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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jeff Frolik

Session 1526 Laboratory Enhancement of Digital and Wireless Communications Courses Jeff Frolik University of VermontIntroduction Over the past decade, the field of wireless communications has come into its own and isposed to become a ubiquitous technology with the recent arrival of 3G cellular, wireless localarea networks and wireless sensor networks. As such, today’s graduating electrical engineersneed marketable skills which are typically not developed in undergraduate curricula. This paperdescribes an ongoing program at the University of Vermont (UVM

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Peter Goodmann

Using Microsoft DirectX In a DSP Laboratory Peter E. Goodmann, P.E. Indiana University – Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractThis paper reports on the use of Microsoft DirectX as a laboratory teaching tool in a junior-leveldigital signal processing (DSP) course for technology students. The DirectX SoftwareDevelopment Kit (available as a no-cost download from Microsoft), along with Microsoft VisualC++ or Visual Studio, can turn any soundcard-equipped desktop or laptop PC into a self-contained DSP laboratory for software development, experimentation, and teaching.Teaching DSP to ECET students represents a unique challenge, due to the hands-on emphasiscompared with the

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Pierre; Frank Tuffner; Robert Kubichek

Innovative Communications Experiments Using an Integrated Design Laboratory Frank K. Tuffner, John W. Pierre, Robert F. Kubichek University of WyomingAbstractIn traditional undergraduate teaching laboratory environments, many communication topics aredifficult to convey because of their complexity in implementation. This paper describeslaboratory experiments that explore challenging communication topics using the University ofWyoming’s new integrated design undergraduate teaching laboratory. Each lab stationcomprises a PC using LabVIEW and GPIB to control oscilloscopes, arbitrary functiongenerators, power supplies and a data acquisition card. In

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ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Hazem Refai; James Sluss

Session # 3432 A Laboratory Course for Telecommunications Systems Engineering Hazem H. Refai and James J. Sluss, Jr. School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Telecommunications Systems Program University of Oklahoma – Tulsa Abstract An integral part of the curriculum in the recently developed Master of Science in Telecommunications Systems program at the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa is a laboratory course. The course is designed to enhance student understanding of fundamental computer networking

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leslie Collins; Lisa Huettel

Connexions Project, cnx.rice.edu3. D.L. Jones (2001). “Designing effective DSP laboratory courses,” 2001 Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, pp. 2701-2704.4. D.E. Melton, C.J. Finelli, L.M. Rust (1999). “A digital signal processing laboratory with style,” 1999 Proc. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conf, Session 12b6, November, 1999.5. M. Nahvi (1999). “Real-time digital signal processing design projects in an undergraduate DSP course and laboratory,” Texas Instruments DSPS Fest 1999.6. E.A. Lee (2000). “Designing a relevant lab for introductory signals and systems,” IEEE Signal Proc. Education Workshop, October, 2000.7. C.H.G. Wright, T.B. Welch, D.M. Etter, M.G. Morrow (2002). “Teaching DSP

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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

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Glenn Blackwell

Paper 2005-1511 Laboratories for the Design and Assembly of Electronic Devices using Surface Mount Components Glenn R. Blackwell, P.E. Purdue University blackwell@purdue.eduAbstract Purdue’s ECET department has supported surface mount technology (SMT) in its labs forover 10 years. In that time the department has expanded its teaching of the design and assemblyof devices incorporating surface mount components (SMCs) from design basics and simplemanual assembly in one undergraduate class, to more complex designs and manual & automatedassembly in two electronic manufacturing courses

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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

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Derek Yip-Hoi; Zbigniew Pasek

. Thepedagogical role of the Lego block concepts in teaching engineering and physical principles hasalso been documented6,7. These cases demonstrate that Lego Blocks play a role in teaching andresearch for higher education. At the same time, a study of the documented activities has notyielded an example that matches the concept described in this paper.Numerous examples of systems exist in the area of CIM for education; such systems have beendeveloped at universities for both the research and education purposes8,9,10,11. In addition, severalcommercial companies specialize in producing CIM environments for education14,15,16.CIM ENVIRONMENT FOR LEGO PRODUCTSThe challenges of developing CIM environments within an educational setting are not trivial inthe

