Conference Session

Computers in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Goulet

, the instructor did not have sufficient time to properly review, debug andgrade the individual analyses and Excel worksheets. The plan was to assess the goodness of eachstudent’s design by comparing it directly to the instructor’s design template. However, suffering atotal lack of imagination, this instructor did not anticipate the numerous ways a free body diagramcould be culled together. Thus the design template poorly accommodated the multitude ofdifferences in FBD labels, dimensions and coordinate systems of the students’ work. Therefore,the feedback to individual students was limited to: “Good: Submittal is complete. Results aregenerally consistent with instructor’s”; “Satisfactory: Submittal is complete. Results are notconsistent with

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Subhi Bazlamit

professor of Civil Engineering at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.Dr. Bazlamit is married and has one seven-year-old son “Mohammed”. Dr. Bazlamit had taught the transportationengineering courses, surveying, urban planning and introductory engineering courses for freshmen students atOhio Northern University. In addition, he also teaches the senior capstone design course in the department of CivilEngineering Page 8.1086.7 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond R. Hagglund; Eben C. Cobb; William O. Jolley; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

, Sixth Edition, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, NY, 1997.WILLIAM O. JOLLEYWilliam O. Jolley is currently a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He receivedhis B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in May of 2002. His interests in research have focused on using finite element methodsfor analyzing solid mechanics problems, vibrations, and accident reconstruction. He has held the position of anundergraduate teaching assistant and currently is a graduate teaching assistant. Through these activities he has found aninterest in teaching. Ultimately he is planning on pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and a career in academia. V-mail: 508-752-1220; E-mail: woj@wpi.eduJOSEPH J. RENCISJoseph J. Rencis has

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

three weeks of the term and included three contiguouslaboratory hours per week. Some design work such as planning, structure, etc., was performedoutside of the laboratory, but the bulk of it took place in the industrial control systems laboratoryitself.Of the seven groups, one group took a record two hours to design, build, simulate, anddemonstrate the system, while others took the majority of allotted time. Students can be seen inFigure 4 below working on their final projects in the laboratory. Figure 4 Student technology-engineering groups working on their “Final Projects”Project ResultsHardware/SoftwareAll of the groups completed their projects to varying degrees. Some were unable to utilize the“Variable Frequency Drive” equipment to

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

. This year we are using Texas Instruments' TMS320C6x DSP Starter Kitwhich is more expensive ($395.00) but includes the Code Composer Studio software whichallows students to program in C, change variables in real-time, and plot data in both the time andfrequency domain. Students are required to purchase the book DSP Applications Using C and theTMS320C6x DSK [6] for the course. In addition, the textbook Digital Signal Processing: APractical Guide for Engineers and Scientists [7] is strongly recommended as a reference text.Next year, we plan to add a second course in DSP to our curriculum as a technical elective thatwill focus on real-time DSP applications and architecture of DSP chips.Discrete Fourier TransformsOne of the most difficult topics to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

in bothimplementations of the format. Targeted responses indicate that the primary goals in incorporating Page 8.597.4this project format, namely, increased technical content in the projects, heightened awareness Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationabout engineering as well as specific engineering major as well as direct contact with majorfaculty, were successfully achieved. In future semesters, we plan to continue to grow this projectformat to include all introductory course sessions by

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Laurie Cormier; Kelly Clark; Emily Ryan

more comfortable with the material. Reading supplementssometimes complement student tasks. Interesting extensions add a twist or new direction to anexisting activity. Most importantly, each activity is mapped to education standards. Currently theNational and Massachusetts science, technology, and mathematical standards are addressed inevery activity.In addition to revising and reformatting the activities, the undergraduates strive to improve thefunction and distribution of the lesson plans. A comprehensive website provides a database forteachers around the world to browse completed activities. It is the undergraduate’s role toupgrade this site on a regular basis. A spreadsheet keeps track of all the standards met under thepossible frameworks

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Sylvester

. Furthermore, neither technologyexists as a building product that replaces traditional building materials and subsequently offsetsthe cost of the building’s construction. The three most important steps that must occur are the development of 1) a comprehensiveenergy prediction method, 2) design and implementation protocols, and 3) system operation andmaintenance procedures. In the planning and design of buildings, predicting energyconsumption is a primary determinant of their feasibility that can have performance protocol asseen in the California Energy Code and the newly passed Texas Energy Codes. Althoughbuildings using BIPV systems have been constructed for decades, our ability to simulate andpredict the dynamics of these systems is relatively

