engineering residential college, and peer mentoring, faculty mentoring,and mentoring by practicing engineers.The introduction to engineering course will include all freshman students in SIUC College ofEngineering. This lecture-laboratory course will provide an interesting description of eachengineering major and allows students to work with hands-on projects that will teach theusefulness of mathematics and basic engineering concepts. The SIUC College of Engineeringhas worked with other departments on campus to offer engineering designated sections of corecurriculum courses, such as math, sciences, English, and speech communication. The summermath course lasts four-weeks and accepts students who test below the pre-calculus level andprepares them for
concludes with some lessons learned through the Senior Design Capstone experiencefrom which this multi-threaded software was designed, written, debugged, revised and releasedfor experimentation in DLD. CedarLogic's 10,000+ lines of code is written in C++ and utilizesthe wxWidgets GUI library and OpenGL to render the graphics. CedarLogic can be freelydownloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cedarlogic .Background and NeedDigital Logic Design is a foundational course for many engineering and computer sciencestudents. The first author has been teaching a freshman level Digital Logic Design course forover twelve years. The course includes laboratory projects in which students physically wire upTTL gates on a breadboard, use the CedarLogic software
particular lectures?Once an understanding of these definitions was established, a process and order was developedthat made sense to the students and their conception of their course work and learning: Page 12.1307.7 1) Ensure all course materials – including lecture notes, study notes, assignments, tests, quizzes, projects, textbooks and other handouts, and the final exam – are on hand for reference 2) Go through the lectures/tutorials/laboratories sequentially and identify, in the following order: i. Topic ii. Content
statistical methods[3]; design of experiments[1] product engineering 2 quality engineering 1 Figure 4: Required Coursework for Manufacturing Master’s Degrees Page 12.1121.6 (9 reporting) Fifty-three percent (9) of the reported programs include required coursework for at least aportion of the degree requirements. Twenty-nine percent (5) include laboratory study attached tograduate coursework. Forty-seven percent (8) require a thesis, although only twenty-ninepercent (5) of the program
students like the course materials especially when examplesare worked out in the class, with live demonstrations used when possible. The IEEEpaper5 presents more information about the undergraduate course. In the graduate course,students are asked to do a term project on DSP with a written report which can besubmitted online using the iWebfolio system. We have found both MATLAB andMATHCAD to be useful software packages for DSP courses, students can use studentversions or access them at the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Center in the college.We will next present DSP theory, course topics, examples using software packages andfinally present some conclusions as to the pros and cons of using software tools and theusefulness of having laboratory or
years have been found to be such animportant time for all students to begin thinking about future careers, is an intensive four-weeksummer program designed to 1) enhance science and mathematics achievement, 2) developcritical thinking and problem solving skills, 3) increase interest in engineering and other hightech fields, and 4) increase enrollment in advanced placement science and mathematics coursesin high school. In addition to classroom learning and laboratory experiments, the girlsparticipate in counseling sessions and go on field trips. The girls are introduced to femaleengineers and have the opportunity to see first hand the career options available to them. Theacademic curriculum for each FEMME group is grade appropriate and aligned
groundwater has been described using web-based graphics5 and another paperreports a virtual laboratory for teaching quasistationary electromagnetics.6 Another recent paperdiscusses the solution of groundwater problems using a spreadsheet.7 Still another paperemploys a spreadsheet to examine the topic of electromagnetic wave propagation.8 Two recentpapers reported the use of animation to clarify a variety of partial differential equationsolutions.9,10 There are a number of approaches to the animation of distributed parametersystems and one is the application of finite element software (ANSYSTM) to illustrate thevibration of beams and plates.11 A recent paper discusses the use of animation in MATLABTM toanimate the solution to a variety of electrical
