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Rafiqul Islam

Development of a Course Curriculum in Advanced Wireline Communications Systems and Interlinking Them for Cost and Performance Optimization. Dr. Rafiqul Islam Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology Northwestern State University Natchitoches, LA 71497. Tel: 318-357-5352 (O) Fax: 318-357-6145 Email: islamr@nsula.eduAbstractAdvanced wireline communications systems appears to be a technology that will revolutionizethe internet (LANs and WANs) in the

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Michael Hailey; James Fridley; Jens Jorgensen; Ann Mescher

andConcurrent Engineering practices have resulted in separation, with respect to both time andspace, that necessitates the development and implementation of more effective means ofcommunication. It is precisely these means of communication that the powerful networking andcomputing technology alluded to above can provide [3,4,5,6]. Indeed, this technology, andparticularly the project management tools it has spawned, has supported the shift away from theslower and more costly Serial Engineering and Local design and development paradigm,resulting in generally more efficient, productive, and profitable organizations.Concurrent Engineering practice places a premium on timely, accurate, and comprehensivecommunication between teams. Specifically, team members

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Alok Verma

Session 2149 Innovative Student Research Projects Alok K. Verma Old Dominion UniversityI. IntroductionSenior or Capstone project courses are part of majority of the Engineering TechnologyCurriculum. This is partly because of the faculty’s desire to assess student’s ability to apply theknowledge acquired and, partly because of the mandate by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). A number of papers have been published on the topic ofsenior projects and the necessity for providing realistic engineering experience 1,2,3

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Ronald Sterkenberg; Raymond Thompson

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationV. SummaryAviation, along with many industries, has become truly global in nature. Aviation in particularrequires a degree of international and inter-company cooperation and communication that isunprecedented. Students need to be prepared to enter this marketplace by having experiencedand learned about the global nature of this industry before entering the marketplace. Toaccomplish this, the Aviation Technology department has embarked on the development of aglobal program that will provide every AT student with a minimal experience in global affairsand additional opportunities for students able and willing to participate

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Andrew Rusek; Barbara Oakley

Session 2793 PSpice Applications in the Teaching of Wireless and High Frequency Electronics Andrew Rusek, Barbara Oakley Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309AbstractThe many recent technological developments in communication circuit design have paved afoundation for the development of complex personal communications systems. Although thereare a variety of textbooks dealing with high frequency communication circuits and systems, thereare very few sources of information

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Warren Hill

particularlyrooted in the American psyche. This is the belief that people should be rewarded in tangibleways for exceptional performance. Such rewards are considered to be a normal part of our freeenterprise system. Given the extensive use of merit pay systems in industry and the fact thatmost engineering technology faculty come out of industry, such faculty at least understand theconcept of merit pay if not support it in an academic environment. Another rationale oftenexpressed is that by rewarding exceptional performance, we are required to evaluate faculty andthrough that evaluative process, recognize those who are doing an outstanding job. However,such a reward system also needs to be coupled with a post-tenure review system which willprovide a

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Don Horton; Chad Kidder; Mark Yeary; Rainer Fink

– Passively collecting network data and communications without interfering with theoperations of the network.Bibliography1. Kalia M.; Garg, S.; Shorey, R., “Efficient Policies for Increasing Capacity in Bluetooth: An Indoor Pico-CellularWireless System,” Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. 907-911, 2000.2. Jaap Haartsen, “ The Bluetooth Radio System,” IEEE Personal Communications, pp. 28-36, February 2000.3. Ron Schneiderman, “Bluetooth’s Slow Dawn,” IEEE Spectrum, vol. 37, no. 11, November 2000.4. Ericsson Inc., “Bluetooth Application & Training Tool Kit,” 2000.MARK YEARYMark Yeary received his B.S. (honors), M.S. and Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&MUniversity, College Station, Texas, in

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P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

. This proposal was funded for $350,000, and both labs were renovated during the summer of 1997. New computers, computer peripherals, application software, and test equipment were installed in the labs consistent with the CpE academic-program objectives and the course learning objectives.10. A $25,000 proposal was submitted to the Office of the Vice-Provost for Libraries, Computing and Technology to upgrade the computer-engineering library collection. This proposal was funded and carried out with Engineering Library staff.11. A curriculum-development proposal—“VESL: Visions for Embedded Systems Laboratories” —was submitted to the National Science Foundation Combined Research-Curriculum Development Program 1. This $530,000