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Carlson

receiving input fromboth our ears and our eyes. In terms of documents, it is apparent that humansfrequently absorb more information when there are pictures to accompany thetext; one negative example is how frustrating it is to try and assemble a kit usingtext-only instructions. And in technical drawings, we often need to see severalviews--top, profile, and plan--in order to visualize an object in our mind's eye.These examples underline the importance of using several representations whenwe are communicating technical information. Moreover, in the field of science studies, Bruno Latour (1987) has arguedthat scientists and engineers often make discoveries by collecting andrepresenting data in a variety of ways. They gain new insights by looking

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Greguske; Justin Reese; Frederik Betz; Chad Weis; Michael Swedish; Glenn Wrate

ProjectsProbably the single largest contribution of the microturbine review and demonstration project isthat it could become the cornerstone for emergency power systems for the City of Milwaukee inits many buildings. A major consideration is the planned installation of 750 to 1,000 kW ofgeneration set for the Milwaukee City Hall Complex in 2003-2004. With four or fivemicroturbines (200 kW each), the city could have the necessary standby power it needs, plussignificantly more flexibility and an available tool to reduce operating and energy costs.With a successful demonstration, and the movement of the City of Milwaukee to embrace thistechnology, it will become a model for other cities and municipalities as an alternative to existingdiesel or gas

Conference Session

Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerardine Botte

Page 8.1179.3assigned. Classroom practices consisted of exercises designed to apply the new conceptsintroduced during the class. The classroom practices were made in teams; the class wasdivided into two teams with six members each. Team memberships were constant overthe entire semester. The two teams kept competing to finish the exercise first, eventhough it was not originally planned that way. However, this inherent competitionbetween the teams was favorable for the motivation of the students. The classroompractices substituted for the examples explained and solved completely by the instructor.That is, after introducing a new concept, the instructor did not solve a problem. Instead,the students were challenged to use the concepts to

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Herbertson; Daniel Cavanagh

this lab has been designed for first-semester sophomores, a more advancedversion of the lab is currently being planned for junior and senior level students. The moreadvance model may include a recirculating blood supply, greater variations in transmembranepressures, the use of bovine serum and corresponding analytical modeling.Biomaterials Testing LaboratoryWith the current advances in artificial skin development and skin replacement technologies inthe field of biomedical engineering, we have integrated a two week materials science moduleinto our Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Course. This component of the course isdesigned assuming the students have not had an introductory materials science course. Tocoincide with the lecture

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Butt; Sam Ramrattan; Alamgir Choudhury

technology. Digital certificate technology such as VeriSign can be used to secure sensitive transactions.The data flow structure and web development plan are shown in Figure 2 and 3. Figure 2. Data flow structure Page 8.983.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 3. Web site for access to the process5. Example of process monitoring and control exerciseIn the class students will be taught a variety of process analysis techniques. Here, an example ofa

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Schwartz; K-Y Daisy Fan

syllabus that teaches both MATLAB and Java with depth, our evaluationof this new course, and our plans for improving the programming course in a common first-yearengineering curriculum.IntroductionThe “Introduction to Programming” course is an essential part of the first-year engineeringcurriculum that helps students develop expertise in some programming language, beyondspreadsheet computation. This first programming course is a service course, teaching computingskills that students will need in upper division engineering courses. Given the wide-ranging needsof different engineering disciplines, some undergraduate programs offer introductoryprogramming courses within the different departments. Such a model allows the computing needsof the upper

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hirak Patangia

course has given them a good understanding of engineering workand they enjoyed the experiential nature of the course. The students overwhelmingly felt that thecourse has a high degree of recruiting potential of high school students. The course did indeedhave some effect on undeclared majors to switch to engineering technology. A few studentsdecided to change to non-engineering majors, and this is also a positive effect of the course.Future DirectionsThe success of the course of the first two offerings motivated us to submit a proposal to NSFunder Bridges for Engineering Education (BEE) program as a planning grant. The proposal hasbeen funded and its goal is to extend the scope of the course to include pre-college educators,education majors, and

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer

transitions could put the growth of sustainabilitylearning in the department at risk. Although such faculty transitions are a weakness, the bottom-up approach does benefit from reduced administrative planning and financial investment. Page 8.743.5 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ? 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Small civil engineering departments can benefit from the bottom- up approach. A single facultyteaching ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES or CIVIL ENGINEERING CODES AND REGULATIONS AT RHITwill contact almost all junior or senior civil

