith; Marian Muste; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Donald Yarbrough; David Caughey; Alric Rothmayer; Barbara Hutchings; Rajesh Bhaskaran; Tao Xing; Frederick Stern

Laboratory-Oriented Studies (DELOS)Simulation technology is integrated into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratoriesthrough the development of teaching modules (TM) for complementary computational fluiddynamics (CFD), experimental fluid dynamics (EFD), and uncertainty analysis (UA). TMinclude three parts: (1) lectures on CFD and EFD methodology and standard procedures and UA;(2) CFD templates for academic use of commercial industrial CFD software; and (3) exercisenotes for use of CFD templates and complementary EFD and UA. The commercial industrialCFD software is FLUENT http://www.fluent.com/, which is widely used in many industries anduniversities and is a partner in the project. Initial TM are based on those developed as “proof ofconcept

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sonya Smith; Marian Muste; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Donald Yarbrough; David Caughey; Alric Rothmayer; Barbara Hutchings; Rajesh Bhaskaran; Tao Xing; Frederick Stern

Laboratory-Oriented Studies (DELOS)Simulation technology is integrated into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratoriesthrough the development of teaching modules (TM) for complementary computational fluiddynamics (CFD), experimental fluid dynamics (EFD), and uncertainty analysis (UA). TMinclude three parts: (1) lectures on CFD and EFD methodology and standard procedures and UA;(2) CFD templates for academic use of commercial industrial CFD software; and (3) exercisenotes for use of CFD templates and complementary EFD and UA. The commercial industrialCFD software is FLUENT http://www.fluent.com/, which is widely used in many industries anduniversities and is a partner in the project. Initial TM are based on those developed as “proof ofconcept

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jorge Gatica; Anthony Bruzas; Abhishek Gupta

interactive to keep the studentsattention while demonstrating important design concepts, and be versatile enough to fit differentteaching styles and be useful across-the disciplines instructors.There exist a number of applications where a "Mixer Design" can be used: in-classroom teaching,web-based instruction, distance learning, self-paced tutorials, etc. Laboratory setups to simulatemixers using certain impellers are simple to develop. However, certain impellers and designconditions are difficult to setup for which the applet is very useful. Portability, security, andcompactness make this type of module especially useful as training or testing tool. They requiresmall disk storage, do not interfere with the operating system, and can be executed in

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Oro; J Hines

Session 2220 Development of an Inexpensive LabView-Based Refrigeration Cycle Laboratory J. Wesley Hines, Rita Oro, Youssef Sharara The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-2300Abstract:A thermodynamic refrigeration cycle laboratory was created using a window airconditioner, pressure and temperature sensors, and a LabView data acquisition system.The system measures the high and low pressures sides and the refrigerant temperaturesbetween the four major components. A National Instrument LabView data acquisitionsystem was used to acquire, transform

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nasir Bilal; Harold Kess; Douglas Adams

laboratory. Experiments in the roving laboratory are to be carriedout in class, in two different on-campus facilities, and in the field. These experiments are usedby the instructor to motivate each and every theoretical discussion in class, to teach students howto plan, conduct and interpret their own experiments, and to expose students to importantemerging areas of experimental mechanics. The unique observational instructional approach ofthe course complements the roving laboratory by reversing the roles of theoretical andexperimental techniques that exist in traditional laboratory oriented classes. Instead of usingexperiments to validate theories, theories are used to validate experiments. The make-up of anindustrial advisory committee, which

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Kadlowec

this VI displays the shear and momentdiagrams for the simply-supported case (Figure 5). Page 8.303.6Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 5: Shear and Moment DiagramsSummaryThe experience of integrating a Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Innovation (CCLI) proposal,the multidisciplinary design experience and teaching tools for statics and solid mechanicscourses was successful for all involved. A team of faculty in the College of Engineering atRowan

Conference Session

Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Conte; Mesut Baran; Joel Trussell; Jack Brickley; Griff Bilbro; Greg Byrd; Cecilia Townsend; Ben O'Neal; Amir Mortazavi; Mehmet Ozturk

Department. In this curriculum, students choose theirspecialization areas starting from the second semester of the junior year. The system is carefullydesigned to ensure that students acquire both breadth and depth in their studies. The flagship ofthis curriculum is a new laboratory course, which the students take during the first semester afterthe first year common to all engineering students. The objectives of the new laboratory are: i) Tointroduce different ECE specialization areas to encourage students to start thinking about whichspecialization areas appeal more to them ii) To motivate the students through practical, hands-onexperiments connected to real-life applications iii) To teach fundamental concepts and basiclaboratory skills. In this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

puszynski jan; David Dixon; Bhavani Puli; James Munro

. Page 8.51.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Educationhttp://www.abet.org.2. Munro, James M. “A Design Experiment for the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory,” Proceedings of the2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal,Canada, June 2002 .3. Dixon, David J., L. G. Bauer, J. M. Munro and J. A. Puszynski “Use of Simulation Software Packagesas a Teaching Tool in the 4-year Chemical Engineering Integrated Design Project,” Proceedings of the1999 Annual Meeting of the American In stitute of Chemical Engineers, Dallas Texas

