Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University; Dennis Silage, Temple University; Michael Baginski, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

electromagnetic problems, transient heat flow and solid state structural analysis using finite element routines, EMI and EMC characterization, S-parameter permittivity extraction routines, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) design and data processing routines, and the use of Genetic Algorithms for antenna optimization. Dr. Baginski is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the IEEE Education and Electromagnetic Compatibility Societies. He is also a member of Who’s Who in Science and Engineering and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Page 15.728.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Documenting Success

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Page 10.116.1outcomes assessment process is given in Figure 1. Our process primarily involves the“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” -2-assessment of workplace competencies in co-op and internship experiences3, and across students’academic experiences via electronic portfolios4. These competencies were mapped to ourprogram’s outcomes through engagement with our stakeholders5. A summary of the process isgiven in the next two paragraphs.Outcomes and objectives are reviewed every three years, in consultation with our stakeholders.The instructor(s) of each agricultural

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

/IDP?2. What were the main sources of conflict Indentifies the sources of conflict perceivedyou experienced in your team? by the students as well as their frequency.3. Pick one or two conflict(s) that you Establishes a more detailed description ofexperienced from the list above and explain students’ perception of conflict as well ashow they affected your team its impact on their team performance.4. How did the team manage those Investigates the strategies that studentsconflicts? used to deal with team conflicts.5. Did you think that any of the conflicts Evaluates students’ understanding ofyou experienced were productive and help productive conflict.your team perform better

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

Session 1547 Undergraduate Research Program in the Basic and Applied Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstract The college of Basic and Applied Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) has ten departments including Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, EngineeringTechnology and Industrial Studies, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy. In the fall of1993, our college dean initiated the Basic and Applied Sciences undergraduate research programat MTSU. The author

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

Session 1793 INTEGRATING EFFECTIVE GENERAL CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES WITH DOMAIN-SPECIFIC CONCEPTUAL NEEDS Paul S. Steif, Anna Dollár Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 / Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Department Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056IntroductionInstructors are increasingly made aware of techniques that can be of benefit to their student’slearning. These include: having students play an active role in their own learning1-3, allowingstudents to

Conference Session

WIED: Curricular Undergraduate Student Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute; Nausheen PashaZaidi, The Petroleum Institute

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Women in Engineering

at the PetroleumInstitute.Once students reach the freshmen level there are core courses that have to be completedirrespective of their majors. The core course courses as well as some elective courses requiredfor the engineering programs are offered through the Arts and Science Program (A & S).The six departments within A & S include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Humanitiesand Social Sciences, Communication, and General Studies (See Figure 1).. Students musttake these required courses in a sequence. Figure 1. The Petroleum Institute Academic Department StructureThe General Studies department offers a sequence of two engineering design coursescalled STEPS, which stands for Strategies

Conference Session

Use of Technology for Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

conceptual design for a Data Warehouse which would integrate the different data servers the company used. With i2 Technologies he led the work on i2’s Data Mining product ”Knowledge Discover Framework” and at CEERD (Thailand) he was the product manager of three energy software products (MEDEE-S/ENV, EFOM/ENV and DBA-VOID) which were/are used in Asian and European countries by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Acharya has a M.Eng. in Computer Technology and a D.Eng. in Computer Science and Information Management with a concentration in knowledge discovery, both from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

laboratory-based solar and wind energy technology course. Anothercourse is an online general renewable energy course offered every summer session coveringmain renewable energy systems such as solar and wind energy, electric vehicles, hydrogen fuelcell systems, biomass, solar thermal energy, green building technology, etc.References[1] U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Instructor Training Network, South-Central Region.http://www.sitn-sc.org/about-us[2] IREC, Interstate Renewable Energy Council.http://www.irecusa.org/workforce-education/solar-instructor-training-network/[3] U.S. Department of Energy, SunShot Initiative.http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/sunshot/instructor_training_network.html[4] Pantchenko, O. S., Tate, D. S., OLeary, D., Isaacson, M

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jeffrey Lange, Iron Range Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