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Worden

are then asked to apply this approachin planning their research in order to maximize progress during the semester. Because theseplanning activities require consideration of both the scientific and engineering components of theproject, students must be able to communicate effectively, even in the early phases of theirprojects.Challenges to Institutionalization of the MBL CourseInstitutionalization of truly multidisciplinary offerings like the MBL course presents significantchallenges, particularly if departments rely on such courses to help satisfy ABET accreditationrequirements. Through several years of teaching the MBL course, we have identified some ofthese challenges and have developed strategies to address them, as described below

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linards Stradins; Richard Rothaupt

completion.Course requirements are based on the expectations of industrial based projects. Students arerequired to: prepare a formal written report about their semester’s project work; maintain aproject journal used to record the team’s work, calculations, product investigations, research data,and the minutes of every team meeting. Students develop and produce all necessary project layoutdrawings, including any assembly drawings deemed appropriate. Detailed drawings of fabricatedparts are developed, including a complete product Bill of Materials (BOM). A productmanufacturing plan and cell layout must also be proposed. Dependent on the project, students areexpected to identify and apply the appropriate analytical tools when performing design analysis

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weber; Bernard Lwakabamba; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

plans for the second year included offering courses in the basic functional skillsneeded for interdisciplinary teams such as an embedded systems course in spring 2002 thatfeatures the specification and analysis of real-time wireless systems. We also identified currentbest practices for teaching interdisciplinary courses. We are experimenting with different methodsof integrating the course skills between the courses. This work led to the concept of the centraldesign document that defines a common goal for a series of courses.Figure 1. A user in the C6 virtual reality system communicates with his/her environment using a wireless trackingsystem, infrared shutter glasses, 6-D wands, and data gloves. These devices must be designed in a way of

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Kenny Fotouhi

used once in 1985 to testSUN2 Interrogator 1805-9 Engine Diagnostics unit. Diesel engine-dynamometer system,to date, was never used. Gasoline engine is a 1984 Pontiac 6000, 2.5 liter, throttle bodyinjected, and 4-cylinder engine. Diesel engine is a 1984 Volkswagen and 4- cylinderengine. Both engines have the same model dynamometers. Engines are directlyconnected to the dynamometers by flexible-insert couplings. My plan was to use thegasoline engine-dynamometer system in other courses. Since the engine has been sittingmore than 12 years I was hesitant to start the engine without properly servicing it.Therefore, I decided to service the engine as a laboratory exercise for EDTE 341 course.Allowing students to work on a real engine was also a big

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

CRISTINO CARBONELL; FE TABAMO; Clarita Guevara

design of the learning materials must be anchored on providing a good stimulus to learners to capture and sustain their interests with the use of graphics, video and sound; provide assessment and immediate feedback; employ games and simulations; and direct them to relevant and interesting links. • Project Plan The ESTEeM Project Management Methodology is largely based on the TIER (Teacher Interactive Educational Resource) Management Methodology of the UST TIER Project. The ESTEEeM Project is an offshoot of the training program given by the UST EdTech Center to selected faculty members of the University during the Summer Session of 2002. Description and Outline

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Gold; Walter Banzhaf

Polytechnic Institute in an era whenall EE students knew the filament pins for a 12AX7. A senior member of IEEE, Banzhaf is the author of two bookson computer-aided circuit analysis using SPICE.AARON GOLDAaron Gold just graduated with B.S.E.E.T. and A.S.C.E.T. degrees from the University of Hartford's Ward Collegeof Technology with a minor in Computer Science. While taking courses himself, he taught laboratory sections ofcourses in both algebra-based physics and electronic engineering technology, including three sections of the EL 110course described in this paper. Gold was a president’s list student for all eight semesters, and plans to pursue agraduate degree as well as a career in Information Technology, while likely continuing to teach at the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; Kevin Dahm

required on the part of the instructor.Description of SimulationThis section explains the mechanics of the game and provides details about some of theinvestment opportunities that made up the simulation. A more complete description has beenpublished previously.5Possible InvestmentsEach student started the game with $10,000. The semester was divided into twenty turns. Thestated goal of the game was to finish turn 20 with as much cash as possible. Thus, all investmentshad a fixed, known planning horizon (and no salvage value unless otherwise stated). Studentswere given the option of placing money in a savings account- with no minimum or maximumbalance and no restrictions on frequency or size of withdrawals- at 5% interest per turn. Inaddition