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Gary Boyd; Alan Insleay; Geza Joos

knowledge is gradually replacing depth in areas that are fundamental engineering but have become general and complementary knowledge from the point of view of potential employers.(d) The mathematics involved in most engineering topics is becoming increasingly complex, and there is often little time to instruct students in mathematics. Application of mathematical techniques is however necessary to produce meaningful results and to convey a better understanding of engineering subjects to students.Electrical Engineering is now a discipline that is fast evolving, shifting from thetraditional subjects, power engineering, electronics and communications, to a broadcategory of knowledge known as information technologies, and

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Robert Erlandson

Session 2793 A Student Design Program that Integrates Research, Education, and Community Service Robert F. Erlandson, Ph.D. Enabling Technologies Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202IntroductionThe Enabling Technologies Laboratory (ETL) has created a unique student design program thatnot only complements and integrates a student’s previous academic experiences, but alsonaturally integrates research, education, and community service into the student design activity.Developing such a program is

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Haruo Sakamoto

,class using electric vehicles. The Kochi University of Technology was and 2 teams from Kochi University of Technology joined. In theinaugurated in April, 1997. Four years of engineering education trials winter of the 1998 financial year, the experimental course in classare reported. In 1997, 5 student teams participated in an eco-power started for 2nd year students. In experiments of material strength, strainrace held in Kochi, Japan, with hand-made ecological vehicles. In the

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Josette Rice; Thad Welch

electrocardiography (ECG) and electromyography (EMG)signals. With the advent of real-time data acquisition and signal processing technology, it is nowmuch easier to develop instrumentation lab experiments for student use. The current hardware andsoftware enables our students to achieve highly accurate measurements, perform time domain andfrequency domain analysis, and store the data for subsequent use, analysis, and design. This paperdiscusses some of the methods developed for implementing these labs. We believe our techniqueshave greatly enhanced the ease of teaching and learning these important topics in instrumentation.1. IntroductionThis paper describes how student laboratories using data acquisition, measurement, and analysis ofphysiological signals has

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Raghu Echempati

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright Ó Page 6.831.42001, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Kobayashi S., Oh S., and Altan T., “Metal forming and the finite element method,” Oxford University Press, 1989.2. Hallquist J., and Reid J., “LS-DYNA User’s Manual, and Examples Manual,” Livermore Software Technology Corporation, 2000.3. Proceedings of LS-DYNA User’s Conference, 1999 and 2000 published by LSTC.4. Hosford W., and Caddell R., “Metal Forming: Mechanics and Metallurgy,” Prentice-Hall.5. Echempati R., and Riffe W. J., “Real and Virtual Forming of

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Wil Clouse; Terry Goodin

electrical engineer who teaches a course that assumes apreparation in mathematics before entering the course. The mathematics class, ofcourse, was taught primarily as a uni-discipline. Problems at the end of the chapter weresolved with little or no relationship with the framework of the learner. Dr. Outerspace,well-known professor of space technology, teaches a course in space travel, and assumesthat the student has a working knowledge of the solar system. Dr. Thermostat teaches acourse in thermodynamics, and Dr. Gene teaches a course in biomedical engineering Page 6.312.2with emphasis on genetics. Textbooks from nationally known publishers are used

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Hal Nystrom

surveys also capture the student’s observations andpreferences regarding team structure.OpportunityIn the Fall Semester of 2000, the author had the opportunity to teach Advanced FinancialManagement, an Engineering Management class, in which half of the students were on-campus and half were distance students. There were fourteen graduate students that tookthis class in the traditional, on-campus, mode. They were all international students withlimited industry experience. In addition there were fourteen distance students who wereworking engineers and used a variety of communication technologies to participate in theclass. Seven utilized an audio-visual network that allowed them to see and hear the class,as well as be seen and heard by the other