% Experience Prepared you 23.3% 23% 36.4 18% for graduate school Flexible 60% 20% 30% 10% requirement Pressure for 0 80% 10% 80% achievementsThe students and graduates agreed that the initial constraints were higher for industry projects,where internal clients were more willing to change them once they were set. In response to one Page 24.742.7of the survey questions that asked which type of project(s) (industry or internal) created the mostpressure to achieve the outcomes, more

Conference Session

Real World Applications

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

. Set up the appropriate physical equations that must be used to solve for the unknown parameter(s). The equations stem from all of the physical laws available to the engineer/student: Laws of Thermodynamics (particularly the Conservation of Energy), Newton’s Laws (including laws of static equilibrium, conservation of linear and angular momentum), Maxwell’s Laws, etc. For this problem, the First law of thermodynamics is used together with the equations for convection and radiation heat transfer to and from the body and through the walls of the ice chamber. The heat transfer network is shown at the top of figure 1. 5. Present the answer in a graphical format such as shown in figure 2. This format helps the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

elevation at 632 ft (189 m) and a maximumheight of 620 ft (185 m).The spillway dam, located in the middle of the river course, is 0.3 mile (483 m) long intotal, where there are 23 bottom outlets and 22 surface sluice gates. The dimensions ofthe bottom outlets are 23 x 30 ft (7 x 9 m), with the elevation of the inlets at 300 ft (90m). The net width of the surface sluice gates is 27 ft (8 m), with its sill elevation at 525 ft(158 m).On both sides of the spillway dam section, there are the intake-dam and non-overflowdam sections. With a maximum discharge capacity of 102,500 m3/s (at the pool level 600ft - 180.4m), the project is able to discharge the possible maximum flood (PMF).2. Power StationsTwo powerhouses are placed at the toe of the dam, one to

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

A.K.M. Abdul Quader; Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

ofcontaminant purification (P), separation (S) and isolation (I), which we call PSI. These are theunderlying activities that will be used to tackle the contamination problem in its totality. This is aformidable task for a single chemical engineering department in a nation of 130 million people,where meeting the basic necessities of life is by itself a war for existence.However, a solution to these problems is certainly not possible without strong leadership fromthe country’s technical leaders. Toward this end, the outcomes of the linkage program included: • Faculty Development in Pollution Prevention • Curriculum Development in Pollution Prevention at both the Undergraduate and Graduate levels • Development of Collaborative

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eduardo Montanez; Andrew Mastronardi

MON08 communication andwiring up the MC68HC908QY4 in both normal and user monitor modes refer to Getting Startedwith the Microcontroller Student Learning Kit (MCUSLK): Using the MC68HC908QY44 userguide on the Freescale university program website.Software SetupIncluded in the MCUSLK are the Metrowerks’ CodeWarrior development tools. We recommendthe CodeWarrior development tools because they support the same user interface in theirintegrated development environment (IDE) and debugger across their HC(S)08, HC(S)12, andDSP architectures. Therefore, a student starting to learn about MCUs in an introductory coursewith the MC68HC908QY4 would begin using the CodeWarrior development tools for theHC(S)08. Then, if the student decides to pursue the next

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xinyu Wang; Manohar Konchady; Joshua Mason; Jagannathan Sankar; Sergey Yarmolenko; Balasubramanian Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF COATINGS D. M. Pai, B. Kailasshankar, M. S. Konchady, X. Wang J. Mason, J. Sankar, and S. N. Yarmolenko Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures NC A&T University Greensboro, NC 27411IntroductionCoatings are thin layers of materials that are deposited onto a bulk material to achieveproperties not easily attainable with substrate alone. They have attracted considerableresearch interest because of their numerous technical applications. Coatings are usedwidely in optical, microelectronic, packaging and decorative applications as they impartgood mechanical, chemical

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

networks is based on the belief that humansmake better decisions than machines due to our abilities to process information in parallel.By treating a large amount of data while extracting and processing relevant contextualdata from diverse source simultaneously, we are believed to fuse the necessaryinformation to arrive at fairly sophisticated decisions.The idea of parallel distributed processing models received significant attention whenMinsky showed a number of applications of connected networks called perceptrons1 in Page 9.1096.11 M. Minsky and S. Papert, Perceptrons, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1969.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Rajappa; Steve Watkins; Ray Luechtefeld