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amro Taibah; Mohammed Haque

Architecture, College ofEnvironmental Design, King Abdulaziz University, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His research interests are in real estate Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationvalue analysis, Landscape design values and aesthetics, GIS-based decision support systems, geoinformatic analysisfor urban planning and policymaking, and mitigating construction management issues in the Saudi market. Dr.Taibah's interests also include professional consultation in urban design and construction management. Dr. Taibahholds a B.S. in landscape architecture from King Abdulaziz University, a Masters degree in

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

P.S. Lankeu Ngankeu; Michael Sexton

., Engineering Thermodynamics, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996.3. Massardo, A.F., and Lubelli, F., “Internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine combined cycles Part A: CellModel and Cycle Thermodynamic Analysis”, ASME Paper 98-GT-577.4. Sexton, M.R., “Gas Turbine Engine Simulation using MathCAD: A student Project” Proceedings of the ASEEAnnual Conference (Charlotte, NC, June 1999).5. Çengel, Y.A. and M.A. Boles, M.A., Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach, McGraw Hill, Princeton Rd, S-1, Hightstown, NJ, Third Edition, 1998P.S. LANKEU NGANKEUP.S. Lankeu Ngankeu completed the requirements for the B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the VirginiaMilitary Institute in December 0f 2002. He plans to attend graduate school in the fall

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

light of previous focus groups [8]. The next question also producedresponses consistent with previous research, "What made you decide to go into engineering?"Many of the women said they liked math, their parents encouraged them to do so, or they wereplanning to go to medical school.The next question, "What programs would you like to see in the College?" led to a diversion fromthe planned course of the conversation. The women began to talk about programs, but withoutspecific suggestions. They then began to question one another on their experiences in particularclasses. One woman suggested that calculus had been challenging due to the use of MAPLE, acomputer-based mathematics program. She suggested a program to help the students learnMAPLE. The

Conference Session

Industrial Sponsored Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Hatfield

RobotWhat is Success?In this course, the design process is the main theme; whether the final product meets all the goalsis not that important. In fact, students learn more when they encounter major problems thanwhen everything goes just as planned. The teaching team considered all three teams to besuccessful, however, the students’ perception is different. The students are much happier if theirfinal product performs to all expectations and particularly if their design outperforms those of theother teams.Would We Do It Again?This project was probably the most challenging of all the projects in the history of the course.The mechanical challenge was too great, or maybe the students should have been given moreencouragement to not select such complex

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Satish Ranade; Howard Smolleck

host industry as feedback. Planning on the part of the students has been enhanced also, asthey appear to be taking courses early and in sequence. All of the students involved arescheduled to complete “depth” classes in one or two areas besides electric power. Additionally, the faculty have noticed an eagerness and a willingness of the scholarshipstudents to perform beyond anticipated levels of academic participation. Perhaps this is partiallydue to the availability of additional paying assignments (such as paper grading and preparation ofexamples and drawings for short courses) which we have been able to offer these students.Likely additional reasons may be that these students had already expressed interest in the powerprogram, were

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristine Craven

following project introduction is taken directly from the laboratory manual. Xetron Project Many of the exercises in the manual will follow a theme that when put together will complete an engineering related project. This project is outlined below. You have met some new friends who invited you to their hometown to give you a party for your next birthday. As these are very interesting beings, you decided to accept and learned that they are from Xetron, a planet fifty five million miles away. Nervous, but excited, you packed your bags, boarded a Lockheed Martin X-33 spacecraft, and departed the Earth at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday January 10, 2002. You plan

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert M. McAllister; Matthew Sanders

high school or been delayed in obtaining their highschool diplomas. Students, school officials, parents, and others inquire about the programs, whichis a good indication of the successfulness of both Kamp Kettering and 21st Century Woman. Morethan 90 percent of participants indicated that programs increased their interest in engineering andaffected their plans for career in mathematics, science, or engineering. Above 88 percent of theparticipants of Kamp Kettering in the last four years have indicated that the primary source forprogram information was supplied by students, school officials, and parents. In the same period,over 92 percent of participants in the 21st Century Woman Program received the primary sourcefor program information from