Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Russell Walters, Iowa State University

graphically simulate and operateconstruction process in a simple, accurate, safe, and effective way. The practice of class projectsgive students the encouragement to pursuit the research related to computer graphics. Also, moreadvanced construction simulation and integration concepts might be created with the solidfoundation developed in this course.References Page 8.1018.8Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposisition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationOualline, S, Practical C++ Programming. O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 0596004192; 2nd edition

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

, matrix material and 2particle size, and tableting pressure effect a tablet’s physical 1 M = 2 DC s Ct tproperties [3], (4) investigate the release kinetics of the drug 0 0 0.5 1 1 .5 2 2.5from the matrix and to determine whether Higuchi kinetics [2] Tim e 1/2 1/2 (h

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth Davis

their families, friends, and colleagues; and• to generate new and unique ideas for technological changes and developments that would be of benefit to women and families.We have held five such workshops at Santa Clara University, each time including severalwomen from the community. We invited women through several community connections wehave. Each workshop is relatively small, involving only twenty to thirty participants. We ensurea balance by insisting that the participants register early, and limit the number we can accept.We have included women ages 12 to 86, with educations from eighth grade through Ph.D.'s, andbackgrounds including technical and non-technical fields, laborers and professionals. Thewomen included full-time moms, moms

Conference Session

Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Baratuci; Angela Linse

Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Page 8.1195.57 - Angelo, Thomas A., and K. Patricia Cross (1993), Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education8 - Bloom, Benjamin S., editor (1984), Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Handbook 1: Cognitive Domain. Longman, New York.WILLIAM B. BARATUCIWilliam B. Baratuci is a Senior Lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

point where they can select the data acquisition hardware needed for specific transducers,determine the required digital signal processin g to enhance the signal, and, in some case, createtheir own virtual instruments. As various transducers are introduced in the laboratory, each ofthem with their-own operating requirements and output specifications, the instructor-writtenvirtual instrument act as a common interface to collect data from each transducer. In the samefashion that a specific physical parameter can be best measured with a s special transducer, thestudents understand that there are optimum hardware components and software rou tine to collectand process data from each sensor.The sequential exposure to more sophisticated data

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Srilekha Srinivasan; Robert Palmer; Michael Anderson; Lance Perez; A. John Boye

in ELEC 464. In order to address the two issues raised during the initial study, thenew quantitative study will utilize control and treatment groups that will remain intactthroughout the entire semester. Moreover, two more labs associated with course concepts will beimplemented in ELEC 304 in order to provide a more consistent laboratory experience. Thisstudy structure should produce better data regarding the source of any future studentimprovements and will mitigate statistical anomalies due to carry over knowledge.References 1. Buck, J. A., H. W. L. Owen, III, J. P. Uyemura, C. M. Verber, and D. J. Blumenthal, ``An Optical Communication Design Laboratory’’, IEEE Trans. Educ., 42(2), pp. 138--143, 1999. 2. Yurkovitch, S. and

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krupczak

calculations (expressed in 2’s complement binarynumbers). Memory comprises 16 individually addressable 8-bit storage cells, numbered 0000through 1111 in binary. Memory is connected to the data bus (which supplies the data to bewritten to memory or receives data being retrieved from memory) and to the address bus (whichsupplies the address of the memory location involved in a write or read operation). In addition,memory is connected to the CPU by means of two control lines, E and W. The E (“enable”)signal is used to activate memory prior to a read or write operation. When the E signal isasserted, the W (“write”) line indicates whether a write or a read operation is to be performed.3.3 Input/Output DevicesThe input and output devices make it possible

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Glenn Lipscomb

Pump Head Master Flex 77200-62 4 Flow Meter McMillan Company S-111 S6 4 Conductivity Controller Cole-Parmer U-19300-10 4 Conductivity Cell (flow through) Cole-Parmer U-19500-30 1 Dialysis Module Fresenius Medical Care NA F80A 1 Multifunction I/O NI-DAQ National Instruments PCI-6023E Channels used: 4 analog inputs and 4 grounds for flow meters 4 analog inputs and 4 grounds for conductivity meters 1 Analog