Experience with Industry-Sponsored Multidisciplinary Team Projects,”Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education ‘96, 19966. Loehr Linda, “Between Silence and Voice: Communicating in Cross-Functional Project Teams,” IEEE Trans.Prof. Commun., vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 51-56, 1991.7. Fornaro Robert J., Margaret R. Heil, and Steven W. Peretti, “Enhancing Technical Communication Skillsof Engineering Students: An Experiment in Multidisciplinary Design,” Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiersin Education ‘01, 2001.8. Bhavnani, Sushil H. and M. Dayne Aldridge, “Teamwork across Disciplinary Borders: A bridge between Collegeand the Work Place”, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2000, pp 13 – 16.9. Watkins, S. E. and Hall, R. H., “Smart Materials and

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pramodh Viswanathan; Molu Olumolade

2 s= (2) n −1The design layout involved the use of the sample mean in equation 1 and sample standarddeviation, equation 2. The mean and standard deviation were determined for each of thevariables height, grips and reaches. Other variables included in the design are the weight andbody surface area. The weight and body surface area were used respectively to determine thetype of flooring and clearances at the workstation.A sample of 13 workers was used and some of the data collected is shown in table 1. Reach isdetermined by the farthest distance the operator can reach with only about 20o of bending (seeFigure 4) while standing comfortably in

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

years and have also beenwidely studied with regard to engineering students. The personality types, originallydefined by Carl Jung (1875-1961)11 can be briefly summarized using the descriptionsshown in Table 212. Table 2: MBTI® Dimensions Extroversion (E) Introversion (I) (discussion, trial and error, groups) (reflection, careful, work alone) Sensing (S) Intuition (N) (facts, applications, hands-on) (hunches, concepts, imagination) Thinking (T) Feeling (F) (logical, objective, cause and effect) (relationships, values, process

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Toledo-Quinones

. However, instructors teaching analog electronic circuitscourses still devote considerable time explaining how to analyze feedback amplifiers becausemany practical aspects, such as the consideration loading effects, do not show up in other courses.This paper presents some examples that illustrate some aspects of feedback amplifier analysisrelated to the correct use of input and output impedances. It is the author´s experience that therelevant material normally found in undergraduate textbooks on microelectronics does notillustrate how to properly use these quantities. The objective of this paper is to provide educatorswith an additional tool to clarify these aspects of the subject.Overview of the Feedback MethodAn ideal feedback amplifier can be

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ingvar Gustavsson

provides the componentsnecessary for each laboratory session. Every exercise is described in an instruction manual. Thenormal procedure for performing a single experiment is as follows: 1. The student forms the circuit specified in the laboratory instruction manual using the breadboard and some of the components provided. The instruments are connected to test points. 2. The instructor checks the circuit formed to avoid possible damage. If the circuit is harmless the student is allowed to go on and activate the voltage source. 3. The student reads the instruments and evaluates the results. If they are acceptable s/he

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

which the curriculum enhancements were based, thedevelopment of two new instructional laboratory benches and the adaptation of laboratoryassignments to enhance the new curriculum. UVM’s ECE program is relatively small (~100undergraduates) and thus the presented approach may serve a model for similarly sizeddepartments.Curriculum Development Prior to this project’s inception, UVM’s offering of undergraduate telecommunicationcourses was limited to a junior-level Intro to Communication Systems course and a self-studylaboratory course (Senior Lab II) based on Feedback Instruments Ltd.’s computer based trainingequipment 1. Beginning in Fall 2002, the telecommunication curriculum was restructured due tothe hiring of the author whose background

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

profile in asmall power distribution system with a three phase ideal source, a transformer, two feeders,and three loads. The radial power distribution system was given as: 3 1 2 Feeder 1 M r. M ill's Load # 1 M s . C h ip 's Load D is t rib u t io n T h re e p h a s e T ra n s fo r m e r id e a l s o u r c e

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon; M. Asghar Bhatti

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University ofIowa. He is a Professional Engineer in the State of Iowa. He is active in ASCE, ASEE, and theTransportation Research Board and also serves on several technical committees in these organizations.Dr. Bhatti received Ph. D. in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980 and sincethen has been on the faculty at the University of Iowa.Addendum AThe survey used in this paper is presented here. Knowledge Statement Importance at Importance at Graduation Licensure A N D S St