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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh

professional ethics.• Development of personal skills, such as communications, report writing and teamwork skills.Unfortunately, educational institutions often lack the resources needed to help students tobecome proficient with equipment. For example, a Manufacturing Automation and Roboticscourse typically uses programmable logic controllers, sensors, robots, and machine visionsystems in teaching automated manufacturing system design. However, students’ learning ishindered by obstacles such as:• High faculty-to-student ratios: For example, the ratio for Manufacturing Automation and Robotics at one major university is 1:36 for lectures and 1: 18 for each of two lab sections.• Limited lab access: Students may only use equipment during scheduled

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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Kline

, Wallace J. and Mark L. Spearman, Factory Physics, Foundations of Manufacturing Management, Second Edition, Irwin McGraw Hill, New York, 2001.[4] Jack, Hugh, ‘Teaching Integrated Manufacturing Systems with Programming,’ Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 3663.[5] Management Video Series, Volume IX, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, ISBN 0-07-287089-3.[6] McKinnon, Ronald I., U.S. Fiscal Deficits and Lost Jobs in Manufacturing, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, October 2004.[7] Miller, Jeffrey G. and R. Paul Olsen, National Cranberry Cooperative, Harvard Business Review Case Study, # 675014.[8] Rossler, Paul, ‘Toward Complete, Coherent Production System Design

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Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

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Guoping Wang

to use these tools in their future work. 2) Xilinx has an excellent university program supporting web site. This site includes lots of laboratory exercises, student projects collections and links as teaching resources. 3) An excellent step-by-step tutorial plus FAQs are available as Xilinx on-line documents8. Extensive collections of FPGA/CPLD application notes are also available on the Xilinx web site. 4) In the CPLD library of Xilinx ISE 5.2, there are lots of 74xx symbols 9. The library includes the popular logic blocks such as 74x138, 74x139, 74x151, 74x163, etc. In the lab

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Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor; Jean Kampe

Tech. He is also the Director of the Frith FreshmanEngineering Design Laboratory and the Faculty Advisor of the VT Mini Baja Team. He is actively involved inbringing joy and adventure to the educational process and is the recipient of numerous University teaching awards.JEFFREY B. CONNOR is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University. He received his M.S. in civil engineering from Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University and B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Lowell. He is currently pursuinga Ph.D. in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where he teaches freshmanengineering

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Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leonard Perry

design capstone course description is: ISyE 490 Industrial Engineering Design Capstone senior design project. Application of principles of Industrial Engineering from throughout the curriculum to a design project. Written and oral reports, design reviews, final project report and presentation. Three hours lecture and one laboratory weekly.This course provides the capstone Industrial and Systems Engineering experience at USD. In thecourse, students are required to complete all aspects of a project from preparing the proposal topresenting recommendations. Students are expected to draw on their principles learned in manyof their courses. At USD, we solicit projects from local companies in order to provide students a“real

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tadeusz Majewski; Hector Cervantes; K. V. Sudhakar

analysis are introduced. The directbenefits of experimental exercises in fracture mechanics to materials science/mechanicalengineering education have been discussed. The basic/primary objective of these experiments isto give students the hands-on experience. Furthermore, more emphasis is given for improvingstudents’ learning skills and creative thinking by having small group discussions and frequentquizzes on laboratory exercises.Keywords: Fracture mechanics course; Teaching methods; Laboratory methods; Fracturetoughness testing and microstructure analysis.1. IntroductionA new elective course on fracture mechanics is proposed to be introduced for the undergraduatestudents in mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering undergraduates typically

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Lehman; Chung-Ling Huang; Muniyappa Venkatesha; Asad Yousuf

)microcontrollers.To meet the demands of this new trend we have decided to teach the Microchip 8-bit PICmicrocontrollers. However, before making this transition several factors such astextbook, hardware and software tools must be specified to implement the course in a realworking environment.In an effort to teach students the PIC microcontroller, the Electronics EngineeringTechnology Department has developed a course in which emphasis is directed towardsthe PIC microcontroller in addition to the traditional concepts of the MC68HC11. Thispaper will discuss the course outline, laboratory equipment, and embedded designexample with the PIC18F452 microcontroller.IntroductionElectronics Engineering Technology and Computer Science Technology curricula eachrequires