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Volz; David McStravick

researchers. Also, they were required toThe students could choose any topic, but they relate the consequences of this event toneeded to give some history and discuss how engineering work in general and to thisthe experiment(s) achieved the reported laboratory course in particular.accuracy with emphasis on the difficulty of The results of the revised approach representedachieving the high accuracy. The students wrote a significant improvement over the previousthe reports and were required to exchange spring’s project: the reports were of a higherpapers and critique another student’s report caliber and the students showed a strongusing a peer review evaluation form. The

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Candice Stefanou; Karen Marosi; Margot Vigeant

positive and we hope to be able to show progress within the next twoyears.Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the General Electric Faculty for theFuture program.BibliographyEngineering workforce commission, Engineering and Technology Enrollments. American Association ofEngineering Societies, Washington D. C, 1998. As cited on: http://www.engr.psu.edu/wep/nationalstats1199.htmlBiographical InformationMargot A-S. Vigeant is a graduate of Cornell University (BS) and The University of Virginia (MS, PhD) and aprofessor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University. Her interest in women’s issues in engineering stemsfrom personal experience.Karen T. Marosi is a graduate of Lafayette College (BS) The Pennsylvania

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Giesey

done to maintain accreditation.In the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, beside myself, there were 3 nativeNamibians and 4 foreign faculty working on two-year contracts. The academic qualifications ofthe staff were 2 Ph.D.’s, 2 Masters, 1 Bachelors, and 2 National Higher Diploma. The standardteaching load was 3 courses or 15 contact hours. Reductions were granted for active researchprojects and administrative duties. However, very few of the staff were involved in research.The technology infrastructure for staff was very good. The students’ technology was not quite asgood with lines waiting for computers in the labs and slow Internet access. The library was smalland crowded and had a relatively small number of books and no

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Herbert Hess

Development for the 2015-2025 Time Frame,” US Army Communications-Electronics Command Technical Report, 31 July 2002, p. 27.[2] Farooque, M. and H.C. Maru, “Fuel Cells—the Clean and Efficient Power Generators,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol 89, No 12, December 2001, pp. 1819-1829.[3] Lave, L., et.al., “Life Cycle Analysis of Alternative Automobile Fuel/Propulsion Technologies,” Environmental Science Technology, Vol 34, No 17, 4 August 2000, pp. 3598-3604.[4] Browning, L., “Projected Fuel Cell Use in California,” Arthur D. Little Report for the California Energy Commission, P600-01-022F, October 2001, pp. 20-23.[5] Bull, S., “Renewable Energy Today and Tomorrow,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol 89, No 8, August 2001, p

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberto Montoya

asking for. However, the statisticsmentioned are surprising, not only because they seriously question higher education institutionsfor an equivocal interpretation of university autonomy, but also the government’s will toguarantee quality assurance and high academic standards such programs are supposed to operateunder and offer11. Although since the mid 90’s, there is a growth tendency in the higher educationcoverage index in Colombia, the increase has been less than a point yearly, and it has not reachedthe dynamism of other countries in the area. Year 2000 comparative data show that whileColombia reached 15% coverage, as did Brazil and Mexico, Peru reached 26%, Venezuela 29%,Uruguay and Costa Rica 30%, Chile 32% and Argentina reached 36

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

benefits experienced by students and it alsoprovided a very viable means for students to solve engineering problems using computers.It was noted that students exposed to MATLAB and its capabilities in modeling,computation, and visualization in their earlier years of their engineering education usedthem effectively in the advanced level engineering courses. It also helped students developbetter reading and studying skills and a better understanding of the materials presented inengineering courses. Overall, this resulted in a positive, effective and efficient learningenvironment.Bibliography1. MATLAB 5.2 User’s Guide, The Math Works Inc., Natick, MA, 1998.2. Nakamura, S., Numerical Analysis and Graphical Visualization with MATLAB,Prentice Hall