AC 2007-443: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEENGINEERING FACULTY MEMBERWilliam Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia William Charles Nunnally W. C. Nunnally received the B.S degree, the M.S. degree and the PH.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in 1969, 1971, and 1974 respectively. After serving in the US Army, he joined the magnetic fusion engineering group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1974. Dr. Nunnally's eleven year tenure at Los Alamos included assignments in the laser fusion group, the laser isotope separation group, the plasma physics group, the proton storage ring -accelerator group, and
microfluidic/thermal devices.Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver Hakan Gurocak is Director of School of Engineering and Computer Science and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University Vancouver. His research interests are robotics, automation, fuzzy logic, technology assisted distance delivery of laboratory courses and haptic interfaces for virtual reality.Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is an Assistant Professor of School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle, and his M.S. and B.S. at Sungkyunkwan University
will be impacted earlier and with a greater intensity that is otherwisepossible.Since its inception, the Pre-College Center has sought to become a driving force in providing increasingaccess to scientific and technological fields to all students. Through its careful and thorough planning thePre-College Center has been remarkably successful in reaching those populations that are traditionallyunderrepresented. The Center’s models for success bring academic opportunities to children who needthem most in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas, as well asdevelopment and dissemination of resource materials, standards-based classroom lessons and practices,laboratory experiments and demonstrations to teachers to integrate
, especially in mathematics. Mathematics should be taught in such a way that peoplenot only will be able to use mathematics to solve problems, but also will want to usemathematics, and will think of mathematics as a friendly, useful tool, rather than a nemesis to beavoided at all costs.8 Page 12.628.4 2Research on Computer Based Laboratories for teaching mathematics is encouraging. Accordingto Van Dyke, by introducing the Computer Based Laboratory (CBL) tool, teachers will be able towitness that by using a tool to help students (and teachers) visualize
academia, industry,government and private organizations for the benefit of the society and the nations.The goals and objectives of LACCEI include the following:Cooperation and partnerships among member institutions in the areas of engineering education,research, and technology advancement with emphasis on: ‚ Faculty and student exchange ‚ New and/or higher level academic programs ‚ Dual/joint degree and certificate programs ‚ Distance, continuing and e-education ‚ Laboratory development and sharing of resources ‚ Curriculum development, course equivalency and accreditation support ‚ Faculty development, including higher degrees ‚ Industry internship, cooperative programs and career development ‚ Joint training and
engineering programs. First started in the 1980’s itis now offered in 45 states.In 1998, the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation announced a10-year research agenda that includes focus on girls and young women’s educational preparationfor an increasingly technological, information-driven economy.At the University of Michigan a new program that is partly supported by NSF gives money towomen scientists to hire graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for their laboratories.85Michigan and other major research institutions are trying to minimize the negative effects raisingsmall children can have on a female scientist’s career.86 The irony is that the oldest and mostgenerous program to help female professors facing work
designed so that they can be generalized and customized by a department to derive specificlearning outcomes and goals. With these Standards, the CDIO Initiative envisions a curriculumthat • is organized around mutually supporting disciplines, but with CDIO activities highly interwoven; • is rich with student design-build projects; • features active and experiential learning; • is set both in the classroom and in a modern learning laboratory; and • is constantly improved through a robust assessment and evaluation process. Figure 1 – Twelve CDIO Standards 1. CDIO as Context 7. Integrated Learning Experiences Adoption of the principle that product and
Page 12.657.5Technology (BMIT )”, who involves testing, maintenance, repair, and calibration of theequipment used to deliver health care. The Biomedical Instrumentation Technician (BMIT),who also known as a Biomedical Equipment Technician, or Biomedical EngineeringTechnician (BMET), works closely with other health care professionals. They are commonlypart of the hospital engineering division. Specialization areas include clinical radiology,ultrasound, cardiac monitoring, nuclear medicine laboratory, respiratory care, and therapeuticequipment. Graduates find employment with hospitals, biomedical instrumentationmanufacturers, and service organizations that specialize in biomedical instrumentation.Future Development of Biomedical Engineering:In
