Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Reising

Resigns In Shake-Up at Aerospace Titan.” TheWall Street Journal. 2 December 2003.JAMES A. REISING is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Evansville, Evansville,Indiana, where he has taught since 1980. Prior to that time he was employed by Eagle-Picher Industries at theMiami Research Laboratories and the Electro-Optic Materials Department. He is a senior member of IEEE and hasbeen senior project coordinator for electrical and computer engineering at the University of Evansville since 1982. Page 9.287.8 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

theoretical conceptswith hands-on practical experiences and we have lead most of our engineering colleagues inusing innovative approaches in the classrooms. All these issues that focus on pedagogy,methodology and teaching innovation, especially those with a practical emphasis will be verywelcome not only by fellow engineering technology colleagues but also by engineering facultyand the academic community in general. The dissemination of laboratory experiences,procedures and even manuals is another are where we can, as an academic community, make asignificant contribution to the current body of knowledge. As a discipline, engineeringtechnology has a long standing experience in involving industry in shaping curricular contentsvia the industrial

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Goda; Pete Hanlon; Lisa Shay

distance from a target using pneumatic reaction control jets that would flyin the weightless environment of NASA’s NKC-135 weightless laboratory (Figure 3). Anultrasound range sensor was used (just for the proof-of-concept since this would obviously notwork in a space environment) with two reaction control jets to maintain the proper distance. Acomputer simulation was developed so that various control algorithms could be tested. The Page 9.593.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationproject was

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

should briefly outline theirreasons for wanting to complete an undergraduate research project. Faculty mentors shouldprovide an assessment of the proposed research project considering the following factors. a) The time period during which the student will work on the project b) The total amount of time the student is expected to spend on the project c) The total amount of time the faculty member is expected to spend on the project d) The percentage of time the student is expected to spend on related activities such as laboratory work or data gathering, data analysis, other computer work, library work, and report writing e) In what other journal or conference their work might be presented besides presenting at the CBAS

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Ford; Jana Goodrich; Robert Weissbach

the following reasons: • Business and engineering students tend to study differently. Engineering students at Penn State Behrend tend to work on assignments in a familiar laboratory, whereas the business students tend to work on assignments at home. • The schedules of business and engineering students make it difficult for teams to find a time for everyone to meet. Additionally, many students work 20-40 hours per week at outside jobs, further complicating the coordination of mutually convenient out of class meetings. • The skill sets of business and engineering students are different, so communication issues become more important. For example, the engineering students may need to spend more time

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Siddique Zahed; Chaturaporn Nisagornsen; Kurt Gramoll

online education technology for engineering and technology applications.ZAHED SIDDIQUEZahed Siddique is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Product and Process Design Laboratory at Universityof Oklahoma. His research focuses on product family design, CAD/CAM, design collaboration and engineeringdesign education. Dr. Siddique received his B.Sc., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Instituteof Technology.KURT GRAMOLLKurt Gramoll is the Hughes Centennial Professor of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Media Lab at theUniversity of Oklahoma. He has developed and published CDs and web-based sites for engineering education, K-12instruction, and industrial training. Dr. Gramoll received his B.S. degree in Civil

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George York

students and makes basic DSP concepts more meaningful. While MATLAB simulations areuseful for teaching the basic theory, many of these concepts are more easily taught toundergraduates if appropriate real-time demonstrations and laboratory experiences are available. The challenge of transitioning from MATLAB to real-time hardware is often the expense and asteep learning curve for the students. This paper describes a real-time DSP educational platformbased around the programming ease of MATLAB and the low-cost Texas Instruments C6711digital signal processing starter kit. Classroom uses of this platform are discussed.1. IntroductionWhile there are many interesting real-time audio DSP applications to choose from, we havefound the relatively simple

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Ellen Haupt; Jessica Gregory

, 2000. W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Logic Model Development Guide, Battle Creek, MI, 62 pp. Dr. Sue Ellen Haupt, as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, was faculty advisor to the USU SWE student section, as well as a Cadette/Senior Girl Scout leader during this project. In addition to engineering, she enjoys outreach projects with K-12 students. She has recently moved to the Computational Mechanics Division of the Applied Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University. Jessica Gregory was Chair of the SWE Mentoring Girl Scout Committee in 2003. Shortly afterward, she was elected President of the USU SWE student section. She is graduating with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2004 and plans to complete the M.S.E.E. by 2006