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kemi Ladeji-Osias

Planning and Teaching an Undergraduate Course Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Morgan State University Baltimore, MD 21251AbstractPlanning a course involves many issues including choosing the objectives, scope and content,preparing a syllabus, developing lectures, laboratories, projects and assignments, and evaluationof students. Teaching the course is the implementation of the plan while developing a rapportwith the students and monitoring classroom dynamics. Teaching requires adapting your plan toyour current group of students and to the changing educational

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Mingle; Tom Roberts

capstone courses between Xer faculty members;otherwise, one professor will have a lock on a course for more than two or three years. Further,when an Xer professor begins teaching a new course, that course should not be a basic course,but a secondary (higher level) one utilizing the basic course as a prerequisite. After teaching oneor more of these secondary courses, the more experienced professor is assignable to the basiccourse.This concept of having the senior, Boomer, professors primarily teaching basic courses whileleaving the more advanced courses for the Xers is reinforced by the learning differences in Mil-lennials and Xers. As noted previously, the Millennials are concrete/linear learners who learnwell in physical laboratories supporting

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Fike

Teaching Telecommunications Fundamentals – A Networking Approach John L. Fike, P.E. Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M UniversityIntroductionAs with many topics in a rapidly changing technical world, an introductory course intelecommunications and networking presents a challenge to curriculum developers. How doesone teach fundamentals, such as frequency, bandwidth, and multiplexing, which change slowlyand do not always appear important to the students? How does one teach contemporarynetworking topics in a way that is interesting to the “techies” while not losing the

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Barry Dupen

Session 2568 Teaching Problem-Solving by Storyboard Dr. Barry Dupen Indiana University Purdue University Fort WayneAbstract Problem-solving methods taught in Statics, Dynamics, and Strength of Materials coursesvary in complexity. Some methods require one or two computations, such as calculating thetensile stress in a rod of a given diameter subject to a known tensile load. Other methods requirea series of steps, such as frame analysis (three steps), or calculating the moment of inertia aboutone or more centroidal axes of a compound shape (ten steps). The

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

problems of businessand life. Page 10.376.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Why, of all the human arts, does college teaching not improve? From Plato’s academy ofthe fifth century B.C. to the research university of today, professors have taught much thesame way, with indifferent results. A few students learn very well, many learn a little,and a few nothing at all.What is a better idea? Try learning. Learning is something students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brian Resnick

Session 2548 Teaching the Programmer’s “Bag of Tricks” Brian J. Resnick, P.E. University of CincinnatiAbstractPrior to entering academia, the author provided supplemental programming education to the newhires for a manufacturer of an embedded system application. Over a twenty year period, heobserved the skill set of graduates from a variety of educational institutions, and discovered thatthey understood the syntax but were unable to conceive or express a solution to many of theproblems at hand. They had limited exposure to the problem-solving techniques

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Norman D. Dennis

1 2 3 Engaging Engineering Students through 4 Improved Teaching 5 6 7 Norman D. Dennis 8 University of Arkansas 910111213 Abstract1415 National enrollment statistics show that engineering programs historically lose more than 55% of16 their entering students to attrition of some form1. Whether this attrition is to other academic17 programs or from college altogether it is clearly a problem that must be reversed if we are to18 attract and retain the best and brightest minds to the engineering profession for the future. While19 there are a wide variety of reasons for the poor retention of

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BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samantha Richerson; Daniel Cavanagh

aregiven a “plan of attack”, where a set of prescribed experiments are given, data collection isrequired, and results are compared to the theoretical standard to determine how accurate orprecise students were with respect to the “right” or theoretical answer. The second type oflaboratory experience is the design. Students are given a design goal or objectives, and little orno supporting information on how to design. This is almost equivalent to dropping students inthe deep end of the pool without teaching them how to swim.There is currently a large gap between these two types of laboratory experiences. In the firstexperience, students are focused on how to get the equipment to give them the answer that mostclosely resembles the lecture material or