the primary instructor for our introductorycourse for freshmen entering our program. The mission of our introductory course for newmajors has some things in common with the mission of a course introducing engineering andtechnology to non-majors.Others have been down the same path and have reported on their experiences in developingcourses and attracting students.4, 5; 8-14 The content, approach, and level of existing courses vary.Some institutions have accepted the course into the general core to meet natural sciencerequirements. Many courses focus on how things work and include laboratory components. Thecourse discussed in depth by David Ollis8, 9, 10 evolved from a device dissection course for firstyear engineering students, and has a
AC 2007-1417: WEAVING THE CAPSTONE TAPESTRYJames Everly, University of Cincinnati James O. Everly is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati. He received a BSEE and MSEE from The Ohio State University in 1969 and 1970, respectively. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. He is currently Chair of the IEEE Cincinnati Section, and in 1997 he received the IEEE Professional Achievement Award. He has held several research and management positions in industry working for such companies as Battelle's Columbus Laboratories
Biochemistry) respectively in 1987 and 1991 from the University of Delaware. She also received a master's in Environmental Engineering and Science from the John Hopkins University in 1996. Her past professional experience includes conducting laboratory research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the gastroenterology and oncology departments, working as a risk assessment contractor for the EPA, and directing the Human and Environmental Health research program at the Water Environment Research Foundation, a non-profit foundation that funds research related to wastewater treatment and water quality. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Federation of Earth Science
Technology and African American Studies (2006) from George Mason University.Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shaundra Bryant Daily is a doctoral candidate at the MIT Media Laboratory, working in the Affective Computing Group. Her main interests include the design of technological tools to enable reflection on attitudes, beliefs, and values. She holds a Bachelor (2001) and Master (2003) of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical-Florida State University College of Engineering. She recently finished a Master of Science (2005) degree at the Media Laboratory where she designed and evaluated interfaces to support affective development through
://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/; Purdue University EPICS Program.5 http://ipro.iit.edu/home/main.php; Illinois Institute of Technology Interprofessional Projects Program (IPRO).6 http://www.news.uiuc.edu/ii/06/0316/englab.html; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign InterdisciplinaryDesign Program and Engineering Student Projects Laboratory.7 http://www.engin.umich.edu/class/me450/requirements.shtml; University of Michigan Mechanical EngineeringCapstone Design and Manufacturing ME 450.8 http://www.eng.rpi.edu/mdl/becomesponsor_project_form.cfm; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute O.T. SwansonMultidisciplinary Design Laboratory.9 http://www.eng.rpi.edu/mdl/images/pdf/IntlEngProdConf_Paper_Sept04.pdf; Steiner, M. Using Real-WorldMultidisciplinary Design Experiences
the Fourier Transform, Finding the Fourier Transform ‚ Properties of the Fourier Transform (Linearity, Time Scaling, Time Shifting, and Duality, Convolution, Multiplication of Signals, and Frequency Shifting/Modulation) ‚ Fourier Transform of Time Functions (DC Signal, Periodic Signals, and Pulsed Cosine) ‚ Fourier Transforms of Sampled Signals ‚ Applications of the Fourier Transform of Ideal Filters (Sinusoidal Amplitude Modulation) ‚ Discrete-Time Signals and Systems ‚ Discrete-Time Linear, Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems, Direct-Forms I and II for LTI Systems ‚ Z- Transforms, Properties, Applications for LTI System AnalysisLab ContentsThe laboratory part of the course consists of five laboratory
they are enforced. b) Academic Aspects: • How does the curriculum contribute to fulfilling the program objectives? How does it benefit from the host environment? How does it compare with the home curriculum in terms of level and degree of difficulty? • What are the qualifications and attitudes of the faculty teaching the courses abroad? • What are the academic resources (e.g., the library and laboratory facilities) How do they support the program’s curriculum? Page 12.1048.8 c) Interaction with the Host Culture: • Pre-departure materials and on-site orientation