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

University andhas over 28 years of engineering experience, including positions in academia, industry, the United States Army, agovernment laboratory, and his own consulting business. He is a registered P.E. in the State of Tennessee. Page 9.71.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Darrell Gibson

Technologywhere she teaches design, controls, graphics, and mechanical measurements. Her BS and MS are from theUniversity of Tennessee in Nuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology inME. She has also been an Associate Professor at Christian Brothers University. Her industrialexperience includes Oak Ridge National Laboratories and Chicago Bridge and Iron. She is a registeredPE.J. DARRELL GIBSON is a Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Inst of Tech where he teaches design,noise control, and structural mechanics. His BS and MS are from Purdue in Aero Engineering and hisPh.D. is from the University of New Mexico in ME. He has also been an Associate Professor at theUniversity of Wyoming and a Visiting Professor at Colorado State

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Johnston; Diane Douglas

departments and a topic well discussedin the 2001 ASEE conference2,3. The curriculum of the course was built around fourpillars: drawing, design, communication and teamwork.The Engineering Design LabThe University of Calgary invested 1.28 million dollars as a start up contribution to thedesign and construction of four technologically advanced laboratories for the first yeardesign course. The four linked labs circle around a central broadcast booth; instructorscan broadcast to all labs simultaneously and are able to monitor lab activities throughfeedback screens. The four labs accommodate 150 students at one time; students work atlab tables in teams of four. Each lab has a document camera, a projection screen, acomputer terminal for every two students

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anwar Hossain; James Fragomeni

designed to improve the interactive learning environment that students have inlearning material science in their undergraduate studies. Various courses such as metalprocessing, strength of materials, machine design, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,manufacturing processes, mechanical behavior of materials, principles of engineering materials,materials laboratory, senior lab, senior design, and metallic corrosion require a goodunderstanding of engineering science and materials for the success of the undergraduate students.The goal would be to enhance and improve the student's materials & engineering sciencebackground and knowledge and also their computer skills using the web in an interactive user-friendly environment. Rather than simply reading

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Chawla

/Answers (1 point) • ORAL GRADE (12 points) Page 9.958.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education MINI DESIGN PROJECT 2 DESIGN OF A COMMERCIAL-SCALE CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR A GOURMET-QUALITY FOOD DISH • BACKGROUND: Batch processes in batch reactors (such as pots & pans, ovens, etc.) are used for preparing most gourmet foods in a food laboratory (kitchen). The

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch

for relevance and incorporated into existing or new courses. This processwith faculty externships will provide an ongoing opportunity for the RCNGM faculty to staycurrent. NSF’s ATE program has already invested in the development and implementation of sixonline technology courses in photonics and telecommunications (NSF 0101654). The results ofthese piloted courses have demonstrated the need for a blended delivery of online courses, usingon-site laboratories to augment online delivery of thereby. In addition, the followingcurriculum elements were identified as being critical to the development of a Next GenerationManufacturing focus within the COT: (1) quality control courses; (2) Information Technology;(3) Precision

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

. degree from Sardar Patel University in 1970; and M.S. in 1972, Ph.D. in 1975, both inMechanical Engineering from Mississippi State University. He is a Professor in the Division of EngineeringTechnology at WSU. He has served as Chair of the Division from 1987 to 2003. His prior appointments includeState University of New York at Binghamton, Tuskegee University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and IBM.DEBORAH DIAEKDr. Daiek is the Associate Dean of Academic and Assessment Services in Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI. Shealso serves as the chair of General Education and president of SCAAPP. She received her B.S. degree in Educationfrom Western Michigan University in 1978, M.A. degree in Community College Education from Western MichiganUniversity in 1986

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhanmin Zhang; Susan Tighe; Gerardo Flintsch; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