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Mark Chandler; Kathleen McCollom

in a technical journal. While a more open and completediscussion of technical details means there may be greater risk of disclosing proprietaryinformation, doing so may achieve tangible corporate needs10, 18, 38 and identifiable benefits. Astrategy for communicating technological advances without revealing proprietary information issuggested and outlined.I. IntroductionThis paper was initially written within the context of one co-author’s participation in amanufacturing engineering Master’s program48 while working in a large contemporarymanufacturing environment20. The engineering department Master’s theses were predominatelynon-proprietary, with a small percentage being proprietary. The large, technical manufacturerthat supported the

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Geraldine Milano; Gene Golub

Session 1064 A Remedy for the "Statics" Condition Geraldine B. Milano, PE, Eugene Golub, PhD, PE New Jersey Institute of Technology Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept.AbstractHistorically, Engineering Mechanics/Statics has always been a difficult course for engineeringstudents. The course is central to the entire curriculum in both Civil and MechanicalEngineering. Many courses in the curriculum build on the concepts of Statics. It requires anunderstanding of the basic principles of Mechanics as well as the ability to visualize objects intwo and

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Tammi Robson; Tayeb Giuma

thetutorial.IntroductionWhen IBM introduced the first microcomputer in 1981, not manyobservers could have predicted the profound changes that thismachine would cause the computer industry. The microcomputer hasnot only changed the computer industry as a whole, society hasbeen permeated by the microcomputer at every level. The World-Wide-Web extended further this technological revolution. Page 6.722.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright (c) 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThe information age does indeed bring exciting new opportunitiesfor improving

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N.J. Salamon; Renata Engel

. Page 6.340.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationOne vehicle to use to implement some of this new thinking on teaching and learning is thedesign project. In mechanics courses, this is particularly useful because it relates the theory toapplications in a meaningful manner and is comprehensive: (1) it reinforces understanding of thetheory, (2) it introduces markets and mechanical technology to students, (3) it connects studentswith current information sources, e.g., databases codes and standards, manufacturers andsuppliers, and (4) it broadens their world view of engineering through human

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David Waldo

Engineering Educationimmediately productive. This is not to say that the curriculum is a "technology" curriculum.However, many of the tools and techniques used in the curriculum are found in industry. Thiscurriculum is ABET accredited. Figure 1 shows a flow diagram of the engineering courses. Thesolid lines show prerequisites and the dashed lines show co-requisites. Note that the last digit inthe course number indicates the number of credit hours for the course. All courses must be takenby the students with the exception of the electives in the dashed box. Of these electives thestudents must take four courses.Semester MATH 2114 ENGR 1122 CHEM 1314 ENGR 1111 Calculus I

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Paul Lin; Hal Broberg

Session #3647 Web-Based Programming Courses in ECET Hal Broberg, Paul Lin Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, INI. IntroductionIndiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is a state-supported commutercampus with over 12,000 students. The School of Engineering, Technology, andComputer Science has 5 departments: civil and architectural engineering technology,computer science, electrical and computer engineering technology, engineering, andmanufacturing technology. Our department, ECET, provides instruction for accredited1A.S. and B.S. programs in Electrical Engineering Technology

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Laurence Logue; Kathleen A. Hall

analysis of objects and structures. The topics covered include FEMprinciples, element geometries, element types, material properties, boundary conditions, modelloading, and accuracy and precision. These topics are discussed in lectures as well as in aseries of exercises in which students model and analyze several different systems. Non-linearmaterial models are introduced which show permanent deformations and residual stresses. Thepaper focuses on our successes, our less-than-successes, and our proposed plans for futuredevelopment and improvement.I. IntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department at Southern Polytechnic StateUniversity (SPSU) was forced to completely redesign its curriculum recently when theUniversity System of

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Elaine M. Cooney; Kenneth Reid

Session 1647 Using the Internet as a Course Textbook Kenneth Reid and Elaine Cooney Electrical Engineering Technology, IUPUIAbstractThis paper describes the creation and use of an online textbook for a course in ElectronicsManufacturing. This project originated when no appropriate textbook could be found in print forEET 360: CIMT in Electronics Manufacturing. Creating an online textbook in this area waspossible because of the plethora of information available on the web about electronicsmanufacturing. Trade magazines and vendors provide a wide variety of up-to-date and in