recognized excellence in the academic community. ‚ The history of these institutions generally indicates that they earned their reputations for educating engineers at the undergraduate level; research emphasis ordinarily came later as the programs developed, and as scientific and technological advances dictated the need for more research within the academic community. ‚ Comprehensive doctoral programs usually have considerably larger and more comprehensive laboratory facilities. ‚ Many of comprehensive doctoral programs actively engage undergraduates involvement in research ‚ Undergraduate class sections at comprehensive doctoral institutions tend to be larger. The
. Therefore, students not only learned about the requirements for their homedesigns, but they also got an insight of things to consider when implementing certainaspects of their design. For example, students were warned not to put technologicalsystems in their homes that would frequently break and would be high in maintenancecosts because this would be an expense that home owners could not handle.Professor Jeff Haberl from the Energy Systems Laboratory [4] within the Department ofArchitecture at Texas A&M University and PhD student, Mini Malhotra, spoke to thestudents about past and current projects between the College of Architecture and Habitatfor Humanity. Both speakers were able to summarize past research and give feasibleideas to implement
large course project. Limiting thespace and time to convey ideas has the added benefit of focusing student attention on theimportant technical objectives of a laboratory exercise. After implementing thisinstructional model, the faculty have observed a rise in the quality of written, oral,graphical and technical work. Furthermore, end of course evaluations indicate thatstudents understand how the sequence of short assignments develop technicalcommunication skills. Page 12.331.2 Building Engineering Communication Skills 2IntroductionAll too often the authors’ have received reports that are 30 pages long with
Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing (LRM) at Northeastern University since September 1999. She has also been employed as an Assistant Professor by Yildiz Technical University till February 2006. Dr. Kongar is currently an Assistant Professor at Bridgeport University and a Part-Time Researcher in the Center for Industrial Ecology at Yale University. Her research interests include the areas of supply chain management, logistics, environmentally conscious manufacturing, product recovery, disassembly systems, production planning and scheduling and multiple criteria decision making. She has co-authored several technical papers presented at various national and international
AC 2007-1964: WHY PEDAGOGY MATTERS: FACULTY NARRATIVESSusan Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is currently Associate Professor and Coordinator of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engineering courses, as well as feminist and liberative pedagogies. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded an NSF CAREER and ILI grants. Dr. Lord’s industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors
experimentation projects EAS 112 Methods of problem-driven, use of algorithm development, use Engineering Analysis18 spreadsheet and of computer tools, statistics, programming to develop numerical methods, algorithms to solve programming concepts engineering problems EAS120 Chemistry with a second semester science laboratory taught from an Applications in BioSystems course, provides background engineering perspective, for further study of chemistry includes design and analysis and
incorporating documents such asproposals, laboratory reports, and design reports into engineering courses.22, 24, 35 Few, if any,offer models in which first-year composition courses serve as sites to ground students’ rhetoricaldevelopment in college and provide the framework for subsequent communication learning.Fewer still take full advantage of the broad skill base developed in the composition classroom. In Page 12.1135.4fact, disturbingly, a number of authors speak quite disparagingly of English courses, as thefollowing examples suggest: • “Traditional composition courses cannot adequately prepare students for the writing required to solve
Page 12.315.5Technology (BMIT )”, who involves testing, maintenance, repair, and calibration of theequipment used to deliver health care. The Biomedical Instrumentation Technician (BMIT),who also known as a Biomedical Equipment Technician, or Biomedical EngineeringTechnician (BMET), works closely with other health care professionals. They are commonlypart of the hospital engineering division. Specialization areas include clinical radiology,ultrasound, cardiac monitoring, nuclear medicine laboratory, respiratory care, and therapeuticequipment. Graduates find employment with hospitals, biomedical instrumentationmanufacturers, and service organizations that specialize in biomedical instrumentation.Future Development of Biomedical Engineering:In