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Braddom; Charles Campbell; Shad Reed; Robert Floersheim

instructors can be moreefficient and more effective with their course websites by focusing on the basic coursemanagement features that students want while at the same time eliminating or reducing the moretime consuming content students do not typically use. Instructors creating or maintainingsupplemental course websites might be advised to start with the basics and build from there withperiodic feedback from students. In terms of website content, more is not always better.1 Chen, J., Ellis, M., Lockhart, J., Hamoush, S., Brawner, C., and Tront, J, “Technology in Engineering Education:What Do the Faculty Know and Want?” Journal of Engineering Education, July 2000, pp. 279-283.2 Dutton, J., Dutton, M., and Perry, J, “Do Online Students Perform as

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

for example), the changes in the systemschematic and governing equations (mass, energy and entropy balance equations) are displayed.Finally the working fluid is chosen and a customized Java application, called a daemon, aware ofmaterial properties and governing equations for this particular problem is launched. (Takes about10-60 seconds over the Internet and less than 2 seconds when locally installed). Like Maxwell's demon, this custom calculator is a thermodynamic wizard that takes careof the menial task of a solution. The core of every daemon is its robust state calculator, whichbundles an extended state (p, T, u, h, e, s etc.) into a single graphical interface called a State. Auser enters any known state variables in any preferred

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

accomplish this, the incoming freshman must meet thefollowing requirements in order to make room for an additional 46 credit hours:• Requires advanced standing for Calculus I and II = 10 credit hours (helps course scheduling by satisfying math prerequisites at start of school);• Requires advanced standing for two H/S courses = 6 credit hours;• Attends school during the summer quarter of the second year = 16 credit hours;• Takes distance learning courses during off campus co-op terms: 1 course per each of first four terms- 4 x 3 credit hours = 12 credit hours; and,• Takes undergraduate courses during on-campus co-op terms- 2 credit hours = 2 credit hrs. All ACCEND students take a number of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

demands more and more networkcapacity every day. This trend for growing data rates is expected to continue in the foreseeablefuture. Optical fiber communication technology has kept up with the growing traffic volume.The concept of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) has increased the capacities to greaterthan 1 Tb/s (1012 b/s ) over a single fiber by means of more than a hundred channels at 10 Gb/seach. Many research groups and developers in communication companies are exploring theways to extend this capacity from the backbone to some high-end users such as business premiserouters and high-speed workstations. The design and development of communication systems isgreatly focused on SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Waalen; Malgorzata Zywno

Session 1330 The Effect of Hypermedia Instruction on Achievement and Attitudes of Students with Different Learning Styles Malgorzata S. Zywno, Judith K. Waalen Ryerson UniversityAbstractThe goal of this ongoing action research project has been to increase student learning andsatisfaction using an innovative approach to instruction, evaluation and interaction with students.A process control course in electrical engineering was redesigned, introducing collaborative, activelearning using real-life applications. The course utilizes interactive hypermedia

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Naraghi; Bahman Litkouhi

knowledge of computer programming makes anengineering graduate more attractive to research oriented engineering employers as wellas graduate engineering programs. In order to enable students to use their programmingskills during the four years of engineering education, the best time for teachingprogramming is freshman year.In the past, Fortran was the engineering and scientific programming language. Duringthe1960’s, 70’s and, to some extend, the1980’s, Fortran was the only language withscientific functions. With the emergence of object oriented programming languages(C++, Java and Visual Basic) more attractive alternatives to Fortran became available.All of the new object-oriented programming languages have a comprehensive scientificfunction library

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

remote control software (GROUP 1). Student #1 Student #2 Student #3 Task Completion # of Completion # of Completion # of time mistakes time mistakes time mistake s 5 questions Under 5 min. 0 Under 5 min. 0 Under 5 min. 4 Simple tasks (5 min. total) Task #1 20 sec. 0 20 sec. 0 20 sec. 0 Task #2 5 sec. 0 3 sec. 0 5 sec. 0 Task #3 25 sec. 0