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Garcia Julio; Patricia Backer

laboratory content for Tech 167—Control Systems in line with theories of effectiveness in web-based instruction (Fisher &Nygren1; NSF23; Shiratuddin, Hassan, & Landoni2); (2) Develop multimedia lecture materials forthe teaching/learning of Tech 167—Control Systems using WebCT (Sharer & Frisbee3); (3)Revise the laboratory activities to integrate an electronics kit (consisting of data acquisitionhardware) so that students can complete them following the model established by Wang4 and (d)Integrate LabVIEW and Multisim in the Tech 167 class to provide the students with realistic,industry-based simulation experiencesIntroductionThe Department of Aviation and Technology at San Jose State University (SJSU) offers twobachelor’s degrees: BS in

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michele Miller

Problem Solving in the Research Laboratory —A Workshop for Graduate Students Michele H. Miller Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractGraduate students often struggle to overcome the obstacles inherent in experimental work.Through practice over the course of a graduate program, many students will transition fromnovice to expert problem solvers even though they receive little explicit instruction on how to dothis. This paper describes a workshop whose purpose is to give graduate students tools to usewhen encountering unexpected problems in the lab. A pilot two-hour version of the workshopwas delivered to nine graduate

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Timothy Mays

of Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education, January, 2003.4. ASCE, ASCE Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004.5. Chaplain, S.B., “Guided Development of Independent Inquiry in an Anatomy/Physiology Laboratory,” Advances in Physiology Education, The American Physiological Society, December, 2003.6. Guessous, L., Bozinoski, R., Kouba, R., and Woodward, D., “Combining Experiments with Numerical Simulations in the Teaching of Computational Fluids Dynamics,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, 2003.7. Miller, D.C., Anklam, M., Artigue, R.S., Carlson, A., Coronell, D.G., Sauer

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Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Schmaltz; Robert Choate

Schmaltz teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering at WKU,including the Freshman Experience course, Sophomore Design, Junior Design and the Senior Project CapstoneDesign course sequence. Prior to teaching at WKU, he was a project engineer for Shell Oil, designing and buildingoil and gas production facilities for offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Page 10.413.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAppendix A: ME 420 Laboratory Course

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Olsson; Lars Håkansson; Johan Zackrisson; Ingvar Gustavsson; Henrik Åkesson

use in undergraduate education and in secondary schools as well as invocational training and life-long learning. Universities and other teaching organizations areinvited to test the laboratory and conduct experiments or regular laboratory sessions using theirown components and learning material in the language of their choice. Expensive laboratoryequipment can be provided for students with no time or space limitations. Remote experimentswill not replace traditional lab sessions but supplement them and make them more useful. It maybe possible to compensate for the reduction in the number of lab sessions during the past fewdecades and even improve electronics courses without incurring any increase in cost. New moreeffective teaching methods may

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Alan Sahakian

An Inexpensive Laboratory Module to Teach Principles of NMR/MRI Alan V. Sahakian1, Christopher Hayes1, Bugrahan Yalvac2 Biomedical Engineering Department1 and School of Education and Social Policy2 Northwestern UniversityAbstractWe report the details of, and our experience with, a relatively simple and inexpensiveteaching laboratory apparatus which demonstrates some of the basic physical phenomenaand principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI). Our approach uses two 2x2x1 inch Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) permanentmagnets in the 0.6 T range, and large cylindrical (5 inch diameter, one inch thick) field-spreading pole pieces made of soft steel, along with a one-half

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christopher Fernando

2005-1661 Integration of Manufacturing Automation Laboratory Component with Distance Education Christopher G. Fernando Industrial Technology/Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Community & Technical College at WVU Tech Montgomery, WV 25136 Lfernando@mail.wvu.eduAbstractIn the last two decades, there has been an increasing emphasis on manufacturing automation andflexible manufacturing work cells in order to increase the product quality and reduce

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

Session Adapting Engineering Laboratories to Enhance Learning using Real-Time Sensors Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan, and Benjamin L. Sill General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractClemson’s NSF-sponsored EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time (EXPERT) project isdesigned to assess the efficacy of using real-time sensors connected to laptops in engineeringclasses. Earlier papers described the painstaking procedure used to develop parallellaboratories—one set of laboratories using sensors and another set of laboratories not usingsensors