. Page 9.564.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringSecond, we can form exchange programs, where students can spend a term or summer awayfrom their home university, taking courses in other universities, working at a public agency orprivate company, or conducting research in a national laboratory. These programs can bemodeled upon successful existing programs in government agencies, many of which havesystems in place that can actually pay for this type of programs. Students can also work inpractical field projects that are useful to agencies, use available data for projects, and/orparticipate in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Urban; Debra Banks; Mary Anderson-Rowland

exam and the computer basics with a vision course would bethe crucial determining factor for getting the student at the right starting point in the degreeprogram.References1. Urban, Joseph E., Reyes, Maria A., and Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., “Minority Engineering Program ComputerBasics With a Vision,” Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston,Massachusetts, November 6-9, 2002, pp. S3C-1 – S3C-5.2. Comerford, Richard, “Handhelds Duke It Out For the Internet,” IEEE Spectrum, Volume, 37, Number 8, August2000, pp. 35-41.3. Sutherland, Karen T., “Undergraduate Robotics on a Shoestring,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, Volume, 15, No. 6,November / December 2000, pp. 28-31.4. Horswill, Ian, “A Laboratory Course in Behavior

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Greg Spaulding

technology, aviation (including professional pilot), and business. Theacademic programs are designed to directly prepare participants for the world of work,and the programs are very application oriented and laboratory intensive. KSU-Salinastudents learn by doing. Over the last five years, the college has placed 96% of itsgraduates, and each year several employers actively recruit on campus.With the size of the campus, the diversity of study, and the large number of activeentrepreneurs in the local community, this campus provides the ideal environment forimplementation of a broad-based entrepreneurial transformation. With very little fanfare,this transformation has already begun and will continue to be implemented, untilentrepreneurship permeates

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

. 120 EECS 18 Lego Line-Follower Build a functioning remote car using Lego, then program it using Lego Mindstorm's Graphical User Interface. 122 BMEN 20 Totally Hip Replacement Modeling Use laboratory instruments and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) software to reverse-engineer a simple biomedical implant to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

theresearch laboratories. Payroll and consumable supply expenses were funded through the TIDESbudget. Target enrollment for any given lab session was two or three freshmen. Composition,duration, and requirements (reports, etc.) for each lab topic were left to the discretion of the labinstructor (with suggestion and input from us).In the first iteration, graduate students submitted ideas for mini-labs which were approved firstby the TIDES instructors and then by the faculty members controlling whatever equipment & labspace was needed. Documentation for each lab included a mini-syllabus and pre-lab documentposted to the website so that students could decide which labs to select

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins

if” tool. Excel also includes tools for data visualization such as graphs and charts.Excel has many additional built in tools, such as Solver, Goal Seek, and the ability to add TrendLines. Excel can also be augmented with VBA Macros, a programming tool. A screen shot ofExcel’s basic interface is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 – Screen Shot of Excel InterfaceMatlab was originally developed as a Matrix Laboratory, and matrices are still a large part of itsarchitecture. Matlab’s interface is command driven and includes Workspace variables and aCommand History. It has numerous built in functions for basic and advanced computations andsupports 2-D line plots and as well as 3-D surface plots. Matlab’s capabilities can be

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Youakim Kalaani

, as well as, lessons learned for future improvements are presented and discussed.I. IntroductionThe Technology Department at NIU offers three undergraduate programs: Electrical EngineeringTechnology (EET), Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MET), and Industrial Technology(IT). All technology students are required to take Electricity and Electronics Fundamentals(TECH175) and its companion Laboratory (TECH175A) that can be viewed at the department’sweb page http://www.ceet.niu.edu/depts/tech/academic/classes/class. For some students, this ispossibly their only opportunity to learn basic electricity skills before graduation. Due to theirmultidisciplinary nature, these courses have traditionally been a challenge to teach, andtherefore

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

delivery methods (lecture,laboratory, face-to-face discussion) to include educational options ranging from web-basedcourse supplement to the complete delivery of courses online4,5. The choices that faculty mayconsider range from simply posting a syllabus to creating web-based content to enhanceclassroom instruction to exclusive online delivery.While the primary focus of web-based delivery has been in the development of standalone web-based distance education courses, more faculty members are beginning to use the web tosupplement and enhance classroom instruction, creating “hybrid courses”1,4,6. The author haschosen to supplement a traditional face-to-face on-campus CAD (Computer Aided Design)course with an online supplement using WebCT. These