Conference Session

Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sushil Chaturvedi

Performing Interactively a Thermo-Fluids Laboratory Experiment in the Virtual Domain S. K. Chaturvedi, A. O. Akan, T. Abdel-Salam and A. Priyadershini College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 23529Abstract This paper deals with the development of an experiment in the virtual domain for theundergraduate thermo-fluids laboratory in the mechanical engineering program. A physicalexperiment titled “Venturimeter as a Flow Measuring Device” is replicated as a computer-basedexperiment as part of the ongoing effort at Old Dominion University to develop web-basedlaboratories that would provide students hands-on experience in the virtual domain

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yanfeng Gong; Mike Collum; Noel Schulz

optimal sized group. It is estimated that graduate teaching assistantscan usually develop background on the relay test configuration in about two weeks and that afaculty member could become familiar with the test set up for a demonstration in approximatelyfour hours or one afternoon.Both laboratory exercises are being tested this semester with two classes: the junior-levelintroduction to power class and senior-level power engineering elective class. Both classes haveperformed the symmetrical components laboratory. The juniors had a very favorable responseon the exercise based on informal exit surveys. Additionally the senior students wereenthusiastic about the laboratory as it was presented at the same time as symmetrical componentsand

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle D. Lutes; William Szaroletta

lab data (available only to one of the nineassigned teams) is shown in Figure 6. Page 8.671.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: Student View of MET 211 link on WebCT™ with ten laboratory folders along with a lab group folder for raw data uploads and downloads. Figure 2: Student and Instructor view of WebCT™ login screen detail. Login Name andPassword are unique for each student and instructor (and Teaching Assistants), supporting secure course score

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Salvatore Morgera; Hanqi Zhuang

AN UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY FOR WEB-BASED INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL Hanqi Zhuang and Sal Morgera Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 Session Number: 1526 Summary The objectives of this project are to demonstrate that (a) it is practical and feasible tooffer engineering undergraduate students a course on Web-based Instrumentation andControl (WIC) that involves recent technological innovations; (b) the proposed coursecan be effectively conducted with two integrated components

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mihaela Albu; Keith Holbert

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationphilosophical approach and the implementation details are explained. This approach isaccomplished here in a digital signal processing laboratory experiment. The work here targetssenior-level undergraduate electrical engineering students.2. BackgroundSignificant effort has been expended into organizing off-campus delivery of lessons usingmultimedia tools [1]. Laboratories based on simulation techniques have also been set-up forremote-access.[2] All these facilities intend to serve the need of increased schedule freedom ofboth students and teaching staff. Engineering

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

-Mechanical System and Control Laboratory, and ME 4802-Thermaland Fluid Laboratory. Previously, topics in probability and statistics were incorporated into ME3313-Measurements and Instrumentation.In the restructured laboratory sequence, data acquisition systems are introduced in ME 3312, andits applications have expanded to other laboratories, including ME 4702 and ME 4802. Toenhance laboratory teaching and development, instructors with backgrounds in experience inexperimental work and enjoy teaching laboratories are assigned to these courses.We took a multi-faceted approach in development, maintenance, and upgrade of our laboratories.A 5-year Laboratory plan was developed using the following means: 1. Repair and upgrade of existing equipment 2

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

engineers in industrialpositions. In addition, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)accreditation criteria requires that graduates of engineering programs possess “an ability todesign and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data” [4] and “an ability todesign a system, component or process to meet desired needs” [4]. To meet the requirements ofthis ABET accreditation criteria, the faculty of the mechanical engineering program at IndianaUniversity-Purdue University Fort Wayne has begun the development of DBT experiments in allrequired laboratories of the mechanical engineering program. The faculty believes that thisapproach would enhance and add another dimension to the teaching/learning experience in

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Chao

transfer students (into the VCU School ofEngineering). Presently, associate degree students are entering the program without the samelaboratory skills and experience that our freshman and sophomores acquire. Traditional in-classlaboratories require test instruments and facilities that are very costly in startup, maintenance,and weekly setup. A suite of test instruments for one student station in the laboratory costsapproximately $6000. In contrast, a laptop computer and e-LAB instrument device costapproximately $1500. Community colleges and engineering students themselves can afford* thispowerful test setup. Coupled with the on-line laboratory materials available, this approach willhave a major impact on teaching these students