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Burnham; Don Millard

operational amplifier (Op-Amp) module (shown in figure 4) was developed to offer students the opportunity to create andtest a variety of circuit configurations. Basic inverting, non-inverting, differential amplifier,integrator, differentiator and comparator circuits are available in either preset or “build your own”configurations. The user can choose the level and frequency of the input signal(s) along with thepower supply voltages (+Vcc and -Vcc) to explore both the ideal and real characteristics of thedevice. Page 8.479.4Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Forbes; Mary Emplaincourt

. Standards can even take the effect of law if they appear, for example, in building codes.Cities and municipalities in the south adopt the building codes developed and published bySBCCI almost universally. Many engineering students receive the B. S. degree with little or no exposure toengineering standards. This deficiency can easily be corrected by introducing standards (orportions) during appropriate sections of conventional technical courses or laboratories. Forexample, the author has required laboratory students to perform portions of the performance testsfor audible back up alarms used on some construction equipment (SAE standard). Note thatOSHA requires these alarms on certain equipment. As a minimum, students should be madeaware of the

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alok Verma

filter in a home- use HVAC system is to block thedusty air particles from the incoming air and to remove contaminants introduced into there-circulated air from conditioned space1 . When a new filter is just installed, it provideslittle resistance to the airflow. The low resistance provides little friction loss in the system,thus requires less energy for the air mover (fan) than a system with a dirty filter. A clean airfilter can also produce a better air quality during the same operation time period of aHVAC system. To measure the change of the airflow between a clean filter and a dirtyfilter, s simple apparatus was developed by students in the MET program 2,3. A rectangularbox contains a fan and motor with openings at the fan discharge and

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Torrey; James Hertel; Douglas Oppliger; Gretchen Hein; Glen Archer; Jason Keith

the original concept for this design project.References1. Sorby, S., Monte, A.E., Hein, G.L. “Implementing a Common First Year Engineering Program at Michigan Tech“, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.2. Malzahn Kampe, J.C., Knott, T.W., “Exposing First-Year Students to Green Engineering”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.3. Holtzapple, M.T., Reece, W.D., Foundations of Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 2000, pp. 61-89.4. Felder, R.M., Rousseau, R.W., Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Ed., pp. 154.5. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Web Site

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Ed Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

students to assign grades. And while all faculty useteaching techniques, whether they know it or not, some faculty go a step further, usingCATs to find out how well those techniques are promoting learning. Page 8.711.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”We hope you have found the above-identified techniques and tips useful and interesting.Please take the time and energy to experiment with these tools and implement them intoyour classes.Bibliographic InformationAlbanese, M.A. & Mitchell, S. (1993). Problem-Based

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

. Based upon the survey referred to before, here is a list of some the effective strategies and tactics being deployed. a. Change the name(s) of the department or programs. Include the term “computer” as many departments have already done. Use focused or specialized names that explain the jobs and program (e.g. wireless, automation and robotics, etc.) This does help attract more students. b. Add more computer-related or computer-assisted courses. Students and graduates can never be too computer/software literate. Include computer simulation with Multisim/Electronic Workbench or similar software. Expand the embedded

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

multiplymatrices.Although mathematical manipulation is important in the study of any engineering or engineeringtechnology subject, the MATLAB Communications Toolbox provides one tool that can relievethe mathematical anxiety of the students, especially engineering technology students. By reducingthe mathematical anxiety, students can concentrate more attentively on the actual nuances ofblock coding, and the instructor can move from the theoretical foundation of block codes to thecircuit implementation of block codes.REFERENCES 1. The MathWorks, Communications Toolbox User’s Guide, v.2. The MathWorks, Inc. Natick, MA. 2000. 2. Roden, Martin S., Analog Digital Communication Systems, 4th Ed., Discovery Press. Los Angeles, CA. 2001. 3. Kieffer, John C