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

problem”, sulfur / CO poisoning of electrodes 8. Research and development efforts in fuel cells 9. Fuel cell system economics and marketA good introductory book on fuel cells (that will be recommended, but not required) hasbeen written by Larminie and Dicks19. Supporting laboratory experiments will also bedeveloped in future years. These experiments can easily be integrated into the chemicalengineering curriculum.What Went Right / What Went WrongWorking with a large number of undergraduate students on a research project is achallenging task. This section will highlight some of the things that were a success andsome of the things that could be improved upon.Student evaluations of the instructor were excellent. This may be because the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Cliver; Mike Eastman

ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Robots and Programming ChallengesThe second main activity was to program the robots to negotiate the campus models asefficiently as possible. The robot selected for this endeavor was the JM IQ-Bug from JoinMaxDigital Technology. Each team of four was given a robot and used a laboratory computer tolearn about programming and controlling the robot. Programming was performed via asomewhat cumbersome graphical user interface, and the instruction manual provided with therobot was very minimal. This required that a simple instruction manual be developed with someexamples of programs that the students could readily use. The robot was able to respond toseveral forms of stimulus from a variety of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

Over September 11 Remarks” Chronicle of Higher Education, January 11, A12.36. G. Yasuda. (1994). "Regents Board Member Seeks to Abolish Tenure" The Orlando Sentinel, May 31, B1.BiographyRoli Varma is an associate professor of public administration at the University of New Mexico. She alsoteaches a Technology in Society course for the School of Engineering. Her research interests andpublications include restructuring of corporate R&D laboratories, women and minorities in informationtechnology, Asian scientists and engineers in the United States, and engineering ethics. She can be reachedat varma@mgt.unm.edu Page 9.1295.8

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Darnell Austin

ofscientific notebook. A good example is the instruction page at the website Scientific NotebookCompany9 which provides instructions on keeping journals, including laboratory and engineeringnotebooks. Page 9.861.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringStudent’s Final Report Journaling should not take the place of a final report, which could be written or oral.Capstone projects need final report which should include elements gleaned from the studentjournals. Possibly the greatest value of the journal

Conference Session

Federated Searching

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Schlembach; William Mischo

; Exposition Copyright @2004, American Society for Engineering Educationimplemented a number of vendor-based metasearch systems utilizing broadcast-searchtechniques over the major A & I Services and OPACs.8 These systems are offered withinintegrated library systems often in conjunction with local link servers. These metasearch systemsutilize Z39.50, HTTP “screen-scraping”, and XML gateway broadcast search techniques. Thesestandard techniques are utilized in vendor cross-database search systems and in other custommetasearch applications. Most articles on metasearching describe vendor systems or report oncustom library applications, such as SearchLight in the California Digital Library and FlashPointat the Los Alamos Laboratory

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Calixto; Glaucia Almeida; Frederico Rodrigues; elizabeth maia

between the concepts beingtaught and their actual application. Apprentices can visualize tri-dimensional objects throughdifferent angles at the environment of 3D navigation. Finally, the visual interactive modelswill assist students consolidate their basic understanding of the subject matter taught, since itallows them change input parameters of structural engineering problems and see theconsequences in the results of the process.The IDEASimulator is the presentation module for structural analysis. The relationshipbetween a simulator and a laboratory is extremely important for the basic understanding ofstructural behavior and modeling.The IDEALive module is in the early stages. It will be an audio and video server, in whichfilms, lectures and

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

O. Geoffrey Egekwu; Prince Anyalebechi

present in class for all common lectures. Individual members usually will have responsibility for different sections of the course and may meet once a week separately with their sections for recitation or laboratory experience. They give common examinations and jointly grade and perform all evaluation activities.4. Benefits and Challenges of Team Teaching in the ISAT Pr ogr amAs eluded earlier, the ISAT program demanded a paradigm shift in the approach to teachingof science and technology principles. The interdisciplinary nature of the program demandedsome form of team teaching. Success of the program so far has invariably depended oneffective teaming of faculty. Team teaching in the ISAT program benefited both