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

6.1100.5Copyright ® 2001, American Society for Engineering Education.Bibliographies1. Fotouhi, M., Eydgahi, A., and Cavey, W., Design of a Programmable Logic Controller Trainer, Computers in Education Journal, pp. 17-20, Vol. X, No. 1, Jan/March 2000.2. Webb, J.; Programmable Logic Controller: principals and Application, 4Th edition, Prentice Hall, 1998.3. Simpson, C.; Programmable Logic Controller, Prentice Hall, 1994.MOHAMMAD FOTOUHIDr. Fotouhi is a Professor of electrical engineering technology at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.He received his Ph.D. in power System Engineering from University of Missouri-Rolla, M.S. fromOklahoma State University, and B.S. from Tehran Polytechnic College. He has been conducting a practicalresearch on the

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William Black; Robert Weber; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira

selection of an immersive system for a particular application. Several case studies willbe given to students to work on them from the concept to the final application.Courses like this are rarely available in Computer Engineering curriculum. Today's "VR experts"are self-taught professionals coming from a variety of backgrounds: computer scientists,psychologists, engineers, and artists. However, as the field grows and the technology becomesmore complex, it is no longer feasible to have this ad-hoc learning approach. There is a strongdemand to produce formally trained VR specialists. To date, very few universities in the U.S.offer courses specifically oriented towards virtual reality development. Many of our industrialcontacts have expressed a

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Jim Henry

labs and five for unit operations labs.Experimental SetupsThe system dynamics and controls experiments include a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, a pumpand tank system, a motor-generator set, a blower and duct system and a pump and piping Page 6.673.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationsystem. The unit operations systems include a packed bed absorption unit, a distillation column,a set of packed bed porous-flow paths, a batch dryer, a pressure-swing-absorption unit and aFreon-cycle

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” Page 6.634.3Management TeamOur management team consist of three men and one woman whose background consist of 15years of marketing with Focus Enterprises and 15 years of corporate development with FocusSystems Enterprises.Our management team also includes 4 men and 1 woman with over 10 years of engineering anddesign within the technology industry, a chief financial officer with 20 years of accounting,administrative, merger and acquisition, and banking experience with Focus Enterprises.Marketplace AnalysisTo determine the success of the Guardian, we looked closely at the environment and society intowhich we will introduce our product. If we first look at a world with a rising crime rate, we willget a clear view of the potential success our

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John Carpinelli

Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education4. Tanenbaum, Andrew S. Structured Computer Organization, 4th edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall(1999).5. Mano, M. Morris. Computer Systems Architecture, 3rd edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (1993).6. URL: www.awl.com/carpinelli; Companion web site for Computer Systems Organization and Architecture7. URL: www.awl.com/info/carpinelli; Companion web site for Computer Systems Organization and ArchitectureJOHN D. CARPINELLIJohn D. Carpinelli is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer and InformationSciences, at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He received the B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Instituteof Technology in

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William Drake; Douglas Walcerz

and in preparation for accreditation by the National Association of Industrial Technology.The university contracted with Enable Technologies, Inc., to conduct a pilot study using EnableOA, whichis a Web-based, software-driven assessment process. The study involved two courses TEC 110 –Fundamentals of Engineering Drafting and TEC 250 – Industrial Safety in the Fall semester 2000. Twoadditional courses, TEC 237 – Mechanics/Statics and TEC 437 – Materials Testing and Measurement wereused in the spring, 2001. Results of the study show that the EnableOA process was relatively easy to learnfor instructors and students. The instructor spent approximately four hours incorporating the first courseinto the assessment system, and less than half that

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Cheng Lin

Session 3548 PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT FOR A LEAK-PREVENTIVE TOILET FLUSH SYSTEM – AN MET SENIOR DESIGN (CAPSTONE) PROJECT Cheng Y. Lin, PhD., PE. Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University Norfolk, VirginiaAbstractA senior design (Capstone) project for three mechanical engineering technology studentsat Old Dominion University is described.A prototype design is presented to perform the functional test of a leak-preventive toiletsystem. There are two major leaks in the toilet