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

all actions are to be judged in terms of their utility in promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number.And again [5]: Utilitarianism: the moral philosophy that says that we should act in such ways as to make the greatest number of people as happy as possible.The formulation, “the greatest good for the greatest number,” is, of course, due to the inventor ofthis ethical system, Bentham (although it is frequently associated with the name, John S. Mills),and often quoted without attribution in books on ethics. It is difficult to explain how strangelythis definition sounds to an engineer. When the engineer hears it, he or she feels as though he orshe has fallen down Alice’s rabbit hole where the very laws of nature were

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones; Jerold Jones; Gary Vliet; Philip Schmidt

Session 1566 A Project-Centered Approach to Teaching of Thermal-Fluid Systems Analysis and Design Philip S. Schmidt, Jerold W. Jones, Gary C. Vliet, and Theresa L. Jones Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at AustinAbstractIn the fall of 1998, the Thermal-Fluid Systems faculty in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at the University of Texas at Austin introduced a new junior-level course, ME343Thermal-Fluid Systems, which replaced a long-standing second course in thermodynamics. Thiscourse caps a three course sequence in

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley; Jeff Randall; Terrence O'Connor; Nghia Le

lines,and 3 control lines which are write only. Pins 18-25 are grounded. The 8 data lines areconnected to the A/D converter’s digital output. Status line 3 is connected to the ADC0804’sinterrupt and write pins to detect when the conversion processes are to complete. Status line 4 isconnected to the 7493 to detect when the trigger to advance the counter has finished its cycle.Control line 3 is connected to the 74221’s input pulse to trigger the one-shot. This line is aninverted pin so that had to be adjusted in the program to get the desired output. Control lines 1and 2 are both connected to the 7408 AND gate. One is used to reset the counter when neededand the other is used to reset the A/D converter upon power up. Control line 1 is also

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

, photography and journalism formany years. In education, a portfolio can be defined as a purposeful, systematic processof collecting and evaluating student products to document progress toward the attainmentof learning targets or show evidence that a learning target has been achieved [2, 3].Published examples of student portfolios for assessment of engineering and technologyeducation outcomes are sparse. Some institutions use portfolios to measure how overallcurricular objectives are being met, but not as a learning tool for individual students.Colorado School of Mines began collecting and assessing student portfolios in the late1980’s as a response to a state mandate for educational outcomes assessment, and thisprocess has been adapted to assessment

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

that time. Experience within the University of Pittsburgh suggests that usingCourseInfo in classes is most successful when it is incorporated from the beginning of thesemester and used consistently throughout the semester. Students are noted to resist use of theon-line system when it is implemented partway through the semester.Although the author chose not to pursue use of Blackboard, Inc.’s CourseInfo software, it can bea useful resource for faculty familiar with its use, or to those with the time and willingness to learnand implement it properly. The author believes that some assignments appropriately designed andcompleted by students online with Blackboard’s quiz/grading system would have reduced theamount of grading necessary upon

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mausumi Syamal; Gary Ybarra

needed: Write down all relevant equations. 3. Determine what has been given: Which quantities have been given? Substitute them into the equation(s). 4. Solve for what is unknown: Perform the necessary calculations using the given values and the equations selected to arrive at desired quantity. Page 8.399.7Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationActivities: A handout with a distance-time plot and the corresponding velocity-time plot isprovided. Students work in partners to answer questions and perform

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Olufemi Omitaomu; Adedeji Badiru

Express Little,” Orlando Sentinel Newspaper, Sports Page, August 10, 1984. 4. Hartman, J. C., "Engineering economy: suggestions to update a stagnant course curriculum," ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, ASEE, p. 6, 1998. 5. Lavelle, J. P., "Reader's forum: enhancing engineering economy concepts with computer spreadsheets," Engineering Economist, No. 4, Vol. 41, pp. 381-386, 1996. 6. Lavelle, J. P., Kim L. Needy, and Heather N. Umphred, "Engineering economy – a follow-up analysis of current teaching practices," ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, ASEE, p. 11, 1997. 7. Park, C. S., Contemporary Engineering Economics, 2/e, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1997. 8. Sullivan, W. G., "Paradigm shift in